Cricket Report

Round 14 Term 1 2024

Round 14 was the final round of the cricket season for Shore, and the teams faced off against The King’s School (TKS).

The 13B’s, C’s and D’s concluded their season with victories, while the 13A’s faced a tough challenge and ended the season with a loss against TKS. Overall, it was a very successful first experience of Shore Cricket for these teams, who managed to demonstrate their growing skills and teamwork on the field throughout this Term.

The 14C’s held an internal game, providing valuable playing time and more memorable experiences for these young players. The 14A’s and B’s did have fixtures versus TKS, and while the B’s were not able to secure a win, the A’s emerged victorious in their final match of the season.

The 15’s and 16’s teams all faced losses to very strong TKS sides. The Third XI match followed a similar script as they also experienced a loss. This, however, shall not overshadow all the exceptional work done by these four teams across the span of the season. Effort and commitment have been brilliant across these age groups, and it will be exciting to see their development when they return to the field again.

The two-competition team, although out of premiership contention, still had final ladder position to play for. The Second XI failed to post enough runs, and TKS made light work of the 112 run chase that they were set. In the First XI competition, TKS was in 1st place, so as well as ladder position, a chance to influence the premiership was also at stake. Shore put on another fine bowling display, reducing 8/71 and then finally bowling them out for 124. The chase was steady, and many batters chipped in with scores. Shore passed the total seven down with 10 overs to spare. Both competition teams finished a very respectable 3rd on the ladder, the First XI with eight wins for the season and the Second XI with nine wins for the season. A very successful season, and exciting years ahead.

Highlights from Saturday 9 March 2024:

Team	Result	Scores
First XI	Win	TKS 10/124 defeated by Shore 7/125.
Second XI	Loss	Shore 10/110 defeated by TKS 3/112.
Third XI	Loss	Shore 10/57 defeated by TKS 4/183 (Cam Newton 2/25, Tom Robson 2/24) POTM: Ollie Gaden.
Fourth XI	–	–
16A XI	Loss	TKS 5/175 (Jeremy McKindlay 2/23 and 2 run outs) defeated Shore 10/51 (Tully Robertson 15).
16B XI	Loss	TKS 156 defeated Shore 10/133.
15A XI	Loss	Shore 9/111 (Jack Campbell 38*) defeated by TKS 0/112.
15B XI	Loss	TKS 97 (Gus Pritchard 2/7) defeated Shore 58 (Will Langfield 17*).
14A XI	Win	Shore 8/90 (Toby Smith 20, Daniel Wyborn 20) defeated TKS 10/89 (Tom Capes 4/12, Ed Godfrey 3/12) POTM – Tom Capes 4/12.
14B XI	Loss	Shore 8/83 (Zach France 20 ret.) defeated by TKS 3/84 POTM – Charlie McGuiness 11 and 1/13.
14C XI	Internal
13A XI	Loss	Shore 4/103 (Andrew Bell 25, Harrison Koch 20) defeated by TKS 1/104 (Harvey Cloke* 1/18).
13B XI	Win	Shore 7/74 (Angus Murdoch-Tilmouth 34) TKS 9/59 (Sam Holt 3/5 & run-out and catch, Angus Murdoch Tilmouth 2/2).
13C XI	Win	Shore 7/128 defeated TKS 10/50.
13D XI	Win	Shore 1/124 (Lachlan Fraser 39, Thomas Devereux* 30) defeated TKS 3/68 (Lachlan Fraser* 1/5, Ben Soh 1/8).

14A’s Match Report

Shore 8/90 (Toby Smith 20, Daniel Wyborn 20) defeated TKS 10/89 (Tom Capes 4/12, Ed Godfrey 3/12).

Player of the match – Tom Capes with 4/12.

The 14A’s did what they needed to do to put away TKS and finish the season with yet another win. After losing the toss, Shore was able to bowl TKS out relatively cheaply, with Tom Capes dominating from the start with 4/12. Ed Godfrey also contributed with 3/12. Out batsmen made it harder than it should have been with some interesting shot selections, but solid scores of 20 to Toby Smith and Daniel Wyborn put us in a winning position, from which we saw out the game and notched up another win.

Mr A Mason-Jones
14A’s Coach

15A Match Result: Shore 9/111 (38* Jack Campbell) defeated by TKS 0/112

Match Brief: Shore’s last game was held out at TKS on a hot Saturday afternoon. Shore won the toss and elected to bat first. Early wickets fell; however, Archie Lyle and Angus Brooks worked hard to see off the opening bowlers. The batters never really made a start and fell in clumps; however, a counterattack from Jack Campbell and Hugo Lloyd saw Shore post a target of 110. TKS’ openers got off to a good start and, from the get-go, looked solid. Shore’s bowling attack couldn’t get the breakthrough, and TKS chased it down with 10 wickets in hand. Whilst it wasn’t the end to the season the boys would have liked, spirits were high and they are looking forward to giving it a crack again next year.

Player of the Match: Jack Campbell with 38 runs

Ms S Horley
15A’s Coach

16B Cricket vs TKS

The 16B’s got up for an early game of T20 cricket out at TKS beginning at 8.00am and going till 11.00am. What a day to have a last game of cricket for the season. Shore won the toss and elected to bowl as the pitch was slightly damp, and we knew as the day went on the pitch would dry up meaning the ball would move better. We opened the bowling with Fred Collins taking a wicket off the first ball with a great catch from Tom Atkins with his total of 1/16. Shore hadn’t taken any wickets till the 19th over, but luckily Dylan Germain came in with 1/12 allowing us to break the strong TKS partnership. We then went into batting with our opening batsmen George Williams staying in till the 16th over. This meant we needed 50 runs to win and we were determined. Even though we weren’t able to win, the strong determination from Fred Collins scoring 49 runs allowed the team to come together and celebrate well for our last game of the season.

Will Ward
Captain