NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED
CENTENARY of SEASONS 102nd ANNUAL REPORT and FINANCIAL STATEMENT SEASON 2013 – 2014 SATURDAY AFTERNOON SATURDAY MORNING (Senior) COMPETITION COMPETITION Clubs Teams Players Teams Players 1933 – 34 18 26 451 1934 – 35 19 32 542 1935 – 36 21 34 581 1936 – 37 20 35 561 1937 – 38 22 36 578 1938 – 39 21 39 603 6 103 1939 – 40 22 37 509 8 116 1940 – 41 18 26 441 8 116 1941 - 45 No competition due to war 1945 - 46 15 23 433 1946 – 47 19 30 531 1947 – 48 24 39 676 1948 – 49 26 44 772 1949 – 50 24 36 616 4 75 1950 – 51 22 34 582 6 75 1951 – 52 22 30 571 7 90 1952 – 53 21 31 590 7 1953 – 54 26 37 669 6 1954 – 55 22 32 595 6 1955 – 56 18 29 539 8 1956 – 57 20 30 548 11 165 1957 – 58 17 24 453 21 325 1958 – 59 23 28 511 25 375 1959 – 60 19 23 414 27 450 1960 – 61 18 22 441 31 517 1961 – 62 22 30 511 49 750 1962 – 63 22 32 561 55 850 1963 – 64 23 33 640 59 900 1964 – 65 23 38 751 65 950 1965 – 66 22 28 568 68 1020 1966 – 67 21 29 570 72 110 1967 – 68 17 26 550 54 860 1968 – 69 15 26 570 50 750 1969 – 70 18 27 509 57 855 1970 – 71 19 26 482 59 944 1971 – 72 18 27 501 69 1035 1972 – 73 19 33 620 91 1456 1973 – 74 24 41 756 75 1158 1974 – 75 22 42 777 71 1080 1975 – 76 26 46 905 101 1433 1976 – 77 26 45 877 95 1336 1977 – 78 28 54 1077 104 1352 1978 – 79 26 55 1032 97 1164 1979 – 80 26 47 827 90 1170 1980 – 81 30 48 874 92 1104 1981 – 82 31 50 941 93 1116 1982 – 83 27 52 1010 92 1151 1983 – 84 30 50 943 89 1112 1984 – 85 25 43 826 87 1246 1985 – 86 26 45 830 91 1140 1986 – 87 24 43 801 80 960 1987 – 88 23 46 862 61 750 1988 – 89 24 45 861 57 700 1989 – 90 19 44 847 58 726 1990 – 91 21 45 807 64 750 1991 – 92 22 45 839 57 712 1992 – 93 23 45 817 62 854 1993 – 94 25 48 887 85 1020 1994 – 95 21 44 806 88 1106 1995 – 96 22 47 798 91 1204 1996 – 97 20 46 800 88 1325 1997 – 98 19 50 836 101 1421 1998 – 99 16 46 826 88 1320 1999 – 00 15 48 797 87 1403 2000 – 01 15 48 752 83 1246 2001 – 02 13 44 734 85 1238 2002 – 03 11 40 661 72 1068 2003 – 04 11 38 647 72 907 2004 – 05 10 36 600 65 900 2005 – 06 9 32 545 73 993 2006 – 07 9 32 545 74 1005 2007 – 08 9 34 620 71 1207 2008 – 09 8 36 611 68 927 2009 – 10 7 37 632 75 1088 2010 – 11 7 32 528 67 767 2011 – 12 7 31 533 62 764 2012 – 13 7 30 528 66 766 2013 – 14 8 26 457 69 760
NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION
ABN 30 413 972 119
(Affiliated with the NSW Districts Cricket Association)
Notice is hereby given that the
102nd Annual Presentation of Trophies and Premiership Caps
will be held at
Ryde - Eastwood Leagues Club
117 Ryedale Road, West Ryde
Wednesday 21st May, 2014 at 7:30pm
and the
102nd Annual General Meeting of the Association
will be held at
Ryde – Eastwood Leagues Club
117 Ryedale Road, West Ryde
Wednesday, 4th June, 2014 at 7:30pm
BUSINESS:
To receive and consider the Annual Report and Financial Statement
To elect the following Officers and Committees:
Patron
President
Senior Vice-President and Vice-Presidents
Treasurer
Administration Officer
Executive Committee
To transact any Business that may be brought forward in accordance with the Rules of the Association
PO Box 692, Craig Menzies, Administration Officer Pennant Hills, NSW 1715 email: [email protected] Fax: 8212 8153 May 2014 Mobile: 0426 267 080
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OFFICE BEARERS, SEASON: 2013 – 2014
Patron: J. Prowse, Cr. J. Chedid
Senior Vice-Patron: Vacant
Vice-Patrons: Hon. P. Ruddock M.P., K. Stimson, J. Hull
President: P. Azize
Senior Vice-President: P. Stapleton
Vice-Presidents: K. McCann, K. Ross, G. Coy, W. Craig, C. Marsden, E. Dewar, L. Tuckerman, J. Prowse, K. Mansell, W. McDonald
Executive Committee: K. Grey, A. Harrison, D. Arnott, P. Stewart M. Roberts, A. Tenni, M. Barry
Junior Representative on Executive Committee: G. Berriman (Chairman)
N.D. Umpires Association Representative on Executive Committee: B. Flint
Grading Committee: M. Barry, P. Stewart, A. Tenni, A. Harrison, D. Arnott
Selection Committee: The Managers of the Representative Teams
Delegates to N.S.W. Districts Cricket Association: P. Azize, C. Menzies
Delegate to N.D. Umpires Association: J. P. Crane
Honorary Auditor: G. Kay
Treasurer: P. Vanderlight
Administration Officer: C. Menzies
Delegates to Northern Metro C.C: J. P. Crane
Delegate to Cumberland C.C: R. Flint
Wet Weather: K. Gray, A. Harrison, D. Arnott
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT
On behalf of the Executive Committee, I am pleased to present the 102nd Annual Report for 2013 – 2014 for your consideration.
The major development this season was the merging of our 1st Grade with the 1st Grade of Northern Suburbs Cricket Association (NSCA) in the Northern Cricket Union (NCU) Competition. Our top 3 teams (Rydalmere, West Ryde and North Ryde RSL) played against Kirribilli, West Pymble and Cammeray on turf grounds in the A Grade competition. Rydalmere drew with West Ryde in a rain affected game to claim the Premiership. Carlingford, North Ryde and Rydalmere played against North Shore, Kirribilli and North Sydney Leagues in the A Reserve competition also on turf. Carlingford won that competition after the grand final was washed out. This merged competition was an outstanding success with the main benefit of facing new teams and players which added an extra challenging dimension to the game. The merged competition also allowed North Ryde and Rydalmere to have a team in each grade and not play against each other. This merged competition would not have been possible if it wasn’t for the initial discussions of the previous Executive and the continued hard work of Paul Stapleton and Craig Menzies who worked tirelessly to bring it to fruition. Kel Gray also attended a meeting to thrash out rules and we thank him for his time. We thank Mark Lumley from NSCA for this work in getting this competition off the ground and for its ongoing success.
Another initiative this year was the introduction of the “Spirit of Cricket” award in all grades. These awards were generously sponsored by Vikings (3rd grade), Carlingford (4th grade) and Rydalmere (5th grade). This award exists in the 1st grade competition but was extended to all grades this season. This was done to lift the sportsmanship of the games and to reward those teams that played the game in the right spirit. We are pleased to announce the inaugural winners of the new ‘Spirit of Cricket’ awards were:
3rd Grade Meadowbank
4th Grade Vikings Blue
5th Grade Epping YMCA Green
In Judiciary news there were several “Spirit of Cricket” issues raised through the year with one going all the way to the Appeals Tribunal. A couple of warnings were handed out to various people. By and large the games were conducted in the right spirit and the Executive is committed to NDCA cricket being played within the “spirit of cricket”. It is park cricket and people are playing for fun and to be with their mates so it should be enjoyable.
Homer Paxton did a great job recruiting umpires and with John Crane heading up the Umpires Association we had umpires at more games this season than in previous years. We had 2 umpires at all the Junior Grand Finals and the Senior Semi Finals and Grand Finals. With plenty of umpires officiating during the season the clubs were appreciative as it took the heat out of team mates umpiring. So special thanks to our regular umpires: John Vanderlight, John Crane, Homer Paxton, Ian Sinden, Peter Tate, Nirmal de Silva and Christiaan Kennedy. Thanks also to our regular end of season umpires who help with the finals series: Ajit Madan, Ron Vidler, Pete Honeywood, Jude Fonseka and Craig Menzies.
For the first time there was an enlightening meeting held between the NDCA Executive and many of our umpires to discuss various issues. It was excellent for both groups to raise concerns and what each side wants from each other. I certainly feel both sides walked away with a greater appreciation of what each side brings to the table and what the drivers are for the NDCA and the umpires. We plan to continue keeping in close contact with the Umpires Association so each year the communication and expectations are managed to the benefit of all.
This year we had 6 senior teams competing in the merged NCU comp and 20 teams in the NDCA 3rd-5th grade competitions for a total of 26 senior teams. Total players registered were 457. Last season we had 31 teams and so it was very disappointing to lose so many teams from last year. We hope the success of the Australian Test Team and active recruitment from our clubs will reverse this trend.
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This year we also fielded a Martin Shield Team in the Open Age Seniors Rep Competition. Rain intervened and only 2 games were played and both games were lost. We thank the players who participated and hopefully next season we can get better organized and field better prepared teams with more players available for selection. I am positive we can be competitive in the representative arena.
69 junior teams registered to compete across the 10 Junior grades from Under 16 to Under 9 which was an increase of 3 teams from last season. We convey our thanks to the Junior Committee in running the junior competitions and the assistance provided from the clubs.
Our Junior Rep teams had mixed success with our under 10s and under 16s going very close to making the semi finals. All teams are improving each year and we thank the coaches and managers for their efforts in organizing winter sessions and activities during the season. A big thank you to the parents for their support, endless transporting of kids and the preparation of afternoon tea. Each year we hope more kids attend the trials so we can field our strongest possible teams.
For the first time we fielded a Presidents Cup Rep team and Michael Mynett did an excellent job in marshalling the boys into a strong unit and achieving results well beyond expectations. The boys played in the under 16s Comp but only 3 were of the correct age. Most of the boys were under 15s and one under 14 yet they gelled into an excellent team and won a couple of games most impressively. These boys will be knocking on the door of Rep Selection next season thanks to their involvement in Presidents Cup. Again a special thank you to Michael Mynett for picking up the ball on this team and running it over the try line. Thank you to the parents and boys for their efforts.
I wish to express my thanks on your behalf to Senior Vice President Paul Stapleton, Administration Officer Craig Menzies, Treasurer Paul Vanderlight and club delegates Mick Barry (Carlingford Waratah), Andrew Tenni (Epping YMCA), Paul Stewart (Meadowbank), Kel Gray and Scott Martin (North Ryde RSL), Matthew Roberts (Rydalmere), Dale Arnott (Vikings), Chanaka Senanayake (Sri Lankan Cricket) and Alan Harrison and Chris Fairbairn (West Ryde Rovers), for their assistance in running the senior cricket competition during the season. Also my thanks to Junior Chairman Greg Berriman, the Junior Executive Committee and club delegates for the running of the junior competition.
We convey our thanks to the Ryde, Hornsby and Parramatta Local Councils for their assistance and allocation of the grounds for the season. We also thank these schools: Epping Boys High School, Epping North Primary and Carlingford Primary for allowing us to play on their grounds.
We thank our main sponsor, the Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club (RELC). RELC has been our major sponsor for the last three years and their financial support has allowed us to keep playing fees as low as possible. RELC is a great community club and has much to offer its patrons. I urge you to frequent RELC and use its facilities and consider taking up a membership. Please support the club that supports us.
I apologize in advance if I have missed any other people I should have thanked but have forgotten.
Lastly, I would like to thank my predecessor John Crane for his years of service and the support he has shown me in my first year on the job. I know I have made many mistakes along the way but with plenty of guidance from various people I hope I can do a better job in the future to steer cricket in Northern District in the right direction.
Philip Azize Honorary President
Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club is the premier entertainment and leisure centre in the region.
With over 37,000 members, they pride themselves in meeting the needs of the local community, providing excellence in service and facilities at competitive prices
Address: 117 Ryedale Road West Ryde
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IMPORTANT NOTE FOR CLUB SECRETARIES
(Senior Competition)
The following is a proposed list of dates for meetings to be held.
Grading Committee Meeting ... Thursday, September 4, 2014 at 7.30 pm Venue to be confirmed
Cricket Meeting ... Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at 7.30 pm Draw announced and rules explained Venue to be confirmed
Competition Commences ... Saturday, September 13, 2014 Semi-finals: Saturday / Sunday, March 21 & 22, 2015 Finals: Saturday / Sunday March 28 & 29, 2015
Rule Changes ... Wednesday, April 1, 2015 Proposed Rule Changes are to be lodged with the Secretary by the due date.
Cricket Meetings
Second Mondays of each month at 7.30pm
Venue for all Meetings at Dundas Sports & Recreation Club
Presentation of Trophies and Premiership Caps Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 7.30 pm Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club
Annual General Meeting Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 7.30 pm Ryde – Eastwood Leagues Club
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NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION Incorporated ABN 30 413 972 119 Treasurer’s Report
For season 2013-14 the Association has returned a profit of $6,744, which increased the retained surplus to $37,868.
Cash collections from clubs and others amounted to $140,930 with payments totalling $147,817 as disclosed in the Statement of Cash Flows in the Financial Statements.
Fees received from the senior afternoon competition amounted to $39,936 plus $10,941 registration fees being received from senior players. The junior morning competition continues to contribute to the smooth running of the association with their players paying $29,309 in fees and the representative players contributing $16,525.
During the season we have maintained funds for the future upgrade and improvement of the grounds and fields that we play on. A total of $55,000 remains set aside to assist councils and schools maintain their wickets and grounds to a standard that ensures our players can enjoy the facilities at the grounds. If any clubs have suggestions for grounds that require improvement pass them along to the committee to follow up with the councils and schools.
Ground hire from councils and schools continue to be our major cost at $33,362.
NSWDCA continued to reimburse Associations for umpires fees incurred in running the inter-Association competition. On behalf of the NDCA I would thank NSWDCA and Cricket NSW for this gesture which amounted to $4,392.
Paul Vanderlight Treasurer
Executive Committees’ Declaration
The Executive Committee have determined that the Association is not a reporting entity. The Members have determined that this special purpose financial report should be prepared in accordance with the accounting policies outlined in Note 1 to the accounts.
1. In the opinion of the Executive Committee of the Association:
(a) the financial statements are drawn up so as to give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Association as at 30 April 2014 and of its financial performance for the year ended on that date, and (b) at the date of this declaration, there are reasonable grounds to believe, that the Association will be able to pay its debts as and when they become due and payable (c) the financial statements and notes have been made out in compliance with Australian Accounting Standards and in accordance with the Associations Incorporation Act 1984 (NSW)
ON BEHALF OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE and in accordance with its resolution
Philip Azize Paul Vanderlight President Treasurer Dated at Pennant Hills 25 May 2014
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NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION Incorporated ABN 30 413 972 119 INDEPENDENT AUDIT REPORT to the MEMBERS
Scope
I have audited the financial statements, being a special purpose financial report, of Northern District Cricket Association Incorporated for the year ended 30 April 2014, consisting of Statement of Financial Position, Profit and Loss Account, Statement of Cash Flows, accompanying notes and the statement to Members. The Association’s Committee are responsible for the production of the financial statements. I have conducted an independent audit of these financial statements in order to express an opinion on them to the members of the Association. No opinion is expressed as to whether the accounting policies used are appropriate to the needs of the members.
The financial statements have been prepared for the purpose of fulfilling the requirements of the Associations Incorporation Act 1991 (NSW). I disclaim any assumption of responsibility for any reliance on this report or on the financial statements to which it relates to any person other than the members or for any purpose other than for which it was prepared.
My audit has been conducted in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards to provide reasonable assurance as to whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. My procedures included examination, on a test basis, of evidence supporting the amounts and other disclosures in the financial statements, and the evaluation of accounting policies and significant accounting estimates. These procedures have been undertaken to form an opinion as to whether, in all material respects, the financial statements are presented fairly in accordance with Accounting Policies described in Note 1 to the financial statements. These policies do not require the application of all Australia Accounting Standards and other mandatory professional reporting requirements.
The audit opinion expressed in this report has been formed on the above basis.
Audit Opinion
In my opinion, the financial statements of Northern District Cricket Association Incorporated present fairly in accordance with applicable accounting policies described in Note 1 to the financial statements, the financial position of Northern District Cricket Association Incorporated as at 30 April 2014, and the results of its operations and cash flows for the year then ended.
Graeme Charles Stuart Kay
Chartered Accountant and Registered Company Auditor
Dated at Eastwood this 27th day of May 2014
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NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION Incorporated ABN 30 413 972 119 Profit and Loss Account for the year ended 30 April 2014
Note 2014 2013 $ $ Revenue from ordinary activities 3 150,858 120,408 Expenses from ordinary activities 4 (144,114) (122,538) Surplus for the year 6,744 (2,130)
Statement of Financial Position as at 30 April 2014
Current Assets Cash 5 89,633 95,147 Receivables 6 7,719 4,658 Inventories 7 10,199 4,704 Total Assets 107,551 104,509
Current Liabilities Payables 8 13,383 17,085 Provisions 8 55,000 55,000 Other 8 1,300 1,300 Total Current Liabilities 69,683 73,385
Total Liabilities 69,683 73,385
Net Assets 37,868 31,124
Members' Funds Retained surplus 9 37,868 31,124
Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended 30 April 2014 2014 2013 Cash Flows from Operating Activities $ $
Receipts from Members and others 140,930 112,792
Payments for Operating Activities (147,817) (115,877)
Interest Received 1,372 2,360 Net Cash Flows from Operating Activities (5,515) 13,212
Net Increase in Cash held (5,515) (725)
Cash at beginning of financial year 95,148 95,872 Cash at end of financial year 89,633 95,148
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NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION Incorporated ABN 30 413 972 119
Notes to the accounts in respect of the year ended 30 April 2014
1. Statement of Accounting Policies
The Association is a non-reporting entity and the financial report is a special purpose report for members of the Association. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Associations Incorporations Act 2009 (NSW) and contain all the disclosure requirements of the following Australian Accounting Standards and other mandatory professional reporting requirements:
(i) AASB 1002: Events occurring after Reporting Date (ii) AASB 1026: Statement of Cash Flows (iii) AASB 1031: Materiality
The financial statements are prepared on a historical cost basis and do not take into account changing money values or, except where specifically stated, the current values of non-current assets. The accounting policies are consistent with those of the previous year.
(a) Income tax
The association is exempt from income tax in accordance with Section 50-45 of the Income Tax Assessment Act.
(b) Inventories
All inventories are valued at the lower of cost or net realisable value.
(c) Goods and Services Tax
Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of GST, except when GST is not recoverable from the Australian Taxation Office.
2. Financial Instruments
(a) Accounts receivable
Sales of scorebooks and fees made on credit and due in 30 days are included in trade debtors at balance date, net of provision for amounts estimated to be uncollectable. Interest is not charged on outstanding amounts.
(b) Accounts payable
Liabilities are recognised for amounts to be paid in the future for goods and services received whether or not billed to the association. Accounts are normally settled within 30 days of invoice and no interest is incurred on these accounts.
