ELAIDE AD ffal the BuBu os allrounder SPECIAL FINAL EDITION CELEBRATING OUR CENTENARY YEAR Club Notes from our 100th. Season THANK YOU... Essentially this 2005/2006 Season Ridings Room at Adelaide Oval & Over the last five was a full Year of Celebration - to attracted 109 Players, Members & cricket seasons a salute the magnificent History of Friends, a highlight of which was genial figure has our Club over the last 100 years. the Distribution of the exciting spent most of his A special Centenary Committee Special Centenary DVD of our waking hours in was set up and the results of all proud history. This was followed the vicinity of our cricket club in the their wonderful efforts will soon by a magnificent Adelaide Club Ian Wallace become obvious as you meander Centenary Gala Dinner at the dedicated pursuit through this final 2006 Centenary Football Park Convention Centre - of new cricket talents, to help Edition of our Club’s Newsletter - at which both the ‘Adelaide Team Adelaide Cricket Club stay at “The Allrounder”... of the Century’ and the very first the very top of Grade Cricket. As a still-powerful Grade Cricket Eight Inductees to our initial Club Club we again performed quite ‘Hall of Fame’ were announced to Ian Wallace, better known as strongly on the playing arena, a packed enthralled audience of ‘Wal’ - officially Performance with both the A Grade and also 425 guests, previous players and Manager - was in fact actually the D Grade losing Grand Finals. interested friends. (There’s more responsible for our cricketing (The story of our Centenary clash comments and pictures appearing fortunes at all levels - from 78 with our first opponent is told on inside...) small kids attending ‘Have-a- the following page).. For the first Go’ Clinics, to 101 older kids time we entered Junior Teams in attending an Annual Vacation the Adelaide Turf Association Clinic (doubled since the last Competition, with the Under/15 one) which brought in $3,000 and U/17 Teams BOTH winning to our Club... Premierships. Our U/16 and U/14 Red sides both played off in the Wal was always the man to see with any Junior or Senior Semi-Finals, and our ‘Buffaloette’ Captain’s Knock. A happy Luke Williams Team - playing in the new SACA after securing 2nd. spot with his 253 n.o. selection/coaching problems, - one run more than the opposition score! but was also our Club contact As can be seen on our front cover, with the Turf Association, and Luke Williams had a great season our club spokesman to all the for our ‘A’ Grade, not only topping interested schools both in and the Competition (with most runs) out of our district... but also being selected in the SACA Team of the Year, as well as Wal will be almost impossible winning the coveted ‘Bradman to replace, but our Club is so Medal’, hot on the heels of last fortunate indeed to have had year’s Medal winner: our own Ben him put in place the system to Johnson (see story and pics. on continue producing talented back page of this newsletter.) Juniors with the necessary dedication and discipline to move all the way through the grades. Your grateful Cricket The First Adelaide Buffalo-ettes Club sincerely acknowledges Scorpion Shield Comp - won three your contributions and wishes out of five matches played. On you every success for future the Celebration side a Centenary endeavours. Thanks Wal! Match Dinner was held in the Phil Proud Mum, Jill - and THAT scoreboard! . Adelaide Cricket Club Newsletter, Edition 6: Number 3, 2005/2006 Page 1 FROM THE 2005/2006 SEASON IN FIGURES... THE In such a momentous year for our Club the A Grade’s year was surprisingly consistent. With new Captain ARCHIVES Luke Williams backed up by Ben Johnson and Dale Proving that Agars our batting was able to overcome the challenge all great Test of losing our Captain (Jack Smith) and our playing stars had to Coach (Club Legend Chris Davies) from last season’s start some- Grand Final side. With new opening quick Brett Bevan where, who’d we were able to consistently bowl sides out, and our have thought three main bowlers took a total of 70 wickets between them, but finished just short of the main prize for the the shy kid second year in a row. The most successful Batsmen shown at right and Bowlers are set out below: would one day carve out BATTING: Runs Ave. 100’s 50’s a Test career Luke WILLIAMS 870 87.00 3 4 with Australia? Ben JOHNSON 713 54.85 3 2 Dale AGARS 445 44.50 2 1 Proudly holding his newly- presented first Adelaide BOWLING: Overs Wkts. Ave. cap, JASON GILLESPIE Brett BEVAN 215.1 28 20.00 was a young schoolboy Ben JOHNSON 235.5 27 21.67 from Flagstaff Hill Primary Nathan JOB 205.5 25 20.80 about to set out on a long career. CATCHES: Josh McLEAN (’Keeper) 28 & 3 Stumpings (At present Dizzy’s taking wickets JOHNSON 8 / S. WILLIAMS 7 / AGARS 6 / JOB 5 in a Test match in Bangladesh...) little, however, and the Pirates struggled to runs! With all the tenseness of the same CENTENARY MATCH manage a partnership of any proportions. match 100 years earlier Adelaide passed Prospect’s score (for a first-innings win)... To commemorate the Adelaide Cricket Adelaide’s Williamson (3/39), Job (3/22), & Club’s FIRST ‘A’ Grade game (played over Bevan (2/31) tore through the Prospect top Dale Agars continued to bat on, & as the 2 Saturdays on Saturday, October 7 and batting order to have them all out for 142, wickets fell around him, when the ninth Saturday, October 14, 1905) our Club met with only Mackenzie (35 and top scorer), wicket fell he was just 6 runs short of his the same opponents (originally North Ellicott (29) and Southam (25 n.o.) showing century. In a tense last-wicket partnership Adelaide and now called Prospect) at the much resistance. last man Job managed to stay long enough same venue - the beautiful Adelaide Oval... for Agars to carry his bat for 101 not out... Adelaide’s top order looked to be cruising Prospect’s Captain (J. Vaughan) won the at 1/50, but then lost the next 5 wickets for Although the margin turned out to be a toss - unlike his predecessor 100 years 56 to be 6/106. In a magnificent solo effort few more than the single run victory to earlier - and decided to bat on a typical only Dale Agars remained steadfastly at Adelaide 100 years earlier, the brilliant Adelaide Oval wicket (described later in his crease through the carnage at the other bowling of Frick and the defiant century to one newspaper as the state’s best batting end. The destroyer for Prospect was their Agars kept interest in the game alive for a pitch). The historical significance of the spinner Frick who subsequently took an long time... in summary - a fittingly tense occasion seemed to affect their innings a almost unbelievable 7 wickets for only 13 game of Cricket! PROSPECT ADELAIDE J. PRATT, c Agars b Bevan.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 L. WILLIAMS, l.b.w. Harden.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..15 A. LeCORNU, b Bevan.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .1 D. AGARS, not out.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 101 M. CROOK, b Williamson.. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12 J. McLEAN, c Pratt b MacKenzie.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .9 S. ELLICOTT, b Williamson.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 29 S. WILLIAMS, l.b.w. Williams.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 J. VAUGHAN, l.b.w. Job.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 B. JOHNSON, b Frick.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 T. DELVINS, c McLean b Williamson.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 S. RAPHAEL, c Vaughan b Frick.. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. 8 D. MACKENZIE, c McLean b Job.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .35 M. TALBOT, l.b.w. Frick.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 A. FRICK, run out.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8 B. LENTHALL, c Crook b Delvins. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18 R. FIELKE, b Job.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .1 T. WILLIAMSON, l.b.w. Frick.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16 J. SOUTHAM, not out. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 25 B. BEVAN, c Vaughan b Frick.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 M. HARDEN, run out.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16 N. JOB, b Frick .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 Extras (1b, 2w, 1nb).. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 Extras (8b, 4lb, 1w, 5nb).. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18 Total (10 wickets).. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 142 Total (10 wickets) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 190 Bowling Overs / Mdns / Rns. / Wkts. Bowling Overs / Mdns / Rns / Wkts. Williamson 11 0 39 3 MacKenzie 10 0 49 1 Bevan 14 4 31 2 Harden 20 10 44 1 Johnson 15 3 41 0 Southam 8 2 22 0 Job 10 4 22 3 Fielke 7 1 13 0 Talbot 2 0 8 0 Frick 23.3 11 26 7 Delvins 6 0 24 1 Adelaide Cricket Club Newsletter, Edition 6: Number 3, 2005/2006 Page 2 The Adelaide Cricket Club values the generous sponsorship 2005/ 2006 provided by the club’s various sponsors and we urge all our members, players and friends to show their thanks by using these sponsor products and services at every available opportunity. 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