It was the Oriental Hotel skipper’s best score in the O’Brien Bartlett Mudgee first grade competition for quite some time.

He used the small Cahill Park to his advantage as he hit 23 fours and two sixes in his brilliant knock.

Clulow said he was steady early on in his innings but became comfortable as he went on.

“The wicket was a bit slow, so I had a lot of time [to play my shots],” Clulow said.

Lawson Park had an opportunity to get Clulow out when he was on 99 but Michael Ford dropped him.

The poor Lawson Park bowlers copped stick and the fielders were chasing the red leather all over the field.

Oriental showed no mercy as they scored the biggest total of the season - 6/344.

Luke Rothe was another Ori batsman who took exception to Lawson.

The big hitter smashed 81, which included six fours and five sixes. He in fact hit four sixes of one Toby Joyce over.

Clulow joined Rothe at the crease when Ori lost Mark Hundy for 8.

For the next 16 overs Clulow and Rothe enjoyed a season record 136-run second wicket partnership.

The onslaught continued when Rothe was out, Stuart Bromley joined his skipper and the pair put on another big partnership, 110 runs for the third wicket.

There was not much to celebrate if you were a Lawson Park supporter but stand-in captain Darren Snyder praised the efforts of his bowlers.

“We bowled well,” he said. “But when you are up against someone in form like Jared was, it is difficult to get him out.”

The troubles continued for the Parkers with the bat as they lost Ford and Jon Chapman early on.

Nigel McKenzie and Snyder played cautiously to get their innings back on track but once McKenzie was out for 27, Lawson crumbled.

The wooden spooners were dismissed for 70, 274 runs short of their target.

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