Northern District Cricket Association Incorporated

NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED

98th ANNUAL REPORT and FINANCIAL STATEMENT SEASON 2009 - 2010 SATURDAY AFTERNOON SATURDAY MORNING (Senior) COMPETITION COMPETITION Clubs Teams Players Teams Players

1932 - 33 14 22 352 1933 – 34 18 26 451 1934 – 35 19 32 542 1935 – 36 21 34 581 1936 – 37 20 35 561 1937 – 38 22 36 578 1938 – 39 21 39 603 1939 – 40 22 37 509 1940 – 41 18 26 441 1941 - 45 No competition due to war 1945 - 46 15 23 433 1946 – 47 19 30 531 1947 – 48 24 39 676 1948 – 49 26 44 772 1949 – 50 24 36 616 1950 – 51 22 34 582 1951 – 52 22 30 571 1952 – 53 21 31 590 1953 – 54 26 37 669 1954 – 55 22 32 595 1955 – 56 18 29 539 1956 – 57 20 30 548 11 165 1957 – 58 17 24 453 21 325 1958 – 59 23 28 511 25 375 1959 – 60 19 23 414 27 450 1960 – 61 18 22 441 31 517 1961 – 62 22 30 511 49 750 1962 – 63 22 32 561 55 850 1963 – 64 23 33 640 59 900 1964 – 65 23 38 751 65 950 1965 – 66 22 28 568 68 1020 1966 – 67 21 29 570 72 110 1967 – 68 17 26 550 54 860 1968 – 69 15 26 570 50 750 1969 – 70 18 27 509 57 855 1970 – 71 19 26 482 59 944 1971 – 72 18 27 501 69 1035 1972 – 73 19 33 620 91 1456 1973 – 74 24 41 756 75 1158 1974 – 75 22 42 777 71 1080 1975 – 76 26 46 905 101 1433 1976 – 77 26 45 877 95 1336 1977 – 78 28 54 1077 104 1352 1978 – 79 26 55 1032 97 1164 1979 – 80 26 47 827 90 1170 1980 – 81 30 48 874 92 1104 1981 – 82 31 50 941 93 1116 1982 – 83 27 52 1010 92 1151 1983 – 84 30 50 943 89 1112 1984 – 85 25 43 826 87 1246 1985 – 86 26 45 830 91 1140 1986 – 87 24 43 801 80 960 1987 – 88 23 46 862 61 750 1988 – 89 24 45 861 57 700 1989 – 90 19 44 847 58 726 1990 – 91 21 45 807 64 750 1991 – 92 22 45 839 57 712 1992 – 93 23 45 817 62 854 1993 – 94 25 48 887 85 1020 1994 – 95 21 44 806 88 1106 1995 – 96 22 47 798 91 1204 1996 – 97 20 46 800 88 1325 1997 – 98 19 50 836 101 1421 1998 – 99 16 46 826 88 1320 1999 – 00 15 48 797 87 1403 2000 – 01 15 48 752 83 1246 2001 – 02 13 44 734 85 1238 2002 – 03 11 40 661 72 1068 2003 – 04 11 38 647 72 907 2004 – 05 10 36 600 65 900 2005 – 06 9 32 545 73 993 2006 – 07 9 32 545 74 1005 2007 – 08 9 34 620 71 1207 2008 – 09 8 36 611 68 927 2009 – 10 7 37 632 75 1088

NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION ABN 30 413 972 119

(Affiliated with the NSW Districts Cricket Association)

Notice is hereby given that the

98th Annual General Meeting of the Association

will be held at Pennant Hills Bowling Club 52 Yarrara Road, Pennant Hills

Wednesday, 28th July, 2010 at 7.30 p.m.

BUSINESS: To receive and consider the Annual Report and Financial Statement.

To present trophies to premiership winners and runners up.

To elect the following officers:

Patron President Senior Vice-President Secretary Treasurer

To transact any business that may be brought forward in accordance with the Rules of the Association

All interested in cricket are welcome

Invite your partners

Club Secretaries (Senior Competition) Please see Page 10 for important information regarding meetings and competition commencement

PO Box 692, Jason LeGuier, Secretary Pennant Hills, NSW 1715 email: [email protected] Fax: 8850 4199 July 2010 Mobile: 0418 660 081

OFFICE BEARERS, SEASON: 2009-2010

Joint Patrons: A.K. Shaw, R. Goggins

Senior Vice-Patron: K. Hinchcliffe

Vice-Patrons: Hon. P. Ruddock M.P., K. Stimson, J. Hull

President: J. P. Crane

Senior Vice-President: Vacant

Vice-Presidents: K. McCann, K. Ross, W. Coy, W. Craig, C. Marsden, E. Dewar, L. Tuckerman, J. Prowse, K. Mansell, W. McDonald

Executive Committee: S. Martin, A. Harrison, D. Arnott, M. Roberts, A. Armstrong

Junior Representative on Executive Committee: M. O’Connell (Secretary/Chairman)

N.D. Umpires Association Representative onExecutive Committee: B. Flint / C. Hamilton (alternate)

Grading Committee: S. Arudpragasam, D. Arnott, A. Sturday, P. Stewart, M. Roberts, S. Martin, A. Harrison

Selection Committee: The Managers of the Representative Teams

Delegates to N.S.W. Districts Cricket Association: J. P. Crane, J. LeGuier, J. Prowse, (alternate)

Delegate to N.D. Umpires Association:J. P. Crane

Honorary Auditor: G. Kay

Records Officer: F. Harrison

Treasurer:C. Menzies

Secretary: J. LeGuier

Assistant Secretary: A. Grant

Minute Secretary: A. Grant

Delegates to Northern Metro C.C: J. P. Crane

Delegate to Cumberland C.C:R. Flint

Wet Weather: K. Gray, C. White

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT

On behalf of the Executive Committee, I am pleased to present this Annual Report for your consideration. The 2009/2010 annual report is the 98th of the Northern Districts Cricket Association. Only one season to go before we begin our Centenary of seasons.

It was another year with some fresh talent coming through the grades. 37 teams nominated this season and we ended up with 5 grades, with 4th grade being a “super” grade of 11 teams. This was done to create less byes for the teams and on the whole it worked quite well. All grades were very competitive.

We still had no senior representative sides, but by the end of the season, the talk was gathering momentum that we will be able to put together a Telegraph or Martin Shield team this season. I urge all clubs to encourage their talented young cricketers to get involved in representative cricket rather than potentially lose them to other competitions.

In terms of detail, 37 teams nominated for the senior competition with the grading committee settling on 5 grades. 1st, 2nd and 3rd each had 6 teams, 4th grade had 11 and 5th grade had 8. The grading committee has been working well for a couple of seasons now and with the exception of a few decisions that could have gone either way, does a tremendous job. A mid-season review of the teams that were competing compared to the teams that were presented to the grading committee will lead to some further refinement for next season. The lower grades continue to be keenly fought but there is still some challenges finding balance in the higher grades. The higher grades still require careful thought to get the mix right. We have a large pool of talent for the lower grades, but it seems a bit thin in the top couple of grades.

The NDCA junior competition was steady and as we head in to an Ashes year, numbers will rise again. Managing the junior competition is an enormous task. If you are interested in getting involved at any level, I’m sure the Junior Committee would be only too happy to hear from you. Tony Matson is moving on after many years assisting the junior competition and he lives a large void that needs to be filled.

The new ResultsVault based system is becoming easier to use as teams become familiar with the way that it works. This season the system was used for all of the trophies which has made the job of collating the data much easier.

Grounds continue to be the greatest threat to our competition. The demand on the valuable land that we play on is only going to increase. New grounds are not being built in our area and it may be necessary to cap the number of teams we can accept in to the competition. This is not something we want to do, but may be necessary to keep teams playing every week. Councils will always face pressure from the many different lobby groups and our Executive must maintain good relationships with the councils. We thank the council staff of Hornsby, Parramatta, Ryde and Strathfield for their continued support throughout the season and their best efforts in meeting the needs of their customers.

We also use grounds in the local schools and we acknowledge their assistance in providing their grounds for our senior and junior competitions. Schools used this season were, Marsden High, Epping North, Epping West, Epping Boys, Carlingford High and Melrose Park.

Finally, thank you all for a great year of cricket, enjoy reading this annual report and I look forward to you all returning in 2010/11, our 99th season of cricket !!!

Jason LeGuier, Secretary

Attendance at: Delegates Meetings Apologies Executive Meetings Apologies (3) (0)

President 3 Snr. Vice President (vacant) Secretary 3 Treasurer 3 Records Officer 3 Assistant / Minute Secretary 1 2 Junior Committee Representative 1 Umpires Association Representative 3

Members: A. Harrison (West Ryde Rovers) 3 S. Martin (North Ryde RSL) 3 M. Roberts (Rydalmere) 3 D. Arnott (Vikings) 2 A. Armstrong (Epping YMCA) 2 1

Affiliated Clubs Number of Teams Senior Junior Berala Sports 3 Carlingford Waratah 6 14 Dundas United 5 Epping District 9 Epping YMCA 6 11 Gladesville RSL 2 Holy Cross College 3 Meadowbank 1 North Ryde RSL 6 3 Oakhill College 4 Rydalmere 8 Ryde Hunters Hill 2 St Patricks College 9 Vikings 5 West Ryde Rovers 5 10

President’s Report

At the Adjourned AGM in August 2009 Treasurer John Prowse presented his last Annual Financial Report prior to his retirement. A vote of thanks was carried by all in attendance and John was presented by Matt Roberts a Shield which included his photo surrounded by the logos of all the Cricketing Clubs both Seniors and Juniors. John thanked all and extended his best wishes to NDCA in the coming Seasons. The new Treasurer Craig Menzies then took over the chair of Treasurer.

I wish to express my thanks on your behalf to Secretary Jason LeGuier, Records Officer Fiona Harrison and Assistant / Minute Secretary Ashley Grant for their assistance in running the senior cricket during the season. Also my thanks to Chairman / Secretary Meryl O’Connell, Recorder Craig Menzies and the Junior Executive Committee for the running of the Junior Competition. We thank Di Galloway of Murdog Productions for the typing and lay-out of the Annual Report and to Greg Berriman of Dundas United CC for organising the printing.

The Grading Committee this season consisted of each Club Secretary along with the President, Secretary, Treasurer and Records Officer. It worked well as each Club was able to present how each of their teams were graded which assisted in the discussions of their Grading. Each player was given five (5) provisionals to enable the Executive Committee to control the grading of the players during the season. I thank the Grading Committee for their time and effort in carrying out their duties. We will continue to improve the system of the Grading of teams and players.

As a flow-on from the previous seasons and our continual support of the Spirit of Cricket we again ran a Captain’s night at the start of the season and it was well attended. We explained our Local Rules and there was many questions asked and some understandings were explained and sorted out. The intent is for these explanations be passed down to all teams and newly elected Captains. We will continue to have these Captain’s night at the start of each season and we will then put these Local Rules onto the website so that then can be continually be reread during the season.

NDCA was represented at the Ryde City Sports Council Meetings and the Hornsby Shire Council Sports Council Meetings during the season. Although we are in continual contact with all Councils, namely Ryde, Hornsby and Parramatta and have set up a communication system it is not always used. For example it was very upsetting that the groundsman / Council did not notify me as the Hirer early on Sunday morning that vandals had water damaged the wicket overnight at ELS Hall 3 during the 1st Grade Final. The wicket was not properly prepared for the game with the groundsman leaving without notification. After waiting around to see how the wicket was drying out, the official umpires finally declared the wicket unfit for play. We will ensure in the future that we will have access to a groundsman to prepare any damages that may occur overnight and hand over a wicket that we can use and determine the winner by playing the game.

The system for The Keith Hinchcliffe Spirit of Cricket Trophy for First Grade was changed this season whereas points for Dress, Conduct, Knowledge of Rules, Sportsmanship and Punctual, were allocated after each game by the Captains and forwarded to the President who maintained a spreadsheet. As there were washouts the system was converted to a percentage of the games played. In the past at the end of the Season each Captains rated their opposition teams individually and awarded a set of points covering the whole season. The new system will be reviewed on how it is accepted by each Club. There is a recommendation for discussion that the Spirit of Cricket be extended to cover all Grades.

Our Centenary of Seasons is only two years away. We are starting to prepare the cricket statistics from as early as possible, thanks to the Annual Reports kept by Patron Keith Shaw going back to the 1930’s, but they don’t go back to the inaugural meeting on 22nd July 1908 held in the Eastwood School of Arts. Therefore is there any information among our readers that you can get from your Grandfathers, Fathers, Uncles or any relatives that may have played for NDCA and they may have some stories, photos or something that can be put into our Centenary of Seasons Report. Photos can be scanned and returned as early as possible. Any information can be sent or picked up by President John Crane, contact (H) 02 9487 1385.

John P. Crane, President

ARTHUR KEITH SHAW, PATRON

18th November 1922 – 11th April 2010

Sadly I report the passing of our co-patron Keith Shaw after a short illness. We extend our condolences to his family and friends. Keith was involved with NDCA for near 74 years out of the 102 years of the association and he is the reason why NDCA is a very strong cricket association today. He will be sadly missed.

Last year we printed a report on his cricket history with NDCA and I repeat that history.

1936 – 1938 Junior player with Blaxland Wanderers CC to U16 1938 – 1987 Senior player (served in WW 2 from 1939 to 1946) with Eastwood Juniors and Eastwood CC, which was renamed Eastwood Rugby CC Represented NDCA in the Martin Shield Open Representative team

Office Bearer : 1948 – 1974 Chairman / Secretary / Selector Juniors (Eastwood Oval and Marist Bros Eastwood nets) 1950 – 1953 Records Officer 1953 – 1973 Treasurer 1973 – 1987 President 1958 Awarded a Life Member of NDCA 1989 Elected Patron Delegate to NDCC and Balmain CC

Keith continually attended our AGM and Presentation Nights in July. He also worked with The Ryde Sports Foundation and Ryde City Council.

The Stand at Eastwood Oval which has the turf wicket for 1st Grade, was renamed The Keith Shaw Stand.

Awarded the Australian Sports Medal in 2000 John P Crane, President

Wet Weather Committee The Wet Weather Committee again comprised of Kel Gray and Col White ably assisted by President John Crane. The rain came again in Round 2 with day 2 completely washed out. Rain again closed all turf grounds on day 1 of Round 3, West Epping on Round 8 day 1, all grounds in Round 12 for the 1 dayers, and in Round 13 all for day 1 and the turfs on day 2. All the Semis were played in good weather but in the Finals Grades 2 to 5 played in good weather but the 1st Grade Final was not playable on day 2 due to overnight watering and damage by vandals.

Decisions of the Committee are made after notice from Councils whether turfs were closed and after taking into consideration our duty of care for the safety of all registered players. A special thanks to Kel, Col and John.

Umpires The Umpires Association continually aims to cover a grade per round with the available umpires, so that each grade would have an umpire at least twice per season, enabling the costs to be spread evenly among teams.

Peter Tate umpired in Round 1 and Homer Paxton umpired Round 2. We extend our thanks to Umpires Bob Flint, Col Hamilton and John Crane who stood during the season.

We again provided Umpires John Crane, Bob Flint and Col Hamilton to umpire Oakhill College home 1 day school First XI and Second XI games with the intent that if their turf wicket becomes available during our 1 day games we then can negotiate to its use in 2nd Grade.

Eight of the ten games in the Semi-finals were covered by umpires, and all five Grades had an umpire in the Finals with thanks to Craig Menzies, Dale Arnott, Alan Harrison, Jason LeGuier Josh and Ken Tompsett. The Junior Inter Association Representative games had umpires appointed and our thanks and their names are reported in President Bob Flint’s Umpires Report in the back of this Annual Report.

We continually encourage all players, managers and coaches for Seniors and Juniors to sit for the NSW Cricket Umpires & Scorers Association training and examination course. The Juniors again are organizing a training and examination Umpire’s course following their success last season.

Records Officer’s Report The 2009/2010 season saw another increase in players with 37 teams and 632 registered players from 7 clubs. Due to so many teams nominating for 4th Grade the Association decided on a slightly different break down of the Grades so we had 1st Grade (6 teams), 2nd Grade (6 teams), 3rd Grade (6 teams), 4th Grade (11 teams) and 5th Grade (8 teams). The Junior Competition had 74 teams (up from the previous season) with approximately 940 players from 12 clubs. There was also the introduction of a non-competitive Under 9 competition with 5 teams and there were 69 teams from Under 10s to Under 16s.

This season we had some big changes with the shift to MyCricket from Isport and a brand new website at http://ndca.nsw.cricket.com.au. The new website had all the same information with the match results, points tables, team quotients, player performances, players statistics and the Club Championship table. It also provided a complete database on all the registered players in the Association, but as we had a new website it meant that all the clubs had to start from scratch in reloading all of their individual player details into the website.

The match results still had to be entered each week by Sunday noon, so that the match scores could be seen on the website. The deadline for inputting the complete scorecards was Tuesday following the completion of each match. Obviously as we had a new website there were some hiccups especially at the start of the season as everyone got used the new system and how to input the team sheets, match scores and scorecards. By the end of the season most of the Clubs and Teams were inputting everything by the deadlines, there were just a handful of teams that we continued to have problems with. This season we were “relaxed” about imposing fines and penalties on the teams and clubs however for next season these will be enforced and we may be making some adjustments to the deadlines. Any changes to the deadlines as well as the penalties and fines will be confirmed prior to the start of the season.

This season also saw some changes to the procedures in regards to the Clubs getting players approved after the Grading Committee. The clubs had to nominate players that were likely to register for the season which meant that the Grading Committee were able to make more informed decisions at the meeting as they knew about players that were still likely to register. In doing this it also greatly reduced the number of “late registrations” that used to come through after the Grading Committee and after the start of the season.

The team sheets were continued to be checked to ensure that every player was in fact registered with the Associations and playing the correct grade. This was actually made easier this season with the MyCricket website as it was easier to check the scorecards and see the grades that all the players had been playing in during the season.

The Junior Competition also used the MyCricket website for match results and scorecards this season. Thank you to Craig Menzies who not only continued as the Junior Competition Recorder but also took on a lot of responsibility of getting the new MyCricket website up and running for both the Senior and Junior Competition (as well the becoming the NDCA Treasurer).

Regards, Fiona Harrison, Senior Records Officer

WHERE ARE THEY NOW ??

Alyssa Healy

2009/10 was a season of firsts for Carlingford junior who played an integral role in the NSW Breakers reaching the Domestic Twenty20 Final and winning the National League (50 over) crown for a fifth consecutive season.

Starting her first summer as the number one wicketkeeper for the NSW Breakers, Alyssa set a new record National League record for the most dismissals in a season with 11 catches and nine stumpings.

She was also the leading wicketkeeper in the women’s Twenty20 competition with 12 dismissals, and made a career best 89 not out from 82 balls against Victoria at Manly Oval.

After representing the Australian U/23 team in December, Alyssa was selected in the senior National team, the Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars, for a series against New Zealand in February, covering for the injured Australian captain.

She made her One-Day International debut at the Adelaide Oval on 10 February 2010 and is the 187th women to play cricket for Australia. Alyssa capped off a fine year by being named the 2009/10 Cricket NSW Rising Star.

Ellyse Perry

At just 19, Ellyse Perry has established herself as one of the finest female fast bowlers in the world, playing major roles in the success of both the NSW and Australian teams.

The Oakhill junior was the leading wicket-taker in the women’s National League with 22 wickets, as well as playing a key role for NSW in Twenty20 cricket.

This summer also saw Ellyse feature with the bat, with a match winning 62 for NSW against Queensland at North Sydney Oval, and another vital innings of 17 from 24 balls during NSW’s National League Final at the MCG.

On the international stage, she took 25 wickets in the 50 over and Twenty20 series against New Zealand in February and will spearhead Australia’s attack at the 2010 Twenty20 World Cup in May.

Mitchell Starc

During his time with the Berala Cricket Club, Mitchell Starc was wicketkeeper-batsmen.

However today he is better known as one of the up-and-coming fast bowlers in the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues line-up!

Starc made his First Class debut at the end of the 2008/09 season before representing his State in all three forms of the game in 2009/10.

He now has 23 First Class wickets with best figures of 5-74, 10 One-Day Domestic wickets from five matches and four Twenty20 scalps.

It has certainly been a rapid rise for this young quick, who at the start of the summer found himself playing in the same team as Simon Katich, Phil Hughes, Phil Jaques, Brad Haddin, Michael Clarke and Stuart Clark.

In a year where NSW has been plagued by injuries to fast bowlers, Starc stood tall and is a player to watch for the coming summers.

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR CLUB SECRETARIES (Senior Competition)

The following is a proposed list of dates for meetings to be held.

Adjourned Annual General Meeting ... Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at 7.00 p.m. Team nominations close at this meeting.

Grading Committee Meeting ... Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 7.00 p.m. Venue to be confirmed

Cricket Meeting ... Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 7.00 p.m. Draw announced and rules explained.

Competition Commences ... Saturday, September 11, 2010 Semi-finals: Saturday/Sunday, March 19& 20, 2011 Finals: Saturday/Sunday March 26 & 27, 2011

Rule Changes ... Due Wednesday, March 2, 2011 Proposed Rule Changes are to be lodged with the Secretary by the due date.

Cricket Meeting ... Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 7.00 p.m. Proposed Rule Changes are to be voted on at this meeting. All trophies and score books are to be returned by this date.

Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Trophies Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 7.30 p.m. Venue to be confirmed

NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION Incorporated ABN 30 413 972 119 Treasurer’s Report

I would like to start by thanking our former Treasurer, John Prowse, for the healthy financial state that the Association is in and for all his assistance in the transfer of responsibilities. I trust that we can continue to strength our Association and competition over the coming seasons.

For season 2009-10 we have returned a surplus of $4,331. The retained surplus now stands at $28,649.

