Emu Valley Cricket Association 2017-18 end of season review

LEADING RUNS:

Rhys Webb – 638

Joel Bish – 469

Lachlan Brook – 438

Brannon Stanford – 349

Jesse Marciano – 349

Alex Sutton – 283

LEADING WICKETS:

James Fox – 23

Jesse Marciano – 17

Nick Skeen – 16

Rhys Webb – 13

Byron Perrin – 13

Liam Pilcher – 13

ADDY MVP POINTS:

Rhys Webb – 1028

Jesse Marciano – 779

James Fox – 710

Lachlan Brook – 648

Joel Bish – 579

Alex Sutton – 483

HIGHEST SCORE: 121 – Rhys Webb v West Bendigo

BEST BOWLING: 5-35 – Liam Pilcher v West Bendigo

A premiership season for the Crows, who won their first flag since 2010-11.

Set their season up by bursting out of the blocks winning their first six matches to lay the foundation for a home semi-final.

By season-end the Crows boasted three of the competition’s top six run-scorers in Addy MVP Rhys Webb (638), Joel Bish (469) and Lachlan Brook (438), who all scored centuries.

The bowling contribution was more of a spread, with seven of the premiership players taking at least 10 wickets.

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RECORD: 10-3-3

LEADING RUNS:

Matt Dwyer – 700

Daniel Chamberlain – 390

Greg Thomas – 322

Simon Marwood – 289

Dustin Elliott – 243

Jordan Ilsley – 239

LEADING WICKETS:

Jordan Ilsley – 32

Justin Hancock – 24

Quinton Bentley – 22

Simon Marwood – 19

Andrew Sheehan – 14

Daniel Chamberlain – 10

ADDY MVP POINTS:

Jordan Ilsley – 934

Matt Dwyer – 840

Simon Marwood – 739

Daniel Chamberlain – 590

Justin Hancock – 584

Greg Thomas – 552

HIGHEST SCORE: 120 – Dustin Elliott v West Bendigo

BEST BOWLING: 6-26 – Jordan Ilsley v Golden Gully

The Rams’ premiership drought endures into what will be the club’s centenary year next season after their star-studded side that finished 29 points clear on top of the ladder was soundly beaten in the grand final by Spring Gully by 81 runs.

A bitterly disappointing end to a season that had promised plenty.

Star batsman Matt Dwyer won the EVCA’S Player of the Year Award in a season in which he finished with 700 runs

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RECORD: 7-6-2

LEADING RUNS:

Trevor Pickthall – 412

Alex Gorrie – 372

Darcy Poulter – 350

Rob Brown – 327

Dallas Gill – 272

Leon Beatty – 243

LEADING WICKETS:

Rob Brown – 26

Shane Rabbitt – 19

Brett Haw – 14

Dallas Gill – 13

Alex Gorrie – 12

Josh Sheehan – 8

ADDY MVP POINTS:

Rob Brown – 877

Alex Gorrie – 707

Dallas Gill – 582

Shane Rabbitt – 568

Trevor Pickthall – 557

Brett Haw – 517

HIGHEST SCORE: 106 – Alex Gorrie v West Bendigo

BEST BOWLING: 5-22 – Alex Gorrie v Golden Gully

The Gully gave themselves some work to do with a 3-5 start to the season, but finished strongly, winning their last four games to finish third before losing their semi to eventual premier Spring Gully by 98 runs.

The Gully’s standout player was all-rounder Rob Brown, who combined 350 runs with 26 wickets, while Alex Gorrie produced both the best individual batting and bowling performances for the team with their only century and five-for of the season.

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RECORD: 6-6-3

LEADING RUNS:

Matt Pask – 453

Phil Berry – 350

Luke Rafferty – 315

James Pietromonaco – 291

Cain Ladiges – 141

Adam Reaper – 118

LEADING WICKETS:

James Pietromonaco – 25

Beau Roy-Clements – 18

Adam Reaper – 16

Jeremy Hancock – 14

James Bailey – 13

Clinton Botham – 9

ADDY MVP POINTS:

James Pietromonaco – 861

Phil Berry – 610

Matt Pask – 553

Adam Reaper – 478

Beau Roy-Clements – 471

Luke Rafferty – 400

HIGHEST SCORE: 91 – Matt Pask v Golden Gully

BEST BOWLING: 5-36 – James Pietromonaco v Golden Gully

Were good enough to beat premier Spring Gully during the home and away rounds, but season ended with a semi-final loss to Sedgwick.

Won three of their first four games, but it was a battle for consistency over the remainder of the season that wasn’t helped by weather interruptions, while none of the Rangas’ 12 half-centuries that were scored were converted into a ton.

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RECORD: 4-6-4

LEADING RUNS:

Josh White – 350

Xavier Walsh – 330

Keiran Nihill – 273

Andrew Duguid – 167

James Smith – 143

Will Horan – 104

LEADING WICKETS:

Andrew Duguid – 16

James Smith – 13

Keiran Nihill – 12

Josh White – 8

Harry Moore – 7

Jacob Piccoli – 6

ADDY MVP POINTS:

Josh White – 600

Keiran Nihill – 553

Andrew Duguid – 537

Xavier Walsh – 450

James Smith – 423

Noah Walsh – 254

HIGHEST SCORE: 97* – Will Horan v West Bendigo

BEST BOWLING: 6-25 – Keiran Nihill v Mandurang

A rare absence from the finals for the Tigers, who missed the top four for just the third time since 1980.

