Armidale cricket: Guyra get home over Easts
Guyra's first grade cricket side will finish second after they toppled Easts in their round 14 match on Saturday.
Despite snaring the win, signs were ominous for Guyra with four batsmen dismissed for ducks.
Shane Wolfenden was bowled early while BJ Cameron, Matt Finlay and Jason Campbell departed just as quickly.
A handful of Guyra players did reach double figures with captain Charlie White notching up 36, Ben Jackson 22, Demielle Landsborough 30, Joey Ryan 13 but it was number 10 batsman Tyson Burey stepped up with a 45-run stand to help his team reach 170.
"Lochie Elks bowled a real good over and changed the game to get our three best batsmen in the space of an over," White said.
"I was thinking 120 was what we were going to deal with.
"It is always good to have a score to defend.
"But I was confident with any score we got we would have been able to do something with it."
With the ball, BJ Cameron "bowled with luck" and got Easts' opening three batsmen for a combined 27 runs.
Clarrie Moran and Ian Ranger then went about their business to settle Easts' innings.
White then opted to bring young spinner Joey Ryan to the crease and that paid dividends.
The teenager snared Moran for 52, then caught and bowled Luke Uphill for four and Lochie Elks in the same fashion in quick succession.
Matt Finlay aided in slowing things up before he, Cameron and Burey finished off the remaining Easts' batsmen to have them all out for 157 and short of the win.
Guyra have the bye this Saturday and will receive points, ensuring they will finish in the top two.
UNLIKELY HERO: Tyson Burey came in at number 10 and smacked his old side around the park for 45 runs.