Champion Portarlington veteran Paul McGrath made a superb century against Barrabool to open the BPCA B1 Grade season.
McGrath was unbeaten on 108 from 120 balls when the innings ended on 7/218 from 40 overs.
Tom Stewart made 49 from 58 while Raf Salvado kept the Bulls in the game with 3/39 from eight overs.
However, Barrabool chased down the runs relatively easily with five wickets and almost six overs to spare.
Daniel Mair made a run a ball 84 not out, Cameron Findlay contributed 69 from 70 and Michael Potton was there at the end on 32.
Anglesea was far too good for Collendina, winning by 131 runs.
Lochie Pretlove made 75 not out, Ash Poulton got 51, Harry Cook contributed 38 and Ben Dixon hit 37 in Anglesea’s final total of 4/231 while Jacob Muir took three wickets for Collendina.
The Cobras could only muster 100 all out in reply with Paul Wursthorn making a defiant 43 not out.
Ky Eskrigge (4/27), Jarryd McGuane (3/16) and Kade Eskrigge (3/23) made sure the Seas got off to a winning start.
Barwon Heads gave Jan Juc a hiding.
In his 50th club game Damian Clarke took 2/13 and Jason Borg conceded just three runs from eight overs and picked up two wickets to have the Sharks 8/102 after 40 overs.
It took the Seagulls less than 12 overs to knock off the runs with Rob Mackie (38 from 18 deliveries) and Fraser Gentry (29 not out) doing the damage.
Ocean Grove defeated Armstrong Creek by 49 runs, posting 6/202 batting first.
Elijah Baran (54) and David Cameron (51) posted half-centuries in their first hits of the season.
Shaun Trenorden played well for the Titans for his 67, but Taylor Harvey took 3/20 to have Armstrong Creek all out for 153.
In B2 Grade, Inverleigh beat Wallington by 117 runs.
Brendan Long made 82 in the Kookaburras’ total of 6/228.
In reply Wallington was all out for 111 with Rhys Brown’s 5/19 the standout.
Marc Occhipinti (27) and Riley Morrison (25) dug in, but the Wallabies fell well short.
Noah Innes took 4/18 and Adam Coghill 3/25 to help Drysdale to an eight-wicket win against Winchelsea.
Winch was all out for 91 with Todd Hardy (33) and James Stephenson (25) putting on 60 for the first wicket, but it went downhill from there.
The Hawks reached the target in 13 overs with eight wickets in hand as Leon Cox whacked 38 not out from 25 balls.
Surf Coast notched up a 10-wicket win against St Leonards with Shiv Mamotra’s 4/16 largely responsible.
The Saints were all out for 88 with Craig Day offering some resistance with 21.
Gurinder Singh (66 not out off 31 balls) then ensured the Suns got the runs in the eighth over.
Three wickets each to Tony Hanafin and Michael Washford had Queenscliff in the box seat against Newcomb.
Dylan Irwin hit 46 from 30 deliveries at the top of the order, but the Bulls couldn’t capitalise and were all out for 121 although Shaun Tebble made 28.
Kane Leatham then made a nice 57 not out from 48 balls to guide the Coutas home with five wickets and almost 15 overs in hand.
In C Grade, Adam Spiby and Jack Priestly were unlucky to miss out on centuries for Ocean Grove.
Spiby played beautifully for his 98 against Jan Juc while Priestly was run out on 97 as the Grubbers racked up 3/260 with Greg Scarpa contributing 37.
Baljeet Singh then took 3/7 from five overs to have Jan Juc all out for 100.
Veteran Graeme Dodkins made 64 and Paul Weight hit 52 while Michael Harper was unbeaten on 41 as Anglesea posted 4/209 against Collendina.
The Cobras gave the chase a good shake without ever looking likely to get there with Matt Gibbon (66), David Worn (27) and Xavier Gasper (25 not out) batting well, but when the 40 overs were up, the score stood at 3/168.
Barwon Heads’ 3rds gave their 4ths a hiding with Julian Perry making 86 not out, Ben McCredden 82 not out, Darren Fleet 48 and Brad Fleet 44 in a final score of 2/294.
James Ponsford (3/12) then ripped through the 4ths top order and young gun Elliot Gill stepped in to take 3/18 to have their clubmates all out for 87.
