GOLDEN SQUARE
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Finished: 9th – 4-8.
Batting ranking: 8th.
Bowling ranking: 6th.
Twenty20 tournament: 8th (1-4) – Mat Christie 124 runs; Jayden Burke, Jamie Bysouth 3 wickets.
Most Cricketer of the Year votes: Scott Woodman (10).
Most Bendigo Advertiser-Bicknells votes: Scott Woodman (17).
BDCA Team of the Year: Scott Johnson.
Highest score: 92 – Scott Trollope, v White Hills, round 9.
Best bowling: 6-52 – Scott Woodman, v Huntly-North Epsom, round 4.
A DRAMATIC slide down the ladder for Golden Square.
A year after Square lost just one home and away game and played off in the grand final, the side slipped not only out of the finals, but all the way down to ninth.
There were no signs that such a drop-off was coming after Square won three of its first four games, two of which were against eventual grand finalists Strathfieldsaye and Strathdale.
But from round five onwards when Square lost to Kangaroo Flat at the QEO, it all went pear-shaped.
Square beat only White Hills in its last eight games, with the side’s chances not helped by captain Tim Wood and its best bowler Scott Woodman both missing four games.
While he missed a third of the season, Woodman led the bowling with 22 wickets - 11 of which came against Huntly-North Epsom in round four.
With the impressive Woodman, the economical Connor Miller and Josh Blencowe, Square’s bowling stocks look good for the future.
However, the batting was a major let-down, with only Scott Johnson topping the 200-run mark.
OTHER TEAMS:
2nd XI - Premiers.
3rd XI - 7th.
Under-18 - 4th, lt Strathdale in semi.
RUNS:
Scott Johnson 388
Grant Connelly 211
Tim Wood 195
Liam Smith 182
Jake Higgins 170
Jamie Bysouth 163
Jason Johnson 157
Scott Trollope 147
Hamish Schumacher 135
Scott Woodman 124
Connor Miller 65
Max Grant 62
Luke Baird 37
Mathew Christie 34
Josh Blencowe 9
David Blume 6
Michael O'Sullivan 1
Jaydon Abbott 1
WICKETS:
Scott Woodman 22
Liam Smith 17
Jamie Bysouth 13
Connor Miller 11
Grant Connelly 9
Luke Baird 8
Josh Blencowe 7
Scott Johnson 4
Mathew Christie 3
Scott Trollope 3
Hamish Schumacher 3
Michael O'Sullivan 3
Jaydon Abbott 2
Max Grant 1
Jake Higgins 1
SEASON RESULTS:
Rd 1: 7-240 def Strathfieldsaye 7-179
Rd 2: 202 lt Sandhurst 213
Rd 3: 8-168 def Strathdale 8-166
Rd 4: 9-205 & 0-0 def Huntly 115 & 170
Rd 5: 8-241 lt Kangaroo Flat 6-256
Rd 6: 191 lt Eaglehawk 7-212
Rd 7: 135 lt Bendigo United 8-201
Rd 8: 143 lt Bendigo 6-144
Rd 9: 260 def White Hills 131
Rd 10: 123 lt Strathfieldsaye 178 & 2-94
Rd 11: 138 lt Strathdale 9-224
Rd 12: 216 lt Bendigo 252