Jan Juc gave top side Anglesea plenty to think about this week with a fine batting display on day one of the BPCA round 12 A1 Grade clash on Saturday January 28.
The Sharks put their recent batting woes behind them against the most potent attack in the competition to make 9/204.
James Downey played a patient, but important, innings of 55 from 147 deliveries for Jan Juc while Luke Edwards (36) and Brad Roberts (35) chipped in.
Darcy Elliott took his wicket tally to 16 for the season with 3/32 from 15 overs for the Seas while skipper Dylan Taylor was also good with 2/29 from 15.
Inverleigh gave itself a huge chance of upsetting Queenscliff.
Queenscliff was all out for 116 with a quartet of Kookaburras’ bowlers taking two wickets each.
Kieran McNally, Jasper George, Murphy Walker and Josh Page gave Inverleigh every chance of taking the six points, but the Coutas hit back late in the day to strike twice before stumps with 19 on the board.
St Leonards dug in and batted most of the day against Barrabool.
Openers Troy Griffin (31) and Brian White (28) gave the Saints a good start, but the final total of 120 took a dent thanks to an impressive 4/42 from 23.5 overs by former Newcomb and Marshall seamer Brad Greenwood.
Ed Morrison and Finn Peel chipped in with three wickets each for the Bulls.
Armstrong Creek spinner Brandon Ross put the brakes on Ocean Grove’s innings.
The Grubbers plodded to 129 all out in the 74th over with Ross taking 2/40 from 26.2 overs while Lachlan Mulgrew and Ben Fary also claimed two scalps.
In A2 Grade, Ben Harris and Dane Wise-Graham starred in the Barwon Heads vs Wallington clash.
Wise-Graham was responsible for the Seagulls’ woeful start with bat.
At one stage Barwon Heads was 5/50, but club coach Harris saved the day with a delightful unbeaten 119 to get his side to 9/249.
Max Melzer made a 43-ball duck earlier in the afternoon and the normally free-flowing Charlie Hurst made a 21-ball duck with Wise-Graham proving wily and deceptive to finish with 6/99 from a marathon 34 overs with his off-spinners.
Winchelsea made 203 against Collendina with Ashley Hubbert getting 55, Matt Partridge 41 and Adam Korth 39.
The Cobras toiled hard, though, with Sam Tucker, Dean Britt and Nathan Frye snaring two wickets each.
Portarlington made a very respectable 197 against bitter rivals Drysdale.
Brenton Toole made 54 and Alex Mann contributed 38 for the Demons.
Will Ritchie was superb for the Hawks with 5/43 and Ben Spencer took 4/37, but Drysdale has some work to do with the bat to stay undefeated.
