Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club Annual Report and Financial Statement 2016-17 annual report To be presented at the 24th Annual General Meeting of the Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club, to be held at the Kilbirnie Park Clubrooms on Monday 28th August 2017, at 7pm.
BUSINESS
1. Apologies
2. Last year’s minutes
3. Presentation of Annual Report and Financial Statement
4. Election of Officers
5. Notices of Motion
6. General Business
Annual Report Editor : Gordon Dry
Cover photo – Premiers skipper Lance Dry receives the trophy from Adrian Dale, General Manager, Community Cricket, N Z Cricket, after the Mighty Easts back to back victory in the 2017 National Club Championship in Auckland. (Photo courtesy Margot Butcher, NZ Cricket)
1 Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club - Officers 2016/2017
Patron: D.O. (Don) Neely MBE, MNZM
President: Ronnie Nathu
Immediate Past President: Philip McMahon
Vice Presidents: G.S. Allen, C.G.D. Austin, P.T. Barton, G.P. Bilby, T.A. Boyer, Sir Ron Brierley, D. Clifford, M.J. Coles, R.O. Collinge, G. Cowan, B.W. Darroch, M.F. Dawson, J. Dobbs, B.A. Edgar, C.H.T. Ellis, A.F. Ewart, B.T. Frederikson, C. Gill, M.M. Graham, D.M. Gray, N.J. Grimstone, D.J. Hornblow, M.A.Horsley, Sir John Jeffries, W.G.N. Kerr, D.M. Lynn, K. McGrath, C.A.J. McMahon, H.J. McMorran, H.A. Morgan, J.G. O’Brien, B. Patel, C.J. Pearce, J.C. Perkins, M. Pettit, D.J. Phillips, G.L. Reeves, N.W. Simpson, B.W. Sinclair, V. Slack, J. Sutherland, P. Terry, P. Tindill, P.A. Tolley, J.Turner, S. Watt, A.P. White, L.J. Worley, S. Zavos
Life Members: B. Borman, G.A. Dry, A. Johnston, D.J. Kelly, J.G. Lamason, D. Millar, D.O. Neely MBE, MNZM, Catharine Shields.
Club Chairman: Doug Pollock
Club Manager ) Gordon Dry Hon. Treasurer )
Senior Club Captain: Andrew Burt
Assistant Senior Club Captain: Ben Fawkes
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Junior Club Captain: Marty Brooky (retired at end of season and replaced by Brian Gardner & Paul Bracewell)
Assistant Clubrooms Managers: Ankur Bassi and Vena Niutao
Hon. Secretary: Jeremy Dean
Hon. Solicitor: Todd Foster LLB
Hon. Auditor: Robert Marshall BCA, CA
Executive Cttee: Lance Dry, Sean Joseph, Scott Henshilwood, Mark Pettit, Matt Toft, Shaun Raumati.
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A familiar sight to most of you, Club Chairman Doug Pollock is standing down from the role this coming season, after many years service to the Club in various positions. Premier player, Premier Coach (one of a few qualified Level 3 coaches around Wellington), Committee member and Club Chairman. We all appreciate his commitment, his mentoring and his straight-shooting demeanour. His catch cry at many Club end of season functions – “when the Chairman drinks – everybody drinks” was extremely popular, and now that he’s run out of money as a result, he’s had to call it quits!!!!
Seriously though, we are thankful for Doug’s guidance and dedication. We will no doubt continue to see him around the Club from time to time to share a joke and a beer or three!!
4 Marty Brooky – Convenor of the Junior Club after many years has decided to stand down at the end of the 2016/17 season. His own boys have moved on and Marty has decided it’s time to hand over the reins.
Brian Gardner and Paul Bracewell will assume the role of Joint Convenors from the new season.
I must thank Marty for the time and effort that he has put in over the years. Anyone who devotes countless hours and bucket loads of energy to what can be a thankless task at times, deserves heaps of praise and lots of pats on the back. It speaks volumes that it will take two guys to replace Marty for the season ahead.
Good luck Marty – we’ll no doubt see you around the traps, keeping up your cricketing interests and club support.
5 Team Captains
Premier: Lance Dry
Premier Reserve: Haseeb Quazi
First Grade Cougars: Locky Donnelly First Grade Roosters: Brian Gardner
Second Grade Bullets: Shaun Raumati
Third Grade Super Challengers: Karthik Ullas Third Grade Smoking Pineapples: Luciano Colucci
Fourth Grade The Bats: Rhys Stannard Fourth Grade Aces: Casey Greive Fourth Grade Bulldogs: Dave Corry Fourth Grade Hawks: Prateek Singh
Intercity One Day Grade, Division 1 Taxes: Paul Young Division 1 Originals: Carl Hammington Division 1 Shepherds: Greg Scobie Division 2 The Shoe Clinic: Sam Hyde Division 2 Masters: Tejesh Modi
T20 Section 1 Indies: Ben Wynne-Lewis T20 Section 2 The Lads XI: James White T20 Section 2 Cobras: Scott Barnett T20 Section 2 Tigers: Dan Jones T20 Section 2 Jiminy Crickets: Ben Deeble T20 Section 3 Stags: John Lee T20 Section 3 Tingers: Billy Papatsoumas T20 Section 3 Goons: Corey Lawrence
Womens T20 Wildcats: Tess Ure-Bowman
6 DONATIONS
Our thanks go to the following people for their kind donations: Pat Baker Sean Joseph Kilbirnie Sports Ronnie Nathu Gordon Dry Southern Cross Cables
LOOK AFTER OUR SPONSORS
We are grateful to receive such wonderful support from our major sponsors:
Pat & Jane Baker, El Cheapo Cars
New Zealand Community Trust
The Lion Foundation
Four Winds Foundation
Infinity Foundation
Pelorus Trust
Pub Charity
First Sovereign Trust
N Z Racing Board
Eastern Suburbs Sports Trust/Pak ‘N Save, Kilbirnie
Actrix Networks Ltd
7 LOOK AFTER OUR SPONSORS (cont.)
Kilbirnie Sports
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Southern Cross Cables
WE THANK THEM ALL WHOLEHEARTEDLY!
PLEASE GIVE THEM YOUR SUPPORT IN RETURN!
8 SUBS DEFAULTERS
Out of a total membership of over 300 there’s often a couple who spoil it all by holding out on their club mates and not paying their subs!! The subs defaulters are:-
CASEY GREIVE $200
GURPREET ANAND SINGH $200
These players will not be permitted to play cricket anywhere, until subs arrears are paid in full. The names of the defaulters will be forwarded to Cricket Wellington Inc., and NZ Cricket Inc.
9 REPRESENTATIVE HONOURS 2016/17
NZ Blackcaps Jeetan Patel
Wellington Firebirds Jeetan Patel Fraser Colson
Wellington Provincial A Jamie Gibson Fraser Colson James Price Lauchie Johns
Wellington City Jamie Gibson James Price Fraser Colson Lauchie Johns
Wellington Under 19’s Jack Anderson Luke Georgeson Jed Wiggins Dylan Sharma
Wellington Under 17’s Dylan Sharma
10 TROPHY LIST
Premier Winder Cup Best Fielder Fraser Colson Men G F Harris Cup Best Bowler Peter Connell Amalgamation Cup Best Batsman James Price Hannah Trophy M V P Jamie Gibson
Premier Reserves Tucker Cup Best Fielder Jason Foote To 4th Grade Allen Pengelly Cup Best Bowler Isaiah Wilson Monckhouse/ Best Batsman Josh Stuart Kershaw Cup Kelly Cup M V P Dave Corry
Intercity One Day to Donoghue Cup Best Fielder James Wintringham T20 Grades Chapman Cup Best Bowler George Metson Gaudin Cup Best Batsman Ben Gregg Cameron Cup M V P Sam Hyde
Club W J R Christopherson Best/Most Tejesh Modi Trophy Enterprising Capt Pearl Assurance Trophy Best Male U20 Jack Anderson Walker Cup Most Useful Shubham Thapar On/Off Field McKeown Trophy Highest Club Loyis Edwin 194* Innings Ward Trophy Best Batsman Josh Stuart Committee Cup Best Bowler Peter Connell Tyler McKnight Cup Best bowling Ahmad Khan 8-41 figures Coles/Hotter Trophy Best Allrounder Loyis Edwin J G Ashenden Most Improved Krishna Patel Trophy Batsman Duthie Cup Most Improved Andrew Peden Bowler Rice Shield Best Team Intercity One Day Masters
11 Borman Johnston Personality of Ankur Bassi Cup the Year
Crown Finance Cup Player of the Jack Anderson Year
12 CRICKET WELLINGTON INC. FINAL GRADE POINTS 2016/2017
Premier Men Pearce Cup* Second Grade Eastn Suburbs 102.43* University 117.92 Karori 85.97 Easts Bullets 94.26 J’ville 75.14 Indian Sports 92.38 Taita 71.60 Nthn Park 83.28 Hutt Dist. 70.04 Stokes Vall 82.17 Upper Hutt 63.08 Sikh Sports 77.97 North City 59.68 Alan IsaacTrophy (Prem Reserve) J’ville 48.87 University 97.94 Karori 97.27 Third Grade Eastn Suburbs 79.30 Naenae 131.51 Collegians 73.94 Taita 98.38 Taita 69.07 Petone-River 92.08 Onslow 49.33 Collegians 85.32 Easts Super Chall 84.65 First Grade Easts Smkg Pine 83.62 Indian Sports 93.14 Onslow 76.63 Hutt Dist 86.10 Karori 71.59 Easts Cougars 79.91 Eastbourne 79.15 Easts Roosters 72.79 Fourth Grade Wainui 70.87 Coll Chinamen 124.87 Sri Lankans 64.35 Indian Sports 118.80 Collegians 57.58 Easts Aces 118.77 Easts The Bats 100.01 Wainui 89.43 J’ville 74.00 *also won Ewen Chatfield Trophy Easts Bulldogs 73.86 for One Day Championship Easts Hawks 60.94 Sri Lankans 52.77 Collegians Axe 52.67
13 CRICKET WELLINGTON INC. FINAL GRADE POINTS 2016/2017 (continued)
Womens T20 Easts Wildcats 78.00 T20 Grade Div 1 Upper Hutt 78.00 Karori Wildcats 75.00 Stokes Vall 69.00 J’ville 60.00 University 66.00 Collegians 57.00 J’ville 48.00 Karori Stoned 39.00 Taita 39.00 Karori Tulsi 33.00 Petone-Riv` 36.00 Karori Stallions 27.00 Intercity 1 Day Div 1 Easts Indies 21.00 J’ville 63.00 Onslow 21.00 Easts Taxes 54.00 Univ Tamils 54.00 T20 Grade Div 2 Taita 51.00 J’ville 78.00 Easts Originals 33.00 Easts The Lads XI 60.00 Univ Thorndon 33.00 Easts Cobras 54.00 Easts Shepherds 24.00 Easts Tigers 54.00 Univ Rambos 24.00 Univ T Swifts 54.00 Univ Stubbies 51.00 Univ Darts etc 36.00 Intercity 1 Day Div 2 Onslow Fangs 33.00 Easts Masters 66.00 North City 30.00 Easts Shoe Clinic 57.00 Brooklyn 24.00 Onslow Origin 45.00 Easts Jiminy Cric 6.00 Onslow Rassics 39.00 Indian Sports 36.00 T20 Grade Div 3 Pet-Riv Mridul 33.00 Easts Stags 69.00 Upper Hutt 30.00 Onslow Stale Dane 57.00 North City 18.00 University Vict 51.00 Pet-Riv Bulls 6.00 North City 39.00 Easts Goons 36.00 J’ville 33.00 Onsl Fine Legs 24.00 Univ Hold My Beer 21.00 Easts Tingers 18.00
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Bernard Golder – Club Webmaster, Premiers Statistician, Photographer, Top Supporter!!
Many of you will have marvelled at the way our website and Facebook page are kept up to the minute with Club information, statistics, photos, scorecards, topical reports etc, etc. It’s all due to the hard work, diligence and IT knowhow of Bernz!! Whilst he’s now based in Papamoa, he’s constantly on-line and keeping everyone up to date with what’s happening in the Club. Dad of prolific Easts runscorer of the recent past – Scott (Speed) Golder – Bernz is still, officially, the Mighty Easts Number 1 Supporter – we might have to get a medal suitably inscribed and presented for his tireless dedication! Well done Bernz – keep up the great work!!!
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16 MILESTONES
Club Centuries Luke Georgeson Prem Reserves 126* Sean Neal Prem Reserves 121* Krishna Patel Prem Reserves 113 Zach McIntyre-Reet 1st Gr Cougars 104 Josh Stuart 1st Gr Roosters 187 Adrian Brown 1st Gr Roosters 168* Loyis Edwin 3rd Gr Sup Chall194* Felix Faisandier 4th Gr The Bats 131 Evan Frost 4th Gr The Bats 111* Rob Bromley 4th Gr Aces 109* Viraj Kumar 4th Gr Hawks 150 Ben Gregg 1 day Taxes 155, 147 Marty Irvine 1 day Taxes 104* Ross Grounsell 1 day Taxes 100 Scott Oldham 1 day Originals 164 Tejesh Modi 1 day Masters 120 Scott Pender 1 day Shoe Clinic 124, 107 Shane Johnston 1 day Shoe Clinic 111 Tom Brown T20 Indies 106, 101 Sam Rees T20 The Lads XI 147* Ayden Smith T20 Cobras 122* Mitch Aitchison T20 Cobras 104 Ben Arcus 1 day Tigers 111* Ryan Gardiner 1 day Tigers 108* Andy Ellis T20 Goons 144*
10+ wickets in a match Ahmad Khan 2nd Gr Bullets 13-79
6+ Wickets in an Innings Jack Anderson Premier Men 7-32 Ricky Joseph Premier Men 6-25 Peter Connell Premier Men 6-38
17 Jack Anderson Prem Reserves 7-39 Jed Wiggins Prem Reserves 6-28 Paul Hunt 1st Gr Cougars 7-76 Andrew Peden 1st Gr Cougars 6-72 Jack Shadbolt 1st Gr Roosters 6-15, 6-47 Ahmad Khan 2nd Gr Bullets 8-41 Umesh Govind 2nd Gr Bullets 6-27 Darren Ward 4th Gr Aces 6-23, 6-39 Isaiah Wilson 4th Gr The Bats 6-28 Tarun Anand 4th Gr Hawks 6-40 Bhavesh Patel 1 day Masters 6-19
Hattricks
Tom Wynne-Lewis T20 Indies 3-12 Ben Arcus T20 Tigers 4-26 Ben Coley T20 Stags 3-25 Sean Bridge T20 Goons 5-25
18 ANKUR BASSI - SENIOR PLAYER, COACH
Ankur has been making the trip from his home in India to the Mighty Easts Cricket Club in Wellington since 2012. During this time he has played many fine innings for the Club including some outstanding centuries including a personal high of 177. He has fitted into the Club culture here well and has become a popular member of the Premier squad and a personable coach and mentor. He has also been known to knock up a very tasty curry for some of the boys to enjoy!
