Caleb Piper sending one down.
Coolac Cricket Club took on competition giants Tumut Plains Cricket Club at Bull Paddock Sports Ground on Saturday and it didn’t go the way the Coolac boys wanted it to go, with the village side scoring 109 and all out against Tumut’s 6 for 139.
Tumut batted first and it was opener Kevin Keogh who set the side’s innings up with a fine 41 runs from 105 balls. His partner Phillip Jones stuck around for 16 balls and hit 6 runs before succumbing to a William Naughton ball which was caught by Rob Barron. Tumut 1-10.
Nathan Butt came to the crease and hit 13 more off just 19 balls before he was caught by Tim Graham off the tight bowling of Samuel Sharman.
Stephen Gill joined the fray and with a handy 24 and kept the run rate ticking over from his 43 balls faced. Sharman was the culprit again this time combining with Angus Stapleton for the catch.
Tumut Plains’ batsman Kevin Keogh.
Tumut needed to keep hitting runs when Gill departed with the side at 3-70 and they did so with Luke Armstrong combining with Keogh who had managed to treat his wicket like a brick wall, allowing nothing through. When Keogh went for his 41 runs, Tumut were in a great position at 4-113 and just needed to see the overs out to post a good score.
Dylan Butt came to the crease and it was a dot ball for the first ball before he received a duck on his second, to leave the field and send out William Brown in his place.
Brown smacked the ball around and managed two 4s and a strike rate of 112.50 and remained not out while Armstrong went for 27.
Tumut headed to the shade and a quick drink hoping that Coolac wouldn’t get the 140 required to claim the Elder’s Cup Grand Final.
Best bowlers for Coolac were Samuel Sharman with 2 for 26 from 10 overs and Rob Barron 2 for 37 from 8 overs.
William Naughton and Caleb Piper chipped in with a wicket each.
It was now time for the Coolac side to set about the run making chase and it got off to a poor start with both openers Caleb Piper and Duane Shawcross managing 2 each off 6 and 18 balls respectively.
Angus Stapleton came in at first drop and added 13 before an lbw. Tim Graham was caught and bowled for 7 off 33 balls and the Coolac innings began to look dire.
Up stepped the old fella, Rob Barron, who got the innings back on track with a solid 28 off 53. He stuck around while Adam Graham hit 11 off 31 and Joe Scott 5 before he headed back to the pavilion.
The tail wagged enough and some big hitting was needed to add another 30 runs in the final overs, but it wasn’t going to be with Ben Wysom going for 6, William Naughton for 15 and Mark Sharman just 2. Brad Gorman was the last man standing on 7 not out.
Best bowlers for Tumut were Dusty Hood who took 3 for 7 off 5 overs with an economy of 1.4.
Three Tumut bowlers took a brace with Aidan Thomas taking 2 for 33 off 10, William Brown 2 for 13 off 7 and Myles Henman 2 for 11 off 4. Mitchell Henman chipped in with a wicket.
It brings to the end the Elder’s Cup competition which saw Coolac in some fine form and some high scoring affairs where they posted totals of 152 against The Adelong Donkeys, 150 against Tumut in a 20/20, 170 against Wyangle, 189 against Adelong, 234 against Wyangle and another big score of 195 against Adelong.
The competition which boasted 6 sides saw a lopsided ladder with Tumut and Coolac the favourites to win the comp early on. Gundagai disappointed with just three wins and nine losses. The Mankadders managed just one more win as did Wyangle. Adelong recorded just one more win while the grand finalists claimed 10 wins a piece for the season, setting up a quality game on Saturday.
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