Saturday 24 January 2009

Hendriks takes heed

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24th January 2009, 14:30 WST

In his early teens, Liam Hendriks was told he would not realise his goal of playing professional baseball unless he toughened up mentally and physically.

Now in his third season with the Minnesota Twins, the 19-year-old believes the comment by respected Australian coach Tony Harris was a wake-up call which has contributed to his development.

Hendriks will lead Perth Heat’s pitching assault when they play in the 75th edition of the Claxton Shield final at Baseball Park in Thornlie starting on February 6. Perth ended their regular season with a threegame series sweep over Victoria at home two weeks ago but won’t know their final opponent until tomorrow when Victoria and NSW finish their semifinal series in Melbourne.

Hendriks, the son of former West Perth footballer Geoff Hendriks, has spent the past two years at Rookie-Ball level but after an impressive Claxton Shield campaign will be pushing for a spot on the national team for the World Baseball Classic in Mexico in March. He made his Australian debut in last year’s Olympic qualifying tournament in Taiwan.

But with Australia expected to field a full-strength line-up with some bigleague regulars, competition for playing spots will be tough.

“We didn’t have all our best players in the pre-Olympic tournament but the world’s best players will all be available for the World Baseball Classic and I’m pleased just to be considered among those players this early in my career,” Hendriks said.

He had surgery late last year and eased his way into the Claxton Shield season, finishing with a 3-1 record and earning a run average of 3.05, the best for Perth Heat.

Hendriks started in a relief role and finished as a starter and from here the pressure will increase even more as Perth try to win consecutive titles.

Perth have been without national player Scott Mitchinson, who has not played in Australia this summer after an injury-marred season with the Oakland Athletics in California.

Another of the Heat’s pitchers, Cameron Lamb, has not played all season and Jason Smit has been unavailable for the past month. This leaves the door open for Hendriks.

“He’s got decent velocity with good location with three pitches. He can throw for strike just about all the time,” coach Don Kyle said.

Young pitcher toughens up to join Claxton assault

GENE STEPHAN

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Monday 19 January 2009

North, Birrell take Joondalup attack to pieces

as posted here

19th January 2009, 9:00 WST

A record partnership involving WA captain Marcus North has ushered Bayswater-Morley into the top six of the Retravision Shield and into the frame to play in the finals series in March.

North’s second century of the season, a dominant 158, helped Bayswater displace Perth in sixth place despite the Demons recording a tight victory over Fremantle.

After coming together at 3-20 in replay to Joondalup’s imposing 9-320, North and Matt Birrell (153) put on 326 for the fourth wicket to help the Bears to 6-413.

The stand was the biggest in WACA history for the fourth wicket, passing the 319 put on by Justin Langer and Kade Harvey for Scarborough against Fremantle in 2000-01.

Baywater’s previous record was the 199 set by Derek Aslett and Glen Hughes against Wanneroo 24 years ago.

Another four runs would have seen North and Birrell create the third highest stand for any wicket in WACA history but they have to be content with the fifth highest.

North’s State team-mate Luke Ronchi saw Perth home in reply to Fremantle’s 237 by remaining 88 not out.

But Perth dropped a spot despite their win and are now just 0.42 points – or 42 runs – out of the top six.

The race for the finals has become more intense with candidates Rockingham-Mandurah, University and Wanneroo improving their chances with solid wins.

Rockingham pushed hard for an outright win over last-placed Midland-Guildford but could not take the final four wickets.

Midland were rolled for 139 in reply to Rocky’s 7-329 and were in trouble at 6-77 in their second innings before hanging on.

Uni saw off a lion-hearted effort from State speedster Ben Edmondson to record a superb fighting win over South Perth.

Uni lost three wickets in a hurry with the game in the balance at tea after South Perth made 230 but captain Josh Mangan (82) and Mark Penter (111) produced a stout century stand to see them home.

And Wanneroo’s 9-449 was far too many for Gosnells who were dismissed for 196 and had to work hard to stave off an outright loss after losing 4-1 in their second innings.

