The Roos came up against a sterner test this round, going up against a solid Willeton outfit who challenged the boys in red in each grade. The Ones were the only side to triumph, in doing so securing second spot in the One Day comp. Of note, they are also three from three post-Christmas.

1st Grade  

Wanneroo 8/211 (Del Borrello 35, Richards 33, Holly 31) def. Willeton 109 (Millar 3/33, Poulter 2/18, Billington 2/12)

After losing the toss and being sent into bat, the Roos opening pair of Rob Richards and Del Borrello got to work. Starting the innings well and building yet another stable opening partnership with Richards contributing 33 and Del Borrello contributing 35. Willetton managed to get a couple of wickets after drinks with no batsman really pushing on. Solid contributions of 27 from Jordan Silk (Josh Mason) and 22 from Kyle ‘Funky Tour Guide’ Millar helped steady the ship. The Roos were in a bit of trouble at 6-160 when a vital 50 run partnership between Riley Holly (31) and Deon Billington (15) getting the boys to 211. An excellent display of manipulating the field and quick running between the wickets to end the innings.

With a below par score on the board, as usual Adam Smith was probing and unrelenting with his line and length which was rewarded with an early wicket. With early pressure being built in the power play, Lachy Poulter didn’t let his foot of the throat and cashed in with 2 wickets in his first spell which cracked the game open for the Roos. An excellent spell of fast bowling. The new spin twins of the toddler Deon Billington and ageing veteran Kyle Millar put on a heavy squeeze which brought about 2 and 3 wickets respectively and effectively eliminating any hope the Willeton Dragons had in chasing our score.

2nd Grade  

Willeton 6/205 (Fryer 2/36) def. Wanneroo 188 (Ardagh 37, Douglas 35)

After continuing their unbeaten run of losing the toss and bowling, Wanneroo were set to strike at the top of the table Dragons. Early efforts were under par however, with bowlers struggling to hit the right lengths and fielders having problems taking catches (as well as picking the ball up out of the not-even-slightly red bricks in the background). Thankfully the Veteran Trundler Chris Quelch broke the opening partnership with an lbw shout that was plumb enough for the batsmen to start walking – even before Billy the Kid (aka the Umpire) could fire him. The Dragons once again settled, taking singles well, punishing anything worth punishing and generally threatening to set a large first innings score. The Veteran Point Fielder Chris Quelch once again stood up to create a breakthrough when the batsmen had Smith/Finchesque blowup between the wickets. This was followed soon afterwards by another wicket off Michael Ardagh’s ‘loopy as s*** spin’ (batsmen’s words, not mine).  Once the top 3 batsmen were back in the shed the opposition’s lineup didn’t have much left, as Willeton were well contained for the remainder of the innings by a more spirited fielding effort and superb restrictive spells by Donavinn Fryer and Gagandeep Singh.

Chasing 205, the Magoos started well thanks to a fast scoring opening partnership between old boys Michael Ardagh and Joel Charles. Unfortunately both were removed after a start, which ultimately turned out to be a theme for the day. Mitch ‘the better on the day’ Slattery, needing to put witnessing child-abuse to the back of his mind, looked set to lead us to the target – however he became a victim of a dismissal straight from the Joel Wilson School of Umpiring and thereafter did his best Callum Douglas impression. The real Callum Douglas and the real Ellen DeGeneres both set up to continue the chase but once again could not capitalise on starts. Left with a hefty chase for the last wicket the Veteran Pinch-Hitter Chris Quelch did his best to get us over the line, but unfortunately fell with 17 still to get.

A disappointing end to what could have been a comprehensive towelling of the current top team, the Magoos now sit a solitary point outside the top 6.

3rd Grade

Wanneroo 168 (Varsani 45, Stumpers 31) def. by Willeton 2/169

The former Trust Tree took on Willetton (like every other grade) with cemented in Captain Graeme ‘skip’ Atkinson winning the toss and sagely deciding to bat first. Cam ‘best moustache’ MacDonald and Tim ‘worst moustache’ Harris getting us off to a good start to be on 0/28 after 8. A familiar rot set in, with 4 wickets falling across the next 8 overs leaving us on a much less respectable 4/42. Aryan spent some time at the crease, making batting look easy, finishing on a really good 45. Once he fell a 2^nd collapse set in and it was only due to a sensational 10th wicket partnership from Yaseen and Hayden ‘threatening-all-rounder-status’ Stumpers that the Threes managed to scrape to a potentially defendable target of 168.

Willetton came out to bat in 5^th gear for the first few overs, swinging at everything and unfortunately getting quite lucky several times. They passed 30 in the 4^th over. Despite our final wicket heroics, our ‘potentially defendable’ score turned out not to be ‘actually defendable,’ with Willetton chasing it down with ease.

4th Grade

Willeton 217 (Maunder 3/31, Forssman 4/32) def. Wanneroo 123 (Bonner 55, Carroll 33)

The day started with our fearless leader losing the toss and the opposition opting to bat. As the scheduled start of play came around, Wanneroo had only 7 players ready to field, with the 17’s still coming from Kingsway. Willetton got off to a flyer, going at 7 runs an over for most of the first few overs, we knew the poor turnout to the team breakfast was a sign of something bad to come. Until the Roo boys struck. Sam “ooh Somerset” Williams throwing down the stumps to claim the first wicket of the day. A steady stream of runs was to continue for the home side, and they thought they had it easy, that was until Darcy “can I have the champ burger please” Forssman struck, taking 3 wickets in relatively quick succession. Runs piled on again as Willetton put together another partnership until catastrophe struck in the form of another run out. The teamwork of some great foxing by Liam “Parry” Carroll dropping what would’ve been a screamer of a catch, only for Darcy to pick up the left overs and throw the ball to the keepers end, affecting the run out. It came to the final 10 overs which were left to Tyler “Kerry’s Photo Business” Ong and Jared “only takes bowleds’ in Fourth Grade” Maunder to tighten up the scoring, with Jared taking 3 wickets in those final overs. Willetton left Wanneroo to chase down 218 to win.

Jacob “consider me a Third Grade player” Bonner and Sam Williams opened the batting, getting us off to a nice enough start. But then carnage happened, and it happened quickly. 3 wickets were lost for the almighty total of 2 whole runs within quick succession through the likes of Sam “sorry, got work” Williams, Jaymin “hurry up Dargie, don’t make me wicketkeep” Patel, and Lachlan “I mow the outfield” Dargie. Liam “I’ll steady the ship” Carroll came in and a partnership between him and Bonner of 54 was looking like just what we needed, especially when both were batting in their red caps, that is the look of Fourth Grade cricket. But it was not to be when Liam was dismissed on 33 by guiding one down first slips throat, and from then on, a win for Wanneroo was pretty much doomed. Wickets fell as if they were in high demand throughout the day, with Wanneroo finally being dismissed for 123 after 36.3 overs, but one shining light did prevail with Jacob “I batted in my cap” Bonner carrying his bat to end on 55*.

