University snare Shield, Hogan ups average to 94.66 and Bryant goes at maximum speed
Brisbane Heat hit man’s extraordinary century, a third century in succession to a schoolboy star and Uni’s women’s premiership win highlighted club cricket. Our 3-2-1 votes here.
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Steve Hogan (Sandgate-Redcliffe) scored his third century in a row to boost his average to 94.66 in the Taverners competition, but it is Uni who will play Gold Coast in the under 17 grand final on Sunday.
Hogan scored 130 out of 219 despite the Gators losing to University, while in a high scoring semi-final the Dolphins ran down an Oliver Peck-inspired Wests total to win in the last over.
More on those achievements soon.
And the drama continued when University’s women claimed the Raymont Shield while Max Bryant (Valley) nailed an extraordinary century on Bulls Masters on a day generally dominated by bowlers in Bulls Masters
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Bryant broke the mould with an amazing even 100 (95 balls) out of a total of just 155. This was after South Brisbane had been rolled for 87, meaning on a day when 20 wickets fell for 242, Bryant hit 100 of those runs.
And in another batting highlight from the weekend, Wynnum-Manly’s Ali Nasar Zaidi scored 101 after the Sea Eagles top order was in crisis following the loss of three early wickets.
But St Patrick’s Year 10 student Hogan, 16, just had to be a headline grabber again after making 130 following successive scores of 109 and 114.
This season he also scored 57, 60, 57, 145, 46, 56 and 78 not out for 852 runs at an average of 94.66 in the under 17 competition. The kid has also played the last three innings in Bulls Masters first grade.
WOMEN’S FIRST GRADE, Katherine Raymont Shield
University 6-144 def Sunshine Coast 8-143
1. Georgie Boyce (Sunshine Coast)
Boyce brought her A-game at the weekend scoring 23 in the scorchers semi-final win before chipping in a quickfire 37 in Sunday’s grand final.
2. Bree Craven (University)
Craven was also at her best over the weekend, the University bowler snaring two wickets in Saturday’s game and three in Sunday’s thrilling victory at Allan Border Field.
Craven also produced 22 runs with the bat at a time where her team looked in trouble at 3-16.
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1. Katelyn Beaumont (University)
The University captain contributed 30 (31 balls) in the University run chase and her 62-run-stand with Craven swung the game in her side’s favour.
2. Ava Spencer (University)
Spencer (35 not out, 22 balls) deserved two votes because it was do-or-die when the No. 7 batter arrived at the middle for University.
When she left, the game had been won and University had taken out the Katherine Raymont Shield after Lucy Hamilton and Ruby Orchard had struck early to give the Sunshine Coast the upper hand early.
WOMEN’S SECOND GRADE, Jodie Pettigrew Shield
Wests 5-98 def Valley 90
3. Sophie Whittaker (Wests)
The Wests captain scored 43 in a low-scoring grand final match-up and provided Wests with a defendable total.
Whittaker then outdid herself with a four-wicket-haul, which handed Wests the premiership.
1. Chelsea Dale (Valley)
Dale opened the batting for Valley and stood tall on her way to scoring 30 (31 balls).
1. Nicolene Snyman (Wests)
Snyman took three wickets while going for just 4.5 an over and assisted Whittaker in taking down the Valley middle order.
1. Eleanor Swanepoel (Valley)
Swanepoel (3-0-11-2) snared wickets like she had done all season long and was influential in holding Wests below 100.
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Gold Coast 8-264 def Wests 3-261
2. Oliver Peck (Wests)
The Wests captain was inspiring with an unbeaten 117 not out run effort against the Gold Coast boys.
Peck faced 150 balls during his innings and was at the middle for the entire Wests innings, contributing nearly half of his team’s total in a brilliant batting effort.
1. Pranshu Dave (Wests)
Dave (10-0-46-5) tore through the Gold Coast middle order and claimed a fifer in doing so.
Wests quicks William Pamenter and Joshua Lossberg made the initial breakthroughs before Dave, in 10 overs of action, was able to snare his first five wicket haul of the season.
1. Angus James (Gold Coast)
James produced an extraordinary return in a high scoring match which saw more than 520 scored in a day. Can you believe his 10 overs conceded just 15 runs? What a fabulous performance.
1. Leo Davies (Gold Coast)
The Gold Coast skipper had an all-important knock of 55 at run-a-ball pace, putting the pressure on the Wests bowlers and storming the Dolphins into the grand final.
Special mention to openers Joshua Wilson (19, 17 balls), Ryan Reid (56, 72 balls), Jackson Steinhardt (40, 55 balls), Michael Iffland (32, 37 balls) and Ted Waterman (23, 33 balls) who rose to the challenge in a fantastic team effort.
