1965 - 1966
Bob Hooper was appointed as the inaugural President of the newly constituted Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association, Ernie Betts was Senior Vice President and Jack Richardson and Bill Martin were Vice Presidents. Wal Wedgwood took the Secretary’s position and Merv Beckworth was appointed Treasurer. Tom Newbigging (MPCA), Wal Reilly (Clubs) and Don Clarke (Colts) were Assistant Secretaries. The Executive Committee comprised Ron Grant (Tyabb), Fred Davis, G.Gregory, Kevin Shiels (Balnarring), Ted Lillywhite (Hastings), F.Webber, Ian Crowder (Baden Powell), Rod Bright, Ray Cairns, Graham Wilson (Main Ridge), David McNeil-Young (Red Hill), Kevin Torney (Red Hill) and Ian Bryant.
Life Members of the Association were carried over from both competitions -
F.Phillips, F,Allen, F.Gregory, Stan Thornell, W.Moile, Ernie Allen, Doug Thompson, Bob Hooper, Ernie Betts, W.White, Ray Cairns, Wal Wedgwood (Senior) and George Wisken. In addition, Life Membership was granted to Fred Phillips.
Thirty Clubs formed the Membership of the Association, graded as follows -
Northern District 1sts - Baden Powell, Balnarring, Baxter, Hastings, Heatherhill, Moorooduc, Mornington, Mt Eliza, Pines, Seaford, Somerville and Tyabb.
Southern District 1sts - Boneo, Dromana, Flinders, Main Ridge, Red Hill, Rosebud, Rosebud Colts, Rye, Sorrento and Tootgarook.
Sub-District - Baxter (2 teams), Navy (2 teams), French Island, Heatherhill, Mornington, Mornington Diggers, Mt Eliza, Pearcedale, Pines and Karingal.
Morning Star fielded a team in the Southern District 2nds and Frankston and Kananook fielded a team in the Northern Colts competition.
The Season got underway on Saturday, 2nd October 1965 with Doug Neil of Mt Eliza scoring the first century in the new competition - 101 not out against Heatherhill. Ray Anderson of Baden Powell was the first bowler to achieve 5 or more wickets in an Innings when he took 6/19 against Tyabb. The following week, Jack Peacock scored his first century in the new Association against Seaford.
Northern - District 1sts
Somerville 244 defeated Balnarring 162
Baden Powell 8/135 defeated Tyabb 101 (Anderson 6/19) & 73
Baxter 8/315 (Peacock 100) defeated Seaford 9/224
Hastings 210 defeated Pines 103 & 2/98
Mt Eliza 9/219 (Neil 101no) defeated Heatherhill 151
Mornington 147 defeated Moorooduc 107 & 8/111 Southern - District 1sts
Rosebud 6/203 defeated Boneo 53 & 60
Red Hill 151 & 54 defeated Rye 672 & 61
Main Ridge 5/259 defeated Dromana 106
Tootgarook 5/232 defeated Rosebud Colts 106 & 109 Sub-District
Navy (1) 8/93 & 4/47 defeated Mornington Diggers 57 & 59
Heatherhill 9/63 & 57 defeated Mt Eliza 60 & 5/84
Pearcedale 78 & 3/123 defeated Navy (2) 81 & 108
French Island 177 defeated Karingal 24 & 43
In Round 2, Gary Hyde of Pines scored 122 against Baxter and V.Bonnett of Navy scored 101 not out in the team’s victory over Karingal. In 2nds cricket, B.Griffett of Baden Powell took 8/30 and his team-mate Mick Chalmer took the first hat-trick when he took 6/17 in the 2nd Innings. An innings of exceptional content no doubt was the innings of Bill Foley for Moorooduc 2nds - 51 not out - it certainly would have been a century had he not run out of partners!!!
