03/03/2026
ššROUND 12 WRAP UPšš
Stage 1 DCC Blues (113) vs DCC Whites (128)
Played on a Thursday arvo at the subcontinent like dustbowl of Dunsborough Primary. Blues won the toss and elected to bowl. The arvo heat not worrying their boys.
Some solid tight cricket for 7 overs was blasted open by the express pace of Dallas South in the 8th with 2 consecutive stump rattling deliveries. Whites got to drinks with a nice run rate of just over 5. Mitch Henry, Jaques Duque and Harry Jamieson all took 1 wicket each after drinks to see Whites score 108 off the bat with an even spread between the boys.
After a quick turn around and Sherbs chasing off the ever encroaching roos, Koa Hopkinson got a wicket in the first over with Will O'Brien following up with one in the 3rd. From then on until the last over the Blues batted very well with the runs shared between all the boys too.
With 13 runs separating the teams coming into the last over it was tight and could've gone either way. Koa held his nerve with the ball to take 3 wickets and get the Whites over the line.
A great game of cricket with excellent skills and sportsmanship on display. Congrats to both teams.
Stage Two Blues 5/172 def Hawks Green 6/135 with great contributions from the whole team.
Skipper Ethan Smith won the flip and, backing our bowling, sent the Hawks in for a hit. It didnāt take long for the for the boys to strike, Xavier Phelan kept his hot streak rolling, snagging a wicket in his first over like heād ordered it. The skipper followed suit the very next over, a swinging delivery that took the off stump. At 2 down the Hawks steadied the ship before Beau Rowell absolutely rearranged the furniture; clattered the stumps and snapped the bails clean in half (yep, literally). Not long after, the Hawksā danger man was removed thanks to some quick thinking behind the pegs from Judah Baker, sharp glovework to finish off a stumping off Samuel Jacksonās bowling. At drinks they were wobbling at 4/69.
To their credit, the Hawks dug in and grafted their way to 6/135, but the Blues kept the squeeze on, with Judah and Finn Sapwell chiming in with a wicket apiece to close out the innings.
Chasing 136, the Blues came out swinging. Samuel and Beau punishing any bad balls, with Samuel launching his first six of the season before retiring on 13. Beau kept the tempo humming, a typically punchy 25 off 24, while Judah went full T20 mode, carving up 41* off 31 in a proper power-hitting clinic.
That gave Xavier the time he needed to find his groove after a couple of quieter knocks. Once he middled a few, the typically compact Xav was back as he cashed in on the Hawksā bowlers, finishing unbeaten on 29, his best return for the year š. Ethan Smith chimed in with a composed 15* off 20, building nicely and looking primed for a bump up the order.
Hard to split the Play of the Day honours, but Finlay Brejnakās top-shelf sportsmanship as a sub fielder, snaffling two catches for the Hawks was pure class. That, and the big smiles as Judah and Xavier walked off unbeaten and chuffed for each other, capped off a cracking day for the Blues.
Stage 2 DCC Whites V Hawks Gold
This week we were on the road to Rapids Landing primary school in Margret River on a playing field that had more lumps than my mums custard, but the conditions were cool and pleasant and we were looking forward to the game. Unfortunately it wasnāt our day the Hawks Gold (4/170) defeated DCC Whites (4/128).
The Hawks won the toss and sent us into bat. We started strongly with Moss Clarke (12 runs off 11 Balls) getting off to a flyer but a miss timed shot cost him his wicket. Matt Watson (20 runs of 28 Balls Not Out) along with James Conn who was our top scorer (23 runs of 21 Balls Not Out) upped the run rate with some good shots and tight running between the wickets then both retired. Ned Duffield (17 runs of 15 Balls Not Out) came in and played some great shots to keep the score ticking over nicely. Our run rate did slow up during the middle part of the innings but again our batsmen proved difficult to remove. In total we had 7 retired not out batsman and although its been tough for some of our first year boys to make runs, my directive to them all season has always been, I am not concerned about how many runs you make itās all about protecting your wicket and staying in and they have done this superbly throughout the season.
Our turn to bowl and itās the first time I have introduced spells. Well more questions fired at me on the field that youād get being on The Chase TV show. The other coach couldnāt hide is amusement at the goings on but it was a success, the boys got to field in their chosen positions for most of the game and I think they all enjoyed the concept. Our bowling was tight with Alex Tscheuschler (1 for 6 of 2 overs), James Conn (1 for 9 of 2 Overs) and Ned Duffield (1 for 14 of 2 Overs) being our wicket takers.
