ST IVES WAHROONGA CRICKET CLUB
2015 ANNUAL REPORT CONTENTS INSIDE
3 CLUB SPONSORS
4 CLUB COMMITTEE, LIFE MEMBERS AND MAJOR AWARDS
5 CLUB AWARDS
6 PRESIDENT’S REPORT
10 JUNIORS PRESIDENT’S REPORT
12 JUNIORS GALLERY
14 JUNIOR TEAM REPORTS
18 SENIORS GALLERY
20 TOP RUNS AND WICKETS
22 TEAM REPORTS
40 ALL TIME RECORDS
44 BLOWFLY CRICKET REPORT
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St Ives Wahroonga Cricket Club and Wahroonga Junior Cricket Club would like to thank the generosity of all of our sponsors and supporters.
MAJOR SPONSORS
Over the past four seasons the club has undertaken a rapid growth period fuelled by the founding of our junior arm, Wahroonga Junior Cricket Club. Our major sponsors and supporters have been vital in providing funds to help deliver the equipment and capabilities required to allow us to absorb a 100% increase in club membership. The start-up costs of kits, training equipment, administration and team fees are a burden that cannot be carried without the altruism of local businesses and supporters. We strongly encourage all members to support our supporters. Through this we can continue to develop long-term mutually beneficial relationships.
LJ Hooker Wahroonga-Pymble wahroonga-pymble.ljhooker.com.au
InfoReady infoready.com.au
Triforce Sports triforcesports.com.au
SUPPORTERS
Law In Order lawinorder.com.au
Action Indoor Sports Mt Ku-ring-gai aismtkuring-gai.com.au
Mercedes-Benz Hornsby mbhornsby.com.au
Grosvenor Business Advisers grosvenorba.com.au
CLUB INFORMATION
Website wahroongacricket.com stivescricket.com
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Facebook facebook.com/wahroongajuniorcc facebook.com/stivescricket CLUB COMMITTEE
CLUB COMMITTEE, LIFE MEMBERS, AWARDS AND NEW RECORDS
CLUB COMMITTEE LIFE MEMBERS 1979 Gerald Bird PRESIDENT Gavin Wingfield 1985 Peter Low 1991 Tony Bowden JUNIOR PRESIDENT AND 1994 Tim O’connor CLUB SECRETARY Bill White 1994 Geoffrey Martz 1999 Robert Hawtree TREASURER Rod Grosvenor 1999 Barry Garrod 1999 Robert Abdullah VICE-PRESIDENT 2011 Bob Dewstow Ben Gussey 2012 David Drake REGISTRAR 2012 Martin Grosvenor Judy Gussey 2013 Rod Grosvenor COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2014 Andrew Bayles Matthew Horvat 2015 Judy Gussey William White David Drake 2015 Bob Gussey
CLUBMAN OF THE YEAR David Flaks This award was introduced in 1981/82 and is presented where a Club Member is deemed in the opinion of the Executive, to have done more for the Club, over and above what is expected, whether it be for administration, support or fund raising activities
MOST IMPROVED Tom Palm The “Danny Callinan Memorial Trophy” was introduced in 1985/86 upon the tragic death of a very talented young cricketer and is presented to the player who in the opinion of the Executive has shown the most improvement throughout the season CONTRIBUTION TO JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT BY A SENIOR Ruairidh Macdonald MOST PROMISING CRICKETER Randev Sappany PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR BEST NEWCOMER Harry Langford MOST PROMISING JUNIOR Brad Ford
NEW CLUB RECORDS All Grade & D2 7th Wicket 137 Shiv Gupta [76] Linesh Maharaj [52] v Kissing Point D2 4th Wicket 156 Ray Price [142*] Linesh Maharaj [94] v WPHC
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2014/15 CLUB AWARDS
CLUB CHAMPION David Flaks MOST CLUB RUNS Linesh Maharaj BEST BATTING AVERAGE David Flaks MOST CLUB WICKETS Tim Rewell BEST BOWLING AVERAGE David Flaks WICKET KEEPER Matt Horvat
BOWLING (7 WICKETS OR MORE IN AN INNINGS) Tim Rewell 7/16 D2 vs Kissing Point, Round 14 Tim Rewell 7/31 D2 vs Berowra, Round 2
CENTURIES Ray Price 142* D2 vs West Pennant Hills Cherrybrook, Round 1 Ben Gussey 122 B1 vs Kenthurst Upper Hills, Round 5 Linesh Maharaj 114 D2 vs Hornsby District, Round 4 Sam Jenkins 108 C4 vs Galston-Glenorie, Round 4 Pierre Rodrigues 104 C2 vs Kenthurst Upper Hills, Round 3 Kamran Bloach 100* T20 5th Grade vs Kissing Point, Round 2
HAT TRICKS Rowan Pryor A1 vs Berowra, Round 1 Nabil Rahman D2 vs West Pennant Hills Cherrybrook, Round 1 David Flaks C4 vs Galston-Glenorie, Semi-Final
MILESTONES 300 games Rodney Grosvenor 200 games Hemadri Bargoti 100 games Wayne Tolver-Banks, Gareth Horne, Sean Desmond, Sam Whiteley, William White 5000 Runs David Drake 2000 Runs Rowan Pryor, David Flaks 500 Wickets David Akins, Rodney Grosvenor
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PRESIDENT’S REPORT
FROM THE PREMIERSHIPS! and togetherness of both of PRESIDENT those teams. I was grateful GAVIN WINGFIELD What a fabulous season we to Berowra who decided had. After a 5 year drought to bat on for a 2nd innings we finally brought home a allowing most of the D2 team Premiership, but wait, not and the many supporters to one, but two premierships. get to Hassel Park for more Both teams were most celebrations. grateful for the tremendous turnout of support at both Let’s not forget that we had 2 games from members of beaten semi-finalists as well. B the club. Congratulations Grade, led by Hemadri Bargotti to David Flaks and his C4 fought hard to make the finals team who were crowned as and embrace the club culture minor Premiers and won the of everyone getting a fair go, Premiership against Berowra which was highlighted as 8 at our home ground, Hassel bowlers were used in their Park. Congratulations also to semi-final. Our Sunday team, my D2 team who having been led by Matt Horvatt, also made beaten finalists twice, and the semi-final and having semi-finalists twice over the posted a decent score kept the past 4 seasons, finally took out game in the balance until their the D2 premiership. There will score was passed with just one be more in the individual team ball to spare. reports, but what was really pleasing was the positivity
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AFTER A 5 YEAR DROUGHT WE FINALLY BROUGHT HOME A PREMIERSHIP, BUT WAIT, NOT ONE, BUT TWO PREMIERSHIPS
As I will detail below the everyone associated with the JUNIORS club is strong and has good club has embraced that. It stability, but we won’t sustain comes from the respect for 4 years ago we decided to that strength and growth each other that we encourage start our Wahroonga Wolves without maintaining the at our in2cricket, through with an in2cricket program. hard work, enthusiasm and the Wolves and into the There have been some ever positive attitude that we see senior club. We often hear presents in assisting with that, so often. The clubs strength is people refer to ‘a family club’ not least Bob Gussey who has a reflection of the strength of and I like to think of St Ives established our junior arm, the committee, and I extend Wahroonga as a family club Sam Whiteley who has again my thanks as always to what from many angles, not only do managed the centre and all has again been a creative and we embrace the whole family the volunteers (players and enthusiastic committee to coming together from the parents) who have helped work with, Bill White – Club youngest milo players to older to maintain our in2cricket Secretary and President of retirees in the senior club, but centre as one of the very best Wahroonga Junior Cricket; also the way that we look after and manage our junior teams Ben Gussey – Vice President; each other through the highs this season. We need more Rod Grosvenor – Treasurer; and lows. What we need to input into this area, and more Judy Gussey – Registrar and develop further is the union volunteers. Yes, that means team co-ordinator; Bob Gussey between the senior and junior you. We can’t rely on the same – Consultant; William White, club. individuals to carry us through new committee member and it will be a responsibility Matt Horvatt and returning We have had players join us of each captain in the coming committee member, regular from other clubs, who have seasons to ensure that enough MC and quizmaster David come because of the values players are available to help Drake. we all share and our positive out at these sessions. Don’t be and friendly attitude on the shy whether a player or parent, Thanks to all of our captains, field of play. As young players put your hand up and let us managers, coaches and co- develop, it is important that know that you are interesting ordinators not just for your we take them into the senior in being involved and we will work throughout the season club, mentor them and protect help and support you in doing but also for contributing to this them. Young people nowadays so. annual report. Special thanks have many challenges ahead of to Ben Gussey who once them and it is important to find There is a Presidents report again has put together a really a balance in their lives, be it a from Bill White on the Junior’s impressive report for us. day off from studies or a night season later in this annual out with the boys. We all have report, as well as reports from GROWTH a responsibility towards each the team managers and I hope other and it is one of the major that you enjoy reading it and We have all embraced a things I love about this club. are as encouraged as me by friendly and welcoming club the achievements. culture over the years and I have been really proud that
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A GREAT THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF OUR SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS
We entered 5 junior teams, 2 and season. The youngster D1. We also attracted some up on last season, and we are will sometimes outshine dad, young talent into our Sunday closer and closer to seeing but sometimes dad is the hero team bolstered by a few of players progress from juniors too. Our club encourages our Saturday players filling to seniors and you never know participation, so kids, when in. In case I failed to mention we could well already have a dad tells you that he hasn’t David Flaks C4 and my D2 won future international amongst played for 20 years and has a Premierships! us, and what a positive bad knee and about 30kg more memory to say that you to lug around the field tell him Our A Grade, with captain had a hand in coaching and that it is time he got involved Rowan Pryor, were not far short developing that player from again and shed a few of those of making the finals (going into the grass roots of the game. extra kgs. the final round they still had a chance) having chalked up Congratulations in particular COMPETING AT THE VERY TOP a win over West Pennant Hills should go to Finlay Bruell Cherrybrook in round 2 that (U11), Josh Henderson and We have enjoyed a lot of will live long in the memory. William Moody (both U12) success in the lower grades Tom Godfrey takes over the who have been selected in and I have watched with great captaincy this season and I the HK&HDCA rep squads. I satisfaction as players have would like everyone to support love hearing about great risen together through the and encourage him in doing achievements and from reports grades. There are players who so. Tom has a target to make there are a few more players I played with in D2 playing the finals in the next 3 seasons who will be pushing for reps in B Grade now, and the odd and I would love to see us in the coming years, and we appearance in A Grade and wining an A Grade Premiership encourage and support our it is pleasing that players are or 2 in the next 10 years. That players doing so. keen to challenge themselves. goal will be achieved with You can’t move up every external recruitment and JUNIORS TO SENIORS season, sometimes you need promotion from within. Be to stabilise for a year or 2, but mindful of the wants and I have seen a number of young that is what we do. Most of desires of players around players competing in the our B Grade led by Hemadri you, and above all, never fear senior competition, some as Bargotti were playing C Grade failure. If at first you don’t young as 12 but usually 13+ a few years ago, and our C succeed, try and try again. in the mid to higher grades. Grade led by Sam Whiteley was Cricket is a great sport for all playing C3. We now have the SPONSORS ages and I love meeting fathers next batch of players filtering and sons (and daughters) up. Shivank Bargotti changed We all owe great thanks to the playing together across our the fortunes of our C2s around generosity of our sponsors and association. It is a great way this season, bringing in supporters. We value greatly for dad’s to stay fit but also to exciting young players around our relationship with TriForce spend time with the kids in an the established ones and Sports, LJ Hooker Wahroonga, activity where both can share William White took some of the InfoReady and Grosvenor the highs and lows of the game younger players from D2 into Business Advisers and we
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CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLUB
all enjoy and appreciate the which was really well organised so I look forward to seeing outstanding prizes kindly and had great attendance. a lot of you there. For some donated for our trivia nights Such events strengthen the of us, the season has never by Mercedes Benz Hornsby, relationship between players ended as Tom Godfrey leads a Andrew and Dave Stergiotis at from different grades, as Winter Competition team who Tempo and our members. Last the teams are mixed, and currently sit 2nd in Div 5 as we but not least, thanks to Law In further enhances our family chase another Premiership. Order, who assist us with our atmosphere. I thoroughly Let’s start recruiting now so printing and scanning needs. enjoyed both events and I look we have strength and depth Sponsorship is in many ways a forward to more of them in the across the grades. partnership, and I encourage years ahead. you all to utilise and promote Congratulations and thanks our sponsors ahead of their THE ASSOCIATION to all our prize winners, and competition when you require to everyone associated with services that they offer and Our presence in the the club from life members to spread the word that they Association has again been parents of our juniors on what support us among friends and strong as I continued as has been a very successful and family. The revenue from their chairman of the SCC, and Bill enjoyable season. Additional generous contributions assists White completed another congratulations for Association us in developing our club and year as minute secretary, both award winners, David Flaks supports us in benefiting our serving on the association (both batting and bowling for local community. executive to support the C4) and Tim Rewell, (bowling association President Nathan award for D2). FUNDRAISING Tilbury, who remains a close friend and umpired our semi- GAVIN WINGFIELD Once again our fundraising final in C4. was headed by 2 really successful quiz nights. The 2015-16 SEASON support of these has been APPROACHES fabulous both with donations of prizes and auction items and I have been encouraged by the in attendance on the night. number of players who have My sincere thanks to everyone been training this season, and who was involved or attended thank in particular our friends these fundraisers. The money at Northern District, who generated from these and allowed our B Grade the use our sponsorship ensures our of the turf nets at Waitara Oval ongoing financial stability and ahead of the semi-final. We helps us to keep fees across the are looking to book nets every board as low as possible. Tuesday evening from 5-7 this season and we will start again We introduced a super 8 and in a about a month with our T20 match over Christmas, first net and registration day
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JUNIOR PRESIDENT’S REPORT
FROM THE OVERVIEW A pleasing part of the junior JUNIOR PRESIDENT program is the wonderful BILL WHITE This is our fourth year ongoing support of our participating in junior cricket sponsors, members of the St and we have consolidated Ives Wahroonga Cricket Club, our position in the CNSW Sam Whiteley Manager of in2CRICKET program as the the in2CRICKET centre, all of Wahroonga in2CRICKET our volunteer cricketers and Centre and through the willing and enthusiastic the St Ives Wahroonga parents of the team cricketers Wolves participating in the managing, umpiring, coaching, HK&HDCA junior team cricket scoring and the all-important competition. We had a total of social support. A special 130 participants in our junior thank you to Imogen Kemp cricket activities this season. from CNSW providing a fresh This has been a tremendous approach to the girls and boys achievement given the junior at in2CRICKET. part of our club is still young, and that we had an initial aim of thirty participants only four seasons ago. The junior team cricket moves in to the U 12 competition and we envisage that we will shortly be encouraging parent/son involvement in playing cricket with the senior teams.
