Representative Season 2007 - 2008

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Representative Results

Senior 2007-2008 Season Results Below:

[ Ron Biggar Trophy ] [ West Coast ] [ Buller ] [Canterbury Country ]
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Young Cricketers Prove Competitive

Four South Canterbury age group teams took on their North Otago counterparts in very warm conditions in Oamaru on Sunday.

Three matches were won by South Canterbury with the highlight being an unbeaten century by South Canterbury's Alistair Harvey in the year five and six match.

The under-17 match saw South Canterbury score 231 for seven (50 overs).

Among the runs for South Canterbury were Willie Wright 49, Tom Walsh 43, Nick Galwey 36, Sam Carlaw 24 and James McFarlane 20 not out.

Brent Cant was the backbone of the North Otago innings with 71 runs.

North Otago were all out for 217, 15 runs short of victory. Nick Galwey's 4/20 including two wickets in the last over saw South Canterbury home in a close tussle.

Sam Carlaw and Brad Leonard each claimed two wickets a-piece.

The under-15 match was also close with North Otago scoring 226/7 (50 overs).

South Canterbury were left to rue numerous dropped catches. Nick Haack 3/49 and Michael Shaw 2/33 took the majority of the wickets.

In reply South Canterbury fell just short being all out for 211. Ben Simpson lead the way with a defiant 63 compiled from 37 overs. Useful contributions were also made by Josh Dick 33 and Hayden Blackler 33.

The Primary A fixture was more one-sided with South Canterbury scoring an imposing 240 for nine off their 50 overs.

Three of the South Canterbury top order retired with Tristan Cooper and Michael Hogan both reaching half centuries.

Jack Woodley had earlier reached 29 after opening the innings.

An enterprising 50 run partnership between Lathan Gibb and Bradley Surridge for the ninth wicket putting the icing on the cake.

South Canterbury had to work hard for wickets but North Otago were eventually all out for 137.

Brett Walker wrapped up the tail taking four for five off four overs. Also taking wickets were Nick O'Brien 2/17, Lathan Gibb 2/8 and Zac Emmerson 2/28.

The South Canterbury year five and six batting effort was very much dominated by Alistair Harvey 102 (retired) and Matthew MacKenzie 34 who put on a 104 run partnership.

South Canterbury reached 171 from their allotted 40 overs.

North Otago came close in reaching 161/9 in their 40 overs.

South Canterbury's Chris Hogan 4/13 and Matthew MacKenzie 2/15 did most of the damage with the ball.

Both the Primary A and year five and six teams along with a newly formed development team have games against Dunedin Metro in Dunedin on March 9 and against Christchurch Metro at Geraldine on March 16.

Craig Davies sets new SC Batting Record

Craig Davies was the star of the show as he batted for the entire South Canterbury first innings against Mid Canterbury in the final Hawke Cup elimination match of the season. Davies’ innings of 225 runs from 331 balls in 378 minutes (5 ½ hours at the crease) set a new record score by a South Canterbury batsman, surpassing the previous best of 209 not out made by Stephen Pagan in 2004.

To put the value of this innings into perspective, the next best score by a SC batsman was only 35, and Davies was last out with the score at 390. There were some nervous moments (perhaps not in the middle for the assured looking Davies), but definitely on the sidelines as he approached this huge milestone and wickets fell at the other end. A very nervous looking No 11, Grant Watt, joined Davies when he was still a couple of runs short of the record as spectators and players alike held their breaths, but Watt was solid and then Davies played the shot of an already impressive innings as he lofted the bowler to ‘cow corner’ (wide mid on) to break the record. He duly followed this up with another six and four in successive balls before his innings and that of South Canterbury ended.

With 9 overs to be bowled before stumps South Canterbury picked up a wicket to end play for the day in a dominant position.

Day two saw Mid Canterbury set about a long chase for first innings points with a century partnership for the second wicket and more solid partnerships with contributions of 73 from Dave Maw, Lyal Jemmett 49 and Robert Madden 55, before the introduction of the new ball brought immediate success with two wickets falling at 266.

Todd Elliotte bowled a long spell of 31 overs to finish with 4-65 while Craig Hinton had a defiant Garth Jemmett caught on the boundary for 41 to claim his 5th victim (5-94) and close the Mid Canterbury innings at 313 giving a first innings win to South Canterbury.

Craig Davies capped off a fine match by taking the other wicket, while for Mid Canterbury, No 11 Wayne McDowell finished the match with more career runs than wickets to his name for the first time for Mid Canterbury.

