November 2, 2015
It was a great weekend for representative cricket with the South Burnett XI bringing home a Goodchild Shield win and victories to the South Burnett U12s and Wide Bay U17s.
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South Burnett kicked off their 2015-16 Goodchild Shield campaign by downing Fraser Coast on Sunday at Lyle Vidler Oval.
Fraser Coast won the toss and elected to bowl.
Lehman Brunjes (52) and Jason Webber got the locals off to a great start.
Ashley Sippel (71 not out) and Troy Dennien (52 not out) helped South Burnett post an impressive total of 4/256 from the 50 overs.
Fraser Coast also started quickly but the South Burnett bowlers gradually got on top as the innings progressed, bowling out the visitors for 176 in 47.1 overs.
Best of the South Burnett bowlers were opener Taylor Herrmann (2/25 off seven overs) and slow bowlers Ashley Sippel (2/24 off eight) and debutante Tom Carney – who came into the side at very short notice – who finished with 2/18 off 7.1 overs.
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At Gayndah, a South Burnett U12s side took on Central Burnett U12s on Sunday.
South Burnett batted first to notch up a good target of 153 runs.
They then bowled and fielded well to get Central Burnett all out for 111.
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South Burnett players Matt Patroni and Chris Medcalf helped guide Wide Bay to victory at the two-day SQCC U17 McPherson Shield Carnival held at Gatton at the weekend.
On Saturday, Wide Bay played South East Queensland and snatched a two-run win.
Wide Bay batted first and were all out for 158.
Bradley Anderson (Fraser Coast) 41 and Sam Pearson (Bundaberg) 22 not out were the best of the batsmen.
In reply, SEQ fell short with 156.
Best of the Wide Bay bowlers were Vasili Exharos (Gympie 2/29), Matthew Patroni (South Burnett 1/25), Samuel Pearson (Bundaberg 1/27), Tristan Finn (Fraser Coast 1/22), Kye Leggett (Bundaberg 1/11) and Bradley Anderson (Fraser Coast 1/22).
On Sunday, Wide Bay played Darling Downs & South-West.
Wide Bay were all out for 209.
Sam Thompson (Fraser Coast) 80, Chris Medcalf (South Burnett) 24 not out and Kye Leggett (Bundaberg) 20 were the best of the batsmen.
In reply Darling Downs were all out for 114. Sent back in, they made 4/56.
Best of the Wide Bay bowlers were Vasili Exharos (Gympie) 3/38 and 4/19; Chris Medcalf (South Burnett) 2/7, Tristan Finn (Fraser Coast) 2/14, Kye Leggett (Bundaberg) 2/16 and Matthew Patroni (South Burnett) 1/24.
Wide Bay won by 39 runs and took home the U17 McPherson Shield.
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In local cricket, Murgon Crusaders hosted Wondai Wolves in an A Grade game played on Saturday.
As the Wondai field was unfit for play the game was moved to the Murgon Stables field.
Wondai won the toss and sent Crusaders in.
Murgon finished with 7/217. Best of the batsmen were Jason Webber 110 (retired) and Troy Dennien 48.
Best of the Wolves’ bowlers were Derek Sander (2/26 off five overs), Torren Anderton (2/34 off eight) and David Stimpson (2/50 off eight).
In reply, Wondai made 8/167 with Wayde Wust (63) and Derek Sander (32) being the top scorers.
Murgon bowlers Tom Patton and Jamian Currin each took two wickets off their nine overs.
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In the second A Grade match on Saturday, Kingaroy RSL Services took on Warriors.
Warriors batted first and were all out for 196 off 43 overs.
Kieran Askin (81), Hayden Wieck (40) and Steve Heness (25) were the top-scorers.
Caylan Brown took five wickets in five overs for just 24 runs to rip through the Warriors line-up.
Peter Hourn (2/27 off eight overs) and Mark Schmidt (1/18 off four overs) also took handy wickets for Kingaroy RSL.
In reply, Kingaroy RSL Services took 36 overs to make the target, finishing 6/202.
Wayne Kelly (63), Brady Roberts (47) and Jacob Arden (26 not out) were best with the bat.
Best of the Warriors bowlers were Matt Nesbitt (2/31 off five overs), Taylor Hermann (2/58 off nine) and Luke Smith (1/34 off six).
Kingaroy RSL Services won by four wickets with nine overs to spare.
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In B Grade, Kingaroy RSL Services defeated Cherbourg.
Top scorers for Cherbourg were Tom Langton (42) and Chris Osborn (17).
For Kingaroy, Karl Freeman (46), Adam Geiger (37) and Louis Fairbairn (37) boosted Services’ scoreboard.
Barry Fisher Snr was the best of the Cherbourg bowlers, finishing with 1/14 off two overs.
Kingaroy bowlers Lleyton Brown (3/9 off seven) and Adam Geiger (3/25 off six) both took three wickets.
Brian Walters (2/36 off eight overs) and Kate Ferling (1/18 off four) also did damage.
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In the second B Grade game, Kumbia Rattlers played Murgon Diggers.
Kumbia finished 2/314 after their 40 overs with Warren Cross (130) and Clayton Crawford (76) starring with the bat.
Nathan Nixon (1/22 off three overs) was the pick of the Murgon bowlers in difficult conditions.
In reply, Diggers were all out for 78 off 20 overs.
Shane Sippel (24) and Renee Irvine (19) both made handy starts.
Tavis Hartwig (4/17 off eight overs) was the best of the Kumbia bowlers.
Kumbia won by 236 runs
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In the third B Grade game, Wondai Wolves won the toss against the Nanango Scorpions and chose to bat.
Wolves posted a good score of 9/167.
Top-scorers were Edwin Simpson (53), Michael Evans (30 not out) and Craig Hanford (29).
Best of the Nanango bowlers were J. Early (3/13 off six overs), Joel Smallwood (2/4 off four overs) and Dexter Calvert (2/27 off eight).
Wayward bowling by the Wolves (19 wides) weren’t enough to help Nanango in reply, and they were all out for 64.
G. Jones (17), Joel Smallwood (11) and B. Hargreaves (6) were the top-scorers.
Best of the Wondai bowlers were Michael Evans (3/10 off four overs), Marcus Riddell (3/26 off six) and Deon Handford (2/11 off five).
Wondai’s junior bowlers took eight of the 10 wickets.
