Lindfield District Cricket Club Inc Season 2006-07 Mission Statement...... 2 Notice of Annual General Meeting ...... 3 Office Bearers Season 2006/2007 ...... 4 President’s Report ...... 7 Treasurer’s Report...... 12 Independent Auditor Report...... 13 Operating Statement for the year ended 30 April 2007...... 14 Balance Sheet as at 30 April 2007...... 15 Lindfield District Cricket Club Sponsorship...... 16 Annual Presentation of Awards and President's Dinner...... 17 General Team Statistics...... 21 Sydney Shire’s Spirit of Cricket Award 2006/2007...... 23 Final Points Tables...... 24 Sydney Shires 1st Grade...... 27 Sydney Shires 2nd Grade ...... 35 Sydney Shires 3rd Grade...... 44 Sydney Shires 4th Grade ...... 51 Sydney Shires Frank Gray Shield (U/24) Team...... 59 5th Grade (Metropolitan Shield - Lions) ...... 66 Northern Suburbs Cricket Association B-Res; C & C1 Teams ...... 73 Masters – Lindfield Lawyers & Lindfield Legends ...... 94 Masters – Lawyers and Legends N.Z.Tour ...... 103 Total Runs and Wickets by Present Players ...... 107 Past Performances ...... 111 R.Smith; T Schokman Medals; D Blackman; R Gentle; F Taverner Trophies.113 Sydney Shires Competition Winners...... 114 Cricket Week...... 116 Vale Peter Daly ...... 120 Lindfield District Junior Cricket Club...... 121 Junior Club Management ...... 122 Junior Convenor’s Report ...... 124 Junior Club Trophies...... 125 Junior Individual Team Awards ...... 126 North Shore Junior Cricket Association Final Points and Finals Draw...... 129 North Shore Junior Cricket Association Team Awards/ Individual Awards....135 Junior Representative Honours...... 138 Under 8 Coaching Clinic...... 140 Junior Team Reports U/9-U/16 ...... 142
1 Mission Statement
Mission Lindfield District Cricket club exists to foster the game of cricket by:- • arranging cricket • entering teams into competitions • providing opportunities for the development and coaching of players • providing, improving and expanding facilities for playing cricket • maintaining involvement of former players in club activities and generally to strive to increase the enjoyment of members in the playing of the game and their participation in the activities of the Club. The Club recognises cricket as a team game and looks to its teams to play to win within the laws and spirit of the game. Goals • The club will maximise the number of teams to represent it in appropriate competitions. • The best and most successful players will be represented in the highest grade in each competition. • Senior players will be encouraged to coach, mentor and advise younger players in development of their potential. • Members will be encouraged to actively participate in the running of their Club. • The Seniors will continue to nurture and provide support and resources to the Juniors. • The Club will run a positive budget. Success will be judged by 1. The number of club teams 2. Success in various competitions 3. The degree to which Juniors progress to the Senior competition 4. The number of players who are selected in representative teams 5. The financial viability of the Club 6. Availability of facilities.
2 Lindfield District Cricket Club Inc PO Box 37 Lindfield NSW 2070 President: Stirling Hamman Honarary Secretary: Steve Henry
NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the
85th Annual General Meeting
Of the
Lindfield District Cricket Club Inc
Will be held on
Wednesday 8th August 2007 at 8:00pm
In
The Club Room
At Tryon Oval, Tryon Road Lindfield
General Business • Confirmation of the minutes of the Previous General Meeting • Consideration of the Financial Statement of the general committee 2006/07 • Election of Office Bearer’s for the 2007/08 season • To consider any other business brought forward in conformity with the Club’s rules. Election of Life Members - David Smith.
Steve Henry Honorary Secretary 7 June 2007
3 Office Bearers Season 2006-07
Patron: Roger Gyles Q.C. President: Stirling Hamman Vice Presidents: Michael Baume Roger Gyles Robert Somervaille John Brogan Norm Hansford Felix Tavener Mike Browne Michael McCabe Alan Drake Tom Millar Howard Gee Ian Moir
Hon. Secretary: Steve Henry Hon. Treasurer: Stewart Smith General Committee: Peter Rezek Wayne Cooper Ray Rice Ken Foster Annette Dukes Oliver Peterson
Juniors Convenor: Ray Rice Selection Committee: : Peter Rezek (Chairman), Ken Foster (Deputy) Evan Hamman, Matthew Bellemaine. Captains:
Shires 1st Grade Evan Hamman
Shires 2nd Grade Phil Gillard
Shires 3rd Grade Richard Lucas
Shires 4th Grade Matthew Bellemaine
Shires U/24 (FG Shield) Ben Bryan
MetroShied Lions Les West/Dave Gibson
NSCABRes Winnie Blues Steve Henry
NSCAC1 FOG Olly Peterson
NSCAC2 Daffodils Terry Humphries
NSCAC2 Ramrods Garth Lawrence
NSCAC2 Tailenders James Waller
Masters Lawyers Stirling Hamman
Masters Legends John Burke
Hon. Auditor: David Henderson CA Club Coach: Steve Tomlinson Delegate to Sydney Shires Representative Committee: Stirling Hamman Delegate to GDJC Association: Steve Henry
4 Past Office Bearers
LIFE MEMBERS PRESIDENT 1927 F. Wade (deceased) 1923-25 J. Brown 1929 E. Selby (deceased) 1925-34 E. Selby 1934 W. Mayo (deceased) 1934-36 F. Wade 1941 C. Kirkwood (deceased) 1936-41 G. Thompson 1946 C. Henderson (deceased) 1941-56 C. Kirkwood 1950 W. Kirsop (deceased) 1956-65 C. Henderson 1954 W. Robins (deceased) 1965-73 W. Robins 1961 F. Tavener 1973-88 F. Tavener 1966 B. Berry (deceased) 1988-94 R. Smith 1970 M. McCabe 1994-07 S. Hamman 1974 G. Moss (deceased) 1976 R. Sommervaille 1977 A. Clubb (deceased) 1978 N. Hansford HONORARY SECRETARY 1980 T. Lowe (deceased) 1923-24 E. Hunt 1985 R. Smith (deceased), 1924-27 C. Henderson 1985 M Browne 1927-39 C. Kirkwood 1994 L. Blackman 1939-40 H. Jones 1994 P. Hastings Q.C. 1940-67 W. Kirsop 1999 T. Schokman 1967-71 G. Moss 1999 R. Gentle (deceased) 1971-72 B. Medcalf 2000 S. Hamman 1972-74 G. Moss 2001 P. Daly (deceased) 1974-75 M. Roberts 2001 P. Turner 1975-77 P. Coleman 2001 K. Wentzel 1977-86 A. Clubb 2002 G. Hole 1986-96 T. Schokman 2003 P. Rose 1996-97 M. Gentle 2004 R. Gyles QC 1997-02 T. Schokman 2004 I. Moffat 2002-03 A. Foot/T. Schokman/T. Brown 2004 B. Mason 2003-04 T. Brown 2004 M. Baume 2004-07 S. Henry 2004 A. Drake 2004 J. Wilson 2004 F. Bousie (deceased) 2005 J. Jessop 2005 A. Thompson 2005 K. Hollebone; 2005 K. Walker 2006 N Hobbs 2006 J Hawley 2007 D. Smith
5 Past Office Bearers (continued)
HONORARY TREASURER JUNIOR CONVENOR 1923-24 W. Scott 1971-72 W. Norton 1924-25 S. Moss 1972-73 A. Grundy 1925-35 G. Thompson 1973-79 J. Baker 1935-38 C. Hawkins 1979-83 R. Norris 1938-39 H. Jones 1983-86 A. Cole 1939-40 W. Kirsop 1986-87 H. Owen 1940-41 H. Crow 1987-89 B. Strang 1941-52 G. Watkins 1989-90 I. Thompson 1952-59 M. McCabe 1990-94 J. Grieve 1959-60 B. Berry 1994-96 G. Jones 1960-61 H. Stacey 1996-97 P. McLeod 1961-65 M. McCabe 1997-99 P. Clay 1965-86 A. Clubb 1999-01 Dr I Gardner 1986-87 R. Norris 2001-03 K. Garling 1987-99 D. Smith 2003-07 R.Rice 2000-01 A. Foot 2001-07 S.Smith
1971-72 Lindfield City and Suburban Team at Acron Oval L-R standing: Don Macready, Peter Lind, Pete Rowland, Tony Addison, Bob Holmuth, David Ashton, John Wilson, Ian Moffatt L-R sitting: Ian Cameron, Roger Gyles, Mick Browne, David Cook
6 President’s Report The 2006-07 season was one of the happiest seasons I can remember around the Club in recent times. Although we didn't win any senior premierships there was enjoyment and harmony in and about the Clubhouse and all matters cricket at Lindfield both seniors and juniors alike. Things seemed to flow smoothly and a positive air pervaded the administration and playing the game. A real sense of purpose, comradrie and fun was all about. Of course there were the usual disappointments over the loss of games from time to time but senior Club members in particular, took this in their stride knowing that we are on the right track in our rebuilding phase and especially our policy of giving younger players an opportunity to perform and encouraging them to do so. This in turn allowed them to take a greater role in the club and inject an air of youthful confidence into the Club. This enthusiasm was infectious and was reinforced by exciting new initiatives for the reorganisation of our training, playing culture and new infrastructure. This new momentum did not subside all season and had a major impetus at the inaugural President's dinner on 11 November 2006 which was a spectacular success. In first grade under the exciting new Capataincy of Evan Hamman there was a greater degree of confidence and focus on the whole team getting it right both at training and playing. Having regard to the lack of experienced players in this tough competition where the leading clubs pay substantial amounts of money for players, our young first grade performed with high distinction. Ten players played the majority of the season and having regard to recent times these commitment levels were outstanding. Everyone wanted to play every first grade game and it showed .Although they only won 3 games, they lost another 6 by either less than 20 runs or 1- 2 wickets. With some luck or an experienced player or two, they may well have made the finals.Congradulations to Evan and the players for your splendid efforts. Now the first grade personel was settled, stability cascaded down through all grades.It allowed all other players to perform at their proper levels and brought structure to each team which could now execute their plans and roles with certainity. As a result all players seemed to enjoy their game, their team and their Club.Accordingly the achievements of second grade under the astute Captaincy of veteran Phil Gillard did not surprise. Firstly Phil had a stellar year with the bat and in scoring 751 runs only failed by 4 runs to break William Bain's batting record of 755 set in 1927- 28! Secondly he was able to use his vast experience to concentrate his charges to perform at their best so that they may well have won the
7 premiership had it not been for the loss of 26 overs in the semi final due to rain. Expectations now exist that this team can go all the way next year. Similarly third grade played some tough cricket and improved significantly over the previous season finishing mid table. This team has many young and promising players who will form the basis of the Club in years to come. In line with Club policy Captain Richie Lucas endeavoured to give his young charges especially his bowlers, as many opportunities as he could. He in turn led by example and they developed into a confident aggressive side where very few sides scored over 200 against them. Fourth grade also greatly improved their performances by moving from bottom of the table last year to mid-table this year. In the circumstances of excess numbers going through the team this was an excellent result and overall allowed the Club to improve in the Club Championship from 12th last year to 8th this year. Again under experienced leadership of Matthew Bellmaine our young players are headed in the right direction. After fielding two 5th grade teams which produced ordinary results last season we ran only one such team this year. They were more suited to playing against only Shire teams and the new one day format which was brought into existence due to the shortage of Shire grounds.We were fortunate to have experienced former English County player Les West lead the team with expertise and guile.There are very many promising young players in this squad and many of them will step up into regular Shire's Grades next year. Their equal 3rd on the ladder testifies to their successful and enjoyable season. Following the disappointments of our talented but unfulfilled U/24 teams in the past few seasons we were quitely confident of their prospects as most of the team were from first grade. This optimism was well founded after the first 3 games especially in light of the devastating third wicket record of 276 set by Ian Foster (142) and Ben Bryan (152no) against Warringah. However absence of key players in the other games cost us dearly and a poor showing against Souths in the final round saw us miss out of the finals yet again. The lessons of discipline and committment have to be learnt before we are serious contenders for a Shire's title. Despite this we continue to play the game in the best manner possible as Lindfield just missed out on the Sydney Shire's Spirit of Cricket Award by 0.01. The Club fielded five park teams. The Winnie Blues were promoted into B Reserve grade which unfortunatley on occasions failed to live up the the expected standards of fairness and honesty. Their season was also severly affected by a devastating but a peculiar run of injuries. Nevertheless
8 they finished mid -table in the one and two day format which were very creditable results.Their raucous attendence at our Annual Presentation was again a highlight. Steve Henry and his lads continue to show the true cricket way with bonding, enjoyment and fun. The FOG were highly successful in C grade. Not only did they win the one day premiership but were minor premiers and made the Grand Final. Unfortunately they had a rare off day in the big one but this experience will only make them hungier for the title next year. Congradulations to Olly Peterson and his team for these fine efforts. The Daffodils also had a very profitable season .They had 28 players attracted to the cause which resulted in finishing mid -table in both formats of the game in the same division as the FOG. Similarly the Ramrods, including Robbie Campbell’s 203no and the Tailenders attracted many players to their teams and although somewhat less successful, they had an enjoyable time playing cricket together. Our two Master's teams namely the Lawyers and the Legends went around again with unfortunately much the same results as last year. This is hardly surprising since they did retain the same old aging personel who refused to be transferred to other Clubs. In the Lawyer's defence they did use up valuable energy on the Tour of the South Island of NZ. Compeditively both teams eagerly await the imminent over 50's competition so that the new 40 year olds currently playing Shires can have a team of their own. The Club was honoured to have “Lindfield Great” former President Ross Smith who is the Club's leading run scorer on 12,960, inducted into the Shire's Hall of Fame as a Shire's Legend of Cricket at the Annual Shire's Presentation Dinner on 18 May 2007 at Dockside. Ross passed away on 13 November 2000 whilst playing for Lindfield Masters against Burwood at Rothwell Park so his sons, David who become a Life member of our Club this year and present Treasurer and Second Grade Captain Stewart Smith accepted his award. The Club is blessed to have a magnificent person like Ross Smith contribute so much to it's rich history. On a very sad note our Club lost another “All time Lindfield Great” when Peter Daly passed away on 18 March 2007. A Life Member and third highest wicket taker on 605 wickets, Peter was also a Legend of Lindfield and Shire Cricket. He was a member of three first grade premierships for our Club and his colourful personality and passionate contribution will be deeply missed. As mentioned we conducted the inaugural “President's Party Dinner” at Ravenswood School for Girls on 11 November 2006. There
9 were 260 present and we raised over $14,000.00 towards the cost of new astro practise facilities at East Lindfield Primary and Killara High Schools. Former and current players, sponsors and supporters alike had a fabulous evening and we plan a similar event next year to achieve our fund raising target. Our juniors returned to the winning circle in a big way when we won 4 Premierships and 5 Championships! Congradulations to U14/15 Div 2 Lindfield Healy; U14/15 Div 2 Lindfield Langer ( who defeated Lindfield Gillespie in the Final); U12 AM Lindfield Katich who tied with Lindfield Lee; U10 North, Lindfield Tait; and U10 South, Lindfield Ponting. In addition we had Cup Winners in U14/15 Div 2 Lindfield Taylor; U11 AM Lindfield Lehmann and U10 South, Lindfield MacGill.To these and all of our teams who played this year, the club is very proud of your achievements and the way in which you played the game and conducted yourselves on and off the pitch.The number of children playing for the Club stabilised to 480 and 30 teams which is a clear sign that very many players are getting a lot of enjoyment from being part of our Club. Again Junior Convenor Ray Rice has done a magnificent job in the administration and presentation of our Juniors and we are is enormously grateful for all his excellent efforts. Our thanks to all of our coaches, managers and parents who sacrificed their time and energy in supporting and encouraging our children. Please keep it up as we need your valued assistance for the continued welfare of our players and our club. Individually our selected players in the representative teams continued to perform exceptionally well which shows the level of talent and skill in this Club is second to none.Special congradulations goes to Oliver Knight, Daniel Isaacs, Matt Langham, Mitchell Carter, Marco Fraugenfelder, James Fraser and Patrick Flottmann in winning the major Junior Club Awards. The Club’s accounts show that we had a massive $29,682.06 increase in revenue which was derived mainly from $14,255.48 from the President's Party dinner; an increase in senior subscriptions of $4,042.74 and Tim Peterson's Ivanhoe Hotel's enormously generous sponsorship of nearly $10,000.00.However this increase was almost cancelled out by an increase in expenses of $28,929.76. Accordingly the net profit of $9,297.20 remained nearly the same as last year ie $8,544.90. Still this is a solid and healthy financial result which has added substantially to our net assets which are now $85,338.34. Our gross income of $152,024.88 is clearly a record and all of our volunteers especially the Treasurer Steawart Smith can take a special bow. As previously recorded it is now time to continue
10 on a significant capital works programme to improve the training facilities of the Club. Last year we refurbished the Koola Park nets at a cost of $9,000.00 and purchased a bowling machine for $4,500.00. In the coming 12 months we will embark upon the construction of 2 new astro turf training facilities at East Lindfield Primary and Killara High Schools. Fund raising activities and various grant applications are now being actively pursued to defray these substantial costs. The engagement of professional coaches through Elite Coaching Academy for our junior and senior members will also take effect next season. We are especially thankful for the support and the contrbution of our major sponsors namely The Ivanhoe Hotel Manly (Tim and Julie Peterson); Russell Gladen from Quants Meats, Charles Psaltis from Lindfield Sports Store, Steve and Joe from the Lindfield Market Gardens, Bruce from the Lindfield Arcade Chicken Shop and Peter and Kate Daly from Cessnock Cellars. Without them we would find our task of providing the necessary cricket opportunities for all of our members extremely difficult. I would also like to personally thank the tireless efforts of our Club Committee. In particular Junior Convenor Ray Rice, Chairman of Selectors Peter Rezek, his wife Linda (for all those special afternoon teas), Secretary Stephen Henry, Treasurer Stewart Smith, Kim Garling and Annette Dukes deserve special acclamation Finally I believe the incredibly positive feeling in the Club at the present time is due to the manner in which our personel are embracing our exciting new iniatatives with our youth development pathway progamme aided by our new infrastructure and training methods. There is an undeniable mood for affirmative action within the club to adopt modern methods and achieve our goals. Our courageous players and volunteers are determined to bring success and enjoyment to our Club based upon real cricket, financial and human considerations. In fact our historic Club has always been based upon these fundamental values so a return to the glory days is not far off.