Ankur has previously played First Class cricket in India, has played in the Essex County Cricket League, and was a member of the Rajasthan Royals IPL wider training squad.
Ankur has earned a lot of respect for his integrity, excellent temperament and solid work ethic. He has undertaken a serious coaching role within the Club, both within the Junior ranks and with more senior players seeking individual coaching and tuition. He holds a New Zealand Cricket Qualified Level 2 Coaching accreditation and is building a good reputation in this area.
19 Ankur is available to take on new coaching roles within the Club, both at Senior and Junior levels. Seek him out if you want to engage Ankur for one-on-one, groups, or team coaching.
20 EASTERN SUBURBS CRICKET CLUB FINANCIAL MEMBERS - SEASON 2016/2017 (*social member) Aitchison, Mitch Bidwell, Guy Albrecht, Kevin Bignall, Tim Alex, Jacob Bilderbeck, Scott Allan, Ben Birt, James Allen, Wayne Bisphan, Jo Almeida, Reuben Blewman, Anthony Anand, Tarun Blonde, Johnny Anderson, Jack Bonnevie, Christian Anderson, Ryan Booth, William Anthony, Grant Boris, Joe Arcus, Ben Bosch, Gavin Argue, Sam Bowles, Joe Arnold, Patrick Bridge, Sean Arora, Mohit Broad, Lincoln Arthurs, Matt Bromley, Rob Ashby, Mac Brown, Adrian Aspell, Everard Brown, Chris Attili, Vasa Brown, Richard Banks, Tim Brown, Tom Barlow, Tom Bruns, Rob Barnett, BJ Burt, Andrew Barnett, Scott Butler, Dan Bartlett, Stu Byford, Gavin Bassi, Ankur Calkin, Richard Bayliss, Greg Campbell, Fraser Beach, Cody Carmody, Josh Bedi, Kanwar Carter, Gaven Berry, Fraser Cassidy, Aidan Berry, Jamie Cederwall, Brian Bhagavathula, Prad Churchman, Paul Bhatia, Rishab Close, Liam Bhula, Mark Coley, Ben
21 EASTERN SUBURBS CRICKET CLUB FINANCIAL MEMBERS - SEASON 2016/2017 (cont) (*social member) Collins, Nick Drysdale, Joe Collins, Rachel Dumbleton, Ian Colson, Fraser Durville, Thomas Colucci, Franco Du Toit, Henk Colucci, Luciano Dwan, Jamie Connell, Peter Eastgate-Brown Sam Cook, Justin Eastwood, Ben Cooke, Grant Edwin, Loyis Corry, David Ellis, Andy Cowlin, Mikaere Ellis, Emme Cruden, Daniel Fair, Jono Daftary, Pratik Faisandier, Felix Dahya, Sanjay Fawkes, Ben Davenport, Stu Fensome, Alex Davidson, Reuben Finai, Sone Davidson, Ryan Firani, Shirzad Davies, Matt Folan, Sean Dean, Jeremy Foote, Jason Deck, Garth Foster, Jack Deeble, Ben Foster, Jack Delaney, Jordan Francis, Alwin Derbyshire, Makere Fredrickson, Oliver Devonshire, Jayden French, Hamish Dey, Ricky Friday, Kerryn Dick, Sam Frost, Evan Dick, Tim Fullerton-Smith Andrew Dilakshan, Sasikumar Furby, Wayne Dixon, Lox Gajanayaka, Chamika Donnelly, Lachlan Gardiner, Ryan Doogue, James Gardiner, Sally Dry, Gordon Gardner, Brian Dry, Lance Gardner, Chris
22 EASTERN SUBURBS CRICKET CLUB FINANCIAL MEMBERS - SEASON 2016/2017 (cont) (*social member) George, Damian Hansen, Nick George, Jithu Hanson, Albert George, Riju Hardy-Ward, Angus George, Simon Harris, Levi Georgeson, Luke Harris, Stephen George-Baker, Gabriel Harrison, Jeremy Gibbons, Fiu Hassan, Wamiq Gibson, Jamie Hawkridge, Josh Gibson, Tom Hay, Chris Gibbs, Dominik Hay, Declan Gielen-Ralph, Shawn Hayes, Isaac Gilhooly, Kaleb Healy, Tim Gill, Carl Hendery, Red Gilmour, James Hennessy, Ringo Glynan, Jeff Henry, Jarrod Godfrey, Matt Henry, Theo Gordon, Richard Henshilwood, Scott Govind, Nikhil Hickey, Matt Govind, Umesh Higham, Kyle Gray, Adam Hollingsworth, Charlotte Gray, Finn Holmes, Alex Gregg, Ben Honey, Nick Gregory, Stephen Hopkins, Ricky Groom, Victor Hughes, Tino Grounsell, Ross Hunt, Matt Grove, Karl Hunt, Paul Hambleton, Mark Hyde, Rachel Hambleton, Tyler Hyde, Sam Hammington, Carl Ingram, Chris Hammington, Kirk Irvine, Marty Hammond, Mitch Irving, Will Hansen, Jack Jackson, Luke
23 EASTERN SUBURBS CRICKET CLUB FINANCIAL MEMBERS - SEASON 2016/2017 (cont) (*social member) Jacobs, Jack Kuriakose, Sebin Jensen, Mike Lang, Sam Johns, Lachlan Langford, Bevan Johnston, Andrew Langston, Jack Johnston, Shane Law, Callum Jones, Craig Lawrence, Corey Jones, Cullum Leary, Ben Jones, Dan Lee, John Jose, Dominic Lee, Michael Joseph, Dixon Lewis, Ben Joseph, Eden Lewis, Penny Joseph, Kishore Lewis, Sammy Joseph, Prakash Lipine, Tavita Joseph, Ricky Liu'ana, Eno Joseph, Sean Lu, Vi Joyce, Mark Lunn, Nick Juby. Jithu Maajid, Ajmal Kamat, Prasad Magan, Sameer Kansara, Keyur Maguire, Alex Karantze, Alex Maisuria, Ashwin Keller, Sam Maisuria, Nikal Keogh, Mike Maisuria, Prakesh Kerr, Peter Maisuria, Ravi Khan, Jimad Maloney, Kathryn Kibblewhite, Tom Mann, Elliot Kirikino, Nathan Mansell, Aaron Kumar, Amit Marr, Jeremy Kumar, Deepak Marshall, Peter Kumar, Krishan Marsland, Tom Kumar, Raj Martin, Cameron Kumar, Saneesh Martin, Simon Kumar, Viraj Martinez, Michael
24 EASTERN SUBURBS CRICKET CLUB FINANCIAL MEMBERS - SEASON 2016/2017 (cont) (*social member) Matthews, Ian Moar, Max Matthews, Paul Modi, Tejesh Maxwell, Justin Mohan, Mahit McCarthy, Brad Mohotti, Pasan McCulloch, Chris Montgomery, Ian McDonald, Jeff Moochikkal, Ajit MacDonell, Andrew Moore, Andrew McGregor, Andrew Morris, George McGregor, Nicko Muralidharan, Vijay McGuire, Nick Nair, Rohith McInnes, Tui Nathu, Rohan McIntyre, Duncan Natoli, Franco McIntyre-Reet, Zach Neal, Sean McKee, Warwick Nicholson, Blair McLaughlin, Jimmy Niutao, Vena McNamara, James O'Connor, Cole Mahoney, Craig Offord, Chris Makwana, Jagnesh O'Donnell, Liam Manicckam, Dinesh O'Hagan, Gus Mathew, Jibin Oldham, Scott Matthews, Paul O'Regan, Tim Mathieson, Callum Ormrod, Nick Mears, Joey Osborne, Sam Meehan, Alastair Outtrim, Declan Mehta, Chintan Pancha, Roshan Menon, Devan Papatsoumas, Billy Metson, George Papatsoumas, Vincent Metson, Louis Parker, Clinton Middleton, Hadley Patel, Anil Mills, Jordan Patel, Bhavesh Minchington, Steve Patel, Chirag Mistry, Ishwer Patel, Dilip
25 EASTERN SUBURBS CRICKET CLUB FINANCIAL MEMBERS - SEASON 2016/2017 (cont) (*social member) Patel, Hamant Reddy, Manoj Patel, Jayesh Rees, Sam Patel, Jeetan Robbers, Nick Patel, Krishna Rooney, Graeme Patel, Kuntal Russel, Matty Patel, Maksud Sabo, Johnathon Patel, Shailesh Sait, Firoz Patel, Urmit Samachan, Sunil Patel, Vinod Scandlyn, George Payyoormana, Sooraj Scobie, Greg Peden, Andrew Sebastian, Anup Pender, Scott Shadbolt, Jack Pereira, Jonathan Shadwell, Josef Peters, Hayden Shah, Hiral Phillips, Tyrone Shaji, Anand Pittams, Richard Sharma, Anish Poole, Sam Sharma, Dylan Powell, Martin Simon, Sanu Price, James Singh, Bhupinder Price, Josh Singh, Bikram Quazi, Haseeb Singh, Bobby Rafque, MohammedSingh, Prateek Raghunandanan, Rakesh Sloan, Matt Rai, Roshan Sloane, Joe Rai, Shriprasad Smith, Ayden Raj, Rupesh Smith, Findlay Ramsden, Jono Smith, Leigh Rangihika, Daniel Smith, Tim Rasool, Mickey Smith-Diaz, Carlos Rasool, Babrak Somanathan, Renju Raumati, Shaun Soole, Cain Ray, Kieran Soper, Aaron
26 EASTERN SUBURBS CRICKET CLUB FINANCIAL MEMBERS - SEASON 2016/2017 (cont) (*social member) Sourirajan, Kartik Tregidga, Tom South, James Trivedi, Ankit Spence, Matt Tugaga, Ili Stannard, Rhys Tunnicliffe, Daniel Steere, Tom Tunnicliffe, Matt Stevens, Jason Tupai, Jadrah Strickland, Freddie Turner, Matthew Surgenor, Tim Ullas, Karthik Sutton, Adam Ure-Bowman, Tess Sutton, Chris van Dyk, Henry Sutton, Hugh Viggars, Dustin Sutton, Jonathan Ward, Darren Tait, Chris Watana, Tawhiti Tait, Daniel Waters, Jon Tansley, Jamie Wernke, Tim Taulapapa, Jack White, Andy Taylor, Todrick White, James Teddy, Sean Whittaker, Robert Tham, Leck Wiggins, Jed Thapar, Shubham Wilkinson, Sophie Thomas, Aneesh Willis, James Thompson, Brent Wilson, Deane Thompson, Chris Wilson, Isaiah Thompson, William Wilson, Mark Thomsen, Hamish Winter, Shane Thurston, Christian Wintringham, James Thwaites, Jesse Wood, Andrew Toft, Glen Wynne-Lewis, Ben Toft, Matt Wynne-Lewis, Tom Topiwala, Ronad Yates, Robin Towgood, Blake Yortt, Rupert Townsend, Luc Young, Paul
27 Club Manager’s Season Report 2016-17 by Gordon Dry ------
It was a lousy summer weatherwise – one of the worst in living memory – rain, rain and more rain. It reflected in the performance milestones shown earlier in this report, where only 28 centuries were scored across the whole club, against 57 scored in the season before. We can lay the blame on frequent match disruptions and wet wickets generally not conducive to free scoring batting. But in terms of results, there were some outstanding achievements.
First and foremost, the Premiers brilliantly winning the National Club Championship in Auckland, to score back to back victories in this most prestigious tournament. The Champion club team in New Zealand has a tremendous ring to it!! The Premiers also returned the Pearce Cup to its rightful home, thrashing the hapless Karori side in a convincing display in the final at the Basin Reserve. Our 14th Premier success in the last 16 seasons!! Superb!! On top of that, there were achievements galore at awards ceremonies -
N.Z. Cricket –
Outstanding Contribution to Cricket – Gordon Dry National Club Cricket Championship – Eastern Suburbs
Cricket Wellington -
Pearce Cup – Overall Premier Championship – Easts Premier Men Ewan Chatfield Trophy - One Day Competition - Easts Premier Men Cook Shield - Premier Two Day matches - Easts Premier Men Ron Murray Cup - Most Premier Wickets – Peter Connell - 42 Royal Visit Cup - Club Championship - Total Points over all Teams – Eastern Suburbs. Norwood Award – Best and Most Enterprising Captain – Lance Dry Junior Development Award – Under 17 Player of the Year – Dylan Sharma
28 Awards for Grade Winners
Intercity 1 Day Div 2 - Easts Masters T20 Grade, Division 3 – Easts Stags Premier 2 Womens T20 - Easts Wildcats
Winning three other grades was good but a little below the level we were hoping for. Recording four seconds and four thirds was a bit irritating. We’ll want to focus on lifting those outcomes next season to get more teams into the winner’s circle!
There were other tremendous individual and team highlights too.- • The One Day Masters team winning their grade again. In only their second season with the Club, they have won their Division both times. • An extraordinary season for 19 year old Jack Anderson, who was awarded Player of the Year. He spent a good part of the season at university in Otago, but when he was here he still managed two seven wicket bags, a five wicket bag and a four wicket bag. Good stuff Jack! (There’s a lot of potential here!) • New team to the Club this season, the Stags, won their grade first crack, and will be looking to build further on that in the seasons ahead.