1. Sohaan Sharma (Wests)
The Wests’ opening batter didn’t disappoint on the biggest stage of the season with a stunning knock of 80 from 115 deliveries.
Sharma hit two sixes and six fours as he and Oliver Peck took on the Dolphins bowlers during a whopping 166 run first wicket partnership.
Special mention: Ted Waterman, Jackson Robson and Brody Felton (Gold Coast)
And in a high scoring match he held things together at the bowling crease, conceding 0-39 from seven overs, not his best return, but in the circumstances a good finals’ return.
Special mention also to Jackson Robson (11 not out) and Brody Felton (12 not out) who scrambled the winning runs in a thriller. Robson also took two wickets.
University 5-222 defeated Sandgate-Redcliffe 10-219
3. Zak Olsen (University)
The No. 4 batter for University was sensational in this semi-final.
He arrived at the crease with his team 2-29 in pursuit of 220 and made things look easy with a classy 94* off 109 balls.
Olsen, who hit 10 boundaries, enjoyed a 71 run partnership with Angus Storen (30, 51 balls) which put the wheels in motion for University.
3. Steven Hogan (Sandgate-Redcliffe)
The batting prodigy was at his best on Sunday, top scoring with a huge 130 run effort out of 219.
The St Patrick’s College Year 10 student began his innings with the Gators 2-10, and quickly put his head down and got to work in order to give the Gators a formidable score of 219.
Hogan hit 10 fours and three sixes and even took a wicket with the ball.
Special mention to Cooper Beachy-Head (6.5-0-21-3) and Theodore Bacalakis (10-1-40-4) who were excellent at the bowling crease for University.
BULLS MASTERS FIRST GRADE
Gold Coast 357 v University of Queensland 1/19
3. Hugo Burdon (Gold Coast)
We saw the best of Burdon, the rising Queensland Bulls batsman who scored an unstoppable hundred for the Dolphins against Uni. Burdon made 102 from just 80 balls and The Southport School old boy simply could not be restrained.
2. Callum Henderson (University)
Uni’s fast bowling enforcer, the tall Henderson bent his back and had a crack - grabbing 5-81 from 13.5 overs.
Burdon took him on, but he stuck at it to oust outstanding middle order players Taylor and McDermott, before ultimately dismissing Burdon and the frustrating Bartlett.
1. Xavier Bartlett (Gold Coast)
The general sporting community knows Bartlett as a right arm fast bowler, but the TSS old boy can bat - don’t worry. Look no further than yesterday when he scored 76, batting 137 deliveries to support Burdon while occasionally lashing out with six fours and three sixes.
Ipswich 246 v Toombul 2/13
Thomas Balkin (Toombul)
The Nudgee College old boy continued his wicket taking season with another bust of scalps - 4-36. A genuine quick bowler, his victims were either bowled or trapped LBW which said plenty about the way he bowled. The Ipswich tail was knocked over quickly by Balkin.
All 1 point each: Noah Emmerson, Harrison Wood and Jack Wood (all Toombul)
Coming off a century, Emmerson was up and running again with a fluent 46 because that man Preston White short circuited his innings.
Harrison Wood, the Hornets vice-captain, snared a vital late wicket after making 30 while Jack Wood was taking the game away from Toombul until dismissed for 41 (35 balls).
Sunshine Coast 6-160 v Redlands 77
All 2 points each: Oliver Bembrick, Lleyton Chick and Chad Soper (all Sunshine Coast)
The Scorchers bowlers hunted as a pack, and on a day the bowlers feasted. Bemrick claimed 3-14, Chick 4-19 and Chad “Super” Soper 3-35.
Chick, an elite footy player as a youth, set the highest of standards early with two quick wickets to set the Tigers back on their feels - then returned later in the day to swoop out the tail.
Soper worked his way through the middle order while Bembrick claimed the big wicket of Jimmy Peirson.
Special mention: Nicholas Selman showed his class with 43 not out to put his team into a position to push for outright points on the second day.
Sandgate-Redcliffe 334 v Northern Suburbs 2/133
Noah McFadyen (Norths)
This ace swing bowler disrupted the Gators with four early wickets in a high class performance. The Nudgee College old boy eventually took 6-82, including the century bound Caden Sweeney (84).
Caden Sweeney (Gators)
Steve Cawood, nominated by club coach Vic Williams as the Gator’s most consistent top order batsman in first grade, was up for the contest again with an imposing 84 that was only cut short by McFadyen. He hit 13 fours and two sixes.
Hiri Hiri (Gators)
The Papua New Guinean international had a good day out, flowing to 68 from 80 balls and righted the ship after McFadyen had upset the apple cart early.
