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th EDITION 47 Thursday 18 November 2010 website www.walkervillecc.com.au

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WALKERVILLE CLUB NEWS NORMAL TWENTY20 COMPETITION The Walkerville Bakery Cats will play on Tuesday

nights starting at 5.20pm playing 3 minor round SEAFOOD NIGHT games. The Seafood night which unfortunately was They will be – postponed for this weekend has been re scheduled for Tuesday 14th December vs Flinders Park @ Flinders Saturday night 19th February. Please make sure you Park keep this weekend free and book a table to support Tuesday 11th January vs Grange @ Walkerville Oval the WCC. There will be more information to follow in Tuesday 25th January vs Woodville South @ coming newsletters. Walkerville Oval.

TRAINING DURING THE WEEK The winner from this group will progress through to Thanks to CJ for organizing his mate to come out to the next round so once again get there and support training last Tuesday night and help the Senior players the lads on these Tuesday nights. and some of the Juniors in the arts of throwing the cricket ball properly and with power. This has really helped Leo as he can now throw over a BABY NEWS jam tin!!!! Congratulations to Paul Reid and his lovely fiancé WCC PLAYER CODE OF CONDUCT Holly on the arrival of Olivia Charlotte Reid born at Please remember to complete your Walkerville Player 6.41pm on the 31/10/10 weighing in at 2.4 pounds and Code Of Conduct and return to the Club as soon as 36.5cm in length. Olivia was the complete opposite of possible. This is a requirement of all our players so if her mum and arrived very early at 29 weeks and 3 you have not received one please speak to your team days. All are doing well. this week. Congratulations to Joe Frick and his beautiful girlfriend Nikki on the arrival of little Cailin at 9.34 on 9/11/10 weighing in at 7 pounds 9. All are doing just fine.

Walkerville Veterinarian Pet of the week ASSOCIATION TWENTY20 COMPETITION

T20 Vs Goodwood

In making the semi final last year we had the opportunity to play against the other 3 sides for play off to go through against other associations to play at Adelaide oval. We drew Goodwood and with VC Chopper tossing the coin because I had not won one he convinced us that he had and we were to bat for the first time this season.

With a couple of district imports and the license to swing the guys were looking forward to it and with a long batting line up we batted well with most guys getting starts or contributing to the run tally except the Pom Hill being run out by Sturt Harper for only 2. Chopper was the main man with the bat putting the ball to all parts of the ground scoring a quick fire 71. This was set up again by a good opening by the openers CJ 16 and Carlo 28. We managed to get to 163 which was par score as the outfield was fast and Walkerville Veterinarian Pet of the week – good to bat on. proud sponsors of the Walkerville Cricket Club. Pippa Panzarino We started off bad with the ball once again having 40 Please note Pippa is chewing on the bones of the last runs hit off the first 4 overs through the middle overs person who came around uninvited!!! we fought back well with good bowling from Sarson and Hill with Sarson bowling 3 overs for only 15 runs. It was becoming tight in the last set off 5 overs and we ASSOCIATION NEWS suddenly dropped catches again and sloppy fielding allowed Goodwood to get some quick runs on the UNDER 21 ASSOCIATION SIDE board. With one over to go they needed 7 runs and we Congratulations to Simon Buckley, Lochie Nance and turned to the experience of B grade skipper Matho but Sam Cameron who have been nominated to represent once again luck didn’t ride with us and Goodwood got Walkerville at the ATCA under 21 Association training over the line on the second to last ball. If we had been with the opportunity to play for the Association side. tight earlier it would not have been so close but as Training will be at Adelaide Oval nets on Wednesday previous reports have shown bad bowling early and night starting at 7.00pm and we wish the lads well as fielding are really hurting us at the end of the day. we know they will represent Walkerville extremely well. It was good to see that we have a new bowler in Pete Sarson and Chopper was able to find some runs lets SAMCA ASSOCIATION TRIALS hope this is taken into this weeks one dayer. Keep that Congratulations to the following children on arm warm Pete I know what you can do now mate. being selected to attend the SAMCA Association Thanks to the two import boys from Sturt and Trials. Southern and hope to see the boys again when we th Under 11 ‐ Tully Kennett start our T20 comp on December 14 against Flinders ‐ Paul Brotherton Park. ‐ Jacob Ashton ‐ Paxton Silby Under 13 ‐ Tom Spanovski ‐ Finn Marshall ‐ Ned Kennett ‐ Adam Kitto If they get selected into the final teams they will play against 3 other associations within Adelaide.

ROUND 3 – REVIEW B1 – ROUND 3 VS FLINDERS UNI AT WALKERVILLE– After week 1 was washed out yet again this season our A1 – ROUND 3 VS AHOS AT AHOS – match against Flinders University would be a 50 over a Once again week one was washed out so we turned up side one day match. Beautiful conditions at Walkerville for a one day game week two and with another loss of oval greeted both teams as the heavy rain from last the toss we were bowling again and it seemed to start week was a distant memory. like the previous two games with AHOS getting off to a good start being 1‐127 and then 4‐174 with still Flinders Uni won the toss and elected to bat which another 14 overs to be bowled it look like we would be suited the Cats as our four big quicks were fired up and chasing 250 plus. ready to do some damage.

We fought back well bowling them all out for 234 with Will “Maxy” Walker opened the bowling after being Knowles the only bowler to really stick to a plan and promoted from the A Grade and after a couple of bowl well. Leesy bowled tight through middle overs loosening up overs he really hit his straps sending but still get the rewards. Our fielding once again was down rocket after rocket. Jimmy Plaistow “the smiling terrible with a number of miss fields along with assassin” wanted to get in on the act aswell as he dropped catches AHOS capitalized on our mistakes claimed the first wicket for the Cats. and ran us ragged with quick singles. The 50 overs in This really set us on our way and finally it looked like the field seemed like a full 100 as we didn’t work luck would be on the Cats side as we continued to take together and bowlers just did not bowl to any sort of regular . plan. Still we had kept them to 235 and I really thought we were still in the match as long as we batted our 50 Mal “Flash” Ayliffe was taking catches at slip, Browny overs. was great behind the stumps and young Ian and Adam

