JUNIOR SPORT - Cricket round-up

The past week has seen some batting milestones reached in Northland junior cricket.
The highlight of the Doug Thorpe cricket tournament was Ben Smith's century batting for Whangarei and also the partnership of 154 between Smith and Jacob Cherrington in the match against the Whangarei Development side.
Smith was also involved with the bowling success of the team in the tournament, taking two wickets as Whangarei routed Rodney for just 35 in the competition final.
Smith was awarded for making the most outstanding performance at the tournament and he was unsurprisingly also named in the tournament team.
Daniel Ridgley was another named in the tournament team but made his standout performance on Saturday against City with an unbeaten century of 104 in the A Grade match.
The century, which included nine fours, is the first century since A Grade was reduced to 30 overs for the first innings more than 10 years ago.
Doug Thorpe tournament (Whangarei)
Day One
Whangarei A 279 for three wkts. (Ben Smith 100 ret, Jacob Cherrington 66, Dylan Jakicevich 28 n.o., Keeley Johnson 23 n.o., Kashmir Harypursat 18) bt Whangarei Development 107 (Eden Crawford 16, Sam Clotworthy 13, Max Davis 11; Dylan Jakicevich 4/14, David Armitt 2/10, Fraser Seymour 2/17).
Rodney 155 (Jade Billington 48, James Wyatt 23, Zac Wyatt 14, Alec McNaught 14; Nick Stobart 3/13, Tyler Nel 3/21, Liam O'Sullivan 2/28) bt Mid-Western 89 (Simon Crowther 39; Jade Billington 3/20, James Wyatt 2/5, Bradley Morris 2/19).
Day Two (Both games finished early as the Whangarei teams bowled out their opponents cheaply)
Final: Whangarei A 36 for two wkts. (Thomas Ridgley 14 n.o.) bt Rodney 35 (Thomas Ridgley 3/10, Kashmir Harypursat 2/5, Ben Smith 2/11).
3rd/4th Play-off: Whangarei Development 32 for one wkt. (Max Davis 15 n.o., Eden Crawford 12 n.o.) bt Mid-Western 31 (Simon Crowther 10; Adam Ogle 3/11, Max Davis 3/18).
Trophies Awarded
Doug Thorpe Shield: Whangarei.
Best Team Spirit: Whangarei Development.
Most Outstanding Performance: Ben Smith.
Best Wicketkeeper: Jacob Cherrington.
Most Promising Player: Fraser Seymour.
Tournament Team
The team to represent Northland in the Northern Districts Primary Boys' (Under 14) Tournament in Hamilton from December 3 to 7 is: Ben Smith (capt.), David Armitt, Flynn Hart, Kashmir Harypursat (City); Jacob Cherrington, Dylan Jakicevich, Daniel Ridgley, Thomas Ridgley (Kamo); Cam Pilmer, Fraser Seymour (Onerahi-Central); Liam O'Sullivan (Maungakaramea); James Wyatt (Rodney).
Northland Primary Boys (Under 14), November 18 (Whangarei)
Western Districts A (Auckland) 152 for nine wkts. (Fraser Seymour 3/31, Cam Pilmer 2/30) bt Northland A 100 (Thomas Ridgley 18, Daniel Ridgley 17, Ben Smith 16).
Western Districts Development 189 (Findlay Buchanan 2/20, Sam Clotworthy 2/28) bt Northland Development 121 (Max Davis 44, Sam Clotworthy 15 n.o., Findlay Buchanan 13, Adam Ogle 10).
Whangarei Junior Cricket, November 17 (Whangarei)
A Grade (First day of two-day games):
Kamo 171 for three wkts (Daniel Ridgley 104 n.o., Rhyce Brittain-Clarke 16 n.o., Jacob Cherrington 12) bt City 107 for three wkts. (Keith Wilson 41 n.o., Kashmir Harypursat 27, Daniel Robertson 15 n.o.; Adam Ogle 2/14).
Maungakaramea v Onerahi-Central not available.
B Grade: City White 142 for seven wkts. (Sam Cloutman 20 ret, Aaron Martin 15 ret, Josh Taylor 13 ret, Matthew Gordon 13, Arthur McKechnie 12 ret, Justin Houben 11 ret, Manaia Ross 10) bt City Gold 44 (Brad Lamb 2/1, Arthur McKechnie 2/2).
Kamo White 57 for two wkts. (Hayden Waetford 18 n.o.) bt Maungakaramea 56 for six wkts. (Dana Antunovich 12; Hayden Waetford 3/6, Ben Van Veen 2/12).
Kamo Black 152 for six wkts. (Jess Turner 27 ret, Ben Turner 26 ret, Tim Osbaldiston 18 ret, Hayden Tyrell 11) bt City Red 130 for six wkts. (Sam Sayes 28, Cody Hewlett 14, Drake Nicholas 13, Henry Williams 12).
C Grade: City Gold 84 (Jordan Harwood 23, Noah-John Woest 14, Finn Trimble 13, Mitchell Reader 12; Jacob Lilly 2/4) bt Kamo Red 48 (Flynn Hill 20, Hunter Campbell 11).
Kamo Blue 97 bt Kamo Green 26.
Kamo White 115 (Matthew Kingi 17, Christian Nitsche 16, Justin Palmer 15, Lewis Miller 12, Ryan Jacobson 12, Caleb Boswell-Smith 10) bt City Blue 36 (Justin Palmer 2/4, Ryan Jacobson 2/7, Fraser MacKinlay 2/9, Connor Dyke 2/11, Lewis Miller 2/11).
D Grade: City Yovich 63 (Quinn Pooley 12) bt City Hopkins 49.
Kamo v Maunu unavailable.