NOWRA Green skipper Grahame Morris led the way for his team by scoring a century against Ulladulla United at the Added Area on Saturday.
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Morris and Geoff Rumble (43) put on 110 for the first wicket, before youngster Ryan Henry chipped in with a valuable 29 runs.
Morris hit 17 fours and two sixes in his innings of 109, as the Greens racked up a healthy 8/261 in their 40 overs.
Darren Smith (3/3) was the pick of the bowlers for Ulladulla, while Bethany Nielsen (2/48) and Nathan Avery (2/59) took two wickets each.
The Greens made light work of Ulladulla, who were bowled out for 86 in their innings.
They made a decent start thanks to George Nielsen (50) and Chris Jones (22) at the top of the order, but it all fell apart from there.
Ulladulla had been 3/77, before losing their remaining seven wickets for just nine runs.
Alex Hedger did the most damage for the Greens, with 3/4 from four overs, while Clayton Hewitt (2/11), Justin Rumble (2/10) and Ryan Henry (2/0) chimed in with two wickets each.
Over at Lyrebird Park, Shoalhaven Ex-Servicemen had a huge win over Berry-Shoalhaven Heads.
Berry batted first and made a slow start, losing last week’s centurion Matt Watson for just one.
Peter Richardson (19) and Stuart Richardson (13), Richard Ingle (13) and Ryan Lord (15) all got starts, but none of them were able to go on with it.
Berry could only manage a total of 74.
Luke Hopper (4/13) was the chief destroyer for Ex-Servos, while Stan Economos (2/26) was their next best bowler.
Ex-Servos didn’t muck around in their pursuit of the small total, needing less than 10 overs before reaching 2/75.
Warren Forbes (43 not out) made sure it was a quick run chase, hitting six fours and two sixes.
In the other fourth grade game, Nowra White opened their account against Bay and Basin at Huskisson Oval.
Basin batted first and made a decent start, thanks to Marcus Lamb (56) and Mike Matthews (22).
However, they fell away in the middle order, with Aden Twiner (22) the only player to get a start in Basin’s total of 149.
Nowra skipper Chris Morris was the pick of the bowlers for his side with 4/31, while Ricky Bonhert came on at the end to finish with 2/0.
The Whites made a shaky start to their run chase, slumping to 5/27 at one stage, with Mike Matthews (3/27) doing the most damage.
But captain Morris came and steadied the ship, putting on 89 runs with Byron Fry for the sixth wicket.
Morris made an even 50, while Fry fell just short of a half-century with 44.
Philip Crompton and Darren Trewin each finished with 10 not out to carry the Whites over the line to 7/161.
Next week Berry will play the Greens at Zealand Oval, Bay and Basin are back at Huskisson against Ulladulla, while the Whites play host to Ex-Servos at the Added Area.