were like whippets in the field. Dan “Moose” Elkins We started off well with a good opening partnership of came on to continue the damage to the Flinders top 50 before CJ fell for 24 with in form Lee moved to order as even their captain found our pressure a little number three runs continued to flow quickly before too hot to handle. Carlo(43) fell with score on 102 whilst Leesy still found the boundary things crumbled at the other end losing At 7 for 89 the Cats were well on top however to 4 wickets for only 20 runs and it didn’t stop there we Flinders credit they began to build partnerships. Whilst went from 3‐123 to all out for 185. With Leesy quickly taking a few risks they were aided by some some poor running out of partners he tried to go over the top one fielding and then some average bowling which saw too many times and was caught for a well made 67 them go to drinks 7/117. other than these three there was only two other to reach 15 and 11 which is just not good when only The runs kept coming after drinks as one of their chasing 234. batsmen got well on top as the luck disappeared for

the Cats as a dropped catch and a few other incidents For two weeks in a row we lost quick wickets in aided Flinders towards 200. concession and only two or three scoring double figures, this just makes it hard to build a good score as Finally a couple of break troughs by Darcy and Jimmy if we go back to game one we had everybody scoring and then a run out ended the Flinders innings at 209 20 or 30 and we made 260. It’s hard for guys to find with one of their guys scoring a well made 97. form with all the interrupted games but we just have to work as a squad and re group for this game against Both Moose and Maxy were outstanding with ball both Pultney which now is a one dayer as well due to rain. claiming 3 wickets well supported by Jimmy with 2.

Scores: Walkerville 185 A fantastic afternoon tea greeted both sides at the (A Lee 67, C Mano 43, C Jervies 24) change of innings with the home made pies the defeated by AHOS 234 winning dish of the day (I am proudly bias with that (A Dichiera 2/37, B Knowles 2/41, D Miller 2/49). thought)

Chasing 209 on the Walkerville deck would be a

challenge however if we batted our overs we would be a huge chance.

Mal and Foxy opened up the innings with Mal the At the toss their skipper introduced himself as Yappy dominant partner early before Foxy unleashed the big and we were to later discover that he certainly lived up cover drives to help the Cats along to 0/38 of the first to his name. 10 overs. A couple of LBW’s (we are just too honest) Winning the toss was a good start as Coxy wasn’t and a Darcy Wright bowled saw the Cats loose 3 arriving until the tea break and was being covered by wickets in 12 overs for only 17 runs putting the Cats sub fielder 11yo Liam Grapentin. well behind the run rate. I don’t think we missed Coxy too much in the field at all. In fact it was almost like having him there when Matho and Adam tried to rebuild the innings and at Liam complained of a chipped fingernail after fielding drinks the Cats were 3/65 of 25 overs with plenty more a ball. runs needed but with plenty of batting in the shed. Pommy import Mark Evans got the 1st breakthrough in his 1st over and Nigel Grapentin followed with his 1st 3 Matho tried to push the score along after drinks balls later to get us away to a pretty good start. however looked terrible in doing so finally getting Apart from a 4th wicket partnership of 49, wickets fell himself out trying to slog. The developing big crowd at regular intervals with Nigel picking up the 10th cheered as Matho was dismissed allowing for mild wicket with the last ball of our designated 40 overs to mannered Kim Brown to walk to the wicket and use his have Golden Grove dismissed for 132 with their Superman powers to get the Cats over the line. highest score being 28. Our bowling was steady and consistent with Evo Both Adam and Kim took a moment to reflect on the impressing with his control and Nige again showing score as too their shock the run rate was up around 10 the ability to bowl that wicket taking ball. an over thanks to good bowling from Flinders as at the Neddy tied up an end for 9 tight overs and the spinners 40 over mark we were 4/106. Broomy and Hewy kept it tight while also getting amongst the wickets. Adam and then Kim moved into top gear hitting the To top it all off the fielding was very good on a very Flinders lads all over Walkerville as for the first time average surface and the catching excellent with not during our batting we forced Flinders to make some one being put down. So much for only practicing moves. Kim was particularly severe on anyone who catching skyers Hewy. parked in the far car park as he hit fours and sixes at At the break I couldn’t help myself and out came the will into that area. old cliché – ‘If we just bat our overs we’ll go very close to winning this’. However the run rate was too severe for the guys as Of course it may very well have been true but from both Kim 54* and Adam 43* (his best score) did their 6/16 after 10, batting our overs didn’t look at all likely best to have the Cats a respectable 4/169 at the end of but the tail did an excellent job to get us within 5 balls our 50 overs. of achieving it. Unfortunately, after a start like that the scoring rate An extremely disappointing loss for the Cats which all suffered and we were never in the hunt. our players are feeling. Plenty of positives however to The highlight was a solid 31no from next week’s take into our next game against Pultney where a win is number 4 Peter Hewish, batting way too low at 6. He the only result that matters!!! had good support from Jarrad Hooper and Matt Broomhead to eventually get us to 78 in the 40th over. Scores: Walkerville 4/169 (K Brown 54*, A Maybe there’s something in the spelling of the Rutherford 43*, M Ayliffe 22) surnames … next week we might open up with Rood Defeated by Flinders Uni 209 (W Walker 3/31, D and Fooller followed by Groopentin then Hoowish just Elkins 3/36, J Plaistow 2/35) to see how it goes. Overall it was a very disappointing result from a game that started so promisingly. Hopefully a bit more C1 – ROUND 3 VS GOLDEN GROVE AT WYNN VALE application with the bat against SPOC will see us pick OVAL up our first win for the season. An undermanned C Grade crew headed out to Wynn Vale to take on Golden Grove’s Bs at their new Scores: Walkerville 78 oval. Once we eventually found the ground we were a (P Hewish 31*) little surprised at the slope on it and at closer defeated by Golden Grove 132 inspection at how ugly the square looked, but very (N Grapentin 4/38, M Evans 2/21, M Broomhead impressed by the sweeping views of the city. 2/20).

th (30 October) ROUND 4 ‐ CURRENT LOC – ROUND 3 VS GRANGE AT HARRIS OVAL Scores: Walkerville ROUND 4 drew with Grange due rain and pitch condition. (13th November – 20th November)

(6th November) LOC – ROUND 4 VS OLD IGNATIONS AT HOOPER A1 – ROUND 4 VS PULTNEY AT WALKERVILLE OVAL Play abandoned due to inclement weather and pitch condition. One Day conditions this week.

