Batting first in ideal conditions, the Eagles started cautiously against some tight bowling from the Lane Cove opening attack.
Eagles opening batter, Amajyot Singh scored an aggressive 33 runs before he was out, and soon after the Eagles score slumped to 5-60.
However, despite wickets tumbling around him, Eagles talented all-rounder Blake Pearson showed tremendous fighting spirit to lead the Eagles’ fight back.
Pearson, who finished with 81, was well supported by Shan Rana (24) and Patrick Morgan (26 runs), helping the Eagles reach a respectable 204.
With time still left in the day’s play, Lane Cove went out to bat out the day and lost an early wicket to be 1-25 at stumps on day one.
Lower Grade: Second Grade – No play due to rain; Third Grade – Auburn v Lane Cove 8-195 (S Bridges 6-14); Fourth Grade – Auburn 5/114 (T Singh 55, H Arora 20) v Lane Cove 43 (S Zammit 5-12, A Ur Rahman 2-9, K Agarwal 3-22); 5th Grade – Auburn 134 lost to Georges River 9-226; and Frank Gray Shield (U/24) – Qualifying Final, Auburn 118 tied with Northwest Sydney 118. Northwest Sydney was placed higher on the competition table and will progress to the semi-finals.
