MELTON Central dominated against Grand United but couldn’t get the result it needed elsewhere as it missed the finals of B1 Turf.
Williamstown Congs beat Bellbridge by five runs to hold on to fourth spot in the second tier of Williamstown District Cricket Association.
St Johns beat Williamstown Imperials by 56 runs in a result that sent both to the finals.
Melton Central (fifth, 43) missed out behind Williamstown Congs (fourth, 45) and St Johns (third, 47).
Centrals won emphatically in their final game, making 1-140 in 23 overs to chase down Grand United’s 9-131 made in 40 overs. Scott Lumley was best of the bowlers with 3-24.
In A1 Turf, Melton South finished seventh of eight in the division after losing by eight wickets to Williamstown Imperials. South made 156 before the Imperials reached 2-161 with 27 balls to spare in reply.
In WSUCCA, Eynesbury Green could not beat Eynesbury Black by enough runs to overtake Charles Sturt University for top spot in the one-day grade.
The Black Eagles made 5-195 batting first, with Stuart Peters top-scoring with 70.
But a century from Justin Sidlecki led the Green Eagles to a six-wicket win, his 122no getting the chase home: 4-203 off 28 overs.