Finally the 1 dayers got the 2010/11 season under way with our round 4 clash against Old Iggies.

As has become usual form we lost the toss (I reckon 12 of the last 13) and found ourselves bowling. A couple of their top order got away from us to be 2/112 but we managed to take 8 for 40 odd to roll them for 155. Jason Schell, a new recruit to the club bowled very well to finish with 4/26. Iggy chipped in with 2/33 and Coady clean‐up the tail with 3/38. A very getable target quickly reduced to a walk in the park when Craig ‘I can only give you 20 minutes with the bat’ Brooks opened up with a flurry. Brooksy was on a promise and made Lachy Nance first A grade game and first A grade light work of their attack to notch up 108 off around 45 fine! Off to the Buckingham Arms to return the keys balls. We got home in a canter in the 18th over. to the safe!!

Scores: Walkerville 1/160 (C Brooks 108* retired, J Lamp 28*) defeated Old Ignations 155 (J Schell 4/26, D Coad 3/38, I Mareolas 2/33).

(13th November) LOC – ROUND 5 VS GEPPS CROSS AT GEPPS CROSS

Next up was Gepps Cross on the postage stamp at Gepps. We again lost the toss and found ourselves bowling on what appeared a bowler friendly track. A As a new A grade player Lachy is not allowed to sit couple of early wickets to Iggy and Mick Sarson had on a seat, he gets the rubber ball! the home side on the back foot. We continued to take wickets throughout and reduced them to the smallish total (for that ground) of 141. Jason Schell again stared with the ball claiming 3/35. Mick Sarson was tight and at times bowled without luck taking 2/23. Matt Broomhead, another new recruit to the Cat’s ranks bowled very well with a slippery pill and finished with 2/18 off 6 overs. A couple of A graders opened up and we again made light work of the target. CJ and Powelly smashed em to all parts and put on 132 for the first wicket. CJ was out for a well compiled 82. Powelly remained 42.

Brett Knowles playing games on his phone Gepps Cross all out 144 (Schell 3/35) defeated by Walkerville 2/147 (C Jervies 82, Powell 42*)

The famous Ronny ‘the Colonel’ Sparks cordial mix. Stuart ‘Rowdy’ Callary not impressed with the rain, It contains his secret herds and spices!!! “I cant score a hundred sitting here with these bums!” “yes Rowdy your team mates wish you were out in the middle as well, he talks all the time!!”

Mark surprised when the Colonel brings in sausage rolls.

BI– ROUND 4 VS PULTNEY AT MORGAN OVAL Pultney 1/28 after 11 overs (Cowland 1/3) when rain and condition of pitch stopped play for remainder of Note Marks poor kicking technique, it is now the day. This week it will be a 44 over per side game recorded for history, on how not to kick! played under 2 day conditions.

Millsey telling Chopper to stop being silly!

Adam Rutherford checking if its still raining

Kym telling the umpires about stories of the good old days when he played cricket and how it rained much harder back then! The B grade have called it a day, they thought it was too wet to play!!! C1 – ROUND 4 VS SPOC AT HOOPER OVAL Walkerville 169 (N Grapentin 64), SPOC 1/54 of 10 overs. Play continues this week.

Nigel hits another ball to the boundary during his 64 for the C grade. Andy Wright opens up for the C grade

Peter Hewish plays a classic back foot shot during Peter Hewish the athlete javelins a ball back to the his innings for the C grade. keeper.

Andy Wright hits a clean ball to the fence for the C grade. Darcy Wright is poetry in motion as one of the games greatest spin bowlers.

Bruce Wedding and Darcy scoring and keeping dry for the C grade. The C grade gather after a wicket. WALKERVILLE SUBS 2010‐2011

SENIOR SUBS 2010‐2011 Special Rate‐If paid by 21/10/10 $260.00 Normal Rate ‐If paid after 21/10/10 $310.00

Concession Subs (Student/Unemployed) – Special Rate‐If paid by 21/10/10 $200.00 Normal Rate ‐If paid after 21/10/10 $230.00

John Fuller ready to pounce **Cost of Senior/Concession Subs includes a Walkerville “Blue Shirt” and match ball fees. Subs do not include the Walkerville CC Presentation Night at the end of the season.

JUNIOR SUBS 2010‐2011 Junior Subs (U9, U11, U13)‐$160.00 Junior Subs (U15) ‐ $160.00 Junior Subs (U17) ‐ $190.00

Note that where a junior plays senior cricket, no additional subs are available.

The crowd gather to watch the C grade play – note Payments can be made in person to The Treasurer or kym’s dry hair your team captain by cash or cheque, made out to “Walkerville Cricket Club”. Alternatively you can make arrangements to pay your subs via electronic funds transfer. Please speak to the Treasurer for further information. Peter Hewish (Treasurer) NOTE – Walkerville Cricket Club is a non‐for‐profit organization and is NOT registered for GST. GST is not included in any amounts listed.

Paul Reid lost in the park lands WALKERVILLE CLUB APPAREL

NEXT ROUND ‐ 5 Walkerville Club Apparel

ROUND 5 For any Walkerville Club Merchandise (27th November) see Leo.

A1 – ROUND 5 VS BRIGHTON AT WALKERVILLE Available for purchase OVAL Walkerville Blue Club Shirts ‐ $30

BI– ROUND 5 VS HOPE VALLEY AT HOPE VALLEY Walkerville Training Shirts ‐ $30 Walkerville Training Shorts ‐ $30 C1 – ROUND 5 VS POORAKA AT LINDBLOM PARK Walkerville Baggy Blue Hats ‐ $45 (20th November) Walkerville Floppy Hats ‐ $20 LOC – ROUND 6 VS OLD IGNATIONS AT BAULDERSTONE OVAL Walkerville Jackets ‐ $65 Walkerville Game Day Shirts ‐ $45 (27th November) LOC – ROUND 7 VS GEPPS CROSS AT HARRIS OVAL HEAT POLICY ‐ ATCA CATS TEAM RULES • Have PRIDE in your CLUB and in your TEAM.

