Hanson routed the South batting line-up for 54 with a seven wicket haul in which he conceded just 18 runs from eight overs.
Earlier with opener Tom Stevens showing the way with 45, Rushworth posted an impressive 9/207.
— Stanhope’s batsmen led by Daryl Harrison with 67 and opener Brad Stewart with a half century compiled 6/189 which Rochester couldn’t challenge, out for 79.
— Opener Brett Andison with a half century and Brenton Sheppard with an unbeaten 43 helped Fire Brigade to a tidy total of 4/209 which BLU couldn’t match, restricted to 5/140.
Sheppard completed a good game by taking three wickets.
— Colbinabbin’s 96 of which Daniel Morgan made 32 was covered in 23 overs by Tongala with opener Rory Knight (24) and Braith Northausen with an unbeaten 22 leading the way for the winners.
C-grade
Lee Kempinski with 42, Ash Hughes (40) and Mackenzie Cowley (39) led Girgarre to 6/181 before its bowlers headed by Anthony Anderson with 4/8 and Ky McDonald with 3/13 restricted BLU to 9/55.
— Kyabram Fire Brigade led by openers Corey Carver (52) and Sam Vick (40), Brodie Boal-Ryan (30) and Phil Carroll (28) posted 9/216 against Rochester.
Then led by Carroll with 3/0, The Flames skittled the visitors for just 45 in 19.2 overs.
Echuca’s 108 was enough to get it the premiership points against Cooma which could only muster 69 in reply.
Nondies Cohuna forfeited to Stanhope.
D-grade
Ross Laurenson starred with both ball and bat in Fire Brigade easy win over Cooma.
Before striking with the ball, Laurenson with an unbeaten 27 and James Hargreaves with 42 and helped Fire Brigade to 8/139.
Then Laurenson ripped through the Cooma batting line-up, claiming 6/18 off 5.3 overs.
Billie Gahan with a top score of 25 and Kane Burt with an unbeaten 21 put up the most resistance with the bat for Cooma.
Rushworth scrambled to 8/58 against BLU which claimed victory in just over 18 overs.
— Girgarre 149 was enough to get the win over Tongala who came up 11 runs short.
An unbeaten 57 from Steve Phillips and 45 from Joe Jackson were the best contributions with the bat for Tongala.
