By Keith Thompson
ONLY the junior grades played cricket in the Yarra Valley Cricket Association on Saturday as these matches were started and completed early in the day before the heat and threat of fires took hold as mid-day approached.
The seniors’ games were cancelled by the YVCA executive board just prior to the 11am deadline for placing of information onto the recorded information service.
Next week in the Strachan Shield round 12 will commence with fourth-placed Wandin hosting first-placed Mt Evelyn in the match of the round.
Wandin are coming home with a bit of a wet sail but will have their work cut out against a tight Mt Evelyn team.
The Silvan ‘slugs’ will host Coldstream, which is seventh v ninth –strangely enough it is still possible that Silvan could make the four if every little thing falls their way, we will just have to wait and see with two rounds of the home-and-away series left.
From Monday 16 February the VCCL VB Melbourne Country Week will be played on various premier and sub-district cricket grounds, the YVCA fixture for the 4 matches are: Monday 16 v Gisborne at Richmond, Tuesday 17 v Benalla at Kew, Wednesday 18 v West Gippsland at Frankston -AH Butler Oval, Thursday 19 v Ferntree Gully at Ringwood – Jubilee Park – Russell Lucas Oval, Friday 20 the division 3 final will be played at Ormond Cricket Ground.
YVCA Senior ladders after round 10
DJ Strachan Shield POINTS
Mt Evelyn 107.57
Woori Yallock 102.06
Healesville 100.73
Wandin 81.49
Yarra Junction 73.70
Warburton 72.74
Silvan 70.38
Hoddles Creek 52.07
Coldstream 31.03
Launching Place United 30.35
Gruyere District 26.16
Seville 19.24
R A Finger Trophy
Wandin 98.43
Woori Yallock 89.18
Healesville 86.11
Seville 70.44
Yarra Junction 66.10
Yarra Glen 58.33
Mt Evelyn 32.66
Warburton 20.44
C Grade
Gruyere District 106.19
Powelltown 99.87
Kinglake 96.61
Woori Yallock 86.15
Yarra Junction 72.36
Healesville 70.93
Seville 69.06
Hoddles Creek 60.76
Silvan 45.53
Coldstream 32.24
Launching Place United 30.65
Yarra Glen 6
E Grade
Wandin 91.56
Seville 77.12
Coldstream 69.08
Healesville 60.78
Yarra Junction 57.66
Mt Evelyn 20.03
Warburton 13.19
One Day Grade
Woori Yallock Gold 104.05
Marysville 82.35
Kinglake 70.89
Hoddles Creek 67.95
Powelltown 63.83
Yarra Junction 40.24
Warburton 27.43
Gruyere District 25.55
Woori Yallock Black 12.39
Launching Place United 0