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WE WANT TO EMPHASISE THE CLUB’S VALUES OF ENJOYMENT AND PARTICIPATION
WAHROONGA IN2CRICKET parents continued their active A FINAL NOTE involvement with Jonathan The in2CRICKET activities Fletcher and Dave Willett We want to emphasise the continued as a program of continuing as Managers for club’s values of enjoyment and eleven Saturday mornings another season. We will all miss participation. The club and on the glorious Turramurra Paddy Bruell who is overseas its’ volunteers fundamentally Memorial Oval with 80 boys for the next year after his 2 year believe first and foremost that and girls between 4 and 10 stint as an exceptional junior cricket is for the enjoyment years old. Have a Go is the team coach. of the participants. Children entry level with all of the who love playing cricket leadership being provided by SPONSORS AND are children who will love Sam Whiteley and a number FUNDRAISING practicising cricket, to of our senior cricketers which success often follows. imparting ball skills and the We sincerely appreciate Winning is not our end goal team attitude essential in our the interest by our sponsors but hopefully an outcome sport. The warm up run is an LJ Hooker Wahroonga and of a happy and positive entertainment in itself. The Pymble, InfoReady, Rod environment for all of the Have a Game this season had Grosvenor and TriForce children. So let’s keep every many of the boys and girls Sports in being part of the child involved in the game and from the 2013-14 Go program team effort to provide an continue to be positive and and really embraced the team enjoyable, healthy and friendly spirited on and off the field. I spirit. We were pleased to have activity for the children of our sincerely hope everyone has several of the parents assisting Hornsby, Ku-ring-gai and Hills a wonderful offseason and is the volunteer team leaders. district community. Also we primed for a big 2015-16! appreciate the efforts of many JUNIOR TEAM CRICKET in the Club and particularly BILL WHITE the trivia nights organised by The five junior teams (3 last Dave Drake and Bill White with season) enjoyed being part of a substantial prizes provided team cricket competition with by Andrew Stergiotis and all teams having graduates Mercedes Benz Hornsby. of the Wahroonga in2Cricket program. The suitability of the THE FUTURE in2CRICKET program preparing for U 8’s playing team cricket We are already planning for the was obvious in the first few 2015/ 2016 season and have weeks. The U 9 Green team the enthusiasm and experience managers Dave Flaks is a senior to move forward with the Saints Captain of one of this involvement in junior team year’s Premiership teams and cricket and in2CRICKET and we were impressed with all of start recruiting in July 2015. our Managers and Coaches interest in junior cricket. The
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SIWCC ANNUAL REPORT 2015 13 UNDER 8s UNDER 8 SEASON REPORT
MANAGER The 2014/2015 Under 8 cricket Positive parent support to Maryann Kapp season was a great adventure the team was provided by for the boy’s. our Manager Maryann Kapp COACH and Simon Boardman did Simon Board/ Michael Making the step from Milo a splendid job as coach for Hampton/ parents in2CRICKET to a full field, pitch the 2014 part of the season, and with cricket whites was a when he relocated. Michael TEAM MEMBERS big one but the boy’s took it on Hampton and other parents Jonathan Board with a great spirit. It was a joy ably took over the coaching Leo Junius to see the boy’s develop into until the end of season. Charles Kapp a team, learning and applying Liam Kapp the skills of bowling, batting, When looking at the boy’s Edward Krstevski fielding and wicket keeping. it’s hard to callout one as the Lucas Hampton The first few games where very “best player”, because they all Percy Speed much early steps into a wider worked as a team, improved Charlton King world of cricket, with their last as a team and took each Luke Bosotti few games these early steps challenge on as team. All Daniel Martin started to turn into a confident had a great season and look run. forward to 2015/2016. They all demonstrated the important The U 8 game has a strong set ‘spirit of cricket’ and earned of Rules based on traditional their player medals. cricket and requires the combination of a team effort and individual performances and the members of our team embraced both these aspects and handled the longer duration of a team game well.
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SPIRIT OF CRICKET AWARD The Wolves were glad to see the best strike rate when bowling Beau Penfold back of Round 4 that capped off at 21.6. ALL ROUNDER AWARD a run of losses with round 5 and Stanley Howden for rounding Brynach Young 6 seeing a return to 100+ scores out the top three batsmen on and a run of wins. MANAGER 163 runs for the season. David Willett The rest of the season Thomas Willett had the best proceeded in much the same batting average of 44.33. COACH pattern of a run of losses Sturt Young followed by a run of wins. We We had 3 players who equalled TEAM MEMBERS finished the last two matches the top number of wickets (10) Beau Penfold with wins, to cap off the season taken; Brynach, Beau Penfold Thomas Willett with a 50% win rate. and Arthur Bennett. Brynach Young The team was surrounded by Ben Smith completed his Taliesin Young supportive and keen parents season with the best bowling Stanley Howden who got involved. average for the season at 8.57 Max Graham and the lowest number of runs Harley Jackson Special mention should go conceded with the ball at 60. to Piers for his assistance Benjamin Smith All the other boys in the team Arthur Bennett with coaching on game day’s, warming the batters brought great enthusiasm This was the second cricket and fielders up with batting support and encouragement season for some of the Under and catching practice. Brent for the rest of their team 9’s, but the first for others. It Penfold for his able umpiring members. saw a new U9 team with a few during the matches. Dale Special mention must go to team mates coming together Jackson for stepping in on Harley Jackson for his solid from Prouille School and soccer training days when Sturts batting and entertainment off team, combing with other ministerial duties prevented the field on his unicycle. members to form, what from him from coaching our Karuah the outset was a cohesive Oval training sessions and to Taliesin Young for keeping up and supportive group who Diane Howden for helping with his brothers crazy calling worked well together under the out scoring during matches. and running when they paired excellent guidance of Coach Thanks also to everyone else for up for some memorable games Sturt Young. helping out and apologies to and his strong performance those if I have not called them with the bat at 119 runs for the The season took a little while season. to get going as round one saw out specifically. postponements due to the wet Some highlights of the player’s Max Graham for being one of weather, but this gloom was statistics for the season: the select team members to lifted by an opening win for the have managed a very tricky White Wolves against the Green Brynach Young was top scorer maiden over in the season. Wolves in round 1. with the bat with 253 runs, 10 wickets for the season To sum up a very exciting Round two was split one game and the highest number of season of cricket, with a truly each for the White Wolves maiden overs 4, including a fantastic group of boys and against two teams from Castle wicketmaiden, the highlight of wonderful parents, I for one Hill and marked a start of larger his bowling performance. am looking forward to 2015/16 scores that built through the season with the Wolves. next few rounds into the 100’s Arthur Bennett was next top scorer with the bat with 173 We hope to welcome you all demonstrating and increasing back! confidence with the bat. runs for the season and had the
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SPIRIT OF CRICKET AWARD By round 3 the team were Unfortunately we lost Harry Finlay Bruell improving, Finlay Bruell scoring Wilsmer (along with parent/ his top score of 31, even after coach Craig), to a shoulder BATTING AWARD fielding an under-strength injury and Tom Donnelly to Rex Cambridge team of 6 in round 4. Knox, but the team solidified their skills, with Campbell BOWLING AWARD Weekly training sessions at (Nathan’s dad) introducing Henrik Hogg Karuah Oval became more some harder and faster ball intense, not just afternoon tea skills and batting challenges, MANAGER and a run around the park. especially exciting with the Celia Hunter Paddy started serious skill new hard ball. drills, and competition grew COACH fierce for who could last the Round 9 was one of their best Paddy Bruell longest in the ‘don’t-drop-the- fielded matches yet - Finlay catch’ drill. took 3 wickets, and Lochie TEAM MEMBERS Hunter almost scored a hat Thomas Klosterman Round 5 was a nail-biter, the trick with his 3. The team took Finlay Bruell teamwork came together, 4 catches and 4 other wickets, Tom Donnelley coming down to the last over their best efforts yet. Nathan Hume with Aidan Hunter on strike. Aidan Hunter He hit a 4 with four balls to go, Sadly we lost Tommy to an arm Lochie Hunter and held on for a one point win injury, but his cheering from Henrik Hogg over WPHC. Both Hunter boys the sideline each week helped Rex Cambridge taking catches made a happy the team keep their spirits up, Jack Cambridge household that evening. and helped Rex Cambridge to Harry Wilsmer his high score of 42 in round Round 6 saw some great 10. bowling and fielding – all- The Under 10’s, with Manager round skills from Harry The final round was against Celia Hunter and Coach Wilsmer, Henrik Hogg took 2/9, Mt Colah, who had beaten Paddy Bruell and keen parent Rex Cambridge took 2 catches, us strongly in a previous support, came home well for and Nathan took a screamer. round. They had a team of 12 the season after getting off Tommy Klostermann bowled to choose from, while our 7 to a rocky start. In the first 2 the first maiden over. boys had to rotate through to matches, their scores were make up the overs. Our second doubled by the opposing Training continued, Paddy meeting with them showed team, despite some fast increasing the boys’ skills each our continuing improvement bowling by Nathan Hume (1/5) week. Mini-matches after in skills and spirit, and and a couple of solid catches work in the nets, with Paddy, although we were defeated by Jack Cambridge. Campbell & Craig were a by a much smaller margin, highlight for the boys. the boys displayed good sportsmanship and effort right to the end, and were a credit to Paddy’s coaching.