Unfortunately our fielding lapsed and we missed a lot of chances and plenty of miss fields. Our highlights were Moss Clarke taking 2 catches one being a front diving screamer at gully the other a nice overhead catch at gully and Huxley Partridges run out, other than that the boys seemed to fade and we couldnāt contain the Hawks run rate and eventually our score was chased down comfortably. As always though proud of how our boys go about the game and the spirit they play.
U14 Blues vs Saints white @ Churchill.
A lovely day for cricket and Dunsborough won the toss and batted. It was nice to welcome back Troy Byrne and Jarryn South.
Wickets fell quickly and runs were hard to come by and before we knew it we were 5/38 before drinks. Van Bootland (31*) stayed strong after a BBQ at Westās expense and managed to retire from his first 30. Chase Gilbert (22) made a good start but fell victim to his desire to hit big, after controversially being given a life three balls earlier. It was looking really (really) bad in more ways than one when Oscar Dagg got out on 13 and the score was 7/78. Davie Saayman (9* off 40) steadied the ship with some good old-fashioned cricket which stopped the Saintsā momentum. Man of the match, Troy Byrne (69 off 35) then came to the rescue with his knock of the season, he hit the ball to all parts, and between him, Van and Davie steered the total to 8/168.
With a decent score on the board, the boys applied maximum pressure from the get-go; accurate and impressive bowling from Troy Byrne 2/11), Oscar Dagg (0/3) and Chase Gilbert (0/11), solid keeping by Jarryn and general fielding saw very few runs scored. It took a bowling change in the 7th to take the first wicket, Davie Saayman (1/3), our other player of the day, with a wicket-maiden. Toby Whitfield (0/6) bowled a nice sharp, awkward ball next and the combined team pressure resulted in a runout. Then again very little scoring from the Saints, with lots of close calls and opportunities led to another runout during another of Tobyās overs. Very next ball from Will Rector (1/22) saw the catch of the game by Troy with a low falling grab with his left. That felt like the game was done and dusted in that moment and it proved to be true, with Saints struggling to get runs. Big Dan Mullen (1/13) took one in the 18th and then Troy and Jarryn terrorized the tail taking another four wickets between them and West taking a nice keepers catch, finished off with a runout to close it out; Blues 8/168 def Saints 10/93.
U14 DCC Whites V St Mary's Blues
It was a still and overcast morning at the Dunsborough hard wicket and a perfect day for cricket with the Saintās Blues and the Dunsborough Whites facing off. Saint Maryās won the toss and sent us into bat on a morning preferably for bowling. We opened up with Jack Wrathall and Isaac Beetson for his last week of cricket for the season. The boys got off to a great start with a 33 run partnership against a strong bowling attack. Throughout the innings the boys kept up the tight running and strong partnerships. Special mentions to Isaac Beetson 40* off 40, James Jackson with 51* off 32 and Jack Henderson putting the runs on at the tail end of the innings finishing on 28* off 30, ending with a well defendable total of 6-168.
We took the field with great energy knowing we had a great shot at this match with Hudson Williams and Beau Bromley opened up with the new ball both keeping it tight. The boys kept the great bowling up throughout the innings to some great batsmen and bowling into some strong wind. Stand out bowling efforts with Noah Haynes finishing with 2-9 after 4, both our opening bowlers, Beau Bromley with 0-7 off 3, and Hudson Williams with 0-12 off 3. At the end we won by 39 runs with great energy heading into tomorrows game against cowie.
U16 DCC Blues V Yobs Orange
16's had a quick ground change to start as Chook thought the turf prep was now moved forward by 3 weeks. So over to the lakes to take on Yobs Orange, where we lost the toss and bowled first.
Yobs got off to a steady start, where our bowling wasn't bad, only a few loose ones, but our fielding was well below par on a fast outfield.
Out of our 5 wickets, 4 of them were bowled and 1 was LBW, showing if you threw the bat at it, you were likely to score.
Will Jaspar hit a nice 87 until Rame clean ripped him, proving we should have bought him on earlier. We restricted them to 166 which was probably a par score on that ground.
Pick of the bowlers were C. Marsden 2 overs 2 for 13, T, Dunning 3 overs 1 for 12, O. Nimmo 2 overs 1 for 11.
Our batting innings saw Ky South get us off to a solid start with a nice 25, Cooper with his best innings this season of 23, then our new Ice-Man Toby Dunning nearly single handedly getting us across the line with a fine 62 Not out of 34 balls, including 18 runs off the last over.
The win would have been doable if not for the 20 runs left in the field, and shows how important it is to work on your fielding as much as batting and bowling.