The side was a revolving door, with 32 players batting in the first XI as the Tigers were unable to have any stability from game to game, while the unavailability of Alex Collins for the bulk of the season was a major blow.

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RECORD: 4-7-3

LEADING RUNS:

Jeremy Ross – 367

Scott Ross – 347

Duane Anderson – 306

Andrew Gladstone – 297

Chris Dixon – 196

Adam Chisholm – 194

LEADING WICKETS:

Tom Wilson – 24

Dean Cosgriff – 22

Jeremy Ross – 15

Duane Anderson – 12

Ryan Murphy – 12

Adam Brown – 9

ADDY MVP POINTS:

Jeremy Ross – 767

Tom Wilson – 644

Duane Anderson – 576

Dean Cosgriff – 536

Scott Ross – 492

Andrew Gladstone – 347

HIGHEST SCORE: 112 – Jeremy Ross v Golden Gully

BEST BOWLING: 6-33 – Tom Wilson v West Bendigo

Lost their opening six matches, but later won four of their last five to finish on a positive note, with one of those wins the Panthers’ first against United since 2010-11.

As well as the win over United, plus a Jeremy Ross century against Golden Gully, another of the season highlights was the Panthers’ victory over grand finalist Sedgwick in round eight.

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RECORD: 4-7-3

LEADING RUNS:

Travis O’Connell – 683

Ben Henson – 199

Tom Floyd – 177

Cameron Holding – 164

Gary Singh – 147

Dion Prange – 145

LEADING WICKETS:

Shannon Murphy – 16

Josh Connolly – 13

Tarran Kilcullen – 11

Gary Singh – 10

Joel Purdy – 8

Brendon Lummis – 8

ADDY MVP POINTS:

Travis O’Connell – 798

Joel Purdy – 380

Tarran Kilcullen – 372

Shannon Murphy – 365

Gary Singh – 347

Josh Connolly – 336

HIGHEST SCORE: 208* – Travis O’Connell v United

BEST BOWLING: 5-23 – Shannon Murphy v United

An improved season for the Redbacks, who won four games. To give that some perspective, they had won just two the previous two years.

The season included Travis O’Connell setting a new club record score of 208 n.o. against United in round six.

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RECORD: 3-9-2

LEADING RUNS:

Kansas Varker – 239

Mick Galvin – 202

Jordan Knight – 197

Brad Webster – 157

Josh Hutchinson – 135

Bradley Smith – 127

LEADING WICKETS:

Brad Webster – 32

Jordan Knight – 16

Bradley Smith – 15

Kansas Varker – 11

Justin Marsh – 9

Josh Hutchinson – 9

ADDY MVP POINTS:

Brad Webster – 827

Jordan Knight – 547

Kansas Varker – 529

Bradley Smith – 497

Jayden Russell – 400

Josh Hutchinson – 385

HIGHEST SCORE: 59 – Brad Webster v West Bendigo

BEST BOWLING: 4-38 – Brad Webster v West Bendigo

Chocolates to boiled lollies for the Cobras.

A year after winning their breakthrough division one premiership, the Cobras tumbled down the ladder to finish last.

Despite the Cobras’ struggles, captain Brad Webster was one of the competition’s standout players with 32 wickets, while he was also the only Golden Gully player to make a score above 50.

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208 – Travis O'Connell, West Bendigo v United – Round 6

141 – Travis O'Connell, West Bendigo v Maiden Gully – Round 8

121 – Rhys Webb, Spring Gully v West Bendigo – Round 7

120 – Dustin Elliott, Sedgwick v West Bendigo – Round 14

115 – Matt Dwyer, Sedgwick v Mandurang – Semi-final

112 – Jeremy Ross, Marong v Golden Gully – Round 13

111 – Daniel Chamberlain, Sedgwick v West Bendigo – Round 3

107 – Rhys Webb, Spring Gully v Marong – Round 6

106 – Alex Gorrie, Maiden Gully v West Bendigo – Round 13

105 – Joel Bish, Spring Gully v Maiden Gully – Round 3

102 – Lachlan Brook, Spring Gully v Golden Gully – Round 5

6-25 – Keiran Nihill, United v Mandurang – Round 5

6-26 – Jordan Ilsley, Sedgwick v Golden Gully – Round 6

6-33 – Tom Wilson, Marong v West Bendigo – Round 5

6-65 – Dean Cosgriff, Marong v Sedgwick – Round 12

5-22 – Alex Gorrie, Maiden Gully v Golden Gully – Round 2

5-23 – Shannon Murphy, West Bendigo v United – Round 6

5-23 – James Smith, United v Maiden Gully – Round 12

5-35 – Liam Pilcher, Spring Gully v West Bendigo – Round 2

5-36 – James Pietromonaco, Mandurang v Golden Gully – Round 14

5-48 – Beau Roy-Clements, Mandurang v Maiden Gully – Round 6