Lawson Park Hotel had little trouble dispatching McDonald Lawson Bulls in their round 11 clash of Mudgee District Cricket Association first division.
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The Parkers, the competition leaders, flexed their bowling might as they dismissed the Bulls for 80 on their way to a nine-wicket victory.
Jamie Golden was the pick of the bowlers snaring 3-11 off five overs.
All of his wickets came by the third over of the match.
Golden had Bulls stalwart Greg Parker caught at gully by James Ford off the first ball of the match.
In his next over, Golden took a wicket off his first and last balls.
He had bowled Will Parker for three before Tom Lawson also had his stumps disturbed and the Bulls were 3-5.
If there was a beacon of light for the Bulls it came in the form of Andrew Whale.
Whale used his experience to his team’s advantage, and together with Greg Lawson, the pair started to get the Bulls’ innings moving.
They looked like they were ready to settle in for a long stay until Brad Golden snared Greg for 11.
A few overs later, Whale was out for 20 as Darren Snyder got through his defence.
It exposed the Bulls’ tail and three more wickets soon followed, which saw the Bulls slump to 8-62.
Tim Rohr (3) and Jon Chapman (12 not out) threw caution to the wind and tried to hold off the Lawson Park bowling attack.
It worked for about half an hour before Rob O’Connor wrapped up the innings when he dismissed Rohr.
Lawson Park made their intentions known early when Jamie Golden hit Jacob Rohr for six in the first over.
Jamie and brother Brad scored runs quickly before Jacob had the latter Golden caught at slip for six.
Brian O’Reilly was given a promotion not just in the batting order but from division two to division one.
The regular Mudgee Home Decor batsman made an unusual appearance for Lawson Park.
Not that it worried the right handed batsman as he took his sensational batting form in second division to division one.
He hit four boundaries and a six in his knock of 26 not out; at one stage taking Jacob for 19 runs in one over.
At the other end, Jamie was also scoring at will and he finished the innings unbeaten on 44 as Lawson Park reached 1-83 off 12.2 overs, just before the first drinks break.
