After their breakthrough victory over Commecial Colts the previous week, Royals continued their good form with a convincing victory over Reedy Creek at Woodward Oval last Saturday.
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Batting first, Reedy Creek were soon in trouble as Paul and Phil Dunford continued their early order wicket taking ways.
Reedy Creek’s Scott Knights was once again in splendid form as he compiled a stand out innings of 65no to guide Reedy Creek to a total of 126 in 32 overs.
Royals’ bowlers shared the wickets around.
Young Bogan Gate bowler Cody White should be please with his tight spell.
Local astronomer John Sarkissian was enthralled by the fact that his son Mirhan took a smart catch to dismiss star Reedy Creek all-rounder Nathan Munday.
It should be noted that Nathan has recently completed renovations to the Sarkissian household!
Royals’ opening batsmen Myles Smith (59) and Paul Dunford (40) launched a savage attack upon the Reedy Creek bowlers to put on 83 runs for the sixth wicket.
The inform Smith is one of the key players in the success achieved by Royals in recent weeks.
Nathan Munday chimed in to take two wickets for Reedy Creek before another Bogan Gate youngster in Brodie Gavin-Rossiter helped Royals to victory with 11no.
Scores were Reedy Creek 126 in 32 overs (Scott Knights 65no, Paul Dunford 2/18 off 6 overs, Blake Smith 2/17 off 6 overs)
lost to Royals 3/127 in 17 overs (Myles Smith 59, Paul Dunford 40, Nathan Munday 2/13 off 4 overs).
Royals (five points) defeated Reedy Creek (no points) by seven wickets.
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Cambridge Cats claim top spot in A grade
Cambridge continued their good form at Northparkes Oval to record a very convincing victory over Commercial Colts and consequently take the lead in the 2014/15 A grade premiership.
Batting first, Commercial Colts were doing well until Dale Matheson produced some splendid bowling to capture the key wickets of Peter Yelland and Jake Atkinson.
In particular, the swinging yorker that rattled Jake Atkinson’s stumps was a delivery that Dale should be proud of.
Solid batting by Mitch Wheeldon (46 with 4 fours) and Hayden Sealey (32 with 3 fours) had Commercial Colts in a competitive position before Russell McAuthor clean bowled Sealey.
From there, Commercial Colts lost wickets at regular intervals to collapse and be all out for 106.
Andrew Johns, fresh from rejoicing about the fact that he took a wicket off the only ball he delivered, then opened the batting with the ever reliable Shane Hodges.
These two players played a series of strong shots to put on 64 for the first wicket before Anthony Heraghty arrived at the crease to guide Cambridge to a big win and the A grade premiership lead.
Scores were Commercial Colts 106 in 26 overs (Mitch Wheeldon 46, Hayden Sealey 32, Dale Matheson 2/26 in 6 overs, Matthew Clarke 2/31 off 7 overs)
lost to Cambridge 1/107 in 17.1 overs (Andrew Johns 40, Shane Hodges 29no, Zac Bayliss 1/20 off 4 overs).
Cambridge (five points) defeated Commercial Colts (no points) by nine wickets.
