It wasn't a day for the bowlers on Saturday - except for Kinross'- as Cavaliers, Orange City, Bathurst City and St Pat's Old Boys all batted their way into the box seat of their respective round three encounters, the students' effort with the ball was their catalyst.
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Four of those sides look to be on the way to victory while St Pat's Old Boys have actually already secured first innings points against City Colts, who once again failed to fire with the bat and will now be forced to fight off an outright result.
As it stands, it looks like next weekend's second day will deliver the expected results, which will leave two sides winless and reeling at the bottom of the table.
CAVALIERS (6-357) lead CYMS by 357 runs
Led by skipper Matt Corben, Cavaliers posted a formidable day one tally and look likely to declare before the start of play next week, although that means the maroons' captain will sacrifice a chance at a double ton.
He finished the day unbeaten on 174, belting 26 boundaries and combining beautifully with Hugh Middleton (95) in a 178-run opening stand which catapulted Cavaliers into the box seat.
Middleton the was the aggressor in that partnership, smashing 18 boundaries before being skittled by Aquinder Dhillion (2-25) in the 38th overs, with Corben on 70 at the time.
Cavaliers' skipper took the reins after that and was given good support by Harry Pearce (31) in a 99-run, fifth-wicket stand.
Hugh Le Lievre (3-44) was the pick of CYMS' bowlers, he picked up both Harry and Max Pearce (0) late in the day, although by then the damage was done.
ORANGE CITY (5-275) lead RUGBY UNION by 275 runs
Orange City are fast-proving they've shed the club's infamous inability to consistently post big scores, backing up tallies of 4-347 declared and 8-299 declared from their victories in rounds one and two respectively.
None of the greens passed triple figures this time, instead it was a combined effort from the top six on a reasonably tricky Country Club wicket - by this summer's standards, at least.
The Warriors lost Dave Boundy (10) and Lachie Coyte (3) - both of whom have belted tons this summer - early on, but Blake Weymouth (52) and Ben Schofield (54) steadied the ship, although neither could go on with their promising starts.
After they and Shaun Grenfell (14) fell the Warriors were sitting somewhat precariously at 5-181, but skipper Ed Morrish (68 not out) and Nathan Rosser (56 not out) made sure the greens were in the stronger position at stumps.
Whether they declare before play next weekend remains to be seen, with no Rugby Union bowlers taking multiple wickets.
CENTRALS (7-84) trail KINROSS (190) by 106 runs
The students have Centrals on the ropes and, realistically, are just one day away from pushing into the top four, with the red and blacks' batting woes continuing at Riawena Oval.
Will Luelf (95) did the damage for Kinross, continuing his rich vein of early-season form to post his third half century of the summer.
He disappointingly fell just five runs short of a ton and actually didn't get much support from his teammates, with Harry Kemode (24 not out) the only other bat to pass 20, and he did so from number 10.
Kermode actually added a crucial 42 with number 11 bat Nick Rasmussen (13), which pushed Kinross to a competitive 190, a tally which hasn't typically been anywhere near enough this summer.
It proved a huge mountain for Centrals to scale though, outside Jake Pauletto (31) and Adam Shepherd (24) none of the side really troubled the scorers as they slumped to 7-84 in reply.
Ed Taylor proved the best of Kinross' bowlers, taking 3-20 to back up Luelf's effort with the bat.
CENTENNIALS BULLS (1-4) trail BATHURST CITY REDBACKS (243) by 239 runs
Mark Day's maiden top grade ton catapulted Bathurst City to a decent score at Bathurst Sportsground, he hammered 129 amid a Redbacks line up that otherwise didn't make much impact, to be frank.
Joey Coughlan (25) and Ben Orme (36) both made handy starts but didn't go on with them and without Day's century Redbacks might have found themselves in a bit of strife. They did actually, at one stage they were in danger of being skittled at 5-108.
Day took control from there but still looked like he'd fall short of his ton until Englishman Harrison Craig came to the crease at 8-171, with Day unbeaten on 79 at the time.
He only finished with 13 not out but hung around long enough to ferry Day to his ton and help him add 58 for the ninth wicket. Centennials' Tyler Horton kept the Redbacks, apart from Day, in check by taking 4-75.
Redbacks were rolled late in the day and it left the Bulls and unenviable task of surviving four overs until stumps, which they didn't.
Orme (1-3) struck to remove Josh Toole without scoring and leave Centennials 1-4 at stumps.
ST PAT'S OLD BOYS (7-251) lead CITY COLTS (96) by 155 runs
Once again City Colts failed to fire with the bat, and once again they relinquished first innings points on the opening day, just as they did to Kinross in round two.
Colts won the toss and batted at Loco Oval and the Sellers brothers - Dave (22) and Wayne (35) - started reasonably well, looking comfortable as they quickly worked the score to 26.
Then everything went wrong, the former's dismissal to Matt Fearnley (2-42) sparking a monumental collapse.
No one else made it to double figures and three Colts bats were dimissed without scoring as the pre-season favourites lost their remaining nine wickets for just 70 runs.
St Pat's Old Boys' Aidan Macauley produced a stunning spell to take 6-8 from five overs.
Even though the Saints slumped to 4-20 in reply they were still firmly in the box seat and Connor Slattery drove home that advantage with a hard-hitting, unbeaten 120.
Brendon Cutmore (26) helped him along before Cooper Brien came to the crease at 6-150 with first innings points well and truly in the back.
He made 62 before being dismissed in the shadows of stumps, combining with Slattery to push the Saints' lead to 155.
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