MORNINGTON PENINSULA CRICKET ASSOCIATION
UNDER 15’s
United Kingdom Tour June 17th – July 7th 2006 Tour Report
On arrival in London we stayed in the Grange Hotel in Kensington
The Grange Hotel – Kensington.
On the Underground going to Lords.
The Lords Visit by Zac Brown
On the second day of the tour, we visited the home of cricket “Lords”. At about 10:00 we all assembled down stairs and made our way to the train station.
We caught the tube from Gloucester station to St Johns Wood. We then walked about 2 km to Lords, just missing the 12pm tour so we had to wait until 2pm. We found the Lords tavern bar and settled in. Most had lunch and my dad had his first English pint. While waiting, there was a county match on between Surrey and some one being televised which helped the time pass.
At 1.30 we made our way to the museum. The gate fellow freaked out when we slipped down the gap in the stands and actually stood on the turf. He came racing down saying “I can’t believe it. You’re doing exactly what you’re not supposed to”. We looked through the museum. The dads with MCC memberships did the tour for free. It was the largest tour our guide had ever taken, believing it to be around 100 people.
The museum was great. Exhibits from WG Grace, Bradman and of course the Ashes Earn. There were lots of pictures taken. It was funny locking at the old bats and seeing how far we’ve come none of the bats in the museum had graffite strips and also the sparrow killed by a ball bowled here in England.
We toured the Long room, Committee room and the player’s dressing room, standing on the balcony where you see the players sitting during cricket matches at Lords. We then made our way around to the press box – the ugly bubble, or space ship looking object opposite the members stand.
Lords was named after Thomas Lord who ran the tavern at the old ground and looked after the oval for the committee, made up of viscounts, lords and others.
Lunch at Lords
Lords; looking towards the new Press Building. An early attempt to relieve the Poms of the Ashes.
Lords looking back from inside the new Press Building.
Game number one MPCA verse London Schools 19/06/2006
The first game of the tour was against the London Schools at Southgate, MPCA Captain Luke Marshall lost the toss and London Schools elected to bat first on flat well- worn wicket.
Mitch Drummond (2/31) and Andy Mathers (0/15) opened the bowling; London Schools were in early trouble at 3/29 off 12 overs, which included a superb, run out by Robbie Clements. The score moved to 97 off 27 overs before Justin Cleary (2/37) got the break through, tight bowling from Jake Middleton (0/11) and Robbie Clements (1/1) helped restrict London Schools to 148 off 43 overs. Bryn Wells 1/28, Luke Marshall (1/8) and Cam Macauley (1/14) also provided good support with the ball.
The MPCA batting was opened by Patty Hall (9) and Andy Johnson (38) getting us off to a solid 37 run opening stand from 10 overs. With the loss of Patty Hall the Captain Luke Marshall came to the crease, this partnership produced 60 runs before Andy Johnson was adjudged LBW. We then lost a couple of quick wickets and with Luke Marshall retiring on 55 the situation became tense. Some late hitting by Jake Middleton (31) and Nathan Martin (15) got us across the line and at the completion of 45 overs we ended up with a final score of 6/213.
A great team effort and fantastic start to the MPCA Under 15 2006 England Tour.
Team Photo after match verse London Schools. Luke retiring for 55 verse London School.