Northern - District 1sts
Mornington 190 defeated Heatherhill 176
Hastings 145 defeated Mt Eliza 61
Tyabb 220 & 5/85 defeated Moorooduc 149
Seaford 174 defeated Balnarring 101
Pines 9/260 (Hyde 122) defeated Baxter 8/205
Baden Powell 255 defeated Somerville 115 Southern - District 1sts
Red Hill 170 & 0/11 defeated Sorrento 82 & 98
Dromana 133 defeated Rye 126 & 4/61
Main Ridge defeated Rosebud Colts
Tootgarook 143 & 2/84 defeated Boneo 97 & 99 Sub-District
French Island 166 defeated Mt Eliza 100 & 8/130
Baxter 180 & 3/70 defeated Heatherhill 113 & 7/152
Mornington 132 & 5/73 defeated Navy (2) 119
Baxter 179 & 2/20 defeated Pines 98 & 99
Round 3 saw four century makers and a number of excellent bowling performances. R.Hays of Hastings scored 100 against Mornington, David Brammall of Mt Eliza scored 104, Rod Gillard made 125 for Seaford 2nds and John Thornell of Tyabb scored the first century in the Colts competition - 102 - against Heatherhill. On the bowling side Greg Beaman (Pines) took 8/22 including a hat-trick in the 2nds, Ron Brearley of Tyabb took 7/43 in the same Grade and Don Holbrook of Mornington Diggers took a sensational 6/8 in Sub-District, while in the Colts Grade a young Tony Spider Hillas took 7/18 and Nick Warner of Mt Eliza took 7/17.
Northern - District 1sts
Seaford 242 defeated Baden Powell 120 & 1/46
Heatherhill 199 defeated Moorooduc 186 & 3/38
Pines 8/271 & 2/28 defeated Balnarring 202
Mt Eliza 6/289 (Brammall 104) defeated Baxter 192
Tyabb 173 defeated Somerville 80 & 174 Southern - District 1sts
Rye 6/123 defeated Rosebud Colts 87 & 118
Main Ridge 288 defeated Tootgarook 67 & 92
Flinders 127 defeated Boneo 61 & 22
Rosebud 198 defeated Red Hill 87 & 16 Sub-District
Navy (1) 2/96 & 4/61 defeated Mt Eliza 41 & 105
French Island 199 defeated Baxter (2) 61 & 104
Baxter (1) 3/130 & 8/82 defeated Navy (2) 40 & 168
Pines 75 & 5/111 defeated Heatherhill 146 & 5/32
Mornington 181 defeated Pearcedale 109 & 6/189
Mornington Diggers 153 defeated Karingal 68 & 35
During Round 4 Jack Peacock (144) scored his second MPCA century as did Bonnett of Navy -121 - and Don Clarke of Tyabb made 116. Robert Allen of Hastings took 8/46 against Moorooduc and Spider Hillas took 7/29 for Heatherhill in Sub-District.
Northern - District 1sts
Mt Eliza 5/135 & 4/45 defeated Balnarring 107 & 153
Hastings 235 (R.Mays 100) defeated Moorooduc 176 (R.Allen 8/46) & 5/51
Seaford 259 defeated Somerville 142 & 8/28
Pines 195 defeated Baden Powell 95
Tyabb 8/215 (Clarke 116) & 4/69 defeated Heatherhill 205 & 75 Southern - District 1sts
Rye 7/102 & 6/81 defeated Tootgarook 51 & 131
Flinders 205 defeated Red Hill 73 & 97 Sub-District
Navy (2) 102 (A.Hillas 7/29) & 5/99 defeated Heatherhill 90 & 6/120
Baxter (1) 77 & 8/162 defeated Pearcedale 6/85 & 132
Navy (1) 7/270 (Bonnett 121) defeated Baxter (2) 126 & 8/95
Mt Eliza 145 & 6/73 defeated Karingal 107 & 6/68
That man again - Jack Peacock - hit century number three, this time in Round 5 - 118 against Moorooduc and team-mate George Schmidt completed the job with 7/44 in Moorooduc’s innings. In the French Island v Navy game, Chapman of Navy took 8/18 but John King of the Island followed this with 8/26 to put French Island back in the game - they did in fact win the game outright.