Cash collections from clubs and others amounted to $111,503 with payments totalling $107,967 as disclosed in the Statement of Cash Flows in the Financial Statements.

Fees received from the senior afternoon competition amounted to $44,100 plus $11,922 registration fees being received from senior players. The junior morning competition continues to contribute to the smooth running of the Association with their players paying $31,527 in fees and the representative players contributing $10,535.

This season we did not transfer any funds to the provision for ground upgrading as that provision stands at $50,000. These funds will be used in the future to assist councils and schools to maintain wickets and grounds to a standard that ensures our players’ can enjoy the facilities at the grounds. If any clubs have suggestions for grounds that require improvement pass them along to the committee to follow up with the councils and schools.

Ground hire from councils and schools continue to be our major cost at $41,399. Eastwood Oval turf wicket was available for use again this season which gave us the use of three turf wickets from round two onwards.

Receivables totalling $3,375 is represented by bonds paid to Parramatta City Council and Ryde City Council of $800 and $2,575 respectively.

NSWDCA continued to reimburse Associations for umpires fees incurred in running of the Inter-Association competition. On behalf of NDCA I would thank NSWDCA and Cricket NSW for this gesture which amounted to $2,950.

It is again pleasing to note that ALL clubs have met their financial commitments as at balance date and I thank clubs for their efforts.

Craig Menzies Treasurer

Executive Committees’ Declaration

The Executive Committee have determined that the Association is not a reporting entity. The Members have determined that this special purpose financial report should be prepared in accordance with the accounting policies outlined in Note 1 to the accounts.

1. In the opinion of the Executive Committee of the Association:

(a) the financial statements are drawn up so as to give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Association as at 30 April 2010 and of its financial performance for the year ended on that date, and (b) at the date of this declaration, there are reasonable grounds to believe, that the Association will be able to pay its debts as and when they become due and payable. (c) the financial statements and notes have been made out in compliance with Australian Accounting Standards and in accordance with the Associations Incorporation Act 1984 (NSW)

ON BEHALF OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE and in accordance with its resolution

John Patrick Crane Craig Menzies President Treasurer Dated at Pennant Hills 7 July 2010 10

NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION Incorporated ABN 30 413 972 119 INDEPENDENT AUDIT REPORT to the MEMBERS

Scope

I have audited the financial statements, being a special purpose financial report, of Northern District Cricket Association Incorporated for the year ended 30 April 2010, consisting of Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account, Statement of Cash Flows, accompanying notes and the statement to Members. The Association’s Committee are responsible for the production of the financial statements. I have conducted an independent audit of these financial statements in order to express an opinion on them to the members of the Association. No opinion is expressed as to whether the accounting policies used are appropriate to the needs of the members.

The financial statements have been prepared for the purpose of fulfilling the requirements of the Associations Incorporation Act 1984 (NSW). I disclaim any assumption of responsibility for any reliance on this report or on the financial statements to which it relates to any person other than the members or for any purpose other than for which it was prepared.

My audit has been conducted in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards to provide reasonable assurance as to whether the financial statements are free of material mis-statement. My procedures included examination, on a test basis, of evidence supporting the amounts and other disclosures in the financial statements, and the evaluation of accounting policies and significant accounting estimates. These procedures have been undertaken to form an opinion as to whether, in all material respects, the financial statements are presented fairly in accordance with Accounting Policies described in Note 1 to the financial statements. These policies do not require the application of all Australian Accounting Standards and other mandatory professional reporting requirements.

The audit opinion expressed in this report has been formed on the above basis.

Audit Opinion

In my opinion, the financial statements of Northern District Cricket Association Incorporated present fairly in accordance with applicable accounting policies described in Note 1 to the financial statements, the financial position of Northern District Cricket Association Incorporated as at 30 April 2010, and the results of its operations and cash flows for the year then ended.

Graeme Charles Stuart Kay

Chartered Accountant and Registered Company Auditor

Dated at Eastwood this 20th day of May 2010

NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION Incorporated ABN 30 413 972 119 Profit and Loss Account for the year ended 30 April 2010

Note 2010 2009 $ $ Revenue from ordinary activities 3 105,622 96,538 Expenses from ordinary activities 4 (101,292) (94,969) Surplus for the year 4,331 1,569

Balance Sheet as at 30 April 2010

Current Assets Cash 5 88,943 84,564 Receivables 6 3,395 4,264 Inventories 7 273 70 Total Assets 92,611 88,898

Current Liabilities Payables 8 11,080 11,298 Provisions 8 50,000 50,000 Other 8 2,881 3,281 Total Current Liabilities 63,961 64,579

Total Liabilities 63,961 64,579

Net Assets 28,649 24,319

Members' Funds Retained surplus 9 28,649 24,319

Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended 30 April 2010 2010 2009 Cash Flows from Operating Activities $ $

Receipts from Members and others 121,547 111,503

Payments for Operating Activities (117,244) (107,967)

Interest Received 76 879 Net Cash Flows from Operating Activities 4,379 4,415

Net Increase in Cash held 4,379 4,415

Cash at beginning of financial year 84,564 80,149 Cash at end of financial year 88,943 84,564

NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION Incorporated ABN 30 413 972 119

Notes to the accounts in respect of the year ended 30 April 2010

1. Statement of Accounting Policies

The Association is a non‐reporting entity and the financial report is a special purpose report for members of the Association. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Associations Incorporations Act 1984 (NSW) and contain all the disclosure requirements of the following Australian Accounting Standards and other mandatory professional reporting requirements:

(i) AASB 1002: Events occurring after Reporting Date (ii) AASB 1026: Statement of Cash Flows (iii) AASB 1031: Materiality

The financial statements are prepared on a historical cost basis and do not take into account changing money values or, except where specifically stated, the current values of non‐current assets. The accounting policies are consistent with those of the previous year.

(a) Income tax

The association is exempt from income tax in accordance with Section 50‐45 of the Income Tax Assessment Act.

(b) Inventories

All inventories are valued at the lower of cost or net realisable value.

Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of GST, except when GST is not recoverable from the Australian Taxation Office.

2. Financial Instruments

(a) Accounts receivable

Sales of scorebooks and fees made on credit and due in 30 days are included in trade debtors at balance date, net of provision for amounts estimated to be uncollectable. Interest is not charged on outstanding amounts.

(b) Accounts payable

Liabilities are recognised for amounts to be paid in the future for goods and services received whether or not billed to the association. Accounts are normally settled within 30 days of invoice and no interest is incurred on these accounts.

NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION Incorporated ABN 30 413 972 119 Notes to the accounts in respect of the year ended 30 April 2010

3. REVENUE 2010 2009 $ $ Operating activities

Affiliation fees 64 73 Fees levied to Clubs ‐ Senior afternoon competition 44,100 39,355 ‐ Junior morning competition 31,527 26,918 ‐ Senior player registration 11,922 10,795 ‐ Umpires fees ‐ competition rounds 4,300 6,200 Refund umpires fees from NSWDCA 2,950 3,050 Representative fees Juniors 10,535 9,291 Sundry income 149 281 105,547 95,963

Non‐Operating activities

Interest received 76 575 Total Revenue from Operating activities 105,622 96,538

4. Details of Operating expenses

Ground hire ‐ Councils and others 41,399 33,213 Presentation caps and trophies 9,802 10,467 Inter‐Association Shield teams 12,807 9,628 Administration 20,425 19,550 Annual General Meeting 951 952 Annual Report 900 1,700 Internet 185 527 Hall rental 232 264 NSWDCA fees 200 100 Postage 127 152 Telephone 516 950 Printing and stationery 88 642 Sundry Expenses 1,363 1,823 Umpires fees including finals 11,155 12,534 Ground Upgrading 1,141 0 Provision for ground upgrading 0 2,468 101,292 94,969

NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION Incorporated ABN 30 413 972 119 Notes to the accounts in respect of the year ended 30 April 2010 2010 2009 $ $ 5. Cash Cash at ANZ Bank 88,943 84,564

6. Receivables Amounts owing by affiliated Clubs 0 0 Amounts owing by others 3,375 4,244 Interest due ANZ Bank 20 20 3,395 4,264

7. Inventories Scorebooks at cost 273 70

8. Current liabilities Payables ‐ trade creditors 11,080 11,298 Provisions ‐ ground upgrading 50,000 50,000 Other ‐ Denistone East Cricket Club 1,581 1,581 ‐ Guarantees 1,300 1,700 63,961 64,579

9. Retained surplus Movements in retained surplus Opening Balance 24,319 22,750 Operating surplus from activities 4,331 1,569 Closing Balance 28,649 24,319

10. Statement of Cash Flows Reconciliation of Net cash provided by Operating activities to Operating surplus

Operating surplus 4,331 1,569

(increase)/decrease in receivables 869 2,050 (increase)/decrease in inventory (203) (70) (decrease)/increase in current liabilities (618) 866 49 2,846

Net cash provided by operating activities 4,379 4,415

THE SENIOR COMPETITION Graham Cummins Trophy – First Grade Cricketer of the Year

The NDCA 1st Grade Cricketer of the Year award for season 2009 / 2010 is Tim Cover from Carlingford Waratah.

Tim opened the season in fine form with the bat, with his highest score for the season of 116. He also managed two other unbeaten centuries (102* and 100*) and three half-centuries (71*, 56 and 80*). For the season Tim scored 691 runs at an average of 69.10, a remarkable effort batting in the top order of the first grade competition.

With the ball Tim was just as destructive taking 28 wickets from 131 overs at an average of just 15.57. There were only two instances when Tim failed to claim a wicket and he had season best figures of 4 for 25.

Tim could not be kept out of the match for when he was not bowling he was probably taking one of his 14 catches for the season.

Well done Tim on an outstanding season.

John Prowse Trophy – Cricketer of the Year

The NDCA Cricketer of the Year award for season 2009 / 2010 is Ricky Palmer from Rydalmere 2nd Grade.

Ricky had a great all round season as part of the Premiership winning Rydalmere second grade side.

With the willow in hand, Ricky scored 442 runs at a very modest average of 36.83. This was made from sixteen journeys to the crease, remaining not out on four occasions. He started the season in great form with his highest score of the season 71* and he finished strongly with 60 in the semi-final win and 70 in the grand final victory.

Ricky proved devastating with the ball, sending down 236 overs for an association high of 62 wickets at an average of 10.98 runs per wicket, with a best return of 6 for 32.

Ricky also proved very handy in the field taking 8 catches.

Congratulations Ricky, on an outstanding season. 16

THE SENIOR COMPETITION FIRST GRADE…..Premiers: North Ryde RSL

The 2009/2010 First Grade competition comprised five returning teams (Rydalmere, North Ryde RSL, Epping YMCA, Carlingford and The Vikings) and one new team (West Ryde), who made their return to the top flight after a brief absence. The main talking point (probably) was The Ranch team folding and their players moving to play for North Ryde RSL. The main question was whether any of the teams could step up to slow the Rydalmere juggernaut, which had been dominant for the past 2 years.

The Round 1 draw provided a Grand Final replay, with the new-look North Ryde RSL getting a lesson in just what it would take to challenge the reigning champs. Centuries to John Kosmidis (102*) and Mitch Edwards (105*) were the highlight in a straightforward Rydalmere win. Carlingford’s Tim Cover began his run-scoring rampage with 116 in a crushing win over West Ryde (and took 4 wickets to boot). Sinan Fazlilar set up a good score for YMCA with his 85 but they were unable to bowl Vikings out thanks to a stubborn 66 from Vinnie Coppa.

Round 2 saw rain interfere with proceedings for the first time with draws all round, although Rydalmere’s Harpreet Singh scored 104* and Carlingford’s Daniel West took 4 wickets. Round 3 was all close games, with Carlingford pipping Rydalmere, North Ryde RSL just escaping YMCA and West Ryde edging Vikings. Tim Cover again made runs (71*), on his way to a competition-best 691 for the year with 3x100 and 3x50 – an outstanding effort.

As the teams began to gel, it was clear that any team could win on any given day. Carlingford set the pace in being top or equal top until Round 8 when North Ryde RSL took over and were never headed. The catalyst for their strong run of form was a rare outright win against West Ryde Rovers in Round 7, where the target was 117 off 10 overs and they romped home as Matt Gardner made a barnstorming 68*. Other notable performances were:

 Round 4 – SinanFazlilar 102*, KelGray 81, Dan Gorman 5/51, Matt Kennedy 7/22 (including a hat-trick)

 Round 5 – Tim Cover 102*, Duncan Wilson 5/60 (as he decimated North Ryde RSL to give Vikings the upset win), Steve Holland 5/48 and 4/36 (as Rydalmere nearly achieved the outright against West Ryde)

 Round 6 – Mark Anderson 90*, James Somerset 82, Ben Dobson 81*. In an amazing game, Jai Shankar (100) and Nicholas Blyth (90) set up West Ryde with a score of 291 only to have Carlingford reel them in with a balanced batting effort in 55 overs

 Round 7 – Tim Cover 100*, Ross Yabsley 5/35 (to set up a nailbiter where YMCA rode a 40-run last-wicket partnership to get home against Rydalmere)

 Round 8 (1D) – In another extraordinary game, Carlingford posted 213 in their 35 overs only to see Cameron Rawding go berserk (130 of 184 when dismissed) and Rydalmere run them down in just 29 overs

 Rounds 9-12 (1D) – Alex Blanchard 84, Tim Cover 80*, Dale Arnott 5/28

 Round 13 was a washout both weeks

 Round 14 – Alex Blanchard 99, Kirk Saunders 91, 7/28 and 3/22 (as West Ryde again hung on), Ash Flint 114, Brock Heydon 5/23

At the end of Round 15 (where nothing notable occurred) the semi-finals were set – as a repeat of last year with North Ryde RSL (72 pts) vs Epping YMCA (41) at ELS Hall and Rydalmere (57) vs Carlingford (54) at Eastwood.

Semi-finals

In the first game, North Ryde RSL won the toss and sent Epping YMCA in despite good batting conditions, reasoning that the pitch was only going to get better. Epping got off to a good start, with some patient batting and selective shot-making to post an opening stand of 49. The bowlers were working hard and it took a bowling change to pick up the second at 71, the always-dangerous Tom McMurtry, caught on the long-on boundary. Epping continued in a steady vein, compiling runs with relative ease although at 4/118 the innings was in the balance. Kirk Saunders and SinanFazlilar then put on a 51-run partnership to take control when the competition’s leading wicket-taker struck – Dan Gorman (34 for the year) took 3/1 to stun the YMCA, who were soon 8/175 but managed to reach 204. North Ryde RSL didn’t help their cause by missing a number of chances – perhaps the pre-match Bin Lid routine will have to be tweaked next year.

THE SENIOR COMPETITION FIRST GRADE…..Premiers: North Ryde RSL cont.

The RSL went into bat with a few overs to face on Day 1. In the last over, the YMCA skipper brought on his leggie, which one of his players queried at the time. “He might do something stupid” was the reply. The North Ryde skipper thought to himself “Sure, I play the odd rash shot, but I’m not THAT stupid”. Four balls later, history said differently, the Y were celebrating and it was game on at 1/18 overnight. Day 2 saw steady progress being made, much like Day 1, as the pitch remained true. At 3/46 it was again in the balance but KelGray played a composed innings of 32 before falling at 4/108. At the other end, Mark Anderson was compiling runs quietly as he had done all season. When joined by his partner in crime Ben Dobson, that – unfortunately for Epping – was that. They put on a hundred partnership and North Ryde RSL passed the total four down, with Anderson sportingly allowed to get his hundred (103*) and Dobson chipping in 34*, finishing at 4/223.

In the other game, Carlingford won the toss, had a look at the flat, straw-coloured pitch and 32 degree temperatures, decided things looked good and went in to bat. Four overs later at 3/6, with Steve Holland playing wrecking ball (3/0 at that stage), they weren’t looking so good. David Heath and Tim Cover launched a rescue mission which was going well until another mini-collapse left them at 6/64 and Rydalmere in the box seat (Holland on fire with 5 wickets already, finishing with 5/44). With the competitions two leading run scorers dismissed cheaply, Carlingford set out to salvage a defendable total, led by Heath who made a backs-to-the-wall 64 to give Carlingford some hope as they reached 125.

Early wickets were the order of the day for Carlingford and they had a glimmer of hope as they struck for a second time with 33 on the board. However, Cameron Rawding (59) saw off the new ball and then unloaded as the bowlers tired, continuing his one-man nightmare for Carlingford’s bowlers at Eastwood. He was assisted by a smooth 32 from Harpreet Singh and when the 3rd wicket fell at 99, the fat lady was warming up. At 4/108 Carlingford needed a miracle, but instead Brock Heydon (50) launched a brutal attack, batting for 10 overs and clearing the boundary 5 times. Rydalmere were 6/179 when Carlingford conceded the game at stumps on day 1, making it 5 straight Grand Finals for the Wrens and a rematch of last year.

Grand Final

A perfect day for cricket greeted the combatants, who are no strangers to each other at the business end of the year, meeting in 4 of the last 5 seasons if memory serves correctly. The pitch was similar to a week earlier and again the North Ryde RSL skipper called correctly and sent the opposition in. This paid early dividends as Rydalmere fell to 3/19, with Dan Gorman picking up the top three in an important spell. Harpreet Singh then played some nice shots, looking largely untroubled and ticking the scoreboard over. Brock Heydon was struggling for rhythm at the other end, but dug in and the pair took the score to 71 before three more quick wickets put Rydalmere on the back foot.

A mistimed drive, a LBW and a quick yorker from Martin Rudelle-Greig and the score was 6/76. Ash Flint seemed somewhat distracted at the crease (was it MRG’s aftershave? Bad breath? Body odour? We’ll never know.) but he is always a handful down the order. North Ryde called for their secret weapon in Matt Gardner (aka Goldenarm) and after having him dropped in the deep, Matt got his man soon after and With Kel Gray ripping through the lower order, Rydalmere were teetering at 9/111. Enter Matt Kennedy with some no-nonsense hitting to make a quickfire 30 and cause a few concerns before holing out with the score on 145 off 42 overs. Certainly this was below-par for the conditions and North Ryde were fortunate that their missed chances did not end up costing too many runs. Nonetheless, small totals can prove difficult to chase and fatigue can be a factor for the batsmen in the latter part of the day.

North Ryde started confidently, weathering the early storm with Clive Cachia hitting some nice boundaries and yours truly playing a more subdued role. With the first drinks break in sight, the first wicket went down at 37, quickly followed by the second at 44 and Rydalmere had their tails up. North Ryde knuckled down, as Clive continued on his way whilst John Kosmidis looked solid at the other end, taking North Ryde to stumps without further setbacks at 2/84.

Sunday was again a glorious day for cricket and it was all to play for. The day’s play could not have been more anticipated – Rydalmere relishing the chance to throw everything they had at the opposition to get early wickets and maybe induce the staggers and North Ryde looking to add the cherry on top of the season by resisting the onslaught and becoming the champs by beating the champs. Alas, some oxygen thief didn’t agree and vandalised the pitch overnight such that it was unfit for play. Words fail me.

THE SENIOR COMPETITION FIRST GRADE…..Premiers: North Ryde RSL cont.

Finally I would like to thank all those involved in organising the season, from the NDCA to the umpires and groundsmen and everyone in between. This is a top-notch competition and a pleasure to play in. I would also like to mention that it is great to see Daniel Boyd (mentioned in this space last year) back on the cricket field and destroying batting orders. He took 32 wickets in just 9 games, with 5/19 in his comeback match in 5th Grade. I think I speak for all First Grade batsmen when I say “Take your time climbing the grades Boydy!!”.

Until next year,

Luke Macnab North Ryde RSL

SECOND GRADE…..Premiers: Rydalmere

The 2009/2010 2nd Grade competition was an enjoyable one providing competitive cricket right throughout the season.

The teams competing for premiership glory were Rydalmere, The Vikings, West Ryde, North Ryde, Meadowbank and Epping.

The season got off to a good start with the weather providing for uninterrupted play in the first round. Rydalmere accounted for a new look North Ryde side and West Ryde defeated Meadowbank. The third match saw The Vikings beaten by Epping.

So the season continued and by the end of Round 5 Rydalmere had opened up a lead on the rest of the teams with North Ryde, Epping and West Ryde lurking dangerously just behind. This pattern pretty much stayed the same for the rest of the competition and by the end of Round 15 the final four teams in order were:

Rydalmere 80 North Ryde 69 Epping 53 West Ryde 53

Some outstanding performances throughout the regular season were:

* Round 1- M Masala 57 NO (Epping), S Proctor 96 NO (Meadowbank), M Egan 71 (West Ryde), N Street 58 NO (West Ryde), C Satchi 162 (Rydalmere), R Palmer 71 NO (Rydalmere), S Fegan 57 (Rydalmere), B Lincoln 50 (North Ryde), S Hedger 54 (North Ryde)

*Round 2- R Hughes 56 (Vikings), R Kordish 55 NO (Vikings), L McGuinn 59 (North Ryde)

*Round 3- C Cachia 51 (North Ryde), L McGuinn 65 (North Ryde), P Rees 85 NO (Meadowbank), S Palmer HAT TRICK (Rydalmere), S Honeywood (Vikings) 55, C Menzies (Vikings) 58 NO, N Street 60 (West Ryde), M Ashley 55 (West Ryde)

*Round 4- S Palmer 79 NO and 5/28 (Rydalmere), R Palmer 5/35 (Rydalmere), CCachia 55 NO (North Ryde), B Lincoln 55 (North Ryde), P Rees 88 (Meadowbank), S Ng 56 (West Ryde)

*Round 5- M Healey 59 (Epping), I McCredden 6/56 (Meadowbank), C Cachia 135 (North Ryde), M Burleigh 79 (North Ryde), A Thomas 6/31(North Ryde), A Kashyap 61 (Rydalmere), M Brown 5/31 (West Ryde), M Roberts 5/18 (Rydalmere)

THE SENIOR COMPETITION SECOND GRADE…..Premiers: Rydalmere cont.