Stirling Hamman, President
11 Treasurer’s Report The net assets of the Club at balance date were $85,338 after recording a surplus of $9,297.
As the report shows, income has increased by $29,682 over the preceding year. This is due primarily to donations received from the Ivanhoe Hotel and through the funds raised from the successful Presidents Gala Dinner. (Note: The amount shown for the gala dinner is net of costs). Subscriptions also increased due to the addition of new teams mainly the park senior teams.
Our expenses increased by $28,930 over the same period. Our major costs included hire and maintenance of grounds, affiliation fees, merchandise purchases, and balls and equipment and this year some capital outlays.
- Canteen, bar & BBQ expenses increased during the year, however, is offset by a greater increase in funds collected;
- The Club spent $7,786 utilising the services coaches. This included the successful pre-season “Lyceum” which will be expanded in the coming season;
- Included in the administration costs are amounts paid for players and coaches to attend coaching and umpire courses. These courses are becoming more popular each year;
- Both senior and junior equipment costs increased in line with additional teams. The senior expenses is primarily the purchase of cricket balls while the junior expense is both cricket balls and kits / equipment;
- As mentioned for a number of years, the Club is keen to invest in equipment and training facilities that will improve our skills. This year we spent $9,000 in improving the net facilities at Koola Park and $3,505 for a bowling machine for use at practices. These items are shown in “other capital outlays” along with amounts spent for covers and research costs for the Club’s history book. In the coming year it is anticipated that further funds will be used to build new additional training facilities.
As the Club is required to be registered for GST, the numbers shown in the report are recorded on net basis.
On behalf of the Club, we thank Charles Psaltis of the Lindfield Sports Store, Tim Peterson of the Ivanhoe Hotel, Russell Gladen of Quants Meats and Steve & Jo from Lindfiled Market Gardens for their continued support of Lindfield Cricket. Special thanks goes to Kim & Sam Garling for operating the Saturday morning BBQ. Stewart Smith Honorary Treasurer
12 Independent Auditor Report TO THE MEMBERS OF LINDFIELD DISTRICT CRICKET CLUB INC Scope We have audited the attached special purpose financial report of the Lindfield District Cricket Club Inc for the year ended 30th April 2007, comprising the Balance Sheet and Income & Expenditure Statement. The Lindfield District Cricket Club’s Committee of Management is responsible for the financial report and have determined the accounting policies used are consistent with the financial reporting requirements of the Lindfield District Cricket Club’s Constitution and are appropriate to meet the needs of members. We have conducted an independent audit of the financial report in order to express an opinion on it to the members of the Lindfield District Cricket Club. No opinion is expressed as to whether the accounting policies used are appropriate to the needs of the members. The financial report has been prepared for distribution to members for the purpose of fulfilling the Committee of Management’s financial reporting requirement under the Lindfield District Cricket Club’s Constitution. We disclaim any assumption of responsibility for any reliance on this report or on the financial report to which it relates to any person other than the members, or for any purpose other than that for which it is prepared. Our audit has been conducted in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. Our proceedures included examination, on a test basis, of evidence supporting the amounts and other disclosures in the financial report. These proceedures have been undertaken to form an opinion whether in all material respects, the financial report is presented fairly in accordance with the Committee of Management’s accounting policies. The audit opinion expressed in this report has been formed on the above basis.
Qualifications As is common for organisations of this type, it is not practical for the Club to maintain an effective system of internal control over subscriptions, grants, donations, sponsorship and other fund raising activities until their initial entry in the accounting records. Accordingly, our audit in relation to income was limited to amounts recorded.
Qualified Audit Opinion In our opinion, except for the effects on the financial report of any such adjustments, if any, as might have been required had the limitation on our audit proceedure referred to in the qualification paragraph not existed, the financial report represents fairly, in accordance with applicable Accounting Standards, other mandatory professional reporting requirements and the Associations Incorporation Act, the financial position of the Lindfield District CricketClub as at 30th April 2007 and its results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended.
David Henderson, CA Honorary Auditor 21 July 2007
13 Operating Statement for the year ended 30 April 2007 Lindfield District Cricket Club Inc.
INCOME 2007 2006 Subscriptions $ $ Senior 27,075.00 23,032.26 Junior 71,797.75 70,420.43 Masters 2,422.72 2,599.99 Canteen , Bar & BBQ 7,672.61 6,730.11 Sponsorships and Donations 9,390.90 1,354.54 Grant from NSWCA 8,000.00 8,000.00 Merchandise sales 9,377.74 7,371.40 Interest Received 1,994.06 1,306.52 Function/raffle income-net 38.62 1,527.57 President’s Gala Dinner 14,255.48 - Total Income 152,024.88 122,342.82
EXPENSES Advertising 175.76 665.77 Annual Report Printing 2,446.00 2,150.00 Charges 168.10 18.22 Canteen/Bar/BBQ 7,196.45 6,542.64 Coaching 7,786.37 6,007.66 Ground & net hire 23,416.92 20,054.24 Ground maintenance 2,303.20 1,619.54 Insurance 719.45 522.00 Internet 829.54 1,004.91 Merchandise purchases 13,359.96 15,642.92 Photographs 5,290.91 5,459.27 Security 104.00 208.00 Telephone 595.50 568.27 Administration - - Senior 2,007.75 1,173.26 Junior 1,865.72 1,385.91 Affiliation Fees - - Senior 6,354.55 5,572.00 Junior 9,959.09 9,518.18 Equipment - - Senior 15,022.39 11,377.41 Junior 21,986.94 18,497.23 Trophies and Presentations - - Senior 1,011.96 925.44 Junior 5,033.29 4,885.05 Other Capital Expenses 15,093.83 - Total Expenses 142,727.68 113,797.92
TOTAL CLUB NET INCOME 9,297.20 8,544.90
14 Balance Sheet as at 30 April 2007 Lindfield District Cricket Club Inc.
2007 2006 ACCUMULATED FUNDS $ $ Balance Brought Forward 76,041.14 67,496.24 Total Club Net Income 9,297.20 8,544.90
TOTAL ACCUMULATED FUNDS 85,338.34 76,041.14
REPRESENTED BY:
ASSETS Cash at bank and on deposit NAB Cheque Account 12,500.29 30,182.66 NAB Cash Management Account 42,103.78 - Deposit – Colonial CMT -9,937.40 Cash on hand 185.28 884.10 Stock on hand 16,167.46 21,935.87 Sundry Debtors 16,988.64 15,612.50
TOTAL ASSETS 87,945.45 78,552.53
LIABILITIES Sundry Creditors 2,607.11 2,511.39 TOTAL LIABILITIES 2,607.11 2,511.39
NET ASSETS 85,338.34 76,041.14
15 Lindfield District Cricket Club Sponsorship
The local business community has given generous support of Lindfield District Cricket Club. Sponsorships are gratefully acknowledged and without them the club would be detrimentally affected. A very important note was the outstanding generosity of the Ivanhoe Hotal Manly and Tim Peterson whose sponsorship of $10,000 was enormously appreciated. We wish to give special thanks for this kind gesture. These funds assure promotion of the great game of cricket in our senior and junior divisions and ensure the continued success of the giggest cricket club on the North Shore. This season we were bestowed with other kind major sponsorships from: • Ivanhoe Hotal Manly -Home of the $10 steak (TimPeterson) • Lindfield Sports Store, Lindfield (Charles and Bill Psaltis) • Quants Quality Meats (Russell Gladen) • Lindfield Market Gardens (Steve and his family) Unfortunately we were unable to acknowledge the sponsors in our usual garden party at Lindfield Oval. Instead our sponsors were invited to our games on a weekly basis and at our inaugural President’s Dinner on 11/11/06 at Ravenswood School for Girls; at our Annual Presentation night on 28/4/07 at Chatswood Golf Club as well as the Shire’s Dinner on 18/5/07 at Darling Harbour where we were able to thank them personally for their valued support. The club was privileged to receive the support from the following businesses especially in relation to our junior presentation day.
Ivanhoe Hotal Manly -Home of the $10 steak Quants Quality Meats Russell Gladen at 17 -27 Corso Manly for all your dining and Lindfield Ave Lindfield-provision of all of entertainment needs-ring 99763955 and ask our BBQ and presentation day meat for Anne -Marie supplies-9416-1401 Michael Browne (Life Member) for his Lindfield Sports Store Charles Psaltis at wonderful $2000.00 permanent donation and 325 Pacific Highway, Lindfieldfor all our the annual interest to reward the best junior cricket and sporting good needs-941-68077. bowler In the club Northside Sports Physiotherapy Suite 15, David Milner at Law in Order-Level 7/ 135 Lindfield Centre, 12 Tryon Road, Lindfield- King Stteet Sydney for all yourLitigation Ask for Brad who attends to all of our Support needs-9223 9200 sporting Injuries. Wine Design at Cessnock Peter & Kate Daly Sydney Sporting Supplies Rear 4 Moore – for top quality wines for our Club Raffles Ave. West Lindfield-Ask Adam or Ira for all and functions Trophy and Awards to LDCC-94168578 Blaze Promotions -Ask Diana for all your Phil Moujaes and the boys at Hornsby Bing sports clothing and memobilia needs- Lee Electronics Westfield Shoppingtown- 9519-1395 ring 94828033 Eltie Cricket Academy-for all your cricket Lindfield Market Gardens- Steve and Joe at coaching needs-ask for Mark Atkinson- Village Arcade Lindfield Ave Lindfield for 0422787727 all our fruit and vegetablesfor BBQ and afternoon teas
In all these activities, the Club is eternally grateful and encourages all of our members and their families to satisfy their needs at the businesses of these sponsors.
16 Annual Dinner and Presentation of Awards Annual Dinner The Annual Club Dinner and Presentation of Awards were held on Saturday 28th April 2007 at the Chatswood Golf Club and was attended by over 100 club members and their guests. A good time was had by all and everyone enjoyed the convivial atmosphere. Highlights of the evening were the attendance and presentation to all of the outstanding players and supporters for the season. The Club extends it’s special appreciation to Peter Rezek for arranging the venue and organizing the evening. Thanks also to Stewart Smith as the financial enforcer. Best Team Batting Bowling Fielding Contributor Shires 1st Paul Weaver Henry Cooper Oliver Tom Drake Grade Williams Shires 2nd Phil Gillard Jack Hammond Adam Shaun Howells Grade Gailey Shires 3rd Scott Greg Flanagan Alex Lines Arthur Grade Hutchinson Dunderdale Shires 4th Karthik Reddy Jay Patel Lachlan Gokul Grade Terry Tamilarasaan Frank Gray In Foster Ben Bryan James Adam Rezek (Under 24) Brady Metro Cup Druvi Storer Sean Vitorvic Matt/David Charlie Gibson Gearside NSCA Andrew Josh Jull Stephen Peter Henry Winnie McCosker Henry Blues NSCA Jeita Hartwell Blake Barry Hamish Chris Beadle FOG Davey
Lindfield Stephen Stirling Geoff Phil Kelly Lawyers Kavanagh Hamman/Tony Ainsworth Wright Lindfield Peter Harrison John Burke Nick Leake John Jackson Legends
Doug Blackman Trophy Evan Hamman
Ross Smith Medal Ben Bryan
Ron Gentle Award (U-24s) Ben Bryan
Trevor Schokman Trophy (Parks) Jeita Hartwell
Felix Tavener Clubman Trophy Matthew Bellemaine
17 LDCC President’s Dinner After years of contemplating a grand social evening whereby all of the Club’s former and present players, senior and junior members, supporters and sponsors would come together under the one roof to celebrate the Club’s historic achievements, the wheels of execution finally geared themselves into action. This spectacular gala event took place at Ravenswood School for Girls at Gordon and was held on Saturday evening 11 November 2006 at 7.30pm and over 260 people attended. To say that the event was an overwhelming success would be an understatement. There has rarely been a night quite like it. Guests and players alike socialised and reminisced over the great batting and bowling performances of the past. So much so that it was extremely difficult to get them off the pre- dinner drinks lawn bathed in brilliant sunshine and into the main hall. Once seated the youthful Ravenswood singers entertained us with classic verses. Fine dinning followed with lashings of excellent food and suberb wines. After some party dancing and a televised horse racing event, we danced the night away to Montego Bay one of Sydney’s hottest bands. Guests were heard to mention "how good is this... can it get any better?" In all of this silent and staged auctions for stunning memmorablia raised funds for our capital works programme of 2 astro turf wicket practise facilities at Killara High and East Lindfield Public Schools. The items on offer were stellar pieces of attraction and included bats and shirts signed by the Australian Cricket team, Matthew Hayden, Michael Clarke and Mark Waugh as well as items signed by the 2006 Australian World Cup Soccer team. Over $14,000 was raised and a great night was had by all. The Shire players from the 50’s and the former Lindfield City and Suburban team led by Roger Giles, Mick Browne and Ian Moffat were resounding in their proclamations. Overall it was a spectacular evening for the Club. I wish to personally thank all of our past and present players , junior parents, all supporters and the very generous sponsors who fully got behind this event to make it a such a raging success. A special list of these most generous parties follows. I ernestly request you to frequent their businesses and show our appreciation in kind. A BIG "THANK YOU” to you ALL! Special thanks also goes to so many people but I would like to single out Roger Pugh, Annette Dukes, Di Stewart, Liz Langham, Linda Rezek, Dawn Hamman, Kathy and Trevor Benson. The Ravenswood School was particularly kind and supportive with Principal Ms Vicki Steer and Manager Tom Richardson being outstanding. Another similar spectacular event is planned at this time next year. Stirling Hamman President
18 As mentioned it would not have been possible to stage our LDCC President’s Dinner without ALL OF OUR MARVELOUS CLUB SUPPORTERS and especially OUR SPONSORS. To each and all of them please show your gratitude and support for their services by reference to them and tell them of your appreciation from LINDFIELD DISTRICT CRICKET CLUB. Their details as follows…
