There was no joy for our Sutherland 1st, who were bested by Sydney 1st at Sutherland Oval 1 on Saturday.
The scorecard reads Sutherland 1st 291, Sydney 1st 7/296. A classy 73 off 89 balls from Callum Barton was the highlight. Luke J Ritchie posted a half-century, making 58 off 96 balls with seven fours. Cody Philipson also got among the runs with 43 off 95 balls. For our opponents, Benjamin Roughan took four for 75 off 18.4 overs.
Will Straker picked up two for 63 off twenty overs. Hats off to Seamus Meaker, whose 101 was a fine century for the visitors. Our opponents' best was a half-century from Matt Rodgers, who made 59.
There are plenty of positives to take out of this one.
It's three defeats on the trot, and the team will be eager to bounce back. We'll go again.
