From left – Chris Stacey and Matt Gillard after their record breaking unbroken second wicket partnership of 228. Gillard finished with 138 not out while Stacey was unconquered on 67.
Losing another toss and having the opposition pile on a mammoth score is exactly what happened to Grenfell on Saturday against Temora.
In the round 15 SWSCl A grade clash at Nixon Park, the toss loss saw Temora pile on 2/321. The visitors were bowled out in the 30th over for just 89.
Leading the way was Matt Gillard who smashed his way to a brilliant 138 not out and together with Chris Stacey who scored 67 not out, the pair added 228 runs for the 3rd wicket.
Gillard who is 24, in an awesome display of power hitting, struck 11 sixes and 9 fours, that’s 102 runs in boundaries.
The Temora openers got their side away to away to a bright start. Will Oliver made 28 while Cody Lynch made a breezey 47. Their opening partnership yielded 75 runs.
In the previous round against Cootamundra at Lawson Park, Cootamundra piled on 3/351 which means the Grenfell bowlers have conceded 672 runs and have only captured five wickets.
Not helping their situation, Grenfell, have bowled 65 wides in those two matches.
Grenfell captain Bailey Edwards who has again has had a stellar season with the bat, top scored with 40. Bailey is one of only two players to score 300 runs this season. He has scored 322 runs. The other player being Liam Hamilton with 351 runs.
The win by Temora only their fourth of the season, sees them move into 2nd spot and they are assured of a finals berth.
The pitch at Nixon Park one was the best in over a decade that saw 410 runs scored for the loss of 12 wickets.
Stockinbingal kept their finals chances alive with a 23 run win over Junee at Fisher Park on Friday night.
The T20 fixture saw Stock win the toss and make what some thought a below par score of 102, however, that was enough as Junee were rolled for 79 in 19.1 overs.
Stock’s innings was led by opener Harvey Holt who made 37 runs from 35 balls, while Sam Annetts made a valuable 19.
In this match two openers were retired for slow scoring. Michael Cronin for Stock, 18 from 31 and Ean Martin from Junee 12 from 36. Both batsman returned to the crease at fall of the 9th wicket.
The hero for Stock with the ball was Brendan O’Callaghan who ripped through the Junee batsman capturing 6/13 from 3.1 overs.
The win by Stock was their first since since Round 6 on November 15 when they defeated Grenfell by 20 runs. Mind you since that victory they have two wash outs and a heat round abandonment.
The village side will have to defeat Grenfell again on Saturday if they are to play finals.
Should Stock defeat Grenfell on Saturday, they will play each other in the minor semi- final.
A grade ladder with one round remaining
72- Cootamundra
58- Temora
58- Grenfell
58- Junee
54- Stockinbingal
Draw for final round
Cootamundra vs Temora at Albert Park
Stockinbingal vs Grenfell at Stockinbingal
Junee bye
In the SWSCL second last round two matches went down to the wire.
On Friday night Temora Tigers hosted Cootamundra in a T20 match at Nixon Park one.
Cootamundra were bowled out for 91 in 19.4 overs.
Going into the last over, the Tigers needed 12 runs to win, however, a brilliant last over by Ben Piffero saw him capture 3/2 which saw the Tigers bowled out for 82.
On Saturday again at Temora, the Temora Renegades batted out their 40 overs to score 9/145 against the Temora Leprechauns. The Cornes needed 5 runs for the last wicket, but could only manage 3 runs, being bowled out for 144.
The other three matches Harden 218 defeated Bribbaree 159. Burrangong had a quick match against Murringo. The Murringo side with just 7 players were routed for just 40. Burrangong chased down the total in 5.3 overs finishing with 2/41.
In the final match, Grenfell forfeited to Criterion Bin Chicken.
In Saturday’s final matches, two matches having a bearing on the finals.
Should the Renegades defeat Harden and Cootamundra defeat Criterion Bin Chicken, Cootamundra will replace Harden for the B grade finals.
The other match of importance is, should Temora Tigers defeat Boorowa and Murringo defeat the Temora Leprechauns, Murringo will quaifly for the C grade finals meaning that Boorowa would miss the finals.
A grade ladder with one round remaining
86-Temora Renegades
82- Temora Tigers
80- Burrangong
77- Harden
76- Cootamundra
61- Temora Leprechauns
60- Criterion Bin Chicken
59- Boorowa
56- Murringo
51- Bribbaree
44- Grenfell
Draw for the final round
Boorowa vs Bowling Club Tigers at Boorowa
Temora Renegades vs Harden at Nixon Park 1
Grenfell vs Burrangong at Lawson Park
Temora Leprechauns vs Murringo at Nixon Park 2
Criterion Bin Chicken vs Cootamundra at Cranfield Oval Bribbaree bye
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