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NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION Incorporated ABN 30 413 972 119 Notes to the accounts in respect of the year ended 30 April 2014 3. REVENUE 2014 2013 $ $ Operating activities
Affiliation fees 210 0 Fees levied to Clubs - Senior afternoon competition 39,936 37,636 - Junior morning competition 29,309 29,000 - Senior player registration 10,941 11,973 - Umpires fees - competition rounds 11,880 3,960 Sale of Cricket Balls 19,951 9,509 Refund umpires fees from NSWDCA 4,392 3,565 Representative fees Juniors 16,525 10,280 Sponsorship 4,260 4,000 Sundry income 8,232 433 Insurance – Cricket Australia 3,850 7,691 149,487 118,047 Non-Operating activities
Interest received 1,372 2,360 Total Revenue from Operating activities 150,858 120,408
4. Details of Operating expenses
Ground hire - Councils and others 33,362 33,013 Presentation caps and trophies 12,083 8,248 Inter-Association Shield teams 29,955 16,915 Purchase of Cricket Balls 19,685 9,389 Other costs of goods sold 440 120 Administration 21,000 28,479 Annual General Meeting 0 0 Annual Report 0 900 Internet 0 73 NSWDCA fees 200 200 Postage 198 137 Telephone 727 1,027 Sundry Expenses 1,696 1,068 Insurance – Cricket Australia 3,850 8,673 Umpires fees including finals 20,480 12,298 Provision for ground upgrading 438 2,000 144,114 122,538
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NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION Incorporated ABN 30 413 972 119
Notes to the accounts in respect of the year ended 30 April 2013 2014 2013 $ $ 5. Cash Cash at ANZ Bank 89,633 95,147
6. Receivables Amounts owing by affiliated Clubs 5,094 2,683 Amounts owing by others 2,625 1,975 7,719 4,658
7. Inventories Inventories at cost 10,199 4,704
8. Current liabilities Payables - trade creditors 13,383 17,085 Provisions - ground upgrading 55,000 55,000 Other - Guarantees 1,300 1,300 69,683 73,385
9. Retained surplus Movements in retained surplus Opening Balance 31,124 33,254 Operating surplus from activities 6,744 (2,130) Closing Balance 37,868 31,124
10. Statement of Cash Flows Reconciliation of Net cash provided by Operating activities to Operating surplus
Operating surplus / (deficit) 6,744 (2,130)
(increase)/decrease in receivables (3,061) (1,228) (increase)/decrease in inventory (5,495) (4,027) (decrease)/increase in current liabilities (3,702) 6,660 (12,259) 1,405
Net cash provided by operating activities (5,514) (725)
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THE SENIOR COMPETITION Graham Cummins Trophy – First Grade Cricketer of the Year
The NDCA First Grade Cricketer of the Year for season 2013 / 2014 is Scott Palmer from Rydalmere Cricket Club’s 1st Grade Premiership winning team.
Scott batted thirteen times scoring 386 runs with his highest score of 63 and an average of 29.69.
He bowled 147.3 overs, 40 maidens, taking 42 wickets, at an average of 12.07 and an economy rate of 3.44. His best figures were 5/19. Scott also took 6 catches.
John Prowse Trophy – Cricketer of the Year
The NDCA Cricketer of the Year for season 2013 / 2014 is Scott Palmer from Rydalmere Cricket Club’s 1st Grade Premiership winning team.
We extend our congratulations to Scott Palmer for achieving both awards with his outstanding performances with both the bat and ball.
Round 1 vs Cammeray he scored 63 and took 5 / 19 Round 2 vs Kirribilli Crusaders he scored 46 Round 4 vs North Ryde RSL A Reserve he scored 47 Round 6 vs Cammeray he took 5 / 40 Round 7 vs Kirribilli Crusaders he scored 59 and took 5 / 92 Round 8 vs North Ryde RSL he took 5 / 39
For taking 39 wickets 1st Grade Scott was awarded the Glenn Kirkness Memorial Trophy – Most Wickets First Grade.
Scott was also awarded the Ryde Sports Foundation Perpetual Trophy for Outstanding Player of the Finals with performances of 43 and 3 / 23 in the semi final against Cammeray and then 23 and 2 /31 in the final against West Ryde Rovers. The umpires had the following to say of Scott’s performances in the finals “In the semi he took two vital wickets in the very first over of the match which basically ended up winning the game for Rydalmere, he also made runs. In the final he again made runs at a vital time and also took some wickets. His influence on the team and support of his brother, the captain, is superb.”
Scott had an outstanding season which resulted in the achieving of the four trophies and we again extend our congratulations.
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THE SENIOR COMPETITION A GRADE…..Premiers: Rydalmere
Season 2013/14 began with the first ever competition of the Northern Cricket Union (NCU). Our NDCA competition joined forces with the Northern Suburbs league and a new era was started. This was an exciting time for all concerned and it was a challenge that everyone was looking forward to. We were divided into an A grade competition featuring the top 3 teams from both districts. Rydalmere, West Ryde and North Ryde were the NDCA representatives and Kirribilli, West Pymble and Cammeray were the Northern Suburbs representatives. It also signalled the closest competition in many years with all 6 teams able to make the semis entering the final round.
Playing on new grounds and pitches saw some very low scores and some very high scores as players were getting used to different pitches every week. The standout batsmen in the competition were Matthew Egan (WRR 420 runs – 1 Century), Clive Cachia (North Ryde 388 runs – 2 centuries), Phil Cook (Cammeray 376 runs), Scott Costain (Cammeray 348 runs) & the ever reliable Kel Gray (North Ryde 342 runs). This showed that runs were hard to come by all year as a change of scenery and pitches, along with some wet weather made runs hard to come by.
In terms of bowling there were also a couple of standouts. In what was very much a bowler dominated season the leading wicket takers were – Scott Palmer (Rydalmere 39 @ 12), Niall Owers (Kirribilli 33 @ 17), Kane Stavans (Cammeray 30 @ 13), John Neville (WRR 25 @ 14 ) & Ned Purcell (Kirribilli 25 @15).
As a measure of how successful the competition was, coming into the last round, all teams could make semi- finals, and two teams were battling it out for the Minor Premiership. As a result of their consistency throughout the year, North Ryde was crowned Minor Premiers ahead of Cammeray. Rydalmere finished third & West Ryde finished 4th. This left a couple of tantalising match ups in the semi-finals - North Ryde battled West Ryde and Cammeray battled Rydalmere. All 4 teams believed they were good enough to not only win their semi- final, but also the Grand Final the week after.
At the end of the regular season the A Grade competition table was as follows:
RANK TEAM P W2 W1 D L1 L2 POINTS QUOTIENT
1 North Ryde RSL 10 1 4 3 2 0 42 1.6886
2 Cammeray 10 1 4 2 2 1 40 1.0255
3 Rydalmere 10 2 1 4 2 1 36 0.8964
4 West Ryde Rovers 10 0 4 2 4 0 32 1.1989
5 Kirribilli Crusaders 10 0 3 0 5 2 27 0.8113
6 West Pymble 10 1 2 3 3 1 27 0.7263
Semi Final #1: Cammeray (2nd) vs. Rydalmere (3rd)
With both teams having beaten each other outright this season when not at full strength, this was an intriguing match up. Cammeray won the toss and as on a very green pitch, made the unexpected decision to bat first. After 3 balls they were in disarray as Palmer had 2/0. From there it went downhill for Cammeray as they were bowled out for 74 with Matt Kennedy turning back the clock with taking 6/12 after the early carnage. In return Rydalmere raced the weather and finished at 7/196 with Aman Kashyap top scoring with 51.
Semi Final #2: North Ryde (1st) vs West Ryde (4th)
With both teams having faced each other plenty of times over the last few years there was going to be no surprises as to what both teams plans were going into this game. North Ryde batted first and after a solid start they generally lost wickets at a regular rate and couldn’t get any meaningful partnerships going. Cam Gordon came to the rescue with a quick fire 41 13
THE SENIOR COMPETITION A GRADE…..Premiers: Rydalmere cont. in his side’s total of 119. Again for West Ryde it was the combination of J Neville, M Egan and N Fairburn who took all 10 wickets between them.
In reply West Ryde moved to 1/50 overnight with the game seemingly in their grasp. However North Ryde, led by Cam Gordon again with 5/15, had other ideas and with runs on the board North Ryde may have had the lead. However with 9 wickets down and 1 run to get, out strode Andy Thomas to face his old team for a place in the final. As confident as you like he placed the ball through mid-wicket for the winning run. West Ryde went through to the grand final versus Rydalmere.
Grand Final: Rydalmere (3rd) vs West Ryde (4th)
So in a repeat of the 2012/13 NDCA competition, Rydalmere and West Ryde faced off in the final. Unfortunately the weather came down in Rydalmere’s favour, and despite West Ryde’s attempt at drying the pitch, Saturday was rained out. Thanks again to Andy Thomas’s efforts at drying the pitch, play was to begin on time on Sunday and a full 75 overs was able to be played. West Ryde bowled first in their quest to bowl Rydalmere out on a damp pitch. Fortunately for Rydalmere, they scored 145 in 60 overs leaving West Ryde 12 overs to get 145. Josh Raven top scored with 45 and all other batters chipped in with either runs or batting overs out. The old guard of Neville and Egan led the wicket takers.
With nothing to lose West Ryde came out swinging. After getting away a few early blows, it ultimately came to nothing and at the end of the day, umpires called bad light with West Ryde 8/61 off 10 overs. Congratulations to Rydalmere who once again stood up when it mattered and took home the inaugural NCU premiership.
I sincerely thank the other 1st grade teams – North Ryde RSL, West Ryde Rovers, Cammeray, Kirribilli Crusaders and West Pymble for playing competitive cricket all year and within the true Spirit of Cricket.
Given this was the first season of a joint competition, I would like to thank everyone from the committee of the NDCA & NCU. In particular I thank Paul Stapleton, Philip Azize, Paul Vanderlight and Craig Menzies from the NDCA for making the NCU possible on such short notice. This was one of the most enjoyable seasons in recent memory and it is in no small part thanks to these guys. I know all the captains enjoyed facing new opposition on new pitches and with UMPIRES every week.
It was a thoroughly enjoyable year and I look forward to competing again next year when everyone is coming even harder for Rydalmere. Enjoy the off season and we will see you all in season 2014-15.
Rick Palmer
1st Grade Captain, Rydalmere Cricket Club
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THE SENIOR COMPETITION A RESERVE…..Premiers: Carlingford Waratah
The 2013/2014 season saw the first play in the newly created Northern Cricket Union ‘A Reserve’ competition. Six clubs, Carlingford Waratah, North Sydney Leagues, Rydalmere, North Shore, North Ryde RSL and Kirribilli Crusaders joined forces from the Northern Suburbs and Northern Districts associations to fight it out from October through to March.
With a new set of playing conditions containing rules from both associations the start of the season was a learning curve for all involved. As the season wore on all players and teams became accustomed and some great cricket was played. The competition was incredibly tight with five of the six teams still a chance to play semi finals in the last round and only minor premier North Shore assured of remaining in their current position.
There were some magnificent individual performances throughout the season including centuries from nine individual batsmen and top scores of 137 from Daniel West (CWCC) and 123 from Michael Irrgang (NSCC). Pradeep Widana- Pathirana (CWCC) showed his class with 392 runs and Vishwanath Kalpathi (KCCC) peeled off 369. With the ball Raja Saluja (KCCC) led the way with 28 wickets and returned the best bowling figures with a devastating 8/37. Chris Mackay (CWCC) tore through the batting order and took 7/40, while Ijaz Aziz (RCC) again proved his quality with 27 wickets.
The Semi Finals saw both higher ranked teams upset as #3 Carlingford knocked out #2 Kirribilli, while #4 North Sydney Leagues ousted #1 North Shore. This set up a Carlingford versus North Sydney Leagues Grand Final which promised to be a great fixture and a fitting end to the season. Unfortunately for both sides the rain arrived and the Grand Final was abandoned without a ball being bowled meaning the inaugural Northern Cricket Union ‘A’ Reserve Premiers are Carlingford Waratah Cricket Club.
On behalf of all the players and clubs I would personally like to thank all those involved with the administration, organisation and running of the competition this year especially those at the NCU, NDCA and NSCA. I would also like to offer many thanks to all the umpires who gave their time to ensure that the competition was properly officiated. Finally, I would like to thank the other five clubs and all the players for a great season of competitive cricket that was played in the right spirit.
Chris Mackay,
Carlingford Waratah Cricket Club
THIRD GRADE…..Premiers: Rydalmere The 2013/14 3rd grade season was one of the most even competitions we have ever been involved in as a team, during our stint with the Rydalmere Cricket Club. With the formation of the new A-reserves competition this year, our competition from last year was dropped one grade below to 3rds but it still essentially contained the same teams, who seemed better equipped to play each other this time around with last year’s encounters still fresh in the memory. This was exemplified during the regular season where there was no particular stand out team and every side ended up beating each other at some stage in the regular season. In fact, the last 3 semi final positions were up for grabs until the last round before the finals!
Every team posed an equal threat and were all equally competitive and up for the fight. We learnt very quickly the hard way early on in the season that no team in this competition is to be under estimated. From the cunning wiles of Carlingford’s Greg Wark, to the Stodgy defence of West Ryde’s Ranga Ratnalingam and the death stares of Scott Whitehead, every team presented inimitable challenges and some truly special characters to play the game against.
On that note, I would like to quickly mention two players who caught my eye and impressed me with their attitude and skill over the course of the year. R. Gopal, the young 14 year old fast bowler from West Ryde surprised us with his pace and skill especially considering his age. Scott Whitehead is another player, from the Vikings; I would like to single out from the other teams. He always gives a 100% percent on the field, plays tough and doesn’t give an inch, but seemed to be a genuine bloke off the field. This also typified the whole Vikings outfit who were a spirited bunch and a worthy opposition in the grand final.
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THE SENIOR COMPETITION THIRD GRADE…..Premiers: Rydalmere cont.
At the end of the regular season the 3rd grade competition table was as follows:
WKTS RUNS WKTS RUNS RANK TEAM P W2 W1 D L1 L2 POINTS LOST FOR TAKEN AGST
1 Rydalmere 15 0 9 3 3 0 103 2364 125 2217 63
2 Vikings 15 0 7 3 5 0 95 2239 131 2091 53
3 North Ryde RSL 15 0 7 2 6 0 120 2474 117 2296 52
4 West Ryde Rovers 15 0 7 2 6 0 125 2698 103 2545 52
5 Carlingford Waratah 15 0 4 3 8 0 113 2085 115 2576 38
6 Meadowbank 15 0 3 3 9 0 129 2353 94 2488 33
Semi Final #1: Rydalmere (1st) vs West Ryde Rovers (4th)
Our semi final against the West Ryde Rovers at Upjohn Park was a tense affair. Upon winning the toss we chose to bowl first and got off to a slow start with a bowl, conceding 45 runs for no wickets. But with a talented, all round bowling attack like ours we managed to peg them back, primarily with the help of Lala Wijesekera (3-30), Kanchana Attanayaka (5-43), and backed up brilliantly in the field with some astute catching to restrict them to 133. The real challenge however was the run chase, which had been our Achilles heel all season. After having got off to a bad start, we finished off day 1 at 3- 51 with the help of a fine consolidation effort from Lala and Balaji Ravi.
However, the semi final quickly began to unravel in front of our eyes when we lost 2 wickets in identical fashion during the first over of the 2nd day. R. Gopal, the spritely 14 year old fast bowler, wrecked havoc and really made us really work for the runs from that point onwards. Then stepped up the much maligned, enigmatic Nevin ‘Big Bird’ Ahluwalia (43*), who after a nervy start managed to pull his head in and recreate a match winning partnership with Lala (53*) akin to last year’s semi final in the same ground under similar circumstances. The cool mindset and positivity shown to recover the innings from dire straits would go on to play a significant factor in instilling the belief to pull off a similar heist in the finals.
Semi Final #2: Vikings (2nd) vs North Ryde RSL (3rd)
The other semi-final was also a tense affair with Vikings batting first and scoring a competitive 144. C Donnell was the pick of the North Ryde bowlers with impressive figures of 4 for 27, ably supported by the other bowlers – M Waygood, S Hedger, M Harrison and A Harrison - who all picked up wickets.
In response, North Ryde were evenly placed in the run-chase at 3 for 62 and the game was well and truly in the balance. However, North Ryde stumbled losing 7 for 35 to be bowled out for 97. In a superb feat of bowling, the Vikings relied on just two bowlers – S Whitehead 3 for 48 and J Tompsett 7 for 36 – whose 30 overs between them picked up all 10 wickets. This match-winning bowling partnership put the Vikings in the Grand Final against Rydalmere.
Grand Final
The grand final against our arch rivals, The Vikings at Somerville park, was one of the most memorable games I have ever been involved in all my years of playing this game. Once again after winning the toss we backed our strengths and sent the opposition in. We were brilliant with the ball and an early breakthrough from Anirudh ‘Woody’ Venkat helped calm the nerves and helped us focus better at the task at hand. During the 2nd and 3rd sessions of the day our bowlers, once again spearheaded by Lala (4-17) and Kanchana (3-14), did what they do best and skittled the opposition out for 99 runs. It would still prove to be a tricky target however as the persistent rain leading up to the finals resulted in a really slow outfield and thus runs were harder to come by.
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THE SENIOR COMPETITION THIRD GRADE…..Premiers: Rydalmere cont.
Our batting again got off to a shaky start with Scott Whitehead running through our top order (with figures of 4-37), leaving it to Lala and Balaji again to begin the rescue mission. The pair managed to put up a brave fight in the closing overs of the first day and we ended up on 3-34 at the end of the 1st day’s play. The second day was a really even struggle between bat and ball but a few quick wickets at the end of the first session left us reeling at 6-55. Step up Adrian Wijenathan. It’s hard to know what to expect from the supremely talented but extremely volatile Adrian at the best of times. But come grand final day with everything on the line, he stepped up and played the innings of his life. The way he got his runs (34*) under such pressure was a real joy to behold and was my favourite passage of play amidst many memorable moments this whole season. To chase the runs down with everyone chipping in and not relying on a big contribution from Lala for once made the victory so much sweeter.
I sincerely thank the other 3rd grade teams – The Vikings, North Ryde RSL, West Ryde Rovers, Carlingford Waratahs, and Meadowbank for playing competitive cricket all year and within the true Spirit of Cricket.
On a more personal level, I would like to thank my Rydalmere boys for the remarkable season we’ve had as a team. This being my first season as captain, the lads certainly made it easy for me and it was a pleasure captaining such a talented bunch of blokes. Winning the semi final/grand final under the immense pressure we found ourselves in at different stages of those games proved to us how much we have developed as a team this last year.
I would also like to thank the NDCA for organising this worthy competition. In particular, I thank Paul Stapleton, Philip Azize, Paul Vanderlight and Craig Menzies for volunteering their time to organise such a well run competition. We feel privileged to play in such good grounds against quality opposition. Finally, I would also like to give a special mention to our club secretary, Matthew Roberts, for putting up with our shenanigans over the last year. It’s been a fantastic season overall and well worth all the sleep deprived Saturday afternoons. Couldn’t ask for anything more than socialising with your best mates while playing the game we all love. I’m definitely looking forward to doing this all over again next season.
Wilfred Paul 3rd Grade Captain, Rydalmere Cricket Club
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THE SENIOR COMPETITION FOURTH GRADE…..Premiers: North Ryde RSL
This year the NDCA launched into an exciting joint venture with the NSCA whereby our top 2 grades were afforded the joy of playing on turf wickets.
The NDCA Executive Committee should be congratulated on these innovations and we look forward to the potential of introducing further new teams to the 2014/15 season.
With these changes came a strong and more dynamic lower grade structure where by 4th Grade produced some very exciting cricket.
Rydalmere, Epping YMCA and the Viking Blue teams where the most consistent of the six teams graded in 4th Grade finishing the competition well ahead of the remaining 4 teams North Ryde RSL, Viking Red and a new club to our district Sri Lanka Cricket.
Sri Lanka Cricket team were a delight to play against as they played this great game of cricket in the spirit it should be played. Unfortunately their players list let them down as at times they struggled to consistently have their best player available to compete on a weekly basis- however welcome to our district and I look forward to meeting you on the playing field next season.
The semi final series was made up of (1st vs. 4th) Rydalmere vs. North Ryde RSL and (3rd vs. 4th) Viking Blue vs. Epping YMCA.
Rydalmere had been the front runners for themajority of the season and were favoured to win this encounter. However Semi- finals have a special way of evening up cricket matches. Rydalmere dearly missed their Captain via injury Darren Falla who had an outstanding season with both Bat and ball and unfortunately left their A game behind and were surprisingly beaten in the semi final.
