By Casey O'Connor
It was a busy weekend for Stanthorpe cricketers with two games of fixtures played on Saturday and the Davis and Mitchell shield teams in action in Warwick on Sunday.
Valley and RSL went head to head on Sheehan Oval on Saturday.
Valleys won the toss sending RSL in to bat in the hot and humid conditions. It was a shaky start for RSL. Their handy top order back in the clubhouse with the score at 3/8. It was again left to father son duo Luke and Rohan Brady to rescue the innings. The pair took the score to 4/111 before Luke was caught by Wallis off a Stefanon delivery for 42. Ryan Hines joined Rohan at the crease and the pair added 19 before Hines (8) was run out. Brady was out shortly after for 52 and the score 6/136. The tail wagged a little adding important runs. With the help of 31 extras RSL were all out for 161 midway through the final over. Damien Anderson and Steven Martin each taking three wickets for Valleys.
162 to win was not a huge ask but like RSL, Valleys started badly and were 4/71 before a blistering 55 from 55 deliveries from the captain Damien Anderson. Anderson’s knock came to an end when he was bowled by youngster Ethan Mackenzie. The score 7/96 in the 26th over.
It was the first of three wickets for the youngster who cleaned up the tail claiming the wickets of Sweet and Stefanon. He finished with figures of 3/10 off six overs and bowled two maidens. Not a bad day with the ball. The Mackenzie brothers Noah and Ethan caused the Valleys batting line up plenty of headaches. Between them they took six wickets. Noah’s figures 3/24 off 7.2 and included one maiden. He knocked over both opener and top order bat, David Marino. The pair helping RSL to a win in the 37th over. Valleys all out for 118.
On the CF White Souths played Wanderers and after winning the toss Souths put their opponents in.
Wanderers began disastrously when opener Kye Rashleigh was dismissed for a duck and things did not improve. Not one batsman reaching double figures. Extras contributing the most runs, 23 to the total 56. Will Sheather was the main destroyer taking four wickets. His figures 4/15 from four overs. Furness grabbed three wickets and Burgess a pair.
Souths lost two wickets, Tom Bonner (14) and Mccatter (1) before Jordan Lanza (11) moved himself up the order and he and Lachie Pill (27) knocked off the remaining runs in the 14th over to claim the points.