South Canterbury’s Hawke Cup Bid Fails

South Canterbury travelled to Rangiora to play Canterbury Country in the latest round of the Hawke Cup elimination this weekend. After a disappointing result against Buller in the previous match, the team was looking for a big improvement to keep them in the hunt to win their zone and go through to the South Island playoffs.

Things started well with captain Todd Elliotte winning the toss and electing to bat first, but South Canterbury was soon in trouble at 2-2 before Ben Millar and Dan Laming steadied the ship and took the score through to 120 when Millar was out for 43. This brought James Laming to the crease and once again he in tandem with Dan ground out a solid partnership and at one stage South Canterbury were 190-3 and looking like amassing the large total always needed when playing Canterbury Country, especially as these matches generally become a race for first innings points.

With Dan in sight of another century for his province he was out bowled for 93. James carried on to score 61 and be seventh out, but with little support as the last 6 wickets fell for only 50 runs and South Canterbury were dismissed for 243.

South Canterbury had 15 overs to bowl before stumps on the first day and also started well, removing two batsmen including former Canterbury first class player Robbie Frew cheaply, but by the close of play Country had got themselves back into a good position at 72-2.

As another fine day dawned on day two, Canterbury Country continued on in the same vane as the night before. While Craig Hinton and Todd Elliotte took a couple of wickets each and the rest of the bowling attack was solid, South Canterbury’s failure to score at least another 100 runs after such a good start when batting was their downfall. They were unable to apply that extra bit of pressure which causes doubts in the batsman’s mind, batting collapses, and makes the difference in representative matches. Canterbury Country by getting through to just under 300 easily gained first innings points and with that, the opportunity to win the zone.

SC Lose outright to Buller

South Canterbury travelled to Westport in pursuit of a 1st innings win to help them in their quest for Hawke Cup honours over the weekend, but some bad shot selection in the first innings saw them collapse to be all out for 84 chasing a target of 192 set by Buller.

Buller had batted first with Troy Scanlon being South Canterbury’s nemesis scoring 62 to go alongside a 5 wicket bag he would take when SC batted. For SC, debutant Sam Devlin picked up 3 wickets, ever reliable captain Todd Elliotte grabbed 4 while Kevin Teahan was rewarded with 1 wicket from a steady spell of line and length bowling and then Craig Davies mopped up the tail taking two wickets with his spinners.

For South Canterbury, Dan Laming with 40 was the only batsman to show much fight as the wickets tumbled around him and SC were 78-8 overnight. On the second day they were greeted with rain and the possibility of play looked remote, but the water disappears quickly on the Coast and SC were soon all out for 84 and asked to follow on.

An improved second innings saw SC 114-2 at one stage with Craig Davies 30 and Jeremy Liddy 33 both out, but young Ben Millar was 47 not out as SC looked to bat for the rest of the day with play scheduled to go through until 8.00pm Sunday evening.

Unfortunately, after a solid start the batting again failed as the last eight wickets fell for a further 58 runs as Buller dismissed South Canterbury a second time. This left Buller needing to score 64 runs from 17 overs for outright victory and unless bad light or rain stopped play would have been achieved comfortably.

Canterbury Country have already won outright this weekend over West Coast, so this still means the next game for South Canterbury against Canterbury Country in January will be the all important match in helping decide who wins the competition as both teams will then have a game against Mid Canterbury to wrap up the season.

SC beat West Coast & Weather

South Canterbury managed to outfox the weather as they set about gaining maximum points from their first Hawke Cup match of the season against West Coast at the Aorangi Oval.

After winning the toss SC asked West Coast to bat, a decision that was soon reaping reward as opening bowlers Kris Howes and Craig Hinton tore through the top and middle order. At drinks in the first session West Coast was 30-5 and the break didn’t help their cause as wickets continued to tumble. Kevin Teahan and captain Todd Elliotte chimed in to mop up the tail and West Coast were dismissed for 81 before lunch.

SC then set about batting only once, all the while with an eye on the weather on an overcast day. They began steadily losing wickets at 17, 43 and 79 before young Ben Millar was out for a solid 37 after batting for 2 hours. Dan Laming fell 10 runs later and this brought the in form James Laming 63 and Jeremy Liddy 74 together and they duly added 110 runs for the fifth wicket. Beginning slowly their innings blossomed as both batsmen began to find the boundary and Luke Taylor and Todd Elliotte added further runs before the declaration came at 266-6 with 23 overs left in the day’s play.