Mens Seventeens

Wanneroo 6/110 (Gerrand 58*) def. by Willetton 2/119

Fifteens Men

Willetton 41 (Corbellini 3/6, M Carroll 2/6, C Billington 2/9) def. by Wanneroo 3/100 (Brown 25)

The men in red have started the New Year well, with the 1s, 2s and 3s are two for two in 2020, all wins either in completely dominant displays or nail biters where players put their hands up to get their teams across the line. The main individual highlights were centuries to Kelvin Smith and Rob Richards, ‘Michelles’ to Yaseen and Caiden Eaton and a (strongly assisted) hatrick to the steak hog Jodran Slattery! To top this off, the A’s have secured a position in the one day league semi-final on February 9.

1st Grade  

Fremantle 204 (Billington 4/46, Millar 2/31) def. by Wanneroo 5/294 (Smith 151, Richards 96, Mason 28*)

Wanneroo lost the Toss and got sent in to bat by Fremantle at Stevens reserve. The day started off unlucky with Del Borrello given out caught behind of his thigh pad, however that was the start of the biggest partnership of the year between Kelvin Smith and Robert Richards (234 for the 2nd wicket). Robert Richards scored 94 off 124 deliveries with 8 fours and one big six whilst at the other end we witnessed the first 150 for Wanneroo since 2014 with Kelvin Smith scoring 151 off 141 deliveries, smoking 14 fours and 3 sixes. Smith departed in the 45th over and Josh ‘Faulkner’ Mason finished off the innings nicely with 28 off 25 balls. Wanneroo ended up on 5/294 off their 50 overs.

Fremantle then begun their chase and Caiden Eaton, coming off his first grade five-fa the week before, removed the Fremantle captain for 0 in the first over. Despite the early wicket Fremantle took advantage off the nice pitch and outfield and were 1/70 after ten overs. Deon Billington, Kelvin Smith and Robert Richards then wrestled back the momentum with everyone bowling economically which brought about some wickets. Deon Billington finished with ten overs 4/45, kelvin with 1/44 of his ten, Kyle Millar 2/31 off his 9 and Richards 1/10 of his 5.

It was a great team effort in the field and Wanneroo have now made one day league semi-final on February 9.

2nd Grade  

Wanneroo 2/111 (Ardagh 65*, Charles 33*) def. Fremantle 110 (J Slattery 4/29, Walter 2/5, Poulter 2/17)

After losing the toss, the Roos were forced to bowl first. Leigh Miller got us off to a great start with an early wicket. The roos looked like they were going to be chasing a big total as the Freo boys started to build a partnership, but as they were getting their groove on Lachy ‘Big Chicken’ Poulter delivered a very quick in-swinging ball that required the umpire to re-adjust the stumps. After the new recruit Jimmy Boyland finished his spell, in came big steaming fast bowler Jordan ‘Chicken Chorizo’ Slattery who delivered possibly one of the best balls of his career which saw Fremantle sitting at 3 for 65. Then came the madness of Jordan’s next over. The first ball of the over saw Jordan clean rip the opener who was looking very comfortable, soon followed by the number 6 who had his front pad blown off first ball, causing mayhem in the Fremantle dressing room. Out came the #7 who rationally informed his partner that for the hatrick ball he would leave anything that is not hitting the stumps.

In comes Jordan….. steaming in…….. the ball is wobbled down……. a nice juicy half volley for the batsman to leave or pump through the covers, so he hits in the air towards the mid-off fielder. The catch was taken comfortably by Leigh and Jordan was off, charging around like Ryan Harris at the WACA, though thankfully Donavinn Fryer saved us all some running by tackling Jordan to the floor before he got too far. After the celebrations of Jordan’s first hat-trick for Wanneroo the #8 came to the crease with everyone thinking surely he can’t get 4 in a row. The ball bowled was the perfect delivery, a little bit of out-swing which caught the edge but saw it just fall in front of Joel Charles at second slip. A couple of overs later Jordan finished his spell and his maximum overs with figures of 4-29 off 10 – surely walking off happy enough that he would find no need to abuse his brother for the rest of the day. Well bowled Jordan.

The Roos still had work to do but luckily enough Lachy Poulter (2-17 off 6), Donavinn Fryer (1-13 off 4) and John ‘The Mop’ Walter (2-5 off 3.1 overs) finished off the Fremantle tail with Wanneroo left to chase 110 off 50 overs.

The innings started with a strong start by the returning Michael Ardagh, before Cameron MacDonald was dismissed. Out came Callum Douglas who got his pad blown off first ball (still yet to be found), this saw the Roos 2 for 15. Fortunately out walked Joel Charles who survived the hat-trick ball and went on to build a partnership with Michael Ardagh. The two experienced left-ganders went on to cruise to victory with Michael Ardagh passing 50 and finishing up on 65 off 83 balls and Joel Charles finishing up on 33 off 45 balls, which led to the Roos getting the job done comfortably in 24 overs, making it 3 wins on the trot.

Congratulations to Joel Charles for his 50^th game in 2^nd grade, surely one of his finest achievements.

3rd Grade

Fremantle 225 (Yaseen 6/30, Dzodzos 3/38) def. by Wanneroo 8/227 (Varsani 45, Kelsey 43, McDonald 30)

With the man himself, Gra stepping in as captain, he started off on a high, winning the toss and putting Freo in the field on what was a batting friendly pitch.

Tim Harris and Jacob Bonner started proceedings off nicely seeing the new ball off. Michael was next to the crease after Tim departed and Michael looked set for a busy innings at the crease, smashing boundaries and reverse sweeping with ease. If you know Michael, you’ll know he hates a 50, so he let himself get caught for 43. Aryan, the man who hates the game, contributed nicely with a 54 ball 45. Jack Mc Donald had real intent scoring a quick 30 to finish us on 8/221, with Fremantle slow on the overate we got given 6 extra runs which brought the total to 8/227.

Now it was our turn with the ball, Freo copying us by getting off to a good start – the first wicket coming from Yaseen. From here on forward it was 3 quick wickets to have the hosts at 3/81, these 2 wickets coming from the reformed bowler Doz, who clean ripped both batsman with his super quick spin bowling. With a couple of partnerships forming the game was in the balance when Freo were 5/192, but hard work soon had us rewarded picking up 4 quick wickets leaving them at 8/199. Leaning to a tight finish, and supported by the early finishing Ones, Yas picked up the last 2 wickets in the last over of the day seeing us to victory by two runs. Yas, bowling rockets into the wind, finished the day with his best figures for the club (6-30 off 9).

4th Grade

Wanneroo 153 (C Spangenberg 25*) def. by Fremantle 4/157 (S Jessani 3/25)

Wanneroo would bat first, with Jayden ‘Chris made more runs’ Ray and Jack ‘speed dealers’ Maraldo getting the roos off to an aggressive start. But once the first wicket fell, the 4s would struggle to gain momentum, losing wickets at key moments. Before an incredible last wicket partnership between Sharad ‘did you go on holiday?’ Jessani and Connor “still got 8 weeks’ Spangenberg got the score to 153.

