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2023 Under 18 and 19s National Championships - Day 5
Published Sun 08 Jan 2023
Under 18 Womens National Championship:
Under 19 Mens National Championship:
Elinor McKenzie Shield / Under 18 Womens National Championship
Day 1 Schedule:
Game 31: NSW v WA 11:30AM AWST
NSW 7 def WA 1
NSW: 7R 11H 2E
WA: 1R 6H 1E
New South Wales pile on five in the sixth inning to claim the first spot in the Grand Final. Both teams played a strong defensive game through the first five innings, as NSW were restricted to just two runs from the 4th and 5th, while Western Australia were unable to break through to bring anyone home until the top of the sixth.
Jayda Lorigan made it hard for WA, taking eight strikeouts, while Hannah Barlow did much of the damage with 3RBIs for NSW.
View the Play by Play, Box Scores and Stats here.
Game 32: QLD v VIC 11:30AM AWST
VIC 13 def QLD 4
VIC: 13R 15H 2E
QLD: 4R 9H 5E
Victoria have stormed their way through the first game in the finals run, scoring in six straight. The Batting lineup was relentless, led by Ina Carillo’s 3RBIs as the VICs managed 15 hits. Queensland could only manage single runs in the first and second innings to already trail 5-2, and then were kept scoreless in the third and fourth.
Lillia Greene retired Lianna Doyle in the bottom of the sixth with bases loaded to save a potential comeback and trigger the runs-ahead-rule.
View the Play by Play, Box Scores and Stats here.
Game 33: WA v VIC 2:00PM AWST
WA 6 def VIC 2
WA: 6R 10H 0E
VIC 2R 10H 3E
The hosts knock out Victoria to advance to the Grand Final and take on New South Wales for the Elinor McKenzie Shield.
WA managed to work their way to a 6-0 lead by the bottom of the fifth, while the VIC batters went down swinging, taking 10 hits without a single strikeout. Kirra Gilchrist scored 3RBIs with the bat, and pitched six innings with the ball, to help WA secure the win.
View the Play by Play, Box Scores and Stats here.
Game 35: NSW v WA 4:30PM AWST
NSW 6 def WA 0
NSW: 6R 9H 1E
WA: 0R 4H 1E
New South Wales complete their fairytale Elinor McKenzie Shield run, winning every game and shutting Western Australia in the Grand Final to win the 2023 Under 18 Women’s National Championships.
Jayda Lorigan’s nine strike outs helped keep WA from scoring, in a game that was very close until the bottom of the fifth, when NSW broke through the host’s defence to score five.
View the Play by Play, Box Scores and Stats here.
Nox Bailey Shield / Under 19 Mens National Championship
Day 1 Schedule:
Game 21: NSW v QLD 9:00AM AWST
NSW 11 def QLD 10
NSW: 11R 10H 2E
QLD 10R 10H 4E
New South Wales advanced to the Grand Final with a tiebreaker win over Queensland. After QLD struggled with injuries on day four, they made an unlikely recovery to bring the heat against the high-flying NSW team.
Ayden Champneys took a single to score Corie List and Kylan Pearce in the first to get things moving, and it was 4-2 heading into the fourth. QLD continued their strong start, scoring another four in the top of the fourth, but then the beast awoke. 8-2 at the change, NSW made the most of a few errors and worked their way not only back into the game, but to take a 10-8 lead after a mammoth eight-run effort in the fourth.
QLD found their reply in the seventh to tie the game, and followed it up with a clean defensive inning to take it to an eighth inning. The final play of the game, Ky Hurst hit a sacrifice fly to right field to being Lachlan Hort home and secure the Grand Final entry for NSW. Lachlan Hort’s 0.800 game a big help along the way, scoring after every hit.
View the Play by Play, Box Scores and Stats here.
Game 22: VIC v WA 9:00AM AWST
VIC 10 def WA 3
VIC: 10R 10H 1E
WA: 3R 9H 1E
Victoria took the win against the hosts to advance in the finals. Luke Russell’s all-round game going a long way to helping VIC end the game in the sixth – 4RBIs from 4Abs and seven strikeouts. WA had their eye on the zone, making nine hits, but a switched-on defense gave VIC the edge. A four-run sixth inning enacting the runs-ahead-rule for VIC in the bottom of the sixth.
View the Play by Play, Box Scores and Stats here.
Game 23: QLD v VIC 11:30AM AWST
VIC 12 def QLD 8
VIC: 12R 12H 1E
QLD: 8R 9H 3E
The momentum continues for Victoria as they defeat Queensland in the Semi Final and advance to the Grand Final against New South Wales. The VIC batters were switched on from the outset, scoring nine in the first two, racing to a 9-1 lead and giving QLD quite the score to chase. And chase they did, keeping VIC from scoring in the next three, and scoring five themselves to reduce VIC’s lead to just three.
Jye Robinson hit a double to score two in the sixth, before Daniel Lee’s single brought Robinson home to make it a six-run game. QLD kept the fight up, scoring twice in the seventh before their run came to an end.
View the Play by Play, Box Scores and Stats here.
Game 24: NSW v VIC 2:00PM AWST
NSW 10 def VIC 2
NSW: 10R 10H 0E
VIC: 2R 1H 4E
New South Wales are the winners of the 2023 Under 19 Men’s National Championships, in Mirrabooka, Western Australia.
Lachlan Hort got the scoring started in the first for NSW with a single to score Cameron Taylor. Ollie Stewart and Timothy Gleeson’s combined 5RBIs and Joel Byrne’s nine strikeouts helped secure a 12th Nox Bailey Shield for NSW, ending the run of Queensland who have won the Championship every year since 2017.