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SPIRIT OF CRICKET AWARD later boosted by Harry Mortlock, Tomo scored the most runs Paulus Nel William Moody and Josh overall – 194 with a 16.17 Henderson. average and highest score of 36. BATTING AWARD William took the most wickets Tomo Bower We took a while to get truly – 7 at an average of 5.71 and a competitive against stronger best of 5/13 – while Duncan was BOWLING AWARD teams that boasted multiple William Moody best fielder with 5 catches and 1 seasons together and in many run-out. MANAGER cases representative team Jonathan Fletcher experience. We finished 12th overall amongst 13 teams…but played COACH As our skill levels with bat, ball far better. We had the 8th Andrew Rees and in the field were raised in highest run aggregate and 7th training sessions led by coach best run rate in batting, and TEAM MEMBERS Andrew Rees, assisted by Rory were one of only three teams to Tomo Bower Macdonald and some parents, record a ‘5-for’ in an innings. Daniel Shi so our Saturday performances Duncan Fletcher became more competitive. We Leo, Jackson, Hunter, Finn and Kang Guo came close to matching our Daniel all embraced individual Josh Henderson opposition on more than one coaching, gaining batting and Finn Rees occasion and only lost outright bowling confidence as the William Moody once. season progressed. Across Hunter Mortlock the season, our strongest all- Matthew Murphy Our continually evolving line- rounders included founding Paulus Nel up meant we sometimes had members Chad and Duncan. Leo Pacca enough for a full team…and Jackson Parker sometimes not! We lost Kang Our team just liked playing Chad Steere to Singapore at the end of cricket as often as they could, Harry Mortlock November and Matthew to Knox with enthusiasm and good just before Christmas. However, sportsmanship every match. “Now we’re in the Under-11 the injection of William and Josh Paulus and other players competition, things begin to after the holiday break, and a displayed the true ‘spirit of get serious…but we still want to two-match cameo from Harry cricket’ every week, helping our have fun.” That was the Under-11 Mortlock, brother of Hunter, playing group and supporting team’s starting point for the meant we finished the season parents to really gel as a team. 2014/15 season. more strongly. We couldn’t have succeeded without the assistance provided Our roots lie in the very first By season end, we had learned to the manager and coach in team ever fielded by the club, in how to win and our final match umpiring, scoring, training and 2013/14. Chad Steere, Duncan against Berowra in far-flung player management by a long Fletcher and Kang Guo counted Brooklyn showcased all our list of parents. Thank you to all! 2014/15 as their third summer talents for a memorable and with the mighty Wahroonga comprehensive win. To cap it off, We’ve come a long way since the Wolves and for Finn Rees and we won both our Kimbo Cup first Wahroonga Wolves team Paulus Nel, it was their second matches by significant margins took the field in 2013, but our season in the blue Wolves cap. against stronger teams. winning form at the end of this These five welcomed Daniel season points to a very bright Shi, Hunter Mortlock, Matthew future for the team and the club Murphy, Leo Pacca and Jackson as we head towards 2015/16. Parker at the start of the season,
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SIWCC ANNUAL REPORT 2015 19 LEADING RUNS 2014/15 TOP RUNSCORERS
PLAYER MAT INN NO 100s 50s HS RUN AVE Maharaj, Linesh 14 18 2 1 4 114 674 42.13 Bloach, Kamran 18 20 2 1 3 100* 555 30.83 Rodrigues, Pierre 30 33 3 1 0 104 496 16.53 Lees, Lucas 21 23 3 0 2 73 493 24.65 Price, Ray 20 22 3 1 1 142* 452 23.79 Rahman, Nabil 15 15 0 0 3 99 450 30 Gussey, Ben 21 20 2 1 1 122 431 23.94 Nel, Ferdi 12 15 2 0 3 71 401 30.85 Pickup, Brett 16 16 2 0 3 65 395 28.21 Brett, Matthew 19 20 3 0 1 54 376 22.12 Bargoti, Shivank 20 21 5 0 1 50 375 23.44 Read, James 17 14 3 0 2 92 375 34.09 Bargoti, Hemadri 21 22 4 0 1 61 371 20.61 Flaks, David 15 12 4 0 3 98 366 45.75 Bruell, Padraic 23 23 4 0 1 52* 357 18.79 Horvat, Matthew 26 28 2 0 1 70 347 13.35 Kennan, Thomas 15 17 4 0 3 80 334 25.69 Scott, Miles 16 20 0 0 1 78 305 15.25 Dissanayake, Sujith 10 9 1 0 3 74 300 37.5 Warne, Matt 8 8 0 0 3 93 291 36.38 Ford, Anthony 10 12 4 0 2 68* 290 36.25 Jenkins, Sam 7 6 0 1 1 108 264 44 Young, Brynach 18 18 11 0 0 35* 260 37.14 Pryor, Rowan 13 11 0 0 0 48 256 23.27 Fletcher, Mark 15 15 0 0 1 65 254 16.93 Keshava, Anil 12 13 0 0 1 50 252 19.38 Thomson, Scott 8 8 0 0 1 59 239 29.88 Younie, Lee 17 17 3 0 2 61 231 16.5 Fenn, Stewart 7 7 1 0 3 68 222 37 Cambridge, Rex 11 12 5 0 0 42* 221 31.57 Honeysett, Ken 19 21 1 0 0 39 220 11 Terry, Graeme 15 16 0 0 0 37 219 13.69 Hinds, Joshua 16 16 0 0 1 85 217 13.56 Berghofer, Tim 15 14 0 0 1 63 205 14.64 Pinchbeck, Mitchell 16 15 1 0 0 48 205 14.64 Bennett, Arthur 18 18 11 0 0 32* 204 29.14 Bower, Tomo 9 13 1 0 0 36 194 16.17 Stergiotis, Andrew 11 9 0 0 1 54 186 20.67 Brown, Christopher 12 12 0 0 1 62 183 15.25 Wingfield, Gavin 19 21 0 0 0 49 181 8.62 Kankarla, Nikhil 15 14 2 0 0 49 180 15 Ferrall, Jason 22 26 4 0 0 36* 179 8.14 Velkou, Yianni 6 6 0 0 1 66 177 29.5 Boyd, Gary 13 11 6 0 0 46 176 35.2 McDonough, Ryan 17 13 1 0 0 40 171 14.25
20 LEADING WICKETS 2014/15 TOP WICKET TAKERS
PLAYER MAT O M R W 5WI AVE STR ECN Rewell, Tim 18 191.1 43 409 50 3 8.18 22.94 2.14 Rodrigues, Pierre 30 226.5 40 780 43 1 18.14 31.65 3.44 Bruell, Padraic 23 146.5 21 564 40 2 14.1 22.03 3.84 Flaks, David 15 123.5 40 209 36 2 5.81 20.64 1.69 Long, Stephen 17 178.1 36 461 35 2 13.17 30.54 2.59 Grosvenor, Rodney 19 167.4 53 320 33 1 9.7 30.48 1.91 Boyd, Gary 13 151.4 30 348 30 1 11.6 30.33 2.29 Sappany, Randev 17 140.5 14 564 29 2 19.45 29.14 4 Bargoti, Shivank 20 161.5 24 647 27 0 23.96 35.96 4 Palm, Tom 15 140.1 36 322 26 1 12.38 32.35 2.3 Brett, Anthony 18 124.1 34 342 26 1 13.15 28.65 2.75 Akins, David 9 79.5 18 202 25 2 8.08 19.16 2.53 Read, James 17 167.2 44 413 25 0 16.52 40.16 2.47 Sohail, Asim 15 137 38 402 24 1 16.75 34.25 2.93 McDonough, Ryan 17 98 26 298 22 0 13.55 26.73 3.04 Price, Ray 20 100 8 408 22 0 18.55 27.27 4.08 Dissanayake, Indika 14 126.1 26 380 20 0 19 37.85 3.01 White, William 15 105 14 444 19 0 23.37 33.16 4.23 Boase, Matthew 11 59.3 6 219 18 0 12.17 19.83 3.68 Pickup, Brett 16 75 9 277 18 0 15.39 25 3.69 Bargoti, Hemadri 21 100 14 327 18 0 18.17 33.33 3.27 Ferrall, Jason 22 90 6 370 18 0 20.56 30 4.11 Whiteley, Samuel 16 155.3 39 394 18 0 21.89 51.83 2.53 Pryor, Rowan 13 98.4 21 290 17 0 17.06 34.82 2.94 Rahman, Nabil 15 120.1 31 324 17 0 19.06 42.41 2.7 Murray, Scott 15 118 29 340 17 0 20 41.65 2.88 Langford, Harry 18 113.4 18 396 17 0 23.29 40.12 3.48 Cooper, Kingsley 18 163 39 437 17 0 25.71 57.53 2.68 Chandramouli, Siva 10 57.1 2 220 16 0 13.75 21.44 3.85 Terry, Andrew 12 86.3 20 220 16 0 13.75 32.44 2.54 Brett, Matthew 19 79 14 235 15 0 15.67 31.6 2.97 DeSilva, Ravi 12 91 6 357 15 0 23.8 36.4 3.92 Desmond, Sean 12 102.2 13 396 15 0 26.4 40.93 3.87 MacDonald, Ruairidh 17 82 14 250 14 0 17.86 35.14 3.05 Godfrey, Tom 15 64.4 11 276 13 0 21.23 29.85 4.27 Kennan, Thomas 15 66.4 5 305 13 1 23.46 30.77 4.58 Young, Brynach 18 41 4 120 12 0 10 20.5 2.93 Tolver-Banks, Wayne 18 44.3 2 224 12 0 18.67 22.25 5.03 Penfold, Beau 18 42 1 120 11 0 10.91 22.91 2.86 Bennett, Arthur 18 39 0 155 11 0 14.09 21.27 3.97 Lovegrove, Tim 13 50.3 5 157 11 0 14.27 27.55 3.11 Velkou, Yianni 6 44 4 201 11 0 18.27 24 4.57 Horne, Gareth 11 77 13 224 11 0 20.36 42 2.91 Davis, James 13 63 2 328 11 0 29.82 34.36 5.21 Ible, Brendan 11 72 15 221 10 0 22.1 43.2 3.07
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FINISHED IN 5TH PLACE BATTING AWARD ROWAN PRYOR
BOWLING AWARD DAVID AKINS
TEAM CHAMPION INDI DISSANAYAKE
PLAYER MAT INN NO 100s 50s HS RUN AVE Pryor, Rowan 12 10 0 0 0 48 254 25.4 Fletcher, Mark 13 13 0 0 1 65 215 16.54 Terry, Graeme 13 14 0 0 0 37 203 14.5 Brown, Christopher S 12 12 0 0 1 62 183 15.25 Lovegrove, Tim 13 14 1 0 0 38* 164 12.62 Kankarla, Nikhil 12 12 1 0 0 49 146 13.27 Terry, Andrew 12 11 0 0 0 48 144 13.09 Godfrey, Tom 12 11 0 0 0 28 103 9.36 Dissanayake, Indika 12 12 3 0 0 32* 93 10.33 Sohail, Asim 12 12 4 0 0 25 37 4.63 McAndrew, Dale 3 2 0 0 0 15 26 13 Gussey, Ben 4 4 0 0 0 19 22 5.5 Windel, Adam 2 2 0 0 0 15 15 7.5 Fletcher, Michael 2 2 0 0 0 5 10 5 DeSilva, Ravi 1 1 1 0 0 10* 10 NA Pickup, Brett 1 1 0 0 0 8 8 8 Akins, David 9 9 5 0 0 4 8 2
