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PARKFIELD PRESS
2012-13
November Edition
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Welcome to the Parkfield Press
Welcome to the Parkfield Press, the publication that will keep Parkfield cricketers up to date with everything that is happening down at Dunblane Road this season.
The Parkfield Press would like to present the opportunity for its readers to get involved. If you have any anecdotes, funny stories, pictures, photos or any other suggestions, please either put them in the Parkfield Press Box located at Dom’s Bar, Parkfield or email the editor at [email protected]
Also check out the Parkfield website for regular updates including Teams, Poker and Fantasy Results and Event Info: http://parkfield.vic.cricket.com.au/
November Edition Contents
Page 3: Parkfield Social Calender Page 27: Parkfield Funnies
Page 4: The Prez’s Piece Page 29: Parkfield Social Media
Page 6: Player Profile Page 33: Parkfield Nicknames
Page 8: Cooking With Bob Page 34: Quizmaster
Page 9: Senior News Page 36: Something For The Kids
Page 10: Senior Results Page 37: Parkfield Merchandise
Page 12: Junior News Page 38: Parkfield Sponsors
Page 13: Junior Results Page 40: Parkfield Poker
Page 14: Player Profile Page 42: Parkfield Contact Numbers
Page 16: Pictures of Parkfield Page 46: Parkfield Fantasy League
Page 18: The Faz Files Page 48: Parkfield Pirate
Page 20: Player Profile Page 51: Quizmaster Competition
Page 22: Parkfield’s Past Page 53: Parkfield Membership Fees
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Parkfield Social Calender 2012/13
ROUND 3 (SENIORS) - Saturday November 3rd & 10th TURF 1 at PARKFIELD vs Buckley Ridges / TURF 4 at Lyndale D Grade at ROSS RESERVE vs Lynbrook / B GRADE at Keysborough Come and support the boys in their 2012/13 campaign. Where else can you see the reigning Wookey Medallist, Steve Spoljaric, former Premier cricket opening bowler Rodney Bird and new coach Jarryd Williamson? Again discounts on presentation of your Premiers Club medallion between 4.00pm and 7.00pm both days.
ROUND 3 (JUNIORS) - Saturday November 3rd Come and support the kids in their 2012/13 campaign. 17/2’s @ KEYSBOROUGH COLLEGE vs Springvale South 15’s @ Wachter Reserve / 13’s @ YARRAMAN RESERVE / 11’s @ Barry Powell (Fri Night)
Melbourne Cup Day Tuesday, November 6th @ Parkfield Reserve. Always a great day, come along and enjoy the fun. Family friendly, call Mick Hardie to enter the Calcutta (0418 142 863)
Sandown Greyhounds Sunday November 11th. Bus picks us up at Parkfield at 1.00pm, returning at 6.00pm $10 betting voucher per person plus $50 trifecta for the club. 3 hours of finger food, drinks at bar prices. Child Friendly area and activities Free glass of champagne on arrival for the ladies The club will draw a dog in race 9 with the club receiving $1000 if it wins. All this for only $30 a head or $50 for a couple. Contact David Ford asap to book your place (0421 132 481)
20/20 cricket Wednesdays Wednesday November 7th (5.15 pm) PARKFIELD V Narre South @ Dunblane Reserve Wednesday Novermber 21st (5.15pm) Hallam v PARKFIELD @ Hallam Rec Reserve
Also keep Saturdays free for our resident Singer/Guitarist, match reports, $1000 Draw, Joker Poker, Trivia Night, Sportsmans Day and Xmas break up...
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The Prez’s Piece Darren Linton
Wow!! That sums up the first edition of the Parkfield Press for 2012/13. Great job by Swiz in particular and Faron, and all other contributors. It's going to be hard to maintain that standard, but I have full faith in you.
First of all, on field things are picking up. Training numbers are up and with many players expected back in the next few weeks, competition for places will start heating up. Jarryd is doing a wonderful job and Spolly has marshalled the troops to a magnificent first up win over the reigning Turf 1 Premiers Berwick. Special mention must go to our juniors playing senior cricket for the first time. All stood up to whatever was thrown at them. From a personal point of view, I’m indebted to several. Most are from well known Parkfield families and you'll hear a lot more from the Payne, Hill, Sturzaker's and McCabes in the coming years.
Off field we're heading into a very busy period where we need your support more than ever. We don't expect you to attend every function, but please try to get to as many as you can, even if it's just to show your face for an hour or two.
Coming up are:
Masters - Sunday, November 4th from midday
MELBOURNE CUP - Our biggest social day, tell your friends, we cater for all ages and will keep you amused all day TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH from 10.00am until late....Premiers Club members who attend receive a $10 betting voucher.
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20/20 - ROUND 1- Wednesday November 7th from 5.00pm. Come along and see Spolly tear them apart and the 2 B's, Belly and Birdy rip through them.
Friday, November 9th from 8.00pm. Ant Hardie's charity bike ride fund raiser/cocktail night.
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$1000 draw, tickets on sale now, see Tony Payne or Rick Price. Two free tickets to whoever sells the most tickets. Will be drawn on Sunday, December 2nd at Parkfield while the Masters are battling against Cranbourne. .
The $2 raffle ticket sales need to pick up. All we ask is that everyone tries to sell two books. If you don't have a book, see Bek Hill asap. Again there are prizes for those who sell the most tickets. Only 5 people have returned their books so far which isn;t good enough.
Finally, special thanks must go to Swiz and Fordy for their efforts to attract sponsors. We've managed to gain cash and goods for match reports. Everyone loves to hear their name read out in front of their peers and through Fordy and Swiz's great work, we can now reward our best performers. Please support our sponsors buy visiting their stores and using their products.
They include... Willowizard cricket gear A&L Windows JUCE fruit juices Noble Park Aquatic Centre Bendigo Bank, Dingley RACV Reading Cinemas Dandenong Noble Pizza Subway BW Plumbing Noble Park RSL
Cheers,
Dags Parkfield President
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Player Profile: Darren Linton
Name: Darren Linton Nickname: Dags, Daggles Age: 21, 24/06/1965, that’s 21, isn’t it? Suburb: Noble Park Significant Other: Parkfield Batting / Bowling Style: Right Hand Bat and Bowler Former Clubs: Scoresby Positions Held At Parkfield: President, Trip Away & Golf Co-ordinator Cricket Awards / Achievements / Premierships: 7 x Club Champion, 5 x DDCA Rep Team, 5 Premierships, Medal Named ‘After Me’ How Did I Come To Play Cricket, Or Be Involved In Cricket And For How Long Have I Been Playing: Started because Dad wouldn’t let me play Basketball. Played juniors at Scoresby, had a year off then chose Parkfield over Dandy West because it was much cheaper. Inspirations Growing Up: Dennis Lillee, Greg Chappell Most Memorial Cricket Moment: Having the Turf One best player medal named after me & winning the Turf One Premiership. Most Humiliating Cricket Moment: Charging a spinner, missing it, trying to get back but my bat got stuck in the pitch. The keeper still hadn’t taken the bails off, but couldn’t lift my bat off the pitch quick enough. My Biggest Belly Laugh Was When: Glen Brown bowled a 5 Ball over for 24 runs and the umpire called over. Glen demanded he got his 6th ball and he was serious. A Parkfield Moment That You Remember Like Yesterday: Premiership celebrations, my first night at training, Dwark Tossing. If I Wasn’t Playing Cricket: I’d be married still AFL Team I Support & Why: North Melbourne - Good Genes, Good Colours, Good Times Favourite Trip Away Destination & Why: Brisbane Story Bridge Hotel, Gold Coast - Weather, Vegas 7
Favourite Trip Away Room Mate: Dean Hadfield - No Surprises Chris Crofts - Because he knows the phantom shaver but protects his roommates I Am Currently Driving: VE Commodore & Mercedes Sprinter The Song / Album Currently Playing In My Car: One Direction (Teenage Daughter) I am Reading: Richie Benaud ‘Over But Not Out, My Life So Far! Cats, Dogs or Other & Why: My ex’s Chihuahua, because her new place wouldn’t allow pets Favourite Drink: Milkshakes and Bourbon (Not in the same glass) If I Could Be Anybody Else In The World It Would Be: I could start again or Michael Jordan David Ford / Glen Brown / Luke Wanless / Phil Drew - If You Had To Be Stuck On An Island With One Of These Guys, Who Would It Be & Why: Browny, because of all the Wild Turkeys he owes me, we could drink away our troubles If They Made A Movie About Your Life, Who Would Play The Lead Role: Early Days - Louis Tomlinson, Mid Life - Brad Pitt, Now - Kevin Bartlett My Earliest Memory: Getting locked in my Uncles FJ at 2 or 3 and not knowing how to get out. Things You Love: Footy, Cricket, Basketball, Golf, Tennis, Half Volleys Things You Dislike: Soccer, Racists, Religion Extremists, Leg Cutters Things I do To Relax: Relax? What’s that? Annoying Habits: Laughing at my own jokes Something The Club Might Not Know About Me: I was a better footballer than a cricketer Superstitions: Avoid Collingwood supporters My Last Meal & Which Three People Would You Invite: My Biggest Life Challenge: Keeping houses away from ex’s Tips For Young Cricketers: Practice! Practice! Practice! Never think you know it all and watch how the good players do it A Life / Cricket Anecdote: Paul ‘Bucket’ Wilson asking how many balls had been bowled. The umpire replied ‘3’. My Life Motto: Treat others as you would like to be treated 8
Cooking With Bob
Chili Dog
Cooking Time
30 minutes
Ingredients (serves 4)
500 g of bacon, cut into small pieces 1 large onion, chopped 1 kg beef mince 4 chopped garlic cloves 500 ml of tomato sauce 1 cup of beef broth 2 tbsp of honey 2 tbsp of sweet paprika 1 tbsp ground cumin 1 tbsp of chilli powder 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional) Salt Hot dogs (As many as you require) Buns (As many as you require) Chopped red onion, for garnish Shredded cheddar cheese, for garnish
Method
1. Make the chilli first. Fry the bacon over medium heat until it begins to get crispy, then add the chopped onions and fry over heat, stirring often, until they begin to brown. Add in the mince and stir in well. Cook this, still over high heat and stirring occasionally, until the beef is browned. This will take a few minutes. When the beef is about halfway browned, toss in the chopped garlic and mix well.
