Melrymple took the first points in the clash of the titans of the Powercor Cup Grade competition in the first day of the 2009 Globalwater Willowfest Australian Cricket Club Championships.
Coming up against the reigning Cup Grade title holders O'Malley's Panthers at Henschilwood Oval Irymple, the Melrymple combination cruised past the Panthers modest total of 151, with four wickets in hand. David Kirk was the leading scorer for Melrymple with 56 runs to his name when they passed the opposition total. He was well supported by Dylan Kight's 46 runs to start Melrymple's quest for the title on the right note. Melrymple were able to restrict the O'Malley's Panthers to a modest total due to the tight bowling of Jarrod Kennedy (3/12) and Jordan Payne (3/22). While Glen Lambeth and Sam Skinner made good contributions with the bat of 56 and 42 respectively, they lacked the support to amass a defendable total.
Melrymple come up against the Adelaide Hills Cougars this morning at the Mildura Senior College in a 20/20 match, while O'Malley's Panthers will be looking to redeem themselves against the Northern Wanderers as the Mildura Senior College No. 2 oval.
The standout performance of the day was by Kangarilla batsman Haydn Thorpe who amassed the days top score of an unbeaten 153, which steered his team to a convincing win over the Markwells Demons who were bowled out for 106 to the Kangarilla's big total of 7 for 244. The two other local teams in the Commonwealth Bank A Grade competition enjoyed good wins, with Mildura East only losing three wickets in passing the Mountain Goats small total of 120. It was a mixture of the old and the young that led the way with young opening batsman Jason Harris compiling a well made 49 to be the top scorer for Easts and with good support from veteran Geoff John (23 runs) in their easy victory. Mildura East opening bowler Fabian Farley cut a swathe through the Mountain Goats batting taking 4 for 21, with John (2/8) and Harris (2/8) getting amongst the wickets. The Moutain Goats from the Western Sydney suburbs will be better today after transport problems resulting in an unscheduled stopover at Hay marred ther match preparation. The Enjoywine Blue Yabbies also started well by amassing a big total of 192 for the loss of eight wickets. Luke Collett and Phil Wright compiled a a 68 run opening stand which set the Yabbies on the road to victory, with Wright getting 42 runs and Collett 38. The Pryor Pigeons from Bendigo were never in the hunt when they slumped to 5 for 53, with David Hall returning the impressive figures of 4/ 31 off his ten overs.
The Enjoywine Yabbies come up against the Mountain Goats first up today at Turf Oval Nos. 1, while Mildura East have an important game against the in form Kangarilla at Turf 2.
The Johnny Mullagh X1 made a positive debut appearance at Willowfest when they amassed the impressive total of 172 for the loss of eight wickets at Alcheringa. The Kangarilla 2nd X1 were never able to get into the game with Johnny Mullagh bowlers Robbie Marks taking 3 for 15 off 8.3 overs and Benny Cooke Harrison 3 for 32, as they wwere bowled out for 111. Johnny Mullagh batsman Sandy Hodge was the main scorer with an unbeaten 94 to figure in the days highlights. Chad Rothe's 40 not out was the leading run scorer for Kangarilla and he then took 2 for 27 off his ten overs. The other match in the Mildura Workingmans Club B-Grade competition Mont Albert take the points by over coming the Jika Muppets total of 143 for the loss of eight wickets. Travis Baker clubbed a neat 50 to be Mont Alberts top scorer and then took two wickets tp prove his allrounder status.
Hutt River Dedication's Chris Shaw took 5 for 22 to wrout the Johnny Walker X1 for just 119 in their Mildura Workingmans Club C-Grade match. Hutt River batsmen Jarryd Mills (47 no) and Joel McMahon (23 no) were untroubled in passing the Johnny Walker total.
Sunraysia Daily Demons captain Ross Lanyon paid the price for being slow between wickets by being easily run out, but the speed of youngsters Josh and Lucas Martin gave the Demons enough to get the points against The Future. Josh Martin top scored with 52 for the Demons, while younger brother Lucas took the bowling honours with 3 for 27.
Stuart Billing put in a fine allround performance to get the Willowfest X1 victory in their match against St. Mary's. Billing top scored with 43 to be the foundation of his teams total of 195 and then chipped in with the days bowling honours of 5 for 20, as St. Marys were out for 153 off their 50 overs. St Mary's batsman Luke Davis put up some resistance with 43 but it wasn't enough against the tight bowling of Billing.
Brighton District easily took out the womans match Sunraysia Scorch with Donna Moore top scoring with 29 not out for the winners, while Scorch batswoman Jenny Donnelly's 35 not out was a good effort.
Today's matches are the 20/20 format with each team playing two matches, with the morning game commencing at 9.30 a.m and the afternoon match at 1.30 p.m.
WILLOWFEST DAY 1 HIGHLIGHTS
BATSMEN
Haydn Thorpe 153 not out Kangarilla A-Grade
Sandy Hodge 94 not out Johnny Mullagh X1 B-Grade
David Kirke 56 not out Melrymple Cup Grade
Glen Lambeth 56 O'malley's Panthers Cup Grade
Josh Martin 52 Sunraysia Daily Demons C-Grade
Travis Baker 50 Mont Albert B-Grade
BOWLING
Stuart Billing 5/20 Willowfest X1 C-Grade
Chris Shaw 5/22 Hutt River Dedication C-grade
Fabian Farley 4/21Mildura East A -Grade
Gary Bell 4/29 Jika Muppets B-Grade
Kegan McDonald 4/30 The Future C-Grade
ALL ROUNDER
Stuart Billing 43 and 5/20 Willowfest X1 C- Grade
Jason Harris 49 and 2/8 Mildura East A -Grade
Travis Baker 50 and 2/14 Mont Albert B-Grade
Chad Rothe 40 no and 2/27 Kangarilla B- grade
Robbie Marks 20 and 3/15 Johnny Mullagh B -grade
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