Northern - District 1sts
Tyabb 6/145 defeated Seaford 120 & 6/137
Hastings 7/240 defeated Heatherhill 223
Mornington 310 defeated Balnarring 208
Baxter 267 (Peacock 118) & 3/3 defeated Moorooduc (Schmidt 7/44) Southern - District 1sts
Rosebud 5/209 defeated Rosebud Colts 65 & 7/37
Tootgarook 156 & 3/97 defeated Sorrento 128
Rye 208 defeated Main Ridge 8/199
Boneo 122 & 8/30 defeated Red Hill 85 & 3/69 Sub-District
Karingal 97 & 123 defeated Baxter (2) 126 & 55
Navy (1) 100 & 5/48 defeated Pines 61 & 5/47
Baxter (1) 244 defeated Mornington 173 & 8/163
Mornington Diggers 205 & 4/92 defeated Mt Eliza 149
French Island (Chapman 8/18) defeated Navy (2) (King 8/29)
Pearcedale 196 defeated Heatherhill 70 (R.Cockhead 6/9) & 56
In the Colts Grade Austin Ozzie Lorraine of Seaford took 7/24, Peter Tomagno of Mt Eliza took 6/14 and Don Martin of Mornington topped the list with 8/13.
In the last game before the Christmas Break, some excellent efforts were recorded. Terry Patterson of Moorooduc scored 136, Alan Evison of the Diggers scored 108, Arty Wyatt of Balnarring took 8/15, that fine all-rounder Bonnett of the Navy took 8/5 & 4/11 and Dick Coppin of Baden Powell took 7/34. In the Colts Grade Alan Ash of Heatherhill took 6/31 and Steve Nicholson of Baxter scored 104.
Northern - District 1sts
Baxter 153 & 9/129 defeated Heatherhill 152 & 6/76
Moorooduc 283 (Patterson 136, Wyatt 8/15) & 1/43 defeated Balnarring 240
Baden Powell 241 defeated Mornington 103 (Coppin 7/34) & 6/156
Mt Eliza 8/211 defeated Somerville 140 Southern - District 1sts
Sorrento 158 defeated Main Ridge 130 & 2/55
Red Hill 6/127 & 3/27 defeated Dromana 102 &50
Rosebud 7/295 & 2/105 defeated Tootgarook 116
Rye 1/94 & 2/53 defeated Boneo 90 & 48 Sub-District
Mt Eliza 2/89 & 8/161 defeated Baxter (2) 67 & 178
Pearcedale 97 & 3/32 defeated French Island 64 & 55
Heatherhill 102 & 129 defeated Mornington 79 & 2/85
Mornington Diggers 294 (Evison 108) defeated Baxter (1) 8/130
Karingal 190 & 5/81 defeated Pines 121 & 144
After this game the MPCA announced its first representative team, to play Bunyip early in the New Year. The team was -
Bill Martin (Dromana) - captain, Don Clarke (Tyabb), Wal Wedgwood (Mt Eliza), Rod Bright (Main Ridge), Steve Arnott (Seaford), Peter Greaves (Rosebud), Clifton Sim (Balnarring), Trevor May (Mt Eliza), Keith Edwards (Rosebud), George Schmidt (Baxter), Don Hookaway (Mt Eliza) with Jim Lechte (Dromana) as 12th man.
This team won the game, as did the two teams that were selected to play against Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association teams - Box Hill and Kew. The MPCA team, led by Jack Peacock easily defeated Box Hill, scoring 244 with the skipper getting 90. The team was -
Jack Peacock (Captain), Ian Crowder, Keith Shafter, Clifton Sim, Geoff Gilsenan, Terry Patterson, George Schmidt, Don Hookaway, Peter Greaves, Ray Lord and W.Anderson.
The team which played, and defeated Kew - scoring 178 to Kew’s 8/60 - comprised -
Bill Martin (captain), Don Clarke, Wally Wedgwood, Trevor May, B.Robertson, Keith Edwards, Steve Arnott, Rod Bright, Jim Lechte, Rob Kruger and Graham Brown.
