{"id":223143,"date":"2018-11-16T20:56:06","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T10:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=223143"},"modified":"2020-07-26T15:15:02","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T05:15:02","slug":"murgon-holds-down-top-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/11\/16\/murgon-holds-down-top-spots\/","title":{"rendered":"Murgon Holds Down Top Spots"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Murgon’s Jonathan Kapernick sends the ball away for another six … one of eight he struck on the day against Wondai before retiring unbeaten on 106<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

November 16, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Murgon remains in top spot on both the A Grade Gympie and South Burnett B Grade competition ladders after notching up more wins last weekend.<\/p>\n

In Gympie, Murgon knocked off Gympie Harlequins; while in Murgon, the B Graders downed Wondai, securing Murgon’s fourth outright win in a row.<\/p>\n

In the A Grade competition, Murgon is six points clear of the opposition; in the B Grade comp, Murgon has a narrow one-point lead over Blackbutt and Kumbia.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n

B Grade<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Murgon’s Renee Irvine lines up the ball for a boundary … Renee finished with 27 off 26 balls faced<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Murgon Fruit Mart Diggers set Wondai an impossible target to chase in their game played at Murgon Sportsground on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wondai won the toss and sent Murgon into bat.<\/p>\n

At the end of their 40 overs, Murgon were 5\/304 after opener Jonathan Kapernick scored at the rate of a run a minute.<\/p>\n

Kapernick retired at 106 after hitting eight sixes and 11 fours.<\/p>\n

Andrew Roderick (37), Scott Kapernick (35), Nick Sanewski (32), Renee Irvine (27) and Riley Christoffel (27) added to Wondai’s woes.<\/p>\n

Ryan Henness was the best of the Wondai bowlers, taking 3\/53 off eight overs, including one maiden.<\/p>\n

In reply, Wondai were all out for 134 in the 25th over.<\/p>\n

Chris Heness (69) and Ryder Brown (23) were Wondai’s top-scorers.<\/p>\n

Murgon’s Lachlan Zelinski finished with the amazing figures of three wickets for three runs off just nine balls.<\/p>\n

Harry Sippel (3\/14) and Riley Sippel (3\/23) also took three wickets each.<\/p>\n

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Wondai’s Ryan Henness with the ball that caught out Nicholas Sanewski for 32<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

* * *<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nanango Scorpions defeated Kingaroy Services in their game played at Taabinga State School.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kingaroy won the toss and elected to bat but\u00a0were all out for 163 in the 32nd over.<\/p>\n

Edwin Simpson (47) was best, followed by Fletcher Brown (39) and opener Glenn Kelly (25).<\/p>\n

Best of the Nanango bowlers were Sam Wilson (2\/7 off two overs), Aidan Cavanough (3\/13 off four) and Ben Greenslade (3\/30 off eight).<\/p>\n

In reply, Nanango overtook the target in the 18th over, finishing with 5\/185.<\/p>\n

Ben Greenslade (74) and Stephen Kirkland (71 not out) top-scored.<\/p>\n

Fletcher Brown (2\/20 off five overs) was the best of the Kingaroy bowlers.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michael Marriott was well on his way to a double century when he ran out of partners in Timbertowners’ game against Kallindale Warriors played at Blackbutt.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blackbutt won the toss and batted first.<\/p>\n

Marriott, who came in at number four, finished 188 not out after hitting 28 fours and six sixes off just 97 balls.<\/p>\n

Mitchell Olzard (68) was also handy, with five sixes and four fours.<\/p>\n

Blackbutt finished with\u00a0318 off 32 overs.<\/p>\n

Brett Simpson (4\/36 off six overs) was the best of the Warriors’ bowlers.<\/p>\n

In reply, Warriors were 7\/234 at the end of their 40 overs.<\/p>\n

Paul Clegg (90) and Jeffrey Rose (65) were Warriors’ top-scorers.<\/p>\n

Mitchell Olzard (4\/26 off six overs) was the best of the Blackbutt bowlers.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kumbia proved too strong for Cherbourg at home in their game played at Kumbia Sportsground.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cherbourg won the toss and sent the Rattlers in to bat.<\/p>\n

They were all out for 195 off 38 overs, with Karl Freeman (49) and Tony Dugdell (38) top-scoring.<\/p>\n

Dallas Bond (3\/28 off six overs) and Terry Davidson (3\/40 off eight) were the best of the Cherbourg bowlers.<\/p>\n

In reply, Cherbourg were all\u00a0out for 124 in the 28th over.<\/p>\n

Brendan McCarthy (46 not out) and\u00a0Tom Langton (46) were equal top-scorers for Cherbourg.<\/p>\n

Louis Fairbairn (4\/18 off 7.5 overs) and Karl Freeman (3\/9 off four) were the pick of the Kumbia bowlers.<\/p>\n

Kumbia won by 71 runs.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A Grade<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Gympie Valleys were too good for Southern District Devils (Kingaroy) in their game played Spencer Oval in Gympie.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Devils lost the toss and were sent in.<\/p>\n

The visitors were all out for 130 in the 39th over, with\u00a0Lleyton Brown top-scoring with 54.<\/p>\n

Valleys made the target in the 31st over, finishing 4\/133.<\/p>\n

Taylor Herrmann was the best of the Devils’ bowlers, taking 3\/15 off five overs.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/strong><\/p>\n

Competition leaders Murgon Crusaders easily defeated Gympie Harlequins at\u00a0Kozminsky Oval in Gympie.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Harlequins won the toss and elected to bowl.<\/p>\n

At the end of their 40 overs, Crusaders were 325 for the loss of just two wickets.<\/p>\n

Jason Webber retired hurt on 108.<\/p>\n

Kurt McArthur (94) and\u00a0Craig Murree (53) also put in strong performances.<\/p>\n

In reply, Harlequins were all out for 120 in 38.1 overs.<\/p>\n

Shane Polzin (3\/7 off five overs),\u00a0Graham Brown (3\/15 off five),\u00a0Ashley Sippel (2\/19 off 5.1) and\u00a0Nathan Roon (1\/25 off six) did the damage.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This Weekend<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

A Grade<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  • Southern Districts (Kingaroy) v Harlequins at Lyle Vidler Oval<\/li>\n
  • Murgon District v Western Gympie at Murgon Sportsground<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    B Grade<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    • Kumbia v Murgon at Kumbia<\/li>\n
    • Blackbutt v Nanango at Blackbutt<\/li>\n
    • Warriors v Cherbourg at Kingaroy State High School<\/li>\n
    • Wondai v Kingaroy Services at Wondai Sports Ground<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      All games start at 12:30pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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