Element IMF Cadets and Bayleys Central Indians to Go Into Battle for 2019 Williams Cup

Posted: Thursday, 28 March 2019

Decider to Take Place Saturday at Bay Oval

Both Element IMF Cadets and Bayleys Central Indians, have tasted BOPCA Williams Cup success, albeit with Central Indians under the banner of the Rotorua Central Cricket Club.

This Saturday (30 March 2019) a Bay of Plenty inter-city battle between Cadets representing the Western Bay of Plenty and Rotorua’s Central Indians, will take at the Bay Oval at Mount Maunganui, to decide the 2019 Williams Cup title holder.

The Williams Cup is the symbol of Baywide cricket superiority, with the oldest Bay of Plenty Cricket prize dating back to the 1932/33 season, when the City Cricket Club took out the first Bay of Plenty Cricket Championship title

The formation of Otumoetai Cadets forty-one years ago, kick-started a Cadets vice like grip on the Baywide trophy, with the Tauranga Domain based premier team winning the Williams Cup five times from 1995 to 1999. Since the dawn of the new Millennium, Cadets have added another five Williams Cup titles to their trophy list.

While Central Indians only came together as a combined entity three seasons ago, both the Central Cricket Club and Bay of Plenty Indian Sports cricket, stretch back almost to WW2. Central CC started life under the banner of the Rotorua RSA, with the formation of the Central Club, coming about a when a rule was proposed that players had to be returned servicemen. The Bay Indian Cricket Club participation in Bay of Plenty Cricket also dates back a number of decades.

Cadets and Central Indians made the Williams Cup title decider, after their major semi-final was abandoned last Saturday, which propelled the two top qualifiers to go into battle for the 2019 edition of the Williams Cup.

The two finalists met in the round four of the Williams Cup qualifying competition, with Cadets coming home from Smallbone Park in Rotorua with the win points on offer, after a low scoring battle of attrition.

Cadets were removed for just 150, with two of their team’s young guns in Jacob Logan and Marcel Collett getting to the thirties. Central Indians bowler Jake Rowe took four wickets and two catches. The home side were then bowled out for 114, with Lovely Sandhu top scoring with a 37 runs and Cadets skipper Jono Boult taking three wickets.

Williams Cup Final @ Bay Oval Mount Maunganui 30 March 2019 – 12pm start

Element IMF Cadets v Bayleys Central Indians

Williams Cup Champions (2000 – 2018)

2018 Greerton 2017 (Otumoetai Cadets) 2016 (Te Puke) 2015 (Mount Maunganui) 2014 (Te Puke) 2013 (Mount Maunganui) 2012 (Greerton) 2011 (Mount Maunganui) 2010 (Cadets) 2009 (Tauranga Boys College) 2008 (Mount Maunganui) 2007 (Rotorua Central) 2006 (Cadets) 2005 (Cadets) 2004 (Te Puke) 2003 (Cadets) 2002 (Albion) 2001 (Te Puke) 2000 (AC United)

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