By Tom Watson
The first week of round three was meant to be the first two-dayer of the season.
However, the day dawned full of rain, causing a league-wide washout to be called.
In junior news, the under-16s and 14s also were washed out, leaving just the Friday night games completed.
The under-13s lost a tight one. Chasing South Belgrave’s 2/89 the young Hawks could only muster 5/85.
Stand-out performers were Tim Rickard with 32 not out, Brodie McIntosh 1/22 and Jacob Defina 1/6.
The under-12s notched a win against Knoxfield.
Bowling first, Monbulk did well to restrict the Knights to 3/69 with Archie Hilton-Stewart (0/1 off three overs) and Jason Abraham (1/8 off three overs) doing the damage with the ball.
Monbulk made 6/80 with Rylan Kay finishing 25 not out to get the win.
The fast 9s had a win against Eildon Park, with plenty of the boys performing well.
With the bat, Tyler Wiliams (17 not out) and Lucas Hickingbotham (11 not out) helped get the young Hawks up to 3/99.
Eildon Park only managed 8/60, with Kit Sutton (2/1) and Ethan Knight (2/0) taking control with the ball.
The super 7s were defeated by Upper Ferntree Gully with good contributions all round.
Monbulk made 96 with Mitchell Holder making 25 and Quinn Kelly 9, with UFTG making 122 with Harry Arnott taking 1/17.