2. Once the beef is well browned, add the tomato sauce, honey and beef broth. Add all the spices except the cayenne and stir well. Bring to a simmer and taste. Add salt or the cayenne if it needs it. You can of course add much more cayenne or chilli powder if you like things really spicy, but best to taste first and then add more.
3. Let the chilli cook on a gentle simmer for at least 30 minutes before you start grilling the hot dogs.
4. Grill your hot dogs over medium until they get a light char. Grill the hot dog buns briefly if you want – no more than a minute, as they will burn fast.
5. Dog goes in bun, chilli goes on top, sprinkle on chopped red onion and shredded cheese, and have at it! Bob’s says when grilling hot dogs, use tongs instead of a fork. This will stop the hot dog from drying out.
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Senior News
Seniors at Parkfield could have not started any better with first ball of the season seeing Imran finding the edge of one of the Hampton Park openers which was well caught by Phil Drew at 1st slip. Unfortunately that’s as good as it got as the heavens opened up washing out the first two weeks.
Round Two was successful for the club with Turf 1 and B Grade starting the year in great fasion with excellent wins over Berwick and Silverton respectively. Turf 4 were in a winning position until Fountain Gate didn’t get the covers down on the second week, while D Grade nearly came back from the death to just fall short of a reverse outright.
There were some brilliant individual performances and we would like to congratulate Parkfield President Darren Linton on his 113 as well as 6 wickets against Silverton. Also congratulations to Belly for taking 7 against Berwick.
Training numbers continue to improve and with daylight savings now in, there is more time to work on improving our skills so we can give it our all on match day. Jarryd has drawn up the following plan as a guide to training.
Warm Up: As Long As You Need To Get Loose Batting: 10 minutes - 15 minutes Bowling: 20 minutes (Depending on who you are) Fielding: 70 % - In your main position 20 % - In your second position 10 % - General Skills
Make sure you are switched on from the moment we start training until our fun session at the end. Only by doing this can we help each other improve and become the best cricketers we can be.
Also lets make sure all Seniors are getting back down to the club after a game. There is nothing better than celebrating our successes with our mates. Make sure you check the website for the up to date events calendar.
Finally if you’re a senior who hasn’t sponsored anyone yet, it would be greatly appreciated if you were to sponsor one of our juniors. We are sure it will do them a world of good and makes them feel appreciated & could possible help you win the Dom’s Double Wicket Day. 10
Senior Results
ROUND 1 Turf 1 & 4 washed out and rescheduled for Sunday 16th December B, D Grade & One Day Grade (Round 2) matches washed out
ONE DAY GRADE Saturday 6th October v Hampton Park @ Yarraman Res Toss: Hampton Park Parkfield 141 (30.4) drew Hampton Park 2/9 (1.5) Imran Zaman 1/1 (1) Match abandoned due to weather
ROUND 2 TURF 1 Saturday 20th & 27th October v Berwick @ Dunblane Reserve Toss: Berwick Parkfield 164 (68.3) def Berwick 82 (36.1) Steven Spoljaric 53 Shane Bell 7/36 (15.1) Jarryd Williamson 21 Rodney Bird 2/ 26 (18)
& 3/49 (34) Steven Spoljaric 3/13 (16)
TURF 4 Saturday 20th & 27th October v Fountain Gate @ Reedy Reserve Toss: Parkfield Fountain Gate 101 (38.4) drew Parkfield 8/82 (41) Jason Noyahr 4/1 (3) Jason Noyahr 27 no Adam Brown 3/22 (12.4) Phil Drew 25 Steve Banhidi 2/13 (7)
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B GRADE Saturday 20th & 27th October v Silverton @ Turner Reserve Toss: Silverton Silverton 137 (33.2) def by Parkfield 8/209 (65) Marcus Coutts 79 Terry Sturzaker 2/66 (11) Suliman Iqbal 30 Brandon Sturzaker 4/11 (5.2)
D GRADE Saturday 20th & 27th October v Mordialloc @ Ross Reserve Toss: Mordialloc Parkfield 45 (23.2) def by Mordialloc 2/92 (15) Riley Payne 10 George Fuller 1/21 (5)
& 176 (67) & 7/101 (38) Darren Linton 113 Darren Linton 6/29 (19) George Fuller 29 Riley Payne 1/20 (5) Cody Hill 10
ONE DAY GRADE Saturday 20th v North Dandenong @ Lois Twohig Reserve Toss: North Dandenong Parkfield 108 (31) def by North Dandenong 4/111(31) Phil Butler 22 no Jimmy Goodall 1/12 (8)
ONE DAY GRADE Saturday 27th v Endeavour Hills Green @ Part Reserve Toss: Parkfield Endeavour Hill 5/226 (36) def Parkfield 90 (35.1) Priyan Umaharan 2/23 (3) Ben Rout 23 Andrew Keays 17
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Junior News
Wow, it has been a massive October for the juniors at Parkfield with many off- field changes.
The biggest change is we have merged our Under 11’s and 13’s with Southern Pirates for the season. As we had only half the numbers required to fill these sides and were trying to avoid having to combine 11’s & 13’s we managed to come up with a plan with Pirates that suits both clubs. This season our 11’s will play home games on a Friday Night at Wachter Res and Under 13’s will be playing at Yarraman.
The combined teams had their first training session together last Monday and all went really well. I wish both the Parkfield and Southern Pirates Under 11’s & 13’s all the best for the season.
While I am discussing Under 13’s we welcome new coach Wayne Perera. Many thanks to him for putting his hand up and taken on this important role. I also thank Faron and Pat for the support they are giving Wayne.
The club is currently looking for an Under 11’s coach and anyone who is available to assist on a Friday night please let me know.
Under 15’s have started the season and with a couple knew players joining up, things are starting to fall into place. Payney has been working the boys hard at training and hopefully this will produce good results on the field. I congratulate Rohan Sharma on being awarded captaincy and Riley Payne as his Vice-Captain and Brandon Sturzaker as Deputy Vice-Captain.
