10 Years Ago...
Monday, October 31, 2011:
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Echuca suffered its first loss of the season in Campaspe Cricket Association on Saturday, beaten by Rochester United in a disappointing performance.
At Victoria Park, Echuca failed to put a defendable score on the board, allowing the visitors to win the match by seven wickets with seven overs to spare.
Echuca won the toss and elected to bat, but had only two players who were switched on to do just that.
With the second ball of the day, opener Adam Jones was caught off the bowling of Dylan Cuttriss and sent back to the sheds in a horror start for the home side.
Ben Langley took his place and managed just two runs before being caught. Echuca was soon sitting at 2-13 in the sixth over.
Brendan Prendergast did what he could to slow things down, as he and Taylor Beard tried to steady the ship.
Prendergast was caught for 10 though and his replacement at the crease, Troy Bauerle, was soon dismissed for two off an LBW decision. Echuca was left sitting at 4-44.
The loss of wickets cheaply continued as a further four wickets were lost for 21 runs, captain Simon Maddox becoming his team’s third player to be sent out for a duck.
Looking in big trouble at 8-65 in the 24th over, Mick McDowell at number 10 waltzed out to the crease aiming to give his team a much-needed lift.
McDowell did just that, despite the loss of Beard for 36 soon after.
With Chris Russell, McDowell put on a 65-run last wicket stand, making a half-century which ended on 52 after he was bowled by Nick O’Connor in the 39th over.
Russell finished not out on 11.
Lachlan O’Connor (four wickets) and Adrian Pappin (three wickets) did the damage with the ball for Rochester United, and it was enough damage to see the visitors get over the line.
United’s run chase went off with a bang as openers Adrian Pappin and Corey Windridge smashed 17 off the first over, but two wickets were lost in quick succession soon after that.
Pappin was the first to depart, caught off the bowling of James McQuillan for 24, and his replacement, Steve Rasmussen, lasted just two balls before he was sent packing for a duck.
That loss left United at 2-26, but Windridge kept things ticking.
The opener put on a 32-run stand with Jesse Cuttriss (17), before teaming up with his captain to pass the target.
Windridge (54 not out) and Dylan Cuttriss (42 not out) paired up for 88 runs, enough to see the team reach 3-146 in the 34th over and win the match.
Maddox finished with best figures with the ball for Echuca with 1-19, while McQuillan and Langley each snared one wicket.
30 Years Ago ...
Monday, October 28, 1991:
Echuca City Council has taken another step towards saving money as well as the environment.
Small compost bins are now on sale at Echuca City offices and the municipal tip at cost price, $22.
Deputy engineer Mike Bruty said the incentive was to introduce people to composting on a small scale.
“There are certainly bigger compost bins available at nurseries,” he said.
“We hope to introduce people to composting and they can go on to bigger and better things after that.”
The 225-litre bins available from the council are made from recycled plastic.
They can save money in more ways than one, according to Mr Bruty.
He said it would save residents money at the rubbish tip because they would have less waste to dispose of.
“This will help extend the life of the tip.
“The bins also provide good mulch for the garden.
“It’s a very simple sort of waste recycling idea.”
Chairman of Echuca’s Technical and Services Committee Cr Graeme Rosenow praised the incentive.
“In this day and age when the state government is looking at placing charges on rubbish going into tips, it is sensible to try and reduce waste going into landfills,” he said.
Council’s compost initiative follows the introduction of a recyclables collection run in the city.
50 Years Ago ...
Friday, October 29, 1971:
Tenders are to be called by Echuca City Council for the removal of all trees in the section of High St between Heygarth and Warren Streets.
A huge Moreton Bay fig tree outside the old council chambers will be among those to go.
The trees are to be removed to make way for the reconstruction of the roadway.
The median strip is also to be removed and there will be no median strip dividing the new section of the road.
Council considers the median strip “old and out of fashion.”
In moving a motion to call tender for the removal of trees, Cr. J. G. Quinn said that the motion should not rule out trees being planted at a later date.