Day 4

Rain again in the morning reminded us of Melbourne weather. W took an early lunch again and play commenced at 1pm for CGS to bat after bowling against Knox Grammar yesterday. We started off well with Cunningham (22) and Sach (32) batting well. We then lost a few quick wickets and batsmen also made a start but didn't go on such as Powell (19), Stragalinos (14), Khanna (13) and Chauhan (11). We reached our 50 overs but only made 8 for 146. 105 runs short of Knox Grammar's 251. It was a great team performance though and the side has now made 152, 165 and 146. We now play St Peter's College in the playoff for 3rd vs 4th tomorrow.

Day 3

Showers, showers and more showers greeted the team as we awoke on Day 3 of the Neil Dansie Cricket Festival. Therefore, it was decided that we would take an early lunch at midday and then commence one innings at 1.30pm and the subsequent innings the following day. Camberwell lost the toss to Knox Grammar School and were asked to bowl. A quick wicket with a fantastic run out from Sam Powell had Knox Grammar 1 for 44. Knox then took control and moved the score to 1 for 179 with one of their batsmen scoring 100. He then retired and that seemed to spark CGS in to action. A couple more run outs and great bowling from Sam Powell (4/43) Dan Houston (0/31) and Max Haslam (1/39) CGS bowled Knox Grammar out for 251. They will now have a nice rest and then bat their 50 overs tomorrow. Unfortunately no Wet 'n Wild but hopefully the team can create history by making 252 to score their maiden festival victory.

Day 2

Today Camberwell played the inaugural Neil Dansie Festival champions, St Peter's College. St Peter's won the toss and decided to bat. Camberwell bowled very well at the beginning creating several chances. Camberwell then started to take wickets at a steady rate and the game seemed to change when Alasdair Sach took one of the catches of the century. If you can remember Alan Border's slips catch during the 80's, this was similar. Unfortunately St Peter's batsmen made some easy runs towards the end of their innings and posted 227 off 50 overs. CGS started off well with Alasdair Sach making 43 and Sam Powell 44. A few interesting decisions changed the match though and even a late 23 from Shaun Macdonald wasn't enough and Camberwell finished with 167. Tomorrow the squad plays tournament favourite Knox Grammar. Tonight they are going out to enjoy a social game of ten pin bowling.

Day 1

Day 1 of the Neil Dansie Cricket Festival began with a match against our hosts Toowoomba Grammar School. Our captain, Sam Powell, won the toss and elected to bat. CGS started off well with a solid partnership between Sam Powell and Alasdair Sach. We were 1/60 before we started to lose wickets at a steady pace until we were 9/114. An unbeaten 72 not out by Steven Cunningham allowed CGS to make a respectable total of 152. Toowoomba's innings started off well until CGS claimed three quick wickets and had them 3/44 after some great run outs from Nick Dempsey and Harry Rimmer. Unfortunately Toowoomba batted well from there on and passed CGS's total with 12 overs to spare without losing another wicket. It was a solid performance though and CGS man of the match Steven Cunningham was the shining light with 72 not out and 10 overs with figures of 0/25. Tomorrow we play St Peter's College and hopefully we can build on what was a great day of cricket.

Toowoomba Grammar

Toowoomba Cricket Tour 2012

We have arrived safely after a short flight to Brisbane and relatively long bus trip to Toowoomba. A stop at subway midway through the bus drive helped alleviate any hunger concerns the boys may have had. The grounds and facilities at Toowoomba are fantastic and we are now about to make our way to the opening night dinner. I have attached some photos of the main ground, with the 2nd ground in the distance, and the boarding house in which we will be living for the next week.