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Dan Thompson lines up to hit another boundary … he finished with a mighty 175 runs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

December 19, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Murgon Crusaders were too strong for Gympie Royals in their Gympie A Grade cricket match played at Murgon Sportsground on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Crusaders won the toss and elected to bat.<\/p>\n

At the end of their 40 overs, the home team were 5\/435 after Dan Thompson and Joe Meikel both scored centuries.<\/p>\n

Thompson made 175 off 116 balls, including 25 fours and 4 sixes.<\/p>\n

Meikle wasn’t far behind, with 126 runs off 75 balls, including 11 fours and 9 sixes.<\/p>\n

In reply, Royals ran out of batters in the 39th over, 9\/163.<\/p>\n

Jamian Currin (3\/4 off three overs), Jake Sippel (2\/11 off six) and Theodore Kelly (2\/27 off five) cut through the Royals’ line-up.<\/p>\n

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Joe Meikel gets the ball away towards the boundary … Meikle also made his century in quick time<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Remember when over the fence was “six and out”? In A Grade, you have to get your mates to climb on to a roof ….<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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At Lyle Vidler Oval in Kingaroy, Wooroolin Warriors (8\/247) downed Gympie Colts (97 all out) in the second Gympie A Grade game played in the South Burnett last Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Warriors’ opener Alexander\u00a0Peters led the way, scoring 123 runs off 130 balls, including 15 fours and 3 sixes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kieran Askin did the damage against Colts, taking 4\/10 off 6.2 overs, including a caught and bowled.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jackson Kerkow took 2\/3 off five overs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gympie A Grade cricket will resume on January 10, with Crusaders and Warriors facing off in a local derby at Lyle Vidler Oval.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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In the Dalby competition, Tingoora Vikings took on Quinalow at Quinalow Recreation Ground.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quinalow batted first and were all out for 92 in the 23rd over.<\/p>\n

Jason Reilly (four wickets), Torren Anderton (two) and Bede Stapelton (three) shared the bowling honours.<\/p>\n

In reply, Vikings were all out for 35 in the 16th over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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