Score Card
London Schools Batting Card
Batsman How Out Fielder Bowler Score T Deasy Caught C Macaulay J Cleary 60 S Northcote Caught R Clements M Drummond 10 J Stephens Run Out Clements/ Johnson 0 A Corbin LBW L Marshall 2 Z Elahi Caught R Clements J Cleary 25 J Potter LBW M Drummond 7 H Popal Stumped A Johnson C Macaulay 24 A Hussain Caught A Johnson R Clements 6 S Makardam Run Our Smrdel / Wells 7 A Ali Caught A Johnson B Wells 0 A Mapara Not Out 0 Extras 7 10 148
MPCA Bowling Card
Bowler Overs Maidens Wickets Runs M Drummond 8 1 2 31 A Mathers 5 0 0 15 B Wells 7.3 0 1 28 L Marshall 5 2 1 8 J Cleary 5 0 2 37 J Middleton 4 1 0 11 C Macaulay 5 1 1 14 R Clements 4 3 1 1
MPCA Batting Card
Batsman How Out Fielder Bowler Score P Hall Caught J Potter M Mapara 9 A Johnson LBW A Corbin 38 L Marshall Retired 55 R Clements Caught A Corbin P Patel 5 N Martin Caught S Northcote S Makardam 15 A Smdrel Caught S Northcote M Mapara 9 J Middleton Caught A Hussain S Northcote 31 J Cleary Not Out 4 C Macaulay Not Out 0 A Mathers DMB M Drummond DNB Extra’s 42 6 208
London Schools Bowling Card
Bowler Overs Maidens Wickets Runs H Popal 9 4 0 25 A Mapara 7 1 0 29 A Hussain 5 0 2 20 M Ali 2 0 0 9 A Corbin 5 1 1 14 P Patel 8 1 1 46 S Makardam 4 0 0 32 S Northcote 5 2 1 13
Game number two verse Thanet CC at the Park Avenue Ground on 22/06/2006
We were persuaded to play a game where the side batting first faces 38 overs and the side batting second faces 32 overs. The theory being that if the side batting gets into trouble chasing down the total, they can bat out for a draw and therefore the interest in the result is not curtailed buy a massive score in the first innings or loss of early wickets in the second inning’s. It was interesting however an experiment that we would not undertake again on the Tour.
The MPCA again lost the toss and Thanet elected to bat. Mac Watson (1/17) and Zac Brown (3/33) opened the bowling. An early wicket by Zac did not curtail the Thanet batsman as they scored freely to be 1/74 of 21 overs. The run rate was stemmed by wonderful bowling partnership between Michael Whincup (1/12) and Bryn Wells (1/28) and at the 30 over mark Thanet were 3/102. At the conclusion of the 38 overs Thanet were 8/159 with other wicket takers being Justin Cleary (1/28) and Jake Middleton (1/2).
Batting second and having 32 overs to chase down the score Andy Johnson (44) and Liam O’Connor (8) got the MPCA off to a solid start reaching 25 off 9 overs before Liam was dismissed. Luke Marshall joined Andy and compiled a quick fire 30 including 4 fours and two sixes. With Andy Johnson’s dismissal at 106 of 24 overs and requiring 53 runs of 48 balls the MPCA sent in the big hitters in an attempt to reduce the run rate, this failed and losing 4 wickets in 6 overs and at 8/130 captain Nathan Martin batted out the remaining overs to secure a draw.
Mac in full flight verse Thanet. Combined team Photo Verse Thanet.
MPCA Verse Thanet. Thanet Batting Card
Batsman How Out Fielder Bowler Score A Green Bowled Z Brown 4 B Chhanabhai Caught Z Brown B Wells 27 B Pugh Bowled M Whincup 32 A Hogben Caught Z Brown J Middleton 15 T Padiachey Stumped A Johnson J Cleary 25 B Logan Caught A Smrdel M Watson 9 C Jordan Bowled Z Brown 5 R Copp Caught N Martin Z Brown 0 J Weale Not Out 6 A Pritchard Not Out 13 N Elay DNB Extra’s 24 8 159
MPCA Bowling Card