Fremantle would be kept under pressure early on, scoring slowly. This would continue for much of the day, but the roos would struggle to get the key wickets required to defend a low score. The first wicket came at 100, thanks to Sharad ’Our hero’ Jessani, who carried on to pick up 3 amongst a late flow of wickets. He was supported by Jarred ‘Professor’ Maunder’ who took 1 wicket in a spell that deserved more.

Unfortunately it was not enough, with Freo getting over the line with 6 overs and 6 wickets to spare.

Mens Seventeens v Gosnells

The 17s had to trek all the way to Sutherlands Park to face the mighty Gosnells with light blue skies forecasted for the day. Jack ‘anorexic’ McDonald flips confidently and wins in his favour electing to bat first. What seemed to be a good batting wicket was quickly proven otherwise as 3 wickets tumble in the first 3 overs. It was evident that a good partnership was needed to pose a threat to the Gosnell attack, with two heroes seemingly rising to the occasion. A handy 50 run partnership was formed between Lachlan ‘sorry’ Dargie with a fighting 18 and Jack ‘captain courageous’ McDonald who timed his way to a well fought 42 off 43 rocks, putting the Roos in a superior position. Quick fire hitting from the tail was needed and one man didn’t disappoint. Jessie “a man of many words” Hadrill posing a cheeky 13 off 6, hitting a majestic maximum on the last ball of the innings over deep midwickets head, posing a conceivable total of 104 on the board.

The opening bowlers dried the Gosnell openers for runs before Jessie “Silent Achiever” Hadrill’s stroke of genius came into play making the batsmen play a convincing shot in the air to run machine Connor “physically challenged” Spangenberg in mid-off who defies gravity and snags a Steve Smith inspired horizontal mid-air catch with his right non-crippled hand, as the parents from both oppositions look in astonishment (yes it’s as good as it sounds), putting the Roos in a strong opening position. A handy Gosnells partnership was formed before Aryan “should’ve been 4fa” Varsani bowled some handy half trackers, bagging himself 2/15 off his 3 overs, breaking the unbearable Gosi partnership which ultimately put the Roos back in the game. Fielding pressure and leadership expertise was applied making the run chase go down to the wire in the very last over. The Gosi’s needed 2 off of the last two balls, stealing the win from the Roos with one ball remaining.

Mens Seventeens v Fremantle

Fremantle 4/105 (S Jessani 2/20, NR Santich 2/22) def. by Wanneroo 7/109 (L Dargie 26*)

Wanneroo would bowl first at Freo, with the dockers getting off too a reasonable start at Stevens. Before sharad ‘did you go on holiday’ Jessani would break the partnership cleaning up the opening batter. He would then return getting the remaining opening batter (definitely not getting reverse sweeped twice in two balls by the 14 year old). From there the roos would continue to apply the pressure, as freo would finish on 4/105. With Nick ‘tippa’ Santich and Sharad getting 2 wickets each.

The roos wouldn’t have what you call a perfect start, losing 5/41 half way through the innings. But fear not! With Jessy ‘where’s your hair gone’ Haddril and Lachie ‘who I think played state ice hockey once’ Dargie getting the roos back on track and in a commanding position. The roos would end up getting the total with 4 overs to spare. Lachie finishing off the run chase with an excellent 26 not out.

We now have a crucial game next week against Willeton.

Fifteens Men

Wanneroo 8/91 def. Fremantle 5/90

Fourteens Men

Joondalup 9/146 (O Brown 3/22) def. Wanneroo Districts 133 (TD Brown 37)

Fourteens Men

Joondalup 9/151 (JC O’Shea 3/29) drew Wanneroo 5/151 (X Glamuzina 45, OM Thompson 30*)

For full results visit our new and quite excellent latest results page at https://www.wanneroodcc.com.au/results/

A good round for the Men in red as most grades came up on top against a hapless Rockingham-Mandurah. The Ones secured a quality win on a dustbowl at North-Bunbury, the Twos fell a distracting clap away from an outright and the Threes had no such issue, walking away with those valuable outright points. The Women finished their T20 journey with a win to sit equal 2nd, though on quotient they fell just shy of making the grand final. In the Juniors the 17s fought through sleep deprivation and barbecues to post a high scoring win (also in North-Bunbury) while the 15s unfortunately left themselves too much to do with the ball.

In the Sunday T20s Wanneroo couldn’t defeat the assembled team from not-Perth. However but the Colts could, leaving them at 2 from 2.

1st Grade  

WDCC 241-9 def. RMDCC 147

On the first week WDCC won the toss and elected to bat on an interesting looking wicket to say the least. As anticipated it was very challenging to bat on throughout the days play. We lost our openers in quick succession to be in trouble at 2-10, but our skipper T.Birt and K.Smith combined for a hard fought and patient 100 run partnership to get us to 2-103 before T.Birt was unfortunately dismissed for a very patient and well compiled 50.

The Roo boys finished the day on 9-241 with K.Smith making 118 off 221, which is now his second ton for the club. It was one of the better tons you will see considering the condition of the wicket. Well done K!

Onto the second week, RMDCC were always going to be up against it with our array of spinners on a turning wicket. The Roo boys ended up making short work of RMDCC and bowled them out for 147 by tea. As expected, spin did the trick early with K.Miller finishing with figures of 3-27 off 10. R.Richards however was magnificent finishing with 4-17 off 8.1 overs and removed the key late wicket of Craig Simmons with a peach of a delivery, which all but sealed it for the boys.

Lastly on A Grade debut, Lachy Poulter finished with 1-22 off 8 and bowled a luckless spell of the highest quality, showing great maturity and setting up what will hopefully be a long and successful A grade career for the Roos. Well done mate!

2nd Grade  

WDCC 82 & 8/245 def. RMDCC 67 & 9/96

OUTRIGHT WIN GOES BEGGING IN FINAL BALL THRILLER

2nd grade were met with the task of taking out their first 2-day win for the season on what looked to be a “we’ll bat first because my horse is running at Ascot and I’m therefore leaving at 3pm” sort of wicket. The day got off to a great start with Callum Douglas arriving 5 minutes before the warm up with a bacon and egg Mcmuffin, hash brown, orange juice and hotcakes.

Play commenced and so did a mighty top order collapse, Wanneroo slumping to 4/5. Moods were sombre as those dismissed reflected on some average shots as well as the need for the DRS in 2nd grade cricket. Some better efforts were overpowered by more wickets and debutant Hayden “Agar” Stumpers walked to the crease at 9/52 with a Trent Bridge effort looking necessary. Stumpers managed to top score with a vital 17 and Wanneroo were all out 82 from 35.2 overs.

Given the Roos’ inability to make it to the halfway mark of day 1, there was still a lot left in the pitch and plenty of hope that the game could still be won. Leigh Millar and Jordan Slattery wasted no time and had Rockingham-Mandurah reeling at 3/7. By the time Captain Sadik aka Michael Van Gerwen left to get behind “Dig Deep” the Roos had total control of the game with the visitors 5/20, not without Sadik taking a contender for catch of the season with a one handed flyer at gully. Soon after, some bloke decided enough was enough and absolutely threw the kitchen sink at it, taking 15 off a Leigh Millar over and outscoring 21 other people in the space of 4 balls. However the spark that Rockingham so desperately needed was soon taken away by one Deon Billington taking one of the better catches you’ll ever see and possibly making it into the top 3 catches for the match.