Similarly in the Viking Blue and Epping YMCA Semi final there was a surprisingly convincing win by the less favoured YMCA side over the dynamic Vikings Blue side.
The final was contested by 3rd placed Epping YMCA vs. 4th place North Ryde RSL. The match proved to be a very worthy grand final with a result only being achieved with 9 over left to complete the match.
The toss was won by YMCA who invited RSL to bat on a very green and slow out field, regular wickets fell through out the day preventing RSL from gaining any great advantage until the lower order wagging its tail and the last 2 wickets collecting 34 runs and being bowled out in the late afternoon shadows for 177 off 74 overs, a competitive total.
The next day provided for bright sunshine and a challenging day of cricket the match followed similar pattern to the previous days play whereby regular wickets continued to fall not allowing the batting team to really get on top. Both teams found themselves at 8-143 & 8-144 respectively in their innings.
The match was there for either team to grasp, and grasped it was. 2 outstanding catches turned the match in favour of the North Ryde RSL enabling them to bowl out a determined and valiant YMCA side just 20 runs short of a challenging grand final run chase.
Congratulation is extended to all teams who competed in the 2013/14 - 4th grade competition.
Scott Martin
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THE SENIOR COMPETITION FOURTH GRADE…..Premiers: North Ryde RSL cont.
FIFTH GRADE…..Premiers: Rydalmere
The 2013/2014 season proved to be an ultra competitive competition that offered young up and comers the opportunity to play with some of the more experienced folk and in the process learn and teach the finer arts of the game (and as to who exactly did the learning and teaching varied from game to game) with a host of sensational performances throughout the competition on both sides of the experience ledger.
Belying the grade, the competition saw performances and consistency that other higher graded teams would be proud of – most notably a total of 14 centuries and 24 bags of 5 wicket hauls and even two bags of 10 to Waqas Khan and Brendon Morris – the form bowlers of the competition.
At the end of the regular season the 5th grade points table was as follows:
RANK TEAM P W2 W1 D L2 L1 WKT RUNS WKTS RUNS POINTS QUOT LOST FOR TAKEN AGST 1 Epping YMCA Green 14 3 6 4 0 1 120 3051 145 2418 74 1.5247 2 West Ryde Rovers Blue 14 2 7 2 3 0 97 2802 131 2421 68 1.5631 3 Rydalmere 14 1 8 2 3 0 94 2736 132 2689 65 1.4288 4 North Ryde RSL 14 0 7 2 5 0 107 2117 115 2221 55 1.0244 5 Epping YMCA Red 14 0 7 2 4 1 119 2294 91 2213 50 0.7927 6 Epping YMCA Blue 14 0 4 2 7 1 116 2327 119 2413 35 0.9893 7 West Ryde Rovers White 14 1 1 2 8 2 139 2461 114 2543 28 0.7937 8 Carlingford Waratah 14 0 0 2 10 2 139 1909 84 2779 13 0.4151
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THE SENIOR COMPETITION FIFTH GRADE…..Premiers: Rydalmere cont.
As shown in the table above, the competition was close at the top with the majority of the 8 teams being in a position to make the finals with 3 rounds to play.
Epping YMCA was clearly the dominant team with 1 loss in the first 11 games (9 wins and 1 draw), however a series of draws leading into the semi-finals opened the door to a potential upset by North Ryde RSL.
The other showdown was West Ryde Rovers Blue against the somewhat inconsistent Rydalmere Wrens with both teams registering 9 victories during the season and Rydalmere securing the advantage of a final round victory against their semi final opponents.
Outside the semi-finals there were a host of strong performances from the other teams including Epping YMCA Red’s and Blue’s. Whilst the Carlingford and West Ryde Whites were unlucky on occasions, they had explosive players who struck fear in the opposition through dominant performances. One such performance was Ian Boesel who decided to single handedly set upon the Rydalmere attack hitting an unbelievable 174 to bring his team preciously close to securing one of the finest wins in recent memory. Chasing a formidable total of 274, Bossel went ballistic hitting a series of sixes to all parts of the ground. He fell lbw 18 short of the target and the team fell 15 runs shy of a great chase at Meadowbank.
There were many other talented players throughout the grade as per the below top ten table which shows a series of consistent performances with bat and ball. Brothers Needham, Stuart, Alice all performed with distinction as did Morris from West Ryde Whites and Rollason from Rydalmere. The form batsman of the competition though was Andrew Alice who scored 386 runs from just 5 digs at a Bradmanescq average of 96 with a high score of 190.
PLAYER CLUB MAT INN NO 100S 50S 0S 4S 6S MINS HS RUNS AVE.
1 Needham, James Epping YMCA 14 15 1 1 4 1 49 3 101 489 34.93 Cricket Club
2 Morris, Brendan West Ryde Rovers 12 16 4 1 2 0 47 8 157* 477 39.75
3 Rollason, Leigh Rydalmere 11 11 1 1 4 1 108 461 46.10
4 Needham, Patrick Epping YMCA 10 9 0 1 3 2 47 16 167 446 49.56 Cricket Club
5 Stuart, Jake West Ryde Rovers 12 10 2 2 2 0 39 23 106* 434 54.25
6 Douglas, Bryn Epping YMCA 12 12 1 0 4 0 94 430 39.09 Cricket Club
7 Stuart, Karl West Ryde Rovers 12 10 0 2 0 0 49 18 167 421 42.10
8 Boesel, Issac West Ryde Rovers 10 13 0 1 2 2 27 24 174 420 32.31
9 Alice, Andrew W Epping YMCA 5 5 1 1 3 1 34 27 190 386 96.50 Cricket Club
10 Saedi, Latiff A Rydalmere 14 12 0 0 2 2 94 383 31.92
There were also some inspiring performances with the ball – Waqas Khan getting the nod as top bowler of the competition with an ultra consistent performance delivering him 43 wickets with a coveted 10 for in a match.
Adam Dwyer bowled his heart out for Carlingford and picked up 31 wickets as did the youngsters from Epping YMCA – Damith and Vinodh who between them picked up 47 wickets with Damith finishing with an unbelievable average of 9 runs per wicket – far and away the best in the competition.
Epping YMCA had the best bowling outfit in the two youngsters supported by opening quick P Needham and the more experienced J Needham spinning his way to 20 wickets to feature in the top 10.
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THE SENIOR COMPETITION FIFTH GRADE…..Premiers: Rydalmere cont.
PLAYER CLUB MAT O M R W 5WI 10WM BBI AVE. STR. ECN.
1 Khan, Waqas Rydalmere 15 165 19 691 43 2 1 6/61 16.07 23.02 4.19
2 Shannon, Keith North Ryde RSL 12 123.4 13 482 35 1 0 5/30 13.77 21.20 3.90
3 Morris, Brendan West Ryde 12 104.3 0 479 34 4 1 6/13 14.09 18.44 4.58 Rovers
4 Dwyer, Adam Carlingford 12 147.4 15 584 31 1 0 6/45 18.84 28.58 3.95 Waratah
5 Saedi, Latiff A Rydalmere 14 111.5 16 454 30 2 0 6/37 15.13 22.37 4.06
6 Stuart, Jake West Ryde 12 81.1 9 281 25 1 0 7/43 11.24 19.48 3.46 Rovers
7 Thanabalasingam, Epping YMCA 14 99.4 5 383 24 0 0 4/21 15.96 24.92 3.84 Vinodh Cricket Club
8 Mannaperuma, Damith Epping YMCA 12 65.4 6 223 23 1 0 6/20 9.70 17.13 3.40 Cricket Club
9 Ebrahimi, Rafi Rydalmere 14 122.4 11 549 23 0 0 4/84 23.87 32.00 4.48
10 Needham, James Epping YMCA 14 70.2 9 276 20 0 0 4/17 13.80 21.10 3.92 Cricket Club There were also a number of all rounders – with B Morris featuring prominently with bat and ball to take away All Rounder of the Year. There were also strong contributions from Rydalmere’s Latiff Saedi and Rafi Ebhrahimi who scored a majestic 146 to add to his 23 wickets.
Semi-final No 1: Epping YMCA Green vs North Ryde RSL
And so on to the semi-finals – where fortunately the games were not impacted by wet weather for a change. This saw both semi-finals completed (which is a rare occurrence) and minor premiers Epping YMCA bringing out its big guns to comprehensively beat North Ryde to progress to the finals. Epping recovered from a disastrous start being 3-10 to post 197 after electing to bat first. In response North Ryde endured a series of top order runs outs and could never get into the game courtesy of some fine bowling by P Needham (4-19) to be skittled for 56 and providing the minor premiers with a grand final berth.
Semi-final No 2: Rydalmere vs West Ryde Blue
The other semi-final was played at Pidding Park between West Ryde Blue and Rydalmere. West Ryde sent Rydalmere into bat – and the Wrens got off to a good start to be 1-80. However, the team could not capitalise on the situation and had a middle order collapse courtesy of some fine bowling by K Stuart to be 8-164, before the tail put on a handy 50 runs between the last 2 wickets to finish with 214. Chasing 214, West Ryde got away to a flyer and were 1-70 at end of Day 1. However Day 2 saw a different picture, with Rydalmere bowling and fielding with intent which saw a number of early wickets, with the Wrens putting together an inspired performance with the ball (Ebrahimi, Goradia and Khan picking up 3 wickets a piece) to defeat the fancied West Ryde Rovers team by 32 runs to progress to the Grand Final.
Grand Final – Rydalmere vs Epping YMCA Green
The grand final was played at Meadowbank and Epping YMCA Green won the toss and elected to bat. They got away to a great start – being 0-60 during the opening session and looking to be in complete control. However Rydalmere won the second session courtesy of L Saedi starring with the ball. He picked up 6 wickets to trigger an Epping collapse. Supported by A Goradia (3-36) the pair bowled unchanged for 28 overs, with the bowling partnership picking up 9 wickets to dislodge Epping for a small but competitive total of 142.
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THE SENIOR COMPETITION FIFTH GRADE…..Premiers: Rydalmere cont.
Rydalmere were well placed at 3-60 when stumps were called on Day 1, however Epping knew they had a big chance given they had removed Wren’s danger man Rollason and Mr Consistency Jash Rajeshwaran. Day 2 produced the most thrilling cricket seen – Epping bowled with great purpose and discipline. The young quicks pitched up and made full use of swing. Rydalmere struggled for runs and the first 10 overs saw Rydalmere collapse from 3-66 to 6-78 – with the target of 142 looking increasingly daunting. Vinod, Dhamit and the Needham brothers were at the top of their game as they stepped up their attack – Rydalmere lost wickets consistently and hopes seemed dashed when they lost opener Matt Tauro for 39 to be 7-92.
Rydalmere stalwart Glen Vance announced his intent with a huge six, however was brilliantly caught shortly thereafter leaving Rydalmere at 9-108, Sniffing victory, Epping continued to toil, however initial resistance and then enterprising stroke-play from Rydalmere duo Waqas Khan and Jay Krishnamurthy brought the Wrens closer and closer to the target. The countdown at the sheds had commenced and once down to single figures, player movement in the sheds was prohibited. With 4 runs to get, Epping missed a golden opportunity, squandering a run-out chance and shortly thereafter the Wrens duo brought up the remarkable win with a 38 run, 10th wicket partnership with Waqas on 31 and Jai unbeaten on 10.
Epping tried in vain to secure an unlikely outright, however Rydamere held firm to deny them and in the process securing a well deserved victory – one that was characterised by a strong team display with everyone having a part to play in a classic game of cricket.
We had a great time playing this year – the roster was strong and captainship and management duties were shared by Leigh Rollason, Archit Goradia and Sri Kolla all captaining the club with distinction. Thanks to all the teams for a good season – we hope to play you again next summer.
Finally, I would also like to thank the NDCA for organising the competition each week and in particular Paul Stapleton, Philip Azize, Paul Vanderlight and Craig Menzies. Thanks also to Matt Roberts our Club Secretary and also to the Club Secretaries at each of our Clubs – this is largely a thankless job and you guys all do so well in making sure Cricket happens!
Archit Goradia, Leigh Rollason (3rd Grade co-Captains, Rydalmere Cricket Club) & Sri Kolla
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2013 – 2014 TROPHY WINNERS Herb Ward Cup ... First Grade Premiers Rydalmere
Dr. D.G. Hunter Shield ... Second Grade Premiers Carlingford Waratah
H. W. Gibson Shield ... Third Grade Premiers Rydalmere
George Pedlow Memorial Shield ... Fourth Grade Premiers North Ryde RSL
Alan Peak Cup ... Fifth Grade Premiers Rydalmere
Farmer Bros. Cup ... First Grade Runners-Up West Ryde Rovers
Wm. Thompson Cup ... Second Grade Runners-Up Rydalmere
H.W. Holland Cup ... Third Grade Runners-Up Vikings
F.J. Elston Cup ... Fourth Grade Runners-Up Epping YMCA
Association Cup ... Fifth Grade Runners-Up Epping YMCA – Green
Graham Cummins Trophy ... First Grade Cricketer of the Year Scott Palmer, Rydalmere (779 points)
Ashcroft Trophy ... Best Team Bowling Average Rydalmere 4th Grade (13.64)
Earle Memorial Trophy ... Highest Team Batting Average Rydalmere 5th Grade (29.11)
Jack Ross Memorial Trophy ... First Grade Wicketkeeper Michael Andrich, Rydalmere (10 catches) Chathu Wickrema, Carlingford Waratah (7 catches, 3 stumpings) Christopher Cheung, North Ryde RSL (9 catches, 1 stumping)
Graham Berry Trophy ... Wicketkeeper Except First Grade Shyamal Gunawardena, West Ryde Rovers 5th Grade (21 catches, 3 stumpings)
Ward Memorial Trophy ... Highest Aggregate Runs Batting William Wark, Carlingford Waratah 3rd Grade (583 runs)
Harry Lachlere Memorial Trophy ... Most Wickets All Grades Waqas Khan, Rydalmere 5th Grade (43 wickets)
John Crane Trophy ... Best Batting Average Jack Clinton, Rydalmere (61.57)
Glenn Kirkness Memorial Trophy ... Most Wickets First Grade Scott Palmer, Rydalmere (39 wickets)
Anonymous Trophy ... Best Bowling Average Fourth Grade Sam Sardana, Vikings (8.68)
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2013 – 2014 TROPHY WINNERS Steve Marsden Memorial Shield ... Best Bowling Average 30 Wickets or more Adam Dwyer, Carlingford Waratah (18.84)
John Prowse Trophy - Cricketer of the Year - Senior Scott Palmer, Rydalmere (984 points)
Graeme White Trophy ... Efforts in Inter-Association Cassandra Kirk, Manager – Gee Shield
NDCA Umpires ... The David Alderdice Memorial Shield Most Catches excluding Wicketkeeper William Wark, Carlingford Waratah (18 catches)
Eastwood Rugby Cricket Club ... The David Alderdice Memorial Trophy First Grade Batsman Highest Aggregate Matthew Egan, West Ryde Rovers (420 runs)
Keith Hinchcliffe Trophy ... Spirit of Cricket First Grade Rydalmere A – Reserve
Spirit of Cricket Third Grade ... Donated by Vikings Meadowbank
Spirit of Cricket Fourth Grade ... Donated by Carlingford Waratah Vikings Blue
Spirit of Cricket Fifth Grade ... Donated by Rydalmere Epping YMCA – Green
The Marsfield Cup ... Club Championship Award Rydalmere (680 points)
Meadowbank Cricket Club Trophy ... Highest Partnership – 228 William Wark and Greg Wark, 1st wicket Carlingford Waratah, 3rd Grade
Keith Shaw Trophy ... Highest Individual Score Andrew Alice, Epping YMCA Blue 5th Grade (190)
Ryde Sports Foundation Trophy ... Outstanding Performance of the Finals Scott Palmer, Rydalmere, A Grade
Ron Jeal Trophy ... Most Runs and at Least 30 Wickets Brendan Morris, West Ryde Rovers White 5th Grade (477 runs, 34 wickets)
Wallace Leslie Adams Trophies ... Minor Premiers First Grade: North Ryde RSL Second Grade: Carlingford Waratah Third Grade: Rydalmere Fourth Grade: Rydalmere Fifth Grade: Epping YMCA – Green
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COMPETITION RESULTS A GRADE Rydalmere Premiers West Ryde Rovers Runners-up North Ryde RSL*
A RESERVE Carlingford Waratah* Premiers Rydalmere Runners-up North Ryde RSL
THIRD GRADE Rydalmere* Premiers Vikings Runners-up North Ryde RSL West Ryde Rovers Carlingford Waratah Meadowbank
FOURTH GRADE North Ryde RSL Premiers Epping YMCA Runners-up Rydalmere* Vikings Blue Vikings Red Sri Lanka Cricket
FIFTH GRADE Rydalmere Premiers Epping YMCA Green* Runners-up West Ryde Rovers Blue North Ryde RSL Epping YMCA Red Epping YMCA Blue West Ryde Rovers White Carlingford Waratah
* Minor Premiers
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
Rydalmere 5 teams 680 North Ryde RSL 5 teams 601 West Ryde Rovers 4 teams 412 Vikings 3 teams 351 Epping YMCA 4 teams 289 Carlingford Waratah 3 teams 259 Meadowbank 1 team 165 Sri Lanka Cricket 1 team 56
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BATTING – Centuries A Grade Club Scores Clive Cachia North Ryde RSL 143, 104 Nicholas Fairbairn West Ryde Rovers 107* Michael Spackman North Ryde RSL 104* Matthew Egan West Ryde Rovers 101*
A Reserve Daniel West Carlingford Waratah 137 Benjamin Dobson North Ryde RSL 120 Michael Jeffery North Ryde RSL 102*
Third Grade Greg Wark Carlingford Waratah 119 Scott Proctor Meadowbank 112* Andrew Harrison North Ryde RSL 112, 105 William Wark Carlingford Waratah 105, 105*, 103,100* Justin Hutchinson West Ryde Rovers 102 John Mathie North Ryde RSL 101* Damian Ireland Meadowbank 101*
Fourth Grade Richard Hughes Vikings Red 131, 102 Matt Rogers Rydalmere 126* Hannibal Singh Vikings Red 125, 117, 104 Amila Kalusatakkarage Sri Lanka Cricket 119*, 101* Steven Duong Vikings Blue 109 Richard Ellis North RydeRSL 109 Rahul Aswani Epping YMCA 108 Andrew Adams North Ryde RSL 106* Jack Clinton Rydalmere 102* David Whiteman North Ryde RSL 100*
Fifth Grade Andrew Alice Epping YMCA Blue 190 Issac Boesel West Ryde Rovers White 174 Karl Stuart West Ryde Rovers Blue 167, 124 Patrick Needham Epping YMCA Green 167 Brendan Morris West Ryde Rovers White 157* Rafi Ebrahimi Rydalmere 145* Scott Ballie Carlingford Waratah 140 Wade Nobbs-Quintal North Ryde RSL 129* Darren Falla Rydalmere Mos 101* Brad Thomas North Ryde RSL 121 Leigh Rollason Rydalmere 108 Jake Stuart West Ryde Rovers Blue 106*, 102 James Needham Epping YMCA Green 101
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BOWLING – Ten wickets in a match Name Club / Grade Bowling Figures Brendan Morris West Ryde Rovers White, 5th Grade 6 / 13 & 5 / 28 Waqas Khan Rydalmere, 5th Grade 6 / 61 & 4 / 26
BOWLING – Hat Tricks Name Club / Grade Bowling Figures Shane Fegan Rydalmere, A Reserve 4 / 39
Kanchanna Attanayake Rydalere, 3rd Grade 4 / 12
Scott Martin North Ryde RSL, 4th Grade 3 / 31
Wade Nobbs-Quintal North Ryde RSL, 5th Grade 4 / 9
BOWLING – Five or more wickets A Grade Club Scores John Neville West Ryde Rovers 8 / 43, 6 / 20, 5 / 78 Matthew Egan West Ryde Rovers 7 / 56 Matthew Kennedy Rydalmere 6 / 12 Daniel Buttrey North Ryde RSL 6 / 19 Andrew Thomas West Ryde Rovers 6 / 29 Matt Maittlen North Ryde RSL 6 / 34 Luke Donovan West Ryde Rovers 6 / 63 Cameron Gordon North Ryde RSL 5 / 15 Ricky Palmer Rydalmere 5 / 18 Scott Palmer Rydalmere 5 / 19, 5 / 39, 5 / 40, 5 / 92 Brett Roberts North Ryde RSL 5 / 49 Todd Palmer Rydalmere 5 / 76
A Reserve Club Scores Chris Mackay Carlingford Waratah 7 / 40 Vetti Madarajah Rydalmere 6 / 45 Harris Khan Carlingford Waratah 6 / 51 Matthew Talley Carlingford Waratah 6 / 76, 5 / 43 Yuvraj Shekhawat Carlingford Waratah 5 / 5 Connor Sheehan North Ryde RSL 5 / 58 Daniel Gorman North Ryde RSL 5 / 59
Third Grade Club Scores Wilfred Paul Rydalmere 9 / 34 Joshua Tompsett Vikings 7 / 20, 7 / 36 Iain McCredden Meadowbank 7 / 48 Gurpartap Dhaliwal Carlingford Waratah 6 / 65 Andrew Harrison North Ryde RSL 5 / 2 Matt Jackson Vikings 5 / 13 Rohan Gopal West Ryde Rovers 5 / 15 Lalandra Wijesekera Rydalmere 5 / 18 Scott Whitehead Vikings 5 / 19 Barath Mohan Rydalmere 5 / 22 Nevin Ahluwalia Rydalmere 5 / 24, 5 / 48 Wondong Kim Meadowbank 5 / 38 Kanchanna Attanayake Rydalmere 5 / 43
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BOWLING – Five or more wickets cont.
