Informer Edition 2 April 2013 - St Paul's Collegiate School

Paul’s were struggling a little. Reed Fisher then joined Sam Holmes and sensible batting
saw the pair put on a 100 runs for the 4 th wicket and put the pressure back on the visiting
side. Kieran Hitchcock joined Captain Holmes and scored a very good 24 and was unlucky
to be caught in the deep. Sam Holmes continued to play his wide array of strokes and
reached a well-deserved 100 with a glorious cover drive. In a Man of the Match
performance, unfortunately Sam was caught on the boundary a few balls later as King’s
fielders continued to back up their bowlers very well. Aubrey Fish did his best to push the St
Paul’s score along and hit several fine boundaries before the last wicket fell with the side 20
runs short.
It had been a very good competitive game and the side can feel very proud of their efforts
and showing the ability to step up against much stronger opposition then we usually play
against in the local competition.
Colts Cricket
After a tough morning in the field, with King’s posting a massive 327 for 5. Openers Harry
Porritt and Callum Brown got St Paul’s off to a good start with 32 off of 6 overs, with some
nice shots played in the process. Then both openers went within quick succession leaving St
Paul’s 36-2. Tom Yarrall and Reuben Andrews had a tough couple of overs, but when they
both had their eye in, the ball was disappearing to all parts of the ground, Reuben in
particular making some big hits. At the 15 overs mark, Tom and Reuben had St Paul’s back
on track at 112 for 2. But straight after the drink interval Reuben fell for 49. Tom kept pushing
on and he was well supported by Ben McColgan (20) and Hugh Jackson (45). After he got to
50 Tom started hitting the ball harder and further with some very good shots played in the
process and brought up his 100 in style.
When Tom Yarrall finally got out, St Paul’s knew it was going to be an uphill battle. However,
Hugh Jackson and Seb Ellice battled on putting St Paul’s in with chance only needing 5 an
over, with 6 overs remaining. The King’s bowlers became tighter and St Paul’s tail end could
not bat the balls away without giving away their wicket. In the end our Colts team ended up
17 runs short, which was a valiant effort and one which they should all be very proud of.
Tennis Report
The King’s tennis teams were coming off big
wins over Takapuna Grammar on the Saturday
and proved too strong for the St Paul’s teams
who had a number of top players injured and
others at Tihoi. However, James Wilkins, Andre
Stokes, Tim Fletcher, Oli Clausen, Ethan
Kimpton and Christopher Whiteley showed a
fighting spirit and never gave up. Tim in
particular almost forced his singles into a third
set.
The juniors, comprising: Joshua Yee, Blair
Wang, and Ben Littlejohn who stepped in to add
some ability at Number 3, Reece McKie, Ben
Truebridge and Weber Wang, found the
opposition far too strong. Joshua was the player
of the day. He narrowly lost his first set in the
singles in a tie-breaker.
The final result was an 18 nil win to King’s
College.
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