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1ST XI CRICKET Manager: Andrew Levenger Coach: Keryn Ambler Team: George Anderson, Sam
1st XI players to gain representative selection: Lachie Harper – Willows Club Canterbury Schools XI, Canterbury U19 Nicholas Lidstone – New Zealand U19 Squad, Canterbury A, Canterbury U19 CalebManson – Christchurch Metro U17 Thomas McClean – Christchurch Metro U17 Individual career highlights: 50 1st XI appearances – Thomas Graham, Lachie Harper, Nicholas Lidstone 50 1st XI wickets – Thomas Graham, Lachie Harper, Will Greenslade 1000 1st XI runs – Lachie Harper 1500 1st XI runs – Nicholas Lidstone 2000 1st XI runs – Nicholas Lidstone Centuries – Nicholas Lidstone (1) Five Wicket Bags – Lachie Harper (1) One Day Competition : 5th Two Day Competition : 3rd NZ Gillette Cup: Regional Finalist vs Willows Cricket Club XI College 225/8 (Harper 56, McClean 30, Manson 28) lost to Willows CC 226/9 (Greenslade 3/36, Gunn 3/19) by 1 wicket College’s score of 225 was a pleasing way to start the season. Several batsmen made good starts, but it would have been nice to see someone anchor the innings and make a big score. Harper batted nicely in a 90 run partnership with Manson. Greenslade looked good but the other seamers went at more than a run a ball. Despite taking regular wickets we could not get the last man and Willows scored the winning run with three balls left.
Greenslade took over as captain, but the patterns from Term 1 continued. With our top order commonly only making starts it meant pressure mounted, but we were fortunate to have a resilient middle and lower order in the batting stakes. Wins over St Thomas of Canterbury College (where Lachie Harper took 6 for 14) and St Bede’s got us to the Gillette Cup regional final, which we lost to a very strong St Andrew’s College team. We also had a tie (against Christchurch Boys’ High School 2nd XI) and a one run loss to North West Youth Cricket. The season ended strongly with wins over StAC 2nd XI (by 101 runs) and North West (by 199 runs). Nicholas scored the team’s first century against StAC and in both these matches put on a hundred run opening partnership with Toby Beale. He also brought up 2000 runs for the team in the final match, a feat seen only six times since the turn of the millennium. Players making their debut: Jordan Braithwaite, Zach Gimblett, Sam Idiens, Harrison Lund, Fletcher Miller, Monty Rookes, Oliver Shore New caps 2019: George Anderson, Sam Averill, Louis Gunn, Caleb Manson, Tom Macfarlane, Thomas McClean, Owen Rees Leavers 2019: Toby Beale (47 Caps), Thomas Graham (63 Caps), Will Greenslade (44 Caps), Lachie Harper (67 Caps), Nicholas Lidstone (52 Caps), Tom Macfarlane (25 Caps), William Prentice (38 Caps), Owen Rees (22 Caps) Colours: Thomas Graham, Lachie Harper, Nicholas Lidstone
Averill, Toby Beale, Zach Gimblett, Thomas Graham, Will Greenslade, Louis Gunn, Lachie Harper, Nicholas Lidstone, Tom Macfarlane, Caleb Manson, Thomas McClean, William Prentice, Owen Rees, Max Surveyor As in the last few years, the season divided into two distinct parts. Term 1 featured two day games, and in Term 4 all matches were one day. With Nicholas Lidstone as captain, the season started with the annual Willows fixture and then College hosted the Trans-Tasman Festival. The festival allowed the players to grow into their roles. College fully committed to a positive brand of cricket and every match went down to the wire, but unfortunately the team found itself on the wrong side of the results. The best performance in Term 1 was the win over Otago Boys’ High School in the annual exchange. Other highlights were a nail-biting one wicket win over St Bede’s College and the start of the inaugural Twenty20 competition. There were fewer outstanding individual performances in Term 1 (Nicholas hit the side’s top score with 78 against King’s College in the Trans- Tasman Festival) but many smaller contributions from the whole team. The lack of big scores, however, meant it was difficult to force a win in the two day matches. Solid preparation saw the team primed and ready for the one day competition in Term 4. As Nicholas was recovering from surgery Will
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