Under 17’s are slowly getting numbers together and I thank Travis and Daniel with their work with this. The boys & Jordy were competitive in their first game, with great signs of things to come from Turf debutants Gavin & Rahul as well as Captain Travis D’Souza and Vice-Captain Daniel Banhidi. I would finally like to thank Phil, Steve, Shaun and Faron for all their support at training.
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Junior Results
ROUND 1 All matches washed out
ROUND 2 UNDER 17/2’s Saturday 20th & 27th October v HSD @ Wachter Reserve Toss: Parkfield Parkfield 141 (30.4) def by HSD 7/232 (59) Travis D’Souza 72 Jarrad McCabe 1/15 (4) Daniel Banhidi 20 Rahul Sharma 1/ 24 (8) Rahul Sharma 19 Travis D’Souza 1/26 (10) Gavin Sturzaker 16 no
UNDER 15/2’S Saturday 20th & 27th October v HSD @ Reedy Reserve Toss: HSD HSD 163 (45) def Parkfield 73 (34.4) Jimmy Shaiju 2/10 (6) Rohan Sharma 25 Brandon Sturzaker 2/12 (6) Rohan Sharma 2/13 (4.3)
UNDER 13/2’S Saturday 20th & 27th October v Lyndale @ Barry Powell Reserve Toss: Lyndale Parkfield/S. Pirates 7/70 (40) def by Lyndale 5/137 (41) Cody Hill 12 Declan 1 Wicket
UNDER 11/3’S Friday 26th October v Noble Park @ Watcher Reserve (Round 1) Game abandoned due to weather
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Player Profile: Marcus Coutts
Name: Marcus Coutts Nickname: Couttsy Age: 41 Suburb: Beaconsfield Significant Other: Penny Batting / Bowling Style: Right Hand Opening bat and very woeful off spin Former Clubs: Noble Park juniors Position/s Held At Parkfield: General Committee / Bar Manager/ Vice President / Treasurer (current) Cricket Awards / Achievements / Premierships: several batting averages / Bob Butler Best Clubman Award / Life Membership How Did I Come To Play Cricket, Or Be Involved In Cricket And For How Long Have I Been Playing / Been Involved: Came to Parkfield in 1984/85 to play junior cricket with my buddies from football Inspirations Growing Up: Viv Richards Most Memorable Cricket Moment: Brian Burton declaring in the last game of the season when I was on 89 Most Humiliating Cricket Moment: too many ducks to recall My Biggest Belly Laugh Was When: Adrian Gilchrist trying to field at training not in the best of health and the ball bouncing off his forehead as he tried to take a catch in the outfield. And Ant blowing out his toe on trip away A Parkfield Moment That You Remember Like Yesterday: Playing in the F Grade club record innings (also Canno reminds me of it every time I see him) If I Wasn’t Playing Cricket: I’d be fishing Favourite Trip Away Destination & Why: Gold Coast, awesome trip not just because I beat Ant in the Gold Coast Gift
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Favourite Trip Away Room Mate: Doigy AFL Team I Support & Why: Hawthorn, why wouldn’t you I Am Currently Driving: 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer VRX The Song / Album Currently Playing In My Car: Anything from Pink I am Reading: Diary of a wimpy kid (not a big reader) Cats, Dogs or Other & Why: Dog Scruffy Favourite Drink: Beer or Jack Daniels 11pm On A Saturday Night I Would Most Likely Be: At home with the family If I Could Be Anybody Else In The World It Would Be: If They Made A Movie About Your Life, Who Would Play The Lead Role: Cuba Gooding Jnr (pictured right) My Earliest Memory: Playing bow and arrows with my brother Things You Love: Penny and the kids, and food and beer Things You Dislike: Doing housework Things I do To Relax: Video games, watch a movie or any sport that’s on the box Annoying Habits: love a good pick and flick Superstitions: Have to wear the same jocks for cricket My Last Meal & Which Three People Would You Invite: Lamb biryani and yoghurt salad with Lance Armstrong, Drew Barrymore and Viv Richards My Biggest Life Challenge: Being a good husband and providing a good upbringing for Jordan, Matthew and Mackenzie. And calling home when I’m going to be late home Tips For Young Cricketers: Enjoy yourself and learn from others My Life Motto: Don’t waste time worrying about things I cannot change
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Pictures of Parkfield
TURF 1: PARKFIELD V BERWICK
Sam Stiglec of the Dandenong Journal captures Spolly doing what he does best as he puts another ball to the boundaryas the champ closes in on another half century. Fordy tries to help the ball along, as he plays at a legside delivery. Jack isn’t as lucky as he becomes one of Ryan Crawford’s four victims for the afternoon.
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DOWN AT DUNBLANE:
Faron & Shaun play FIFA during a wash out. Steve shows off his black eye he got from Turf 4, though rumour has it, it was actually from Shaun throwing his controller at Steve after losing a game of FIFA!
Poker is back at Parkfield and the boys are happy to show who knows when to hold them and when to fold them. Birdy is enjoying showing DDCA cricketers how it’s done though with Harry & Johny returning to the Poker table, he might not find it all that easy. Brodie shows the boys he legally can donate Phil’s hard earned money to the cause!
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The Faz Files Rumours, Home Truths & Funny Stories
We all know good old Fordy claims to proclaim how smart he is all the time, even when we’re working. While I was at work I had 28 e-mails in a space of an hour. Started with Dags organising a meeting for the committee, continued by Fordy saying it better not interfere with poker. Which lead to Fordy bragging about how good he is. 26 emails later Birdy senior (Richard Price) and then Adam telling poor young Fordy off, which of course stoped all emails from the Turf One opening batsman. All jokes aside, The Faz Files appreciates all the work Fordy does for the club, organising sponsorship for us so we can get on and play cricket. Good work Fordy.
Phil Drew the great man himself has copped a fair bit of stick about his catching, thanks to the self proclaimed legend of Parkfield Mick Hardy. Unfortunately Poor Philip didn't get any help from the legend with the catching side of things. Thanks to willows coaching Phil got guidance to improve his catching took a catch in his first game this season. A few hours of drinking later that Phil night stuck it up Mick saying something along the lines of, see Mick you said I couldn't catch, how many catches did you take this season? Keep it up Phil.
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Training has changed a bit this season from no training on rainy days to soccer and rugby for three hours (Five if you count Jack’s two hours of throw downs in the dark). Which I thought was awesome and all those who showed up had a ball. So why am I talking about this? Willow decided we can split the teams in the following formation, Black vs Whites (I thought the apartheid was over). In all seriousness none of the boys had a problem with this though how did Swiz and Birdie Junior (Rodney Bird) end up on the dark side? Willow’s explanation was since Swiz is Eastern European, that makes him black (The question has to be asked, what is the coach learning at Law School?). Still that doesn’t explain Birdy’s selection. He was happy to say it was because he is black from the waist down which has now been confirmed by the Turf 1 boys after celebrating their win against Berwick with the traditional group shower. We look forward to more interesting ways of splitting teams on those rainy evenings and to those who weren’t there at training, even if it's raining we will still do something that would be better than sitting on couch at home.
An Ex-Club President has been setting a good example by already being late to 2 Sunday games. Think he might want to lay off the Saturday night drinks a little, as age maybe just catching up to him.
Little Isabella watching her old man "the champ" play. Paddy asks her ‘Isabella who's pretty?’ Her reply was daddy's not. She also added second’s later, ‘daddy dresses bad!!!’ I guess it could be worst. It’s not like she said why do Bobble heads play cricket?
So that's all from me this edition of Faz Files. Feel free to pass on any interesting things me that have happened down at Parkfield.
