THE final round of the Seymour District Cricket Association was held over the weekend, with big scoring the order of the day.
In Seymour Club A grade, Tallarook had a positive finish to 2025 with a nine-wicket victory over Alexandra at Tallarook Recreation Reserve, keeping it on pace with Seymour on top of the ladder.
Samuel Manchester dominated with the ball, taking 4/25 off nine overs, while Matthew Archibald took 3/21 off nine, as Alexandra could only muster 9/96 off its 45 overs.
In response, Tallarook only needed 19 overs to finish the job, scoring 1/100, with Joshua Rudge unbeaten on 28 and Lachlan Watts desperately close to a half-century on 48.
Puckapunyal was no match for Yea, losing by 73 runs at home.
Yea was well served by five batsmen scoring over 25 runs in making 6/217, led by Cameron Armstrong’s unbeaten 53.
Charles Davies and Danny Fountain provided some resistance for Pucka, taking two wickets apiece, with Davies taking 2/15, and Fountain 2/29.
Puckapunyal never truly recovered from sitting 4/40 when it was its time to bat, although Davies continued his superb individual match with a run-a-ball 73.
In the end, however, Pucka was bowled out for 144.
At the time of production, no result was entered for Pyalong’s match against Avenel at Pyalong Recreation Reserve.
It was also a similar case for the B grade game at Avenel Recreation Reserve.
Puckapunyal’s B grade team will sit atop the ladder at Christmas, courtesy of a six-wicket win over Yea.
Jacob Nipperess was all over Yea’s batting order, and took 6/19 off 8.2 overs, making a mess of the Tigers’ top order. Only Tayte Hoefchen’s 63 provided resistance as Yea was bowled out for 111.
In response, Shane Chisholm scored 57 to help Pucka chase down the target in 24 overs.
Tallarook narrowly missed out on scoring a win over Alexandra, falling short by four runs.
Tallarook looked to be in a good position as it bowled Alexandra out for 118, with Ben Trezise taking 2/10 and Finn Melville taking 2/14.
With the bat, Tallarook did not have a great start, but key middle-order runs from Brendan O’Donnell (20), Aiden Winnell (20) and Pasquale Schipano (24) helped Tallarook close in. However, it was bowled out for 114, just four runs short.
