Upper Hunter Cricket: Round 19

By Russel Sakey

Results:

Upper Hunter District Cricket Association Semi Finals
A Grade Major -Warriors v Aberdeen B   –    Draw
A Grade Minor  Rouchel  v Belmore Bulls A   –   Draw
B Grade Major   Aberdeen A was defeated by Bunnan
B Grade Minor   Belltrees  defeated  Merriwa

Rain disrupted cricket games throughout the Upper Hunter during the weekend.
On the Saturday the two B Grade games continued on through some light rain to complete matches at Belltrees and Aberdeen.
In Scone the A Grade games were eventually stopped by a heavy shower late in the afternoon.
Efforts to replay these games on the Sunday were thwarted when both the turf wickets, and the synthetic wickets were deemed too wet to use as the showers continued throughout the day and in the absence of sunshine or wind the pitch was not drying out.

DETAILS:-
Bunnan 9/136 off 36 overs .
M Soper 40, P Ashford 30, G Davis 17, S Davis 15.
M Brabants 3/23, E Tickle 3/23, B Cullun 2/27.Aberdeen A 7/132 off 40 overs
Aberdeen A 7/132 off 40 overs
G Latham 47, B Cullen 28, J Duffin 16, B Fulcher 13.
M Langan 2/18, J Bates 2/19, L Cheshire 2/23, G Davis 0/8 off 8 overs.

Belltrees 2/172 off 34 overs.
N Justice 70, C Simpson 45*, A Williamson 24.
M Gilbey1/17.
Merriwa 165 off 40 overs
M Fieldsend 35, M Gilbey 27, P Gilbey 24, S Morgan 19, J Osmond 14.
W Osmond  3/19, A Williamson 3/38, M French 2/29,  B McRae 2/37.

DRAW FOR NEXT WEEK

Aberdeen B  v Rouchel,

Aberdeen A  v  Belltrees,