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Player Profile: Ty Edwards
Name: Ty Edwards
Nickname: Tiger Age: 33 Suburb: Cheltenham Significant Other: My fiancée Tania Batting / Bowling Style: Stylish nets batsmen/ Poker on game day, Retired from bowling Former Clubs: Cranbourne & Merinda Park juniors, WGCA rep Position/s Held At Parkfield: Barman & now Secretary Cricket Awards / Achievements / Premierships: Parkfield Turf 1 premiership player 08/09, a Parkfield Turf 3 bowling average and unfortunately the duck award too. How Did I Come To Play Cricket, Or Be Involved In Cricket And For How Long Have I Been Playing / Been Involved: Started at age 10 and played every season since. Inspirations Growing Up: Favourite player growing up was Steve Waugh, current favourite is Michael Hussey, super competitor Most Memorial Cricket Moment: Turf 1 premiership Most Humiliating Cricket Moment: Last years Turf 4 semi final loss to Lyndale My Biggest Belly Laugh Was When: Hubbas slide into dog poo in the premiership year A Parkfield Moment That You Remember Like Yesterday: Running myself out on 97 against Cranbourne Turf 3, on so close! If I Wasn’t Playing Cricket: would have liked to given social triathlons a go. Favourite Trip Away Destination & Why: Only been on 2 and the weather was a lot better at Echuca than Hobart! Favourite Trip Away Room Mate: Doigy cause he’s my best mate and likes a sleep in aswell! AFL Team I Support & Why: Demons which my dad roped me into when I was young, has been a life of frustration basically! 21
I Am Currently Driving: A station wagon soon to have a baby seat The Song / Album Currently Playing In My Car: Sports SEN while Tania isn’t with me otherwise lock into smooth fm! I am Reading: the computer screen, I don’t read books just wait for the movie to come out! Cats, Dogs or Other & Why: One cat Kiewa & one dog Cruiser, the best of both worlds cleaning up their crap except the cat spews more! Favourite Drink: Pure Blonde & Bundy Red as the change up! 11pm On A Saturday Night I Would Most Likely Be: Thinking that I should have made a hundred and how did that useless bowler get me out! If I Could Be Anybody Else In The World It Would Be: The guy that won millions in Oz Lotto If They Made A Movie About Your Life, Who Would Play The Lead Role: Leonardo Dicarprio have been liken to have similar looks My Earliest Memory: First outdoor cricket bat was an SS jumbo for Christmas Things You Love: Tania and her baby bump! Things You Dislike: I hate congested road traffic and bad drivers! Things I do To Relax: A good movie always takes your mind off things Annoying Habits: Tania will tell you it’s my flatulence! Something The Club Might Not Know About Me: Umpired on the MCG & VFL Park in front of thousands of people, went to the academy of umpiring with a current AFL umpire who made it to the top while I quit cause it was all running based assessment. Superstitions: If I have a good first week of a game, I have to do exactly the same of the morning of the second week. My Last Meal & Which Three People Would You Invite: Roast Lamb with my best friends Doigy, Daisy and Tania! My Biggest Life Challenge: Soon to be the bub Tips For Young Cricketers: Practise hard, improve your fitness, preparation is super important the night before and morning of game day and have fun or else you won’t enjoy it. A Life / Cricket Anecdote: Be proactive, not reactive. Shane Doig Supercoach! My Life Motto: Just relax, Don’t Stress!
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Parkfield’s Past A Trip Down Memory Lane
The second month of the cricket season has been a successful time for Parkfield Cricket Club over the past eight seasons. Over this period our Turf 1 has played 15 games for 8 wins, 4 losses and 3 draws by washout.
Of the 15 games the Turf 1 boys have played in November since 04/05, we have played local rivals Springvale South 4 times with the legend unfortunately in their favour at 1 win Parkfield, 2 wins Springvale South and a draw. We have enjoyed better results against Buckley Ridges with the boys not dropping a game to the Dandy club in November, 2 wins and a draw from 3 games which will hopefully giving the boys some extra confidence as they face them first up this month..
Dale Harris has once again been Turf 1’s most capped playing since November ’04 representing Parkfield 14 times, equalled with Payney. Dale has lead Parkfield 10 times during this period however it’s Hubba who boasts an unbeaten record when skippering thee boys with 3 wins and a draw from his four games. The most interesting stat from a captain point of view is the toss. When Parkfield has lost the toss during this period, they have won the game. Five occasions this has happened in the past 8 years and the hope is Spolly calls it wrong so Parkfield can continue this trend.
Dale also leads the leads the way in the run scoring department making 478 runs. Dale has averaged nearly 40 in November in the past 8 years and the boys will be hoping he puts the whites on for this period. Amazingly of the guys to make over 100 runs during this period, only Mick Hardie has a better November average 43 a hit in Turf 1. Current players Steven Spoljaric and Ryan Nugara are yet to trouble the scorers in November.
Parkfield champion spinner Shane Doig has continues to defy the logic that spinners don’t do well early in the year taking 33 wickets for Parkfield during this time. What is more surprising is Hubba comes in second on 14 which obviously shows that the November pitches are made for the slower bowlers.
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NOVEMBER TURF 1 STATISTICS (04/05 to 11/12)
Turf 1 Games Turf 1 Wicket Keepers Dale Harris 14 John O’Hare 24 - (15 c/2 r/7 st) Tony Payne 14 Chris Branch 2 - (2 c) Brad Houghton 13 Ryan Nugara 1 - (1 c) Shane Doig 13 John O’Hare 11
Turf 1 Runs Turf 1 Wickets Dale Harris 478 Shane Doig 33 Tony Payne 322 Brad Houghton 14 Brad Houghton 236 Mark Butters 11 John O’Hare 199 Daniel Ferguson 10 Grant Milnes 181 Hemantha Alles 10
PARKFIELD’S BEST INDIVIDUAL NOVEMBER PERFORMANCES (04/05 to 11/12)
Batsman 05/06 Round 4 Turf 1 Dale Harris 103* v Hallam Round 5 Turf 1 Grant Milnes 85 v Springvale South 06/07 Round 4 Turf 4 Manisha Dabarera 89 v HSD 07/08 Round 3 B Grade Joey McLelland 102* v Narre Warren 07/08 Round 4 B Grade Andrew Keays 135* v Sandown Park
Bowlers
04/05 Round 4 Turf 1 Beau Dowler 5/35 v Buckley Ridges
04/05 Round 5 Turf 1 Shane Doig 5/34 v Springvale South
05/06 Round 4 Turf 1 Shane Doig 7/41 v Hallam
05/06 Round 4 Turf 3 Rick Price 8/53 v Hallam
06/07 Round 4 B Garde Graham Harris 6/44 v Coomoora
07/08 Round 4 Turf 1 Steve Cannon 5/51 v Springvale South
08/09 Round 5 Turf 1 Brad Houghton 6/45 v Buckley Ridges
11/12 Round 4 Turf 1 Steven Spoljaric 6/24 v Buckley Ridges
11/12 Round 4 F Grade Terry Sturzaker 5/20 v Hallam
Fielding 08/09 Round 4 B Grade Andrew Keays 4c/0r/1s v Cranbourne 09/10 Round 5 Turf 1 John O’Hare 2c/1r/2s v Hallam
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Trip Down Memory Lane takes a look at the Round 5 Turf 1 match between Parkfield and Hallam at Dunblane. After sending Hallam in and seeing them get off to a solid start, Shane Doig delivered one the great spin bowling spells Parkfield has seen. Doigy’s flight and guile reduced Hallam to 126, as he took 7 for 41.
Though this was no doubt a fantastic performance by Doigy, the job was only half done and when Parkfield fell to 3/17, it looked like Doigys’s masterclass was going to count for nothing. In came Dale Harris and with the support from Parkfield captain Brad Houghton and batsmen Tony Payney, Parkfield chased down the total and with it gained the respect of the league to help put in on the path of Premiership Glory!
We hope the following recount from the game by Parkfield legends Tony Payne and Shane Doig will inspire the boys to a win against Hallam when they face them in Round 5 at Hallam Recreation Reserve.
TONY PAYNE’S ACCOUNT OF THE GAME Our bowling stocks were decimated with injuries to experienced Turf 1 opening bowlers in Shane McLean and Daniel Ferguson. Opening the bowling were two young guys in Travis Bone and Mick Ramsay in their 2nd and 3rd games of Turf 1. There was lots of pressure on Doigy as our main bowler and he delivered with a wonderful 26 overs. He bamboozled the Hallam batsman with his flight and guile. Bowling Hallam captain and gun bat in Steve Chapman was a vital wicket.