• Be positive and encourage each other in all areas. Please refer to the ATCA Heat Policy below:‐ • Home is our fortress. We do not lose at home.

• Attend all trainings or notify the right person. 1. Where forecast temperature is 38 degrees or lower, normal playing conditions apply • Play hard, positive, aggressive cricket. • Playing with passion for your club will win you 2. Where forecast temperature is 39‐41 degrees ATCA matches. Extreme Heat Guide is implemented and amended playing conditions apply in all grades. Remember no‐one means to make a mistake so back yourself and believe in yourself and most importantly 3. Where forecast temperature is 42 degrees ATCA ENJOY. Extreme Heat Guide is implemented and all grades are abandoned. MOVEMBER

For full details about the Junior and Senior Heat Policy’s please refer to the ATCA website

PLAYERS CODE

CODE OF CONDUCT/CLUB EXPECTATIONS Walkerville Player Code of Conduct As a proud club with a long history the The Walkerville Cricket Club are again supporting Walkerville C.C. has forged a reputation as a Movember in 2010. Club who plays hard, tough cricket but with in

the spirit of the game. The Cats will be grooming their whiskers throughout Walkerville C.C. is a respected club within November and will be encouraging everyone to get Adelaide Turf competition and it is involved by either registering as a team member or by expected that this be continued by the current making a donation. generation of players. We play to win,

but we play in the spirit of the game! Go to our website at www.walkervillecc.com.au to go

to the team home page. Club Expectations

As a member of the Walkerville C.C. it is Please support us in our efforts to break the $3000 expected that every player support fund raising target we so nearly achieved last year. the club through the following:

• Being a financial club member. • To play by the Walkerville C.C code of conduct. • Attending club trainings, or informing the Walkerville Competition appropriate people of your unavailability to training. • Wearing the appropriate clothing to training. • To be a positive team mate during games and at training. • Attend Saturday matches by the set time in the team you have been selected to play in. • Wearing the appropriate club clothing to games and while playing. • Provide a quality afternoon tea when playing in If you can guess which office Tony Dichera works in, a home match. you win yourself a trip to Fiji. • Attend Saturday night club match Please forward your entry to Kym Reid at presentations. [email protected] • Support club functions. • Being a good club man!

JUNIORS RESULTS U17 – ROUND 3 WALKERVILLE 210 (A Wright 53, L Nance 34, J Valente 23) defeated by MODBURY 227 (L NEXT ROUNDS Cotter 3/28, A Wright 2/34, M Baron 2/36). ROUND 4 (14th November & 21st November )

U17 – ROUND 4 WALKERVILLE VS INGLE FARM AT Arriving to a flat deck and a quick outfield, we knew ROWE PARK what the decision will be if we won the toss. Once again our skip won the toss and we had a bat. We ROUND 4 could not have asked for a better start with our U15 – ROUND 4 WALKERVILLE VS GEPPS CROSS AT openers B. Hutton and L. Cotter cracking 12 runs off WALKERVILLE OVAL the first over. We slowed down the run rate from here as we did not want to get too ahead of ourselves. This ROUND 5 (28TH November ) may have been the wrong decision though with D. U17 – ROUND 5 WALKERVILLE VS HOPE VALLEY AT Steinway warming his finger up by firing Hutton for WALKERVILLE OVAL playing across the line and plumb as a duck for 7 with the team score at 1/18. The Honorable Princess A. ROUND 5 Wright comes to the crease and along with Cotter U15 – ROUND 5 WALKERVILLE VS MODBURY 3 AT strings a promising partnership together. With some MEMORIAL OVAL strong hitting from both batters we pushed away

th st easily to a run rate of 6 an over before Cotter was ROUND 3 (14 November & 21 November) giving a lifeline after being caught at first slip except a U13 EAST – ROUND 3 WALKERVILLE BLUE VS no‐ball was called. His chances didn’t last long as he PAYNEHAM RED AT WALKERVILLE OVAL once again dabbled at a wide one and was caught behind on a quick 18. Skipper Nance and Wright U13 CENTRAL – ROUND 3 WALKERVILLE WHITE VS forged a solid partnership of 68 before Nance was EASTERN SUBURBS AT ADELAIDE UNI bamboozled by a drifting from the Modbury spinner. Some strong middle order batting from U11 EAST – ROUND 3 WALKERVILLE BLUE VS Wright (53), Nance (34), Baron (18) and Valente (23) PAYNEHAM RED AT FORD OVAL and a patient 20 run partnership between L. McDonald

and A. Pigliacelli gave us a very strong score of 8/210 U11 NORTH – ROUND 3 WALKERVILLE WHITE VS to defend in the field. EASTERN SUBURBS AT BLACK FRIARS L. Cotter bowled 4 over’s without luck before being U9 – ROUND 3 WALKERVILLE BLUE VS GEPPS dragged by the skip deservingly. At the other end A. CROSS AT FITZROY Wright bowled superbly andsSome brilliant fielding off a Cotter delivery by young gun N. Kennett at mid‐on U9 – ROUND 3 WALKERVILLE WHITE VS MODBURY saved a certain four runs and lifted our morale in the BROWN AT RIDGEHAVEN field. This proved to be a lifter and we claimed our first

th scalp through Wright. Our tactic to open the bowling ROUND 4 (28 November) with seamer A. Wright, if their captain opened, payed U13 EAST – ROUND 4 WALKERVILLE BLUE VS off well, with Princess taking the wicket of the EASTERN SUBURBS AT ADELAIDE UNI Modbury skipper with the score at 1/32. With the other

opener with his eye in we knew he was the wicket to U13 CENTRAL – ROUND 4 WALKERVILLE WHITE VS take and this showed after a 21 run over from the MODBURY GOLD AT BANKSIA PARK opener with two huge sixes ending up in the kindy and another in a birds nest at the top of a gum tree. He U11 EAST – ROUND 4 WALKERVILLE BLUE VS pushed their score to 87 before he became our third MODBURY WHITE AT THE HEIGHTS scalp from a ripper of a delivery from Matty Baron, picking up his second wicket. A steady partnership of U11 NORTH – ROUND 4 WALKERVILLE WHITE VS 72 between numbers 4 and 5 seemed to be the match MODBURY GOLD AT BLACK FRIARS winner before 11 year old, N. Kennett picked up no. 5, caught at mid‐wicket in his first over. U9 – ROUND 4 WALKERVILLE BLUE VS MODBURY GOLD AT RIDGEHAVEN

