The up-and-coming young gloveman completed four brilliant stumpings and a catch in the Brookers’ tenacious win over TRYC at Holbrook.

Heriots effort is a Holbrook cricket club record beating Jock Harbison who stumped three batsmen against Yerong Creek in 1994/95 season.

It also equals the Holbrook DCA record of Henty’s John Ellis who completed four stumpings against TRYC in 2002/03 season.

Heriot’s five dismissals in an innings elevates him alongside three other keepers as the most dismissals in an innings by a Holbrook wicketkeeper –  Alan Juskiw v Culcairn 1985/86, David Morton v MCU also in 1985/86 and Neale Taylor who took five catches in Holbrook’s 1987/88 grand final victory over Culcairn.

The HDCA record for most dismissals by a wicketkeeper belongs to Woomargama’s Colin Gilbert 1966/67 v Cookardinia and Culcairn’s Billy Williams 1987/88 v Henty.

Holbrook gave its finals chances a huge boost when it defeated top of the ladder TRYC at the Holbrook Sportsground.

After being sent into bat the Brookers batted with much improved commitment and despite the low score on a slow outfield they won by 16 runs.

Captain Hamish Mackinlay played a superb skipper knock compiling a patient 55 to dominate the Brookers final score of 7/121.

Corey McCarthy gave excellent support making 19, while opener Coby Ross was the only other player to make double figures with 10.

All the TRYC bowlers bowled with great economy and gave little away with just one wide and one no ball.

Jack Driscoll 3/22 and Oscar Willis 3/21 were the pick, with good support from Ryan Kirkwood, Col Hagen and Reju Raphel.

The visitor’s run chase started in good fashion with Driscoll (27) and Kirkwood (30) moving the total along to 1/68 before the wickets tumbled.

The accuracy of the Holbrook attack eventually took its toll on the Two Blues with over 25 per cent of the overs being maidens.

The pace attack of Hamish Mackinlay 4/10 off seven and Bailey Parker 1/11 off eight overs shook up the visitor’s middle and lower order dismissing them for 105.

Ben Jones finished off the innings superbly taking his best first grade figures of 4/22, combining superbly with Heriot in his record breaking day out.

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THE two bottom teams Culcairn and Holbrook both pulled off upset victories over Henty and TRYC to throw the HDCA Division One race wide open.

With the competition now breaking for the Christmas/New Year holiday the race for premiership honours is well and truly anyone’s guess.

Culcairn notched up its second win for the season when they travelled to Henty Sportsground and came away with a commanding 67 run victory.

Sent into bat by Henty skipper Chris Spicer, the Lions mustered up their best batting performance of the year in compiling 6/170.

An old familiar face in Stephen Brand and his captain Vincent Chaffey led the way both making 44 as six players reached double figures.

Layne Heinjus (26no), Eddie Turner (16), Dylan Pumpa (17) and Nicholas Godde (11) all made valuable contributions.

The Henty bowling attack was best served by youngster Brayden Pantling who bowled superbly in taking the fine figures of 3/25 off eight overs including four maidens.

Jimmy Ellis who took 1/23 off his eight overs. Ellis had been playing previously at St Patrick’s in Cricket Albury Wodonga.

In reply Henty never threatened after the inform Mark White was caught for one. Thomas Newton top scored with 27 and Chris Manns made 16.

Several other Swampy bats made double figures but none could convert and put pressure on the dominant Lions attack and fielding.

Pumpa bowled superbly taking 3/17 off his eight overs, while Heinjus a former talented Lavington junior took 3/29 off his eight overs.

Brand despite not taking a wicket strung together five consecutive maiden overs in his spell of 0/12 off eight. Dai Jenkins also bowled well to take 2/22.

** Thanks and appreciation to James D Ross for his compiling of Holbrook District Cricket Association and club records.