Brisbane Boys College and St Joseph’s Gregory Terrace jostling for the GPS First XI premiership
Brisbane Boys College and St Joseph’s Gregory Terrace were side-by-side jostling for the GPS premiership after a dramatic round of First XI matches today.
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Brisbane Boys College and St Joseph’s Gregory Terrace were side-by-side jostling for the GPS premiership after a dramatic round of First XI matches today.
BBC had a four wicket win over reigning premiers The Southport School in a top of the table thriller, while Terrace had a bonus point victory against Brisbane Grammar School.
As a result both BBC and Terrace have the same number of points two rounds from the end of the competition.
Late today the BBC batting held up under intense pressure to muster 6-154, enough to prevail over TSS’s score of 149.
Typically batting honours were evenly shared, but it was the unbeaten stand between Harley Lammi (13 not out) and Lachie Marschke (16 not out) which paved the way to the victory.
There was not a struck match in the low scoring clash.
BBC added 30 for the first wicket but tension mounted when TSS bounced back with two quick dismissals by Liam O’Connor and Jack Sinfield after Tom Gossett (0-15, 10 overs) had tied up an end.
But Bromwell (15) and Kelaart (35) continued on as BBC reached 2-98 before the loss of two quick wickets.
Ali Zaidi (18) pushed hard for BBC and then came the Lammi-Marschke stand which claimed victory.
In the morning session, BBC opted to keep a good thing going by bowling the new ball bowlers Will Gibson (4-17) and Bayley Judson (1-27) through the first 12 overs of the TSS innings.
TSS No. 4 Jack Sinfield (20) threatened to punish anything short, but overall it was a case of steady she goes for TSS after Gibson had claimed the early wickets of Justin Faber and Tom Gossett.
Gibson’s opening thrust of 6-2-10-2 pinned TSS in the early exchanges, although occasionally Sinfield bobbed up to score and spark a chorus of “shot Jerry”” from his teammates on the sideline.
Jack Hocart had the look of a man who had planned to bat through the innings, but the first over after a break is a red alert time for a batsmen because their concentration is broken.
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And so it was the case when Hocart was dropped from the bowling of off-spinner Marschke, but then stumped the next ball by keeper Ali Zaidi after being yorked.
Marschke then bowled Lachlan Crump first ball to reduce TSS to 4-42.
On a hat-trick, Marschke pushed through a full delivery, possibly looking for a yorker or stumping or LBW, but Sinfield was up to the task in defence.
Variety was the spice of life for Marschke who varied his flight and pace, line and length which each ball he delivered.
Sometimes he went over the wicket, sometimes around the wicket which intrigued the batsmen.
After first change paceman Harley Lammi gave way at the college end of Oakman Park, Marschke was joined in tandem by leg-break bowler Max Daldy who was immediately challenged by the sharp eye and footwork of Sinfield.
After pulling Daldy for four, Sinfield went hard again the next delivery, only to watch in horror as his lofted shot to the deep mid-wicket boundary be intercepted by Lammi.
Marschke pushed on through his spell, frustrating his rivals who simply could not get him away.
Marschke, a matchwinner with bat and ball the previous week, has a story of persistence.
Marschke has come right through every tier of BBC since year 5 and was last year named the college all-rounder of the year despite not playing in the First XI.
He earned promotion into the Firsts this season and his contribution with bat and ball and in the field sums up the BBC effort across the summer.
“He knows his job and contributes with bat and ball. He is a good all-round cricketer,’’ said BBC Head of Cricket David Marriott.
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Like Sinfield, Louis Chabert (17) was dangerous for TSS and when he pulled Daldy to the mid-wicket boundary, he pumped his fist like a tennis player who had just hit a forehand winner.
But his innings was cut short when BBC’s strike bowler Gibson returned for his second spell and induced a loft drive which was skied into the hands of Judson in front of the sight screen.
Smith showed signs of things to come with an early lofted cover drive for six and it was through his efforts that TSS came home with 49 runs in the last 10 overs when his side could have been dismissed for around 120.
