Cricket Report

Round 10 First XI Match Report versus The Scots College

Saturday 18 February played at the War Memorial Playing Fields, A Ground, Northbridge Campus

Shore 10/111 (Will Sutton 19) by 124 runs TSC 10/235 (Ben Hocking 3/35, Lachlan Hunt 3/50)

On a warm and humid morning at Northbridge, Scots won the toss and elected to bat. Opening bowlers Sam Walton and Tom Fuzes began very well, bowling a tight line and length just outside off stump, and when Fuzes made the ball nip back off the seam bowling their opener, it was 1/5. Scots began a rebuild but Shore was on top, with Scots going at just under three runs an over. With a score of 42, Captain Lachlan Hunt made the crucial breakthrough bowling the Scots number three.

Ben Hocking was now building pressure from the other end and soon struck twice with accurate stump-to-stump bowling, reducing Scots to 4/48. With Shore on top, they needed to continue to build pressure, but the Scots Captain had other ideas. A couple of big overs lifted not only the Scots run rate but also their confidence.

A blistering attack with powerful shots to all parts of the ground saw a 73-run partnership and a big momentum swing to Scots, who were now scoring freely and putting pressure on the Shore bowlers. Axel Bailey made the critical fifth breakthrough with the score at 121, and Alex Segaert snared a sixth Scots wicket with the score at 148. Another partnership of 48 frustrated Shore, with Scots moving to 7/196. The eighth and ninth wickets fell at 201 and 204 respectively but a 31 run partnership for the last wicket saw Scots reach 235, being bowled out in the 50th over. Shore would need to show some fight and grit to chase the runs.

Chasing 236 to win would require contributions from each member of our top six and disciplined batting. Shore began positively and reached 29 before Alex Segaert was caught at mid-wicket for nine. Axel Bailey joined Will Sutton and the pair progressed the score to 47 before Bailey was caught at slip for 10. Four runs later the dogged Sutton was caught behind for 19 and Shore were in some trouble at 3/51. When Captain Lachlan Hunt departed cheaply, Shore were in deeper trouble at 4/56. Both Oliver Carney and Hugo Orpin were then dismissed cheaply, and Shore were 6/75. Sadly, the situation went from bad to worse and Shore were soon dismissed for 111 in the 29th over. The manner in which Shore capitulated was hugely disappointing and was a far cry from the team’s strong batting display two weeks earlier at the White Oval. The team must address their discipline with the ball and improve their ground fielding and catching, but above all must apply themselves and bat the entirety of their 50 overs.

Thankfully, the team gets an opportunity to turn around their fortunes and restore some pride this Saturday when they play Newington College at Stanmore in Round 11 of the competition.

Mr T M Wallace
First XI Coach

Round 10 Second XI Match Report versus The Scots College

Saturday 18 February played at The Scots College Main Oval

Shore 10/108 defeated Scots 10/98 (Matthew Melville 38 (65), Matthew Melville 5/26 (9.0), Toby Ogg 3/16 (6.3), Jack Mott 2/19 (5.0))

There are no words to describe how we managed to get away with this win. The Second XI was never in the contest until the final 10 overs of the day, which demonstrated how when pressure is applied, anything can happen.

We won the toss and elected to bat on what looked like a good pitch, but would have a bit of juice in it for the first hour. Scots openers bowled extremely well and we lost two wickets in the first over followed by another one a couple of overs later. We were struggling at 3/4. Fraser Pandit 8 (61) played the anchor role to help rebuild the innings and support Billy Kwan 18 (24) to allow him to play his natural aggressive game. The rebuild was looking good with a 30 run partnership, but a crucial wicket of Billy Kwan in the final over before the first drinks break had us at 4/35.

Fraser Pandit then got out straight after drinks with a high full toss against their spinner. Enter Matt Melville 38 (65). What a day to remember! He came out and batted with purpose. He wasn’t going to get tied down and was going to play normal Cricket and hit the ball in the open space. Matt batted superbly and got the team over the 100 mark. The tail-enders chimed in with what would now become crucial runs for the team. At the interval break, the team was given a hard talk about how it was now our turn to turn up and take the game.

