Gundagai Cricket Club Captain Clayton Smith.
Although the Gundagai Lotts Family Hotel Cricket Club didn’t come away with the Cup, they still put up a good fight for the season, getting to the preliminary finals.
Gundagai finished fourth on the ladder with 28 points. They had 6 wins and 7 losses with 0 draws.
Their first game for the season was against the Adelong Donkeys, which they weren’t able to
win 4/113 (19.5) – 8/112 (29.1), but they had better luck next week against the Murrumbidgee Mankadders 9/192 (36) – 9/23 (15.2).
Round 3 saw Wyangle wrestle a victory from Gundagai 4/146 (33.1) – 10/145 (38), and Tumut Plains also got a win over Gundagai the following week 7/163 (40) – 3/165 (36.3).
Gundagai staged a bit of a comeback against Coolac 10/163 (40) – 4/166 (32.4), but the Adelong Donkeys were victorious once again the next week 7/83 (19.2) – 10/82 (29.4).
Round 7 saw another Gundagai win against Murrumbidgee 10/173 (35.3) – 10/54 (26.4). Wyangle cut Gundagai’s victory lap short the following week 2/62 (12.1) – 9/61 (17.3).
Gundagai took two weeks to compete for the Hogan Cup before they were back at it against Adelong, but fell short 8/188 (40) – 10/119 (31).
Gundagai defended their perfect record against the Mankadders 3/91 (17.1) – 9/87 (36.3), and were able to carry that momentum against Wyangle the following week, 10/157 (40) – 7/141 (40).
Tumut Plains ended the Gundagai train 3/250 (40) – 9/129 (25.1), but Gundagai were able to grab the win next week against Coolac 10/149 (39.4) – 10/114 (37.1).
Now onto finals, Gundagai would face the seemingly unstoppable Wyangle and came away with a hard-fought win 7/182 (40) – 10/110 (0).
It was a book ending for Gundagai in the prelims, losing to the team they first faced in round 1: Adelong 3/74 (14.2) – 10/71 (29.5).
A promising season for the Gundagai Cricket Club, but an unfortunate loss right at the end. Still, the Club remain optimistic and is ready for the next season.
– Jack Murray
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