Off the field, the Club ran pretty smoothly. The Clubrooms and bar were reasonably well patronised during the season, but could be improved. We perhaps need to explore more inventive ways to attract teams back to the Club after their game on a Saturday. (Work in progress!!) The end of season prizegiving function was a success with the bar almost cleaned out and as a result the takings were pretty solid. The Club’s financial results for the year were satisfactory, whilst the bar recorded a small deficit on operations for the season.
Big thankyou’s for huge contributions – • to Sean Joseph whose work as Manager of the Premier team is always impressive and he continues to cook up a storm as Chef extraordinaire!. • To Pat & Jane Baker for their wonderful sponsorship support.
29 • To Chairman Doug Pollock who continued his good chairmanship in his usual quiet and inconspicuous way • Terrific work by Club President Ronnie Nathu who has been outstanding in pushing the Club’s barrow and promoting the campaign for new Clubrooms. • to Bernz Golder, our Webmaster/Statistician/Photographer all rolled into one. Again, great work Bernz ! • to Cath Shields – the Club’s official Premier scorer and back up Chef - always prepared to step up. Well done Cath!! • to all the captains and team organisers for fronting up and carrying the clubs banner throughout the season. Good one!
I must also make special mention of long serving Junior Club Convenor Marty Brooky. Marty retired from the position at the end of the season after many years service to junior cricket. Anyone who puts in the time and the effort like Marty has, deserves a lot of credit. We’ll no doubt see Marty around the traps in the seasons ahead.
We look forward to the 2017-18 season with confidence. The Club has fashioned a fantastic record over the years, but we’re not going to rest on our laurels – it’s onward and upward.
I expect to see you all back on deck – and bring all your mates with you, so that they too can experience first- hand the phenomenon that is the Mighty Easts!
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31 Premier Mens team Season Report 2016-17 by Gordon Dry ------
The Thesaurus has taken a fair hammering as I searched for new superlatives to describe the Premier’s latest season achievements – words that haven’t been used time and again over the years to completely capture this teams remarkable successes. Superb, outstanding, extraordinary, terrific are all words that have been trotted out with monotonous regularity. Members have come to expect monumental achievements by these guys. The 2016-17 season was no exception! It was a cracker!! Bringing back home the Pearce Cup, symbol of Premier supremacy in Wellington club cricket, and then the crowning glory of the season - the back to back winning of the National Club Cricket Championship in Auckland (see separate report on pages 35-36).
The Pearce Cup win was a typically solid effort throughout the round robin phase, and the final against the old foe Karori at the Basin Reserve was a clear demonstration of the dominance of our guys. A resounding six wicket win with plenty of time to spare and the 14th Pearce Cup victory in the last 16 years was well and truly in the bag!!
I must also mention the One Day final at home at Kilbirnie against our perennial whipping boys Karori. Rolling them for 146 and then cruising through to victory with 7 wickets in hand and with 18 overs still to bat. This resounding success meant another trip to Auckland at the end of the season to defend our National Club Championship title! The rest is history with the boys dominating from the word go and convincingly bringing home the bacon!!
Some highlights of the local Premier season – • Youngster Jack Anderson’s 7-32 against Collegians was a stand- out performance and demonstrates the potential that this guy has. We look forward to many more wickets from Jack in the seasons ahead. • Peter Connell’s 42 wickets for the season topped the aggregates in Wellington Premier cricket in 2016/17. He had a stellar season and bowled with sustained accuracy and aggression.
32 • South African import James Price looks a very good acquisition. A sound and well organised batsman who hits the ball hard and has the game to score bulk runs at this level. He recorded the top aggregate for the team of 544 runs, despite missing several games.
• Jamie Gibson’s all round excellence was again impressive particularly at the NCCC in Auckland. Jamie also took the team MVP award . • Lance Dry’s astute captaincy was again a feature and this was recognised with a Norwood Award at the Cricket Wellington end of season awards.
As we look ahead to the 2017/18 season I believe it’s important to keep a focus on the standards the team has built up over a number of years and which we need to be vigilant in maintaining over the seasons ahead. Rumour has it that a certain other Club has booked the indoor facility from 1st July in an effort to lift their game to the required level. They have obviously decided that they have not been training hard enough!!! Good luck with that – we’ll carry on doing our own thing and continue what has suited us admirably over many seasons!!
Batting Statistics ------Inngs NO Runs HS Avge James Price 14 4 544 98 54.40 Jimad Khan 13 3 361 74 36.10 Matt Ansell 8 1 223 94 31.86 Ben Orton 6 0 190 58 31.67 Lauchie Johns 14 2 375 69 31.25 Fraser Colson 10 2 231 83 28.88 Jeremy Dean 16 1 398 55 26.53 Andrew Fullerton-Smith 11 4 180 49 25.71 Jamie Gibson 15 1 355 90 25.36 Chamika Gajanayaka 6 1 105 59 21.00 Lance Dry 12 4 165 53 20.63 Ankur Bassi 3 0 47 36 15.67
33 BJ Barnett 8 1 89 30 12.71 Luke Georgeson 6 0 56 48 9.33 Peter Connell 10 3 38 9 5.43 Ricky Joseph 7 3 15 6 3.75
Bowling Statistics ------Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BB Avge
Jack Anderson 58 10 198 22 7-32 9.00 Jed Wiggins 14 2 37 4 4-37 9.25 Ili Tugaga 13 1 63 6 4-44 10.50 Peter Connell 166 20 553 42 6-36 13.17 Jamie Gibson 112 17 359 27 5-53 13.30 Lance Dry 145 25 409 26 4-23 15.73 Ricky Joseph 170 22 601 34 6-25 17.68 Andrew Fullerton-Smith 49 7 160 9 4-15 17.78 James Price 37 2 164 9 4-37 18.22
34 th th National Club Cricket Championship 4 to 9 April 2017 - By Gordan Dry
It’s bloody marvellous!!! A spectacularly outstanding season was capped off by the Premiers by achieving a repeat of the National Club Cricket Championship victory of last year. Back to back national champs – a tremendous effort that clearly demonstrated the team’s status as the top club side in New Zealand. The success was .accomplished in convincing fashion – winning every game pretty comfortably. The final against the Otago team Albion was a resounding victory knocked off by 6 wickets with 7 overs still in hand.
Everyone in the team did their bit during the tournament but we must mention the outstanding Jamie Gibson’s allround contributions. Jamie loves this tournament – he seems to grow another leg when the NCCC at Cornwall Park gets underway! Jamie received the award for Player of the Tournament, for the third time in a row!
I’m very proud of the boys for their commitment and skilful application. Also, a big shout out to all of the support team - Managers Sean & Sarah Joseph, scorer Cath Shields, and sponsors Pat & Jane Baker. I must also mention the enthusiastic supporters on the sidelines in Auckland in Richard and Sarah Gibson & Hanna, Graham and Diane Ansell & Conor, Joe Fullerton-Smith, Fazil Khan, Phillipa Kibblewhite and Mia, Paul Hitchcock, Michael Burns, Hamish Grey, Josh Allan, BJ Barnett, Josh McLauchlan, Sam McLauchlan, and Robyn, Georgia, Maddy & Oscar Dry.
I would like to think that we can get back up north for many seasons to come and chalk up a few more national championship victories for the Club. That’s the plan!!!
Short scoreboards: Day 1 v United of Palmerston North (CD) – Rained off without a ball bowled.
Day 2 v Albion (Otago) – Rained off without a ball bowled.
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Day 3 v Mt Maunganui (ND) – (26 over game) Easts 239-10 (Ben Orton 44, James Price 24, Matt Ansell 71, Fraser Colson 27, Lance Dry 35) Mt Maunganui 216-9 (Jamie Gibson 3-24, Lance Dry 2-34, James Price 2- 23) Easts won by 23 runs.
Day 4 v Takapuna (Auck) – (45 over game) Easts 212-6 (Ben Orton 59, Fraser Colson 32, Jamie Gibson 23, Jimad Khan 21, Lauchie Johns 48*) Takapuna 119-10 (Peter Connell 2-18, Ricky Joseph 2-16, Jamie Gibson 2-21, Lance Dry 3-14)) Easts won by 93 runs.
Day 5 v Old Boys Collegians (Cant) – (50 over game) Easts 234-7 (Ben Orton 31, Matt Ansell 32, Jamie Gibson 69, Andrew Fullerton-Smith 31*) Old Boys Collegians 202-10 (Jamie Gibson 5-29, Lance Dry 2-38) Easts won by 32 runs.
Day 6 FINAL v Albion (Otago) – (50 over game) Albion 194-10 (Peter Connell 2-37, Jamie Gibson 4-32, Lance Dry 3-31) Easts 195-4 off 43 overs (James Price 32, Ben Orton 30, Fraser Colson 49, Jamie Gibson 61*) Easts won by 6 wickets.
EASTS DECLARED TOURNAMENT WINNERS AND NATIONAL CLUB CHAMPIONS !!
36 Premier Reserves team season report 2016-17 by Gordon Dry ------
It was a season of rebuilding for the Reserves, having lost a large number of experienced players in the last couple of seasons, for various reasons. Missing from the lineup this year were Sean Neal, Sam Shukla, Anup Sebastian, Patrick Phillips, Jamie O’Donnell, Matt van Kesteren, Nathan Cameron, Brad Coleman, Rob Sewell, Josh Stuart – that’s almost a full team!! We introduced a lot of new, young, enthusiastic lads, upon which the team will be built in the seasons ahead. With the normal amount of development some of those youngsters will progress to the Premiers!!
A fined down Haseeb Quazi took over the captaincy with Ankur Bassi and Vena Niutao as his most experienced off-siders. Unfortunately, illness and injury befell Haseeb and the captain’s band was taken up by Tom Gibson, Mitch Edwards and Mitch Hammond, on various occasions.
The young team was still very competitive and posted some good wins during the season. They finished third out of the 12 teams, which was a meritorious performance and will be built on in the seasons ahead.
The youngsters who will carry this team to bigger and brighter things include Matt Ansell, Jack Anderson, Krishna Patel, Kaleb Gilhooly, Jack Hansen, Jed Wiggins, Luke Georgeson, Jack Jacobs, Zach McIntyre- Reet, Dylan Sharma, Mitch Hammond, Hamish Johns. This is a very strong group – some of these guys have already played Premiers and will likely secure full time positions in the top team in quick time.
On top of this, we can look to solid support from experienced cricketers like Ankur Bassi, Sean Neal, Haseeb Quazi, Vena Niutao, Mitch Edwards – and I’m very hopeful about the possibility of returning stalwarts like Sam Shukla, Jamie O’Donnell, Nathan Cameron.
There were some standout performances during the 2016/17 season that warrant special mention here – • A maiden Club century for Krishna Patel, who also topped the
37 team aggregates with 458 runs. An excellent season for Krishna. • Jack Anderson posted a second 7 for (after one for the Premiers). Remarkably, this 7-39 was also against Collegians at Anderson Park! • A fine 6-28 for young off-spinner Jed Wiggins. Straight out of St Pats Town, Jed looks a good prospect for the future of the Club. • Good to see Sean Neal back in the fold late in the season. He finished off on a high note with a typically swashbuckling 121 not out. • The itinerant Pom – Sam Burdock batted well and kept wickets tidily whilst he was on deck. He disappeared off the scene late in the piece.
There is no good reason why the Reserves can’t bounce back next season and return to the top of the table. We have some good young players in the group and some more on the horizon. I believe we can get together a good blend of youth and experience that can put us back in the forefront of the competition where we belong.
Let’s all get together and make that our goal in 2017/18.
Batting Statistics ------Inngs NO Runs HS Avge
Luke Georgeson 4 1 202 126* 67.33 Sean Neal 4 1 183 121* 61.00 Sam Burdock 7 2 239 65 47.80 Mitch Hammond 5 1 144 54 36.00 Jed Wiggins 5 2 106 45* 35.33 Matt Ansell 9 1 251 61 31.38 Krishna Patel 16 0 458 113 28.63 Kaleb Gilhooly 13 1 315 84 26.25 Jack Jacobs 9 1 153 38 19.13 Ankur Bassi 15 0 253 53 16.87 Mitch Edwards 8 1 112 27 16.00
38 Haseeb Quazi 10 3 109 33* 15.57 Tom Gibson 3 0 43 28 14.33 Dylan Sharma 9 3 63 15* 10.50 Matt Currill 5 0 39 35 7.80 Vena Niutao 6 2 12 6* 3.00
Also (Kanwar Bedi – 1 innings for 73 runs)
Bowling Statistics ------Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BB Avge
Jack Anderson 48.2 12 160 14 7-39 11.43 Krishna Patel 37 4 156 8 2-22 19.50 Jed Wiggins 67 13 226 11 6-28 20.55 Haseeb Quazi 75 12 279 13 4-18 21.46 Vena Niutao 104 25 397 18 3-17 22.06 Jack Hansen 34.4 2 191 7 5-19 27.30 Kaleb Gilhooly 97 11 438 15 2-23` 29.20 Dylan Sharma 93.2 33 330 11 4-49 30.00 Tom Gibson 24 1 111 3 2-33 37.00
Also (Ahmad Khan 9-1-31-2) & Luke Georgeson 4-0-17-1)
39 First Grade Roosters team season report 2016/17 by The 12th Man ------
While the record might suggest the Roosters endured a muddling mid- table season, this was no ordinary summer. For some unfathomable reason, Easts' most lovable delinquents got the 1-day yips and for the first time in their history failed to win a single 50-over match. The bowlers could not be faulted, with the Silver Bullet and curly Jim putting in some stellar spells, complemented by the spinners Gardner, Doc and Dey, to routinely knock sides over for under 180. The batting, however, was as woeful as the weather. There was some very special chokes to be witnessed, most notably against Hutt, the table-topping Indians and arch nemesis Cougars.
It goes without saying that the Roosters found themselves well and truly rooted at the foot of the 1-day table, though they took some solace in the fact that the Lankans were down there with them. Quite a fall from grace given they were the two sides contesting the final last season. But while the Lankans entire season got bogged down, the Roosters found their feet in the 2-dayers and ended up topping the table going unbeaten. They could have staged a remarkable turnaround to challenge for the grade title had it not been for the weather, which ruined any chance of going for outright victories against Eastbourne, Collegians, the Cougars and Indians.