After the break, domestic games continued. In Round 7, Balnarring amassed 337 against Heatherhill and Mt Eliza had a big victory over Seaford. Bruce Jenkinson of the Baxter Club scored 143 runs against Hastings. In the Sub-District Grade Michael Scales scored a dashing 105 not out in a Baxter total of 0/140, Jack Reid from Mornington Diggers scored 123 in the Diggers’ big win over Baxter and Hawkesworth of Karingal took a hat-trick against the Navy. In the 2nds, Matson (Pines) took 6/37, Duncan (Heatherhill) took 6/46 then followed this with 88, Cam Sanderson of Mornington took a hat-trick and Adrian Butler took 5/49 and 7/27 in Baxter’s big outright win over Hastings. In the Colts Grade, Peter Moorhouse of Pines took 8/39, Tom Martin of Balnarring scored 85, John Peck took a hat-trick for Somerville, Andy Hodgson of Pines scored 102 and Welsh of Kananook took 7/22.
Northern - District 1sts
Baden Powell 8/171 defeated Moorooduc 125 (R.Copping 5/37)
Balnarring 9/337 (Wyatt 76, T.Myers 76no) defeated Heatherhill
Baxter 232 (Jenkinson 143) defeated Hastings 80
Somerville 184 defeated Mornington 156
Mt Eliza 281 (N.Munday 69, Wedgwood 97)
Pines 243 defeated Tyabb 94 (Webster 6/16) & 5/126 Southern - District 1sts
Red Hill 7/175 defeated Rosebud Colts 101 & 178
Rosebud v Main Ridge
Sorrento 171 v Rye
Flinders 103 v Tootgarook
Boneo v Dromana 95 Sub-District - 1sts
French Island 160 (R.Thompson 78) defeated Mornington 138 & 3/64
Heatherhill 172 & 4/80 defeated Baxter (1) 144 & 0/140 (M.Scales 105no)
Navy (2) 9/178 defeated Karingal 44 & 4/32
Mt Eliza 8/220 defeated Pines 180
Mornington Diggers 8/300 (Reid 123) defeated Baxter (2) 59 & 71
In Round 8, Neil Charman of Somerville scored 101, team-mate Bob Snow took 7/58 and Rod McKenzie of Mt Eliza took 7/44 - both in the District Grade. In the Sub-District Grade, Male of Pearcedale took 7/49 against Karingal. Bob Hooper scored 109 not out for the Baxter 2nds team, Spider Hillas continued his great form for the Season with 6/20 including the hat-trick and Phil Scott-Smith of Baxter took 7/48.
Part Scores for the Round (it seems that the local papers had editorial problems in those days too) were
Northern - District 1sts
Heatherhill 229 (W.Dolphin 73) v Baden Powell
Balnarring 6/95 v Hasings 90
Tyabb v Baxter 7/364 (Peacock 91)
Moorooduc (Snow 7/58) v Somerville 184 (Charman 101no)
Mornington v Seaford 143 (Shafter 6/40)
Mt Eliza v Pines (McKenzie 7/44) Southern - District 1sts
Rye v Rosebud
Sorrento v Boneo
Main Ridge v Flinders
Tootgarook v Red Hill
Rosebud Colts v Dromana Sub-District - 1sts
Mornington v Navy (1) 113 (Bonnett 71, Atkins 6/34
Baxter (1) 189 (Scott-Smith 83) v French Island
Mornington Diggers 7/211 v Heatherhill 94
Pearcedale v Karingal 157 (Male 7/49)
Navy (2) v Mt Eliza 72
Pines v Baxter (2) In Round 9, there were a number of near-misses in the District Grade with Baden Powell’s Dick Coppin getting 94 and Moorooduc’s Terry Patterson missing the “ton” by one lousy run. On the bowling side, “Big” Bob Snow of Somerville continued his good form with 7/58 and Rod McKenzie took another 7 wicket haul, this time against Tyabb. In Sub-District, Bob Thompson scored his first century in the new competition - 114 against Heatherhill and Colin McDowell of the Diggers scored 148. Neal of the Navy No. 2 team took 6/13 including the hat-trick against Baxter’s No. 2 team. In the Colts competition, Campbell (Heatherhill) scored 93 not out, Somerville’s Peck brothers took 5/15 (Alan) and 5/9 (John), Spider Hillas (what a Season!) took 5/8 and Phil Scott-Smith got 7/48.
