Chasing Colbinabbin’s 162 Andison with 98 with 13 fours and four sixes and Chapman with 53 ensured the nine-wicket-win in 28.2 overs.
Earlier Adam McPhee had made 88 with 10 fours and 2 sixes to help Colbo post a respectable score against some good bowling led by youthful talent Nic Jephson with 3/21.
Fire Brigade meets Northern United in the final round and has to rely on Moama losing to Rochester to be a chance to slip into the top four.
— Finals-bound Stanhope could only muster only 9/114 against Northern United, but it proved enough to get the premiership points.
Jorge Maxwell with 33 top scored for Stanhope and five of their seven bowlers took wickets.
— Tongala bowled Leitchville Gunbower out for 130 but could make only 97 in reply with openers Darcy Maloney (28) and Rory Knight (23) getting no support.
— James Harney with 77 helped Elmore to a respectable 4/173 which couldn’t be match by Rushworth despite the efforts of Shannon Jarrett (30), Brett Pateman (27) and Harley Nancarrow (21).
C-Grade
Girgarre, with opener Matt McCready making 89 with 9 fours and 3 sixes and Mackenzie Cowley with a half century, built an impressive 9/220 which was never challenged by Tongala, out for just 46 with Simon Doolan grabbing 4/0 from 3.2 overs in a purple patch of bowling.
— Stanhope had to work hard to cover Fire Brigade’s score of 7/117 with Jon Pearson’s 34, Jacob Gillie’s 25 and Daniel West’s unbeaten 22 securing a two wicket win for their side.
Lachy Elliott starred with the ball for The Flames with 4/22 off seven overs.
D-Grade
Top-side Girgarre had the better of second placed Echuca in a tight, low-scoring clash.
Echuca was restricted to 7/111 and Girgarre, led by Steve Phillips with an unbeaten 45 and opener Charlie Lowe (33), got their side over the line.
— Rushworth with a half century from David Baldwin (50) and Peter Raglus (24) opening the innings rounded up Fire Brigade’s score of 5/92 in 23 overs for a solid eight wickets win.
— Tongala just failed to overhaul BLU’s score of 7/173, coming up six runs short after half centuries by Scott McKenzie and Stephen Townsend.
