Cricket Report

Round 13 First XI Match Report v St Joseph’s College  

Please reference the Cricket Report in the Holtermann Columns for the First XI Match Report.

Round 13 Second XI Match Report v St Joseph’s College

Saturday March 11, 2023 played at SJC No. 1 Oval

Shore 9/249 (50.0) defeated SJC 10/193 (45.1) (Oscar Everett 33 (42), William Kowalski 80 (94), Fraser Pandit 23 (40), Billy Kwan 34 (41), Jack Mott 2/41 (8), Toby Ogg 3/33 (10), Matthew Melville 2/49 (9)).

Coming off the back of four wins in a row, this match against St Joseph’s College was our most important game of the season. Joey’s were one win (six points) ahead of us in second place. We get the win, and we move into equal second with them. This was enough motivation for the boys to train well and put everything together on the day. We lost the toss, and to our surprise, we were sent into bat. In the past two weeks our batting aggregate was 1-165, so we knew we were in form with the top order, but consistency is something we needed to capitalise on. And that we did. Our openers, Oscar Everett 33 (42), playing a pull shot off the first ball of the day against the 2^nd XI leading wicket-taker, and William Kowalski 80 (94), batted superbly and put on an opening stand of 73 off 14 overs. This gave us huge momentum to continue building towards a large total. Angus Molchanoff 17 (27), came in at number three and put on a 47-run partnership with Kowalski posting his first half-century for the season. Kowalski played his best innings so far, rotating the strike and putting the bad balls away. Fatigue got the better of him as he tried to play a lofted drive, getting caught at mid-off. We were 3/163 at the second drinks break, so our goal was to post over 240. Fraser Pandit 23 (40) and Billy Kwan 34 (41) got us close to the 200 run mark with the tail-end batters all chipping in to post a very impressive 249.

We knew that only half the job was done. We had to stick to our bowling plan, by being patient, dotting them up and fielding well. As usual, our openers Jack Mott 2/41 (8.0) and Chris Lovell 1/25 (5.1), got the team off to a strong start. Mott got his now expected two wickets with his well-disguised slower balls with Ben Powell taking the catch at mid-off. Our reliable spinners did their job, and we managed to keep it tight and make them play unwanted aggressive shots. We created chances and we took them. Joey’s failed to get on top at any stage and our boys came home with a very convincing win and moved into equal second place. Celebrations were very mild as they were physically and mentally exhausted after a hard-fought match. Next week we have Sydney Boys with a chance to possibly finish in outright second place. Again, this should give the boys plenty of motivation to not take things lightly and finish the season on a strong note.

Mr G S Tesoriero
2^nd XI Coach

Third XI: The 3rd XI, playing with their new “one in all in” policy, registered the same old result.  When stuck in a “Groundhog Day” scenario, any novel approach is grasped at much like the passengers on the Titanic might have grasped at their deck chairs.  So, the batting order is now a lottery, and everyone gets a bowl. Shore won the toss and bowled on a greenish deck, but one that was far more welcoming than the potato patch served up at Riverview last week.  Some good early bowling saw the Joeys batters seemingly under control at 3/38 off 10.  But their middle order got their eye in and took full toll in the way Joeys behemoths are known for.  Before we knew it, we had to tighten up to keep the score under 200. When it was our turn the lads couldn’t get going, pinned down by good line and length bowling. Joeys put the cue in the rack and bowled some of their lesser lights, but we proved adept at finding the fielder with our slogs into the deep.  We recovered from an embarrassing 8/35 but still couldn’t last the distance.

Mr R J Ward
Third XI Coach

Fourth XI: A glorious Saturday greeted the Toadies as they looked to defend ‘The Bridge’ against our old foe St Joseph’s College. Winning the toss, Shore chose to bat on what looked like a belter of a wicket. William Scott-Mackenzie made his Toadies debut due to a rest week in the 16As, and after a little scare first ball, proceeded to show how effective a solid technique and patient shot selection can be, going on to score 53, not out. Sam Andrew also maintained his fine form this season, hitting 41 before skying one to end a 70-run partnership between him and Scott-Mackenzie. A few lusty blows from Sam Lewarne-Dale (16) towards the back end of the innings meant Shore had set a very defendable total of 152 off 20 overs.

