First XI Cricket - Intercol Victory!

Last week the First XI cricket successfully secured the Intercol Trophy for the sixth time in seven years after successfully defeating Woodcroft College at the annual two-day matchup.

Trinity College scored 177 and 0/93 defeating Woodcroft College 164 and 103. The match started well, with Trinity bowling first and taking regular wickets, despite some big hitting from two of Woodcroft's power hitters. Jye Silvy collected four wickets to have Woodcroft all out for 164.

Trinity's chase started well, with Rylan Watt opening the batting and scoring a flowing 49 to set up Trinity's innings. However, the loss of Rylan, Aidan Hockley and three wickets in the final 10 minutes saw Trinity slump from 1/71 to 5/75 by the close of play.

The second day was set up for a classic, with Jye Silvy and Riley Bubner putting together a commanding partnership. This continued with Jakob Harris joining Jye for the eighth wicket, which saw Trinity pass the runs and take a first innings lead of 13, with Jye finishing 74.

Woodcroft went back into bat, scoring a quick 103, with Trinity set the task of scoring 90 runs in 21 overs, or batting out for a draw to retain the trophy. We ended up chasing the runs without the loss of a wicket, again Rylan Watt and Austin Fielke steering the side home!

Jye Silvy was awarded Player of the Match honours with six wickets across two innings and a high score of 74 for the match. Congratulations and well done to everyone involved.

First XI Cricket Squad

Brad Schaper
Trinity College Cricket Coordinator