Wanderers take down Lakers

BEECHWORTH's A grade side pulled off a major scalp in their one-day finale for the 2024/25 season beating Yarrawonga Mulwala by 67 runs. It was their second win on the trot at Baarmutha Park and skyrocketed to third in the overall ladder. The Wanderers ended the one-day season just three points off a final berth, as Wangaratta Magpies and Rovers United Bruck will play off for the Rod Newton Shield on February 2. Electing to bat first against the Lakers, Beechworth made a shaky start as opener Jack Ryan was bowled on the third ball of the match. But led by Jackson Cull’s 57 at number three, the Wanderers top order made valuable contributions with Clancy Ellett (27), Brenton Surrey (27) and Kayde Surrey (22) all in the runs. Matt Ryan’s unbeaten 19 off 16 balls provided the cherry on top of a strong total after 40 overs, finishing with 7/173. After his cameo with the bat, Ryan provided his team with a dream start with the ball in the opening over dismissing the ever-dangerous Reid Clarke for a duck. It was then Tim Cogger (3/19) and Jack Ryan (2/13) who put on a lethal spell of bowling to have the Lakers in all sorts of trouble at 6/28. After none of their top six batters reached double figures, the Yarrawonga Mulwala bottom order provided some resistance before it was broken by captain Brenton Surrey, who cleaned up the tail taking 3/11. The Lakers were bowled out for 108. A run of four straight two-day matches to end the regular season will begin this weekend back at Baarmutha Park as the Wanderers host City Colts. The Colts are coming off a confidence building win last week over Ovens Valley and are well entrenched with the Wanderers in their battle for finals positioning. In other grades, B grade were comprehensively outplayed by Rovers United Bruck in their return to action in 2025, going down by 161 runs at North Wangaratta. Nine different bowlers tried their hand with the ball with little success as Lachie Fitzpatrick, James Dart and Jacob Howard earned a wicket each in RUB’s total of 3/247. Howard put on 28 in a rare highlight with the bat for Beechworth before they were bowled out for 86. In C grade, Beechworth came from the clouds to chase down 187 in their win over Yarrawonga Mulwala. After bowling first at Victoria Park, it seemed a formidable task as the Wanderers stumbled to 7/83 after 19 overs following an impressive start from opener Chris Nuck (45). But lower order heroics from Justin Iaria (53) and Kane Niklaus (37 not out) steered the Wanderers to an improbable win which was capped off with two overs to spare. The team from Stanley remain unbeaten on top of the ladder. Both B grade and C grade will have league wide byes on Saturday.

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