By STEVE BROWN
FERNTREE Gully footballers captain and last season’s Feaver Medallist Nick Bogar produced one of the great spells of bowling.
Bogar has become the 14th player in 67 years to take nine wickets in an innings in the competition’s top division.
More importantly the medium pacer’s figures of 9/67 from 23 overs enabled the Griffins to snatch an unlikely win over reigning premiers, Johnson Park, by 18 runs at Picket Reserve to complete round three of the Reeves Shield.
The Sharks chasing a modest 174 were powerless against Bogar who had the ball on a string in conditions suitable for the bowlers.
The last player to claim nine wickets in an innings was South Belgrave’s Stephen Lee with 9/49 against The Basin in 1988.
Eildon Park (7/283) held off Belgrave which had an opening stand of 70 before former Premier leg spinner Cam Cosstick entered the scene tying up one end and steadily taking wickets.
Cosstick finished with figures of 6/77 from 28 overs while wicket keeper Luke Rose was unbeaten on 63 when the final wicket fell on 219.
Upwey Tecoma (245) had the best of the batting conditions defeating Knox Gardens by 69 runs that are relying heavily on openers Shannon Small (40) and Jarrod Butcher (36), but it was the Tigers duo of Sam Waters (4/44) and Leigh Bianchi (3/39) that held all the aces.
At Carrington Park, Ferntree Gully received a fright, chasing Knoxfield’s paltry 126.
Experienced bowlers, Scott McKenzie and Trentin Scholfield almost pulled off a miraculous win only to be denied by Blues opening batsman Jayden Bradbury whose unbeaten half century was enough to win, with only one wicket in the bank.
McKenzie ended the day with 5/43 however he would have traded places with the winners.
In the final game, Monbulk could not find the winners’ circle losing its third tight contest in a row, having been set 186 by Upper Gully, the Hawks were dismissed 13 runs short.
Monbulk champion Jason Fraser continued his great form with 55 to go with his five wickets last week.
Fraser received good support from Tom Watson (48) while David Goodger keeps swinging the ball grabbing four wickets for the Kings.
Norm Reeves Shield
Eildon Park 7/283 (Morris 45, Snyman 85, Baltruschatis 100) d Belgrave 219 (Levell 30, Oaten 36, Hill 43, Rose 63, Cosstick 6/77).
Upwey-Tecoma 9/245 (Mulcahy 68, Bell 58, Grasser 3/46) d Knox Gardens 176 (Small 40, Butcher 36, Waters 4/44, Bianchi 3/39).
Ferntree Gully 9/131 (Bradbury 52, McKenzie 5/43, Scholfield 3/33) d Knoxfield 126 (Gregory 40, Bradley 5/18, Wright 3/32).
Footballers 173 (Rawlings 54, Saker 35, Gottliebsen 4/42, DeSilva 3/42) d Johnson Park 155 (Bogar 9/67).
Upper Gully 185 (Salter 88, Fraser 5/44) d Monbulk 172 (Fraser 55, Watson 48, Goodger 4/57).
DeCoite Shield
Aura Vale 317 (McDonald 31, Harman 77, Borlace 45, Sajrlija 55, Walters 4/60,
Edwards 3/49) d Saint Johns Tecoma 154 (Parlby 47, Johnson 49, Borlace 5/28).
South Belgrave 158 (Suckling 69, Bowden 5/50, Wheeler 3/29) d Mountain Gate 114 (Bowden 61, Suckling 5/20).
Knox City 157 d Rowville 140.
The Basin 7/256 d Lysterfield 253.
Division Three
Footballers 235 (McKeown 48, O’Brien 50, Marriot 43, Morris 33) d Johnson Park 175 (Rickard 33, Sim 33).
Monbulk 8/259 (Mackin 66, Lamers 44, Attwood 35, Oliver 4/76) d Upper Gully 81 (Claughton 36, Broekhof 6/25, Nott 3/25).
Eildon Park 7/327 (Porter 70, Smyth 55, Waldron 131) d Belgrave 80 (Walshe 3/18, Brown 3/21).
