CRICKET - Ben Smith star of City triumph

CITY beat Kamo by 31 runs to win the Whimp Shield in Whangarei A grade junior cricket last weekend.
Ben Smith was the star for City with both bat and ball. He scored 20 runs to set City up for a respectable 97 and then went on to take three wickets for a miserly 10 runs.
Charl Compaan and Max Trimble both reached double figures for City while Max Davis and Sam Clotworthy took two wickets each.
Kamo's Jacob Cherrington made a grand stand, scoring 30, but the side fell short totalling 76. Results. _
A Grade: City 97 (Ben Smith 20, Charl Compaan 13, Max Trimble 10; Adam Ogle 3/12, Matthew Ball 2/12, Jonathan Croucher 2/13) beat Kamo 76 (Jacob Cherrington 30, Matthew Ball 10 n.o.; Ben Smith 3/10, Max Davis 2/12, Sam Clotworthy 2/12).
Onerahi-Central 107 for 9 (Fraser Seymour 44, Alex Tunstall 13 n.o.; Liam O'Sullivan 2/13, Nick Stobart 2/17, Simon Crowther 2/24) beat Maungakaramea 106 (Liam O'Sullivan 42, Nick Hill 12; Daniel Kennedy 2/4, Alex Tunstall 2/11).
Final points: City 49, Kamo 40, Onerahi-Central 28, Maungakaramea 15.
B Grade: City White 73 for 2 (Josh Taylor 13 ret, Sam Cloutman 10 n.o., Shayur Rampersadh 10 n.o.) beat City Red 69 for 9 (Matthew Lobb 2/4, Marcus Crum 2/6, Sam Cloutman 2/8, Niall Harvey 2/9).
Kamo Black 120 for 6 (Tim Osbaldiston 29, Hayden Tyrell 24, Brad Miller 10; Cameron Morris 2/16, Matt Pene 2/25) beat Kamo White 82 for 8 (Drew Hepburn 2/5).
City Gold 89 for 7 (Sam Hart 25 n.o.) beat Kamo White 69 for 8 (Sam Hart 2/7).
City Blue 59 for 7 (Ryan West 2/1, Dana Antunovich 2/6, Trent Knox 2/6) beat Maungakaramea 54 for 6 (Trent Knox 10).
Final Points: City White 66, City Red 54, Kamo Black 42, Kamo White 42, City Gold 30, Maungakaramea 20.
C Grade: Kamo Red 59 (Flynn Hill 11; Shanae Hartland 2/2, Katrina Lowe 2/5) beat Kamo Blue 54 (Jeremy Crawford 16, Hayden Slope 11, Raymond Crawford 10; Flynn Hill 3/7, Dion Hinge 3/8, Cullum Hill 2/6, Regan Barnett 2/10, Karalee Lilly 2/11, Hunta Campbell 2/18).
City Gold 69 (Mitchell Reader 18, Joshua Woest 11, Finn Trimble 10; Shivam Khambete 3/10, Amy Hodkinson 2/7) beat City Blue 39 (Trent Hodkinson 10; Noah-John Woest 2/4, Mitchell Reader 2/5).
D Grade: City Yovich 82 (Bronson Fred 19, Ben Templeton 17, Quinn Pooley 16, Kurt Oldridge 10) beat City Hopkins 57 (Max Thomas 17; Zane Williams 2/4, Quinn Pooley 2/10).
Maunu 40 (Max Turner 2/4, Olivia Coop 2/16) beat Kamo 31.
Trophy Winners: A Grade (Whimp Shield), City; B Grade, City White; C Grade (Crowe Brothers' Trophy), Kamo White; D Grade, City Yovich.