junior cricketers ready for grand final

In the first final St Josephs, which finished on top of the under 13  ladder, won the toss and put Ballardong Blue into bat.

M Boyce finished his innings as the best of the bat for Ballardong with 21 before being bowled by R Thorpe.

The other batters to put runs on the board included I Narrier, N Lewis, J Narrier, K Stack and E Garlett.

With 17 extras the team was able to finish all out for 59 in 17.2 overs.

Best with the ball for St Josephs was A O'Driscoll  with 2/1 off 1.2 overs, K O'Driscoll 2/7 and T Schelfhout 2/14.

Opening the batting for St Josephs, K O'Driscoll finished with 40 runs while A O'Driscoll scored 21.

Others to make runs in the 15 overs were L MacTaggart on 37 and P Knipe and T O'Driscoll on 9.

Ballardong's best bowler was N Lewis with 1/12 off two overs.

St Josephs (2/132) defeated Ballardong (9/59).

In the other game Northern Renegades won the toss and sent York in to bat.

Top scorer for York was A Furey, who finished on 30no, followed by W Humphries on 18 and R Brennan on 12.

Others to score were W Ugle with 3, B Humphries and B Jones on 1, G Treloar on 7 and D Chad on 2.

With 25 extras York finished with a total of 99 in 20.1 overs.

Best with the ball for Renegades were J McLellan 2/13 off two overs, J Pallette  with 1/4  and J Patton with 1/7.

Renegades' E Clements scored 33 runs as an opener, but lost his partner, M Smith, early when he was caught for a single run.

B Vellias helped pile on the score to finish with 23 runs while J Austin-Burns made 17 for the side.

Others to add to the total included J Pallette for 9 runs, B Willie 6 and J Patton on 2.

Best of the bowlers for York were H Treloar 2/8 off three overs and G Treloar 1/8 off three overs.

Renegades (105) defeated York (99).

Games will start at 8.30am on Saturday with presentations at the completion of both games.

U13 - St Josephs vs Renegades on Bert Hawke 2

U16 - NSHS vs Ballardong on Bert Hawke 1