March 15, 2015
Kingaroy RSL Services will face Murgon Crusaders in next Saturday’s A Grade cricket Grand Final after a gripping match at Wondai on Saturday.
The Wondai Wolves won the toss and batted first.
The RSL bowlers tried hard but at the end of the 45 overs, the Wolves were 6/195.
Will Mewburn top-scored with 69 not out, while James Cameron was just a run behind on 68 and Luke Sander added 25.
Darren Geiger (2/34 off eight overs) was the pick of the Kingaroy bowlers. Alex Dempster took 2/43 off nine overs and Tony Dugdell 1/32 off nine overs.
It was a challenging target and early wickets fell quickly for Kingaroy, until David Hosking (94 not out) steadied the ship.
Tony Dugdell also knocked out a half century, finishing with 54.
Kingaroy RSL reached the target with four wickets (and five overs) to spare.
Best of the Wolves’ bowlers were Clayton Graham (2/38 off seven overs) and Rob Robarts (1/24 off eight overs).
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Grand Final day at Murgon Sportsgrounds should be huge next Saturday as it coincides with the Murgon cricket club’s Reunion Day.
The game between the A Grade Minor Premiers, Murgon Crusaders, and Kingaroy RSL Services will get underway at 11:30am.
Kingaroy will be looking for their fourth premiership victory in a row.
The match will be followed by the Murgon Cricket Club’s trophy presentations and then the “Blast From The Past” social match from 7:00pm.
