BATHURST CITY (6-204 declared) defeated KINROSS (100 and 85) outright
HE began the season in second grade, but now Jarrod Urza has given Bathurst City's hopes of qualifying for the 2020-21 Bathurst Orange Inter District Cricket finals a huge boost.
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His 6-20 off 12 overs at Kinross Main Oval on Saturday helped Redbacks to an outright victory over Kinross and sees them sitting in fifth heading into the Christmas-New Year break.
Redbacks had already secured first innings points against Kinross on day one of their round seven match.
Clint Moxon took a brilliant 7-25 off 13 overs to see the hosts all out for 100, Bathurst City then reaching 4-105 by stumps.
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While forecasted heavy rain threatened to wash-out day two, the deluge did not come and Redbacks pushed on to an important outright win.
They batted on to reach 6-204 - Craig Townsend's aggressive 65 not out the feature - before declaring at the first drinks break. George Cumming (2-39 off 14) and Mac Webster (2-44 off 17) were the best of the Kinross bowlers.
It left Kinross needing 105 to avoid an outright defeat, but with Urza firing with the ball, they were all out for 85 in the space of 42 overs.
Luke Hunter (28) and Dudley Shepherd (16 not out) were the only Kinross players to manage double-figure scores, the hosts at one stage losing seven wickets in the space of 20 runs.
On top of the damage inflicted by Urza, Moxon (2-16 off 11) and Townsend (2-18 off 2.5) iced what had already been an impressive performance.
RUGBY UNION (367) defeated CAVALIERS (182) by 185 runs
JEREMY Thackery's six-wicket haul has helped deal Cavaliers its first loss of the 2020-21 BOIDC season.
Playing on a Wade Park deck that has produced some of the highest score this season, Cavaliers were looking to emulate the Bulldogs' massive total of 367 from day one, but it started in the worst possible way when opener Hugh Middleton was bowled out for a duck in the second over by Thackery.
In came skipper Matt Corben, who put in a brave effort to help rescue the result for his team, but his knock of 83 would make little difference to the result, as he couldn't find the help in the batting order.
Thackery's total of 6-61 off 24 overs is his best figures since February, when he got himself another six-wicket haul in a 36-run victory of Centennials Bulls.
Jonah Ruzgas took 3-66 off 23 overs, with Brad Raynor taking the other wicket.
Cavaliers' misery came to an end in the 60th over, when Mitchell Black's dismissal brought an end to his team's day, with Cavs finishing with a total of 182, having needed over double that figure to have won.
CYMS (245) defeated CENTRALS (185) by 60 runs
TOM West hasn't taken many wickets for CYMS this season, but the two he claimed on Saturday could prove vital in the context of their campaign.
CYMS had made a handy 245 on day one of their round seven match against Centrals and then managed to take a wicket before stumps to be well on top.
When play resumed at Bloomfield Oval on Saturday, Centrals' Brenton Anthony (14 not out) was not able to add to his day one tally before retiring.
But momentum switched and Centrals' chase looked on track as Kurt Gander (59) and Rowan Dray (28) formed a 75-run partnership and steered their side towards triple figures.
That's when West struck. He had Gander edge a delivery to wicket-keeper Harry West and then removed Fletcher Rose for a duck in similar fashion to make it 3-102.
After that Centrals were unable to form any more meaningful partnerships as CYMS' bowling attack rallied with Angus Wilson (3-9 off seven) and Hugh Le Lievre (3-35 off 23) helping their side get the vital win.
They sit in sixth, eight points outside the top four.
Centrals were all out for 185, leaving them in eight spot with just one win and two draws to date.
ST PAT' S OLD BOYS (279) drew with CITY COLTS (1-124)
A DRAW - it's not what either side had hoped for in the final round of BOIDC before the Christmas-New Year break, but it was good enough to keep both St Pat's Old Boys and City Colts in the top four.
Playing at Bathurst Sportsground, the Saints had reached 7-255 on day one, Connor Slattery the star of the innings as he reached stumps unbeaten on 100.
When play resumed on Saturday the Saints continued to bat on, but they were only able to add another 24 runs to their tally and Slattery remained on 100.
Wayne Sellers (5-68 off 20 overs) was the standout member of Colts' bowling attack as the Saints were all out for 279.
In reply City Colts batted for 31.1 overs and reached 1-124 before the match was declared a draw, Henry Shoemark (28 off 38) the only wicket to fall.
Dave Sellers made an unbeaten 52 opening the batting as he spent two hours, 22 minutes at the the crease, while Josh Toole was not out on 36 when stumps was called.
ORANGE CITY (7-259 declared) defeated CENTENNIALS BULLS (170) by 89 runs
KYLE Aubin once again showed why he's one of the form bats in BOIDC, but his half century for Centennials Bulls was not enough to upset Orange City.
Heading into day two of play, the Warriors had already declared at 7-259, while Bulls were behind by 239 runs after finishing last Saturday at 2-20.
Aubin's knock of 52 was the highest for the chasing Bulls, but there were no other significant score from his teammates, with Nathan Maher the only other batsman to score more than 20 with a knock of 23.
Bulls were eventually dismissed for 170, with Warriors' Jarryd Seib the pick of the bowlers with figures of 3-30 off 11 overs.