Shiplake College 13 May 2026

Manager Craig Foster

Won by 18 Runs

SOA 144 for 6 dec (Riley Logan 56, Nick Bishop 35)

Shiplake College 126 all out (James Risbridger 7-3-13-3, Ishwar Karthik 6-1-20-3, Richard Pye 4-0-19-2)

A lovely spring day at Shiplake College and the SOA won the toss for a third year in a row. The opening pair of Husain and Wildman went quickly and we steadily lost wickets until the arrival of Nick Bishop and Riley Logan, who topped up the back of the innings to help us reach a respectable 144-6 after 36.1 overs. Riley made 56 with Nick unbeaten on 35 not out.

Tea was again superb - for the second year we had a lovely Thai chicken curry which the lads tucked into as though it was their last meal!

It was an up-and-down pitch, so the team were confident the game was there to be won. Shiplake openers Boyle and Wilson gave them a reasonable start but with our opening attack of Risbridger (3-13) and Karthik (3-20) hitting their straps after a little lack of control with the new ball, the wickets started to fall, with no real resistance until Perkins came in at No 9. He looked liked steering the school to victory before the skipper brought on the wily Richard Pye, who soon dismissed Perkins for 33. With not enough overs for them to reach our total, Shiplake were dismissed for 126, giving SOA victory by 18 runs.