Gallery | Two from two for the Tally crew as Northerners claim Clyde Young Shield with ease

A few minutes up the highway at Shepparton’s Deakin Reserve, the B-graders were aiming to make a resounding statement in their first season after dropping out of the Haisman Shield.

With Numurkah, unbeaten in the regular season, out of the picture it was all to play for as the Jets met Nagambie on the hallowed turf.

The Lakers would have been cursing their luck shortly after electing to bat, though, with Jake Buckland making Saturday’s first imprint to remove William Ulrich for two.

Dale Short would skipper the offence in the meantime, though the scoreboard hardly ticked over at anything other than a snail’s pace for the day’s majority.

It ended up a 39-run stand with Blair Taylor-Lloyd contributing eight at an average below 10 — 82 balls faced — but those toils proved largely in vain when he and Short were each back in the sheds with little in between.

Those two were the first of four scalps Dallas Furnell would ultimately claim for the innings, with just about every Jet finding a way to pitch in as no fewer than eight remarkably walked away with at least one catch to their name.

Scoring was at a premium, so petering out doesn’t feel like the appropriate term, but the Lakers’ batting wagon eventually broke down under the weight with 122 on the board.

Much as Tim Brett had accomplished a day prior in the D-grade decider, Trent Sidebottom came in and sought to leave no trace of a contest from the opening spot as he calmly composed a seemingly impenetrable innings.

The bat-raise was more than earned and, by the time Darby O’Brien had his man, the premiership total was less than 20 away.

It was all at a canter from there as Northeners firmly stamped down the successful chase to proclaim a new top dog in B-grade cricket at the first time of asking.

It was done on the scoreboard, but the Jets would go about seeing 20-plus overs beyond the target as club talisman Stuart Turner picked up a half-century of his own, rapturous, though delayed, cheers emanating from the stands when the call was made shortly after lunch.

There were a few handy contributors among the green outfit, but Furnell’s destructive outing had him judged a class above as player of the match.

Turner summed up what it truly means to the club post-match.

“It’s a great community club and everyone helps everyone,” Turner said.

“I think it’s just rewards for the effort that gets put in even behind the scenes, so it’s great we get the ultimate at the end of the year.

“Our bowlers saved their best for the big day. With Trent in, I’ve never seen so many plays and misses in my life.

“The whole group executed when they had to and it makes life a lot easier.

“I thought our best day of cricket for the year was the Saturday, so not a bad time to pull it out.”

Turner hailed the emerging youth — no doubt prominently featuring youngster Lebron Sidebottom, mentioned during medal presentations as the Jets’ ‘spiritual leader’ — for galvanising the playing ranks to a lower-grade double.

“In both of these teams, more than half are juniors or in their first year playing out of juniors,” Turner said.

“It’s a young group mixed with some old heads and they give the old guys a good bit of energy.

“Being such a small town, it’s very community-based, so everyone gets involved.”