Wallington well on top

Billy Gravett picked up two early wickets for Wallington.

Wallington holds the upper hand going into day two of its A1 Grade clash against Winchelsea.

Winch won the toss and batted first, but couldn’t get a partnership going.

Billy Gravett grabbed two early wickets to have Winch on the back foot from the get go.

Baiden Luppino (47 not out from 201 deliveries) and reliable skipper Shane Murdoch (29 off 80) dug in, but Wallington was on top the entire innings.

Ever consistent Dane Wise-Graham took 5/28 from 12.3 overs and Matt Sampson-Barnes chimed in with two wickets to have Winchelsea all out for 129 in the 68th over.

The Wallabies had a tricky four overs to negotiate before stumps, but Nick Adamson and Henry McIntosh emerged unscathed, heading to the sheds at 0/8.

Wallington is in control of its C1 Grade game against Ocean Grove, bowling the Grubbers out for 108 in 59 overs. Damien Biemans took 4/27 and is having some sort of season with both bat and ball. Wallington had one over to bat before stumps and will go into next week at 0/5.

Wallington dismissed Queenscliff for 122 in C2 Grade with James Devine taking three wickets while Josh Sagor made 48 not out. In reply, Wallington is 3/30 with the game in the balance.

Wallington enjoyed another win in D Grade, this time at the expense of Queenscliff. Queenscliff was all out for 128 with Matt Shipsides (3/6) and Will Dunstan (3/30) having success. In reply, Wallington passed the required total with five wickets and 15 overs in hand with Shipsides (34) and Shaun Robinson (28 not out) getting runs while Michael Philip took 4/37 for the Coutas.