Bing Lee Electronics Lawrence Natale Architect. Blackwolf Outdoor Equipment McCarroll Lexus Chatswood and Blaze Promotions Hornsby. Brookvale Chrysler Jeep Macquarie Bank Cricket Australia and Cricket NSW Mark Atkinson-Elite Cricket Academy Cypress Lakes Resort Hunter Valley North Shore Timber Dance On Studios Nilgiri Restraurant ,St Leonards De Bortoli Wines Omorfia Beauty Eden Gardens and Garden Ravenswood School For Girls Centre,North Ryde SCG Indoor Nets Centre Ingenuity Computer Systems, Gordon Westleigh Cellars
Cocktails on the Lawn at the President's Party Dinner
19 Images of President’s Party Dinner 11/11/2006
Lindfield Memobilia on display
First Grade LDCC Legends 1954-1976 Among standing l-r: John Wilson, David Ashton, Ian Moffatt, Roger Gyles, John King ,David Cook, Bruce Mason, Mick Brown,Graham Roberts
20 General Team Statistics Summary of Matches
Matches WO WI LO LI T D Points Shires 1st 13 0 3 1 8 0 1 18 (12) Shires 2nd 15 1 7 0 3 0 4 55 (31) Shires 3rd 13 0 6 0 6 0 1 36 (23) Shires 4th 13 1 4 0 6 0 2 35 (12) U/24 6 0 4 0 2 0 0 27 (27) MetroCupLions 20 0 9 0 8 0 3 74 (12) NSCAB2 WB 13 0 5 1 6 0 1 46 (74) NSCAC1 FOG 15 1 11 0 3 0 0 70 (62) NSCAC2 DFD 12 0 7 0 5 0 0 50 (58) NSCACRRODS 12 0 4 1 7 0 0 42 - NSCAT'DERS 18 0 5 0 12 0 1 30 - Masters Lawyers 6 0 1 0 5 0 0 140 (211) Masters Legends 11 0 1 0 10 0 0 154 (200) 2005-06 figures shown in bold
Team Aggregates and Averages (Preliminary Rounds) Batting Ave Ave Bowling Ave Ave Team Runs/Wkts 06-07 05-06 Runs/Wkts 06-07 05-06 Shires 1st 3,176 129 24.62 20.02 2,867 99 28.95 38.02 Shires 2nd 3,820 120 31.83 22.41 3.225 143 22.55 21.53 Shires 3rd 2,228 111 20.07 17.12 2,690 117 22.99 24.13 Shires 4th 2,190 122 17.95 16.03 2,651 105 25.24 26.40 U/24 1,418 45 31.51 28.46 1,142 54 21.14 23.55 MetroCupLions 3,014 154 19.57 10.70 2815 153 18.39 27.30 NSCA BR WB 2,564 130 19.72 19.85 2,356 116 20.31 16.25 NSCA C1 FOG 3,228 123 26.24 19.64 2,910 142 20.49 18.71 NSCACRODS 2971 131 22.67 12.88 2689 116 23.18 28.47 NSCA C2 DFD 2306 102 22.60 26.11 2168 117 18.52 21.02 NSCAT'DERS 2237 163 13.72 - 3082 113 27.27 - Masters 830 50 16.60 19.89 926 37 25.02 26.10 Lawyers Masters 1488 100 14.88 15.96 1957 57 34.33 23.62 Legends
21 Highest Innings Score
Team Score Opponent Shires 1st 5-366 dec Southern Districts Shires 2nd 5-369 dec Georges River Shires 3rd 8-293 Georges River Shires 4th 9-264 Auburn U/24 3-360 Warringah Metro Cup - Lions 7-275 MacQuarie Uni NSCAB2WINNIEBLUE 246 Old Ignations NSCA C1-FOG 9-371 Nth Sydney Leagues NSCA CRRAMRODS 8-516dec Nth Sydney Leagues NSCA C2DAFFODILS 279 The Bats NSCA TAILENDERS 6-231 North Shore Masters Lawyers 5-171 Manly Masters Legends 8-206 Manly
Lindfield FOG celebrate their success in 2006-07
22 SYDNEY SHIRE’S SPIRIT OF CRICKET POINTS-2006-07 The overall Spirit of Cricket Award was won by Warringah which averaged 2.59. Lindfield finished equal second with Epping with an average of 2.58. The winners for each grade were -First Grade – Lindfield; Second Grade – Epping; Third Grade – Epping; Fourth Grade – Warringah; Frank Gray – Roseville Club 1 2 3 4 FGS Club Total Club Ave Warringah 2.62 2.66 2.15 2.69 3.00 160.50 2.59 Lindfield 2.92 2.53 2.54 2.31 2.67 155.00 2.58 Epping 2.58 2.69 2.69 2.31 2.67 149.50 2.58 Georges River 2.46 2.38 2.38 2.31 2.78 149.00 2.44 Lane Cove 2.00 2.46 2.38 2.23 2.90 158.00 2.36 Burwood Briars 2.46 2.53 2.44 1.60 3.00 159.00 2.34 Roseville 2.85 2.23 2.23 1.67 3.17 139.00 2.32 Macquarie Uni 2.15 2.54 2.13 1.88 2.89 149.00 2.26 Pennant Hills 2.50 2.46 2.00 1.71 2.67 138.00 2.23 Auburn 2.57 2.46 1.64 1.57 2.89 141.50 2.18 Sth Sydney 2.25 2.43 1.87 2.00 2.33 144.00 2.15 Nth West Sydney 2.15 1.8 2.57 1.69 2.86 133.00 2.15 Strathfield 2.20 2.31 2.00 1.77 2.25 130.00 2.10 Southern Districts 1.69 2.15 1.69 1.62 2.63 114.00 1.90
Note: n/a - no assessment provided, np – no play Please note that the Spirit of Cricket guidelines measured match behaviour as follows- 3 points - exceptional- epitomised the true spirit, traditions and values of the game 2 points - played the game in good spirit; 1 point - uncompromising, but incident-free 0 points - generally antagonistic atmosphere created -1 points unacceptable behaviour- team captain informed
L-R -Stewart Smith; David Smith and Stirling Hamman at the Sydney Shire's Dinner with the Legend's Of Shire Cricket Award for Ross Smith
23 Final Points Tables Competition Shires Competition Final Points Table 2006-07
1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade Pennant Hills 76 Burwood 73 Burwood 83 Sth Sydney 74 Warringah 68 Sth Sydney 60 Lane Cove 67 NorthWestSyd 61 NorthWestSyd 57 Strathfield 66 Lindfield 55 Lane Cove 54 Burwood 56 Auburn 54 Macquare Uni 50 Auburn 51 Sth Sydney 48 Auburn 48 Roseville 41 Lane Cove 44 Warringah 48 NorthWestSyd 37 MacQuarieUni 37 Sthn Districts 47 Epping 36 Pennant Hills 32 Lindfield 36 MacquarieUni 34 Strathfield 31 Roseville 27 Warringah 28 Epping 28 Pennant Hills 18 Lindfield 18 Sthn Districts 13 Strathfield 12 Georges River 6 Roseville 12 Epping 12 Sthn Districts 0 Georges River 12 Georges River 12
4th Grade Frank Gray (U24) Club Championship MacquarieUni 85 Lane Cove 52 Burwood Burwood 77 MacQuarieUni 34 Lane Cove 1208 Sth Sydney 67 Sthn Districts 33 Auburn 1143 Roseville 66 Georges River 30 Sth Sydney 1026 Auburn 54 Auburn 30 NorthWestSyd 872 Pennant Hills 53 Strathfield 29 MacquarieUni 848 NorthWestSyd 41 Lindfield 27 Pennant Hills 829 Warringah 39 Burwood 21 Lindfield 794 Lindfield 35 Epping 19 Warringah 778 Sthn Districts 21 Warringah 15 Strathfield 751 Lane Cove 19 South Sydney 12 Epping 681 Epping 13 Pennant Hills 9 Roseville 505 Strathfield 12 Roseville 7 Georges River 462 Georges River 6 NorthWestSyd 0 Sthn Districts 424
24 Final Points Tables (continued)
Metropolitan Shield Masters Burwood/Wests 89 Macquarie Uni 402 Sth Sydney 83 Lane CoveWhite 356 Pennant Hills 74Q1.1 Kenthurst 313 Lindfield 74Q.97 CCNSW 294 Auburn 71 Manly 292 MacquarieUni 63 Doyalson 290 Lane Cove 45 Warringah 290 Epping 278 Hornsby 246 Lane Cove Blue 213 Burwood 212 Mosman 209 I.Zingari 208 Lindfield Legends 154 Parramatta 153 Castle Hill 141 Lindfield Lawyers 140
NSCA B-RES Main Table NSCAB-Res One Day Neutral Bay Jets 68 Table Wanderers 64 Wanderers 38 North Shore 60 North Shore 38 St Leonrds Jackals 58 Old Ignations 32 Old Ignatians 54 Lindfield Winnie Blues 28 Lindfield Winnie Blues 46 St Leonards Jackals 27 North Sydney Leagues 42 Neutral Bay Jets 23
Centrals 38 North Sydney Leagues 23
Kirribilli 36 Centrals 20 Kirribilli 19
25 NSCA C1 Main Table NSCA C1 One Day Table North Shore 60 Weapons 41 Weapons 58 North Shore 29 West Pymble 56 North Sydeny Leagues 27 North Shore Leagues 54 Crusaders 27 Crusaders 44 West Pymble 26 Lindfield Ramrods 42 Lindfield Ramrods 22 Northbridge 34 Northbridge 17
NSCA C One Day Table NSCA C Main Table Lindfield FOG 70 Lindfield FOG 41 Macquarie University 66 Macquarie University 34 North Shore 56 Wanderers 33 The Bats 52 North Sydney Leagues 27 Lindfield Daffodils 50 North Shore 25 Wanderers 50 Lindfield Daffodils 23 North Sydney Leagues 42 The Bats 22
Mosman 42 Crusaders 22 Mosman 21 Crusaders 36
First Grade Revelry at the LDCC President’s Dinner L-R;Adam Rezek; Henry Cooper; Stirling Hamman;James Brady;Nadeem Mohammed;Daminda Wijesekera; Ben Bryan; Denver Don-Paul; Evan Hamman; Ian Foster
26 Lindfield 1st Grade Perhaps too often the success or otherwise of a season is determined by a team's position on the table at the end of that season. For us, the 2006/07 season was a successful one for a number of reasons, not the least because it saw our club, as a whole, really start to come together in all the senior teams. The first game we defeated Warringah, always a strong club, but perhaps struggling with coming to terms with a young side like we were. Ben Bryan, as he so often did throughout the season hit the ball sweetly in the middle order to blast us out of trouble. He notched up an awesome 119 to get us passed the Green Men's 1st Innings total. Few players at this club hit the ball as sweetly as Ben and it is a joy to watch him when he is in full swing dispatching balls all over the field. Ben Mcleod set up that victory the week before with an amazing 6/39. In the second game we were abruptly stopped in our victorious tracks by a forceful Strathfield 1st Grade. After a day and a half we were defeated outright quite convincingly. The only shining light in that game was Peter Crawford's swash buckling 92 (off far fewer balls) which made our out- right loss look slightly more respectable than perhaps it could have been. The third game, we were set to bounce back (and we did) down at Greenway Park against Southern Districts. The first Saturday saw us amass 5 declared for 366, with Weaver an awesomely powerful 139, Hamman 103 and Peter Crawford providing some big hitting towards the end. Unfortunately, as luck wouldhave it, we were rained off the following week without bowling a ball. As the season progressed, unfortunately the excitement and unpredictability of Peter Crawford’s middle-order batting eventually cost him his place in 1st Grade as we found an extremely cramped middle order. For instance, we had 6 batsmen in our team all who could bat number 5. A naturally gifted and talented batsmen Peter could devastate any attack on his day and it was very pleasing to see him score a plethora of runs in the second grade's march to the finals. Peter’s departure made way for an opening bat in the form of Englishman Oliver Williams. Olly teamed up with Adam Rezek who bravely forwent a cushy middle order spot to open up the innings. Immediately they had great success, putting on 97 for the first wicket against North West Sydney. Adam blasted 85 to take us to 9 declared for 344. Hamman 71 and Ian Foster 63 were also amongst the runs. Williams, a hard-nosed and consistent performer during the year, both in the field and with the bat, added an element of consistency much needed
27 in our line-up and indeed brought a lot of enthusiam to the club as a whole. After his blistering 85, Adam Rezek unfortunately struggled somewhat to come to terms with the opening spot, but its only a matter of time before he cements his place in the first grade line-up as a dangerous attacking batsmen. Our opening bowlers in Ewan Rankin and Tom Drake would have been a god-send to any team. Rankin with his height and bounce and Drake with his amazing control and consistency should have brought us many a scalp. However, bowling on a batsmens’ wicket like Tryon Road proved difficult and with Ewan travelling overseas after bowling only 37 overs for the season, we didn't get the most out of that duo. One wonders what could have been if they had both stayed in partnership throughout the season. Tom Drake is a phenomenal bowler with good pace, control and maturity. He is definitely a key asset to any team. Narrow losses to North West Sydney and Pennant Hills put us on the back foot and left us wondering where it was were going wrong. Finishing off the opposition innings was a particular issue for us. We did however, finally manage to find our straps in the local derby against Roseville, where the experience and class of newcomer Nadeem Mohammed shone through and saw us take the remaining two Roseville wickets with 9 overs to go. An amazing game, rain interrupted and played in a great spirit - one I shall not forget in a while. Unfortunately, due to work commitments, Nadeem's availability waivered throughout the season. A classy batsmen and a shrewd middle order bowler, his experience and class was apparent from the first game, albeit he never really obtained that big hundred that we all know he was and is capable of. Hopefully we will see more of him next season. After Christmas we picked up where we left off and defeated Georges River quite convincingly. Paul Weaver, our resident middle order 'hit man' displaced the attack to all corners of Bexley oval, whilst the class of our first drop, Ian Foster, was on display with a stylish 81. Hamman also chipped in with 88. Andrew Foot picking up a handy 4 wickets. The season was starting to look up again. Unfortunately, it was to be a tough ride home against some difficult opponents in Souths, Burwood and Auburn. As it were, we failed to win another game for the remainder of the season. Struggling to put together partnerships and lacking key bowlers with Ben Bryan injured and Nadeem and Ewan unavailable, we looked good at times, but woeful at others. The most disappointing results however, came against Epping and Macquarie University, two teams we expected to beat. We narrowly lost to
28 Epping after being well on top early on and fell short by 12 runs against Macquarie University. Poor results notwithstanding, our talented young leg-spinner Henry Cooper really hit his straps with an unbelievable 15 wickets for 140 runs in two games. Henry took 8-74 (against Auburn) and 7-67 (against Epping). He finished with 25 wickets for the seasons at an average of 24. An amazing bowler with perseverance, determination and flexibility - which he also applies to his batting - Henry, like Tom Drake, is another great asset for the club to hold onto. That said, a good leg-spinner is really only as good as his field placements and his wicket-keeper allow him to be. An encouraging point was seeing Henry take more control of his field placements as the season progressed. In James Brady, Henry had one of the most agile keepers in 1st Grade Shires with arguably some of the quickest hands going around. A consistent performer, James took some amazing catches and lightening fast stumpings over the season. A silent achiever, he would be the first to admit he lost some confidence with the bat this season, but gained a lot with the gloves. Ultimately, a two page blurb doesn't allow me the opportunity to canvas every game and player with a fine tooth comb. Suffice it to say therefore, that we were a young team of extremely talented individuals. Nevertheless, what we lacked in age and experience, we more than made up for in camaraderie, loyalty to the cause and determination. Turing back to my original paragraph, it is by these attributes that I have gauged the success of our season. Last but certainly not least, a big thank you to those without whom we would never even step on the field every Saturday. A tremendous amount of work goes into running a club, and those that surrender their time and effort free of charge for the passion of the game and the good of the community are deserved of special recognition. Thank you to (in no particular order) Stirling Hamman, Peter and Linda Rezek, Ken Foster, Matt Bellmaine, Stewart Smith, Wayne Cooper and everyone else who put their hand up this year. There are also a number of players who appeared in our First Grade sporadically throughout the year. Thank you for your effort and support of the First Grade Team. Ben McLeod, Andrew Foot, Daminda Wijesekera, Shazi Butt, Alex Hunter, Josh Peterson, Jeita Hartwell, Matt Brooker, Jack Rabone and Brodie Watson. Evan Hamman-Captain