Fourth Grade Club Scores Richard Ellis North Ryde RSL 7 / 34, 5 / 57 Rajeewa Fernando Sri Lanka Cricket 6 / 57 Sam Sardana Vikings Blue 5 / 12, 5 / 27, 5 / 35 Matthew Goodenough Rydalmere 5 / 16 Darren Falla Rydalmere 5 / 17, 5 / 44, 5 / 64 Matthew Mulligan Epping YMCA 5 / 17 Geoffrey McAulay Vikings Blue 5 / 23 Sivagajan Vijayanathan Vikings Red 5 / 38 Daniel Mion Vikings Blue 5 / 43 Andrew Adams North Ryde RSL 5 / 63
Fifth Grade Club Scores Jake Stuart West Ryde Rovers Blue 7 / 43 Brendan Morris West Ryde Rovers White 6 / 13, 5 / 28, 5 / 38, 5 / 58 Damith Mannaperuma Epping YMCA Green 6 / 20 Latiff Saedi Rydalmere 6 / 37, 5 / 38 Richard Ellis North Ryde RSL 6 / 40 Liam Rheinberger West Ryde Rovers Blue 6 / 44 Adam Dwyer Carlingford Waratah 6 / 45 Waqas Khan Rydalmere 6 / 61, 5 / 22 Tom Martin Epping YMCA Blue 5 / 6 Wade Nobbs-Qunital North Ryde RSL 5 / 22 Luca Torre West Ryde Rovers White 5 / 30 Keith Shannon North Ryde RSL 5 / 30 Jonathan Daskalakis Epping YMCA Blue 5 / 37 Mark Edwards North Ryde RSL 5 / 46 Scott Taplin West Ryde Rovers White 5 / 47 Jason Reay North Ryde RSL 5 / 49 Mario Anthony Epping YMCA Red 5 / 53 Patrick Fitzgerald Carlingford Waratah 5 / 68 Michael Rahnama Carlingford Waratah 5 / 70
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A Grade – Batting Innings Not Outs High Score Aggregate Average Matthew Egan West Ryde Rovers 12 2 101* 420 42.00 Kelvin Gray North Ryde RSL 11 1 64 342 34.20 Scott Palmer Rydalmere 12 0 63 339 28.25 Michael Spackman North Ryde RSL 10 2 104* 214 26.75 Nicholas Blyth West Ryde Rovers 11 0 73 278 25.27 Anthony Neville West Ryde Rovers 10 0 51 229 22.90 Adam Mccarron West Ryde Rovers 10 1 71 206 22.89 Todd Palmer Rydalmere 11 2 64* 189 21.00
A Grade – Bowling Overs Maidens Wickets Runs Average Scott Palmer Rydalmere 140.3 38 39 490 12.56 Daniel Buttrey North Ryde RSL 101 20 24 342 14.25 John Neville West Ryde Rovers 107.3 20 25 357 14.28 Matt Maittlen North Ryde RSL 133 34 23 348 15.13
A Reserve – Batting Innings Not Outs High Score Aggregate Average Benjamin Dobson North Ryde RSL 11 3 120 363 45.38 Pradeep Widana- Pathirana Carlingford Waratah 13 3 92* 392 39.20 Haris Khan Carlingford Waratah 10 3 53* 175 25.00 Matthew Talley Carlingford Waratah 10 2 31 162 20.25
A Reserve Grade – Bowling Overs Maidens Wickets Runs Average Matthew Talley Carlingford Waratah 80.1 18 22 299 13.59 Daniel Gorman North Ryde RSL 118.2 20 23 389 16.91 Haris Khan Carlingford Waratah 119.2 27 21 377 17.95 Ijaz Aziz Rydalmere 153 20 27 596 22.07
3rd Grade – Batting Innings Not Outs High Score Aggregate Average Andrew Harrison North Ryde RSL 12 2 112 547 54.70 Craig Roser Vikings 14 5 65 464 51.56 William Wark Carlingford Waratah 14 2 105* 578 48.17 Scott Proctor Meadowbank 13 3 112* 462 46.20 Lalandra Wijesekera Rydalmere 14 4 99 448 44.80 Bhushan Thoopal West Ryde Rovers 15 1 79* 526 37.57 David Wiggins West Ryde Rovers 12 3 94 319 35.44 Mayank Bhandari Rydalmere 12 3 67* 311 34.56 Gregory Wark Carlingford Waratah 14 1 119 439 33.77 Damian Ireland Meadowbank 13 2 101* 332 30.18 Scott Deveridge West Ryde Rovers 13 3 79 288 28.80 John Mathie North Ryde RSL 11 1 101* 281 28.10 Matthew Trimmer Vikings 10 3 47 180 25.71 Saranga Ratnalingam West Ryde Rovers 16 4 56 306 25.50 Nevin Ahluwalia Rydalmere 11 2 47 228 25.33 Shyamal Gunawardena West Ryde Rovers 13 3 64* 201 20.10 Justin Hutchinson West Ryde Rovers 15 2 102 260 20.00
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3rd Grade – Bowling Overs Maidens Wickets Runs Average Sriram Krishnan Vikings 57.5 9 23 205 8.91 Kanchanna Attanayake Rydalmere 101.5 15 32 314 9.81 Joshua Tompsett Vikings 104.5 32 24 245 10.21 Andrew Harrison North Ryde RSL 69.2 8 21 241 11.48 Scott Whitehead Vikings 115.2 26 27 335 12.41 Gurpartap Dhaliwal Carlingford Waratah 85.4 16 22 279 12.68 Matthew Waygood North Ryde RSL 112.4 28 21 306 14.57 Lalandra Wijesekera Rydalmere 112.1 23 22 357 16.23 Rohan Gopal West Ryde Rovers 114 23 22 411 18.68 Mark Besanvalle Carlingford Waratah 113.2 22 21 434 20.67
4th Grade – Batting Innings Not Outs High Score Aggregate Average Hannibal Singh Vikings 12 0 125 516 43.00 David Whiteman North Ryde RSL 14 5 100* 383 42.56 Rahul Aswani Epping YMCA 14 2 108 485 40.42 Amila Kalusayakkarage Sri Lanka Cricket 13 2 119* 426 38.73 Richard Hughes Vikings 11 0 131 417 37.91 Darren Falla Rydalmere 11 1 81 345 34.50 Paul Sadana Vikings 11 1 76 337 33.70 Paul Kilby Vikings 15 1 79 427 30.50 Andrew Adams North Ryde RSL 13 1 106* 356 29.67 Matthew Goodenough Rydalmere 12 3 62 261 29.00 Matthew Mulligan Epping YMCA 15 2 74 369 28.38 Steven Duong Vikings 12 0 109 333 27.75 Michael Goodhue North Ryde RSL 12 2 66 270 27.00 Matt Rogers Rydalmere 11 1 126* 247 24.70 Rahul Balani Epping YMCA 11 1 52 219 21.90 Ross Gordon North Ryde RSL 10 6 31* 86 21.50 Ravi Vadali Vikings 14 0 46 295 21.07
4th Grade – Bowling Overs Maidens Wickets Runs Average Sam Sardana Vikings 146 44 37 321 8.68 Paul Kilby Vikings 64 14 20 195 9.75 Darren Falla Rydalmere 142 43 33 340 10.30 Scott Martin North Ryde RSL 73.1 16 21 227 10.81 Richard Ellis North Ryde RSL 112.2 28 25 279 11.16 Matthew Mulligan Epping YMCA 116.2 25 23 310 13.48 Rahul Balani Epping YMCA 113.4 23 23 324 14.09 Andrew Adams North Ryde RSL 106.1 12 27 410 15.19 Sivagajan Vijayanathan Vikings 123.1 25 22 343 15.59
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5th Grade – Batting Innings Not Outs High Score Aggregate Average Jake Stuart West Ryde Rovers 10 2 106* 434 54.25 Wade Nobbs-Quintal North Ryde RSL 10 4 129* 322 53.67 Leigh Rollason Rydalmere 11 1 108 461 46.10 Karl Stuart West Ryde Rovers 10 0 167 421 42.10 Brendan Morris West Ryde Rovers 16 4 157* 477 39.75 Bryn Douglas Epping YMCA 12 1 94 430 39.09 Jashwin Rajeswaran Rydalmere 10 2 70* 299 37.38 Greg Stuart West Ryde Rovers 11 1 96 364 36.40 James Needham Epping YMCA 15 1 101 489 34.93 Issac Boesel West Ryde Rovers 13 0 174 420 32.31 Latiff Saedi Rydalmere 12 0 94 383 31.92 Scott Taplin West Ryde Rovers 14 4 59* 318 31.80 Rafi Ebrahimi Rydalmere 13 2 145* 345 31.36 Andrew Vassila Carlingford Waratah 11 0 86 333 30.27 George Mina Epping YMCA 12 1 65 329 29.91 Stephen Veitch Epping YMCA 14 1 90* 368 28.31 Patrick Walker Epping YMCA 14 1 70* 363 27.92 Tim Mitchell Epping YMCA 12 3 49* 243 27.00 Raymond Lo North Ryde RSL 14 1 60 341 26.23 Matt Tauro Rydalmere 11 1 60 261 26.10 Josh Armytage West Ryde Rovers 11 1 63 257 25.70 Francis Siciliano West Ryde Rovers 10 1 91 230 25.56 Anushka Dissanayake Epping YMCA 14 1 88 331 25.46 Christopher Harrison Epping YMCA 10 2 47 182 22.75 Sriram Kolla Rydalmere 13 2 70 245 22.27 Damith Mannaperuma Epping YMCA 11 6 33 103 20.60 Vinodh Thanabalasingam Epping YMCA 13 1 78 244 20.33
5th Grade – Bowling Overs Maidens Wickets Runs Average Damith Mannaperuma Epping YMCA 65.4 6 23 223 9.70 Jake Stuart West Ryde Rovers 81.1 9 25 281 11.24 Keith Shannon North Ryde RSL 123.4 13 35 482 13.77 James Needham Epping YMCA 70.2 9 20 276 13.80 Brendan Morris West Ryde Rovers 104.3 0 34 479 14.09 Latiff Saedi Rydalmere 111.5 16 30 454 15.13 Vinodh Thanabalasingam Epping YMCA 99.4 5 24 383 15.96 Waqas Khan Rydalmere 165 19 43 691 16.07 Adam Dwyer Carlingford Waratah 147.4 15 31 584 18.84 Rafi Ebrahimi Rydalmere 122.4 11 23 549 23.87
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THE JUNIOR COMPETITION ANNUAL REPORT
Another season has come and gone it all seems to go by so fast, but as I look back I feel that overall we had a good year. We can’t do anything about the weather however at least we had blue skies for the finals which I hope everyone enjoyed. When you look at the results it is good to see that the premierships were shared around with only one club, Carlingford, winning multiple premierships (2).
The next few seasons could see changes made to the structure of our competition with many suggestions being looked at as to how we can improve and grow our completion. The incoming committee will be looking for input from all clubs, parents and players.
The Rep season was a little disappointing we had high hopes of building on last season’s results but with poor weather and some very close losses we just failed to have any teams make the finals. It was the first time for a couple of seasons that we entered an Under 10 Foster Shield team and they performed very well with two wins two losses plus a washout to see them just miss the finals. On behalf of the NDJCA I would like to congratulate all the players who gave their all this season along with all the coaches, managers and parents, well done to all.
The ongoing support of the Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club through their generous sponsorship is very much appreciated and we very much look forward to continuing and growing this in the future. As a committee we encourage everyone to support the club in any way possible.
This will be my final year as president with my youngest son now finished his junior cricket and is looking forward to playing seniors with his brother and father on Saturday afternoons. I would like to thank everyone for your help over the years with a special thanks to Craig Menzies and Phillip Azize who have both the drive and commitment to grow this association for the betterment of all concerned well into the future.
Greg Berriman Chairperson, NDCA Junior Competition
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CRICKETERS of the YEAR
The Junior Competition recognises the exceptional performances of players
U11 – U13 competitions, with the Graeme White Memorial Award
U14 – U16 competitions with the Junior Cricketer of the Year
Representative competitions with the Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club – Player of the Year
We had some outstanding individual results this season and congratulations go to the following players:
Graeme White Memorial Trophy – Under 11 to Under 13: Harry Manenti from St Patricks College Under 13
Harry batted twelve times scoring 517 runs with his highest score of 89* and an average of 86.17.
He bowled 72 overs, 28 maidens, taking 19 wickets, giving him an average of 5.63 and an economy rate of 1.49. His best figures were 4/10. Harry also took 6 catches.
NDJCA Cricketer of the Year – Under 14 to Under 16: Jayden Brown from Dundas United Under 14
Jayden batted ten times scoring 491 runs with the highest score of 84* and an average of 122.75.
He bowled 72 overs, 16 maidens taking 11 wickets, giving him an average of 14.36 and an economy rate of 2.47. Jayden’s best figures were 3/5, he also took 6 catches.
Ryde Eastwood League Club Representative Cricketer of the Year: Jayden Brown – Moore Shield
Jayden batted eight times scoring 158 runs with the highest score of 50* and an average of 26.33.
He bowled 49.2 overs, 12 maidens taking 9 wickets, giving him an average of 14.33 and an economy rate of 2.61. Jayden’s best figures were 4/10, he also took 1 catch.
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UNDER 16 – WATSON SHIELD
Adam Wigglesworth (C) Dundas United Tom Threlkeld Concord Briars William Wark (VC) Carlingford Waratah Jack Clinton Dundas United Cameron Court Carlingford Waratah Rohan Gopal West Ryde Rovers Axel Cahlin Carlingford Waratah Brian Zhang Carlingford Waratah Matt Barry St Patricks Strathfield James Conaghan Carlingford Waratah Michael Roberts Ryde Hunters Hill David Gribben Ryde Hunters Hill Julian Greig Carlingford Waratah
Game 1 vs Canterbury/Wests at ELS Hall
Canterbury was a quality side and this match was a real test for us. After some solid early order batting from Canterbury, the NDCA boys did well to persist and take important wickets at important times. Tom (2/28) and Cameron (0/19 off 12) were the pick of the bowlers and despite a couple of dangerous partnerships we were able to restrict Canterbury to a gettable 198.
Our chase started well with a 46 run opening stand between Adam and Cameron, but a middle order collapse where we lost 6/30 in 45 minutes to a good spell of spin bowling saw us in real trouble at tea. Julian and Jack (30) returned from tea with renewed composure and put on another 50 run stand, but the earlier middle order problems proved to be fatal when we were bowled out for 130.
Game 2 vs Manly at Weldon Oval
In game 2 NDCA again bowled first and bowled steadily. Matt (2/14) and Cameron (2/36) led the bowling honours in keeping Manly to 217. Michael again kept superbly and for the second match running snaring possibly the most dangerous batsman with a terrific leg side catch.
Cameron led the batting with a tremendous 72 runs and Jack again shone in the middle order with 63 not out. Jack found valuable middle order support from Matt and Julian to see us home to a 3 wicket victory.
Game 3 vs Hawkesbury at ELS Hall
Hawkesbury had won their first two matches against the sides without wins. A win here would have us back on track for a possible quarter final position. But ELS Hall (and the rest of northern districts) was under water with no play possible. Every other side in our division played.
Game 4 vs Newcastle at ELS Hall, Meadowbank 10
Our only real chance now was a win against Newcastle who was yet to win a game and have the rest of the comp washed out. The rest of the comp was washed out and after a ground move, pre game warm up, more rain, a ground clean up and yet more rain – we too were washed out.
Game 5 vs Parramatta at Pearce Reserve
Parramatta were the undefeated leaders of our pool, we lost the toss yet again and for the first 90 minutes we fielded with 10 players. Doesn’t sound good, but the boys bowled a disciplined line outside off stump drying up Parramatta’s runs and requiring that they flirt with danger to score. As a result Michael snared 4 catches behind the stumps and Wil one in slips. Cameron took 3/41 and Julian 2/30 and Parramatta were restricted to 8/188.
The chase was controlled and solid, until Axel came to the crease. He basically went ballistic smashing 74 with 7 fours and 4 sixes and putting us in such a good position that there was very little tension in the chase, NDCA winning by 4 wickets and more than 5 overs to spare.
We played the top two sides and the bottom one. We missed playing teams 4 and 5 and finished 3rd ourselves, 2 points behind first place. I have absolutely no doubt that without rain we would have continued in the competition to the quarter finals and on a good day gone even further. The pick of our batsmen was Jack Clinton finishing with an average of 53. Cameron, Axel and Julian also finished with averages over 20. The bowling honours went with Cameron Court and Julian Greig who took 5 wickets each (in 3 games). I believe Michael Roberts was the best keeper we saw in the competition and his 8 catches and 3 run out assists in 3 games bears that out statistically. (1 other keeper in another pool took 9 catches – but he played 5 games.) Thank you to NDCA for the opportunity to participate in the Watson Shield in 2013/14. Thanks to the parents who brought the boys on time, scored, made the best afternoon tea in Sydney, brought eskies, tables, helped set up etc and thanks to Adam and the way he led a great bunch of boys who have completed their junior rep experiences at NDCA, received praise each week from both umpires on the way they have conducted themselves and overall been fine ambassadors for the Association. Thanks to the weather for nothing. Greg Wark Coach 34
UNDER 15 – PRESIDENTS CUP
Anshul Baruah (Carlingford Waratah) Patrick Rice (Holy Cross)
Ben DeCaria (Holy Cross) Muneeb Shirazi (Holy Cross)
Nathan Maher (Dundas United) Nikhil Sud (Dundas United)
Andrew Murphy (Oakhill College) Justin Sunderland (Gladesville RSL)
Chris Murphy (Oakhill College) Tushar Verma (Epping District)
Jack Mynett (St Patrick’s College) Hayden Winton (West Ryde Rovers)
Jagath Rajendran (Carlingford Waratah)
For the first NDCA entered a team into the President’s Cup. The team was made up of a mixture of U15 and U16 boys who missed out on making the normal Representative teams plus with a couple of late additions to ensure we had enough players each week as 12 players can bat. While they came together as a bit of a ‘rag tag’ bunch of shy young men, they certainly came out of their shell over the season and ultimately improved their skills and played some good cricket.
