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    Holly Bird.

Wimmera Girls just miss cricket final

Junior players from the Wimmera Girls Cricket League wrapped a Country Week competition in Hamilton last week.

Despite not running a competitive season in 2024-25, the WGCL sent a representative under-14 to take part in the Western Victoria Girls Shield, with players from Warrnambool bolstering their ranks.

The team started with an eight-wicket loss to Warrnambool-Moyne on Tuesday last week, before rebounding to thump Geelong by 65 runs, with Lara Angel scoring 29 runs and taking two wickets. The team’s second game on Wednesday was much closer, with the WGCL scoring 6-99 from its 20 overs and holding off Ballarat, 9-95, in a four-run thriller as captain Holly Bird of Swifts-Great Western top scored with 29.

Wimmera won its final pool game against Hamilton, posting a score of 5-85 behind an unbeaten 40 from Angel, and again held on in a thriller as the home side finished 5-80.



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Despite dropping only one match, the Wimmera team missed the grand final after recording a lower quotient and net run rate than Geelong, which went on to beat Warrnambool-Moyne.

A final Country Week competition for Grampians junior cricketers will finish on Sunday.

GCA is contesting the under-17 Kirton Shield in the Central Highlands region, losing their first match against Castlemaine on Monday by only nine runs. Set a target of 178, Grampians nearly reeled in the total thanks to Will Chamings’ 41, but lost their final four wickets for the addition of only seven runs. The team’s game against Maryborough was in progress yesterday. 

See next week’s Advertiser for final results.

The entire January 22, 2025 edition of The Weekly Advertiser is available online. READ IT HERE!