NEWCASTLE DISTRICT CRICKET
Round 1
MEREWETHER 194 – WARATAH MAYFIELD 107
HAMWICKS 7/196 – NEWCASTLE CITY 6/194
WESTS 95 BELMONT 61
WALLSEND 8/157 – UNIVERSITY 156
TORONTO 5/196 – CARDIFF BOOLAROO 195
CHARLESTOWN 218 – STOCKTON TERRACE 186
Defending champion’s Merewether have survived a scare against Waratah-Mayfield, with Mark Cameron scoring 95 not out to rescue the Lions who were struggling at 4 for 6.
In other games, Wallsend beat Uni, Toronto and Charlestown also scored wins in round one, which doubled as a round of the SCG Country Cup.
At Waratah Oval, Merewether was defending 193 and Cameron was just as sharp with the ball, snaring the wicket of James Rushford.
Luke Blackaby didn’t hold back against the former Australia A bowler, but in the end the Lions would roar loudest.