Chasing 124 Parkfield were under pressure at 3 for 17 when Dale Harris strode to the crease. Dale was coming off consecutive ducks in his previous 2 innings. Dale had actually been dropped to the 2nds on the Thursday night but was recalled to the 1sts when Stuart Willey was a late withdrawal due to injury.
Dale and Hubba got together and put on 124 with Dale making a majestic 103 not out. It was his first Turf 1 century in about 12 years. It was a major turning point for Dale who made 60 the next week and another century in round 8.
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SHANE DOIG’S ACCOUNT OF THE GAME I remember this game very well, not so much for my personal game but what it meant to Harry and the Parkfield Cricket Club moving forward.
I think Harry might have been coming off a couple of ducks in a row and had been dropped on the Thursday night. Stuart Willey was then hit with a bout of gout and was ruled out late, Harry then returned to the side. We took on Hallam, a side that I had never beaten in my time at Parkfield or Cranbourne and from memory it had been years since the former had got the job done.
They got off to an OK start at 2 for 67 but then we managed a consistent flow of wickets. I remember Foxy’s taking 2 rippers at bat pad and Milnesy’s running back with the flight to take a screamer off my bowling. Clean bowling Steve Chapman through the gate was also a highlight for me, I was able to deceive him with my flight and guile ! We proceed to bundle them out for 126! Then in no time we were 3 for 17 and up against it, I still remember the Hallam players yelling out “same old Parkfield, just can’t get the job done against us”!
What followed in my opinion was the beginning of our journey to premiership glory! Harry and Hubba then made the decision that we weren’t going to fall over and concede but dig in and bring the points home. They shared a 124 run partnership and the points (and respect) was ours!
They quality of batting when the chips were down was first class! Keeping in mind Harry had been dropped and was under all sorts of pressure when he strolled to the crease. I will never forget his off drive to bring up the hundred and how he saluted the crowd with a bow. We won by 70 runs and 6 wickets, a great statement against a competition powerhouse!
I think it was this game that made Harry realise he had a lot still to offer and was the catalyst for his improved performance and belief he could captain the club. After a lot of early success in his career, followed by many below par years it was this game that turned things around in my opinion. As we all know Harry went on to the captain the club (with his hard edge) and take us to premiership glory!
I will always remember this game and how happy I was for Harry! Oh and in case you missed it I took 7 for 41 off 26 overs!
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Dandenong District Cricket Association - Turf 1
Round 4 - Sat 12 Nov 2005, Sat 19 Nov 2005
Parkfield def Hallam Kalora Park
Venue: Parkfield Reserve [89 G1] Umpires: Umpire1: Trafford Ellis Umpire2: Neil Aldred Result: Parkfield WON FIRST INNINGS Toss won by Parkfield Batted first: Hallam Kalora Park
N Betreen 7 +M Gibson 3 b TR Bone c G Jessiman b MA Houeix
JA Smit 17 GG Milnes 7 c M Gibson b BK Houghton c S Chapman b MA Houeix
BJ 12 GP 1 Peters Fox c GP Fox b SR Doig b AP Lee
*S Chapman 15 *BK Houghton 36 b SR Doig c LS Randhawa b JE Hammond
JE Hammond 26 DA Harris 103 b BK Houghton not out
LS Randhawa 0 T Payne 20 c GG Milnes b SR Doig not out
SA McLaughlin 0 MR Hardie c GP Fox b SR Doig dnb
GM Machado 13 SR Doig c M Gibson b SR Doig dnb
MA Houeix 2 M Daberera c DA Harris b SR Doig dnb
+G Jessiman 3 MS Ramsey c DA Harris b SR Doig dnb
AP Lee 7 TR Bone not out dnb
Extras 24 Extras 24
(nb 1, w 5, b 10, lb 8) (nb 1, w 5, b 10, lb 8)
Total 126 Total 126 Overs 66.2 Overs 66.2
M Ramsey 15 5 0 31 AP Lee 15 3 1 33
T Bone 6 3 1 9 MA Houeix 19 4 2 41
SR Doig 26.2 10 7 41 SA McLaughlin 7 0 0 47
BK Houghton 11 4 2 17 S Chapman 12 4 0 22
T Payne 4 0 0 7 GM Machado 3 0 0 15
MR Hardie 3 1 0 3 JE Hammond 11 3 1 25 27
Parkfield Funnies
Yarraman Oaks claimed its second victim this season with Strauchanie aka David Parlby, getting his car bogged while exiting the ground. He joins many other Parkfield players who have suffered the same fate, however I am sure Dave would be the first to get a new car stuck, only hours after buying it. I guess that’s one way to christen a new car.
However, that isn’t as embarrassing as a certain Parkfield quick bowler, who went to play a game of golf with his buds but turned up to the wrong golf course. The story behind apparent mix up was Payney had sent the following message to Pricey and Mick about golf.
“Just booked golf for Dad an myself at 10:15am tomorrow at Centenary Park. Let me know if you are keen and I will alter the booking to include you.”
Both replied immediately that they were keen. Pricey had said he would make his own way there and Payney was to pick up John & Mick.
On a beautiful morning for golf it got to about 10:10am the next morning and Payney, John & Mick were having a putt on the practice green at Centenary Park. Wondering where Pricey was Payney checked his phone and had a missed call from Pricey. When he rang him back he discovered that Pricey had also been having a putt on the practice green only he was at Churchill Park golf course instead.
Pricey had become worried that the others hadn’t arrived and it was close to tee off time so he checked the original message on his phone and then realised he was on the wrong course. It’s a long way from Churchill Park to Centenary Park Frankston so Pricey just packed up his clubs again and went home. Payney, John and Mick enjoyed the beautiful conditions and carried on with their round.
And Birdy’s reaction to this: “Was supposed to tee off at golf at 10:15 this morning but only browsed the text message & went to the wrong golf course. That'll teach me to pay more attention. Oh well, looks like a day on the couch watching tv & the Vietnamese drug dealers across the road do their part for Australian society. Domare!”
Swiz Says...
*** Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night *** 28
Parkfield Look-a-Likes
Shaun Nugarra Jeremy Noyahr Shaquille O’Neil A Giraffe
Parkfield Turf 4 Former Parkfield Four Times NBA Standing Still Batsmen & Junior Champion & Former Under 2000 NBA MVP 17’s Captain
Where’s Fordy???
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Parkfield Social Media
The Parkfield Press takes a look at what the Parkfield players and supporters have been saying online. Doesn’t matter if it’s Emails, Twitter, Facebook or Online Forums, the people from Parkfield are not short of a word.
Here are some of the Emails that were sent around by Parkfield players on October 16th & 18th. Amazing what a statement ‘Round 1 games rescheduled’ or a little question like ‘When is our next committee meeting’ will lead to. I wonder how much work so of these guys got done on these days....
Fordy: You little beauty! No duck for me!
Spolly: But we all were there to see the shouldered arms ha ha
Dags: How’s your practice form Fordy?
Spolly: I think Fordy still thinks he is in???
Dags: I better find my spikes... I think they’re in a museum... ------Fordy: Better Not Interfere with Poker
Dags: True, winning every week deprives me of sleep ;-)
Fordy: It’s one all mate!
Dags: The cream rises to the top on the final table... Doesn’t it Couttsy?
Swiz: I’ll pay that. Why you’re responding to emails, where is Turf 4 playing this week Fordy?
Fordy: Don’t know mate, I guess I’ll find out Thursday when Steve tells me to bring the drinks
Dags: Swiz makes the decisions and the axe hasn’t swung yet... But it’s definitely being sharpened
Adam: Would you lot stop clogging up my emails...some people work... 30
David Ford @DavidFord18 still pissed off!
7 Oct Patrick Hill @Paddy_04 @DavidFord18 LB?
David Ford @DavidFord18 7 Oct @Paddy_04 nah, bowled. I left it Pitched wide outside off. swung back in, clipped the edge of off. knew he would swing it, but not that much
7 Oct David Ford @DavidFord18 @Paddy_04 nah, bowled. I left it Pitched wide outside off. swung back in, clipped the edge of off. knew he would swing it, but not that much
7 Oct John O Hare @HoneyHands @DavidFord18 @paddy_04 Ball of the year!!
7 Oct Patrick Hill @Paddy_04 @HoneyHands @davidford18 sounds better than Feary's to Ant Hardie.
7 Oct David Ford @DavidFord18 @HoneyHands @paddy_04 Not ball of the year. Just swung more than expected. Going to bat for 2 overs didn't want to play too many shot.