Gibson and Marschke, with figures of 6-30 off 20 overs between them, were rightly acknowledged but through the middle overs Daldy (2-27, eight overs) did well.
It is a courageous form of bowling, is leg-spin, particularly when your first ball is hit for four.
But Daldy continued to back himself and deserved his impressive return.
At Main Oval, Ipswich Grammar School continued their excellent summer by piercing through Anglican Church Grammar School’s batting armour to set-up a seven wicket win.
The IGS bowling unit of Farhan (2-17), Denny (2-8), Smit (2-24). Bell (0-32), Singh (3-10) and Emmerson (2-19) proved too hot to handle for Churchie who collapsed for 111.
Riley Denny’s new ball dismissals of Campbell Corrigan and Steven Timms was telling.
Churchie pair Reuben Burger (12) and Angus Archer (14) each dug in for more than an hour, but the dismissal of the pair to Dupinder Singh further eroded the Churchie innings.
Queensland all-rounder Flynn Thomasson stood tall to score 35 in an hour, but Ipswich Grammar chipped away and in the end dismissed their rivals in just 42.3 overs.
Any thoughts of a miracle win were put to rest when IGS openers Harry Dobson (51) and Danny Young (27) added 50 for the first wicket in just 10 overs.
They went on to add 83 for the first wicket while Dobson pushed on to a half century as IGS made 7-112.
At Northgate, St Joseph’s Gregory Terrace No. 3 Matthew Gouveia was the cornerstone of his side’s 9-215 after the Terrace middle order were unable to escape the clutches of a rampant Ethan Bartley.
Gouveia produced an enterprising 62 from 79 deliveries but then Bartley swung the innings on its head when he dismissed Gouveia, Stockdale and Kritzinger in quick succession as Terrace went from 2-132 to 5-144.
Brisbane Grammar School’s Robbie Sanders then ran out Will Campbell while Bartley captured his fourth wicket (Jack Pilgrim).
Terrace were 7-165 and on a day when BGS were celebrating a Head of the River victory, a double celebration was on the cards.
But Terrace trio Jack Manly (24), Mitchell Bodimeade (16) and Jeremy White (18 not out) knitted the tail end together to present BGS with 216 runs to win.
In reply, White was threatening with the ball for Terrace while Jack Pilgrim, Stockdale and Campbell all combined to keep a lid on the BGS batting.
BGS opened Connor Nowlan dropped his anchor for 113 minutes to defy a Terrace outfit striving for a bonus point victory.
The Terrace attack then steadily worked their way through a BGS line-up which, to their credit, placed value on their wickets even if they were not able to position their side for a tilt at victory.
Ultimately fast bowler White was finally rewarded when he cleaned up the middle order as BGS were bundled out for 118.
At Mills Field, Declan Kunst (61) and Sam Geyer (60) were the batting odd couple but between them they lifted Brisbane State High School to a competitive 9-215 against Toowoomba Grammar School. The boys from the Darling Downs responded with 178.
In the morning session, Kunst batted 100 minutes and the aggressive Geyer just 74 minutes around handy contributions from Joby, Hatherell, Bevan and McMillan who ensured BSHS batted out their overs.
The electrifying Geyer struck five fours and three sixes to challenge an attack expertly spearheaded by Mitchell Doolan (2-33) and Paul Draheim (2-28).
Given his fine contributions with both bat and ball this season, Doolan is headed toward selection in the GPS First XI team of the competition.
When TGS batted, BSHS fast bowler Luke Hatherell dismissed Daniel Brown (16) early to inject additional enthusiasm into the fielding effort.
There was another outstanding bowling performance from BSHS off-spinner Alex Maynard (1-25) who contained the batsmen until Sam Anderson (62) entered the fray to launch a counter-attack.
TGS batsmen also ran into Khabir Panchal whose three wickets paved the way to a win.
But it was an excellent, collective bowling effort by the BSHS line-up which had to work hard to polish off the defiant TGS latter order.
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