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6/3/11-
Preliminary Finals
The playing
season of the
Kingston Crows
Cricket Club
ended on
Saturday when
both A Grade and
B1 lost their
respective
Preliminary
Finals. This
means that for
the first time
in many years
the Crows don't
have a single
team playing in
the Grand Final
and is a far cry
from last season
when we had four
teams competing
on the big day.
In A Grade,
played on our
home ground,
Slab Road won
the toss and
elected to bat
first. Scott
Sward picked up
two wickets in
his second over
to put us right
on top and with
Andrew Henley
bowling dot ball
after dot ball
at the other end
we restricted
them to 3/35 off
their first
twenty overs.
They took until
the 37th over to
reach the 100
mark but doubled
that total in
the remaining 13
overs. They
finished on
8/202, a good
final's score
but with a
superb and quick
outfield the
target was very
gettable if
partnerships
could be formed.
Robert Chapman
took 2/27, Sward
finished with
2/30 and Jack
Philp 2/34.
Andrew Henley
only conceded
two scoring
shots off his
bowling as he
finished with
the amazing
figures of 10
overs 8 maidens
1 wicket for 3
runs.
Dan Elliott 21
and Hamish
Jamieson quickly
took the score
past 30 but once
the partnership
was broken
wickets
continued to
fall with
regular pattern
as we strived to
get a
partnership
going. Only
Jarrod Collis,
in his first A
Grade game of
the year, was
able to put up
resistance as he
scored 62 with 7
4s and 2 6s.
While he
remained at the
wicket we had a
chance but he
was one of the
last three
wickets to fall
with our total
on 149.
A very
disappointing
way to end the
season.
In B1 at Longley Crows captain Jason Jones won the toss and elected to bat under clear skies. The Crows got off to a solid start before losing their first wicket, that of Treptow. James Murray would then go on to form many partnerships, without any of the other top four going on to get that big score that was required to form a match winning total. Promoted B2 captain Gareth Percey joined James in a valuable 4th wicket partnership, that was looking favorable for the Crows. However as things were looking good, Gareth was dismissed for 34. James continued to bat through for an excellent 91 with 5 sixes. His dismissal would trigger a steady flow of wickets. Jones was left 22no at the end of the innings as the Crows compiled 209. The Crows were then able to snare a couple of early wickets in Longley's innings and when they had them 4/109 they were very much in the game however they would still need a regular flow of wickets in order to clinch victory. Unfortunately too many extra’s would hurt our chances with 29 wides being an indication of an indifferent bowling performance. Jono Cashion with 2 wickets would be the only multiple wicket taker as we would eventually go down by 4 wickets. To reach a preliminary final from where they were 5 weeks ago is an excellent effort, but like all grades a more committed effort from players will see better on field results in the future. The club will be holding their Best & Fairest counts at the Clubrooms this Saturday night. Details regarding the format of the night will be finalised early in the week and will be forwarded by email or on Face book. This and the Annual Dinner are the only formalities from the 2010/11 playing season. Invitations to the Dinner have been sent out. Please advise the relevant people of where or not you are attending. Condolences to former player Brent Conway and his family on the passing of his mother. "From the Hill" Click on our Sponsor's logo to visit their Web sites
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