7 Oct David Ford @DavidFord18 @HoneyHands @paddy_04 might have needed to at least play one on that ball.
7 Oct Mark @pumasheffield @DavidFord18 @Paddy_04 @HoneyHands That sounds like the greatest delivery of all time. Has Jimmy Anderson been at mordi long?
7 Oct David Ford @DavidFord18 @pumasheffield @paddy_04 @honeyhands good bowler no butters
7 Oct Patrick Hill @Paddy_04 @DavidFord18 @pumasheffield @honeyhands By the way, saw the name "Butters" listed as playing for a team in Albury somewhere. Cousin? #notyou
7 Oct Mark @pumasheffield @Paddy_04 @DavidFord18 @HoneyHands There is a couple at Belvoir in Wodonga playing I think. We play them this week. Game on.
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7 Oct Patrick Hill @Paddy_04 @pumasheffield @davidford18 @honeyhands Oh Mark, I assumed you had relatives playing for St Pats. Don't tell me you've moved for love???
7 Oct Mark @pumasheffield @Paddy_04 @DavidFord18 @HoneyHands Haha. I'm an unknown in the area Patrick and ill be keeping it that way.
7 Oct Patrick Hill @Paddy_04 @pumasheffield @davidford18 @honeyhands Hard to hide with 50 wickets to your name #countryweekteam #beechworthsnewfavouriteson
7 Oct Mark @pumasheffield @Paddy_04 @DavidFord18 @HoneyHands This is descent cricket boys. The Sheffields are in the cupboard. I'll be happy with 20.
8 Oct John O Hare @HoneyHands @pumasheffield @SPCCalbury Buttsy like Adam Goodes. Home and Away rounds bore him. Wired for finals. #cheerup #6/42
8 Oct Shane Doig @DoigShane @DavidFord18 @pumasheffield @paddy_04 @honeyhands Olivia said to me"Daddy why did man with bighead leave straight ball" #shouldered arms
8 Oct Patrick Hill @Paddy_04 @DoigShane @davidford18 @pumasheffield @honeyhands Sure she wasn't watching you bowl Shane? #flight&gile
8 Oct John O Hare @HoneyHands @DoigShane @davidford18 @pumasheffield @paddy_04 Oscar asked why do bobble heads play cricket? #overbalanced #headtoobig
8 Oct John O Hare @HoneyHands @Paddy_04 @doigshane @davidford18 @pumasheffield Daddy why does the ball sound like it's fizzing when you bowl? #highrevs
John O Hare @HoneyHands @wayneh64 @DavidFord18 @pumasheffield DDCA umpires under investigation as player was bowled last week from a ball that should have been wide
12h David Ford @DavidFord18 @HoneyHands @wayneh64 @pumasheffield ball has been found to be a half taped tennis ball.
Mark @pumasheffield @HoneyHands @wayneh64 @DavidFord18 Scientists and channel 10 weatherman called in for expert advice on wind. 32
Twitter The Best From The Hills
Cody hill @Cody_2305 #CricketMovies Ponting and Clarke go to White Castle.
Tara Hill @thill73 @RitaPanahi why would you burgle a house in Franga or Dandy? People from Franga and Dandy doing it in those suburbs! Hahaha.....
Jordan Hill @Jordie_07 Watching the biggest loser(Cody).
Patrick Hill @Paddy_04 Lara Bingle in a car accident. #irony
Glen Brown: Just caught a guy having a quick pick at the lights .... And he new it ! Gold
Rick Price: Running for Dandenong City Council: Meng Heang Tak, Phuong Le, Huy Tran, Minh Van Tran. What the fuck is happening? My old builder yesterday said to me: "your racist." I said, "your clever."
Glen Brown: At Richmond station and some muppett gets off the train wearing an Essendon guernsey ... Dear me
Rick Price: I don't know why I keep putting so many extra chewing gum in my mouth at once. 10 minutes later my jaw is that sore it feels like Matt Shirvington has had a sleep over!
Shaun Nugara: R.I.P to FIFA12 from tomorrow, bring on FIFA13!!!
Dave Swiz: Playing online poker - someone goes all in & I call with Pocket Aces - They have 7-4 & the flop 3-5-6!!! What are the odds... 33
Parkfield Nicknames
We all know that many of the Parkfield players are referred to by their nicknames, but how well do you really know them. Below is a list of player’s nicknames and opposite is a list of names. See if you can match the nickname to the name or quiz other players to see how many they can get right. NICKNAME NAME
Wagga Paul Lika Adam Champ Luke Swiz Shane
Willow Faron Fordy Travis Belly Steven
Shaq Robert Dags Tony Rista David Strauchanie Jarryd
T-Dawg Shaun Harry Darren Payney Dale
Pav David Couttsy Dave Bobby Christian Feary Marcus
Pukey Ben
Jacks’ Corner
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Quizmaster
Easy - The Pitch Is So Flat Feary Would Make Runs On This:
1. Which Australian Test Cricketer goes by the name Mr. Cricket? 2. Who has scored the most runs in Ashes Test Matches? 3. What is the nickname of the Brisbane Twenty/20 team? 4. Which batsman was out bowled by Shane Warne in his first ball of Ashes cricket which is described as ‘Ball of the Century’? 5. Who captained Queensland to their first Sheffield Shield in 1994/95?
Medium - A Few Cracks Opening Up, Turf Batsmen Required:
6. Which Australian player holds the record for most Test match ducks? 7. Name the Test Umpire who also officiated in World Cup Football (Soccer) matches? 8. Which batsman holds the record for highest individual score in an Ashes Test Match? 9. How many tied Test Matches have happened in Australia? 10. Against which team did India win its first one day international against - a. England, b. Pakistan, c. South Africa, d. East Africa?
Hard - The Pitch Is Keeping Low, The Scorecards Reading Like A Phone Number:
11. In 2003 New Zealand only lost 1 Test Match for the year. How many did they win? 12. Who did New Zealand lose to in their only Test Match loss in 2003? 13. Who was the first batsman to achieve a century in both innings of a Test Match? 14. Who opened the batting for Bangladesh in their first test Match Innings against India in November, 2003 - a. Hasibul Hussain & Mehrab Hossain, b. Shahriar Hossain & Mehrab Hossain, c. Hasibul Bashar & Shahriar Hossain? 15. Who are two brothers that scored a century in both innings of the same Test Match and which team was this against?
Bonus Question: Impossible - It’s Turning Sideways - Even The Champ Would Struggle To Make A Run:
In 2005, Australia A played their first Twenty20 match against Pakistan in Adelaide. Who was in the side but didn't get to bat or bowl during the match?
