Sport
30 October, 2025
Rain interrupts Cats
RAIN hampered Mortlake’s cricketers in their division one premier match at the DC Farran Oval last week, with play abandoned during the innings break.
Dennington was sent into bat and was restricted to 8/168 from its 45 overs.
Mortlake co-captain Craig Britten took the key wicket of in-form Dennington batsman Farooq Quereshi for no score with the third ball of the match to get the home team off to a great start.
The visitors put on 68 for the second wicket before Charlie Mahncke struck twice in three overs to have Dennington at 3/75.
The Cats continued to take wickets at a good rate, having the Dogs 8/124 in the 39th over before an unbeaten ninth wicket partnership of 44 saw Dennington finish with a respectable total.
Mahncke, Todd Lamont and Damien Goddard all took two wickets each, with one each to Britten and Kalhan Sineth.
This week, two-day matches start in the top division of WMDCA cricket, with Mortlake hosting West Warrnambool at the DC Farran Oval.
In the championship division, Mortlake was in a strong position when the rain hit.
Batting first at the Mortlake College Oval, the Cats were 2/178 in the 41st over when play was abandoned, with Max Slater 56 not out from 111 balls and Keilan Webster-Bamford 36 not out from 38 balls.
Earlier opener Cooper Herry had scored 48 from 80 balls.
The division three match at Panmure was evenly poised before being washed out, with Mortlake 3/99 from 24 overs chasing Allansford-Panmure's total of 5/172.
Neil Kelly was the pick of the Mortlake bowlers with 2/22 from eight overs.
Opener Riley Kelly was doing the bulk of the scoring in the run chase, being 64 not out from 78 balls with three fours and three sixes when play was called.
All women’s cricket was called off on Sunday.
In junior cricket, the Mortlake/Cobden under 17s had a drawn two-day match with West Warrnambool.
Chasing the Panthers 7/148 from day one, Mortlake finished on 8/144 from their 45 overs.
Opener Max Slater top scored with 41 from 83 balls, Cameron Goddard was 34 not out, with Arlo Herry and Sonny Podger working hard for 19 and 18 runs respectively.
In the under 15s, Mortlake/Cobden had a comfortable win over Raiders/Nirranda.
Resuming on day two at 0/34 chasing 36, Mortlake/Cobden batted out their overs, finishing on 2/128.
Michael Benallack and Jack Couch both made scores of 26 retired.
In this week’s matches, Mortlake start a two day game in the championship division against Allansford-Panmure at Panmure, while the division three Cats have the bye.
In the women’s competition, Warrnambool host Mortlake at Brierly Reserve on Sunday.
In junior cricket, Mortlake/Cobden start a two day match against Hawkesdale at Hawkesdale, while in the under 15s, Mortlake/Cobden host Norrat Terang at Mortlake College in a two day game.
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