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Lower grades wrap | Cairns century gets Lions over the line in B-Goulburn

By Oliver Shedden

Nov 2, 2025

A masterful innings by Bamawm-Lockington United opener Josh Cairns against Cooma has kept the Lions undefeated heading into round five of B-grade Goulburn.

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Cooma sent BLU into bat at Bamawm Recreation Reserve, a decision which proved to be fatal, as Cairns blasted 111 at the top of the order to power his side to a total of 211.

Cooma’s captain Ethan Palma-Ludeman (65) did his best to get his side over the line with help from Bailey Hiscock (20) and Xavier Fawcett (24).

However, BLU’s bowling proved too strong as Gideon Flett, Camern Laird and Royce Serpell took two wickets apiece to bowl Cooma out 22 runs shy of victory.

Rushworth (9-191) continues to hold firm at the pointy end of the competition, taking down Kyabram Fire Brigade (124) in round four.

Batting first, the Tigers put on a solid total courtesy of Jak McMillan (47) and Daniel Newton (45) with the Flames’ Ben Chapman taking 3-12.

In the second innings, Fire Brigade fell well short of the required total, with Jarrod Chapman (36) and Phillip Carroll (29) the top scorers as Ahmad Karamat (2-38) and Thomas Stevens (2-11) did their work with the ball.

Elmore (1-77) has shot into second in the standings behind Moama after defeating Echuca (76) in round four at Elmore Recreation Reserve.

The Redbacks rolled the men in green as captain Tyler Oliver taking 4-12, with opposition captain Jayde Caldwell (16) the top scorer for the visitors.

Losing one wicket, Matt Gilmour (35 not out) and Matthew Wooley (36 not out) guided the host home, comfortably inside 16 overs.

To round out the grade, Stanhope (4-122) defeated Colbinabbin (9-121) at Colbinabbin Recreation Reserve.

The host batted first, with captain Fletcher White (32) leading from the front with some assistance from Samuel Coughlin (24) as Stanhope’s William Seedsman took 4-7.

In the second innings, it was a collective effort with the bat, spearheaded by captain Luke Twynstra (42) and Josh Densley (28), getting the job done with a little more than 10 overs to spare.

B-grade Murray

Nondies-Cohuna (6-125) kept its hold on the top of the B-grade Murray ladder, defeating Echuca South (123) in round three.

The Swans won the toss and elected to bat first at home, with an unbeaten knock by captain Cameron McMullan guiding them to a respectable score as Jack Towers and Mark Higgs both snared three wickets.

However, it was Leigh Johnson (30) and Towers (33) who got Nondies home within 34 overs, as Echuca South’s Stewart Morphett was the only multi-wicket-taker.

Like Nondies, Rochester (5-120) kept its unbeaten streak alive in round three, taking down Kyabram Fire Brigade (117).

Batting first, Shaun Doolan’s unbeaten 51 was the only resistance against Rochy’s potent bowling attack, led by Leigh Hartshorne 3-34.

In the second innings, Rochy got home inside 21 overs, with Craig Williams top scoring with 40 not out with Jake Wright (28) and Donald Young (27) adding valuable contributions.

Tongala (9-101) put Leitchville-Gunbower (9-97) to the sword in round four at Leitchville Recreation Reserve.

Batting first, L-G’s Darren McLellan (26) and Casey McNaught (21) top scored as River Townsend had a productive day with the ball, taking 4-4.

As wickets tumbled, Travis Johnstone (38 not out) played a match-winning hand to get Tonny home, with McLellan (5-12) and Dylan Roberts (4-18) shined with the ball.

C-grade

With Nondies-Cohuna and Cooma forfeiting their games, only two matches were played in the Gus Underwood C-grade Shield’s round two.

Bamawm-Lockington United (9-170) snuck home against Echuca South (168) at Echuca College.

The Swans batted well in the first innings, with Ryder Roussis (30), Jordan Hutton (29) and Thomas Miechel (20) all scoring runs as Nathan Neville took three wickets.

However, it was BLU’s all-round efforts with the bat, led by Neville (39) and Justin Guppy (28) that allowed the Lions to escape with a one-wicket win.

In a low-scoring encounter, Stanhope (4-85) picked up a scalp over Girgarre (82).

Batting first, Girgarre’s Billie Gahan (35) at the top of the order was the only one to make any meaningful contribution.

Meanwhile, it took Stanhope 32 overs to chase down the total, as Lachlan Joyce (50) did the heavy lifting batting at number three.