All the top performers from GCA and BPCA from round two of 2023/24 season

A host of Geelong stars put their names up in lights in round two of the GCA and the BPCA competitions. See the best performers from every grade.

All the top performers from round 2.

There were a host of big performances across the region and none were bigger than the bowling display from Waurn Ponds’s Dhanuja Haturusingha.

The opening bowler helped skittle skittle North Shore for 30, taking a stunning 6/15 from his eight overs.

South Barwon skipper Nick Butters starred with an unbeaten 76 from 57 deliveries to notch the highest score in GCA1 1st XI as his teammate Clinton Place and Newtown & Chilwell bowler Noah Guido both claimed five-wicket hauls.

Jordan Tegelhunter wowed for Newtown & Chillwell with a blistering 82 from 33 balls in the 2nd XI competition, while Mark Johnson and Marcus Occhipinti clubbed tons in the BPCA one day competition, both retiring not out on 101.

Barwon Heads batter Brent McMinn also hit an unbeaten century off 74 deliveries in BPCA A1.

See every top performer from every GCA and BPCA grade.

South Barwon captain Nick Butters. Picture: Wes Cusworth.

GCA

GCA1 1ST XI

MOST RUNS

Nick Butters (South Barwon) – 76* (57)

Andrew Hodgson (St Joseph’s) – 60 (100)

Leigh Lorenzen (South Barwon) – 57 (52)

Brayden Engelen-Baker (Grovedale) – 52* (67)

Daniel Blatherwick (Lara) – 52 (100)

MOST WICKETS

Noah Guido (Newtown & Chillwell) – 5/46 (8)

Clinton Place (South Barwon) – 5/28 (9)

Declan Gibson (Leopold) – 3/4 (2)

James McMahon (East Belmont) – 3/38 (10)

Bailey Sykes (Lara) – 3/40 (10)

Camian O’Brien (Torquay) – 3/25 (9)

GCA 2 1ST XI

MOST RUNS

Tom Treble (Leopold) – 81 (134)

Joseph Vallelonga (Leopold) – 64 (93)

Leigh Kentish (Torquay) – 57* (64)

Ben Muir (Bell Post Hill) – 53* (74)

Cody Brogden (Geelong City) – 52 (70)

MOST WICKETS

Daniel Grozdanovski (Murgheboluc) – 4/25 (10)

Makuya Perera (Bell Post Hill) – 4/17

Tom Treble batting for Leopold.

GCA 3 1ST XI

2 matches abandoned

MOST RUNS

James Hickleton (Bannockburn) – 67

MOST WICKETS

Shane Bremner (Corio) – 3/22 (9)

Brodie Coon (Corio) – 3/22 (6)

Angus Cranny (Alexander Thomson) – 3/49 (8)

GCA 4 1st XI

MOST RUNS

Troy Bott (Meredith) – 92

Bailey Croker (Little Rivers) – 78*

Tyler Dittloff (Meredith) – 61*

MOST WICKETS

Dhanuja Haturusingha (Waurn Ponds) – 6/15 (8)

Troy Oakley (Waurn Ponds) – 4/14 (8)

Eugene Stanciu (Newcomb & District) – 4/25 (8)

Jaykeb Paley (Newcomb & District) – 3/18 (7)

Rabi Uddin Shamimi (Little River) – 3/24 (9)

Luke Wright (Little Rivers) – 3/27 (9)

GCA 1 2ND XI

MOST RUNS

Jordan Tegelhuter (Newtown & Chillwell) – 82*(33)

Clayton Paull (Grovedale) – 67

Harry Gamble (South Barwon) – 66

Shane Kelton (Highton) – 58

Varinder Singh Cheema (Lara) – 58

Mitchell Keane (St Joseph’s) – 52 (59)

MOST WICKETS

Thomas Webster (North Geelong) – 5/31 (10)

Blake Ash (Lara) – 4/34 (9)

Jordan Lewis (Newton & Chillwell) – 3/19 (10)

Darcy Waller (Highton) – 3/30 (10)

GCA 2 2ND XI

MOST RUNS

Alistair Grant (Geelong West) – 78 (58)

Trent Leslie (Marshall Bears) – 69

Hayden McCallum (St Peters) – 63 (69)

Andrew Rosos (Torquay) – 56*

MOST WICKETS

Dileep Naralasetti (Bell Post Hill) – 4/30

Terrence Hill (Torquay) – 3/14

Rajasekhar reddy Lankireddy (Geelong West) – 3/29

Hayden Nicol (St Peters) – 3/45

Cohen Emmerson (Torquay) – 3/47’

GCA 3 2nd XI

MOST RUNS

Pulkit Sharma (St Albans Breakwater) – 76

Kaiden Henry (Bell Park) – 70

Jayden Ettridge (Bell Park) – 56*

MOST WICKETS

Kurt Bamford (Modewarre) – 5/11 (10)

Nathan Robbins (Bell Park) – 4/9

Darcy Foran (Bannockburn) – 4/20 (10)

Tynan Kelly (Bell Park) 3/26 (10)

GCA 1 3RD XI

MOST RUNS

Xavier Watson (St Joseph’s) – 74*

Charlie Windt (Newton & Chillwell) – 70

Grant Armistead (North Geelong) – 64

Cohen Hall (South Barwon) – 64

Joe Garipoli (Lara) – 63

Chris McFarlane (St Joseph’s) – 59

David Roach (Lara) – 56

Lachlan Dalkin (Grovedale) – 52*

MOST WICKETS

Ben Casey (Grovedale) – 5/23

Robert Dune (East Belmont) – 5/37 (8)