Bowler Overs Maidens Wickets Runs M Watson 7 3 1 17 Z Brown 7 0 3 33 M Drummond 5 1 0 11 P Hall 4 0 0 20 M Whincup 5 2 1 12 B Wells 5 0 1 28 J Cleary 3 0 1 28 J Middleton 2 1 1 2
MPCA Batting Card
Batsman How Out Fielder Bowler Score A Johnson Bowled R Copp 44 L O’Connor C & B N Eley 8 L Marshall Caught N Eley A Pritchard 30 M Whincup Caught N Eley B Logan 7 M Drummond Run Out R Copp 10 N Martin Not Out 3 J Middleton Bowled N Eley 10 B Wells Bowled N Eley 0 Z Brown Bowled N Eley 6 J Cleary Not Out 0 M Watson DNB Extra’s 14 8 132
Thanet Bowling Card
Bowler Overs Maidens Wickets Runs A Hogben 8 2 0 18 N Eley 8 0 4 27 A Pritchard 4 0 1 11 B Chhanabhai 3 0 0 25 B Logan 3 0 1 14 A Green 2 0 0 11 M Binding 2 0 0 15 R Copp 2 0 1 5
Visit to Stonehenge
Game number three verse Daunstey School on 22/06/2006
Playing Daunstey on the pristine school oval back ground surrounded with, sound artillary from the army and airforce training camps nearby the MPCA. Today we were Captained by Patrick Hall celebrating his birthday. MPCA again lost the toss and were sent in to bat, Patty Hall and Liam O’Connor opened the batting and with the loss of Patty (8) Liam was joined by Robbie Clements and at drinks MPCA were 1/59. Liam was retired on 11 and losing a quick wicket soon after were 2/78 off 26 overs. Luke Marshall joined Robbie and both batsmen scored freely to all parts of the ground. Robbie was retired on 72 and Luke was dismissed soon after for 41. Adam Smrdel (19) and Andy Mathers (14no) pulled the score to a respectable 4/185 off our allotted 40 overs.
The bowlers never really found a good line or length in this match until it was too late and Duanstey passed our score 4 wickets down and 8 overs still to play. Daunstey were finally bowled out for 221 losing the last 6 wickets for 31 runs. The best of the bowlers were spin twins Cam Macaulay (1/8) and Justin Cleary (3/24). Other wicket takers were Zac Brown 1/34, Bryn Wells 1/29, Michael Whincup 1/13 and Andy Johnson 2/3. Andy Mathers took threes catches and Liam O’Connor two stumpings in a good fielding display.
Team Photo verse Daunstey. Daunstey Students & building.
Daunstey Pavillion
MPCA Batting Card
Batsman How Out Fielder Bowler Score P Hall Caught W Caiger J Page 8 L O’Connor Retired 11 R Clements Retired 72 C Macaulay LBW T Foyle 3 L Marshall Caught H Dixon J Page 41 A Smrdel Bowled C Blewett 19 A Mathers Not Out 14 J Cleary Not Out 5 M Whincup DNB B Wells DNB A Johnson DNB Extra’s 11 4 185
Dauntsey Bowling Card
Bowler Overs Maidens Wickets Runs C Blewett 8 4 1 26 J Page 8 1 2 41 W Caiger 5 0 0 24 O Alsop 4 1 0 9 T Foyle 4 1 1 11 V Patel 7 0 0 42 J P Yalden 4 0 0 24
Daunstey Batting Card
Batsman How Out Fielder Bowler Score V Patel Bowled Z Brown 7 H Dixon Caught P Hall B Wells 69 O Alsop Bowled M Whincup 29 J P Yalden Stumped L O’Connor C Macaulay 26 T Foyle Caught A Mathers A Johnson 26 W Caiger Stumped L O’Connor J Cleary 18 J Page Run Out A Smrdel 1 W Croucher Caught R Clements J Cleary 8 R Durflin Not Out 4 O Goodall Caught A Mathers J Cleary 4 C Blewett Caught A Mathers A Johnson 3 Extra’s 28 10 221
MPCA Bowling Card
Bowler Overs Maidens Wickets Runs Z Brown 5 0 1 34 A Mathers 5 2 0 26 B Wells 5 1 1 29 M Whincup 3 0 1 13 P Hall 5 0 0 26 R Clements 3 0 0 23 C Macaulay 4 1 1 8 J Cleary 4 0 3 24 A Smrdel 2 0 0 16 A Johnson 3 1 2 3
Game number four verse South Wilts CC 23/06/2006
Game 4 was and evening 20 / 20 fixture and was a well attended match by the local community.