The Roos stayed on top with some more good bowling and excellent fielding and managed a great first innings win, Rocky all out 67. J Slattery 4 wickets, Millar 3 and debutant stumpers with 2 to close out the win.

Well what a first day hey? 20 wickets gee whiz that’s a few, you won’t see many more in a single day than that?

WRONG! ARE YOU NEW HERE? HEAPS OF BLOODY POLES LEFT IN THAT THING TODAY DONT YOU WORRY SON!

14 overs left in the day and that was more than enough to give Rocky a sniff of a reverse outright. First ball of the innings handed the good-looking and funny Cam Mac a pair for the day and absolutely no reason to bring his kit bag for the next week. Callum Douglas was the next to join the “I don’t need kit” club with another Joel Wilson special, and was kind enough to offer the umpire some free advice. The Roos managed to somewhat stabilise but after a Rob Fairchild castling with a broken stump that he volunteered to carry off, they limped to the end of play at 4/44. 24 wickets in a day had everyone needing to catch their breath, especially with the possibility of an outright result the following week.

Enter week 2 and the temperature has been turned right up. In the midst of a December heatwave Mitch Slattery and Deon Billington resumed at the crease looking to put the Roos in a strong position for a big result. And that they certainly did. The pair put on 86, Billington with 56 and Slattery with 48, and did a great job of making the visitors toil hard in the heat. Sadik then came to the party with a lovely 52 and the innings was closed out by a nifty 30* from John “Prince Charming” Walter. Wanneroo declared with a lead of 230 and 36 overs to attempt to take 10 wickets.

The outright pursuit got off to another brilliant start thanks again to J Slattery and Millar. In no time at all Rockingham were 4/16 and the Roos could taste a big point’s booster. However, an early chance was missed with their quality stodger managing to find the space between Rob Fairchild’s hands. A mistake which can be excused given the stress placed on said hands in a truly inspirational tea preparation.

Tea was served and, regardless of the absence of mayonnaise, the curried egg sandwiches made it to the table to complete another outstanding spread.

But it was not curried egg that the 2s craved. It was outright victory. The hunt for wickets continued and one by one they continued to steadily fall. It was the stodgy opener though who proved to be up to the challenge. A short ball plan was installed however he managed to consistently find the gaps and avoid falling victim. With 3 overs remaining and 3 wickets still required it looked as though the stodge may have the last laugh. But the short ball plan was not to be aborted, and Leigh Millar gave everything he had to keep digging them in. And then it came. The breakthrough. The plan. The execution. THE CATCH! MY GOD THE CATCH! FORGET SADIK AND BILLINGTON THIS WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD! SCREAMING IN AT FULL TILT FROM FINE LEG DIVING FORWARD I MEAN SERIOUSLY IT DOES NOT GET BETTER.

Nah just kidding it wasn’t that good. Pretty good but I reckon. So with 2 overs left and 2 wickets needed, who do you call to bend back the pegs of a tail ender? The Head and Shoulders Pantene Garnier King himself. And bend pegs he did. 8 balls and 1 wicket needed for outright with 10 and 11 at the crease. Somehow the number 11 kept out 3 sharp ones and there was 1 over left for that precious wicket. Leigh Millar, still toiling, had the task.

Dot. Dot. Dot. Dot. Dot.

One ball left. One wicket to win. It’s a big ask but you could feel the hope. The desperation. The desire to take home a big bag of points and be sitting comfortably over the Christmas break. Everyone was ready. This was it. If the chance comes you better believe we’re taking it. Leigh charges in, fielders low and at the ready. And there it was. A big prop forward. The big snick. The ball sailing towards 3rd slip straight into the hands of Dougo!

And straight back out on to the ground not out no outright but a 1st innings win oh well all good doesn’t matter who cares just a game probably won’t matter anyway who needs points probably won’t have any bearing on the season it’s fine not like we wanted a 2nd innings win its honestly not a problem at all had a great day aha woohoo how good is cricket merry Christmas

3rd Grade

WDCC 8/295 def. OUTRIGHT RMDCC 115 & 91

Tim Paine won the toss and elected to bowl in bowler friendly conditions. The dukes ball was doing plenty with Rockingham having no answer. Wickets were shared evenly with Jared ‘Ribena’ Maunder, Darcy ‘Labuschagne’ Forssman and Connor ‘what can’t he do’ Spangenberg all picking up 2 each. Donavinn Fryer managed to rip through the tail in the blink of an eye to finish with 4 wickets for the day and leaving Rockingham bowled out for 115. Allan Hall started the chase off well with a quick 21 and after a little wobble the ship was steadied by Graeme ‘retirement age is 65’ Atkinson, who went large on his way to a quick fire 77 helping the threes secure the win on the first day. The second week started with a 33 from Matthew Dozdzdsozdsoz and a batting masterclass from young Connor Spangenberg who hit 113. In search of an outright declaration was made. In pursuit of wickets in the afternoon Donavinn was all class again picking up 5 wickets to take his tally to 9 for the match. He once again ripping through the tail in no time thanks to some genius field placings. The threes picked up a great outright win to finish the year in style.

Congratulations to Donavinn and Connor!!

4th Grade

WDCC 196 def. by RMDCC 281

Rockingham Mandurah won the toss and elected to bat first, the first wicket came with a run out by “Lachlan mute Henderson”. The run out batter would watch the runs pile on as they went from 1/7 to 143/2. The second session saw a fight back from the elite 4th grade roos, as they picked up 4/34 thanks to “Sharm Samatha Bandara” who would end up with 5 wickets as Rockingham Mandurah would be bowled out for 281 late in the day, not forgetting “Michael Chop King Kelsey’s” run out

The roos would have a slow but good start to the innings, being 1/51 half way through the first session. After lunch Kelso would pass his fifty and have another fifty partnership with “Jaymin hates a fifty Patel”. The runs would to start to flow and would be 4/164 at tea, with Kelso making a gritty 77 (his highest on Lark Hill 2). From there the roos would collapse and lose 6/36 with “Lachie Aggressive Dargie” making 27. With the elite 4s being bowled out for 196.

Under 17 T20 Women

WDCC 7/84 def. Subiaco Floreat 4/82

Our female Roo’s returned to winning ways in Round 10 at home v Subi Floreat (SF).  SF won the toss and perhaps sensing that the Roos setting a target in Round 9 didn’t end well were hoping for a repeat performance and it very nearly worked. Our top order struggled again to produce apart from Rachel Prout constructing a mature 27 and Danni Eckley and Grace Tomkinson both sharing 13 apiece; leaving others to consider and reflect on the importance of playing straight. We stuck with it and ground out a modest 84 for the loss of 7 precious wickets.

