THE NORTHERN RIVERS TIMES EDITION 89

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March 24, 2022

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SPORTS NEWS 63

Souths march into cricket grand TIM HOWARD A dominant batting display from South Services batsman Brendan Cleaver has propelled his team into the GDSC Premier League cricket grand Cleaver dominated the scorecard in both innings of the match at Ellem Oval Grafton, to ensure

the ball off his pads and also unleashing a couple through nearly 68 overs

Teammates said on a faster ground he might

Nathan Blanch left might normally have been boundaries only He backed this up in the Souths second innings

Brendan Cleaver in command as works this ball into the leg side off his pads during his innings of 68 on Saturday. Photo: Tim Howard

came to bat only openers Brenden Cotten and

order Souths back out to see if his team could pull innings effort, but once

They began a hectic

an outstanding haul of

Brendan leading the Cleaver brothers on a

looked threatening taking shared after opening

tumbling regularly Cleaver looked in little trouble picking up runs

But the star of the day Brother and skipper

made the initial breakthroughs dismissing

he attempted to loft ground only to mishit

and middle brother Chris

DANIEL COHEN

stubborn batsman has been a regular in Souths

South skipper Dylan get some cricket into his players after a series

him to move up the

disrupted an already He said the team for the

drop Chris Chamberlain He produced shots around the ground,

so I’ll be on the phone to him as soon as this is

before time and overs

apiece, reached double Souths piled on 174

Jordan Gallagher and Joe Pigg put together the top partnership of the innings, taking the score

be held on Saturday and Sunday at Ellem Oval

Saturday, could include all rounder Matt Dalton,

Dylan Cleaver snared a couple and brother Chris

Tintenbar made a

Sports hosting Lennox Head at John Rabjones

of the competition

modest target of a touch

The LJ Hooker League turning the game in the Goonellabah Workers

at 4/77 things looked

starting positively, aided The results set up a

With the competition poised for a thrilling

In the 1st vs 4th Semi, the heavily fancied Cudgen hosted

a competitive total,

Cudgen to host the LJ Hooker League

of the LJ Hooker League Dalton Oval in the Final Goonellabah Workers

leaving Lennox Head a


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