Footscray CC v Carlton CC 4ths

Here we go. Live cricket blogging. Let's see how this goes.

12.15. We're at Tony Dodemaide Oval at the back of Victoria University's Footscray campus.

Vic Uni's new building in the background.

We're next to the larger Merv Hughes oval where the 2s are already underway.

Carlton are bowling.

A young 4ths team ready to go.

Quiet start.

0 for 17 into the 8th over. Both bowlers brown and money starting to trouble the bats. A couple of confident appeals.

Drinks. Footscray 0 for 41 off 20 overs. Tight bowling not giving much away but Footscray will be happy with their position.

Wicket. Stumping off Percy. 1 for 65 or so.

Minor collapse. Footscray 4 for 85 at lunch.

Another wicket soon after lunch. Footscray have slipped from a dominant position and now the game is somewhat in balance. The spinners have had an impact.

Spinners stayed on probably about 4 overs too long and Footscray seized back the initiative. Ultimately the Footscray side were all out for 173, giving the Carlton openers a nervous 2 overs to face before stumps, which they reached without loss.

Carlton needs to score a further 170 runs next Saturday to win the game.

1st Innings - Footscray Edgewater

	R
J O'Grady  c D Syson b S Blewitt	51
A Eyiam-Rutty  st M Cottier b A Percy	21
D Vipond b S Blewitt	5
NH Donazzon b M Paradisis	0
+A Korsak lbw b L Money	16
L Kingc M Cottier b A Percy	6
*S King lbw b A Percy	34
T McSweeney b S Blewitt	2
J Kochlbw b M Hinchliffe	13
P Niklas run out (L Money)	5
H Ali not out	2
Extras (nb 5, w 4, b 6, lb 3)	18
Total	173
Overs	75.2

FOW: 65 (A Eyiam-Rutty) 81 (J O'Grady) 84 (D Vipond) 85 (NH Donazzon) 94 (L King) 146 (S King) 151 (T McSweeney) 153 (A Korsak) 168 (J Koch) 173 (P Niklas) 

Bowling	O	M	W	R	Nb	Wd
J Brown	7.0	2	0	15	1	1
L Money	16.0	5	2	22	4	0
D Syson	11.0	2	0	29	0	0
S Blewitt	13.0	4	3	20	0	1
A Percy	15.0	4	2	29	0	0
M Paradisis	9.0	0	1	38	0	1
J Sexton	4.2	0	0	11	0	1