Weekend wrap for our round 12 clash against Rockingham-Mandurah.
1st grade
Rockingham Mandurah 8d/325 (70) def Wanneroo 10/201 (61)
With unexpected large amounts of rain, the night before day one the Roos were looking at a long rain delay while the pitch dried out. The rain delay consisted of some terrible darts and pool efforts before the boys decided to give up and watch Jordy Slattery receive an over of full tosses as his teammates have to face a nippy wicket. After the thrilling delay…the boys started a warm-up to have a bowl.
Skipper Slug got the first break-through after the ball before was dropped. However, that was about the only real fun the boys got in the first session and a half as the Rocky batters put on a 140 run 2nd wicket partnership which was eventually broken by Owen Brown who bowled the best ball of his life getting Teague Wyllie and his first A grade wicket! Wickets fell steadily after and Rockingham declared on day 2, 8-325.
The Roos got a solid start with to the chase being 2-102 with some good batting, however, unfortunately we once again had a middle order batting collapse, and we were bowled out for 201. Some positive things to take out of this game including an almost maiden A grade 50 by Stimpy (Stumpers) (49) before he missed a straight one and got bowled, as well as the team’s first score over 200 in 9 games.
Onwards and upwards from here!
2nd grade
Wanneroo 10/144 & 3/102 (28) def Rockingham Mandurah 10/140 (63.3)
In a tense and exciting 2nd grade cricket match between Wanneroo and Rockingham Mandurah, the game came down to the wire, with Wanneroo emerging victorious by just 3 runs. It was a nail-biting contest that had everyone on the edge of their seats until the final moments. Bailey Richards was named Player of the Match for his stellar performance, contributing both with the bat and ball, and playing a key role in helping his team to the narrow win.
The Wanneroo boys made their way to the game on a bus, and while they were focused on the match itself, the journey back turned into a chaotic and less-than-ideal situation. Some of the players, clearly in high spirits from their win, indulged a bit too much and ended up getting drunk on the way home, much to the amusement (and perhaps concern) of their teammates. Despite this post-game misadventure, the team’s hard-fought victory remained the highlight of the day, as they celebrated their well-deserved triumph.
It was a memorable day for the Wanneroo boys, with Bailey Richards shining as the match hero and the team leaving it all out on the field for a thrilling win.
3rd grade
Wanneroo 4d/214 & 0d/151 (14) def Rockingham Mandurah 10/120 & 2/70)
In today’s episode, we have Kane Pearce 100, No Nips Fryer 300 wickets, Kealey Farrant doing the least amount anyone could ever do on a cricket field + the worst grade team ever.
The 95-96 Bulls, 07/08 Manchester United, The Wanneroo 3rd XI. All legendary teams. And as the boys stepped out onto the hallowed Kingsway 2, there was a sense of anticipation and excitement in the air, especially with the delayed start. What proceeded was 90 minutes of high intensity football (soccer for the gimps), before captain Jack finally won the toss and elected to have a bat against a bunch of 12 year olds.
And things got off to a great start! Resident real estate mogul Sam Williams decided he was Brian Charles Lara this week and raced to 80, in partnership with Oscar ‘I Have No Legs’ Chadwick. The young pup making a sparkling 70 odd whilst the rest of his team sat back, relaxed and listened to the Triple J Hottest 100 (well done Chapel Roan – Sam asked for your number btw so message him). Anyhow, we then batted a little bit more, with the middle order + Mahbo hitting a few big bombs. Tom had a hissy fit that he didn’t bat (shock) and Kealey looked like a tomato. So all in all, probably the best day of cricket we all could have been involved in.
Onto the Rockingham first innings (spoilers sorry teehee). Resident OnlyFans model Donnavin Fryer made up for his lack of nipples my taking 3 quick wickets to leave the Miners (i think that’s there name) 3 down overnight, at the other end Tom ‘hits the seam’ Walker did jack all aside from hit a 4 year old in the ribs. P.S big shoutout to Lachy Poulter for sub fielding for us – about time he did something of value.
Anyhow, with Lynsannity & Nathan DeVilliers now in the team for day 2, the boys stepped onto the field with a bit more vigour, and a whole lot more racism (nathan is south african – says it all). And it went from bad to worse for the other team, as they felt the full force of Jonny Sins, AI Genius, No Nips Fryer & The Burmese Python + Nathan but who gives a shit about him. Rockingham were bowled out for around 100 I think, who tf knows at this point, and if you are still reading, get a life.
Now, Kane wacked 100. It was simply the best innings we have ever seen live. This man is so good at batting. He is the father of Rockingham-Mandurah. It’s fair to say the Bali belly has gone, and mudguts is back for good. Mahbo also batted. Kealey still didn’t do anything. Tom had another hissy fit. And then we bowled again!
At this point you definitely aren’t reading, and our bowling innings was about as boring as this write up. However, one exciting thing was Donny ‘cross section mirror selfie’ Fryer got 300 grade wickets. From all of us Donny, very well done.
4th grade
Wanneroo 10/173 (52.1) def by Rockingham Mandurah 9/174 (73.5)
The bad boys were down to Port Kennedy this round to verse Rocky on one of the greenest decks on a second ground in a long time. As per usual Liam decided to lose the toss and we were sent in to bat. Xander and Tom got us off to a great start with Glam making 43 and Lightning scoring 62. Now that we got the start, we wanted we did what we know best and had an almighty collapse. Top Boozer Carroll being the only person to score double digits past the openers (31 runs – someone’s gotta recount this). The bad boys got all out for 173 and had to bowl for majority of the last session picking up 2 wickets to end the day.
On the second Saturday vibes were still high despite the big task ahead of us needing 8 wickets for 100 odd runs. Rocky’s only 2 sticks put in a good knock, and we looked dead and buried until Top Boozer picked up a crucial wicket which tipped the game back in our favour. Few more runs later Uncle Fitta, and his massage parlour got another big wicket and we only needed 4 wickets with 30 runs to spare. Income Jacob Henneberry taking a big time hattrick leaving us needing one more pole with 17 runs left. Unfortunately, we just couldn’t get over the line but we still had a smile on our face knowing the beer buddy app and a bus was waiting for us.