BOP Team of the Year at BOP Sport Awards

Posted: Monday, 21 November 2016

The Bay of Plenty Senior Men’s representative team, beat of a strong field of contenders to win the TECT Team of the Year, at the 2016 Bay of Plenty Sports Awards.

Bay of Plenty, won all three Minor Association trophies that were on offer to the Bay of Plenty side during the 2015/16 season. The Bay of Plenty team won the Northern Districts One-Day (Brian Dunning Trophy) title with an undefeated record after beating Northland, Counties Manukau, Hamilton, Waikato Valley and Poverty Bay.

Solid two-day victories over Counties Manukau and archrivals Hamilton and a draw with Northland, gave Bay of Plenty the Northern Districts big prize of the Fergus Hickey Rosebowl by a wide margin.

The sole season stain of defeat came against Poverty Bay in a two-day encounter in the last game of the Northern Districts representative cricket year. However the first game of the 2016/17 season, saw the Rigden Shield returned to the Bay of Plenty Cricket trophy cabinet, when the Bay side beat Poverty Bay by an innings and 70 runs.

Saving the best for last, the Bay of Plenty representatives won the NZ Cricket Minor Association prize of the Hawke Cup when they defeated Hawkes Bay in a four innings thriller.

Bay of Plenty won the NZ Cricket Minor Association prize of the Hawke Cup, for the fifth time, after defeating Hawkes Bay in a Hawke Cup Direct Challenge at Nelson Park in Napier 11/13 March 2016. The Hawke Cup victory took the Bays Hawke Cup Direct Challenge record to 12 victories, from 28 challenges, since Bay of Plenty first challenged for the Hawke Cup in 1932.

A feature of the season was the number of different players that stepped up to win games during the ten matches, from November 2015 to March 2016. Bharat Popli scored a century apiece against Counties Manukau and Northland. Tim Clarke blasted his side to victory in a one-day match against Poverty Bay with 110 runs, while Ben Musgrave played a huge part in the Hawke Cup win smashing 102 in the fourth innings to propel Bay of Plenty to victory.

Much of the success of the side can be attributed to the Coaching and Management team, that was instrumental in planning and putting in place winning strategies, during the long ten-game representative campaign.

Debutant coach Graeme Aldridge, easily made the transition from first class player to the coaching ranks, with his vast knowledge of the game playing no small part in the team success.

Graeme was ably supported by Charles Williams and Wayne Brill in their respective assistant coach and team manager roles. Scorer Bill Anderson and Physio Roger Athy-Knibbs were also key components in the team success.

BOPCA 2015/16 Senior Men’s Team (season appearances in brackets)

CM Atkinson (3*) JPL Boyd (2*) JJ Boult, (4) DG Brownlie (1*) JF Carter (7) TJ Clarke (10) TN Clout (9) SP Crossan (4*) SB Davey (8) DM Deeble (4) RPO Drysdale (10) DR Flynn (1) AT Gibbs (3) BJJ Gilroy (2*) TC Goodin (6) BR Hampton (5) TJ MacRury (9) BS Musgrave (9) CL Neal (3) B Popli (5) DL Swan (4) CA Thomas (6) JR Trembath (4).
*2015/16 season debut

2015/16 Senior Men’s Team Milestones
Runs
298       Tim Clarke        HS 110 v Poverty Bay (one-day)
296       Ben Musgrave       HS 102 v Hawkes Bay (Hawke Cup Direct Challenge)
240       Bharat Popli       HS 119 v Northland
Wickets
13       Tommy Clout       BB 5/36 v Poverty Bay
10       Sean Davey       BB 2/15 v Hamilton (one-day)
10       Tony Goodin       BB 3/23 v Northland (one-day)

Catches
13       Tim Clarke       four v Counties Manukau
6       Peter Drysdale
6       Bharat Popli
Centuries
119       B Popli       v Northland
111       B Popli       v Counties Manukau
110       TJ Clarke       v Poverty Bay (one-day)
102       BS Musgrave       v Hakes Bay (Hawke Cup)

