Lower grades wrap | Colbo too strong for Elmore

By Oliver Shedden and Matthew Kappos

Jan 13, 2025

Bill Williams Goulburn B-grade Shield

Colbinabbin (185) course-corrected with a convincing win against Elmore (9-126).

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The Grasshoppers batted first where multiple batters all made starts, including Jai Featherby (33), Jack Teasdale (28) and Fletcher White (27).

Elmore’s Matt Gilmour took 3-27 in the first innings before his teammates Matthew Wooley (49) and Riley Seeary (24) got the team’s total to 126, falling 59 runs short.

Moama (94) suffered from a case of holiday hangover as BLU (8-211) blitzed the Mowers at Bamawm Recreation Reserve.

Rory van de Zande (61) and Gregory Pearse (51) both made half-centuries, while Kaj Huddle took 4-31 for the visitors.

Meanwhile, Moama couldn’t get it going with the bat, with opener Jackson Groves (21) the only batter to cross 20, with Matthew Watt, Duane Johns and Kaj Huddle all scoring 11.

Bill Williams Murray B-grade Shield

Tongala’s bowlers were in a lethal mood, removing Rochester for 89 runs.

Zac McKenzie, Jesse Jackman and Travis Johnstone each took two wickets, while the team came together to execute three run-outs.

The batting reply was mostly smooth sailing, Ryan Smith’s 33 not-out helping the Blues to the total for the loss of four wickets.

Gus Underwood C-grade Shield

Cooma (6-228) walked away with the chocolates in a high-scoring affair against BLU (202) thanks to a century by Nathan Angelino.

Angelino’s 128 off 79 balls was the only score for Cooma above 30 and included 13 fours and eight sixes, striking for an impressive 162, with a run-out the only thing stopping the young gun.

On the flip side, it was a combined effort by BLU, with Xavier Kellow (54) and Tom Isedale (39) leading the charge, but it wasn’t enough, with the Lions falling 26 runs short.

It was the Kangaroo who was mightier than the Redback as Girgarre’s (8-200) total was too much for Elmore (171) to handle.

Leighton Ironside (46) and Jayson Harrison (43 not-out) did the bulk of the scoring in the middle order for Girgarre, with Elmore’s Aaron Juffs taking 4-28 with the ball.

Juffs then scored 41 with the bat along with Dylan Chique (40) but it wasn’t enough to stop the Kangaroos’ bowling attack, led by Aled Denton’s 4-20.

Rochy (8-193) rolled through Echuca South (9-70) in their match-up, thanks in part to a stellar effort with the ball.

Leigh Hartshorne (33) and Ryan Murphy (30) were the standouts with the bat for Rochester with the Swans’ Brian Leslie and Cameron Hay taking two wickets apiece.

Hay (29) was the only notable scorer as Rochester’s Rory Harrington tore through the rest of the side, taking 5-10.