After winning a close encounter with Old Carey over three days in the semi-final, Marcellin played Bulleen at Koonung Reserve for the title of Wright Shield premiers.
Excellent bowling builds pressure however low total just isn’t enough to get Marcellin the victory.
Despite Danny ‘The Wolf’ Day continuing his Herculean achievement of never being dismissed in a Grand Final, the 3rd XI couldn’t keep their organised chaos on track for a win, falling to Richmond Union.
After a week off due to rain the Marcellin OCCC 2nd XI traveled to Heathmont for a one-day game. We happily welcomed the return of Nick Burt and the debut of Chetan Joshi for a tough match against a fellow top four contender. Captain Daniel Coloe won the toss and elected to bat.
The MOCCC 2nd XI suffered their first loss of the season to Ashburton in a nail biting finish on the Lyons Oval.
With just one change to the side, Peter French for his first game this season in the 1st XI, the MOCCC 1st XI arrived at a beautifully sunny Burwood. The wicket and outfield looked like they would be a joy to play on, and after winning the toss Captain Callan Stewart elected to bat.
The Marcellin OCCC 3rd XI fell an agonising 12 runs short of North Alphington's first innings total of 169 to experience it's second loss in a row at home in a cordially played game, where sundries and wickets were the difference in the final scores.
Round 2 saw the Marcellin OCCC 1st XI proudly stride out onto Donvale Reserve’s immaculately prepared number 1 ground to face the other Wright Shield newbies. The cloud formation overhead swirled around and threatened an array of different weather scenarios, however luckily (or unluckily) apart from a light drizzle, the rain stayed away and a ball of play was not lost.
In the second game of the Marcellin OCCC 3rd XI's 2017/18 season, and its first game at home, North Balwyn Combined took advantage of the boundary rope to race its way to chasing the 151 set by the 3rd XI in the first innings of the match.
The MOCCC 2nd XI played their first home game of the season against old rivals St. Kevin’s on a cool overcast Saturday in front of another bumper crowd.
The firsts turned out for game one at Marcellin against the league new boys, Burwood. A lot of
familiar faces, but with a new man at the helm and a new English recruit, we were excited to get
underway at home. We lost the toss and were thrown the ball, with Tristo and Jack ‘cuddles’ Grundy starting us off. It took cuddles only 3 balls to get our first chance, with the newly crowned skipper spilling an absolute dolly...
The MOCCC 2ndXI started the season with a comfortable win on the road against Ashburton. Captain Coloe won the toss and had no hesitation in batting. The original odd couple of Massarotti and Keogh opened the innings with both making solid scores in the 20’s. Dan Coloe and Paul Dinneen then came together and put on an entertaining third wicket stand of 73 before Paul was caught going for one too many big shots. A great knock of 52 to start the season. Coloe finished not out 40 as we made a very respectable 181 from our 40 overs.
Close but no cigar for MOCCC 2nd XI in their first 2 day game of the season. Losing the toss and bowling first in our away game at Mont Albert wasn’t part of the plan but a few early wickets to Day and Watty had us in a good position early at 5/56. Mont Albert’s lower order batted quite well as we dropped off a bit after tea and they ended up making 207 all out. Nick Watty was easily the pick of the bowlers taking five wickets, while Danny and Rushy bowled tightly all day.
The 3rd XI travelled to H.E Parker Reserve to take on Heathmont’s 2nd XI in a one day game.
Marcellin won the toss and elected to bat first.
Andy Keogh opened the batting and looked comfortable top scoring with 24. Unfortunately wickets regularly fell and with only 2 other players making double figures a final score of 10/98 off 39 overs was going to make it very difficult for the bowlers to defend.