The openers Jack Mott 2/19 (5.0) and Chris Lovell 0/17 (4.0) bowled well but were short at times allowing Scots to remain on top. We knew they would be chasing the bonus points by chasing our total down within 25 overs, so they would give us chances, but it was up to us to take them. And take them we did!

Ben Powell took one of the best catches I have witnessed to break the opening partnership flying like Superman across to his left to take the catch and then he backed it up with another superb catch to take out their main striker. This gave us some hope.

However, Scots rebuilt their innings and went into the first drinks break at 2/64. They needed 45 runs with eight overs to get the bonus points with eight wickets in hand. They were well on track to not only get the win but secure the bonus points. My first goal was to try and prevent them from getting the bonus points, then possibly get them seven down to at least look competitive for the day.

The boys went far and beyond that. Matt Melville 5/26 (9.0) bowled his best spell for the season that got the early breakthrough after drinks. This was then backed up with an over that went dot, two, wicket, wicket, dot, wicket. We now had momentum swinging our way. We just needed someone to support him and that was Toby Ogg 3/16 (6.3).

He too bowled tightly and challenged the batters with his fast-paced left arm off spin. We now managed to achieve our first goal and that was to prevent the bonus points. We had already taken the seven wickets, now it was time to secure the win. They still needed 11 runs to win with two wickets in hand. Their senior batter was still in and looking good. He then played an aggressive shot and skied it high up in the air. Angus Molchanoff was under it, for what seemed an eternity and took the catch cleanly, giving Matt Melville his “Michelle” and the first one for the team this season.

One wicket left, they still needed 11 to win. Toby bowled the perfect full and straight ball to get through the gate and smash into the stumps to give us what was a very unlikely victory. The boys celebrated in style and will go down as one of the great comebacks. Well done to the team for stepping up when required and Matt Melville for having a fantastic day out with both bat and ball.

Next week we have Newington, although they are yet to win a match this season, they are coming off the back of scoring 228 against King’s last week. So, they will have some confidence with the bat. We need to keep this momentum and get on top of them quickly.

Mr G S Tesoriero
Second XI Coach

Cricket Reports

Third XI: The Third XI find themselves in a Groundhog Day scenario with another week yielding another sound thrashing. Only the minor details change. And this week saw a smidgen of hope when we won the toss, sent Scots in and had them reeling at 4/40 after 10 overs. Angus Reardon and Captain Will Johnston were showing the way with some excellent line and length bowling that, with a little more luck, could have had the opposition in even deeper trouble. 

Unfortunately, the other bowlers were unable to maintain the pressure. Every loose ball seemed to rocket to (or over) a boundary as the Scots batsmen feasted to the tune of nine or ten runs an over. Chasing 225 was always going to be a tall order. The batsmen survived some exceptionally fast early bowling but couldn’t deal with the lesser bowlers and their loose deliveries as well as Scots had. Some dark clouds and thunder threatened but the day ended in sunshine with Shore well short of the target.

Mr R J Ward
Third XI Coach

Fourth XI: Hot and windy conditions greeted Shore as they made the journey to Vaucluse. Shore lost the toss (for the first time in a long time) with Scots opting to bat first.

Unfortunately, Shore was unable to recapture the form and mindset of last week’s win against Grammar, and so whilst our opening bowlers, Tom Santow and Cal Forster were putting the ball in good areas, we struggled to keep a lid on the Scots batsmen.

A number of tough but catchable chances went down, whilst plenty more fell just out of reach, meaning we were unable to stop Scots from building consistent partnerships. A strong cameo with the ball from Finn Baxter at the back end of the innings was a genuine highlight, picking up a double wicket maiden much to the adoration (and surprise to some) of his teammates.

With the bat, Shore was never able to quite get going. Coupled with some impressive catching from Scots, this meant we were more or less behind the game from the first over and were unable to recover, eventually being bowled out in the 18th over for 84 runs.

Three Shore batsmen scored 15 and two scored 10, so while enough of our batsmen were able to get starts, no one was able to go on with it to score that key big score. Jye Peters was at least able to provide some late fireworks, hitting one of the Scots opening bowlers for consecutive sixes, in the process teaching the bowler a lesson that you don’t always get easy wickets by coming back on at the end of the innings.

