First XI v Heathwood at Heathmont Reserve.
With close to 300 runs on the board, a disciplined bowling performance was all that was required for the First XI to claim victory against Heathwood.
The first ten overs saw the opening batsmen slowly try to establish themselves at the crease, but tight lines and lengths from the Seville bowlers made scoring difficult.
Riley Foster was the first to strike, removing the Heathwood captain Robert Cranmer thanks to a sharp diving catch at short cover from Harvey Smith.
Soon after that, Jack Woodford struck twice in the 14th over to have the home side reeling at 3/23 and well over 250 runs in arrears.
Heathwood bunkered down until Liam Kay took wickets in consecutive overs, and Foster returned to take two more – Heathwood losing 4/12 in that period.
Jace Hamilton sent stumps flying with his first wicket and caught the edge for a second, before the match was brought to an end with the final wicket being a run out.
Heathwood all out for 99, the final margin of victory a massive 191 runs.
The win keeps Seville in third place on the ladder in Stuart Newey Plate, and they next face fourth-placed Healesville at home in another two-day match.
Seville 7/290 (80) – Kane Jones 140, Finn Saurine 71, Jack Woodford 18.
Heathwood 99 all out (51.2) – Riley Foster 3/16 (10), Liam Kay 2/16 (7), Jace Hamilton 2/20 (9).
Seville won by 191 runs.
Second XI v Mt Evelyn at Seville North Oval.
The Second XI entered the second day of their match against Mt Evelyn knowing that they had runs on the board, but that victory would be far from a guarantee.
Early wickets would be the key to defending 253 – Trevor Williams was the first to strike removing the opener Luke Shepherd for just two.
The top order for Mt Evelyn got into their work, with Luke Jones (44) and Jamie Shaw (61) building a dangerous partnership.
Three middle-order wickets were taken by Jack Darwall who finished with 3/28 from his 14 overs, and Jordan Foster found himself on a hat-trick towards the back end of the innings, finishing with 3/27 off 14.
Other wicket takers were Rowan Prouse, Nate Lucas, and a run out to Ned Macdonald as Mt Evelyn fell 55 runs short in the end.
With the win, the Second XI have leapfrogged Mt Evelyn into second place on the David Beatty Shield ladder.
Their next match is a two-day away game against bottom-placed North Ringwood.
Seville 253 all out (79.1) – Jared Carroll 91, Liam McGookin 35, Ned Macdonald 31.
Mt Evelyn 198 all out (69.3) – Jordan Foster 3/27 (13.3), Jack Darwall 3/28 (14), Rowan Prouse 1/22 (11).
Seville won by 55 runs
Third XI v Templeton at Seville South Oval.
Continuing their impressive streak of winning tosses, Seville Third XI chose to bat first at home against Templeton.
The top order did not fire as they had through the season so far, losing three wickets early on in the innings.
The middle-order recovery was largely led by a pair of teenagers in Archie Graham and Darcy Tilney, who saw off some hostile bowling to navigate their way to the drinks break and build a platform.
Tilney (who earlier that morning blasted a 46-ball century in the U14s) started to find some boundaries and lift the scoring, while Graham played the more old-fashioned way, strong in defence and putting a high price on his wicket.
After both were dismissed, Dale Treller hit a quick fire 22 at number eight, before the team were eventually all out in the final over for 133 – not an easy score to defend.
Seville needed to come out firing with the ball and make quick inroads into the Templeton batting lineup, and that’s exactly what happened when skipper Jamie Hamilton bagged two wickets in the opening over. Ryan Vassallo and Dale Treller each took a wicket of their own before young Jake Troyahn made an immediate impact with three wickets in three overs, leaving Templeton’s batting in tatters.
The final blows were dealt by Darcy TIlney and Mitchell Wynd – Templeton bundled all out for just 46 runs in under 22 overs.
The Third XI remain undefeated with a 6-0 record in second place on percentage behind the also undefeated Bayswater Park, and will face fourth-placed Chirnside Park next week at Lilydale Heights College.
Seville 133 all out (35.1) – Darcy Tilney 36, Dale Treller 22, Archie Graham 19.
Templeton 46 all out (21.4) – Jamie Hamilton 3/11 (6), Jake Troyahn 3/11 (3), Darcy Tilney 1/1 (1).
Seville won by 87 runs.
Fourth XI v South Warrandyte at Rieschiecks Reserve.
The Fourth XI travelled to Doncaster East to face the undefeated ladder-leaders South Warrandyte.
The home side won the toss and batted first, losing an early wicket to Bailey O’Keefe.
Opening batsman Paul Milne scored freely from one end, but at the other end wickets were falling regularly.
Two collapses of 3/14 and 3/3 had the game in the balance at 8/127.
But the South Warrandyte tail had some hard hitting in it, and before long the last two wickets had piled on 100 runs in 12 overs.
Suddenly faced with a much bigger chase than expected, Seville opened with the father-son combination of Scott and Max Darwall. Scott made 47 off just 35 balls with six boundaries and three sixes, before being trapped LBW just short of his fifty.
Captain Andrew Cummins (29*) and Dax Munro (32) put together a 49-run partnership, but once Munro was caught out the required rate kept increasing.
Seville batted out their overs, falling 78 runs short of the total.
Despite the loss, they remain in second place on the ladder, and will next face fourth-placed Chirnside Park in a home match at Warburton.
South Warrandyte 9/227 (36) – Andy Heal 3/44 (6), Bailey O’Keefe 1/15 (3), Max Iskra 1/17 (3).
Seville 7/149 (36) – Scott Darwall 47, Dax Munro 32, Andrew Cummins 29*.
South Warrandyte won by 78 runs.