Captain for this match was Zac Brown and winning our first toss on tour sent South Wilts CC into to bat with all bowlers to bowl two overs each. MPCA got off to a great start having the home side 2/12 off 5 overs, then a wonderful 96 run partnership saw South Wilts close its innings after the allotted 20 overs at 4/125. Wicket takers Justin Cleary 2/23, Mac Watson 1/6 and Jake Middleton 1/7.
Losing wickets at a regular rate the MPCA side never looked like making the 125 runs required with only two batsman making double figures, Andy Mathers (11) and opener Nathan Martin 50 not out. MPCA ended up at 7/101 well short of the required total.
Combined Team Photo verse South Wilts
Chris Wood (WA) presents “Man of the Match” to Nathan.
South Wilts Batting Card
Batsman How Out Fielder Bowler Score R Pittman Caught P Hall J Middleton 5 D Syklemore Retired 50 J Benett Bowled M Watson 1 S Beetham Stumped N Martin J Cleary 39 D Webb Caught P Hall J Cleary 12 R Mann Not Out 0 J Handcock DNB S Dixon DNB C Smith DNB M Huntley DNB
Extra’s 18 4 125
MPCA Bowling Card
Bowler Overs Maidens Wickets Runs M Drummond 2 0 0 2 J Middleton 2 0 1 7 M Watson 2 0 1 6 R Cements 2 0 0 16 L O’Connor 2 0 0 8 A Mathers 2 0 0 16 A Smrdel 2 0 0 19 Z Brown 2 0 0 13 P Hall 2 0 0 15 J Cleary 2 0 2 23
MPCA Batting Card
Batsman How Out Fielder Bowler Score N Martin Not Out 50 A Mathers Caught J Handcock R Mann 11 Z Brown Bowled S Dixon 0 R Clements Caught R Pittman R Pittman 6 J Middleton Stumped D Syklemore R Pittman 0 P Hall Caught J Benett J Benett 6 M Watson Stumped D Syklemore C Smith 6 M Drummond Bowled C Smith 1 A Smrdel Not Out 4 L O’Connor DNB J Cleary DNB Extra’s 17 7 101
South Wilts Bowling Card
Bowler Overs Maidens Wickets Runs D Webb 3 1 0 11 J Handcock 2 0 0 14 R Mann 2 0 1 13 S Dixon 4 0 1 22 R Pittman 3 0 2 4 C Smith 2 0 2 12 J Benett 2 0 1 9 M Huntley 2 0 0 11
Game number five verse Bryanston School under 17’s on 24/06/2006
Game 5 the MPCA lost the toss against a much older and physically stronger side than our own, but the boys played with typical Aussie spirit. Having been sent into bat the innings was opened by Captain Andy Johnson and Liam O’Connor, Andy was first batsman dismissed ending the excellent opening partnership of 84, Andy made a fine 50 and Liam was out shortly after for a determined and solid 25 runs. Luke Marshall made a magnificent 69 batting until nearly the conclusion of our allotted 35 overs and at close the MPCA had made 8/208.
Opening bowlers Mac Watson (2/37) and Mitch Drummond (2/21) got the MPCA into a terrific position having Bryanston 3/51 off 12 overs. Then a combination of good batting allowed Bryanston to get back into the match at 6/150 with eight overs remaining and match on. Bryanston passed the MPCA total with eight balls remaining and finished at 6/209, the maturity and experience of the older opposition was clearly the determining factor in the final result and the performance of the MPCA under 15’s in this match was a turning point on the tour.