Our bowling and fielding were severely tested under pressure last week in Round 9, learning from loss is crucial to continual improvement and today our collective bowling units and fielding reacted must better and stronger than last week; therefore positive learning had taken place. Efficiency was key to our success, all of our bowlers acknowledged the importance of bowling at the stumps and most returned with excellent figures. Emma Schonfeldt continues to impress along with our premier quick Josie Beckett who snagged 2 vital wickets. The spin twin mix of Ella Stewart and Emma Wilson provided flight and a hint of turn which kept the SF middle order guessing; we look forward to this variation in the longer format post-Christmas. Breanna Giandzi and Emilie Nicholls bowled fantastically well at the death setting up a tense final over finish. In pressure situations the execution of  basic skills are crucial, line, length, focused fielding including anticipation and backing up are vital, last week we fell short however this week we executed these skills and deserved our victory. We end our T20 journey finishing joint second on points with South Perth who boast a better average than us resulting in us unfortunately missing a Grand Final place. The girls benefit from a well-earned break before turning their attention to the longer 40 over format in early Feb 2020. What a fine bunch of maturing young female cricketers who have been a pleasure to work with in this first part of the season.

T20 Round 2 v Country

WDCC Roos 8/115 (KR Smith 43, JW Mason 28) def. by Country XI 7/116 (KR Smith 2/24)

Colts Round 2 v Country

WDCC 3/137 def. Country XI 8/92

On the 15th of December the colts took on the Country XI on a stinking hot day at Sutherland’s park. Winning the toss and choosing to bat the boys got off to a decent start. A nice partnership was formed through the middle with Michael Kelsey the standout with the bat making 54 off 42 balls. A nice platform was laid for some late hitting. Nick Santich batted beautifully and hit a nice six off the last ball of the inning to take the total to 3-137.

We got off to a nice start with the ball restricting them early. Jordan Slattery and Nick Santich were then brought on and took 4/16 and 3/15 respectively. The country XI never looked likely of chasing down the total as they finished 8/92 off their 20 overs.

This leaves the Colts boys in a strong position being 2 from 2 and gives us some momentum for our double header next Saturday.

Seventeens Men

WDCC 7/274 def. RMDCC 3/257

5 am wake up calls are fun…. Even though Nick “loves a snapchat” Santich seemed to disagree with his one million snapchats on his private story claiming they weren’t. The boys were full with as much energy as they could for a 7:20 am warm up in Lark Hill, and the first under Dave “Papa” Spangenberg. Umpire Thulasi Singh calls over the great 17s leader Jack “old” McDonald for the toss with him guessing the right side of the coin and sending the Rockingham-Mandurah boys into bat. Started off well with the ball, with Samuel “I still talk about England” Williams having the openers in absolute shambles and the pressure being too much for one of the openers as Connor “Son of Dave” Spangenberg took the first pole of the day and putting Rocky 1/36. Unfortunately it went pear shaped for the boys with error after error, luck to the batsmen, poor bowling and quality strokes. The score climbed to a mammoth 2/232 after the skip brought himself on to bowl to show all the other spinners how to bowl, getting Corey Wasley out for a well-made 110 and breaking the 196 run partnership. Soon after Connor “Still son of Dave” Spangenberg took the wicket of Mr Helm taking the score to 3/248. The Roos needing to chase a huge total of 257 the following week.

Arising earlier this weekend for an earlier start meant the boys had to be there at 7:00am. But that didn’t seem to bother anyone as we watch Jayden “Juice” Rae rock up with a V-Energy in his hands. Knowing the task ahead the two openers got us under way with a partnership valued at 23 runs after Lachlan “Hard hands” Dargie was given a quite questionable LBW decision after being hit on the thigh pad for 8. Things didn’t seem to get any better for the Roos as Connor “Saving myself for the 3s” Spangenberg was sent packing after missing a straight one first ball of his innings. But then in came Jayden “Hates a ton” Rae. Sam and Jayden looked nice and comfortable out there until Samuel “Brother races in F3” Williams snicks off the ball before tea. Bringing in Jack “Too much Tea” Maraldo. Sadly Jayden “Apple and black current” Rae turned up the Matador 4 Burner and Jack “Jmar” Maraldo was not successful at getting off the treadmill. After this the day turned for the boys in Red, with Jack “Skip” McDonald and Nick “Club Bully” Santich both posting 50s and Jack McDonald getting out only 2 runs short of the target. Jayden was out for a well-made 90 as the roo boys got the job done, ending the day 7/274.

Fifteens Men

WDCC 123 (KT Pearce 51) def. by RMDCC 3/130

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A tough round against a strong Midland-Guildford unit, in a fixture that featured flat tracks, large totals, dukes balls, lower order blitzes and open walled change-rooms.

The results were much more positive at the famous Kingsway Ladies Day, with both the Colts and the Roos T20 side putting on a clinic over Gosnells.

1st Grade  

Midland-Guildford 8/413 def. Wanneroo 329

First week, WDCC won the toss and had no real choice but to bowl first. Unfortunately it was the flattest of flat wickets – and Midland Guildford used it well to post a score over 400. The bowlers tried hard and the wickets were evenly spread with Chris Quelch, Rob Richards and G Singh taking 2 each.

Going out to bat in second week, the Roos started well. R Richards (69) and K Smith (32) batted well to take the score to 88 for 2 after 20 overs. This fell away just after lunch, with the roos losing 3 quick wickets. At 133 for 5 the Anthony Alberto Del Borrello show begin with G Dixon, posting a partnership of 132. G Dixon and Del Borrelo’s scored 89 and 63 respectively.  The Roos showed great fight chasing a mammoth total, the Roos boys all out for 329.

2nd Grade  

Wanneroo 175 & 1/45 def. by Midland-Guildford 280

The Scooby Doo’s took on Midland at Kingsway with groundsman Vinnie Clarke declaring it a “300 run day”. Evidently orchestrating a winning coin toss is much simpler than the afternoon tea, as skipper Dan “Just Bring Some Pizza Shapes” Sadic won the toss and elected to put runs on the board first. Early on it looked as if Vinnie’s prediction was spot on with Cam MacDonald (49) and Riley Holly (42) putting on an excellent first wicket stand of 88. Sadly, as has been a common occurrence this year in the McGoo’s, a batting collapse proceeded the brilliant start, leaving the home team rattled at 5-107. Chad “The Hangover” Hitchcock and Deon “Will He Say Something Today?” Billington steadied the ship for an hour or two with a crafty partnership of 60, before Chad was dismissed on 41.  The lower order appear to need A LOT of Noddy Henry underarms as they were all skittled in quick succession, leaving the side all out for 175 and with a mountain of work to do. The bowlers couldn’t manage to break through in the final session, with the lads from the Swan Valley 0-50 going into day two.

Day two saw tight bowling efforts from the openers, with a couple of close chances not going our way. Jordan Slattery (2-72) bowled well and finally broke through the openers, before Lachy “Bush Chook” Poulter (1-66) took care of the other opener. Unfortunately from there it was fairly textbook from the Lilac Hill lads, getting to the total three down, and then teeing off in the hope to roll us for a second time, declaring at 5-280.