Northern - District 1sts
Baden Powell 9/306 (Coppin 94) defeated Hastings 189
Baxter 173 & 7/187 defeated Balnarring 88
Heatherhill 208 (Snow 7/58) & 2/104 defeated Somerville
Seaford 7/271 defeated Moorooduc 8/261 (Patterson 99)
Mornington 171 defeated Pines 162 & 2/67
Mt Eliza v Tyabb 188 (McKenzie 7/44) Southern - District 1sts
Rosebud v Sorrento
Rye 312 defeated Flinders 193
Red Hill 103 defeated Main Ridge 86 & 7/145
Tootgarook 195 defeated Dromana 73 & 75
Rosebud Colts 145 & 6/132 defeated Boneo 125 Sub-District
Navy (1) 211 defeated Baxter 104 & 7/135
French Island 4/172 (R.Thompson 114) & 5/69 defeated Heatherhill 138 & 112
Mornington 85 & 8/143 defeated Karingal 145 & 9/82
Mt Eliza v Pearcedale
Navy (2) 147 & 125 defeated Baxter (2) 128 (Neal 6/13) & 8/139
Mornington Diggers 9/307 (McDowell 148)
In the penultimate Round of the Season, Seaford’s Steve Arnott top-scored with 145 not out and Arty Wyatt had a brilliant game, scoring 85 then taking 8/9 to lead Balnarring to an outright victory over Tyabb. John Jessup, Wyatt’s team-mate, took 7/27 in the 1st Innings of that match and Pines’ Fred Webster took a hat-trick. In the Sub-District Grade, Navy’s Bradmore (100 not out) and Lamb (83 not out) destroyed Heatherhill, Bob Thompson made it two in a row - 105 and Rob Cockhead of Pearcedale scored 168 not out in Pearcedale’s mammoth 2/268 against the hapless Baxter. In the 2nds, Brian Cuey McCue - Mt Eliza’s fine young opening batsman - scored 85, David Piggot and Robert Sands of Balnarring scored 98 and 135 not out respectively and their team-mate Manfred Lewandowski took 7/28. In the Colts 1st Division Semi-Finals, Steve Nicholson led Baxter to victory with 128 not out against Pines - whose Andy Hodgson made 102, and Pat O’Keefe took 6/20 to spearhead Mornington to victory over Mt Eliza. In Division 2, Somerville’s Keith Thomas made 102 not out and his partner Phil Graf made 82 to defeat Baxter. In the other match John Thornell of Tyabb made 72 but Kananook’s Welsh took 7/28 to lead his team into the Grand Final.
Northern - District 1sts
Baxter 223 & 0/10 defeated Baden Powell 188
Balnarring 9/294 (Wyatt 85) defeated Tyabb 102 (Jessup 7/27) & 48 (Wyatt 8/9)
Somerville 239 v Hastings
Seaford 9/266 (S.Arnott 145no) defeated Heatherhill 124 & 4/61
Pines 236 (K.White 80no) defeated Moorooduc 135 (Patterson 83) & 4/203
Mt Eliza 151 (Annear 6/50) defeated Mornington 122 & 4/50 Southern - District 1sts
Boneo v Rosebud
Flinders 156 defeated Sorrento 66
Rye 223 & 2/16 defeated Red Hill 148
Main Ridge 25 defeated Dromansa 164
Tootgarook 191 defeated Rosebud Colts 91 & 150 Sub-District
Navy (1) 0/183 (Bradmore 100no, Lamb 83no) defeated Heatherhill 61 & 80
French Island 7/222 (R.Thompson 105) defeated Mornington Diggers 204
Karingal 149 & 5/144 defeated Baxter (1) 141 & 6/66
Mornington 127 (Oakes 6/30) v Mt Eliza
Pearcedale 2/268 (Cockhead 168no) defeated Baxter (2) 60 & 153
Navy (2) v Pines 51 (Van Poetren 6/19)
Colts - Semi-Finals
Baxter 4/238 (Nicholson 128no) defeated Pines 202 (Hodgson 102)
Mornington 167 & 6/85 defeated Mt Eliza 42 (O’Keefe 6/20) & 1/7
Somerville 1/210 (Thomas 102no, Graf 82) defeated Baxter 200
Kananook 8/188 defeated Tyabb 182 (Thornell 72, Welsh 7/28)
In the Final Round, Pines defeated Heatherhill outright to force its way into the Final Four. Mt Eliza’s batsmen - particularly David Dunlop (138) and Brian Brimmell (133 not out) - had a picnic, scoring a sensational 5/408 and J.Gibbs from Baxter took 7/59. Bob Thompson scored his third “ton” in succession - 114 against the strong Navy team, Brian Smith of Karingal became the first player of that Club to score a century in the competition and Pearcedale’s Rob Cockhead continued his excellent form with 119 not out. In the 2nds Grade Michael Scales (Baxter) completed a great Season with 87 runs, Reilly (Pines) scored 111 not out, Fred Cullen of Mt Eliza made 120 not out and Neil May of Seaford had the incredible figures of 6/4.
