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Parnell Cricket Club Incorporated - Established 1858 Update No. 102: 12 – 14 March 2016 Yet Another Record to Tim – Century in Each Innings 101 & 103* - First Time for Parnell in 158 Years Tim – a 6 to bring up his 2nd century of the match, 20 off the over and the Skipper declares. Tim McIntosh – his record for Parnell over the past 4 seasons is: 2015/16 (with 1 game left) 25 inn. 5 no 1235 runs 130 hs 61.75 ave 5 x 100s 2014/15 26 3 978 168 42.52 2 2013/14 13 3 499 165 49.90 1 2012/13 7 2 267 83* 53.40 0 Tim’s overall record: Parnell (PremierGrade) 8451 170 42.90 19 NZ – Tests 33 2 854 135 27.54 2 1st Class (Akld & Canterbury) 229 19 7169 268 34.13 19 In all games for Parnell, Tim has now scored 8764 runs to climb to 3rd place on the Club’s all time list – overtaking Geoff Cooke (8076) who played his last game in 1997/98. Ahead of Time are still Merv Wallace (10299) and, of course, Ross Morgan – 16028. Ross is still playing – now 75, he is turning out over Easter in VSL’s Over 60s Tournament. Tim – wonderful effort but still some work to do!! [Type here] Men’s Premier Grade - Hedley Howarth Trophy 5 & 12 March PARNELL vs. EAST COAST BAYS Shore Road Reserve PARNELL 222 (80.3) Tim McIntosh 101 (200), Ben Horne 66 (126), Tom Talbot 25 (61) L Delport 5/65 (24), M Mimmack 3/11 (8.3 FOW 1, 119, 134, 195, 196, 204, 206, 212. 216, 222 & 137/5 dec. (33) Tim McIntosh 103* (115), Dave Goddard 16 (45) FOW 4, 23, 24, 31, 118 EAST COAST BAYS 131 (42.2) B Schmulian 41, B Smith 36 FOW 15, 16, 51, 55, 75, 75, 77, 77, 89 & 173 (31.3) A Lane 66 (73), B Smith 29* (16) FOW 48, 48, 55, 55, 59, 89, 89, 111, 157, 173 Mike Ravlic 21 6 65 4 10.3 3 50 5 Billy Sanger 15 4 41 5 3 0 24 0 Tom Urry 1.2 0 0 1 Dave Goddard 5 0 12 0 9 1 68 1 Tom Hills 6 3 12 2 Sam Varcoe 3 1 5 2 RESULT: PARNELL WON OUTRIGHT BY 55 RUNS Note that the Grand Final – Parnell vs. Takapuna will be held over the next 2 Saturdays at Onewa Domain, Takapuna Day 2. ECB resumed it’s first innings at 51/3 having lost Andy Lane to the last ball of Day 1. Billy Sanger, recruited from our Reserves to replace the injured Ganesh, was in his element. Billy, a Taranaki lad, bowled superbly and captured his first Premier 5 wicket bag. Rav, too, bowled magnificently – wickets fell regularly and only a last wicket stand of 42 held up our capturing of 1st innings points. Not a great PCC 2nd innings aside from Tim’s exceptional contribution. Wickets fell willy nilly – 4/31 when theSkipper came to the crease and, with Tim, settled things down. Tim just carried on in unruffled style – runs coming steadily until Dave departed at 118 with a declararation imminent. Tim then unleashed - hitting 20 off an over to bring up his second ton of the game and enabled Dave to declare. The target – 229 needed off approximately 37 overs. ECB came to the party – needing points desperatly they attacked from the start. The first wicket put on 48 quick runs but, from there they were in strife. Whilst Billy got some stick, Rav bowled magnificently, Dave tempted them and then Tom Hills and Sam Varcoe chimed in very opportunely. Andy Lane, aided by Smith, kept their score moving but ECB was never really in the hunt. The outright win has brought Parnell to the top of the Table and all now rests with the final game against Takapuna over the next two Saturdays. Billy Sanger – 5/41 in ECB’s first innings [Type here] LEADERBOARD - AFTER 1st ROUND OF TOP 4 PLAY OFF FOR CHAMPIONSHIP: HEDLEY HOWARTH - TWO DAY MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM P W L D/T WKTS TAKEN RUNS FOR PTS 1 Parnell 9 7 0 2 126 2417 111.67 2. Takapuna 9 7 1 1 118 2797 110.47 3. The Fox Suburbs New Lynn 9 4 3 2 99 2549 86.24 4. ILG East Coast Bays 9 3 6 0 123 2053 78.28 Note that the Grand Final – Parnell vs. Takapuna will be held over the next 2 Saturdays at Onewa Domain, Takapuna Premier Reserves 5 & 12 March PARNELL vs. BIRKENHEAD Birkenhead War Memorial Park BIRKENHEAD 210 Rudi Bisschoff 5/43 (14), Stu Wood 4/59 (34.1) & 170/7 dec. Joe Kinghorn-Gray 3/19 (7), Stu Wood 3/51 (14) PARNELL 205 Justin Rosenberg 88 (193), Sam Fastier 47 (78) & 102/6 Sam Fastier 47 (19) RESULT: MATCH DRAWN – 1st innings points to Birkenhead . Falling short of a 1st innings points by