Woy Woy wins local shield

Round six of the Central Coast Cricket Association two-day cricket competition brought about the much awaited clash between Umina and Woy Woy.

Umina District Cricket Club publicity officer Mr Gary Blake said both Peninsula clubs played entertaining cricket.

"The two Peninsula clubs play for the Cattley-Hook Shield honouring two local cricketing legends, Steve Cattley and Bob Hook," Mr Blake said.

"Due to the change in structure of the competition this year, the winner of the trophy would be the club with the better performances over First, Second and Third Grades.

"Woy Woy were the winners this year with wins in Second and Third Grades, while Umina won a thriller in First Grade.

Day One of the First and Second Grade matches were washed out, leaving the contest to be played under one day rules.

"When the First Grade match commenced at Col Gooley Field, Umina, captain Mitchell Smith won the toss and elected to bat.

"The Umina Devils fought hard to tally 123 with Brad Jones (26) and Warwick Botfield (23) being the only batsmen to come to terms with the Woy Woy attack.

"Noel Ellis was the star with 5 for 23.

"The visitors had every right to feel confident about the chase, but disaster struck in the first over when opener John Jewiss was run out by some superb fielding by Nathan Carmody-Smith.

Then Ryan Clement picked up Quentin Donald and Woy Woy were 2 for 0.

"Despite a dogged 44 from Noel Ellis the visitors were unable to master the Umina bowlers and with Devils skipper Mitchell Smith taking 4 for 32 and Ryan Clement 4 for 30, the hosts ran out deserving winners to keep their place in the top six.

"In Second Grade, Woy Woy were too strong scoring 6 for 271 off their 50 overs.

"In reply, despite solid efforts from Justin Gerrie (33) and Nick Garnett (32), Umina were only able to muster 128 runs."

Mr Blake said Third Grade saw another easy win to Woy Woy.

"Woy Woy scored 8 for 216 then bowled Umina out for 60 and 131," Mr Blake said.

"Umina's best bowler was Ashley Jones who took three wickets, while the only batting of note was Paul Wright (36), Geoff Byrnes (26) and Bryce Cox (25).

"Fourth Grade played Mountains/Gosford and found the going too tough with only nine players (including five under 16-years-old).

"Mountains/Gosford scored 6 for 219 and dismissed Umina for 81 and 122.

"Nathan Mitchell smashed 62 to give the second innings some respectability.

"In the Limited Overs Competition Umina are performing very well with the A Grade leading the competition, and the C and D Grades both in third place.

"A Grade made very short work of Woy Woy dismissing the Sharks for 46, with Luke Varley, Brendon Jones and Ryan Mathews doing all of the damage.

"The Umina Devils passed the total for the loss of only two wickets with Shannon O'Dea top scoring on 18 not out.

"B Grade also had a walk in the park, bowling Woy Woy out for 57, with Nick Clarke, Alistair Lock, Luke Ellard and Adam Fyfe all getting wickets.

"Andrew Friend scored 29 not out getting the Devils home for the loss of four wickets.

"C Grade defeated Kincumber and solid batting by Dave Munson in scoring 60 runs helped the Devils to a total of 141.

"Our bowlers did the job with skipper Mark Bourke, Scott Aitchison and Anthony Wood combining to dismiss Kincumber for 117.

"D Grade lost a close match with Wyong.

"Umina batted first and scored 9 for 158, with Liam Clement 48 not out and club president Paul Sharpe adding 30 runs.

"Wyong fought hard and with the help of some dubious umpiring on behalf of the batting team, Wyong passed our total for the loss of seven wickets."

Press release, 12 Jan 2009 Gary Blake, Umina District Cricket Club