Knoxfield 195 (Petrovski 67, Faulkner 55, Stockton 3/20) d Ferntree Gully 158 (Morrison 45, Trevenen 40, Stewart 4/23).
Upwey Tecoma 2/274 (Campbell 113, Hurst 58, Lizza 51) d Knox Gardens 267 (Hay 55, McInerney 43, McLean 41, Reid 34, Lizza 4/42, Crombie 4/62).
Division Four
South Belgrave 198 (Wilson 6/22, Ray 67, Baker 33) t Mt Gate 198 (Adams 30, Atkinson 4/88, Maxwell 3/45).
Saint Johns Tecoma 7/382 (Manning 175, Meyer 58, Barcham 52) d Auravale 211 (Van Gent 53, Battams 33, Chaplin 30, Barcham 4/37).
The Basin 204 (Carland 4/45, Ferguson 3/37, Porch 62) d Lysterfield 103 (Winters 7/42).
Knox Boronia Churches 9/151 (Williams 65) d Rowville 137.
Division Five
Johnson Park 8/187 (Monahan 34, Conboy 5/43) d Footballers 92 (Cain 48).
Upper Gully 250 (Sherry 53, Whiteman 32, Lamarca 32, Clarkson 57, Porter 5/44) d Belgrave 206 (Porter 40, Fleming 36, Bartrop 3/23).
Knox Gardens 185 (Potts 51, McKern 3/30) d Upwey Tecoma 113 (Wijekulasuriya 3/29).
Knoxfield 9/198 (Perry 93) d Ferntree Gully 184 (Cole 58, McPherson 35, Casement 6/57).
Division Six
South Belgrave 5/345 (Dunkley 56, Fedley 127, O’Brien 48, Hunt 32) d Eildon Park 6/150 (Tierney 3/25, Woodward 33, Ibrahim 58).
The Basin 8/345 (Freeling 57, Best 70, Turcinovic 77, Kinniburgh 3/51) d Lysterfield 9/221 (Lapthorne 80, Grimston 53, Edwards 5/55).
Mountain Gate 102 d Knox Boronia Churches 9/68.
Division Seven
Johnson Park 6/260 (Francis 70, Saultry 103) d Knox Gardens 248 (Thompson 102, Stuckey 51, Walter 4/43, Allister 3/34).
Knoxfield 238 (Mumford 46, Wilson 35) d Monbulk 158 (Creed 53, Maibaum 3/38, James 3/36).
Lysterfield 7/286 (Diclaudio 76, Godson 67) d Upwey Tecoma 150 (Chapman 64, Bundy 4/29).
Ferntree Gully 141 (Jacobson 36, Perera 3/29, St Clair 4/21) d Knox Boronia Churches 100 (Barlow 6/20).
Rowville 241 (Burns 71, Cowdrey 47, Glazner 3/35, McNeil 3/28) d Saint Johns Tecoma 239 (Groenewegen 103, Glazner 72).
B1
Knox Boronia Churches 6/197 d South Belgrave 9/189 (Steele 35, Bromley 32).
Lysterfield 3/113 (Stubbs 50) d Mountain Gate 101 (Stubbs 3/15, Richardson 3/21).
Johnson Park 80 (Green 7/35, Wilkinson 3/19) d Saint Johns Tecoma 79 (VanHoorn 4/11, Smith 3/18, Smith 30).
SE Wanderers 6/264 (Fernando 52, Ratnayake 50, Gunathunga 40, Fernando 46) d Wandin East 6/204 (Randell 52, Walters 31).
B2
Lysterfield 4/164 (Jenke 51, Khan 48) d Ferntree Gully 7/126 (Gray 37, Ehmed 3/25).
Belgrave 6/170 (Argoon 45, McNamara 50) t Knox City 170 (Naudeep 50, Singh 34, McNamara 4/30).
Bayswater 4/112 (Jozua 33) d Monbulk 46 (Mitrevski 6/13, Pipel 4/30).
