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Sam Mills took 5-22 for the Tigers today

Melbourne Uni, Essendon, Carlton and St Kilda further staked their claims as serious finals contenders after respective bonus point victories over Northcote, Camberwell Magpies, Prahran and Kingston Hawthorn today in Victorian Premier Cricket.

After a week of heavy rain, it was perfect weather today, though not all pitches enjoyed a perfect preparation, which meant there was generally some joy for the bowlers.

Essendon took just 14.1 overs to chase down the Magpies' miserable 53 at Camberwell, Carlton needed only 17.5 overs to overhaul Prahran's 102 at Toorak Park and the Saints required 18.5 overs to reel in Kingston Hawthorn's 82 at Harry Trott Oval. These three matches finished very early.

Melbourne Uni is now eight points clear at the top of the ladder after an easy win over Northcote at Bill Lawry Oval. Defending 7/199, the Students rolled the Dragons for 112, with Peter Hatzoglou (4/32) doing best with the ball.

James Seymour (5/22) was the main destroyer for Essendon, Xavier Crone (5/33) did most damage for Carlton and Todd Murphy (6/12) was the star for St Kilda.

Centuries were scored by Ringwood's Tom Rogers and the Tigers' Scott Edwards, the second Premier ton for each, while Saints' spinner Todd Murphy and the Kangaroos' Sean McNicholl each took career-best six-fors to set up wins for their sides.

Greenvale Kangaroos jumped above Frankston Peninsula on the ladder with a comfortable win at Greenvale. After McNicholl's brilliant 6/18 (9.3 overs), 23 year-old Englishman Jack Potticary scored a maiden Premier century, remaining unbeaten on 107 off 111 balls, with 16 fours and 2 sixes. Potticary and skipper Michael Stretton (35*) added an unbroken fourth wicket stand of 108 for the Kangaroos.

Dandenong recorded a good win over Melbourne, also banking a bonus point. James Nanopoulos had another good match with 61 & 2/28 to further stake a claim on this year's Ryder Medal. The win keeps the Panthers in finals contention - they're now just three points shy of Prahran (8th). In the final round, they must defeat St Kilda and rely on Prahran (v Geelong), Essendon (v Monash Tigers) or Melbourne (v Frankston Peninsula) to lose.

Ringwood scored too many runs for Casey-South Melbourne at Casey Fields today, but the Rams' win would have been easier but for a remarkable century to Swans' Jordan Wyatt. Coming to the crease at 4/44, Wyatt pounded 107 off just 80 balls with 10 fours and 5 sixes. It was his maiden Premier century in his 77th match. The Rams still have a remote chance of finals. They must defeat the Magpies and rely on the Cats to beat Prahran and the Saints to defeat the Panthers.

1sts

 
Dand 5-160 (Nanopoulos 61 Newman 42) d Melb 158 (White 66 Brown 32 Randiv 3-23)

Carl 2-103 (Harvey 35no T Smyth 30) d Prah 102 (Crone 5-33)

Foot 8-191 (Brasher 93no D Kight 35) d Fitz Donc 162 (Rudd 37 Shivakkumar 35 Dixit 3-30 Muirhead 3-35)

Green Kang 3-160 (Potticary 107no Stretton 35no) d Frank Pen 159 (Barnes 38 Dew 33 Gapes 30 McNicholl 6-18)

Mon Tigers 7-231 (Edwards 101 Waters 64 Couch 4-28) d Geel 105 (Mills 5-22)

Ess 4-55 d Camb Mag 53 (Seymour 5-22)

Melb Uni 7-199 (McKenna 48 Gregory 39 Bett 31no Rolfs 30no Medew-Ewen 3-33) d Ncte 112 (Sundberg 38 Hatzoglou 4-32)

Ring 3-241 (Rogers 100 King 68 Hartill 47) d Casey-SM 190 (Wyatt 107 Ashton 3-35)

St K 3-83 (Crosthwaite 37no) d King Haw 82 (Fernando 35 Murphy 6-12)

2nds

Melb 2-253 (Petricola 139 Harper 81no) d Dand 9-249 (Forsyth 84 Buch 35 Halbish 3-36)

Fitz Donc drew Foots (no play)

Green Kang 9-239 (Kett 111no Qureshi 49 Cleef 3-21) d Frank Pen 191 (Elcock 61 Gardner 51 Usher 3-40 McDonald 3-43)

Monash Tigers 3-224 (Sleeman 71 Padmanabhan 67no Goodman 31) d Geel 6-223 (Treble 74 Reid 59 Khattak 3-46)

Camb Magpies 5-227 (Burrill 61no Murphy 54 Singh 43no Pawha 42 Johnstone 3-42) d Ess 9-154 (Singh 3-33)

Melb Uni 173 (Emms 47 Lalor 3-24) tied Ncte 173 (Cootee 49 Larkey 42 Mawien 3-48)

Ringwood 5-170 (Walker 60no) d Casey-SM 167 (Benedek 50 Freeman 3-29)

St Kilda 4-171 (Taylor 50 Drummond 45no Jackson 3-23) d King Haw 7-170 (Parsons 55 Marnie 33)

Prah 3-111 (Serry 46 Thavarajah 3-25) d Carl 110 (Poppa 34)

3rds

Melb 9-220 (Brewin 77 Bandara 42 Welsh 33 Sheehan 5-29) d Dand 194 (Kranzbuhler 43 Forsyth 40 Bandara 3-17 A Cesarios 3-28 Ash 3-32)

Prah v Carl (nsa)

Foots 4-228 (Keyt 108no) d Fitz Donc 174 (Bruckner 34 Sacchetta 33 Jackson 4-59)

Frank Pen 1-87 (Walsh 44no) d Green Kang 86 (Newnham 35 Gibbs 4-19)

Monash Tigers 7-180 (Cross 87no Kindlen 46) d Geel 148 (Donazzon 61 Gore 3-34)

Camb Magpies 8-134 d Ess 133

Ncte v Melb Uni (nsa)

Ringwood 2-98 d Casey-SM 97

King Haw 8-160 (Rabadi 56 Weragala 36) d St Kilda 6-159 (Gray 45no Maxwell 30)

4ths

Dand 3-187 (Vanderwert 79 MacCorquodale 40) d Melb 170 (Cheesman 51 MacCorquodale 3-25)

Carl 7-174 (Tracey 63 Maharaj 3-33) d Prah 44 (Morrow 6-17 Hurley 4-20)

Fitz Donc drew Foots (no play)

Frank Pen 7-207 (Peet 76no Draycott 48 I Carton 3-41) d Green Kang 141 (Hundal 46no Walsh 3-36)

Geel v Monash Tigers (nsa)

Ess 9-137 (Tarran 39) d Camb Magpies 7-134 (Burn 52no Davies 3-29)

Ncte 8-158 (Pereara 50 Ryder 49 Patel 3-32) d Melb Uni 142 (Zanoni 62 Crick 3-22 Arthur 3-29)

Casey-SM 2-40 d Ring 39 (Packer 5-10)

St Kilda 9-180 (Zayler 37no Mannarsamy 3-26 Katta 3-39) d King Haw 7-141 (Singh 46 Hall 39 Thakur 34no Stamos 4-43)

Women's 1sts

 
Ess Mar Pk 6-124 (Schilov 31no) d Dand 123 (Garth 61 Rafferty 3-20 Field 4-12 Haddow 3-13)