East Albury admits being sledged over reliance on Coby Fitzsimmons

The right-hander's been the Crows' standout, hitting 563 runs at 47.

The club has posted 2471 runs, so the 17-year-old has racked up 23 percent of that total.

"We always get told by the opposition that if Coby Fitzsimmons doesn't score runs, then we're in trouble," White revealed.

"You hear it from the sidelines, I understand where they're coming from.

"For us it's about getting other contributors and on the weekend it was valuable for us to get players to contribute."

The Crows had won just one of the past eight rounds, prior to last week's terrific win over Albury.

Middle order batsman Brent de Vries struck his first half-century of the season with an unbeaten 66, while openers Fitzsimmons (31) and Austin Shepherd (30) combined in a classy 57-run stand.

White's in his second season after arriving from Toowoomba in Queensland, where he played A grade as an opening batsman.

"We've got a good bunch of players here at the moment, at the age of 32, if I wasn't enjoying it, I wouldn't be playing," he explained.

The Crows finished fifth and will start outsiders in Saturday's away qualifying final against Lavington.

Elsewhere, Albury is home to Corowa in its maiden final.

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"We definitely haven't over-achieved, we've got a group that's really talented, it's been a learning curve for us, making sure we're consistent," Corowa's Damien Wilson offered.

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And North Albury is home to Belvoir, while St Patrick's host Wodonga.