While we started very slowly losing our first couple of games, we fought very hard to beat Manly before the Christmas break, then first game back we lost a game we had in the bag….a tough lesson learnt. We then had a washout before finishing the season on a high with a good win against Sutherland. We finished equal 4th but could have finished higher with some more determined batting throughout the season. Here are the game summaries:
Round 1 v Penrith:
We won the toss and elected to bat, and while we lost our first wicket early, Nathan Maher (22), Anshul Baruah (17) and Tushar Verma (19) all got starts and into partnerships but we couldn’t hang in there long enough. Small cameo’s came from Jack Mynett (9), Jagath Rajendran (8) and Nikhil Sud (5), however with 4 x run outs in the innings we could only muster 104.
We started well with Hayden Winton, our left arm quick, getting a wicket in his first over, followed up quickly by another to Jack Mynett to have Penrith reeling at 2 for 8 after 5 overs. However, the Penrith boys batted well and we couldn’t get another wicket before they passed our score in the 34th over. Pick of the bowlers were Mynett finishing with 1 for 20 off 9 overs, Winton with 1 for 21 off 8 and Andrew Murphy 0 for 14 off 4.
Round 2 v Newcastle:
At home for the first time, we again won the toss and batted. We again started slowly, Pat Rice (10), Nathan Maher (24) and Ben DeCaria (16) all looked promising, but shot selection was hurting us. We lost our way after some aggressive cricket from the Newcastle team, losing the last 7 wickets for 25 runs to be all out for 93.
We again needed quick wickets, and Hayden Winton again came through claiming 2 for 11 off his first 5 over spell, with Pat Rice taking 1 for 16 off 5, while Chris Murphy also bowled well but was unlucky not to get a wicket with figures of 0 for 9. However, it wasn’t to be, with the eventual 2nd place Newcastle passing us 4 down after just 22 overs.
Round 3 v Manly:
After winning the toss again, we asked the Manly team to bat first as clearly it wasn’t working for us. A great first ball from Jack Mynett (0 for 10 off 5) unfortunately resulted in a dropped catch at first slip, but it wasn’t long before that man Winton was in the game with a direct hit run out and then taking a wicket with the ball to have them 2 for 4. Pat Rice came on first change and took 3 wickets in his first 3 overs to have Manly reeling at 5 for 40 after 15 overs. Manly then consolidated with a partnership of 86 but the ND boys dug deep and with some good, tight bowling and taking our catches, we 35
eventually bowled them out for 142 runs in the 46th over. Rice was superb, hitting the top of off stump on no less than 4 occasions to finish with 5 for 28 off 10 overs, while Winton took 4 for 30 off 9. Our first year leggie, Muneeb Shirazi, also contributed well bowling a great line and length for 9 straight overs costing just 17 runs. Our other first year player, Justin Sunderland, also took some confidence out of the game and had his best spell finishing with 0 for 15 off 5 overs. A great team bowling and fielding effort across the 50 overs.
It was evident the boys were determined to dig in and stay longer at the crease today. A good start from our openers, Baruah (19) and Tushar Verma (13) got us to 28 in the 8th over, before Maher (51no) and Rice (52no) came together for what would be a game winning partnership. At no stage did they look in danger of getting out, both hitting some lovely strokes to both bring up unbeaten 50’s and passing Manly’s score with a few overs to go. The team was coming together….
Round 4 v Central Coast:
Central Coast were sent in and our quicks were a little wayward, however the spinners came into their own today with Jagath Rajendran taking a lethal 4 for 15 off 10 overs while Muneeb Shirazi took 2 for 38 off 10. At one stage we had CC at 7 for 112 off 35 but couldn’t finish them off allowing them to finish on 8 for 185, about 25 runs more than they should have got.
The top order started patiently again, but as in all forms of cricket, we need to ensure we stick around if we’re going to eat up overs early on. As a result we got ourselves into a bit of a hole early on and it wasn’t until Ben De Caria (57) and Pat Rice (52) came together for the 4th wicket before we were able to get back on an even keel, and at drinks we were 3 for 131 after 37. Needing 55 runs off 13 and with 7 wickets in hand, we seemed to be in the box seat….but as is cricket, we got ahead of ourselves and were all out for 169. Those extra 25 runs or so we gifted to the opposition certainly came home to roost….this was one that certainly got away.
Round 5 v Hornsby – wash out
Round 6 v Sutherland:
We produced our best team performance for the last game at the picturesque Sutherland Oval. We took wickets consistently, didn’t drop a catch taking 5 in total, and fielded extremely well. All bowlers performed very well - Jagath Rajendran 3 for 29, Hayden Winton 3 for 19, Nathan Maher 1 for 8, Pat Rice 1 for 13 and Muneeb Shirazi 1 for 19 – bowling Sutherland out for 113 in the 44th.
The top order batted well with Anshul Baruah (22), Ben DeCaria (30), Pat Rice (20no) and Nathan Maher (37no) all getting amongst the runs. We passed Sutherland in the 36th over having lost just 3 wickets.
Conclusion:
I would like to thank all the parents for making my job easier, getting the boys to training and the grounds each week, and providing afternoon tea. I’d specifically like to thank Craig Murphy for scoring the first few games and Nasir Shirazi and Andrew Maher for umpiring. Thanks also go to Jack Mynett for scoring the last few games after being diagnosed with a stress fracture in his back in December.
Finally, thanks also to the boys, you all improved your skills, learnt some important cricket lessons the hard way, got to play some serious cricket on turf and worked hard together after our first couple of losses to end up with 2 wins and 3 losses. You all have the ability to play higher levels of cricket if you continue with the same attitude and commitment you brought to President’s Cup. Good luck and thanks.
Michael Mynett
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UNDER 15 – WEBLIN SHIELD
Anthony Adlam (C) (Dundas United) Anthony Melnyk (Concord Briars) Hugh Kermond (VC) (Dundas United) Vikrant Nehru (Carlingford Waratah) Jack Brewer (Oakhill College) Josh Palin (Oakhill College) Lachlan Carfax (Dundas United) James Robertson (Dundas United) Nick Ford (Ryde Hunters Hill) Doug Rogers (Dundas United) Tim De La Hoyde (Oakhill College) Darian Tomasiello (Concord Briars)
Game 1. V. Canterbury-Wests at Canterbury
Our first game was at Blick Oval against Canterbury-Wests who we had played the year before and lost narrowly. We lost the toss and bowled but were in trouble with our over rate. Canterbury – Wests scored 7-218 in 60 overs. The umpires reduced our overs to 52. We accepted the decision and got on with it. Anthony Adlam scored a brilliant 85 and combined with Hugh Kermond (47 not out) to win the game in 50 overs. A great win first up.
Game 2. V. Hornsby-Ku-Ring-Gai and Hills at ELS Hall
We won the toss and batted. James Robertson scored a solid 97 and Anthony Adlam scored his second reps century 103 to get us to 5-280. HKRG also failed to bowl their overs on time, thus they would only be allowed 56 overs. However in a stunning backflip the umpires ignored the competition rules and gave HKRG the full 60 overs ensuring that the game would finish in the dark. HKRG got home by a miracle. A protest was lodged and predictably ignored. Darian Tomasiello bowled brilliantly to finish with 4-20 off 10 overs.
Game 3. V. Blacktown at Whalan Reserve
A rain affected game which we lost after reduction in overs during our innings. James Robertson made a solid 44 and Anthony Melnyk scored 49. Blacktown chased our score down in the rain and mud. A great lesson.
Game 4. V. Fairfield at Fairfield
The wicket was a belter, hard and ready to go. Rain was forecast for later in the day. The umpires did not wish to start.
Game 5. V. Parramatta at Meadowbank
We won the toss and batted. Anthony Adlam was rested down the order to allow others to bat. The move backfired. Only James Robertson made runs and we were all out for 133. Parramatta passed our score 7 down in the 55th over. Doug Rogers bowled two great spells and finished with 2 for 13 off 10 overs. He should have had 6 wickets and would have won the game for us had it not been for some embarrassing catching efforts. In the end a disappointing loss against a team who we had thrashed in the trials.
As a result we finished the season with the lowest ladder position since under 11s. Anthony Adlam was leading run scorer with 212 at an average of 53 and James Robertson scored with 196 at 49. Darian Tomasiello was our leading wicket taker with 9 wickets at an average of 14.3.
I would like to thank Rick Palin for all his work as Manager of this side and Trevor Robertson for his work as assistant coach. It is always a challenge having your son in a rep team and fulfilling managerial and coaching roles as well, and both Rick and Trevor are to be congratulated for their efforts. I would also like to thank the majority of the parents for their positive input throughout the season.
Mark Adlam Coach
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UNDER 14 – MOORE SHIELD
This season’s U14s Moore Shield team was represented by Baxter Holt (c), Jamie McLeod, Harrison Kilby, Jayden Brown, Elliot Carwardine, Brayden Dilley, Cullen Hathurusinghe, Yash Mankad, Shannon Condon, Matthew Bryson, Justin Porter, Sharan Rajendran and Ben Smith. The coach was Phil McLeod and the manager was Paul Kilby. After a season of major improvement the year before, this was an opportunity to consolidate that progress and start competing with the stronger teams. The 6 week pre-season training program and practice games against Parramatta and Hawkesbury, showed we were capable of bowling teams out - particularly with our spin quartet – and there was plenty of depth in the batting. As luck would have it, we drew 3 very strong teams in the competition and the challenge was there to show we could maintain our status. Game 1 v Manly The first game, being away against the reigning champions was always going to be a mammoth task. Manly won the toss and batted first. After an hour they were 0-100 and showing why they were the top team. However during the next 30 overs we pegged them back and held them to 7/208 with Matthew (2-23 off 7) and Baxter (1-16 off 7) the stars. The run chase began disastrously with a run-out off the first ball and we never recovered against a high quality bowling attack. All out for 48 (Shannon 14) meant we were a long way behind. Manly sensed an opportunity for an outright and sent us straight back in and despite another early run-out we managed to get to 1-52 with Jamie (36no) and Cullen (13no) putting on an unbeaten 50 partnership to restore confidence. Nevertheless it was a heavy defeat and showed us the level required to compete with the strongest teams. Game 2 v Blacktown This was a must win game to keep the season afloat. We won the toss and sent them in hoping to hold them to a manageable target. They began slowly but without losing wickets and after 20 overs they were 0-60. We needed a spark. Elliot provided a stunning runout and then Yash took control with his cunning legspin. His return of 5-28 off 10 overs was a fantastic spell of bowling with Jamie providing stumping support – demolishing the stumps 3 times as the batsmen were beaten by flight, turn and bounce. Baxter (2-6 off 7) again showed his all-round talents (after keeping for the first 25 overs) and Elliot polished things off (2-21 off 6.3). A target of 136 looked very gettable and so it proved. All the batsmen got starts with Jayden (23no) and Matthew (33) providing another 50 run partnership after Shannon (18) had held it steady as opener. Victory meant we stayed alive in the competition and headed to Penrith confident of again defeating our bunnies. Game 3 v Penrith After beating them in last year’s competition as well as in the final of the Orange tournament we expected victory in this game and were ready for anything the opposition or the weather gods could throw at us. With heavy cloud cover and light drizzle, Penrith won the toss and sent us in to bat. In gloomy and wet conditions we struggled – 3-26 off the first 15 overs. However we knew that if we could get to 130 then that would probably be enough. Jayden joined Brayden and the partnership slowly built with Brayden scampering singles and Jayden punching the ball through the infield in a fantastic partnership of 53. Matthew then joined Brayden and they carried on the momentum in a brilliant partnership of 59. Brayden was by now chopping anything within reach over cover and point and finished not out on 78 – a match-winning contribution. Harrison finished off with a few flashy boundaries and we had a total of 6/158 off 47 overs (reduced by rain delays). In response Penrith started aggressively and at 0-50 looked well and truly on target. Again we needed a spark. Again we turned to spin. This time Sharan was the man and with 2-20 off 8 overs, he not only dismissed both openers but also put on the breaks and restored proper order. Further rain delays reduced the target to 137 off 40 overs and Penrith needed 20 off the last 6 overs. That they couldn’t do it speaks volumes for our team. There was incredible pressure as the game reached its climax and Baxter, as captain and death-bowler, (2-19 off 8) steered us home combining with Shannon (1-22 off 7) to strangle the Penrith run chase – leaving them 6 runs short. This was a great victory and kept us in the chase for a finals spot but with two very tough games remaining. Game 4 v South Eastern Rain all over Sydney meant this game was washed out. A pity as we were ready for the challenge against a team that would go on to make the semi-finals. Game 5 v Newcastle Our last game came down to the winner making the finals. This was the level we had aspired to reach and now we had destiny in our own hands. The game was played on a very slow field and runs were going to be a premium. We won the toss and sent Newcastle in to bat hoping to keep them to a score around 130. Again the opposition got off to a very solid but slow start and at 1-100 they were starting to get away from us. Baxter showed his value in the field by running out both their main batsmen and then taking 1-11 off 6 overs to drag us back into the game. Jayden finally showed some venom and took 1-25 off 10 overs and Elliot chipped in with 2-19 off 7 to restrict them to 9/135.That meant we needed 136 to make the finals. That we didn’t showed the strength of the Newcastle bowling attack. Jayden
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(33) and Baxter (22) combined to give us a chance at 3-60 after 25 overs however Newcastle then tightened the noose and we finished at 9/103 – beaten by a very well organised and experienced team. Conclusion This was another great season for the team. With 2 victories and losses only to teams that made the finals, this team is gaining a self-belief that will carry them in great stead as they move into the u15s on turf. We took lots of wickets and held on to many great catches. With more 50+ batting partnerships we can start winning more consistently. There is much potential and next season on turf is a very exciting prospect. I would also like to thank Paul for his untiring efforts as manager in organising all off-field matters. He makes my role very easy. Phil McLeod Coach
The team celebrating our round 2 win against Blacktown at our home ground Somerville Oval, Epping Back row (L – R): Paul Kilby (manager), Cullen Hathurusinghe, Yash Mankad, Jamie McLeod, Jayden Brown , Phil McLeod (coach), Middle Row: Justin Porter, Harrison Kilby, Matthew Bryson, Baxter Holt (c), Elliot Carwardine Front Row: Ben Smith, Shannon Condon, Brayden Dilley, Sharan Rajendran
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UNDER 13 – WS GEE SHIELD
The 2013 -2014 Under 13 Gee shield team was selected from 16 players that trained throughout the off session once a month. The selected team of 12 players and a sub had a good mix of new players and players from previous years. With the usual enthusiasm of a team hoping to better their previous years performance we took on two teams in trial games prior to the season kick off. Firstly we played Parramatta, a team we knew would be hard to beat but not impossible. They batted first and we were fortunate to take the first wicket in the 3rd over. Unfortunately their 2 and 3 batsman settled in and put on 92 runs before the next wicket fell in the 26th over. Finishing 6/217 after 50 with a good bowling performance from Albert 2-25 off 8. We were unfortunately beaten 4-136 but showed potential with a strong 50 from Harry and 22 from Tom. We would meet them again round 2 so we knew we had work to do. We performed a lot better in our second trial against Hawkesbury where we batted first with a strong innings from Tom 26 rtno, Harry 54 rtno and Robert 27 achieving 8/174 . Giving us a strong score to bowl to. Albert brought the magic with 5/11, Robert 3/29 with our wicket keeper Tom responsible for a couple of run outs and catches. The win gave us the boost we needed to kick off the season. Round 1 against Newcastle, fortunately a home game -Phew we dodged that bullet! Newcastle kicked off the batting with a strong 190, as usual we started the bowling strongly keeping the runs down but the score got away as the inning progressed with 7 wickets falling as a result of good bowling from Albert, Alex, Lliam and Henry. Harry and Henry kicked off a good innings with a score of 35 to Henry and then a magnificent and very memorable 106 to Harry. With such an incredibly strong batting performance by Harry you would wonder how we lost. Unfortunately the 190 required was just slightly out of reach scoring 9/180 in the 50 overs. Round 2 vs Parramatta. Winning the toss we elected to bat, after a collapse of wickets Brendan tried to steady the ship at no 8 with a commendable 31 but we were bowled out for 107 in the 30th over. Parramatta reached our score after 34 overs and, as expected, put us back into bat before afternoon tea. Harry and Henry were able to block the tough bowling out scoring 1/80 avoiding the outright. Clearly Parramatta on a good day were better than expected. Parramatta finished top of the ladder in our division. Round 3 vs North Shore, rain rain and more rain. So much so that the manager from North Shore arrived at Sommerville with sand, shovel, mop & blower. They were very determined to beat us and improve their stats! The report about this game could be pages long but the summary is reduced to 35 over’s played during bouts of heavy rain. Tom 30, Henry 25 after facing tough bowling from a strong north shore team. 2/77 after 35. North Shore winning after 24 with a big wicket taken by Naba 1/14 after 6. Round 4 vs Manly rain, rain and more rain AGAIN! With the venue moved due to the extremely wet conditions the team arrived at the second field to wade across puddles to get to the clubhouse. The game commenced in the rain which set the tone for the day! 9/101 to ND’s after 34. Game shortened to 25 overs at some unknown point but was finally abandoned after Manly ‘s 21st over when a bat slid out of a players hand, bowlers had to shorten or restart their run ups each ball and the umpires finally got sick of squeegee’ing the pitch at the end of each over. Some may say we had them worried for a while with a couple of quick wickets by a determined Harry. A very wet rep season- Manly round 4. Round 5 Final game. Home game against Blacktown. Hoping for a win, we were disappointed to lose the toss. Exceptional bowling from Naba 2/5 including 6 out of 10 maiden overs and a couple of handy wickets to Henry saw Blacktown score only 6/127. But unfortunately Blacktown matched our bowling and we were all out in the 47th over falling short by 22. Mention should be made of Brendan and Ethan who helped out Tom wicket keeping throughout the season. Albert had a very strong start with his bowling but was unlucky often through no fault of his own. Lliam often opened the bowling slowing down the opposition run rate. Alex, one of our two spinners who took some handy wickets. Cameron and Jordan could be relied on to score a few runs when the opportunity came, and Surya who substituted for the team whenever required and always made a positive impact. Having selected a winter squad in preparation for the 2014 session it will not be long until we find ourselves starting the next season hoping to better the previous years performance.
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UNDER 12 – CAWSEY SHIELD
The 2013/14 season for the U12’s saw much improvement in our squad from our opening season. The regular training over the winter break brought a lot more unity to the team, and gave the captains a lot more experience in setting fields and bowling attacks. We managed to keep our losses to first innings this season, and were unlucky not to win on a few occasions. Last season we experienced some outright losses, so it was good to see the team maintain the bat for the majority of their overs this season, to avoid being sent in for a second innings, batting out the full 50 in most innings; falling short of only a few overs on the occasions we were unable to bat the full 50. With some good additions to our pace bowling attack this season, there is ample opportunity during the winter training to develop their skills and take more wickets, keeping our opposition to lower scores. Kulwant Dhillon has been of great help with bowling training, especially this past season, and has used his experience to help our bowlers develop their individual action and has been integral in the development of our players. We have also seen smarter batting this season, learning the defensive shots as well as picking the right ball to send to the boundary. We have focussed on finding single run opportunities as well, and the team has taken more chances with those than in our opening season, not getting bogged down as much and communicating better in pinching singles. Our fielding has also improved a great deal, and the importance of backing up our throws and fielding in general is being communicated better on the field. There were a few brilliant run outs and some close calls, so developing everyone’s accuracy further will ensure we have a dangerous fielding side. Looking to the future, we hope to combine the recent abilities to stick out the batting overs with more power and shot placement with the bat, so that we can set some unattainable run targets for our opposition. Our team has a lot of passion for the game, and they always enjoy themselves, and encourage each other on their not-so-good days. I have seen their hard work and passion paying off in the level of improvement between opening and second season. I can definitely see them winning some games in the coming season – they deserve it! We thank you for your support in the development of these young athletes and are looking forward to the upcoming season.