*** Write down your answers on the last page & place the answer sheet into the Parkfield Press Box at the club for a chance to win a prize. Answers and results will be published in December’s Edition of the Parkfield Press ***
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Quizmaster – October Answers
Easy - The Pitch Is So Flat Feary Would Make Runs On This:
1. What country town is Don Bradman from? Bowral, NSW 2. WACA stands for what? Western Australian Cricket Association 3. Australian cricketer Brad Hogg’s first name is? a. Gary, b. Glen, c. George c. George 4. Shane Warne’s Middle name is? Keith 5. Which Australian One Day Domestic Team has never won the Australian One day Domestic Tournament? a. New Zealand XI, b. Canberra Comets, c. Tasmanian Tigers b. Canberra Comets
Medium - A Few Cracks Opening Up, Turf Batsmen Required: 6. Steve Waugh & Michael Bevan were the first men to score one-day international hundreds at which Australian Ground? Telstra Dome 7. Which Western Australian won a record $200,000 for hitting the advertising sign in the Australian domestic one-day tournament in the 2001/02 season? Michael Hussey 8. David Boon and Ricky Ponting are originally from what town? Launceston 9. At what venue were World Series Cricket matches staged in Perth? Gloucester Park 10. During the Carlton & United Series in Australia in 1998/99, all three teams (Australia, England & Sri Lanka) had wicketkeepers who opened the batting. Who were they? Adam Gilchrist, Alec Stewart & Romesh Kuluwitharana
Hard - The Pitch Is Keeping Low, The Scorecards Reading Like A Phone Number: 11. Apart from Steve Waugh, who is the only player to be part of both Australia’s 1987 & 1999 World Cup wining squads? Tom Moody 12. How many different ways can a batsmen be dismissed in a game of cricket & name them? 11 – Bowled, LBW, Caught, Stumped, Run Out, Hit Wicket, Double Hit, Ball Handling, Obstructing the Field, Timed Out & Retired Out. 13. Who in 1992 became the first batsmen given out by the third umpire in a Test match? Sachin Tendulkar 14. Which country did Belinda Clark score 229 during the 1997/98 World Cup? Denmark 15. Which Englishmen retired in 2003 after being on the losing side 54 occasions in Test Cricket, an England record? Alec Stewart
Bonus Question: Impossible - It’s Turning Sideways - Even The Champ Would Struggle To Make A Run On This: Who was the first cricketer to play Sheffield Shield cricket for three different states: (Grahem Watson, Victoria 1964 - 71, WA 1972 - 75 & NSW 1976 - 77)
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Something For The Kids and the Big Kids
Colour In The Cricket Game:
Cricket Maze: Help the cricketer find his teammate:
Turn to the Answers Page (After the Parkfield Poker Page) to see if you were correct! – No Cheating!!! 37
Parkfield Merchandise
White Playing Shirts $30
Tracksuit Top $60 Blue Polo (Social Shirt) $40 Tracksuit Pants $40 Shorts $25
New One-Day / Training Shirt $50 Cricket Hats $20 Training Tops are the reverse colour
of the above
Sizes: S / M / L / XL / XXL
To place orders please contact Shane Doig [email protected] 38
Parkfield Sponsors
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Parkfield Poker
Oct Oct Oct Oct FT Name 4th 11th 18th 25th Total $$$ 1st Out
Doddsy (Tim) 8 10 8 26 $12,750
Lika (Ben) 10 3 10 23 $12,000
Fordy (David) 15 6 0 1 22 $11,750
Couttsey (Marcus) 4 8 6 3 21 $11,500
Dags (Darren) 1 15 1 4 21 $11,500
Birdy (Rodney) 4 8 6 18 $10,750 Oct 4th Spolly (Steven) 0 1 2 15 18 $10,750 & 11th
Harry (Dale) 15 15 $10,000
Willo (Jarryd) 2 10 12
Payney (Tony) 6 3 0 9 Oct 18th
Honey Hands (John) 4 4 Oct Swiz (Dave) 3 0 0 3 25th
Craig DeHaas 2 2
Snowy (Brodie) 2 2
Tiger (Ty) 0 0
Mick 0 0
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Something For The Kids Answer Page
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Parkfield Cricket Club Office Bearers & Contact Details
President - Darren Linton. [email protected]. 0414 99 44 81
Vice President – Adam Brown. [email protected]. 0411 605 652
Secretary – Ty Edwards – [email protected]. 0409 530 091
Treasurer – Marcus Coutts. [email protected]. 0405 096 284
General Committee
Junior Co-Ordinator - David Swierzbiolek. [email protected]. 0417 797 213
Bar Manager – David Ford. [email protected]. 0421 132 481
Social Manager – Rick Price. [email protected]. 0401 943 833
Sponsorship Co-Ordinator - Cath Sturzaker. [email protected]. 0438 579 363
Canteen Manager - Bek Hill. [email protected]. 0429 097 856
Margaret Fuller 0416 860 417
Parkfield Press Editor – David Swierzbiolek
PCC Website – Faron Antony. [email protected]. 0425 773 746
Stuart Robertson – [email protected]. 0432 320 825 *****
Merchandise – Shane Doig. [email protected] . 0418 310 235
Membership/subs Collector – Adam Brown. 0411 605 652
Parkfield Past Players – Mark ‘Jack’ Psaila. 0407 556 091
Parkfield Premiers Club $100/$300. Darren Linton/Adam Brown
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Coaching Panel Senior Coach: Jarryd Williamson – 0425 800 467
Assistants: Steve Spoljaric – 0433 487 676 Rodney Bird – 0419 152 140
Practice Co-Ordinators: Adam Brown – 0417 454 388 Dave Swiz – 0417 797 213
Chairman of Selectors: Grant Milnes – 0413 861 627
Captains Turf 1: Steve Spoljaric – 0433 487 676
Turf 4: Steve Banhidi – 0488 760 015
“B” Grade: Marcus Coutts – 0405 096 284
“D” Grade: George Fuller – 0402 845 378
ONE DAY SIDE: David Swiz – 0434 199 687 / 0417 797 213
Masters: Grant Milnes – 0413 861 627
Junior Coaches Under 17’s: David Swiz – 0417 797 213
Under 15’s: Tony Payne – 0417 324 910
Under 13’s: Wayne Perera – 0457 033 773
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PARKFIELD
PREMIERS CLUB
2012/2013
(Replacing the 20 Club)
$100 Annual Membership Benefits include...
Special Premiers Club 2012/2013 Medallion.
1 free ticket to Presentation night.
$10 Melbourne Cup betting voucher.
10% Discount upon presentation of the Premiers Club Medallion for Merchandise, food and drinks on Saturday’s from 4.00pm onwards.
Random ‘Happy Hours’ on Thursday’s & Saturdays
Invitations to all Parkfield functions
For more information contact Darren Linton 0414 99 4481 [email protected]
Mail cheque to 166 Railway Pde, Noble Park Or Direct debit BSB: 013 840 ACC: 5819 93767
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PARKFIELD
PREMIERS GOLD CLUB
2012/2013
(Replacing the 20 Club)
$300 Annual Membership Benefits include...
Special Premiers Club 2012/2013 Medallion.
2 free tickets to Presentation night.
$20 Melbourne Cup betting voucher.
10% Discount upon presentation of the Premiers Club Medallion for Merchandise, food and drinks on Saturday’s from 4.00pm onwards.
Random ‘Happy Hours’ on Thursday’s & Saturdays
Invitations to all Parkfield functions
For more information contact Darren Linton 0414 99 4481 [email protected]
Mail cheque to 166 Railway Pde, Noble Park Or Direct debit BSB: 013 840 ACC: 5819 93767
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Parkfield Fantasy Cricket League
Here is the leaderboard for Parkfield Fantasy League after October. For weekly updates log on to the Parkfield website. We would like to thank Gardenworld and Reading Cinemas for sponsoring first and second price.
PARKFIELD FANTASY LEAGUE LADDER
Name Team Name Total Cost Points
1 Riley Payne Blue Thunder $200,000 65.56 2 Darren Linton Lintonians $190,000 64.61 3 Pat Hill The Bandits $200,000 63.72 4 Brodie Snow Snowmen $200,000 61.52 5 Tim Dodds New Look Blues $200,000 61.49 6 Tony Payne Point Magnets $200,000 60.85 7 Briony Swan Biggest Hit Since The Beatles $200,000 58.38 8 Robert Butler Bob's Battlers $200,000 56.04 9 Andrew Keays 11 Is Better! $200,000 55.01 10 Tracey Payne Tracey's Boys $200,000 54.18 11 Shane Bell Ring My $200,000 53.81 12 David Ford Rod Ritchies $200,000 53.79 13 Ty Edwards Team Tiges $200,000 51.65 14 Travis Fonceca Fonzies Team $200,000 49.6 15 Sheyanne Binney Superheroes $200,000 48.6 16 Ben Rout Licka's Legends $200,000 48.58 17 Dakotah Binney Superstars $195,000 48.46 22 Jarryd Williamson Berwick Bumble Bees $200,000 48.37 18 David Swierzbiolek F Troop $200,000 47.59 19 Gavin Sturzaker Kik Bek $200,000 47.15 20 Rodney Bird Sandhurst Sloggers $200,000 45.95 21 Shaun Nugara The Pimps XI $200,000 45.35 23 Adam Brown Pav By A Nose $200,000 45 24 Marcus Coutts Oilefthimout $200,000 44.96 25 Stevie Cannon Canno's Champions…&Wayne $200,000 43.99 26 Phil Drew Philthy's Monsters $200,000 42.59 27 Brett Jones A-Team $200,000 40.68 28 Jack Jones Invincibles $195,000 40.2 29 Belinda Burgess Catches Win Matches $200,000 38.76 30 Tania Westlake Hogans' Heroes $200,000 37.56 31 Ryan Nugara Sons Of The West $200,000 36.63 32 Steven Spoljaric Champs $200,000 35.56 33 Faron Antony Waggas Warriors $200,000 28.23
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Congratulations to Riley Payney for starting the year off in fine form. His team Blue Thunder (Jack, Jarryd, Marcus, Shaun, Riley, Spolly, Rahul, George, Andrew, Shane, Declan and Brandon) narrowly edged out the Lintonians by 1 point. Amazingly Darren went against most team’s philosophy of picking themselves which cost him a whopping 17.73 points after Darren’s 113 and 6 for against Mordialloc. Once again point scoring works like this:
BATSMEN
1 Run 0.1 points
BOWLER
Unassisted Wicket (Bowled & LBW) 2 points
Assisted Wicket (Catch & Stumping) 1 point
FIELDING / WICKET KEEPER
Catch 1 point Stumping 1 point
Unassisted Run Out 2 points Assisted Run Out 1 point
GRADE WEIGHTING
Turf 1 x 1.2 Turf 4 x 1.1
A Grade No weighting
D Grade x 0.9 One Day Grade x 0.8
The Parkfield Press would also like to name the team of October in fantasy league. Each month we will name the best 12 performing players for the month in their positions, including points and how many teams they are in.
