General News
28 February, 2025
Sweet 16 ... Gooding stars in flag victory
COOPER Gooding has capped off a stunning Upper Loddon junior season with a premiership and being named player of the finals. It was Gooding’s third successive junior flag as Boort Yando went through the season undefeated. Gooding, Finlay Arnold...
COOPER Gooding has capped off a stunning Upper Loddon junior season with a premiership and being named player of the finals.
It was Gooding’s third successive junior flag as Boort Yando went through the season undefeated.
Gooding, Finlay Arnold, Deklan King and Owen Byrne had been part of last season’s victorious Upper Loddon side and were in the team that took Northern Rivers under 13 honours in 2022-2023.
His not out 51 on Saturday when Boort overcame a shaky start that saw Owen Byrne and skipper Luke Boyd back in the pavilion early helped drive the premiers to a commanding 141.
Tyler Murphy, Morgan Lonza and Xavier Wilson shared the wickets.
In the second day of play at Bridgewater on Sunday - Gooding’s 16th birthday - he chipped in with two wickets as Kingower rapidly collapsed after losing top order bats.
Lonza, Smith and Riley Murphy were impressive in tackling the high Boort target.
But Perryman, Arnold and King found good length to put Boort on track to a successful title defence.
After the dismissal of Murphy, Kingower could only add another 17 runs before being all out.
Perryman’s five wickets was the best of Boort’s bowlers.
The premiership shield and cup were presented to Boort skipper Boyd and coach Tim Byrne by Ian Gould while Inglewood Community Bank chairman Linda Younghusband presented season awards and premiership medallions.
Association president John Daldy congratulated the four teams that made up the association’s competition for the season.
Gooding’s performance for the season also saw him named player of the year and top the batting award with 457 runs.
Until round seven, Gooding had not been dismissed in his time at the crease when his lowest score had been 30 retired not out. In the two matches that followed, he had been dismissed – but not before making 89 and 86 respectively against Kingower and Wedderburn Band.
As wicketkeeper for Boort, he had a good season with the glove with eight catches.
Boort Yando d Kingower
Boort Yando
O. Byrne c R. Smith T. Murphy 0
L. Boyd b X. Wilson 5
C. Gooding retired not out 51
J. O’Flaherty c J. Penrose b X. Wilson 3
D. King c&b R. Leach 4
T. Zanker c M. Rose b R. Leach 1
B. McPherson c M. Rose b M. Lonza 34
S. McClelland b M. Lonza 9
C. Hird not out 15
F. Arnold not out 3
Extras 16
Total 7/141
Bowling: T. Murphy 10-2-17-1, R. Smith 10-3-11-0, R. Murphy 3-0-8-0, X. Wilson 9-1-27-2, R. Leach 8-1-44-2, F. Lonza 5-1-18-0, M. Lonza 8-3-12-2.
Kingower
T. Murphy b F. Arnold 2
M. Lonza c C. Hird b D. Perryman 11
R. Smith b F. Arnold 19
R. Murphy b D. King 14
R. Leach c J. O’Flaherty b D. Perryman 0
X. Wilson c D. King b D. Perryman 0
J. Penrose b C. Gooding 0
F. Lonza c J. O’Flaherty b O. Byrne 1
M. Rose c B. McPherson c O. Byrne 1
H. Leach c D. King b C. Gooding 3
A. Wilson not out 0
Extras 23
Total 10/74
Bowling: J. O’Flaherty 5-0-7-0, F. Arnold 7-2-14-2, B. McPherson 3-1-5-0, L. Boyd 2-0-13-0, D. Perryman 5-0-16-3, D. King 3-0-9-1, C. Hird 2-1-1-0, O. Byrne 4-1-6-2, C. Gooding 2.3-1-1-2.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Cooper Gooding (Boort) 577
Tyler Murphy (Kingower) 445
Beau Hartnell (wedderburn) 370
Morgan Lonza (Kingower) 360
Lewis Lonsdale (Bridgewater) 265
BATTING AVERAGE
Cooper Gooding (Boort) 437
Tyler Murphy (Kingower) 360
Morgan Lonza (Kingower) 320
Lewis Lonsdale (Bridgewater) 200
Beau Hartnell (Wedderburn) 180
MOST WICKETS
Flynn Lonza (Kingower) 13
Blaz Cramp (Wedderburn) 12
Ryder Smith (Kingower) 11
Owen Byrne (Boort) 11
BOWLING AVERAGE
Owen Byrne (Boort) 3.27
Flynn Lonza (Kingower) 4.54
Jenson Birthisel (Bridgewater) 5.00
Ryder Smith (Kingower) 10.00
Blaz Cramp (Wedderburn) 12.67