Regards Mark Stockton Coach
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UNDER 11 – CREAK SHIELD
For I believe all of the players in the U/11's NDJCA side this was their first your of representative cricket. They were also joined by two new coaches as this was the first that both Matthew and I have coached representative cricket. The goal for Matt and I this year was to develop these boys as cricketers and I think this is the goal for any coach of any player. I believe Matt and I had a lot of fun coaching all the boys and I'm sure the boys all had a great time playing with each other and playing at a higher level. This year we started off by playing three trial games. One against the NDCA U/10's and one against the Parramatta U/11's side and the other against the Hawkesbury U/11's side. In all three of these games the boys I don't think played to their full potential. However there were some single stars. In the game against the U/10's Oscar Kirk stared with the ball taking 3 wickets and striking fear in to the opposition. In the game against Parramatta Jack Wiggins batted very well score 39 runs in very quick time to increase our score. Against Hawkesbury Jackson Hodgetts played very well for his 25. We lost against Parramatta and had a very close game against the U/10's and lost against Hawkesbury. We then started the proper season against Parramatta. We lost the toss and got sent into bat. Only our captain Oscar Kirk could hold his head high after that innings as he batted a very long time and battled for his 15 as we were reduced to a score of 59. The boys all new that we needed to fire up and bowl really well from the start if we were going to win. Oscar Kirk then bowled very well only going for 8 runs of his 4 overs. Then Jack Wiggins and Jack Bakker came in and took a wicket each. Unfortunately they were able to get the runs. They declared immediately putting us back in to bat. This time round was much better for all the boys as they batted much better. The goal was to bat time and all the boys who batted did very well. A special mention to Oscar Kirk who scored 30 runs and batted a very long time. We then played Fairfield-Liverpool in our next game. Unfortunately I was not able to attend this game as I had a HSC game next day but from my coaching partners reports the team improved a lot. We won the toss and elected to bowl. The were a couple of stars with the ball and in the field. Jack Bakker taking 2 wickets and Rogan Await who took two catches as our wicket keeper. They made 193. With the bat we had 3 stars Marley Besgrove(25) Jack Wiggins(20) and Aidan Thomas(20). Unfortunately we were unable to make the runs as we fell short only making 149. However we saw that all the boys were making strides and improving their games. Our next game was against Manly-Warringah away from home. They won the toss and elected to bat. All boys bowled and fielded very well. They dominated in field saving runs and taking their catches. They took 4 wickets for 56 runs with Oscar, Jack W, Marley and Nick all taking wickets and Rohan taking 2 catches at wicket keeper. Unfortunately the rain came pouring down leaving the field unfit for play and the match was abandoned. Again the boys made huge leaps forward this game playing very well against the team at the top of the competition. This got Matt and I very excited about the potential of this team. The next game unfortunately did not even start due to rain. I think all the boys were very disappointed about this and were keen to improve on their games from the last game. Our next and final game was against Hawkesbury away. They won the toss and elected to bat. We started off well dismissing their openers for ducks with Oscar and Alex taking one each. All the boys bowled well and we reduced them to a goal of 9/145. Oscar starred with 3 wickets and was backed up by Alex and Jack B who took 2 each. Unfortunately our batting let us down as we were only able to muster 55 runs. This was a disappointing way to end the season as we felt we had a good chance of winning after that bowling performance. However we were very happy that all the boys tried their best to get the team the win. This season was very up and down for all of the boys. Unfortunately we were never able to put a consistent game to get a win. In spite of all this Matt and I felt very good about all the improvements the boys had made in every game and training session. We think all the boys enjoyed themselves and Matt and I were very impressed and felt very honoured to coach these boys and help them improve their cricket. We urge all the boys to come back next season and hope we can improve on this season next year. We would also like to thank all of the parents who came and watched the boys play. I know they all appreciate the afternoon tea as well as the parents who did the scoring and the ones who provided cover from the rain with their shelter. So thank you to all the parents who drove their boys to Manly in very heavy rain and also who drove them to the middle of nowhere in Hawkesbury. I know all the boys appreciate it. Matthew Rogers and Matthew Goodenough (co-coaches)
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UNDER 10 – FOSTER SHIELD
When I first received word that there would be an attempt to field an under 10s representative side, for the first time in the associations history, I jumped at the chance to coach. I thoroughly enjoyed my experiences coaching at club level, and was keen to be part of what is, in truth, a very talented age bracket for northern districts.
Any lingering doubts I had over how many cricketers would show for the trials were quickly swept away, when over 20 boys (and girl!) attended, and allowed us to select a winter development squad, which was a resounding success. I had mentioned to my father many times throughout the year just how much talent some of the boys had, and I don’t think he ever completely agreed with me. That was until he pulled me aside after the first training session and echoed my sentiments – that we did indeed have a talented bunch of kids for the squad.
Of the 24 who trialed, we selected a squad of 14 players, consisting of 5 from West Ryde, 4 from Dundas United, 3 from Epping District and 2 from Carlingford. The side was made up with a mixture of players from the under 9s the previous season, and some players who play up an age in under 11s. The extra experience of playing at a higher level that these players had was instrumental in helping the side grow and improve after each training session and match.
At the NDCA cap presentation night, I stated my belief that the boys would not only be competitive, but would win at least 1 game, which was a big goal to achieve. The laughter it received from many in attendance further echoed the general consensus, that this was a ‘learning year’ for the boys, and that we would get beaten convincingly in every game. I was determined to not let that happen, and along with the help of team manager Marc Reicher, trained the boys harder than ever.
After what seemed a lifetime over the off-season training and playing a few trial games (of contrasting success), the first game finally arrived. Inner West Harbour at our home ground, Cox Park. Inner West Harbour is a significantly larger area for players than ourselves, so the odds of running into a phenomenal side were far greater. The 4 to 5 hours that followed were some of the most enthralling and captivating cricket I’ve been a part of, player and coach. We batted first, and scored 5/184 off our 40 overs, with Tom Reicher (83) and Sam Green (40*) putting on 123 for the 5th wicket.
Defending that large total made Marc and I, along with all the parents and supporters, confident that we would get the job done. We still however, had to bowl and field well, which is exactly how we started, having with 2-8 after 6 overs (T Reicher 2 wickets). The next hour involved much nail-biting, shouting, helping the boys set the field, and just pure shock and awe, as we were treated to an amazing display of power and precision hitting from the opposition captain. He raced past 50 (with 3 of the biggest sixes you could ever see hit by a 9 year old) and didn’t look like slowing down, until Ethan Macdonald produced a match-turning catch to dismiss him, and ultimately swing things back our way. There were more twists and turns along the way, and they eventually ended 2 runs short, 9 wickets down. It was a fantastic bowling and fielding performance, led superbly by Jono Hughes (3-10 off 6).
Fresh off the excitement of winning our first game and going a long way to prove doubters wrong, we went into our following 2 games against South Eastern (eventual premiers) and other heavyweights Blacktown full of confidence. Whilst being beaten in these games, the boys were very competitive and played the game in the right spirit, showing they were indeed a force to be reckoned with. After game 4 was washed out, we came into the final round knowing a win over Georges River St George would probably be enough to secure a coveted finals position.
After sending the opposition into bat, we restricted them to 6/80 off their 40 overs, a fantastic achievement. The boys displayed their considerable talents as a fielding side, and were superbly marshaled by captain Spencer White, who grew more and more into the role as the weeks rolled on. Special mention also goes out to Sam Green, who produced the best individual fielding effort I’ve seen from a boy his age (and a few ages above). Sam also led by example with the bat, scoring 45* in a 80 run stand with Oliver Sheekey (18), who was unlucky to be dismissed as we were on level scores. To win any game at rep level is a great achievement, but to do it only 1 wicket down is fantastic, and is a testament to how hard the boys worked at training and on game days to hone their skills.
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Unfortunately, as luck would have it, North Shore also won, and they ended up ahead of us (taking the last finals spot) due to a slightly higher quotient. Whilst it was disappointing to miss out on the finals, to finish with a resounding win was a great way to finish what was a terrific season. The boys are to be commended on the way they conducted themselves at training and game days, as they always played cricket in the right spirit and had fun, which is the way it should be. A big thanks goes out to Marc Reicher for helping me with training and games, and most importantly sending out all the messages and emails, which I definitely could not have done without your immense help. Thanks also goes to Dan Green for being the team scorer (everyone loves a volunteer!) and to all the parents for bringing the kids along and being a constant support to myself and the team. I sincerely thank each and every one of you, as seasons such as these don’t happen without the generous help and support I received each and every week. Hope everyone had fun, and I look forward to potentially coaching this age group for years to come.
Dave Berriman Coach
Team Highlights:
- Ethan Macdonald’s catch to turn the game (R1) - Tom Reicher’s fantastic coming of age 83 (R1) - Sam Green’s 40 and 45*, along with fantastic fielding performance (R1 & 5) - Spencer White’s ever-growing leadership skills - Anay Baruah’s mesmerizing leg spin - Jono Hughes’ 8 wickets @ 7 off 19 overs (competition high before finals) - Arinath Gobinath’s outstanding wicket-keeping - Oliver Sheekey batting all 40 overs vs Blacktown (28* R3) - Zoya Thakur’s wickets and jumping celebration (R5) - Krish Thakur’s bowling performance (R2) - Finn Barker-Tomkins’ consistent economical bowling - Aidan Kilby’s amazing direct hit (R1) - Rohan Rai’s bowling performances - William Wright being the standout performer in the trials
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NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION JUNIORS
UNDER 14 REPRESENTATIVE TOURING TEAM
NEWCASTLE CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP JANUARY 2014
In January we took the U14’s rep team to Newcastle to compete in the Graeme Malcolm Shield. The squad for the tournament was as follows:-
Jamie McLeod (C) Dundas United Brayden Dilley Epping Bulls Cullen Hathurusinghe Dundas United Elliot Carwardine Epping Bulls Harrison Kilby Dundas United Matthew Bryson St Patricks College Jayden Brown Dundas United Sharan Rajendran Carlingford James Hirsch Dundas United Luke Kayani Concord Briars Ashton Whitting Concord Briars Osman Kayani Concord Briars Phil McLeod Coach Paul Kilby Manager The tournament was played over 5 consecutive days and was meant to be played all on turf wickets. Unfortunately due to the weather we played 2 games on turf and the other 3 games on synthetic. 12 teams competed in what was a strong competition. There were local teams from Newcastle, Far North Coast, Highlands, Newcastle Presidents, Hunter Valley and Central Coast as well as Sydney teams from Hornsby, Parramatta, Penrith, Manly, Hawkesbury and Northern District. Game 1 V Manly at Connolly Park (turf) Our first game was a hot day against a very strong Manly team on Turf. Manly had recently won the rep season final and would also go on to win this tournament as well. Manly won the toss and batted first. Elliott picked up an early wicket and when Matthew picked up the other opener we had them 2/43. Their no. 3 & 4 then put on 80 runs and we were looking down chasing a big score. The boys did make a spirited fight back as they went from 2/123 to be 6/149 , however Manly kicked away again in the heat to take their total to 209. Elliot, Cullen, Matthew and Sharan all took 2 wickets each. Our run chase started badly and we soon found ourselves in real trouble at 5/30. James (43) and Jamie (25) put on a 50 run partnership to help restore order , however in the end we were all out for 112. Game 2 V Central Coast at Kahiba Oval (turf) Central Coast won the toss and decided to bat first. The opposition batting was not as strong as our previous opponents and with some tight bowling and fielding we rolled them for 110. It also gave us an opportunity to give all 12 players a bowl. Osman took 3/7 off 5 overs, James and Elliott took 2 each and Harrison and Ashton finished with 1 each. Chasing a small target can often be tricky and at 4/22 we were in early trouble again. Cullen (14) started the resistance and he was out in the middle for 20 overs. Matthew (23) batted well in the middle order, however at 7/84 and needing 27 runs to win the game was still in the balance. Luke (28 no) and James (13 no) eventually saw us home with sensible batting and their running between wickets was also a key feature. Game 3 V Hunter Valley at Waratah Oval No. 3 Our next match against Hunter Valley was rain reduced to 43 overs each and ended up being a thriller with the momentum changing a number of times. Jamie won the toss and sent Hunter Valley in. His decision paid early dividends with Elliot picking up the 1st wicket LBW and we soon had Hunter Valley in early trouble at 4/34. A handy partnership for their 5th wicket saw them get back into the match and finish with 152 runs on the board. Jayden finished with 4/10, Elliot and Cullen picked up 2 wickets each and Matthew and Ashton picked up 1 each.
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An early wicket was not what we wanted, however a solid knock from Brayden (29) got us back on track. Jayden (50 no) and Ashton (25) continued on with a fantastic partnership of 72 to have our noses in front again. The loss of quick wickets changed the game again and we found ourselves 8 wickets down and needing 11 runs off the last 2 overs, however Elliot (11 no) who seems to thrive in pressure situations got us home with with 2 balls to spare and only 1 wicket in hand. Game 4 V Far North Coast at Smith Park Far North Coast won the toss and batted first and were soon in early trouble at 3/10 with Cullen taking the first 2 wickets and Elliot taking the other. They did manage to get their total to 119. Cullen finished with impressive figures of 3/14 off 8 overs. Elliot, Jayden, Sharan, Osman and James all took 1 wicket each. Our Openers Brayden (11) and Ashton (18) got us off to a solid start. Luke (24 no) and Jamie (41 no) then took control of the match and saw us home comfortably in the end with an impressive unbroken partnership of 83 with 7 wickets in hand and 11 overs still to go. Game 5 V Parramatta at Darling St Our final game was against Parramatta which was reduced to 40 overs each due to the weather. Jamie won the toss and decided to bat first. Conditions were not great for either team with rain, a wet ground and also long grass. Our openers Brayen (18) and Ashton (13) again got us off to a solid start. Jayden (21) and Matthew (16) continued on in the middle order for us. The real excitement of our innings came at the end from Osman (26 no) which included a couple of big sixes and even a ramp shot off their big fast bowler !. Osman’s power hitting at the end helped the boys get the total to 129 in tough batting conditions. Parramatta got off to a good start in their run chase, however a bowling change saw Jayden take 2 wickets in his first over. Some tight bowling and fielding in the conditions we were playing in had them 7/102. Parramatta’s tail then started to wag and with the equation for them now needing only 2 runs to win with 2 wickets in hand it seemed like the game would get away from us. Osman then showed nerves of steel to run out their number 10 batsman. With the scores tied, the rain coming down again and the ball resembling a piece of soap Cullen stepped up and bowled a perfect Yorker to bowl their last batsmen. The game ended in tie ! All in all the boys enjoyed a successful tournament winning 3 matches, 1 tie and 1 loss against rep standard teams. This was the boys 2nd trip away and they again did Northern Districts proud. The tournament was very well organized by Newcastle Junior District Cricket and would encourage future Northern District teams to participate. Paul Kilby Manager U14’s
The team below after our win against Far North Coast
Back row(L-R) : Paul Kilby (Manager), Sharan Rajendran, Brayden Dilley, Harrison Kilby, Ashton Whitting, Matthew Bryson, Jamie McLeod (c), Osman Kayani, Jayden Brown, James Hirsch, Phil McLeod (Coach) Front row: Luke Kayani, Elliot Carwardine, Cullen Hathurusinghe
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NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION JUNIORS
UNDER 13 REPRESENTATIVE TOURING TEAM
WESTERN NSW CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP JANUARY 2014
In early January eight families travelled to orange to play in the under 13’s Orange cricket carnival. The team was made up of 6 players from the under 13’s representative team, three talented younger brothers and three dedicated NDJCA cricketers keen to join the group and have a game on a turf wicket. The excitement of the trip and the opportunity to play four straight days of cricket were evident in the boys the first morning of the competition. We headed to a part of town where organizers warned us not to leave anything unattended and if the locals wandered onto the pitch leave them be and call the police if necessary. We were expecting the worst but the field and pitch was remarkably good. On Monday we played Lachlan. After the first day’s play the carnival looked promising for the team as we started with a win. Standout performances by Lliam Ferrier 48 with the bat and exceptional bowling from Brendan Ford 4/5 and Naba Haider. Tuesday vs Penrith. With some families from our team sharing a hotel with the Penrith team we secretly hped that the car park party they held to the wee hours would affect their performance. Sadly this was not the case. We opened the batting but unfortunately wickets were quick to fall. Notable performances by Ethan (29) and Ammar who stuck it out and steadied the ship eventually falling for 73. Liam Doherty showed his keeping talents behind the stumps whilst Naba’s bowling was again impressive. Unfortunately this strong team got the better of us and pasted our score in the middle of the overs. At Tuesday night’s invitational 20/20 our team was represented by Henry Kirk and Brendan Ford. Henry opened the batting scoring 32 and only getting out in the 14th over. Brendan’s wicket keeping was excellent in the second innings. Team alliances were put aside with the spirit of the night, Brendan chirping behind Henry at every opportunity. A fantastic, if somewhat arctic, night was had by all starting at the popular Pizza Hut and finishing on the hill at Wade park. Special mention should be made of parents Clare, Angela , Ian and Mat who participated in the on-field events. Wednesday vs Shoalhaven. Shoalhaven looked like the team to beat, this looked achievable with some excellent bowling from Harry Brooks but unfortunately in the last 20 overs the tally grew and we ended our bowling with 141 to chase. Our inning started with a quick fall of wickets but we eventually got to 122 with some strong seady performances by Brendan, Mitchell and finally Oscar who went out with instructions not get out which he didn’t. We were bowled out in the 45th over for 122. The carnival finished on a disappointing note with our Thursday game against Dubbo being rained out. We headed to the local indoor bowling centre for a final get together before heading home. Thank you to Ian who did an exceptional job coaching the team ensuring all the kids had a great time and that the trip out to Orange was a worthwhile one for all. Special mention has to be made to Oscar Kirk, Harry Brooks and Fraser Garrett who demonstrated that age is no barrier held as they held their own against older and physically bigger players.