West Coast were soon struggling a second time as they appealed against the light, asked for sightscreens and couldn’t decide whether it was the short or full balls that they couldn’t pick up. Play finishing about 7.00pm with the Coasters 29-4.

Arriving at the ground on Day Two SC was confronted by a covered wicket, and drizzle that looked as though it may set in for the day. This brought about many discussions amongst those present as to the merit of batting for so long on the first day before declaring, and that in the future it may be prudent to check the “Moon Man’s Forecasts” as well as the Met Service.

The Umpires decided to take lunch early, and when the sun broke through the groundsmen did a good job getting play under way again early in the afternoon.

Once back on the park SC weren’t letting any chances go by as they soon dismissed West Coast a second time with Craig Hinton taking 4 wickets to go with his 3 in the first innings, Kevin Teahan picked up two and Todd Elliotte also snared 3 wickets from only 13 balls to give him a match analysis of 4-8.

West Coast was all out for 83 giving SC a comprehensive outright victory and the right to say that they made all the correct decisions. This was a good all round display with most players making good contributions to the team effort as they now look forward to the next round against Buller in a fortnight’s time.

Scoresheet:
West Coast 1st Innings.
1 N Cochrane ct Taylor b K Howes 4
2 N Cumming ct and b b C Hinton 7
3 L McNeish ct Taylor b K Howes 4
4 D Rees b C Hinton 1
5 D Cumming ct Arkinstall b K Howes 11
6 S Taylor ct Davies b K Howes 5
7 B Guyton ct Taylor b C Hinton 6
8 C McNeish ct J Laming b K Teahan 10
9 M McEnaney b K Teahan 7
10 M Banks b T Elliotte 15
11 C Morris not out 3
B 4 LB 2 W 0 NB 2
Extras 8
Total 81
FOW:9,17,18,24,30,39,41,51,58,81

Bowler O M R W
K Howes 15 4 45
C Hinton 10 2 23
K Teahan 5 2 5
T Elliotte 0.4 0 2

West Coast 2nd Innings.s
1 N Cochrane ct and b b C Hinton 3
2 N Cumming lbw b C Hinton 2
3 L McNeish ct Taylor b K Teahan 14
4 S Taylor lbw b J Liddy 1
5 D Rees lbw b K Teahan 7
6 D Cumming ct Teahan b C Hinton 35
7 B Guyton ct Arkinstall b C Hinton 6
8 C McNeish ct Hinton b T Elliotte 4
9 M McEnaney not out 0
10 M Banks stp Taylor b T Elliotte 0
11 C Morris ct D Laming b T Elliotte 2
B 3 LB 2 W 0 NB 4
Extras 9
Total 83
FOW:3,12,15,28,36,61,81,81,81,83

Bowler O M R W
K Howes 5 2 8 0
C Hinton 11 4 10 2
J Liddy 3 1 4 1
C Davies 5 3 5 0
J Laming 3 3 0 0
K Teahan 6 3 25 2
T Elliotte 2.1 0 6 3

South Canterbury 1st Innings
1 C Davies b M Banks 4
2 B Millar ct L McNeish b M Banks 37
3 P Arkinstall lbw b M Banks 9
4 D Laming ct L McNeish b B Guyton 23
5 J Laming ct Taylor b M Banks 63
6 J Liddy b N Cochrane 74
7 L Taylor not out 17
8 T Elliotte not out 13
B 11 LB 9 W 6 NB 0
Extras 26
Total 266-6 dec
FOW:17,43,79,89,199,239

Bowler O M R W
M Banks 20 1 81 4
D Rees 15 3 53 0
B Guyton 5 1 23 1
C Morris 6 1 29 0
C McNeish 8 0 47 0
N Cochrane 2 0 13 1

Result: Outright win to South Canterbury

Taylor, Liddy see SC to trophy win

South Canterbury retained the one-day cricket Ron Biggar Trophy yesterday thanks to some middle order magic from Luke Taylor and Jeremy Liddy.

Playing at the Aorangi Bowl, South Canterbury were teetering at 95 for five, chasing Mid Canterbury's 192 when the pair came together.

A combination of well-placed shots and smart running kept the scoreboard ticking over until the momentum swung their way and they regularly found the boundary.

Their 50 partnership came up in 82 balls while it took only another 37 balls to crack the century.

Wicketkeeper Taylor's big six over midwicket was a highlight as the delivery before he somehow managed to let his bat go in a flurry of action as he looked towards the boundary.

