Junior Tuesday - 14A brave in Semi loss

Welcome to Juniors Tuesday, the latest feature to hit Butcher Cricket.

Congratulations to the Thirroul Under 14A side who progressed to the Semi Finals on the back of a 4th place finish in the 11 team competition. With a record of one outright win, three innings wins, one washout and five losses, Thirroul met 1st placed Wests at Figtree Oval 2 on Saturday. The previous encounter, back in Round 5, had been a comfortable win to the Red Devils on the back of a mammoth 2-176.

This time around Thirroul put up a much braver fight in the field by restricting Wests to just 122, with not a single player passing 20 and all 10 wickets falling. Chief wreckers were Jonathan Fowles (3-24), Brenden Rallings (2-16) and Damian Rice (2-19) while 'keeper Jed Potter performed two smart stumpings. A massive improvement from the earlier encounter.

Unfortunately Thirroul were only able to put up 61 in reply; Damian Lum (16*) was solid as too was Chad Wilson (10). Unfortunately the favoured team went forth to the Grand Final, but not before Thirroul gave them a real shake in the field.

View the scorecard here

Congratulations Thirroul on sneaking into the Semi Finals and for your brave efforts on the day!

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