U9 – ROUND 4 WALKERVILLE WHITE VS HOPE VALLEY AT WALKERVILLE OVAL Modbury pushed their way to 6/183 and looked to have Young M Ricci contributed a handy 5 in a solid knock the game won and dusted before L. Cotter came back down the tail end of the order before being given his on and picked up three wickets in an over to put the marching orders. game straight back in our hands. At 9/183, Modbury After posting a small score on a pitch that looked to be looked to be finished….until they passed our score and fast becoming a road for the U/17s later in the day, we continued to put another 17 runs on before finally knew we had to bowl tight and field well. Quick falling, but the damage was done. An improvement on wickets and minimum extras was the key to our our extras and bowling fewer wides will mean we will success. After bowling tight in the first few over’s win more games. Bowling 61 extras in 39 over’s is not without luck we were searching for a wicket and N. acceptable at our level and proved the difference Kennett provided this scalp that sent the bails flying. between losing and victory. At 1/11, Ingle Farm seemed to still be in control of the match but cricket is a funny game and we knew if we A special mention to Adam Kitto, Nick Stefanovic and kept the pressure on we could come out victors. Ned Kennett who, some not so willingly, put their Unfortunately some strong batting from their number hands up to fill in for us in the arvo. These boys are in 3 and 4 batsmen pushed their score closer to our total my U/13 side and there were some very nervous boys and we didn’t claim a second wicket until they had as they got closer and closer to batting. The boys reached 68 runs and only 10 away from victory. They fielded well and Ned even picked up figures of 1/17 off passed our score only three wickets down. To the boys 3 overs which is a great effort for an 11 year old. Your credit they bowled well for the rest of the game and N. efforts were much appreciated boys and I cannot say Stefanovic picked up a quick two wickets. The fielding thanks enough to the boys and their parents for giving was of a high standard and if we can remain 100% up their Sunday arvo to come play cricket in a much focused fro the whole game some wins will come for older competition. this talented group.

U15 – ROUND 3 WALKERVILLE 6/171 (J Valente 54*, A special mention to Adam Kitto, Nick Stefanovic and M Van Der Sommen 46) defeated GOLDEN GROVE 2 Ned Kennett who, some not so willingly, put their 72 (J Saint 2/3, B Spencer 2/9) hands up to fill in for the U/17s in the arvo. These boys are in my U/13 side and there were some very nervous U13 EAST – ROUND 2 WALKERVILLE BLUE 5/128 (F boys as they got closer and closer to batting. The boys Marshall 31*, H Brennan 20*) defeated MODBURY fielded well and Ned even picked up figures of 1/17 off WHITE 7/61 (E Powell 2/4) 3 overs which is a great effort for an 11 year old. Your efforts were much appreciated boys and I cannot say U13 CENTRAL – ROUND 2 WALKERVILLE WHITE 78 thanks enough to the boys and their parents for giving (A Lumbers 15, E Palmer 10) defeated by INGLE FARM up their Sunday arvo to come play cricket in a much 4/148 (N Stefanovic 2/19) older competition.

Arriving to Walkerville Oval on a cold morning, the U11 EAST – ROUND 2 WALKERVILLE BLUE 7/76 boys were dreary‐eyed from the previous night’s loss defeated PAYNEHAM DUKES 6/55. to Walkerville Blue in a close T20 encounter. After losing the toss and being sent in to bat on a dewy U11 NORTH – ROUND 2 WALKERVILLE WHITE 9/182 pitch, our openers started well before a questionable (J Emmett 24, J Aston 17) defeated GEPPS CROSS yes from young H. McMahon sent keeping 8/138 (J Emmett 3/10). extraordinaire Ned Kennett back to the pavilion for 2. We soon collapsed to 3/6 in a matter of over’s, with U9 – ROUND 2 WALKERVILLE WHITE defeted GAZA McMahon and man‐child A. Kitto sent packing. In on forfiet. come N. Wells and N. Stefanovic who steady the ship and play sensibly, with the score ticking along nicely U9 – ROUND 2 WALKERVILLE BLUE 4/161 (S Madden thanks to some much needed wides. At 4/21, we are 34*, N Egarr 17*) defeated GEPPS CROSS 105 (N Egarr looking for some scoring and professional chatterbox; 2/6) A. Lumbers, provides this in between conversing with the Ingle Farm keeper. Lumber’s moves the score on to 7/57 before being dismissed for 15. E Palmer provides a strong batting performance for 10 before being given LBW on a low bouncing ball.

PLAYER MILESTONES BOWSEY’S JOKE OF THE WEEK

Player Milestones In scoring 24 opening up for the Firsts against AHOS Craig Jervies passed 1000 1st X1 runs for the club. He has now scored 1021 runs at an average of 20.84 with a highest score of 109no.

Rohan Bishop played his 50th Club Game in the One Day X1’s win over Gepps Cross. Bish’s total is made up of 3 1st X1 games, 23 2nd X1 games, 15 3rd X1 games and 9 Limited Over X1 games.

Player Birthdays JOKE OF THE WEEK WITH BOWSEY (spoken in a dead pan voice) Name Date Age Last weeks joke was even funnier than the week Andrew Reid 16 November 35 before but even I belly laughed at this weeks! David Coad 17 November 19 ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ James Plaistow 18 November 23 WEEK 3 Jonathon Fuller 28 November 31 Two engineering students were riding across campus when one said, “where did you get such a great bike?” The second engineer replied, “well, I was walking along yesterday minding my owe business when a beautiful women rode up on this bike. She threw the bike to the ground, took off all her clothes and said “take what you want”. The second engineer nodded approvingly, “Good choice, the clothes probably wouldn’t have fit”.

