By Casey O'Connor
On the turf at Queen’s Park Redbacks got the points in their game against Victoria Hill. after they won the toss and batted first. Vic Hill found themselves chasing a small total after Redbacks who had won the toss and batted were dismissed in the twenty-ninth over for 90.
The standout in a disappointing innings for Redbacks was Sam Lowney who finished the game unbeaten on 58 after opening the batting with tom Allison who was out for a duck, the score one for one.
Things went south from that point. While Lowney accumulated runs partners came and went. At the top of the order Ryan Clark and the dangerous Steve Grogan both gone for duck eggs and there were several more to come. Dave Drewery who was run out on 10 the only other to reach double figures on a fairly sad scorecard.
Tom Morris three for nine, Singh three for 11 and Sandhu two for twenty-two, doing the damage with the ball.
Vic Hill supporters would have been feeling confident ass the openers made their way to the wicket. In an innings that in many ways mirrored Redbacks they lost opener Joe Morris for three caught by Steve Grogan off an Allison delivery. His opening partner Nick Morris top scored with 31 before Grogan had him caught by Chandler. The only double figures score in a disappointing innings was ‘extras’ contributing 19.
Vic Hill all out for 79.
Steve Grogan had a blip on his batting radar but made up for it with the ball taking six for 17 as he ripped through the batting line up.
Despite a bit of a wobble at the end of the round Redbacks sit at the top of the competition leader board by healthy margin.
On Sunday Colts played Wheatvale at Slade in a game that turned out to be closer than some may have predicated.
Colts were down on fire-power without John Cleary in the line-up and batted first after winning the toss. It was a game that followed a similar pattern to those the games on Saturday. The Colts openers were dismissed cheaply leaving Jack Ragh and Sean O’Leary to do most of the scoring and at the end of the innings were five for 160 setting Wheatvale a moderate run chase.
O’Leary was lbw to Doherty for 46 while Ragh finished unbeaten on 63 with tail ender James Fern adding 11. Chris Cantwell (2/18) headed the Wheatvale bowling figures. Hayden Doherty also took a pair. He also played his part I dismissal of opener Morgan Bourke holding a catch of the bowling of Damien Boal.
Wheatvale got away to a better start with 34 runs on the board before opener Lachie Boal (10) was dismissed. His opening partner was on 26 when he was out and the score two for 68. Wheatvale looked to be in a solid position when middle order bat, Hayden Doherty (40) was run out. The score 4/127 and only 34 required to win. Unfortunately, the Colts bowlers slipped into the tail and a run out did nothing to help the score line. Wheatvale were dismissed for 148.
At the end of round 11 the Warwick comepitition ladder has Redbacks on top with 39.5 followed by Victoria Hill (35.5); Colts 34.5; Maryvale 33.5, Allora 24, Sovereign 21 and Wheatvale 14.
