Preview: Kangaroo Flat vs White Hills

Round 13 vs Kangaroo Flat preview

When: Saturday February 27 and Saturday March 5 Two Day Game

Where: Dower Park

Time: 1pm start

Last time we met: Round 9 2015/16 – White Hills 175 (G. Bowles 55) lost to Kangaroo Flat 6/177 (J. Bourke 2/22) at Glen Loddon Homes Oval

Last 5: Demons: 3   Roos: 2

Round 13 sees the Demons travel to Dower Park to take on Kangaroo Flat in the final home and away fixture for 2015/16. White Hills goes into the game in third position and full of confidence on the back of 3 successive wins including a victory over Strathdale Maristians at Bell Oval last week. The Demons will be looking for an improved batting performance this week after Sam Stagg (84) and Ollie Geary (30) were the only players to make more than 14 last round. The bowling department has been getting the job done week in week out led by skipper Mitch Winter-Irving who now has 21 wickets for the season. The bowlers will have to be at their best as the Roos batsman are in some form having scored over 260 in their last 3 hits. Kangaroo Flat got the better of White Hills in the one day game earlier in the season so the Demons won’t want to see the same thing occur. While Kangaroo Flat must defeat the Demons outright to play finals, the Demons have a lot to play themselves. A win could see the side jump to second if Eaglehawk lose to Sandhurst while a loss will see them front up to Bell Oval again to take on Strathdale Maristians in a fortnights time. A win over Kangaroo Flat will see the Demons take 4 successive wins into their first finals campaign in 17 years.

Teams: A grade

White Hills: Winter-Irving (c), R. Irwin, Bowles, Grundy, Stagg, Logan, Colley, Sheaan, O. Geary, Bourke, Wade.

Kangaroo Flat: Burns (c), Hamblin, J. Newlan, J. Klemm, D. Klemm, C. Barber, D. Barber, Gibson, Shelton, M. Collins, Hinds

 

B Grade

White Hills: Wharton (c), Matthews (c), McKenzie, Harding, Egan, Miles, Dickins, Holland, Schofield, Jacobs, T. Geary

B Grade are at home to Kangaroo Flat at Glen Loddon Homes oval and will want to finish the season with 2 wins in a row. The bowlers set up the victory over Strathdale Maristians last round before Linc Jacobs got the job done with the bat and made 75. The Demons have won their last 3 games at Glen Loddon Homes oval and will be keen to knock of a side in the top 4.

C Grade

White Hills: J. Geary (c), Mountjoy, Oliver, Davey, Palmer, Richardson, Wright, Bish, Begg, Kay, Larke, Nowell