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Interesting Fact: Did you know about Clifton CC linkto an Australian member of the ICC Elite Umpire Panel who has officiated in 107ODI’s and 98 Test Matches? In the 1980’s Rod Tucker (Pictured) was aswashbuckling Aussie overseas player for Farnworth CC and it was there hebumped into then Clifton CC Pro, Stuart Adams, or more accurately, Rod’s Sisterbumped into Stuart! Soon the couple were married and Stuart jetted off to Oz,never to be seen again.

Zach continued his opening batsman role for the start of thetwo day game against bottom club Officer CC. Officer is a suburb of Melbournenamed after the principle employer in the area in the mid-19^thcentury. Zach’s 39 (48 balls, including 5 boundaries) provided a solid startfor the rest of the batting order, who piled up 309 runs which they will hopeto defend on day two next weekend, to pull clear of the bottom regions of theleague (sorry, ladder). Zach may be a tad disappointed to have presented areturn catch to the bowler having created a base for himself, but hopefully theexperience he is gaining from opening the batting in grade 1 cricket will standhim in good stead for April 2026. The 2-day match continues next Saturday.

Up the road, Churchill CC had an exceedingly bad day at theoffice against Glengarry CC, who leapfrogged them in the ladder leaving Ryan& Jordy’s side in sixth spot out of eight. Chasing last week’s 237, theyfell to a resounding 106 run defeat, despite Ryan top scoring for Churchill CCwith 47, following up his 5 for 47 on day 1 last weekend. Jordy scored 6 withthe bat and was one of nine Churchill CC batsmen to fail to reach double figures.

After being called up for the 2^nd day of NorthernSuburbs CC grade 2 cricket last weekend, Sam found himself selected to startthis weekend’s 2^nd grade one day game. The downside to this promotionis that he no longer features in the principle batting and bowling lineups asyou might expect, and so it proved, as his side knocked off City United CC’s144 inside 16 overs for the loss of only 2 wickets. It’s a great credit for Samto feature at 2^nd grade level and hopefully he can bide his time andcement his place in the side and start to contribute with the bat that willcompliment his undoubted fielding prowess and improve his all-round skill set.  

Scorecards:

Zach – Here

Ryan & Jordy – Here

Sam - Here