Junior cricket action returned to the ovals of Dubbo last week after the Christmas and new year break.
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All the under-16As matches were washed out while in the under-16Bs Newtown made 5-116 compared to Macquarie's 5-112.
In the 14Bs one-day matches, St John's Yellow (2-84) defeated RSL-Colts White (10-83), Rugby Blue (7-117) defeated RSL-Colts Red (9-79), Macquarie (26) were thumped by CYMS (7-105) and Rugby Red (7-104) proved too good for St John's White (7-99).
The under-12As also played one-day matches and CYMS were big winners over Rugby.
CYMS posted a commanding 1-147 while Rugby could only manage 5-38 while Macquarie (5-89) defeat Wellington (8-87).
In the 12Bs, CYMS Green met Rugby in a match full of schoolmates and football buddies going head-to-head.
The damp field made scores hard to come by and socks wet as Rugby batted first but Harrison Quinn and Paddy Cant retired on 25 while Louis Russell retired on 13
In the field for CYMS, Darby Amor was ever reliable, earning a run-out while Fletcher Hyde was amazing with a direct hit from the boundary to leave Dugald Shepherd well out of his ground.
Rugby ended their 25 overs at 2-95.
Jodan Porter (10) and Kuber Thakur (6) started the run chase well but the consistent fall of wickets kept the run rate down. Josh Schwager (8) and Fletcher Hyde (7) batted well but in the end CYMS were all out for 67.
Dugald Shepherd and Paddy Cant took two wickets each while Louis Russell, Jai Reeves, Tom Knaggs and Ollie Brown all claimed one.
Harrison Quinn and Paddy Cant received two best and fairest points each while Josh Schwager and Jodan Porter got one each.
In the other 12Bs match, RSL Colts outplayed St John's Yellow.
RSL-Colts scored 6-81 off 15 overs with Anthony Atlee smashing five fours on his way to retiring on 28.
In reply, St John's Yellow scored 9-64 off 17 overs.
Colts were then sublime in the field with Cooper Giddings (2-8 off 2 overs), Jock Stuart (2-8 off 1.2), Anthony Atlee (1-1 off one), Will Emerton (1-7 off 2), Charlie Tink (1-7 off 2) and Cody Tickle (1-4 runs off 2) all bowling well while there were impressive catches to Alex Draper, Jock Stuart and Cooper Giddings and a tremendous run out from Rabi Sharma.
In the other 12Bs match, Macquarie won the toss and batted against St John's White and survived the first five overs without losing a wicket.
Jack Fuller very impressive in his 25 retired while Aiden Kinsey had been the first to go when he was brilliantly caught in the deep by Angus Boland off Jack Strawns (1-9), running to his right to hold onto a very slippery ball.
Carter Glynn again looked solid for his 7 runs and Cale Slack Smith was stylish for his nine.
A few run outs showed St John's have improved their fielding while Rudy Peet diving forward took another classic catch to help Sam Willocks (1-10) grab a wicket. Tight bowling from Sean Duggan (0-3 off 3) and Finlay Hennessy (0-1 off 2) kept Macquarie to 95 from 25 overs.
St John's lost two early wickets in the chase, firstly to a great one handed slips catch from Jack Fuller to remove Elias Sarantzouklis.
Finlay Hennessy (10) steadied things and a big score is just around the corner for Fin.
Rudy Peet (17) was looking in control and several nice strokes were cut off by good fielding efforts before he was well caught by Aiden Kinsey. Lockie Rummans made 16 and nearly wiped out the square leg umpire with a cracking pull shot.
When he was stumped off the bowling of Ajay Isbester-Boss (2-8) the runs dried up and the game became a real contest. Tight bowling from Aimee Longhurst (2-8 off 3) and Kyan Green (1-3 off 3) left St John's six to win off the last over from Aiden Kinsey.
Sam Willocks hit four of them and remained not out but in a tense last ball the victory went to Macquarie by just one run. Fielding was the difference and congratulations goes to the Macquarie kids on their first win of the season.