The 2-day run featured some remarkable performances. Brownie kicked it off when he took Hutt apart, smoking a Roosters' record 168no including 5 consecutive sixes off the loopy left arm skipper Rupert - it should have been six but a thigh high full toss on the last ball got to the boundary rider on the bounce. His innings included a quality 85 run partnership with Shaddy - who didn't contribute a single run and now holds the Roosters' record for the greatest ever duck. Brownie's record ton, which surpassed the Belv's 160 set in 2011, only stood for one game, as Big Bird Stuart stole his glory by dismantling Eastbourne on their postage stamp ground to rack up 188.
40 While there were numerous highlights during the back-end of the season, including the Skip and Winter derailing Wainui when they thought they had first innings points in the bag, the most memorable of all was a stellar sunny day on Kilbirnie No.1 against the Cougars. Batting first on a green top Doc and Squid set about bullying their over-confident opponents into submission, cruising to a 110-run opening stand in 20 overs. While both fell shortly after, the Belv and Big Bird took the score past 200 and the platform was set. The Cougars did well only to concede 324 from there, and they have Big Bird to thank for that as he succumbed to the most bizarre dismissal ever witnessed in cricket. Sitting pretty at lunch on 80, he walked back out and shortly after the resumption got a slow short ball that he sought to deposit on the club roof. Not only did he miss it, but he then heard the rattle of his stumps. The culprit? His iPhone. The mug had walked back to the crease with it in his pocket and as he spun on the crease it slipped out and clipped his leg stump. The Cougars were talking a big game at the innings change, claiming it was a 400 pitch. It might have been, but not for them. They only had 27 overs in the day, and couldn't survive them as the Bullet and Jim knocked the top off and then Shaddy came on to shred their undies taking 6/15, including a screaming one-hander at gully from Doc that had him puffing his chest arms spread wide like so many of the 80s wrestlers he spends his weekends watching on VHS. The Cougars would have followed on 240 runs behind had the weather not killed that game as well. But that one stunner Kilbirnie day alone made up for every other poor day during the season. Man did the beers taste like nectar that evening....
Batting Statistics ------Inngs NO Runs HS Avge Josh Stuart 12 1 565 187 51.36 Adrian Brown 10 2 382 168* 47.75 Matt Toft 4 0 146 53 36.50 Tim Bignall 5 3 56 18* 28.00 Nick Hansen 8 3 136 52* 27.20 Sameer Magan 11 1 250 64 25.00 Tom Barlow 5 1 94 49* 23.50 Ricky Dey 11 2 204 43* 22.67
41 Christian Bonnevie 6 0 132 50 22.00 Reuben Davidson 5 0 107 49 21.40 Ben Fawkes 8 0 138 79 17.25 Andy Burt 9 1 121 62 15.13 Shane Winter 9 4 72 19 14.40 James Doogue 9 0 107 36 11.89 Cam Martin 9 0 99 52 11.00 Brian Gardner 9 2 70 19* 10.00 Roshan Pancha 6 0 44 27 7.33 Jamie Tansley 8 0 48 21 6.00 Jack Shadbolt 8 2 33 7 5.50
Bowling Statistics ------Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BB Avge
Nick Hansen 16 3 52 4 3-33 13.00 Sameer Magan 23.3 2 94 7 3-24 13.43 Brian Gardner 49 5 215 13 4-63 16.54 Shane Winter 101 11 425 23 4-31 18.48 Tim Bignall 68 10 247 13 5-55 19.00 Andy Burt 29.5 2 174 9 4-17 19.33 Jack Shadbolt 80 6 374 17 6-15 22.00 Christian Bonnevie 50 7 175 6 3-25 29.17 Ricky Dey 57 5 230 7 5-43 32.86 Josh Stuart 42 6 108 3 2-19 36.00 Adrian Brown 40 5 184 3 1-30 61.33
42 First Grade Cougars team season report 2016-17 by Locky Donnelly ------
The winds of change swept through the Cougars, as another season dawned upon them. Though old faces remained, youth and new additions looked to bolster the squad’s disappointment of the previous year. Being usual slow starters in the grade, the weather was a major factor in dusting off the cobwebs from the off season. The first six rounds rain interrupted, allowing any early season slip ups to go without punishment.
A stand in skipper steadied the ship, in the absence of the usual brains of the operation. Andrew Peden staking his claim to (C) saw a much needed new attacking brand of cricket flow through the Cougars, notching up crucial One day wins over Wainui, and the woeful Roosters, the latter a soul destroying game that proved the Cougars were to lead the charge for Easts in the first grade comp. This set up a semi final show down with Hutt Districts. The Cougars did not purr. Slumping out of the one day comp in disastrous fashion, losing by a single run after a steady start which saw them cruising to victory.
Alas, the two day games remained crucial in the race for the title. The Roosters came for revenge in the much anticipated two day clash on Kilbirnie #1 but the gods favoured the Cougars denying the Roosters bragging rights by raining after a dismal first day. The race for the title for the Cougars eventually fell short, let down by the top six and a lack of runs. Guy Bidwell the only Cougar to steadily score runs in all situations, he notched his way to leading run scorer, edging skipper Lachlan Donnelly in a great season with the bat. Zach McIntyre-Reet notched up his first century for the Cougars, a special moment for the young man destined for higher honours. Though the break through of the season was spin bowler Jed Wiggins, he dazzled selectors with his performances in the Cougars, which saw him go all the way to the national club championship with the Premier men's team. A marvellous achievement from this year’s Cougar of the year.
However moment of the season goes to Matt Currill, after a 4 hour wait in
43 pads to take the crease, parents watching on.. A dubious leave first ball saw his middle stump dislodged, etching his name into Cougar history, and claiming the mantle of moment of the year. A great season, full of great memories. Thanks to all who participated.
Batting Statistics ------Inngs NO Runs HS Avge
Locky Donnelly 10 0 312 74 31.20 Ben Allan 7 1 186 71 31.00 Zach McIntyre-Reet 4 0 121 104 30.25 Guy Bidwell 13 2 324 68 29.45 Kanwar Bedi 10 0 263 58 26.30 Ollie Fredrickson 11 2 197 80* 21.89 Matt Currill 9 1 175 43 21.87 Bikram Singh 5 0 94 43 18.80 Shubham Thapar 13 2 191 86 17.36 Charan Sandhu 6 0 65 49 10.83 Andrew Peden 5 4 9 4 9.00 Ricky Hopkins 5 0 37 20 7.40 Amit Kumar 3 0 19 10 6.33 Paul Hunt 7 3 21 16 5.25 (also Jack Jacobs – 1 innings for 54 runs)
Bowling Statistics Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BB Avge Zach McIntyre-Reet 17 3 50 4 3-42 12.50 Guy Bidwell 19 0 106 8 5-29 13.25 Amit Kumar 35.4 11 111 7 3-20 15.86 Sean Folan 20 7 53 3 2-22 17.67 Charan Sandhu 85 16 275 15 5-38 18.33 Paul Hunt 55.6 2 270 14 7-76 19.30 Andrew Peden 114 34 406 19 6-72 21.37 Jed Wiggins 29 8 103 3 2-23 34.33 Locky Donnelly 83.1 9 382 11 3-2 34.70
44 2nd Grade Bullets team season report 2016/17 by Shaun Raumati ------12 Games played: 4 Wins, 3 Losses, 5 Draws
The 2016/17 Bullets will be remembered as the season that got away, in more ways than one.
The team was spearheaded by a strong bowling line-up that was able to take wickets early and put pressure on teams that could not play the moving ball. The wickets were shared across the whole team as bowlers took advantage of favourable conditions. The bowling was backed up with some fine batting, with a number of batters reaching half centuries.
However, it was difficult for the team to get consistent performances week in week out. Rain played a huge role in that. Of the 15 scheduled games this season, three were abandoned and five were affected by rain, which lead to a number a draws, and a number of lost opportunities to get runs and wickets.
With that being said, the team fought hard and had some great results. The highlight of the season was our 78 run win over Northern Park. Losing the toss and setting 226 to win, the bowlers restricted the batting side to only one boundary (coming from the no.11), bowling them out and securing a place in the one-day final.
The biggest disappointment would have to be not winning the one-day final. The one-day final saw us lose the toss and set the Sikhs 229 for the win. While everyone gave it their all, we came up short, losing by 2 wickets.
The two-day competition also got away from us. We probably needed a few more of those draws to lead to wins to have really put ourselves in contention. The game that will stick out as a “what if” would have been the two-dayer against Northern Park. It’s hard winning cricket games with only eight players, but the boys fought hard and were able to fight out a draw. I have no doubt that if we had a full team, we would have won that game.
45 There was some standout bowling performances throughout the season: Mark Hambleton (5-20 v Johnsonville, one-dayer), Umesh Govind (6-27 v Johnsonville, two, dayer), Charan Sandhu (5-38, v Sikhs, two-dayer), and Ahmad Khan (8-41 & 5-38 Indian Sports, 2-day). There were also some solid knocks from the batters: Gurpreet Singh (55, 53, 64, 62), Tom Barlow (67), Charan Sandhu (54).
The Bullets also had a number of players show great potential for the future. Ones to watch in 2017/18 include: • Amit Kumar: Bowling all-rounder who has the potential to get a lot of wickets and runs next season. • Sasikumar Dilakshan: Batter who can play all the shots, just needed more time at the crease. • Alex Lowcay: All-rounder who has great potential to be a top four batter and bowler in any team he plays; still at High School. • Tom Kibblewhite: Left arm spinner who grew as the season progressed. Also showed he can bat at the top of the order. • Jagnesh Makwana: Hopefully is injury free next season, can open the batting and bowling if required.
A final shout out to Jonny Sutton and Karl Grove; turning up week in week out, even when injured. That’s what Bullets cricket is all about. To all the players who played for the Bullets in 2016/17, thanks for playing and look forward to next season.
Batting Statistics Inngs NO Runs HS Avge
Jagnesh Makwana 6 4 129 44* 64.50 Gurpreet Singh 16 1 406 64 27.07 Charan Sandhu 7 2 129 54 25.80 Tom Kibblewhite 4 1 73 35* 24.33 Shaun Raumati 13 1 276 60 23.00 Umesh Govind 10 1 158 44 17.56 Karl Grove 15 1 208 39 14.86 Johnny Sutton 12 2 132 31 13.20 Amit Kumar 10 1 108 34 12.00
46 Batting Statistics (cont.) Inngs NO Runs HS Avge Sasikumar Dilakshan 10 0 114 24 11.40 Alex Lowcay 5 0 39 14 7.80 Joe Bowles 5 1 18 10 4.50 Mark Hambleton 5 0 14 10 2.80 Maksud Patel 3 3 31 18 NA
Bowling Statistics Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BB Avge
Ahmad Khan 23 3 79 13 8-31 6.08 Tom Kibblewhite 39 12 107 11 4-9 9.73 Joe Bowles 62 16 210 14 4-51 15.00 Tom Barlow 16 5 64 4 4-56 16.00 Amit Kumar 104 21 371 21 4-50 17.67 Charan Sandhu 68 6 305 17 5-38 17.94 Umesh Govind 46 3 215 11 6-27 19.55 Jagnesh Makwana 72 11 264 12 4-36 22.00 Mark Hambleton 105 15 435 19 5-20 22.89 Alex Lowcay 28 2 101 4 2-18 25.25 Shaun Raumati 14 1 86 3 1-22 28.67 Maksud Patel 13 2 64 2 1-5 32.00
Also Gurpreet Singh 9.3-0-47-2, Sasikumar Dilakshan 3-0-19-3
47 3rd Grade Super Challengers team season report 2016-17 by Karthik Ullas ------It gives me great pleasure to report on the vast improvements our team has made considering the fact that we had a fairly new team this season. In 2016/17, the East Super Challengers finished 1st In One Day competition and 5th in Two day competition in Cricket Wellington Third Grade amongst 9 teams. This year we have fittingly progressed to a very respectable 1st out of the 9 teams in One day competition for the first time ever. This clear and commendable advancement is the result of the commitment, dedication and diligence of team-management, as well as the willingness of each and every team member to work hard throughout the year.
Last year, the Challengers made a conscious decision to create a new team structure, ethos and atmosphere, headed by the principles and values of the game. Since then, the team as a whole has continued to strive for these goals and skills both on and off the field. Accordingly, credit goes to Loyis (the pinch hitter), Sahib (who joined us half way through the season), Jacob (as usual, Mr. Dependable in the bowling department), who have outperformed and been role models for the rest of the team. We are glad to introduce some young talents to our line-up. Jithu, Jibin, Alwin, Sebin and Anand are the new finds of the season.
It has been a pleasure to captain these wonderful talents. Devan helped me with the challenge of captaincy and helped the team with his experience.
As proven on several occasions this season, the Super Challengers certainly knew how to win in high-pressure games but simply lacked the overall strength and experience to overcome the biggest teams in the league in crucial matches. Nevertheless, it was a laudable season result for the team that has worked hard to notch up their wins and is constantly striving to produce better and more consistent performances. Although several young squad members are beginning to shine and have made significant improvements and advances over the course of the season, it goes without saying that they should not rest on their laurels
48 but should be inspired to work even harder during the off season to ensure that they are even better prepared for the new season, and are able to step up and start becoming match-winners on their own.
We very much look forward to the 2017-18 cricket season, which should have many exciting prospects. Our season stats will give a good indication of the top performers for us. Almost every team in the club now knows Loyis Edwin and The Super Challengers. It is good to be recognized out there. A big thank you to my team for the effort and time they have put in for the season.
I would like to thank Gordie and the Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club for giving us the opportunity.