WALKERVILLE LOOK – ALIKES

LAST WEEKS LOOKALIKE – Mal Ayliffe v Garfield Gardening tips with Carlo Of the 435 replies the only differences that people (Spoken in a campy voice) could note was the blue shirt that Mal was wearing. Hi guys, Damian Miller v Brad Pitt Always remember to water your plants, they go floppy Of the 1120 replies, only one person responded with a and lifeless without TLC. yes. The club is currently raising money so Kaylene can have her eyes tested ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ THIS WEEKS LOOKALIKE’S

Words of Wisdom With Mick Sarson Man walk around with eyes closed, Do you think Paul Reid and Mike Reid look like He bump into things!! brothers? Please forward your Yes or No answer to [email protected] PICK YOUR ASHES TEAM 1.______2.______3.______This is your change to be an Australian selector 4.______Pick your best 12 to take on the Poms in this year’s 5.______Ashes. 6.______Don’t forget to nominate your captain. 7.______Pass on your Australian 12 to Panz via Email [email protected] 9.______

10.______Batsman 11.______Katich (NSW) 12.______Ponting (TAS) Clarke (NSW) M.Hussey (WA) ASHES COMPETITION North (WA) Hodge (Vic) WALKERVILLE ASHES 2010‐11 CRICKET PLAYER D.Hussey (Vic) COMPETITION C.White (Vic) Hi all, as keen cricket fans I am sure you have been Khawaja (NSW) closely following the pre battle talk between the C.Ferguson (SA) Aussies and the Poms for this year Ashes series. M.Klinger (SA) The battle for the ASHES begins with Australia playing S.Marsh (WA) England in a 5 Test series starting at the GABBA on the Cowan (TAS) 25th November. Hughes (NSW) We are looking for 11 keen cricket enthusiasts who are interested in being involved in a players sweep stake. Bowlers That way the competition will work is as follows: Siddle (Vic) ♦ It will cost $50 to play ($10 per test) Hilfenhaus (Tas) ♦ $80 prize money per test = $400 in prize money Bollinger (NSW) over the 5 tests. Johnson (WA) ♦ Over all winner (person with the most points) gets George (SA) a bonus $50 Stark (NSW) ♦ The club makes $100 from the competition. Harris (QLDS) ♦ Prize money after each test – 1st place most points S.Clark (NSW) $50 / 2nd $20 / 3rd $10. That is 3 winners out of 11, McKay (Vic) good odds. Swan (Qlds) ♦ Each cricket team comprises of 11 players and you Cutting (Qlds) will be allocated a player from each team. Spinners ♦ A player number and team will be pulled out of a Hauritz (NSW) hat on a nominated date and location. Example Smith (NSW) player 3 Australia meaning that on the day of the O’Brien (SA) first test the way the 2 teams are drawn up in Doherty (TAS) batting order will correspond to the player you get Beer (WA) for the rest of the series. So in this case it would be Holland (Vic) Ricky Ponting or if you drew player 11 England then you could have Finn. Wicket Keeper ♦ Each player will score points as follows ‐ for every Haddin (NSW) run, catch, wicket or direct run out your play scores Paine (Tas) points. Hartley (Qlds) 1 run = 1 point Manou (SA) 1 wicket = 15 points Wade (Vic) 1 catch = 10 points Allrounder 1 direct run out = 20 points Watson (NSW) Example ‐ Johnson takes 5 wickets for the match, 1 McDonald (Vic) catch and makes 32 runs he will have scored a 117 D.Christians (SA) points. Hastings (Vic) The Australian player you draw will score you WOOLY’S FINANCIAL ADVICE positive points while the English player you draw will score you negative points. Example – if Ponting scores 120 points in the first test and the English player you have drawn, say Strauss score 100 points then your total for the test match is 20 points. This way you will be cheering harder and louder for the Australian players and booing more for the Poms!!! ♦ Now in the case of a player being injured or omitted then the player who comes in to replace that player now becomes your new player. Here’s some good advice for my loyal followers. ♦ After each test an email will be sent out to up date everybody on how their player fared and where Hi Guys, I’ve got 6 words for you………………. they line up in the battle for first prize. Baby Bonus, Baby Bonus, Baby Bonus. ♦ There is prize money after each test so you are 3 How long has this been going on!!!!!!!! out of 11 chance to get something. st ♦ After each test match awards are as follows ‐ 1 $5,294 per child (conditions apply – I’m golden nd rd prize is $50, 2 prize $20, 3 prize $10. regardless) and 18 weeks paid leave at $570 per week. If you are keen to take part in this Ashes Player How good is that! Competition it is important that you notify Leo either by phone (0413638540) or email To be fair my fiancé Holly does all the work but I get all nd [email protected] before Monday the 22 the money and all that time off. When Holly goes back November. to work I’ll have to remember to tell her not to wake Remember you must also be financial to take part so it me up for the next 18 weeks so I can sleep in. is important that you pay. There are only 11 places so get in quick. This is a huge windfall for me that I did not count on Good luck and I look forward to hearing from you and if you keep it to yourself you too can cash in when soon, having kids. Panz One could assume however that this bonus could be Relaxing with Craig abused or taken advantage of if you’re not married and your partner keeps having kids!!!!!!

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Prestige Trophy and 'One of the most undignified Badge Centre incidents in Test history' At Perth in November 1981, Dennis Lillee and Javed 30 North East Road Miandad were involved in an incident which Walkerville SA 5081 tarnished not only their reputations, but also the Ph: 08 83443254 Fax: 08 image of 83443182 Martin Williamson Email: November 13, 2010 [email protected] Dennis Lillee and were two of cricket's most high‐profile players in the 1980s. Both mixed 4 brilliant play with an unfortunate tendency to attract controversy ‐ and newspaper headlines. These two abrasive characters came up against each other when Pakistan toured Australia in 1981‐82, with explosive consequences.

Pakistan arrived in October 1981 for a three‐Test series under Miandad's captaincy. It was his first overseas trip as captain, and he was leading a side that

contained deep divisions. Several senior players were IDM SPORTS & MEDICAL unhappy with his appointment and made their Unit 1 54 Maple Ave dissatisfaction fairly clear. Wisden noted that "he did not appear to have the support of the whole team". FORRESTVILLE SA 5035 Phone 08 8371 5794 In the first Test, in Perth, Australia were bowled out for Fax 08 8371 5796 180 after being put in on a moist pitch, but there was still enough juice to enable Lillee (5 for 18) and Terry Alderman (4 for 36) to rout Pakistan for 62 ‐ they were 26 for 8 at one stage. Second time round, Australia piled up 424 for 8, setting Pakistan an almost impossible 543 to win and leaving them almost two days to survive.