29 First Grade Final Table After Regular Rounds
# Club P Pts Bon Q WO W1 D L1 LO T1 T2 B 1 Pennant Hills 13 76 2 1.756 2 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 South Sydney 13 74 4 2.655 1 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 Lane Cove 13 67 3 1.331 1 9 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 Strathfield 13 66 2 1.499 4 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 Burwood 13 61 3 1.353 0 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 6 Auburn 13 51 0 1.158 0 8 0 4 0 1 0 0 7 Roseville 13 41 1 0.889 1 5 0 7 0 0 0 0 8 Nth West Sydney 13 37 4 0.841 0 5 1 5 1 1 0 0 9 Epping 13 36 2 0.912 1 4 2 5 1 0 0 0 10 Macquarie Uni 13 34 0 1.151 1 4 1 7 0 0 0 0 11 Warringah 13 28 0 0.766 1 3 0 7 2 0 0 0 12 Lindfield 13 18 0 0.834 0 3 1 8 1 0 0 0 13 Georges River 13 6 0 0.406 0 1 1 10 1 0 0 0 14 Southern Districts 13 0 0 0.351 0 0 1 7 5 0 0 0 1 Burwood adjusted -1 points
Shires First Grade Batting Ave Bowling Ave # Club Wkt Runs Avg Wkt Runs Avg 1 Pennant Hills 87 2,924 33.61 153 2,929 19.14 2 South Sydney 69 3,275 47.46 149 2,662 17.87 3 Lane Cove 111 2,825 25.45 149 2,848 19.11 4 Strathfield 91 2,859 31.42 153 3,206 20.95 5 Burwood 100 2,844 28.44 123 2,585 21.02 6 Auburn 111 3,192 28.76 120 2,979 24.83 7 Roseville 124 2,824 22.77 114 2,918 25.60 8 North West Sydney 123 3,263 26.53 105 3,312 31.54 9 Epping 137 2,886 21.07 116 2,677 23.08 10 Macquarie University 117 2,717 23.22 127 2,562 20.17 11 Warringah 156 2,693 17.26 136 3,064 22.53 12 Lindfield 129 3,176 24.62 97 2,861 29.49 13 Georges River 161 2,658 16.51 72 2,928 40.67 14 Southern Districts 173 2,577 14.90 75 3,182 42.43
30 Lindfield’s Match Results Opponent Lindfield Score Opponent Score Result Warringah 259 166 & 4/129 W1 Strathfield 194 & 93 5/304 dec. Lo Southern Districts 5/366 dec. washout D Lane Cove 161 8/253 dec. L1 Nth West Sydney 9/344 dec. 8/348 L1 Pennant Hills 220 8/222 L1 Roseville 250 142 W1 Georges River 6/317 182 W1 South Sydney 198 6/307 L1 Burwood 205 2/208 L1 Epping 214 233 L1 Auburn 163 170 L1 Macquarie Uni 9/192 8/203 L1
Batting Performances
Player Inns No HS Runs Ave. C/St Evan Hamman 14 - 103 455 32.5 3 Oliver Williams 9 - 63 265 29.4 5 Adam Rezek 14 1 85 294 22.6 3 Henry Cooper 13 4 26 110 12.2 5 Nadeem Mohammed 8 - 58 212 26.5 2 Ben Bryan 11 1 119 405 40.5 2 Ian Foster 13 - 81 342 26.3 5 Paul Weaver 13 1 139* 491 40.9 9 James Brady 10 3 24 57 8.1 10/6 Tom Drake 11 2 8 47 4.7 2 Peter RH Crawford 5 - 92 116 29.0 1 Ben McLeod 2 - 15 15 7.5 1 Daminda Wijesekera 1 - 20 20 20.0 1 Ewan Rankin 2 2 4* 4 N/A - Shazi Butt 4 - 14 27 6.8 1 Brodie Watson 2 1 0 0 0 - Will Blunt 5 - 17 39 7.8 2 Alex Hunter 2 1 8* 8 8.0 - Josh Peterson 2 1 1* 1 1.0 4 Andrew Foot 1 - 0 0 0 1 Jeita Hartwell 1 - 0 0 0 - Richard Lucas 1 - 23 23 23.0 3 Matt Brooker 2 1 5 6 6.0 - Jack Rabone 1 - 0 0 0 2
31 Best Batting Performances
Paul Weaver 139* v Southern Districts Ben Bryan 119 v Warringah Evan Hamman 103 v Southern Districts Peter RH Crawford 92 v Strathfield Evan Hamman 88 v Georges River Ben Bryan 85 v Roseville Adam Rezek 85 v North West Sydney Ian Foster 81 v Georges River Evan Hamman 71 v North West Sydney Paul Weaver 68 v South Sydney Ian Foster 66 v Burwood Ian Foster 63 v North West Sydney Paul Weaver 63 v Pennant Hills Oliver Williams 63 v Epping Nadeem Mohammed 58 v Roseville Paul Weaver 55 v Georges River
Bowling Performances
Name Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Ave. B/B Ewan Rankin 37 5 139 3 46.3 1/23 Tom Drake 111 28 348 10 34.8 2/34 Ben Bryan 79 9 278 6 46.3 2/22 Nadeem Mohammed 80 19 263 11 23.9 3/27 Ben McLeod 38 6 153 9 17.0 6/37 Daminda Wijesekera 5 1 20 - - - Henry Cooper 159 24 619 25 24.8 8/74 Shazi Butt 35 11 101 1 101.0 1/34 Will Blunt 73 13 256 8 32.0 2/24 Oliver Williams 34 3 136 6 22.7 2/14 Alex Hunter 20 2 67 1 67.0 1/18 Ian Foster 36 9 98 2 49.0 1/11 Andrew Foot 38 6 101 7 14.4 4/42 Matthew Brooker 21 5 53 2 26.5 2/30 Adam Rezek 11 1 55 1 55.0 1/11 Brodie Watson 10 1 58 1 58.0 1/58 Jeita Hartwell 4 - 16 0 - 0/16 Richard Lucas 1 1 0 0 - 0/0
32 Best Bowling Performances Henry Cooper 8/74 v Auburn Henry Cooper 7/67 v Epping Ben McLeod 6/37 v Warringah
Best Partnerships Wicket Names Runs Opponent 1 Oliver Williams & Adam Rezek 97 North West Sydney 2 Adam Rezek & Ian Foster 58 North West Sydney 2 Oliver Williams & Ian Foster 58 Georges River 3 Oliver Williams & Evan Hamman 73 South Sydney 4 Ian Foster & Evan Hamman 68 North West Sydney 5* Evan Hamman & Paul Weaver 211-Rec Southern Districts 6 Paul Weaver & Ben Bryan 62 Pennant Hills 7 Paul Weaver & Ben Bryan 40 Georges River 8 Evan Hamman & James Brady 54 North West Sydney 9 Ben Bryan & Daminda Wijesekera 54 Warringah 10 Ben Bryan & Henry Cooper 81 Roseville
First Grade 2006-07. Standing L-R; Adam Rezek; Henry Cooper; Tom Drake; Paul Weaver ;Olly Willams; Nadeem Mohammed; Matthew Brooker. Seated L-R Jack Rabone; Ben Bryan ;Evan Hamman (Captain); Jeita Hartwell
33 Sydney Shires 1st Grade Team Records
Qualifications: Batting – minimum 8 innings; Bowling – minimum 10 wickets and 8 innings Highest Team Score 475 versus Northern Districts in 1932-33
Batting Aggregate: G. Ferrier 840 runs 1926-27 Average: L. Blackman 73.80 1977-78 Highest score: H.S. Jones 283 runs 1936-37
Bowling Aggregate: W Williamson 70 wickets 1945-46 Average: C. Henderson 7.40 1934-35 Most Wickets in an E. Searle 9 for 38 1958-59 innings: J. Stammers 9 for 10 1972-73
Partnerships Wkt Date Names Runs 1 9/2/38 H. Jones & L. Turnidge 226 2 24/3/79 L. Blackman & K. Walker 240 3 3/11/28 W. Bain & G. Chapman 235 4 14/2/98 R. Hamman & P. Gillard 175 5* 28/10/06 E. Hamman & P. Weaver 211- Rec 6 22/10/38 C. Henderson & L. Turnidge 183 7 12/12/36 C. Henderson & H. Julian 174 8 2/4/32 S. Fuller & F. Smith 165 9 26/3/94 P. Daly & L. Moss 109 10 5/10/2002 N. Barratt & M. McDonald 141
*Previous fifth Record of 189 was set in 1968-69 by R. Smith & J. Crow
34 Lindfield 2nd Grade After a solid pre-season which saw two practise games and many well structured training sessions we were ready to take on any opposition. The season began with a bang against Warringah with us declaring at 320 runs thanks to a Phil Gillard century (138) and Rehan Anjum (63) who built a 173 run partnership. Warringah constructed a solid chase on day 2 to see us in line for defeat until James Middleton stepped up in the final over of the day. It would not do the record books justice to not describe that final over. Warringah were 6/312 requiring 9 runs to win with 4 wickets in hand. First ball – 2 runs, 2nd ball – 2 runs, Warringah were edging closer. 3rd ball – wicket (bowled), 4th ball – wicket (bowled), 5th ball – wicket (bowled) ‘HAT TRICK’. With one ball remaining the equation was 9/316, Warringah required 5 runs to win and we required 1 wicket to win. It was a dot ball and after 164 overs of tough cricket both sides walked away with a draw….James finished with 7/104 from 27 overs, and that hat-trick. The strong batting continued with us posting another 300 plus total against Strathfield and bundling them out for 154. Phil Gillard again led the way with 96, well supported by Adam Gailey’s 56 and strong partnerships. Strathfield were 3/17 thanks to Will Blunt and Jack Hammond’s accuracy allowing Al Hunter to come in and finish them off with a tidy 3 wickets, just before we froze to death in one of the coldest days we’ve ever played cricket in, and 20 degrees lower than day one!After a wash out draw against Southern Districts we were falling behind on the ladder and in need of a kickstart. We met Lane Cove in a one-day fixture. Matty Brooker bowled well to pick up 4 wickets and keep Lane Cove to a total of 196. Enter Adam Gailey. Adam tore the Lane Cove attack apart in scoring 102 runs and achieving that milestone after being at the crease for only 16 overs, to see us chase down Lane Cove’s total in 31 overs. A forgetful outing at North West Sydney saw us needing to put some wins back-to-back. Fortunately that occurred with 3 on the trot, against Pennant Hills, Roseville and an outright against Georges River Highlights being Stewy Smith (68) and Shazi Butt (56) crafting a 100 run partnership against Pennant Hills to allow us to a competitive total, the return of Roger Quayle and Ben Mcleod to the team, Phil Gillard (99) and Will Psaltis’ (50) chase of Roseville’s 200 runs in 29 overs with an opening stand of 143 after 21 overs, and Phil Gillard’s 125no against Georges River. The Georges River game was particularly pleasing in that we declared at 5/369 and had them 7/40 at the end of day one, allowing for a comfortable outright victory. Just as we had settled into a rthym we had another hiccup against South Sydney scoring only 159 after being 3/109.Our next game
35 was the undefeated Burwood. In a one day game we fought hard to build the total to 8/210 after the 50 overs with Pete Crawford scoring his first of what would be 5 x 50s for the season, well supported by Roger Quayle’s 36no. We knew that it was competitive at Rothwell. Burwood lost an early wicket but then built two 40 run partnerships to get into a good position. In what would turn out to be a humiliating score card for Burwood they lost 5/12 thanks to a spellbinding effort from Jack Hammond taking 5/34 including 3 wickets in one over. Burwood all out for 142 and their first loss for the season. We then made easy work of Epping with Shaun Howells batting brilliantly for 86 and 3 other fifties (Gillard, McLeod and Crawford) seeing us reach 331 in reply to Epping’s 226. Pete Crawford’s 71 was scored off only 21 balls!Our next outing against Auburn, which if we’d won would have seen us potentially in the top 3, was not a happy one. Despite Al Hunter’s great spell, where he took 4/29 to get us in the game and help restrict Auburn to 218, and some fighting by Ben McLeod (41) and Stewy Smith (39), we fell well short at 157.The last preliminary round was a one- dayer against Macquarie Uni where we bounced back with another Crawford fifty (72), well supported by Gailey (36), Smith (38), Quayle (28) and none other than Footy with 29no! We comfortably restricted Macquarie Uni to 224 in their 50 overs with the bowling honours being shared (as they were for most of the season). We had made it into the finals series finishing 4th playing North West Sydney away. In a rain affected match we were forced to declare at 8/194 to allow sufficient overs to bowl out the opposition. North West Sydney were 6/143 after 67 overs. Ben McLeod and Peter Crawford continued the good form with 43 and 57 respectively and Shazi (my foot) Butt the pick of the bowlers with 3/32. Thanks to Burwood and Warringah (teams one and two) winnning their quarter finals we went through to the semi final against Burwood. We had a great deal of confidence following our earlier win against them. After winning the toss we chose to bat and slowing but surely built the total to 9/269 when a storm finished off day one 9 overs early. Ben McLeod (56) and Shazi Butt (67no) were the best batsmen and constant partnerships, even in the lower order saw us post a very competitive total .Day 2 saw a late start and another forced declaration. Burwood lost an early wicket thanks to Roger Quayle and then consolidated. Rain interruptions caused the ball to stop moving early and gave both teams plenty of practice getting the covers on and off. We knew if we could break this partnership we would be in with a chance. Finally, it came and we then managed three more quick wickets. We continued to toil and pick up wickets, until, yet again rain stopped play, and our season. Burwood were 7/206. Overall we
36 lost 26 overs to rain in the match and the match was drawn. Burwood would play the grand final (and win) as the higher of the two sides. Whilst the season ended on a sad note, it was a season to be proud of. We played hard cricket and were one of the better sides in the competition – weather permitting, probably the best side in the competition. There were many highlights, with Phil Gillard scoring 751 runs at 53.6 to fall only 4 runs short of the aggregate record for 2nd grade held since 1927/28, James Middleton’s 7 for and hat-trick, the bowlers consistent line and length, Jack Hammond’s marked improvement in fielding, Adam Gailey’s sledging contributions, and finally, Footy’s amazing ability not to get a wicket in 45 overs of attacking bowling! Many thanks must go to the club officials, especially Chairman of Selector’s Peter Rezek and Stirling Hamman for all their work. The club would not exist without them. Until next time. Phil Gillard – Captain
Second Grade Reminisces at the LDCC President’s Dinner L-R Will Blunt; Joe Collins; Stewart Smith; Josh Peterson;Rowan Hamman; Phil Gillard; Olly Wiliams; Adam Gailey
37 Second Grade Final Table After Regular Rounds
# Club P Pts Bon Q WO W1 D L1 LO T1 T2 B 1 Burwood 13 73 3 1.982 1 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Warringah 13 68 4 1.375 1 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 Nth West Sydney 13 61 1 1.053 0 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 Lindfield 13 55 3 1.467 1 7 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 Auburn 13 54 2 1.276 1 7 0 5 0 0 0 0 6 South Sydney 13 48 2 1.311 1 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 7 Lane Cove 13 44 0 1.216 2 4 1 5 1 0 0 0 8 Macquarie Uni 13 37 1 1.025 0 6 1 6 0 0 0 0 9 Pennant Hills 13 32 0 1.119 2 2 2 7 0 0 0 0 10 Strathfield 13 31 3 0.985 2 2 1 8 0 0 0 0 11 Epping 13 28 0 0.689 0 4 0 8 1 0 0 0 12 Southern Districts 13 13 1 0.531 0 2 1 7 3 0 0 0 13 Roseville 13 12 0 0.597 0 2 1 8 2 0 0 0 14 Georges River 13 12 0 0.530 0 2 0 7 4 0 0 0
Shires Second Grade Batting Ave Bowling Ave # Club Wkt Runs Avg Wkt Runs Avg 1 Burwood 100 3,158 31.58 150 2,389 15.93 2 Warringah 113 2,724 24.11 135 2,366 17.53 3 North West Sydney 115 3,105 27.00 125 3,205 25.64 4 Lindfield 103 3,344 32.47 130 2,875 22.12 5 Auburn 147 2,968 20.19 159 2,516 15.82 6 South Sydney 105 2,735 26.05 130 2,583 19.87 7 Lane Cove 111 2,464 22.20 145 2,646 18.25 8 Macquarie University 119 2,796 23.50 130 2,979 22.92 9 Pennant Hills 123 2,550 20.73 158 2,926 18.52 10 Strathfield 138 2,698 19.55 136 2,697 19.83 11 Epping 148 2,709 18.30 122 3,237 26.53 12 Southern Districts 170 2,672 15.72 89 2,631 29.56 13 Roseville 145 2,444 16.86 95 2,683 28.24 14 Georges River 188 2,966 15.78 121 3,600 29.75
