Another week another Saturday washout. With the week leading up and the beautiful spring days, there was hope for the resume of the season for the top grades and getting the lower grades started. A huge downpour came again Saturday morning, dashing those hopes.
Some cricket was played fortunately, with the under-12s playing their first match of the season. Under 12-3 hosted local rivals Mooroolbark in what was a great game, standout performances with the bat for the wolves were Liam Vallence getting 31 off 31 at the top of the order and then Jasper Black scoring 15 of 7 balls, as the wolves were bowled out for 88 in the 18th over. The boys bowled amazing to defend their total, holding the barkers to 5-66 off their 23 overs. Standout bowling performances for the wolves were Jacob Coutts on 2/6 & Liam Vallence on 1/2. A great start to the season for a young team. The under 12-6 had to forfeit this week unfortunately due to a few kids missing and the under 12-9 didn’t complete their match v Seville.
The Montrose Women played again with the weather on their side for Sundays, playing Chirnside Park is a great contest. The Wolves are finding their feet in the early stages of the season with a relatively new team and some ladies missing with exams and illness. However, Chirnside Park won the toss and elected to bat, starting strong putting on 71 for the first wicket, the wolves fought back well holding Chirnside Park to 5-139 off their 20 overs. The standout performance with the ball was captain Keltie Blake with 3/19 off her 4 overs. Special mention to mother & daughter combo Rebecca & Abigail Court played their first game together and Rebecca’s first game, celebrating with her first-ever wicket. The Wolves ladies had a big chase in front of them and they gave it their all unfortunately falling 32 runs short at 5/107. Standouts with the bat were Keltie Blake (31), Myah Trewavis (26) and Tammy Pearce (15). A great all-around effort and better luck next week.
Let’s hope for some fine weather next weekend and we can get all wolves teams on the field.
