MANDURANG
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Finished: Premiers – 12-0-1.
Batting ranking: 5th.
Bowling ranking: 1st.
Highest score: 108 – Matt Giri, v Marong, round 1.
Best bowling: 6-23 – Phil Berry, v United, round 5.
A PERFECT summer for the Rangas, who capped an undefeated season by beating Sedgwick in the grand final.
Showed tremendous fighting spirit in the grand final against the Rams, capturing four late wickets to win by 12 runs and claim their second flag in four years.
The Rangas’ season success was built on an even contribution, highlighted by four players taking at least 21 wickets and eight making more than 200 runs.
Mandurang also won the division two flag in what was a big season for the club.
TOP 5 RUNS:
Matt Giri 509
Ben Rodda 462
Michael Healy 393
Paul Martin 283
Cain Ladiges 272
TOP 5 WICKETS:
Michael Healy 31
Mark Roberts 21
Cain Ladiges 21
James Pietromonaco 21
Phil Berry 15
SEDGWICK
Finished: 2nd – 9-3-1.
Batting ranking: 1st.
Bowling ranking: 4th.
Highest score: 151* – Matt Dwyer, v Marong, round 3.
Best bowling: 5-6 – Andrew Hewitt, v Spring Gully, round 11.
A GUT-WRENCHING end to the season for the Rams after blowing a position of strength in the grand final against Mandurang.
Looked set to finally capture that first flag when they were 6-170 chasing 187, only to lose 4-5 and fall 12 runs short.
And so the drought continues.
Top-order batsman Matt Dwyer showed why he was such a sought-after recruit during the off-season by cracking five centuries in his tally of 768 runs, winning the EVCA Cricketer of the Year.
TOP 5 RUNS:
Matt Dwyer 768
Zac Poole 411
Dustin Elliott 351
Jordan Ilsley 348
Rick Ladson 263
TOP 5 WICKETS:
Jordan Ilsley 21
Zac Poole 18
Scott McKenzie 17
Matt Dwyer 16
Andrew Hewitt 14
UNITED
Finished: 3rd – 6-5-1.
Batting ranking: 2nd.
Bowling ranking: 5th.
Highest score: 211 – Andrew Collins, v Axe Creek, round 8.
Best bowling: 6-34 – Brenton Dillon, v Maiden Gully, round 3.
LAST year’s premiers bowed out in the semi-final with a loss to Sedgwick.
Were slow out of the blocks, losing two of their first three games, but gradually added to their side as the season wore on and looked to be peaking at the right time, but were no match for the Rams in the semi.
Andrew Collins blasted the EVCA’s two highest scores of the season - 211 against Axe Creek and 183 against Marong.
Luke Sullivan led an even Tigers’ bowling unit with 21 wickets.
TOP 5 RUNS:
Andrew Collins 598
Josh White 434
Forbes Klemm 316
Alex Collins 203
Joe Hartney 193
TOP 5 WICKETS:
Luke O’Sullivan 21
Josh White 18
Lachlan Shawyer 14
Alex Collins 11
Cameron Davie 11
AXE CREEK
Finished: 4th – 5-6-1.
Batting ranking: 3rd.
Bowling ranking: 9th.
Highest score: 137* – Joel Bish, v United, round 8.
Best bowling: 5-20 – Jordan Knight, v Marong, round 6.
A SEASON of vast improvement for the Cowboys, who made the finals for the first time since 2009.
Strong recruiting was the catalyst for the turnaround, such as the additions of Joel Bish and Grant Le Poidevin.
Bish belted 469 runs, including a pair of centuries, while Le Poidevin combined 367 runs with 33 wickets.
Won two games outright against Maiden Gully and Spring Gully, but still had a couple of long days in the field, twice conceding more than 430.
TOP 5 RUNS:
Joel Bish 469
Grant Le Poidevin 367
Brannon Stanford 315
Greg Burns 308
Jordan Knight 247
TOP 5 WICKETS:
Grant Le Poidevin 33
Jordan Knight 22
Nick Skeen 21
Ash Dixon 16
Graham Gamble 16
WEST BENDIGO
Finished: 5th – 5-5-1.
Batting ranking: 4th.
Bowling ranking: 3rd.
Highest score: 148* – Ken Bell, v Maiden Gully, round 9.
Best bowling: 5-19 – Brad McHugh, v Marong, round 2.
THE Redbacks had four players make tons throughout the season, but that wasn’t enough to get them into the finals as they finished fifth, 10 points outside the top four.
Ken Bell (two), Gary Singh, Dion Prange and Travis O’Connell were the four century-makers.
Won their first two games, but lost some momentum with three defeats in a row between rounds three and five and from there were unable to fight their way back into the top four.
TOP 5 RUNS:
Ken Bell 428
Gary Singh 416
Dion Prange 328
Travis O’Connell 257
Joel Purdy 252
TOP 5 WICKETS:
Dion Prange 24
Brad McHugh 19
Ben Manning 14
Scott Ryan 10
Ken Bell 9
EMU CREEK
Finished: 6th – 5-5-1.
