University defeats Gold Coast in a gripping Taverner’s grand final
GPS First XI young guns shone in a Taverner’s under 17 grand final thriller. More here, including who were our 3-2-1 recipients across Premier Cricket.
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Blake Armstrong and Alex Walduck top scored in a gripping Taverner’s under 17 final which saw University inch to a four wicket win over the Gold Coast.
Allrounder Armstrong and gloveman Walduck scored 43 and 46 respectively as Uni made 6-164 in reply to Gold Coast’s 160.
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Armstrong also claimed two wickets but Uni bowler Harry Langdon was the hero with two new ball wickets, before Michael Iffland (51) triggered a Dolphins fightback.
The chaotic start also saw Uni’s Jem Du (2-27) grab two wickets as the Coast collapsed to 4-32.
Langdon returned to snare the key wicket of Gold Coast allrounder Ted Waterman (31) to finish with a match defining 3-28.
Both Armstrong (BBC) and Walduck (Churchie), who will return in 2024 for their second successive seasons of GPS First XI cricket, were on song with the bat
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In senior men’s and women’s highlights from the weekend:
+ young left arm orthodox Zanden Jeh (Valley) bowled his side to the brink of victory with 6-24
+ Toombul third grader Michael Robinson taking 8-75
+ Blake Maher scored a stunning century in the blink of an eye for Norths
+ Dakota Rodgers (Sea Eagles) also blasted a sensational second innings century (103 not out, 90 balls).
+ Tom Collier (Valley) hit his second century in four weeks in second grade
+ Nicolene Snyman (Wests) took wickets galore in women’s second grade
+ Christian Jardine (Redlands) scored a third grade hundred in a mini-crisis
+ Cremin (Sandgate-Redcliffe) claimed five wickets in women’s top grade.
TAVERNERS BOYS, Lew Cooper Cup grand final
University 6-164 v Gold Coast 164
2. Harry Langdon (University)
Langdon’s new ball surge alongside Jem Du wrecked the Dolphins top order and from 3-2, the Coast never recovered. He claimed 3-28 in a limited overs final which is a magnificent return.
2. Blake Armstrong (University)
Armstrong ensured the Uni innings did not tread water by reeling off 40 runs quickly to fire his side toward the victory target. His left arm orthodox spin also built pressure and yielded 2-35.
1. Jem Du (University)
The BSHS GPS First XI bowler was Langdon’s right hand man, claiming two crucial early wickets. His seven overs yielded 2-27.
1. Alex Walduck (University)
The keeper-batsman broke the tension with a splendid 46 after University had slipped to a nervous 3-79. It was the crossroads of the innings when Walduck walked to the crease, but by the time he was dismissed, Uni were just six runs from victory. He finished Tav’s with the most dismissals for a UQ keeper in Tav’s (19 for the season) and was second across the competition for dismissals.
Special mentions: Gold Coast’s Ted Waterman did everything possible to pull his team back into the match. He scored 31 and with the ball claimed 1-22 from seven overs.
The Dolphin’s Michael Iffland also rose to the challenge in a crisis, rescuing his side from the perils of 3-2 and 4-32 to reach 51.
BULLS MASTERS FIRST GRADE
Gold Coast 357 v University of Queensland 321
2. Caleb Ziebell (Gold Coast)
Ziebell worked his way through the middle order after University had batted their way into the favourite’s seat. He ousted the inform Max Clayton (77), removed a defiant Harry Walker (41) who was building nicely, and snared Hamish Gardner cheaply.
1 each for Angus Lovell and Max Clayton (both Uni)
While these two were at the wicket, anything was possible. They batted time, pacing their innings beautifully with Lovell making 84 (150 balls) and Clayton 77 (178 balls). Both looked set for centuries.
1 each for Xavier Bartlett and Matthew Revis (both Gold Coast)
Big quick Bartlett (2-64) and Revis (2-67) donned their work boots and in blazing conditions, both bowled 20 overs. After early success they faced adversity as Lovell, Clayton and Walker worked Uni into the better position.
Ipswich 246 v Toombul 245
2 each for Noah Emmerson and Bryn Llewellyn (both Ipswich)
Off-spinner Emmerson was the cornerstone of the Hornets bowling, wheeling down 26.5 overs in horrid conditions, taking 3-71. Llewellyn was a great support throughout his 19 overs, taking 2-54 in a hothouse.
2. Preston White (Toombul)
White continued to enhance claims for the Peter Burge Medal with another top flight performance - this time a top scoring 69 from a gruelling 149 balls in humid conditions.