Ryan Duffield and Norwood produced a club record sixth wicket stand of 145 to help Gosnells survive after Graeme Atkinson did the damage during an expensive spell that saw three wickets and 61 runs in a seven-over spell.

Willetton and Subiaco-Floreat retained their placed in the top six after their draw provided them with five points each but both teams are now vulnerable to the challengers pushing from below.

Melville stretched their lead at the top of the ladder after a comprehensive win over Mt Lawley while powerhouse Scarborough lost all 20 wickets in innings of 74 and 176 as they slumped to a thrashing at the hands of fifth-placed Claremont-Nedlands.

Jim Allenby had superb figures of 5-20 and 3-20 as the strife-racked Claremont maintained their strong recent form.

Scorecards

Willetton v Subiaco-Floreat

Subiaco-Floreat
First Innings
Bolton c Ball b O’Connell 57
Malajczuk lbw O’Connell 26
Murphy c Brennan b O’Connell 21
Glew b Ball 28
Hansberry not out 76
Serjeant b O’Connell 7
Monteleone b O’Connell 43
Willey lbw Ball 0
Townsend c Inglis b Hall 23
Branston b Lagana 16
Baker c Mason b Johnston 19
Sundries: 7
Total: 323
Fall: 73, 89, 131, 141, 157, 215, 216, 258, 280, 323
Bowling: Lagana 18-3-70-1, Ball 18-2-62-2, Johnston 14-3-49-1, Hall 9-2-22-1, O’Connell 32-6-112-5, Elliot 1-0-5-0

Willetton
First Innings
Elliot c Townsend b Branston 73
Smith c Sergeant b Monteleone 36
Johnston lbw Branston 35
O’Connell c Bolton b Willey 37
Brennan c Townsend b Monteleone 4
Mason not out 62
Bond not out 21
Sundries: 11
Total: 5-279
Fall: 81, 144, 149, 158, 231
Bowling: Branston 16-3-71-2, Willey 16-3-38-1, Bolton 7-1-27-0, Baker 13-2-55-0, Hansberry 22-10-25-0, Monteleone 19-1-51-2, Glew 1-0-3-0
Match drawn


Bayswater-Morley v Joondalup

Joondalup
First Innings
Newnham b Thistle G 31
Swart c Robb b Barnes 11
Howell lbw Adams 11
Campbell c Todd b North 162
Richards b Adams 37
Boyland c & b Barnes 1
Wiley lbw North 11
Swards c Adams b North 17
Sprague b Barnes 18
D’Cruz not out 6
Brett not out 0
Sundries: 15
Total: 9-320 dec
Fall: 34, 44, 85, 183, 217, 266, 275, 310, 310
Bowling: Thistle M 12-2-41-0, Wright 12-2-44-0, Thistle G 5-0-33-1, Barnes 22.2-7-72-3, Adams 12-3-48-2, North 18-1-68-3

Bayswater-Morley
First Innings
Morgan c Swart b Sprague 4
Todd b Sprague 9
Wright lbw Boyland 4
Birrell lbw Swart 153
North c Boyland b Brett 158
Adams not out 32
Robb st Wiley b Brett 27
Thistle not out 7
Sundries: 19
Total: 6-413
Fall: 4, 9, 20, 346, 350, 399
Bowling: Sprague 11-2-47-2, Boyland 15-4-49-1, Swards 7-1-33-0, D’Cruz 6-0-22-0, Howell 7-0-18-0, Richards 6-1-28-0, Brett 22-0-111-2, Swart 20-5-91-1, Newnham 2-0-11-0
Bayswater-Morley won on first innings


Claremont-Nedlands v Scarborough

Claremont-Nedlands
First Innings
King c Stoinis b Hopes 27
Robinson lbw Mitchell 13
Rees c Johnson b Mitchell 10
Allenby lbw Branston 0
Mason c Johnson b Coetzee 22
Brabazon c Mitchell b Hopes 65
Clements c Stoinis b Branston 41
Roberts run out 2
Kelly c Johnson b Doropoulos 4
Rosario st Johnson b Hopes 5
McKay not out 0
Sundries: 22
Total: 211
Fall: 36, 54, 60, 60, 97, 180, 190, 199, 211, 211
Bowling: Coetzee 14-1-52-1, Branston 19-3-43-2, Mitchell 11-3-21-2, Tye 8-3-20-0, Hopes 17.4-7-31-3, Doropoulos 13-2-33-1

