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1993 Pre-season Competition - "B" Grade

Two Semi Finals and The Grand Finals
Played on Sunday 4th April 1993

Cairns Mulgrave Baseball League "B" Grade results from Sunday's Pre-season finals played at Trinity Beach

Semi Final #1
The Sharks Under 18 side showed their supremacy over their older counterparts in the "B" Grade Semi Final.
The youngsters, led by Darren Wilson on the mound, shut Sharks "B" down to two hits for the game to take a 14-0 victory.

Semi Final #2
In the other cross pool Semi Final, the Heat v Bears match was a much tougher clash.
Heat outbatted Bears ten hits to three but only scrapped home by the narrowest of scores.
Bears got the jump and led 5-0 after the first innings and Heat levelled at six all after the second innings.
Heat went ti their first lead in the third innings and were leading 9-6 at the top of the fourth inning - with Bears having one bat to go.
Bears came back solidly and a double from Scott Thomsett almost put them ahead in the winners circle but Heat held on grimly to win 9-8.
John Lythgo and Terry Beattie with three hits each were the best for Heat and Thomsett crashed two for the Bears.
Heat and Sharks Under 18 then doubled back to meet head on in the Grand Final.

Grand Final
In an upset in events, Sharks fronted with a pitcher who had not played the required two games in the fixture rounds and Heat took out the trophy on a forfeit.
An unfortunate turn of events, but it may inspire the clubs to read their rules carefully in the future and maybe such events will be avoided in the 1993 season.

The Starting Line-up

Coach - Danny McGilvray
Assistant Coach - Warren Flanigan
Pitcher - Michael Rogge
Catcher - Rod Boland
First base - Graeme Owen
Second base - Danny McGilvray
Third base - John Lythgo
Short stop - Warren Hollenback
Left field - Graham Dalton
Centre field - Terry Beattie
Right field - Alistair Macfarlane
Players away - Larry Mahoney, David Ware, Mick Pearson