T. Dunning 62*, K. South 25, C. King 23.
OUR U14 AND U16 TEAMS THEN TOOK TO THE FIELD AGAIN ON SUNDAY TO MAKE UP FOR A BYE WEEKEND BACK IN NOVEMBER
U14 Blues vs Yobs
Toss won against and the boys chose to bat on a glorious day at home. Oscar Dagg (44*) and Troy Byrne (40) opened and set the tone, both boys retiring after blasting the yobsā bowlers around the park. Nice contributions from Davie Saayman (15*), Will Rector (25*), West Lepidi (25) and Jarryn South (30*) pushed the score to a healthy 3/204.
With plenty of runs on the board, the boys went straight for the jugular. Fast and furious pace from Jarryn South (3/2) and accurate length bowling from Dan Mullen (2/6) saw stumps in the dumps and Yobs on the back foot again. Debutant Dallas South (2/3) took his first U14 scalps and showed us how deep the cricketing talent runs in the South household. He was well supported by other youngling Quinn Rector at the other end. Davie Saayman (2/7) then did what heās done all season and snatched a couple more, with Oscar Dagg picking up an early one. Troy Byrne finishing up another fantastic game by keeping nicely the whole innings and taking a classic keepers catch off Jarryn. Yobs going down: Blues 3/204 def Yobs 10/50.
Looks like finals are calling after all and with the team at full strength they have a chance.
U14 Whites V Cowaramup
It was a crisp Sunday morning down in Cowaramup with a tight matchup between the Cowaramup Bulls and The Mighty Dunsborough Whites with both teams coming off strong wins the day before. The Whites won the toss and elected to bat first thanks with seemed to be a pretty good choice from captain Jack Henderson.
We opened the game up with power hitting Owen Lawrence-Brown and Noah Haynes who continues to show great form. Cricket was not on our side for the first 10 overs with 4 wickets coming from them. To the rescue was Noah and Patch who had a great 40 run partnership to bring the game back into our reach. With the innings coming to place allowed Isaac Beetson (Pictured) to finish on 50* off 49 for his last game of the season, Jack with 43* off 31 with 9 boundaries batting well as always.
Special mentions to Noah Haynes with a splendid opening knock against great bowlers with 32 off 20 smashing 7 fours, and patch OāBrien with a career high score with 36 off 49. Terrific effort from Will OāBrien and Charlie Jackson who played up for us who had to go out to bat in tough conditions against kids who were 4-5 years older. After a not so promising start we put on a great total of 8-200 thanks to some great innings.
We took the field for a session of bowling and fielding with our heads high with Jack Henderson opening the bowling taking 2-0 off 2 overs with Isaac putting that pressure on with 1-6 off 4. It was pretty special as we had three sibling play ups in the field who did a great job with a catch taken by Will. Charlie and Will bowled well with Charlie taking 1-5 off 3 and Will 0-14 off 3. Once again Noah Haynes taking wickets as usual with 2-13 off 3. Itās was an overall great effort with nearly everyone taking a wicket against a good batting lineup. Special Mention to Samuel Jackson who fielded the whole 30 overs terrifically saving a couple boundaries. At the end of the day we and a comfortable win by 77 runs and now looking forward for the last game of the regular season.
U16 DCC Blues V St Mary's
Another Lakes Gabba pitch and we were again sent out to bowl first on a lovely Sunday morning against the Saints.
Again the fast outfield proved to reward a flay of the bat, but our fielding was a complete turn around from the day before.
Boundaries were being chased down, bodies were thrown around to save runs and throws were far better, which showed at the completion of the 20.
Alfie Culnane hit a well timed 60 not out, and we only took 4 wickets showing how friendly it is for batting over there at the precinct.
Lachie bowled a clean spell, one of his finest for the season, backed up by Southy, Mason and Rame who all bowled tight to keep them to an under par score of 142.
L. Ingle 4 overs 1 for 22, C. King 2 overs 1 for 16, S. Siney 2 overs 1 for 16.
Ky South then got us off to another solid start with 23 until holing out in the deep, Lachie with a fine all round game with 38, then to bring us home again the Ice-Man Dunning nailed another 59 Not out off 49 balls.
Mason and Sam our Mr fill in, sealed the deal at the end with Toby to cap a nice all round effort to notch a solid win finishing up with 163.
T. Dunning 59*, L. Ingle 38, K, South 23.
With 2 x weekends off, we'll finish in the finals, after a solid season with 7 wins and 4 losses. Lets go Blues!
