With the first day washout last week, Monbulk travelled to South Belgrave to play a one-dayer.
Batting first, Monbulk got off to a solid start of 2/66 off 20 overs thanks to a handy partnership between Braden Taeuber (60) and TJ Utting (25).
With the platform laid, some big hitting at the end of the innings by J Fraser (32) and D Maher (24) got the total up to 9/194.
The Hawks couldn’t get the job done with the ball, with South Belgrave chasing the total down with one over to go.
S Cosstick was the pick of the bowlers with 5/22.
In other games, the twos had their first win of the season, with B Martin (53) and K Storey (57) among the runs.
The thirds lost a close one and the fours had a forfeit.
In junior news, Baynes Park’s new pitch got its first work out by the Fast 9s, the under-12s got a win at home away from home Silvan, and work is progressing well at the Monbulk High School.
Seniors
Division 1
South Belgrave 5/196 (J. McDermott 35, D. Cormack 35, T. Marks 69*) d Monbulk 9/194 (B. Taeuber 61, J. Fraser 32, H. McDermott 3/33)
Division 3
Monbulk 8/198 (B. Martin 53, K. Storey 57, B. Miller 5/30) d South Belgrave 10/129
Division 6
Rowville 6/163 (D. Ratnayake 46, A. Nawagamuva 40) d Monbulk 10/149 (J. Simmonds 40, S. Utting 32, S. Rajapaske 6/11)
Juniors
Under-16
Mazenod 2/130 d Monbulk 3/105 (J. Bolton 53*)
Under-14
Monbulk 4/109 (H. Fraser 25*) d Belgrave 5/99
Under-12
Monbulk 5/112 (J. Abraham 46*) d Mountain Gate 4/45
Fast 9s
FTG 4/42 d Monbulk 8/39 (J. Fraser 15*)
Super 7s
Belgrave 9/125 d Monbulk 8/123 (J. Beer 25)