Special mentions: Jordan Cabot and Jeremy White (both Toombul). Toombul were gone, out of the match until Cabot (36, 84 balls) and White (38 not out, 82 balls) rallied from back in the field. Both men put their heads down, grinding out a partnership which also got the Bulls to an unexpected win.
1 each for Sean Lutter and
Sunshine Coast 6-d/160 & 3/57 v Redlands 77 and 7-262
4. Leigh Drennan (Redlands)
The captain rose to occasion to put to bed the Scorchers’ intentions of an outright win. Someone needed to make a stand after the Sunshine Coast’s early second innings declaration, and Drennan (152 balls) led the way magnificently.
2. Lleyton Chick (Sunshine Coast)
Chick was the wicket taker in gruelling heat, finding a way to snare three hard earned wickets and then featuring in a run out later in the way when wickets were proving hard to find. He finished with seven wickets in the match.
Sandgate-Redcliffe Mens 1st Grade
10/334 & 3/130 v Northern Suburbs 5-d/376
3. Blake Maher (Norths)
Step up Blake Maher. The Gators had batted themselves into the better position but after a fantastic team response across the Norths batting, Maher launched an amazing assault to plunder 111 from 64 balls. He hit twice as many sixes (12) as he did fours (six).
2. Mitch Doolan (Norths)
We loved Mitch Doolan’s pluck. He poured hours and hours into his innings. It must have been like a furnace under his helmet, but he worked his way to 68 from 159 balls, occasionally breaking out to hit two sixes and five fours.
1. Raveesh Srivastava (Norths)
He joined Maher in a late flurry, blasting 60 from just 56 balls.
Valley 155 & 230 v South Brisbane 87 and 9-95
3. Zanden Jeh (Valley)
He almost got them home. The left arm orthodox spinner, a person whose praise we have been singing for sometime, bowled Valley to the cusp of an outright win with a dramatic haul of 6-24 from 15 overs.
2. Max Bryant (Valley)
For the second week in a row, Bryant hit the go button with a stunning 82 from just 58 balls. When he fires, he is worth the admission price alone.
1. Aryan Jain (Souths)
Well done to Jain for digging in hard. We probably expect nothing less of him, but he did well. He survived the early swing of inform quick Benji Floros before Floros returned to pick him up, caught and bowled for 45 (62 balls).
Wynnum-Manly 304 & 2/202 v Western Suburbs 190
3. Dakota Rodgers (Wynnum-Manly)
Rodgers has a couple of gears and can adjust to a variety of conditions, and on Saturday were saw his top gear. In a second innings sensation, he struck 103 not out from just 90 balls. Wow.
2. Liam Guthrie (Wynnum-Manly)
Big hearted former representative fast bowler Liam Guthrie burst through the Wests innings to claim 4-40 from 12.4 overs. The skip led by example and had his team bouncing around in the field.
1. Harmon Sandhu (Wynnum-Manly)
Sandhu was another wicket-taker, taking 3-54 from 14 overs. Importantly he removed Steven McGiffin, the Wests captain who looked bound for a century.
Special mention: Steve McGiffin (Wests): He would have wanted more, but the Wests skipper did well to rally his side with 69 from 95 balls.
SECOND GRADE, ALAN PETTIGREW SHIELD
Gold Coast v 333 and 5-150 v University 137
All points shared between the Dolphins bowlers Connor Brown (2-25, 14 overs), Kane Hurley (2-25, 8.3 overs), Sam Geary (2-33, 11 overs) and Tyler Smith (2-34, 16 overs). Smith was also involved in a run-out.
It was a team bowling performance which lowered Uni’s mast after Uni’s Finn Churchward (44, 52 balls) had a flurry at the start of the innings.
Toombul 225 v Ipswich 8-d/304 & 7/161
3. Ethan Ramsbotham (Ipswich)
Ramsbotham almost hit the jackpot with a gritty 95 constructed through blood, sweat and tears. He faced 218 balls in stifling heat before being trapped lbw by Lachlan Hartshorn.
2. Lachlan Hartshorn (Toombul)
The St Patrick’s College old boy toiled manfully in trying conditions, working through
20 gruelling overs to snare 4-58. It was a huge effort.
1. Thomas Sippel (Ipswich)
Sippel was in great touch again, this time making 66 not out from 115 balls. After watching the loss of two quick wickets, he teamed up with Ramsbotham to get the job done in a 115 run partnership.
Special mention to Lewis Bent (Toombul) for his three wicket effort in the second innings.
