Wanderers v Charters Towers
Wanderers Tour 2020
Junior Association 18/8/2020
Tour game five
One fantastic day after another in the North. Not a cloud in the sky today. About 28 degrees.
Charters Towers supplemented by Luke Feldman and Tim Agapow from the Wanderers ranks and a few Townsville players, came ready to play. Feldman and Justin Dixon were on the spot early; tying up the aggressive Christian Murphy and MJ Toolis. Nonetheless, an opening stand of 35 was posted before disaster struck. Dan Kearney snavelled three wickets in an over and another in his next and Wanderers were 4/44 before drinks. Toolis and Byron Gale battled for a while to stabilize the innings before Toolis misjudged one from Agapow and was bowled. Gale then dug in, cleverly picking off singles, the occasional two and a boundary, while batsmen capitulated around him. Robert O'Keeffe joined Gale for a 36-run, 8th wicket partnership which was accelerating nicely before a bizarre run out had Gale returning to the pavilion for a well-made 31. The remaining four wickets added just 29 runs, setting the opposition a target of 148 for victory. Tim Agapow finished with 3/21 from 4 overs for the opposition.
Charters Towers started in much the same fashion as Wanderers and before too long were 3/35 thanks to a Rick Jones catch off Thomas Morris at point and two wickets in two balls by Tyran Eggmolesse a few overs before drinks. Tim Agapow joined opener, Jack Pickering for a 25 run 4th wicket partnership, but James Wooden put an end to that with the help of a Leigh Drennan catch behind. A couple of Caleb Goes Ham King wickets reduced Charters Towers to 7/97, but the nuisance, Tim Agapow, continued to hang around, top scoring for the opposition if you please. It took a spectacular C&B by Lance Roudenko to end the Agapow innings and stoke the embers of hope at 7/99. The embers were fanned by a juggling Matthew Williamson catch at mid-wicket with the score on 119, but, the fire wouldn’t start as the experienced Hampson and Dixon saw the Towers home in the 40th over.
Post-game, Wanderers president, Brad Murphy, acknowledged Roma Bailey’s outstanding work in organising the event. Thank you to all for a great day.
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