Moree hosted Gunnedah in the under 12 and under 14 Northern Inland representative cricket competition on Sunday, November 17.
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The WJ's under 12s batted first and were off to a shaky start and were 5-14 at one stage.
Tom Vickery and Will Seery then steadied the ship and put on an 83 run partnership before Seery was run out for 47 off 77 balls. Vickery remained not out on 38 in a well compiled innings.
Jack Gobbert contributed a quick 28 runs off 30 balls at the end of the innings.
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Moree were dismissed for 167 in the 32nd over. The Moree bowlers came out firing and had Gunnedah at 6-18 early on with some excellent pace bowling from Kobi Annis-Brown who ended up taking 4 for 11 off four overs. Moree had to work hard for the last four wickets with Gunnedah eventually being bowled out for 76.
Annis-Brown was well support by other bowlers including Harry Rogers (two wickets), Jack Farrell (two wickets), Tom Vickery (one wicket) and Jack Gobbert (one wicket). Moree won by 91 runs in a great team effort.
Meanwhile, the Chard Contracting under 14's won the toss and batted first.
The Gunnedah opening bowlers started well to begin with and had Moree at 2-24 early on.
Angus Manchee and Lachlan Muggleton then steadied the innings and took the score to 65 before Muggleton was out for 14 runs.
Moree continued to push the runs along with Gilbert Tighe (31 runs), Sam Hall (16 runs) and Tom Barnes (25 runs) all supporting Manchee along the way as Moree reached 249 after their 50 overs. Manchee remained 98 runs (120 balls) not out at the end of the innings and was unlucky not to score his maiden century.
Moree started well with the ball and had Gunnedah at 2 for 21 with Hugh Reardon taking the first two wickets in a fine spell of bowling. The Gunnedah batsmen then dug in and took the score to 154 before Moree took their next wicket.
Moree managed to restrict the Gunnedah scoring rate through the entire innings with tight bowling from Reardon, James Fitzgerald, Lachie Warrener, Ned Farrell and Gilbert Tighe.
Gunnedah eventually finished their 50 overs at 5-200, with Moree winning by 49 runs.
The fourth round of the NICC cricket competition continues in Moree this Sunday, November 24 with Moree hosting Inverell in the U12s and U14s.