PLAYER MAT O M R W 5WI AVE STR ECN Akins, David 9 79.5 18 202 25 2 8.08 19.16 2.53 Sohail, Asim 12 129 38 356 21 1 16.95 36.86 2.76 Dissanayake, Indika 12 119.1 25 361 20 0 18.05 35.75 3.03 Terry, Andrew 12 86.3 20 220 16 0 13.75 32.44 2.54 Pryor, Rowan 12 95.4 21 270 16 0 16.88 35.88 2.82 Lovegrove, Tim 13 50.3 5 157 11 0 14.27 27.55 3.11 Godfrey, Tom 12 57.4 11 211 11 0 19.18 31.45 3.66 Horne, Gareth 1 10 0 48 2 0 24 30 4.8 Windel, Adam 2 6 0 39 1 0 39 36 6.5 Kankarla, Nikhil 12 23 2 102 1 0 102 138 4.43 Gussey, Ben 4 2 0 9 0 0 NA NA 4.5 DeSilva, Ravi 1 1 0 19 0 0 NA NA 19
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I firmly believe we have as overs at the ridiculous average of using up time so no other result strong a bowling attack as 8.08 to once again prove class is was possible. any in the association, at the permanent. Again our bowlers dominated start of the season it was led We had a number of highlights the bat but all batsmen had a by Andrew Terry whose ability during the season including couple of good starts, Timmy to move the ball at pace saw Rowan’s hat trick in round 1, had a great day against ARL, in him take consistent top order a game being abandoned in the first innings when wickets wickets. From the halfway point the second over due to safety were falling all around him he Indi Dissanayake was almost concerns when an opposition made a gutsy 31 and was the 8th unplayable bowling extremely batsmen decided to play forward man to fall, in the second innings quickly, moving the ball both to bouncer from Andrew which he cashed in on the hard work ways and with a lot of control, his proceeded to go through his he’d done and scored a quick 38* 4/15 from 8 against Berowra was helmet grill and smash his in 12 overs before the game was the stand out against a strong glasses, our first outright, by an called off. batting line up that had no innings, in a number of seasons. answer to him. Chris Brown bookended the But undoubtedly the biggest season with his best knocks, Asim Sohail is a great addition highlight was our win over round 1 he made 62 and was to the team he bowled well this seasons eventual premiers looking set to lead us to victory, all season and by the end was WPHC, our bowlers frustrated and in the final round he asked getting the luck he deserved their top order into playing rash to bat at 3 and batted with poise by taking a number of wickets shots leaving them 6 down for and aggression in his 38. each week, including 5/6 against not many and if an LBW when Kenthurst. After a slow start Mark “Fletch” the batsmen padded up to Fletcher showed his form from Rowan Pryor was as economical Rowan second ball had been last season and ended the as always and took some given I don’t think they would of season with 3 scores around 50. important wickets. Tom Godfrey’s got anywhere near the eventual off spin was excellent, bowling total of 129. Rowan was the most consistent at difficult times in one dayers scoring 3 totals in the 40’s and We had to bat for a while day one and picking up crucial wickets, hardly a score below 20 to be our and it went disastrously , being hopefully the captain bowls you leading run scorer with 254 runs 5/16, at this point Nikhil Kankarla more next year. at 25.4. in his second A grade innings, Tim Lovegrove seems to have a was joined by Andrew, both put We had season that showed a golden arm in A grade he doesn’t their heads down to last 10 till lot of promise, if we had won bowl every game when he is stumps. Day 2 and more rain our last two matches we would thrown the ball he usual takes a during the week the pitch was as have been in the semis and after quick wicket and follows that up slow and difficult to bat on as the bowling the teams out cheaply with at least a couple more. week before but Nikhil batted in both we were unable to score with great determination, and the runs required, which was a David Akin (DA) is the with what is easily the innings of disappointing finish. consummate professional¸ after the season, was the 9th wicket missing the first few games to fall making 45 hard earned We now have a base squad it didn’t take him long to get runs and the team on 111. It of young players who now his spot at the top of the tree was very tense on the sideline know they are more than good back, taking constant wickets when Asim joined Indi out in enough to perform well in A including 5/31 in his second the middle needing 19 runs for grade and there is more than game back, 6/32 against castle victory, but Asims experience enough talent performing well hill and match figures of 7/15 showed through hitting out over in the club that the future looks from 12 overs against Kenthurst, the close in field and bring up very bright for A grade for years during which he captured his the winning runs in style with a to come. 500th wicket for the club. He cover drive for 4, these two then finished as our leading wicket GRAEME TERRY rubbed salt into the wounds taker with 25 wickets from 79 A GRADE LEGEND and scored another 20 runs and B GRADE B GRADE SEASON SUMMARY
FINISHED IN 4TH PLACE BATTING AWARD BEN GUSSEY
BOWLING AWARD ANTHONY BRETT
TEAM CHAMPION ANTHONY BRETT
PLAYER MAT INN NO 100s 50s HS RUN AVE Brett, Matthew 14 16 2 0 1 54 364 26 Lees, Lucas 13 15 3 0 2 73 322 26.83 Pickup, Brett 12 12 1 0 3 65 321 29.18 Dissanayake, Sujith 9 9 1 0 3 74 300 37.5 Gussey, Ben 10 9 2 1 1 122 300 42.86 Bargoti, Hemadri 15 16 4 0 0 44 224 18.67 Brett, Anthony 15 12 3 0 0 30 113 12.56 Cooper, Kingsley 15 14 2 0 0 19 111 9.25 Cleland, Robert 9 8 1 0 0 36 102 14.57 MacDonald, Ruairidh 15 13 3 0 0 22 92 9.2 Horvat, Matthew 13 15 1 0 0 25 74 5.29 DeSilva, Ravi 11 9 2 0 0 8 38 5.43 Horne, Gareth 10 7 1 0 0 17* 38 6.33 Sell, Andrew 2 2 1 0 0 18* 36 36 Singh, Hardeep 1 1 0 0 0 14 14 14 Haigh, Duncan 2 1 0 0 0 6 6 6 De Silva, Roshan 1 1 0 0 0 6 6 6
PLAYER MAT O M R W 5WI AVE STR ECN Brett, Anthony 15 117.1 34 277 24 1 11.54 29.29 2.36 Pickup, Brett 12 69 9 248 17 0 14.59 24.35 3.59 Bargoti, Hemadri 15 88 13 275 17 0 16.18 31.06 3.13 Cooper, Kingsley 15 155 39 374 16 0 23.38 58.13 2.41 DeSilva, Ravi 11 90 6 338 15 0 22.53 36 3.76 MacDonald, Ruairidh 15 82 14 250 14 0 17.86 35.14 3.05 Brett, Matthew 14 71 14 216 11 0 19.64 38.73 3.04 Horne, Gareth 10 67 13 176 9 0 19.56 44.67 2.63 Cleland, Robert 9 41 16 78 7 0 11.14 35.14 1.9 Thomson, Dean 1 8 4 17 4 0 4.25 12 2.13 Vonzelewski, Stefan 2 7 1 34 3 0 11.33 14 4.86 Lees, Lucas 13 10 1 35 3 0 11.67 20 3.5 Hutchinson, Ian 2 7 1 32 2 0 16 21 4.57 Horvat, Matthew 13 4 2 7 1 0 7 24 1.75 Gussey, Ben 10 17.2 2 59 1 0 59 104 3.4
C GRADE C GRADE SEASON SUMMARY
FINISHED IN 5TH PLACE BATTING AWARD SCOTT THOMSON
BOWLING AWARD TOM PALM
TEAM CHAMPION GARY BOYD
PLAYER MAT INN NO 100s 50s HS RUN AVE Thomson, Scott 8 8 0 0 1 59 239 29.88 Keshava, Anil 11 12 0 0 1 50 235 19.58 Berghofer, Tim 13 12 0 0 1 63 200 16.67 Hinds, Joshua 14 14 0 0 1 85 199 14.21 Boyd, Gary 13 11 6 0 0 46 176 35.2 Pinchbeck, Mitchell 14 13 0 0 0 48 176 13.54 Henderson, Michael 9 8 3 0 1 51* 132 26.4 Whiteley, Samuel 13 11 2 0 0 32 124 13.78 Ible, Brendan 7 5 1 0 0 43 105 26.25 Palm, Tom 13 8 1 0 0 25 70 10 Haigh, Duncan 10 10 1 0 0 15 48 5.33 Rodrigues, Pierre 6 6 0 0 0 33 45 7.5 Drake, David 5 3 0 0 0 17 39 13 Hales, Stephen 2 2 1 0 0 33* 37 37 Keshava, Ajay 2 2 0 0 0 36 37 18.5 Peterson, Joshua 1 1 0 0 0 28 28 28 Small, Tim 1 1 0 0 0 24 24 24 Boase, Matthew 3 2 0 0 0 19 23 11.5
PLAYER MAT O M R W 5WI AVE STR ECN Boyd, Gary 13 151.4 30 348 30 1 11.6 30.33 2.29 Palm, Tom 13 132.1 36 276 25 1 11.04 31.72 2.09 Whiteley, Samuel 13 142.2 39 334 18 0 18.56 47.44 2.35 Desmond, Sean 11 94.2 13 357 14 0 25.5 40.43 3.78 Rodrigues, Pierre 6 53 13 149 7 0 21.29 45.43 2.81 Ible, Brendan 7 55 15 151 7 0 21.57 47.14 2.75 Berghofer, Tim 13 27 1 90 5 0 18 32.4 3.33 Pinchbeck, Mitchell 14 32 2 173 4 0 43.25 48 5.41 Boase, Matthew 3 8.2 3 26 3 0 8.67 16.67 3.12 Murray, Scott 1 10 1 39 2 0 19.5 30 3.9 Thomson, Scott 8 26.3 5 71 2 0 35.5 79.5 2.68
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This season is the closest, Premiers) in the first round. times helped me out with tightest competition that I With that win, we were riding the captaining of the team, have ever taken part in. With high with the possibilities of allowing me to concentrate on 6 out of the 8 teams still vying a great, dominant season. my bowling and get back to for a finals position in the final Unfortunately we were unable just enjoying the cricket. Also round, it’s fair to say that this to string these victories to Duncan Haigh, who left his was a very enjoyable season, together, never achieving back mates in the B-grade side to even if the results in the end to back victories throughout come help us out and who has did not show it. the season. become a big part of our team.