*Round 6- B Lincoln 61 (North Ryde), C Cachia 110 (North Ryde), Ben Tate 74 (Rydalmere), S Palmer 64 NO (Rydalmere), M Healey 51 (Epping), M Ashley 91 (West Ryde)

*Round 7- C Dunn 63 (Epping), K Tompsett 4 catches (Vikings), S Hedger 55 (North Ryde), M Egan 5/51 (West Ryde), A Thomas 6/36 (North Ryde)

*Round 8- C Dunn 84 (Epping), R Cabot 88 (Epping), R Palmer 5/16 (Rydalmere), A Kudyrski HAT TRICK (Vikings)

*Round 9- M Egan 71 (West Ryde), L Phillips 71 (West Ryde), C Menzies 5/11 (Vikings)

*Round 10- S Siva 82 NO (Epping), R Cabot 51 (Epping), Cabot 6/15 (Epping)

*Round 11- S Woodhouse 106 (Epping), M Egan 53 (West Ryde)

*Round 12- T D’Amore 54 (Rydalmere), P Rees 100 NO (Meadowbank), C Cachia 56 NO (North Ryde)

*Round 13- C Menzies 64 NO (Vikings), D Newman 68 (West Ryde)

*Round 14- R Yule 54 NO (North Ryde), R Palmer 6/46 (Rydalmere), M Egan 6/23 (West Ryde)

*Round 15- P Rees 127 (Meadowbank), I McCredden 78 (Meadowbank), J Dunn 77 (Epping), B Tate 64 NO (Rydalmere), A Kashyap 63 NO (Rydalmere), C Ricketts 52 (West Ryde)

In the first semi-final between West Ryde and Rydalmere at Marsfield, West Ryde batted first and after losing a couple of quick wickets battled away to end up with a handy total of 211 runs with about half an hour left to play on day one. Nick Fairbairn was the standout for West Ryde scoring a well-made 89. M Ashley also batted well for his 32. The pick of the bowlers for Rydalmere were Scott (3/59) and Ricky Palmer (3/51) who took 3 wickets each. Shane Fegan also bowled well taking the break through wicket of Ashley. Shane finished with 2 for 27 off 11 overs. Rydalmere openers Tony D’Amore and Steve Aquel were able to see out the final session to have their team none for about 10 at stumps.

The next day saw Rydalmere lose a couple of quick wickets and the match was in the balance at 3 for 49. Aman Kashyap and Ricky Palmer came together to form a handy 42 run 4th wicket partnership. However when Aman was run out, Rydalmere was still under pressure at 4 for 91. Scott came in next and together with Ricky looked dangerous. When Rick fell for a well-made 60 runs, the score was 5 for 135 and West Ryde still had a chance to push for victory. Unfortunately for them next man in, Darren Falla, had other ideas. Scott and Darren batted delightfully to form an unbeaten 80 run partnership which got Rydalmere home 5 wickets down. Scott finished with 50 NO at Darren 35 NO. The pick of the bowlers for West Ryde were Chris Rickets and Nick Fairbairn who finished with 2 wickets each.

The other semi-final was played at Meadowbank 10 between North Ryde and Epping. North Ryde batted first to be bowled out for 170 runs. The best with the bat were S Roberts (30), B Lincoln (27) and R Yule (25). R Cabot starred with the ball for Epping, taking 4 for 28. A Evans also performed well, taking 2 wickets. In reply Epping were able to get the runs 8 wickets down. R Cabot capped off a strong game with 36 runs for Epping, S Siva also chipped in with a crucial 36. So it was to be Epping vs Rydalmere in the Grand final.

Unfortunately for Epping Rydalmere kept their most dominant game of the year to the Grand Final. The Wrens were thrown into bat and scored a massive 362, finally being dismissed at 3-30pm on day 2. Scott Palmer scored his maiden 2nd grade tonne just at the right time (121), supported by Rick Palmer 70, Michael Andrich 39, and Aman Kasyap 25. Best of the Bowlers was R Cabot with 3 for 75, Healey and Brown took 2 each as well.

The Wrens thank the Epping Y boys for a competitive season. Whilst they were forced to chase a lot of leather in the grand final, they never gave up and tried to slog the runs at the death, being rolled for 73. Ricky Palmer (6/32) and Darren Falla (2/16) were the pick of the bowlers.

THE SENIOR COMPETITION SECOND GRADE…..Premiers: Rydalmere cont.

The Rydalmere team would also like to thank all the other 2nd Grade teams for a great season. We’d also like to thank the NDCA Executive and all umpires for their organisation and officiating throughout.

Tony D’Amore and Scott Palmer, Rydalmere 2nd Grade

THE SENIOR COMPETITION THIRD GRADE…..Premiers: North Ryde RSL

The 2009/2010 3rd grade competition was an enjoyable one, providing competitive cricket throughout the season. The teams competing for premiership glory were Rydalmere, West Ryde Rovers, Epping YMCA, Carlingford Waratahs and two sides from North Ryde RSL. At the end it was the North Ryde Gold side that came from 3rd place after the regular season overcoming Rydalmere and the North Ryde Blue side in the finals series. Either one of these final opponents would have been deserving champions and a testament to the competitive and well balanced nature of the competition.

From the outset the competition was separated into two groups, North Ryde Blue and Rydalmere swapping places all through the year for the minor premiership and West Ryde, Epping YMCA, Carlingford and North Ryde Gold fighting out for the other two spots to be in contention at the business end of the season. Unfortunately Carlingford had a few early injuries to key players which left them short personnel, but were able to blood a lot of young players in a team that was predominately made up of fathers and sons – I am sure with this experience next season they will be right in the mix. Epping YMCA was the other unlucky side missing out on the finals by just 8 points, games were always competitive and like all games throughout the grade, played in the right spirit. I’d like to mention our round 11 one day match against YMCA, we were set 182 for the win and going along nicely needing about 40 runs off 17 overs with 8 wickets in hand before a massive storm rolled in. As the game needed to be finished by 6pm due to the rain interruption we only had about 15 minutes left when we headed back out. The ground was still a bit wet but YMCA made no issues with taking the field, they could of gone out and used their opening bowlers off the long run and bowled us 2 or 3 overs which would of most likely ended the game in a draw but believing that we were the better side that day bowled a couple of their part- time bowlers off a couple of steps which allowed us to get over the line. The fact that this game allowed us to jump YMCA into 4th spot pushing them down into 5th says a lot about their character lead by captain Andrew Maddocks and the spirit in which way they played their cricket. This goes for all 6 teams in the 3rd grade competition, it was great that all the sides played hard but everyone was fair.

Season Highlights:

Round 1:

 S. Mann 144*(North Ryde Blue) vs Rydalmere  S. Pearl 110 (Epping YMCA) vs North Ryde Gold

Round 2:

 R. Flynn 5/63 (North Ryde Gold) vs Carlingford

Round 3:

 E. Hope 100* (Rydalmere) vs Carlingford

Round 4:

 T. Dunwell 109* (Rydalmere) vs North Ryde Gold  B. Lyons 115* (North Ryde Gold) vs Rydalmere  T. Newton-McGee 100* & 6/52 (North Ryde Blue) vs Carlingford  J. Hutchinson 5/21 (West Ryde) vs Epping YMCA  P. White 5/22 (Epping YMCA) vs West Ryde

Round 5:

 P. Vanderlight 6/48 (Rydalmere)vVs West Ryde  A. Wotton 5/23 (West Ryde) vs Rydalmere  N. Doust 5/101 (North Ryde Gold) vs North Ryde Blue

Round 6:

 S. Martin 104* (North Ryde Gold) vs Epping YMCA  T. Dunwell 6/79 (Rydalmere) vs North Ryde Blue  B. Sankar 5/32 (West Ryde) vs Carlingford  A. Maddocks 5/41 (Epping YMCA) vs North Ryde Gold

THE SENIOR COMPETITION THIRD GRADE…..Premiers: North Ryde RSL cont.

Round 7:

 D. Marando 143* (North Ryde Gold) vs Carlingford  D. Hanson 100* (North Ryde Gold) vs Carlingford  R. Flynn 5/22 (North Ryde Blue) vs West Ryde  P. Mak 5/29 (Epping YMCA) vs Rydalmere

Round 8:

 P. Gopal 5/18 (West Ryde) vs North Ryde Gold

Round 9:

 B. Sankar 5/28 (West Ryde) vs Epping YMCA

Round 14

 P. Gopal 5/26 (West Ryde) vs Epping YMCA

Round 15

 D. Wiggins 5/24 (West Ryde) vs Rydalmere

SF:

 M. Tilley 115 (North Ryde Gold) Vs Rydalmere  M. Jeffery 5/35 (North Ryde Gold) vs Rydalmere  T. Newton-McGee 5/23 (North Ryde Blue) vs West Ryde

After the end of Round 15, the top four teams were as follows:

North Ryde Blue - 69 Rydalmere - 66 North Ryde Gold - 61 West Ryde - 49

Semi-Finals

In the first semi final it was Cam Gordon’s North Ryde Blue to face off against West Ryde. Cam won the toss and sent West Ryde in, they were going along well at 1/66 before Toby Newton-McGee showed his class taking 5/23 off 13 overs and North Ryde was set 127 for the chance to add to the minor premiership the following week. J. Hutchinson played a captains knock scoring 51 at the top of the order. In what turned out to be a close match North Ryde Blue were 6/100 with Jason Poutawa top scoring with 38 and S. Trickett 27 before Cam Gordon and the ever reliable Daniel Buttrey got them over the line with 14* and 8* respectively. P. Small was the pick of the bowlers with 2/25 off 13.

In the second semi-final, James Poulos’ Rydalmere faced off against Michael Jeffery’s North Ryde Gold side. The sides had played 3 times previously, all games were won by more than 100 runs, with Rydalmere winning the first two matches and North Ryde Gold the last encounter. Rydalmere had a very strong batting line up having 4 of the top 7 runs scorers for the year in their side (T. Dunwell, J. Poulos, E. Hope, J. Hamilton) plus Q. Shamal who we had seen firsthand smashing 94* against us in an earlier game, averaging just below 50 for the season. We were without our best bowler for the semi due to injury and knew we would have to be at our best, hold our catches and have a bit of luck to get a win here. James won the toss and as they had done all year elected to bat first on a stinking hot day. We were lucky enough to get some early wickets and had Rydalmere 8/39 in the 18th over. Ben Onorato and Michael Jeffery bowled 14 straight each picking up 3-18 and 5-35 respectively. Ben Lyons and Dom Hanson both took a wicket from an over each and we were left to chase 62 to have a crack at the title next week. Mat Tilley and LochyDowne lead us off with the bat passing the

THE SENIOR COMPETITION THIRD GRADE…..Premiers: North Ryde RSL cont. total in the 20th over and batting on to make a 133 run opening stand. Downe showed a lot of grit and determination to bat 45 overs for his 20 runs, Tilley eventually dismissed for 115 in the 50th over. To Rydalmere’s credit they kept fighting, having us 3/161 we were very quickly 7/173 but then at tea the captains agreed to finish the game. Dunwell, Shamal and Poulos were all unlucky with catches going down off all their bowling, Paul Vanderlight bowled great carrying a hand injury to finish with 4/40 off 19 overs. Both sides had loads of talent in their side but it was the North Ryde Gold side that was lucky enough to get over the line this time.

Grand Final

And so it was the minor premiers North Ryde Blue to play against North Ryde Gold for the most important silverware, or the baggy blue caps that everyone wanted. Although the Gold side had gotten over the Blues 3 out of 3 throughout the season, they were worthy minor premiers and with class of the likes of Toby Newton-McGee, Cameron Gordon and Jason ‘the freak’ Poutawa in their side not to mention the clubs highest run scorer Scott Martin with over 8000 runs for the club – all match winners in their own right, knew we needed to be at our best to get over them in the big one.

Cam won the toss (again) and sent us in (again). We got off to a good start being 0/32 after 11 overs before Jason struck twice in successive balls getting both openers Tilley (17) and Hanson (23). Next over Toby got two in successive balls and we were 4/37 in the 13th over. We chipped away but just couldn’t get a partnership going and in the end could only set 98 as the total. Michael Jeffery top scored with 24 and a very gutsy 12 from Ben Onorato surviving 15 overs with the tail before holing out. All the Blues bowlers were great, Jason Powtawa ended with 3/39 off 16 overs, Toby Newton- McGee 3/33 off 10 and Cam ‘can bowl to the tail’ Gordon ended with 4/5 off 5.1 overs.

With only 98 on the board we knew we were going to need to bowl and field at our best if we were going to have any chance, we were helped with the return of our spearhead Nathanial Doust who got a wicket in the first over and off to the perfect start. The game was slow going early before Doust struck with the second wicket leaving the Blues 2/9 after 11 overs. We had a sniff but with Poutawa and Newton-MeGee at the crease and Martin and Gordon yet to bat we knew we were still by far the outsiders. Benny Onorato got Toby out in with a ball that rolled back onto the stumps in a slightly unlucky fashion and when we got Scott Martin LBW for 17 before the end of day one we were in with a chance. At stumps on day 1 the game was well and truly in the balance with the Blues 7/60 chasing 99 for the premiership. We knew while Cam was at the crease they were probably going to get the runs, and we were lucky on the morning of the 2nd day to get him out early and had the Blues 9/65. Paul Rice and Gus Trickett put up a solid fight for the last wicket stand but we eventually got them out for 82, winning the first innings. Doust and Lyons were the pick of the bowlers with 4/33 off 18 and 3/7 off 7 respectively with both Onorato and Hanson picking up key wickets late on day 1.

As we were only an hour into the 2nd day the Blues put us in again and straight away we were in trouble at 2/5 off 3 overs. We got to 47 before we lost another wicket but then lost another 2 without scoring and another at 57 and then before we knew it were 7/77 with two hours left in the day and staring at the very big possibility of having to go back out in the field. We were lucky that Doust and Lyons form with the ball continued with the bat and scored 31* and 19* respectively to see the Gold’s at 7/113. At 5pm on day two the Blues saw the writing on the wall and the captains agreed we were done for the year and the celebrations began.

The majority of players in the North Ryde Gold side hadn’t played cricket for at least 5 years, some hadn’t ever played Saturday cricket at all and this showed with the side winless going into round 5. We did have a draw in round 2 against the Carlingford side but we were chasing 287 to win so maybe the rain was our friend that day. We recovered from our shaky start to win our last 7 games straight (5 competition rounds & 2 finals) on our way to taking out the premiership.

It was tough for the club having two sides in the same grade with both sides being so competitive and short of numbers, most weeks not knowing till Saturday morning how many we would have. We would like to thank the North Ryde Blue side, they were tough opponents all year and made the mid-week training sessions before an all North Ryde clash quite interesting to say the least with the competitive spirits of individuals.

THE SENIOR COMPETITION THIRD GRADE…..Premiers: North Ryde RSL cont.

I would like to thank all the opposing captains and their teams on what has been a very enjoyable season of cricket. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank the NDCA Executive and its umpires for organising and officiating during the season, you do a wonderful job and it is appreciated by all teams.

Michael Jeffery North Ryde RSL Gold Captain.

THE SENIOR COMPETITION FOURTH GRADE…..Premiers: West Ryde Rovers

The Fourth Grade 2009/10 season was condensed with eleven competitive teams. Ultimately, West Ryde Rovers, the minor premiers, won the premiership. The following table details the statistics of each team prior to the finals:

Rank Team M W2 W1 D L1 L2Points 1 West Ryde Rovers 14 1 8 3 2 0 66 2 Carlingford Waratah Blue 14 2 6 2 4 0 64 3 Carlingford Waratah White 13 1 7 2 3 0 59 4 North Ryde RSL 14 0 8 2 4 0 56 5 Rydalmere Mo’s 14 0 8 1 5 0 55 6 Carlingford Waratah Red 14 0 7 2 4 1 49 7 Vikings 14 0 7 1 5 1 49 8 Rydalmere Maroon 13 0 4 1 8 0 34 9 Epping YMCA Red 13 0 4 0 9 0 33 10 Rydalmere Sky Blue 13 0 2 1 9 1 23 11 Epping YMCA Blue 14 0 2 1 10 1 24 Note: The rankings are based on the ‘points per game’ ratio.

The competition displayed an outstanding batting performance from DhruvNayyar who led the batting aggregate with 676 runs. Furthermore, Dylan Dharmadasa, Adrian Jayendra, Hannibal Singh, Aviv Pudipeddi and Darren Falla each scored centuries.

In regards to bowling, David Herlihy and ArjunBhaskaran headed the wickets tally with 33 wickets. Five wicket hauls were taken by ArjunBhaskaran, David Herlihy, GajManamperi, Maria Harrison, Rami Ferris, DilulcaSenarath, Daman Bhatia, Sahir Syed, RajeevanYoganathan, Karan Rao, IshitTrivedi, Darren Falla, Martin Lunney, Arghya Gupta, Nicholas Birrell, Matt Maittlen, Raj Kumar, Dylan Dharmadasa, Luke Jones, Ijaz Aziz, PraveenanSivabalan, Kamal Sattar, PavanPrabhala and Jay Tammareddy.

Ultimately, two players stood out in terms of all round performance. Firstly, Darren Falla with 324 runs and 23 wickets was excellent in his contribution to Rydalmere. However, the Man of the Competition was clearly RajeevanYoganathan of West Ryde Rovers – 25 wickets at 10.64 and 408 runs at 34. Such an all-round performance would place him alongside the greats such as Imran Khan, KapilDev, Ian Botham and Sir Garfield Sobers.

The details of each team will not be discussed due to the considerable number of teams competing this season.

Semi-final: West Ryde Rovers versus North Ryde RSL

West Ryde Rovers were sent into bat after having lost the toss at George Kendall Park. The openers ManushaSamaraweera and AdityaRayaprolu got the Rovers off to a good start with a 43 run partnership, however failed to capitalise. Similarly, NavdeepMadan, DhruvNayyar and Jay Tammareddy all made double figures without converting them into large scores. This was largely due to great bowling by Matt Maittlen, who took the wickets of the top three batsmen. However, at 4/126, Rajeevan (‘Jeeves’) Yoganathan was up to the challenge of rescuing the Rovers. He and SudeepDesaraju added a 50 run partnership to set up a solid total of 202. Jeeves ended up with 67 runs and was out for handling the ball – the only way he was likely to get out. Jason Reay and George Scapellato were also outstanding with the ball claiming two wickets each.

The chase for North Ryde RSL started off disastrously, losing Michael Nicol on the second ball to Daman Bhatia. Although resistance was offered from B Russell, who scored 33, and R Maittlen, who scored 23, they were dominated by the Rovers. RajeevanYoganathan and Kamal Sattar in a strong bowling partnership were responsible for the destruction of the North Ryde RSL middle order crumbling from 4/94 to 7/97. However, Daman Bhatia was the pick of the bowlers having finished off with the figures of 4/44 off 18 overs.

Semi-final: Carlingford Waratah Blue versus Carlingford Waratah White

The Carlingford Waratah (‘CW’) Blue and Carlingford Waratah White teams met at Pidding Park in what was to be a low- scoring thriller. CW Blue had made a great come back towards the end of the season having won multiple victories in a row to make the semi-finals.

THE SENIOR COMPETITION FOURTH GRADE…..Premiers: West Ryde Rovers cont.

CW White was sent into bat by CW Blue and without Diluk Kannangara and Praveen Sivabalan, their batting line up appeared weak. Despite this, Rami Ferris and Dasun Abeygoonawardana stepped up and scored 27 and 26 respectively. However, with no one carrying on to make a large score, CW White collapsed to be all out for 103 in 27 overs. Arghya Gupta was outstanding with the ball having figures of 6/27 off 8 overs.

Having such a low score to defend did not demoralise CW White as they fought hard to be placed in the Grand Final. At one stage, they were clear favourites with CW Blue collapsing to 9/63 – Rami Ferris claiming five wickets. However, Adrian Jayendra counter attacked (after having been dropped) to take them to an amazing comeback victory. An innings Michael Bevan would have been proud of; he finished off with 71 runs.

Grand-final: West Ryde Rovers versus Carlingford Waratah Blue

West Ryde Rovers met Carlingford Waratah Blue at Cox Park for the Grand Final. Having won the toss, CW Blue was put into bat first and was dominated. CW Blue was all out for 92, with Gaj Manamperi being the only major contributor with 31 runs. Daman Bhatia had the figures of 3/19, David Emmanuel with 2/18, Rajeevan Yoganathan with 2/17, Kamal Sattar with 2/30 and Aditya Rayaprolu with 1/6.

Despite their strong batting line up, West Ryde Rovers in their innings collapsed to 3/9 and this Grand Final was set up to be another low scoring thriller. The dangerous number three batsman, DhruvNayyar, was cleaned up by Sahir Syed for his first duck of the season. However, Navdeep ‘Brian Lara’ Madan played an innings of a lifetime and scored 75 runs to give West Ryde Rovers a deserved victory. The innings included many sixes and even included a reverse pull shot for a one bounce four. Ultimately, Sudeep Desaraju grabbed the opportunity with both hands to score the winning runs. Aba Balakrishnan, the best wicket keeper of the competition, added another not out to his statistics.

However, this game was not over as CW Blue attempted to win on second innings. Soon CW Blue’s dreams on winning the premiership vanished as they fell to a slow 7/124. West Ryde Rovers showed their dominance and scored 2/82 off 11 overs to win the Grand Final outright.