38 Match Results Round Opponent Lindfield Score Opponent Score Result 1 Warringah 9– 320dec 9 - 316 D 2 Strathfield 331 154 W1 3 Southern Districts 0 – 8 342 D 4 Lane Cove 2 – 199 196 W1 (1bp) 5 Nth West Sydney 193 & 1 – 110 8- 299 dec L1 6 Pennant Hills 256 169 W1 7 Roseville 4 – 206 9- 201dec W1 8 Georges River 5– 369 dec 52 & 173 WO 9 South Sydney 159 & 8 - 210 5 – 164 dec L1 10 Burwood 8 – 210 142 W1 (1bp) 11 Epping 6 – 331 226 W1 12 Auburn 157 218 L1 13 Macquarie Uni 293 9 - 224 W1 (1bp) QF Nth West Sydney 8 – 199dec 6 - 143 D SF Burwood 9 – 269dec 7 - 206 D Batting Performances Player INN NO HS RUNS AVE. C/St Phil Gillard 16 2 138 751 53.64 6 Adam Gailey 16 1 102 471 31.40 16/5 Peter Crawford (R) 12 1 72 403 36.64 6 Shaun Howells 12 1 86 316 28.73 3 Ben McLeod 9 0 64 311 34.56 3 Muhammad Butt 9 3 67* 233 38.83 1 Stewart Smith 8 0 68 172 21.50 6 Jack Hammond 11 3 47* 150 18.75 6 Will Psaltis 6 0 50 119 19.83 1 Roger Quayle 8 2 36* 110 18.33 3 Oli Williams 3 2 53* 95 95.00 2 D. Wijesekera 2 1 59* 65 65.00 - Rehan Anjum 1 0 63 63 63.00 1 Joe Collins 5 0 28 56 11.20 1 Andrew Foot 4 3 29* 39 39.00 1 Richie Pengelly 2 0 20 36 18.00 - Matt Brooker 7 5 11* 29 14.50 2 Peter L Crawford 1 0 26 26 26.00 - Alex Hunter 5 1 11 25 6.25 1 Phill Kerr 2 0 15 15 7.50 - Josh Peterson 1 0 15 15 15.00 1 Ben Bryan 1 0 11 11 11.00 - Peter Corbett 1 0 10 10 10.00 1 Scott Hutchinson 1 0 5 5 5.00 - Will Blunt 1 0 2 2 2.00 - Rajiv Khahkar 1 1 2 2 NA - James Middleton 1 0 0 0 0.00 -
39 Best Batting Performances Phil Gillard 138 v Warringah Phil Gillard 125* v Georges River Adam Gailey 102 v Lane Cove Phil Gillard 99 v Roseville Phil Gillard 96 v Strathfield Shaun Howells 86 V Epping Peter Crawford (R) 72 v Macquarie Uni Peter Crawford (R) 71 v Epping Smith Stewart 68 v Pennant Hills Muhammad Shehzad Butt 67* v Burwood (SF) Peter Crawford (R) 66 v Burwood Ben McLeod 64 v Epping Rehan Anjum 63 v Warringah Peter Crawford (R) 62 v Georges River Phil Gillard 60 v North West Sydney Daminda Wijesekera 59* v North West Sydney Adam Gailey 58 v Georges River Peter Crawford (R) 57 v North West Sydney (QF) Ben McLeod 56 v Burwood (SF) Muhammad Shehzad Butt 56 v Pennnant Hills Adam Gailey 56 v Strathfield Oli Williams 53* v Lane Cove Phil Gillard 53 v Epping Will Psaltis 50 v Roseville
Lindfield’s Army celebrates a day out at the Cricket at Tryon Road
40 Bowling Performances Player Overs Maidens Wkts Runs Ave. Best Jack Hammond 162.4 40 24 501 20.88 5/34 Ben McLeod 116.3 23 22 323 14.68 4/51 Roger Quayle 125.2 27 21 362 17.24 3/19 Muhammad Shehzad Butt 135.2 25 21 375 17.86 3/25 Matt Brooker 141 23 14 496 35.43 4/45 Alex Hunter 64.1 11 11 225 20.45 4/44 James Middleton 27 7 7 104 14.86 7/104 Peter Crawford (R) 25.2 5 4 74 18.50 2/17 Phill Kerr 35 6 3 155 51.67 1/25 Will Blunt 26.2 7 3 74 24.67 2/24 Peter Corbett 10.5 0 2 58 29.00 2/34 Daminda Wijesekera 19 7 2 32 16.00 2/32 Phil Gillard 16 1 1 90 90.00 1/44 Rajiv Khahkar 5 1 1 28 28.00 1/28 Andrew Foot 45 16 0 100 NA 0/9 Richie Pengelly 9 2 0 33 NA 0/9 Rehan Anjum 9 1 0 25 NA 0/25 Joe Collins 2 0 0 6 NA 0/6
41 Best Bowling Performances James Middleton* 7/104 v Warringah Jack Hammond 5/34 v Burwood Alex Hunter 4/44 v Auburn Matt Brooker 4/45 v Lane Cove Ben McLeod 4/51 v Roseville Jack Hammond 3/13 v Georges River Roger Quayle 3/19 v Georges River Muhammad Shehzad Butt 3/25 v Pennant Hills Muhammad Shehzad Butt 3/27 v Lane Cove Roger Quayle 3/30 v Epping Ben McLeod 3/30 v Burwood (SF) Roger Quayle 3/31 v Burwood Muhammad Shehzad Butt 3/32 v North West Sydney (QF) Alex Hunter 3/38 v Strathfield Ben McLeod 3/44 v Auburn Muhammad Shehzad Butt 3/51 v Southern Districts * including hat-trick
Best Partnerships Wicket Names Runs Opponent 1 Phil Gillard & Will Psaltis 143 Roseville 2 Adam Gailey & Oli Williams 139 Lane Cove 3 Shaun Howells & Phil Gillard 61 South Sydney 4 Phil Gillard & Rehan Anjum 173 Warringah 5 Stewart Smith & Peter Crawford 72 Macquarie Uni 6 Stewart Smith & Muhammad Butt 108 Pennant Hills 7 Peter Crawford & Roger Quayle 77 Burwood 8 Muhammad Butt & Jack Hammond 56 Burwood (SF) 9 Roger Quayle & Andrew Foot 42 Macquarie Uni 10 Matt Brooker & Alex Hunter 23 Strathfield
42 Sydney Shires 2nd Grade Team Records
Qualifications: Batting – minimum 8 innings; Bowling – minimum 10 wickets and 8 innings
Highest Team Score 451 versus Randwick in 1924-25
Batting Aggregate: W. Bain 755 runs 1927-28 Average: Gary Gabriel 65.11 1994-95 Highest score: Matthew Gentle 218* 1999-00
Bowling Aggregate: L. Pink 63 wickets 1936-37 Average: J. Barratt 5.80 1951-52 Most Wickets in an innings: E. Searle 9 for 38 1958-59 J. Stammers 9 for 10 1972-73
Partnerships Wkt Season Names Runs 1 1955-56 G. Wilson & W. Robbins 244 2 1997-98 J. Andrews & N. Hobbs 153 3* 2005-06 A. Rezek and P.Gillard 283 4 1999-00 M. Gentle & N. Hobbs 174 5 2003-04 A Halprin & A Rezek 156 6 1987-88 N. Deakin & J. O’Neill 149 7 1936-37 W. Kirsop & E. Sherwood 125 8 1966-67 P. Anderson M. Browne 136 9 1968-69 P. Coleman & G. Wall 92 10 1936-37 N. Schwartzkoff & J. Matters 93
43 Lindfield 3rd Grade Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages Richard and I are proud to present the 3rd grade report for the 06/07 season. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. We saw boys become men and men cry like boys (they were in the opposition teams). As you can see from the statistics below we won as much as we lost, but we ended much stronger than we started. A prophecy for next year’s performance? I think so. Scott Hutchinson started to mature with the bat tripling his nearest competitors run total. He looked well on his way to achieving the status offered by his moniker. Well done Pro. Our batting stocks still need improving and a little concentration will see those half centuries go all the way. Still, it was good to see that both ends of the spectrum made the top score list. Young Ritchie Pengelly is on his way up and the not so young Paul Adams is well… well he still has it. The highlight of the batting year and the highest score in 3’s was certainly Ed Lembke-Hogan’s 84. This entertaining knock included 4 consecutive sixes off the first four balls of one over. If they didn’t need to get another ball after the last one he probably would have put all six over the fence. The bowling was a highlight for us with only a few teams managing to score over 200 runs against us. Again this was a mixture of enthusiastic youth and cunning age, with 3 of the top six bowlers capable of having children the same age as the other 3 bowlers. Paul Adam’s 5-49 was a standout spell against a spiteful opposition (thank you Paul). However, there was one particular ball that I would like to comment on. The first ball of the match against Macquarie Uni Arthur Dunderdale removed the off stump with a ball that swung away from the right hander and cut back off the seam. The Mike Gatting style look from the batsman made famous by “the ball of the century”, coupled with the comment “that was the best ball I have ever faced” ensures that moment will stay in my memory. The other stand out in the bowling stocks was the growth by Nick Murray (and not just vertical growth), he has become someone that we can hand the new ball to and be guaranteed of a performance worthy of the responsibility. Both he and Arthur will serve us well in the coming years. Dan Twycross’s early success was missed in the second half of the season when he was unable to play. Paul, John don’t worry as they are all still on restricted overs next year, so you will both get plenty of opportunity with the ball. All in all an improved season from the previous year we are definitely trending in the right direction. Richard Lucas - Captain Greg Flanagan Vice - Captain
44 Third Grade Final Table After Regular Rounds
# Club P Pts Bon Q WO W1 D L1 LO T1 T2 B 1 Burwood 13 83 3 1.801 2 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 South Sydney 13 60 0 1.087 3 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 3 Nth West Sydney 13 57 3 1.191 0 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 Lane Cove 13 54 4 1.301 2 5 3 1 2 0 0 0 5 Macquarie Uni 13 50 1 1.295 1 6 1 4 0 1 0 0 6 Auburn 13 48 0 1.130 0 8 1 4 0 0 0 0 7 Warringah 13 48 2 1.094 1 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 8 Southern Districts 13 47 1 1.134 1 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 9 Lindfield 13 36 0 0.891 0 6 1 5 1 0 0 0 10 Roseville 13 27 2 1.092 0 3 0 8 1 1 0 0 11 Pennant Hills 13 18 0 0.642 0 3 1 8 1 0 0 0 12 Strathfield 13 12 0 0.716 0 2 1 8 2 0 0 0 13 Epping 13 12 0 0.642 0 2 1 9 1 0 0 0 14 Georges River 13 12 0 0.623 1 1 0 9 2 0 0 0
Sydney Shires Third Grade Batting Ave Bowling Ave # Club Wkt Runs Avg Wkt Runs Avg 1 Burwood 98 2,866 29.24 172 2,792 16.23 2 South Sydney 132 2,987 22.63 137 2,851 20.81 3 North West Sydney 119 2,772 23.29 133 2,600 19.55 4 Lane Cove 120 2,805 23.38 134 2,406 17.96 5 Macquarie University 114 2,855 25.04 130 2,513 19.33 6 Auburn 123 2,881 23.42 129 2,673 20.72 7 Warringah 106 2,489 23.48 124 2,661 21.46 8 Southern Districts 109 3,262 29.93 110 2,903 26.39 9 Lindfield 121 2,302 19.02 126 2,688 21.33 10 Roseville 115 3,095 26.91 128 3,154 24.64 11 Pennant Hills 130 2,300 17.69 102 2,807 27.52 12 Strathfield 164 3,246 19.79 111 3,067 27.63 13 Epping 139 2,318 16.68 106 2,751 25.95 14 Georges River 169 2,833 16.76 117 3,145 26.88
45 Match Results Opponent Lindfield Score Opponent Score Result Warringah 141 & 2/115 181 L1 Strathfield 185 151 W1 Southern Districts washout 378 D Lane Cove 9/236 6/239 L1 Nth West Sydney 232 321 L1 Pennant Hills 6/125 120 W1 Roseville 165 88 W1 Georges River 8/293 179 W1 South Sydney 100 109 & 4/70 L1 Burwood 199 6/264 L1 Epping 7/180 178 W1 Auburn 9/156 9/154 & 2/80 W1 Macquarie Uni 101 8/178 L1
Third Grade Caucus and Partners at the President’s Dinner L-R; Matthew Bellmaine; Greg Flanagan; Paul Adams and John Joyce
46 Batting Performances
Name Inns No HS Runs Ave. C/St Scott Hutchinson 13 1 78 406 33.8 3 Alex Lines 10 1 42 146 16.2 5 Will Psaltis 7 - 50 141 20.1 3 Louis Perry 7 - 47 131 18.7 9/2 Greg Flanagan 11 1 58 130 13.0 6 Richard Lucas 7 1 23 97 16.2 3 Matt Doyle 8 - 30 91 11.4 2 Paul Adams 4 1 67 89 29.7 3 Phillip Kerr 4 - 42 85 21.3 3 Ed Lembke-Hogan 1 - 84 84 84.0 - Joe Collins 4 - 35 83 20.8 1 Richie Pengelly 6 2 50* 69 17.3 1 Mike Gribble 4 1 32 67 22.3 - Lachlan Terry 6 1 21 58 11.6 5 Arthur Dunderdale 11 6 25* 56 11.2 2 Oliver Williams 2 - 42 52 26.0 1 John Joyce 8 1 15 46 6.6 - Dan Twycross 7 - 25 44 6.3 8 Karthik Reddy 2 - 19 28 14.0 1 Pradip Madhanagopal 2 - 28 28 14.0 - Andrew Foot 1 - 27 27 27.0 - Roger Quayle 1 - 18 18 18.0 - Garrith Mitchell 1 - 16 16 16.0 - Michael Gersun 1 - 15 15 15.0 2/1 Mark Tyson 1 - 15 15 15.0 - Nick Murray 8 3 4* 13 4.3 2 Alex Hunter 3 - 7 12 4.0 3 Shaun Howells 1 - 12 12 12.0 - Rajiv Khakhar 1 1 6* 6 N/A 2 Steve Watts 1 - 2 2 2.0 -
Best Batting Performances Ed Lembke-Hogan 84 v Lane Cove Scott Hutchinson 78 v North West Sydney Paul Adams 67 v Epping Greg Flanagan 58 v Georges River Scott Hutchinson 52* v Warringah Richie Pengelly 50* v Georges River Will Psaltis 50 v North West Sydney
47 Bowling Performances
Name Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Ave. B/B Greg Flanagan 100 19 386 15 25.7 3/10 Arthur Dunderdale 104 22 322 14 23.0 4/34 John Joyce 80 18 213 13 16.4 4/7 Nick Murray 79 21 204 12 17.0 4/10 Dan Twycross 80 15 256 11 23.3 3/11 Paul Adams 46 8 130 9 14.4 5/49 Alex Hunter 49 6 174 8 21.8 5/77 Richard Lucas 68 15 217 8 27.1 4/27 Phillip Kerr 36 8 95 6 15.8 3/31 Richie Pengelly 42 8 175 6 29.2 3/31 Roger Quayle 27 5 53 5 10.6 5/53 Pradip Madhanagopal 32 5 108 5 21.6 3/16 Andrew Foot 9 2 40 2 20.0 2/40 Jay Patel 16 3 19 2 9.5 2/19 Garrith Mitchell 7 1 18 2 9.0 2/18 Chris Murphy 8 3 15 1 15.0 1/15 Will Psaltis 2 - 17 - N/A 0/17 Shaun Howells 6 2 20 - N/A 0/20 Rajiv Khakhar 4 - 24 - N/A 0/24 Steve Watts 4 - 14 - N/A 0/14 Ed Lembke-Hogan 6 - 32 - N/A 0/32 Oliver Williams 5 2 18 - N/A 0/18 Joe Collins 2 1 8 - N/A 0/8 Matt Doyle 2 - 12 - N/A 0/12
Best Bowling Performances Paul Adams 5/49 v Auburn Roger Quayle 5/53 v Warringah Alex Hunter 5/77 v Southern Districts
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48 Best Partnerships
Wkt Names Runs Opponent 1 Pradip Madhanagopal & Richard Lucas 47 Strathfield 2 Scott Hutchinson & Oliver Williams 94 Warringah 3 Paul Adams & Scott Hutchinson 57 Epping 4 Scott Hutchinson & Will Psaltis 111 North West Sydney 5 Mike Gribble & Alex Lines 53 Strathfield 6 Ed Lembke-Hogan & Andrew Foot 68 Lane Cove 7 Phillip Kerr & Greg Flanagan 55 Georges River 8 Greg Flanagan & Richie Pengelly 70 Georges River 9 Richie Pengelly & Arthur Dunderdale 54 Georges River 10 Paul Adams & Dan Twycross 39 North West Sydney
Executive’s Table at the President’s Dinner L-R Peter Rezek;Linda Rezek; Stirling Hamman; Diana Blaze; Sue Pugh; Dawn Hamman; Maureen Shelley; David Shelley
49 Sydney Shires 3rd Grade Team Records
Qualifications: Batting – minimum 8 innings; Bowling – minimum 10 wickets and 8 innings Highest Team Score 4-371 versus Burwood in 1997-98
Batting
Aggregate: Greg Henry 658 runs 1997-98 Average: Greg Henry 82.25 1997-98 Highest score: A Gordon 176 2002-03
Bowling
Aggregate: A Horsley 50 wickets 1966-67 Average: John Hughes 5.80 1963-64 Felix Tavener 5.80 1973-74 Most Wickets in an Anthony 9-38 1983-84 innings: Rixon
Partnerships Wkt Season Names Runs 1 2002-03 E Hamman & P Schokman 224 2 1998-99 G. Gabriel & T. Foster 177 3 2003-04 J Rabone & M Gubbay 224 4 2002-03 T.Foster & S.McKillop 178 5 1968-69 P. Hastings & S. Smith 201 6 1963-64 I. Haigh & R. Mowbray 128 7 2005-06 G.Flanagan and B.Goodwin 120 8 1970-71 J. Hawley & J. Wilson 135 9 1983-84 A. Drake & P. Fordham 119 10 1967-68 I. Moir & G. Headen 71 2001-02 C May & P Rose 71