C-grade was a big step up We had some good moments, I have enjoyed this season for a number of players this an outright victory in round 3 playing good cricket and have season. With the majority of against Mt Colah, a first innings really enjoyed seeing the guys the team moving up from C3’s win on the second last ball challenged and developing the previous season, it was of the game against Sydney into better cricketers. I look always going to be a learning Lions (probably the best win of forward to next season and I’m experience. With most of the my playing career in terms of sure that we can do what we team having played together feeling). Unfortunately though were unable to do this season before, we knew that we could for us, we never were able and not only make the finals, give it a red hot go, and with to show a dominant batting but get that Premiership as the added experience of Gary performance, with a number well. Boyd, Anil Keshava and the of the guys making good starts great David “Drakey” Drake we but never able to carry on or SAM WHITELEY certainly had the formula and make good partnerships, and C GRADE CAPTAIN the team there to stick it to as a team only reaching over every other team in the grade. 200 runs 3 times through the season. We certainly started well, even with a number of our regular I must make special note of players missing, defeating Mike Henderson and David Berowra (the eventual C-Grade Drake who both at numerous
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FINISHED IN 8TH PLACE (BUT FIRST IN OUR HEARTS)
BATTING AWARD ANTHONY FORD
BOWLING AWARD PIERRE RODRIGUES
TEAM CHAMPION PIERRE RODRIGUES
PLAYER MAT INN NO 100s 50s HS RUN AVE Bargoti, Shivank 14 15 2 0 1 50 271 20.85 Scott, Miles 11 15 0 0 1 78 265 17.67 Rodrigues, Pierre 8 11 1 1 0 104 237 23.7 Ford, Anthony 6 8 2 0 2 68* 201 33.5 Saadat, Ahsan 8 10 0 0 1 57 150 15 Dholakia, Mitul 9 9 0 0 0 40 148 16.44 Small, Tim 11 11 0 0 0 49 136 12.36 Sappany, Randev C 13 13 5 0 0 39 133 16.63 Ford, Bradley 3 3 1 0 2 54* 125 62.5 Trivedi, Utsav 9 10 1 0 0 30 84 9.33 Woodward, Nicholas 3 5 3 0 1 50 80 40 Shukla, Ashutosh 7 8 1 0 0 24* 75 10.71 Hussain, Murad 10 11 2 0 0 16 53 5.89 Drake, David 1 1 0 0 0 44 44 44 Paul, Raja 2 1 0 0 0 42 42 42 Murray, Scott 7 7 0 0 0 14 37 5.29 Stephens, Robert 5 5 1 0 0 20 31 7.75 Ruikar, Ramanand 2 2 1 0 0 23 23 23 Dholakia, Priyank 7 4 1 0 0 4* 13 4.33
PLAYER MAT O M R W 5WI AVE STR ECN Sappany, Randev 13 129.2 13 517 23 2 22.48 33.74 4 Rodrigues, Pierre 8 118.2 22 387 22 1 17.59 32.27 3.27 Bargoti, Shivank 14 146.2 22 572 18 0 31.78 48.78 3.91 Murray, Scott 7 69 20 159 8 0 19.88 51.75 2.3 Saadat, Ahsan 8 59 15 126 7 0 18 50.57 2.14 Dholakia, Priyank 7 25 1 66 4 0 16.5 37.5 2.64 Ford, Bradley 3 24 4 69 4 0 17.25 36 2.88 White, William 1 12 2 44 3 0 14.67 24 3.67 Stephens, Robert 5 32 8 108 3 0 36 64 3.38 Shukla, Ashutosh 7 22 1 110 3 0 36.67 44 5 Murray, Joel W 2 4 0 12 1 0 12 24 3 Desmond, Sean 1 8 0 39 1 0 39 48 4.88 Sheehan, Lachlan 4 15 0 118 1 0 118 90 7.87
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The results at the end of the Round 9 – St Ives (8th) vs whilst I was away enjoying the season do no justice to the Kenthurst (2nd), the morning sun in Thailand and honestly potential and talent present didn’t start off too well, with the team could not have been in our team, with plenty of only 8 players showing up, in better hands than Scott. new players and some coming however our fielding and After what was a slow start in together from the Blade bowling was on the money the field on an unusually long Runners, it was expected that and we were able to limit Bannockburn it seemed as it would take us a few weeks Kenthurst to 8/150 after their though we were never going to blend. However with our 40, and then I got to witness to get Berowra out. At 3/143 constant changes week to some of the finest cricket in a Berowra were well on top, until week it was not so, and until long time, with a partnership the 65th over of the day where round 6 we did not see a win between Anthony and Bradley Scott made the executive under our belts. Although the Ford to take us to victory in the decision to take the new ball. struggles were plenty and the 17th over at 1/151. 15 runs later, Berowra were all numbers were few, we always out, with Scott picking up 3/26, managed to give it our all Round 12 – St Ives (8th) vs Ahsan also getting 3/26 and and fight back stronger and WPHCC (2nd), our first and Joel picking up his first wicket stronger game by game, and only outright win of the in senior cricket. Our batting who would have thought that season came in this game, was dominated by our late by round 10 we actually stood and what a win it was. Our last recruit Nick Woodward, who a chance to make it in to the win may have been a result picked up a half century, and semi’s (unfortunately it was not of our batting, but this one Ahsan Saadat who smashed 2 so). was solely dependent on our 6’s and many more fours to get bowling and fielding. Star of to a quick 34. By round 8 we only had the the show without a doubt one win, and were almost was Randev Sappany, with a A great finish to the season guaranteed the wooden 9 wicket match, including a which I could not be more spoon especially after we lost 6/36 2nd innings which saw proud off, with all our players our star all-rounder Pierre WPHCC limited to 90 and 82 coming together, we all Rodrigues to C1’s (who by respectively. supported each other and round 8 had already secured really gelled as a team. Can’t the bowling award for our Round 13 – St Ives (8th) vs wait for next season, it’s going team). But this loss resulted in Berowra (1st). Yup not only did to be an absolute cracker, and the introduction of the father- we win back to back games, we I’m sure the boys would love son duo Anthony and Bradley took down 1st place Berowra, to start off the way we finished Ford, and with a strengthened and there’s definitely no better this season. batting line up our luck took a feeling than beating a team miraculous turn for the better which started off the season SHIVANK BARGOTI and we finally started scoring beating you outright. Scott C2 CAPTAIN some points. Murray led the team in week 1
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2014/15 PREMIERS & MINOR PREMIERS BATTING AWARD DAVID FLAKS
BOWLING AWARD DAVID FLAKS
TEAM CHAMPION DAVID FLAKS
PLAYER MAT INN NO 100s 50s HS RUN AVE Flaks, David 14 11 4 0 3 98 365 52.14 Read, James 15 12 3 0 2 92 358 39.78 Warne, Matt 8 8 0 0 3 93 291 36.38 Jenkins, Sam 7 6 0 1 1 108 264 44 Younie, Lee 17 17 3 0 2 61 231 16.5 Fenn, Stewart 7 7 1 0 3 68 222 37 Stergiotis, Andrew 11 9 0 0 1 54 186 20.67 Bromley, Philip 10 9 1 0 1 64 144 18 Bromley, James 13 12 1 0 0 42 143 13 McDonough, Ryan Daniel 15 11 1 0 0 40 139 13.9 Stergiotis, David 14 14 1 0 0 31 111 8.54 Kesaru, Ash 9 9 0 0 0 33 106 11.78 Chandramouli, Siva 9 6 0 0 0 43 105 17.5 Bhatanagar, Nishk 9 7 1 0 0 49 100 16.67 Velkou, Yianni 3 3 0 0 1 66 97 32.33 Brown, Keiran 2 2 0 0 1 69 73 36.5 Clouten, Jamie 5 5 2 0 0 21 53 17.67 Grosvenor, Rodney 16 10 8 0 0 10* 39 19.5
PLAYER MAT O M R W 5WI AVE STR ECN Flaks, David 14 119.5 40 199 35 2 5.69 20.54 1.66 Grosvenor, Rodney 16 153.4 49 276 32 1 8.63 28.81 1.8 Read, James 15 163.2 44 386 25 0 15.44 39.2 2.36 McDonough, Ryan 15 94 26 259 22 0 11.77 25.64 2.76 Chandramouli, Siva 9 49.1 2 192 13 0 14.77 22.69 3.91 Stergiotis, Andrew 11 30.2 11 62 9 0 6.89 20.22 2.04 Younie, Lee 17 53.2 15 94 7 0 13.43 45.71 1.76 Fenn, Stewart 7 57.4 15 159 7 0 22.71 49.43 2.76 Bromley, Philip 10 42 1 217 7 0 31 36 5.17 Clouten, Jamie 5 27 6 50 6 0 8.33 27 1.85 Velkou, Yianni 3 25 1 131 6 0 21.83 25 5.24 Warne, Matt 8 20.1 7 54 3 0 18 40.33 2.68
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Previous seasons has seen a the top. We did that with a The scene was set – Berowra number of this C4 team taste strong outright win against would be our opposition in the defeat at the business end of 2nd placed Galston Glenorie. grand final. the season – we were not to be A couple in particular doing denied again! The Saints went the damage – firstly another THE GRAND-FINAL on to clinch the C4 Inaugural FI – Sam Jenkins – scored his Premiership with big wins in maiden century in his first Thanks to some rather the Semi Final and Grand Final. game for the Saints (108), S interesting draw schedules the Fenn (60), D Flaks (63*) and GF would be played on the Our C4 team was a 6/13 with the ball in the 2nd same day as the World Cup combination of the previous innings to wrap it up. cricket final in Melbourne. Due season’s C3 team, C2 team and to this the Captain (D Flaks) there were plenty of “fill ins” We then stayed at the top of and Vice-Captain (N Bhatnagar) that made cameo’s throughout the table for the rest of the were going to miss out. the season also, and who went season going on to lose only However, the FI’s once again on to play big hands in the big 1 game in the next 10 with would step up and say “bring games. the highlight another outright it on”….and once again the victory against Castle Hill in whole team delivered. Round 1 – The start of the 12th round. The standouts something special. St Ives with the ball in that game – A With great momentum after vs Berowra, the first game of Stergiotis, his first bowl of the steamrolling 4th placed the season and the boys were season, 4/3 off 5 overs (2nd Galston Glenorie in the semi pumped. The younger Berowra Inn), R Grosvenor 4/17 and D final, we locked horns with team amounted a decent total Flaks 4/21 (2nd Inn). It was a Berowra in the Grand Final at of 237. We knew we had to great team effort to get that the home of cricket Hassall show heart and fight against outright and a perfect result Park. Sent into the field we had a good bowling attack….and with us about to start the finals first crack with the red cherry we did! 2 of our FI’s (Fill in’s) run. and it didn’t take long for opened and smashed their Rocket Rod Grosvenor to make bowling attack around the Our Semi-Final against it count with a wicket on the ground - S Fenn (68) and Y Galston Glenorie was 2nd ball of the final. Berowra Velkou (66). The pain didn’t another resounding victory. were on the back foot and Lee stop there for Berowra as a Having beaten them 3 times Younie completed the sucker number of others then piled throughout the season, punch by snaring a ripper in on the runs with P Bromley’s including 1 outright, we were slips to have them 2/1. The maiden half century (64), D very confident and it showed customary stranglehold of dry Flaks (53*) and A Stergiotis (45), on the field. We bowled them bowling followed as Berowra finishing with 380 off 58 overs. out for one of the lowest totals crawled to drinks at just a I have seen in senior cricket 42 single per over. The resistance Round 4 – Having only just from 39 overs. D Flaks doing was short-lived. The first ball lost round 2 to a strong WPHC the damage with 5/10 from after drinks yielded a wicket team (that got promoted to C2 12 overs including a hat-trick. to Andy Stergiotis as JJ Read after round 3) and abandoned A perfect time for a hat-trick! took a tidy catch in covers to round 3 after a freak storm Galston were never in the hunt remove their opener. Stu Fenn saw a sizeable tree fall within during our innings with Matt and Andy bowled accurately metres of a number of us we Warne (93) showing everyone in the overs that followed as were sitting 3rd in a grade of how to bat and ensuring Berowra played into our hands 6 teams, and needed a good victory. by prioritising defence over result to get back towards run scoring - Stu with 0/11 off
