WITH the Monbulk Juniors and fourth XI all having a weekend off, the top three senior teams all played a one dayer to fill the time.
The firsts, playing at home against the reigning Norm Reeves Premiers Johnson Park, bowled first and restricted the opposition to 7/127 from their 40 overs.
Rick Lamers took two wickets as did Blake Walter who also took three catches.
With the bat, Monbulk was 4/76 before Aaron Powell (26no) and Brian Martin (27no) batted brilliantly adding an unbeaten 55 run partnership to seal a great team win with three balls to spare.
Tom Watson topped scored with 30.
The seconds and thirds both lost but again promising signs for the future with Monbulk junior players doing well including Daniel Cleary’s 40 in the thirds, Travis Wills first senior wicket in the thirds and Josh Rak taking his first wicket in the seconds.
All Monbulk’s teams (seniors and juniors) re-commence next weekend, with most teams starting two day games.
The newest team, the Under 10s, also play its first match on Friday night along with the first night of the Milo in2cricket program starting at 5.45pm at the main ground.
Check Mycricket on website monbulkcc.vic.cricket.com.au for all this weekend’s games and upcoming events which include:
One Dayer Results
Firsts: Monbulk CC 4/131 (Watson 30) d Johnson Park CC 7/128.
Seconds: Jonson Park CC 5/222 d Monbulk CC 8/144 (Clark 33, Simmonds 32).
Thirds: Knox Gardens CC 2/114 d Monbulk CC 10/108 (Cleary 40).
