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

depth of talent that we currently have playing cricket at present and gives us encouragement
for future success. Team members were:
Peter Winkelmann (Captain), Kieran Hitchcock, Sam Holmes, Aditya Sakalkale, Brad Morton,
Cameron Wratt, Ryan Nicholson, Simran Singh, Scott Spence, Andrew Finlayson, Alex
Fullerton.
Note: An indication of the impressive cricketing depth that exists within the school at
present was the fact that the Emerging 1 st XI (i.e. made up of Year 10 and 11 students)
finished runners-up in the Division Two competition with their only loss being to our 2 nd XI
side.
GILLETTE CUP PLAY-OFF MATCHES
On 19 th /20 th March, our 1 st XI side was involved in the Northern Districts play-offs for a place
in the National finals of the Gillette Cup – the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ limited-over
competition.
Unfortunately, the only significant bad weather of the first term was to play a huge part in the
results, with heavy rain preceding the play-offs and effecting the quality of the pitches
available to play on.
Vs St Peter’s School:
On the Tuesday, having turned up to Jansen Park and flooded wickets the match was
shortened to 45 overs and transferred to artificial at St Paul’s. Winning the toss and batting,
St Paul’s were off to a very bright start through Christopher Fawcett 33 and Dillon Kelliher
who put on 43 in 6 overs before a bad mix up saw Kelliher run out. From there the innings
lost momentum with a series of small partnerships being snuffed out with the loss of regular
wickets. Chris Swanson with 69 not out kept a cool head throughout and batted St Paul’s
professionally through the innings. Jacob Robb joined Swanson and scored an excellent 38
and Sam Holmes 8 not out off 4 balls as St Paul’s made 206 for 5.
St Paul’s through Simon Morbey, Guy Wilkins and Josh Malpas then bowled beautifully to
the St Peter’s top order to have them struggling at 62 for 3 from 22 overs, with Captain, Scott
Finlayson striking the big blow in having NZ U19 player Tim Seifert brilliantly caught by
keeper Joel Kosoof. After drinks the St Paul’s fielding fell away with a series of dropped
catches and misfields allowing St Peter’s back in the game. Young spinner Bede Higgens
stuck to his guns in taking 3 for 39 from 9, while the “bowling machine” Guy Wilkins was the
stand out taking 4 for 26 from 9 bowling into a tough head wind as St Peters were finally
bowled out for 194, 12 runs short.
Players of Day: Chris Swanson and Guy Wilkins.
Vs Whangarei Boys’ High School:
While on the Wednesday, we faced Whangarei Boys’ High School; having St Paul’s lost the
toss and were asked to bat against an accurate and sharp Whangarei opening attack. St
Paul’s were rocked losing big wickets in the 1 st and 3 rd overs to catches behind as the
batsmen struggled to get established. At 23 for 4 the innings was teetering as Jacob Robb
joined Chris Swanson to put on a determined 30 in difficult conditions, before Swanson was
caught at mid-off for 26. Robb continued to fight hard and received some support from Josh
Malpas with 18 as that pair put on another 30. When Robb was out for 22, the innings
spluttered to an end at 103 from 43 overs.
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