Northern Suburbs 169 & 1/53 v Sandgate-Redcliffe 163 & 4-d/163
2 each to Bailey Reed and Lakshdeep Singh (both Gators)
The boys took seven wickets between them, with Paddies’ old boy Reed trudging through 16 overs to take 4-49.
Representative player Singh importantly bowled Oliver Lunt (28, 83 balls) who was looking to bat through, with Singh ending up with 3-45 from 27 overs.
1. Mitchell Pascoe (Sandgate-Redcliffe)
A nice innings again by Pascoe (67 runs from 39 balls) after he had scored a fluent 43 in the first innings.
1. Matt Petzer (Sandgate-Redcliffe)
Another fine support role, this time from Petzer who kept things tight through 16 overs, while also claiming two wickets, including batting ace Alexander Procopis.
Valley 7-271 v Souths 144
4. Tom Collier (Valley)
The stylish Marist College Ashgrove old boy hit his second hundred in a month with a rousing 139, constructed on the back of facing 247 deliveries. The slender right handed found 13 fours and four sixes in an innings where patience and running between were big factors. When he was dismissed, Collier had scored 139 of the 261 runs scored.
1. John Joyce (Valley)
After Collier’s marathon finished, Terrace old boy Joyce described just as much fortitude to amass 51 from 159 balls.
1. Will Storrs (Souths)
It was a thankless task in the heat against Collier, but Storrs struck to his guns, conceding just 2.66 runs an over to take 3-48 (18 overs)
THIRD GRADE, ALAN PETTIGREW SHIELD
Sandgate-Redcliffe 210 v Toombul 205, 3-15
2 points each: William and Ryan Pembroke (Toombul)
3. Michael Robinson (Toombul)
This was some performance. The vice-captain rolled his sleeves up and went to work, including when the Bulls had their backs to the wall when the Gators were 4-182. He ousted Hayden Marks and Faizan in quick succession at a time when it seemed not even a crowbar would prise them apart.
3. Hayden Marks
Marks proved the difference in an exciting first innings run chase that went down to the wire. He scored 70 (110 balls), sharing a critical partnership of 97 with Faizan Amin (39).
Redlands 9/309 v Valley 139
3. Christian Jardine (Redlands)
Jardine was magnificent in making 108 (131 balls) and turning a shocking start by the Tigers - they were 4-18 - into what, on paper, was a cruise mode victory. But it wasn’t, trust us. Redlands were 6-113 before Jardine found helpers in Brayden Laffan (42), vice-captain Craig Weier (58 not out) and Lachlan McClure (43).
1 each to Brayden Laffan, Craig Weier and Lachlan McClure (all Redlands)
This terrific trio displayed great substance to support Jardine, particularly Laffen who opted to play the support role. When Jardine was dismissed on 170, Toombul was back in front again but Laffen stayed steady while Weier backed himself with a more aggressive innings.
Northern Suburbs 9/169 v Uni 138
3. Cruz Baker (Norths)
In a rain-shortened match Baker produced a game high 61 not out for Norths, just enough to get his team over the line.
2. Jonte Brown (Uni)
Brown kept attacking and his reward was 4-36 which almost swayed things back toward Uni.
1. Haydn Murray (Norths)
Murray produced a skipper’s performance with the ball, snaring 4-24.
FOURTH GRADE, Bob Spence Shield
Toombul 9-d/296 v Sandgate-Redcliffe 192.
2. Joshua Seaton (Gators)
Seaton produced a big-hearted performance on day No.2, accumulating 75 from 182 balls when sweat would have soaked his shirt and been pouring out from under his helmet.
2. Jake Coolwell and Spencer Green (both Toombul)
The boys would have had a big meal on Saturday evening and then an early night after getting through a mountain of work in the heat. Coolwell held his bowling form together across 17 overs, taking 2-19, while slow bowler Green toiled away to take 2-35 from 29 overs. His wickets included two set batsmen, Joshua Rhodes and Jackson Pavey.
Western Suburbs 9/267 v Gold Coast 4/134
3. Brody Felton (Gold Coast)
Felton showed his team the way with a terrific 73 from 104 balls which included a nice mix of six fours and three sixes. In a low scoring game Joshua Wilson also batted well 44, 81 balls, while Will Dooley 2-44 and Sam Arnott 2-11 both took some wickets.
Valley 223 v Redlands 110 and 190
3. Tighe Morris (Valley)
We know Morris can bowl - but he can bat as well. Valley were floundering at 5-47 and 7-139, but Morris took his side all the way to 223 with a brisk 89 from 127 balls. He had fun and games in hitting six fours and two sixes.