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10. A bowling change brought confident with our strongest THE TEAM the breakthrough as their batsmen looking comfortable premier bar and grade leading at the crease after seeing off David Flaks – Captain of the run scorer was fooled by a Lee their dangerous openers. We championship team…nothing Younie change up - bowled reached 50, 24 short of their else to say really. for 14. With the lower order score, then lost two wickets in sight the ball was thrown for no runs. They started to fire Nishk Bhatnagar – VC, thanks to Ryan McDonough and as back up but Jenko responded for stepping up when the he did so often throughout accordingly scoring a couple of captain was missing – you did the season, he duly cleaned quick boundaries. We lost Lee a great job. up the tail with a rapid spell Younie (4) at 71 runs 3 short that produced 4/25 off 13; in of their total. We ended up JJ Read – Cyclops is back, a coordinated effort with Lee getting the runs comfortably. with bat and ball, very strong Younie who finished with 2/13 Sam let loose on the Berowra season. off 13. A first innings total of attack taking our score past the 74 looked on the short side, 100 mark whilst also bringing Phil Bromley – maiden 50… and with form St Ives batsmen up his 50. We lost Stu (6) and congrats “Philus”, and handy strapping on the pads, it Sam (55) just after bringing up wickets when needed too. would take a superhuman the 100. Jenko’ s innings was Berowra bowling effort to a match winner and arguably James “Jimbo” Bromley – best claw the momentum back the most important of the year. season with the bat and from a rampant St Ives side. JJ (36) came in and had some catches in the field. Dave Stergiotis and Ash Kesaru fun scoring his runs quickly made a valuable opening without much help from the Ash Kesaru – “The Wall”, stand, managing to knock tail. Honorable mention to fantastic at soaking up the some shine off the ball before Rocket 1 (not out of course). new ball and frustrating the Dave was bowled by a fired up Facing a first innings deficit, opposition. Berowra flinger with the score Berowra went back into bat on 12. Ash’s wicket fell soon knowing they could not David Stergiotis – “The after with some quick bowling get the runs but playing for Goalkeeper” behind the on show and it was game on milestones, their premier bat stumps, never seen byes so at 2/23. That brought on the notching 500 season runs. It low, good job Dave. key partnership of the match. was a minor victory for the With the end of day 1 in sight opposition in a match and Andrew Stergiotis – Andy…. and the ball zipping around, it season dominated by the can do everything; bat, bowl was crucial we got to stumps Saints. and took a few screamers in with the ascendancy retained. the field too. Sensing the season was on VICTORY for the C4 Saints!! the line, the Berowra opening Rod “Rocket” Grosvenor – bowlers huffed and puffed “express” opening bowler….all but found no way through the class Rocket, great season. defence of Matt Warne and Sam Jenkins who guided the Leigh Younie – stylish at the team to stumps with 8 wickets crease, took great slips catches, in the shed. and extremely handy with the ball. We knew we had to get off to a good start and were quietly
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Ryan “Rhino” McDonough – We walk away from the season We needed to show some bowls like one too, our fastest with a number of records heart and fight and in every bowler who always takes (editor’s note: they actually game someone always wickets. walked away with all the stepped up into that role. records - as it is the first season Whether it was the seasoned Johnny Callaghan – injured the Association has fielded a professionals or the FI’s at for most part but got the best C4 grade) including: some point during the season wicket of the season – double each and every team member bouncer!!! 3rd wicket partnership – 125 (S had a game to remember. This Jenkins, S Fenn) fighting spirit and talent in the Matt Warne – awesome at team were only just parts of the top of the order and the 4th wicket partnership – 76 (P the recipe that delivered the fielding was up there with Bromley, D Flaks) premiership this season. Most Ponting. of all it was the fact that we 9th wicket partnership – 99 (A always had fun and played as a Shiva Chandramouli – “the Stergiotis, D Flaks) team, for each other, that saw sledge-master”….awesome us succeed this season. It was on and off field, took plenty of 10th wicket partnership – 38 (S a privilege and I’m proud to call wickets. Chandramouli, R Grosvenor) my team a “bunch of mates” and that is what you all are. Yianni Velkou – great work Standout Stats: Bring on next season boys and mate, best I’ve seen you with let’s do it again! the bat and ball, thanks for D Flaks – 365 runs, avg 52.14, helping out. 35 wickets, avg 5.69, 7 catches DAVID FLAKS C4 CAPTAIN Stew Fenn – thanks for filling J Read – 358 runs, avg 39.78, 25 in. Bat, ball, fielding you have wickets, avg 15.44, 6 catches it all. M Warne – 291 runs, avg 36.38, Sam Jenkins – another “as you 7 catches need me”….with a century in the first game…anytime S Jenkins – 264 runs, avg 44 “Jenko”. R Grosvenor – 32 wickets, avg Jamie Clouten – again another 8.63 FI but great team spirit and very handy with bat and ball. R McDonough – 22 wickets, avg 11.77
D Stergiotis – 16 catches (WK)
J Bromley – 6 catches
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FINISHED IN 6TH PLACE
BATTING AWARD TOM KENNAN
BOWLING AWARD MATTHEW BOASE
TEAM CHAMPION FERDI NEL
PLAYER MAT INN NO 100s 50s HS RUN AVE Nel, Ferdi 12 15 2 0 3 71 401 30.85 Kennan, Thomas 8 11 3 0 3 80 275 34.38 Bruell, Padraic 12 15 0 0 0 40 240 16 Honeysett, Ken 10 12 0 0 0 39 153 12.75 Davis, James 11 13 0 0 0 40 137 10.54 White, William 9 11 2 0 0 39 129 14.33 Ferrall, Jason 12 16 4 0 0 36* 126 10.5 Moorthy, Srivatsav 8 11 0 0 0 26 70 6.36 Maharaj, Linesh 1 2 1 0 1 55 70 70 Fryer, Jordan 9 12 0 0 0 25 66 5.5 Velkou, Yianni 2 2 0 0 0 36 63 31.5 Tolver-Banks, Wayne 10 11 2 0 0 20 57 6.33 Kennan, Nicholas 4 5 0 0 0 26 56 11.2 Briffa, Nicholas 2 3 0 0 1 50 50 16.67 Murray, Scott 5 7 0 0 0 13 46 6.57
PLAYER MAT O M R W 5WI AVE STR ECN Bruell, Padraic 12 103.4 14 419 26 2 16.12 23.92 2.08 Boase, Matthew 8 51.1 3 193 15 0 12.87 20.47 2.53 White, William 9 82 12 338 15 0 22.53 32.8 4.19 Kennan, Thomas 8 43.4 4 201 10 1 20.1 26.2 2.68 Ferrall, Jason 12 62 6 238 10 0 23.8 37.2 3.46 Davis, James M 11 57 2 294 9 0 32.67 38 1.95 Tolver-Banks, Wayne 10 28 1 129 7 0 18.43 24 4.5 Murray, Scott 5 37 8 132 7 0 18.86 31.71 5.52 Paterson, Mitchell 11 56.5 8 157 7 0 22.43 48.71 4.63 Velkou, Yianni 2 16 3 55 5 0 11 19.2 7.5 Murray, Joel 5 14 1 68 4 0 17 21 10.15 Kennan, Nicholas 4 31 3 107 4 0 26.75 46.5 5.7 Chandramouli, Siva 1 8 0 28 3 0 9.33 16 Cooper, Dave 5 15 4 30 2 0 15 45
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D1 had a very hard fought total that’s impressive. day to open the batting, and I season. We battled to keep think it was our best opening up with the pace of the rest Everyone in the team has stories partnership all season. of the teams in our grade, but to tell, Tom Kennan getting a 5 throughout every game we wicket innings bowling leg spin, Alex Hepworth, new to the club, fought as hard as we possibly one of the best leg spinner’s I’ve but he was never afraid to catch could. It was always going to seen, plus he has an incredible a ball that was smoked to him be a hard season for us being eye when it comes to tonking at mid-off or mid-on, I’m sure he a new team to the grade, not the opposition over the fence had several bruises every week knowing what each of us as for 6 after 6! but he held more catches then individuals could bring to the he dropped. team. And it showed all season, Jason Ferrall joining our team we couldn’t get our balance and showing his skill being There was also Nick Kennan, right, our balance between able to bowl left arm spin and always coming out with some batting and bowling, but we left arm swing, had plenty of explosive batting or bowling, learned so much as a team, opposition batsmen in trouble either way he was always firing developed so much as a team, all season. up the team! that I believe next season we will be back, even better, game Matt Boase and his incredible Then there were other who hardened and we will bring our effort bowling at the death, filled in, Dave Cooper, Bob strongest team to the park each always reliable and accurate. Dewstow, Bill White, Scott and and every week, making sure Joel Murray, George Fryer, Craig we keep our heads in the game Jordan Fryer and his enthusiasm Willsmer, Yianni Velkou all who and making sure we are very in the field, always willing to contributed greatly to the team. competitive and challenging for run from square leg to square the premiership next season. leg, putting his body on the line So there were many highlights every ball which kept the team for everyone this season, During the season as captain, motivated all game. although we had the potential I got to see some great to win more games, we just contributions by all the players Mitchell Paterson bowling quick couldn’t combine all those in my team, whether it be new and accurate every game when performances on the one day, people to the club showing others couldn’t, he deserved a but when we did, and this their skills like; Alex Hepworth, lot more wickets then what he would be my favourite highlight Tom Kennan, Nick Kennan and got. of the season, getting our first Sriv Moorthy, or the usual guys win of the season in round 6, trying to develop their game Sriv Moorthy, with his unique where everyone chipped in and and perform better each and batting stance, he was solid as we won by 4 runs, the energy in every week. Although it was our wicket keeper for most of the team after that win, it was a difficult season everyone the season when Ken Honeysett outstanding, and I can’t wait for has their own highlights from wasn’t there, but if Ken wasn’t more of it next season when the season, just go up and ask keeping he was in the field we come back a better team, a them, ask Ferdi Nel about his taking some impressive catches. stronger team, and we get a few batting this season, without more victories along the way, much support around him, he James Davis also contributed but overall, it was an honour managed to get runs after runs with the bat, getting a top score and a privilege to captain this every week and managed a of 40 this season, also handy team, and I think everyone had total of 401 runs for the season, when bowling. an enjoyable season, so let’s including 3 fifties, ask Paddy bring on the new season!!! about how he went captaining Wayne Tolver-Banks, always games while I was away or fired up and willing to take on WILLIAM WHITE even ask him about how many every challenge put in front of D GRADE CAPTAIN wickets he got this season, 40 in him, I and he combined one
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2014/15 PREMIERS BATTING AWARD LINESH MAHARAJ
BOWLING AWARD TIM REWELL
TEAM CHAMPION LINESH MAHARAJ
PLAYER MAT INN NO 100s 50s HS RUN AVE Maharaj, Linesh 13 16 1 1 3 114 604 40.27 Rahman, Nabil 14 15 0 0 3 99 450 30 Price, Ray 17 20 2 1 1 142* 444 24.67 Bloach, Kamran 15 17 1 0 3 84 437 27.31 Wingfield, Gavin 15 18 0 0 0 49 171 9.5 Long, Stephen 16 14 4 0 0 39 147 14.7 Rewell, Tim 15 13 5 0 0 33 146 18.25 Dryburgh, Matt 5 4 1 0 1 91* 142 47.33 Langford, Harry 17 20 5 0 0 26* 113 7.53 Gupta, Shiv 2 1 0 0 1 76 76 76 Bruell, Padraic 1 1 1 0 1 52* 52 NA White, Bill 11 11 2 0 0 22 48 5.33 Grosvenor, Martin J 12 11 3 0 0 19* 42 5.25 Tolver-Banks, Wayne 5 5 1 0 0 27 39 9.75 Honeysett, Ken 7 7 0 0 0 15 37 5.29 Dewstow, Robert 9 8 1 0 0 9* 23 3.29 Breuninger, Sebastian 9 10 2 0 0 1* 4 0.5
PLAYER MAT O M R W 5WI AVE STR ECN Rewell, Tim 15 179.1 40 372 47 3 7.91 22.87 2.08 Long, Stephen 16 176.1 36 445 35 2 12.71 30.2 2.53 Price, Ray 17 94 8 394 20 0 19.7 28.2 4.19 Rahman, Nabil 14 117.1 31 314 17 0 18.47 41.35 2.68 Langford, Harry 17 111.4 17 386 16 0 24.13 41.88 3.46 Gupta, Shiv 2 19 4 37 4 0 9.25 28.5 1.95 Overton, Glenn 1 6 0 27 2 0 13.5 18 4.5 Tolver-Banks, Wayne 5 12.3 1 69 2 0 34.5 37.5 5.52 Wingfield, Gavin 15 16 1 74 2 0 37 48 4.63 Dryburgh, Matt 5 2 0 15 1 0 15 12 7.5 Fryer, Jordan 1 2.1 0 22 1 0 22 13 10.15 Dewstow, Robert 9 30.1 0 172 1 0 172 181 5.7