Special mention: Norths opener Connor Carroll continued his eye-catching form with a blazing 58 (44 balls) which has set up an exciting second day run chase. The Nudgee old boy was coming off a remarkable hundred just seven days earlier.
Valley 155 v South Brisbane 87
3. Max Bryant (Valley)
As mentioned at the start of the story, Bryant produced an extraordinary even hundred out of his team’s total of 155. He faced 95 balls, hitting 11 fours and three sixes.
1. Joseph Pratt (Valley)
You could have given votes to any number of bowlers in this match but we opted for Pratt because he claimed two of Souths’ very best - Lucky Peterson and Aaron Joby.
1. Benji Floros (Valley)
Mr Consistent, one of the very top club players at the moment with his outswingers, claimed 3-27 from 11.3 overs.
1. James Ward (Souths)
A young giant, the left armed is a genuine quick bowler who has the work ethic to complement his natural talent. He took 4-41
Special mention: Luke Wegner (South Brisbane), the Ipswich Grammar School product, continued to impress with another three wickets while the young and the old - Vidler (2-22) and Boyce (2-16) - all contributed heavily to Valley’s success.
Wynnum-Manly 8/298 v Western Suburbs
3. Ali Nasar Zaidi (Wynnum-Manly)
Zaidi started the season as a second grade opener in August and September, but in October he was a first grade century maker. The junior ace has now converted a start into another magnificent hundred, this time scoring 101 after the Sea Eagles had collapsed early.
2. Jed Wilson (Wynnum-Manly)
Wilson led from the front with a superb 88 after McGiffin had scattered the top order like 10 pins. He dug deep, facing 164 balls. and shared in an innings saving partnership with junior partner Zaidi.
1. Steven McGiffin (Wests)
For a moment it looked like McGiffin was going to run through the Sea Eagles innings. The Wests captain, a batting ace, claimed three of the first four wickets to fall and finished with 3-61.
SECOND GRADE, ALAN PETTIGREW SHIELD
Gold Coast v 333 v University
3. Lachlan Crump (Gold Coast)
The Dolphins’ second grade captain, Crump’s magnificent century was the backbone of his team’s innings. The Southport School First XI player faced 186 balls in scoring 104, and sharing in a potentially match winning partnership with Sewell.
3. Bailey Sewell (Gold Coast)
Sewell was century bound until a throw from teenager Brayden Meegama caught him short of his ground on 80 (115 balls). He is yet another elite youngster from the Dolphins exciting pod.
Ipswich 4-180 v Toombul
3. Ethan Ramsbotham (Ipswich)
On a rain-affected day Ethan Ramsbotham worked overtime for his stoic 68 not out, constructed over 164 balls.
2. Lachlan Hartshorn (Toombul)
Lachlan Hartshorn, a St Patrick’s College old boy, had the batsmen full of concentration during his controlled 14 overs that yielded three of the six wickets to fall.
1. Levi Thomson-Mathews (Ipswich)
Levi Thomson-Mathews gave the Hornets the foundation that they needed with a steady half century (54, 152 balls).
Sunshine Coast 4/137 v Redlands
Given the rain-affected day, we did not give out any points on day one although Jack Whisker stood out with his 47 from 73 balls.
Northern Suburbs 4/72 v Sandgate-Redcliffe 163
2. Alexander Procopis
The teenage batting ace snares points here for his bowling - and it is not the first time he has done that this season. He bowled 9-4-25-3.
2. Mitchell Pascoe (Sandgate-Redcliffe)
How we would love this kid to push on with his career. The stylish Nudgee old boy showed his class with 47 from just 43 balls.
1. Matthew Fielding (Sandgate-Redcliffe)
Another Nudgee product, we loved the value Fielding put on his wicket, scoring 30 from 90 balls.
1. Patrick Farrell (Norths)
The Norths’ captain, Farrell struck as his task just when the Gators seemed to be inching their way to a 220-plus total. He claimed two middle order wickets and one of the tailenders to ensure Norths finished the day with its nose in front.
Souths 144 v Valley 1-57
3. Charlie Thomas (Valley)
A 2022 Brisbane Grammar School premiership winner, the left arm fast bowler stormed through the opposition to claim 5-33. Like his BGS teammate, Callum Vidler, he has a mop of red hair and bowls with fire and brimstone. His five wicket haul showed he was also made of the right stuff
1. Samuel Edwards (Souths)
Edwards was a class above with his hard earned 49 (138 balls) that at least got his side toward 150.
1. Morgan Galvin (Valley)
Galvin did not get the glory, but his 12.4 overs kept things nice and tight. His reward came late with a couple of wickets.