Batting Statistics Inngs NO Runs HS Avge
Anup Sebastian 4 1 180 88 60.00 Loyis Edwin 15 2 513 194* 39.46 Sahib Singh 4 1 99 59 33.00 Nikhil Govind 11 2 181 54* 20.11 Jithu Juby 14 2 189 64* 15.75 Devan Menon 8 3 76 31* 15.20 Jibin Mathew 5 3 27 10 13.50 Anand Shaji 13 1 155 60 12.92 Alwin Francis 7 2 61 46* 12.20 Karthik Ullas 11 1 112 34 11.20 Sebin Kuriakose 8 2 54 33 9.00 Jacob Alex 8 1 56 27 8.00` Sravan Santhosh 8 1 37 13 5.29 Kiran Thomson 4 0 10 9 2.50 Ajmal Maajid 8 0 16 5 2.00
49 Bowling Statistics Overs Mdns Runs Wickets BB Avge
Jibin Mathew 18 0 67 6 2-6 11.17 Alwin Francis 47 2 182 13 4-24 14.00 Jacob Alex 146 28 457 31 4-14 14.74 Loyis Edwin 126 11 495 30 5-11 16.50 Nikhil Govind 65 2 302 15 4-10 20.13 Sahib Singh 30 0 165 8 5-31 20.63 Devan Menon 55 3 201 7 3-29 28.71 Ajmal Maajid 15 2 70 2 1-17 35.00 Jithu Juby 15 0 76 2 2-30 38.00
50 Jamie Gibson in full flight at the NCCC on his way to another player of the tournament award. Ishwer Mistry and Tejesh Modi with the Grade Winners pennant for the East Masters 1 day team, at the Cricket Wellington Awards evening. John Lee, Captain of the Easts Stags T20 team with the Grade Winners pennant. The 1st Grade Roosters relaxing after a good days work on Kilbirnie 1. L to R - Adrian Brown, Christian Bonnevie, Sameer Magan, Tim Bignall, Brian Gardner, Josh Stuart, Andy Burt, Jack Shadbolt. Front - Shane Winter. 3rd Grade Smoking Pineapples team season report by Gordon Dry
No report or stats received from Smoking Pineapples!
In their first crack at 3rd Grade, the Smoking Pineapples had a mixed season with some good wins and a few losses thrown in. They finished 6th on the points table, but are probably better than that outcome might suggest. With that experience under their belt, I suspect they will come back next season somewhat stronger, and with a better feel for what’s required in 3rd Grade.
Roshan Rai, Nick Lunn and Tim Banks were the main run scorers, while in the bowling department Kerryn Friday got a hatful of wickets, ably assisted by Nick Lunn, Tim Banks, Nathan Kirikino and Justin Maxwell. Skipper, Luciano Colucci, a prolific runscorer in recent years, had a season to forget and will be looking to get things back on track in the new season.
51 4th Grade Aces team season report 2016-17 by Joe Drysdale ------
In a thrilling last day of the season, the Aces were able to turn a first innings deficit into a quality win at Wainui. A great opening spell from Krishan Kumar and Babrak Rasool had the Wainui lads at 21 for 4 at drinks, and skittled soon after. Later in the day chasing a 150 total in around 30 overs James Birt turned it on with a 64* to take us home, with support from Rob Bromley and Babrak Rasool. It was a fitting end to another good season where the Aces lost but one game (in the 1 day comp) and were unfortunate to finish 2nd in both competitions.
The 16-17 season saw the addition of one Franco Natoli, an instant fan (player) favourite and stalwart at the top of the order. Franco’s taking of the gloves towards the end of the season was also a revelation that allowed top batsman Rob Bromley a chance to rest that back and pursue top run scorer as well as scoring his maiden century..
Darren Ward (a version 1.0 Ace) had a fantastic season which saw him top the wicket taking with 24 and back it up with a batting average of 44 – this combination of batting and bowling prowess made him our undisputed man of the season, something that was not lost on the other Phu Thai patrons at the Ace’s end of season dinner.
The weather and regular player unavailability made 16-17 a slightly disjointed affair for the Aces but led once again by ‘el capitano’ Casey Greive - when the Aces were good we were often unstoppable – a Jim Birt screamer on the boundary at Waiwhetu adding insult to injury in an innings thrashing of the Axemen, could have been the result of divine intervention. It certainly wasn’t down to Jim’s less than regular appearances at trainings. It was another great year of enjoyable memories with a team that will be back again in 17-18 with a desire to win and a new found urgency to pay subs on time.
A big thanks to Gordie, for putting up with us again and hats off for his well deserved Outstanding Contribution to Cricket award.
52 Batting Statistics Inngs NO Runs HS Avge
Lewis Hensman 3 2 94 44* 94.00 Duncan McIntyre 3 1 102 57 51.00 Darren Ward 9 4 221 74* 44.20 Rob Bromley 12 2 351 109* 35.10 Casey Greive 11 3 266 55 33.25 James Birt 13 2 266 64* 24.18 Krishan Kumar 4 2 29 12* 14.50 Babrak Rasool 9 2 97 42 13.85 Franco Natoli 9 0 116 51 12.88 Mickey Rasool 4 1 27 10 9.00 Angus Hardy-Ward 10 2 77 24 7.70 Joe Drysdale 4 0 27 25 6.75
Bowling Statistics ------Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BB Avge
Elliot Borren 10 2 31 7 4-21 4.42 Duncan McIntrye 33 7 84 10 4-31 8.40 Mickey Rasool 37 4 129 14 5-24 9.21 Babarak Rasool 67.3 10 225 21 5-13 10.71 Darren Ward 82 12 324 26 6-23 12.46 Joe Drysdale 62 10 180 14 4-28 12.85 Casey Greive 16 3 73 5 2-9 14.60 Gus Hardy-Ward 18 0 103 6 3-28` 17.16 Rob Bromley 20 1 112 6 4-23 18.66 Krishan Kumar 64 10 245 13 4-27 18.85
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4th Grade The Bats team season report 2016-2017 by Rhys Stannard ------
Well although the weather never turned up to the party the Bats certainly did in a big way. In the sodden exchanges that surprisingly weren't cancelled we brought the Bulldogs to heel, slayed the Sri Lankans, trumped the Aces, ground the Axemen, castrated the Hawks, back- stabbed the Bandits, sent the Indian Seniors to the Indian Senior Retirement Home and got thoroughly destroyed by the Chinamen. We saw our share of centurions and 5-fers, innumerable screaming catches and the odd unprovoked beamer. We clashed against friend and foe but never with each other and we all had a good deal of fun every game.
Hats off to Isaiah Wilson for steaming in every Saturday, taking 39 wickets in spite of the protests of his dodgy knee and the pleas and sobs of the batter on strike. Hats off also to Felix Faisandier who joined our team this year and unleashed the most outstanding batting I have ever witnessed on the field in my life. Thank god he paid those subs. Hats off also to Mike Keogh most improved player this season. In his first season as a batter we sent him in as an opener and he stood up to score 360 runs at an average of 25.71 often providing a solid opening partnership alongside the smooth manuka man Nick Honey. Hats off also to Gabriel and Jack for tirelessly trudging in with their lethal dibbly-dobblies, that corridor never looked less certain. And to Jason Foote and Paul Mathews who often came together in the field to provide a run-out, or to surreptitiously play a match winning innings without raising a sweat. And of course Sloane was there too, laughing and joking, frosted lips gathered together in an angelic halo.
Next season we’ll be looking to retrieve all our hats and we hope the sun comes to the party!!
54 Batting Statistics ------Inngs NO Runs Avge
Felix Faisandier 11 1 396 39.60 Evan Frost 14 3 330 33.00 Mike Keogh 15 1 360 25.71 Nick Honey 11 0 279 25.36 Joe Sloane 8 1 174 24.85 Rhys Stannard 13 4 170 18.88 Jason Foote 14 0 226 16.14 Jack Foster 10 2 77 9.62 Paul Matthews 13 0 115 8.84 Isaiah Wilson 8 1 55 7.85 Gabriel George-Baker 8 0 51 6.37
Bowling Statistics ------Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avge
Isaiah Wilson 118.5 17 382 39 9.79 Jack Foster 48.1 10 150 12 12.50 Rhys Stannard 40.2 5 144 11 13.09 Evan Frost 85.5 7 338 23 14.70 Gabriel George-Baker 174.4 13 351 16 21.94 Mike Keogh 11.1 3 39 1 39.00
55 4th Grade Bulldogs team season report 2016-17 by Dave Corry ------
The Bulldogs had a moderately successful season finishing towards the top of the bottom half of the table, this was built around winning first innings points then snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. The team built on some of the successes of last season, although there was admittedly a lack of cohesion due to lack of availability of players and adverse weather conditions (I thought saying this report was cancelled due to weather would be an appropriate way to sum up the season).
The highlight of the season was grabbing first innings points against club rivals, the Eastern Suburbs Bats. The foundations were laid early off the back of an unbeaten 87 from Patrick Arnold as well as 56 from Marty Powell (also unbeaten). Whilst we were able to form partnerships with the bat, unfortunately we weren’t able to do the same in the bowling department. Constant rotation meant that bowlers were unable to get used to bowling in tandem. That said, Kuntal Patel stood out from the pack with 16 wickets at 14.81. Unfortunately, I can’t make a special mention of everyone who played for the Bulldogs over the course of the season (all up twenty-two players were used). However, I do have to acknowledge the contribution of Johnny Blonde for his scoring efforts over the course of the season. Our specialist number 11 was an outstanding scorer using multiple colours in the book to give us both strike rate and balls faced against each opposition bowler, which made the team feel like they were first class players. At times both with bat and ball it was a joy to be a part of the team where you could see the years of experience (Carl Gill not included) coming out on the pitch to create a game of cricket.
Notable combinations: Pasan(ovich) Mohotti and anybody batting below him. His mastery of batting with the tail was a huge reason why we had first innings leads and his sacrificing of the tail at key moments to maintain his run of 5 not outs was also noted (and appreciated). Josh Hawkridge and Alex Fensome putting on an opening stand of 62 for the first wicket in tough conditions and Josh then going to score 57. And in the same game Patrick Arnold and George Scandlyn putting on a 52 run stand for the fourth wicket.
56 Also a special mention has to be made here of mother nature and her ability to combine with the weekend to negate cricket.
Individual Accolades: Bowling - one 5-for for Pratik Daftary; three 3-for’s for both Kuntal Patel and Pasanovich and two 3-fors for (Handsome) Rob Whitaker. Batting: Pasanovich also had 275 runs for the season with a highest score of 46 not out (of course), Patrick Arnold had 271 runs for the season with a highest score 87*, James McNamara 230 runs for the season and a highest score of 74 and Kieran (Death) Ray gets a special mention for scoring 39 (off 26 balls including 2 towering 6`s and 6 worm- cutting 4`s) of his 46 runs for the season in a single innings (he was part of Pasanovich’s management of the tail). Special Match: The special match goes to a 2 day victory over the Collegians Axemen where Patrick Arnold ably captained the Bulldogs to victory, and where we had the top opening stand of the season of 81 with Josh Hawkridge going on to score fifty. James McNamara and Patrick Arnold put on a special partnership of 113 runs, James McNamara top scoring with 74 and Patrick going on to make a captains knock of 52. Finally in the second innings, Death Ray being called up at literally the last minute on game day and then bowling four consecutive maidens and finishing with the bizarre figures of 5 overs, 4 maidens for 1 run; and Kuntal’s bowling figures of 4 wickets for 11 runs off 8 overs.
Sad news for Bulldogs fans, Martin Powell is leaving our fair shores to pursue an international cricketing call up for German side the Berlin Super Kings. To conclude, the season was up and down (in typical Bulldogs fashion) with some big highs as stated above and some lows (not mentioned).
57 Batting Statistics Inngs NO Runs HS Avge
Pasan Mohotti 12 5 275 46* 39.29 Patrick Arnold 9 1 271 87* 33.88 James McNamara 7 0 230 74 32.86 Wayne Allen 13 1 285 64 23.75 Dave Corry 8 0 175 49 21.88 Josh Hawkridge 9 0 187 57 20.78 Martin Powell 8 1 131 56* 18.71 George Scandlyn 9 1 117 41 14.63 Robert Whitaker 9 4 71 20* 14.20 Kieran Ray 5 1 46 39 11.50 Chris Thompson 10 1 94 35 10.44 Freddie Strickland 4 0 39 20 9.75 Pratik Daftary 5 2 27 16 9.00 Alex Fensome 9 0 59 20 6.56 Kuntal Patel 6 2 21 8 5.25 Carl Gill 7 2 15 8 3.00
Bowling Statistics ------Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BB Avge
Kuntal Patel 69.5 9 237 16 4-11 14.81 Brent Thompson 18 1 80 5 4-29 16.00 Martin Powell 6.3 0 64 3 2-42 21.33 Robert Whitaker 36.1 5 236 10 4-52 23.60 Pratik Daftary 61 5 264 10 5-39 26.40 Pasan Mohotti 60.4 1 411 15 3-7 24.16 Freddie Strickland 30 4 175 6 2-14 29.17 Carl Gill 47.4 6 225 7 3-10 32.14 Wayne Allen 52 3 230 7 2-19 32.86 Johnny Blonde 18.5 2 145 4 2-1 36.25 Kieran Ray 45 10 229 3 1-0 76.33
58 4th Grade Hawks team season report 2016-17 by Prateek Singh ------
The season 2016-17 was again a mixed season for the Hawks performance wise. This time the season started on a very positive note as we had a very solid team in the first quarter of the season as opposed to previous seasons where Hawks always become a stronger side during the last leg of the season. We played some real good cricket in all the areas. The highlight of the season was one of the matches we played against Sri Lankan sports and we posted a total of more than 330 which was the highest scored by the Hawks in a long while. The innings included a brilliant knock from Viraj Kumar who scored 150 plus.
But in the later half of the season, the Hawks took a big hit once again as we lost a few players during the season and hence the team had a few new faces with some fill ins. Because of irregular faces every week, we couldn't put up a show as what everybody would have been expected. At the same time there were far more positives in the team than negatives. Amongst the new faces, a special mention goes to Bhupinder Singh Gill who was definitely the pick of the bowlers rather unlucky that he couldn't fetch as many wickets as he would have liked or deserved against his name.
However, the Hawks have always been a brilliant side with some serious individual talents and skills, but has lacked a team performance, owning responsibilities and playing as a team, plus a few other organisational issues. We started by seriously addressing the organisational issues first, like reaching the grounds half hour before the match etc and this was resolved fairly quickly. But the introduction of new and very promising faces in the team this season strengthened the morale of the team and the team spirit.