Connor Blackwell (South Barwon) – 4/27 (9)

Tom Clark (St Joseph’s) – 3/3 (5)

Mihir Patel (Newtown & Chillwell) – 3/21

Mitchell Harrison (Highton) – 3/23 (7)

Tom Levick (Newtown & Chillwell) – 3/24

Allen Smart (Lara) – 3/39 (9)

Grant Armistead (North Geelong) – 3/42 (9)

GCA 2 3RD XI

No scorecard for Torquay

MOST RUNS

Aaron Dowd (Leopold) – 89 (119)

Jarrod Krajnc (Geelong City) – 88 (88)

Gary Wilson (Murgheboluc) – 50

MOST WICKETS

Travis Lang (St Peters) – 4/39 (8)

Najebullah Soomro (Bell Post Hill) – 3/24 (9)

GCA 1 4TH XI

MOST RUNS

Andrew Sadowy (Newtown & Chillwell) – 51* (48)

MOST WICKETS

Lewis Povey (Newtown & Chillwell) – 6/21 (4)

Saurabh Saini (North Geelong) – 4/23 (8)

Noah Caracella (St Joseph’s) – 3/20 (9)

Andrew Carmody (St Joseph’s) – 3/30 (9)

Connor Baensch (South Barwon) – 3/45 (9)

BPCA A1 (R WARREN SHIELD)

MOST RUNS

Brent McMinn (Barwon Heads) – 104* (76)

David Peel (Inverleigh) – 84 (118)

Clay Mulgrew (Armstrong Creek) – 69* (104)

Steven Nicholson (Anglesea) – 60 (76)

Harry Melzer (Barwon Heads) – 50* (63)

MOST WICKETS

Lachlan Brown (Barrabool) – 5/22 (7)

Matthew High (Barwon Heads) – 4/6 (4)

Darcy Elliott (Anglesea) – 4/28 (8)

Jason Robertson (Armstrong Creek) – 3/22 (8)

Lachlan Mulgrew (Armstrong Creek) – 3/27 (7)

Lachlan Brown took five wickets. Picture: Mike Dugdale

BPCA A2 (G BATE SHIELD)

MOST RUNS

Corey Walter (Collendina) – 90* (113)

Brenton Toole (Portarlington) – 80 (100)

Jacon Malcolm (Drysdale) – 78*

Shane Healey (Newcomb) – 60 (87)

Richard Dawes (Surfcoast) – 60 (102)

Shane Murdoch (Winchelsea) 58* (87)

MOST WICKETS

Stephen Illingworth (Portarlignton) – 4/15 (8)

Blake Dobbin (Drysdale) – 3/16 (5)

Jack Every (Collendina) – 3/20 (8)

Thomas Hartson (Surfcoast) – 3/26 (8)

Angus Peters (Collendina) – 3/28 (8)

BPCA B1 (G MALCOLM SHIELD

MOST RUNS

Darren Duff (Portarlington) – 81* (94)

Robert Mackie (Barwon Heads) – 65* (66)

Cameron Fletcher (Barrabool) – 55* (76)

MOST WICKETS

Thomas Kent (Ocean Grove) – 4/6 (5)

Luke Schilling (Barwon Heads) – 4/26 (8)

Matthew McGuane (Anglesea) – 3/18 (8)

Jacob Taylor (Ocean Grove) – 3/22 (8)

Charlie Scott (Barrabool) – 3/25 (8)

Murray Biemans (Wallington) – 3/32 (8)

BPCA B2 GRADE (R MENZIES SHIELD)

MOST RUNS

Tony Mirabella (Barwon Heads) – 89*

Matthew Pratt (Queenscliff) – 75*

Damien Biemans (Wallington) – 54 (29)

MOST WICKETS

Marcus Warton (Inverleigh) – 4/30 (8)

BPCA C1 GRADE (D EVERETT SHIELD)

MOST RUNS

Grant McIntosh (Collendina) – 69 (88)

Greg Scarpa (Ocean Grove) – 60*

Nic Johnson (Armstrong Creek) – 59*

Tony Boyd (Queenscliff) – 53*

Mark Howard (Barwon Heads) – 53*

MOST WICKETS

Zac Pahl (Barrabool) – 3/14 (5)

Matthew Bellingham (Ocean Grove) – 3/14 (4)

Jonathon Richards (Drysdale) – 3/16 (7)

BPCA ONE DAY (C TREWIN SHIELD)

MOST RUNS

Mark Johnson (Wallington) – 101* (75)

Marcus Occhipinti (Wallington) – 101* (98)

Sean O’Leary (Barwon Heads) – 92

Phil Bishop (Queenscliff) – 91* (59)

Chris Huxtable (Jan Juc) – 80

Jake Johnston (Armstrong Creek) – 55* (43)

Matt Gibbon (Collendina) – 54

Noah Collins (Anglesea) – 52*

MOST WICKETS

Craig Atkins (Collendina) – 4/18 (4)

Ash Bassett (Jan Juc) – 3/19 (5)

Paul Summers (Barwon Heads) – 3/46

Originally published as All the top performers from GCA and BPCA from round two of 2023/24 season