2019-20 SEASON CLUB REVIEW SERIES:
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SEASON 2019-20 was always going to be one with an eye to the future for Eaglehawk in the Bendigo District Cricket Association.
And if the last two rounds are anything to go by, there's plenty to look forward to for the rebuilding Hawks in the coming years.
The Hawks closed out their year of development with a pair of back-to-back wins of significance, knocking over White Hills and Kangaroo Flat.
White Hills was a finals team, while the Roos would have been too had they not lost to the Hawks in the final round.
The round 13 win over the Roos in particular when Eaglehawk defended a score of 152 was very much a glimpse to the future, with it built on the back of a match-saving partnership between teenagers Angus Chisholm (55 n.o.) and Noah Begg (25), who rescued the Hawks from 7-54 on day one.
While they notched just four wins for the season, the young Hawks were good enough to beat two of the finalists, claiming the scalp of not only White Hills (fourth) in round 12, but also Strathfieldsaye (third) in round five when they recovered from 8-143 chasing 9-213 to win thanks to the pair of Josh Williams (65 n.o.) and Nick Farley (46 n.o.).
Williams' unbeaten 65 that game was the Hawks' highest score of the season, with he and Farley also finishing as the Hawks' joint leading wicket-takers for 2019-20 with 16 apiece.
Farley's 4-6 in the second innings of the round 12 win over White Hills was the Hawks' best bowling performance of the season.
For the second season in a row Anthony West topped the Hawks' runs with 273, with the most emotional moment of the season being the minute's silence held before the Eaglehawk-Sandhurst game on January 11 in honour of West's wife, Jess, and son, Deighton, who died in a crash less than two weeks earlier.
IN A NUTSHELL:
Record - 4-8-1
Finished - 8th
Batting rank - 10th
Bowling rank - 6th
Average scores:
Batting - 165
Bowling - 242
SEASON RESULTS
Round 1: 8-185 def Bendigo 160
Round 2: 135 lt Strathdale-Maristians 321
Round 3: 9-232 drew Sandhurst 0-0
Round 4: 174 lt Bendigo 260
Round 5: 8-248 def Strathfieldsaye 9-213
Round 6: 79 & 6-109 lt Huntly-North Epsom 7-181
Round 7: 165 lt Strathdale-Maristians 3-168
Round 8: 9-150 lt Sandhurst 3-204
Round 9: 9-173 lt Huntly-North Epsom 6-176
Round 10: 107 lt Golden Square 222
Round 11: 63 lt Bendigo United 6-179
Round 12: 168 def White Hills 89 & 7-127
Round 13: 152 def Kangaroo Flat 145
LADDER POSITIONS
Round 1: 4th (1-0)
Round 2: 8th (1-1)
Round 3: 6th (1-1-1)
Round 4: 9th (1-2-1)
Round 5: 6th (2-2-1)
Round 6: 8th (2-3-1)
Round 7: 9th (2-4-1)
Round 8: 9th (2-5-1)
Round 9: 9th (2-6-1)
Round 10: 9th (2-7-1)
Round 11: 10th (2-8-1)
Round 12: 9th (3-8-1)
Round 13: 8th (4-8-1)
TOP 5 BATSMEN
1 - Anthony West
Runs: 273 Innings: 13
Avr: 21.00 High: 55
100s: 0 50s: 1
League rank: 29
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2 - Aaron Monro
Runs: 266 Innings: 14
Avr: 19.00 High: 50
100s: 0 50s: 1
League rank: 31
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3 - Ben Williams
Runs: 248 Innings: 13
Avr: 19.08 High: 54
100s: 0 50s: 1
League rank: 34
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4 - Nick Farley
Runs: 216 Innings: 11
Avr: 24.00 High: 46*
100s: 0 50s: 0
League rank: 42
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5 - Angus Chisholm
Runs: 188 Innings: 14
Avr: 17.09 High: 55
100s: 0 50s: 1
League rank: 46
TOP 5 BOWLERS
1 - Nick Farley
Wickets: 16 Overs: 71
Avr: 11.44 Best: 4-6
Strike: 26.63 5W Inns: 0
League rank: 22
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2 - Josh Williams
Wickets: 16 Overs: 120
Avr: 26.69 Best: 4-36
Strike: 45.00 5W Inns: 0
League rank: 27
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3 - Russell Stockdale
Wickets: 14 Overs: 85
Avr: 23.71 Best: 4-82
Strike: 36.43 5W Inns: 0
League rank: 32
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4 - Rhys Smith
Wickets: 10 Overs: 60
Avr: 22.50 Best: 4-42
Strike: 36.00 5W Inns: 0
League rank: 45
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5 - Nash Viney
Wickets: 10 Overs: 94
Avr: 33.40 Best: 3-42
Strike: 56.40 5W Inns: 0
League rank: 46
TOP 5 MVP POINTS
1 - Nick Farley
Points: 626
Runs: 216 Wickets: 16
Fielding: 9
League rank: 27
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2 - Aaron Monro
Points: 506
Runs: 266 Wickets: 10
Fielding: 4
League rank: 37
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3 - Josh Williams
Points: 475
Runs: 110 Wickets: 16
Fielding: 4
League rank: 44
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4 - Angus Chisholm
Points: 443
Runs: 188 Wickets: 7
Fielding: 11
League rank: 49
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5 - Nash Viney
Points: 398
Runs: 163 Wickets: 10
Fielding: 3
League rank: 54
CENTURIES:
None
FIVE-FORS:
None
TWENTY20 COMPETITION
Record - 2-2
MOST RUNS:
Ben Williams - 56
MOST WICKETS:
Nash Viney - 4
Rhys Smith - 4
Josh Williams - 4
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