50 Sydney Shires Lindfield 4th Grade After a below-par 2005-06 season, the 4th Grade had a simple mission for 2006-07, win more often (!), while continuing to develop players for the higher grades. Within the team there was strong hope for finals cricket, but with the club still rebuilding it was clear this would be largely dependent on the usual lower grade dilemmas - player availability and turnover, both within the side and in the higher grades. The draw for 4th Grade suggested a tough finish to the season, with four likely finalists in the last five rounds. This meant a strong start was essential. Following a disappointing loss to Warringah in the first round, we got the season under way with a solid team effort and a win over Strathfield, with John Joyce amongst the wickets and promising performances from Jagath De Silva and Gokul Tamilarasan in their first games for the club in Shires. Strathfield managed to bat a very long time for very few runs in the second dig to prevent the outright result.If it wasn't for the weather, the side would have matched the 2005-06 tally of two wins, but with 100 runs to get and 10 wickets in hand at the start of day two the rain had set in and there was no chance of play... but we bounced back well against Lane Cove to post a solid one day victory, Karthik Reddy picking up 103* in the chase. So after 4 rounds, 2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss, with 3 finals contenders to face in the lead- up to Christmas. The nomadic North West Sydney at their temporary home of Bland Oval was first up. A substandard first session in this game cost us the match. Small boundaries, big hitting and poor catching saw NWS at about 4-250 at tea on day one. Only Nick Murray, in one of his last games in 4ths before moving up, could consider himself happy with his bowling. The rest of the attack could only look forward to the next session. We did bounce back well in the second session, with the skipper and Jay Patel combining to remove the last 6 wickets for under 60 and give us a chaseable total of 315 on the small ground. In the end the bad start cost us as we could only manage 234 with Lewis Perry posting 106 in his first senior game. The unavoidable loss of two senior players to 3rds, in Joyce and Paul Adams, had definitely had an impact. Next round Pennant Hills were yet to hit their straps for the season and were just behind us on the table at the time, but their team was beginning to come together. A slightly understrength bowling attack for Lindfield again had an impact with us unable to remove the two best bats, the openers, until 114 was on the board. We then worked well through the rest to have a chase of 180 on our hands, with Gokul, Jay and Matt the main bowlers with Graham Crighton chipping in with an important wicket once
51 the captain gave him a bowl. Despite a capable batting lineup, we didn't handle the conditions well and fell short. Realistically the season was slipping away unless we beat Roseville because it was clear that these were the teams fighting for the last spots in the top six. Unfortunately the Roseville game turned into a single day game after day one was washed out, and we started well having the strong Roseville batting lineup in disarray early, with Andrew Foot and Peter Corbett coming back through the lower grade and Bellmaine chiming in with a wicket we had them 4-50. Things unravelled "slightly" from here, with two in-form lefties at the crease, Corbett injured fielding and the regular 4th Grade bowlers not having an impact Roseville snuck to a solid declaration of 4-295, a difficult total in the 60 overs that remained in the day. Despite a solid 62 from the skipper opening the batting, too many early wickets made the run chase unfeasible but a short rain interruption and solid batting from Andy Prins and Gokul saw the game end in a draw, which at least prevented Roseville going further ahead. A comfortable first innings win over Georges River in the New Year couldn't be turned into an outright, meaning we would probably need to win four if not five of our last five to make the finals. And with 4 out of the eventual top 5 still to be played it was a tough ask. We showed what we were capable of against Souths, the eventual premiers, when we took them to the wire in an amazing defence of an average total of 155. Souths were eventually all out just one run after passing us. Pradip Madhanagopal picked up 6-32 in a great display of spin in tandem with Jay. The way in which Souths played and umpired the game did not impress, only giving the last wicket out lbw after the score had been passed, as well as various questionable displays of sportsmanship including an attempted mankad. Our thoughts immediately after the game was that despite them winning, the way it was achieved suggested their season was shot. It just goes to show what a bit of momentum can do as they went on to win the premiership from third on the ladder. With our season as good as over, the Burwood game that followed was disappointing. Nothing more to say on that... We bounced back well against Epping, losing only 4 wickets on the way to an outright victory. Solid performances all round from Joyce, Gokul and Oli 'Fog' Peterson with the ball ensured we were only chasing 100 in each innings, which the top order of Jack Rabone, Jagath, Karts and Lachlan Terry managed comfortably. We picked up our first top six scalp of the season in the following round against Auburn, with Rehan Anjum in his comeback game scoring
52 120, with Benji Julien impressing along with Jagath posting his second 50 for the season. Stand-in captain Karts marshalled the bowlers well until he got impatient enough to give himself a bowl, picking up the nice figures of 3-30 to give us a solid win. A weakened side in the final round was no match for the defending premiers and eventual runners-up Macquarie. All in all, we would have to say the season was a positive one, given where we had been. Good signs - we comfortably outplayed the five sides that finished below us. In a way, those victories were too comfortable as we often didn't need to use many batsmen, therefore meaning we may have been slightly underprepared for the times when sides got into our middle and lower order (yours truly finished 5th in the batting aggregates and faced 1 ball in our 5 wins). We underperformed against the three sides immediately ahead of us, and yet were competitive in each of those matches. And it would only have taken small differences and we may have knocked off two of the top four. Areas we need to work on... the lack of a strike bowler was clear. Gokul showed he is up to 4th Grade standard and higher, and Joyce, Patel and Bellmaine all got their share of wickets, but that 30-40 wicket per season opening bowler would have turned this competitive side into a contender. Player turnover was again an issue, using 40 players for the season - but that is often the way it is. We did manage to retain a core of players for most games which helped. To the likes of Jay Patel, John Joyce, Paul Adams, Karthik Reddy and Andy Prins – always a pleasure to be in the same side. It was great to see the development of players like Lachlan Terry, Alex Lines, Nick Murray, Steve Watts, Benji Julien, Luke Treadwell, Tom Nichols and Gokul also, and there were many other quality players who passed through the side at various times. I just realised this was an exceedingly long report for what was an average year on paper, but no apologies for that as this season was the start of a big turnaround for the lower grades. Looking forward to 2007-2008, this year we make another leap forward. Matt Bellmaine - 4th Grade Captain
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53 Fourth Grade Final Table After Regular Rounds
# Club P Pts Bon Q WO W1 D L1 LO T1 T2 B 1 Macquarie Uni 13 85 3 2.635 4 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Burwood 13 77 5 2.219 3 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 South Sydney 13 67 3 1.197 1 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 Roseville 13 66 4 2.319 2 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 Auburn 13 54 2 1.261 1 7 2 3 0 0 0 0 6 Pennant Hills 13 53 1 1.467 1 7 1 4 0 0 0 0 7 Nth West Sydney 13 41 1 1.025 1 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 8 Warringah 13 39 1 1.270 2 3 2 6 0 0 0 0 9 Lindfield 13 35 1 0.948 1 4 2 6 0 0 0 0 10 Southern Districts 13 21 3 0.478 0 3 1 3 6 0 0 0 11 Lane Cove 13 18 0 0.664 0 3 1 8 1 0 0 0 12 Epping 13 13 1 0.387 0 2 0 7 4 0 0 0 13 Strathfield 13 12 0 0.453 0 2 0 9 2 0 0 0 14 Georges River 13 6 0 0.564 0 1 0 11 1 0 0 0
Sydney Shires Fourth Grade Batting Ave Bowling Ave # Club Wkt Runs Avg Wkt Runs Avg 1 Macquarie University 76 2,572 33.84 167 2,145 12.84 2 Burwood Briars 92 2,883 31.34 162 2,287 14.12 3 South Sydney 110 2,707 24.61 126 2,590 20.56 4 Roseville 68 3,224 47.41 147 3,005 20.44 5 Auburn 100 2,678 26.78 120 2,547 21.23 6 Pennant Hills 117 2,834 24.22 152 2,510 16.51 7 North West Sydney 133 3,221 24.22 128 3,025 23.63 8 Warringah 110 2,720 24.73 138 2,686 19.46 9 Lindfield 106 2,200 20.75 121 2,648 21.88 10 Southern Districts 200 3,263 16.32 86 2,932 34.09 11 Lane Cove 125 2,512 20.10 110 3,325 30.23 12 Epping 160 2,311 14.44 78 2,906 37.26 13 Strathfield 159 2,750 17.30 84 3,203 38.13 14 Georges River 149 2,972 19.95 86 3,038 35.33
54 Match Results Round Opponent Lindfield Score Opponent Score Result 1 Warringah 137 & 6/165 5/212 dec L1 2 Strathfield 8/168 dec 142 & 3/78 W1 3 Southern Districts 0/55 155 D 4 Lane Cove 4/181 8/180 W1 5 Nth West Sydney 234 315 L1 6 Pennant Hills 110 181 L1 7 Roseville 7/126 4/295 dec D 8 Georges River 8/155 dec 129 & 4/170 W1 9 South Sydney 155 156 L1 10 Burwood 98 2/99 L1 11 Epping 103 & 101 3/114 dec & 1/95 WO 12 Auburn 9/264 191 W1 13 Macquarie Uni 138 5/139 L1
Batting Performances Name Innings NO HS Runs Average C/St K. Reddy 9 2 103* 257 36.71 4 J. Rabone 4 0 71 120 30.00 5 L. Terry 8 3 36* 140 28.00 1 J. DeSilva 11 2 52 238 26.44 2 M. Bellmaine 6 0 62 132 22.00 4 S. Watts 5 0 42 101 20.20 J. Joyce 4 0 37 73 18.25 1 A. Prins 9 3 41* 106 17.67 5 L. Treadwell 10 1 40 142 15.78 5 G. Tamilarasan 5 1 16 52 13.00 3 A. Lines 4 0 40 50 12.50 C. Murphy 4 0 19 42 10.50 1 P. Adams 6 1 28 49 9.80 2 J. Patel 6 3 9 18 6.00 1
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55 Also Batted R. Anjum 1/120 A. Foot 1/7 L. Perry 1/106 M. Tyson 1/7 B. Julien 3/37 A. Davey 2/5 (1 no) G. Mitchell 3/31 P. Lines 1/5 (1 no) A. Dunderdale 2/17 (2 no) P. Corbett 1/4 (1 no) P. Madhanagopal 1/17 D. Gibson 2/3 J. Heazlewood 1/16 P. Schokman 1/0 M. Gibson 3/15 (1 no) N. Murray 1/0 B. Goodwin 3/12 R. Pengelly 2/0 T. Nichols 2/12 T. McCullagh 1/0 N. Dukes 2/9 C. Gearside 1/0 G. Crighton 2/9 (1 no)
Best Batting Performances R.Anjum 120 v Auburn L. Perry 106 v North West Sydney K. Reddy 103* v Lane Cove J.Rabone 71 v Epping M.Bellmaine 62 v Roseville K. Reddy 61 v Georges River J. De Silva 52 v Strathfield J. De Silva 52 v Auburn
Bowling Performances Name Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Ave. B/B J. Patel 139.4 26 386 23 16.78 3/27 M. Bellmaine 137.2 35 365 16 22.81 4/49 J. Joyce 76 16 198 13 15.23 4/45 G. Tamilarasan 89 25 219 12 18.25 3/50 P. Madhanagopal 11.4 2 32 6 5.33 6/32 O. Peterson 4 1 7 5 1.4 3/6 G. Crighton 27.4 9 79 5 15.8 2/17 P. Corbett 19 2 52 4 13 2/21 A. Davey 37 9 90 4 22.5 3/40 G. Mitchell 21 4 100 4 25 2/9
56 Also Bowled K. Reddy 3/30 A. Dunderdale 1/17 N. Murray 3/73 S. Watts 1/21 T. Nichols 3/98 J. Heazlewood 1/12 P. Adams 2/186 C. Gearside 1/41 M. Gibson 2/74 C. Murphy 0/40 B. Goodwin 2/88 L. Terry 0/15 J. DeSilva 2/56 R. Pengelly 0/61 M. Daly 1/3 A. Lines 0/15 N. Dukes 1/96 T. McCullagh 0/26 A. Foot 1/34 R. Anjum 0/20
Best Bowling Performances P. Madhanagopal 6/32 v South Sydney J. Joyce 4/45 v Strathfield M.Bellmaine 4/49 v North West Sydney K. Reddy 3/30 v Auburn
Best Partnerships Wicket Names Runs Opponent 1 Jagath DeSilva & Jack Rabone 56 Epping 2 Jack Rabone & Karthik Reddy 49 Epping 3 Jack Rabone & Lachlan Terry 62 Epping 4 Karthik Reddy & Garrith Mitchell 44 Lane Cove 5 Karthik Reddy & Lachlan Terry 103 Rec Lane Cove 6 Lewis Perry & Chris Murphy 32 North West Sydney 7 Karthik Reddy & Chris Murphy 39 Georges River 8 Rehan Anjum & Benji Julien 116 Auburn Eagles 9 Lachlan Terry & Jay Patel 42 Burwood 10 Lachlan Terry & Paul Adams 15 Burwood
57 Sydney Shires Lindfield 4th Grade Team Records
Qualifications: Batting – minimum 8 innings; Bowling – minimum 10 wickets and 8 innings Highest Team Score 6-356 versus Lane Cove 1998-99
Batting Aggregate: Michael 509 runs 985-86 Koslowski Average: Peter Hill 62.33 1998-99 Highest score: David Kent 155 1986-87
Bowling Aggregate: Greg Isele 37 wickets 1985-86 Average: Trevor Schokman 10.81 1990-91 Most Wickets in an E. Searle 9 for 38 1958-59 innings: J. Stammers 9 for 10 1972-73
Partnerships Wkt Season Names Runs 1 1993-94 Paul Hill & Gary Gabriel 208 2 1986-87 Garth Strachan & David Kent 252 3 1993-94 Peter Samarasinghe & Peter Crocker 160 4 1994-95 Stephen Collins & Andrew Foot 141 5* 2006-07 Karthik Reddy & Lachlan Terry- Rec 103 6 2005-06 Andrew Prins & Nick Murray 122 7 1997-98 Paul Adams & David Watson 153 8 1995-96 J. Campbell-Bruce & Keiren Jones 123 9 1996-97 Mark Reynolds & Antony Tozer 97 10 1984-85 David Holmes & Gary Loewensohn 65
*Previous fifth Record of 97 was set in 2002-03 by P. Staciwa & N Richardson
58 Sydney Shires Frank Gray Shield (U/24) High hopes were held for Lindfield’s Frank Gray prospects after finishing just outside the 6 last season. The first round against Auburn was washed out, and an attempt to replay the round later in the season was also washed out. Still hopes were high as we travelled to Burwood for round 2. Burwood decided to bat first but struggled against our opening attack to be 2/30 after 12 overs with Ewan Rankin picking up 2 wickets and Tom Drake being his miserly self at the other end. Burwood’s middle order dug in but consistent bowling kept the run rate down around 3 an over at the 30 over mark, before Drake and Captain Ben Bryan cleaned up the lower order. Wicketkeeper James Brady had a fine game taking 5 catches. With 180 to chase, openers Adam Rezek and Oliver Williams built a solid partnership of 81 before Williams was out for 48. Ian Foster and Rezek kept the run rate ticking at over 4 an over in a 74 run partnership when Foster departed for 24, Rezek soon followed, out for 77, which triggered a mini collapse but with only 15 runs to get in 12 overs we were always going to win. Warringah have always been a tough opponent, particularly in 24’s, but after our win in 1st grade, hopes were high we would prevail. Ben Bryan decided to bat first. Two for 57 after 11 overs wasn’t exactly the start we wanted, but the run rate was good and the opening bowlers were nearing the end of their spells. Ian Foster and Ben Bryan then simply took it to them, posting a record 3rd wicket partnership of 276 runs – Foster scoring 142 and Bryan a memorable 152 no. Warringah needed 361 to win. Ewan Rankin had the openers wishing they were somewhere else, but the wickets fell at the other end, with Tom Drake picking up 1 and Ben Bryan taking 3 of the top four bats. Matt Brooker and Jack Hammond chimed in with a couple of middle order wickets each and the game was all but over. To their credit Warringah hung in to finish 9/250 after 50 overs. Round 3 against Macquarie Uni, saw Lindfield again choose to bat first. Despite losing Adam Gailey early, Adam Rezek and Ian Foster gave us a solid start. Foster was out for 48 in the 32nd over with the score at 156. Rezek soon followed for 73, and we struggled against some very good bowling to finish 9/236, helped by 51 sundries. With Ewan Rankin exploring the wilds of Asia and Tom Drake on Green Shield duties we had a new look bowling attack that lacked the consistency we had been used to. Macquarie started to get away from us, 1/92 after 15 overs. However the leg spinners, Matt Brooker 1/35 and Henry Cooper 3/28, nearly pulled us back into the game. Macquarie passed us in the 46th over.
