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Q: Who played the best innings you've seen in a game you played?
A: Mat Begbie in an early season One Day fixture - Melbourne v Fitzroy at Schramms, 2017/18.
I'm sure I've seen a longer innings, or a bigger score, but this was the best when you take everything into consideration.
'Beggers' had been dealing with serious health issues for the last few years - most notably a broken neck whilst playing football, which had him sitting still in a hospital bed with a Halo attached to his shoulders for months - and we weren't sure if we would ever see the 2012/13 John Scholes Medallist play for the Dees again.
The Lions batted first, compiling 219 on a typical early season Melbourne wicket - Schramms I believe had hosted it's last game of footy only a couple of weeks earlier - with yours truly helping them to that score with my 7 overs going for a very economic 53. Beggers, opening the batting with MCC stalwart Peter Petricola, got us off to a flyer - with the opening stand finally being broken after they had put on 149. After the dismissal of Pepsi, Beggers kept motoring along - with an array of cuts, big off drives, and his trademark sweeps and slog sweeps, sending 4 balls over the net and into the backyards of the neighboring homes.
when we passed their score 1 down, Beggars had compiled 129 off 149 balls, with 11 4's and 4 6's. The best knock I have seen. Unfortunately, Beggers health problems returned, and he only made 2 more appearances for the club that year - his last for Melbourne - before heading home, where he captains and plays for his beloved Wendouree today. It's a shame it ended how it did, as there's no doubt amongst us who had seen him play that he could have made a proper crack at the next level - but fortunately for us that day in the 2nds, we got to see it one more time.
I'm sure I've seen a longer innings, or a bigger score, but this was the best when you take everything into consideration.
'Beggers' had been dealing with serious health issues for the last few years - most notably a broken neck whilst playing football, which had him sitting still in a hospital bed with a Halo attached to his shoulders for months - and we weren't sure if we would ever see the 2012/13 John Scholes Medallist play for the Dees again.
The Lions batted first, compiling 219 on a typical early season Melbourne wicket - Schramms I believe had hosted it's last game of footy only a couple of weeks earlier - with yours truly helping them to that score with my 7 overs going for a very economic 53. Beggers, opening the batting with MCC stalwart Peter Petricola, got us off to a flyer - with the opening stand finally being broken after they had put on 149. After the dismissal of Pepsi, Beggers kept motoring along - with an array of cuts, big off drives, and his trademark sweeps and slog sweeps, sending 4 balls over the net and into the backyards of the neighboring homes.
when we passed their score 1 down, Beggars had compiled 129 off 149 balls, with 11 4's and 4 6's. The best knock I have seen. Unfortunately, Beggers health problems returned, and he only made 2 more appearances for the club that year - his last for Melbourne - before heading home, where he captains and plays for his beloved Wendouree today. It's a shame it ended how it did, as there's no doubt amongst us who had seen him play that he could have made a proper crack at the next level - but fortunately for us that day in the 2nds, we got to see it one more time.