Family success fires Geelong junior cricket awards
Bragging rights are up for grabs in one local household this week with two brothers winning bowling awards at Geelong junior cricket’s night of nights.
Fergus and Charlie Allender won the under-17 bowling average and under-13 bowling aggregate and average, respectively this week.
Right armer Charlie, who has some serious pace for his age, claimed 14 wickets during the season at an average of 8.5 while older brother Fergus, a left-arm quick, had a leaguebest average of 10.4 in the competition two year levels above.
In the same under-17 competition, Charlie Peake, the younger brother of under-19 Australian representative Oliver Peake, won the bowling aggregate with 13 wickets for South Barwon.
Proud father Steve Allender said it had been a terrific effort from his younger son as it was his first year leading the attack for the Seagulls, while Fergus played in a division one premiership.
“He learned a lot across the course of the year,” Steve said of Charlie. “For Fergus he had set his sights on improving his cricket and has worked hard to achieve the gains that the awards represent.
“It is great to have them both do well for Barwon Heads, where their grandfather, John Claringbold is a life member and multiple premiership player.”
Steve said his boys began playing the game on the beach and in the backyard, learning how to handle the pressures that cricket can bring and riding the highs and lows of “what can be a fickle sport”.
“They are lucky to be at a very strong club with great junior coaches at the club and across the region who place the an emphasis on team achievement and looking after your mates,” he said.
In what was an unusual result on the night, Queenscliff’s
Jordan Monahan and Geelong City’s Declan Mugavin both won the under-17 batting aggregate, tying with 403 runs for the season. However, Mugavin had the leading average for the competition with 80.6.
The best average of the season across all competitions went to Barwon Heads’ Tom Mackie, who finished with a spectacular 320 in the under-13s, closely followed by Geelong City’s William Fenwick
with 316. Under-13 Alexander Thomson batter James Whitworth was the most prolific across all divisions with 413 runs while Murgheboluc’s Xavier Lindsay led all comers with the ball, taking 27 wickets at a tidy average of 6.67 in the under-17s.
WINNERS UNDER-13 AGG
Batting aggregate: William Boyd (Queenscliff) 425; Batting average: Tom Mackie (Barwon Heads) 320; Bowling aggregate: Charlie Allender (Barwon Heads) 14 wickets; Bowling average: Charlie Allender (Barwon Heads) 8.5
UNDER-13 JEFFERIES
BA: Harvey Broster (Bannockburn) 407; Batting avg: William Fenwick (Geelong City) 316; Bowling agg: Logan Bond (Bannockburn) 13 wickets; Bowling avg: Harrison Smith (Geelong City) 8.3
UNDER-13 DAWBER
BA: Vignesh Ram (Murgheboluc) 344; Batting avg: Vignesh Ram (Murgheboluc) 114.67; Bowling agg: Jamie Antonenko (Murgheboluc) 17 wickets; Bowling avg: Jamie Antonenko (Murgheboluc) 6
UNDER-13 HANSEN
BA: James Whitworth (Alexander Thomson) 413; Batting avg: Lewis Green (Newtown & Chilwell) 115; Bowling agg: Xavier Anstee (Alexander Thomson) 15; Bowling avg: Xavier Anstee (Alexander Thomson) 9.67
UNDER-13 DEW
BA: Sam Mackie (Barwon Heads) 295; Batting avg: Xavier Falvey (Marshall) 250; Bowling agg: Harry Mithen (Barwon Heads) 17; Bowling avg: Harry Mithen (Barwon Heads) 4.78
UNDER-13 ROYCE
BA: Josh Brady (Grovedale) 214; Batting avg: Josh Brady (Grovedale) 71.33; Bowling agg: Finn McKee (North Geelong) 11; Bowling avg: Nicholas Baskharon (Torquay) 7.8
UNDER-13 NORQUAY
BA: Paddy Lane (St Joseph’s) 334; Batting avg: Paddy Lane (St Joseph’s) 66.8
Bowling agg: Arlo Tippett (Grovedale) 19; Bowling avg: Rudra Mehra (Leopold) 3.87
UNDER-13 SCOTT
BA: Shershah Yousafzai (Waurn Ponds) 399; Batting avg: Shershah Yousafzai (Waurns Ponds) 199.5; Bowling agg: Jack Cooke (Drysdale) 20; Bowling avg: Noah Burdeu (Collendina) 7.67
UNDER-15 EMOND
BA: Henry Hatswell (Portarlington) 228; Batting avg: Luke Harper (Grovedale) 68.75; Bowling agg: Jarvis Burley (Lara) 15; Bowling avg: Jarvis Burley (Lara) 10.33
UNDER-15 D’ARCY
BA: Bradlee Elliot (South Barwon) 253; Batting
avg: Bradlee Elliot (South Barwon) 126.5; Bowling agg: Kai Hauenstein (South Barwon) 13; Bowling avg: Kai Hauenstein (South Barwon) 5
UNDER-15 ELLIOT
BA: Giorgio Grivas (Bell Post Hill) 263; Batting avg: Finn Ballagh (South Barwon) 74; Bowling agg: Alfie Chapman (Murgheboluc), Hamish Watson (St Joseph’s) 11; Bowling avg: Alfie Chapman (Murgheboluc) 6.27
UNDER-15 DOUGLASS
BA: Arki Searle (Barrabool) 335; Batting avg: Abel Foley (Geelong City) 146; Bowling agg: Hamish McDonald (Barrabool), Toby Standen (Barrabool) 12; Bowling avg: Hamish McDonald (Barrabool) 9.92
UNDER-17 JUST
BA: Charlie Suvoltos (Newtown & Chilwell) 342; Batting avg: Corey Paull (Grovedale) 106.5; Bowling agg: Charlie Peake (South Barwon) 13; Bowling avg: Fergus Allender (Barwon Heads) 10.4
UNDER-17 EVERETT
BA: Jordan Monahan (Queenscliff), Declan Mugavin (Geelong City) 403; Batting avg: Declan Mugavin (Geelong City) 80.6; Bowling agg: Xavier Lindsay (Murgheboluc) 27; Bowling avg: Xavier Lindsay (Murgheboluc) 6.67; BA: Xavier Dew (Thomson) 281; Batting avg: Archie Hearn (Drysdale) 88.67; Bowling agg: Tavis Hunt (East Belmont) 17; Bowling avg Tavis Hunt (East Belmont) 9.59