Scarborough
First Innings
Heron c Roberts b Allenby 5
Stoinis c King b Allenby 11
Doropoulos lbw Rosario 9
Johnson c King b Allenby 24
Coetzee c Brabazon b Allenby 6
Nowell c King b Roberts 0
Mitchell c Rees b Rosario 0
Hamilton-Brown c King b Roberts 4
Hopes c Allenby b Roberts 0
Tye lbw Allenby 5
Branston not out 1
Sundries: 9
Total: 74
Fall: 10, 20, 33, 42, 49, 53, 64, 64, 73, 74
Bowling: Kelly 9-2-22-0, Rosario 8-2-17-2, Allenby 9.3-2-20-5, Roberts 5-2-11-3

Scarborough
Second Innings
Heron c Mason b Kelly 4
Stoinis c King b Allenby 14
Doropoulos c Shea b Allenby 12
Johnson c Allenby b Kelly 4
Coetzee c Shea b Rosario 24
Nowell c King b Roberts 12
Mitchell lbw Allenby 6
Hopes c McKay b Rosario 54
Hamilton-Brown lbw McKay 5
Tye c King b Rosario 27
Branston not out 0
Sundries: 14
Total: 176
Fall: 4, 19, 36, 36, 56, 80, 92, 121
Bowling: Kelly 9-1-47-2, Allenby 12-6-20-3, Rosario 11-1-54-3, Roberts 6-1-23-1, McKay 7-1-21-1, Clements 2-1-2-0

Claremont-Nedlands
Second Innings
Rees not out 10
Allenby not out 2
Total: 0-12
Bowling: Mitchell 1-0-7-0, Doropoulos 1-0-5-0
Claremont-Nedlands won on first innings


Gosnells v Wanneroo

Wanneroo
First Innings
Charles c Maynard b Townsend 0
Richards c Gauder b Duffield 53
Dixon c McBride b Horton 112
Fairchild lbw Duffield 17
Fawcett c Bailey b Turner 114
Delborello lbw Jenkins 0
Warren c Townsend b Turner 41
Atkinson GT c Norwood b Turner 59
Henry c Jenkins b Turner 11
Atkinson GS not out 38
Quelch not out 0
Sundries: 4
Total: 9-449
Fall: 7, 120, 168, 200, 200, 285, 396, 400, 443
Bowling: Duffield 24-5-62-2, Townsend 14-1-67-1, Jenkins 16-1-71-1, Turner 19-0-146-4, Horton 17-1-89-1, Maynard 2-0-11-0

Gosnells
First Innings
Horton c Charles b Atkinson GS 14
Turner b Quelch 6
Gauder c & b Atkinson GS 62
Maynard b Warren 27
Upton c Quelch b Atkinson GT 37
Norwood c Henry b Delborello 33
Bailey run out 0
Duffield c Quelch b Atkinson GT 6
Townsend b Delborello 4
Jenkins not out 1
McBride injured 0
Sundries: 6
Total: 9-196 dec
Fall: 17, 31, 71, 142, 161, 179, 184, 194, 196
Bowling: Quelch 12-3-33-1, Atkinson GS 14-3-40-2, Dixon 5-3-8-0, Warren 7-2-27-1, Delborello 15-1-51-2, Fawcett 8-3-20-0, Atkinson GT 8.2-3-11-2

Gosnells
Second Innings
Horton run out 9
Bailey c Atkinson GS b Atkinson GT 12
Maynard st Henry b Atkinson GT 33
Upton c Charles b Delborello 1
Gauder c Fairchild b Atkinson GT 0
Norwood not out 88
Duffield not out 56
Sundries: 4
Total: 5-203
Fall: 9, 57, 58, 58, 58
Bowling: Quelch 5-0-31-0, Atkinson GS 3-0-15-0, Atkinson GT 7-2-61-3, Delborello 8-2-52-1, Richards 1-0-7-0, Fawcett 1-0-9-0, Warren 2-0-24-0
Wanneroo won on first innings


