Leavers’ Destinations

Second XI

Our first match was against Bradford, and batting first we scored an impressive 157-5 in 30 overs before managing to bowl Bradford out for 57. Against Leeds some powerful hitting from Stuart Tolley, ably supported by Tom Gill saw us reach 171-4 in 30 overs. GSAL in reply managed 139-7, giving us another very good win. Next came Ampleforth, where we posted another excellent score of 179-5. Ampleforth were 150 all out in reply. This was followed by a fixture against Durham where we again secured the win with an impressive performance with both bat and ball. Wins followed against Hymers and Pocklington to secure the unbeaten season. Well done to all the boys who played in the second XI this season!

Mr Steve Williams

Under-15s

‘To me, it doesn’t matter how good you are. Sport is all about playing and competing. Whatever you do in cricket and in sport, enjoy it, be positive and try to win.’ Ian Botham

The season started for many with nets in the Easter term and finished at school with the Cricket festival in the final week of term. During this time the boys all worked with determination to improve their skills and concentration. The weather at the start of the season was pretty cold, wet and frankly miserable! However we were able to play most of our games. At Bradford we were 67 for nine with Alex Liley having scored 29 of these before our last pair of James Black and Charlie Hudson batted very well to see us to a respectable 126 with both scoring 20. As we started to bowl so the drizzle started to fall! After 17 of the scheduled 30 overs they were 47-3 and we had a good finish on our hands but at this point the drizzle turned to rain and we had to abandon the game. Next came Leeds with Alex Liley, Marcus Thomson, Oli Hughes, Ben Raubitschek and James Black (52) all contributing with the bat to give us a total of 176-7. Our bowlers performed well with Ralph Sinclair and Jack Amsden both taking four wickets in Leeds’ reply of 126 all out. Our next game came in the national T20 with Alex Liley scoring a fine 110 in seventeen overs! Jack

Williams bowled particularly well taking four wickets for eight runs in three overs, helping us to a good win. Our next T20 saw us beat All Saints in terrible weather conditions with Ben Lodge scoring an impressive 50 not out. Ben and Gaby McGill joined us in the T20 from the under-14s and proved most useful as the season progressed. A good win over Pockington in the next round – where again our bowling and fielding were excellent, exemplified by two superb catches from Ben Raubitschek – saw us into the semi-finals against Hatfield College where we fielded and bowled superbly again and managed to win comfortably. This took us into the Yorkshire final against a very strong Shelley College side. Shelley batted first and posted a good 134. The bowling at the death of Jack Williams and Charlie Hudson is worthy of note as was our catching in this game. We started well with the bat but lost Harry Contreras to a direct hit and got a bit bogged down in the middle overs. Despite that Oli Hughes (16), Jack Amsden and Ralph Sinclair (15 not out) took us to 109 in the final few overs showing us what might have been. Our only loss during the normal season came against Durham when we were two players short as James Black and Ben Raubitschek were playing for the second XI. This was a disappointing loss as we did not really play well in a game we could have won with more application with the bat. From here on in we learned from this and showed real focus in the field and with bat and ball. Good wins over Ashville, Hymers and Pocklington saw us through to the end of our regular season.

In the final week of term we hosted an under-15 festival at St Peters involving Oundle. Trent College, Cheltenham College and ourselves. We took this as an opportunity to look at a number of the under-14s including Ben Lodge, Gaby McGill, Marcus Taylor and Sam Wordsworth. Although our bowling and fielding stood up to the challenge we found the longer form of the game more difficult as batsmen, often playing ‘shots’ too early in an innings, not really getting in, and therefore putting pressure on the incoming player. The clear exception to this was the splendid partnership between Marcus Taylor and Gaby McGill which enabled us to beat Trent College on the Tuesday. The festival was a real success, played in a great spirit and in beautiful weather. I hope the lads from all four schools realised how lucky they were to have this opportunity and I very much hope that it continues next season.

The under-15B cricketers have had a successful 2015 season. The boys won three of the four competitive matches they played, amid other fixtures which were rained off.

There were sparks of individual brilliance during the term, which were knitted together with a strong team-spirit. Beginning with the batting: Theo Hedley’s batting really matured during the season; this culminated in a terrific knock against Ampleforth, where his unbeaten 39 combined solid defence with great timing, hitting seven fours. Harrison Savage tweaked his batting technique in the nets, became more secure in defence and upped his strike-rate. Feifei Rawnsley batted with great spirit and

was often a tough nut to crack for the opposition, batting in the lower order. Charlie Smith has a good eye for the ball and struck it powerfully; he now needs to work on his defence! Michael Hopkins opened the batting in most of the matches and grafted some fine innings, the best of which was his 31 at Hymers.

The most notable bowling performance was from Rory Winterburn at Ampleforth. He produced a truly outstanding spell, taking eight wickets for 15 runs in his five overs. Alex Leahy bowled with real venom and found more control as the season progressed. Will Farr was a revelation as a bowler, producing an inspired spell at Hymers, where every ball was on or around the top of the off stump and he was rewarded with one wicket in the game. Max Auty showed the greatest improvement of any of our bowlers and took a wicket with his first ball of his spell in the match against Hymers.

Amongst the all-rounders, Eddy Thompson backed himself both with bat and ball, bought his own luck at times and enjoyed his cricket a great deal. Charlie Higginbottom bowled well and worked hard on his technique with the bat. Before injuring his hand, Adam Brown showed much promise as a bowling all-rounder. Matt Ubhi did a fine job as captain, executing some thoughtful plans and was also great with the bat and ball, in the field and as a stand-in wicket-keeper.

The boys developed their skill levels, teamwork and concentration as the season progressed. In particular, the high degree of improvement in all the bowling this year has been magnificent: surely a credit to the hard work that the boys put into the practice sessions. It was a pleasure to see the team play with intensity and with a strong competitive spirit. I was pleased with the positive attitude showed by the boys and the good grace with which they won their matches, but above all the fact that they enjoyed their cricket. Well done all!

To summarise the season in but a very few sentences does not do justice to the efforts of all the boys. This is especially true of those who worked hard at their technique but because of the weather and the short form of the game, did not really get their chance to shine. Luke Huffer is one such individual whose medium pace could prove very useful next season; his performance in the Hymers match showed real promise with the ball. Kevin Williams did not really get enough batting and as his defiant display in the Cheltenham College game showed he really can bat as well as field very well. Marcus Thomson is not yet a T20 batsman but will develop in the longer form of the game and proved a fine fielder at short extra cover in the festival. I felt – as did Mr Parr – that the bowling and fielding developed very well across all twenty-plus lads; however I felt that we needed to have spent more time on batting. This will come as the boys mature and play more 40- and 50-over matches. It was a real pleasure to coach these young men this season and I thank them and Mr Parr for all the enthusiasm shown throughout. I would also thank Jack Williams, Alex Liley and – in the T20 – Harry Contreras for their captaincy of the team and their mature understanding of the need to give each player the chance to develop and not just the few.

‘There is so much uncertainty in cricket. One day you can get a hundred ,the next you can be dismissed for a zero. It makes you become practical about things. Teaches you to accept both success and failure. I think I have learnt a lot about life from cricket.’

Mahela Jayawardene

Mr Paddy Stephen

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