LT Schools Cup

BOYS - Lord's Taverners Schools Champions Cup

2007 will be the 22nd year of competition for the Lord's Taverners School Champions Cup.

In 1984, The Lord's Taverners Association proposed a National Schools Competition. In 1988, the Gillette Cup was born with the Championships held each year until 1999.

When Gillette ended its sponsorship after 10 years, the Australian Cricket Board conducted the Championships in 1997 with the Australian Schools Cricket Council running the competition for the next two years. Unable to find a suitable sponsor in 2000, the National competition lapsed. However the Victorian component of the competition has been maintained by Cricket Victoria and the Lord's Taverners.

The Lord's Taverners Association is a group of cricket enthusiasts who aim, through fundraising, to promote sport (and cricket in particular) to schools and underprivileged children throughout Australia. Each State and Territory has an Association, and other smaller groups are being formed throughout the country.

The Victorian Section of this competition was commenced in 1986 and was conducted by the Victorian Schools Cricket Association. Since 2001, the competition has been run by the Game Development Department of Cricket Victoria.

Until this year the program was conducted as a knockout competition between the Schools representing each of the Affiliated Associations.

This year's format involves a round robin series of matches over 4 days followed by a Final between the top two schools at the end of round three.

2007 - Fixture & Results

Round 1:

Haileybury College vs Trinity Grammar School Venue: Haileybury College, Springvale Road, Keysborough

Ballarat Grammar vs Mount Lilydale Mercy College Venue: Forest Street, Wendouree

Eltham College vs St Peter's College Venue: Casey Fields, Cranbourne

Haileybury College (M. Wakefield 30) v Trinity Grammar - Washed out

Ballarat Grammar 10/127 (A. Vine 50) def Mount Lilydale Mercy College 47

Eltham College v St Peter's College - Washed out

Round 2:

Trinity Grammar vs Ballarat Grammar Venue: Trinity Grammar Fields, Bulleen

Mount Lilydale Mercy College vs St Peter's College Venue: Fred Geale Oval, Norton Road, Croydon

Haileybury College vs Eltham College Venue: Haileybury College, Springvale Road, Keysborough

Ballarat Grammar 9/140 (Tait 41, Patrick 35) def Trinity Grammar 99 (Brown 23, Jones 3/16, Meadows 3/32)

St Peter's College 169 (Kelly 50, McDonnell 42, Hanger 3/6, Nieuwesteeg 3/10, Bice 2/20) def Mount Lilydale 9/122 (Fitzgerald 29no, Hickey 29no, Crowle 4/30, King 2/17)

Haileybury College 7/262 (Tormey 120, Jackson 40 & 4/3, Martin 34 no) def Eltham College 104 (Still 42, Nicholson 2/40, Barden 2/55)

Round 3:

Trinity Grammar vs St Peter's College Venue: Trinity Grammar Fields, Bulleen

Haileybury College vs Mount Lilydale Mercy College Venue: Haileybury College, Springvale Road, Keysborough

Ballarat College vs Eltham College Venue: Forest Street, Wendouree

St Peter's College 9/187 (A. Johnson 62, A. Morrison 47, D. McDonnell 26, A. Johnson 2/12, L. Bice 2/20) def Trinity Grammar 168 (A. Nitsopoulos 42, M. Brown 31, M. Brown 2/30, N. B-Jones 3/37)

Haileybury College 3/131 (R.Wakefield 81no, Coleman 24no, R.Wakefield 3/41, Tormey 2/5, Coleman 2/13) def Mt Lilydale Mercy College 128

Ballarat Grammar 7/253 (A. Pitson 85, R.Creswell 80no, T.McKenzie 27, 2/5, Fitzpatrick 2/8) def Eltham College 80 (Still 2/40)

Final:

Haileybury College 4/95 (M.Wakefield 26, J.Pattinson 25no, T. Jackson 20, R.Wakefield 5/22, Martin 3/15) def Ballarat Grammar 94 (Jackson 19, Fitzpatrick 2/24)

Winning the right to a home final, Ballarat Grammar hosted to Haileybury College for the 2007 Lord's Taverners Schools Champions Cup.

Ballarat batted first making just 94 runs as Haileybury's Rueben Wakefield tore through their line up taking 5/22. Wakefield who had taken a hat-trick the previous day, also managed to get on a hat-trick twice during the final and earning himself 'man of the match'.

Haileybury made their required score in short time as their batsmen Max Wakefield, James Pattinson and captain Travis Jackson hit quick boundaries. Defending their title and returning the Lord's Taverners Cup to their trophy cabinet, Haileybury have now won the Cup three times. They are now tied with Xavier College for the most wins in the history of the championship.

Haileybury Winners 2007

Past Winners

Year	Winner	Runner Up
1986	Xavier College	Cranbourne High School
1987	Norwood High School	Mentone Grammar School
1988	Assumption College	Ballarat & Clarendon College
1989	St Joseph's College - Geelong	Assumption College
1990	Xavier College	De La Salle College
1991	Catholic College - Bendigo	Melbourne High School
1992	Sunshine Secondary College	Catholic College - Bendigo
1993	Melbourne High School	Bendigo Senior Secondary College
1994	Scotch College	Marcelin College
1995	Bendigo Senior Seconday College	St Bede's College
1996	Melbourne High School	Trinity Grammar School
1997	Hailebury College	Ivanhoe Grammar School
1998	St Bede's College	Ivanhoe Grammar School
1999	Wesley College	Melbourne High School
2000	Marcelin College	Catholic College - Bendigo
2001	St Kevins College	St Bede's College
2002	Xavier College	Ballarat Grammar School
2003	Ballarat Grammar School	Whitefriars College
2004	St Bede's College	Xavier College
2005	Brighton Grammar School	Ballarat & Clarendon College
2006	Haileybury College	Mentone Grammar School
2007	Haileybury College	Ballarat Grammar

Lord's Taverners School Cup - Girls

The Victorian Schoolgirls Cricket Championship was established in 1992 with the winning school team from school sports associations competing.

As of 2001/02, the Championship was altered with invitations extended to all secondary school sports associations to enter a representative team. The teams that competed in the first year of the new format were Ballarat Secondary Schools Association, Secondary Catholic Schools Association and Girls Sport Victoria (2 teams). Season 2002/03 welcomed the Eastern Independent Schools to the event.

The Lord's Taverners Schools Cup (Girls) is an important component of the girls cricket pathway, which has been developed over the last 6 years to provide girls with more opportunities to participate in cricket at the various age levels.

2007 Lord's Taverners School Cup Girl Winners - Tie: Norwood Secondary School & Euroa Secondary College

In 2007 Norwood Secondary College returned to defend their championship in a Twenty20 match against Euroa Secondary College who were participating for the first time.

The match was arguably the most exciting in the history of the girls championship, the game coming down to the wire with Norwood requiring one run to win off the last ball. The match ended in a tie, the first in the history of the championship.

Norwood Seconary College 5/122 (J. O'Shea 49) tied Euroa Secondary College 5/122 (K. Shallard 55 n.o.)

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