Things are tight in the Geelong Women’s Cricket A Grade competition with one round to go before finals.
East Belmont leads the competition, four points clear of North Geelong.
If East Belmont defeats St Joseph’s, it will finish as minor premiers while Joeys are out of the finals race.
North Geelong travels to Barwon Heads this Sunday and need to win and hope East Belmont to finish top. If the Magpies lose and Geelong City knocks off Bell Park, they will slide down to third.
On the other hand, Barwon Heads will play finals if it defeats North Geelong, but if it loses and Bell Park beats City, the Dragons will finish fourth.
St Joseph’s is a game behind the Heads and with a comparable percentage and could jump three spots into fourth if the Seagulls and Dragons both lose.
Seventh placed South Barwon is also only a game outside the four, but with a poor percentage of 0.549. The Swans remain a mathematical, although highly unlikely, chance if they absolutely thrash Lethbridge and the Heads (0.998), Dragons (0.632) and Joeys (0.974) all have crushing losses, but even then, making up that amount of percentage will be tough.
Lethbridge can avoid the wooden spoon by beating South Barwon. The Rosellas are a game behind, but have a superior percentage of 0.706.
Round 13, Sunday 15 February
A Grade
North Geelong 4/138 (L. Kelly 42, R. Zdybel 25, S. Ljubojevic 2/21) def Lethbridge 2/137 (S. Ljubojevic 60, M. Waddington 37, C. Smith 26no)
South Barwon 9/140 (A. Seddon 59, K. De Alwis 30, A. Haase 3/11, A. Huby 3/23) tied with St Joseph’s 140 (A. Huby 45, E. Hauenstein 3/25)
East Belmont 3/227 (K. Harman 66no, L. Tubb 56no, B. Farey 47, I. Fenner 28) def Bell Park 9/151 (H. Rooke 38, D. Airey 34, E. Taylor 2/18)
Geelong City 5/92 (L. Balla 28no, R. Smith 2/6) def Barwon Heads 6/90
B Grade
Barrabool 3/104 (J. Neil 52no) def Anglesea 9/103 (V. King 3/13)
North Geelong 2/78 (S. Caruana 31no, L. Arthur 29no) def Marshall 77 (M. Tabor 5/15, S. Caruana 2/9)
Portarlington 1/127 (E. Allen 56no, A. Hansen 29) vs Lara 4/130 (A. Bowering 46, E. Wilson 27ret)
Queenscliff 6/206 (M. Cameron 57ret, C. Headlam 44, H. Chalkley 33, J. Newton 3/13) def Highton 6/168 (J. Newton 47, C. Hammond 33)
C Grade
East Belmont 1/123 (N. Sheppard 50ret, K. Williams 47no) def Waurn Ponds Deakin 7/121 (B. Woodburn 60no, C. Scaffidi 3/6)
Drysdale 7/99 (L. Sheehan 51no, R. Wood 3/16) def Teesdale 8/97 (J. Campbell 23, R. Foran 2/10)
Wallington 2/108 (C. Ralph 49, S. Kelsall 25no) def St Leonards 3/89 (S. Roberts 43, S. Kelsall 2/10)
Bannockburn 3/103 (B. Mitchell 35no) def Torquay 8/85 (C. O’Loughlin 36no, L. Stephens 3/16, B. Mitchell 2/10)
D Grade
Grovedale 2/75 (O. Tolan 31ret) def Modewarre 7/74 (B. Butler 42no)
St Joseph’s 4/85 (C. Wuite 30ret, S. Hooper 2/9) def Newtown & Chilwell 8/81 (T. Beardsell 29no, C. Wuite 2/10)
Armstrong Creek 3/90 (A. Lockwood 31ret) def Geelong West 6/88 (L. Smith 2/13)
Thomson 2/132 (A. Kelly 32ret, C. Anderson 30ret, B. Collins 2/6) def Bell Post Hill 5/107 (H. Uwland 23, P. Tarleton 23no)
E Grade
Little River 1/154 (K. Templeton 32ret, C. McKinlay 31ret, S. Anderson 30ret) def St Peters 8/93 (L. Parrot 30ret, A. Huston 25, J. Fairchild 2/4)
North Geelong 6/123 (J. Clark 30ret, R. Moreland 3/26) def Newcomb & District 39 (H. Windt 3/1, J. Hastings 2/2)
Barwon Heads 3/74 (E. King 2/10) def Murgheboluc 3/73 (E. King 20no)
Lethbridge 2/86 (J. FitzGerald 30ret, L. Bubb 22no) def Alexander Thomson 4/84 (S. Earls 31ret, A. Spiller 2/10, J. FitzGerald 2/10)
F Grade
Corio 0/43 def South Barwon 7/42 (M. Hanson 2/4)
Bell Park 2/53 (L. Neville 22no) def Thomson 51 (V. Low 31, D. Kelly 4/11, E. Bradley 2/4)
Manifold Heights 1/141 (S. Williamson 31ret, D. Sanders 27ret) def Jan Juc 83 (B. Withers 31ret, S. Noonan 2/8)
Wallington 0/90 (M. Kelsall 32ret, L. Potter 32no) def Bannockburn 8/89 (L. Potter 2/9, M. Oataway 2/9)
G Grade
Little River 3/96 (L. Alford 29) def Armstrong Creek 7/95 (J. Palmer 2/14)
Bell Park 2/129 (B. Brown 30ret, G. Pritchard 29) def Lara 6/66 (G. Pritchard 3/15)
Meredith 2/59 def Queenscliff/St Leonards 8/57 (S. Thompson 2/2, M. Bigmore 2/6)
Geelong City 2/126 (K. O’Donnell 30ret, L. Fapani 30ret) def East Belmont 3/123 (S. Kennedy 32ret, K. Trickett 27no)