PARKFIELD FANTASY TEAM FOR OCTOBER PLAYER POSITION POINTS SCORED NO. OF TEAMS 1 Darren Linton Batsmen 17.73 0 2 Jason Noyahr Batsmen 10.67 3
3 Marcus Coutts Batsmen 7.9 7 4 James Goodall Batsmen 4.56 10 5 Phil Drew Batsmen 3.85 19
6 Steven Spoljaric All-Rounder 13.56 31
7 George Fuller All-Rounder 5.4 14 8 Terry Sturzaker All-Rounder 4.1 3 9 Jordan Coutts Wicket-Keeper 3.5 1
10 Shane Bell Bowler 16.08 13
11 Brandon Sturzaker Bowler 10.3 15 12 Adam Brown Bowler 5.5 7 Total Team Points 103.15 48
Parkfield Pirate
Whelped: 01 Nov 2010 Sire: VAPOUR WHIRL Dam: DOTTY Colour: White and Black Sex: Dog
Trainer: S Trim (Devon Meadows) Career: 8 Starts. 0-2-0 Prizemoney: $265
H Pl Bx Wght Dist Trk Race Date Time BON M`gin 1st/2nd(Time) Split1 Comment S/P Grade cap
4 8) 27.4 50 AL R12 08/10/12 26.74 25.84 75 Kouta Reg (26.62) 6.85 M442,C4 7.80 MM .
4 6) 27.0 25 EN R2 01/10/12 24.88 24.00 5.50 Hawkeen (24.53) 6.83 M644 7.40 MZ .
R . 50 HP R3 26/09/12 25.71 . . . . MZ . .
7 6) 27.0 50 HP R2 19/09/12 26.39 25.62 9.00 Cheeky Bling (25.82) 6.94 M766 9.20 MZ .
8 2) 27.0 60 GL R3 31/07/12 27.85 25.96 30.00 Nolen (25.96) 6.90 M777,C8 13.30 MCF .
4 1) 27.0 60 GL R10 24/07/12 27.00 . 13.50 Boomers Party (26.14) . M444 10.70 MT .
2 2) 26.7 25 EN R2 02/07/12 25.04 24.36 1.00 Cantika Wanita (24.98) 6.82 M222 1.40 MM .
S . . 40 LE R2 17/06/12 24.99 . . . . MT . .
2 5) 27.0 25 EN R11 04/06/12 25.00 24.29 2.25 Jasseen (24.86) 6.82 S422 3.70 MM .
4 5) 27.3 40 LE R1 20/05/12 25.74 24.94 10.00 Diesel Drive (25.11) 5.49 M855,C4 19.10 M .
Parkfield Pirate Twitter
Parkfield Pirate @ Parkfield Pirate With less than 3 hours to my race I can’t wait! Even if I have to sit here for 11 races until my race. Think I’m a good chance out of the #8
@Payney3 at least someone from TAB thinks I’ll win #nofaithfromthechamp
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Parkfield Pirate News
SPOLLY (3/9/12) Hi all, We are still just sitting and waiting till all the illnesses pass in the mean time I am going to need to get another 50 off everyone for socks. pretty much it is a bit hard to expect the trainer to b paying all his bills when he ain't hit the track and for all we know is still suffering from what he had when I took the dog to him. Pirate falls under a different set up because he has raced but because he is not right I will b pushing him to have more blood tests on him before he races again which we will pay. for socks I am going to give him a couple of hundred for up keep over the last couple of months plus vet bills coming up we will need to have a little cash left for that. Also for what ever medication he may need to get right. It is a just one of those things that can't b helped and as a newby (newbie) learn as we go. Winter is **** is what I have learnt.
SPOLLY (17/9/12) Socks it was decided to not trial today because he would of been stuck in the float for 7 hrs so will trial tomo afternoon. Pirate going good but I would say don't have too much on him because he is 1st up after an injury and illness. At his best it's worth a shot but he will need luck from the 6 box the speed map has him 4th. It is a decent field of runners which is unlucky. a dog has run 2nd at the meadows another a 2nd at geelong.
SPOLLY (18/9/12) Socks went slow again today beaten 4 lengths in 18.50. Geez if only I could tell him how close the green needle is he might go quicker ha. We will need the vet to look him over again I think he will b there Friday. he was looking great coming out the trailer pulling hard and looked keen but as we know he did go a half second faster months ago which would mean he is injuries somewhere. i will speak with trainer about what we should do. Pirates run tomo we are hoping for him to b competitive. very hard to say he will win with has happened over the last few months everything humanly has been done to get him right as I have over seen everything. vets checks say he is good physically good he looks happy he was 2 tenth of his best time recorded. the biggest reason why I would say don put much on him tomo is the trainer had 3 dogs run Monday and 2 of them were poor and the other looked ok so David don't have a dumb bet again haha. Fingers crossed for tomo boys 50
BAPPO (26/9/12) Lucky you can play cricket! As your Grammar is ****! Isabella can type a better letter. example A ) "Sock will trial tomorrow morning and hope he get better the vet said he was ok so I expect a improvement sry hope for ha." GENIUS!
FORDY (8/10/12) So the most important thing is our dumb mutt. Seemed to pull up well after the run so hopefully he is fully fit with no niggles. The few runs in a row would have done him well. With a bit of rain around might help him concidering (considering) that our trainers place is a bog heap so he could be use to running on wet ground. (could be stretching it trying to find good things to say) but the last run was positive as most of you would agree, and he did run his best time around Bendigo, quicker than both runs he ran the two 2nds. So let’s hope he can improve more again. It’s the first time out of the pink box, so I’m questioning weather (whether) he will run around the field or he will try to go straight to the rail and cause trouble. Well I think he will run a place but hopefully he can do it for us, but like I said before looks a tough race for a win.
Our trainer had 6 runners today but has scratched 2 of them. I know Spolly will be backing Free Earl in race 5 no. 4 but think it might be a tough race for him too. There seems be a virus going around a few different trainers yards, so fingers crossed this doesn't spread too much or looks like socks could get it, as he seems to be getting everything else. This dog could catch small pox.
SPOLLY (8/10/12) Ah Spolly got burnt there this greyhound game will send me broke.
FORDY (8/10/12) Yeah, Spolly you talked me into $50 ew rather than $25.
BAPPO (8/10/12) SO what was the result ?????? what time was the race i missed it again. Can someone tell us what time the lil dog runs instead of just what race? Take it I didn’t miss much cos the banter sounds like losers banter???
SPOLLY (22/10/12) We r in at Geelong thurs at about 430. With a little luck we can do it. the 8 looks hardest to beat. even tho our stable mate beat us last trial I am sure we can turn the tables over the longer journey. 51
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