59 With Tom Drake still on Green Shield duty, and after the previous loss, a rejigged attack was again needed. Big Al Hunter answered the call for the trip to Pennant Hills. We batted first, lost an early wicket, but Olly Williams and Ian Foster set about giving us a base to build on. We were 1/101 after 21 overs when Williams departed for a patient 30, and Foster soon followed for 82. This time the middle order did not collapse, led by a hard hitting 71 from Peter Crawford. That left our new look attack defending 262. At 1/80 after 13 overs saw the game evenly poised, but the captain took it upon himself to make the difference, taking 5 of their top 7 wickets. Ben Bryan finished with 5/31 after having 4/10 after 5 overs, and was ably supported by Henry Coopers 4/24, despite the wet conditions. Pennant Hills all out in the 31st over for 127. More changes for the game at home against Strathfield with Will Blunt returning to the 24’s. Strathfield chose to bat, scoring 178 in 48 overs. The top 3 got starts, but wickets to Alex Hunter, Jack Hammond and Ben Bryan denied them. The leg spinners again were the difference, Matt Brooker 2/31 and Henry Cooper 0/22, bowling accurately and holding back the run rate. Jack Hammond imposed himself on the game, taking 3/28. while Will Blunt cleaned up the tail. Our top and middle order batting struggled, with only Adam Rezek 37 and Peter Crawford 29 posting decent scores. After 42 overs we were 9/138, Henry Cooper 3no and Jack Hammond new to the crease. Cooper has shown his ability to stick around and bring the team home, but no-one knew what to expect from Hammond. His first scoring shot was a single, the he unleashed a massive 6 over the trees. Then a 4 and another 6 and the crowd was going nuts. Meanwhile Cooper is taking 1’s and 2’s and frustrating the bowlers. We reached 9/179 after 48 overs with Hammond 25no and Cooper 10no. A memorable win. Our final game against South Sydney was uncharachteristic and a disappointment. Souths decided to bat, and played to their strengths. Our fielding in particular was not up to scratch. The leg spinners, Matt Brooker 2/26 off 10 and Henry Cooper 0/28 off 10, were effective in holding back the run rate, while Jack Hammond claimed 3/57. Still, 215 did not seem too imposing a target. Worse was to come. Only Olly Williams posted double figures, 30, amongst the top order. At 5/63 after 23 overs we needed someone to put their hand up. Will Blunt took to the bowling, scoring 36, then Tom Drake 33no and Jack Hammond 27 got us in sight of the total, but it was not to be. All out for 198 in the 47th over. Again we finish just outside the top 6. Lane Cove won the competition after 3 years as runner up. Hopefully we have done our penance, and into the can burst finals in 2007/2008. Peter Rezek Manager
60 Frank Gray Shield Final Table After Regular Rounds
# Club P Pts Bon WO W1 D L1 LO T1 T2 B 1 Lane Cove 7 52 10 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Macquarie University 7 34 4 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 Southern Districts 7 33 3 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 Georges River 7 30 3 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 Auburn 7 30 6 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 Strathfield 7 29 5 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 Lindfield 7 27 3 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 8 Burwood Briars 7 21 3 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 9 Epping 7 19 1 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 10 Warringah 7 15 3 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 11 South Sydney 7 12 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 12 Pennant Hills 7 9 0 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 13 Roseville 7 7 1 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 14 North West Sydney 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
Frank Gray Shield Batting Ave Bowling Ave # Club Wkt Runs Avg Wkt Runs Avg 1 Lane Cove 45 1,486 33.02 70 943 13.47 2 Macquarie University 62 1,496 24.13 53 1,119 21.11 3 Southern Districts 53 1,316 24.83 55 1,387 25.22 4 Georges River 57 1,025 17.98 68 1,060 15.59 5 Auburn 45 1,121 24.91 57 977 17.14 6 Strathfield 43 1,121 26.07 62 1,144 18.45 7 Lindfield 45 1,416 31.47 54 1,142 21.15 8 Burwood Briars 57 1,284 22.53 66 1,233 18.68 9 Epping 40 1,220 30.50 49 1,251 25.53 10 Warringah 66 1,259 19.08 50 1,578 31.56 11 South Sydney 57 986 17.30 42 1,197 28.50 12 Pennant Hills 58 1,063 18.33 50 1,442 28.84 13 Roseville 58 966 16.66 41 1,037 25.29 14 North West Sydney 69 1,233 17.87 38 1,482 39.00
61 Match Results
Round Opponent Lindfield Score Opponent Score Result 1 Auburn Washout 2 Burwood 6/183 180 W1 3 Warringah 3/360 9/204 W1 4 Macquarie Uni 9/236 7/238 L1 5 Pennant Hills 8/262 127 W1 6 Strathfield 9/179 178 W1 7 South Sydney 198 8/215 L1
Batting Performances
Name Innings NO HS Runs Ave. C/St Ian Foster 6 - 142 305 Rec 50.8 1 Adam Rezek 6 - 77 201 33.5 1 Ben Bryan 6 1 152* 195 39.0 5 Oliver Williams 5 - 48 140 28.0 - Peter RH Crawford 5 2 71 120 40.0 6 Jack Hammond 5 4 27 55 55.0 - Will Blunt 2 - 36 52 26.0 1 Henry Cooper 4 1 12 40 13.3 1 Tom Drake 2 1 33* 34 34.0 2 Alex Hunter 2 1 13* 20 20.0 - Adam Gailey 3 - 11 19 6.3 - James Brady 3 - 15 18 6.0 7 Paul Weaver 2 - 10 13 6.5 3 Dan Twycross 1 - 9 9 9.0 - Will Psaltis 1 - 8 8 8.0 -
Best Batting Performances
Ben Bryan 152* v Warringah Ian Foster 142 v Warringah Ian Foster 81 v Pennant Hills Adam Rezek 77 v Burwood Adam Rezek 73 v Macquarie Uni
62 Bowling Performances
Name Overs Maidens Runs Wkts Ave. B/B Ben Bryan 45 4 185 14 13.2 5/31 Jack Hammond 37 2 165 10 16.5 3/28 Matt Brooker 47 3 174 8 21.8 2/26 Henry Cooper 46 6 146 7 20.9 4/24 Tom Drake 27 3 117 5 23.4 2/29 Euan Rankin 18 1 64 2 32.0 2/26 Ian Foster 11 1 49 2 24.5 1/22 Will Blunt 15 1 65 2 32.5 2/38 Alex Hunter 13 2 68 1 68.0 1/27 Dan Twycross 6 - 40 - Adam Rezek 3 - 15 - Peter RH Crawford 2 - 22 -
Best Bowling Performances
Ben Bryan 5/31 v Pennant Hills Henry Cooper 4/24 v Pennant Hills Jack Hammond 3/28 v Strathfield Henry Cooper 3/28 v Macquarie Uni Ben Bryan 3/33 v Warringah Ben Bryan 3/45 v Burwood Jack Hammond 3/57 v South Sydney
Best Partnerships
Wicket Names Runs Opponent 1 O Williams & A Rezek 81 Burwood 2* A Rezek & I Foster- Rec 141 Macquarie Uni 3# I Foster & B Bryan- Rec 276 Warringah 4 I Foster & B Bryan 42 Pennant Hills 5 A Rezek & PRH Crawford 58 Strathfield 6 O Williams & W Blunt 60 South Sydney 7 PRH Crawford & H Cooper 56 Pennant Hills 8 H Cooper & T Drake 27 South Sydney 9 J Hammond & T Drake 49 South Sydney 10 H Cooper & J Hammond 42 Strathfield
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Lindfield’s U/24 defeat Pennant Hills at Penno No.1
Lindfield’s U/24 great victory vs Warringah at Tryon Road.
64 Frank Gray Shield (U/24) Team Records
Qualifications: Batting – minimum 6 innings; Bowling – minimum 10 wickets and 6 innings Highest Team Score 428 vs Lane Cove 1997-98
Batting Aggregate: * I. Foster 305 2006-07- Rec Average: J. Moss 75 1991-92 Highest score: K. Jones 159 1998-99
* Previous Rec M.Watson 301 2005-06 Aggregate:
Bowling Aggregate: M. Jones 17 wickets 1995-96 Average: K. Jones 5.57 1995-96 Most Wickets in an B. McLeod 7/32 2002-03 innings:
Partnerships Wkt Season Names Runs 1 2005-06 I Foster & B France 93 2* 2006-07 I Foster & A Rezek 141 Rec 3# 2006-07 I Foster & B Bryan 276 Rec 4 1998-99 J. Stevens & K. Jones 139 5 2003-04 E.Hamman & K.Jones 115 6 1993-94 S. Taylor & D. Kent 103 7 1994-95 L. Moss & D. Kent 102 8 1998-99 N. Richardson & T. Brown 125 9 1996-97 M. Jones & S. Smith 75 10 2002-03 L. Foulsham & M. Tyson 69
*Previous Second Wicket Record; M.Jones and A.Kemmis 70 runs set in 1995-96 and B.France and A.Rezek 70 runs set in 2005-06 # Previous Third Wicket Record; I Foster & M Watson 114 runs set in 2005-06
65 Metropolitan Shield-Lions The 2006-07 season was an excellent one for the 5th grade, playing in the Metropolitan Shield competition. After a couple of difficult years, this mostly young side really delivered on its potential to reach the finals.The season started slowly, with the team only winning two of its first six completed games, although there were a number of performances in this period which boded well for the remainder of the season. The fight the team showed in defending a meagre total in the first game against Auburn, and the successful defence of 132 against Pennant Hills set the pattern for the season, with the team only losing once when batting first. The game against Lane Cove, where we came up just short chasing an imposing total showed the ‘never-say-die’ attitude that was to typify 5th grade this year.After the disappointment of the weather killing of a certain win against Macquarie University, we rebounded the next week against the same opponents to snatch a 4 run victory. A 60 run win over Auburn then gave us real momentum, however the Christmas break intervened, and our start in the new year proved slow. After the first few games of the new year we were precariously placed on the table, but we peaked at the right time of the season, winning four out of our last five in our run into the finals. This run started with a dominant 130 run win over Souths, and included possibly our best win of the season against Pennant Hills, who were the form side at the time. We recovered from 4/23 to post 172 thanks to a memorable innings from Luke Treadwell, backed up by a typically flawless and suffocating performance in the field, which saw the Pennant Hills batting line-up collapse from 1/63 to 129 all out. Our barnstorming finish to the regular season saw us finish in third place on the table. Unfortunately a miscalculation of net run rates saw us entered into the finals seeded fourth and without the crucial second chance.We entered the first week of the finals in great spirits, buoyed by our recent run of form. After a slow start, wickets fell regularly to see us at 4/79. Fortunately, exceptional innings from Benji Julien and Tommy Nichols steadied the ship and a typically combative cameo from Harry at the end set up a daunting score of 197. Our bowlers and fielders then hunted as a pack, never giving the Eagles a chance as they slumped to 155 all out. Having beaten Pennant Hills in our previous encounter we were confident of coming out on top in our semi- final the following week. Unfortunately a solid batting display from Pennant Hills and the weather conspired to end our season prematurely as the match ended in a damp draw.The team was lead superbly by Les West, with a variety of guest captains filling in at other times. Many thanks to Les, without his input the team would not have achieved half of what it did. 66 In terms of batting we were much stronger this year than we had been in recent seasons. Druvi Storer consistently got us off to a flying start opening, and the young guns Benji Julien and Tommy Nichols both batted with composure well beyond their years. Treads was an important part of our strong finish to the season with his aggression in the middle order and tidy work with the gloves. Harry Hilliar provided powerful hitting in the middle order, and the Gibson brothers and Benny Goodwin could be relied on for useful innings in the upper or middle order. In terms of bowling we were blessed with great depth. Six bowlers got over 10 wickets for the season, and it with the ball and in the field that probably our greatest strength lay. Sean Vitorovic and Benny Goodwin formed a fearsome opening combination, and Druvi, Charlie Gearside were just as lethal with an older pill, never tiring in the longest spells. Al Davey, Graham Crighton, Matt Gibson and Nathan Dukes all made important contributions with their fast-medium bowling during the seaon too. Last but not least though were our ‘spin twins’ Tommy Nichols and Kim Garling. Bowling like a pair of wily veterans, Tom and Kim manufactured many a middle order collapse during the season. Finally, our fielding throughout the season was exceptional – lead by Matt and Dave Gibson, Benji Julien and Tom Nichols, barely a ball got through our infield, and very few catches went down during the season. The pressure built by tight fielding was a real feature of our game, particularly at the end of the season.The boys in 5th grade can be very proud of what they achieved this season. We almost certainly had the youngest team in the competition, but with each game the confidence and play of the team improved, and what our opponents may have had in experience, we made up for in raw talent, athleticism and attitude. And most importantly, we played the game in the right spirit, hard but fair, taking the game seriously but having fun. All in all a great and enjoyable season! Peter Rezek
67 Match Results Round Opponent Lindfield Score Opponent Score Result 1 Auburn 125 4/126 L1 2 Burwood 220 140 W1 3 Pennant Hills 132 86 W1 4 Lane Cove 7/212 6/238 L1 5 South Sydney Rain D 6 Macquarie Uni 9/123 7/172 L1 7 Auburn 144 9/172 L1 8 Macquarie Uni 7/275 1/5 D 9 Macquarie Uni 4/225 221 W1 10 Burwood Rain D 11 Auburn 211 151 W1 12 Lane Cove 116 9/252 L1 13 Burwood 8/151 163 L1 14 South Sydney 239 8/108 W1 15 Pennant Hills 109 9/189 L1 16 Pennant Hills 8/172 129 W1 17 South Sydney 8/153 172 W1 18 Lane Cove 176 125 W1 OF Auburn 197 155 W1 SF Pennant Hills 3/34 211 L1 Rounds2/9/16 Byes
Fifth Grade Team 2006-07 Seated Rear; Graham Crighton Matt Bellmaine Charlie Gearside David Gibson Matt Gibson Standing L-R; Druvi Storer Sean Vitorovic Harry Hilliar Luke Treadwell Seated Front L-Rr; Sam Garling Kim Garling Daniel Isaacs
68 Batting Performances Name Innings NO HS Runs Average C/St Druvi Storer 13 - 54 266 20.5 4 Harry Hilliar 14 2 65* 216 18.0 10/- Les West 8 2 88 210 35.0 1 Tom Nichols 8 2 59 185 30.8 1 Luke Treadwell 7 2 79 155 31.0 5/1 Benji Julien 7 - 73 147 21.0 4/- Ben McLeod 1 - 139 139 139.0 - Will Psaltis 1 - 129 129 129.0 - David Gibson 11 - 55 125 11.4 4 Matt Gibson 9 1 27 120 15.0 2 Roman Slobodian 2 1 59* 112 112.0 - Andrew Foot 1 - 87 87 87.0 - Charlie Gearside 13 2 30 74 6.7 3 Steve Watts 2 - 47 73 35.5 - Josh Heazlewood 3 1 40* 57 28.5 1 Matt Bellmaine 3 - 27 54 18.0 3 Ben Goodwin 9 - 26 48 5.3 - Jagath DeSilva 1 - 42 42 42.0 - James Brady 1 - 35 35 35.0 1 Kim Garling 9 2 14 35 5.0 1 Ed Lembke-Hogan 1 - 33 33 33.0 1 Nathan Dukes 5 - 13 32 6.4 1 Chris Murphy 2 - 18 31 15.5 2 Hamish Davey 2 1 18 28 28.0 1 Graham Crighton 5 - 17 28 5.6 3 Daniel Isaacs 3 - 16 25 8.3 2 Alasdair Davey 3 1 12 24 12.0 2 Paul Adams 1 - 21 21 21.0 - Lawrence Natale 1 1 15* 15 N/A - Andrew Chapman 2 - 11 14 7.0 - Gokul Tamilarasan 1 1 11* 11 N/A - Jay Patel 1 1 10* 10 N/A - Steven De Bruin 1 - 10 10 10.0 - Daniel Cutting 1 1 9* 9 N/A - Joe Sullivan 1 - 8 8 8.0 - Nicholas McDonnell 5 - 4 7 1.4 1 David Traill 1 - 6 6 6.0 - Andy Prins 1 - 5 5 5.0 - Adam Fleming 1 - 4 4 4.0 - Alex Isais 1 - 3 3 3.0 - Tom McCullagh 2 2 3* 3 N/A - Sean Vitorovic 7 3 2* 2 0.5 1 Andrew Hilliar 1 - 2 2 2.0 1 Andrew Coleman 1 - 0 0 N/A 2/- Denver Don Paul 1 - 0 0 N/A - Mark Tyson 1 - 0 0 N/A - William Cook 1 - 0 0 N/A - Pradip Madhanagopal 1 - 0 0 N/A - Richie Pengelly 1 - 0 0 N/A 1 James Jedlin 1 - 0 0 N/A -
