December 20, 2015
Kingaroy RSL Services faced down Murgon Crusaders in the final of the A Grade one-day competition played at Murgon on Saturday.
Murgon won the toss and batted first.
Opener Jeff Rose (31) got the home team off to a good start, and held down his end for 95 balls while the wickets fell around him.
Kingaroy bowler Tony Dugdell made the early breakthrough, bowling opener Jason Webber for 24 and then number three Lehman Brunjes for a duck.
The rest of the Kingaroy bowlers then ripped through Murgon’s middle order, with the Crusaders all out for 91 in the 35th over.
Best of the Kingaroy bowlers were Nathan Bain who took 3/11 off six overs and Wayne Kelly (3/17 off nine overs).
Dugdell finished with 2/12 off nine overs, including four maidens.
They were chasing a low target but Kingaroy looked shaky at the start of their innings, with the scoreboard reading 3/11 at one stage after three wickets fell to Jamian Currin’s bowling for just two runs.
Things were looking dire when Mark Schmidt walked to the crease, but he quickly turned the game around hitting 56 runs off 31 balls before being caught by Jason Webber off a Tom Patton ball.
Kingaroy opener Wayne Kelly toughed it out, batting through the innings and finishing 17 not out to be the second top scorer for Services.
Tony Dugdell (11 not out) added the necessary runs at the end to take Kingaroy to 4/94 in the 22nd over.
Jamian Currin (3/14 off seven overs) was the best of the Crusaders’ bowlers while Tom Patton took 1/33 off four overs.
Kingaroy RSL Services won by six wickets.
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A Grade Statistics
Compiled by Graham Brown at the end of fixtures rounds in the One Day competition:
| Most Runs
Jason Webber 301 Kieran Askin 212 Wayne Kelly 206 Graham Brown 181 Dean Olzard 178 Brendan Weil 177 Wayde Wust 164 Geoff Wallis 160 Derek Sander 156 Jeff Rose 155 |
Batting Average
Jason Webber 101.3 Graham Brown 90.5 Dean Olzard 44.5 Kieran Askin 43 Wayne Kelly 41.2 Glen Doyle 36.67 Troy Dennien 33.5 Nathan Bain 28 Rob Barts 27.5 Wayde Wust 27.33 |
Highest Scores
Jason Webber 110* Jason Webber 84 Jason Webber 82* Kieran Askin 81 Damien Sippel 76* Graham Brown 74 Brendan Weil 71 Steve Heness 68 Geoff Wallis 66* Dean Olzard 65 |
| Most Wickets
Graham Brown 17 Dylan Gilliland 16 Caylan Brown 12 Jamian Currin 11 Tom Patton 11 Matt Nesbitt 11 Clayton Graham 10 Michael Davies 10 Kiall Rowberry 10 |
Best Bowling Average
Tom Patton 10.55 Kiall Rowberry 11.9 Caylan Brown 12.58 Graham Brown 12.77 Dylan Gilliland 13.44 Matt Nlw Nesbitt 14.27 Michael Davies 14.3 Clayton Graham 14.4 Jamian Currin 14.91 |
Bowling Economy (Runs/Over)
Tom Patton 2.58 Caylan Brown 3.29 Graham Brown 3.39 Freddy Davies 3.41 Kiall Rowberry 3.5 Clayton Graham 3.59 Jamian Currin 3.81 Matt Nesbitt 4.08 Dylan Gilliland 4.58 |
| Best Bowling Figures
Chris Osborn 6/55 Caylan Brown 5/24 Dylan Gilliland 5/28 Courtney Sippel 4/17 Graham Brown 4/25 Clayton Graham 4/27 Tim Linnane 4/28 Taylor Herrmann 4/29 Kiall Rowberry 4/30 |
Bowling Strike Rate (Balls per Wicket)
Dylan Gilliland 17.63 Kiall Rowberry 20.4 Matt Nesbitt 21 Graham Brown 22.59 Caylan Brown 22.92 Jamian Currin 23.45 Clayton Graham 24.1 Tom Patton 24.55 Freddy Davies 25.2 |
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| Most Sixes
Jason Webber 12 Rob Robarts 6 Brendan Weil 5 Damian Sippel 5 Matt Dugdell 4 Brett Porter 4 Hayden Wieck 4 Brady Roberts 3 |
Most Catches (Fieldsman)
Stuart Robinson 6 Kieran Nicholas Askin 5 Matt Nesbitt 5 James McUtchen 5 Luke Smith 4 Freddy Davies 4 Freddy Davies 4 Freddy Davies 4 |
Most Wicketkeeper Dismissals
Jack Fleming 10 Jeff Rose 7 Troy Dennien 6 Trent Riddell 6 Simon Morrow 4 Nathan Bain 3 Hayden Wieck 3 Wayde Wust 3 |
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Nanango took on the Wondai Wolves in their B Grade game played at Wondai on Saturday.
The home team won the toss and elected to bat.
The Wolves set a formidable target of 176.
Top-scorers were Trent Riddell (42), Tom Eastaugh (36) and Billy McDowell (19).
Best of the Nanango bowlers were Lachlan Jones (3/30 off five overs), Dylan Gilliland (3/34 off eight) and Joel Smallwood (1/17 off five)
In reply, the Scorpions were bowled out in 36 overs for 113.
Top scorers were Gilliland (29) and Gavin Jones (22).
Tom Eastaugh starred with the ball for the Wolves, taking 6/10 off eight overs, including a hat trick!
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In the other B Grade match, Murgon Diggers faced Kumbia at Murgon.
Diggers batted first and were all out for 151.
Steve Alexander (46) and Chris Heness (42) top-scored for Murgon.
Joe Milsom was the best of the Rattlers’ bowlers taking 3/17 off six overs.
In reply, Kumbia made the total for the loss of five wickets (5/154).
Chris Medcalf made the bulk of the runs, finishing 83 not out.
Shane Laherty (26) also added valuable runs.
Al Woodall was the best of the Diggers’ bowlers (3/33 off 7.3 overs).
Kumbia won by five wickets
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Both A Grade and B Grade South Burnett cricket will take a break over Christmas and resume on January 9.
A Grade games will now be two-day events played across two Saturdays until the end of the season.