With last term’s heavy loss to Joeys still in the back of mind, Shore was keen to seek revenge, and with runs on the board, were confident they would be able to defend a solid first innings total. Shore was off to a good start with Cal Forster being rewarded for strong line and length by snaring one of their openers, before Scott-Mackenzie had the ball absolutely hooping away from the right-handers. Scott-Mackenzie was beating the bat almost every ball before finally snaring the outside edge, resulting in Tom Santow diving full stretch to his left in the cordon to take a spectacular, one-handed grab, leaving everyone speechless before the cheers went up. A steady flow of wickets meant Joeys was in all sorts of trouble heading in to drinks at 5/58, needing 100 runs in the final ten overs for victory.

Unfortunately, it appears Joeys may have reversed their batting order on us, meaning when they came back out after drinks, the tempo of the innings changed dramatically with Shore unable to bring any further breakthroughs, and the Joeys’ batsmen seemingly hitting boundaries at will, which saw them chase down the remaining runs for the loss of only one more wicket with three overs still remaining. It was a valiant effort from our boys considering we only had eight players in the field, but unfortunately, it just presented too many gaps for the opposition batsmen to find. Nonetheless the boys are very confident they’ve improved their skills enough to defend The Bridge for one last time this season, in our final fixture against SBHS on Northbridge F at 1.30pm.

Mr N A Trumbull
Fourth XI Coach

16A: Shore won the toss and elected to bad, which proved to be a good decision as Shore got off to a slow but solid start. Openers Josh Evans (36) and Gus Manchee (17) set a solid platform for the middle order to work with. Shore’s middle order struggled to form any partnerships however, a late partnership and some good shot selection from Neo Presley (42*) and Hugh Reardon (24) saw Shore set a respectable total of 147 after the 32 overs. Shore got off to a poor start with the ball, allowing Joeys to gain momentum and build a strong opening partnership of 71. Going into the drinks break, the Shore side looked depleted and lacked motivation. After the drinks break Will Penney (2/22) and Max Brownie (1/20) provided some resistance with the ball and kept Shore in the fight. Mature batting from the Joey’s Batsmen saw them cruise past the total after 27 overs.

Alex Robinson
16A Coach

15A: Shore 15As returned to home turf at Northbridge, hoping to continue their winning streak. Shore won the toss and chose to bat first. Stian Constable and Daniel Harvey opened the batting, and created a solid start before Harvey was dismissed prior to the drinks break. Constable continued to play smart cricket shots and hit the gaps when SJC missed their line or length. He fell for a very well-earned 70. Stewart Hurt (34*) and Andrew Milton (11*) finished the innings with great running between the drinks and putting away of a bad ball to set SJC 175 to win which was a very competitive total. Nick Yates opened the bowling innings for Shore and bowled good lines and lengths with hardly any loose deliveries. He ended up with figures of 2/21 off his six overs. Another couple of standout bowling displays were from Constable and Hurt who worked in a partnership to tie down the opposition. Hurt finished on 1/20 and Constable on 2/16. Julian Harrison finished the bowling by picking up two wickets in his four overs. Shore 15As should be very happy with their performance and with only one game to go, they set themselves up very well to finish the season with a win. Shore 15As are currently nine wins from 13 games and will be looking to make it ten wins for the season, making it a very successful season for the boys.

