Rain keeps the Swans ‘afloat’

WHILE Victoria was grateful for the weekend’s rain, the state’s cricketers could be forgiven for being annoyed as all Saturday games were washed out.
Premier Cricket side Casey-South Melbourne might be the exception to the rule after escaping another imminent defeat at the hands of Camberwell.
The Swans were defending 167 and the Magpies were already on 2/58 heading into day two and looked likely to take the points.
The Swans will face their final opponent of 2008, Fitzroy-Doncaster, in a one-day clash this Saturday at Schramms Reserve at 11am, before the holiday break.
The wet weather denied Endeavour Hills a chance to jump up the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association ladder, halting play with The Hills chasing Brighton’s day-one score of 9/228.
Endeavour Hills remains eighth on the ladder, the last of six sides equal on 21 points, but has a chance to jump up with a one-dayer against Malvern this Saturday at Sydney Pargeter Reserve from 12.30pm.
The Dandenong District Cricket Association will have a round of one-dayers this weekend after the first day of the planned two-day games was washed out.
The highlight of the round will undoubtedly be top side Springvale South taking on reigning premier and fourth-placed Berwick at Alex Nelson Reserve.
Berwick had a sluggish start to the season, but has found form in recent weeks and is coming off an outright victory over Coomoora.
– Stuart Teather