On Saturday in A grade (Trigg Shield) Soldiers Club Snipers posted a more than respectable total of 171 from 44.5 overs, but still fell short of what was required to post a winning score in their match against Bowning.

Andrew Swaffield was the star of the show for the Buffaloes making 52 batting in the number 3 position after openers Dave Brown (29) and Brett Newman (22) laid a good foundation at the top.

Royal Pirates (5/222) gave Boorowa (61) a massive touch up in their encounter at Victoria Park in Yass.

In B grade (Sweeney Cup) Yass Golf Club Taipans won the toss and elected to bat against competition leaders Murrumbateman at Murrumbateman on Saturday.

The Taipans were all out in the 40th over with a total of 124 in the score book with major contributions from Adrian Waters and Dylan Percival.

The main destroyer for the home team was again Wayne Mcillhatton with 4 wickets with him being supported by Terry Tillyard with 3 scalps.  

The home team aggressively chased the small total and passed it two wickets down, with Jimmy Gray 51 Andrew Clarke 54 not out respectively leading the way.

In representative cricket the YDCA travelled to Wagga Wagga on Sunday to take on the Wagga Wagga District Cricket Association at Robertson Oval.

Yass beat Wagga Wagga in an exciting cricket final with the game going down to the last over when Wagga fell 7 runs short. 

Yass’s victory was achieved by fine contributions from Harden’s Martin Brown and Billy Bolger.  Brown was outstanding with the ball in a spell of 6 overs which only cost 11 runs and changed the complexion of the match after Wagga got off to a flying start. 

Bolger was also outstanding as Yass’s main spearhead and chimed in with two important top order wickets in his second spell.

Yass won the toss and elected to ball on a dry pitch with a quick outfield. 

Their innings got off to a poor start when on the fourth ball of the innings captain David Field was out for a duck after getting a fine edge through to wicketkeeper Kendal to a delivery from Sean Gaynor.

The innings was then consolidated by Daniel Poidevin and Adam Forth with god stroke play .  With the score on 59, Poidevin’s innings came to an end when he miss-hit a drive and was caught in the cover off Nathan Smith for 29. 

This caused a mini-collapse as Forth, Andrew Swaffield and Craig Irwin soon followed leaving Yass at 5 for 86 which then brought about the game changing partnership of 92 runs between Nick Pollack and Tim Hazell. 

Pollack was brutal in smashing the ball to all parts of the ground.  However Hazel’s contribution of 12 in the partnership can’t be underestimated as he was able to continue to give the strike back to Pollack as well turn one’s into two’s.  

On 178 Hazel was finally out and one run later Pollack was also out for a well-made 81.  Yass’s tail wagged with further contributions from Brent Poidevin (20) and Beau Walker 24 not out. 

Yass after 50 overs were 8 wickets for 227.  Nathan Smith the pick of the bowlers with 3 for 35 from 10 overs.

Wagga’s innings got off to a flying start with openers Matt Tom and Will Morley both prepared to flash hard and chance their luck. 

However a bowling change in the seventh over reaped instant reward when Craig Irwin had Morley LBW for 19. 

He then followed up a few overs later with the wicket of Tom for 21, leaving Wagga at 2 from 53 from only 15 overs. 

The complexion of the game then changed when both Martin Brown and Daniel Poidevin were able to strangle the batsmen and scoring dried up. 

Brown had the impressive spell of 6 overs for only 11 runs while Poidevin claimed two wickets for 17 from 10 overs. 

Jono Nicholl however was proving difficult to remove and while at the crease Wagga was still a chance. 

He found likely allies in Sean Gaynor (15) and Sami Shohani (18) until the reintroduction of Billy Bolger back into the attack claimed both. 

As the overs started to run out Nicoll started to hit out and with Luke Kendall got Wagga back into the game requiring less than 10 runs an over for the final 3 overs. 

However Craig Irwin & Beau Walker were able to close out the innings with Wagga finishing on 8 for 220, seven runs short. 

Best bowling figures were those of Poidevin 2 for 17, Craig Irwin 3 for 53 and Billy Bolger 2 for 51.