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COMPETITION RESULTS
Under 10 Under 14 – West West Ryde Rovers – White Premiers (105) Concord Briars Premiers (57) Dundas United Runners Up (76) St Patricks College Runners Up (65) Epping Bulls 76 Oakhill College 45 West Ryde Rovers – Blue 67 Epping Bulls 44 Carlingford Waratah 64 Carlingford Waratah 40 Oakhill College 63
Under 12 – West Under 14 – East Epping YMCA – Blue Premiers (62) St Patricks – Black Premiers (70) Dundas United Runners Up (61) Carlingford Waratah Runners Up (57) West Ryde Rovers – Blue 51 Concord Briars 52 Epping YMCA – Red 40 Dundas United 48 West Ryde Rovers – White 35 North Ryde RSL 45 West Ryde Rovers 30
Under 12 – East Under 15 / 16 – Lillee Carlingford Waratah Premiers (70) Ryde Hunters Hill Premiers (89) Epping Bulls – White Runners Up (70) North Ryde RSL Runners Up (93) Oakhill College 42 West Ryde Rovers 72 Epping Bulls – Blue 42 Epping YMCA 70 Epping YMCA 39 St Patricks College 60 Epping Bulls – Red 36 Holy Cross 60 Oakhill College 41 Gladesville RSL 39
Under 13 Under 15 / 16 – Marsh Dundas United Premiers (62) Holy Cross Premiers (61) St Patricks – Black Runners Up (63) Oakhill College – Maroon Runners Up (74) Carlingford Waratah 62 Epping Bulls 49 Ryde Hunters Hill 60 Oakhill College – Gold 48 Epping Bulls 48 North Ryde RSL 43 West Ryde Rovers 42 Balmain 28 North Ryde RSL 41 Concord Briars 39 St Patricks – Gold 29 Balmain 15
Under 15 / 16 – Chappell Carlingford Waratah Premiers (69) Dundas United Runners Up (56) Concord Briars 48 St Patricks College – Gold 46 Epping YMCA 44 St Patricks College – Black 35
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BATTING – Centuries Name Club Division Score Patrick Needham Epping YMCA Under 15 / 16 Chappell 102* Osman Kayani Concord Briars Under 15 / 16 Chappell 100* Jack Clinton Dundas United Under 15 / 16 Chappell 100* Anthony Adlam Dundas United Under 15 / 16 Chappell 100* William Wark Carlingford Waratah Under 15 / 16 Chappell 100* Jack Brewer Oakhill College – Maroon Under 15 / 16 Marsh 100* Benjamin De Caria Holy Cross Under 15 / 16 Marsh 100* Justin Frain Holy Cross Under 15 / 16 Lillee 103* Lachie Camroux Holy Cross Under 15 / 16 Lillee 101* Will Bremner North Ryde RSL Under 15 / 16 Lillee 100*
BOWLING – Five or more wickets Julian Greig Carlingford Waratah Under 15 / 16 Chappell 5 / 14 Dalian Ivelja Concord Briars Under 15 / 16 Chappell 5 / 15 Mark O’Brien St Patricks College – Gold Under 15 / 16 Chappell 5 / 26 Jackson Laurie Oakhill College – Maroon Under 15 / 16 Marsh 5 / 4 Patrick Rice Holy Cross Under 15 / 16 Marsh 5 / 10 Andrew Bowman North Ryde RSL Under 15 / 16 Marsh 5 / 12 Zac Sheffield Holy Cross Under 15 / 16 Lillee 5 / 1 Will Bayliss Gladesville RSL Under 15 / 16 Lillee 5 / 3 Chris Johnston Ryde Hunters Hill Under 15 / 16 Lillee 5 / 5 Noah Corbett Ryde Hunters Hill Under 15 / 16 Lillee 5 / 6 Jaeden Calder West Ryde Rovers Under 15 / 16 Lillee 5 / 13 Yash Mankad Dundas United Under 14 East 6 / 9 Joshua Phillips Dundas United Under 14 East 5 / 23 Jeremy Thaman Carlingford Waratah Under 14 West 6 / 4 Thileep Rahul Ramesh Concord Briars Under 14 West 5 / 7 Samuel Miller Oakhill College Under 14 West 5 / 13 Jack Abraham St Patricks College – Black Under 13 5 / 7 Sebastien du Plessis Ryde Hunters Hill Under 13 5 / 22 Aryan Wani Carlingford Waratah Under 12 East 5 / 24
BOWLING – Hat Tricks Will Bremner North Ryde RSL Under 15 / 16 Lillee 4 / 12 Thileep Rahul Ramesh Concord Briars Under 14 West 5 / 7 Benjamin Wood Concord Briars Under 13 3 / 9 Aryan Wani Carlingford Waratah Under 12 East 3 / 6 Isaac Tang Epping Bulls – Blue Under 12 East 3 / 6
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SUMMARY of BATTING STATISTICS Batting Aggregate Aidan Kilby Dundas United Under 10 224 Sanchay Kalra Epping YMCA Under 12 West 289 Luca Sutton Epping YMCA Under 12 East 316 Harry Manenti St Patricks College – Black Under 13 517 Noah Skubla Oakhill College Under 14 West 331 Jayden Brown Dundas United Under 14 East 491 Jaeden Calder West Ryde Rovers Under 15 / 16 Lillee 478 Patrick Rice Holy Cross Under 15 / 16 Marsh 417 William Wark Carlingford Waratah Under 15 / 16 Chappell 362
Batting Average Oliver Sheekey West Ryde Rovers Under 10 161.00 Sanchay Kalra Epping YMCA Under 12 West 144.50 Luca Sutton Epping YMCA Under 12 East 52.67 Thomas Federow Carlingford Waratah Under 13 354.00 Noah Skubla Oakhill College Under 14 West 41.38 Jayden Brown Dundas United Under 14 East 122.75 David Gribben Ryde Hunters Hill Under 15 / 16 Lillee 44.25 Patrick Rice Holy Cross Under 15 / 16 Marsh 41.70 Patrick Needham Epping YMCA Under 15 / 16 Chappell 70.25
SUMMARY of BOWLING STATISTICS Bowling Aggregate Aidan Kilby Dundas United Under 10 15 Thomas Reicher Dundas United Under 12 West 15 Aryan Wani Carlingford Waratah Under 12 East 15 Ryan Federow Carlingford Waratah Under 13 21 James Harrison St Patricks College Under 14 West 17 Joshua Phillips Dundas United Under 14 East 16 Nicholas Thomas North Ryde RSL Under 15 / 16 Lillee 23 Patrick Rice Holy Cross Under 15 / 16 Marsh 22 Julian Greig Carlingford Waratah Under 15 / 16 Chappell 20
Bowling Average Samuel Schembri-Green West Ryde Rovers Under 10 6.78 Thomas Reicher Dundas United Under 12 West 4.60 Oscar Kirk Epping Bulls Under 12 East 5.13 Harry Manenti St Patricks College Under 13 5.63 James Harrison St Patricks College Under 14 West 5.24 Christopher Ius St Patricks College Under 14 East 4.86 Nicholas Thomas North Ryde RSL Under 15 / 16 Lillee 4.52 Matthew Stillen Oakhill College Under 15 / 16 Marsh 4.56 William Wark Carlingford Waratah Under 15 / 16 Chappell 7.83
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High Under 10 – Batting Innings Not Outs Score Aggregate Average Oliver Sheekey West Ryde Rovers 11 10 33* 161 161.00 Mackenzie Munro Epping Bulls 11 10 31 121 121.00 Bill Mayhew Carlingford Waratah 11 9 29* 109 54.50 Samuel Schembri-Green West Ryde Rovers 12 9 26* 159 53.00 Arinath Gobinath West Ryde Rovers 12 8 26* 165 41.25 Nevaeh Wacando West Ryde Rovers 12 9 21* 114 38.00 Finn Barker-Tomkins West Ryde Rovers 12 9 19* 105 35.00 Ethan Lee West Ryde Rovers 10 7 38* 101 33.67 Josh Pledger Carlingford Waratah 9 5 29* 132 33.00 Aidan Kilby Dundas United 12 5 32* 224 32.00 Carl Naivalu Dundas United 9 6 20* 83 27.67 William Wright Epping Bulls 14 6 25* 185 23.13 Liam Rushe Oakhill College 8 5 19* 67 22.33 Rohan Rai West Ryde Rovers 10 6 18* 76 19.00 Zane Watson West Ryde Rovers 9 6 15* 52 17.33
Under 10 – Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average Samuel Schembri-Green West Ryde Rovers 30 8 61 9 6.78 Aidan Kilby Dundas United 39 11 103 15 6.87 Rohan Rai West Ryde Rovers 31 8 86 11 7.82 Carl Naivalu Dundas United 33 10 98 11 8.91 Finn Barker-Tomkins West Ryde Rovers 31 2 78 7 11.14 Maneesha Weliwita Dundas United 32 16 58 5 11.60 William Wright Epping Bulls 32 0 98 7 14.00 Richard Fucha Dundas United 28 8 98 7 14.00 Shaan Goradia Dundas United 28 2 116 7 16.57 Ethan Macdonald Epping Bulls 28 0 104 5 20.80 Mackenzie Munro Epping Bulls 28 0 118 4 29.50 Dilan Suriyarachchi Epping Bulls 28 0 94 3 31.33 Nirav Pratap Dundas United 32 3 145 4 36.25 Uzair Waraich Dundas United 29 1 166 4 41.50 Liam Weerakoon Dundas United 34 2 139 3 46.33
High Under 12 West – Batting Innings Not Outs Score Aggregate Average Sanchay Kalra Epping YMCA 8 6 78* 289 144.50 Thomas Reicher Dundas United 7 5 55 272 136.00 Yasiru Jayasooriya West Ryde Rovers 8 3 50 217 43.40 Andrew Chen Epping YMCA 8 3 45* 181 36.20 Dilan Mannaperuma Epping YMCA 8 2 42 160 26.67 Thomas Harrison Epping YMCA 7 3 26 106 26.50 Marley Besgrove Dundas United 8 3 50* 124 24.80 Matthew Lincoln Dundas United 8 3 29 114 22.80 Liam Kinna West Ryde Rovers 7 4 27* 68 22.67 Jack Wiggins Epping YMCA 9 3 34* 113 18.83 Thomas Scrivener Dundas United 8 0 43 108 13.50 Thomas Wunsch West Ryde Rovers 7 3 24* 52 13.00 Edward Jiang Epping YMCA 7 3 19* 51 12.75 Samuel Taber West Ryde Rovers 7 1 26 75 12.50 Jack Hemmons West Ryde Rovers 9 3 24 51 8.50
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Under 12 West – Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average Thomas Reicher Dundas United 44 16 69 15 4.60 Yasiru Jayasooriya West Ryde Rovers 36 10 65 9 7.22 Edward Jiang Epping YMCA 33 2 76 10 7.60 Anay Baruah Dundas United 30 6 91 9 10.11 Thomas Harrison Epping YMCA 29 4 67 6 11.17 Matthew Lincoln Dundas United 29 1 74 6 12.33 Thomas Scrivener Dundas United 36 7 83 6 13.83 Marley Besgrove Dundas United 46 14 101 7 14.43 Samuel Taber West Ryde Rovers 31 5 75 5 15.00 Thomas Bywaters West Ryde Rovers 29 4 79 5 15.80 Jayden Blackburn Dundas United 38 2 152 8 19.00 Danial Amin Rahmanlou West Ryde Rovers 33 2 131 6 21.83 Bradley Caruso West Ryde Rovers 32 6 115 5 23.00 Jack Wiggins Epping YMCA 32 2 99 4 24.75 Andrew Chen Epping YMCA 31 1 102 4 25.50
High Under 12 East – Batting Innings Not Outs Score Aggregate Average Luca Sutton Epping YMCA 10 4 68 316 52.67 Kabil Dhillon Epping Bulls 9 4 42 211 42.20 Jack Barry Carlingford Waratah 11 4 50* 284 40.57 Kartik Khetarpaul Epping Bulls 8 3 38* 180 36.00 Alexander Hudson Epping Bulls 9 4 50* 174 34.80 Billy Mccarthy Epping Bulls 9 2 51* 227 32.43 William Fitzalan Oakhill College 11 4 67* 213 30.43 Oliver Williams Epping YMCA 12 5 57* 168 24.00 Lachlan James Oakhill College 11 4 50* 163 23.29 Daniel Kingi Carlingford Waratah 11 4 34* 143 20.43 Christian Pagano Carlingford Waratah 10 3 27 138 19.71 Jack Mayhew Carlingford Waratah 11 4 37* 136 19.43 Ryan Pascoe Epping Bulls 9 3 52 114 19.00 Spencer White Epping Bulls 10 3 55 132 18.86 Roy Gardiner Carlingford Waratah 10 3 27* 123 17.57
Under 12 East – Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average Oscar Kirk Epping Bulls 31 10 41 8 5.13 Billy Mccarthy Epping Bulls 64 23 87 14 6.21 Aryan Wani Carlingford Waratah 41 7 94 15 6.27 Naman Ganjekar Carlingford Waratah 46 13 87 12 7.25 Daniel Kingi Carlingford Waratah 40 7 92 11 8.36 Samuel Wilkin Carlingford Waratah 34 12 76 9 8.44 Ethan Colmer Epping Bulls 54 17 105 11 9.55 Oliver Ticehurst Epping Bulls 31 4 88 8 11.00 Nicholas Johnson Epping Bulls 40 8 101 9 11.22 Jack Barry Carlingford Waratah 44 10 102 9 11.33 Kabil Dhillon Epping Bulls 54 11 99 8 12.38 Thomas Palmer-Jones Epping YMCA 33 6 77 6 12.83 Kartik Khetarpaul Epping Bulls 54 10 117 9 13.00 Aaron Gabriel Oakhill College 32 8 80 6 13.33 Justin De Souza Oakhill College 35 7 83 6 13.83
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High Under 13 – Batting Innings Not Outs Score Aggregate Average Thomas Federow Carlingford Waratah 8 7 52* 354 354.00 Harry Manenti St Patricks College 12 6 89* 517 86.17 Brendan Ford Ryde Hunters Hill 10 5 51* 324 64.80 Naba Allah Syed Haider Dundas United 8 4 71* 230 57.50 Lliam Ferrier Dundas United 11 5 62* 303 50.50 Nicholas Doherty St Patricks College 12 5 52* 327 46.71 Matthew Kazzi St Patricks College 11 4 63* 253 36.14 Jared Edwards Carlingford Waratah 8 4 50* 129 32.25 Max Harrison St Patricks College 9 3 51* 185 30.83 Albert Brooks St Patricks College 11 1 58 296 29.60 David Azize West Ryde Rovers 9 1 51* 219 27.38 Ethan Garrett Dundas United 10 3 50* 185 26.43 Matthew Henning Epping Bulls 8 2 43 144 24.00 Daniel Coary North Ryde RSL 9 2 50 150 21.43 Jonathon Aylward West Ryde Rovers 8 2 51* 126 21.00
Under 13 – Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average Harry Manenti St Patricks College 72 28 107 19 5.63 Ryan Federow Carlingford Waratah 62 16 123 21 5.86 Sebastien Du Plessis Ryde Hunters Hill 36 6 100 16 6.25 Pranav Hebbalu North Ryde RSL 43 12 85 13 6.54 Preethi Virupaksha North Ryde RSL 30 6 63 9 7.00 Jethro Thornton Epping Bulls 40 17 53 7 7.57 Lachlan Harvey Dundas United 35 8 76 10 7.60 Albert Brooks St Patricks College 58 21 84 11 7.64 Ethan Garrett Dundas United 53 13 126 16 7.88 Joshua Craddock West Ryde Rovers 37 13 97 12 8.08 Ely Corliss Concord Briars 50 15 139 17 8.18 Jack Abraham St Patricks College 57 13 114 13 8.77 Benjamin Wood Concord Briars 53 10 106 12 8.83 Naba Allah Syed Haider Dundas United 62 17 115 13 8.85 Mitchell Hodgetts Epping Bulls 32 5 99 11 9.00
High Under 14 West – Batting Innings Not Outs Score Aggregate Average Noah Skubla Oakhill College 8 0 76 331 41.38 Thileep Rahul Ramesh Concord Briars 9 3 59* 233 38.83 Daniel Murphy St Patricks College 9 0 88 313 34.78 Connor Salmon Epping Bulls 8 3 50* 162 32.40 Darrun Sureshkumar Concord Briars 10 1 65* 291 32.33 Pakajan Narendiran Concord Briars 11 2 50* 255 28.33 Samuel Miller Oakhill College 8 0 75 209 26.13 Christopher Rooke St Patricks College 8 3 44* 124 24.80 Andrew Azize St Patricks College 8 0 38 159 19.88 Jarrod Walsh St Patricks College 9 0 75 174 19.33 James Harrison St Patricks College 8 3 44* 96 19.20 Kedaran Santhakumar Concord Briars 8 2 39* 106 17.67 Jake De La Motte St Patricks College 9 1 75* 140 17.50 Aazmir Ahmed Epping Bulls 9 1 38 139 17.38 Nicholas Toms St Patricks College 9 1 44 131 16.38
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Under 14 West – Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average James Harrison St Patricks College 47 18 89 17 5.24 Joshua Hong Concord Briars 35 6 68 11 6.18 Antony Doria Epping Bulls 37 9 70 11 6.36 Samuel Miller Oakhill College 54 10 110 16 6.88 Christopher Rooke St Patricks College 41 15 85 12 7.08 Thileep Rahul Ramesh Concord Briars 53 12 112 15 7.47 Jeremy Thaman Carlingford Waratah 56 8 125 16 7.81 Connor Salmon Epping Bulls 38 14 81 10 8.10 Joshua Wilkinson Oakhill College 62 1 147 16 9.19 Sai Manikyanivas Concord Briars 30 5 92 10 9.20 Aazmir Ahmed Epping Bulls 35 4 93 9 10.33 Lakshan Fernando Epping Bulls 33 6 83 8 10.38 Anurag Pandit Epping Bulls 33 5 117 11 10.64 Shankar Aiyer Epping Bulls 38 13 70 6 11.67 Noah Skubla Oakhill College 53 3 142 11 12.91
High Under 14 East – Batting Innings Not Outs Score Aggregate Average Jayden Brown Dundas United 10 6 84* 491 122.75 Hamish Nicol North Ryde RSL 8 3 65* 215 43.00 Ashton Whitting Concord Briars 10 1 66 321 35.67 Jeremy Wedd St Patricks College 9 3 59* 201 33.50 Christopher Ius St Patricks College 8 0 73 265 33.13 Matthew Harrington St Patricks College 10 5 44 161 32.20 Ryan Miklich Concord Briars 10 5 54* 157 31.40 Harry Maguire Carlingford Waratah 10 0 74 304 30.40 Alexander Simovic Carlingford Waratah 9 2 51* 207 29.57 Christian Simovic Carlingford Waratah 9 5 37 116 29.00 Matthew Bryson St Patricks College 10 1 60 239 26.56 Mayank Gupta Carlingford Waratah 8 4 47* 104 26.00 Charlie Prentice Concord Briars 10 4 50* 150 25.00 Patrick Mynett St Patricks College 9 3 46 149 24.83 Yash Mankad Dundas United 10 2 56* 179 22.38 Jamie Mcleod Dundas United 9 1 63* 179 22.38
Under 14 East – Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average Christopher Ius St Patricks College 46 12 68 14 4.86 Joshua Phillips Dundas United 58 12 153 16 9.56 Charlie Prentice Concord Briars 35 2 117 12 9.75 Jeremy Wedd St Patricks College 41 5 81 7 11.57 Matthew Booth St Patricks College 31 4 70 6 11.67 Cullen Hathurusinghe Dundas United 59 9 178 15 11.87 Lachlan Sears St Patricks College 48 14 100 8 12.50 Luke Gilder St Patricks College 33 1 128 10 12.80 Nathan Bicerra Carlingford Waratah 65 13 155 12 12.92 Mayank Gupta Carlingford Waratah 31 4 83 6 13.83 Jayden Brown Dundas United 64 16 158 11 14.36 Benjamin Smith North Ryde RSL 53 10 130 9 14.44 Siddharth Warrier Carlingford Waratah 55 10 178 12 14.83 Alexander Simovic Carlingford Waratah 45 7 154 10 15.40 Gregory French West Ryde Rovers 63 10 229 14 16.36
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High Under 15/16 Lillee – Batting Innings Not Outs Score Aggregate Average David Gribben Ryde Hunters Hill 12 4 72 354 44.25 Will Bremner North Ryde RSL 10 3 100* 281 40.14 Robert Amery Ryde Hunters Hill 10 4 54* 239 39.83 Lachie Camroux Holy Cross College 9 2 101* 261 37.29 Jaeden Calder West Ryde Rovers 14 1 82 478 36.77 Luke Counsell North Ryde RSL 8 4 34* 144 36.00 Zac Sheffield Holy Cross College 8 1 78 238 34.00 Matthew Munro Ryde Hunters Hill 8 3 47 156 31.20 Srichakra Motamarri West Ryde Rovers 14 9 21 142 28.40 Chris Johnston Ryde Hunters Hill 9 2 54* 194 27.71 Michael Shephard Ryde Hunters Hill 10 2 54* 209 26.13 Noah Sutton Epping YMCA 11 1 58 250 25.00 William Bradley North Ryde RSL 12 3 50 217 24.11 Nikolai Paxton Epping YMCA 8 1 36 145 20.71 Navjot Singh Epping YMCA 8 1 35* 134 19.14
