Cricket Report

Saturday 16 November 2024

While the Pet Shop Boys filled dance floors in the 90s with Go West, it was East the Cricketers of Shore headed to on Saturday! With eight of the ten games across the other Bridge, Northbridge had tumbleweeds blowing across the bottom fields as only the Seconds and Fourths “Defended the Bridge” v Sydney Grammar School (SGS).

Six wins and three losses helped Shore take the points across SGS on another “well, it ain’t quite Summer yet, but I’m sure we will get a nice blue sky and sunny day soon for Cricket, hopefully, fingers crossed, see how we go, actually not sure” sort of day.

The 16A’s had their first win, and ALL 3 x 14’s team won again – another 14’s BLUE WASH!

Cooper Glanville (73), Thomas Hamilton (58) and Tom Glasson (52*) set the Seconds up for a massive 5/282, with Jimmy Mathur (4/23) and Cameron Newtown (3/26) taking bowling honours in the Seconds to win by 90.

Archie Lyle (47) and Hugo Lloyd (42) set up the win for the 16A’s, but a collapse (4/2) saw Shore still needing 13 to win…step up Lachlan Boys (6*) and Sam Lim (6*) to ensure their first win. Sam Lim’s 4 through the covers to win the game off the opposition’s best bowler, to the long boundary, up the hill will be long talked about! Wild scenes at Weigall 4!

The 14C’s had a great win, only losing one wicket with Harry Collingwood-Boots (33*), Thomas Devereux (36*), and Hudson Williams (25*) batting well and three great run outs to finish the game and ensure a close victory.

While the 14B’s had almost the “perfect game”, scoring 193 (Angus Murdoch-Tilmouth 59, Charlie Mullen 38, Sam Cawood 21) with (Liam Matthews 4/21, Jackson Harris 3/11) ensuring an 80 run win!

The First XI had a comprehensive victory with Ben Hocking starring , after starting with a wicket in each of his first 4 overs, he initially had 4/4 off 4, before finishing with 4/12 off 8.

First XI

The Shore First XI arrived at Weigall determined to bounce back from the disappointment of last week’s loss against King’s. SGS won the toss and elected to bat on a humid and overcast morning. Shore took the field in bowler-friendly conditions, looking for early wickets. Tom Fuzes and Julian Harrison opened the bowling but did not start as consistently as they had hoped. They beat the bat on a few occasions but also bowled a few loose deliveries that allowed SGS to score at four an over. In the fifth Over, Tom Fuzes made the first breakthrough courtesy of a leg-side catch to keeper Noah Quayle. SGS then moved steadily to 1/33, but the introduction of Ben Hocking into the attack in the tenth over changed the course of SGS’s innings very quickly. Ben Hocking produced a blistering spell that saw SGS 6/63 after 20 overs. He took a wicket in each of his first four overs, finishing with match figures of 4/12 from 8 overs. Oli Higgins claimed two wickets in his first over and was on a hat-trick with SGS now 8/63. Shore continued to press and eventually dismissed the home team for 89 in the 33rd over of their innings. Oli Higgins and Matt Melville finished with two wickets each, while Tom Fuzes and Stian Constable also took a wicket.

After the innings break, SGS began full of enthusiasm and in the first over Dan Harvey was dismissed for a duck. This only energised the home team further, and in the ninth over, Fraser Pandit was also dismissed without scoring. At 2/26, Captain Toby Robinson and Noah Quayle set about chasing down the further 64 runs required for victory. A brisk 57 run partnership was finally broken with the score on 91 when Robinson was caught for a well-compiled 42. The partnership was all class, with good cricket shots played all around the ground and with little risk. Debutant Aidan Kurtis joined Quayle who wasted no time reaching the victory target with two crisply struck boundaries in the 21st over securing the victory by 7 wickets and earning Shore two bonus points. The team look forward to playing The Scots College at Bellevue Hill in Round 6 next Saturday.

16A

The 16As have entered the winner’s circle after a nail-biter against SGS over the weekend. The day couldn’t have started better, with Alistair Nieland taking a wicket on the opening ball of the game before finishing with figures of 3/22 (his second 3-fa in two weeks). The boys were fired up and kept putting pressure on the opposition, but whilst the wickets were falling, SGS was scoring quickly. The wickets were shared around the team with Gus Pritchard (2/12) and Archie Lyle (2/14) both snaring two. A highlight was a four wicket over in Archie Lyle’s spell that included two run-outs and a ‘team hat-trick’. The 16s started the chase positively, sitting at 2/86 with Archie Lyle (47) and Hugo Lloyd (42) both scoring around the ground. The collapse was significant, though, as the team went from 5/107 to 9/109 before Lachlan Boys (6*) and Sam Lim (6*) got the job done, with Sam Lim hitting a four through the covers to finish off the game. 

Mr Brett Hunter
Head of Cricket

Results

TEAM	RESULT	SCORES
First XI	Win	Shore 3/91 (Noah Quayle 42*, Toby Robinson 42) defeated SGS 89 (Ben Hocking 4/12, Matt Melville 2/1, Oliver Higgins 2/7)
Second XI	Win	Shore 5/282 (Josh Evans 25, Cooper Glanville 73, Thomas Hamilton 58, Tom Glasson 52*, Will Scott-Mackenzie 21) defeated SGS 9/189 (James Mathur 4/23, Cameron Newton 3/26)
Third XI	Wash Out
Fourth XI	Loss	Shore 110 defeated by SGS 2/111
Fifth XI	Bye
16A	WIN	SGS: 10/121 (Alistair Nieland 3/22, Gus Pritchard 2/12, Archie Lyle 2/14) defeated by Shore: 9/123 (Archie Lyle 47, Hugo Lloyd 42, Lachlan Boys 6*, Sam Lim 6*)
15A	Loss	Shore 10/114 (Xavier Simmonds 54) defeated by SGS 10/191 (Hugh Campbell 2/16)
15B	Loss	Shore 10/145 (Theodore Turner 32*, Harry Ross 28, Will Tomes 21) lost to SGS 3/148 (Dash Vonwiller 1/5, Daniel Chapman 1/20)
14A	WIN	Shore 100/6 (Henry Hollebone 28, Harrison Koch 29) defeated SGS 99 all out (Billy Rogers 2/18, Harry Klineberg 2/8)
14B	WIN	Shore 193 (Angus Murdoch-Tilmouth 59, Charlie Mullen 38, Sam Cawood 21) defeated SGS 113 (Liam Matthews 4/21, Jackson Harris 3/11)
14C	WIN	Shore 1/140 (Harry Collingwood-Boots 33*, Thomas Devereux 36*, Hudson Williams 25*) defeated SGS 8/128 (Lucas Bowyer 1/3, Ollie Lyle 1/11)