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WEST TORRENS DISTRICT CRICKET CLUB RECORDS (included are the records for the Hindmarsh C.C. established in 1856-57 season, the former name of the present Club) INTRODUCTION These records have been compiled to replace those destroyed during the 1950s and are designed to satisfy the interest of cricket historians, former players and supporters of the Club. They can also be used to assist current players set new seasonal goals and assess their performances against those of the past. Included are performances registered during World Wars One and Two in what is sometimes referred to as the Unofficial SACA competition. As hostilities worsened in 1915 the SACA, as part of austerity measures, wanted to abandon District Cricket altogether. However a counter argument was put by players and Clubs that young men preparing to go to war, home on leave or involved in essential services needed to keep fit. A compromise was reached whereby the SACA organised an official program of matches for which points would be allocated but no finals were played and no official Premierships awarded nor awards granted. A similar situation occurred during World War Two. Unfortunately these performances were not acknowledged in the Club’s history From the Circus to the Pughole. The general consensus of current cricket historians is that these matches should be counted as official Club matches as they were part of a program organised by the SACA. There was no program of District matches during 1916-17, 1917-18 and 1942-43. The statistics have been compiled from newspapers such as The Register, The Observer, The Advertiser and the Sunday Mail. All available Annual Reports of the WTDCC have been researched as have been any available scorebooks. I am indebted to Geoff Sando, Cricket Historian and Statistician, for his invaluable help in assisting and advising me in the compilation of these records. Records from B grade down to the lower grades may be incomplete owing to the fact that full scoreboards of B grade matches were not all published prior to World War Two and in an abbreviated form after World War Two. C, D and Junior grade scores were only ever published in an abbreviated form or not at all. Consequently there may be omissions in these grades particularly in respect to partnerships. Partnerships in lower senior grades are listed as large rather than as records. Where a performance is recorded in a match played on dates which included more than one month, only the month of the first day of the match is listed e.g. a match played on 30 October and 6 November is recorded simply as October. Denis Brien WTDCC Historian/Archivist If we destroy People’s Achievements And History Then We deny their existence These records have been compiled to Show that ordinary People can Aspire to great heights And are recorded here to preserve those achievements Denis Brien (Rocka) (inspired by the Monument Men) A GRADE RECORDS (1st Grade) (correct as at 1/4/20) BATTING Highest Aggregates Career (4500 runs) Andrew Haslett 6781 (as at end of 2012-13) David Cassidy 6770 Ron Hamence 5808 Brian Isaac 5731 Andy Smith 5412 Ben Higgins 5401 Alfred (Fred) Jarvis 5213 * Ian Edgley 4995 Phil Ridings 4904 Malcolm Howell 4888 James Pyke 4844 Jack Carr 4807 Jarrad Taylor 4664 Arthur (Affie) Jarvis 4575 * Tim Nielsen 4563 Season (600 runs) Paul Nobes 974 runs @ 88.54 1987-88 Kelvin Smith 904 @ 129.14 2018-19 Charlie Dolling 856 @ 71.33 1922-23 Paul Clarke 847 @ 60.50 1991-92 Merv Waite 809 @ 73.54 1935-36 David Cassidy 774 @ 40.73 1989-90 Alan Shepherd 751 @ 57.76 1934-35 Ian Edgley 740 @ 61.67 1977-78 Paul Nobes 732 @ 122.00 1990-91 Ben Higgins 730 @ 56.15 2003-04 Ben Higgins 716 @ 51.14 2002-03 Dinny Conroy 668 @ 44.53 1930-31 Jarrad Taylor 663 @ 34.89 2006-07 Merv Waite 658 @ 54.83 1933-34 Kelvin Smith 646 @ 53.83 2017-18 Peter Barty 637 @ 45.50 1984-85 Leigh Drennan 625 @ 52.08 2016-17 Lindsay Head 623 @ 38.93 1956-57 Ron Hamence 619 @ 88.42 1941-42 James Pyke 613 @ 61.30 1991-92 Andrew Haslett 613 @ 36.06 2002-03 Malcolm Howell 612 @ 55.63 1991-92 Daniel Drew 605 @ 35.89 2017-18 Angus Woolcock 603 @ 50.25 1929-30 Malcolm Howell 603 @ 40.20 1994-95 Merv Waite 601 @ 46.23 1931-32 Andy Smith 600 @ 49.00 1919-20 * includes runs made for Hindmarsh – the former name of the WTDCC – and West Torrens Top Ten scores 1. Merv Waite 339 v. Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval (P/f), March 1936 2. Peter Barty 237 v. Tea Tree Gully at Thebarton Oval, March 1985 3. Paul Nobes 215 v. Salisbury at Adelaide Oval (G/f), March 1988 4. Paul Nobes 202 n.o. v. Tea Tree Gully at Kings Reserve West, February 1991 5. Wes Thomas 200 n.o. v. University at University Oval, October 2009 6. Paul Clarke 198 v. Port Adelaide at Kings Reserve West, November 1992 7. Jeff Crowe 196 v. Kensington at Parkinson Oval, February 1981 8. Andy Smith 192 v. University at University Oval, January 1924 9. Merv Waite 190 v. Adelaide at Thebarton Oval, December 1931 10. Paul Nobes 189 n.o. v. Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval (S/f), March 1991 HIGHEST SCORE in each BATTING POSITION Op. Peter Barty 237 v. Tea Tree Gully at Thebarton Oval, March 1985 Op. Paul Nobes 215 v. Salisbury at Adelaide Oval, March 1988 (G/f) 3. Merv Waite 339 v. Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval, March 1936 (P/f) 4. Merv Waite 190 v. Adelaide at Thebarton Oval, December 1931 5. James Smith 179 n.o. v. Woodville at Henley Oval, January 2007 6. Jack Carr 154 v. Kensington at Kensington Oval, February 1965 7. Carl Mickan 143 v. Woodville at Woodville Oval, November 2013 8. Hurtle Willsmore # 160 n.o. v. Glenelg at Glenelg Oval, January 1909 9. Trent Kelly 102 n.o. v. Port Adelaide at Henley Oval, October 2003 10. Alf Pretty 81 v. North Adelaide at Adelaide Oval, November 1906 11. Edmund Britten Jones 60 n.o. v. University at University Oval, March 1922 # A grade debut Highest team scores (400 or more) 492 v. Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval (P/f) March 1936 Angus Woolcock (c) 1, Alf Walker 0 (wk), Merv Waite 339, Alan Shepherd 5, Allan Sampson 58, Gerry Young 15, Sid Ridings 0, Ross Stanford 39, Harold Sincock 5, Wally Fails 2, Phil Ridings 7 n.o. Sundries 21 Port Adelaide 215 Phil Ridings 9-1-0-23 Merv Waite 18-5-0-68 Harold Sincock 19-2-7-79 Wally Fails 13-4-2-27 472 v. University at Thebarton Oval (S/f) February 1935 9/461 v. Port Adelaide at Alberton Oval (S/f) February 1934 7/455 v. Glenelg at Hindmarsh Oval January 1932 447 v. Northern Districts at Salisbury Oval February 2008 8/423 v. Glenelg at Glenelg Oval January 1909 5/420 v. East Torrens at Thebarton Oval October 1981 8/418 v. Student Teachers at Adelaide #2 October 1979 8/405 v. Tea Tree Gully at Thebarton Oval February 1985 8/402 v. Glenelg at Adelaide #2 March 1985 Century makers (excluding T20s) Most centuries (Kelvin Smith 13, Ron Hamence, Alan Shepherd and Paul Nobes each 12, Ben Higgins and Andy Smith each 10, Andrew Haslett, Tim Nielsen, James Pyke, Merv Waite each 9.) Jack Arthur 113 v. Port Adelaide at Hindmarsh Oval December 1907 117 v. Glenelg at Hindmarsh Oval February 1914 Charles Backman 118 n.o v. Glenelg at Glenelg Oval November 1909 Peter Barty 137 v. Adelaide at Adelaide #2 February 1985 237 v. Tea Tree Gully at Thebarton Oval February 1985 117 v. Sturt at Thebarton Oval October 1985 Aiden Blizzard 112 v. Kensington at Parkinson Oval (S/F) March 2012 Rex Blundell 103 n.o. v. Kensington at Thebarton Oval November 1963 108 v. Port Adelaide at Alberton Oval November 1966 Hugh Bridgman 131 v. North Adelaide at the Neutral Ground February 1916 105 v. North Adelaide at Thebarton Oval March 1922 107 v. North Adelaide at Adelaide Oval November 1923 119 v. Colts at Adelaide Oval January 1927 Brad Cachopa 128 v. Prospect at Prospect Oval January 2008 Brian Cakebread 115 v. East Torrens at Norwood Oval December 1966 Bailey Capel 106 v. East Torrens at Henley Oval December 2017 107 v. Kensington at Henley Oval October 2019 123 v. Tea Tree Gully at Pertaringa Oval November 2019 Jack Carr 109 v. Adelaide at Adelaide #2 December 1952 106 n.o. v. Woodville at Woodville Oval January 1953 109 v. Woodville at Woodville Oval November 1960 104 v. East Torrens at Norwood Oval February 1961 101 v. Adelaide at Thebarton Oval January 1964 154 v. Kensington at Kensington Gdns. Res. February 1965 David Cassidy 140 v. East Torrens at Adelaide #2 November 1983 109 v. Adelaide at Bailey Reserve February 1984 106 v. East Torrens at Campbelltown Oval January 1987 114 v. Woodville at Adelaide #2 October 1989 121 v. Tea Tree Gully at Pertaringa Oval January 1990 110 n.o. v. Adelaide at Bailey Reserve January 1991 100 n.o. v. East Torrens at Kings Reserve West March 1996 Ian Chappell 135 v. Woodville at Woodville Oval December 1979 Paul Clark 141 n.o. v. Glenelg at Adelaide #2 March 1990 (S/F) 120 v. Glenelg at Glenelg Oval November 1991 129 n.o. v. Kensington at Parkinson Oval December 1991 137 v.