1. Brock McLachlan (Valley)
Brock built pressure at one end, enabling Thomas to strike at the other. He bowled 15-4-17-1
Western Suburbs 167 v Wynnum-Manly 1/54
2 points each: Sukhveer Singh and Rohit Haldar (both Wynnum-Manly)
Singh dominated the day across probing 26, bowling seven maidens on his way to 3-36.
Rohit Haldar was not far behind, with 3-32 from 17.5 overs.
1 each: Luke Davies and Darcy Graham
Both players fought for all they were worth, snaring points here for effort, rather than the finished product. Davies scored 35 (93 balls) and opener Graham 42 (114 balls).
THIRD GRADE, ALAN PETTIGREW SHIELD
Toombul 205 v Sandgate-Redcliffe 0/6
2 points each: William and Ryan Pembroke (Toombul)
The Pembroke brothers gave the Bulls something to bowl at after two hard earned batting performances against a disciplined Gators attack. They scored the only half centuries of the innings, with No. Ryan scoring 54 (128 balls) and No. 4 Will 52 (86 balls).
2. Jackson Pavey (Gators)
Last week Pavey was outstanding with the bat and this week he shone brightly with the ball. What a handy cricketer he is, with his 4-41 giving the Gators the slight advantage.
Special mention: Oscar Patch (Gators) for his excellent 2-20 (12 overs).
Valley 139 v Redlands 3/3
3. Harry Short (Redlands)
Short drove a wedge through the Valley innings with a sensational haul of 7-36 from 19 overs of medium pace. After Iona College product Lachlan McClure had started the rot with two early wickets, all-rounder Short got down to business and proved to be possibly the bowler of the day. A local boy who has played cricket at Redlands since Tav’s under 16s, his twin brother played second grade on Saturday for the Tigers while his dad David was highly regarded in his day and even made the Shield training squad.
2. William Nickelson (Valley)
There is something special about this Marist College Ashgrove school leaver who scored 66 in a collapsing innings. Nichelson, who averaged 107 in AIC First XI cricket earlier this year, faced 136 deliveries and gave his bowlers something to bowl at when all seemed lost.
1. Nicholas Parrott (Valley)
St Laurence’s College old boy Parrott has wrecked the Redlands top order with a sensational new ball bust. In just three overs before stumps, Parrott had taken 3-2 from three overs, giving Valley an unlikely upper hand after they were bundled out for 139.
FOURTH GRADE, Bob Spence Shield
Toombul 9-d/296 v Sandgate-Redcliffe 1-5.
3 votes each. Joe Cotgreave and Will Denford (Toombul)
Yet another promising teenager, this time from Padua College, Joe Cotgreave took the bowlers on and won the showdown. He scored faced just 120 balls in making 102, pounding 14 and five sixes. Will Denford played his innings at a different tempo, but was no less effective. He amassed 107 and although he also struck plenty of boundaries (13 fours and two sixes) he also accumulated his runs. He faced 177 balls.
Special mention: Russell Brooks (Gators) for his 3-46 from 15 overs which included top order batsmen.
Western Suburbs 7/230 v Gold Coast
2. Ryan Atley (Wests)
The Brisbane Boys College school leaver answered the call to arms with a grinding, innings top score of 63 (138 balls) which was just what the doctored ordered given the circumstances.
1. Murphy Veraa (Wests)
The demanding concentration and effort and Veraa did both well, scoring 44 from 94 balls. It was hard going but he got the job done.
1. Lachlan Schubert (Wests)
It was more of the same from Schubert who put tremendous value on his wicket in constructing 47 (130 balls)
1. Oam Patel (Gold Coast)
Patel produced a marathon 24 over spell, putting the opposition under a spell with his control and accuracy. He bowled 12 maidens, taking 2-32.
1. Parth Bhatt (Gold Coast)
Bhatt wheeled down 28 overs, snaring a hard earned 2-75, often bowling with a damp ball
University of Queensland 5/77 v Northern Suburbs
Rain also prevented a full day of play here, but there was enough time for Parth Patel (1-12, 10 overs) and Ryan Miskella (2-18) to impress with the ball, and for Jonathon Mctaggett (29 not out) to threaten with the bat.
Redlands 110 v Valley
Josh Tazzyman and Tim Agapow (Valley)
Tazzyman took 3-39 and Tim Agapow 3-27. It was another tight team bowling effort from Valley, but Sunshine Coast district junior Agapow’s bowling early ensured Redlands were bowled out of the contention early while Tazzyman importantly ended Ben Long’s resistance (see below).
Special mention: Ben Long (Redlands) for his whizzing 35 runs that got his side beyond 100.
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