ROUND 10 SELECTION 11/2 & 18/2

Round 10 is the most important round of cricket for the St.Bernards OCCC in many years, for the first XI a win will all but secure a spot in Senior Division for next season, for the 2nd XI & 4th wins on the road will put them in the top 4, while the 3rd XI will also need a win if they want to compete in March.

With the First XI playing at home, it would be great to see the clubs supporters and ex-players get down to support the guys in their battle to stay in senior division.

1st XI V McKinnon, Meet at 11:45 - Osborne(c), Cave, Mills, Serrano, McIntyre, P.O'Connell, Linton, Kassis, L Davis, McMahon, Thom

2nd XI @ McKinnon, Meet at St.Bernards 10:45 - K.O'Connell (c), Jordan, Cooper, Chrystie, Raffle, Garth, Davey, Dunnel, Turner, Bergin, Johansen

3rd XI V Seddon, Meet at 12:30 - B.Davey(C), Cowan, Clure, Jaggard, Hefter, Sullivan, Wade, Browne, Dunnel, Rodgers, Bourke


4th XI @ St.Francis, Meet at 12:30 - J.Jordan(c), Rule, Jones, Comerford, Maloney, Cook, Castles, Conlan, M.Cooper, M.Webster, DiPaolo

Home sides - don't forget afternoon tea. 

Good Luck to all sides, especially the First XI!

Go Dogs!

FIRST XI FALL SHORT

With the season inching closer to completion every game is taking on new importance and significance. For the First XI the trip to Beaumaris was a match they needed to win, sitting just 3 points away from the relegation zone. Losing the toss and bowling the hosts were able to amass 9/218 off their 80 overs. Luke Davis was the best of the bowlers with 3/41 while Nick Serrano chipped in with 2/27. The run chase got off to a bad start with both openers gone early. From there on all batsmen got starts with no one able to grab the match by the throat and turn it in St.Bernards favor. A good sing for the club though that 3 youngsters Davey, P.O'Connell and J.Riley all had an impact.
The 2nd  XI were looking to erase their heartbreaking loss the week before by registering a win and getting their season back on track at home against Beaumaris. Bowling first the hosts ran through their South side counterparts for 121, with all bowlers contributing- Gay, Turner, Raffle and K.O'Connell all taking two wickets each. the chase got off to a shaky start late on day one as the hosts fell to 3/30 before and then 7/97 early on day two before Tim Raffle and Brad Cooper steered the ship home safely and Bernards were eventually bowled out for 208 after a 28(14) cameo from Alex Turner.
The 3rd XI were up against rivals Altona North and batting first were bowled out for 148, with skipper Brendan Davey top scoring with 45 while Jeremy Sullivan continued his good form with a 32. Brendans boys were well and truly up against it when Altona were 5/123 requiring only 25 for victory until young spinner Jarrod Cowan turned the match along with Tom Gleeson to pull off a famous 3rd XI victory - early similar to the semi final a few years ago, this time Bernard's coming out on top .
The 4th XI lead by Giles Craig were at home to Yarraville Club. Losing the toss and being sent in Bernards were in trouble early, losing both openers for the score of 13 until some middle order resistance from Michael DiPaolo(31), Captain Giles(23), and youngster Max Jaggard(33) to get the score to 3-109 before the tail collapsed and the dogs were dismissed for 157. In response the visitors amassed 9/223 off their 72 overs.

Round 8 Review

It was disappointing round for all teams concerned with St Bernard’s OCCC suffering 4 defeats. A few teams, mainly the second’s and fourth’s were from winnable positions. The 1st’s were set a sizeable total after restricting against Airport West to 258. Luke Davis and Nick Serrano on his 1st’s debut for a few years were the pick of the bowlers taking 2 apiece. The run chase began badly with the pitch causing some concerns due to it being wet. After crumbling to a meager 76 in the first dig and again 4 for 68 in the second there wasn’t much to note with regards to batting performances.
The seconds were at home after making 191 the first week with some very good performance namely Kev O’Connell and third cousin Dan O’Connell making 68 and 50 respectively. This crucial partnership provided some much needed stability after some early cheap wickets. Brad Cooper Chimed in for a well compiled 29. It was a shame the two’s couldn’t capitalize on such a good position with Airport West chasing down the runs. Dan O’Connell and Greg Garth led the way with 2 wickets each.
The third’s and fourths suffered a similar fate being bundled out for 132 and 73 respectively. Sean Hefter with 31 and Brendan Davey with 19 were the only standouts with the bat. Jack gay back from a lengthy hiatus grabbed 2 wickets as did Josh Dunnell. With youth and experience on their side, the fourth eleven couldn’t manage to reel in 164 set by Taylors Lakes. Jake Jones with 20 runs and Patty Moloney grabbed 2 for 27 from his spell.
With four losses the club has much to do if a finals berth is to happen. Batting appears to be the weakness with some low scores made. The one’s fighting to stave off relegation and other teams hoping to make the final 4, it is going to be an interesting few weeks

