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a half century opening stand. Brian Ward andScott Barr continued the excellent work,before a bit of a slump in the late middleorder put a big score in jeopardy.However, Ron Shean and Jason Hossackcombined to take Souths apart, and the finalwicket fell at a most welcome 248.Next day, the captain's idea of opening thebowling seemed to work with the first threewickets going down very quickly. Ron Sheanfollowed up with three more and Souths werelooking down the barrel at 8/54 and heaps oftime left.However, a frustrating, chancelesspartnership of 36 in two-and-a-half hoursalmost got a draw. Enter Paul Van Oostenwith two wickets in two overs to give theCreek a win with three overs to spare.ScoreWCCCWardBarrCollessSheanHossackDarrenHossack248 Souths 9367 Shean 3/2245 Hossack 2739 Van Oosten 2/103331Round 13 Vs TuggeranongThis game really cost us dearly in the end ofseason washup. Two points for a draw wouldhave given us second spot, but we ended upthird.Tuggers won the toss and batted, and posteda formidable 6/291 by the end of the day. Thescore was held to reasonable proportionsbefore a 20 ball half century from theopposition's 'Doc' Doherty.The best of the bowlers by the length of thestraight was Ronnie Shean with 4/32 (in theprocess pinching the bowling aggregate froman unamused captain). The other wickettakers were Jason Hossack and Jamie Taylor.In reply, the Creek could only muster a verydisappointing 93, falling three quarters of anhour short of scrambling a draw. The onlybatsmen to amass a score were James'Rowdy' Cattley with 23 and Jason Hossackan intelligent 18no.ScoreWCCC 93 Tuggers 6/291Cattley 23 Shean 4/32Hossack 18noDarrenHossackRound 14 Vs ANUStand-in captain Ronnie ('I hate the job')Shean lost the toss and was elected to field ata very slick Philip District, on a very hardand flat pitch, with a team of ring-ins.On a day for batsmen, ANU rattled up a scoreof 8/261, with John Bowdler bowling well topick up three wickets and the bowling award.Jamie Taylor took 2 wickets, with youngstersJeremy Wilson, Tim Myors and Ron Sheanone each.During the intervening week it piddleddown, and ANU sensibly declared at theirovernight score, and invited Creek to bat on aspiteful pitch.After losing two wickets early plus DanMowbray retired hurt, Scott Barr and BrianWard combined in a good partnership to haveWeston Creek at 2/81 when the rains came.Unfortunately Souths managed to beat CNDin their game before the rain, relegating us to3rd spot on the ladder.ScoreWCCC 2/81WardBarrDarren46no29noHossackANU 8 dec 261Bowdler 3/42Taylor 2/34Myors 1/24Shean 1/50Wilson 1/79 off 2010 Cover Point, April 1994
Semi Final Vs SouthsDue to a couple of losses that should havebeen draws, we found ourselves in theunenviable position of having to win thesemi to progress to the final. This in itselfdidn't seem to be a real problem. The planwas to win the toss, rattle up a good score onthe first day, and then bowl out theopposition on a deteriorating second daypitch by applying unbelievable pressure,same as we had done through the season.Oh yeah, right!Having lost the toss, Souths elected to bat ona pitch with all the attributes of a heavywooden table top. It was uniformly grey,with no grass, rock hard and flat as a tack.The Souths plan was to bat as long aspossible and put the game out of our reach asthey did not need to win. Mind you, I wouldhave done exactly the same thing if I was intheir position.Unfortunately, they stuck to their game planexactly, with wickets extremely hard to comeby. A day and a half later we finally pickedup the 10th wicket. Souths batted for 152.2overs and scored 316, at a fraction over 2 anover against attacking fields, with mostbatsmen putting in lengthy appearances atthe crease.To our guys credit, we stuck at the task inhand extremely well and at no stage did wedrop the bundle or take the pressure off.Almost every delivery had to be played bythe batsmen over the whole 153 overs, andnot a single batsmen scored easy runs.The highlight of the bowling was amagnificent return of 8/85 by Paul VanOosten. Huey bowled 58.2 (yes 58.2!!) oversin the innings in two spells, one of 35 oversand the other of 23.2. This was simply awonderful performance, without doubt oneof the best I have ever seen. Not once did hisaccuracy or composure waver. The wicketswere all bowler's wickets too, with 2 C+B's,2 stumped and 4 bowled.The skipper picked up the other two wicketsoff his 31 overs. John Bowdler and JamieTaylor also bowled lots of good overs, butwithout return.The target left to us was 316 off 50 overs, ona pitch that was still playing very well.However, after a seemingly bright start, wecollapsed against some tight bowling to be 5/30-odd, before a partnership of 42 betweenDarren Hossack and Dan Mowbray steadiedthings a bit.We finally got Dan past twenty and the gamepetered out at the final drinks session withthe Creek at 7/91.ScoreWCCC 7/91 Souths 316Hossack 26 Van Oosten 8/85 off 58.2Mowbray 23no Hossack 2/64 off 31Bowdler 0/51 off 30Taylor 0/60 off 24DarrenHossack• Glass Merchants• Glazing Contractors• Table Tops and Mirrors• Shower Screens• Sliding Mirrored DoorsWODEN VALLEY GLASS SERVICE63 Colbee Court, PhillipPO Box 24 Lyons ACT 2606Tel: (06) 281 6716, 281 6717Fax: (06) 281 6445Emergency GlassReplacement 018 627 00611 Cover Point, April 1994
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