Bay of Plenty Seniors Men’s Team Results (ND Fergus Hickey Rosebowl Competition)
Fergus Hickey Rosebowl v Counties Manukau 14/15 November 2015 @ Manurewa
Bay of Plenty 239 (Bharat Popli 111, Tom MacRury 42, Tim Clarke 40no; V Davies 3/52) & 18/0
Counties Manukau 184 (BA Rhodes 39; Andrew Gibbs 4/52, Campbell Thomas 3/30, Sean Davey 2/20)
Result: Bay of Plenty won by first innings points

ND Fergus Hickey Rosebowl v Northland 28/29 November @ Cobham Oval Whangarei
Northland 326/6 declared (B Kneebone 135, B Hyde 56; Sean Davey 2/28, Tony Goodin 2/65, Andrew Gibbs 2/78)
Bay of Plenty 317/9 (Bharat Popli 119, Ben Musgrave 62, Joe Carter 58; K Watson 3/46, C Andrews 3/87)
Result: Match Drawn

ND Brian Dunning One-Day Tournament @ Owen Delaney Park, Taupo 6/8 December 2015
Day One
Bay of Plenty 182 (Cam Neal 69, Donovan Deeble 25) defeated Hamilton 159 (Donovan Deeble 3/17, Tony Goodin 2/33, Campbell Thomas 2/23)
Day Two
Counties Manukau 162 (Brett Hampton 3/17, Jason Trembath 2/31) lost to Bay of Plenty 163/5 (Joe Carter 57no, Tom MacRury 23, B Hampton 23)
Day Three
Bay of Plenty 207 (Tim Clarke 73, Sean Davey 33) defeated Northland 158 (Tony Goodin 3/23, Brett Hampton 2/30, Jason Trembath 2/37)

ND Brian Dunning Trophy v Poverty Bay 17 January 2016 @ Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
Bay of Plenty 299/5 (Tim Clarke 110, Tom MacRury 58, Peter Drysdale 56no, Stephen Crossan 29no) defeated Poverty Bay 169 (Chris Atkinson 2/19, Dale Swan 2/31, Jason Trembath 2/41)

ND Brian Dunning Trophy v Waikato Valley @ Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui 31 January 2016
Waikato Valley 137 (S Cooper 30, C Swanson 25, K Vincent 20; Donovan Deeble 3/24, Brett Hampton 3/27, Tony Goodin 2/26) lost to Bay of Plenty 139/5 (Joe Carter 33, Peter Drysdale 30no, Brett Hampton 25, Daniel Flynn 20; S Cooper 2/28, L Parsons 2/28)

ND Fergus Hickey Rosebowl v Hamilton 13/14 February 2016 @ Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
Bay of Plenty 250 (Peter Drysdale 65, Ben Musgrave 59, Jono Boult 28; M Doddunski 3/11) Hamilton 230 (J Walker 61no; J Boult 3/72, Donovan Deeble 2/29, Tommy Clout 2/42, Dale Swan 2/49)
Result: Bay of Plenty won by first innings points

ND Fergus Hickey Rosebowl v Poverty Bay 5/6 March 2016 @ Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
Poverty Bay 270 (Jonty Grigson 77, Rob Tallott 64, Matt Golding 38, Josh Bates 35; Tommy Clout 5/36, Jono Boult 3/74)
Bay of Plenty 195 (Campbell Thomas 50no, Tommy Clout 30, Jono Boult 26; Timoti Weir 2/22, Devon Singh-Palmer 2/22)
Result: Poverty Bay won by first innings points (and won the Rigden Shield)

Hawke Cup Direct Challenge @ Nelson Park, Napier 11/13 March 2016
Hawkes Bay 162 (I Senarathne 33, GS Pretorious 32; Jono Boult 3/5, Brett Hampton 3/41, Tommy Clout 3/69) & 361/5 (G Tryon 143, R Young 52; Jono Boult 2/99)
Bay of Plenty 318 (Jono Boult 94, Campbell Thomas 45, Tom MacRury 40, Tim Clarke 26; BP Stoyonoff 3/52, L Dudding 3/54) & 209/4 (Ben Musgrave 102, Brett Hampton 63no, Joe Carter 28)
Result: Bay of Plenty won by six wickets.

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