Charlie Mclay made a B-line for his two older brothers immediately after walking off Vibert Reserve with his first Cricket Shepparton Haisman Shield century on Saturday.
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It wasn’t for a warm embrace or stinging high five, but more to remind the pair that he was the first in the family to post a three-figure score in the competition.
“Billy got a 97 last year and Jackson has gottten 50 and 60 before. The first thing I did was let them know I got there (to a century) first,” he said in a good-natured fashion.
McLay, 24, is the youngest of the three brothers who all have vital roles with Kyabram’s A-Grade team, eldest of the trio Jackson is Kyabram Redbacks Cricket Club coach and Bill is an accomplished opening batsmen-wicket keeper.
Charlie Mclay’s 111 came from just 130 deliveries, having come to the wicket in the fourth over and departed in the 45th (and last over), with just four deliveries of the innings remaining.
SCOREBOARD
A GRADE HAISMAN SHIELD
KARRAMOMUS v KYABRAM
(at Vibert Reserve)
Kyabram won toss and batted.
KYABRAM
B Mclay c Forge b Heslin...................17
D Ohlsen c Forbe b Keady...................4
C Mclay c Forge b Heslin................111
K Mueller c Crouch b Grrombridge..42
A Nunn not out..................................42
K Herbert run out................................2
J Mclay not out...................................0
Extras (1nb, 4w, 6b, 4lb)...................15
FIVE wkts (cc) for............................233
FOW: 18 (Ohlsen), 43 (B Mclay), 151 (Mueller), 228 (C Mclay), 234 (Herbert).
Bowling: L Keady 7-1-27-1, Z Nerbound 7-0-36-0, S Walton 4-0-38-0, A Heslin 9-1-40-2, L Sibley 9-0-39-0, Z Groombridge 9-0-43-1. Overs: 45.
KARRAMOMUS
M McGrath lbw b Ohlesn.................28
C Delahey b Chambers....................14
J Dhosi c J Mclay b Ohlsen.............21
Z Groombridge run out......................2
L Forge b Ohlsen...............................0
C Crouch c Ohlsen b Herbert..........19
S Walton c Nunn b Ohlsen................6
L Keady c B Mclay b Hanslow..........0
Z Newbound b Hanslow...................1
L SIbley not out...............................12
A Heslin c B Mclay b Hanslow.......10
Extras (2w, 2b, 5lb)...........................9
TOTAL...........................................122
FOW: 33, 69, 72, 72, 93, 99, 99, 108, 122.
Bowling: J Mclay 4.5-0-12-0, C Mclay 5-0-14-0, A McKenzie 4-1-11-0, N Chambers 4-2-10-1, A Nunn 3-0-13-0, D Ohlsen 9-3-11-4, K Herbert 9-1-33-1, L Hanslow 2.2-0-10-3. Overs: 41.2.
Kyabram won by 111 runs.
Kyabram had last week dismissed Karramomus for 122, in 41.2 overs. On Saturday the brilliance of Mclay was supported by Kyle Mueller (42 from 59 deliveries) and Adam Nunn (42 not out from 41 deliveries) for a 111 run win.
Kyabram batted after winning the toss, Mclay coming to the wicket to join brother Bill with the score at 1-18 in the fifth over. He departed with Kyabram 4-228 only four deliveries from the innings closure.
He shared in a 108-run stand with Kyle Mueller (42) and a 77-run stand with Adam Nunn (not out 42 from 41 deliveries).
Karramomus was all out for 122, in 41.2 overs, in reply as Darin Ohlsen took 4-11 from nine overs and Lukas Hanslow 3-10 from 2.2 overs. Karramomus was 2-69, then lost its last eight wickets for 53.
While Mclay was quick to remind his brothers of his feats, Mclay was understated in his description of the innings.
“I used a year’s worth of luck in one day,” he said.
“I got dropped, had a missed stumping and should have been run out. They dropped me when I was on five (runs).”
Mclay said there was no lack of advice from his opposition while batting and it was nice to achieve a goal that he had set after first being promoted up the order last year.
“They (Karramomus) were getting into me all day, they were a pretty young side,” he said.
