WHITE HILLS
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Finished: 7th – 4-8.
Batting ranking: 7th.
Bowling ranking: 9th.
Twenty20 tournament: 5th (3-2) – Mitch Winter-Irving 128 runs; Corey Dickins, Mitch Winter-Irving 6 wickets.
Most Cricketer of the Year votes: Mitch Winter-Irving (7).
Most Bendigo Advertiser-Bicknells votes: Mitch Winter-Irving (16).
BDCA Team of the Year: Brayden Stepien.
Highest score: 170 – Brayden Stepien, v Bendigo, round 2.
Best bowling: 6-95 – Mitch Winter-Irving, v Bendigo, round 2.
THERE seemed to be a general consensus around the BDCA pre-season that if there was a side that was going to rise up and knock one of the “big four” out of the finals, it was likely to be the Demons.
But the Demons just never get going, with their tally of four wins half of last season’s eight, and the side still in danger of potentially finishing last going into the final round.
There were encouraging signs early when twice in their first four games the Demons belted scores of 9-335 and 9-300.
But the batting went downhill, with the Demons only making more than 200 once in their last nine games.
Young gun Brayden Stepien cracked the BDCA’s highest score of the season when he plundered 170 against Bendigo in round two, the same day Mitch Winter-Irving also made a ton.
In his first season as skipper, Rhys Irwin toiled away to lead the Demons’ bowling with 24 wickets.
The Demons finished strongly with an outright win over Huntly-North Epsom, but that doesn’t mask over what was a disappointing season.
OTHER TEAMS:
2nd XI - 6th.
3rd XI - 9th.
Under-18 - 5th.
RUNS:
Brayden Stepien 463
Mitchell Winter-Irving 402
Gavin Bowles 361
Rhys Irwin 193
Adrian Holland 187
Ryan Grundy 108
Jayden Sheehan 92
Lincoln Jacobs 83
Tyler Oliver 64
Sam Stagg 57
Oliver Geary 54
Paul McKenzie 46
Josh Matthews 41
Sam Farmer 31
Travis Colley 22
Patrick Egan 15
Glenn Roulston 0
Jack Bourke 7
Brayden Klemke 5
William Schofield 0
WICKETS:
Rhys Irwin 24
Mitchell Winter-Irving 18
William Schofield 11
Travis Colley 10
Sam Farmer 8
Adrian Holland 8
Glenn Roulston 5
Lincoln Jacobs 5
Josh Matthews 4
Gavin Bowles 3
Paul McKenzie 2
Jack Bourke 1
SEASON RESULTS:
Rd 1: 7-181 lt Eaglehawk 1-185
Rd 2: 9-335 def Bendigo 300
Rd 3: 184 lt Bendigo United 8-196
Rd 4: 9-300 def Kangaroo Flat 8-293
Rd 5: 167 lt Strathfieldsaye 221
Rd 6: 80 & 7-126 lt Strathdale 244
Rd 7: 256 def Sandhurst 249
Rd 8: 9-145 lt Huntly-North 2-149
Rd 9: 131 lt Golden Square 260
Rd 10: 183 lt Eaglehawk 236
Rd 11: 110 lt Bendigo United 9-276
Rd 12: 195 & 4-38 def Huntly-North 31 & 201