Left to Right (Top): A. Rayaprolu, D. Bhatia, J. Tammareddy, R. Yoganathan, N. Madan, S. Desaraju and K. Sattar. Left to Right (Bottom): M. Samaraweera, D. Nayyar, D. Emmanuel and A. Balakrishnan Out of Shot: J. Tammareddy (Captain, West Ryde Rovers)

THE SENIOR COMPETITION FIFTH GRADE…..Premiers: Vikings

5th grade this season was competitive and enjoyable and the games were all played in the right spirit. The competition was made up of 8 teams from the following clubs:-

Club Captain Vikings Blue (Minor Premiers) Jeremey Atkinson Vikings Red (Premiers) Paul Kilby Rydalmere Maroon Prakul Babhoota North Ryde (Runners Up) Geoff Cordner Rydalmere Sky Blue Arch Goradia West Ryde Rovers Rohan Steel Carlingford Jonathon Nursey & Matthew Talley Epping Angus Britts

Each team had their stars with some outstanding individual performances throughout the season. They include :-

Vikings Blue Vikram Craig – 510 runs at 56 which included 1 century and 3 fifties with highest score 110, Barry Whitehead -411 runs at 58 which included 4 fifties with highest score 75 No. . Also took 36 wickets at 11 with best figures 5/31, Daniel Boyd – 32 wickets at 7 with best figures 5/16, Jeremey Atkinson – 32 wickets at 15 with best figures 4/37.

Vikings Red Phil Azize -481 runs at 96 which included 2 centuries and 3 fifties with highest score 124 no., Chris Mulcare – 457 runs at 41 which included 4 half centuries with a highest score of 85. Also took 23 wickets at 16 with best figures 5/22, Dave Bennie – 22 wickets at 22 with best figures 4/53

Rydalmere Maroon John Shehan – 449 runs at 32 which included 3 fifties with highest score 85, Dimuth Weerakoon – 414 runs at 46 which included 1 century and 3 fifties with highest score 131. Paul Wilfred – 36 wickets at 10 with best figures 6/17, Nevin Ahluwalia – 15 wickets at 15 with best figures 5/29.

North Ryde Geoff Cordner – 766 runs at 76 which included 4 centuries and 2 fifties with highest score 154. Also took 35 wickets at 9 with best figures of 7/26, Shane Miller- 341 runs at 22 which included 1 century and 2 fifties with highest score 124, Ben Lopez with 21 wickets at 23 with best figures of 4/18.

Rydalmere Sky Blue Harry Rao – 599 runs at 46 which included 2 centuries and 4 fifties with highest score 135, Steve Davis – 462 runs at 33 which included 1 century and 2 fifties with highest score 158. Also took 22 wickets at 13 with best figures 7/28, Michael Koudrin – 33 wickets at 20 with best figures 4/35.

West Ryde Rovers Pat Small – 533 runs at 38 which included 1 century and 3 fifties with highest score 176. Also took 24 wickets at 18 with best figures of 6/21, Robert Tyler – 362 runs at 51 which included 1 century and 2 fifties with highest score 100, Alistair Rhodes – 34 wickets at 14 with best figures of 4/32.

Carlingford Matthew Talley – 445 runs at 24 which included 3 fifties with highest score 72. Also took 22 wickets at 19 with best figures of 5/46, Thomas Gregory – 436 runs at 25 which included 2 fifties with highest score 62, Matthew McClean – took 19 wickets at 19 with best figures 5/60.

THE SENIOR COMPETITION FIFTH GRADE…..Premiers: Vikings cont.

Epping Andrew Alice – 427 runs at 35 which included 3 fifties with highest score 87, Cameron Dunn 204 runs at 68 which included 1 century with highest score 171, Simon Harburg – 25 wickets at 18 with best figures 5/14, Jack Sou – 23 wickets at 23 with best figures 3/26.The season got underway and the early leaders of the comp after round 5 were Rydalmere Maroon followed by Vikings Red, Vikings Blue and Rydalmere Sky Blue with all four teams registering outright wins. North Ryde were not too far behind.

As the season progressed Vikings Blue kicked away on the ladder with their strong bowling attack of Boydie, Baz, Rob, Reardo & Ron and they were the eventual minor premiers. Two other battles developed during the remainder of the season. The first was between us and Rydalmere Maroon for 2nd and 3rd spot and the other was between North Ryde and Rydalmere Sky Blue for 4th spot.

An outright win in Round 14 for us against West Ryde ensured us 2nd position on the ladder. Daniel Mion ripped through their top order with 5/14 in their first innings and Phil Azize made 70.

4th Spot was still up for grabs going into the last round. Two important games were being played. North Ryde were playing Rydalmere Maroon and a win for North Ryde would see them maintain 4th spot. In the other game Rydalmere Sky Blue were playing us. If Rydalmere Sky Blue defeated us and North Ryde lost then they would grab 4th Spot. As it turned out Rydalmere Sky Blue did defeat us (not an ideal preparation for us going into the finals). We didn’t score enough runs and a good partnership from Harry Rao and Matthew Goodenough saw them home, however North Ryde also defeated Rydalmere Maroon. As such the semi finals draw was decided and Vikings Blue (1) would play North Ryde (4) and the other semi would be between us (2) and Rydalmere Maroon (3).

Semi Finals

Vikings Blue V North Ryde The first semi final was played between Vikings Blue and North Ryde at Upjohn. They had played each other twice during the season and Vikings Blue had won both games.

North Ryde won the toss and batted first and were soon in early trouble with the score being 3/19 which included their best bat Geoff Cordner. Ben Bury and their keeper Shane Miller steadied the ship. Miller went on to top score with 63. North Ryde were eventually all out in their first inning for 128. Daniel Boyd took 5/16 off 12 overs and Barry Whitehead took 3/31. At stumps on the first day Vikings Blue were 1/48 and would have been feeling confident. An early wicket fell on day 2 and Vikings Blue were 2/51. Regular wickets continued including the prized scalps of Vikram Craig (38) and Barry Whitehead. Vikings Blue were all out for 95 and North Ryde took 1st innings. Ben Bury took 4/23 and Geoff Cordner took 3/8 off 11 overs. The game was not over just yet as Vikings Blue captain Jeremey Atkinson sent North Ryde back in. North Ryde were then in deep trouble early with the score at 5/15 which then became 6/34, However Geoff and Tim Cordner batted well to see out the rest of play and were now through to the Grand Final. Daniel Boyd took 4/11 off 12 overs in the 2nd innings.

Vikings Red V Rydalmere Maroon The second semi final was played between us and Rydalmere Maroon at Cheltenham Oval. We had played each other twice during the regular season. The first game was a draw after they amassed 7/377 and we finished on 4/122. They seemed to have great depth with their batting and three of their batsmen scored fifties that day. They also had a decent bowling line up with pace bowling and accurate spinners (for 5th grade). The other time we played them was washed out.

Given we had finished 2nd on the ladder and we were playing the team who finished 3rd, the plan was to bat first for a long as we could and take advantage of our batting depth. Luckily I won the toss. We opened with Zach & Leo. Leo was our wild card as he liked to talk to the opposition bowlers and fielders and would often put them off them game. He soon had their opening bowler, Big Bird taking the bait. Leo and Zach put on 20 for the 1st wicket until Leo was caught behind to a one handed screamer by their keeper, Gollakota. Chris came in at number 3 and was looking good until he was caught

THE SENIOR COMPETITION FIFTH GRADE…..Premiers: Vikings cont. behind. Zach followed soon after and we were 3/68. The middle order needed to consolidate, Phil and Anthony put on 30 runs before Anthony was dismissed clean bowled by their impressive left arm spinner Wilfred. The skipper and Phil put on a 60 run partnership before I was out to a sharp catch at gully off their opening bowler. We reached 6/199 at stumps on the 1st day with Phil unbeaten on 56 and Michael 14. I would say honours went to us on the first day.

The first hour or so on the 2nd day was important. If Rydalmere took the remaining 4 wickets cheaply then they were back in the game. The next day, however Michael played his shots and made an important 60 runs for us and we were then 7/255 with Phil doing a great job at the other end. We were soon 8 down when Tony came to the crease and he played shots all around the ground. Phil at this stage had been out in the middle for approx 5 hours and it was looking like Tony might actually beat him to his century. Unfortunately Tony was dismissed just short of his century for 97. Tony’s wife Rose was at the ground today and unlike my wife she brought good luck to Tony and Michael. We will have to make sure she comes to the games more often. Phil ended up on 111 no. and together they put on 150 for the 9th wicket. We were eventually dismissed just after tea for 412 ! Rydalmere had now been in the field for over a day and a half and whilst they were tired, they still maintained attacking fields and didn’t stop trying. Rydalmere were also without their opening bowler Venkat for the semi who unfortunately broke his ankle during the week, however he was certainly there to cheer his team on!

The equation was 413 runs to win off less than 2 hours and to Rydalmere’s credit they did come out to bat swinging and at 6/86 they had had enough and the game was called. Unfortunately Leo was on a hat trick at the time.

We were then through to the Grand Final

Grand Final

Vikings Red V North Ryde North Ryde’s line up was very similar to us in that they had a lot of young juniors and a number of older players which included quite a few father & son combinations.

As we had finished 2nd of the ladder and North Ryde finished 4th, the plan was to again bat for as long as we could with our batting depth. The toss was going to be a very important one to win as both teams wanted to bat first. I had won 4 tosses in a row at this stage and was due for a loss. Luckily I won the toss and we batted first.

Martin and Zach opened the batting for us. Martin played a lovely shot down the ground (in front of the wicket) and even looked up to his team mates to see if they were watching. Don’t worry Martin – I saw it and it was good shot! Unfortunately he was bowled a few balls later by their young opening bowler Ben Bury and we were 1/7. North Ryde had their tails up. The batting order was slightly changed to allow Brendan Ashcroft to come in at No. 3 as he had to leave early. Brendan was looking good until he was given out LBW to their skipper Geoff Cordner, the 1st of four LBWs in our innings. We were then 2/30. Enter Phil Azize, the man who had scored an unbeaten century in the semi final. Could he do it again? Phil and Zach then set about building our innings and by stumps on the 1st day both were not out and had their half centuries. North Ryde’s bowlers of Ben Lopez, Ben Bury, Geoff Cordner, Tim Cordner and Mat and Mike Furness toiled hard all day, however the immense concentration of our two boys was amazing to watch from the side line. There wasn’t a lot of boundaries hit due to good tight bowling, however they ran the ones and twos well and they didn’t give any chances. Our score over night was 2/183.

Again the first hour or so was important. If North Ryde took a few early wickets they would have their tails up. Zach and Phil batted on and lifted the tempo. Our score was 232 when Zach was dismissed bowled by Geoff Cordner for 80. He was out in the middle for approx 6 hours and showed enormous concentration for a 14 year old. They also had a partnership of 202 runs! Chris was next in after waiting for about 5 hours to bat unfortunately was out shortly after LBW to their skipper Cordner. Phil then brought up his second consecutive century, another amazingly patient innings. The skipper was next to go given out LBW again to that man Cordner. Anthony was out shortly after playing on.

THE SENIOR COMPETITION FIFTH GRADE…..Premiers: Vikings cont.

With our score on 282, Dave was given out LBW, the fourth one of our innings and Michael was stumped off the bowling of Mat Furness. North Ryde had made a comeback with the ball thanks to the amazing figures of 7/26 off 20 overs by their skipper Geoff Cordner. Still we had huge score on the board for a Grand Final and were all finally out at tea on the 2nd day for 311 with Phil 124 not out.

During the tea break, North Ryde had a team talk and decided they would not come out to bat. They had their reasons and we respect their decision.

The Premiership was now ours !

The Vikings Red would like to thank North Ryde for their effort in the Grand Final and we wish them well for next season. I would also to acknowledge the other opposing captains and their teams on what has been a very enjoyable season with some great cricket being played and will look forward to doing battle again next season. We would also like to thank the NDCA committee for the all the hard work they do behind the scenes in running the competition to ensure we get to play cricket each week.

I would like to congratulate our 4 juniors from St Patrick’s – Michael O’Beid, Daniel Mion, Zac Quintal and Anthony Azize – for their contribution to our success. At various times during the season they were top scorers, had the best bowling figures or taken wonderful catches. They played morning comp and backed up for the Vikings in the afternoon and when us older players needed a rest they would come onto bowl (invariably up the hill or into the wind) , chase every ball and bat high in the order. It was great having them as key contributors to our success.

Special thanks to our families and other Viking players who came along to support us over the finals

Paul Kilby – 5th Grade Red Captain

5th Grade Premiers – Vikings Red Back: Nigel White, Martin Mulcare, Tony O’Beid, Dave Bennie, Leo Kirby, Paul Kilby (C), Phil Azize Middle: Zach Quintal, Michael O’Beid, Daniel Mion, Anthony Azize, Brendan Ashcroft, Chris Mulcare Front: The Kids !

2009 – 2010 TROPHY WINNERS Herb Ward Cup ... First Grade Premiers North Ryde RSL

Dr. D.G. Hunter Shield ... Second Grade Premiers Rydalmere

H. W. Gibson Shield ... Third Grade Premiers North Ryde RSL Gold

George Pedlow Memorial Shield ... Fourth Grade Premiers West Ryde Rovers

Alan Peak Cup ... Fifth Grade Premiers Vikings Red

6th Grade Trophy ... Sixth Grade Premiers No Competition

Farmer Bros. Cup ... First Grade Runners-Up Rydalmere

Wm. Thompson Cup ... Second Grade Runners-Up Epping YMCA

H.W. Holland Cup ... Third Grade Runners-Up North Ryde RSL Blue

F.J. Elston Cup ... Fourth Grade Runners-Up Carlingford Waratah Blue

Association Cup ... Fifth Grade Runners-Up North Ryde RSL

Wanderers Trophy ... Sixth Grade Runners-Up No Competition

Graham Cummins Trophy ... First Grade Cricketer of the Year Tim Cover, Carlingford Waratah (1,271 points)

Ashcroft Trophy ... Best Team Bowling Average Rydalmere, 2nd Grade (13.34)

Earle Memorial Trophy ... Highest Team Batting Average North Ryde RSL, 1st Grade (33.71)

Jack Ross Memorial Trophy ... First Grade Wicketkeeper Andrew Harrison, North Ryde RSL (23 catches, 5 stumpings)

Graham Berry Trophy ... Wicketkeeper Except First Grade Aaron Ratjens, West Ryde Rovers (19 catches, 4 stumpings)

Ward Memorial Trophy ... Highest Aggregate Runs Batting Geoff Cordner, North Ryde RSL (766 runs)

Harry Lachlere Memorial Trophy ... Most Wickets All Grades Ricky Palmer, Rydalmere (62 wickets)

John Crane Trophy ... Best Batting Average Philip Azize, Vikings Red (84.33)

2009 – 2010 TROPHY WINNERS Glenn Kirkness Memorial Trophy ... Most Wickets First Grade Daniel Gorman, North Ryde RSL (34 wickets)

Anonymous Trophy ... Best Bowling Average Fourth Grade Karan Rao, Rydalmere (7.13)

Steve Marsden Memorial Shield ... Best Bowling Average 30 Wickets or more Daniel Boyd, Vikings Blue (7.34)

John Prowse Trophy - Cricketer of the Year - Senior Ricky Palmer, Rydalmere (2nd Grade)

Graeme White Trophy ... Efforts in Inter-Association Tony Matson, Weblin Shield

Score Book Trophy ... Neat Tidy and Complete Not Awarded

NDCA Umpires ... The David Alderdice Memorial Shield Most Catches excluding Wicketkeeper Tim Cover, Carlingford Waratah (14 catches) Scott Palmer, Rydalmere (14 catches) Jeremey Atkinson, Vikings Blue (14 catches)

Eastwood Rugby Cricket Club ... The David Alderdice Memorial Trophy First Grade Batsman Highest Aggregate Tim Cover, Carlingford Waratah (691 runs)

Keith Hinchcliffe Trophy ... Spirit of Cricket First Grade Vikings

The Marsfield Cup ... Club Championship Award North Ryde RSL

Meadowbank Cricket Club Trophy ... Highest Partnership – 280* Chirs Bury + Geoff Cordner, 3rd wicket North Ryde RSL, 5th Grade

Keith Shaw Trophy ... Highest Individual Score Chris Bury, North Ryde RSL, 5th Grade (176*) Patrick Small, West Ryde Rovers, 5th Grade (176)

Ryde Sports Foundation Trophy ... Outstanding Performance of the Finals Philip Azize, Vikings Red (5th Grade)

Ron Jeal Trophy ... Most Runs and at Least 30 Wickets Geoff Cordner, North Ryde RSL (766 runs, 35 wickets)

Wallace Leslie Adams Trophies ... Minor Premiers First Grade: North Ryde RSL Second Grade: Rydalmere Third Grade: North Ryde RSL Blue Fourth Grade: West Ryde Rovers Fifth Grade: Vikings Blue Sixth Grade: No Competition

COMPETITION RESULTS FIRST GRADE North Ryde RSL * Premiers Rydalmere Runners-up Carlingford Waratah Epping YMCA Vikings West Ryde Rovers

SECOND GRADE Rydalmere * Premiers Epping YMCA Runners-up North Ryde RSL West Ryde Rovers Vikings Meadowbank

THIRD GRADE North Ryde RSL Gold Premiers North Ryde RSL Blue * Runners-up Rydalmere West Ryde Rovers Epping YMCA Carlingford Waratah Puis

FOURTH GRADE West Ryde Rovers * Premiers Carlingford Waratah Blue Runners-up Carlingford Waratah White North Ryde RSL Rydalmere Mos Carlingford Waratah Red Vikings Rydalmere Maroon Epping YMCA Red Rydalmere Sky Blue Epping YMCA Blue

FIFTH GRADE Vikings Red Premiers North Ryde RSL Runners-up Vikings Blue * Rydalmere Maroon Rydalmere Sky Blue West Ryde Rovers Carlingford Waratah Epping YMCA

* Minor Premiers

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

North Ryde RSL 6teams 1,575 Rydalmere 8 teams 1,562 Carlingford Waratah 6 teams 998 Epping YMCA 6 teams 906 West Ryde Rovers 5 teams 871 Vikings 5 teams 830 Meadowbank 1 team 115

BATTING – Centuries First Grade Club Scores C. Rawding Rydalmere 130 T. Cover Carlingford Waratah 116, 102*, 100* A. Flint Rydalmere 114 M. Edwards Rydalmere 105* H. Singh Rydalmere 104* M. Anderson North Ryde RSL 103* J. Kosmidis North Ryde RSL 102* S. Fazlilar Epping YMCA 102*

Second Grade C. Satchi Rydalmere 162 C. Cachia North Ryde RSL 135, 110 P. Rees Meadowbank 128, 100* S. Palmer Rydalmere 121 S. Woodhouse Epping YMCA 106 C. Satchi Rydalmere 162

Third Grade S. Mann North Ryde RSL Blue 144* D. Marando North Ryde RSL Gold 143* B. Lyons North Ryde RSL Gold 115* M. Tilley North Ryde RSL Gold 115 S. Pearl Epping YMCA 110 T. Dunwell Rydalmere 109* S. Martin North Ryde RSL Gold 104* D. Hanson North Ryde RSL Gold 100* E. Hope Rydalmere 100* T. Newton-McGee North Ryde RSL Blue 100*

Fourth Grade D. Dharmadasa Carlingford Waratah Red 160, 102*, 100* A. Pudipeddi Carlingford Waratah White 139* D. Falla Rydalmere Mo's 130 S. Sen Vikings 124 S. Martin North Ryde RSL 123* A. Jeyendra Carlingford Waratah Blue 112* H. Singh Vikings 112 M. Singh Vikings 104* R. Gordon North Ryde RSL 100*

Fifth Grade C. Bury North Ryde RSL 176* P. Small West Ryde Rovers 176 C. Dunn Epping YMCA 171 P. Michalk Rydalmere Maroon 170 S. Davis Rydalmere Sky Blue 158 G. Cordner North Ryde RSL 154, 134*, 109, 102 H. Rao Rydalmere Sky Blue 135, 113 D. Weerakoon Rydalmere Maroon 131 P. Azize Vikings Red 124*, 111* S. Miller North Ryde RSL 124 D. Bennie Vikings Red 118* V. Craig Vikings Blue 110 R. Kelly Carlingford Waratah 100* R. Tyler West Ryde Rovers 100

BOWLING – Five or more wickets First Grade Club Scores M. Kennedy Rydalmere 7 / 22 K. Saunders Epping YMCA 7 / 28 B. Heydon Rydalmere 5 / 23 D. Arnott Vikings 5 / 28 R. Yabsley Epping YMCA 5 / 35 S. Holland Rydalmere 5 / 44, 5 / 48 D. Gorman North Ryde RSL 5 / 51 D. Wilson Vikings 5 / 60

Second Grade R. Cabot Epping YMCA 6 / 15 M. Egan West Ryde Rovers 6 /23, 5 / 51 A. Thomas North Ryde RSL 6 / 31, 6 / 36 R. Palmer Rydalmere 6 / 32, 6 / 46, 5 / 16, 5 / 35 I. McCredden Meadowbank 6 / 56 C. Menzies Vikings 5 / 11 M. Roberts Rydalmere 5 / 18 R. Hossain Epping YMCA 5 / 26 S. Palmer Rydalmere 5 / 28

Third Grade P. Vanderlight Rydalmere 6 / 48 T. Newton-McGee North Ryde RSL Blue 6 / 52, 5 / 23 T. Dunwell Rydalmere 6 / 79 P. Gopal West Ryde Rovers 5 / 18, 5 / 26 J. Hutchinson West Ryde Rovers 5 / 21 R. Flynn North Ryde RSL Blue 5 / 22, 5 / 63 P. White Epping YMCA 5 / 22 A. Wotton West Ryde Rovers 5 / 23 D. Wiggins West Ryde Rovers 5 / 24 B. Sankar West Ryde Rovers 5 / 28, 5 / 32 P. Mak Epping YMCA 5 / 29 M. Jeffery North Ryde RSL Gold 5 / 35 A. Maddocks Epping YMCA 5 / 41 N. Doust North Ryde RSL Gold 5 / 101

