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VSDCA North/West group 1st XI ladder – after round 4 (if Hoppers Crossing lose protest),
1 Brunswick 24
2 Williamstown 21
3 Plenty Valley 18
4 Melton 18...
5 Ivanhoe 15
6 Altona 15
7 Preston 15
8 Kew 12
9 Yarraville 9
10 Hoppers Crossing 9
11 St Bernard’s 6
12 Taylors Lakes 3
13 Coburg 3
14 Werribee 0

VSDCA North/West group 1st XI ladder – after round 4 (if Hoppers Crossing win protest),
1 Brunswick 24
2 Williamstown 21
3 Plenty Valley 18
4 Melton 18
5 Ivanhoe 15
6 Preston 15
7 Altona 12
8 Kew 12
9 Hoppers Crossing 12
10 Yarraville 9
11 St Bernard’s 6
12 Taylors Lakes 3
13 Coburg 3
14 Werribee 0

Round 5 (November 25 & December 2):
Taylors Lakes v Plenty Valley
Brunswick v Williamstown
Preston v Melton
Werribee v St Bernard’s
Kew v Ivanhoe
Coburg v Altona
Hoppers Crossing v Yarraville
 
Brenton Ray said:
You are absolute disgrace Hobsons Bay City Council for failing to put down the covers at all also didn't even touch the wickets & also it failed to prepare the wicket at both Frank Kirk Oval & JK Grant Reserve in Altona for the second week of the round 4 encounter between Altona & my lot (Hoppers Crossing) which is under official protest from Hoppers Crossing & also in dispute in both the 1st XI & 3rd XI.

As that our fixture yesterday was washed out in the 2nd week in very very controversial circumstances after that when VSDCA wet weather committee told them to put down the covers and do so from Tuesday Night as that our (Hoppers Crossing) 1st XI captain/coach was absolutely furious on arrival at the ground at the state of the wicket at Frank Kirk Oval as was our club president is actually very very confident we'll win the hearing when that happens thus possibly stripping Altona of three competition points (1st XI & 3rd XI) and thus Hoppers Crossing gain an extra three points (1st XI & 3rd XI).
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Are you certain it was Council's responsibility to lay the cover given the relevant VSDCA by law requires the home club to provide all labour for the laying and removal of the cover? Any club that has its cover handled by Council together with having its pitch prepared by it is becoming increasingly rare. Over this side of town, Maribyrnong City Council ceased preparing pitches 13 years ago, Brimbank City Council has never prepared them and Melton C C is also responsible for preparation of its pitches.
Being in Maribyrnong, Footscray Edgewater C C is responsible for pitch preparation and the club's coach also curates Merv Hughes Oval whilst a past president of the club curates the Tony Dodemaide Oval. Given most of these facts are probably known to the VSDCA, I suggest it will be loath to take issue with Hobson's Bay Council if, in fact, there is an issue involving Council.
 
Mid afternoon torrential rain Saturday created havoc for teams in the search of 6 points. None more so than Williamstown who only needed 1 more wicket against Taylors Lakes to get the 6 points. Other teams impacted across both comps and likely to go on to win were Brunswick, Yarraville, Ivanhoe, Oakleigh and Caulfield. Great efforts by some clubs to lock away the points in time for the rain and an early finish! Altona/Hoppers game sounds like a debacle
 
Allenkey33 said:
Mid afternoon torrential rain Saturday created havoc for teams in the search of 6 points. None more so than Williamstown who only needed 1 more wicket against Taylors Lakes to get the 6 points. Other teams impacted across both comps and likely to go on to win were Brunswick, Yarraville, Ivanhoe, Oakleigh and Caulfield. Great efforts by some clubs to lock away the points in time for the rain and an early finish! Altona/Hoppers game sounds like a debacle
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Yes, ''debacle'' is the appropriate description it would seem. In due course, I will be particularly interested to know which party was responsible for the laying of the cover but, allegedly, did not exercise it. It is not an area of which I am familiar given voluntary curators are only needed in municipalities where Councils do not prepare pitches. Your club was stiff in not being able to force a win!
 
Allenkey33 said:
Mid afternoon torrential rain Saturday created havoc for teams in the search of 6 points. None more so than Williamstown who only needed 1 more wicket against Taylors Lakes to get the 6 points. Other teams impacted across both comps and likely to go on to win were Brunswick, Yarraville, Ivanhoe, Oakleigh and Caulfield. Great efforts by some clubs to lock away the points in time for the rain and an early finish! Altona/Hoppers game sounds like a debacle
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To make matters worse for Williamstown, it happened in the 2nd XI as well.
 