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What a weekend, what a team, scorer slot and achieved it with opened and Sebastian what a squad! I asked for 2 2 big 6s. We then passed the Brueninger swept up a ball more days of 100% effort and next 2 targets of “a defendable that appeared to be racing that is what I got. As I keep 135” and the “captains comfort to the boundary to get the saying, this team keeps on 150”. Linesh departed and we number 2 on strike and the delivering, I could gush all were 5-174. We were close skipper immediately showed day about how amazing every to the “180 is enough” target the intensity he expects from player is, but let’s focus on the as Ray Price (20) strode to the the team by taking a fine catch, game. crease, and showed that he 1-1 and 2 overs to go. With Tim Day 1 was also capable of hitting a absent, Nabil (1-1-1-0) took the maximum. “Not many chase 2nd over, and the other opener WPHC were fired up, and 200 on Auluba” came and left a ball that not many would when I was dismissed lbw 1st went and Ken Honeysett (14) have done. We weren’t sure ball, there was a possibility of came in with the score on 225. whether it was excellent or a wobble. No chance. This While the targets were being poor judgement until he left team just keeps coming at passed, our hero Kamran was a similar ball and was clean you. When we bat we are like continuing to build his innings bowled 2-1, and an over to a hydra, you attack one and steadily, with the phrase go. We were strong, we were two will come after you, such is repeatedly bellowed from the fired up and nervily they saw the togetherness of this group. sidelines by his disappointed off Stephen Long’s next over to Matt Dryburgh (22) came in fellow opener “HEAD DOWN the close. and he fought hard against a KAMRAN”. What an innings it Day 2 potent bowling attack that was was as Kamran was eventually not offering a lot of assistance out in the 66th over, 16 short As our batting is like Hydra, to the batsmen. Kamran of the century and the score our bowling is like Cerberus. Bloach, returning from an eye on 233. Ken was still at the Tim, (15.1-4-6-26) was back, infection fought alongside crease coming off the back and after much deliberation him. Nabil Rahman (20) told of some poor luck, but we all the skipper chose to bowl me before a ball was bowled know he has quality and he him immediately with Nabil this season that we had the demonstrated it against the unfortunate to be taken off. It team to win it, and he set 2nd new ball, ably supported didn’t take long for another about continuing to build a by the ever disciplined and wicket as Ray’s best mate Dean defendable total. As Nabil hit reliable Harry Langford (2) hit one in the air that spiralled a catch to the WPHC captain before being run out with the into the safe hands of Wayne (the 3rd of his career), the time score 1 short of the, “you’ll do Tolver-Banks, 3-3 and we were was close to 2pm. A quick well to score 250 in 2 innings well on top. The skipper was decision was made that we against our bowling attack”. soon agitated as WPHC soon may not bat out the day, and No problem, Stephen Long (1) had more runs than we had with Tim Rewell (33) having came on to get that total, and wickets and later demanded to leave at 3pm, he went in as Bill White (1*) threatened to answers when they had double to bat. It turned out to be a slap another few runs off their the runs. Cerberus doesn’t masterstroke as Tim took us bowlers, Harry edged one to often disappoint and Tim past our first target, 100, which the keeper and the innings clean bowled the dangerous we felt we might just “defend came to a close, 251 all out off Gunn for 0. 9 overs passed as at a push”. In fact Tim carried 73.4. Gupta and Mukhgrjee looked on until after 3pm and we to stabilise. You can block our reached 122. In strode the 2nd So 3 overs to go and the bowlers for a period of time, highest run scorer of the grade captain demanded that the but we keep coming after you by 18 runs, Linesh Maharaj (28), boys play with intensity. and if you come on the attack, Linesh wanted the highest run Stephen Long (13-5-3-17) we will bare our teeth and
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take you down. Gupta has 460 Harry’s first ball was a no-ball, ball in making his ground, and runs this season and a high of “Really, you’re kidding” he he took the score on to 51. In 126* and in the 18th over the said, providing the quality the mean time we managed skipper again demanded more entertainment and quips to drop the ball 3 times off intensity and wickets and Tim, that has made Harry one of Harry’s bowling, none were reporting that the ball was just the most popular members easy chances, but by the high starting to swing a bit more of the team and club, and he standards we set ourselves, once again delivered, this time delivered 6 dot balls to take us they were possibilities. Into his clean bowling Gupta. Another to lunch with WPHC rocking on 16th over straight, Tim knew dangerman Larkham was next 8-39. he needed one more to beat up, and we didn’t know much Mukherjee was showing us Cappelazo from Hornsby, a about him, but Matt helped us a bit of resistance and had player who did little to endear out. Recognising the similarity outlasted Kamran in number himself to us, or many other in stature of Larkham to our of wickets down, but was a teams in the grade, and he own Tim Rewell, Matt just said, long way back on both overs finally got it with a regulation “bowl whatever you don’t like faced and runs scored. As catch. someone bowling to you”. mentioned we had the most All out for 51, a mere 200 runs Nibling away at the edges of runs although the association behind our fine total. Enough the stumps, it took Tim just 5 batting award is on average, was enough, they could fight balls at Larkham as he nicked but wanted the bowing award, no more and we celebrated in one into the safe hands of Ken and Tim needed 6 wickets in raptures, What a performance, behind the stumps. Ironically, this match to take that out. what a run in, what a season. after Tim dismissed the man Nabil deserved a bowl, but The stuff of Mythology. Well who matched his stature, we play for each other and he done boys, now let’s have D1 “Ray’s brother” was next in recognised the need of Tim to next season. and he was gone in 2 balls stay on so we could clean up We can’t focus simply on the as Tim delivered a double on the awards. 4 balls in to the wicket maiden. Now here final, and mention needs to 2nd session Mukhejree nicked be made of the other players was a clear misunderstanding one to Ken and we all went up, of instructions from the who turned out regularly this the umpire had a think about season but didn’t make it onto WPHC batsmen, with the it, and as he looked to square logical instructions at the the field in the final, the ever leg for advice, he declared dependable Marty Grosvenor commencement of their that he had definitely heard innings that they only needed who turned out in the semi- it, and he was duly given out, final, and Bob Dewstow who 3 an over, yes, 3 an over, not top scoring with 24. “If Campo 3 a wicket as we had them also helped out in the semi- heard it he must have nicked it” final and came along to the 7-21. Murray was now in, and said Ben the standing umpire. he is another able batsman. It final to make sure we secured In came the WPHC skipper his premiership cap for him. was a hot day and lunch was Peter Westerberg, a gentleman approaching as the skipper of the game who called me told our bowling wizard Harry in the week and said that it is Langford to warm up. Stephen GAVIN WINGFIELD the first time in a number of D2 CAPTAIN was happy to take a rest but years that he didn’t want to not before he finished his spell see us win it. Peter had a fine with the wicket of Murray, cameo, which included him clean bowled middle stump. diving full length to head the
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FINISHED IN 4TH PLACE BATTING AWARD MATTHEW HORVAT
BOWLING AWARD WILLIAM O’CONNELL
TEAM CHAMPION MATTHEW HORVAT
PLAYER MAT INN NO 100s 50s HS RUN AVE Horvat, Matthew 9 9 1 0 1 70 203 25.38 Campbell, Thomas 9 8 1 0 0 40 147 21 Bargoti, Hemadri 6 6 0 0 1 61 147 24.5 Lees, Lucas 6 6 0 0 0 45 129 21.5 Rodrigues, Pierre 9 9 1 0 0 41 124 15.5 Gussey, Ben 4 4 0 0 0 30 75 18.75 Kennan, Thomas 7 6 1 0 0 20 59 11.8 Pickup, Brett 2 2 1 0 0 27* 52 52 Dutta, Shomik 2 2 1 0 0 29* 35 35 Cook, Stuart 6 3 0 0 0 12 29 9.67 Ible, Brendan 3 3 0 0 0 21 27 9 Witts, Hayden 2 2 1 0 0 10 18 18
PLAYER MAT O R W AVE STR ECN Rodrigues, Pierre 9 42 165 8 20.63 31.5 3.93 O'Connell, William 7 10.3 46 6 7.67 10.5 4.38 Witts, Hayden 2 12 48 5 9.6 14.4 4 Campbell, Thomas 9 13.2 88 5 17.6 16 6.6 Brett, Matthew 2 6 13 3 4.33 12 2.17 Koen, Nicholas 2 6 28 3 9.33 12 4.67 Ible, Brendan 3 17 70 3 23.33 34 4.12 Kennan, Thomas 7 23 104 3 34.67 46 4.52 Hutchinson, Ian 3 12 33 2 16.5 36 2.75 Dutta, Shomik 2 7.1 43 2 21.5 21.5 6 Gussey, Ben 4 4 16 1 16 24 4 Knox, Anthony 1 2 22 1 22 12 11 O'Connell, Daniel 4 3.3 23 1 23 21 6.57 Halliday, Lewis 2 4 29 1 29 24 7.25 Pickup, Brett 2 6 29 1 29 36 4.83
39 SIWCC ANNUAL REPORT 2015 SIWCC ANNUAL REPORT 2015 39 MOST GAMES
ALL TIME MATCHES PLAYED
GAMES GAMES 1 Paul Christie 340 26 Mark Newell 149
2 Rodney Grosvenor 305 27 Alan Dwyer 149
3 Geoff Martz 299 28 Rowan Pryor 149
4 David Akins 274 29 Tim Lovegrove 148
5 David Drake 260 30 Mark Garrod 146
6 Peter Low 259 31 Nevin Nath 145
7 Martin Grosvenor 253 32 Martin Laird 144
8 Ken Honeysett 250 33 Richard Shunwah 142
9 Ben Gussey 243 34 James Lander 141
10 Robert Abdallah 240 35 Will Enos 139
11 Richard Wilford 231 36 Cameron Jones 137
12 Hemadri Bargoti 211 37 Tim Paterson 136
13 Michael Stinson 207 38 Graeme Terry 135
14 Stephen Karrasch 201 39 Peter Abdallah 133
15 Alex Lees 191 40 Jeremy Chenu 130
16 Robert Dewstow 190 41 Stephen Martz 130
17 Robert Cleland 186 42 Peter Perry 127
18 Christopher Brown 173 43 Roger Hokin 125
19 Matthew Horvat 171 44 Gavin Wingfield 124
20 Anthony Clarke 169 45 Craig Boorman 124
21 Tim O’connor 169 46 Kent Boorman 124
22 Ian Black 161 47 Abhik Sengupta 122
23 Alex Langley 154 48 James Katz 122
24 Mark Lees 153 49 Graham Bird 121
25 Robert Hawtree 151 50 John Abdallah 119
40 MOST GAMES
ALL TIME MATCHES PLAYED
GAMES GAMES 51 Chris Bellikoff 119 76 Geoffrey Taylor 94
52 Ben Gudex 116 77 Brendan Ible 92
53 Wayne Tolver-Banks 116 78 Andrew Terry 91
54 Doug Bennie 113 79 Theo Crane 91
55 Craig Fretwell 112 80 Shiv Bargoti 90
56 Jonathan Stott 111 81 Cameron Inchley 90
57 Paul Oprey 110 82 Phillip Paterson 89
58 Alex Palmer 110 83 Peter Stott 88
59 Christopher Stott 107 84 Daniel Weeks 88
60 Yianni Velkou 107 85 Ian Fulton 85
61 Gareth Horne 106 86 David Flaks 85
62 Sean Desmond 106 87 Alex Smith 83
63 David Barry 104 88 Matthew Brett 81
64 Jason Corbett 103 89 Andrew Dickson 80
65 Phil Lewis 102 90 Ricki Kalsi 80
66 William White 102 91 Michael Henderson 80
67 Sam Whiteley 100 92 Phillip Bromley 79
68 Barry Garrod 100 93 Anthony Brett 78
69 Paul Shipley 100 94 Robert Murrell 78
70 Keith Langley 99 95 Paul Dickens 78
71 Bradley Apps 97 96 Tom Palm 76
72 David Zwart 96 97 Pierre Rodrigues 73
73 Sam Hunt 96 98 Scott Murray 73
74 Mark Wallace 95 99 Brett Pickup 73
75 Paul Slade 95 100 Peter Swann 71
41 MOST RUNS ALL TIME TOP RUN SCORERS
PLAYER INN N.O. HS RUNS AVE Richard Wilford 249 32 153* 5367 24.73 Michael Stinson 234 33 80 5048 25.11 David Drake 251 31 187 5052 22.96 Geoffrey Martz 333 35 109 4956 16.63 Ben Gussey 260 24 122 4845 20.53 Stephen Karrasch 212 27 135* 4354 23.54 Hemadri Bargoti 224 31 147 4430 22.95 Alex Lees 196 32 134* 4102 25.01 Martin Grosvenor 299 34 82 3896 14.70 Rodney Grosvenor 283 91 93 3845 20.03 Tim O’Connor 167 20 147 3807 25.90 Ken Honeysett 275 42 126 3738 16.04 Tim Lovegrove 184 10 142 3523 20.25 Mark Lees 159 24 171 3374 24.99 Mark Newell 153 15 79 3252 23.56 Adrian Witten 132 6 108 3114 24.71 Craig Boorman 154 12 200* 3024 21.30 Tim Paterson 147 20 142 2901 22.84 Chris S Brown 175 16 66* 2902 18.25 Stephen Martz 128 28 161 2814 28.14 David Kensett-Smith 162 19 117* 2812 19.66 Robert Abdallah 272 29 65* 2786 11.47 Greg Reber 89 8 119 2730 33.70 Graeme Terry 145 6 111 2722 19.58 Alex Langley 160 22 133 2669 19.34 Tony Andrews 149 17 90* 2588 19.61 Robert Hawtree 143 40 109 2579 25.04 Mark Garrod 154 14 103* 2550 18.21 Alan Dwyer 165 9 103* 2527 16.20 David Akins 251 54 105 2515 12.77 James Katz 135 19 174 2459 21.20 Chris Bellikoff 117 14 101* 2432 23.61 Ian Black 145 21 146 2360 19.03 Adrian Barker 133 26 105* 2351 21.97 Robert Cleland 199 27 101 2344 13.63 John McMillan 130 14 113 2323 21.97 Anthony Clarke 156 23 87 2292 17.23 Paul Christie 295 73 65 2257 10.16 Matthew Horvat 124 10 190 2254 19.77 David Flaks 85 9 160 2208 29.05 Richard Bain 81 11 107* 2204 31.49 Peter Low 175 62 98 2203 19.50 John Abdallah 144 6 88 2203 15.96 Michael Henderson 92 4 113 2198 24.98 Keith Langley 97 19 154* 2176 27.90 Rowan Pryor 118 8 103* 2126 19.33 42 MOST WICKETS ALL TIME TOP WICKET TAKERS