There were some serious performances from the Hawks and we gave a big fright to the top teams such as Aces, Chinamen and Tigers. Viraj Kumar, Prateek Singh and Jonny Waters were the main run scorers, while Bhupinder Singh Gill and Tarun Anand got the bulk of the wickets. We were extremely unlucky as we threw a few matches away even after
59 we were really in full control of the match. Mainly because we possibly lacked a fifth good bowler who could bowl some steady overs. .However, there are some real good signs for the Hawks to become one of the stronger teams in our grade. The boys are all pumped up for the upcoming season and are committed to finishing in the top 3 in the table in 2 dayers and 1 dayers
60 Intercity 1 Day Grade, Division 1 Taxes team season report 2016-17 by Paul Young ------
Taxes Player Ratings 2017
9 – Slash’s Mrs - Turned up to every game, scored every game, updated the scoreboard & kept a record of how many catches Tunnicliffe dropped. Smashed a few goon bags and bottles of Baileys. Probably the most consistent team member, but she needs to complete a wagon wheel for all of us if she wants a player rating of 10.
8 – Ben G Gospel of Matthew Tunnicliffe 14:22–34 - “And straightway he constrained the batting order to enter the pitch, and to go before him unto the non-strikers end, till he should send the bowler back to their mark. And after he had sent the ball away, he went to Ebor street to pray: and when even was come, he was there alone. But the Taxes boys were now in the midst of the sea, distressed by the swinging ball; for the overhead conditions were contrary.
And in the afternoon session of the game he came unto them, lactating Jim Beam. And when the Taxes boys saw him lactating Jim Beam, they were troubled, saying, maybe he should cut down; and they cried out for fear. But straightaway Jesus spake unto them, saying be of good cheer; drinks on me after the game.”
8 - Ross G All Rounder Trophy. Scored a hundred, snared a 5ver, picked up a new injury most weeks and Tunnicliffe drank his beers. Lost the plot with an umpire, but was mostly well behaved. Work-on’s for 2018 – warming up/down and discipline.
7 – Matt T Claimed the Most Wickets, voted as Dick of the Year, watched a Youtube tutorial on outswing and fielded superbly for a man known as Tunnelcliffe. Claims he doesn’t know what fresh baked cookies smell like. Points deducted for not one 6 hit off his first ball faced.
61 6 – Chris O Underwent brain surgery which severely limited his wicket taking abilities. Kept the runs down, got out LBW a lot, didn’t get given any LBW’s. Set some good fields, and provided good chat. Tunnicliffe stole all his wickets.
6 – Marty I Most Improved for 2017. Finally got out of the 20’s, scored his first hundy, scored us some pretty nice team shirts… Thanks Parrotdog! Brought Chilli Bin every week, refused to bowl when asked, dropped 4 ½ catches to win the block of butter. Tunnicliffe drank his beers.
5 – Gav B Return of the prodigal son. Bowled into the wind, batted down the order, took some screamers and dropped an absolute, total, complete, unqualified, out and out utter sitter. Brought up his 100 wickets & 1500 runs for the team, but needs to stop using my bat and buy his own…
5 – Slash H Winner of the Gaven (with an E) Carter Memorial Learn to Catch Clinic Cup. A few starts with the bat, a few big 6’s. TAB paying $16.70 for a Slash century in 2018. Bonus points for providing sausage rolls, mini quiches, sour snake lollies, milkshakes, chicken satay kebabs & the gear bag. Points deducted for having a trigger finger. Tunnicliffe ran him out.
5 – Ben E Dropped some bombs, threw some grenades and laid some bear traps on the opposition batsmen… Bonus points for long umpiring stints, but now I think about it, I don’t think I’ve ever seen him on the scorebook….
5 – Matt G Broke his hand pre-season, got married, left early for his honeymoon, pretty much cost us the grade with his absence. I had a mint time at his wedding though. Tunnicliffe drank his beers.
5 – Paul Y Batted, bowled, set fields, umpired, did the score book, provided weekly taxi services. None of which the whole team agreed with (despite finishing 2nd). Also fixed a few bats and put on a few grips. Tunnicliffe made him 50 shades greyer.
62 4 – Phil M Bowled some balls, had a moan. Batted some balls, had a moan. Fielded some balls, had a moan and never came back.
Batting Statistics ------Inngs NO Runs HS Avge
Gavin Byford 7 4 193 67* 64.33 Ben Gregg 11 1 611 155* 61.10 Jamie Dwan 4 1 120 50 40.00 Marty Irvine 9 2 261 104 37.29 Ross Grounsell 10 1 275 112 30.56 Paul Young 12 0 296 75 24.67 Phil Mildenhall 4 2 48 28 24.00 Matt Tunnicliffe 6 2 92 41 23.00 Matt Godfrey 5 1 62 34 15.50 Stephen Harris 11 2 98 19 10.89 Chris Offord 6 3 22 7 7.33 Ben Eastwood 3 1 8 7 4.00
Bowling Statistics ------Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BB Avge
Ash Baker 13 2 48 4 4-28 12.00 Ross Grounsell 53 6 244 17 5-35 14.35 Gavin Bosch 16 2 46 3 3-23 15.33 Matt Tunnicliffe 70.5 10 296 18 3-25 16.44 Phil Mildenhall 42 3 174 10 3-19 17.40 Chris Offord 75.1 13 271 15 4-29 18.07 Ben Eastwood 18 0 113 6 2-22 18.83 Paul Young 34 1 188 8 4-23 23.50 Gavin Byford 51.2 11 298 11 3-26 27.09
63 Intercity 1 Day Grade – Division 1 – Shepherds team season report 2016-17 by Greg Scobie
After a fine 2015/16 season expectations were high for another good season in 2016/17. With few personnel changes prospects looked good. Even in the grading matches hopes were high with a win, a loss and a rained out match.
However the season did not meet our expectations with form, mainly with the bat but also with ball, eluding us especially in comparison with the previous season. Our top run aggregate scorers this season were close to 200 runs down on the previous season. No centuries scored and only 3 half centuries scored. Only one of the top 4 run scorers last season made it into the top 4 this season. Batting collapses seemed to be the norm as relatively good positions gave way to defeats.
Having said that the team still tried damned hard and results didn't go our way in spite of our efforts. Bring on next season when hopefully rejuvenated bodies and minds will deliver!
Run scorers;
Greg Scobie - 234 @ 19.5 Cullum Jones - 218 @ 24.2 Scott Henshilwood - 163 @ 16.3 Cody Beach - 148 @ 29.6 Shriprasad Rai - 138 @ 15.3 Brad McCarthy - 128 @ 21.3
Wicket Takers;
Scott Henshilwood - 18 @ 19.89. Economy - 5.51 Cullum Jones - 15 @ 23.07. Economy - 4.72 Cody Beach - 10 @ 24.4. Economy - 7.18 Henk Du Toit - 10 @ 25.2. Economy - 5.64 Brad McCarthy - 9 @ 16.67. Economy - 4.69 Shriprasad Rai - 8 @ 25.88. Economy - 5.31
64 Intercity 1 Day Grade, Division 1 Originals team season report 2016- 2017 by Carl Hammington ------
The 2016/2017 season started off like all the others. A team list full of players advising how keen they are for the upcoming season. However, as any team organizer knows, the team list very quickly depletes to the same old 6-7 regulars.
After 3 grading games, 2 rained out, 1 played, (we were able to win this game convincingly) we were put in Division 1 of the intercity 1-day grade.
With numbers at an all-time low, I decided to throw a tantrum/meltdown to Gordie, and after some consideration, Gordie very kindly got us some more fellas to add to the roster.
The 2016/2017 season recruits are: Thomas Durville, Mohammed Rafaqat, Tom Marsland, Damian George, Scott Oldham, Finlay Smith and George Morris.
With the George brothers (Jithu and Riju) already in the team, we now had 4 George’s on the team list, so I began thinking, by George this could be our season. As the season rolled on, I soon realized, by George, this is no different than any other, not enough runs scored, not enough wickets taken. Too many dropped catches, too many fielding mistakes. The clichés could go on all day.
The season proper started out with the odd win mixed with several loses. We had some very close games, 3 of them lost within 10 runs.
The season ended up in a win 4, lose 7, abandoned 3. Placing 5th out of 8 teams
Once our bad boy Jimmy McLaughlin came back from a 6-month suspension for an altercation with the divisions worst behaved, dishonest, arrogant and the team that just takes the fun out of cricket (sorry digressing a little bit here), things started to turn slightly for the better, we
65 started scoring more runs (largely contributed by Jimmy) wickets started to fall and the team was starting to look up again. This could also be down to Jimmy’s captaincy (although not 100% convinced).
Batting Scott Oldham 299 in 6 games average 49.83 (HS 164) Jimmy McLaughlin. in 6 games average 59.80 (HS 84) (1 not out) Bowling Thomas Durville 21 wickets at average of 23. Economy of 3.84 Carl Hammington 15 wickets at average of 29. Economy of 4.23 Fielding Best fielder would have to go to Kirk Hammington. Great out fielding and rocket arm (no one else in the team can throw). Also took some ripper catches while keeping.
Roster of 2016/2017
Jimmy McLaughlin (C), Carl Hammington (VC), Kirk Hammington(wk), Craig Mahoney, Jithu George, Riju George, Damian George, George Morris, Tom Marsland, Scott Oldham, Findlay Smith, Thomas Durville, Mohammed Rafque, Mark Bhula, Tavita Lipine, Eno L, Gerrard Rendel, Johnathan Pereira.
Summary
The season was up and down like a whores drawers, glimpses of goodness, but greatness few and far between, although it was a good time had by all, SOME great games with SOME great guys.
With the addition to our new recruits, I am sure we are all chomping at the bit for next season.
The future looks bright for the East’s Originals (at this stage) Intercity 1 day team.
66 Intercity 1 Day Grade, Division 2 Masters team season report 2016- 17 by Dilip Patel ------
THREEPEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well done Masters for winning the intercity one day competition for 3 years straight!!
We have been together for over 17 years and have played for various clubs being part of the biggest cricket club in Wellington EASTERN SUBURBS is fantastic and thanks for the support. This year we have won our division for 3 years in a row which is a fantastic effort by the team, Great team effort every week by all team members and some special efforts which made us win the grade, , I have given captaincy to Tejesh Modi this year as he deserves to lead such a team Although we could not play as many games due to the unpredictable Wellington weather, it still was a good season only losing 2 games
To the regular players, Vinod, Hamant, Ishwer, Prashash, me, Bhavish, Sanjay, Urmit and Tejesh who most have been since the beginning, Keep on going Div one next year???. to the new comers last 3-4 years , Nikal, Jigger, Chintan and Jaynesh, you guys are invalueable for our success last three years, Win or Lose, as long as we enjoy ourselves and give 100% on Saturday that’s all I asked for, So that’s it from me and special thanks to Gordie who is awesome and who won the NZ Cricket award. Thanks Eastern Suburbs club for your support and what you offer and we will see you in 2017/2018 in Division One???.
Vice Vice Vice Captain Dilip Patel
67 Intercity 1 Day Grade, Division 2 The Shoe Clinic team report 2016- 17 by Sam Hyde ------
Well a better year this year in that we came second, but lost to our long time rivals Easts Masters in a crunch game 3 weeks from the end of the season. They bowled exceptionally well and we were 40 runs short of posting a competitive target. Our last game of the season saw us playing them again of which we won convincingly but too late. In reality we lost 2 games in the first half of the season which we should have won and it was always uphill from there. We had some very welcome additions to the team this year; Rob Bruns, Geoff Glynan, Nick Robbers, Justin Cook, and Liam Close. Rob was the pick of the bunch but all were either famous, or infamous in their ability to play cricket - in the end they all added to the Shoe Clinic XI spirit and ensured our fines coffers were overflowing by season end.
Some highlights were Scott Pender hit 2 more hundreds to add to his ever growing tally, Matt Hunt and Justin Cook were exceptional with Justin beating Matt to Player of the Year through a technicality. Moment of the year went to Matt Hunt for his epic sendoff to an Onslow 4th XI player, and Sam Hyde's inspirational captains decision to post 4 short covers to dismiss Sanjay from Easts Masters.
Team Awards
Player of the Year: Justin Cook
Runs: 178 Average: 35.6 Wickets: 13 Average: 17.69 S/R: 2 1.15 Catches: 2 Run outs: 2
Most improved player of the year: Andy Macdonell
Wickets: 8 Average: 33.25 S/R: 26.25
68 Batsman of the year: Matt Hunt
Runs: 404 Average: 44.89 HS: 90
Bowler of the year: Keyur Kansara
Wickets: 16 Average: 19.44 S/R: 25.5
Fielder of the year: Nick Robbers
8 catches in 4 games
Interesting stats
Average Score per game: 212
Average Loss of wickets per game: 8
Average faced overs per game: 37
Average wickets taken per game: 8
Average overs bowled per game: 34
Average wide's bowled per game: 18
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T20 Section 1 Indies team season report 2016/17 by Ben Wynne- Lewis ------
The 2016/17 Indies season started with incredible promise. After winning the opening few qualifying rounds the Indies were once again in the premier 20/20 grade. Unfortunately, the accomplishments from a team perspective end here (other than eventually paying the team fee).
The Indies were however graced with some fantastic cricketing talent. Tom Brown managed to achieve back to back centuries with an average of 70 with the bat for the season. A man with tremendous hand eye coordination who manages to absolutely belt the nut.
Cole O’Connor was the Indies MVP with his Cory Anderson, “he bats and bowls, he bowls and bats” like role. His ability to attack the yorker length in this form of the game is truly beautiful to watch. Other Indies faithful, Kartik Sourirajan and Dinesh Manicckam, should be commended for their team attitude and managing to turn up to the majority of the games.
Unfortunately, the Indies struggled to consistently field their initial roster which impeded their otherwise certain finals chances. Their best XI is certainly capable of greatness yet the Siglo deck captures the wits of far too many of our team.
All in all, cricket was the winner on the day. Also, special mention to Gordie for having to deal with Indies riff raff on a week by week basis. It certainly cannot be easy.
70 T20 Section 2 The Lads XI team season report 2016-17 by James White ------
It's the year 2065. A grizzly old man is perched at the bar, quietly nursing what is certainly his 4th pint of the afternoon. A single tear rolls down his weather beaten cheek, as he thinks back to his youth which has now escaped him. The glory days of old. In particular the magical summer of 2016/17, and the timeless friendships that were forged within that special team, that special institution. The team known simply as The Wellington Regional Cricket, Social Twenty Twenty Division 2, Eastern Suburbs, The Lads XI.