Fourth Grade A. Bhaskaran Carlingford Waratah Red 8 / 30, 5 / 45 D. Herlihy Rydalmere Sky Blue 8 / 49, 6 / 47 P. Sivabalan Carlingford Waratah White 7 / 22 D. Senarath Epping YMCA Red 6 / 4, 5 / 31 D. Falla Rydalmere Mo's 6 / 23, 5 / 39 A. Gupta Carlingford Waratah Blue 6 / 27, 5 / 21 D. Dharmadasa Carlingford Waratah Red 6 / 39 I. Trivedi Epping YMCA Red 6 / 40, 5 / 26 K. Rao Rydalmere Maroon 5 / 9, 5 / 12 N. Birrell Rydalmere Mo's 5 / 13 M. Maittlen North Ryde RSL 5 / 14 G. Manamperi Carlingford Waratah Blue 5 / 15, 5 / 44 R. Yoganathan North Ryde RSL 5 / 19 D. Salama West Ryde Rovers 5 / 19, 5 / 24 I. Aziz Rydalmere Sky Blue 5 / 20 R. Kumar Vikings 5 / 20 M. Harrison North Ryde RSL 5 / 21 K. Sattar West Ryde Rovers 5 / 27 P. Prabhala West Ryde Rovers 5 / 28 M. Lunney Carlingford Waratah Blue 5 / 29 D. Bhatia West Ryde Rovers 5 / 31 J. Tammareddy West Ryde Rovers 5 / 35 L. Jones Epping YMCA Blue 5 / 37 R. Ferris Carlingford Waratah White 5 / 57

Fifth Grade G. Cordner North Ryde RSL 7 / 26 S. Davis Rydalmere Sky Blue 7 / 28 S. Spackman North Ryde RSL 7 / 38 P. Wilfred Rydalmere Maroon 6 / 17, 6 / 32, 5 / 20 P. Small West Ryde Rovers 6 / 21 R. Whelan Vikings Blue 6 / 25 A. Goradia Rydalmere Sky Blue 6 / 53 E. Weller Carlingford Waratah 6 / 57 J. Nursey Carlingford Waratah 5 / 12 D. Mion Vikings Red 5 / 14 S. Harburg Epping YMCA 5 / 14 D. Boyd Vikings Blue 5 / 16, 5 / 19 C. Mulcare Vikings Red 5 / 22, 5 / 25 T. Cordner North Ryde RSL 5 / 22 N. Ahluwalia Rydalmere Maroon 5 / 29 B. Whitehead Vikings Blue 5 / 31, 5 / 31 J. Hawken West Ryde Rovers 5 / 40 M. Talley Carlingford Waratah 5 / 46 G. Reardon Vikings Blue 5 / 47 M. Sirisena Rydalmere Maroon 5 / 57 M. McClean Carlingford Waratah 5 / 60 A. Venkat Rydalmere Maroon 5 / 70

BOWLING – Ten wickets in a match Name Club / Grade Bowling Figures K. Saunders Epping YMCA 1st Grade 7 / 28 & 3 / 22

A.Bhaskaran Carlingford Waratah 4th Grade 8 / 30 & 4 / 46 A. Gupta Carlingford Waratah 4th Grade 6 / 27 & 5 / 21 D. Falla Rydalmere 4th Grade 6 / 23 & 4 / 52

C. Mulcare Vikings Red 5th Grade 5 / 25 & 5 / 22

BOWLING – Hat Tricks Name Club / Grade Bowling Figures M. Kennedy Rydalmere 1st Grade 7 / 22

S. Palmer Rydalmere 2nd Grade 4 / 13 A.Kudyrski Vikings 2nd Grade 3 / 6

S. Spackman North Ryde RSL 5th Grade 7 / 38 J. Atkinson Vikings Blue 5th Grade 3 / 18

1st Grade - Batting Innings Not Outs High Score Aggregate Average Anderson, Mark North Ryde RSL 13 5 103* 604 75.50 Cover, Tim Carlingford Waratah 14 4 116 691 69.10 Dobson, Benjamin North Ryde RSL 11 4 81* 342 48.86 Fazlilar, Sinan Epping YMCA 11 2 102* 375 41.67 Blanchard, Alex Carlingford Waratah 14 1 99 541 41.62 Saunders, Kirk Epping YMCA 10 3 91 286 40.86 Flint, Ashley Rydalmere 11 3 114 284 35.50 Edwards, Mitchell Rydalmere 14 3 105* 348 31.64 Rawding, Cameron Rydalmere 14 0 130 434 31.00 Singh, Harpreet Rydalmere 14 2 104* 335 27.92 Roser, Craig Vikings 12 0 73 316 26.33 Gray, Kelvin North Ryde RSL 13 0 81 337 25.92 Heydon, Brock Rydalmere 13 2 62 254 23.09 Blyth, Nicholas West Ryde Rovers 17 1 100 363 22.69 Coppa, Vinnie Vikings 11 0 66 247 22.45 Shankar, Jai West Ryde Rovers 12 0 90 257 21.42

1st Grade - Bowling Overs Maidens Wickets Runs Average Saunders, Kirk Epping YMCA 98 6 25 352 14.08 Mackay, Chris Carlingford Waratah 90 8 23 333 14.48 Cover, Tim Carlingford Waratah 131 28 28 436 15.57 Gorman, Daniel North Ryde RSL 165.2 38 34 532 15.65 Gray, Kelvin North Ryde RSL 97.4 11 21 337 16.05 Papworth, Brett Rydalmere 105.1 16 21 350 16.67 Kennedy, Matthew Rydalmere 152.3 34 27 461 17.07 Wilson, Duncan Vikings 150.1 40 27 472 17.48 Anderson, Mark North Ryde RSL 134.3 25 22 403 18.32 Holland, Steve Rydalmere 145 30 27 516 19.11 Donnell, Corey North Ryde RSL 147 25 22 453 20.59 Rudelle-Greig, Martin North Ryde RSL 133.2 21 21 509 24.24

2nd Grade - Batting Innings Not Outs High Score Aggregate Average Palmer, Scott Rydalmere 11 5 121 434 72.33 Yule, Ryan North Ryde RSL 15 6 54* 384 42.67 Palmer, Ricky Rydalmere 16 4 71* 442 36.83 Siva, Satyajit Epping YMCA 13 3 82* 316 31.60 Tate, Ben Rydalmere 10 2 74 241 30.13 Kashyap, Aman Rydalmere 14 3 63* 330 30.00 Egan, Matthew West Ryde Rovers 12 0 71 355 29.58 Menzies, Craig Vikings 14 7 64* 207 29.57 McCredden, Iain Meadowbank 11 0 73 283 25.73 Lincoln, Brett North Ryde RSL 11 0 61 277 25.18 Street, Neil West Ryde Rovers 15 1 60 350 25.00 Healey, Michael Epping YMCA 11 0 59 275 25.00 Ashley, Matthew West Ryde Rovers 15 1 91 341 24.36 Dunn, Cameron Epping YMCA 12 1 84 257 23.36 McGuinn, Luke North Ryde RSL 14 1 65 291 22.38 Masala, Hayden Epping YMCA 14 1 57* 280 21.54 Burleigh, Matthew North Ryde RSL 10 0 79 211 21.10 D'Amore, Tony Rydalmere 17 1 54 331 20.69 Hedger, Shaun North Ryde RSL 14 1 55 267 20.54

2nd Grade - Bowling Overs Maidens Wickets Runs Average Palmer, Scott Rydalmere 179.1 44 45 488 10.84 Palmer, Ricky Rydalmere 236.1 52 62 681 10.98 Thomas, Andrew North Ryde RSL 184 50 44 526 11.95 Egan, Matthew West Ryde Rovers 102 11 24 303 12.63 Cabot, Ryan Epping YMCA 162.4 40 33 422 12.79 Weeden, Mitchell North Ryde RSL 134 28 30 420 14.00 Roberts, Matthew Rydalmere 124 28 26 385 14.81 McCredden, Iain Meadowbank 98.1 14 21 338 16.10 Hedger, Shaun North Ryde RSL 105.1 11 20 380 19.00 Ashley, Matthew West Ryde Rovers 127 20 22 444 20.18

3rd Grade - Batting Innings Not Outs High Score Aggregate Average Newton-McGee, Toby North Ryde RSL 15 3 100* 669 55.75 Tilley, Matthew North Ryde RSL 14 4 115 537 53.70 Pearl, Shawn Epping YMCA 10 0 110 379 37.90 Gordon, Cameron North Ryde RSL 12 4 63 294 36.75 Baillie, Scott Carlingford Waratah 10 0 60 332 33.20 Dunwell, Toby Rydalmere 17 2 109* 490 32.67 Lyons, Ben North Ryde RSL 11 3 115* 260 32.50 Hope, Emmett Rydalmere 14 2 100* 384 32.00 Poulos, James Rydalmere 15 2 64 397 30.54 Pradhan, Ajay Epping YMCA 10 2 71* 242 30.25 Hanson, DomInic North Ryde RSL 10 3 100* 208 29.71 Hamilton, Jeff Rydalmere 15 0 90 362 24.13 Cheung, Christopher North Ryde RSL 17 2 74 343 22.87 Poutawa, Jason North Ryde RSL 14 1 60 296 22.77 Wiggins, David West Ryde Rovers 11 2 66* 201 22.33 Hutchinson, Justin West Ryde Rovers 16 0 59 354 22.13 Pritchard, Alex North Ryde RSL 11 2 69 181 20.11

3rd Grade - Bowling Overs Maidens Wickets Runs Average Wotton, Alex West Ryde Rovers 121.1 47 32 244 7.63 Gordon, Cameron North Ryde RSL 135 39 31 307 9.90 Newton-McGee, Toby North Ryde RSL 177.3 35 48 479 9.98 Jeffery, Michael North Ryde RSL 139.5 29 39 455 11.67 Flynn, Rodney North Ryde RSL 92.4 15 27 337 12.48 Buttrey, Daniel North Ryde RSL 88 16 21 280 13.33 Hutchinson, Justin West Ryde Rovers 118.1 31 20 303 15.15 Doust, Nathanial North Ryde RSL 110 24 21 351 16.71 Onorato, Ben North Ryde RSL 140.3 26 25 438 17.52 Vanderlight, Paul Rydalmere 140 26 32 577 18.03 Thomson, Alexander North Ryde RSL 135.5 36 22 413 18.77 Poutawa, Jason North Ryde RSL 133 22 22 420 19.09 Dunwell, Toby Rydalmere 211.4 38 37 707 19.11

4th Grade - Batting Innings Not Outs High Score Aggregate Average Dharmadasa, Dylan Carlingford Waratah 14 4 160 636 63.60 Singh, Hannibal Vikings 10 1 112 462 51.33 Nayyar, Dhruv West Ryde Rovers 16 0 88 676 42.25 Gordon, Ross North Ryde RSL 13 4 100* 366 40.67 Kannangara, Diluk Carlingford Waratah 10 3 68 255 36.43 Gunaratne, Dakshika Carlingford Waratah 10 2 65* 289 36.13 Jeyendra, Adrian Carlingford Waratah 15 1 112* 487 34.79 Yoganathan, Rajeevan West Ryde Rovers 13 1 83* 408 34.00 Pudipeddi, Aviv Carlingford Waratah 15 3 139* 392 32.67 Falla, Darren Rydalmere 10 0 130 324 32.40 Osvath, Daniel Epping YMCA 12 3 74 287 31.89 Aziz, Ijaz Rydalmere 10 2 92* 250 31.25 Chaney, Joshua Epping YMCA 16 1 69 431 28.73 Fitzgerald, Patrick Carlingford Waratah 13 5 71 224 28.00 Manamperi, Gajaba Carlingford Waratah 13 1 70 315 26.25 Samarasinghe, Mark Carlingford Waratah 13 3 79 258 25.80 Bokhari, Ali Vikings 10 2 64* 206 25.75 Scapellato, George North Ryde RSL 14 3 62* 281 25.55 Jones, Luke Epping YMCA 12 1 68 273 24.82 Berriman, Greg Rydalmere 10 2 68 196 24.50 Reay, Jason North Ryde RSL 10 1 75 208 23.11 Fitzpatrick, James Rydalmere 10 1 80 207 23.00 Kerr, Ben Epping YMCA 16 0 57 342 21.38

4th Grade - Bowling Overs Maidens Wickets Runs Average Rao, Karan Rydalmere 57 2 23 164 7.13 Lunney, Martin Carlingford Waratah 85 16 22 199 9.05 Bhaskaran, Arjun Carlingford Waratah 94 10 33 300 9.09 Razeen, Malik Carlingford Waratah 63 10 23 235 10.22 Bhatia, Daman West Ryde Rovers 106.3 10 27 276 10.22 Harrison, Maria North Ryde RSL 108.2 20 31 329 10.61 Yoganathan, Rajeevan West Ryde Rovers 94 18 25 266 10.64 Gupta, Arghya Carlingford Waratah 63 5 22 249 11.32 Trivedi, Ishit Epping YMCA 84.4 12 23 262 11.39 Ferris, Rami Carlingford Waratah 112 17 31 354 11.42 Syed, Sahir Carlingford Waratah 114 24 27 319 11.81 Senarath, Dilulca Epping YMCA 129.3 31 29 357 12.31 Manamperi, Gajaba Carlingford Waratah 110.1 7 32 418 13.06 Falla, Darren Rydalmere 101 17 23 311 13.52 Herlihy, David Rydalmere 139 11 33 502 15.21 Birrell, Nicholas Rydalmere 105.4 14 21 356 16.95 Maittlen, Matt North Ryde RSL 101.4 13 21 369 17.57 Kumar, Raj Vikings 98.5 13 20 391 19.55 Reay, Jason North Ryde RSL 150.1 31 23 469 20.39

5th Grade - Batting Innings Not Outs High Score Aggregate Average Cordner, Geoff North Ryde RSL 14 4 154 766 76.60 Whitehead, Barry Vikings 12 5 75* 410 58.57 Craig, Vikram Vikings 11 2 110 510 56.67 Rao, Harry Rydalmere 14 1 135 599 46.08 Tyler, Robert West Ryde Rovers 11 3 100 367 45.88 Mulcare, Chris Vikings 14 3 85 457 41.55 Bennie, David Vikings 11 4 118* 289 41.29 O'Beid, Michael Vikings 12 4 82* 318 39.75 Small, Patrick West Ryde Rovers 14 0 176 533 38.07 Alice, Andrew Epping YMCA 13 1 87 427 35.58 Davis, Stephen Rydalmere 14 0 158 462 33.00 Shehan, John Rydalmere 15 1 85 449 32.07 Kelly, Robert Carlingford Waratah 13 2 100* 346 31.45 O'Beid, Tony Vikings 10 1 97 280 31.11 McClean, Matthew Carlingford Waratah 13 2 65 323 29.36 Mulcare, Martin Vikings 11 1 89 285 28.50 Gollakota, Aditya Rydalmere 15 1 68 373 26.64 Kilby, Paul Vikings 15 2 52* 341 26.23 Azize, Anthony Vikings 13 4 65* 236 26.22 Gregory, Thomas Carlingford Waratah 17 0 62 436 25.65 Talley, Matthew Carlingford Waratah 20 2 72 445 24.72 de la Hoyde, John Carlingford Waratah 17 2 75 361 24.07 Miller, Shane North Ryde RSL 17 2 124 341 22.73 Michalk, Paul Rydalmere 13 4 170 193 21.44 Roberts, Jarrod Rydalmere 11 1 60 211 21.10

5th Grade - Bowling Overs Maidens Wickets Runs Average Boyd, Daniel Vikings 89 23 32 235 7.34 Cordner, Geoff North Ryde RSL 119.1 32 35 329 9.40 Wilfred, Paul Rydalmere 102 16 36 387 10.75 Whitehead, Barry Vikings 136.4 27 36 407 11.31 Whelan, Robert Vikings 107.5 23 26 322 12.38 Davis, Stephen Rydalmere 92.3 18 22 297 13.50 Rhodes, Alistair West Ryde Rovers 153.1 35 36 519 14.42 Atkinson, Jeremey Vikings 141 21 32 486 15.19 Mulcare, Chris Vikings 108 22 23 371 16.13 Small, Patrick West Ryde Rovers 136.4 28 28 461 16.46 Hawken, Jake West Ryde Rovers 107.2 23 20 337 16.85 Harburg, Simon Epping YMCA 120.2 16 25 469 18.76 Reardon, Greg Vikings 147.5 23 28 535 19.11 Talley, Matthew Carlingford Waratah 70.1 2 22 422 19.18 Koudrin, Michael Rydalmere 178 36 33 686 20.79 Furness, Matthew North Ryde RSL 96 16 20 418 20.90 Bennie, David Vikings 135 20 24 507 21.13 Lopez, Ben North Ryde RSL 110.4 11 21 488 23.24 Sou, Jack Epping YMCA 134.1 12 23 550 23.91

THE JUNIOR COMPETITION THE JUNIOR COMPETITION ANNUAL REPORT

Season 2009/2010 was a big season in many ways. The Junior competition grew to 75 teams competing in the regular competition and with the addition of an Under 9 competition and an upgraded Under 10 competition saw a total of 1,088 boys and girls playing cricket on a Saturday. Again I was ably assisted by Tony Matson and Craig Menzies. We also had Greg Berriman, Steve O’Donnell and Mark Tyler as our Executive.

The season saw the introduction of the MyCricket website. Changing to this was a huge amount of work at the beginning of the season for all clubs however it was a highly successful website which enabled all teams to input scores, manage communication and track their progress during the season. We have found this to be a great communication tool for our Association, especially when we needed to advise the state of play due to the weather forecast.

Our monthly meetings were well attended and all club delegates were well informed. We had guest speakers from the Sydney Morning Winter Association encouraging everyone to continue playing during the off season. I believe that a few players have enjoyed the extra play during the winter.

Once again we ran the Level 1 coaching course. We encourage all coaches and managers to complete this course. I am sure it will not be too far away when we will only be able to have accredited coaches assisting our players. We are looking forward to running the Coaching and Umpiring courses again before the next season gets underway to help give our volunteers as much knowledge as possible.

We held Semi finals in the Under 12 and Under 16 competitions held over two weekends using neutral umpires. Grand final matches were held over the weekend of the 13th and 14th March. All nine games were played in fantastic spirit and produced some great results. 8 clubs were represented in these grand finals which is a testament to the quality and standard of all the competitions. Well done to all teams for making it to the final and doing your club proud.

NDCA fielded six teams in the Inter Association competition for five weeks in October/November. All teams played some very competitive cricket and certainly showed some of the more fancied teams that NDs are not the push over they once might have been. Thanks go to all the Level 1 coaches who gave their time and knowledge to these young men. They have certainly become better cricketers for the experience. Thanks also need to go to the dedicated parents who drive all over Sydney and beyond to help their sons represent our association.

This season saw two teams from West Ryde Rovers enter in the Northern Sydney girl’s competition with the C grade team winning the completion for the 2nd year running. We were thrilled to have Georgia McPherson play for NSGCA representative team in the Mollie Dive Cup. Girl’s cricket will be the focus for many clubs within NDCA in the coming season as I believe Carlingford Waratah and Epping District are keen to field a girl’s team which is fantastic.

Following the rep season we had a number of boys try out for the Emerging blues squad in their respective ages and we are pleased to say that James Needham from Epping YMCA has been included in this year’s squad. Well done James.

We also had many young players compete in Green Shield for various teams over the Christmas break. Charlie Booth, Cameron Cleary, Liam Gibson, Ben O’Connell, Karl Stuart, Jock Wallace. It is fantastic to see these keen talented boys strive to further their cricket careers.

The Junior committee would like to thank John Crane and Jason LeGuier for support during the 2009/10 season.

I would also like to thank Tony Matson, who is retiring from the Junior committee this year. He has been a fantastic member of the executive. He has great minute taking skills, attention to detail and organization, but most of all he has been a wonderful support to me and I thank him for this. Given that our sons are the same age I am sure I will continue to spend some time with him on the sideline in the future.

Cricket within NDCA is still growing and we are committed to accommodating this growth. We are always looking at new ways to give every opportunity to all junior players within NDCA. We have many fantastic ideas for the coming season and are certainly looking forward to the challenge.

Meryl O’Connell, Chairperson, NDJCA

THE JUNIOR COMPETITION CRICKETERS of the YEAR

The Junior Competition recognises the exceptional performances of players

U11 - U13 competitions, with the Graeme White Memorial Award

U14 - U16 competitions with the Junior Cricketer of the Year

We had some outstanding individual results this season and congratulations go to the following players:

Graeme White Memorial Trophy - Under 11 to Under 13: Nathan Skrivanic from West Ryde Rovers Under 13

Nathan batted twelve times scoring 328 runs with his highest score of 103 and an average of 27.33.

He bowled 85 overs, 16 maidens, taking 14 wickets, giving him an average of 14.90 and an economy rate of 2.45. His best figures were 4/15. Nathan also took 6 catches.

NDJCA Cricketer of the Year - Under 14 to Under 16: Christopher Iaquinto from St. Patricks Under 15

Christopher batted nine times scoring 382 runs with the highest score of 126 and an average of 54.57.

He bowled 87 overs, 11 maidens taking 38 wickets, giving him an average of 5.29 and an economy rate of 2.31. Christopher’s best figures were 7/12, he also took 4 catches

THE JUNIOR COMPETITION Outstanding Efforts Rewarded

During the season Cricket NSW held the annual Cricket NSW Metropolitan Volunteer of the Year Awards function. Five volunteers from across the Sydney North area joined another 25 carefully selected volunteers from across the Sydney Metropolitan area to celebrate another fantastic year of cricket. One of the Sydney North volunteers was our very own Meryl O’Connell (West Ryde Rovers, Secretary and NDJCA, Chairperson).

Of the five outstanding nominees from Sydney North, it was decided that Meryl O’Connell be recognised as the Sydney North Volunteer of the year. Meryl was presented with a signed and framed RTA Speedblitz Blues photo and cricket bat for her outstanding service to all things cricket in the Northern District Junior Cricket Association.

