By Casey O'Connor
On Saturday the defending premiers Maryvale played Sovereign Animals at Queen’s Park in a game that went down to wire.
Maryvale won the toss and batted first. Captain Pat Bourke opened the batting with Rohan Morris.
Morris was dismissed for a duck bringing Michael Bourke to the crease and the pair took the score to 107 before Mick Bourke was dismissed for 26.
As wickets fell around him, the Maryvale captain notched up a half-century and went on to score 74 before being dismissed by Luke Cullen.
Mitch Darton was the only other Maryvale player to reach double figures.
Sovereign bowler Marc Fowler troubled the Maryvale tail and finished with the excellent figures of 4/4 off three overs.
Sovereign’s captain Luke Cullen took two wickets including the important wicket of his counterpart Pat Bourke and then played a crucial role with the bat.
He top scored with 72 and when he fell to a delivery from Keiran Bourke his side required 16 to win.
Sovereign fell just five runs short of the required total at the end of their 40 overs.
Cullen was well supported by Anthony Bourke (41) and Nero (20).
Keiran Bourke was the best of the Maryvale bowlers finishing with 2/14 from his six over spell which included two maidens.
He also took a catch off the bowling of Mitch Darton to dismiss Sovereign opener Damien Canning.
