ELAIDE AD ffal the BuBu os allrounder A Word from Our President … Hullo to all our Members! Round 2 (Sturt) at home, where the first day was good - but rain spoilt What an introduction to the new the second day. Misinformation by season! The Long Live Club Cricket the press surfaced - with a claim Day was celebrated on Saturday, that the game was curtailed be- October 1st, the ground was a cause of a "soft pitch" & that Sturt picture and the pitch was superb... ‘was robbed’. In fact it was a light problem that stopped the game, Apart from some minor hiccups the and one could say that WE were day turned out to be a delightful robbed - with our trusty opener success. The weather was perfect, Luke Williams still at the crease on & it was great to catch up with so 110 not out, and only about 70 runs many of our senior life members. Bob Harris to get... Round 3 was the bye, and The flag-raising ceremony was also at this point in the season, we have Adelaide Cricket memorable, as was the brilliant only been able to play 2 days out of Club President rendition of the National Anthem 6. If the weather brightens, we can by Chloe Meiers. All the "A" Grade get down (finally!) to playing players received their Centenary cricket... Caps, generously provided by Club Sponsor Peter Bahnert, and we also It also seems that since England presented Special Certificates - to has regained The Ashes we have a confirm their Club appearances (in resurgence of interest in the game. number order) - to some of the life We are fielding 12 regular teams members who have played in the this season and still assisting some Inside: past in the "A" Grade for Adelaide. of our local community clubs with The half time break was taken up players each week. The practice Cover Story: with more Certificate presentations facilities are reaching overload, so and a presentation to Flagstaff Hill many practice sessions have to be Introducing two Primary School by Jason Gillespie, doubled up. Cricket is surely in a more past Legends recognising Jason's attendance healthy position. there some 18 years ago. It was First Pics. of great to see the oval covered with It is with great sorrow that I note children sorted into age groups & the Successful the death of Karan Chauhan, a past doing their cricket exercises. The player and son of Chetan Chauhan Centenary kids received Show Bags provided and mother Anita. Karan played Celebrations by Cricket Australia.We, as a club, under/16 for two years and Chetan learned a great deal about staging played the 1983/84 season as a Floor Plans for such a big day and I hope that player and returned in the 1985/86 Cricket Australia repeats the ‘Long season as our Captain-Coach. The the New Clubhouse Live Club Cricket Day’ concept in club wore black armbands during revealed the future. My thanks go to that round 5 to mark this tragedy. On large group of people who put such behalf of the club I extend our deep IT’S BACK! a lot of effort into this day... sympathy to Anita and Chetan... Billy Buffalo’s We had to miss Round 1 (vs. West Wicket Whispers Torrens) as the whole weekend Returns... was lost, and only scraped in with ()Adelaide Cricket Club President Adelaide Cricket Club Newsletter, Edition 6: Number 2, 2005/2006 Page 1 COVER STORY E. J. McCARRON (pictured on right of Pic.) Edward John McCarron, known As a bowler he took 196 wickets to the cricket world as “Eddie”, is (for 4967 runs) at the fine average undoubtedly one of the Adelaide of 25.34. Cricket Club’s true legends - for if there was ever a man of whom it As a tribute to Eddie, who is still could be said ‘his services to our regarded as one of the greatest club were simply a labour of love’, servants of our Club in its history, that man was Eddie McCarron... a Special Award was introduced As hundreds of Adelaide Cricket at the completion of the 1959/60 Club players, officials & support- season. ers over the first 54 years of our Club’s history would be aware he The Eddie McCarron Memorial had a truly outstanding record of Trophy was awarded to the most unstinting service with our Club. outstanding performer for our Two True Club Legends... Club. Fittingly, Club Captain Bob Lee, also a great contributor to J. F. TRAVERS (above, left) He was a Foundation Member of the Club (when founded in 1905), our Club’s history, was winner of Adelaide Player No. ‘6’ he held the position of Secretary the inaugural award. (This award, Played 1 Match for Australia (1/14) and Treasurer for 30 years, & he incidentally, is still held in high & 55 matches for South Australia: was elected President in 1939 - esteem by players today). (Batting: Agg. 247 continuing in this role for fifteen Bowling: 182 Wickets / 5746 Runs years until his death (on the 17th. Season 1958/59 was Eddie’s last 16,602 Balls / 31.57 Ave.) of November, 1959). full year with our Club and it was For Adelaide: one of the greatest seasons in our (Batting: 144 Inns / 3259 Runs - at As Player No. 46, Eddie went on Club’s proud history. A perfect an Ave. of 30.17, to represent our Club in ‘A’ Grade ‘clean sweep’ of Premierships in Bowling: 409 Wickets / 7385 Runs from 1908/9 to 1924/25 - scoring our A, B & C Grades was a fitting at Ave. of 18.05) 2652 runs @ 22.86 (and with a finale to Eddie’s magnificent 54 For Adelaide: 14th. Highest All-time Top Score of 105) in exactly 125 years of service with his beloved Run Scorer, 2nd. Highest Wicket Taker innings (with 9 Not Outs). Adelaide Cricket Club. In the Beginning - the Early Years... In 1885 two original Clubs, Kensington and Adelaide and West Adelaide, and played in Glenside, amalgamated to form a single team the Electorate Cricket Association for eight competing under the new name of Adelaide... years, until 1904/05. The new team then played in the Cricket Association for twelve years: playing against At a meeting held on September 18th , 1905 Norwood (who were the strong side) and also both the East Adelaide and West Adelaide against North Adelaide, South Adelaide, and Clubs agreed to amalgamate to form a new Hindmarsh - up until 1897/1898. In 1898/1899 Adelaide Cricket Club to play in the South 100 YEARS this Adelaide team split into two clubs - East Australian District Competition... ELECTORATE CRICKET ASSOCIATE CRICKET DISTRICT CRICKET EAST ADELAIDE 1885/6 1896/7 1905/6 1897/8 1904/5 ADELAIDE ADELAIDE CRICKET CLUB Adelaide WEST ADELAIDE Adelaide Cricket Players East Adelaide West Adelaide Club Players J.W. Stow T. A . Caterer Players Players J. Richardson E.H. Leak L. Evan R. Stow J.F. Travers E.H. Leak G.Giffin B.T. Bailey A.W. Wright E.A. Bailey H. Davenport A. Johnson W. Leitch H. Blingman G. Parkin N. Thallion H.W. Short Dr. F. Magarey R. Stephen A.J. Hall H.J. Cole F. Hill G. Sparks H. Hurley A. Lloyd R.F. Cowan R. Wigley C. Hawkes J. Daly C. Hill C. Bailey M. Lynch A.S. Toms W.D. Moffat W. Davis J. Creayer H. Short A.V.H. Rosman C. Dailey V. Hugo J.C. Stephens J.P.F. Travers A.E. Waldron A. Spiller H. Toms H. Hill T. Fitzpatrick P. Bruce G.H. Sparks W. J . Richards C. Fotheringham R.F.C. Sullivan A. McKenzie A.D.G. Sands Adelaide Cricket Club Newsletter, Edition 6: Number 2, 2005/2006 Page 2 Adelaide Cricket Club The Adelaide Cricket Club values the generous sponsorship provided by the club’s various sponsors and we urge all our 2005 / 2006 members, players and friends to show their thanks by using these CLUB SPONSORS sponsor products and services at every available opportunity. 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