Each Sydney cricket region rewarded their Volunteer of the Year in a similar manner, leaving five Sydney metro winners.

To cap a wonderful evening, it was then announced to the delight of the crowd that Meryl O’Connell was selected as the overall Cricket NSW Sydney Metropolitan Ford Volunteer of the Year. An obviously surprised Meryl graciously accepted her award to great applause.

Congratulations to Meryl on behalf of not only her local Club and Association, but all volunteers in the Sydney Region for the outstanding recognition of her service to Junior Cricket.

Steve Mulally, Sydney North Cricket Manager, Cricket NSW

UNDER 16 – WATSON SHIELD

The Team: Todd Palmer (C), Nikill Senarativa (WK), Josh Raven, Luke Ireland, Aiden Clarke Hayden Rogers, Mitch Gerdes, Mitch Healy, Scott Walker, Nick Miller (Dundas) Kym Cheeseman (Gladesville), Jake McCarthy (YMCA)

Results:

Round 1 v Camden: Draw due to wet weather. Camden 3/72 after 28.3 Overs.

Round 2 v North Shore: Loss on first innings. North Shore 9/273, Northern Districts 6/253

Round 3 v Bankstown: Loss on first innings. Bankstown 5/200, Northern Districts 10/51

Round 4 v Illawarra: Loss on first innings. Northern Districts 4/213, Illawarra 6/217 (won in the last over)

Round 5 v Fairfield: Loss on first innings. Fairfield 10/217, Northern Districts 10/162

With a large amount of under 16 players walking away from junior cricket this season, it was touch and go if we would be able to form a Watson shield side in 2010. While try-out attendance was poor, we were able to call in some favours at the last minute from some of the Dundas United boys and hence were able to form a team.

The competition was always going to be a strong one but the boys proved they were up to the challenge. Although we didn’t win a game, we were well and truly in all of them. While we proved we could mix it with the best of them we just couldn’t keep the standard up for the full 120 overs.

On a whole our batting was pretty impressive this season as we scored above 200 on two out of four innings. Congratulations to Mitch Healy who had an excellent season at number 3 scoring a hundred and a fifty in dominant style. Mitch’s 127 not out against Illawarra was a brilliant attacking innings, his straight driving was outstanding. Other strong performers with the bat were NikillSenarativa and Kym Cheeseman, both scoring 50s as well. Mention should also be made to Nicholas Miller and Josh Raven who also batted well throughout the season. Hayden Rogers improved dramatically with the bat this season and I was very impressed with his application and effort. Our skipper Todd Palmer is also an excellent batsmen who looked good as well but unfortunately copped a couple of rough decisions but took it all in his stride, displaying outstanding sportsmanship at all times.

UNDER 16 – WATSON SHIELD cont.

Our batting statistics are below.

Not High Player Matches Innings Outs 100s 50s Score Runs Average Healy, Mitch 5 4 1 1 1 127* 192 64.00 Senarativa, Nikill 5 4 1 0 1 59 105 35.00 Cheeseman, Kym 5 4 0 0 1 54 103 25.75 Miller, Nicholas 5 4 0 0 0 36 74 18.50 Raven, Josh 5 4 1 0 0 27 58 19.33 Palmer, Todd 5 4 1 0 0 18 30 10.00 Rogers, Hayden 4 2 1 0 0 22 24 24.00 Ireland, Luke 4 2 0 0 0 15 15 7.50 Walker, Scott 4 2 1 0 0 13* 14 14.00 Gerdes, Mitchell 4 2 0 0 0 10 10 5.00 Clark, Aiden 4 1 0 0 0 4 4 4.00 McCarthy, Jake 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Our bowling and fielding while reasonably tight at times, let us down a bit this season as we struggled to finish off teams at crucial stages. Our best with the ball were Mitch Healy, Josh Raven and Todd Palmer. Mitch Gerdes and Kym Cheeseman also bowled well without much luck. Our bowling and fielding statistics are below.

Best Strike Economy Player Catches Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Bowling Average Rate Rate Healy, Mitch 1 35 1 151 8 3/57 18.88 26.25 4.31 Raven, Josh 1 25 4 80 5 3/26 16.00 30.00 3.20 Palmer, Todd 2 45.4 7 133 5 3/31 26.60 54.80 2.91 Ireland, Luke 1 12 0 66 2 2/40 33.00 36.00 5.50 Gerdes, Mitchell 1 33 3 101 2 2/33 50.50 99.00 3.06 McCarthy, Jake 1 26 1 112 2 1/18 56.00 78.00 4.31 Cheeseman, Kym 4 39.3 3 143 2 1/13 71.50 118.50 3.62 Miller, Nicholas 1 4 0 21 1 1/21 21.00 24.00 5.25 Clark, Aiden 0 17 1 75 1 1/7 75.00 102.00 4.41 Rogers, Hayden 1 7 1 22 0 0/9 n/a n/a 3.14 Walker, Scott 2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Senarativa, Nikill 4 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the boys in the team for an excellent effort. You all should be very proud of your achievements, well done. I would also like to make mention to the leadership group, captain Todd Palmer and Kym and Mitch Healy who lead the team with distinction all season. Thank you to our fearless Manager Peter Ireland for all his efforts. Thank you also to all the wonderful parents for your help and support, I thoroughly enjoyed working with you all..... and thank you for laughing at my jokes 

Tony D’Amore Coach

UNDER 15 – WEBLIN SHIELD

The Team: Anthony Azize (St Pats), Charlie Booth (WRR), Cameron Cleary (WRR), James Dunn (WRR), Chris Iaquinto (St Pats), Matthew Maittlen (WRR), Matthew Matson - captain (CWCC), Daniel Munro (WRR), Dylan Munro (WRR), Ben O’Connell (WRR), Karl Stuart (WRR), Jack Simpson (St Pats), Jock Wallace (CWCC).

After a couple of seasons of losing players to injury we went with thirteen players in the squad. Rotation proved difficult when we ended up with a bye in our draw. Wet weather also affected two other games. This season we welcomed four new players into the team – Anthony Azize, Chris Iaquinto, Karl Stuart and Jack Simpson, a specialist keeper.

Unfortunately we had a tough draw playing two of the four semi finalists during the season and eventual winner. If you add Parramatta for a trial match we played three of the four semi finalists during the season.

Whilst Jock Wallace was a member of the current season’s Emerging Blues squad, congratulations also goes to Karl Stuart who made the Emerging Blues squad for the next season.

Round 1 vs. Fairfield Liverpool (ELS Hall) Fairfield Liverpool 2/147 drew with NDCA

Our first rain affected game where the Dads got plenty of practice putting the covers on and off. Although we got an early wicket and the bowling was tight for the first twelve overs it was hard going thereafter. A spectacular caught & bowled by Chris Iaquinto got our second wicket but the rain settled in a few runs later probably putting us out of our misery.

Round 2 vs. Camden (Memorial Park) Camden 9/245defeated NDCA 86 and 9/187

Camden won the toss and batted first on a hot dry day. We had them 4/40 with the early damage being done by Matt Maittlen who finished with four wickets. Charlie Booth also bowled well to finish with three wickets. As has been the situation in past seasons we let one batsman get a big score and with only eleven fieldsmen had a long day in the field. Our batting was fairly ordinary with only Dylan Munro putting up some resistance with 27 runs. At about 5pm we thought we were in for an early finish but Camden arrogantly had other ideas and sent us back in. A swashbuckling 26 by Anthony Azize and 25 by Ben O’Connell saw us at 3/77 after 20 overs.

Round 3 vs. Newcastle (ELS Hall) Newcastle 6/139 defeated NDCA 9/136

Another rain affected game where after winning the toss and batting we were affected by the numerous stoppages in play. James Dunn was stumped at 21 after the ball rebounded off the keeper’s pad and Matt Matson made 36 running himself out near the end in an attempt to increase the run rate. With the weather looking like rain Newcastle chased for runs giving us a number of opportunities. Cam Cleary ended up with two wickets with most other bowlers contributing. However whilst Newcastle consistently lost wickets they also accumulated the runs to win the match.

Round 4 vs. Bye

Round 5 vs. Central Coast (Baker) Central Coast 207 defeated NDCA 143

We won the toss and elected to field on an extremely hot day. We were the first team to bowl Central Coast out and again one batsmen got on top of us. Cam Cleary picked up three wickets and Matt Maittlen two, however some fine bowling by Karl Stuart in his second spell saw him end up with 4/33 off 12 overs. When batting we lost two early wickets before Dylan Munro (30) and James Dunn (21) put on a good partnership. Daniel Munro batting down the order made 25 and Karl Stuart finished a good match with 24. Not a bad result against eventually competition winners.

UNDER 15 – WEBLIN SHIELD cont.

In summary, another tough season but part of the learning curve as Green Shield beckons a number of this team for next season. On paper the bowling attack looked good however some crucial dropped catches made the difference. In the batting not one batsman was able to put together even a 50 and essentially there lies a major problem at this level of competition.

Thanks to all the parents who supported the team during the season. In particular a number of parents did some scoring and as always afternoon tea was very pleasant.

Pat Cleary and Jeff Dunn (Coaches) Tony Matson (Manager)

UNDER 14 – MOORE SHIELD

The Team: Tom Collins, Ben French, Sam Lloyd, Geoff Wilson (West Ryde Rovers) Ian Hopkins, Max Yabsley (Gladesville RSL) Steve Maroun, Daniel Samsa (St Patricks) Tom Alice, Shashvat Sharma Sub (Epping District) Conor Rae (Ryde Hunters Hill), Bradley Watson (Carlingford), Luke Johnston (Holy Cross)

A difficult season with last years team loosing our emerging blue opening bowler Bruno with stress fractures in his back and also our wicket keeper and most successful bat Sam who decided that the lure of grade was too much. We also had a bye for the second year in a row so our season was limited especially after round 1 was washed out at morning tea.

Despite our poor results, as we did not win the three games we played, the season was an enjoyable one with some of the boys having good individual performances. The standard of the teams we did play was very high and water must be good in those areas as a number of the opponents were bigger and stronger than their coaches, bearing in mind the competition is under 14’s.

I must thank Paul Alice for his managerial skills and all the parents for supporting him with great afternoon teas and scoring duties. The boys were fortunate to have Mike West, Peter Blanchard and Tim Cover to help me with the coaching and it is hoped that the advice will improve their cricket as well as having fun.

Round 1: NDCA vs Penrith

Lost the toss and Penrith were 3 for 105 when rain decided that cricket was not to be played.

Round 2: NDCA vs ACT

Won the toss and could not bat the 60 overs and were dismissed for 137 . Conor with 34 and Luke with 27 the best performers. ACT made short work of the chase loosing only two wickets.

Round 3: Bye

Round 4: NDCA vs Illawarra

We knew we were in for a hard game as the previous match they had scored 3 for 380 against the ACT. Loosing the toss did not help and dropping 5 catches also added to the difficulty and we dismissed Illawarra for 309. I must say our boys stuck to the difficult task and made the opposition work hard with Steve being fantastic in the field stopping a lot of runs and taking a great catch. We were not up to the chase and were dismissed for 114 with Geoff making 44.

Round 5: NDCA vs North Shore

Again this was strong opposition as North Shore were equal first in their division with the winner of their division likely to be decided on quotients. With the temperature at 40 degrees Geoff did the right thing and won the toss , it was unfortunate that we could not use the hot conditions to our advantage being bundled out for 65 with Max top scoring with 16. North Shore went passed us the over before the lunch break and then surprisingly batted on rather than ask us to bat again. They batted on without much urgency and declared at 2 for 166. We then played our best cricket , “better late than never” with Ian and Steve making 82 for the opening stand Ian with 57 and Steve with 25 . We then lost three wickets very rapidly and may have still been under some pressure if Tom and Geoff had not had another good partnership. Geoff made North Shore pay for dropping him early with a very entertaining 66. We finished the day at 6 for 176 questioning why we left our best batting to the last innings.

Andrew Cover, Coach

UNDER 13 – GEE SHIELD

Danish Sharma (Captain) - Carlingford, Ben Manenti (Vice-Captain), Patrick Mion - St Patrick’s, Ben John – Ryde Hunters Hill, Vinodh Thanabalasingan, Anushka Dissanayake , James Needham, Harry Spurr – Epping YMCA, Sean White – North Ryde RSL, Malcolm Campbell, Tom O’Connell – West Ryde, Connor Sheehan – Holy Cross.

This season could be described as ‘what could have been’. With only 3 players returning from last year’s team and 4 players new to rep cricket, we were certainly the most ‘changed’ team in our division. After starting the season well with a win in the trial, a washout in Round 1, an excellent win in R2 and a decent bowling display in awful conditions to start R3, we were in position to sit at the top of the division after 3 rounds. However, a poor batting display chasing runs in R3 was the start of us losing momentum after a very promising start. We couldn’t even win the toss until the last game! The step up to rep cricket from Saturday morning cricket is a difficult one and some players now know how hard it is to succeed at this level. We had some really talented players in this team and with this experience and better guidance they will perform much better next season. We did win 2 games during the year and for this team it was their only wins in rep cricket in the last 3 years. We had some good team bonding activities through the season and the spirit within the team was excellent.

Thanks to all the parents for their support and help through the year. A lot of help and advice was provided along the way and it was much appreciated. A very special thank you goes to Jennifer Campbell, our Manager, scorer, and font of all knowledge for our coach.

In late breaking news we can report that James Needham, our left arm opening bowler and punishing lower order batsman, was selected in the Emerging Blues u/14s squad for 2010-2011. James was very unlucky when playing for us as he only took 1 wicket but there were several dropped catches and many near misses. James produced the goods at the Emerging Blues Trials to make the final squad. Congratulations James.

Trial Match NDJCA (5/198) defeated Parramatta (10/164). Sean White 59no, Ben Manenti 48no, Connor Sheehan 40. Danish 3/14, Anushka 1/3, Patrick 1/5, Harry 1/7

The perfect cricket game. Win the toss, accumulate runs early but keep wickets in hand. Launch an attack in the last 20 overs where another 100 runs were added and then take 2 early wickets and defend a good score with tight bowling and energetic fielding. It all fell into place for this game and gave the boys a great confidence boost. After controlled batting by Connor and Ben M, Sean hit a blistering 59 to steer us to a commanding position. Everyone bowled and fielded well. Danish took 3 quick wickets as Parra tried in vain to increase the run rate after a slow start. The perfect trial.

Round 1 NDJCA v. South Eastern Game washed out.

Round 2 NDJCA (2/97) defeated Georges River St George (10/93). Tom 4/15, Patrick 2/10, Harry 1/12, Ben M 1/16, James 0/17. Ben M 37no and Ben J 31no

A clinical display by the boys today. Forced to bowl first, we applied the screws from the start and GRSG never got away from us. All the bowlers did a wonderful job in tying down their batsmen and in the latter overs as they tried to lift the run rate wickets fell quickly and GRSG were all out for 93 in the 48th over. All the bowlers did their job admirably. Tom took 4 wickets in mopping up the tail and the opposition coach voted Patrick our best bowler on the day by taking 2 vital wickets. Ben M bowled 10 consecutive overs of spin for superb figures of 1-16. Chasing 93 never looked in doubt once Ben Manenti and Ben John got together and systematically worked the ball to all parts of the field picking off 1s and 2s and hitting the odd boundary. They looked solid in defence and able to score off the loose balls. An excellent win against a formidable opponent who soundly beat us last year. Several opposition parents were questioning whether we were ‘North Shore’ or Northern Districts, as we they NDs easily last year.

UNDER 13 – GEE SHIELD cont.

Round 3 NDJCA (10/96) defeated by Inner West Harbour (10/123) Connor 3/12, Tom 2/26, Patrick 1/18, James 0/14. Danish 19, Harry 16, Ben J, 13, James 12no

This game was decided at the toss in overcast conditions. IWH won the toss and batted and within 5 overs the rain and wet outfield ruined the ball and our bowlers had slippery run ups. We did well to keep IWH to 123 given the awful bowling and fielding conditions and a useless ball. At lunch the sun came out and at afternoon tea we were 2-47. We needed 77 from the last 25 overs and we were looking good. However, in the first over after tea we lost our top scorer, and our batting fell away. Poor shot selection and the run out of our 2 top scorers from R2 led to us being all out for 96. Harry and James batted well at the end but the target was out of reach. With South Eastern rained out again, a win today would have had us top of the table with 2 to play and a lot of confidence. Even though the conditions impacted the result, we should have chased down the 124 to win.

Round 4 NDJCA (10-96) defeated by Newcastle (10/142) Anushka 4/9, Patrick 1/13, Ben M 1/18 Ben J 33.

Newcastle won the toss and predictably batted first and were cruising at 2-94. A great comeback inspired by a devastating spell of slow medium bowling by Anushka led to Newcastle being all out for 142. Patrick and Ben M were also effective with the ball. We started the run chase conservatively but kept our wickets in hand. At afternoon tea we needed 100 runs from 25 overs with 8 wickets in hand. Again, we collapsed after tea and were all out for 96. 2 run outs and 3 stumpings did not help our cause. Experience in batting second and chasing a score against good bowling is a skill which we have not mastered yet.

Round 5 NDJCA (10/44) defeated by Penrith (1/119) Tom 24. Patrick 1/13.

We saved our worst display for the last game and I am at a loss to know what happened. We finally won a toss and had a chance to set a score and try to defend it. We batted poorly and were all out 44. Tom opened the batting and scored freely for 24 runs. Three of our players played the ball back onto the stumps and we struggled against the swinging ball. Penrith rattled off the runs for an easy win. They sent us in again and we batted responsibly and batted 15 overs without losing a wicket (if only we could have done that in the 1st innings). Special thanks to Darcy O’Shea who came into the side as an emergency backup. Darcy was neat in the field and bowled a tight over when the batters were trying to lift the run rate.

Innings Aggregate Not Out High Score Average John, Benjamin 5 83 2 33 27.7 Manenti, Benjamin 3 56 1 37 28.00 Sharma, Danish 5 25 1 19 6.30 Spurr, Harry 3 25 0 16 8.30 O'Connell, Tom 2 24 0 24 12.00 Needham, James 3 21 1 12 10.50 Sheehan, Connor 4 16 0 10 4.00 Thanabalasingam, Vinodh 3 10 0 8 3.30 White, Sean 3 8 0 4 2.70 Campbell, Malcolm 3 8 1 7 4.00 Dissanayake, Anushka 3 3 0 2 1.00 Mion, Patrick 2 0 1 0 0.00

UNDER 13 – GEE SHIELD cont.

Overs Maidens Wickets Runs Average Econ Dissanayake, Anushka 10 1 4 42 10.50 4.20 Sheehan, Connor 18 2 4 54 13.50 3.00 Mion, Patrick 27 5 5 94 18.80 3.48 O'Connell, Tom 38.4 4 7 132 18.90 3.41 Spurr, Harry 30 4 4 84 21.00 2.80 Manenti, Benjamin 30.3 5 3 78 26.00 2.56 Campbell, Malcolm 22 3 1 62 62.00 2.82 Needham, James 43 13 1 93 93.00 2.16 Sharma, Danish 7 0 0 24 n/a 3.43 White, Sean 3 0 0 13 n/a 4.33

Standing (from left): Ben Manenti (on crutches), Philip Azize (coach), James Needham, Harry Spurr, Sean White, Ben John, Tom O’Connell, Danish Sharma, Vinodh Thanabalasingham, Jennifer Campbell (manager)

Front Row (from left): Patrick Mion, Darcy O’Shea, Connor Sheehan, Anushka Dissanayake, Malcolm Campbell

UNDER 12 – CAWSEY SHIELD

Axel Cahlin (C) (West Ryde Rovers) Jack Cale (Epping District) Jack Clinton (Dundas United) James Conaghan (Dundas United) Cameron Court (Epping District) Jared Dries (Epping District) Rohan Gopal (West Ryde Rovers) Patrick Needham (Epping YMCA) Angelo Panambalana (Dundas United) Michael Roberts (WK) Ryde Hunters Hill William Wark (Carlingford Waratah) Luke Wilson (Carlingford Waratah)

Round 1 vs Hawkesbury Hawkesbury 4 / 58 – match washed out

It was a dream start to the season under overcast skies. Our bowlers bowled well and were well supported in the field and when the rain came we had kept them to just 2 runs per over and the calculators and rule books came out but the rain never stopped so we were left to ponder what might have been.

Round 2 vs Central Coast Northern District 8 / 128 def by Central Coast 5 / 133

A modest score from Northern District which does not tell the full tale. After an opening partnership of 36 between Court (14) and Clinton (7) we lost eight wickets for just 33 runs before Rohan (17*) and Jared (36*) steadied the ship and saw us to the final score. Their spinners did the damage with combined figures of 16 overs, 6 for 17. We bowled and fielded well but to no avail as Central Coast passed our score with six overs to spare.

Round 3 vs Manly Warringah Manly Warringah 77 def by Northern District 3 / 109

A steady start from their openers saw them reach 0 for 20 after eight overs but a change of bowling saw Cameron take 5 for 6 including a hat-trick, in what I can only describe as the best bowling I have seen in representative cricket. Following on from the fine performances in the field from the first two matches all of our bowlers bowled tight and were supported in the field with some great catching and a run out.

Cameron (39*) then opened the batting with Jack (15) for a solid opening partnership the removed any resolve that Manly may have had left in them. Good innings from Axel (13) and William (11*) saw us claim our first win for the season.

Round 4 vs Canterbury and Western Suburbs Canterbury and Western Suburbs 186 def Northern District 60 and 6 / 69

Again the final tale of the tape does not truly reflect the match. While Canterbury did score 186, some pluses to take out of the match were the fact that we stuck to our game and bowled them out in the 47th over and other than two back to back partnerships of 61 and 56 respectively; the remaining eight partnerships only netted 69 runs. After having them 2 for 23 we lifted our foots just a little and they shot off to 3 for 140.

