Dogs and Cats through to next round

THE first week of finals in the Warrnambool Moyne and District Cricket Association’s premier division one competition saw wins to Mortlake and Dennington.

At Jetty Flat, Russells Creek were all out for 163 on Saturday, batting first against Mortlake.

Cam Williams top scored with 34 from 118 balls, with Mortlake captain Craig Britten taking 4/43 from 18.2 overs.

Mortlake passed the score eight wickets down in the 65th over on Sunday, led by an unbeaten 83 from 179 balls to Saman Gonawala.

Heshan De Silva and Blake Evans took three wickets each for Russells Creek in the loss.

At Davidson Oval, Dennington scored a 52 run win over Port Fairy.

The Dogs made 207 batting first on Saturday.

Dilip Tharaka top scored with 72 from 156 balls, with skipper Ben Rantall making 45 from 108.

Jason Perera led the bowling for Port Fairy with 3/43 from 19 overs.

On Sunday, the Pirates were bowled out in 49.5 overs for 155.

Mohammed Abbas top scored with 54 not out from 85 balls, with Pishan Hewage and Sam Worden taking three wickets each for Dennington.

This weekend’s semi-finals will see Allansford-Panmure play Mortlake at Allansford, with Nestles and Dennington set to clash at Purnim.

The championship division semi-finals are also on this weekend after the home and away season ended on Saturday, with Allansford-Panmure playing Spring Creek at Dennington and Koroit playing Hawkesdale at Terang.

The division two semi-finals saw Russells Creek defeat Nestles by 19 runs at Port Campbell, while Port Fairy had an 81 run win over Warrnambool at Jones Oval.

This Saturday’s grand final sees Russells Creek play Port Fairy at Koroit.

The first week of division three finals saw Wangoom have a six wicket win over Spring Creek at Wangoom, with Allansford-Panmure defeating Merrivale by seven wickets at Mack Oval.

In this week’s semi-finals, Dennington will play Allansford-Panmure on the Allansford hard wicket, while Port Fairy and Wangoom will meet at Noorat.

Division four semi-finals also took place on Saturday, with Dennington and Noorat Terang having a tie from the last ball of the game at Winslow, while Koroit forfeited to Warrnambool.

Dennington progress through to the grand final after finishing higher on the ladder than Noorat Terang.

They will face Warrnambool at the Purnim hard wicket oval.