Saskia Horley
15A Coach

15B: The 15Bs improved from last week to put in a competitive performance against Joeys. Shore lost the toss again and bowled first. Ollie Doy and Oscar Finlay formed a good opening partnership, but the Joeys openers saw them out. Harry Lyons and Charlie Ryan bowled well too, but the breakthrough didn’t come until just before drinks, with Lachie Richards making a quick stumping off Rory Keeler’s bowling. The wickets fell faster after drinks, with Keeler ending up with three wickets for 24 runs and Joe Stephens – at one point on a hat-trick – with two for 14. Joeys’ tail did well though, and they were able to post a strong score of 140. The Shore opening batsmen lost their wickets early in the innings, but Ryan looked to steady the ship with some big hitting, ending with a score of 41 runs. Richards did well to score 15 runs after keeping all afternoon, but unfortunately, Shore was only able to score a total of 102 runs, falling short of Joeys’ total.

Mr A N Mason-Jones
15B Coach

15C: Against their most challenging opponent yet, Shore lost the toss and was sent into bowl first, hoping to restrict Knox to a manageable score. Knox started their innings strong, with the opening batsmen dominating the Shore bowlers immediately. Shore managed to get a breakthrough when pacer Malachi Warner took the wicket of the Knox opener to stop the partnership, followed by Tom A securing a wicket late in the innings. However, this didn’t deter Knox as their middle-order batsmen continued to play attacking cricket and set a very impressive total of 193. Shore then faced a daunting task after being sent into bat. Tom Munn and Harry Edmunds showed resistance with 15 and 18 runs each. However, a very strong bowling and fielding performance from Knox saw Shore dismissed for 84 runs. 

Angus Fisher and Angus Gill
15C Coaches

14A: The Shore boys returned to Northbridge for what could be their final home game of the year. Coming up against the form team of the competition in St Joseph’s College, the 14A’s knew it would be a tough match. With Joeys winning the toss and electing to bowl first, the batters had the opportunity to lay the foundation and set a good platform for the game. The opening pairing of Lachlan Boys and Thomas Hamilton showed their class as they rotated the strike and played calmly and in control. Joeys bowlers put the ball on a dime and started to slowly restrict the run rate back to two runs an over. As the pressure mounted, wickets fell and Aidan Kurtis found himself trying to settle the ship. James Mathur and Jude Terry showed true resilience and grit to get the runs to a defendable total of 84 at the end of the 32 overs. Joeys started their innings well with a strong opening partnership, having the total already in their sights. Hugo Dunn and Terry took a crucial wicket each to keep the game in the balance. A strong batting performance from the Joeys top order batsmen started to swing the momentum in favour for the boys from Hunters Hill. Kurtis took two late wickets, however, Joeys managed to get the winning runs in the 24th over.

Mr J Murphy
14A Coach

14B: Shore bowled well early on and created chances that we were unable to capitalise upon. Sundries pushed out the total beyond a chasable target.

Mr M D Webster
14B Coach

14C: Shore played a Joeys outfit who made a statement early with the bat and put our opening bowlers under pressure. The runs were coming quickly until Oliver Dorney stopped things with a lovely outswinger that saw Shore take back control of the game. Joeys would lift again, scoring runs at will until Liam Burtonclay took two wickets in one over to stall the Joey onslaught. Joeys were all out for a total of 127. Shore was up for the challenge and had been focusing on their batting and running between the wickets all week at training. Unfortunately, as in previous weeks, our hard work at training didn’t transfer to Saturday’s game. Shore again struggled to find runs and stiffened at Joeys bowling attack, playing safely and trying to preserve wickets. Alistair Nieland had a successful innings with 23* but even his efforts could not get shore over the line, and they were all out for 76.

Mr C D Burke
14C Coach

13A: St Joseph’s won the toss and elected to bat on a good-looking wicket that would play evenly all morning. Shore bowled very well in the first session of 16 overs, restricting the opposition to 5/37, a tremendous effort. St Joseph’s were steady in the second session but were eventually bowled out for 83, Jack Courtenay snaring 2/7 and Ed Godfrey was extremely economical, finishing with 1-2 from four overs. Shore once again bowled all 11 players, with wickets being taken by nine different bowlers. Shore began the run-chase horribly, falling to a team hat-trick on the 7th ball of their inning to be 3/1. Nonetheless, Ollie Buckley and Charlie Bassingthwaighte steadied the ship to steer Shore into drinks at 3/42. They put on a 51-run partnership until disaster struck again, Shore losing 2 consecutive wickets to be 5/52. From here on, they were rarely troubled, clocking up 36 runs in the next 4.3 overs for the loss of one wicket, finishing at 6/88 with 7.3 overs to spare. Oscar Buckley (22n.o.), Ollie Buckley (20) and Bassingthwaighte, Toby Smith (both 14) were superb and gritty after Shore’s shaky start.