The Fourth XI take on Newington on their turf next week, and last time we played it was Shore who came away with a thrilling three run win, so no doubt the Toadies will get back up for this week and mark another notch in the wins column.

Mr N A Trumbull
Fourth XI Coach

16A: The 16As lost the toss and were sent into bat. Shore got off to a slow start due to some tight bowling from the Scots opening bowlers. Shore struggled to form partnerships on a pitch that was providing variable bounce. Will Scott-McKenzie batted with caution and managed to keep the score ticking over for Shore. Some late ball striking from Hugh Reardon saw Shore post scrape to a total of 125. Shore managed to take some early wickets through some spearhead bowling from Digby Hockey picking up three wickets. However, poor discipline with the ball led to Shore leaking a lot of extras, which saw Scots cruise past the total in 22 overs.

Alex Robinson
16A Coach

15A: Shore arrived at Christison Park excited to continue their winning streak from last week’s nailbiter. Daniel Harvey won the toss and chose to bat first. He and Stian Constable started the innings very well with an opening partnership of 101 runs which was a season-best for the 15As. Harvey continued to hit the loose ball and accelerate significantly with great Cricket shots. Shore 15As continued to lose consistent wickets but Harvey remained determined to make his innings count. With five overs to go, Harvey reached the 100 milestone with a four. His standout innings (111 runs) set Shore up with a solid total of 215 for the win.

Nick Yates and Harry Kowalski began the bowling innings very well with consistent line and length. While they did not claim any wickets, they created plenty of opportunities and pressure that ultimately led to Constable claiming 3/30 and Daniel Jonker claiming 4/25 off their six overs each. Scots were no match for Shore, with the final wicket coming in the 27th over, allowing Shore to walk away with the points by 96 runs.

This convincing win should bring plenty of confidence to Shore for next week’s clash with Newington College. Once again, a massive congratulations to Harvey for his debut 100 for the School.

Miss S Horley 
15A Coach

15C: On Saturday the Shore 15C set out on F ground to face Knox for their third week playing as a team. Winning the toss and electing to bat, Shore posted a substantial 228 runs, led by Tom Munn’s 44 runs, along with Dylan Germain (23) and Malachi Warner (32*). With Knox sent in to bat, a strong bowling effort by Tom Gray early in their innings led Shore to a good start, achieving amazing figures of 4/1 including a double hat-trick. The other bowlers, especially Henry Clifton, were also exceptional and did not allow the Knox batsmen to settle at any point in the match, allowing Shore to eventually bowl Knox out for a total of 17 runs in only 11 overs, defeating Knox by a margin of 211 runs.

In the end, Shore’s team performance was excellent and their bowlers, particularly Tom Gray, deserve special praise. 

A Fisher and A Gill
15C Coaches

14A: On a humid afternoon over at Queens Park, Scots won the toss and elected to bat first on a deck with a tiny boundary. They started off well, with their opening batsmen putting on a solid partnership. Scots were 1/90 at drinks and were on track to put up a big total.

However, some excellent bowling by Will Heiler and Jack Campbell, coupled with some poor shot selection by the Scots batsmen, saw them lose a few quick wickets. The runs slowly dried up and wickets continued to fall as Oscar Brown was unplayable with his line and length, as the Scots batting tail crumbled to be all out for 131 after 31 overs.

A new opening batting partnership of Thomas Hamilton and Lachlan Boys got off to a great start as they took the shine off the new ball and made some crucial early runs. Scots continued to bowl in the right areas and some great fielding resulted in the wicket of Boys.

Aidan Kurtis came into bat like a man on a mission and hit five outstanding boundaries all over the park until he was later dismissed, caught behind. Cooper Glanville had the knock of the season, playing with confidence as he hit a perfect 68* off 31 balls that included six maximums and five 4s. It was fitting that the winning runs were hit with a six right into the Shore crowd.

Mr J Murphy
14A Coach

14B: With an artificial pitch and a boundary smaller than A grounds inner ring, the 14Bs expected a high-scoring game. Winning the toss, Shore decided to bowl and achieved an early breakthrough due to a Scots mix up which saw their opener run out for one.