Nerves were sent flying through the camp as Cam Mac lost his wicket in the first over, followed by Callum Douglas surviving an enormous appeal after being wrapped on the pads to a delivery that could only be described as “crashing half way up middle”. Our luck seemed to finally turn, albeit far too late, as Dougo and Riley held strong and batted for three quarters of an hour before calling it a day at 1-45.

A lot of work to do for the WDCC Jimmy Choo’s after quite a strong start to the season.

A quick thank you and good luck to popular clubman Chad Hitchcock who departs the club heading over to Melbourne. His absence leaves a large hole on and off the field, and will be truly missed around the place. Good luck mate, all the best!

3rd Grade

Midland-Guildford 7/236 def. Wanneroo 235.

Fines imminent for nominated writer.

4th Grade

Wanneroo 242 def. Midland-Guildford 144 & 2/87

On what was a perfect day for cricket, with a “road of a pitch” Midland-Guildford won the toss and “The Elite 4s” were sent out to bowl. Hayden Stumpers took the first wicket, we had them 1/22, but….from there the opposition 2+3 bats started to settle & it was looking to be a long day at the office. Then “Just in Time” Jessani struck and from there on the wickets continually fell with some solid bowling & fielding all round.

“Bad boy” Bandara, “Just in time” Jessani & Hayden “The knuckle ball King” Stumpers all finishing with 3 wickets a piece. Midland-Guildford bowled out after 26 overs for 144.

Just after lunch with an hour and twenty minutes left of play it was our turn to bat. Michael Kelsey was the first to fall with Lachy “likes his ducks in a row” Dargie quickly following and it wasn’t looking pretty. In came Nick “El Santo” Santich smashing 4s to all parts of the ground. We finished the day at 3 wickets down with Sharad “the goat” Jessani unbeaten on 18.

Week 2 – After the mild collapse the first week the boys pulled it together; big man Hayden Stumpers with a promotion up the order, put on the masterclass bringing up his 50 with a huge 6. Cody “Billy Goat” Billington not to be outdone & on debut hit a swift 43.

The Roo’s winning comfortably with an end score of 242.

Under 17 T20 Women

Wanneroo 7/102 def. by Midland-Guildford 8/104

Our female Roo’s experienced defeat in Round 9 at home v Midland Guildford (MG). Having won the toss we chose to step outside our usual script and asked our visitors to bowl first. Our top order struggled to produce apart from the resilience of Shayna Jesani 18 and Danni Eckley 17, both applying a sound and sensible technique to an impressive bowling display from MG. We ground out a competitive 102 for 7 which felt at the time a little light.

However bowling and fielding second would now provide an opportunity to attempt to defend a total. Our opening pair leaked a few runs early on but Emma Schonfeldt was well rewarded with a wicket.  Our first change pair of Emilie Nicholls and Ella Stewart tightened the screw with line and length producing 6 wickets, 3 apiece having both completed 4 over spells. Just after the mid-point our Roos’s appeared to have the momentum and an inner confidence going into the final 8 overs. What followed was an amendment to the script, a shift in momentum to MG but largely due to our Roo’s not handling the pressures of defending a total. MG finally putting us out of our misery chasing down our total in the final over; District Cricket provided some vital learning for all associated with Wanneroo girls. We entertain Subi Floreat at home in what will now probably be our final T20 game on Kingsway 1.

T20 Round 1 v Gosnells

Roos had a bat first on a slow Kingsway wicket and quickly found themselves in a bit of strife at 3/16. Joshua Mason (29) and Rob Richards (27) then built a bit of partnership before both falling in quick time. Wanneroo ended up finishing at 8/105 thanks to some late hitting from Riley (15) and Dougo (11). Wanneroo put the screws on early with the ball and continued to take wickets as A Smith 1/17 off 4, K Millar 4/15 off 4, K Smith 2/8 off 3 lead the Roos to a remarkable win by restricting Gosnells to just 8/77.

Colts Round 1 v Gosnells

Colts won the toss on a standard Kingsway wicket and had a bat. Kelso and Dougo looked in good touch before both falling within an overs time along with Varsani to leave the young Roos at 3/16. Riley and Deon then began a rebuild before Riley fell for 20. Santo and Deon had a strong partnership before Deon was dismissed for 38 and Santich for 27. Wanneroo ended up at 8/114. The Roos got off to a tidy start with the ball in the first 6 and continued to pick up wickets throughout the middle overs as Poults picked 1/20 off 4, Shazza 3/11 off 4 and Santo 1/18 off 4. Wanneroo ended up comfortably winning with Gosnells finishing up on 8/83.

Seventeens Men

Midland-Guildford 6/231 (JR Maraldo 4/52) def. by Wanneroo 10/235 (JR Maraldo 70, S Williams 37, S Jessani 35, NR Santich 34)

Fifteens Men

Wanneroo 9/125 (R Wills 36*) def. by Midland-Guildford 8/138 (R Wills 4/31, MJ Lonnie 2/34)

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Congratulations to:

Hayden Cavanagh

Jake O’Shea

Hayden and Jake have been selected to participate in the “Youth Scorchers Series” in December as part of the WACA U13’s Development Program.

They will participate in T20 games trialing the new Junior Format.

Go well and good luck.

Wins in all completed games this week, with the Women’s back to their winning ways against Rockingham-Mandurah and both the 13s and 14s giving Midland-Guildford a lesson. Much work left to do however in all other games at the half-way point. Also, one ML Ardagh had a day out.

1st Grade (Match in Progress)  

Midland-Guildford 8/413 v Wanneroo

2nd Grade (Match in Progress)  

Wanneroo 175 (C MacDonald 49, R Holly 42, C Hitchcock 41) v Midland-Guildford 0/59

3rd Grade (Match in Progress)

Midland-Guildford 1/34 v Wanneroo 235 (Ardagh 154, Everyone Else 63)

4th Grade (Match in Progress)

Wanneroo 3/52 v Midland-Guildford 10/144

Under 17 T20 Women

Wanneroo 2/58 def. Rockingham-Mandurah 53 (E Stewart 3/12)

Our female Roo’s were back to winning ways in Round 8 at home v Rocky Mandurah. Bowling first our opening pair of Danni Eckley and Josie Becket generated their usual pressure with the Mariners losing an early wicket to Danni Eckley. The first change pair of Ella Stewart and Renae Bugg continued to apply more pressure with Renae snagging a wicket for very few runs of 3 overs and Ella likewise taking a further 3 wickets from a 4 over spell; also conceding only 12 runs. Captain today was Eva who turned to more spin with Kristin Jones bowling with flight and purpose nicking a wicket and with more fine short spells from Emilie Nicholls and Emma Harvey finishing off their innings with the Mariners posting a modest 53 all out.  Our fielding continues to improve as does the spirit displayed by the whole squad. Our opponents supporters commented last week at South Perth at how impressed they were with how the whole squad (playing and non-playing) support each other.

