Well another week played (not played in this case) and another week marred by rain. We can forget the second week and concentrate on the good performances posted by the club in week 1 of round 4.
The club was greeted to sunny conditions at the beginning of round 4 with all 4 teams putting in some solid performances. Club President Anthony Jordan recaptured his youth and led the way with an outstanding 114 in the 3rds, showing both the body and mind still have what it takes to perform. He was well supported by junior representative Max Jaggard who posted another good performance with the bat making 37. Good batting and application saw the 3’s make a formidable 268. The clubs batting prowess was also on display in the 4’s making 229 in their game. Patty Moloney got the ball rolling opening his account with 41, backed up by the evergreen veteran John Jordan with 56 and partner in crime Phil Conlon with 47. Some good starts here with only John Jordan reaching the 50 milestone.
The ones lost the toss (again…., cheers Oz) and were made to bowl to South Caulfield. Some brilliant bowling on display here with Gerard McMahon taking 3/26, Tristan Kassis 3/44 and Luke Davis 2/39. Excellent fielding (for the most part) and tight bowling saw South Caulfield post 180 on the board after been bundled out on the last ball of the day. (you guessed it, C.Osborne!) The two’s made the pilgrimage down to South Caulfield and were sent in to bat. Having just blitzed his VCE exams (we expect 99.90) Patrick O’Connell opened and offered stiff resistance with a well-made 31. He was ably supported by 5th cousin Kev O’Connell with a hard fought 26. Sadly for the two’s things didn’t get much better, with captain Mick Thom getting started but not going on with the job for 18. In the end the twos reached 119 and had their backs against the wall. Luckily the rain came.
With the washouts over the weekend the games only get bigger for the snowdogs heading into Christmas. Make sure we all get to training this week
-Jordan Mills
