2013-14

Match Report – Sunday, 22 September 2013 – Turramurra Oval

RTC East 4/135 [39.4 overs] (R. Tullia 48 no, C. Goddard 40, D. Ratnam 30) def. RTC West 132 [44.3 overs] (A. Johnston 52, Q. Cheng 3/3, S. Balakumar 3/39, A. Bhele 2/14) Scorecard – www.hkhdca.com.au/files/2921/files/RTC%20-%20GHC/RTC_2013-14/RTC_scorecard_22-Sept-13.pdf RTC Program – www.hkhdca.com.au/files/2921/files/RTC%20-%20GHC/RTC_2013-14/RTC_Program_2013-14.pdf RTC & GHC Photo Gallery – www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.671887389489767.1073741843.225301487481695&type=1 HK&HDCA's showcase junior representative match called the Ross Turner Cup (RTC) has been held since 1998-99 and features the outstanding players in our district from the U/15 age group and below. The annual East v. West contest was the brainchild of Tom Richmond, OAM, Life Member and Patron of HK&HDCA, who passed the responsibility to Bruce Wood, President HKHDCCA (Coaches' Association) in 2010-11. The RTC & GHC highlight our emerging junior talent and are focused on accelerating the development of our representative standard players. The Ross Turner Cup is named after the former dual 1 st Grade premiership captain at Northern District CC who now does great work for the International Council, increasing the participation and popularity of cricket in emerging nations, including Bangladesh, China, Malaysia, Afghanistan and India. Ross is Patron of HK&HDCA and HKHDCCA and supports our school holiday coaching clinics during September / October and January. The previous 15 RTC matches have unearthed some outstanding cricketers over the years, with an amazing 18 players graduating to play First Grade cricket in , and one player (Timm van der Gugten) to First Class level. Our special guests this year were Jon Whealing, the current Captain of Northern District’s First Grade team and the only cricketer to play in four RTC matches, and Ross Turner, who made a special effort to attend, despite some overseas cricket commitments. Both these gentlemen inspired the young players with their words of wisdom before the match, and Nathan Tilbury (HK&HDCA President) also extended a warm welcome to all concerned. It was pleasing to see many HK&HDCA Life Members in attendance, including Tom Richmond OAM, Alf. James OAM, Barry McDonald, Ross Anderson, John McQuillan, Geoff Hasler & Bruce Wood. Denise Anderson (Annetts), HK&HDCA Patron and NSW Hall of Fame inductee, was another special guest, as well as Mike Langford (NDs). This season's RTC & GHC matches were played as pre-season events for the first time after the scheduled March date had been washed out 3 years in a row since 2010-11. The actual Ross Turner Cup had been refurbished with a new base and winners listed (see photo above). The players’ shirts were again kindly provided by our generous sponsor, Triforce Sports Pty Ltd (Abbas Aly). Thanks also to HK&HDCA sponsors, Kookaburra Sport (Cameron Eve) for supplying the match balls, stumps and Man of Match awards. Travis Loxton and Eknoor Singh were originally named as the RTC Captains, however they were subsequently selected to play in a Cricket NSW U/15 Academy match on the same day and were capably replaced by Ryan Tullia (RTC East) and Anthony Johnston (RTC West). Special thanks to Peter Heidegger for undertaking the photography duties for RTC & GHC this season. The toss was won by Anthony Johnston who decided that his West team would bat first. Johnston (batting @ No. 4) led the way with a powerful 52 runs which included 8 boundaries. Johnston and Adam Tan (13) combined for a 44 run, 5 th partnership, which took the West team to a promising 4/102 after 29 overs. However a combination of good bowling by the East team and poor shot selection by the remaining West team batsmen resulted in them being all out for 132 runs in the 45 th over. Sanjay Balakumar (3/38 off 10 overs) led the bowling attack for the East team and was well supported by Quentin Cheng who came on as eighth bowler to claim 3/3 from 5 overs. Avneet Bhele contributed well with 2/14; Nic Dolly was impressive as wicket-keeper with a tidy performance and a brilliant, diving leg-side catch; and Ryan Tullia led his team well, with good field placements, a great run out and a sharp catch. In reply, the East team’s opening batsmen, Dash Ratnam (30) and Ryan Tullia (48no) got away to a very solid start, which was continued by the No. 3 batsman, Cooper Goddard, who was run out for 40. The East team cruised to a 7 wicket victory in the 40 th over, led by a terrific Captain’s knock by Ryan Tullia, who was solid throughout. The pick of the bowlers for the West team was Danusha Seneviratne, who took 1/18 off 9 overs, 4 maidens. Danusha bowled with pace, accuracy and hostility, making life very uncomfortable for some of the batsmen. Experienced umpire Geoff Hasler later told the audience at the post-match presentations that Danusha’s bowling action was one of the most impressive he had seen in the past 20 years, reminiscent of some of the West Indians. Congratulations to the 24 players and the winning coach, Will Fiedler (East) and the other coach, Sujith Dissanayake (West).

RTC Captains , Coaches & Umpires , plus Ross Turner & Jon Whealing (special guests) Back row – Bruce Wood, Jon Whealing, Sujith Dissanayake, Will Fiedler, Ross Turner & Geoff Hasler At front – Anthony Johnston (West Captain) & Ryan Tullia (East Captain) holding the Ross Turner Cup

Ross Turner addressed the RTC & GHC players, parents & officials before the matches started