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A century from Adam Stone and a six-wicket haul from John Hausia has guided Rugby to their sixth consecutive Kelly Cup win this season, keeping the defending premiers unbeaten record firmly intact.
Stone came to the crease with the score at 1-7 after Rugby won the toss and decided to bat against South Dubbo at Bob Dowling 2 and after a steady start he soon began blasting the Hornets attack all over the ground.
He brought up both his half century and century with a six before he was finally dismissed by five-wicket hero Andrew McKittrick for 121.
Stone's innings featured nine fours and nine sixes and led his side to a total of 207.
McKittrick was Souths best with the ball by far, finishing with 5-29 from 6.1 overs while Scott Dwarte took 2-14 from five.
Souths run chase began poorly when they slumped to 3-11 as Hausia ran through the top order and they failed to recover form there despite the best efforts of Mick Frazer (44) and John Byrne (35).
Hausia finished with the hugely impressive figures of 6-26 from six overs as Souths were all out for 148.
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CYMS Cougars have bounced back after two losses with a convincing 134-run win over RSL-Colts.
Teenager Tom Nelson made 59 while captain Craig Graham led from the front, making 64 before the Cougars suffered a late collapse to be all out for 177.
Kurt Cobcroft was the best of the Colts bowlers, taking 4-25.
Colts, playing a man short, never got going in the run chase with James 'Busta' Nelson (2-15) and Jason Root (3-16) tearing through the top order before Sami Suckling got in on the action, taking 2-10.
Colts were soon all out for just 43 with Brendan Jayasuriya (12) the only player to make double figures.
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Macquarie lost 9-25 at John McGrath 2 on Saturday as the Blues slumped to a three-wicket loss against Newtown Black.
Both teams came into the match having just won one match each this season but the Blues began well with the bat as they reached 2-81 midway through the innings.
But the dismissal of Sandeep Poania triggered the epic collapse and Macquarie were soon all out for 102.
The Blues bowlers then made Newtown Black earn the win, taking seven wickets before Brett Wrigley (22 not out) helped get his side home.
Newtown's Eric Woolnough (4-21) and Macquarie Nathan Shurmer (4-19) were the best bowlers of the day.
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An incredible 267-run partnership from Craig Pettit and Simon Carolan-Work was the highlight of Kelly Cup round six action as Newtown Gold defeated RSL-Colts Youth Development (YD) by 173 runs.
Pettit, who went on to make an unbeaten 145, was joined by Carolan-Work when Newtown Gold were in real trouble at 3-12 but the pair dominated the young Colts attack.
Carolan-Work made 81 before he was dismissed while Pettit was still there at the end of the innings, continuing his outstanding start to the season.
Newtown Gold made 5-284 from their 40 overs and Colts YD struggled in reply before they were all out for 111.
Heath Blackett (4-20) and Daniel Cottee (3-10) were the pick of the Gold Tigers bowlers.