Melville v Mt Lawley

Melville
First Innings
Meuleman lbw Davis P 3
Towers b Kelly 75
Voges c Meredith b Palladino 63
Porter b Palladino 6
Gillies run out 13
Vince b Davis P 59
Lillis c Brownlie b Armstrong 51
Magoffin c Beaton b Armstrong 2
Russell c Kelly b Armstrong 0
Greig not out 6
Platel b Armstrong 13
Sundries: 23
Total: 314
Fall: 8, 136, 158, 158, 179, 289, 292, 293, 293, 314
Bowling: Davis P 25-8-66-2, Armstrong 20-6-70-4, Palladino 19-4-61-2, Walshaw 10-0-43-0, Davis G 3-0-16-0

Mt Lawley
First Innings
Meredith c Russell b Platel 28
Baverstock c Voges b Platel 1
Brownlie lbw Gillies 4
Rakich c Greig b Magoffin 9
Beaton run out 24
Walshaw c Greig b Porter 17
Davis G c Greig b Platel 26
Davis P c Towers b Platel 35
Kelly c Voges b Gillies 8
Palladino c Meuleman b Platel 13
Armstrong not out 0
Sundries: 11
Total: 176
Fall: 17, 37, 37, 56, 85, 97, 149, 155, 176, 176
Bowling: Magoffin 12-4-30-1, Porter 13-6-23-1, Gillies 10-3-20-2, Platel 16.1-3-50-5, Voges 11-3-20-0, Russell 8-0-33-0, Vince 1-1-0-0

Melville
Second Innings
Towers not out 33
Greig b Kelly 35
Russell st Meredith b Baverstock 14
Sundries: 7
Total: 2-89
Fall: 68, 89
Bowling: Davis P 4-1-8-0, Armstrong 4-0-23-0, Walshaw 4-0-23-0, Kelly 3-0-31-1, Baverstock 0.2-0-4-1
Melville won on first innings


Perth v Fremantle

Fremantle
First Innings
Shuttleworth R c Walters b Nelson 55
Milton b Nelson 37
Simmons c Moir b Nicholas 26
Creevey run out 21
Dorey b Scali 19
Aslett c & b Yardy 22
Smith c Nicholas b Wilkinson 8
Muchall lbw Keenan 20
Beaumont c Wilkinson b Scali 26
Heath c Snadden b Keenan 1
Miles not out 0
Sundries: 2
Total: 237
Fall: 85, 112, 122, 148, 180, 191, 196, 236, 237
Bowling: Keenan 16-4-32-2, Scali 14-6-28-2, Wilkinson 12-1-50-1, Walters 5-1-21-0, Nicholas 11-2-38-1, Nelson 14-4-37-2, Yardy 13-5-29-1

Perth
First Innings
Yardy c Smith b Dorey 3
Barranca c Creevey b Dorey 49
Nelson c Muchall b Dorey 56
Snadden c Smith b Dorey 3
Walters run out 6
Ronchi not out 88
Nicholas c & b Simmons 20
Moir c Creevey b Muchall 6
Webster c Muchall b Dorey 2
Keenan b Heath 13
Scali c Simmons b Beaumont 1
Sundries: 16
Total: 263
Fall: 8, 113, 117, 123, 131, 180, 211, 233, 255
Bowling: Dorey 18-5-39-5, Heath 10-2-40-1, Muchall 13-0-52-1, Simmons 20-0-64-1, Beaumont 9-0-46-1, Miles 2-0-7-0

Fremantle
Second Innings
Simmons c Barranca b Keenan 16
Shuttleworth R c Barranca b Nicholas 24
Milton c Walters b Nicholas 11
Aslett c Yardy b Nicholas 0
Creevey not out 0
Sundries: 1
Total: 4-32
Fall: 30, 46, 46, 52
Bowling: Keenan 11-4-23-1, Scali 6-0-17-0, Nicholas 4.4-2-11-3
Perth won on first innings