Mclay said he had no idea what his score was until his teammates rose to their feat in unison to applaud his effort.
“I only hit one boundary (10 for the innings) after I had scored 50,” he said.
“They spread the field, so it was hard to get it through. The body was pretty sore at the end because it was my first game of the season.”
He said, if you asked his brothers, Charlie would be considered the siblings’ third-string batter.
Prior to Saturday’s century, a 79 last year (also against Karramomus) was his highest score.
He debuted at A-Grade level as a 15-year-old, but has always batted down the order and been considered a bowler.
“This is the second year I have been batting up the order, I am usually at nine or 10,” he said.
“We have plenty of batsmen.”
A rain-affected pre-season, along with Lancaster football premiership celebrations, meant preparation for the season was limited for the multi-talented sportsman.
Player availability also helped Mclay’s cause in being bumped up to number three.
After last year’s results he had a goal of scoring a century in A-Grade Shepparton competition.
“Last year I probably threw away a couple,” he said.
Mclay said it was great batting with captain Kyle Mueller, who was batting with 12 stitches in his head after a farm accident.
Mueller had been taken to hospital the night before after a farm accident, following on from him missing most of the football season with a foot injury.
“He is a brave man, every time he got a run he was in pain,” Mclay said.
Mclay was the toast of his new workplace, at the Church St Knights flooring business, on Monday.
– Kyabram Fire Brigade has an opportunity to exact revenge reigning Goulburn Murray Cricket A-Grade premier Echuca on Saturday.
The round-eight match comes after the club had a 43-run win against Rochester on Saturday at Northern Oval, on the back of a 20-over, three-wicket spell from all-rounder Rob Salter.
It was an outstanding all-round return for Salter, who last week made 42 in the team’s 222-run total.
Fire Brigade added 34 to its overnight tally, losing its final five wickets in a 10-over stint where Jake Gascoyne notched a half century and Chare Smith hit a lively 15.
Rochester, after an initial attempt to chase the tally, went into defensive mode and was aiming for a draw. It batted for 72.5 overs for its 179 before Salter, 3-48 and Jack Donnell (2-18 from 8.1 overs) combined with West Indian Smith (3-57 from 24 overs) to claim the two-day first-innings victory.
Echuca beat Fire Birgade in the opening round of the delayed season by 35 runs.
SCOREBOARD
GOULBURN MURRAY A-GRADE
John McMahon Shield
Kyabram Fire Brigade v Rochester
Fire Brigade resumed at 6-168
(Gascoyne 43, Hooper 0)
KYABRAM FIRE BRIGADE
J Gascoyne c Williams b Wade. 58
C Hooper c Waters b Hamitlon.....3
C Smith run out............................15
J Donnell not out..........................12
J Barnett c Evans b Waters...........2
Extras (1w, 4b, 4lb).........................9
TOTAL..........................................222
Bowling: M Wade 11-2-34-3, J Hamilton 11-1-28-1, K Waters 7.5-1-45-1, D Cuttriss 15-4-42-0, F Cleary 17-4-46-2.
ROCHESTER
B Evans c Campbell b Smith......0
B Byrne lbw b Donnell................82
J Bunce c Hooper b Salter.........18
D Cuttriss run out........................22
J Hamilton c & b Salter................20
O Williams c Gascoyne b Donnell.4
F Cleary c Gascoyne b Salter.........8
M Harrington b Smith.....................0
K Waters c & b Smith......................5
M Wade not out...............................7
N Rasmussen lbw b Campbell........2
Extras (3nb, w, 5b, 2lb)....................11
TOTAL............................................179
FOW: 0 (Evans), 29 (Bunce), 65 (Cuttriss), 119 (Hamilton), 128 (Williams), 145 (Cleary), 146 (Harrington), 152 (Waters), 171 (Byrne), 179 (Rasmussen).
Bowling: C Smith 24-8-57-3, J Barnett 7-0-25-0, R Salter 20-5-48-3, B Campbell 6.5-2-11-1, T Watson 2-0-2-0, P Newman 4-1-13-0, J Donnell 8.1-0-16-2. Overs 72.5.
Fire Brigade won by 43 runs.
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