The past weekend saw all five of Monbulk Cricket Club’s senior teams back on the park after the Christmas and new year break.
With rain around on Saturday 13 January, unfortunately the 3rd XI had to call off their game, but all other teams got to complete their matches.
The 1s, 2s and 4s had great wins to kick 2024 off in style, but unfortunately the 5ths just fell short.
Weekend highlights included a fantastic win by the 1st XI. In a rain affected two dayer, Belgrave set Monbulk 182 to win from 46 overs.
Connor Haworth-Hooker took his first MCC 1st XI 5fa with 5/69 off 28 overs and Duncan Maher finished with a great 4/49 off 22 overs. Another match winning innings from Josh Spencer making 77* steering the Hawks home with two overs to spare.
The 2s had a great seven-wicket win down at Belgrave, with captain Brad Trinnick making 48 to lay the foundation for the winning run chase.
The 4s saw Todd Fleming hit ten fours in his knock of 57*, which was well supported by David Williams with 33* in their big win against Upper Ferntree Gully.
Finally, captain Brayden Brockwell with 61 and Ming Poynton with 45 both had standout performances for the 5ths in their loss.
Scores:
Monbulk 1st XI – 5/182 (J. Spencer 77*, A. Powell 38, S. Cosstick 26) def Belgrave 9/181declared (C. Haworth-Hooker 5/69, D. Maher 4/49)
Monbulk 2nd XI – 3/160 (B. Trinnick 48, L. Jurey 42*, L. Rowe 29) def Belgrave 10/159 (C. Spooner 2/0, C. Broekhof 2/22, E. Blenkiron 2/22, J. Santini 2/25)
Monbulk 3rd XI – Match abandoned
Monbulk 4th XI – 6/194 (T. Fleming 57*, C. Defina 37, D. Williams 33*, M. Bailey 30) def Upper Ferntree Gully 10/126 (N. Heron 2/24, T. Fleming 2/11, D. Blenkiron 2/21, X. Hourigan 2/20)
Monbulk 5th XI – 7/135 (B. Brockwell 61, M. Poynton 45) def by SKLPS 3/136 (L. Hehir 2/20)
