Melton Falcons Superleague 2024

Happy fathers day to all the dads and everyone taking on the role of dad, in the Falcons family.

Have a great day 🏏

Although we didn't have much luck on the team award side of things, we did have a few individual awards and special mentions:

Congratulations to the following players for their selection in the teams of the year.

Div 3 -

Grant Miller

Div 2 -

Michael Yates
Shaun Collins
Warren Haffenden

Also b+f mentions to:

Div 3:

-Grant tied 5th
-Trent tied 5th

Div 2:

-Yates 2nd (missed winning by 1 vote)
-Treva tied 4th
-Collo tied 7th
-Wazza tied 10th

Most runs div 2 - Yates
Most wickets div 2 - Treva

Thanks to all players that played this season across both grades, especially ones that helped out when teams need them. Hopefully we can generate some more interest moving forward and get some new players to join us for the ride next season.

Thanks again 👍.

Finals Week 2:

The Div 2 Falcons headed back to Werribee last night in persuit of a premiership.

*PRELIM FINAL*

The game against Werribee started well with the Falcons winning the toss and electing bat. The first pair of wazz + Treva got things off to flyer putting in 47, Joey + Trent came in second and ground out 13, Paul + Collo smashed 48 and Wayne + Yates rounded things out with 33 to give them a very good total of 141 to defend. The bowling and fielding was on point and didn't let up through the whole innings, with Werribees first pair making 25, the second pair making 18, third pair 9 and lastly 28 for a total of 80, the Falcons winning by 61 runs and earning a spot in the GF against Pirates!

Wazza 26 + 2/3 (+23)
Treva 21 + 2/1 (+20)
Collo 20 + 2/2 (+18)

*GRAND FINAL*

The toss was win again and again the Falcons chose to bat, in the hopes of adding scoreboard pressure.

Wazz + Trev started things with a slightly wobbly 18, Collonand Pauly clubbed 40 unfortunately on the last ball Collo went down with a groin injury which ended his night. Joey and Ben scratched their way to 3, Wayne and Yates finished things off with 23 giving the Falcons 84 to play with, not as much as they'd hoped for but runs in the board and being a final, funny things can happen. The bowling and fielding was again on point for the most part, although they definitely missed Collo in the field and with the ball. Pirates first pair made 22, the second made 12 and at the half way mark, the Falcons were in front. Pirates 3rd pair made 22, leaving the final pair 29 to win.
Some tight bowling meant that after 3 overs pirates had 21 and needing 8 off the final over, which was bowled by a bowler they were able to choose with the injury to Collo, scores were level on the last ball but unfortunately the Falcons were unable to get a wicket, pirates winning by 4 runs to take the title in what was a great game if cricket all round.

Collo 21 + DNB (+21)
Wazza 16 + 4/-4 (+20)
Ben 5 + 4/1 (+4)

It was a massive effort from the Falcons to do it the hard way from 3rd to make the GF and then go down in a very close game in the GF. Great work boys, and great season 💪.

Hi all.

Div 2 are heading back to Werribee tomorrow night to continue their finals campaign for 2024. A knockout final v Werribee is up first at 7:30pm, a win will see them progress to the Grand final v Pirates at 9:00pm.

It's all or nothing 💪

If you're in the area or simply interested in seeing a tough indoor cricket contest which is sure to be spectacle to watch, pop into Werribee indoor sports tomorrow night and support the team 👌.

Best of luck gents 👍.

DIV 2 finals wrap...

THe div 2 guys were in the same position as the div 3 guys, needing to win to survive.

Knights batted first and got out of the blocks quickly, the first pair coming out on 35. The Falcons rallied, keeping the next 3 pairs to 31 total, the knights finishing on 66, a lowish total, but in finals anything can happen.

The Falcons started slowly, first skin to the Knights, Melton making 9. A solid second and 3rd pair had Melton up 2 skins to 1 and needing 7 from the last pair to win. Things didn't go exactly as hoped, with the Falcons scraping over the line by 7 runs.

Melton 73(3) v Knights 66(1)

Shaun 20 + 1/6 (+14)
Wayne 8 + 2/1 (+7)
Trent 10 + 3/7 (+3)

They will be looking for a much more polished performance next week as they take on Werribee first up, needing to win for a shot at the grand final against Pirates.

Good luck fellas 🤞

Div 3 finals wrap...

Div 3 batted first against Hurricanes, putting on a total of 67. Not as much as they would have hoped for, but runs on the board can be handy, especially in finals. It was fairly even at the half way mark of the Hurricanes inningsbsonitbwas still game on.
They falcons were still in it with the last hurricanes pair needing 10 to win, but unfortunately things didn't go the Falcons way, Hurricanes eventually getting over the line by 22.

It was a massive effort by the boys considering they hadn't won a game until they won the last 3 home and away games in a row to sneak themselves into the finals at the last minute.

Bad luck gents.

Melton 67(1) v Hurricanes 89(3)

Josh 2 + 3/-6 (+8)
Grant 24 + 0/17 (+7)
Daniel 16 + 2/11 (+5)

**FINALS TIME**

2 big games tomorrow night with both Div 2 and Div 3 starting their finals campaigns in Werribee and needing to win to progress through to next week!

Div 2 v Knights 7:30pm
Div 3 v Hurricanes 7:30pm

If you're in the area feel free to drop in and supports the teams.

After last nights amazing effort from the div 3 guys, the Falcons will have both div 2 and div 3 in finals next Friday the 23rd 💪.

Both games will be played at Werribee and both at 7:30pm.

If you're in the area or are looking for something to do, feel free to pop in and support both teams as they aim to keep their seasons alive.

What a night!

The div 3 boys have come from absolutely nowhere to snag a spot in the finals!!

After an extremely tough season for them, they played their best cricket of the season at the right time to win both games at home tonight and sneak into 4th 💪.

Game 1:

Melton 152(4) v Pirates 45(0)

Josh 25 + 3/-4 (+29)
Trent 26 + 2/0 (+26)
Grant 25 + 2/2 (+23)

Game 2:

Melton 118(2) v North Geelong 79(2)

Laurie 20 + 3/1 (+19)
Jereme 26 + 1/12 (+14)
Grant 26 + 2/13 (+13)

Great work fellas 💪💪💪

The Div 3 falcons play their last 2 home and away games of the season tomorrow night against Pirates and Nth Geelong. They are still a mathematical chance of sneaking into finals so it promises to be an exciting night of cricket! Their games are at home at 7:00pm + 8:15pm. Get down and support the boys if you get the chance 💪.