Northern - District 1sts
Balnarring 234 defeated Baden Powell 206
Baxter 7/314 (W.Landry 70) defeated Somerville 211 (R.Lord 76, Gibbs 7/59)
Hastings 305 defeated Seaford 185
Pines 6/255 & 0/31 defeated Heatherhill 176 (W.Dolphin 71) & 104
Mt Eliza 5/408 (Dunlop 138, Brimmell 133no) defeated Moorooduc 138
Mornington 7/172 & 6/98 defeated Tyabb 149 & 140 Southern - District 1sts
Rosebud 9/194 v Flinders
Sorrento v Red Hill 8/244
Rye v Dromana 63
Main Ridge v Rosebud Colts
Tootgarook 162 v Boneo Sub-District
French Island 9/215 (R.Thompson 114, Aitken 6/34) & 2/42 defeated Navy (1) 166
(Bonnett 75no)
Karingal 8/297 (Smith 100) defeated Heatherhill 208 & 4/30
Mt Eliza v Baxter (1)
Mornington 231 & 9/139 defeated Baxter (2) 194
Pearcedale 3/219 (Cockhead 119no) defeated Pines 157
Mornington Diggers 270 (K.Cook 92) defeated Navy (2) 219 & 1/6
Colts - Grand Finals
Mornington 335 defeated Baxter 9/256
Kananook v Somerville
The Domestic Season concluded with Baxter, Mt Eliza, Hastings and Pines fighting out the Northern District competition, Rosebud, Rye, Flinders and Red Hill doing battle for the Southern title and Navy, Mornington Diggers, Pearcedale and French Island were competing for the Sub-District title.
In the Northern District Grade, Baxter easily accounted for Pines with Fred Wolmersley in magnificent touch in an innings of 162 and George Schmidt completing the contract with 6/30. The other Semi-Final was closer but Hastings took the game in comfort - Jeff Slugger Slocombe took 6/41 to crush the hopes of the Mounties.
Baxter 331 (Wolmersley 162, Peacock 61, W.Woolard 5/66) defeated Pines 91 (Schmidt
6/30) & 68
Hastings 241 (Thornell 57) defeated Mt Eliza 195 (Wallens 65, Slocombe 6/41) & 1/68
Southern - District 1sts
Rosebud 97 & 3/73 defeated Red Hill 84 & 6/84
Rye 260 (G.Cain 67) defeated Flinders 86 & 149
In the Sub-District Grade, Navy turned the tables on French Island with Bonnett again in a starring role and Mornington Diggers reached the Grand Final with a big win over Pearcedale.
Navy (1) 205 (Bonnett 102, Keay 63) & 6/107 (Bonnett 58no) defeated French Island 119
Mornington Diggers 231 (K.Cook 67) & 2/36 defeated Pearcedale 165 (Cockhead 68,
Evison 5/30) & 99
In other Semi-Finals Ray Rocky Hudgson (Seaford) scored 60, Mick Ambler of the same Club took 5/20, Ray Shipton (Pines) scored 64, Peter Sadler (Tootgarook) made 55 and Phil Charlton of Mt Eliza scored 85.