Scots were able to recover from a slow start, sitting at 2/83 at drinks due to a strong partnership between their number three and five. However, some excellent bowling by Tom Penney and Ryan Doherty resulted in a stagnation of the Scots run flow and several wickets falling. Scots were then able to speed up the run rate again, finishing on 172.

Confident on a small ground and having seen what happened in the first innings, Shore’s opening batsmen came out firing. Will Howman-Giles and Tom Gocher both finished on 50*, establishing a platform to which Shore could cruise home for victory.

After both batsmen retired, Hugo Lloyd came out firing hitting four 4s and a six, well and truly cementing a victory for Shore. Two wickets were lost quickly following Lloyd‘s quickfire innings, but it was too late for Scots. Shore proved victorious in a convincing win.

Mr M D Webster
14B Coach

13A: Scots won the toss and elected to bat. Shore snared two early wickets to have Scots at 2-10 but they recovered well to build a well-compiled but not unachievable 113. Tom Copes and Toby Smith bowled very well, dangerous and economical. Shore began solidly with the bat and still had seven wickets in hand at the 19 over mark, thanks largely to Jack Courtenay and Ollie Buckley who both accrued excellent scores. With an over to go, Shore needed 12 for victory but it was not to be with Scots holding on to win against a fast-finishing Shore outfit.

Mr B N Morris
13A Coach

13B: Shore were raring to go against Scots and hoping to continue their good form after last week’s win. In their first home game at Northbridge, the team went in to bat after winning the toss. Scots put the pressure on early and runs were hard to come by. Wickets began to fall in the top order before Archie Watson steadied the ship and made a gritty 11* as the boys scrambled to 4-46 at drinks. Many of the middle order got starts but were unable to carry on as the team looked to accelerate the run rate. Fortunately, the tail wagged with Angus Edwards (13), Will Hadfield (13), Billy Sorenson (12*) and Max Cawood (9) all making some valuable runs to help put up a tricky total of 100. Shore needed to bowl well to defend the total and the boys were enthusiastic on the field, to say the least.

The plan – as old as cricket itself – was line and length, and the boys delivered.A real turning point of the game was after drinks, with Scots needing 50 runs off 15 overs as Edward Godfrey steamed in and took 1-0, followed by a maiden as pressure continued to build. With a flurry of late wickets, Shore 13Bs took home the chocolates in what was once again a joyous, sunny Saturday. The young men are looking forward to camp next week and taking the field once again.

Mr H J Guest
13B Coach

13C: The 13Cs faced a rematch of last week’s game against Scots, in the hope of pulling off the same result as the previous week. Shore won the toss and decided to bat first. Max Cawood and Will Tomes got us off to a great start, both scoring 29, to leave Shore in a healthy position at drinks. Zach France followed, scoring a quick 19 runs. At the end of the innings, Shore posted an impressive 158 all out from 30 overs.

Shore started off the bowling on fire, with Charlie McGuinness getting two wickets in the first over. Improved fielding from Shore proved vital, with Tom Nutt taking two impressive catches. McGuinness finished with 4-12, with Shore bowling out Scots for 47, leaving Shore with a great start to the season.

Mr S Chapman
13C Coach

13D: In the second match of the season, the 13Ds faced off against Knox Grammar after losing the coin toss. Grammar elected to field first and Shore took up the batting for the first innings. The opening batsman started their innings well and ended up retiring not out for their efforts.

The middle order also found their rhythm with Claude Fox and Sid Shoemark helping Shore acquire an impressive total of 5/152 at the end of the first innings. Shore responded very well in the field in a short period of time.

Owen King’s return to the team was instrumental, seeing him bag 2/7 during an impressive spell of pace which saw the hosts eventually bowled out for just 67.

Mr C R Tyson
13D Coach

13E: Shore played Barker College’s 13C team in their first match of the season, playing away at the Peter Taylor playing fields on a hot Saturday afternoon. The grade level difference between the teams showed as Barker won the toss and went into bat, with both openers starting strongly. Nathan Klante was able to produce a breakthrough with the help of an excellent display of boundary fielding by Hugo Ahmed.

