2 PARRAMATTA DISTRICT CRICKET CLUB INC 1843 – 2017 You are cordially invited to attend the ANNUAL MEETING of the above Club to be held at the Viking Sports Club, (Scandia Room) 35 Quarry Road (opposite Curtis Oval) Dundas Valley NSW 2117 On Friday 28th July 2017 at 6.30 pm. BUSINESS 1. To receive the 120th Annual Report 2. Any Notices of Motion According to Rules 3. Life Membership Award 4. To elect Officers and Committee 5. Election of Vice Presidents 6. To transact any business which may be introduced to Rule Only Financial Members of the previous season shall be entitled to vote (vide by laws) R. Wright OAM P O Box 143 Honorary Secretary PARRAMATTA NSW 2124 Phone: 0416 056 038 www.parracricket.com.au [email protected] 3 PARRAMATTA DISTRICT CRICKET CLUB INC. PO Box 143, PARRAMATTA 2124 OFFICE BEARERS 2016-2017 JOINT PATRONS Federal Member for Parramatta Ms. Julie Owens State Member for Parramatta Geoff Lee City of Parramatta Council Cumberland Council K.D. Walters MBE Parramatta Leagues Club President Parramatta District Cricket Association Alan Overton AM PRESIDENT Mr. Greg Monaghan DEPUTY PRESIDENT Mr. P West HONORARY SECRETARY Mr. R Wright OAM HONORARY TREASURER Mr. T Wood MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE P Sullivan R Cherry B Cherry P Calvert P Copperfield SELECTION COMMITTEE Chairman Paul Sullivan 1st Grade: Nick Bertus Jason Coleman Paul Sullivan 2nd Grade: Luke Dempsey Jason Coleman Paul Sullivan 3rd Grade: Jason Coleman Jason Coleman Paul Sullivan 4th Grade: Kevin Tyler Jason Coleman Paul Sullivan 5th Grade: Mark McLeod Jason Coleman Paul Sullivan PROVISIONAL SELECTION COMMITTEE Chairman Tom Wood B. Cherry P. Calvert P. Sullivan M. McLeod PUBLICITY AND PUBLIC RELATIONS Greg Monaghan DELEGATES TO S.C.A. G. Monaghan R. Wright OAM DELEGATE TO CRICKET NSW Greg Monaghan 4 LIFE MEMBERS J Aitken A H Alderson *W N Anderson *T Arundell *G T Barry *L Benaud *R Benaud OBE M/s C Bennison *F Bloxham *W W Bodenham *Dr. R Bowman *W A Brodie *L R Cadden *W Cornock A J Cramond *G Cranney *H Cranney *T Cranney Snr G Davidson *L J Deeth J Dwyer Dr Wilf Ewens Bruce Ferguson D Ferguson *H J Goodwin *E Gould *W Gould D Jackson *PH Jeffery OBE * D Kennedy *T D Little *J J Miller G Monaghan *L W Pye *R Rowe R Shepherd * S Stone S Teale Allen Turrell * Rev E F Waddy * E L Waddy K D Walters MBE M C Ward Mrs. T Ward *F Watsford M A Wood T J Wood R Wright OAM *Deceased VICE PRESIDENTS Bob Anderson John Benaud Bob Cadden Graham Chudleigh Warwick Dunn Bob Dwyer John Gall OAM Paul Garrard Des Hartmann Colin Hoschke Bill Jocelyn Gary Johnston Robert McMillan E Myatt (OAM) Bruce Neill Geoff Newton John Parkinson Daryl Smith Ray Smith Doug Timmins Michael J Wood FINANCIAL MEMBERS (PLAYERS) Abbott B Copperfield S King H Pitt E Abbott S Crittenden T Kumanan A Ripps B Affleck T D’Angelo G Kushelakumaran A Roughan B Affleck W Dempsey L Liyanage T Rizwan A Bateup C Elliott J Lofts L Simonsen O Bedi M Emran M Maitra A Sullivan M Bellam M Gillies L Marquez J Sylvester A Bertus Nick Giumelli M Martin B Talwar A Brar T Goulstone H Masters K Taylor B Brown Y Graham A McLeod M Thushyanthan S Cassel S Greig J McNaught L Turrell Adam Charles T Henry A O’Farrell L Tyler K Cherry B Jesuthasan D Padhye R Ward M Chowdhury F Joseph G Patel A Ward T Clinton J Kapila A Pepper M White C Coleman J Kaul A Philip A Workman J FINANCIAL MEMBERS (TRUE BLUE) Gold Members: Monaghan G Neill B Jurd C R Mackander Affleck J Dr Wilf Ewens Roughan M Alagarsamy M Gall John OAM Stegman M Atkins T King G Tribolet B Bertus Nigel Mackander W Ward P Bertus Mercedes Maitra P West P Chant G McMillan B (Honorary) Cherry R Mercer P Drinnan W Portlock G 5 6 President’s Report It is most pleasing to be able to report an excellent year for the Parramatta District Cricket Club. With strong on field performances, a growing Bleed Blue Parra Culture, some pleasing developments off the field, and a solid financial base, the club is in a strong position to consolidate a regular place as one of the very best clubs in Sydney. Team Performances were highlighted by: A brilliant undefeated effort to take out the Poidevin Gray Shield for the second time in 4 years. A young team well led by Tim Ward, this team comprehensively won the Final through a tremendous effort with the bat, especially 95 by the skipper, and an inspiring effort in the field. Tim Ward won the Shane Lee Medal for Player of the Final. With every player still young enough to play Under 21 again next season, this squad should impose themselves on the tournament again next year and provide a strong pipeline of future First Graders, with Tim Ward and Owen Simonsen having