PLAYER WICKETS RUNS AVE Paul Christie 642 10200 15.88 David Akins 511 8551 16.73 Rodney Grosvenor 511 8833 17.29 Peter Low 417 7206 17.28 Rod Baptist 330 4367 13.23 Tim O’Connor 283 4910 17.35 Rowan Pryor 280 4950 17.68 Neil Parker 278 2736 9.84 Richard Shun Wah 252 4066 16.13 Robert Hawtree 248 4576 18.45 Robert Cleland 245 4341 17.72 Anthony Clarke 237 5013 21.15 Hemadri Bargoti 231 4744 20.54 Martin Laird 228 4223 18.52 Paul Oprey 214 3792 17.72 Robert Murrell 213 2979 13.99 Dave Woods 200 2986 14.93 Stephen Martz 199 2979 14.97 Adrian Barker 198 3096 15.64 Phil Lewis 196 3228 16.47 Jonathan Stott 192 3335 17.37 Ian Black 190 3523 18.54 Andrew Johnson 183 3566 19.49 Nevin Nath 175 3212 18.35 Roger Hokin 175 3526 20.14 Yianni Velkou 173 3572 20.65 Robert Dewstow 172 4661 27.10 Doug Bennie 171 3797 22.20 Craig Fretwell 167 3212 19.23 Geoffrey Taylor 167 2900 17.37 Barry Garrod 166 2718 16.37 Leon Papp 164 2611 15.92 Abhik Sengupta 163 3663 22.47 Geoffrey Martz 158 2891 18.30 James Katz 155 3189 20.57 Jason Corbett 154 2907 18.88 David Barry 150 2715 18.10 Peter Reber 148 1816 12.27 Glen Ashelford 146 1861 12.75 Alex Langley 143 3514 24.57 Lester Hart 142 1288 9.06 Cameron Inchley 140 2877 20.55 John Malone 139 2028 14.59 John McMillan 138 2395 17.36 Peter Swann 137 2101 15.34 Mark Garrod 137 3682 26.88
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FROM THE The season started with a December saw the ” Jolly fat PRESIDENT refurbished James Park where one with a red suit” grace DAVINA MACKENZIE the kids were able to enjoy us with his presence at the a snag cooked on the new end of year Christmas party/ permanent BBQ’s, covered BBQ where the Blowies, their picnic area complete with a siblings and parents had a wonderful afternoon. The Ping-pong table and presents received were a great magnificent play area with source of delight to all the acoustic dishes . . . just the kids. Thank you to Mark and environment to get rid of some Leigh (Santa’s lovely helper) of the week’s frustration,,‘ . . . for organising, shopping and having a good old fashioned wrapping all the gifts. yell into them’. Also, a very big thank you is At the start of the season, extended to everyone who Northern District Cricket participated and worked at the Club invited delegates from extremely popular December Blowfly Cricket to their Cricket fundraising “Bunning’s BBQs”. Luncheon, where we were warmly welcomed by their Furthermore, we have held Committee and members alike. other successful fundraising BBQs at Officeworks Hornsby, Hornsby Mall (using the Hornsby Shire Council Community BBQ Trailer),
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THE SUPPORT AND FRIENDSHIPS FORMED WITH PARENTS AND CARERS WAS EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT AND AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO BE PART OF
and many, many BBQs at the blowfly-cricket-an-avenue- Ronnie’s introduction to Northern Suburbs Football for-theautistic/2015-01-08) BlowFly Cricket. The story Association’s Summer Twilight released on 7 January 2015. In even featured our very own 6-A-Side Soccer Competitions fact, the ABC News24 channel Mark Rushton, and a big thank at St Ives Showground aired our video on the hourly you goes to Helen Bersten for (Tuesday, Wednesday and news cycle for the day . . . writing this story as well as Thursday evenings). These WOW! congratulations for winning fundraising activities would the competition and having not be the success they are Congratulations to the six the story published and yes, without the efforts of our hard Blowies who have reached I do have a lovely panorama working volunteers . . . thank their 5 year milestone over the of the SCG March 1963 on the you! past two seasons, being: wall across from my highly prized picture of the 1948 January 2014, saw us off to • 2013/14 Season: Ben Parsons, Invincibles. the SCG, to have a game Keira Parsons and Ronnie on the hallowed turf of this MacKenzie. The kids had a very successful magnificent ground, we were year learning new skills and afforded seats in the shade • 2014/15 Season: Courtney making new friends. It was this year and given the most Buczek, Jacob Buczek and Luke great to see them negotiate wonderful welcome by the Lidgard. the social highway that is so crowd. difficult for all our kids, the A story published in the ABC support and friendships formed We also came to the attention Grandstand book of “Unsung with parents and carers was of Cricket Australia, there Sporting Heroes” was a equally as important and an were photos, interviews highlight for our Club absolute pleasure to be part of. and the very professional video clip promoting Captain Ronnie as it gave DAVINA MACKENZIE BlowFly Cricket (http:// a very creative account of www.cricket.com.au/news/
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Cricket has often perpetuated work of all of the volunteers three seasons later we cater for a stereotype, as a game and the BlowFly Cricket over 140 players in in2CRICKET targeted towards the ‘elite’. program as a whole. through to Under 11s. Success Whilst we have largely has followed in our senior moved on from that archaic It was a little over four years ranks with team numbers stereotype, I’ve always believed ago that the St Ives Cricket growing from six to eight and that more can be done to truly Club committee made the the club breaking a five year embrace the entire spectrum decision to take our club in a premiership drought with two of the community. new direction. Player numbers premierships in 2014/15. had been stagnant for over Sport is a microcosm for a decade and our financial I like to highlight the success the community and the situation was perilous. that has followed from the marginalisation of children realignment of our values with special needs has been Rather than bandaid solutions because BlowFly Cricket mirrored in cricket and other like fundraising or poaching espouses the very best of these sports. BlowFly cricket is a new senior players we required values; inclusiveness, love significant step to ensuring a sea-change. We needed to for cricket, opportunity and cricket is available to all in a define our values and provide fulfilling potential. truly inclusive environment. direction to the club. It is my hope that St Ives I commend Mark Rushton The values that I wanted to Wahroonga CC will be able for having the drive to create espouse for the club were to consolidate the rapid a program that provides an inclusiveness, enjoyment, recent growth and re-focus environment predicated on fostering a love of cricket and on providing substantial inclusiveness and embracing providing an opportunity for assistance to Blowfly Cricket. the differences in our players to develop to their full community. He has been potential. By promoting these Together we can ensure that instrumental in developing values I knew success would it grows geographically and is BlowFly cricket in to the follow financially and administratively success it is now, and his sustainable. continued determination will We have since formed the drive the program towards it’s Wahroonga Junior Cricket Club, BEN GUSSEY future success. as we could not claim to be an inclusive environment without Craig McDermott OAM’s providing an opportunity for involvement as asambassador the young members of our has been deserved, formal community. We had 39 players validation of Mark’s work, the in our first season and only
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The BlowFly Cricket 2013/14 • Hornsby Shire Council are to Cricket NSW for allowing and 2014/15 seasons have been to be thanked for the use of the Blowies entourage of 47 wonderfully successful with James Park, a quality sports to be part of this incredible many highlights, not to overlook field suitable for both active experience. the individual improvement and recreational user groups . shown by all of our players as the . . the kids love the playground • The special free Coaching seasons progressed. For me the equipment. Clinic, kindly put on by Bruce following highlights need to be Wood and Justin Epthorp acknowledged: • The ongoing generous support from HKHDCCA (local Coaches of Abbas Aly (Triforce Sports), in Association) in the January • The once in a lifetime SCG supplying BlowFly Cricket with school holidays. From all on-ground entertainment various equipment/goods. feedback, our players have had experience in early January a wonderful time and greatly 2014, where our hearty band of • The generous support of many benefitted from these skills players and parents were able individuals and organisations in sessions. to join in the Milo in2CRICKET the Sponsor a Player program on-field activities during the – what fantastic gestures of What is the longer term benefit to lunch break of the Sydney Test kindness and good will. the sport and our community! Match. . . once again, in front • The ongoing support and of a huge crowd of 30,000+ interest of Hornsby Ku-ringgai & Six years on and it is difficult spectators. Hills District Cricket Association to imagine a grassroots cricket (HK & HDCA). program that has more potential • A continued close working than BlowFly Cricket to provide relationship with Cricket NSW • The end of season players long term benefits to children who has been extremely trophies have been kindly with special needs and/or supportive and generous in supplied by Brad and Donna intellectual disabilities and their providing Milo in2CRICKET Caldwell of All Seasons Trophies, respective families and support equipment for our players. Hornsby at cost price. networks. The model that has Furthermore, the guest player been created for BlowFly Cricket is appearance (Wayne Seabrook) • Thank you to all the families and easily replicated and Cricket NSW was well received and popular volunteers for their wonderful have unveiled plans to expand amongst our members. support at the various the ‘All Abilities’ program to create fundraising BBQs . . . as we 10 new centres state-wide in the • Two new BlowFly Cricket greatly appreciate your help. Centres have recently been coming 2015/16 season. established at: • It is so wonderful to see the families coming together, and Additionally, BlowFly Cricket 1. Camp Breakaway, San Remo supporting each other every will further expand and modify (Central Coast, NSW) – respite Saturday afternoon. the program to accommodate camps held its first session in children in other special needs early March2015; and • It is wonderful to see new schools and/or suitable respite people coming along to join in facilities. 2. Mary Brooksbank School, the fun and games we offer. Rosemeadow (Campbelltown, We as an association firmly NSW) – Term 2 will see a 10 • Ronnie’s doing a fantastic job as believe it is a tremendous week program commencing in Club Captain, now completed 3 opportunity to work closely with late April 2015 with weekly 1-2 years in this role. community groups to facilitate a hour sessions for 30-50 children. • It is wonderful to see the kids safe and nurturing environment • The support of local cricket shine and improve on their skills for children with special needs clubs including: St Ives and to be part of the wonderful and/or intellectual disabilities. Wahroonga CC and West BlowFly Cricket family. Pennant Hills Cherrybrook CC (A LEIGH DRUMMOND • The once in a lifetime ‘on-field’ Grade team). SCG experience – many thanks
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A DAY AT JAMES PARK