2. Ely Robertson (Redlands)
Robertson deserved to bowl the Tigers to a first innings result, such was his performance. Yes, he went for some runs as Morris and Agapow counterattacked, but he finished with 6-75 which was a stirring performance in the heat.
1. Thomas Brown (Valley)
Brown was a warrior during a second innings bowling effort, wheeling away through 25 overs for a hard earned 5-51. Outstanding figures.
Special mention Tim Agapow (Valley) and Mark Burt (Redlands)
Agapow was Morris’ partner in crime, going even harder at the bowling to plunder 66 from 69 balls.
And high praise for Redlands’ Mark Burt who scored a defiant 62 (194 balls) to halt the Valley bowlers’ march.
Northern Suburbs 3-d/151 v University of Queensland 137 & 5/118
3. Harry DeSouza (Norths)
DeSouza let loose during a first innings onslaught, dominating the scoring to reach 108 not out.
2. Ryan Miskella (Norths)
Miskella spearheaded the Norths attack with 4-31 from 14 overs, and then took 2-38 in the second innings.
1. Parth Patel (Norths)
It was a nice bowling return in both innings for Patel, who claimed 2-27 from 18 overs in the first innings and 3-39 in the second.
South Brisbane 3/128 v Wynnum-Manly 121
3. Corey Taylor (Souths)
He played a skipper’s hand in a low scoring game to score 60 not out from as many balls.
2. Liam Carter (Wynnum)
The Iona College old boys put great value on his wicket, working his way to 57 from 93 balls.
1. Oliver Parr (Souths)
Parr only bowled six overs, but snared 4-25.
WOMEN’S FIRST GRADE, Katherine Raymont Shield
Sandgate-Redcliffe 176 def Gold Coast 118
2 and 2. Melanie Vernyik and Jessica Cremin (Sandgate-Redcliffe)
Vernyik (four wickets) and Cremin (five wickets) ensured the game was never within reach for the Gold Coast.
Defending 176 runs, they took no prisoners and had the game wrapped up with over 15 overs to play.
Vernyik (8-0-23-4) was damaging with the new ball, while Cremin (6.2-0-19-5) swept through the Gold Coast middle order to earn her five wickets.
1. Jemma Savill (Gold Coast)
Savill was the pick of the Dolphin’s bowlers.
She bowled nine overs and leaked just 16 runs. She also claimed the wickets of Tess Cooper and Mia Croucamp.
1. Leah Dobson (Gold Coast)
Dobson was a prime mover yet again for the Gold Coast, the classy all-rounder bowling nine overs and getting a wicket before producing a team high 39 with the bat.
Special mentions to Tess Cooper and Mia Croucamp (Sandgate-Redcliffe)
The Gators duo put on a 43 run stand with Cooper (22, 36 balls) and Croucamp (29, 42 balls) taking the shine off the new ball and setting the wheels in motion.
Wests 7-217 def Ipswich 173
1.Ryleigh Wotherspoon (Wests)
Wotherspoon’s effort when opening the batting laid an early deposit on victory.
She scored 39 from 40 against the new ball and had the Ipswich bowlers stumped in the early stages of the game.
1 and 1. Keyra Smith and Filippa SueSee
After getting out to 2-68, Wests had a collapse which saw them at 6-97 after such a good start.
Smith and SueSee were determined to resurrect the innings and that’s what they did when putting a 71-run-partnership.
Smith scored 44 and SueSee 41 not out to push Wests past the 200 run mark.
1. Ayaka Stafford (Wests)
Staffords bowling suffocated her rivals before earning not one but three breakthroughs in succession.
She removed three of Ipswich’s top four batters and was crucial in West’s defence.
Stafford finished with figures of 10-2-26-4 in a pressurising bowling display.
1 and 1. Stephanie Baldwin and Lauren Patterson (Ipswich)
Vice-captain Baldwin scored 29 from 42 against the new ball, while Patterson, at No.8, scored a determined 28 from 35.
Sunshine Coast 4-166 def Valley 10-166
2 and 2. Tarah Staines and Mikayla Wrigley (Sunshine Coast)
Staines (46) and Wrigley (71 not out) earned the Scorchers an early mark with 15 overs to spare after their 111-run-partnership deleted all hopes of a victory for Valley.
It was a classy stand by the Scorchers middle order batters.
University 10-147 def Wynnum-Manly 10-113
1. Ruby Orchard (Sunshine Coast)
The Scorching pace bowler remained in form at the weekend, this time snaring three wickets to help her team restrict Valley to 166.