With the bat we got off to a poor start losing our first wicket off the first ball of the innings to a brilliant catch in gully and it went downhill from there with only Angelo (12) and Michael (12*) reaching double figures. Needless to say we were asked to bat again but with better resolve in the second dig, Jared (24*), Patrick (19) and Michael (10), we saw off the overs and salvaged some pride.

Round 5 vs Fairfield Liverpool Fairfield Liverpool 9 / 145 def by Northern District 6 / 162

Again we showed our mettle as a top rate bowling and fielding side. Cameron (2 / 15) and Patrick (2/ 17) were the pick of the bowlers and were well supported by Axel (2 / 10) and Rohan (0 / 9 off 8). Patrick also chipped in with two catches, one off his own bowling. The only improvement we could have made would have been to bowl them out, as we allowed the last wicket to add 32 valuable runs which just goes to show how important it is to finish the innings off all the way to the end.

Our turn to chase in the last match of the season and it took a bit to get the player’s minds off the required run rate and to focus on each ball of each over, if you worry about the process the result will take care of itself. The boys were a little worried when we lost our first wicket in the 8th over with the score on 5 but Jack had done his job as an opener and seen off the opening bowlers which meant that the next batsmen could settle into their innings. I had faith in my team and when Michael (10) and Cameron (20) added 26 for the next partnership I could see the wind starting to fall from the sails of our opposition. The following partnerships were 10, 19 , 29 and 22 all good numbers to build the score to 6 / 111. When William joined Axel (65*) at the crease the required run rate was nothing alarming and the pair added the remaining 35 runs for the victory with relative ease and the boys finished the season on a high.

All in all it was a quite successful season on the back of some good fielding and tight bowling, the batting at times showed glimpses of something special and if we can put it all together and improve on it for next season we may have a winning season on our hands. Unfortunately, for this season we were left wondering what might have been, if not for the rain in round one and the spinners in round two we could have……but isn’t that the nature of the game.

Craig Menzies Coach

UNDER 11 – CREAK SHIELD

THE TEAM Anthony Adlam, James Hisrch – Dundas United Eli Brown, Lachlan Hughes, Matthew Monro – Berala Sports Adam Fedorow, Baxter Holt, Supapriyan – Carlingford Waratah Will Evans, Oliver Markus – Epping District Lachlan McKenzie, Chintan Mistry – West Ryde Rovers

Games Round 1 v North Shore NDCA 90 drew North Shore 1 for 73 Round 2 v Georges River St George Georges River St George 7 for 145 defeated NDCA 74 Round 3 v Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hornsby Ku-ring-gai 7 for 228 defeated NDCA 9 for 153 Round 4 v Manly Warringah Manly Warringah 5 for 179 defeated NDCA 97 Round 5 v Fairfield Liverpool NDCA 2 for 260 defeated Fairfield Liverpool 154

Highlights for Round 5 : Anthony Adlam 128 no, Lachlan Hughes 53 no and Baxter Holt 39

Being the first season of representative cricket for all but one of the boys was always going to be tough. A full 50 overs for each team and I knew the boys were going to struggle in the last hour or so of the day as fatigue set in. Unfortunately first up we faced a North Shore side that had been together as a development team for two years and the difference in approach and attitude was obvious.

After being bundled out for 90 runs on an overcast morning it started to rain during the change of innings and North Shore came out of the blocks with all guns blazing. When play was eventually stopped they had scored 1 for 73 in 10 overs and we had used our “Get Out of Jail Free” card early in the season as the match was declared a draw.

Unfortunately things didn’t get any easier for the team and we lost the next three games to Georges River St George, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai and Manly Warringah. Although we were never really in a position to win any of those games there were a number of great individual efforts and periods when we put the opposition under pressure. I knew that if we could just put them together that we were capable of being very competitive.

And so it was that in the last game of the season, against Fairfield Liverpool, that the team put in a fantastic performance to score 2 for 260 and then bowl the opposition out for 154. A superb innings by our captain Anthony Adlam (128), ably supported by Baxter Holt (39) and Lachlan Hughes (53) who combined with Anthony for partnerships of 121 and 99 respectively got us into a great position. This was followed up by a great team effort in the field and we finished the season on the best possible note – A WIN!

Congratulations to all the boys on completing their first season of rep cricket. Everyone had some weaknesses exposed and have identified things to work on before next season starts but everyone learnt a lot about themselves and what a team effort really means, not least of which were the Coach and Manager in our first experience in this field.

Craig Brown, Manager and Colin Monro, Coach

Back Row – Craig Brown, Manager Colin Monro, Coach

Standing (L2R): Lachlan Hughes, Supapriyan Kannan, Baxter Holt, Eli Brown, Anthony Adlam, Chintan Mistry

Kneeling (L2R): Lachlan McKenzie, Oliver Markus, Will Evans, Adam Fedorow, James Hirsch

Lying (Front): Matthew Monro

COMPETITION RESULTS

Under 10 Under 14 – West Carlingford Waratah Premiers (123) Epping YMCA Premiers (41) Epping District Red Runners Up (122) St Patricks College Gold Runners Up (53) Epping YMCA 106 Epping District 38 Dundas United 91 Carlingford Waratah Blue 33 Oakhill College 91 West Ryde Rovers Blue 29 West Ryde Rovers 83 Epping District Green 75

Under 11 Under 14 – East Carlingford Waratah White Premiers (87) St Patricks College Black Premiers (56) Dundas United Runners Up (86) Gladesville RSL Runners Up (55) Epping District 83 Carlingford Waratah White 51 West Ryde Rovers Blue 83 Holy Cross College 51 Epping YMCA 67 West Ryde Rovers White 43 West Ryde Rovers White 51 Ryde Hunters Hill 36 Oakhill College 49 Carlingford Waratah Blue 44

Under 12 Under 15 – West Berala Sports Premiers (54) Dundas United Premiers (48) Carlingford Waratah White Runners Up (47) North Ryde RSL Runners Up (59) Epping YMCA 45 Epping YMCA 41 Epping District Red 45 Oakhill College 29 West Ryde Rovers 44 St Patricks College Blue 19 Oakhill College 44 Carlingford Waratah Blue 35 Epping District Green 21 Carlingford Waratah Red 17

Under 13 – West Under 15 – East Epping YMCA Green Premiers (90) St Patricks College Black Premiers (60) North Ryde RSL Blue Runners Up (86) West Ryde Rovers Runners Up (59) Epping YMCA Red 77 Holy Cross College 52 Epping District 72 Carlingford Waratah 51 North Ryde RSL Gold 69 St Patricks College Gold 39 St Patricks College Gold 63 Epping District 31 Epping YMCA Blue 56 Carlingford Waratah 39

Under 13 – East Under 16 St Patricks College Black Premiers (63) Dundas United Premiers (63) West Ryde Rovers Runners Up (58) West Ryde Rovers Runners Up (58) Holy Cross College 52 St Patricks College Black 59 Ryde Hunters Hill 51 St Patricks College Gold 49 Dundas United 35 Gladesville RSL 44 Berala Sports 33 Berala Sports 42 Carlingford Waratah White 36 Epping YMCA Blue 32 Carlingford Waratah Blue 30 Epping YMCA Red 29

BATTING – Centuries Name Club Division Score S. Ananin Berala Sports Under 16 110* D.T. Munro West Ryde Rovers Under 16 106*, 104* T. Palmer Dundas United Under 16 106*, 104* S. Evans Holy Cross College Under 15 East 128 C. Iaquinto St Patricks College Under 15 East 126 B. O’Connell West Ryde Rovers Under 15 East 100* J. Malloy North Ryde RSL Under 15 West 116 M. Estwick North Ryde RSL Under 15 West 108* G. Mina Epping YMCA Under 15 West 108* C. Rae Ryde Hunters Hill Under 14 East 100* B. Playfair Gladesville RSL Under 14 East 100 J. Sanni St Patricks College Under 14 West 116, 108* P. Agliozzo St Patricks College Under 14 West 116 B. Manenti St Patricks College Under 13 East 104 N. Skrivanic West Ryde Rovers Under 13 East 103 J. Lyons Epping YMCA Under 13 West 121 V. Thanabalasingam Epping YMCA Under 13 West 108* J. Needham Epping YMCA Under 13 West 106*, 100* H. Spurr Epping YMCA Under 13 West 104* S. White North Ryde RSL Under 13 West 100 P. Needham Epping YMCA Under 12 118*

BOWLING – Five or more wickets J. Kovacic St Patricks College Under 16 8 / 7 N. Plaskett West Ryde Rovers Under 16 6 / 11 C. Cleary West Ryde Rovers Under 16 6 / 37 H. Rogers Dundas United Under 16 5 / 10 K. Stuart West Ryde Rovers Under 16 5 / 23 K. Chesseman Gladesville RSL Under 16 5 / 33 C. Iaquinto St Patricks College Under 15 East 7 / 12, 5 / 9, 5 / 16, 5 / 24 D. Walsh Carlingford Waratah Under 15 East 5 / 12 S. Evans Holy Cross College Under 15 East 5 / 19 Z. Palmer Dundas United Under 15 West 5 / 10 M. Estwick North Ryde RSL Under 15 West 5 / 10 B. Bury North Ryde RSL Under 15 West 5 / 11 A.Kaul Epping YMCA Under 15 West 5 / 16 S. Balakumar Epping YMCA Under 15 West 5 / 27 L. Johnson Dundas United Under 15 West 5 / 24 M. Goodenough Dundas United Under 15 West 5 / 38 I. Hopkins Gladesville RSL Under 14 East 5 / 11 L. Johnston Holy Cross College Under 14 East 5 / 18 P. Taylor St Patricks College Under 14 West 6 / 10 K. Singh Epping YMCA Under 14 West 5 / 3 S. Thushyanthan Epping YMCA Under 14 West 5 / 5 S. Ryan Epping YMCA Under 14 West 5 / 6 L. Perera Epping District Under 14 West 5 / 10 N. De Silva Epping YMCA Under 14 West 5 / 17 T. Thungsunawan West Ryde Rovers Under 13 East 5 / 3 R. Dharni Ryde Hunters Hill Under 13 East 5 / 10 A.Cahlin West Ryde Rovers Under 13 East 5 / 12 M. Precious Holy Cross College Under 13 East 5 / 16 A. Ferreira Berala Sports Under 13 East 5 / 23 V. Thanabalasingam Epping YMCA Under 13 West 6 / 29 C. Court Epping District Under 13 West 5 / 6, 5 / 9 A. Clark Epping District Under 13 West 5 / 9 J. Condon North Ryde RSL Under 13 West 5 / 11 L. Whitfeld North Ryde RSL Under 13 West 5 / 13, 5 / 20 O. Green Epping YMCA Under 13 West 5 / 13 R. Balani Epping YMCA Under 13 West 5 / 37 T. Biggs Oakhill College Under 12 6 / 8 N. Bolt Carlingford Waratah Under 12 6 / 9 J. Greig Carlingford Waratah Under 12 5 / 12

BOWLING – Hat Tricks J. Thaman Carlingford Waratah Under 14 West 3 / 5 T. Thungsunawan West Ryde Rovers Under 13 East 5 / 3 J. Condon North Ryde RSL Under 13 West 5 / 11 T. Pooley St Patricks College Under 13 West 4 / 0 J. Truillo West Ryde Rovers Under 11 3 / 10 T. Potter Epping YMCA Under 10 3 / 1

SUMMARY of BATTING STATISTICS Batting Aggregate N. Sutton Epping YMCA Under 10 241 A. Adlam Dundas United Under 11 398 P. Needham Epping YMCA Under 12 441 H. Spurr Epping YMCA Under 13 West 589 B. Manenti St Patricks College Under 13 East 414 D. Bam West Ryde Rovers Under14 West 336 B. Playfair Gladesville RSL Under 14 East 394 M. Estwick North Ryde RSL Under 15 West 448 C. Iaquinto St Patricks College Under 15 East 382 D.T. Munro West Ryde Rovers Under 16 516

Batting Average C. Salmon Epping District Under 10 106.00 A.Adlam Dundas United Under 11 99.50 P. Needham Epping YMCA Under 12 63.00 H. Spurr Epping YMCA Under 13 West 73.63 B. Manenti St Patricks College Under 13 East 46.00 J. Williams Epping YMCA Under14 West 42.20 S. Lloyd West Ryde Rovers Under 14 East 48.33 M. Estwick North Ryde RSL Under 15 West 74.67 F. Tarnow-Mordi St Patricks College Under 15 East 72.00 T. Palmer Dundas United Under 16 72.60

SUMMARY of BOWLING STATISTICS Bowling Aggregate D. Williams Epping District Under 10 18 H. Kilby Dundas United Under 11 15 J.Lelay Epping YMCA T. Mahajan Carlingford Waratah A. Huynh Berala Sports Under 12 19 C. Court Epping District Under 13 West 30 M. Precious Holy Cross College Under 13 East 18 T. Thungsunawan West Ryde Rovers P. Taylor St Patricks College Under14 West 25 A. Ruggiero Gladesville RSL Under 14 East 22 Z. Palmer Dundas United Under 15 West 26 C. Iaquinto St Patricks College Under 15 East 38 C. Cleary West Ryde Rovers Under 16 27

Bowling Average D. Williams Epping District Under 10 2.78 L. McKenzie West Ryde Rovers Under 11 5.75 R. Gopal West Ryde Rovers Under 12 5.64 C. Court Epping District Under 13 West 5.20 R. Dharni Ryde Hunters Hill Under 13 East 5.36 A.Bhasin Epping District Under14 West 6.08 M. O’Keefe St Patricks College Under 14 East 8.57 K. Barratt Oakhill College Under 15 West 5.41 C. Iaquinto St Patricks College Under 15 East 5.29 D. Mion St Patricks College Under 16 5.95

Under 10 - Batting Innings Not Outs High Score Aggregate Average Haider, Naba Allah Syed Epping District 15 120 0 120 30.00 Gray, Michael Epping District 15 171 0 171 28.50

Under 10 - Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average Gray, Michael Epping Districts 31 4 55 12 4.58 Grigson, Thomas Epping Districts 30 0 58 11 5.27 Xie, Phillip Carlingford Waratah 30 0 125 6 20.83

Under 11 - Batting Innings Not Outs High Score Aggregate Average Adlam, Anthony Dundas United 10 6 68* 398 99.50 Wass, Jordan Dundas United 11 8 34* 211 70.33 Evans, William Epping District 10 3 59 333 47.57 Dilley, Brayden Epping District 10 7 40* 132 44.00 Cale, Charlie Epping District 10 4 71* 240 40.00 Holt, Baxter Carlingford Waratah 10 4 50* 232 38.67 Dalton, Joseph Epping YMCA 11 5 70* 217 36.17 Mankad, Yash Carlingford Waratah 9 4 40* 133 26.60 Skinner, Alexander Epping YMCA 11 4 49 175 25.00 Teirney, Charlie Epping District 10 1 64* 198 22.00 Van Hulsen, Justin West Ryde Rovers 16 1 51 324 21.60 Kennedy, Nicholas Carlingford Waratah 9 2 49* 151 21.57 Federow, Adam Carlingford Waratah 10 2 50* 162 20.25

Under 11 - Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average Kilby, Harrison Dundas United 40 8 95 15 6.33 Holt, Baxter Carlingford Waratah 31 7 80 12 6.67 Lelay, Jordan Epping YMCA 48 10 110 15 7.33 Doherty, Brad Dundas United 30 3 64 8 8.00 Singh, Navjot Epping YMCA 50 12 103 12 8.58 Sivasubramian, Ashwin Epping YMCA 34 3 92 10 9.20 Wass, Jordan Dundas United 35 8 115 12 9.58 Federow, Adam Carlingford Waratah 37 10 96 10 9.60 Mahajan, Tarun Carlingford Waratah 64 11 145 15 9.67 Adlam, Anthony Dundas United 46 7 128 13 9.85

Under 12 - Batting Innings Not Outs High Score Aggregate Average Needham, Patrick Epping YMCA 10 3 118* 441 63.00 Gopal, Rohan West Ryde Rovers 8 2 52 277 46.17 Wark, William Carlingford Waratah 8 3 48* 193 38.60 Stern, Joshua Epping Districts 11 4 43 244 34.86 Johnson, William Oakhill College 10 2 69 252 31.50 Cale, Jack Epping Districts 8 2 58 180 30.00 Donohoe, Nicholas Carlingford Waratah 11 3 78* 236 29.50 Carfax, Lachlan Epping Districts 6 1 41 146 29.20 Harkin, Ben Oakhill College 11 5 29* 172 28.67 Harris, Callum Carlingford Waratah 9 3 75* 166 27.67

Under 12 - Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average Gopal, Rohan West Ryde Rovers 48 12 79 14 5.64 Monro, Simon Berala Sports 57 15 107 18 5.94 Huynh, Anthony Berala Sports 56 10 120 19 6.32 Biggs, Thomas Oakhill College 59 22 75 11 6.82 Garnon, Andrew Carlingford Waratah 43 12 84 12 7.00 Cale, Jack Epping Districts 62.2 14 135 16 8.44 Kannan, Supapriyan Carlingford Waratah 41 8 78 9 8.67 Needham, Patrick Epping YMCA 70.3 17 157 18 8.72 Harkin, Ben Oakhill College 44 8 111 12 9.25 Greig, Julian Carlingford Waratah 57.3 11 139 15 9.27

Under 13 West - Batting Innings Not Outs High Score Aggregate Average Spurr, Harry Epping YMCA 15 7 104* 589 73.63 Needham, James Epping YMCA 13 6 106* 479 68.43 Kumar, Rohan North Ryde RSL 14 6 73* 447 55.88 Court, Cameron Epping Districts 13 3 88* 483 48.30 Forbes-Smith, Oliver North Ryde RSL 15 6 68* 353 39.22 Thanabalasingam, Vinodh Epping YMCA 13 1 108* 451 37.58 White, Sean North Ryde RSL 14 1 100 477 36.69 Green, Oliver Epping YMCA 12 3 53 325 36.11 Walker, Patrick Epping YMCA 14 4 53 322 32.20 Bourke, Joe Carlingford Waratah 14 3 68* 343 31.18

Under 13 West - Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average Court, Cameron Epping Districts 85 18 156 30 5.20 Spurr, Harry Epping YMCA 81 20 161 28 5.75 Dalton, Jack Epping YMCA 43 10 99 14 7.07 Needham, James Epping YMCA 86 22 202 24 8.42 Nicita, Thomas Epping YMCA 61 9 202 23 8.78 Dimech, Jordan St Patricks College 64 10 167 19 8.79 Whitfeld, Liam North Ryde RSL 86 16 203 22 9.23 Randeniya, Marlon North Ryde RSL 57.2 7 186 18 10.33 Dissanayake, Anushka Epping YMCA 73.1 10 210 19 11.05 Green, Oliver Epping YMCA 85 12 238 21 11.33

Under 13 East - Batting Innings Not Outs High Score Aggregate Average Manenti, Benjamin St Patricks College 10 1 104 414 46.00 Walsh, Regan Holy Cross College 8 2 52* 193 32.17 Cahlin, Axel West Ryde Rovers 11 2 57 263 29.22 Jenson, Albert St Patricks College 11 2 62 255 28.33 Skrivanic, Nathan West Ryde Rovers 12 0 103 328 27.33 Rapisarda, Damian St Patricks College 10 0 59 229 22.90 Clinton, Jack Dundas United 9 0 56 203 22.56 Saleh, Jacob Ryde Hunters Hill 10 2 34* 175 21.88 Spackman, Michael Ryde Hunters Hill 8 1 42* 149 21.29 Campbell, Malcolm West Ryde Rovers 9 2 52 148 21.14

Under 13 East - Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average Dharni, Rohan Ryde Hunters Hill 38 12 75 14 5.36 Precious, Michael Holy Cross College 50.4 13 99 18 5.50 Thungsunawan, Tommy West Ryde Rovers 64 16 125 18 6.94 Mion, Patrick St Patricks College 52 15 87 12 7.25 Sullivan, Michael St Patricks College 63 25 126 17 7.41 Baldwin, Mackenzie Ryde Hunters Hill 43 4 106 14 7.57 Jones, Daniel Holy Cross College 37.2 10 69 9 7.67 Cahlin, Axel West Ryde Rovers 48 11 110 14 7.86 O'Connell, Tom West Ryde Rovers 69.3 18 139 16 8.69 Tetto, Christopher Dundas United 44 6 100 11 9.09

Under 14 West - Batting Innings Not Outs High Score Aggregate Average Williams, Jackson Epping YMCA 7 2 61 211 42.20 Skinner, Timothy St Patricks College 8 1 94 273 39.00 Bam, Daniel West Ryde Rovers 10 1 91 336 37.33 Broderick, Declan Carlingford Waratah 8 1 75 229 32.71 Agliozzo, Phillip St Patricks College 9 0 116 261 29.00 Thushyanthan, Shivaangar Epping YMCA 10 2 58 204 25.50 Bhasin, Arjun Epping Districts 9 0 61 228 25.33 Brickely, Bre St Patricks College 9 1 66 167 20.88

Under 14 West - Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average Bhasin, Arjun Epping Districts 41 9 79 13 6.08 Taylor, Patrick St Patricks College 74 20 166 25 6.64 Singh, Kanwal Epping YMCA 60.4 14 133 20 6.65 Thushyanthan, Shivaangar Epping YMCA 74 19 153 20 7.65 Williams, Jackson Epping YMCA 41 12 118 12 9.83 De Silva, Nisal Epping YMCA 34 7 89 9 9.89 Moya, Daichi Epping Districts 32 5 70 7 10.00 Thirumani, Nikhil Carlingford Waratah 34.1 10 71 7 10.14 Wilson, Benjamin Carlingford Waratah 31 9 64 6 10.67 Perera, Lahiru Epping Districts 58 12 141 13 10.85

