By IAN HARLEY
IN THE battle between second and fourth, Martin Weightman (94) ensured that Johnson Park set Knox Gardens a healthy run chase.
Sharks Skipper Andrew Devenish made 56 as the Falcons bowled them out for 273.
Travis Mulder was the best of the bowlers while Johnson Park has the runs on the board – Knox Gardens do have the two leading run scorers in Norm Reeves Shield.
At Wally Tew Oval, Belgrave continued their season of ups and downs, compiling 9/280 in a day’s play against Ferntree Gully.
With Aaron Daniel (73), Dinusha Fernando (52), Leigh Newey (46) and Stephen Batty (39) all among the runs, Belgrave may have found the form they were hoping for at the start of the season.
Ferntree Gully will need to produce their best to take the points.
Up at the log cabin, Knoxfield managed to post a score of 195 against Monbulk with Luke (48) and Jayson (45) Scanlan putting on a father-and-son effort for the Knights.
Nick Bogar (5/46) helped Footballers restrict Eildon Park to 205 despite Ben Morris’s 91.
But the day did not end well for the Griffens, who were 3/17 before the close of play.
In the final game of the round, Upwey Tecoma have 165 runs to bowl at, thanks to Rick Lizza’s 60 against Upper Ferntree Gully.
In Decoite Shield, Paul Hoenderdaal made 129 in Aura Vale’s score of 6/288 against South Belgrave.
The Basin was well in control of their game at 1/109, chasing Knox City’s 124. Rowville set Lysterfield 289 for victory and Saint John’s Tecoma 1/22 chased Mountain Gates 163.
Norm Reeves Shield:
Johnson Park 273 (Weightman 94, Devenish 56, Mulder 4/37) v Knox Gardens.
Belgrave 9/280 (Daniel 73, Fernando 52, Newey 46, Batty 39) v Ferntree Gully.
Knoxfield 195 (Scanlan 48, Scanlan 45, Sundaresh 28) v Monbulk.
Eildon Park 205 (Morris 91, Cosstick 46, Bogar 5/64) v Footballers 3/17.
Upwey-Tecoma 165 (Lizza 60) v Upper Ferntree Gully.
Decoite Shield:
Aura Vale 6/288 (Hoenderdaal 129, Wilkinson 36, Maxwell 3/70) v South Belgrave.
Knox City 125 (Heskes 6/22) v The Basin 1/109 (Bowyer 60).
Rowville 8/288 (Lever 115, Hill 39, Blackman 39, Glenister 4/52) v Lysterfield.
Saint John’s Tecoma 1/23 v Mountain Gate 163 (Hardy 52, Lindner 37, Lovell 5/49, Grenda 3/67).
Division Three:
Belgrave 9/259 (Wiseman 86, Murphy 33, Catalano 3/37) v Ferntree Gully.
Knoxfield 162 (Milligan 40, Faulkner 37, Parossien 31, Martin 4/37) v Monbulk.
Johnson Park 167(Roy 56, Gstrein 35, Thompson 3/22, Reid 3/26) v Knox Gardens 1/40.
Upper Ferntree Gully 6/230 (Smith 39, Collard 85, Penjin 42, Buck 3/62) v Upwey.
Eildon Park 399 (Smyth109, Dietzel 84, J Cutts 78) v Footballers.
Division Four:
South Belgrave 9/417 (Trinnick 47, Otten 151, H. Mcdermott 118) v Aura Vale.
Lysterfield 176 (Jones 68, Van Mourik 37, LeCalliene 4/53, Sidhu 3/31) v Rowville.
The Basin 5/281 (Clarke 84, McGrath 80, Cook 31) v Knox/Boronia Churches.
Division Five:
Ferntree Gully 215 (Reed 73, Catalano 55, Jacobson 42, Robinson 6/58) v Knox City.
Belgrave 2/26 v Knoxfield 7/210 (Stewart 97, Pruysers 33, Chaproniere 3/26).
Knox Gardens 292 (Buljabasic 37, Potts 38, Lambrick 83, Jongen 44) v Johnson Park.
Upwey 9/385 (Ward 3/69) v Upper Ferntree Gully.
Division Six:
The Basin 225 (Stocker 39, Pitman 64, Carland 4/43) v Lysterfield.
Eildon Park 100 v South Belgrave 2/41.
Division Seven:
Saint John’s Tecoma 2/195 (Groenewegen 55, Glazner 51, Krishnaswarmy 48) v Monbulk 4/119 (Hulm 61, Glazner 3/31).
Ferntree Gully 7/172 (Van Dyk 60, Barlow 32, Gregg 3/24) v Knoxfield 8/152 (Mailbaun 58, Van Dyk 3/32).
Lysterfield 2/143 (Peluso 67) v Knox Gardens 3/124.
Knox Boronia Churches 6/145 (Hill 90) v Eildon Park 5/110 (Fisher 57, Spencer 3/21).
B1
Saint John’s Tecoma 249 (Griffiths 54, Hutchinson 30, Forester 3/78) d Eildon Park 98 (Tait 50, Piccioli 3/21).
B2
Upper Ferntree Gully 217 (Murray 49, Zaloumis 38, Strange 31, Manning 4/47, Benham 3/35) d Ferntree Gully 61 (Lazar 4/12).
South Belgrave 0/132 (Huglin 52, Cockerell 50) d Monbulk 127 (Rak 41, Beverley 3/18).
Lysterfield 156 (Morrison 42, Kelly 41) d Rowville 10/104 (Thomas 3/36).
Upper Ferntree Gully 10/217 (Strange 31, Zaloumis 38, Murray 49, Manning 4/48, Benham 3/35) d Ferntree Gully 9/61 (Lazar 4/12).