It was always going to be an interesting year for The LadsXI. Unable to match the wild money being thrown around in other leagues around the world, big name stars had left for greener pastures. Lesser teams would have buckled, and given way to the pressure of finding enough sub paying members. But not this squad. Early season team meetings held at 3am at Siglo, were very productive, and a new lease of life was breathed into the legs of some of the elder statesman. A new Captain and Vice Captain, a new opening partnership, a new team kit, and a renewed drive to tackle anything that got in their way.
The guts of the squad remained from 2015/16 campaign, but reports had appeared that seemed to show concern from within the Kilbirnie Clubrooms, around the run scoring and wicket taking properties of the team. So it was with a mix of old and new, tall and short, rigs and riiiigs, that the Lads set about putting together not only a squad, but a team ethos that would lead them through the season. Thursday nights at the state of the art Eastern Suburbs Cricket training centre, were a hive of activity. The lads began the arduous task of getting back into cricket season shape. Rolling the arm over, practising a few forward defensives, partaking in the odd durrie and building this strong team spirit, that would be a constant throughout an intriguing season.
It was a brilliant effort in the grading games, the boys toiled hard and were rewarded with demotion to Division 2 of the 20/20 league. The bond
71 that was forged during pre season attracted new members and the wider training squad was born. There was never a shortage of hands willing to send out to the front lines.
The Batsman of the year was unanimously given to “Douggies Bat”, although it was not the only reason this team had great success with the willow this year. Firstly there was the experimental, but by the pointy end of the season, entrenched, opening partnership of S. Rees and A. White. Complimenting each other beautifully, it was a joy to be able to score the first few overs of the match. One would simply marvel at the genuine cricket shots, King Kane himself would be proud of, and genuine Social Divison 2 20/20 cricket shots, that came straight out of the Tim Southee playbook. There was a consistent middle order, led by Skip J. White, and often contributed to by the youth element of G. Metson and M “the apprentice” Ashby. M. Hickey was also a handsome looking threat with the willow in his hand, hitting some of the biggest DLF Maximums of the year.
The bowling was spearheaded by Vice Captain A. Blewman, steaming in at a blistering 105km p/h. His little “Gavin Larsen's” proving too tempting for many an opening batsman who met his end. Providing the grunt was new recruit S. Argue. Though he may suck at life in general, he managed to play his first game of cricket in over 20 years, and became an integral member of the bowling squad. L. Metsons filthy flippers, along with B. Dobson and J. Ramsden’s consistency (when not bowling to female opponents) through the middle overs, provided one of the more solid bowling line ups the lads have had.
The efforts in the field deserve a mention as well. Quite rightly considered the Achilles Heel of the lads for two seasons, the ability to drop as little as just 3-4 catches in some games, made a massive difference in end results of this campaign. A certain A. Hanson’s sprawling dives at long off, were simply unrecognisable from just one season earlier. H. Middleton promoted from Square Leg put in nothing short of 100% week in week out. And R. Davidson, is now considered the number one behind the stumps and also number one boat racer in the team.
72 Heroics came in all shapes and sizes this season for the Lads. There was I. Hayes, 24 off the penultimate over, whist nine down to win the match at Liardet. The official highest score by a Lad in History of 147* by Reesy, on a day where everything went right in Wilton. A massive highlight was defending just 12 off the final 2 overs in Newtown, as well as collapsing to be 60 odd all out on Sunday at Ian Galloway, after a bender the night before.
But this season was more than just these moments. This Season was about the squad! The 100% fully committed nature of every single member to do what he could to contribute to this team's legacy. The enjoyment of Thursday evenings at the nets, the cold brews shared at the clubrooms after each match, and the brilliant banter on and off the field. Cricket was the winner this season, Cricket and the comradery of the boys, sharing the best times of their lives together.
...and that old man perched at the Bar. That's not a tear of sadness rolling down his face, but a tear of joy. He does not pine for the olden days, but is filled with a simple sense of utter content, knowing he was part of something special. Something that is timeless and meaningful. And anyway the boys have just arrived, the Ashes is on the telly, and Aussie are getting rolled 112/7. Life is Good.
LadsXI 2016/17 Squad: J. White (c), A. White, S. Rees, S. Argue, A. Blewman, M. Hickey, J, Ramsden, R. Davidson (wk), H. Middleton, G. Metson, L. Metson, A. Hansen
73 T20 Section 2 Cobras team season report 2016-17 by Gordon Dry ------
When you don’t get a season report from the Cobra’s skipper, it’s safe to assume they had a pretty average/poor season. In actual fact they finished a fairly close third on the table, and with an ounce of luck could have finished higher.
Team captain and chief organiser Scott Barnett is a Cobras stalwart and puts in the hard yards pulling the team up by its bootstraps. A good front man and a handy cricketer, he’s the glue that keeps things together and a very necessary element in keeping the team functioning.
Probably the highlight of their season was Ayden Smith 122* and Mitch Aitchison 104 in the same game against the hapless Brooklyn side. The innings total was 279-1, not bad for 20 overs!!! Others to pitch in with runs from time to time were Clinton Parker, Jono Fair and Ty Phillips. Scott, Jono and Ty also grabbed some wickets along the way.
These guys could win this grade if they put their heads down in 2017/18.
74 T20 Section 2 Tigers team season report 2016/17 by Duncan McIntyre ------
Nothing like a bit of slap and tickle and this unit, which varied from week to week, decided to dabble in a season of the shorter format.
The team was compiled of some old heads, some fantastic new talent, the occasional female and sometimes a couple of cricketers! It was a great season with a mixture of results and the opportunity to play at some new grounds. The newer faces in the side really stepped up and had great seasons and everyone seemed to chip in nicely around them.
The shorter format certainly brought about its own nuances and its own set of skills. There was some fine cricket played across the Saturdays and the lads all got an opportunity to showcase their skills at some stage in the season.
A couple of the highlights of the season were from the new lads who offered some great moments which included
• Some great pace bowling off three steps from a newbie • A ton opening the batting • A dropped caught and bowled on a hattrick (the bowler ended up with 6 fa) • A classy couple of knocks from a stylish left hander in an old school John Wright helmet and golf shoes • A girl hitting two big sixes at Kilbirnie Park • Excellent fielding from one of the elderly statesmen • And the chance to see re-jigged and new batting line ups.
As always it takes a lot to get 11 players together every Saturday but getting guys to fill in for a much shorter period is far more appealing to a fill in – but we still struggled to get 11 players for every game and this probably came back to affect our results in the table at the end.
75 Ben Arcus got a lot of runs and wickets - Ryan Gardiner, Max Moar & Duncan McIntyre all chipped in with runs, while Mark Wilson, James Wintringham, Dan Jones & Rishab Bhatia snaffled a few wickets. But everyone contributed to the team effort.
This team is a fantastic bunch and has great unity so no doubt we will take the lessons learnt from this season and apply them to the next.
Thanks must be said to the team administrator who brought carb-less export dry beers to the game and brought girls as player fill ins – they were pretty cool and could play!
And also as always a massive thanks to Gordon Dry who was finally acknowledged for all his efforts to cricket by NZ Cricket. You do a fantastic job and at times you are not thanked enough.
We love Easts and this is truly the best club in NZ
76 T20 Section 2 Jiminy Crickets team season report 2016 -17 by Ben Deeble
After a short preseason and after some successful recruitment of some former teammates from a previously successful Waikanae team (who may have dissolved due to our poaching in the previous season) jiminy crickets felt we were ready for a modestly successful season with a slightly more experienced team with a more consistent line up. Unfortunately, our plans of rising up though the division 3 ranks to a more credible position than our previous result of “not last” were to be scuppered, first by the weather and then by players missing games for “unforeseen commitments”. The cancelling of two games in the grading season meant any results were much more significant towards our position in the grading standings. Thus, when an excellent bowling effort allowed us to smash a victory over our old foes the Jamaicans of Brooklyn we rocketed into division 2 (a step up from our previous season in which we won 2 games). With unbridled hubris, we decided we should be up for the task (that is until we found out heaps of our players would be missing games due to changes in work and planned holidays). Game 1 of the season was to be symptomatic of our season as we went into the game down 4 regular players. Luckily Sam stepped up (as he would on a number of occasions) and got us some ring-ins. Unluckily we found the batting of grade 2 sides was a step up and as we had lost our pace machine Carl to the evils of Hell (Pizza) our attack was not as potent as we previously believed. We had also lost his brother Mark to a masters degree overseas so our batting was also weakened and we collapsed to a bit of a thrashing. Undeterred, we went through the season with the pluck of a child who just doesn’t know when to give up. Unfortunately, our fielding at times also resembled said small child, with said ball having crossed the boundary line, or bounced out of players hands in an attempted catch leading to some relatively hefty totals being set against us. To counter this we attempted to employ a cunning strategy of batting second as often as possible so at least we would get longer to play each week, and could just have a crack when imposing run chases were set. The recruitment of Liam and Jackson vastly improved both our bowling and batting stocks, as well as the return from holidays of the experienced Jimmy and Mark.
77 Pleasingly our middle order began to post some handy little contributions as well. Improvements in the field also began to arise, in particular the speedy pursuit of opposition shots by Finn and a much- improved Matt (in his first year of cricket) help restrict some totals. With an increasingly regular lineup we began to post improved totals and reached our highest total yet 190 runs!
Notable thanks must go to Sam O for becoming a reliable and handy fill in, so committed he even bought new shoes to play for us, and to Liam who changed his work shifts so he could play full games.
With some potential new recruits on the line and a more solid line up forecasted, alongside the possibility of practising during the season rather than only in the 3 weeks before, the future looks hopeful for the Jiminy Crickets. Sadly, this bright future will be without Finnian, our chief spinner of the past two seasons and ever-present fielding king, who leaves us for red pastures in Canada. We will miss him greatly, hopefully we will hear tales of him spinning out batting line-ups in Canada, assuming someone plays cricket there. Notable stats:
The stats tell suggest interesting stories: did the manager collude with his captain to get more overs despite being one of the more expensive bowlers, then justify it with the highest total wickets (by bowling the most overs)? Do our best strike rates coming from the two most expensive bowlers, both being spin, suggest we relied on boundary catching at cow’s corner, a position frequently and gleefully fielded at by our captain? Did we all come back from Christmas better batsmen but more unfit and/or out of form bowlers because we all got a bit lazy and fatter over the break? Did we rashly drop will from the bowling line up too soon? Is Jacksons strategy of bowling 2 over spells one that allowed him to be statistically our best bowler, or did he just not play enough games to get smashed about? Nothings for certain. Have I got the stats wrong, or were some figures misattributed? Possibly.
78 Bowling Ben Ian Will Finn Liam Jackson Jimmy Carl Corey Simon Average 10.62 6.5 10.42 9.88 8.08 7.75 11.38 2.75 8.83 9.14
Strike Rate 18.42 36 16.8 13.63 30.85 16 15.42 ~ ~ 21 BBI 3/34 3/37 2/11 3/13 2/49 2/11 4/16 0/11 0/6 1/34
Batting Sam James Will Corey Liam Ian Ben Average 17.1 20.83 17.44 5.27 44.5 8.5 6.57 HS 37 49 29 10 76 13* 15
Finn Emmett Matt mark carl Jackson Simon will2 3.14 4.75 0.714285714 9 21.5 24.5 37.5 1 7 9 2* 18 33 44 36* 2*
79 T20 Section 3 Stags team season report 2016-17 by Gordon Dry ------
The Stags were a new team to the Club and started off their tenure by winning their grade. They only dropped two games all season and it looks like a bump up to the next level should be on the cards.
Difficult to get a season report and stats out of, but that will be a work in progress for the next year.
They have some pretty handy cricketers, including one guy by the name of Simon George. Simon has test cricket experience – albeit, in the back yard at the Dry’s or at the local school, where many a fiercely competitive “test match “ was fought out!! Ben Coley also deserves a special mention recording a hattrick during the 2016/17 campaign.
Look forward to seeing all you guys next season.
80 T20 Section 3 Tingers team season report 2016/17 by Billy Papatsoumas ------
Not much I can say for the Tingers, having lost every single game this season – we were absolute shite!! Some statistics worthy of mention –
Top run scorer – Luc Townsend – 177 runs @ 25.5 average. Top wicket taker – Vincent Papatsoumas – 14 wickets Top fielder – Levi Harris – never dropped a catch all season.
Gordie reckons we should start early on a recruitment campaign – perhaps dangle a few carrots in front of some likely candidates. Loosen the purse strings and also tempt some fellas with the promise of chocolate fish and free beers. I’ve heard tell that some cricketers will crawl over broken glass to get to a free beer!!
Righto boys – let’s get onto it now!!!
T20 Section 3 Goons team season report 2016-17 by Gordon Dry ------
The Goons were a new team to the Club this season. Made up mainly of rugby guys – led by Cory Lawrence(MSP) – they showed a bit of promise by chalking up a couple of wins. However, the team fell apart late in the season and disappeared off the scene. That was a shame because there were some notable performances – namely a score of 144* by Andy Ellis (not the Canterbury guy), and figures of 5-25 including a hattrick by Sean Bridge.
We may be able to resurrect this team for next season, but we’ll need to get the organisational structures in place in order for the outfit to stay the distance and succeed.
81 T20 Womens Wildcats team season report 2016-17 by Gordon Dry
After cleaning up the grade in the 2014-15 season, the “Wildcats” kept up the momentum in 2015-16 season finishing first equal. Lo and behold they did the same in 2016-17 with another dead heat for first place. However, they were awarded the grade winners pennant on a countback. They were generally too good for most opposition, when at full strength.
The team was well lead and organised by Sammy Lewis and Tess Ure- Bowman and they did a splendid job of marshalling the troops!
Sammy, sister Penny, Tess and Emme Ellis were strong contributors all season, whilst Sally Gardiner, Jamie Berry and Jo Bisphan pitched in with solid efforts.