MPCA Batting Card
Batsman How Out Fielder Bowler Score A Johnson Caught F Fox 50 L O’Connor Run Out 25 L Marshall Bowled G Ledger 69 R Clements Caught R Turner 9 N Martin Bowled R Turner 8 M Whincup Bowled O Brown 6 A Smrdel Bowled O Brown 9 A Mathers Bowled O Brown 2 J Middleton Not Out 2 M Drummond Not Out 0 M Watson DNB Extra’s 27 8 208
Bryanston Bowling Card
Bowler Overs Maidens Wickets Runs G Ledger 6 0 1 30 O Brown 7 1 3 43 M Woods 5 0 0 28 F Fox 5 0 1 37 J Percevil 7 0 0 33 R Turner 5 0 2 30
Bryanston Batting Card
Batsman How Out Fielder Bowler Score C Lorkin Bowled M Drummond 5 G Ridley Caught L Marshall M Watson 0 R Turner Caught L O’Connor L Marshall 55 J Erving-Brown Caught L O’Connor A Mathers 13 G Ledger LBW M Watson 24 H Cameron Bowled M Drummond 7 J Percevil Not Out 22 M Woods Not Out 37 O Brown DNB F Fox DNB
Extra’s 40 6 209
MPCA Bowling Card
Bowler Overs Maidens Wickets Runs M Watson 7 1 2 37 M Drummond 7 1 2 21 J Middleton 6 0 0 29 A Mathers 3.2 0 1 29 N Martin 1 0 0 9 L Marshall 7 0 1 50 R Clements 1 0 0 13 M Whincup 1 0 0 12
Team Photo verse Bryanston.
Andrew Johnson & Andrew Mathers present commemorative medals to Bryanston.
Game number six verse Wellsway School on 26/06/2006
Washed out without even seeing the ground.
Watching the Soccer World Cup match Australia verse Italy at the Bath Cricket Club.
Game number seven verse Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School on 28/06/2006
Loosing yet another toss the MPCA were sent into bat with openers Andy Johnson and Patty Hall getting off to a flying start, Andy falling for 45 with the score on 80 off 14 overs. Mac Watson and Patty Hall added 32 for the third wicket before Mac was dismissed for 14 and Patty retired for a well compiled 53. The middle order hit out in the closing overs with Adam Smrdel (20) Mitch Drummond (11no) and Michael Whincup (8 no) building up a respectable 4 /166 of 40 overs.
BVGS were progressing well at 2 / 85 off 18 overs until the leg spin of Cam Macaulay changed the game in three balls by claiming a hat trick, this was then followed by a great spell from Captain Mitch Drummond (2/10 off 4 overs) and at 8/101 the game was within the MPCA grasp. A magnificent ninth wicket partnership of 44 put the game in balance but with two fantastic pieces of fielding by Patty Hall and Andy Johnson obtaining two run outs ended the game with BVGS falling 10 runs short – what a game.
MPCA Batting Card
Batsman How Out Fielder Bowler Score A Johnson Caught C Sumratia 45 P Hall Retired 50 N Martin Caught J Keithly 2 M Watson LBW G Finlay 14 A Smrdel Caught S Griffiths 20 M Drummond Not Out 11 M Whincup Not Out 8 J Middleton DNB A Mathers DNB J Cleary DNB Z Brown DNB Extra’s 13 4 166
Bishop Veseys Bowling Card
Bowler Overs Maidens Wickets Runs S Oliver 7 2 0 32 S Griffiths 7 0 1 46 C Sumratia 5 0 1 21 J Keithly 4 0 1 11 T Finn 2 0 0 14 J Robson 3 0 0 16 J Henry 3 0 0 8
Bishop Veseys Batting Card
Batsman How Out Fielder Bowler Score J Hendry Bowled Z Brown 20 S Truelove Caught A Johnson A Mathers 8 S Oliver Caught C Macaulay C Macaulay 32 M Hill Caught A Johnson M Drummond 12 M Hipkiss Stumped N Martin C Macaulay 0 H Sharp Stumped N Martin C Macaulay 0 W Slattery Run Out P Hall 8 J Robson Run Out P Hall-N Martin 26 J Keithly Caught P Hall M Drummond 0 J Roden Not Out 18 S Griffiths Run Out A Johnson- N Martin 7 Extra’s 27 10 156
Bowler Overs Maidens Wickets Runs Z Brown 5 0 1 28 A Mathers 5 0 1 21 J Middleton 4 0 0 24 C Macaulay 7 0 3 28 M Drummond 4 0 2 10 J Cleary 4 0 0 26 A Johnson 4 0 0 13 P Hall 1 0 0 5
Cam in fielding drill
Patty on his way to 50.
