Moe defeated Toongabbie last week to earn the right to host the Rams a week later at Racecourse 2.
Toongabbie were promoted from C Grade to Premier C this season and made finals in their first season up.
Moe won the toss and batted.
🦁 Moe Innings
Randy Straughair (6) was bowled by Veale early, 1/10. Shannon Murphy & Ryley Semmens added 58 for the 2nd wicket before he copped a howler by his teammate, given caught behind clearly off his pad for 38 off 68 (five 4’s). Troy Oakley fell at 3/81 after scoring 10 off the 13 run 3rd wicket stand.
Semmens did the majority of scoring in the 4th wicket partnership with Craig Veenman, the latter out for 5 at 4/110.
Garry Edwards joined Semmens in the 30th over and scored 32* of the 45 runs scored through to the end of the innings, Moe closing at 8/155 (40). Semmens was out for 40 off 83 balls. Glibanovic 1, Manduci 4, Burridge 3 & Cake 1*.
For the Rams, wickets were shared around. Wall, Veale & Hood took 2 each, with Zalesiak & Pearson taking one.
🐏 Toongabbie Innings
Moe were on top for the duration of Toongabbie’s innings with the most resistance being 21 run partnerships for the 3rd & 7th wickets with the rest falling way too regularly for the Rams to have any chance of chasing 156.
Veale (17), Zalesiak (15), Laws (12), Veneman (11) & Chalmers (10) all made double figures for the visitors.
Josh Pickering started and ended the wicket taking, with the 1st & 10th in his 2/15. Brady Cake picked up a caught and bowled (1/19). Garry Edwards (1/20) ended the first of the 21 run stands, which was followed by Ronnie Whitney’s 1 wicket one run later. Whitney in typical fashion, had figures of 1/8 from his full 8 over allotment.
Troy Oakley (2/13) took a couple of middle order wickets before Frank Manduci dispatched the tail with 3/12 (4).
The Rams all out for 97, Moe winners by 58 runs to advance to next week’s Grand Final against Ex-Students.
🏆 Grand Final – Sat Mar 22nd
🦈 Ex-Students v Moe 🦁
📍 Yinnar Synthetic, 11.30am