The Grand Finals were all hard-fought affairs with the team which finished on top of the ladder in each Grade taking out each Premiership - Baxter, Rosebud and Navy. Baxter promoted veteran batsman Bob Hooper to the 1st team for the Finals - he’d been playing in the 2nds all Season - and Bob produced some magic to score 113 in Baxter’s 294. Hastings managed 208 with Slugger Slocombe and Jack Allen among the runs, but they could not contain the Baxter batsmen who savaged all bowlers - although Geoff Moffatt managed 5/64 - to the tune of 341 with Fred Wolmersley and Jack Peacock scoring heavily. Hastings were well short of the total when time ran out, and again Slugger Slocombe showed that he would be a power in the competition for years to come with another good batting effort.
Baxter 294 (Hooper 113) & 341 (Wolmersley 78, Peacock 69, Moffatt 5/64) defeated Hastings 208 (Slocombe 66, J.Allen 70) & 8/201 (Slocombe 73)
No details available for the Southern District 1sts Grade.
In the Sub-District Grade, Navy defeated Mornington Diggers outright, and guess who had the greatest impact on the game? Bonnett scored 104 and took 6/52. Bill Pollard (6/39) and Cook (61) were the top performers for the Diggers.
Navy (1) 198 (Bonnett 104, Pollard 6/39) & 204 defeated Mornington Diggers 166
(K.Cook 61) & 106 (Bonnett 6/52)
In other Grand Finals, Seaford easily defeated Pines (L.Ainsley 56), and Sorrento with Ross Lever (5/41), Paul Crookes (5/11) and Robert Stringer (79) to the fore had an “exercise gallop” against Morning Star to take out the Southern District 2nds competition.
COUNTRY WEEKThe 1966 campaign was a shocker with the MPCA team losing all four games. The team started the week scoring 3/233 (Bill Martin 104 not out & Wally Wedgwood 55 not out) against Euroa only to have the opposition score 5/310. We scored 129 (Steve Arnott 70) against Rochester (7/184 - Keith Edwards 5/24), and 94 against Horsham (8/142 & 1/36). The biggest chance to win came in the last game when the MPCA scored 185 (Bill Martin 90) against Benalla, but unfortunately the boys from the Kelly country got home by 3 runs with 1 wicket in hand - George Schmidt 5/79.
For the Season a number of 1st XI players did exceptionally well - V.Bonnett of the Navy scored 4 centuries and once took 8 wickets in an Innings while Bob Thompson (French Island) and Jack Peacock (Baxter) each scored 3 centuries.
Batting (1st XI Centuries) -
V.Bonnett (Navy) 101no, 121, 102 & 104
Jack Peacock (Baxter) 100, 144 & 118
Bob Thompson (F.Island) 114, 105 & 114
Rob Cockhead (Pearcedale) 168no & 119no
Fred Womersley (Baxter) 162 Colin McDowell (Diggers) 148
Steve Arnott (Seaford) 145no Bruce Jenkinson (Baxter) 143
David Dunlop (Mt Eliza) 138 Terry Petterson (Moorooduc) 136
Brian Brimmell (Mt Eliza) 133no Jack Reid (Diggers) 123
Gary Hyde (Pines) 122 Don Clarke (Tyabb) 116
Bob Hooper (Baxter) 113 Alan Evison (Diggers) 108
Michael Scales (Baxter) 105no David Brammall (Mt Eliza) 104
Doug Neil (Mt Eliza) 101no Neil Charman (Somerville) 101
Bradmore (Navy) 100no R.Hays (Hastings) 100
Brian Smith (Karingal) 100
Bowling (1st XI - 7 wickets per innings)
Arty Wyatt (Balnarring) 8/15 & 8/9
V.Bonnett (Navy) 8/18 John King (French Island) 8/26
Robert Allen (Hastings) 8/46
Chapman (Navy) 7/24 John Jessup (Balnarring) 7/27
Tony Hillas (Heatherhill) 7/29 Dick Coppin (Baden Powell) 7/34
Rod McKenzie (Mt Eliza) 7/44 & 7/44
George Schmidt (Baxter) 7/44 J.Male (Pearcedale) 7/49
Bob Snow (Balnarring) 7/58 & 7/58
J.Gibbs (Baxter) 7/59
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