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Skip to Scorecards: Portland Red Triangle | Parley III

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| Back from his excursions to northern Africa, Club
Captain Graham Elenor once again took the mantle of
Sunday team Captain, and lead by example with a comeback
victory over Parley III's at the Winton Oval. Still
visibly shaken after the events during the game and
afterwards against Broadstone in the NSA Premier
Division, Elenor won the toss and elected to bat against
9-man Parley, though Triangle were also two short. The
pitch although appearing to be dry and hard, was actually
deceptively slow with a low bounce which was to cause
both sets of batsmen some problems. Triangle's regular Sunday opener was paired with John Ryan, who after making his peace with the skipper, adapted well to his new role and they put on a steady 26 before Dave Males fell on just 4 runs on his bogey ground, caught behind off Andrews. Ben Doidge, who has hit a rich vein of form on Sundays with successive knocks in the 70's, came to the middle and continued from where he left off against Broadstone II, scoring his first 12 runs in boundaries. John Ryan then fell on 21 after a gritty innings including a straight six over the short boundary, bringing in the Ship Inn's head chef, John Dixon. After an eight year absence due to cartilage and ligament damage to his right knee, John "Dicko" Dixon hit a quick 16, all in boundaries before he was out playing on to Parley's leg spinning Captain. This ushered Bill Trevett to the crease and with Doidge moved the score past the century mark before Doidge was out playing on after a flamboyant innings of 37. Trevett was then joined by fellow website creator, Tony Morris, who got off the mark with a leg glance for a four then somehow managed to avoid edging the ball onto both the stumps and into the keeper's gloves. His good luck ran out when he was out plum lbw to a ball that barely bounced. With the score on a precarious 114/5, Club Captain Graham Elenor entered the fray, and the Triangle players on the sidelines held their breath, especially after witnessing his display of batting in the Echo Cup during the week. This, however, was a different Graham Elenor, swinging his bat with a new-found confidence, and at times with gusto, he smashed and mostly edged his way to 30, dragging along his batting partner as they firstly secured maximum batting points, then carried on to a century partnership. At the other end, Trevett had got to grips with the Parley bowling and was dispatching the ball to all parts of the ground as he reached his half century. For most the highlight of the innings was seeing Graham first running a 4 then following that up by running a 3, by which time he had almost collapsed on the pitch and many thought oxygen may be required. Luckily the great one was able to continue as the pair ended the innings with the score on 222/5 and an unbeaten 108 partnership. Club Chairman, Rhys "Rusty" Davey opened the bowling with the young pretender, Scott Males, but both became cannon fodder for the Parley batsmen who hit boundaries at will. Rhys redeemed himself by removing one of the openers but the runs flowed freely off the bat. At the drinks break, with the score on 100/1 off the first 15 overs, Club Captain Elenor had seen and chased more than enough and brought on legendary left arm spinner John Dixon and batting hero, Trevett. The two had an immediate impact, if not in taking wickets, but at least in slowing down the run rate. Eventually the pressure told and Trevett sent the other opener on his way picking up a neat caught and bowled. Stand-in wicketkeeper, Doidge had spilled a couple of chances off Dixon, but other forces may have been at work as he was wearing ex-PRT player, Dr. John Walker's gloves. Dixon then claimed the vital wicket of Parley's baby-faced Captain, as he tempted him into given him the charge, but was beaten in the flight and was clean bowled, though Doidge surely would have had him stumped if the ball had missed. Another wicket fell shortly afterwards as Trevett picked up his second and then Scott Males made up for his poor showing with the ball by picking up a sharp run out after John Ryan had missed a fairly routine catch off Dixon's bowling. Dixon came to the end of his spell with only 2 wickets to his name, though should have had 5 on his return if a certain lad behind the stumps had held onto the ball. He was replaced by the captain himself, who after seeing his first delivery fly to the boundary with a smart cover drive, then turned the screw and duly claimed the batsman's wicket. With the final batsmen in the middle, Elenor turned to the once reliable John Ryan, who proved his doubters wrong and removed the tailender to ensure maximum points and a hard-earned win. |
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