Batting ranking: 7th.
Bowling ranking: 2nd.
Highest score: 116* – Simon Marwood, v Axe Creek, round 2.
Best bowling: 6-44 – Justin Hancock, v Axe Creek, round 2.
PLAYED in the previous two grand finals, but dropped back to the pack this season to miss the finals and finish sixth.
The Emus were right in the thick of the action after five rounds when they sat second with a 4-1 record.
But they battled for the last six games, winning just one against Marong and in the last round became the only team to lose to Maiden Gully for the season.
Brad Rowe made four half-tons for the Emus, while Simon Marwood led the way with the ball with 31 scalps.
TOP 5 RUNS:
Brad Rowe 388
Simon Marwood 263
Shane Hamilton 256
Daniel Chamberlain 243
Shaun Cattanach 226
TOP 5 WICKETS:
Simon Marwood 31
Justin Hancock 23
Anthony Collins 14
Michael Checkley 12
Brendan Morris 8
GOLDEN GULLY
Finished: 7th – 5-5-1.
Batting ranking: 6th.
Bowling ranking: 6th.
Highest score: 153* – Nathan Hamblin, v West Bendigo, round 11.
Best bowling: 7-19 – Brad Webster, v Maiden Gully, round 6.
POSITIVE start to the season with three wins in their first four games, but an outright loss to Emu Creek in round five signalled the beginning of the end for the Cobras.
Only won two of their last seven games to finish seventh.
All-rounder Brad Webster provided plenty of highlights with not only a ton, but three bags of five or more wickets, while Nathan Hamblin’s 153 n.o against West Bendigo in round 11 was all class.
Won the Bash for Cash grand final.
TOP 5 RUNS:
Nathan Hamblin 308
Josh Hutchinson 270
Jeremy Rogerson 267
Nathan Shatwell 227
Travis Nolan 226
TOP 5 WICKETS:
Brad Webster 25
Shaun O’Shea 25
Travis Nolan 15
Josh Hutchinson 9
Matt Kile 7
MARONG
Finished: 8th – 3-7-1.
Batting ranking: 8th.
Bowling ranking: 8th.
Highest score: 78* – Duane Anderson, v Axe Creek, round 6.
Best bowling: 6-25 – Jeremy Ross, v Spring Gully, round 5.
MISSED finals for the third season in a row.
Had all sorts of problems with the bat early in the season when their highest first innings score in the opening five games was 7-146.
Showed some improvement later in the season when they posted three scores above 200 in their last five matches.
Only had two players top the 200-run mark for the season and only Dean Cosgriff (31.2) average above 25.
Jeremy Ross again battled hard with the ball to snare 24 wickets.
TOP 5 RUNS:
Tom Huf 266
Scott Ross 244
Jeremy Ross 188
Andrew Gladstone 177
Duane Anderson 173
TOP 5 WICKETS:
Jeremy Ross 24
Duane Anderson 17
Jayden Laubsch 9
Dean Cosgriff 8
Adam Brown 6
SPRING GULLY
Finished: 9th – 2-8-1.
Batting ranking: 10th.
Bowling ranking: 7th.
Highest score: 71* – Alex Sutton, v United, round 9.
Best bowling: 5-16 – Saheed Akolade, v Sedgwick, round 11.
A NIGHTMARE season with the bat for the Crows.
Only twice in first innings did the Crows make more than 200. In every other first innings, they were bundled out for less than 150.
Those batting woes contributed to the Crows losing three games outright.
There were some highlights for the Crows, such as captain Alex Sutton winning the EVCA bowling with 34 wickets.
And Nigerian speedster Saheed Akolade proved an EVCA attraction.
TOP 5 RUNS:
Alex Sutton 361
Jayden Mannix 170
Andrew Renato 167
Jarrod Quirk 136
Tim Budge 111
TOP 5 WICKETS:
Alex Sutton 34
Liam Pilcher 20
Tim Budge 11
Des Gilmore 7
Saheed Akolade 7
MAIDEN GULLY
Finished: 10th – 1-9-1.
Batting ranking: 9th.
Bowling ranking: 10th.
Highest score: 110* – Alex Gorrie, v West Bendigo, round 9.
Best bowling: 4-13 – Brett Haw, v Emu Creek, round 11.
A THIRD-CONSECUTIVE wooden spoon for Maiden Gully after another challenging season.
But at least the Gully avoided a winless season by upsetting Emu Creek and winning by 36 runs in the final round.
Two of Maiden Gully’s nine defeats were outright losses to United and Axe Creek, while only three times was the side able to bowl the opposition out.
Alex Gorrie ended the season with a flurry of runs, with four of his last six innings scores of 110*, 75, 55 and 46.
TOP 5 RUNS:
Alex Gorrie 436
Lachlan Mickan 312
Rob Brown 301
Shane Rabbitt 214
Simon Cole 177
TOP 5 WICKETS:
Brett Haw 21
Shane Rabbitt 13
Rob Brown 11
Scott McCoomb 7
Lachlan Mickan 7