Mr B N Morris
13A Coach

13B: The Bs finally won the toss in their match against St Joseph’s College back at home and elected to bat. The top order set a positive platform (Zach France 15 and Hugh Campbell 21) before the middle order exploded with Josh Cawood (42*), Xavier Simmonds (31*) and William Hadfield (28*) scoring runs for fun and all retiring not-out. The tail was wagging and Harry Ferguson also cashed in, scoring a gritty 28, being supported by the lower order. At the change of innings, the team set an intimidating target of 240 which proved too much for the Joey’s team. Needing a run-rate of 7.5, the opposition’s top order came out swinging, but some accurate bowling from the openers left them 4/18 after four overs (Max Cawood 3/13 and Archie Watson 1/4). Everything was going right, as seen by an almighty catch from Campbell as he was almost horizontal diving over the pitch. The change bowlers continued to run rampage as Billy Sorensen and Harry Ferguson both picked up two. With some unrelenting line and length, the 13Bs secured the victory, bowling out the opposition for 30. The boys enjoyed another great day out playing Cricket with their mates and were looking forward to the Year 7 barbecue at Northbridge on Saturday night, with many opting to stay and watch the 13As and the 1sts before the event.

Mr H J Guest
13B Coach

13C: Shore’s unbeaten season came to an end on Saturday after being beaten by a strong Knox team. Shore won the toss and decided to bat but unfortunately, Shore couldn’t continue the fine batting form it has shown this season and were bowled out for 54. Despite the strong bowling from Shore and in particular Ryan Leckie and James McGuiness, Knox were able to reach the required total in just over 15 overs.

Mr S Chapman
13C Coach

13D: In the fifth match of the season, the 13Ds and Knox 13D XI faced off on the cricket field. After winning the coin toss and electing to bat first, Shore displayed great effort. Shore’s batting was particularly impressive, with Lachlan Ward (25), Alexander Merrin (25), Claude Fox (29), and Archer Prowse (29) all retiring after individual displays of top-notch batting. With a strong total of 178, Shore dominated the first innings. Knox began their second innings chase, but unfortunately lost wickets early on. Shore’s impressive bowling, led by Dash Vonwiller (3/1), Sid Shoemark (2/8), and Claude Fox (2/5), saw Knox bowled out for only 65 runs. Overall, it was an exciting match, with Shore delivering the most dominant performance of the season thus far. Fox’s impressive 29 at bat and 2/5 record, along with his four catches, were the highlights of the game, consequently seeing him earn player of the match for the second week in a row. The 13Ds XI’s perfect record of five wins out of five matches speaks to their undeniable skill and determination. Five from five!

Mr C R Tyson
13D Coach

13E: Injuries and illnesses saw Shore heading into their away game at Cranbrook down to only eight players, however, this didn’t hurt their spirits as the 13E’s were enthusiastic and ready to go. Having once again lost the toss and being sent out to bowl, opening bowlers Thomas Mann and Joshua Neiland were persistent in their line and length. However, the lack of fielders hurt the Shore outfit on what was already a small ground, resulting in runs leaking and the opposing openers making an extremely strong opening stand. Harry Ross was able to eventually make the breakthrough, however, it was not enough to hold Cranbrook back as they were able to post an impressive total of 111. Similar to the first innings, Shore once again found themselves outclassed by a better team, with two wickets coming from the opening over of their innings. However, Shore never gave up, with Nathan Klante scoring an impressive 24 with six fours, as well as late cameos from Ross, who scored the first six of the season, and Joshua Nieland, who hit a ramp shot for four. Shore ended their innings 7/48 with reduced batsmen. As the 13Es head into their final game of the season, they look to continue their improvement with the bat and ball and hopefully get a good result against a more evenly matched opposition.

