Cricket Report
| Team | Result |
|---|---|
| 1st XI | Loss. Shore 8/179 (Hugo Orpin 57, Alex Segaert 36*, Josh Constantian 23) defeated by SBHS 8/180 (Jack Mott 2/23, Sam Walton 2/32, Will Nutt 2/43) |
| 2nd XI | Win. Shore 9/240 defeated SBHS 10-102 (O Everett 68 (88), W Kowalski 29 (40), F Pandit 61* (71), C Lovell 21 (35), T Fuzes 3/2 (4.0), B Powell 2/21 (8.0), T Ogg 3/18 (7.0) |
| 3rd XI | Loss. Shore 127 (W Johnston 38, N Presley 28) defeated by NC 3/204 |
| 4th XI | Loss. Shore 10/69 (C Forster 21, J Peters 19) defeated by NC 6/174 (S Lewarne-Dale 3/17) |
| 16A | Game abandoned |
| 15A | Game abandoned |
| 15B | Loss. Shore 10/106 (B Thorpe 31, O Doy 22) defeated by SBHS 3/113 (H Pritchard 2/14) |
| 14A | Game abandoned |
| 14B | Win. Shore 2/132 batted 20 overs (A Brooks 35*, T Gocher 21, B Sullivan 21)* defeated SBHS 6/23 (A Brooks 2/0) |
| 14C | Loss. Shore 5/58 (A Nieland 19*, O Dorney 11*) defeated by SIC 0/59 |
1st XI Trial Match Report vs Sydney Boys High School
Saturday 15 October – McKay Oval, Centennial Park
Shore 8/179 (Hugo Orpin 57, Alex Segaert 36*, Josh Constantian 23) defeated by SBHS 8/180 (Jack Mott 2/23, Sam Walton 2/32, Will Nutt 2/43)
Under blue skies and bright sunshine, Sydney Boys High School won the toss and sent Shore into bat. The pitch was flat but a little slow given the weeks of rain Sydney has experienced recently. Shore started well, with Will Sutton and Hugo Orpin looking positive and scoring freely until an unfortunate run out saw Sutton dismissed with the score on 19. Toby Robinson was dismissed soon after, and Shore were 2/22 in the fifth over. A 31-run partnership between Orpin and skipper, Lachie Hunt, steadied the ship but with the score on 53, Hunt was dismissed after being caught behind square. Oliver Carney and Axel Bailey both fell cheaply, seeing Shore slip to 5/81 after 28 overs. Orpin found an ally in Josh Constantian and the pair put on 25, until Orpin was run out from a direct hit. With Henry Sharp and Constantian both out, Shore was in trouble, at 8/125 with 7 overs remaining. Pleasingly, Alex Segaert and Will Nutt combined for an unbeaten 54-run stand, which allowed Shore to reach a respectable 8/179 after their 50 overs. After a below-par batting effort, Shore needed to start well with the ball and take early wickets. High began positively scoring at a good rate, with their openers putting on 35, before Lachie Hunt made an important breakthrough. Three overs later, Sam Walton struck, seeing High reach 2/46 after 11 overs. Shore needed to slow the run-rate and build pressure. However, they were unable to do so as a 51-run partnership saw High move to 2/97, before Jack Mott claimed High’s third wicket. A wicket to Alex Segaert and another to Jack Mott gave Shore some hope with High 5/121 after 29 overs. Unfortunately, Shore was unable to take wickets regularly and it was not until High had almost reached the target that Shore took three more wickets. High eventually passed Shore’s target in the 47th over for the loss of eight wickets. It was a disappointing day for Shore, who have lots of hard work to do before the opening round of the AAGPS Competition next Saturday. Our batsmen will need to show greater application, and our bowlers will need to build pressure by bowling a consistently better line and length.
Mr T M Wallace and Dr R M Stobo
1st XI Coaches
2nd XI Trial Match Report versus Sydney Boys High School
Saturday 15 October – War Memorial Playing Fields. Northbridge A Ground
Shore 9/240 defeated SBHS 10-102 (Oscar Everett 68 (88), Will Kowalski 29 (40), Fraser Pandit 61* (71), Chris Lovell 21 (35), Thomas Fuzes 3/2 (4.0), Ben Powell 2/21 (8.0), Toby Ogg 3/18 (7.0)
As a 2nd XI Team, usually coming into Term 4, we would normally already have a few trial games under our belt. Unfortunately, the wet weather during the holiday break prevented that, causing us to go into this game as our first proper hit out. Thankfully, the sun was out, and we were ready for our first, and only, trial game for the season against Sydney Boys High School before Round One of the GPS Competition. High won the toss and sent the Shore boys into bat. We got off to a flying start with our openers. Oscar Everett top scoring with 69 (88) and Will Kowalski (25), putting on an opening stand of 77. With the large boundaries and slow outfield, they had to run most of them that included running three threes. Fraser Pandit from Year 9 came in at number four and looked to be positive straight away by using his feet against spin. He batted superbly and looked a mature batsman out there, always seeking to rotate the strike while trying to put the bad balls away. Chris Lovell contributed 22 runs with the bat that included a few cut shots through the point region. The team posted one of the highest scores on Northbridge A Ground for quite some time, with an impressive 240. This was always going to be a tough task to chase.