-Jordan Mills

ROUND 9 SELECTION

After 4 losses last week its important to bounce back this week, turn things around and get that winning feeling back at the club

Saturday 28 Jan & 4 Feb

1st XI - @ Beaumaris 11:45 Meet- Osborne (c), Serrano, L.Davis, J.Davey, Kassis, Mills, Jurcic, Cave, Spinella, Riley, P.O'Connell

2nd XI - V Beaumaris 11:45 Meet - Thom(c), K.O'Connell, Jordan, Gay, Bergin, Cooper, Chrystie, Turner, Dunell, Garth, Raffle

3rd XI - @ Altona North 12:30 Meet - B.Davey(c), Sullivan, Hefter, Cowan, Bourke, Browne, Wade, J.Dunell, R.Rodgers, Clure, Gleeson

4th XI- V Yarraville Club 12:30 Meet - Craige(c) Comerford, Moloney, N.Rule, Jones, Sargent, DiPaolo, M.Cooper, Jaggard, M.Webster, J.Garth

Congratulation to Pat O'Connell and James Riley who make their 1st XI debut this week after some strong performances in the 2nd XI. Its a prommising sign for the club with many young guys continuing to push for senior selection

Best of Luck - Lets get this winning feeling back and start enjoying cricket again!

ROUND 8 SELECTION

1ST XI @ Airport West Meet 11:45- Osborne(c), McIntyre, Spinella, Cave, Jurcic, Mills, Kassis, Davey.J, McMahon, Davis.L, Serrano

2ND XI v Airport West, Meet 11:45- Thom(c) O'Connell, O'Connell, O'Connell, Cooper, Chrystie, Turner, Garth, Raffle, Dunnel Jake, Jordan

3RD XI @ Aberfeldie, Meet 12:30 - Davey.B(c) Sullivan, Hefter, Cowan, Gay, Browne, Wade, Josh Dunnel, Bergin, DiPaolo, Isaacs

4TH XI V Taylors Lakes, Meets 12:30 - J.Jordan(c), Craig, Conlan, Comerford, Maloney, Castles, Rule, Rodgers, Jones, Sargent, Bennett

ROUND 7 SELECTION

The First round back after Christmas, the first round for 2012 and as always a big round of games for the mighty Snowdogs.


1st XI V Greenvale, Meet 1145 - Osborne (C), Mills, McIntyre, Jurcic, Spinella, Linton, Kassis, Cave, L.Davis, McMahon, J.Davey

2nd XI @ Greenvale, Meet 1145 - Thom (C), O'Connell, Jordan, Bourke, Serrano, Jake Dunnel, Raffle, Turner, Bergin, Johanssen, Carrick

3rd XI V OEGCC, Meet 12:30 - B.Davey, Clure, Hefter, Sullivan, Cowan, Hefter, Browne, C Davis, Josh Dunnel, Rule

4th XI @ Aberfeldie Park, Meet 12:30 - J.Jordan, Conlan, Comerford, Craig, Maloney, Castles, Jones, Webster, Webster, Sargent, Bennett


GOOD LUCK MEN!

BERNARD'S BITS - EDITION 2

Well the festive season was a big one and it’s fair to say that I over indulged a little. Super Special Scintillating Sexy Sippers was a great night and I enjoyed sampling the many different beers from across the globe.  Christmas was a quiet day at the snake pit as I sheltered from the rain and hail. Boxing Day was its usual enjoyable self but I couldn’t quite cheer Punter over the line for his ton. Fortunately he saluted this week in Sydney. Good to see him back in form.

But now it’s back to the Snowdog cricket season as 2012 comes to town. Needless to say it’s a big round for all XI’s this Saturday (when isn’t it?). But I’m more interested in what everyone’s New Years Resolutions are? Mine is to eat less from the dumpster up at the school and to stop peeing on Millsy’s hub caps. Both of those habits are enjoyable but deep down I know they’re wrong.

Here are a few suggestions for some of our Snowdogs...

Paddle: Improve on facebook status updates.

Peter Korda( J.Mills)

Tom Christie: Be the best life-size tennis ball at the Australian Open.

Bourkey: Ditch the ¾ length red shorts.

Rowdy: Avoid hail damage.

G-tram: Work on tan.

Millsy: Stop looking like everyone.

That last one brings me to the new addition in this column. It’s called “Who Does Millsy Look Like This Round?” With the tennis just around the corner, here is the first entrant...

Regards,

Bernard