She picked up the important wickets of Kira Holmes, Megan Jones and Abby Harris.
1. Abby Harris (Valley)
Harris stood tall after those before her had been dismissed cheaply.
Coming in at 4-55, Harris was under all sorts of pressure. But she took her time and after 85 balls she had added 58 to Valley’s cause.
University v Wynnum-Manly
2. Tara Wheeler (University)
Wheeler was in a world of her own, the University opener scoring a match-high 91 in a player of the match performance.
She hit four fours and two sixes and was at the middle for almost the entire innings.
2. Charnie Bloxsom (University)
Bloxsom (10-2-29-4) backed up Wheeler’s efforts with a tremendous 10 overs.
She claimed four wickets, kept it tight and removed Cooke for 28.
Indeed Cooke could have won the game for the Sea Eagles had she stayed in longer.
Boyce
1. Zoe Cooke (Wynnum-Manly)
Captain Cooke snared three wickets and was economical in her eight overs of bowling.
She then scored 28 at run-a-ball pace with the bat.
1. Clodagh Ryall (Wynnum-Manly)
Wynnum-Manly’s discovery player of the season was taking names again.
This time around she took four wickets in eight overs.
WOMEN’S SECOND GRADE, Jodie Purves Shield
Valley 3-82 def University 10-81
2. Eleanor Swanepoel (Valley)
The Valley captain took two wickets and leaked just three runs in her six overs.
2. Chelsea Dale (Valley)
Dale had the University batters wrapped around her finger.
She took three wickets in four overs and went for six runs.
2. Kylie White (Valley)
White opened the batting for Valley and scored 34* from 40 balls.
She hit four boundaries and stayed in to see Valley past the winners post in just the 15th over.
Sunshine Coast 2-47 def Sandgate-Redcliffe 10-47
3. Mahlia Rea (Sunshine Coast)
Rea (3-0-3-3) turned pressure into wickets and took the initial wicket which started the collapse of the Gators batting innings.
2. Charlotte Love (Sunshine Coast)
Love took a wicket with the ball in hand, and scored 25 (31 balls) with bat in hand.
1. Alexis Lanksey (Sunshine Coast)
Lanksey (3-0-9-2) dismissed the Gator’s opening batter and then returned for another spell where she picked up another wicket.
Gold Coast 10-167 def Wynnum-Manly 7-35
3. Vitini De Alwis (Gold Coast)
De Alwis was locked in at the middle. She came in with her team 5-83 and had one mode and that was attack mode.
She left the crease with her side 6-124 after a quickfire 34 off just 15 deliveries gave spectators a stunning show.
1. Robyn Medley (Wynnum-Manly)
The Sea Eagles captain led by example when claiming three wickets, one of which was the first of the innings. She bowled eight overs and went for 25 runs.
Both 1 Lacey Kennedy and Ella Fernleigh (Gold Coast)
Kennedy opened the batting for the Dolphins and led the way from the start.
She scored a patient 23 from 46.
Then, while De Alwis was putting on a show down one end, Fernleigh (22, 28 balls) was having herself an innings on the other.
Special mention: Brooke Butler (Gold Coast)
Butler worked her magic with the ball taking two wickets in four overs and she also got a run out.
Wests 5-89 def Norths 10-87
3. Nicolene Snyman (Wests)
West’s strike bowler Snyman was at the peak of her powers on Sunday.
She took five wickets in six overs and took one after the other as the North’s batters found themselves scrambling for answers to her brilliance.
2. Scarlett Varidel (Wests)
No.3 batter Varidel was clinical in her pursuit of North’s 87 run total.
She scored 32 from 36 and did her best work running between the wickets, extracting singles here, there and everywhere.
1. Claire Molloy (Wests)
Molloy was her masterful self, taking two wickets and keeping the pressure on when starving her rivals of runs.
She went for 10 runs in eight overs.
Ipswich 2-63 def South Brisbane 9-62
3. Kyrna Crump (Ipswich)
Crump cashed in on Sunday.
She took five wickets, went for one run an over and had the South’s batters in two minds.
1. Emily Titmarsh (South Brisbane)
The South Brisbane captain showed great fight again to score 20 while wickets fell around her.
1 each to Hannah Tucker and Samantha Bremner (Ipswich)
Tucker laid the finishing touches with the ball when taking three wickets late in the piece.
Bremner then did her thing with the bat scoring a match-high 24 to have the South’s total acquired by the 15th over.
Originally published as University defeats Gold Coast in a gripping Taverner’s grand final
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