SPORT 2010
SPORT 2010 CRICKET
CRICKET
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CRICKET - 1ST XI William Young captained this year's side, with staff member Kane Rowson, playing in the Premier club competition, and coaching the
GILLETTE CUP (Knockout Tournament) Game 1 vs Westlake College
NPBHS - 162 Ben West 59, James McDougal 35 Lost Westlake- 192, James McDougal3 -29
side. The highlight of the season was qualifying for the Gillette cup finals (Top 8 in New Zealand), 3rd placing in Super 8, and the two outright college game wins against Rotorua Boys' and Wanganui Collegiate.
Game 3 v Hamilton BHS
NPBHS 162 Will Young 33,James Lost to HBHS163/7 Warwick Millar 3/26, Ray Edwards 2/39 Playoff fo r 3rd/4th v Rotorua BHS
Game 2 vs Hamilton Boys'
NPBHS - 86, Ben Hitchcock 18 Lost Hamilton - 200, Fraser Johnston 4 - 36 Game 3 vs Otago Boys'
William Young: 105 vs Hamilton Boys' James McDougal: 110 vs Rotorua Boys' James McDougal: 7 for 46 vs Rotorua Boys'
NPBHS- 164, Will Young 56
Representative Honours
Game 4 vs St Pat's Silverstream
Lost Otago Boys- 190, Warwick Millar 3- 14
William Young NZ Ul7 Squad,
NPBHS- 198, William Young 42, Warwick
CD Ul7 Captain Ben Hitchcock CD U 17
Millar 28 Won St Pat's - 120, Warwick Millar 4 -33, Mitch
Game 1 vNapierBHS
NPBHS -165 Ben Hitchcock 33, Ben West 22, Will Young 21
NPBHS 59/3 Defeated RBHS 58 Warwick Millar 4/13, Mitch Brown
defeated Napier- 142 Warwick Millar 4/ 29, Kyle Pillay 2/12, Mitch Brown2/24, Henry Boon2/l8
2/20, Kyle Pillay 4/18
Game 2 v Gisborne BHS
INTER SCHOOL FIXTURES
NPBHS 96/2 Kane Robertson 47no, Ben
Wellington College (December 2009)
Hitchcock 22 defeated GBHS -96 Mitch Brown 2/20, James
PBHS won the toss and elected to bat, but were soon regretting their decision with the ball seaming and swinging around in the wet conditions. NPBHS struggled to form any partnerships, and was dismissed for only 88 runs, Ben Hitchcock scoring 30.
McDougal2/6
Brown 3 -17
3rd place
PBHS quickly struck back taking a wicket in the first over of Wellington's innings, and had the visitors 1 down with 7 runs on the board, when the rain finally set in. The rest of the game was washed out. Auckland Grammar School
PBHS won the toss and elected to bat on a good deck on the top field. They posted a core of279. The best of the NPBHS batsmen were Ben Hitchcock 94, Kane Robertson 51, and Warwick Millar 45. In reply Auckland Grammar made 180 before being bowled out. The best of the NPBHS bowlers were James McDougal4- 49, Kyle Pillay 2 -1 3 In the second innings NPBHS scored a quickfire 156 to set up a total for declaration. Top scorers were Ben Hitchcock 56, Henry Boon 35.
This set Auckland a target of 254 to win in 75 overs. CRICKET- 1ST XI Back Row: Kyle Pillay, Mason Farrant, Ray Edwards, Mr Kane Rowson, Warwick Millar, Henry Boon, jackson Braddock-Pajo
The best of the NPBHS bowlers in the second innings was James McDougal with 4 - 75.
McDougal35,
play off for 3/4.
Honours Board Performances
Ben West CD Ul7
SUPER 8 HAMIL TON The Super 8 Tournament was held in Hamilton. The weather was excellent for the four days, and the standard of pitches allowed good quality cricket to be played. The team came third after beating Rotorua Boy's in the
Auckland Grammar set about achieving this total in a much more controlled manner obtaini th . . '. ng e target wtth a four wtcket wm.
Hamilton Boys'
The start of this traditional fixture was affected by rain in Hamilton, so it was decided to play two one-day fixtures between the two sides. This was a good challenge for NPBHS as Hamilton were currently ranked number two in New Zealand in this format. Gamel
Hamilton batted first scoring 148 off 48 overs. The best NPBHS bowlers were Ray Edwards 3 -16, Kyle Pillay 3 - 35, and John Dickson 2- 36 NPBHS batted poorly to be bundled out for 123, after some tight bowling from Hamilton, the only score of note was William Young 30. Game2
NPBHS batted first scoring 209 off 48 overs. The innings was highlighted by a exceptional knock by William Young 105, and supported by James McDougal 35. Hamilton replied scoring 210 off 47 overs with 4 wickets left in hand. Rotorua Boys'
NPBHS won the toss and elected to bat on a good-looking deck. NPBHS scored 232 off 65 overs. The best batting performance was Ben West 85, with William Young 48. Rotorua replied scoring 164 before being bowled out in the 69th over. The highlight of the bowling performance was James McDougal taking an honours board performance of 7 - 46 off 25 overs. In NPBHS 2nd innings, James McDougal continued with his exceptional form and scored ll 0 on his way to becoming only the 2nd person in history to gain 2 honours board performances in a single match. NPBHS scored 217 - 7 declared, leaving Rotorua an imposing target of 286 to win the game. NPBHS bowled Rotorua out for 217, meaning an outright victory by 69 runs to NPBHS.
W anganui Collegiate
Wanganui won the toss and elected to bat on a really good wicket. The NPBHS bowlers produced good lines and lengths to dismiss the opposition for 141, Warwick Millar taking 5- 37. NPBHS replied scoring 157- 6 before declaring and putting the pressure back on Wanganui. They then produced 214 runs in their 2nd innings, with James McDougal taking 4 - 76 and Kyle Pillay 3 - 20. NPBHS required 204 runs in the 2nd innings to win the game, and reached the target three down. Ben Hitchcock 83, James McDougal44. Outright win by 7 wickets to NPBHS. Kane Rowson
CRICKET - 2ND XI The NPBHS 2nd XI Cricket side was entered in th Taranaki Cricket Association's 2nd Grade North competition. Other teams entered in the grade were Woodleigh, Ratapiko, NPOB, NPMU, Inglewood and the FDMC 2nd XL Our goal was to play sensible cricket by picking up a lot of singles and putting pressure on in the field with our youthful enthusiasm. We looked to bowl a good line and length, and set fields that reflected this and restricted runs. Before Christmas we played against Woodleigh (12 run loss) and NPOB (2 wicket loss). In both of these games, the team played well, with the games going right to the wire. It wasn't until our third game of the season against Inglewood that we got our first win. The boys bowled and fielded exceptionally well to limit Inglewood to 74 all out. We reached the target two wickets down and it gave us confidence that our season was back on track. Unfortunately that was not the case. Heavy losses to NPMU (65 runs), Ratapiko (6 wickets), Woodleigh (95 runs), NPOB (10 wickets), Ratapiko (8 wickets), Woodleigh (45 runs) and NPMU (3 wickets) taught the boys that playing cricket against experienced men was a very difficult proposition.
Front Row: john Dickson, james McDougall, Ben Hitchcock, William Young, Ben West, Kane Robertson
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