Two early strikes by Alderman reduced Pakistan 27 for 2, when Miandad came out to bat. A fired‐up Lillee, aided by a vociferous crowd, gave Miandad and Mansoor Akhtar a torrid time, but they held firm. With a decent third‐wicket stand building, a tense situation then boiled over 40 minutes before tea.

Miandad turned Lillee behind square for a single, and in completing an easy run he collided with the bowler. Eyewitnesses agreed that Lillee was to blame and “Cats on the Prowl most observed that he had deliberately moved into the batsman's path. The two players' versions of in 2010/11” events differ ‐ both their autobiographies feature a lot of self‐justification. Miandad claimed that Lillee blocked him and "pushed him out of the way"; Lillee's version of events has Miandad subjecting him to abuse as he approached and Lillee replying in kind ‐ no mention of any contact. As Lillee turned he maintained that Miandad struck cricket again." Butt's assistant Shafqat Rana said the him from behind with his bat; Miandad countered with fine was "pathetic". the claim that Lillee had kicked him as he passed. What isn't in doubt is that Lillee then turned to Hours later, Crafter and his colleague, Mel Johnson, confront Miandad, and Miandad lifted his bat above sent a formal letter of protest over Miandad's his head as if to strike him. The unedifying images of behaviour to Butt. Tony Crafter, the umpire, stepping in to hold back Lillee while Miandad wielded his bat like a deranged The next day Lillee went into the Pakistan changing javelin thrower were beamed around the world. room and apologised, but only for his reaction. Miandad and Butt immediately rejected the overture. As Greg Chappell, Australia's captain, rushed to "Lillee was concentrating on one word ‐ retaliation ‐ intervene, Lillee walked away, but after about six yards when he apologised," Miandad said. "Everyone can see he turned and came back for more. Again Crafter and he is guilty." Chappell blocked him, and with it being the end of the over, he eventually headed out to the boundary. As the match drifted to a conclusion ‐ Australia won by "When this sort of things happens I believe in an eye 286 runs ‐ the tension mounted. After the finish, the for an eye," he said at the close. Australian team sent a letter to the Pakistan management, condemning Miandad's action of If the incident itself ‐ described by Wisden Cricketers' "striking Dennis Lillee during play" and said Lillee had Almanack as "one of the most undignified incidents in been "extremely provoked". Pakistan countered with Test history" ‐ was unacceptable, what followed off an assertion that an apology was "uncalled for because the pitch just rubbed salt in the wound. The media the incident has been seen by everyone on television were in no doubt where the blame lay ‐ with Lillee. and it is clear the fault lies completely on the shoulders Bob Simpson, the former Australian captain, wrote of Lillee". that it was "the most disgraceful thing I have seen on a cricket field". Keith Miller, in the Sydney Sunday The posturing continued. Lillee told reporters he Telegraph, added that Lillee "should be suspended for would immediately retire if he was suspended, while the rest of the season", and Ian Chappell added that Butt hinted to anyone who would listen that Pakistan Lillee's actions were those of "a spoiled, angry child". might pack their bags and go home were no action to follow. The Australian players ‐ who sat in self‐judgement on such matters in those days ‐ found Lillee guilty but The ACB sat the next day and reduced the fine to maintained he had been provoked and fined him A$120 but added a two‐match ban. Cynics noted that A$200, a decision that attracted almost as much anger the punishment ensured that Lillee missed two fairly as the incident itself. The two umpires complained at low‐key one‐day internationals, and none of the Tests. the leniency of the punishment, and the under‐fire Butt was appeased ("I am glad something has been Australian board swiftly convened a hearing. done and the incident is now closed"), while after a night's sleep Lillee reconsidered his retirement threat But Greg Chappell supported Lillee, a position at odds and said: "The matter should now stay closed in all with almost all the local media and much of the public. quarters." "If we thought he had been responsible in the first place for what happened, we'd have had no hesitation The tour continued to be played under a cloud, not in rubbing him out," Chappell said, before trotting out helped by the perception that Miandad had got away a catalogue of previous clashes between the two scot‐free. Australia won the second Test by 10 wickets, countries as self‐justification. "What Miandad did," he with Lillee dismissing Miandad in both innings, while wrote, "was the most disgraceful thing I have seen on Pakistan got some consolation with an innings victory a cricket pitch." He even suggested that it had all been in the final match. part of a plot by Pakistan to entrap Lillee. Lillee and Miandad eventually patched things up, Ijaz Butt, Pakistan's manager, who three decades later though both continue to argue their relative innocence was to prove an even more outspoken figure than he to this day. was back then, filed a complaint with the Australian board. He claimed Lillee had been taunting his players from the start of the match by "mimicking, clapping, and his antics of sitting on the pitch" and concluded: "If he were one of my players he would not play Test His career knew torrid times. There was the claimed One hundred per cent Australian catch of Brian Lara in April 1995, for which, as he put it, The martial air of his name extended to the field, he was "carved up" by the likes of Michael Holding and where he was as ruthless and relentless as he was Viv Richards. There was the manipulation of the points self‐effacing off of it system in the World Cup a decade ago, in an attempt Gideon Haigh to progress the West Indies at New Zealand's expense, November 15, 2010 after which Waugh famously explained: "We're not here to win friends, mate." Nor did he shore up Steve Waugh is an Australian Living Treasure. That is relations with the media when he muttered, less not the airing of an opinion but a statement of a fact: famously but more pithily, that his press conference he is one in a list of about a hundred nominated and inquisitors were a "bunch of cockheads". elected by this country's National Trust. It's an eccentric and obviously subjective list. Hazel Hawke, Yet this was a rare dropping of the guard: for a an erstwhile prime minister's wife, is there; the cricketer who played so ruthlessly, and whose team erstwhile husband who left her for a younger woman, was wont to push the line of acceptable aggression, his Bob Hawke, is not. Hugely popular, widely admired career had few personal black marks. He never and softly spoken indigenous athlete Cathy Freeman is transgressed the ICC Code of Conduct himself, and there; hugely popular, widely admired and extremely was once even its beneficiary. Ian Healy's suspension noisy indigenous athlete Anthony Mundine is not. In in South Africa in March 1997 smoothed his path to the other words, this is no place for controversialists. It is a vice‐captaincy. A stroll through the index of his pantheon in which Steve Waugh fits snugly. magnum opus, Out of My Comfort Zone (2005), underlines how seldom he became part of public No Australian has played more Tests or one‐day disputes. One lights hopefully on "moped incident, international than Steve Waugh. It's a record as Bermuda", only to find it refers to minor hijinks at the uncompromising as the man himself, and the team he end of the 1991 Caribbean tour rather than being led to success upon success. It was built, moreover, in Australian cricket's secret Pedalogate. a relentless forward march. "What about the next game, Steve?" asked a journalist after one night game Off the field, in fact, Waugh maintained an almost in January 2000. "Who are we playing?" Waugh sunken profile. In person quite a shy and self‐effacing responded, adding amid chuckles: "We just get on a man, he was instrumental in welcoming wives into the plane and go somewhere and find out who we're Australian team's fold as a kind of civilising influence, playing." receiving the phone call that offered him the Australian captaincy while watching Sesame Street Yet for a figure whose cricket was so embedded in the with his daughter. When Shane Warne publicly dissed now, the terms in which Waugh is usually understood Adam Gilchrist's leadership aspirations by are deeply traditional. No sooner had he appeared on philosophising that a captain should be more like the the scene than Bill O'Reilly was describing him as Stan Fonz than Richie Cunningham, it was possible to fit McCabe reincarnate; he became known for his Steve Waugh into the scenario as a kind of Howard friendships with past masters Hunter Hendry and Bill Cunningham, all rumpled integrity, paternal wisdom Brown. When he made his first real impact as a Test and comfortable domesticity. batsman 20 years ago in England, the praise was for his model technique, of a purity no local batsman Speaking of Howards, the period of Waugh's could emulate. When he came to the Test captaincy a ascendancy in Australia was encompassed by the decade ago, he was lauded for his regular appeals to prime ministership of John of that ilk, self‐styled the past, and an almost demagogic espousal of the "cricket tragic" who cheerfully acknowledged himself cult of the baggy green. Even in articulating the the most conservative leader his conservative party doctrine of "mental disintegration", Waugh was seen had ever had. Waugh was not an exact fit with this as following time‐honoured Australian mores: he was period. He welcomed the compulsive innovator John the old‐fashioned indefatigable Aussie who did not Buchanan into his team's inner circle; he sought, with a give up a chip of a bail, while expecting what touch of the New Age guru, to "get to know the guys happened on the field to stay there. as human beings and not just cricketers".