just 6 runs, the Reserves, very sadly, lost any opportunity of heading their Table and earning promotion to the upper, or Major, tier. The Minor tier is not the best platform to provide support for our Prems – a very important aspect of Reserve play. And despite coming up from what is, in reality, 4th Grade (2 Premier tiers, 2 Reserve tiers) those that have been called to the Prems all have done well or, at the very least, “have not let the side down”. Billy Sanger, in particular, excelled but the difference in standard beteen the grades is alarming – Sam Varcoe hit 163 for the Reserves but couldn’t repeat last season’s form when back with the Prems. Ben Rainger struggled for runs when promoted and had no opportunity to bowl (nor repeat his 6/13 which he took for the Reserves). Ben, however, has gained hugely from his Prem experiences and has fielded for them outstandingly. Commenting on this last game – great to see Sam Fastier back with us after performing very usefully for Taranaki with scores of 10, 47, 46, and 31 (out of 127). Sam, time you knocked up a 50+ or, better still, 3 figures! And Stu Wood – into his 35th over on the trot (must have been more of a crawl for the last 2 or 3!). What stamina! Stu, are you in training to emulate Pete Legget in the next Ironman? Thirds – Senior 2B Grade 5 & 12 March PARNELL vs. EAST COAST BAYS Freyberg Park PARNELL 88 Ryan Bergman 24 & 149/2 Matt Vercoe-Curtis 73*, Ben Gresson 27, Josh Milne 23* BIRKENHEAD 190/7 dec. Elliot Humphries 3/32 (7) RESULT: MATCH DRAWN – 1st innings points to Birkenhead Skipper Pete Hickman reporting: The 3rds travelled to East Coast Bays having already lost first innings, but seeking to redeem ourselves, which I am pleased to say we did. ECB declared earlier than expected, with a lead of 108 and just under 6 hours left to play. Pick of the bowlers was Elliot Humphries, who picked up 3 wickets from his 7 overs for 32 runs. Also successful debuts for Richard Calver and Arthur Pickthorn, both picking up wicket each. With the conditions not favouring batting, the decision was made to try and bat out the day to earn the draw. In a fantastic display, our top 4 all delivered. Finishing the day at 134 for 2 from 66 overs. Scott Hillman and Ben Gresson opened the batting, Scott finishing 11 from 33, Ben 27 from 89. Matthew Vercoe-Curtis came in at 3 for what would be one of the innings of our season, finishing 73 from 179 balls, batting for nearly five and a half hours. He was well supported by Ben, then Josh Milne coming in at 4, who finished 23 from 106 balls. Overall a great days play, especially from our top order. Bowling Elliot Humphries 3/32 from 7 Ben Gresson 1/6 from 2 Arthur Pickthorn 1/21 from 6 Richard Calver 1/11 from 4 Gavin Poole 0/45 from 15 Batting Scott Hillman 11 from 33 Ben Gresson 27 from 89 Matthew Vercoe-Curtis 73* from 179 Josh Milne 23* from 106 ECB won first innings, PCC battled out a draw. [Type here] One Day 2B Grade 12 March PARNELL KINGS vs. EDEN ROSKILL Keith Hay Park EDEN ROSKILL 95 (25.1) Sowdar 5/16, Aaron 2/17 PARNELL KINGS 96/4 (24.3) Abrar 37, Chak 19 RESULT: PARNELL KINGS WON BY 6 WICKETS Skipper Chak reports: We played Eden Roskill at Keith Hay Park on Saturday. Eden Roskill won the toss and elected to bat. Our bowlers were on target right from the start and wickets were falling at regular intervals. They were all out for 95 with Sowndar taking 5 wickets. ( 4 of which were bowled). In reply we chased down the target with 26 overs to spare. Eden Roskill 95 allout 25.1 overs( Sowndar 5-16 Aaron 2-17) Parnell Kings 96-4 24.3 overs ( Abrar 37 Chak 19) Presidents’ Grade 12 March PARNELL vs. ELLERSLIE Thos. Bloodworth Park 2A PARNELL 218/7 (35) ELLERSLIE 219/7 (32.4) RESULT: PARNELL LOST BY 3 WICKETS The Pressies, absorbed in preparations for their campaign against the Hong Kong CC, have lost their ability to report. Hence no batting or bowling details given to your Editor, or posted on Results Vault. However, Craig Speakman has supplied the following photos which prove that some Parnell players actually took the field last Saturday: Demon Greg hurles one down Simo’s plea is answered! First wicket of the season? If so, Simo now has 838 all time wickets for Parnell & is in hot pursuit of Ross Morgan (902).