Taylor finished on 54 with Liddy on 64 as they took South Canterbury to the winning total with two overs to spare.

Opener Craig Davies and James Laming both scored 26.

Mid Canterbury's best bowler was Dan Kruger with two for 31 off nine overs.

South Canterbury bowlers started well against the visitors having them two for 12 and kept the pressure on with six of the eight bowlers used taking wickets.

The highlight was off-spinner Todd Elliotte grabbing two wickets to make him the province's highest ever wicket-taker with 251.

Craig Hinton also grabbed a pair of victims.

Scoreboard:-

SC V MID CANTERBURY

L McLeod ct Laming b Lane .......... 1

L Jemmett bowled Hinton......................... 9

R Madden bowled Liddy .......................... 30

D Kruger ct Hinton b Elliotte..................... 36

J Overend ct Taylor b Arkinstall .............. 5

J Naish lbw b Elliotte ............................... 17

R Polson not out ...................................... 8

G Jemmett ct Srinivas b Hinton .............. 33

D Stoddart bowled Davies .......................

R Coburn not out...................................... 3

Extras....................................................... 20

Total ........................................................ 192

Bowling: C Hinton 9 2 46 2, KS Srinivas 6 0 23 0, P Arkinstall7 1 24 1, A McLachlan 5 0 26 0, J Lane 4 1 15 1, J Liddy6 1 15 1, T Elliotte 10 2 14 2, C Davies 3 0 19 1

South Canterbury

C Davies bowled Kruger ......................... 26

A McLachlan ct Overend b McDowell...... 1

P Arkinstall lbw G Jemmett ..................... 3

J Laming bowled Coburn ........................ 26

M Mealings bowled Kruger....................... 2

J Liddy not out.......................................... 54

L Taylor not out ....................................... 64

Extras ...................................................... 18

Total ........................................................ 194

Bowling:G Jemmett 9 0 28 1, D Kruger 9 2 31 2, R Coburn10 0 35 1, W McDowell 6 0 33 1, D Stoddart 9 2 30 0, L Jemmett5 1 34 0.

Schoolboy Takes 5 Wicket Bag on Debut for South Canterbury.

South Canterbury took on a Canterbury X1 in cold and blustery conditions at Aorangi Oval on Sunday.

SC was asked to bat first although special rules for the game meant that both teams would bat 50 overs each, no matter the result in an effort to give as many players as possible game time.

SC included four young schoolboy players on debut, as well as Hamish Bennett returning for this match, while Canterbury fielded a team that included 9 players with first class experience.

SC scored 118-6 with Captain Todd Elliotte top scorer, unbeaten on 24, but Canterbury’s bowlers were miserly except in the extras dept, where they were guilty of bowling 19 wides.

In reply, Canterbury soon looked to dominate as Todd Astle and my Canterbury player of the day, Iain Robertson added 75 for the first wicket in quick time. Robertson struck powerfully for his 42 to back up his 3-7 with the ball. After the good opening, things were a bit shakey as debutant Les Humphris picked up the first 5 Canterbury wickets maintaining a good line mixed with some slower balls.

Wicketkeeper batsman Kruger Van Wyk then took charge as he scored 68 in partnerships of 83 and 53 before being out caught in the last over. Canterbury finished at 268-7.

A special mention should be made of the Umpires, Scorers, Groundsmen, Caterers and helpers for working hard throughout in adverse conditions.

Scoreboard:

South Canterbury
C Davies b W Lonsdale 10
B Walsh ct K Van Wyk b W Lonsdale 6
M Patel b T Astle 2
D Laming b M Peacock 21
J Liddy ct b I Robertson 12
H Bennett stp K Van Wyk b I Robertson 12
J Morrow ct b I Robertson 2
T Elliotte not out 24
B Miller not out 3
B 0 LB 3 W 19 NB 4
Extras 26

Total 118-6

FOW: 25,29,31,55,71,82,83

Bowling:

L Burtt 6 1 13 0
A Singh 8 2 15 0
C Anderson 6 0 10 0
W Lonsdale 7 2 19 2
T Astle 7 1 25 1
M Peacock 10 0 26 1
I Robertson 6 4 7 3

Canterbury XI
T Astle ct Miller b L Humphris 31
I Robertson b L Humphris 42
B Rae ct Liddy b L Humphris 10
J Myburgh ct Elliotte b L Humphris 19
C Anderson ct Liddy b L Humphris 8
K Van Wyk ct Teahen b C Davies 68
A Ellis run out Laming 31
M Peacock lbw b J Morrow 16
L Burtt not out 2
W Lonsdale not out 1