Game number eight verse Marsden CC Invitation XI on 30/06/2006
The Marsden CC invitation XI won the toss and elected to bat and the openers took full advantage of the quick ground and at the close of the allocated 40 overs amassed 3/281. The only wicket takers were Mitch Drummond 1/41, Bryn Wells 1/25 and Luke Marshall 1/35 and the Marsden batting was superb.
The MPCA needed a special effort to chase down this huge total and Robbie Clements and Liam O’Connor got off the a flying start losing Liam at 59 off 12 overs, Luke Marshall made a quick 20 and at drinks MPCA were 2/101. After the drinks break the MPCA lost 4 quick wickets and the chance of chasing down the score was gone. Instead of retiring Robbie Clements the boys decided that he should try and score a century as the match could not be won and although the nineties were nervous and took eight overs to negotiate Robbie Clements finished on 104 not out. At the completion on the MPCA batting the score was 8/195.
Marsden Invitation Batting Card
Batsman How Out Fielder Bowler Score G Randhawa Retired 71 D Barber Caught J Cleary B Wells 33 J Hargraves Caught Z Brown L Marshall 18 A Lily Retired 71 D Clee LBW M Drummond 18 S Hall Not Out 31 A Kemp Not Out 16 T Fleming DNB J Clarkson DNB D Taylor DNB J Langfield DNB Extra’s 23 3 281
MPCA Bowling Card
Bowler Overs Maidens Wickets Runs M Drummond 8 0 1 41 M Watson 1 0 0 6 A Mathers 5 0 0 32 Z Brown 8 1 0 38 B Wells 4 1 1 26 L Marshall 5 0 1 35 C Macaulay 4 0 0 40 M Whincup 5 0 0 53
MPCA Batting Card
Batsman How Out Fielder Bowler Score R Clements Not Out 104 L O’Connor Run Out S Hall 11 L Marshall Run Out D Taylor 20 J Cleary Caught D Taylor A Lily 0 A Johnson Caught A Kemp G Randhawa 18 C Macaulay Bowled J Hargreaves 0 B Wells Bowled J Hargreaves 0 Z Brown Run Out S Hall 12 A Mathers Caught T Fleming S Hall 5 M Watson Not Out 2 M Drummond DNB Extra’s 27 9 195
Marsden Invitation Bowling Card
Bowler Overs Maidens Wickets Runs J Hargreaves 8 2 2 18 J Langfield 3 0 0 22 S Hall 7 0 1 30 D Barber 5 0 0 15 D Taylor 6 0 0 38 A Lily 5 0 1 24 T Fleming 1 0 0 11 G Randhawa 3 1 1 6 A Kemp 2 0 0 10
Catching practice at Marsden.
Zac in Action Verse Marsden.
Joint Team Photo after Match verse Marsden.
Game number nine verse Hull YPI on 02/07/2006
Hull CC won the toss and elected to bat, Zac Brown got the MPCA of to a great start capturing two wickets in his opening spell and at drinks Hull were 4/63. A superb bowling spell by captain Cam Macaulay (4/28) had Hull struggling at 9/104. A last wicket partnership saw Hull all out in the 31st over for 126.
Chasing the modest total the MPCA were soon in trouble at 3/22 after nine overs, Adam Smrdel (18), Jake Middleton (38) and Andy Johnson (37) got the innings back on track and with 15 overs remaining 14 runs were required with 15 overs remaining. Zac Brown finished the game of with two successive fours and after 30 overs the MPCA were 8/130.