Good to see our opening pair of Tene Crafford and Shayna Jesani back in the saddle. However Tene fell early but Shayna (not out) and Eva steadied the ship to guide us to within a few runs of victory when Eva was bowled for 17. Rachel Prout hit the winning boundary in just the 12th over securing winning ways to our female Roo’s.  Amanda, along with the Coaching and Parent group finished up with a fine morning tea which the Rocky Mandurah Team really appreciated. We entertain Midland Guildford at home next week again on Kingsway 2.

Seventeens Men (Match in Progress)

Midland-Guildford 6/231 (JR Maraldo 4/52) v Wanneroo

Fifteens Men (Match in Progress)

Wanneroo 9/125 (R Wills 36*) v Midland-Guildford

Fourteens Men

WDCC 8/195 (Holly 48, Gillespie 30, Marinovich 30*) def. M.G. 8/178 (Jessani 2/13, Marinovich 2/19, RA Walker 2/27)

Sunday morning we played hosts to Midland Guildford for Round 4 and with both teams arriving bright and early, the obligatory pitch inspections commenced.  With 2 huddles in the middle, both teams appeared to be in deep conversation around tactics and pitch conditions, with a lot of poking and prodding at the surface. Thankfully no car keys where produced and used to test the cracks.

With the toss being won by Midland and electing to bat, it was clear from the start that they wanted to post a very defendable score. Success came early with a couple of early wickets putting Midland on the back foot at 2 for 29. That said,  the wickets dried up as MG batters put on a solid 110 runs before our opening batters combined in the field to break the partnership. Bolwed Gillespie, stumped Holly. The next 5 wickets fell in quick succession for only 39 runs, with Jordan Marinovich setting up a hat trick ball which unfortunately didn’t eventuate. Wickets where evenly spread with each of the following getting a 2 for; R Walker, J Marinovich and T Jessani.

Set a score of 178, Blake and Riley commenced the chase and put on a 68 run partnership before the loss of the first wicket. The runs started too slow as the innings progressed with wickets falling in regular succession. The boys looked done at 7 for 130 with only the bowlers to bat,  and bat they did. Gordo and Johno teamed up to take the score 146, before Johno lost his wicket. Needing 32 off 47 the opening bowlers teamed up once again. Dispatching the wayward balls and making the most of their chances running between the wickets, the pressure started to build on the fielding team. With an over and change left the winning runs where hit to seal the victory. The final score doesn’t capture how close the game was with 4 an over required for the last 10 over.

Congrats to all the boys on the win.

Thirteens Men

Wanneroo 6/139 (KT Richards 58*, JA Lucas 26) def. Midland-Guildford 65 (JC O’Shea 4/20)

The 13’s this week took on Midland Guildford at Kingsway Reserve and after losing the toss we were in the field. Jake O’Shea and Alex Van Der Velde got us off to a great start and they were well supported in the field. Midland Guildford were bowled out within 27 overs for 65. Jake O’Shea finished with 4 for 20 from 7.3 overs of excellent bowling. Alex Van Der Velde had 4 overs, 4 maiden 1 for none and also produced 2 run out balls! All bowlers did their job with a key feature being only 1 wide and 2 no-balls bowled. Kai Richards was involved in 2 run outs and Oscar Thompson took a great running catch and was also involved in a run out.

As it is chasing small targets is never easy and we got off to a poor start and at one stage we were 5 for 30 in our reply before Kai Richards and Joel Lucas paired up to form a match winning 52 partnership. Kai opened the batting and with Joel saw us through to the target and onwards. Joel was out for a very well made 26 and Kai went on to produce his first 50 for The Roo’s and be 58 not out at the finish. Some late power batting from Nathan De Villiers saw the good guys reach 6 for 139 in our reply.

This win showed great character and will hold the boys in good stead going further into the season. As a team we then supported the 14’s as they produced a come from behind win and it was great to watch both teams sing the club song on the ground together after 2 great wins. Well done Roo boys.

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The Wanneroo Districts Cricket Club will be hosting two Coaching Masterclasses with the first being next Monday.

First grade was the shining light for the club this week, in what was otherwise a valiant attempt by other grades without quite getting the biscuits. The Tr33s very nearly pulled off a huge chase, while Richardson Park (sponsored by Coca Cola) turned out not to be a happy hunting ground.

1st Grade

Wanneroo 8/336 def. South Perth 10/253

Week one of the match the boys arrived at the ground nice and early, surprised by the President’s decision to leave the outfield un-mowed, but generally excited for the days play ahead.

Rodney (Birt) continued his great recent record at the toss, winning and choosing to bat. The married couple (Millar and Richards) again blunted the opposition attack by posting another 20+ opening stand (4 out of 5 for the year). Unfortunately Richards then departed, but it did not stop the Roos momentum, with Kelvin giving South Perth an extended tour of Kingsway in his innings of 44. From here Birt came to the crease and tore the game apart, scoring 103 off 86 balls, a pleasure to watch. Meanwhile at the other end Millar (89 off 252) was putting together a clinic in disciplined batting, anchoring the innings. The Birt and Millar partnership was an impressive 140 runs. The team finished up with a total of 336 off the full allotted overs, in part due to a considered 40 off 40 from (no hamstrings) Del Borrello.

By some kind of miracle the second week greeted us with an even hotter day in the field, but fortunately we had an extensive list of fast bowlers to call on. The bowling innings started well with the Roos having the upper hand at 6-104. A solid 100 run partnership from here though brought the game closer to a balance. After tea an inspired bowling partnership from Carrots Eaton and Gandeep Singh Singh put the match to bed and ended the day in the dirt, with South Perth finishing all out for 253. Eaton (3-47), A. Smith (3-60), Richards (1-18 off 15 overs) and Singh (3-59) were the best of the bowlers.

2nd Grade

Wanneroo 147 def. by South Perth 206

The twos started well when the 3rd grade captain who has played 1’s but not 3’s yet, stepped in as 2nd grade captain and won the toss, choosing to bat on a road with the temperature forecast to reach 600 degrees.

After that went downhill with both openers dismissed cheaply. Following the early stumble, Fairchild (39) and Dixon (28) made it look far too easy for a while and managed to put on about 50 for the 3rd wicket. However, that was genuinely it (apart from a B grade Ben Cousins impersonator having a fully clothed shower in the changerooms before sitting outside for 2 hours and showing everyone that there’s more than one use for a coke can) and the team stumbled to 147 shortly before a tea which can be purchased in total for just over $60 at Coles and could have anyone thinking they’re surely at Melvista or McGillvray (3/10 at best).

The bowling/fielding display was far better and featured only one Poulter misplaced long barrier. Leigh Millar (3-54) had spirits high as South Perth found themselves 3-32, the big Camel with all 3. The hosts were able to consolidate to 4-105 at the end of the first day’s play, leaving the roos with plenty to do.

The second week’s efforts were again very solid, some great bowling from Chris Quelch (2-43) had everyone feeling hopeful at 6-118, but ultimately some bloke batted pretty well and they got past the total with relative ease. Walter (2-29) did what he does best and smashed the stumps of some tail-enders and South Perth were all out for 204.

