A man with a movie star name and a spin triplets starred in AIC First XI cricket
He has a name like a movie star and Charles Moore was able to deliver on the big stage for St Patrick’s College by producing the innings of the round to take his side to victory over Iona College in AIC First XI cricket today.
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He has a name like a movie star and Charles Moore was able to deliver on the big stage for St Patrick’s College by producing the innings of the round to take his side to victory over Iona College in AIC First XI cricket today.
Chasing down 5-167, Paddies won a thriller by two wickets while St Laurence’s College, held together by spin triplets, produced a second great escape in as many weeks to defeat Padua College.
In other matches Villanova College also had a win, but not before St Peter’s Lutheran College bowler George Thomas put the cat among the pidgeons with a four wicket haul to unsettle the reigning AIC champions.
And over at Ashgrove, Marist College dug out a gutsy St Edmund’s College.
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At Padua’s home ground, there were plenty of tense moments as Padua set sail toward St Laurence’s total of 160.
But for the second successive match, Laurie’s found effort in the field and at the bowling crease to defend a moderate tally.
“The boys are playing really well,’’ said St Laurence’s coach Cameron Wigan.
“We are stretching our bowling stocks, but our left arm spinners (Gorman, Vojinov and Josefski) were outstanding.
“They all bowled 10 overs each and did a big job for us.’’
Wigan also praised the fielding effort which saw three run outs and some good catches as Laurie’s reared up like a cobra to defend their total.
As a result of the win, Villanova coach Nathan Dufty quickly anointed Laurie’s as premiership favourites.
In the St Laurence’s innings Oliver Lunt top scored (53) for the second successive week as Laurie’s worked through a steady, hard working Padua attack.
Lunt, whose father was an excellent first grade player for the South Brisbane club, glued the Laurie’s innings together during a well paced knock.
Again displaying acute match awareness and playing within his limitations, Lunt played to his strengths and savaged any short pitched bowling.
Round 3 report – McNeven to the rescue for St Laurence’s
Ironically it was a cross bat shot which was his downfall, but it was also a stroke which brought him plenty of runs.
For the second week in a row St Laurence’s all-rounder Connor McNeven again contributed with the bat, scoring 25 before being brilliantly caught by Padua wicketkeeper Wilson Stewart who dived to his right from medium pacer Nathan Singh’s bowling.
It was steady she goes for an excellent Padua bowling attack, with fast off-break bowler Will Pembroke (2-20, 10 overs) leading the way.
But the most threatening of the attack was paceman George Kelsall.
When he returned to the attack for his second spell, the Padua fieldsmen ramped up their defiance of a nuisance McNeven-Lance Davies partnership of 18.
From 6-126 it soon became 8-132 as Kelsall responded to the urgings of his teammates with two wickets.
Kelsall had Davies caught from a leaning edge to mid-off, and then trapped Vojinov LBW.
When Padua batted, St Laurence’s opted to bowl spinner Gorman through, but by the time he had finished his 10 overs he had 2-22, including the key wicket of Ruben Woollard (31) who looked set.
The golden arm of McNeven struck again, this time to dismiss Padua batting ace Ned Paddison (17).
McNeven, restricted in his return from injury, again bowled off a shortened run but he delivered the ball in the right areas to maintain pressure at one end.
Spinner Vojinov then chipped in with a wicket and St Laurence’s were on top at the 28 over mark, having Padua 4-74.
At Shorncliffe, Iona College batted first and established a challenging 5-167, with Mitchell Yarrow (51) top scoring.
But Charles Moore (72) and Lachlan Hughesman (64) produced a near matchwinning partnership before a helter-skelter finish that saw St Patrick’s stumble by losing three quick wickets.
In the end St Patricks reached 8-178, with Bailey Reed (11 not out) scurrying his side over the line.
“It was a good win, but we should have got it with five down,’’ said St Patrick’s coach Vic Williams.
Moore clipped 10 fours and middled two sixes during a splendid 80 ball knock while Hughesman was just as fluent during his innings.
When Iona batted first, Yarrow displayed plenty of patience after coming to the wicket with the new ball still shining in the bayside sun.
But when a loose ball presented itself, Yarrow swooped to strike seven boundaries.
There was plenty of steady support around Yarrow, with Tom Biggs (28), Ethan Gately (37, 55 balls) and Tom Walters (19 not out) lifting Iona to 176.
The left handed Gately lifted the tempo of the innings after St Pat’s bowlers Bailey Reed (2-20) and Ben Beuchler claimed early wickets to have Iona 2-12.
At Ashgrove, the Marist College Ashgrove batting line-up fired against St Edmund’s College to reach 4-249.
A 134 run opening partnership between Cooper Mackie (74) and Nathan Harding (54) set the tone of the innings and all members of the top order reached double figures.
Tomas Philp pushed on to 38 not out and Darcy Lewis 29 not out to establish a matchwinning tally.
Against the backdrop of grass as green as Ireland, the forested Taylor Range and a beautiful white picket fence, St Edmund’s started their innings on Ashgrove No.1.
Marist’s Jacob Kumaru (2-18) struck early to bowl Eddies’ Shaun Costello to give his side early initiative in the field.
St Edmund’s fought long and hard, but in the end Ash were comfortable winners.
At Indooroopilly, Villanova (151) survived a scare to account for a stubborn St Peters Lutheran College (133).
“We used our get out of jail card,’’ said Villanova coach Nathan Dufty.
“But I want to give St Peters so much credit They put us under a lot of pressure.
“They played a really good game and deserved to win. They were excellent.’’
Villa were in trouble as St Peters’ Thomas produced an outstanding performance with the ball.
He ripped out openers Digby Timms and Baiden Parker, then returned late to claim two tailenders as Villa failed to bat out their overs (47.5).
In between his two bowling stints, Blake Muller (37) and Oliver Timms (35) tried to dig Villa out of trouble.
From 4-45 they took the score to 79 before Muller was run out and then Timms also caught short of his crease attempting a run.
Muller fell to the Hugo Mitchell-Sam Batiste combination, and Timms succumbed to the Eashan Nakar-Batiste pairing.
Villa’s Tom Godwin and representative fast bowler Josh Smith (12 each) tried to rally late, but Thomas’ return to the bowling crease short-circuited a promising rare-guard action.
Chasing 151, St Peters ran into early trouble against Smith.
The Villa’s new ball bowler blasted his team onto the front foot again with a new ball surge and St Peters looked dead and buried at 8-85.
Step to the crease Sam Batiste (47).
For 102 minutes he defied the Villa attack and with Thomas defending, St Peters were an outside chance to snatching a win.
However, Dale D’souza (2-30) claimed his second wicket and Villa were safely home.
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