It came down to the final results of the season last night, but Under 14’s have narrowly missed out on finals despite a big upset win to finish the campaign.
🏏 Rd 8 – February started with a blow to the 14’s finals hopes with a loss to non-finalists Latrobe, the Sharks passing Moe’s score in the 17th over. It was considered more of a blow given Moe’s tough run home, facing the top 2 teams in the last 2 rounds.
🏏 Rd 9 – Centrals started strongly with 0/23 before an outstanding patch of Moe bowling in wet conditions saw a collapse of 8/10. After an 8 run ninth wicket stand (9/41), Dissanayake 19* & Howlett 6 put on a vital 32 run pairing for the final wicket, Moe letting their Lion counterparts off the hook. Punishment was compounded for Moe as they fell to 3/7 very early in their innings. Boothman 17 offered resistance & hope but Moe ultimately fell 15 runs short.
🏏 Rd 10 – the final round saw Moe needing to defeat league leaders Ex-Students and requiring Gormandale/Rovers to lose to Centrals & Mirboo North to lose to Latrobe. Two out of those three things happened. Moe upset Ex-Students to give themselves a chance, Gormandale/Rovers fell to Centrals by just 1 run which was required, but Mirboo North defeated Latrobe by 17 runs to finish 4th. Moe finish 5th.
Henry Boothman took 4 wickets & Logan Walsh took 2 in restricting Students to 120. Some strong batting saw Moe post 5/157, with big contributions from Walsh 44, Adrien Nardone 26, Darby Higgins 19* & Blake Savige 18* – the latter pair hitting the winning runs early in their unbeaten 44* run partnership.
A fantastic finish to the campaign for our Lion Cubs. Congratulations on your efforts this season. 👏
A massive thank you to Jim Keltie for his phenomenal efforts coaching this season.
Also thankyou to our junior exclusive sponsors, Moe Racing Club, McDonald’s Moe & Domino’s Australia for their support this season. 💐