Hull YPI Batting Card
Batsman How Out Fielder Bowler Score T Jennings Bowled Z Brown 11 J Brown Caught N Martin B Wells 24 T Appleyard Caught R Clements Z Brown 9 J Prosser Not Out 41 B Watkin Run Out Z Brown – N Martin 0 J Guthrie Caught L Marshall C Macaulay 21 B Bakwaska Run Out R Clements-L Marshall 0 H Halder Stumped N Martin C Macaulay 0 M Gray Bowled C Macaulay 1 S Usama Caught M Watson C Macaulay 0 J Murphy Caught Z Brown A Smrdel 4 Extra’s 9 10 126
MPCA Bowling Card
Bowler Overs Maidens Wickets Runs M Watson 2 0 0 6 Z Brown 5 0 2 20 J Middleton 5 0 0 24 B Wells 4 0 1 18 C Macaulay 6 0 4 28 L Marshall 3 0 0 8 L O’Connor 3 0 0 12 A Smrdel 2.5 0 1 3
MPCA Batting Card
Batsman How Out Fielder Bowler Score A Smrdel Bowled B Watkin 18 L O’Connor Caught B Watkin J Brown 4 N Martin Bowled S Usama 1 M Whincup Bowled S Usama 0 J Middleton Caught B Bakwaska 38 L Marshall Caught B Watkin 0 A Johnson Bowled S Usama 37 B Wells Bowled T Appleyard 1 R Clements Not Out 2 Z Brown Not Out 8 C Macaulay DNB Extra’s 20 8 130
Hull YPI Bowling Card
Bowler Overs Maidens Wickets Runs S Usama 8 1 3 16 J Brown 2 0 1 14 T Appleyard 6 2 1 11 J Guthrie 7 0 1 31 B Watkin 4 0 1 27 B Bakwaska 3 0 1 25
MPCA Verse Hull YPI.
A relaxed Robbie at Hull.
Collis King with Andrew Mathers, Andy Johnson & Mac Watson at Hull. Game number ten verse Boston Grammar on 03/07/2006
Nathan Martin was named Captain for the last two games and losing the toss again Boston Grammar elected to bat and at 2/91 at the half way mark of the innings the MPCA were in trouble. After drinks 4 wickets in six overs swung the game around until a 40 run partnership resurrected Boston Grammar’s innings. Adam Smrdel (2/14) and Zac Brown (2/18) cleaned up the last four wickets to have Boston Grammar all ou for 162.
Chasing the 162 the MPCA captain was dismissed for one however a 73 run second wicket partnership between Patty Hall (32) and Robbie Clements (51 no). The remaining runs were scored losing only one other wicket Adam Smrdel with a fine 35 and Mac Watson and Liam O’Connor both on 12 no closing the game out to finish on 3/164.
Boston Grammar Batting Card
Batsman How Out Fielder Bowler Score J Cheer Bowled L Marshall 41 C Moses Bowled M Drummond 12 U Minlas Caught L O’Connor J Cleary 9 J Ashton Caught P Hall L Marshall 20 J Fairweather Bowled C Macaulay 0 A Quadir Run Out Watson-Marshall-Martin 0 A Beck Caught P Hall A Smrdel 11 J Bradford Bowled A Smrdel 23 J Dahar Not Out 2 T Parkhill LBW Z Brown 0 N Squires Bowled Z Brown 0 Extra’s 46 10 162
MPCA Bowling Card
Bowler Overs Maidens Wickets Runs M Drummond 8 0 1 21 Z Brown 5.4 2 2 18 J Cleary 5 0 1 18 A Mathers 5 0 0 30 C Macaulay 5 2 1 17 L Marshall 5 0 2 27 A Smrdel 3 1 2 14
MPCA Batting Card
Batsman How Out Fielder Bowler Score R Clements Retired 51 N Martin Bowled C Moses 1 P Hall Bowled J Cheer 32 A Smrdel Caught U Minhas J Ashton 35 M Waston Not Out 12 L O’Connor Not Out 12 J Cleary DNB C Macaulay DNB L Marshall DNB M Drummond DNB Z Brown DNB Extra’s 21 3 164
Boston Grammar Bowling Card
Bowler Overs Maidens Wickets Runs U Minhas 7.4 1 0 28 C Moses 5 0 1 27 T Parkhill 8 1 0 38 J Cheer 7 0 1 25 J Ashton 5 0 1 25 N Squires 3 0 0 13
Game number eleven verse Carres Grammar on 04/07/2006
The last game of the tour was against Carres Grammar and the MPCA were sent in to bat, losing Patty Hall first ball and Andy Johnson shortly after for 9. Luke Marshall (45) and Robbie Clements (33) kept the runs flowing and Captain Nathan Martin batted superbly to make 52 not out, the final score being 7/191 of the allotted 40 overs.