Under 14 East - Batting Innings Not Outs High Score Aggregate Average Lloyd, Sam West Ryde Rovers 9 3 65* 290 48.33 Sharma, Danish Carlingford Waratah 11 3 79* 352 44.00 Playfair, Bruno Gladesville RSL 9 0 100 394 43.78 Collins, Thomas West Ryde Rovers 10 4 53* 240 40.00 Rae, Conor Ryde Hunters Hill 11 2 100* 327 36.33 Maroun, Steven St Patricks College 9 2 51* 219 31.29 Burt, Thomas St Patricks College 10 0 75 305 30.50 Camroux, Josh Holy Cross College 11 2 61* 260 28.89 Hopkins, Ian Gladesville RSL 10 1 86 237 26.33 Sanni, John St Patricks College 9 1 108* 209 26.13

Under 14 East - Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average O'Keefe, Myles St Patricks College 55.1 17 120 14 8.57 Thorne, Samuel St Patricks College 36.2 6 98 11 8.91 Thomas, Matthew St Patricks College 66 13 151 15 10.07 Shaw, Adrian Carlingford Waratah 41 7 111 11 10.09 Ruggiero, Alex Gladesville RSL 98 24 223 22 10.14 Mehndiratta, Vasu Gladesville RSL 82 22 182 17 10.71 McKenzie, Thomas St Patricks College 78 13 196 18 10.89 McGregor, Patrick West Ryde Rovers 70.2 11 207 19 10.89 O'Shea, Darcy West Ryde Rovers 44 10 109 10 10.90 Burt, Thomas St Patricks College 39 5 78 7 11.14

Under 15 West - Batting Innings Not Outs High Score Aggregate Average Estwick, Matthew North Ryde RSL 10 4 108* 448 74.67 Mina, George Epping YMCA 7 2 108* 271 54.20 Barratt, Kieran g Oakhill College 9 4 78* 206 41.20 Denlow, Bradley North Ryde RSL 9 2 66 210 30.00 Johnson, Lachlan Dundas United 8 0 51 215 26.88 Goodenough, Matthew Dundas United 10 0 60 233 23.30 Robson, Liam Dundas United 10 1 53 205 22.78 Akopian, Leon t Oakhill College 7 1 66 130 21.67 Henwood, Jake North Ryde RSL 8 0 65 173 21.63 Mather, Chris North Ryde RSL 9 0 51 190 21.11

Under 15 West - Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average Barratt, Kieran Oakhill College 64.1 19 119 22 5.41 Bury, Ben North Ryde RSL 39 16 69 12 5.75 Palmer, Zac Dundas United 71.1 15 165 26 6.35 Smith, Lincon Oakhill College 30 7 51 8 6.38 Johnson, Lachlan Dundas United 74 15 156 24 6.50 Stubbs, Josh North Ryde RSL 37.3 5 105 16 6.56 Estwick, Matthew North Ryde RSL 77.2 20 154 19 8.11 Goodenough, Matthew Dundas United 73 13 191 18 10.61 Balakumar, Shivarangan Epping YMCA 54 3 229 18 12.72 Kim, Wondong Dundas United 54.5 12 137 10 13.70

Under 15 East - Batting Innings Not Outs High Score Aggregate Average Iaquinto, Christopher St Patricks College 9 2 126 382 54.57 Dunn, James West Ryde Rovers 11 5 93* 313 52.17 Evans, Samuel Holy Cross College 9 1 128 367 45.88 Matson, Matthew Carlingford Waratah 11 3 61* 335 41.88 Gibson, Liam St Patricks College 11 3 76 291 36.38 O'Connell, Ben West Ryde Rovers 9 2 100* 236 33.71 Wilkins, Matthew Carlingford Waratah 11 0 68 368 33.45 Clifford, Dane Holy Cross College8 1 65182 26.00 Paton, John Holy Cross College 7 2 41* 130 26.00 Butt, Benjamin Carlingford Waratah 11 3 53* 199 24.88

Under 15 East - Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average Iaquinto, Christopher St Patricks College 87 11 201 38 5.29 Cordner, Tim West Ryde Rovers 71 17 154 19 8.11 Booth, Charlie West Ryde Rovers 40 11 87 10 8.70 Tarnow-Mordi, Fraser St Patricks College 74.2 22 131 14 9.36 Maittlen, Matthew West Ryde Rovers 91.1 21 169 18 9.39 Edwards, Matthew St Patricks College 40 6 117 12 9.75 O'Connell, Ben West Ryde Rovers 74 20 135 13 10.38 Evans, Samuel Holy Cross College 82 13 229 21 10.90 Wilson, Geoffrey West Ryde Rovers 36 4 68 6 11.33 Wilkins, Matthew Carlingford Waratah 73.1 16 164 14 11.71

Under 16 - Batting Innings Not Outs High Score Aggregate Average Palmer, Todd Dundas United 8 3 106* 363 72.60 Raven, Josh Dundas United 9 3 95 398 66.33 Munro, Dylan T West Ryde Rovers 11 3 106* 516 64.50 Gray, Brendan Gladesville RSL 11 2 68 400 44.44 Cheeseman, Kym Gladesville RSL 11 2 87* 354 39.33 Mcrae, Paul St Patricks College 8 0 95 277 34.63 Fraser, Patrick St Patricks College 7 0 77 226 32.29 Rogers, Hayden Dundas United 7 2 68* 159 31.80 Bennetts, Daniel Carlingford Waratah 7 0 71 222 31.71 O'Connor, Cormac St Patricks College 10 0 91 306 30.60

Under 16 - Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average Mion, Daniel St Patricks College 57.4 12 119 20 5.95 Heels, Angus St Patricks College 31.1 6 87 11 7.91 Foulkes, Matthew St Patricks College 88 24 181 20 9.05 Cleary, Cameron West Ryde Rovers 105 17 254 27 9.41 Rogers, Hayden Dundas United 78 25 152 16 9.50 Zhao, Jaydon Carlingford Waratah 32 0 115 12 9.58 Cousin, Aidan Carlingford Waratah 41 5 108 11 9.82 Pattalis, Dean Epping YMCA 32 4 101 10 10.10 Stuart, Karl West Ryde Rovers 91 13 254 24 10.58 Clay, Joshua Carlingford Waratah 50 5 194 18 10.78

TROPHY WINNERS 2009 - 2010

CRICKETER of the YEAR TROPHY Donated by K. McCann, West Ryde Rovers 1974-75 For Under 16, 15, and 14 Competitions: Christopher Iaqunito, St. Patricks Black Under 15

In MEMORY of GRAEME WHITE, Honorary Secretary Donated by K. McCann, West Ryde Rovers as the continuing trophy for the under 13, 12 and 11 competitions For Under 13, 12, and 11 Competitions: Nathan Skrivanic, West Ryde Rovers Under 13

F. Earle Cup – Donated by F. Earle Esq. 1935 Umpires Cup – Presented by N.D. Umpires League Premiers Under 16: Dundas United Runners-Up Under 16: West Ryde Rovers

M. Rae Memorial Trophy Liberty Milk Bar Trophy Premiers Under 15 East: St. Patricks Black Runners-Up Under 15 East: West Ryde Rovers

Roselea Trophy Dundas Silver Jubilee Trophy Premiers Under 15 West: Dundas United Runners-Up Under 15 West: North Ryde RSL

R. M. Bell Cup Northsmith Trophy – Donated by Ryde RSL Premiers Under 14: St Patricks College Black Runners-Up Under 14: Gladesville RSL

Donated by A. K. Shaw Donated by H. Ward Premiers Under 14 West: Epping YMCA Runners-Up Under 14 West: St Patricks College Gold

Epping Municipal & Shire Trophy – Epping Shire C.C. Northsmith Trophy – Donated by Ryde RSL Premiers Under 13 East: St. Patricks Black Runners-Up Under 13 East: West Ryde Rovers

George Mills Trophy – Donated by Eastwood C.C. Donated by North Ryde Millers C.C. Premiers Under 13 West: Epping YMCA Green Runners-Up Under 13 West: North Ryde RSL Blue

G. Rogerson Cup Premiers Northsmith Trophy – Donated by Ryde RSL Under 12 East: Berala Sports Runners-Up Under 12 East: Carlingford Waratah White

H. Neal Cup Jim Walsh Memorial Trophy – NDUA 1968-1969 Premiers Under 11 East: Carlingford Waratah White Runners-Up Under 11 East: Dundas United

Premiers Under 10 Runners-Up Under 10 Carlingdford Waratah Epping District Red

NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET UMPIRES ASSOCIATION President’s Report

On behalf of our regular umpiring members, I present the Annual Report for the season 2009 - 2010. The Office Bearers of the Association remain unchanged from last season.

During the past season three umpires regularly stood in NDCA’s various grades, namely Col Hamilton, John Crane and Bob Flint. Peter Tate stood in Round 1 and Homer Paxton stood in Round 2. English Umpire John Boyles once again returned for his summer holidays and continued to Umpire Grade games. John made himself available for the Junior Rep games and we thanked him for his efforts. We have asked John to contact us next season when he comes back to Sydney.

The Association Secretary endeavoured to ensure that all grades received a fair share of “official” umpires by a system of rotation through the grades. Given however, that on each Saturday throughout the season, NDCA conducted some eighteen matches, it goes without saying that there is an urgent need for additional qualified umpires. In this regard, I would again appeal to all those more seasoned players who are considering “hanging up their boots” to stay involved in the game that they love by becoming an umpire. We have been advised that the Juniors will again run the Umpires Examinations with the NSWCU&SA at the end of the season and we extend our congratulations. This goes well with the Juniors in developing official umpires among their ranks and the chance to umpire in the Senior ranks for experience.

As well as the number of club matches, our members this year were again involved in the Inter District Representative matches which were held on Sundays in October and November. The matches were the Junior games in the Creak, Cawsey, Gee, Moore, Weblin and Watson Shields, with no Senior Representative teams. We convey our thanks to the following Umpires Bob Flint, Col Hamilton, John Crane, John Boyles, Kieran Gray, Alan Harrison, Ashley Flint and Warren McDonald. These matches provide an excellent opportunity to see up and coming young cricketers from many areas and to umpire a good standard of cricket. Bob, Col and John also umpired some of the semis and finals of the Junior Reps.

Members Bob Flint, Col Hamilton, John Crane and John Boyles were again selected to umpire the NSW District Cricket Association Girls Inter-Association Shield Carnival in the Mollie Dive Shield (U13) and the Margaret Pedan Shield (U15). The carnival was from 17th to 24th January 2010 and was held at The Eric Mobbs Reserve, Castle Hill over four grounds. Each age group played a round robin over three days with the finals on the last day. They also played a final 20/20 game between the 3rd and 4th placed teams on the final Sunday. Everyone enjoyed themselves in a very well organised competition.

My thanks go to our officiating umpires during the season. We were able to cover 8 of the ten Semi-Finals and all 5 Finals with the assistance of Alan Harrison, Craig Menzies, Jason LeGuier, Dale Arnott, Ken and Josh Tompsett.

Congratulations to all those who enjoyed success during the season and we look forward to seeing you all in 2010 – 2011.

Bob Flint, President

NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET UMPIRES ASSOCIATION OFFICE BEARERS 2009 - 2010

Patron: Keith Shaw President: Bob Flint Vice-President: Col Hamilton Executive Committee: John Crane, Col Hamilton, Bob Flint Training and Examination Board: John Crane, Col Hamilton Delegate to N.D.C.A.Inc.: Bob Flint, Col Hamilton (alt.) Hon. Auditor: Keith Shaw (Retired) Hon. Treasurer: John Crane Hon. Secretary: John Crane Hon. Assistant Secretary: Col Hamilton Life Members (from NDCA records since 1968 - 1969)

1968 G. Rogerson dec. 1986 1968 P. Bevan dec. 1981 1968 J. Smith dec. 1970 1968 E. Fowler dec. 1995 1968 S. Wright dec. 1969 1968 S. Woodhouse dec. 1982 1977 F. Sheard 1981 H. Ward dec. 1988 1986 W. Fielder dec. 1997 1986 L. Thomas dec. 2007 1997 J. Crane 2008 C. Hamilton

STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS for the Period ended 30th April 2010

Management Account $ $ Balance as at 30th APRIL 2009 3,145.15 Foot & Mouth Christmas Cards 28.00 Subscriptions deducted from Umpires fees 75.00 NSWCU&SA Affiliation Fees 50.00 Unpresented Cheques 86/87/90 1,990.00 Underpaid Umpire Fee 900.00 Balance as at 30th APRIL 2010 252.15 3,220.15 3,220.15

Umpires Fees Account $ $ Received from N.D.C.A. 10,647.50 Subscriptions deducted from Umpires Fees 75.00 Payment to Umpires 10,572.50 10,647.50 10,647.50

BALANCE SHEET as at 30th APRIL 2010

Liabilities $ Assets $ 30th APRIL 2009 3,145.15 ANZ Account 252.15 Deduct excess Payments over Receipts this 2,893.00 year 252.15 252.15

3 Currawong Avenue, Normanhurst 2076 John P. Crane, ASM [email protected] Honorary Treasurer (H) 029487 1385 12th May 2010

NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION OFFICERS PAST and PRESENT President: 1909 – 1913 W. M. Nixon 1913 – 1914 D. M. Anderson 1914 – 1920 W. M. Nixon 1920 – 1921 D. M. Anderson 1921 – 1922 G. Syd Jones 1922 – 1931 Dr. D. G. Hunter 1931 – 1946 H. W. Holland 1946 – 1951 H. W. Gibson 1951 – 1958 R. M. Bell 1958 – 1973 K. Hinchcliffe 1973 – 1987 A. K. Shaw 1987 – 1995 P. Stapleton 1995 – J. P. Crane

Senior Vice President: 1924 – 1927 H. J. Bennett 1927 – 1931 H. W. Holland 1934 – 1937 F. Earle 1937 – 1946 H. W. Gibson 1947 – 1951 R. M. Bell 1951 – 1954 G. Horsley 1954 – 1955 F. Ferguson 1955 – 1958 W. Southwell 1958 – 1960 A. Denning 1960 – 1988 W. Hargraves 1988 – 1989 G. Newton 1989 – 1991 C. Dempsey 1991 – 1995 S. Martin 1995 – 1997 G. Barrie 1997 – 2004 W. McDonald 2004 – 2008 J. Vanderlight 2008 – vacant

Honorary Secretary: 1908 – 1909 H. G. Small 1909 – 1911 A. P. Humphries 1911 – 1914 J. W. Doughton 1914 – 1920 A. M. Little 1920 – 1921 J. W. Doughton 1921 – 1922 M. Hartley 1922 – 1924 J. H. Worthington 1924 – 1927 M. R. Macaulay 1927 – 1928 J. Timmins 1928 – 1934 A. C. Gibson 1934 – 1938 A. H. Harrison 1938 – 1944 J. O. Baldock 1944 – 1946 H. Neal (acting) 1946 – 1951 J. O. Baldock 1951 – 1953 J. Goulder 1953 – 1956 K. Lane 1956 – 1987 H. Ward 1987 – 2000 G. White 2000 – 2003 J. P. Crane 2003 J. LeGuier

Honorary Treasurer: 1908 - 1920 C. W. Thomas 1921 - 1922 R. Gillett 1922 - 1924 D. M. Aslet 1924 - 1928 J. H. Timmins 1928 - 1934 A. C. Gibson 1934 - 1938 A. H. Harrison 1938 - 1947 H. Neal 1947 - 1953 E. W. Holley 1953 - 1973 A. K. Shaw 1973 - 1977 F. Ferguson 1977 - 1981 C. J. Leary 1981 - 2009 J. Prowse 2010 - C. Menzies 69

NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION OFFICERS PAST and PRESENT Patron: 1909– 1938 W. Thompson 1938– 1945 Dr. D. G. Hunter 1945– 1946 Hon. E. Earnshaw, M.L.A. 1946– 1963 H. W. Holland 1963– 1971 R. M. Bell 1971– 1986 G. Rogerson 1987– 1989 K. Hinchcliffe 1989– 2000 K. Hinchcliffe, A. K. Shaw 2000 – 2010 A. K. Shaw, R. Goggins

Assistant Secretary: 1913– 1914 M. Owen 1929– 1930 W. Herron 1930– 1931 J. Doughton 1931– 1933 N. Robertson 1933– 1934 H. Harrison 1934– 1947 H. Neal 1947– 1948 E. W. Holley 1949– 1952 J. Goulder 1952– 1956 H. Ward 1956– 1959 K. Hinchcliffe 1959– 1960 M. Hatton 1960– 1968 W. Craig 1968– 1972 P. Jones 1972– 1997 R. Goggins 1997– 2004 W. McDonald 2004– 2006 I. Moore 2006– A. Grant

Minutes Secretary: 1997– 1999 R. Goggins 1999– 2000 P. Blanchard (to 02/02/00) P. Blakey (from 02/02/00) 2000– 2004 W. McDonald 2004– 2006 I. Moore 2006– A. Grant

Records Officer: 1931– 1934 A. Harrison 1934– 1939 H. Neal 1939– 1940 J.R. Macleay 1940– 1941 A. Harivel 1941– 1942 F. Eldred 1942– 1946 H. Neal 1946– 1947 J. Neville 1947– 1949 F. Earle 1949– 1950 A. Gibson 1950– 1953 A.K. Shaw 1953– 1954 A. Horsley 1954– 1959 A. Lukeman 1959– 1963 W. Southwell 1963– 1964 W. Taylor, W. Coy 1964– 1965 W. Taylor, W. Coy, L. Ward 1965– 1969 W. Coy, L. Ward 1969– 1970 L. Hetherington, H. Ward 1970– 1972 H. Ward 1972– 1973 J. Prowse 1973– 1974 J. Prowse, J. Crane 1974– 1975 G. Dawkins, J. Crane 1975– 1977 J. Crane, Mrs. J. Crane 1977– 1978 J. Crane, J. Cameron 1978– 1979 J. Cameron 1979– 1980 P. Hartigan 1980– 1997 G. Prowse 1997– 2003 J. Prowse 2003– F. Harrison

NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION LIFE MEMBERS

Pre 1939 A.C. Gibson dec. 1954 H. W. Holland dec. 1962 G. Rogerson dec. 1985 1941 – 1945 H. W. Gibson dec. 1953 H. Neville dec. 1982 H. Neal dec. 1975 1952 J. F. Walsh dec. 1970 1953 R. M. Bell dec. 1970 1955 F. Ferguson dec. 2002 1956 P. Burton dec. 1961 1958 A. K. Shaw, ASM dec. 2010 1960 H. Ward dec. 1988 1964 P. Bevan dec. 1981 1969 K. Hinchcliffe 1970 W. Hargraves dec. 2005 1981 K. McCann 1982 R. Goggins 1992 J. Prowse, ASM 1995 P. Stapleton 2000 G. White dec. 2000

NORTHERN DISTRICT

CRICKET ASSOCIATION

These are the teams who have, according to the Association’s records, played in the competitions during the NDCA’s 98 years of existence. Many of these clubs have vanished into the mists of time, some merged with other clubs, old ones went, new ones joined and many who were there at the beginning are still there and they helped form the nucleus of what very quickly became a strong and successful Association

Ashcroft Epping Presbyterian Oakhill Old Boys Berala Sports Epping Shire Parramatta Brush Farm Epping Shire Juniors Pennant Hills Blaxland Wanderers Epping Sports Pennant Hills/Eastwood Druids Boronia Epping Sportsmen Rivington Balmain-Ermington Epping YMCA Roselea Brothers Epping YMI Rovers Carling Allsorts Ermington Rydalmere Carlingford Ermington County Rydalmere-Ermington Carlingford Hostel Ermington Sports Rydalmere Rovers Carlingford Waratah Ermington United Rydalmere-West Ryde Castleglen Five Dock Ryans Catholic College Five Dock RSL Ryde County Central G. H. Sports Ryde District Cheltenham Gladesville Bowling & Sports Ryde Eastwood Leagues Cheltenham-Beecroft Gladesville Hockey Ryde Hockey Church of Christ, Epping Hills Harriers Ryde Junior Sports CYO Meadowbank Hillview Ryde-Meadowbank Presbyterian Chosen Hardware Store Ryde Presbyterian Denistone Holy Cross College Ryde RSL Denistone East Hornsby Rugby Ryde Waratah’s Denistone East Methodist Independent St. Anne’s Denistone Methodist Inside Out St. Albans Denistone Sports Jaycees St. Andrew’s Denistone Tigers Kitty’s Creek St. Andrew’s Sports Dundas Knightsbridge St. Columbs Dundas Methodist Kookaburras St. Patrick’s Dundas United Kuring-Gai Wanderers St. Patrick’s College Dundas Valley Rugby Maquarie Sports Club St. Patrick’s Old Boys Dundas Valley Rugby / Inside Out Macquarie University St. Philips Eastwood Marist Brothers Eastwood Telopea Church of Christ Eastwood Baptists Marsfield Telopea Tigers Eastwood CYO Marsfield Legion Ten Past Eleven Eastwood Diggers Marsfield Mission The Ranch Eastwood District Marsfield Sports Thornleigh Methodists Eastwood Druids Meadowbank Thornleigh-Waratah’s Eastwood Heights Meadowbank-Melrose Tutt-Bryant Eastwood Hotel Melrose Tullochs Eastwood Juniors Metropolitan Jaycees Valley Eastwood Knights Millers Vandoola Eastwood Methodist Newline Sports Vesuvians Eastwood Rugby North Epping Rangers Vikings Eastwood Rugby Colts Northern Independent Village Eastwood YMI Northern Magpies Wanderers El Rancho Normanhurst West West Epping Epping Nor Ranchos Westleigh Epping Allsorts North Ryde West Ryde Epping CYO North Ryde Millers West Ryde Baptists Epping Devils North Ryde Presbyterian West Ryde Eagles Epping District North Ryde RSL West Ryde Rovers Epping Methodist North Sydney Leagues West Ryde Sports Epping Old Boys Oakhill College West Ryde YMI