The boys were sent back in for another hit which initially looked like it would end at tea, another occasion dominated by supermarket products going directly from a packet to a plate or bowl, but their captain wanted an outright and 2 wickets straight after the lollies and biscuit break had them feeling optimistic. Luckily for the Roos, Deon “Rahul the wall Kohli is greatest batsman go India 😍😍😍” Billington and Chad “spatchy13” Hitchcock were impenetrable and blunted it for 25 overs for the roos to end on 3/46.

Work to be done with the bat but some great bowling and fielding is a very positive sign going forward.

Also poults had a date on Friday night and it went well.

Go Roos!

3rd Grade

Wanneroo 8/287 def. by South Perth 8/295

On a day where the 17s had already spent 50 overs in the field Ards managed to successfully toss the coin in favour of the opposing captain. This resulted in the Roos Boys facing 80 overs in the field on a hot summer day.  Early wickets would be crucial on the “Vinnie Clarke Highway”.

Two early break throughs from Jared “Apple” Maunder and Yassen “Yas” Afridi were happily accepted. The visitors then began to create a solid partnership putting on 138 runs until Darcy Forssman came to the party with 4-85. After a long 80 overs South Perth left a big chase of 296 runs to win.

Hally and Ards strode to the crease (slowly) but with purpose. With the big chase imminent Hally was the first to go, followed by Ards who left one on his stumps because “it was too hot”. In came Aryan “Kohli” Varsani and Jack “the new Uber” McDonald putting on a solid 108 run partnership with Aryan ending up on 90 and Jack 48. With a fighting effort from Darcy (54) and Tim “Whippy ” Harris (38) we pulled the big total within reach. Unfortunately we ran out of time and the boys were unable to get the win losing by 8 runs.

4th Grade

Wanneroo 10/242 def. by South Perth 5/256

On what can be described as the hottest weekend of the season so far, our mighty leader Liam Carroll put South Perth into the field. A reasonable start from Williams & Bonner saw Wanneroo 34-1 with Williams departing for 12. In came Michael “Floppy” Kelsey who helped steady the ship. Soon after Bonner departed for a hard fought 47, leaving the visitors 76-2. Our mighty leader departed for two bringing in J Rae who firmly stepped up to plate and amassed a superb partnership with Kelso. J Rae would go on to make a fantastic 51 and Kelso also made a gritty 49. Some quick wickets from South Perth and some extremely useful runs from Henderson, Haddrill and blistering running between the wickets from Danaher saw Wanneroo All out for 224. South Perth came out firing on all cylinders to make early inroads to the boundary by the close of play.

The second day they started in much the same way as they meant to go on hitting boundaries most overs; a break through from Boyce saw South Perth 1-54. Williams followed soon after picking up another wicket but South Perth seem to build partnerships making it difficult for Wanneroo to take control of the game. In desperation Ghengis decided to give Pavel Florin a bowl, who nearly golden-armed a LBW on his third ball, however Jay from Inbetweeners could not convince the umpire it was hitting all three pegs. South Perth finished 256-5d at the end of day two.

Under 17 T20 Women

South Perth 7/110 def. Wanneroo 10/58

Our female Roo’s went down for the 2nd week in a row in Round 7 away v South Perth. Circumstances were similar to that of the defeat last week at Melville. Bowling first our attack did well to restrict South Perth to 110-7. Again our strength proved to be our efficient bowling attack, happily bowling in units supporting each other and applying necessary pressure to generate wickets. Wickets were again shared 1 a piece with our opening attack of Emma Schonfeldt and Danni Eckley. Additional wickets 2 a piece were taken by Josie Beckett and Ella Stewart, both completing 4 overs each and both enjoying some notable scalps.

However in what appeared to be a gettable total became increasingly difficult with us neglecting to keep the ball on the floor, thus resulting in wickets falling at regular intervals and eventually our female Roo’s being bowled out for a modest 58. Learning is taking place each week, for small periods we kept the the score ticking over with sensible 1’s and 2’s, good assertive running and more importantly not hitting the ball in the air.  We entertain Rocky Mandurah at home next week on Kingsway 2.

Seventeens Men 

Wanneroo 8/243 def. South Perth 6/149

The 17’s travelled all the way to their home ground at Kingsway to face South Perth on what was a stinking hot day. Skipper Jack “ordinary mullet” McDonald was forced to watch the South Perth skipper call correctly and send his team out into the howling easterly beeeze. Hayden “Sticks” Stumpers was nearly blown away in the breeze but still managed to remove the opener early with the unpickable slower ball he has developed. A small partnership formed as the 17’s fast bowlers failed to land their front foot behind the front line before Sharad “S.Money” Jessani bamboozled the last surviving opening batsman to leave South Perth reeling at 2/35. A flurry of wickets from Connor “run machine” Spangenberg and Nicholas “Tiprat” Santich had South Perth in even more trouble at 5/70. Some late order hitting pushed South Perth to a tricky total of 149. The pick of the bowlers was Santich picking up 2/8 off his 5 overs.

In what was a day of carnage for the South Perth Bowlers, the Wanneroo batsman feasted on a flat Kingsway 2 wicket. Lachlan “lead legs” Dargie fell first after a good opening partnership of 55 with Sam “When I was in England” Williams, who also made a handy score of 22. This only made things worse for South Perth, as out strolled the competitions benchmark batsman, Connor Spangenberg. The run hungry batsman took apart yet another bowling attack as he belted his way to a 77 ball 87. Only a run out could stop this man from making his 2nd century for the season. Unfortunately, Jaymin “hates a 50” Patel had decided that the South Perth bowlers have suffered enough and proceeded to fire up the matador 4-burner, running out Connor with the score on 195. After a few quick wickets and Jaymin falling for 49, Jayden “20 inch forearms” Rae belted a cheeky little 16 off only 8 balls to push the 17’s to a final score of 8/243 off their 50 overs. A second win for the season for the building u17’s.

Fifteens Men 

South Perth 9/168 def. Wanneroo 10/124

We lost the toss on a scorcher and had a bowl. Picking up regular wickets the boys toiled away well with Cody Billington, Jack Corbellini and Joe McCarthy keeping the pressure on. The spin was then called on with Riley Wills and Matt Carroll bowling well in tandem and slowing their run rate. South Perth ended up with 168 from their 50 overs after some late runs. The pick of the bowlers was Matt Carroll with 2 for 31 with a a spread of wickets amongst the others with a couple of Run Outs to Kane Pearce. It was the best bowling/fielding performance of the season.

Returning on Day 2 to chase down a modest target on another hot morning we lost early wickets until a good partnership with Blake Holly and Kane Pearce before Kane was dismissed. Following this there were regular wickets to fall with the boys being dismissed for 124. Blake was best with the bat with 44 and Kane finished with 23. Another opportunity next game in a 50 over fixture where we host Midland Guildford.

For full results visit our new and quite excellent latest results page at https://www.wanneroodcc.com.au/results/