The Gippsland Goannas Over 60 cricket team travelled to Sydney Pargeter Reserve at Endeavour Hills on Sunday for their Round 3 game against the EH Over 60 team.
The boundaries were long, and the outfield was very slow as the Goannas skipper, Rino Metlikovec won the toss and batted.
Ray Floyd and Ray Smith opened the innings and took the score to 21 after 10 overs. Floyd, however, was bowled on the first ball of the 11th over, for 11 runs.
Peter Anton joined Smith, and they advanced the score to 53 in the 18th over, when Anton was given out lbw for 16.
Gippsland was 2/61 at drinks which became 3/71 in the 23rd over when Neil Meredith was caught. Murray Moore was stumped for 18 in the 31st over, Smith retired at 29 from 54 balls, Metlikovec retired for 13 from 30 balls, and Mark Brown (15 not out) took the score to 4/121 after the Goannas had batted their 40 overs.
The breeze picked up a bit during the day, and the EH team commenced their innings after the lunch break.
Moore and Ian Southall opened the bowling. The score was only 15 when Southall got an lbw decision in the eighth over. By the 14th over Southall had claimed two more wickets, and the score was 3/28.
Southall bowled his eight overs straight, and finished with the fine figures of 3/12.
Smith had a couple of overs and the score reached 63 at drinks. Meredith and Barrie Nunn bowled the next 10 overs, with Nunn (1/20 off five) breaking through, but the score was 4/103 after 30 overs.
Derek Morris, Metlikovec (1/1), Armstrong and Brown bowled two overs each and EH passed the Goannas score in the 38th over.
Wicket keeper Ian Gibson had come down with disease, so Metlikovec and Floyd shared the keeping duties. The Goannas fielding was not as good as usual, but Armstrong and Smith both took catches.
The Over 60s now have a break as the National Over 60 carnival will take place in Perth from November 12 to 16.
Ray Smith has been selected for the Vic 1 team, while Peter Anton and Ray Floyd will play in the Vic 6 team in Division 4.
The Goannas Over 50 team will be in action this Sunday, November 12 with a home game against East Ringwood, while the Over 70 team will play an away game against the Australian Cricket Society side.
