Premier A Grade – Glengarry v Moe
The first two-day meeting of the teams in an early top of the table clash. For Moe, Nathan Lee was out, replaced by Jarryd Atkinson and Ben McCartney misses Day 1 replaced by Rob Blunt. Moe won the toss and batted at Fred King Oval.
Moe Innings
The hosts got a dream start, Merton having Rob Phoenix caught in slip for his second duck of the season. Evan Sheekey (9) had his fourth score in five in single digits, getting a glove on a short ball to the slip cordon off Nathan Freitag. Andrew Philip (17) was unlucky to become Freitag’s second victim, given out caught behind off his pad. Laytten Smith(0) fell two balls later and Moe were in big trouble at 4/37.
Noah Kane survived a big lbw shout early, before an early boundary brought up his 1500th 1st XI run for Moe. Kane & Benn Zomer steadied the ship, the pair batting through to and beyond the lunch break. Kane hit 8 fours on his way to 54 off 112 balls, his first half century since the A Grade Premiership win in March 2022. Kane was caught behind to end the 124 run partnership as Freitag’s 4th wicket.
Keenan Hughes (21 off 21) scored the majority of the 6th wicket pairing before holing out to the deep. Zomer brought up his second century for Moe shortly after Hughes’ dismissal. Jarryd Atkinson (3) & Jordan Shields (12) supported Zomer through the next two pairings which totalled 71 runs and pushed the Lions past 250. Zomer was ultimately dismissed for 146 off 226 balls, including 15 fours & 3 sixes. His score is Moe’s 7th highest individual 1st XI score & equal 19th in the senior club standings. Moe’s last 3 wickets fell (Zomer, Johnstone(0) & Shields) for 8 runs in 25 balls to be all out for 275 in the 81st over. Blunt finished 3*.
Freitag took 4/59 from 24.2 overs as Glengarry’s best, with Sam Marks (2/27 off 8.) & Alastair Jenkin (2/66 off 19) also picking up multiple wickets. Max Merton took one wicket (1/59 off 15) & the inning was ended with a run out.
Glengarry Innings
Sometimes taking the last wicket late in the day backfires, because it means batting a tricky period, which was exactly the case for the Magpies on Saturday. Glengarry had to face four overs before stumps and the major moment in that time was Frank Marks (0) having his timber disturbed by Laytten Smith.
Glengarry sit 1/4 off 4 overs at stumps with Jenkin & Graham at the crease. Smith (1/1) & Hughes (0/1) bowled two overs each. Both teams have named twelve so have one change from day 1 to day 2. For Moe, Blunt is replaced by McCartney
