March 5, 2020
Murgon Crusaders will be strong favourites to take the trophy going into the Gympie A Grade cricket final on Saturday.
After finishing on top of the table, Murgon easily defeated Gympie Colts in the qualifying final on February 22 in Murgon.
But Colts managed a narrow win over Kenilworth in the Preliminary Final played last Saturday in Gympie, earning them the right to face Murgon again.
The match is almost an exact replay of last year’s Grand Final.
Murgon finished in first place last year while Colts had to battle their way through to the Grand Final via the sudden-death Preliminary Final.
However, Murgon fans will be hoping for a better outcome in this year’s encounter.
In 2019, Colts chased down the Murgon target to take the crown.
The Grand Final will be played from 12:30pm at Keith Manthey Oval in Gympie.
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The South Burnett B Grade competition has come to the pointy end of the season.
The last round of fixtures was played last weekend, with Murgon Diggers finishing on top of the table.
Murgon are now through to the Grand Final on March 21 which will be played at Murgon Sportsgrounds.
While the Diggers get two weeks’ off, the rest of the clubs will sort out the Plate (the lower half of the competition) and the Cup (upper half) trophies.
This weekend there will be sudden death semi-finals played involving eight teams.
In the Cup competition:
- Kumbia Rattlers will take on the Kallindale Warriors at Kumbia Sports Ground.
- Southern District Devils will face Nanango Scorpions at Lyle Vidler Oval in Kingaroy.
The winners of these matches will play each other in the Preliminary Final on March 14 to determine who will face Murgon in the Cup Grand Final.
In the Plate competition:
- Blackbutt Timbertowners will play Wondai at the Wondai Sportsgrounds.
- Kingaroy Services will face Cherbourg at Murgon State High School.
The winners of these matches will play in the Plate Grand Final on March 14.
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