Tara Murray
Another weekend of play without a ball being bowled is to be completed in the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association.
After week one was called off due to not enough grounds being ready, there was hopes that week two would go ahead even if it was for the top couple of grades.
But competition secretary Ken Hilton advised clubs on Thursday that wouldn’t be the case.
“The VSDCA board has decided to abandon all games scheduled for Saturday, October 8,” he said.
“We have 19 grounds unavailable for use this Saturday, with another four which are doubtful due to the saturated state of their outfield.
“Play at these four grounds would only be possible with favourable drying conditions over the next 48 hours.”
Hilton said they would advise of the impact the loss of the first two Saturdays will have on the fixture in due course.
The first two weekends were meant to be the first two-day clash of the season in the first XI.
Round two is set to start next weekend with another two-dayer scheduled across the next two weekends.
In the east-west, Hoppers Crossing is set to face Bayswater, Donvale is set to host Spotswood, Williamstown is meant to be at home against Noble Park, Mt Waverley is set to host Altona, Yarraville is set to play Endeavour Hills, Taylors is set to travel to Croydon and Melton is set to host Werribee.
The VSDCA wasn’t the only team to cancel play on Saturday. The Victorian Turf Cricket Association, which also postponed round one, made the call on Wednesday that play wouldn’t go ahead.
The competition was meant to have had two one-day games to start the season. The first of the two-days games are meant to start this week.
The first round of the Western Region Junior Cricket Association was also meant to start on the weekend.
All matches in the under-13s, under-15s, under-16s and under-17.5s were cancelled.
