Club stalwart and dual SDCA first grade player of the year Dan Oldknow proved to be the catalyst when collecting three late wickets in the run chase at Cook Park 1.

Each dismissal would be cheered by the small crowd gathered for the club's past players' day.

PCH now appear set to claim the minor premiership gathered the line-up is able to account for at least one of their remaining two fixtures (against Creeks and Glendon).

MEANWHILE grand final contender Creeks granted opponents JPC a sneak peak of its upcoming finals campaign when captain Gavin Wake and Hamid Arain opened the run chase.

By the time Wake was caught by Shane Givney (reigning first grade player of the year) the duo had already combined for 102 of the side's required 140.

Earlier in the piece Dan Tracey attempted to claim his first hat-trick in the top tier since the 2017/18 season and was awfully unlucky not achieve the feat welcoming Dave Moorcroft to the crease.

He would finish with 4/17 in an impressive display.

Ultimately, the absence of Greg and Alex Thrift would cripple JPC's line-up and, as a result of the weekend's loss, extend the club's ongoing first grade premiership drought for another season.

This week PCH will take on Creeks in the first vs. third match and, if its anything like their Round 2 meeting, we're due for a thriller.

Greg and Alex Thrift look set to return for JPC this week to face off against their former club Glendon in the remaining fixture.

PCH 150 (Jake Daniels 34, Brad Cox 28, Daniel Oldknow 3/16, Brad Young 2/14, Jake Daniels 2/24) defeated Valley 111 (Daniel Storey 36, Nathan Bagnall 20, Isaac Barry 3/21, Tristan Muir 2/21, Brendan Nichols 1/20)

Creeks 2/140 (Hamid Arain 70no, Gavin Wake 32, Owen Daley 23, Daniel Tracey 4/17, Jarrod Campbell 3/27) defeated JPC 139 (Kye Dann 39, Dave Moorcroft 29, Josh Harvey 28, Mick Taylor 1/26, Sam Harrison 1/34)

JPC's quest of becoming the first club to take out a three peat of second grade premierships this century remains intact thanks to another victory over minnow PCH.

Ash Borg guided his side over the line with 61 runs while Brad Driscoll was best with the ball (3/15).

Valley cast revenge over T20 rival Creeks across the park thanks to another impressive batting performance by Troy Barnett.

Yet the match will best be remembered for the bowling performance of Brad Maher (5/17).

Valley 4/109 (Troy Barnett 52no, Tony Whiting 21, Brad Maher 5/17, Malcolm Davis 2/7) defeated Creeks 106 (Mitch Bourke 31no, Lachlan Charnock 24, Lachlan Charnock 1/18, Clint Harman 1/22)

JPC 3/108 (Ash Borg 61no, Rod Pearce 17, Brad Driscoll 3/15, Gregg Dann 2/11) defeated PCH 99 (Travis Batch 48, Josh Shade 33no, Brandon Carmen 1/15, Jay Langford 1/18)

Denman, Creeks and Valley took out the bragging rights in the third grade competition over the weekend.

This week PCH and JPC will playoff in the battle of the acronyms, Creeks are scheduled to meet Glendon and Denman will hope for back to back wins against Valley.

Creeks 2/67 (William Spinks 22no, Shane Cox 19, John Hipwell 3/15, Dave Wholert 2/14, Hayden Bourke 2/14) defeated PCH 64 (Kyle Knight 16, Logan Rutter 14no, Logan Rutter 1/7, Liam Allanson 1/9)

Denman 5/172 (Ted Denton 54, Ben Rumbel 36no, Brady Bowd 35, Brady Bowd 3/23) defeated JPC 135 (Shane Harman 28, Dan Davis 27no, Craig Knox 25, Bruce Dempster 2/28, Al Murphy 3/31, Harry Moore 2/36)

Valley 3/62 (Matt Maher 28, Marcus Rowe 26, Terry Howard 2/6, Marcus Rowe 2/6, Barry Thompson 2/29) defeated Glendon 61 (Dylan Fenwick 36, Matt Bock 5, Austin Maher 5, Austin Maher 2/14, Matt Bock 1/2)

Hamid Arain (Creeks) - 70no

Ash Borg (JPC) - 61no

Troy Barnett (Valley) - 54no

Ted Denton (Denman) - 54

Travis Batch (PCH) - 48

Brad Maher (Valley) - 5/17

Dan Tracey (Creeks) - 4/17

Brad Driscoll (JPC) - 3/15

John Hipwell (Creeks) - 3/15

Dan Oldknow (PCH) - 3/16