already broken through. Parra Men’s First Grade appeared in the Semi Finals of both the Kingsgrove Sports T20 and the Belvidere Cup and performing extremely well in both. Again, tremendous leadership from young skipper Nick Bertus, and some brilliant efforts in the field highlighted Parramatta’s season. To win a competition, a strong top 3 with the bat and top shelf opening bowlers are required. In this regard, we are well served by openers Brenton Cherry and Will Affleck, with Nick Bertus at No. 3. To have two opening bowlers, Ben Martin and Scott Copperfield, as amongst the leading wicket takers in Sydney is a pleasure the club has also not experienced since the 1960’s. Both Semi’s were rain affected and these undeniably affected the conduct of the games. Parramatta’s courageous performance in the Semi-final against Sydney University was quite noteworthy. The appalling conditions provided by Sydney Uni warranted the complaint lodged by our club, and which resulted in Uni losing the right to host the Final. Uni.s negative tactics with 8 or 9 boundary fielders for whole Parramatta innings was in stark contrast to the aggressive Parramatta approach. This team has great self-belief. These players believe they can win in any situation – a tribute to their skill and their leadership. Richie Benaud would surely be pleased with that approach. 7 Parramatta’s Semi-final of the T20 was notable as Parramatta’s first appearance at the SCG since Central Cumberland’s Finals appearances in the 1960s. Our Women’s 2nd Grade reached the Final for the second year running only to lose another rain affected finals match. The solid Parramatta total of 6/142 was achieved despite the second half of the innings being shortened dramatically by rain, ultimately receiving only 32 overs. St George, batting second, could work to the conditions and reached the adjusted target of 129, also with 6 wickets down. It all augurs well for another strong performance in the coming year to try and bring home our first Women’s Premiership. Parramatta had some sparkling Individual Performances which clearly laid a platform for the positive team’s results. These were certainly highlighted by Nick Bertus’s brilliant batting to break all the long-held Season Aggregate records of John Benaud (Belvidere Cup) Bruce Neill (First Grade – all competitions) and Terry Walters (all Grades). Bert led by example throughout the season and was selected in a number of representative games. He backed this up with an outstanding performance behind the stumps. With 34 catches and 4 stumpings Nick is now rated amongst the best batsman/keepers in NSW. He is on the cusp of reaching higher levels with continued outstanding performances. Bert was a worthy winner of the Bill Anderson Player of the Year. Nick Bertus takes a single to break Bruce Neill’s “All Competitions” Aggregate Record Other outstanding individual highlights included: Tim Ward’s 1,040 run season including his Poidevin Gray runs scoring where he led the competition aggregate with 381 runs. His double century in 2nd Grade catapulted him into the top grade where he made a credible start at this level. Combined with his brilliant fielding, strong leadership and character, Tim has a bright future. Three double centuries recorded – Nick Bertus 215 vs Western Suburbs, Tim Ward 203* vs North Sydney, and Kelsey Miller 201* vs Bankstown. Kelsey and Rebecca Miller topping the 2nd Grade competition run scoring list with 433 and 430 runs respectively 8 Superb batting in the Brewer Shield where Hayley Silver-Holmes, Elise Noble and Molly Godsell were the competition’s 3 leading run scorers with 345, 227 and 197 respectively. Scott Copperfield’s 47 wickets and Ben Martin’s 46 wickets, which made them the most successful opening bowling combination in Sydney. Ben Martin’s 10 wicket haul against St. George incl 6/22 in the first innings which led to a rare outright win. It was the first ten wicket haul since 2003-4 when Daniel Jackson took 5 in each innings against Bankstown. Nick Bertus and Ben Martin being named in the Sydney Cricket Association Merit XI Ben Abbott (5th) and Adam Turrell (8th) in the top 10 strike rates in Sydney, both striking at over 100. Ben Abbott hit 21 sixes in the season, ranking 6th in Sydney. Two amazing partnerships o 330 for the 2nd wicket between Will Affleck and Nick Bertus vs Western Suburbs o 285 for the 1st wicket between Kelsey Miller (201*) and Rebecca Miller (63*) vs Bankstown Kate Peterson, Hayley Silver-Holmes and Elise Noble who were 3 of the top 4 bowlers in Brewer Shield Emma Coughlan-Ryan who was the leading wicket taker in Sydney Women’s 2nd Grade.