By STEVE BROWN
FOURTH-PLACED Knox Gardens is in danger of dropping a game against Monbulk (ninth) when they journeyed up the hill for day one of round 10 Reeves Shield action at the weekend. Batting first, The Falcons could only muster 122 as spinner Matthew Neal took 4/18, his best figures of the season.
Once again only Shannon Small hung around with the bat with 42.
In reply, Monbulk are 3/55 and need to dig in for the first hour next week.
Knoxfield (seventh) took it up to The Basin when they set the table leaders 243 in their best batting performance of the season.
Mitchell Perry, 15, scored 57 in only his fourth first X1 game, combining well with the experienced Trentin Scholfield, also 57 to post what could be a winning total.
Shane Underhill took four wickets for the Bears who will be looking to get back on the winners list after dropping their first game last round.
Upwey Tecoma, sitting outside the four only on percentage, managed 221 against third-placed Johnson Park.
Nick Whitty (37) and Steve Moore (32) got starts, but it was Jake Evans who stole the show with 80 before running out of partners.
Eildon Park’s batting was up to scratch with 9/258 against Ferntree Gully.
Adrian Baltruschaitis (83), Nathan Hicks (65) and prolific run scorer Cody Morris (49) did the job required to bring home another win.
Upper Gully, facing possibly their most important game of the season, is under pressure from bottom side Belgrave as the Kings were dismissed for 122.
Belgrave’s Luke Manion 3/29 and Michael Litterbach 3/33 were noted as doing the damage with the ball.
At stumps, the Magpies are 3/43 but not out of the woods.
Revised Bendigo Country Week Squad. (Division 1)
C. Cosstick – Capt (Eildon Park) S. Moore -VC (Upwey Tecoma) P. McKenna (Upper Gully) R. Burnie (Upper Gully) K. Chandler (St Johns Tecoma) M. Bunting (Mt Gate) C. Wheeler (Mt Gate) L. Manion (Belgrave) D. Salan (Ferntree Gully) Z. Flintoff (Knox Gardens) M. Sutherland (South Belgrave) J. Evans (Eildon Park).
Monday 18 January vs Murray Valley at QEO, Tuesday 19 January vs Goulburn Murray at Huntly, Wednesday 20 January vs Emu Valley at Strathdale, Thursday 21 January vs Castlemaine at Kyneton.
Scores
Reeves Shield
Upwey Tecoma 221 (Evans 80no, Whitty 37, Moore 32, Stallworthy 3/63, Nash 3/63) vs Johnson Park.
Eildon Park 9/258 (Baltruschatis 83, N. Hicks 65, C. Morris 49, Bowyer 5/44) vs Ferntree Gully.
Knoxfield 243 (Scholfield 57, M. Perry 57, Underhill 4/85, Debernadi 3/50) vs The Basin.
Upper Gully 122 (Slack 31, Litterbach 3/33, Manion 3/29) vs Belgrave 3/43.
Knox Gardens 122 (Small 42, Neal 4/18) vs Monbulk 3/55.
Decoite Shield
South Belgrave 7/154 (A. Hart 75no, Inglis 4/20) vs Lysterfield 71 (Brolic 71, Suckling 4/25, Burley 4/22)
Auravale 167 (Harman 33) vs Knox City 53 (McDermott 5/11 including hat-trick).
St Johns Tecoma 141 (Grenda 52, Wheeler 3/38, Deller 4/27) vs Mt Gate 1/51 (Buckland 33no).
Rowville 9/197 (Walker 57, Dunn 54no, Rawlings 5/69) vs Footballers
Division 3
Belgrave 114 (Collard 4/31) vs Upper Gully 2/42
Upwey Tecoma 348 (Heath 160, Dobbie-Hayward 63, Jewell 47) vs Johnson Park.
Eildon Park 183 (Porter 58, Hodgson 4/7) vs Ferntree Gully 2/9
Knoxfield 102 (Lee 3/16, Keen 4/17) vs The Basin 3/51
Knox Gardens 7/330 (Singh 51, W. McInerney 41, Young 38, Grasser 66, Jongen 58no) vs Monbulk
Division 4
Mt Gate 7/377 (Harris 155, K. Croxford 72) vs St Johns Tecoma 2/47
Lysterfield 7/300 (Morris 59, Nicopolus 55, Anderton 53) vs South Belgrave
Footballers 266 vs Rowville
Boronia Knox Churches 263 (Williams 84, Banbury 49, Wylie 36, Morgan 3/30, K. McDonald 3/36, Borlase 4/58) vs Auravale 1/10.
Division 5
Knox City 221 (Glare 5/27) vs Ferntree Gully 0/37.
South Belgrave 92 (Roleff 7/19) vs Upper Gully 3/65.
Eildon Park 252 (Gill 44, McPherson 38, Mohamed 36no, Gill 34, Marget 3/34) vs Knox Gardens.
Knoxfield 301 (Reyers 39, Palamara 47, Stewart 81, Faulkner 49, Nicholson 4/65) vs The Basin.
Division 6
Mt Gate 8/81 (Cross 3/6) vs Upwey Tecoma 4/174 (D.Waters 80no)
Johnson Park 8/135 (Drewer 33, Grimston 3/12 including hat trick) vs Lysterfield 5/131 (Grimston 31, Noll 35, Carter 3/12)
Knox Boronia Churches 8/83 vs Ferntree Gully 6/94 (Bullock 33)
Footballers 4/77 vs Rowville 4/104.
Division 7
Upper Gully 55 (Liddy 3/23) vs Knoxfield 6/123 (Maibaum 57no)
Upwey Tecoma 2/108 (Somervaille 36) vs The Basin 7/126 (Gill 34, Williams 5/10).
Johnson Park 1/212 (Rose 88no, Jones 60no, Monahan 30) vs Ferntree Gully 3/124 (T Black 51).
Monbulk 4/135 (Howard 45, Dekkers 39) vs Knox Gardens 5/99 (Stuckey 54).
Lysterfield 2/139 (Singh 63, Morrison 54no) vs Eildon Park 2/134 (Janneke 58).
B1
South Belgrave 9/205 (Bromley 41) d Belgrave 75 (Karan 5/13 Bromley 3/16).
Waverley Wanderers 7/174 (Gunathunga 51no, Ennor 30, Adames 36no, Zaloumis 3/17) d Upper Gully 139 (Rowe 5/24)
Johnson Park 114 (Stephenson 33) d St Johns Tecoma 109 (Glazner 31, Wilkinson 3/10).
B2
Bayswater 159 (Gleeman 53, Kelly 3/27, Crawford 3/21) d Lysterfield 9/119 (Luke 53).
Eildon Park 9/202 (Kinniburgh 54no, Blanche 39, Brongeest 38, Rathanayeha 4/16) d Waverley Wanderers 172 (Stephens 35, Yatawara 32, Wolff 3/29).