Tom Marshall and Nick Griffiths
13E Coaches

Player of the Week Nominations:

1. First XI – Ben Hocking 4/19 and Hugo Orpin 51

2. Second XI – William Kowalski 80 from 94 balls

3. Third XI – Digby Hockey 2/21 and 16 runs

4. Fourth XI – William Scott-Mackenzie (53 not out and 2/15)

5. 16A – Neo Presley 42*

6. 15A – Stian Constable 70 runs and 2/16 off 6 overs

7. 15B – Charlie Ryan (41 runs)

8. 15C – Tom Atkin 10* and 1/26

9. 14A – Aiden Kurtis 25 and 2/2

10. 14B – Ryan Doherty for the best wicketless over of the season

11. 14C – Alistair Nieland 23*

12. 13A – Eddie Godfrey 1/2 from 4 overs

13. 13B – Josh Cawood 42*and Xavier Simmonds 31* and 1/4

14. 13C – James McCowan 11

15. 13D – Claude Fox 29, 2/5 and 4 catches

16. 13E – Nathan Klante 24

Player of the Week: William Kowalski – 80 runs from 94 balls

Team	Result
First XI	Win	Shore 9/138 (H Orpin 51, T Robinson 45) defeated SJC 10/101 (B Hocking 4/19, S Walton 3/15)
Second XI	Win	Shore 9/249 (50.0) defeated SJC 10/193 (45.1) (O Everett 33 (42), W Kowalski 80 (94), F Pandit 23 (40), B Kwan 34 (41), J Mott 2/41 (8), T Ogg 3/33 (10), M Melville 2/49 (9))
Third XI	Loss	Shore 10/74 defeated by SJC 7/193 (D Hockey 2/21, K Featherstone 2/35)
Fourth XI	Loss	Shore 6/152 (W Scott-Mackenzie 53*, S Andrew 41) defeated by SJC 6/155 (W Scott-Mackenzie 2/15, F Baxter 2/31, C Forster 2/34)
16A	Loss	Shore 7/147 (N Presley 42*, J Evans 36) defeated by SJC 3/148 (W Penney 2/22, M Brownie 1/20)
15A	Win	Shore 4/174 (S Constable 70, S Hurt 34*) defeated SJC 7/138 (S Constable 2/16, J Harrison 2/20)
15B	Loss	Shore 10/102 (C Ryan 41) defeated by SJC 10/140 (R Keeler 3/24, J Stephens 2/14)
15C	Loss	Shore 84 defeated by KGS 2/193
14A	Loss	Shore 8/84 (A Kurtis 25) defeated by SJC 4/85 (A Kurtis 2/2)
14B	Loss	Shore 9/92 defeated by SJC 10/179 (T Penney 3/20, H Lloyd 2/11, T Gocher 2/7)
14C	Win	Shore 9/76 Alistair Nieland 23 n.o. defeated by SJC 7/127
13A	Win	Shore 6/88 (O Buckley 22 n.o., O Buckley 20) defeated SJC 10/83 (J Courtenay 2/7, E Godfrey 1/2)
13B	Win	Shore 7/240 (J Cawood 42*, X Simmonds 31*, W Hadfield 28*) defeated SJC 10/30 (M Cawood 3/13, H Ferguson, 2/2, B Sorensen 2/3)
13C	Loss	Shore 10/54 all out (J McCowan 11) defeated by KGS 5/58 (R Leckie 2/10)
13D	Win	Shore 5/178 (C Fox 29, A Prowse 29) defeated KGS 10/65 (C Fox 2/5)
13E	Loss	Shore 7/48 (N Klante 24, H Ross 11) defeated by Cranbrook 1/111 (H Ross 1/13)