Rockingham-Mandurah V Midland-Guildford

Rockingham-Mandurah
First Innings
Whisson c Jones b Howard 31
Sutton c Jones b Crosswell 6
Heal b Crosswell 4
Staines c Griffith b Blight 109
Coulson lbw Griffith 44
Wright not out 76
Perera c Jones b Crosswell 5
Hughes b Howard 26
Spark not out 9
Sundries: 19
Total: 7-329 dec
Fall: 20, 28, 57, 169, 226, 245
Bowling: Worthington 17-5-46-0, Griffith 20-7-75-1, Crosswell 15-2-57-3, Howard 11-0-55-2, Jose 12-3-42-0, Blight 4-0-16-1, Del Prete 3-0-25-0

Midland-Guildford
First Innings
Corcoran c Sarsero b Loveridge 0
Jones c Spark b Loveridge 0
Howard lbw Perera 10
Worthington c Senz b Loveridge 0
O’Connor b Sarsero 17
Sadler c Spark b Loveridge 38
Blight lbw Perera 9
Jose b Sarsero 4
Del Prete b Sarsero 24
Crosswell c&b Sutton 20
Griffiths not out 11
Sundries: 6
Total: 139
Fall: 0, 1, 1, 29, 29, 57, 71, 87, 114, 139
Bowling: Loveridge 14-2-43-4, Heal 1-1-0-0, Sarsero 16-3-32-3, Perera 11-3-34-2, Hughes 2-0-7-0, Coulson 3-1-7-0, Sutton 2.3-0-13-1

Midland-Guildford
Second Innings
Worthington c Staines b Perera 46
Corcoran lbw Hughes 11
O’Connor c Heal b Sarsero 4
Sadler b Coulson 5
Blight lbw Perera 0
Jose not out 27
Del Prete b Perera 1
Jones not out 28
Sundries: 8
Total: 6-130
Fall: 43, 62, 64, 64, 74, 77
Bowling: Loveridge 4-0-16-0, Sarsero 8-2-19-1, Perera 10-2-29-3, Hughes 3-1-20-1, Coulson 3-1-4-1, Heal 8-2-15-0, Sutton 2-0-7-0, Staines 1-0-14-0
Rockingham-Mandurah won on first innings


University v South Perth

South Perth
First Innings
Brunner c Barratt b Molinari 33
Davenport c Mangan b Molinari 22
Brown lbw Mangan 13
Hood c Marshall b Evans 49
Powis not out 64
Gardiner lbw Evans 0
O’Shea c Barratt b Evans 0
Thompson b Evans 0
Allan not out 32
Edmondson c Marshall b Molinari 4
Guthridge c Penter M b Molinari 6
Sundries: 7
Total: 230
Bowling: Molinari 19-5-60-4, Evans 22-5-60-5, Penter A 14-6-43-0, Mangan 8-1-48-1, Cameron 2-0-12-0

University
First Innings
Cameron J b Thompson 10
Cameron A c Brown b Guthridge 33
Paver c Allan b Edmondson 16
Mangan run out 82
Penter M b Guthridge 111
Marshall b O’Shea 4
Smith c Powis b Thompson 2
Barratt lbw Guthridge 5
Molinari not out 42
Evans c Brunner b Powis 39
Penter A c&b O'Shea 3
Sundries: 15
Total: 362
Fall: 16, 45, 86, 210, 216, 220, 245, 292, 346, 362
Bowling: Edmondson 27-4-59-1, Thompson 19-5-73-2, Guthridge 21-6-84-3, O’Shea 30.2-2-99-2, Powis 8-1-27-1, Brunner 2-0-11-0
University won on first innings


Round 11 ladder
Melville 150.18
Scarborough 134.97
Willetton 118.95
Subiaco-Floreat 114.14
Claremont-Nedlands 113.76
Bayswater-Morley 112.93
Perth 112.51
Rockingham-Mandurah 104.76
University 102.07
Wanneroo 101.52
Fremantle 96.80
South Perth 94.59
Joondalup 82.36
Gosnells 82.27
Mt Lawley 69.73
Midland-Guildford 59.18

PERTH
JOHN TOWNSEND

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