VSDCA twilight knockout – round 1 results:
Werribee 10/114 lost to Hoppers Crossing 8/159 (cc) at Soldiers Reserve
Oakleigh 6/179 defeated Ivanhoe 8/178 (cc) at Warrawee Park Oval
Ormond 7/126 lost to Elsternwick 7/141 (cc) at EE Gunn Reserve
St Bernard’s 6/163 (cc) defeated Melton 10/149 at Murphy Oval
Moorabbin 6/152 tied Brighton 10/152 (Moorabbin advance after Super Over) at Moorleigh Community Village
Caulfield 7/117 (cc) defeated Malvern 10/109 at Caulfield Park
Croydon 5/129 defeated Bayswater 7/126 (cc) at Croydon Oval
Noble Park 8/105 lost to Endeavour Hills 5/147 (cc) at Pat Wright Senior Oval
Plenty Valley 6/158 defeated Preston 6/157 (cc) at Yarrambat War Memorial Park
Kew 6/170 (cc) defeated Balwyn 10/101 at Victoria Park
Williamstown 7/118 (cc) lost to Altona 8/119 at Burbank Oval
Yarraville 5/198 (cc) defeated Taylors Lakes 10/135 at Yarraville Oval
Coburg 6/148 lost to Brunswick 6/231 (cc) at Coburg City Oval
Box Hill 5/169 (cc) defeated Mt Waverley 4/143 at Box Hill City Oval
 
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I think itd be good if subbies copied the premier fixturing, its so hard chopping and changing format, so far we've 2 x T20s, 1 x one dayer and 2 and half x two dayers all mixed together. If we can have our white ball cricket first up, with the mid-week t20s and then leave the two-dayers till either just before xmas or after would be much better. Even copying the white ball ladder and red ball ladder would be much more interesting
 
I note Altona remaining on 15 pts and Hoppers on 9 pts after rd 4 is now official. I assume the protest referred to by Brenton Ray was unsuccessful.
 
Random Truths said:
And if I've read the fixture correctly, Round 2 which is next Tuesday (Dec 5) reads:
Brunswick v Plenty Valley
Yarraville v St Bernards
Hoppers Crossing v Altona
Caulfield v Kew
Moorabbin v Elsternwick
Oakleigh v Endeavour Hills
Box Hill v Croydon
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How does the fixturing for this comp work? Some clubs get a pretty reasonable run at it.
 
With the forecast of possible rain and thunder storms on Thursday night and throughout Friday, the Wet Weather Committee is directing all clubs to cover their pitches from Thursday night this week.

Please make sure that you liaise closely with your Councils and Curators so that arrangements are in place to remove covers to enable pitch preparation to continue (subject to weather conditions).

rainfall forecast totals - Dandenong:
Friday 20-60mm
Saturday 25-70mm
Sunday 15-45mm

rainfall forecast totals - Laverton:
Friday 20-50mm
Saturday 20-50mm
Sunday 15-35mm

rainfall forecast totals - Melbourne:
Friday 20-60mm
Saturday 20-50mm
Sunday 15-35mm

rainfall forecast totals - Moorabbin:
Friday 20-60mm
Saturday 20-50mm
Sunday 15-40mm

rainfall forecast totals - Scoresby:
Friday 20-60mm
Saturday 25-60mm
Sunday 15-40mm

rainfall forecast totals - Tullamarine:
Friday 20-60mm
Saturday 20-50mm
Sunday 15-35mm

rainfall forecast totals - Watsonia:
Friday 20-60mm
Saturday 20-60mm
Sunday 15-35mm
 
Brenton Ray said:
With the forecast of possible rain and thunder storms on Thursday night and throughout Friday, the Wet Weather Committee is directing all clubs to cover their pitches from Thursday night this week.

Please make sure that you liaise closely with your Councils and Curators so that arrangements are in place to remove covers to enable pitch preparation to continue (subject to weather conditions).

rainfall forecast totals - Dandenong:
Friday 20-60mm
Saturday 25-70mm
Sunday 15-45mm

rainfall forecast totals - Laverton:
Friday 20-50mm
Saturday 20-50mm
Sunday 15-35mm

rainfall forecast totals - Melbourne:
Friday 20-60mm
Saturday 20-50mm
Sunday 15-35mm

rainfall forecast totals - Moorabbin:
Friday 20-60mm
Saturday 20-50mm
Sunday 15-40mm

rainfall forecast totals - Scoresby:
Friday 20-60mm
Saturday 25-60mm
Sunday 15-40mm

rainfall forecast totals - Tullamarine:
Friday 20-60mm
Saturday 20-50mm
Sunday 15-35mm

rainfall forecast totals - Watsonia:
Friday 20-60mm
Saturday 20-60mm
Sunday 15-35mm
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