However, Barker continued to score runs, despite further wickets from Harry Ross and Will Bassingthwaite, posting an impressive score of 4/180. In response the Shore openers Alexander Merrin and Harry Ross started the innings in explosive fashion, scoring 14 runs off a single over. However, the Barker bowlers were able to bowl tightly and take consistent wickets, bowling Shore out for 52 runs. A tough match for the Shore team with plenty to take away and build upon throughout the rest of the season.

T Marshall and N Griffiths
13E Coaches

Team	Result
First XI	Loss	Shore 10/111 (W Sutton 19) by 124 runs TSC 10/235 (B Hocking 3/35, L Hunt 3/50)
Second XI	Win	Shore 10/108 defeated TSC 10/98 (M Melville 38 (65), M Melville 5/26 (9.0), T Ogg 3/16 (6.3), J Mott 2/19 (5.0))
Third XI	Loss	Shore 134 (A Reardon 35, T Davison 23) defeated by TSC 8/225 (A Reardon 4/19, T Lyons 2/31)
Fourth XI	Loss	Shore 10/84 defeated by TSC 7/148 (F Baxter 2/11)
16A	Loss	Shore 9/125 (W Scott-McKenzie (30), H Reardon (22) defeated TSC 5/132 (D Hockey (3/24)
15A	Win	Shore 7/214 (D Harvey 111, S Constable 44) defeated TSC 10/118 (D Jonker 4/25, S Constable 3/30)
15B	BYE	BYE Round
15C	Win	Shore 9/228 (T Munn 44, M Warner 32*, D Germain 23) defeated Knox 10/17 (T Gray 4/1 including double Hat-trick, H Clifton 2/3)
14A	Win	Shore 2/133 (T Hamilton 29* A Kurtis 25 C Glanville 68*) defeated TSC 10/131 (W Heiler 2/12 J Campbell 3/15 O Brown 2/7)
14B	Win	Shore 4/173 (T Gocher 50*, W Howman-Giles 50*, H Lloyd 25*) defeated TSC 7/172 (T Penney 2/25, R Doherty 1/9, S Lim 1/15 )

Team	Result
14C		NO RESULT COMMUNICATED
13A	Loss	Shore 10/101 (J Courtenay 24, O Buckley 20) defeated by TSC 5/113 (T Copes 2/2, T Smith 1/0)
13B	Win	Shore 9/100 (A Edwards 13, W Hadfield 13, B Sorensen 12*) defeated TSC 7/75 (A Collins 2/5, A Watson 2/8)
13C	Win	Shore 158 (M Cawood 29 ret., W Tomes 29, Z France 19 ret.) defeated TSC 10/47 (C McGuiness 4/12)
13D	Win	Shore 5/152 (A Prowse 22 ret., D Chapman 18 ret., S Shoemark 29, C Fox 20) defeated KGS 10/67 (O King 2/7)
13E	Loss	Shore 10/52 (N Klante 14*) defeated by Barker College 4/180 (H Ross 2/12)

Player of the Week Nominations:

1. First XI – Ben Hocking 3/35

2. Second XI – Matthew Melville 38 from 65 balls and 5/26 from 9 overs

3. Third XI – Angus Reardon, 4/19 and 35

4. Fourth XI – Finn Baxter 2/11 and a catch

5. 16A – Digby Hockey for sending the off-stump cartwheeling

6. 15A – Daniel Harvey 111 runs

7. 15B – BYE Round

8. 15C – Tom Gray 4/1 Double Hat-trick

9. 14A – Cooper Glanville 68 from 31 balls

10. 14B – Tom Gocher 50* and Will Howman-Giles 50*

11. 14C – No result communicated

12. 13A – Jack Courtenay 24 runs

13. 13B – Archie Watson 11* and 2/8, Billy Sorenson 12* and 1/3 off 3

14. 13C – Max Cawood 29 ret. and Charlie McGuiness 4/12

15. 13D – Sid Shoemark 29 runs

16. 13E – Nathan Klante 14*, 1/16

Players of the week:
Tom Gray – 4/1 Double Hat-trick
Daniel Harvey – 111 runs