B 7 LB 13 W 6 NB 13
Extras 39

Total 267-8

FOW: 75,86,93,114,123,206,259, 265

Bowling:

H Bennett 10 0 57 0
K Teahen 4 1 19 0
L Humphis 10 0 50 5
J Morrow 7 1 30 1
D Laming 8 1 36 0
T Elliotte 10 0 49 0
C Davies 1 0 6 1

Coaches & Selectors Contact Details

South Canterbury Men's representative team
Chris Leonard Coach
65 Avenue Road
Timaru
Home: 688-4994
Business: 688-4134
Mobile: 027-286-9668

Shane Gilkison Selector
18 Rayner Street, Temuka
Home: (03) 615 5669

Bevan Guthrie Selector
357 Howell Road, Pleasant Point
Home: 614-8747

Men's Under 19 Men team
Shane Gilkison Coach
18 Rayner Street, Temuka
Home: (03) 615 5669

Phil McGorey Coach

Men's Under 17 team
Harvey King Coach
12a Onslow Street, Timaru
Home:684-3552
Business: 688-9340 Fax: 688-9007
Mobile:027-685-1388
Email: harv.lois.king@xtra.co.nz

Graham Ward Coach
264 Beaconsfield Rd; RD 2, Timaru
Home:688-6816
Business: 688-2059 Fax: 688 6327
Mobile:027-241-1640
Email: wardconsulting@xtra.co.nz

Boys Under 15 team
Chris Galwey Coach
Clayton Settlement Rd
Sherwood Downs R D 17, Ashwick Flat
Home: 03 685 4840

Bevan Guthrie Coach
357 Howell Road, Pleasant Point
Home: 614-8747

Senior Women's representative team
Richard Davidson Coach
9 Orielton Place, Timaru
Home: 686-1171
Business: 686-3377
Fax: 686-3378
Mobile:021-704-153
Email:davo@southcanterburycricket.co.nz

Girls Under 17 team
Richard Davidson [as above]

Girls Under 15 team
Richard Davidson [as above]

JAB Primary A
John Threlkeld Coach

Primary Development
Jim Stringleman Coach

Primary Yr 5 & 6
Anthony de Joux Coach
Mobile: 027-229-4336
Email: Anthony.deJoux@ecan.govt.nz

Hawke Cup Draw 2007-2008

01-02 December West Coast v South Canterbury, Timaru
15-16 December Buller v South Canterbury, Westport
12-13 January South Canterbury v Canterbury Country, Rangiora
19-20 January South Canterbury v Mid Canterbury, Timaru

Senior Men Representative Matches

14 Oct vs Christchurch XI, Timaru
04-Nov vs CHCH Suburban, Halswell
18-Nov vs Mid Canterbury, Aorangi Oval. (Ron Biggar Memorial Cup)

Aotea-Cup - Representative Fixtures - Women

28 October South Canterbury v Southland, Gore - Aotea Cup
4 November Otago Country v South Canterbury, Timaru
11 November Dunedin v South Canterbury, Timaru
10 February South Canterbury v Otago Country, Alexandra
17 February Dunedin v South Canterbury, Dunedin
24 February South Canterbury v Southland, Timaru

2 March Aotea Cup Final [Teams to be announced]

U23 Mens

21-23 January Tournament Ashburton

U19 Boys

03-06 December Tournament TBA

U17 Boys

10-14 December Tournament, Timaru

Squad: T Bell (TBHS), J Blackstock (Roncalli), S Carlaw (Roncalli), K Emmerson (Roncalli), R Ford (TBHS), G Harper (Christs), M King (TBHS), D Lees (Temuka), P Lill (Geraldine), J Matthews (Waimate), A Mackenzie (TBHS), J Naylor (Roncalli), M Spurdle (TBHS), T Walsh (TBHS), S Ward (TBHS), W Wright (TBHS).

U15 Boys

14-20 December Tournament Manderville

U16 Boys Quadrangular Tournament

TBA

U17 Girls

24-25 December Zonal Tournament TBA

U15 Girls

14-16 January Tournament TIMARU (Artificial Wickets)

Primary A

Tournament 7 Jan - 11 Jan Westport

Primary Development

TBA

Year 5 & 6

Tournament 14-17 Jan Rangiora