Players to take the field for the team during 2016/17 included:-
Tess Ure-Bowman Jamie Berry Emme Ellis Sammy Lewis Penny Lewis Jo Bisphan Amy Dixon Makere Derbyshire Rachel Hyde Charlotte Hollingsworth Rosie Collins Amanda Hill Maddy Drew
82 Junior Section season report 2016-17 by Marty Brooky
This year we have had another good increase in playing numbers. We also saw the elimination of Colts and Premier leagues and all teams remaining at eight players. The introduction of Rep cricket was also introduced. These I believe were all good moves for the game it keeps teams together through to year eight and gives players an opportunity to represent the club at representative level. These changes however introduced some challenges such as requiring more coaches, grounds and team gear. I appreciate and thank the parents who have helped out, many with no prior experience either coaching or managing cricket teams.
At the end of the 2016/17 Season, Brian Gardner and Paul Bracewell took over from me as the Junior Convenor. Both have several children in the club and I am sure will bring a new energy and vision moving forward. Brian and Paul have already begun the planning for next season and I look forward to them sharing some of their ideas with the wider club.
Over the last seven years as convenor I am pleased with what the club has achieved. To name a few areas of success we have over 50 children going to Hawkes Bay summer cricket camps, a strong committee, spring training and a growing interest in girl’s cricket. We have also seen the development of the “one club” in recent years where senior players like Ricky Joseph, Jamie Gibson, Lauchie Johns and Anker Bassi have been involved in the development of our juniors. I also appreciate the support given by Gordon Dry to the Junior Club especially looking after the junior members going on to College.
My passion is for the development of junior cricket skills. Two of my proudest moments were to see recently 8 Easts Junior players from the same era making the Wellington U17/19 rep teams. Even better was to see three of these Jack Anderson, Luke Georgeson and Jed Wiggins make their debut for the East’s Premier Team.
83 Finally I would like to thank the parents that have supported me during my period as convenor. We have a fantastic club and I look forward to watching with interest as we continue to go from strength to strength.
Go the mighty Easts!
Marty Brooky Convenor
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85 Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club Financial Statements for the year ended 30th April 2017 Audit Report to the Members of Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club
I have audited the attached financial statements on pages 88 to 92. The financial statements provide information about the past financial performance of the Club and its financial position as at 30th April 2017. This information is stated in accordance with the accounting policies set out on pages 93 to 96.
Management’s Responsibilities
Management is responsible for the preparation of financial statements which fairly reflect the financial position of the Club as at 30th April 2017 and of the results of operations for the year ended 30th April 2017.
Auditor’s Responsibilities
It is my responsibility to express an independent opinion on the financial statements presented by management and report my opinion to you.
Basis of Opinion
An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence relevant to the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. It also includes assessing: • the significant estimates and judgements made by management in the preparation of the financial statements, and • whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the Club’s circumstances, consistently applied and adequately disclosed.
I conducted my audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards in New Zealand except that my work was limited as explained below. I planned and performed my audit so as to obtain all the information and explanations which I considered necessary in order to provide me with sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free from material misstatements,
86 whether caused by fraud or error. In forming my opinion I also evaluated the overall adequacy of the presentation of information in the financial statements.
Qualified Opinion
My examination of revenue, because of its nature, was limited to comparison of recorded amounts with bank deposits. Whilst I have no reason to believe that there has been any unrecorded revenue, there are no practical audit procedures to confirm this. In this respect alone I have not obtained all the information and explanations that I have required. In my opinion, except for adjustments that might have been found to be necessary had I been able to obtain sufficient evidence concerning revenue: • proper accounting records have been kept by the Club as far as appears from my examination of those records; and • the financial statements on pages 87 to 91 ; - comply with generally accepted accounting practice; and - give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Club as at 30th April 2017 and the results of its operations for the year ended on that date.
Independence
When carrying out the audit I followed the independence requirements of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand. Other than the audit, while I have played cricket for the Club, I have not been involved in the club’s financial operations or management, during the period under review.
My audit was completed on 3rd July 2017 and my qualified opinion is expressed as at that date.
Robert Marshall BCA, CA
87 Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club - Statement of Financial Performance for the year ended 30th April 2017
Income 2017 2016 Clubrooms hire 200 200 Coaching fees 2,430 1,065 Donations 28,253 22,350 Grants through - N Z Cricket Foundation 0 6,000 Pub Charity 6,000 5,000 New Zealand Community Trust 25,000 25,000 The Lion Foundation 4,000 6,000 N Z Racing Board 5,000 2,500 Infinity Foundation 4,285 5,000 Four Winds Foundation 11,000 8,000 First Sovereign Trust 8,652 0 Eastern Suburbs Sports Trust/Pak'N Save 1,500 1,000 Cricket Wellington Inc. grants 3,050 3,950 Interest - Senior club 6,354 5,729 Junior cricket club - subscriptions & fees 40,704 21,139 Junior cricket club - grants 18,080 11,395 Junior cricket club - interest 32 27 Miscellaneous income (Senior) 0 25 Player subscriptions (Senior) 28,712 29,147 Profit (-loss) from social functions -398 -1,284 Profit (-loss) from bar operations -216 319 Sponsorship 2,800 3,200 Prizemoney 4,000 4,100
Total Income 199,438 159,862
88 Statement of Financial Performance for the year ended 30th April 2017 Expenditure 2017 2016 ACC levies 546 490 Annual report 262 255 Audit fees 500 500 Club management and administration 16,784 16,092 Coaching fees 3,767 5,240 Tournament & game expenses 4,892 3,392 Cricket equipment and balls 32,121 18,070 Cricket Wellington Inc. fees 26,761 25,922 Depreciation 4,843 5,343 General expenses 2,888 2,269 Ground rental & indoor nets 776 96 Honoraria 1,800 1,600 Insurance 2,514 2,719 Junior cricket equipment 9,259 6,016 Junior cricket function, prizes, trophies 3,632 2,396 Junior cricket affiliation & match fees 4,463 3,270 Junior cricket tournament fees 11,588 14,511 Junior cricket - caps, shirts, trousers 17,380 6,526 Junior cricket club - coaching & developmt 1,135 2,122 Junior cricket sundry 1,671 2,714 Player assistance and support 20,438 10,762 Postage, printing and stationery 409 305 Power and lighting 1,617 1,403 Rent & fees - Wellington City Council 0 182 Repairs, cleaning, maintenance 1,933 886 SKY TV 482 490 Tax - PAYE 4,560 3,909 Telephone 1,317 933 Trousers, shirts, jerseys, caps 9,008 13,584 Trophies 119 318 Total Expenditure 187,465 152,315 Excess of Income over Expenditure 11,973 7,547
89 Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club
Balance sheet as at 30th April 2017
Current Assets 2017 2016 Cash and cash equivalents Cash in cheque account at BNZ 12,390 16,757 Cash at ANZ (Junior Club) 15,599 7,005 On call deposits at BNZ 10,832 17,967 Term investments 119,000 99,000
sub total 157,821 140,729
GST 1,650 2,087 Accounts receivable 0 0 Interest accrued 1,092 931 sub total 160,563 143,747
Property, plant and equipment 78,026 82,869
Total Assets 238,589 226,616
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable 0 0
sub total 0 0 Accumulated Funds Opening revenue reserves 196,616 189,069 Excess of income over expenditure 11,973 7,547 Revaluation reserve 30,000 30,000
sub total 238,589 226,616
238,589 226,616
90 Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club Property, plant and equipment Cost Accum Book Book Depn Value Value 30.04.16 30.04.17
Practice Nets 21,884 19,832 2,280 2,052 " upgrades 2002 9,772 7,760 2,236 2,012 " upgrades 2004 6,672 4,913 1,954 1,759 " upgrades 2010 2,530 1,320 1,344 1,210 " upgrades 2011 2,140 1,007 1,259 1,133 " upgrades 2015 12,720 2,417 11,448 10,303 Clubrooms equipment, 14,705 10,932 4,716 3,773 furniture & fittings New Pitch Covers 2,090 2,090 418 0 (2012/13) Clubrooms extensions 23,726 14,243 9,726 9,483 New changing room 25,614 8,637 17,412 16,977 (completed 2001/02) New roof - verandah 3,344 1,070 2,332 2,274 Kilbirnie clubrooms 50,000 22,950 27,744 27,050
Total 175,197 97,171 82,869 78,026
Depreciation 30.04.17 4,843
Note: The Clubrooms at Kilbirnie Park are on leasehold land with the Wellington City Council. The Cricket Club has a 50% share of these Clubrooms with the Marist AFC. In 1993/94 the committee assessed the depreciated value of its 50% share to be $50,000, for the purposes of the balance sheet. Since then much extension work and new additions have been done and the cost is recorded separately in the fixed assets above. The Clubrooms were valued by BT Valuations Limited on 12th May 2014 at estimated reinstatement value of $660,000 for insurance purposes, of which the Cricket Club has a 50% share.
91 Bar Operations Account
Financial year ended 30th April 2017 2017 2016
Income from bar sales 9,237.70 11,108.53 Return of till float 577.70 396.40 Provision for club incentives 4,000.00 5,900.00 ------13,815.40 17,404.93
Bar stock purchases 9,012.06 9,989.22 Provision for till float 342.20 570.00 Club incentives 4,000.00 5,900.00 Sundry payments 444.99 435.00 (Costs – renewal of Bar License, Managers License) EFT-POS costs 231.65 192.00 ------14,030.90 17,086.22
Profit (loss) on Bar Operations (215.50) 318.71
92 Statement of Accounting Policies
Reporting Entity The Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club was established on 23 September 1993 and results from the amalgamation of the Kilbirnie Cricket Club and the Midland St Pats Cricket Club The Club's primary objective is to provide opportunities for the community to participate in sporting activities, as opposed to making a financial return. Accordingly, the Club has designated itself as a public benefit entity for the purposes of New Zealand Equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards ("NZIFRS"). The financial statements of the Club are for the year ended 30 April 2017.
Statement of Compliance The financial statements comply with NZ IFRS, and other applicable Financial Reporting Standards, as appropriate for public benefit entities.
Differential Reporting The Club qualifies for Differential Reporting under the size criteria of the NZ IFRS Differential Reporting Framework 3.8 due to total gross income being less than $20 million and total assets being less than $10 million. The Club has applied the following differential reporting exemptions: NZ IAS 1: Presentation of Financial Statements Note disclosure on the judgments management has made in applying the Club’s accounting policies; Note disclosure on the key assumptions concerning the future and other sources of estimation uncertainty; Note disclosure on the Club’s capital management policy. NZ IAS 7: Statement of Cash Flows Preparation of a statement of cash flows. NZ IAS 8: Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors Note disclosure regarding the impact of a new standard or interpretation that has been issued but not yet effective. NZ IFRS 7: Financial Instruments disclosure Information that enables the users to evaluate the nature and extent or
93 risk arising from financial instruments; Detail or risk arising from credit, liquidity and market risk and how this risk is managed; Qualitative disclosure of risk arising from financial instruments; Quantitative disclosure of risk arising from financial instruments; Details of maximum exposure to credit risk; Analysis of the age of financial assets that are past due; Maturity analysis of financial liabilities; and Sensitivity analysis of market risk and other price risk.
Significant Accounting Polices The accounting policies set out below have been applied consistently to all periods presented in these financial statements.
Measurement base The financial statements have been prepared on the basis of modified historical cost accounting. Accrual accounting has been used to match expenses and revenue.
Functional and presentation currency The financial statements are presented in New Zealand dollars and all values are rounded to the nearest dollar. The functional currency of the Club is New Zealand dollars.
Revenue Grants and donations Grants and donations are recognised as income when they are received (subject to any restrictions imposed).
Subscriptions Income from members is recognised when received. Interest Interest income is recognised when earned using the effective interest rate.
Other revenue All other revenue is recognised when earned and is reported in the
94 financial period to which it relates.
Tax The Club is exempt from income tax. The Club is registered for GST purposes. Income and expenditure items are shown net of GST. GST is accounted for on an invoice basis.
Cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents comprise deposits with banks and other utilities, bank and cash balances. Deposits are included when they have a maturity of no more than three months from the date of acquisition.
Term Deposits At each balance date the Club assesses whether there is any objective evidence that a term deposit is impaired. After initial recognition the term deposits are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. For term deposits, impairment is established when there is objective evidence that the Club will not be able to collect amounts due according to the original terms of the deposit. Significant financial difficulties of the bank or financial institution, probability that they will enter bankruptcy and default in payments are considered indicators that a deposit is impaired.
Receivables Receivables are recognised at the original invoice amount less impairment losses.
Property, Plant and Equipment Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost or fair value less accumulated depreciation and impairment losses.
Additions The cost of an item of property, plant and equipment is recognised as an asset only when it is probable that future economic benefits or service potential associated with the item will flow to the Club and the cost of the item can be measured reliably.
95 Disposals Where an item of plant and equipment is disposed of, the gain or loss recognised in the statement of financial performance is calculated as the difference between the net sale price and the carrying amount of the asset.
Impairment Property, plant and equipment is reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. Any impairment loss is recognised for the amount by which the asset’s carrying value exceeds its recoverable amount.
Depreciation Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost or revalued amounts of property, plant and equipment, to their estimated residual value, on a diminishing value or straight line basis over the expected useful economic lives of the assets concerned. Estimated useful lives are as follows: Pitch covers 20% p.a. on straight line Practice Nets 10% p.a. on diminishing value Clubrooms, extensions 2.5% p.a. on diminishing value Furniture, Fittings and Equipment 20% p.a. on diminishing value
Payables Trade and other payables represent liabilities for goods and services provided to the club prior to the end of the financial year that are unpaid. The notional amount of creditors is deemed to reflect fair value.
96 Treasurers Report – Season 2016-17 by Gordon Dry ------
The Club recorded a surplus in the accounts for the financial year ended 30th April 2017 of $ 11,973. This is made up as follows: Senior Section + 7,129 (surplus) Junior Section + 9,687 (surplus) Depreciation - 4,843 ------+11,973 (surplus)
This is a satisfactory result and reflects close management of income sources and a responsible approach in most areas of expenditure.
Grants from the gaming machine trusts were at an acceptable level for both the Senior and the Junior Sections. Funding from other sources was also very pleasing. We need to continue to nurture and develop these avenues of income where we can.
We can look forward to 2017/18 with confidence. Our reserves are healthy, but we need to keep a firm hand on the situation, so that the Club can continue to prosper and benefit from our financial strength.
All in all, the Club is in excellent heart and well placed to meet the challenges that lie ahead.
Go the Mighty Easts!!
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