As his fame grew, and he was compelled to become a Quite why Waugh reinforced his captaincy with so public figure, he became as famous for exchanging many props and symbols is an intriguing psychological words with Mother Teresa and Nelson Mandela as he question. Some saw it as self‐promotion; even now, did with Curtly Ambrose, putting his reputation to use Waugh has a quiet caucus of detractors in Australian in a variety of philanthropic works on the cricket, who see him as out primarily for number one. subcontinent. Waugh himself has answered to the charge: "Life as a full‐time professional teaches you to be selfish in many Yet in an age of compulsive extraversion, Waugh cut a ways." Yet a personal suspicion is that Waugh coveted taciturn, even an inhibited figure on the field, lean, the captaincy before quite grasping what it entailed, dour and unsmiling, to complaints about which he and as a self‐contained man found it at first an uneasy retorted: "If you're in your office trying to work, do you fit. The activities and artefacts with which he smile all the time?" Instead of flamboyance, the surrounded his leadership were a means of distributing keynote of Waugh's captaincy was continuity. He the burden; he could thereby make himself less an existed, even in an age of abundance, as a reminder of individual, more the representative of a lineage. harder, leaner days in Australian cricket, the last of his generation to have an Ashes defeat on his conscience. Waugh was famous for his diaries and his He pressed also to create "new" traditions, having a photographs. Both can act as means of ordering and special cap minted for the first Test of the 2000s controlling experiences, putting a comforting distance modelled on the cap worn in the first Test of the between the act and the observer. Sport, of course, is 1900s, involving himself in the manufactured replete with ego, and Waugh could not have competed memorabilia industry as a shareholder in the firm without a sizeable one. But his wife Lynette, who Blazed in Glory. writes as perceptively of her husband as anyone, has noted: "Stephen has never ‐ even as a baby, I'm told ‐ Nor was it just the surname that lent his leadership a liked a lot of attention." And it's telling, I think, how martial air. His Tests were frontal assaults, carefully swiftly and completely Waugh has receded in public plotted, relentlessly executed. No captain to lead their consciousness since that final, rather fevered farewell country in more than ten Tests has a higher proportion season six years ago; not for him the love of and of wins or a lower proportion of draws. He believed in comfort in the limelight of his most eminent rank, in esprit de corps, even in the power of a contemporary, Shane Warne. "Treasure", of course, is uniform, embodied in his storied cap, so distinctive in something proverbial tucked away, not necessarily an era of helmets and sunhats. His nationalism was of recognised as such, even when in plain sight. In this the same unselfconscious, celebratory if sometimes sense, the National Trust truly knew its man. defensive character that flourished during the 11 years of John Howard's premiership. "I'd like to see Australian people own more of Australia and not sell it all off to overseas companies and corporations," he told an interviewer 15 years ago. "It seems to me that the Japanese own half of Queensland ‐ that's one thing I'd like to see changed." But if all the John Williamson songs and odes to the Southern Cross sometimes seemed contrived, nor were they easily imitable. Waugh initiated the numbering of players' headgear and attire, inviting eminent past players to hand new caps over to Test debutants, beginning with Bill Brown's welcome to Adam Gilchrist 10 years ago. England have tried something similar, but watching Nasser Hussain hand Jonathan Trott his new lid at The Oval was, quite clearly, qualitatively different. Taking his team‐mates to Gallipolli sat more naturally with Waugh than with any other leader; when England dropped in on Flanders last year, it looked phoney even before Andrew Flintoff elected to drink for his country.