Shellharbour Cricket Club Review

A MAGNIFICENT century to Trevor Dellatore saw Shellharbour City Fourth Grade walk away with outright points over a competitive Lake Illawarra outfit.

Chasing Lakes first innings total of 124, Shellharbour piled on the runs, reaching 8 for 327 declared thanks largely to Dellatores 120 not out and an unbeaten half-century from club favourite Chris Taafe.

The second innings saw the Lakers fight all the way, reaching 249 in their second dig before Shellharbour completed the outright victory with just five wickets down.

Chris Taafe again remaining unbeaten, scoring a well made 18.

The picture wasnt so rosy in first, second or third grade, with all three sides suffering outright defeats.

First Grade started day-two of their clash with Kiama hoping to snare first innings points after reducing the visitors to 4 for 49 by the end of day-one, in reply to the Harbours 109.

It didnt all go to plan however with Kiama reaching 7 declared for 213, thanks mostly to an unbeaten 78 from Cavaliers skipper Matt Meurant.

The second innings saw Shellharbour crumble to be all out for 60 with the only real shining light being 35 to Matt Soper.

Shellharbour Second Grade suffered a similar fate at the hands of Kiama losing outright by an innings.

It wasn't all bad news though, with Darren Komene scoring a brilliant 87 and Ben Mitchell supporting well with 35 in Harbours first innings total of 246.

The second innings saw Shellharbour bowled out for 114, not enough to make Kiama bat again after the Cavaliers 5 for 362 in their one and only innings.

In a much tighter affair, Shellharbour Third Grade went down in a thrilling encounter against Kiama.

Shellharbour built itself a healthy 50 run lead after the first innings but were bowled out for just 105 in the second dig.

Kiama then reached the required 160 with 5 wickets in hand, despite the best efforts of Ross McConnell who took 3 wickets.

In Fifth Grade Shellharbour Blue suffered a 7-wicket defeat at the hands of Oak Flats Blue.