Junee had the Hedditch Cup snatched from their reach at the weekend's match against Griffith.
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The local side made their senior rep cricket comeback after more than 30 years with no luck against the reigning champions on Saturday gone.
While Junee started out with luck on their side, winning the toss and opting to bat, Griffith bowled them out for 48.
Griffith skipper Theo Valeri started the home side off strong in the third over, taking the wickets of Ben Turner (0) and Samuel Smith (0) in consecutive deliveries.
Junee captain Trent Charlton saw off the hat-trick delivery, but Junee fell to 5/11 after 13 overs.
Junee lost 4/2 with Ben Signor (2/17) and Bock (2/15) doing the damage to see the visitors fall to 9-23 after 26 overs.
Nathan Charlton (21) added some late runs before falling to Valerri (6/9) and Junee was bowled out for just 48.
Griffith chased down the target for the loss of just one wicket, with Dean Bennett and Hayden Pascoe not out.
Trent Charlton admitted the team were "quite disappointing" on the pitch but hoped to learn from their mistakes. "We dropped three chances on the field which was disappointing but got one wicket so there were little positives out there but a lot of negatives," he said.
"We just hope we can learn from those mistakes and move on to bigger and better things now."
While disheartening for the side, Charlton insisted it was not the end of Junee's comeback.
"It took us 35 years to get a team going finally and we are all fairly young so if we keep this same squad for the next few years I think we can get past this performance," he said.
"After the match we had a few beers and a few conversations about the future of cricket in Junee and what can be done to improve".