The best line and length spell of bowling of the tour by Mitch Drummond 0/3 off 5 overs and supported by Zac Brown 0/8 off 5 overs set up an excellent finish to the tour. The spoils of wickets went to Jake Middleton (3/12), Michael Whincup (2/9), Cam Macaulay (2/40), Bryn Wells (1/11) and Andy Mathers (1/13) who all bowled well to have Carres Grammar all out for 102 in 32 overs.
A great finish to a great tour and the development of all of the boys game could be seen in the teams performance as the your and belief in themselves and that of their team mates was demonstrated in this game in particular.
Bryn gets another break through.
MPCA Batting Card
Batsman How Out Fielder Bowler Score P Hall Caught J Bicknell S Burrows 0 A Johnson Caught B Pollard O Guilliat 9 L Marshall Caught A Smith B Harding 45 R Clements Bowled A Smith 33 N Martin Not Out 52 M Whincup Bowled T Best 6 M Drummond LBW S Burrows 3 Z Brown Bowled B Harding 2 J Middleton Not Out 10 A Mathers DNB C Macaualy DNB Extra’s 31 7 191
Carres Grammar Bowling Card
Bowler Overs Maidens Wickets Runs S Burrows 7 0 2 30 T Monson 4 0 0 27 O Guiliat 4 0 1 17 S Mason 8 1 0 35 B Harding 8 1 2 37 T Best 5 0 1 22 A Smith 4 1 1 14
Carres Grammar Batting Card
Batsman How Out Fielder Bowler Score J Beaumont Run Out P Hall 1 B Harding Bowled J Middleton 3 T Monson Caught P Hall B Wells 3 O Guiliat Caught M Whincup J Middleton 9 S Burrows Bowled J Middleton 6 B Pollard Caught A Johnson C Macaulay 34 S Carey Caught Z Brown A Mathers 13 T Mapleloft Stumped L O’Connor C Macaulay 0 S Mason Bowled M Whincup 8 T Best Bowled M Whincup 3 A Smith Not Out Extra’s 22 10 102
MPCA Bowling Card
Bowler Overs Maidens Wickets Runs M Drummond 5 3 0 3 Z Brown 5 2 0 8 J Middleton 5 2 3 12 B Wells 4 0 1 11 A Mathers 5 0 1 13 C Macaulay 6 0 2 40 M Whincup 3 0 2 9
Tour Statistics
Name Runs Innings NO Ave Overs Runs Wickets Ave Catches Zac Brown 28 5 0 5.60 42.4 192 9 21.33 5 Justin Cleary 9 4 3 9.00 23 156 9 17.33 1 Rob Clements 282 8 4 70.50 10 53 1 53 4 Mitch Drummond 24 5 2 8.00 47 141 8 17.62 0 Patrick Hall 102 6 1 20.40 12 66 0 0 7 Andy Johnson 241 7 0 34.42 7 16 2 8 5 Cam Macaulay 3 3 1 1.50 36.5 175 12 14.58 2 Luke Marshall 260 7 1 43.33 25 128 5 25.6 2 Nathan Martin 132 8 3 26.40 1 9 0 0 2 Andy Mathers 27 3 1 13.5 34.2 182 3 60.67 3 Jake Middleton 91 6 2 22.75 28 109 5 21.80 0 Liam O’Connor 71 6 2 17.75 5 20 0 0 3 Adam Smrdel 114 7 0 16.28 9.5 50 3 16.67 1 Mac Watson 34 4 2 17.00 19 72 4 18.00 1 Bryn Wells 1 5 0 0.33 29.3 149 6 24.83 0 Michael Whincup 27 5 1 6.75 17 99 4 24.75 1
Liam O’Connor 3 Stumpings Andy Johnson 2 Stumpings Nathan Martin 4 Stumpings