Our top four medium pace bowlers consisted of Killian Featherstone (Year 10), Ben Hocking (Year 9), Chris Lovell (Year 10) and Tom Fuzes (Year 8), all having bowled tightly, restricting High to just 3/36 at the first drinks break. Tom Fuzes took the best figures for the match with 3-2, which included him being on a hat-trick. He also took a catch and a run-out. Angus Reardon came on with his back of the hand slower balls and bamboozled the batters on numerous occasions. Toby Ogg – former left arm medium pace bowler, but now our left arm orthodox spinner – took 3/18, which also included him being on a hat-trick. Ben Powell, our senior spinner, showed his experience and skill, proving too good for the batters by consistently beating the outside edge. In the end, Shore won by 138 runs.
Overall, the team put in a great performance leading into the GPS competition. We look forward to the season ahead, and hopefully everyone stays fit and has a great season.
Mr G S Tesoriero
2nd XI Coach
3rd XI Match Report
A tough game first up for a scratch team against a talented Newington. They won the toss and batted. Our bowling lacked penetration, so our opponents got off to a good start and accelerated, putting on 0/99 by drinks. A couple of wickets went begging to some indifferent fielding and the Shore bowling attack lacked a good length, so their batsmen were never really troubled and were able to run up a winning total without taking too many risks. One of their openers scoring an impressive 104*. Our batting was doughty against some very good bowling. The opener, Neo Presley, weathered the early fast bowling and batted patiently for a well-earned 28. Captain Will Johnston scored a quick 38 with some impressive power hitting at the tail end of our innings. The target was never realistically within reach, but in the end the score of 127 off 28 overs was a very respectable effort against a talented attack.
Mr R J Ward
3rd XI Coach
4th XI Match Report
After a big week of training, the Shore 4th XI arrived at a picturesque Northbridge D Ground ready to take on Newington in the first game of the season. Upon arrival, it was clear Newington were ready to play with their 4th XI squad being an overflow team of Years 9 and 10 students who were not new to the game. Shore on the other hand, was carrying a number of players making their School Cricketing debut, but that certainly does not mean there was any lack of passion or enthusiasm.
After losing the toss, we were able to make some early inroads through the bowling of Forster and Peters. The fielding was sharp but as can happen in cricket, too often catches were just out of reach and so several wicket taking opportunities were missed. It meant the Newington no.3 was able to find his score of 78, and the opposition made it to the innings break setting Shore a target of 175. Sam Lewarne-Dale ended up being the pick of the bowlers, taking the strong figures of 3/17 from his 4 overs.
Knowing it was just going to take one or two good scores to get us near the target, the Shore opening batsmen of Jye Peters and Cal Forster went out and played beautifully to see the first wicket fall after a 34 run partnership. Unfortunately, with a number of players new to the game, from here on in there were a few rather comical mix-ups with our running and shot selection. This saw Shore lose too many cheap wickets and bowled out for 69 runs. While the end result was not what Shore was after, the team played with tremendous passion and were very ably and vocally supported by a strong cohort of Boarders. With some work on our fielding and a few adjustments to our approach with the bat, there’s undoubtedly success to match our enthusiasm on the horizon!
Mr N A Trumbull
4th XI Coach
15B Match Report
After winning the toss, Shore decided to put Sydney Boys High in to bat on a green wicket and damp outfield. Ollie Doy and Oscar Finlay opened the bowling and were very economical, as were first change bowlers, Brian Thorpe and Dylan Germain. However, High did well to have wickets in hand at the drinks break, finishing the first session at 2/40. Henry Pritchard bowled some good leg spin to finish with figures of 2/14. Ollie Doy finished with a wicket, but High was able to finish their innings only three wickets down for 113 runs.
Shore openers Brian Thorpe and Tom Gray put on a strong partnership of 50 runs, with Brian scoring 31 of them, but losing their wickets before drinks started a mid-order collapse. Ollie Doy steadied the ship and scored consistently to put Shore in a winning position with just three overs to go, but after he was caught on 22, High went on to bowl Shore out for 106 and win the game by 7 runs.
Mr A N Mason-Jones
15B Coach
14B Match Report
Shore bowled with good line and length troubling the SBHS team. High struggled to score and only posted 23. Shore batted strongly and ran well between wickets to pass their score in the third over. We batted out 20 overs to give the boys from both sides more game time and finished on 2/132.
Mr M D Webster
14B Coach
14C Match Report
The 14Cs lost the toss and batted first against Riverview. A few early wickets saw us in trouble with more wickets than runs. Being the first trial game, Shore was still adjusting the batting order as the game progressed. Alistair Nieland and Oliver Dorney steadied the ship, with a partnership of 30 not out to both batsmen. We set a small total of 59 to win. Our opening bowlers kept Riverview on the back foot early, but they were patient and saw out the new ball. Shore bowled well, with plenty of missed opportunities in the field to put pressure on the batsmen and luck did not go our way with the bounce of the ball. Riverview scoring 59 in 13 overs without loss of a wicket. The first trial game proved that we have lots of potential and with some focused training sessions in the nets, we will be a competitive force throughout the season.
Mr C D Burke
14C Coach
Player of the Week Nominations
1st XI – Hugo Orpin – 57 runs
2nd XI – Oscar Everett – 68 runs from 88 balls
3rd XI – Will Johnston – 38 runs and 1/18 from 5 overs
4th XI – Sam Lewarne-Dale – 3/17 and some outstanding fielding in the covers
16A – Game abandoned, no nominations
15A – Game abandoned, no nominations
15B – Brian Thorpe – 31 runs. Honourable mention to Oliver Doy – 22 runs
14A – Game abandoned, no nominations
14B – Angus Brooks – 35 runs and 2/0
14C – Alistair Nieland – 19 runs, not out
Player of the Week – 2nd XI Opener, Oscar Everett