Under 15/16 Lillee – Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average Nicholas Thomas North Ryde RSL 73 19 104 23 4.52 Chris Johnston Ryde Hunters Hill 54 20 107 20 5.35 Noah Corbett Ryde Hunters Hill 54 18 103 14 7.36 Jaeden Calder West Ryde Rovers 50 9 140 19 7.37 Zac Sheffield Holy Cross College 30 7 99 12 8.25 Will Bremner North Ryde RSL 55 10 145 17 8.53 Tony Pearce St Patricks College 63 9 156 17 9.18 Cooper Greenberg St Patricks College 57 20 124 13 9.54 Noah Sutton Epping YMCA 53 6 138 14 9.86 Swapnik Sanagavarapu Epping YMCA 39 5 130 13 10.00 Daniel Maittlen North Ryde RSL 58 13 154 14 11.00 Navjot Singh Epping YMCA 71 15 213 19 11.21 Matthew Salmon Ryde Hunters Hill 42 10 136 12 11.33 Nikolai Paxton Epping YMCA 42 5 148 13 11.38 Pragesh Haran West Ryde Rovers 30 3 131 11 11.91
High Under 15/16 Marsh – Batting Innings Not Outs Score Aggregate Average Patrick Rice Holy Cross College 10 0 85 417 41.70 Benjamin De Caria Holy Cross College 10 1 100* 334 37.11 Muneeb Shirazi Holy Cross College 9 3 55 199 33.17 Patrick Gough Holy Cross College 10 0 86 300 30.00 Max Laurie Oakhill College 10 1 88 258 28.67 Elliot Carwardine Epping Bulls 9 2 55 196 28.00 Luke Dooley Oakhill College 10 4 57* 160 26.67 Joshua Xavier North Ryde RSL 9 2 69 181 25.86 Jack Greenwood Oakhill College 9 0 69 229 25.44 Jackson Laurie Oakhill College 8 1 64 171 24.43 Brayden Dilley Epping Bulls 9 3 51* 123 20.50 Jack Parkinson Epping Bulls 9 0 48 140 15.56 Calum Mcknight Oakhill College 8 1 31 96 13.71 Nicholas Bernar Holy Cross College 8 1 31* 92 13.14 Michael French Oakhill College 9 0 47 114 12.67
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Under 15/16 Marsh – Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average Matthew Stillen Oakhill College 46 15 73 16 4.56 Jordan Lelay Holy Cross College 36 5 81 13 6.23 Patrick Rice Holy Cross College 66 19 147 22 6.68 Joshua Palin Oakhill College 52 11 83 12 6.92 Jackson Laurie Oakhill College 33 4 65 9 7.22 Jake Abbott Holy Cross College 44 6 108 14 7.71 Jack Brewer Oakhill College 30 7 67 7 9.57 Joshua Condon North Ryde RSL 45 13 88 9 9.78 Andrew Bowman North Ryde RSL 79 17 215 19 11.32 Cooper Pascoe Epping Bulls 44 13 83 7 11.86 Daniel Greenland North Ryde RSL 58 12 136 11 12.36 Michael French Oakhill College 62 11 161 13 12.38 Tushar Verma Epping Bulls 49 8 163 13 12.54 Muneeb Shirazi Holy Cross College 53 16 117 9 13.00 Christopher Wadih Oakhill College 37 5 122 9 13.56
High Under 15/16 Chappell – Batting Innings Not Outs Score Aggregate Average Patrick Needham Epping YMCA 8 4 102* 281 70.25 Vikrant Nehru Carlingford Waratah 8 4 88* 192 48.00 William Wark Carlingford Waratah 11 3 100* 362 45.25 Jack Clinton Dundas United 9 1 100* 356 44.50 Julian Greig Carlingford Waratah 8 2 83* 266 44.33 James Conaghan Carlingford Waratah 11 2 95 306 34.00 Nathan Maher Dundas United 9 3 71* 187 31.17 Anantha Panchalingam Epping YMCA 11 1 64 304 30.40 Douglas Cullen St Patricks College 9 0 79 256 28.44 Timothy Hatton St Patricks College 8 3 43* 103 20.60 Michael Redman St Patricks College 10 0 36 190 19.00 Elliott Ralph St Patricks College 9 1 29 140 17.50 Drew Beacom St Patricks College 8 0 48 132 16.50 Dillon Khan Epping YMCA 9 0 36 140 15.56 Aditya Krishnaswamy Epping YMCA 11 0 40 139 12.64
Under 15/16 Chappell – Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average William Wark Carlingford Waratah 32 4 94 12 7.83 Elliott Ralph St Patricks College 31 4 71 9 7.89 Julian Greig Carlingford Waratah 76 23 178 20 8.90 Alexander Skinner St Patricks College 53 7 117 12 9.75 Douglas Rogers Dundas United 40 4 111 11 10.09 Conlan Foley Dundas United 46 9 128 12 10.67 Mark O'Brien St Patricks College 44 8 141 13 10.85 Jack Bannister Dundas United 33 4 125 11 11.36 Jeffrey Burt St Patricks College 65 18 190 15 12.67 Dalian Ivelja Concord Briars 46 10 171 13 13.15 Tarun Mahajan Carlingford Waratah 31 6 101 7 14.43 Vikrant Nehru Carlingford Waratah 53 17 153 10 15.30 Lachlan Carfax Dundas United 61 23 139 9 15.44 Michael Redman St Patricks College 57 5 168 10 16.80 Jason Maroun St Patricks College 36 4 103 6 17.17
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TROPHY WINNERS 2013 – 2014
CRICKETER of the YEAR TROPHY Donated by K. McCann, West Ryde Rovers 1974-75 For Under 16, 15, and 14 Competitions: Jayden Brown, Dundas United Under 14 East
In MEMORY of GRAEME WHITE, Honorary Secretary Donated by K. McCann, West Ryde Rovers as the continuing trophy for the under 13, 12 and 11 competitions For Under 13, 12, and 11 Competitions: Harry Manenti, St Patricks College Under 13
Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club REPRESENTATIVE CRICKETER of the YEAR TROPHY Jayden Brown, Under 14 – Moore Shield
F. Earle Cup – Donated by F. Earle Esq. 1935 Umpires Cup – Presented by N.D. Umpires League Premiers Under 15/16 Chappell: Carlingford Waratah Runners-Up Under 15/16 Chappell: Dundas United
M. Rae Memorial Trophy Liberty Milk Bar Trophy Runners-Up Under 15/16 Marsh: Oakhill College - Premiers Under 15/16 Marsh: Holy Cross Maroon
Roselea Trophy Dundas Silver Jubilee Trophy Premiers Under 15/16 Lillee: Ryde Hunters Hill Runners-Up Under 15/16 Lillee: North Ryde RSL
R. M. Bell Cup Northsmith Trophy – Donated by Ryde RSL Premiers Under 14 East: St Patricks College – Black Runners-Up Under 14 East: Carlingford Waratah
Donated by A. K. Shaw Donated by H. Ward Premiers Under 14 West: Concord Briars Runners-Up Under 14 West: St Patricks College
Epping Municipal & Shire Trophy – Epping Shire C.C. Northsmith Trophy – Donated by Ryde RSL Premiers Under 13 East: Dundas United Runners-Up Under 13 East: St Patricks College – Black
George Mills Trophy – Donated by Eastwood C.C. Donated by North Ryde Millers C.C. Premiers Under 13 West: No Competition Runners-Up Under 13 West: No Competition
G. Rogerson Cup Northsmith Trophy – Donated by Ryde RSL Premiers Under 12 East: Carlingford Waratah Runners-Up Under 12 East: Epping Bulls – White
Donated by Thornleigh Waratah C.C. N.D.C.A. Trophy Premiers Under 12 West: Epping YMCA – Blue Runners-Up Under 12 West: Dundas United
H. Neal Cup Jim Walsh Memorial Trophy – NDUA 1968-1969 Premiers Under 11 East: No Competition Runners-Up Under 11 East: No Competition
N.D.C.A. Trophy K. Hinchcliffe Cup - Juvenile Premiers Premiers Under 10: West Ryde Rovers – White Runners-Up Under 10: Dundas United
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NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET UMPIRES ASSOCIATION President’s Report
On behalf of my other regular umpiring members I present the Annual Report for the Season 2013 - 2014.
This season we had thirteen umpires making themselves available to umpire the Senior and Junior games during the season, including Junior Semis and Finals and the Senior Semis and Finals. A number of these Umpires had passed their ticket last season and were gaining their on-field experience.
We convey our thanks to Peter Tate, John Crane, John Vanderlight, Greg Berriman, Nirmal De Silva, Ian Sinden, Ron Vidler, Christiaan Kennedy, Craig Menzies, Jude Fonseka, Ajit Madan, Homer Paxton, Peter Honeywood and Steve McAppion.
Twelve umpires made themselves available for the Junior Inter District Representative matches which were held on Sundays in October and November. The matches were the Junior games in the Foster Under 10, Creak Under 11, Cawsey Under 12, Gee Under 13, Moore Under 14, Weblin Under 15 and Watson Under 16 shields. We convey our thanks to John Crane, Kieran Gray, Greg Berriman, John Craig, Homer Paxton, Ron Vidler, Nirmal De Silva, John Vanderlight, Craig Hoskin, Christiaan Kennedy, Ian Sinden and Peter Honeywood. We convey our thanks to these umpires for carrying out their duties.
Umpires Greg Berriman, John Vanderlight and Nirmal De Silva umpired the Under 16 Presidents Cup and John Crane and John Vanderlight umpired the Under 13 and Under 15 NSWDCA Girls Carnival. John Vanderlight and John Crane together umpired the Qualifying Final for the Under 13 Gee Shield and John Crane umpired the Under 12 Cawsey Final. Well done fellas on your appointments.
Congratulations to all those who enjoyed the success and experience during the season and we look forward to seeing you all in 2014 – 2015 with a few more qualified umpires.
Bob Flint, President
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NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET UMPIRES ASSOCIATION
OFFICE BEARERS 2013 – 2014
Patron: Vacant President: Bob Flint Vice-President: Vacant Executive Committee: John Crane, Bob Flint Training and Examination Board: John Crane Delegate to N.D.C.A.Inc.: Bob Flint Hon. Auditor: Vacant Hon. Treasurer: John Crane Hon. Secretary: John Crane Hon. Assistant Secretary: Vacant Life Members (from NDCA records since 1968 - 1969)
1968 G. Rogerson dec. 1986 1968 P. Bevan dec. 1981 1968 J. Smith dec. 1970 1968 E. Fowler dec. 1995 1968 S. Wright dec. 1969 1968 S. Woodhouse dec. 1982 1977 F. Sheard 1981 H. Ward dec. 1988 1986 W. Fielder dec. 1997 1986 L. Thomas dec. 2007 1997 J. Crane 2008 C. Hamilton dec. 2010
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS for the Period ended 30th April 2014
Management Account $ $ Balance as at 30th APRIL 2013 280.15 NSWCU&SA Affiliation Fees 55.00 Subscriptions deducted from Umpires fees 70.00 Balance as at 30th APRIL 2014 295.15
335.15 335.15
Umpires Fees Account $ $ Received from N.D.C.A. 22,861.00 Subscriptions deducted from Umpires Fees 70.00 Payment to Umpires 22,791.00 12,915.00 12,915.00
BALANCE SHEET as at 30th APRIL 2014
Liabilities $ Assets $ Accumulated Funds 280.15 ANZ Account 295.15 Add excess Payments over Receipts this 15.00 year 280.15 280.15
3 Currawong Avenue, Normanhurst 2076 John P. Crane, ASM [email protected] Honorary Treasurer (H) 02 9487 1385 30th April 2014
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NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION OFFICERS PAST and PRESENT President: 1909 – 1913 W. M. Nixon 1913 – 1914 D. M. Anderson 1914 – 1920 W. M. Nixon 1920 – 1921 D. M. Anderson 1921 – 1922 G. Syd Jones 1922 – 1931 Dr. D. G. Hunter 1931 – 1946 H. W. Holland 1946 – 1951 H. W. Gibson 1951 – 1958 R. M. Bell 1958 – 1973 K. Hinchcliffe 1973 – 1987 A. K. Shaw 1987 – 1995 P. Stapleton 1995 – 2013 J. P. Crane 2013 – P. Azize
Senior Vice President: 1924 – 1927 H. J. Bennett 1927 – 1931 H. W. Holland 1934 – 1937 F. Earle 1937 – 1946 H. W. Gibson 1947 – 1951 R. M. Bell 1951 – 1954 G. Horsley 1954 – 1955 F. Ferguson 1955 – 1958 W. Southwell 1958 – 1960 A. Denning 1960 – 1988 W. Hargraves 1988 – 1989 G. Newton 1989 – 1991 C. Dempsey 1991 – 1995 S. Martin 1995 – 1997 G. Barrie 1997 – 2004 W. McDonald 2004 – 2008 J. Vanderlight 2008 – 2011 Vacant 2011 – P. Stapleton
Honorary Secretary: 1908 – 1909 H. G. Small 1909 – 1911 A. P. Humphries 1911 – 1914 J. W. Doughton 1914 – 1920 A. M. Little 1920 – 1921 J. W. Doughton 1921 – 1922 M. Hartley 1922 – 1924 J. H. Worthington 1924 – 1927 M. R. Macaulay 1927 – 1928 J. Timmins 1928 – 1934 A. C. Gibson 1934 – 1938 A. H. Harrison 1938 – 1944 J. O. Baldock 1944 – 1946 H. Neal (acting) 1946 – 1951 J. O. Baldock 1951 – 1953 J. Goulder 1953 – 1956 K. Lane 1956 – 1987 H. Ward 1987 – 2000 G. White 2000 – 2003 J. P. Crane 2003 – 2011 J. LeGuier 2011 – 2012 J. P. Crane 2012 – Vacant
Honorary Treasurer: 1908 – 1920 C. W. Thomas 1921 – 1922 R. Gillett 1922 – 1924 D. M. Aslet 1924 – 1928 J. H. Timmins 1928 – 1934 A. C. Gibson 1934 – 1938 A. H. Harrison 1938 – 1947 H. Neal 1947 – 1953 E. W. Holley 1953 – 1973 A. K. Shaw 1973 – 1977 F. Ferguson 1977 – 1981 C. J. Leary 1981 – 2009 J. Prowse 2010 – 2012 C. Menzies 2012 – P. Vanderlight
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NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION OFFICERS PAST and PRESENT Patron: 1909 – 1938 W. Thompson 1938 – 1945 Dr. D. G. Hunter 1945 – 1946 Hon. E. Earnshaw, M.L.A. 1946 – 1963 H. W. Holland 1963 – 1971 R. M. Bell 1971 – 1986 G. Rogerson 1987 – 1989 K. Hinchcliffe 1989 – 2000 K. Hinchcliffe, A. K. Shaw 2000 – 2010 A. K. Shaw, R. Goggins 2010 – 2012 R. Goggins 2012 – 2013 J. Prowse 2013 – J. Prowse, J. Chedid
Assistant Secretary: 1913 – 1914 M. Owen 1929 – 1930 W. Herron 1930 – 1931 J. Doughton 1931 – 1933 N. Robertson 1933 – 1934 H. Harrison 1934 – 1947 H. Neal 1947 – 1948 E. W. Holley 1949 – 1952 J. Goulder 1952 – 1956 H. Ward 1956 – 1959 K. Hinchcliffe 1959 – 1960 M. Hatton 1960 – 1968 W. Craig 1968 – 1972 P. Jones 1972 – 1997 R. Goggins 1997 – 2004 W. McDonald 2004 – 2006 I. Moore 2006 – 2010 A. Grant 2010 – Vacant
Minute Secretary: 1997 – 1999 R. Goggins 1999 – 2000 P. Blanchard (to 02/02/00) P. Blakey (from 02/02/00) 2000 – 2004 W. McDonald 2004 – 2006 I. Moore 2006 – 2010 A. Grant 2010 – Vacant
Records Officer: 1931 – 1934 A. Harrison 1934 – 1939 H. Neal 1939 – 1940 J.R. Macleay 1940 – 1941 A. Harivel 1941 – 1942 F. Eldred 1942 – 1946 H. Neal 1946 – 1947 J. Neville 1947 – 1949 F. Earle 1949 – 1950 A. Gibson 1950 – 1953 A.K. Shaw 1953 – 1954 A. Horsley 1954 – 1959 A. Lukeman 1959 – 1963 W. Southwell 1963 – 1964 W. Taylor, W. Coy 1964 – 1965 W. Taylor, W. Coy, L. Ward 1965 – 1969 W. Coy, L. Ward 1969 – 1970 L. Hetherington, H. Ward 1970 – 1972 H. Ward 1972 – 1973 J. Prowse 1973 – 1974 J. Prowse, J. Crane 1974 – 1975 G. Dawkins, J. Crane 1975 – 1977 J. Crane, Mrs. J. Crane 1977 – 1978 J. Crane, J. Cameron 1978 – 1979 J. Cameron 1979 – 1980 P. Hartigan 1980 – 1997 G. Prowse 1997 – 2003 J. Prowse 2003 – 2012 F. Harrison 2012 – Vacant
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NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION LIFE MEMBERS
Pre 1939 A.C. Gibson dec. 1954 H. W. Holland dec. 1962 G. Rogerson dec. 1985 1941 – 1945 H. W. Gibson dec. 1953 H. Neville dec. 1982 H. Neal dec. 1975 1952 J. F. Walsh dec. 1970 1953 R. M. Bell dec. 1970 1955 F. Ferguson dec. 2002 1956 P. Burton dec. 1961 1958 A. K. Shaw, ASM dec. 2010 1960 H. Ward dec. 1988 1964 P. Bevan dec. 1981 1969 K. Hinchcliffe dec. 2008 1970 W. Hargraves dec. 2005 1981 K. McCann 1982 R. Goggins 1992 J. Prowse, ASM 1995 P. Stapleton 2000 G. White dec. 2000 2011 G. Prowse
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CRICKET ASSOCIATION
These are the teams who have, according to the Association’s records, played in the competitions during the NDCA’s 101 years of existence. Many of these clubs have vanished into the mists of time, some merged with other clubs, old ones went, new ones joined and many who were there at the beginning are still there and they helped form the nucleus of what very quickly became a strong and successful Association
Ashcroft Epping Presbyterian Oakhill Old Boys Berala Sports Epping Shire Parramatta Brush Farm Epping Shire Juniors Pennant Hills Blaxland Wanderers Epping Sports Pennant Hills/Eastwood Druids Boronia Epping Sportsmen Rivington Balmain Epping YMCA Roselea Balmain-Ermington Epping YMI Rovers Brothers Ermington Rydalmere Carling Allsorts Ermington County Rydalmere-Ermington Carlingford Ermington Sports Rydalmere Rovers Carlingford Hostel Ermington United Rydalmere-West Ryde Carlingford Waratah Five Dock Ryans Castleglen Five Dock RSL Ryde County Catholic College G. H. Sports Ryde District Central Gladesville Bowling & Sports Ryde Eastwood Leagues Cheltenham Gladesville Hockey Ryde Hunters Hill Pirates Cheltenham-Beecroft Gladesville RSL Ryde Hockey Church of Christ, Epping Hills Harriers Ryde Junior Sports CYO Meadowbank Hillview Ryde-Meadowbank Presbyterian Chosen Hardware Store Ryde Presbyterian Concord RSL Holy Cross College Ryde RSL Denistone Hornsby Rugby Ryde Waratah’s Denistone East Independent St. Anne’s Denistone East Methodist Inside Out St. Albans Denistone Methodist Jaycees St. Andrew’s Denistone Sports Kitty’s Creek St. Andrew’s Sports Denistone Tigers Knightsbridge St. Columbs Dundas Kookaburras St. Patrick’s Dundas Methodist Kuring-Gai Wanderers St. Patrick’s College Dundas United Maquarie Sports Club St. Patrick’s Old Boys Dundas Valley Rugby Macquarie University St. Philips Dundas Valley Rugby / Inside Out Marist Brothers Eastwood Sri Lanka Cricket Eastwood Marsfield Telopea Church of Christ Eastwood Baptists Marsfield Legion Telopea Tigers Eastwood CYO Marsfield Mission Ten Past Eleven Eastwood Diggers Marsfield Sports The Ranch Eastwood District Meadowbank Thornleigh Methodists Eastwood Druids Meadowbank-Melrose Thornleigh-Waratah’s Eastwood Heights Melrose Tutt-Bryant Eastwood Hotel Metropolitan Jaycees Tullochs Eastwood Juniors Millers Valley Eastwood Knights Newline Sports Vandoola Eastwood Methodist North Epping Rangers Vesuvians Eastwood Rugby Northern Independent Vikings Eastwood Rugby Colts Northern Magpies Village Eastwood YMI Normanhurst West Wanderers El Rancho Nor Ranchos West Epping Epping North Ryde Westleigh Epping Allsorts North Ryde Millers West Ryde Epping CYO North Ryde Presbyterian West Ryde Baptists Epping Devils North Ryde RSL West Ryde Eagles Epping District North Sydney Leagues West Ryde Rovers Epping Methodist Oakhill College West Ryde Sports Epping Old Boys West Ryde YMI
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