Karuah has booked the first spot in the Dungog and District Cricket Association grand final with a 44-run win against Stroud at Bennett Park on Saturday.
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Karuah was able to call on contributions from several batsman as they made 7/156 in a rain-reduced 32 overs.
Col McCarthy led the way making 39 at the top of the order. Brad Pinch made 37 and Josh Simms 30.
The Karuah bowlers were miserly restricting Stroud to 6/112.
Alexander Sinclair took 2-24 and Jordan Barry picked up 2-26. Simms and Pinch both picked up a wicket each.
Stroud get to call on their double chance and will face Wallarobba in the preliminary final at Bennett Park this coming Saturday.
Wallarobba advanced to the second week of the finals after defeating Clarence Town by 58 runs in the minor semi-final.
Stuart Reeves led the way for Wallarobba making 44 and picking up 1-21 in a man-of-the-match performance.
Several batsman reached double figures with the bat but were not able to go on with their innings as Wallarobba posted 8/150.
Tony Maytom was the best with the ball for Clarence Town taking 3-25.
Clarence Town lost both openers without scoring and Wallarobba was able to keep the pressure on eventually dismissing them for 92 in the 31st over.
David McBlane made 23 and Ned Jury and Daniel Cashen offered resistance at the end making 24 and 13 not out respectively.
Mathew Gehrig picked up 3-16 off 6.2 overs and Nic Barham took 2-15 off five to be the chief wicket-takers for Wallarobba.
Paterson share load for win
Paterson was forced to dig deep after losing the toss and being sent into bat on a dodgy wicket at Roy Jordan Oval in Maitland A-grade cricket on Saturday.
Russell Presland top scored with 31 and Steve Jenkins and Rod Faulkner both made 22 with every run hard to come by as Paterson were all out for 124.
Old Victoria struggled even more with the bat making just 77 as Paterson's bowlers took full advantage of the conditions.
Dean Bridges finished with 2/8, Rigby Vane-Wood 2/9 and Presland completed a fine game with 2/23.
Paterson, who are on top of the ladder, can secure the A-grade minor premiership on Saturday with a win against second-placed Port Stephens Pythons.
In D-grade, Paterson (third) defeated Belmore (second) by 69 runs to reduce the gap on the ladder between the two teams to just four points.
Paterson batted first and made 170. Belmore were all out for 101
Shaun Presland top scored with 49 and took 4-14. Mitchell White made 35 and Jason Hicks 34.