Round 4. Results. Saturday, November 4.
Preston Baseballers 3rd XI 2/283(cc) def Holy Trinity 3rd XI 6/200 D Maynes 54 N Sirgiannis 47 DJ Wright 33 JB Murphy 28. Preston Druids 3rd XI 4/137 G Zacharopoulos 44* TN Brown-john 37* def Bundoora Park 3rd XI 4/134(cc) J Magriplis 2/29. Preston Footballers 2nd XI 6/121(cc) A Hutcheon 31* def by North Bruns-wick/Rosebank 4th XI 8/193(cc) M Bourke 3/25 J Drakopoulos 2/16 P Natarajan 2/63. Strathewen 2nd XI 0/40 def Kinglake 37.

STRATHEWEN v KINGLAKE
Strathewen 2nd XI def Kinglake
Venue: Strathewen Reserve
Strathewen 2nd XI won First Innings
Toss won by: Kinglake
Batted first: Kinglake
1st Innings – Kinglake
Extras (nb 6, w 2, b 3, lb 2) ……………………….. 13
Total ……………………………………………………… 37
Overs ………………………………………………….. 26.0
1st Innings – Strathewen 2nd XI
Extras (nb 4, w 2, b 2, lb 0) ……………………….. 8
Total …………………………………………………… 0/40
Overs ……………………………………………………. 4.0

Ladder: 1. North Brunswick/Rosebank, 2.52, 24. 2. Preston Druids 3rd XI, 2.38, 22. 3. Preston Baseballers 3rd XI, 1.60, 18. 4. Holy Trinity 3rd XI, 0.90, 12. 5. Preston Footballers 2nd XI, 0.67, 12. 6. Bundoora Park 3rd XI, 0.55, 6. 7. Strath-ewen 2nd XI, 0.00, 6. 8. Kinglake, 0.16, 0.

Fixture. Round 5. Saturday, November 11. Preston Basebellers 3rd XI v Strathewen 2nd XI. Preston Druids 3rd XI v Preston Footballers 2nd XI. Kinglake v Holy Trinity 3rd XI. North Brunswick/Rosebank 4th XI v Bundoora Park 3rd XI.

REPORT
Saturday was a day of disappointment for those Kinglake players who made themselves available for a game.
The Northern Metro Cricket Association has permitted Strathewen Cricket Club to transfer their 2nd XI from the designated One Day grade to E-Grade Sault Shield, after three rounds of the fixture have been completed.
Kinglake suddenly found they had a one-day 35/ 35 game at Strathewen Reserve one week prior to the match.
As the original fixture listed a bye for them some of their players had made family plans for the long weekend, so Kinglake took to the field with 9 players.
One player, Edward O’Hara, was also listed to play until he arrived at the ground with his arm in plaster and a sling, having lost an argument with his pet goat!
Kinglake welcomed Declan Grant for his debut game.
Anyway, to the stats for the game. Kinglake won the toss and elected to bat first.
None of the batsmen raised double figures with extras (2 byes, 2 leg byes, 2 wides, 6 no balls) being the top score.
The list was S. Andrews 7, J. Gaffee 1, S. Kerr 6, M. Murray 1, R. Koers 0, D. Grant 2, T. Stonehouse 2, L. Martin (Jnr) 3 n/o, and K. Martin 2.
Kinglake was all out after 26 overs. Strathewen used eight bowlers.
Strathewen ‘s opening pair then took just four overs to accumulate 40 runs needed for the win. Kinglake used four bowlers with 1 over each. D. Grant 1-0-6-0, M. Murray 1-0-4-0, R. Koers 1-0-12-0 and T. Stonehouse 1-0-16-0 with 2 byes.
At this point the game was ruled off and by agreement Kinglake game three more players one over each. L. Martin 1-0-13-0, S. Kerr 1-0-1-2 and K. Martin 1-0-6-0 whereupon play was concluded and everyone came off for tea.
This weekend Kinglake plays Round 5 on Saturday and Round 6 on Sunday, both at home.
– Bruce Stonehouse