69 Best Batting Performances Ben McLeod 139 v Macquarie Uni Will Psaltis 129 v Burwood Les West 88 v South Sydney Andrew Foot 87 v Macquarie Uni Luke Treadwell 79 v Pennant Hills Benji Julien 73 v Auburn Harry Hilliar 65* v Auburn Tom Nicholls 59 v Macquarie Uni Roman Slobodian 59* v Lane Cove David Gibson 55 v Lane Cove Druvi Storer 54 v Macquarie Uni Roman Slobodian 53 v Pennant Hills Druvi Storer 53 v South Sydney Bowling Performances Name Overs Maidens Runs Wkts Ave. B/B Sean Vitorovic 81 7 296 20 14.8 6/41 Charlie Gearside 77 7 286 18 15.9 3/42 Druvi Storer 81 10 317 15 21.1 4/39 Kim Garling 69 4 294 14 21.0 3/17 Ben Goodwin 45 5 181 11 16.5 4/30 Tom Nicholls 39 2 160 11 14.6 4/22 Alasdair Davey 35 9 99 9 11.0 4/27 Matt Gibson 54 1 285 5 57.0 1/19 Graham Crighton 31 6 92 5 18.4 2/19 Paul Adams 9 - 30 4 7.5 4/30 Nathan Dukes 31 6 86 4 21.5 2/12 Will Psaltis 7 1 20 4 5.0 4/20 Daniel Isaacs 6 - 33 3 11.0 2/1 Roman Slobodian 12 - 53 3 17.7 3/17 Matt Bellmaine 11 3 19 1 19.0 1/5 Jay Patel 8 1 24 1 24.0 1/24 Richie Pengelly 9 1 32 1 32.0 1/32 Alex Isais 5 - 22 1 22.0 1/22 Tom McCullagh 14 - 96 1 96.0 1/35 James Jedlin 6 - 18 1 18.0 1/18 Josh Heazlewood 7 - 47 1 47.0 1/32 William Cook 6 - 25 1 25.0 1/25 Ed Lembke-Hogan 4 1 5 1 5.0 1/5 David Traill 5 - 26 1 26.0 1/26 Pradip Madhanagopal 5 3 6 1 6.0 1/6 Gokul Tamilarasan 9 1 48 1 48.0 1/48 Denver Don Paul 3 - 20 - N/A 0/20 Lawrence Natale 3 - 10 - N/A 0/10 Benji Julien 4 - 8 - N/A 0/8 Harry Hilliar 5 - 14 - N/A 0/14 Nicholas McDonnell 3 - 12 - N/A 0/12
70 Best Bowling Performances
Sean Vitorovic 6/41 v Auburn
Best Partnerships Wicket Names Runs Opponent 1 Druvi Storer & Tom Nichols 73 South Sydney 2 Druvi Storer & Tom Nicholls 100 Macquarie Uni 3 Will Psaltis & Ed Lembke-Hogan 124 Burwood 4 Ben McLeod & Andrew Foot 206 -Rec Macquarie Uni 5 Luke Treadwell & Ben Goodwin 120 -Rec Pennant Hills 6 Les West & Charlie Gearside 90 -Rec South Sydney 7 Druvi Storer & Roman Slobodian 73 Pennant Hills 8 Roman Slobodian & Gokul 29 Lane Cove Tamilarasan 8 Harry Hilliar & Alasdair Davey 29 Auburn 9 Tom Nicholls & Kim Garling 34 Auburn 10
First Grade LDCC Legends 1976-2001 l-r: Andrew Kemmis, Phil Rose, Richard Rose, Ken Walker,Jeff Hole Alan Thompson,Ray Balcomb
71 Lindfield Metropolitan Cup/Shield-Team Records Qualifications: Batting – minimum 8 innings; Bowling – minimum 10 wickets and 8 innings. Note: 1999-2000 was the first season in which Lindfield competed in the Metropolitan Cup Competition which was changed to the Metropolitan Shield Competition for Lindfield to compete in 2005-06. Highest Team Score 9-416 versus Roseville in 2001-02 Batting Aggregate: James Maloney 667 2003-04 Average: James Maloney 66.7 2003-04 Highest Score: James Maloney 170* 2003-4
Bowling Aggregate: David Dockrill 33 wickets 1995-96 Average: Michael Cohen 7.00 1995-96 Best bowling: Dugald McLennan 6/26 2001-02
Partnerships Wkt Season Names Runs 1 2005-06 Adam Rezek and James Brady 183 2 2000-01 Michael Jones & Colin Carrigan 134 3 2003-04 James Maloney &/Dugald McLennan 147 4 2006-07* Ben McLeod & Andrew Foot -Rec 206 5 2006-07^ Luke Treadwell & Ben Goodwin -Rec 120 6 2006-07# Les West & Charlie Gearside- Rec 90 7 2004-05 Andre Charrett & David Maloney 80 8 2001-02 David Dockrill & Chris Punch 72 9 2000-01 Carl Schokman & Roger Quayle 71 10 1999-2000 Martin Gillogily & Bob McKern 67
*Previous Fourth Wicket Record; James. Maloney & David. Maloney 117 runs set in 2003-04 ^Previous Fifth Wicket Record; Chris Punch & Adam Wedlock 99 runs set in 2001-02 #Previous Sixth Wicket Record; Stirling Hamman & David.Dockerill 56 runs set in 2004-05
72 North Shore DCA –B Reserve Grade-Winnie Blues It was a bizarre season for 2006/07 at the Winnie Blues. Nothing ever before seen in a cricket team, but maybe the signs of ageing are showing clearer than in all seasons past for the blues. The year saw a promotion for the blues up to B reserve grade, other wise known as the bunch of whingeing cheating pricks grade. At least we can say honestly that we didn’t fit in this grade quite correctly. We started off the year by signing contracts with a couple of new players, including Andrew Zippy Robinson, Benny Bumchin Aingetroy and Scott awkward wobbler Bunny. Stu “Griffin” Paul also got a part time contract, which hopefully we can extend into season 07/08 but as a full time player. The first challenge was trying to build a force to defend our Super 8’s title from the season past. We’re lucky enough to have destroyed the trophy last year so much, that we had to replace it and got to keep it! Unfortunately the super 8’s defense campaign failed, and we bombed out in the first round. The season proper started, and the form was quite good, with the Blues riding high on the ladder, but as was the case in season 01/02, we suffered a 2 and half month long Christmas hangover, to bow out of finals contention in the 2nd last round of the season.Zippy & Craig Droppa McGowen, both went to South America (separately though as Drop was on honeymoon with Josh Hollywood Fraser), and missed significantly more than half the season. This wasn’t such a problem with Droppa, but considering Zippy was the most hotly talked about prospect for some time, and scored an unbeaten half century on debut, this was a big loss, and one of the reasons we didn’t know how to bat. We had an interesting game just after Christmas, against 7 hard core junkies who were either coming down or still high, and 4 blokes who were very good cricketers. We lost. I think at one point of the match we were more concerned about one of the junkies girlfriends falling off the viewing deck of the pavilion, than we were about the result of the game. There was no time in 22 playing days that the same team was fielded. This includes 2 day matches not having the same 11 blokes each week.In one match, we were skittled for 36 runs. Our second innings was 246.Andrew Grouchy McCosker fractured is elbow in his first over faced, and gutsed his way to a magical 86, before missing the next 5 weeks of cricket & work. It was on his return to the game, that he shelled a catch and split the webbing on his right hand, to then miss the rest of the season. Magic. Puff’s recurring shoulder problem came back for a few weeks. Rob-E Russ-L wasn’t really injured, but tell me a time he turned up to the ground either sober, or not carrying any STD’s… Paddles knees gave in for some
73 unknown reason, and I’m not sure where that injury ever got to. The injury though, which is just as funny with hindsight as it was at the time, was the crushing multiple blows Benny Bumchin copped in the match against the druggies. Steve “Who” Gardner called me on the morning of week 2 to let me know he couldn’t play because of a neck problem. Paddles had shirked responsibility of glovework because of his failing knees. Enter our indoor wicketkeeper Benny Bumchin. Now I’m not sure which 1 of the 3 deliveries he kept wicket to did not get him on the wrong part of his hands, but he left the field hurt, and subsequently couldn’t pick his nose or wipe his own ass for the next 12 weeks. 2 dislocated & broken knuckles & 1 snapped tendon in the right sure would make life uncomfortable. At the expense of Bumchin, we have all had plenty of laughs about the predicament, and I’m sure there’ll be many more in the years to come, I think it’s appropriate to give him an award, for the most hilarious injury of the season. Stephen Henry, Captain
Match Results Round Opponent Lindfield Score Opponent Score Result 1 St Leonards Jackals 3/159 158 W1 2 Nth Sydn Leagues 4/176 169 W1 3 North Shore 9/204 dec 3/78 Draw 4 Kirribilli 6/157 8/151 (cc) W1 5 Old Ignations 36 & 246 7/168 dec & 1/119 LO 6 Centrals 9/197 dec 129 & 5/67 W1 7 St Leonards Jackals 81 4/82 L1 8 North Shore 108 4/110 L1 9 Kirribilli 6/183 7/179 (cc) W1 10 Wanderers 154 & 8/153 9/210 & 4/46 L1 11 Nth Syd Leagues 128 151 L1 12 Bye 13 Neutral Bay Jets 210 & 5/201 dec 216 & 7/151 L1 14 Old Ignations 171 7/172 L1
74 Batting Performances Name Innings NO HS Runs Ave. C/St Andrew McCosker 12 2 86 449-Rec 44.9 8 Peter Henry 13 0 121 387 29.77 5 Andrew Robinson 7 2 73* 262 52.4 2 Patrick Rourke 14 1 49 230 17.69 7/2 Luke Ellem 6 1 94* 171 34.2 2 Stuart Paul 8 0 42 155 19.38 1 Josh Jull 14 3 31 124 11.27 5 Scott Bunny 11 2 36 92 10.22 4 Stephen Henry 9 2 21 76 10.86 8 Craig McGowen 1 0 66 66 66 0 Simon Nesbitt 3 0 40 65 21.67 3 Robert Russell 9 2 19* 59 8.43 2 Ben Aingetroy 9 1 24 56 7 6 David Dawkins 10 4 18 56 9.33 1 Sam Brown 9 1 15* 55 6.88 1 Angus Lobendahn 5 0 21 39 7.8 3 James Shore 3 0 14 20 6.67 0 Ahmed Al Kassaby 1 0 17 17 17 1 Dave Brown 3 0 6 7 2.33 0 Stephen Gardner 2 0 4 6 3 1 Rob Henry 2 1 4 5 5 0 Ross Parsons 1 1 2 2 2 0
Best Batting Performances Peter Henry 121 V Old Ignations Peter Henry 101 V Neutral bay Jets Luke Ellem 94* V Wanderers Andrew McCosker 86 V Kirribilli Andrew Robinson 73* V North Sydney Leagues Andrew McCosker 67 V Neutral Bay Jets Craig McGowen 66 V North Shore Andrew Robinson 63 V Centrals Andrew Robinson 63* V St Leonards Jackals Andrew McCosker 60 V North Shore Andrew McCosker 51* V North Sydney Leagues
75 Bowling Performances Name Overs Maidens Runs Wkts Ave. B/B Josh Jull 98.3 17 429 29 14.79 4/24 Peter Henry 76.1 15 338 17 19.88 5/9 Andrew McCosker 59.3 6 255 13 19.62 4/12 David Dawkins 44 8 210 11 19.09 4/28 Stephen Henry 60 15 194 8 24.25 3/10 Scott Bunny 14 2 67 7 9.57 3/13 Robert Russell 63.5 13 225 6 37.5 2/13 Luke Ellem 40 10 144 6 24 3/29 Stuart Paul 26 4 87 6 14.5 2/15 Sam Brown 35 3 185 3 61.67 1/24 Ahmed El Kassaby 12 1 38 3 12.67 3/38 Angus Lobendahn 3 0 25 1 25 1/25 Craig McGowen 3 0 21 0 NA 0/21 Oliver Peterson 5 2 12 0 NA 0/12 Andrew Robinson 1 0 8 0 NA 0/8 Best Bowling Performances Peter Henry 5/9 v St Leonards Jackals Best Partnerships Wicket Names Runs Opponent 1 A Robinson & P Rourke 71 Nth Sydney Leagues 2 P Rourke & A McCosker 78 Kirribilli 3 P Rourke & A McCosker 70 Neutral Bay Jets 4 A McCosker & P Henry 149 Old Ignations 5 A Robinson & A McCosker 77* Nth Sydney Leagues 6 A McCosker & C McGowen 112 North Shore 7 L Ellem & S Paul 29 Wanderers 8 A Lobendahn & S Henry 33 Neutral Bay Jets 9 S Brown & D Dawkins 32 St Leonards Jackals 10 S Brown & D Dawkins 21 Old Ignations One Day Satistics 2006/2007 Wkts Runs Wkts Runs Rank Team Lost For Taken Against 1 Wanderers 47 993 61 900 2 North Shore 49 1252 54 1083 3 Old Ignatians 42 808 48 830 4 Neutral Bay Jets 37 798 34 716 5 St Leonards Jackals 45 884 47 924 6 Lindfield Winnie Blues 55 987 50 1003 7 Centrals 42 775 36 901 8 Nth Sydney Leagues 57 975 47 1065 9 Kirribilli 54 1242 51 1292
76 NSCA - B Reserve 2006/2007 Main Ladder 2006/2007
Team P WOW1 LO L1 D Points 1 Neutral Bay Jets 12 1 8 0 3 0 68 2 Wanderers 13 1 8 0 4 0 64 3 St Leonards Jackals 12 1 7 0 4 0 58 4 North Shore 13 0 7 1 5 0 60 5 Old Ignatians 12 1 5 1 5 0 54 6 Lindfield Winnie Blues 13 0 5 1 6 1 46 7 North Sydney Leagues 12 0 5 0 6 1 42 8 Centrals 12 0 3 1 5 3 38 9 Kirribilli 13 1 1 0 11 0 36 Main Game Statistics 2006/2007 Wkts Runs Wkts Runs Rank Team Lost For Taken Against 1 Neutral Bay Jets 114 2975 107 2147 2 Wanderers 96 1965 129 2080 3 St Leonards Jackals 89 2094 112 2122 4 North Shore 93 2123 106 2355 5 Old Ignatians 93 1692 117 2060 6 Lindfield Winnie 130 2564 116 2356 Blues 7 Nth Sydney Leagues 127 2336 101 2209 8 Centrals 142 2130 104 2355 9 Kirribilli 107 2506 99 2701 One Day Ladder 2006/2007 Rank Team P W2 W1 D L1 L2 Points 1 Wanderers 7 0 5 0 2 0 38 2 North Shore 7 0 5 0 2 0 38 3 Old Ignatians 6 0 4 0 2 0 32 4 Neutral Bay Jets 5 0 3 0 2 0 23 5 St Leonards Jackals 6 0 3 0 3 0 27 6 Lindfiled Winnie 7 0 3 0 4 0 28 Blues 7 Centrals 5 0 2 0 3 0 20 8 Nth Sydney Leagues 6 0 2 0 4 0 23 9 Kirribilli 7 0 1 0 6 0 19
77 North Shore DCA B Grade-Team Records Qualifications: Batting – minimum 8 innings; Bowling – minimum 10 wickets and 8 innings Note: 2005-06 was the first season in which Lindfield competed in this competition Highest Team Score; " 246 (Rec) versus Old Ignations in 2006-07 "Previous Highest Team Score; 242 versus Cammeray in 2005-06 Batting Aggregate:* Andrew McCosker 449 (Rec) 2006-07
Bowling Aggregate: Andrew 34 wickets 2005-06 McCosker Average: Andrew 12.41 2005-06 McCosker Best bowling: Stephen Henry 6/12 2005-06
Partnerships
Wkt Season Names Runs 1 2005-06 Craig McGowen* - Patrick Rourke 106 2 2006-07 P Rourke & A McCosker (Rec) 78 3 2005-06 Patrick Rourke* - Josh Jull 94 4 2006-07 A McCosker & P Henry (Rec) 149 5 2006-07 A Robinson & A McCosker (Rec) 77 6 2006-07 A McCosker & C McGowen (Rec) 112 7 2005-06 Andrew McCosker Stephen Henry 80 8 2005-06 Simon Nesbitt - Stephen Henry 59 9 2005-06 Stephen Henry - Robert Russell 32 9 2006-07 S Brown & D Dawkins ( Eq Rec) 32 10 2005-06 Andrew McCosker - Will Brown 36
*Previous Second Wicket Record; Angus Lobendahn* - Luke Ellem 66 runs set in 2005-06 *Previous Fourth Wicket Record; Josh Jull - Andrew McCosker 61 runs set in 2005-06 ^Previous Fifth Wicket Record; Andrew McCosker & Luke Ellem 69 runs set in 2005-06 #Previous Sixth Wicket Record; Luke Ellem & Josh Jull 76 runs set in 2005-06
78 North Shore DCA - C Grade- FOG This year the Formation of Gentlemen has made a huge mark on the Northern Suburbs Cricket Association. In 16 matches including 13 victories, 3 losses and one convincing friendly with the Winnie Blues, we can raise our heads and be proud of what we’ve achieved. We are the most successful Lindfield team in 2006/2007 season with a 73% winning record, scoring 3204 runs with a healthy run rate of 4.52. Our bowling was equally impressive taking 143 wickets at an average of 20.52. Statistics can speak for themselves but its certain victories that bring out the character in each of our players. The convincing outright win against North Sydney Leagues in Round 2 contrasts the unlikely comeback against The Daffodils in Round 6. Similarly the mental toughness to grind out the Round 5 win against the Wanderers and the defence and tight bowling against the same team in Round 14. The finals series brought out the best in the team with Luke Flory and Tim Wills stepping up and scoring the runs that rest of the top six failed to score. Chris Beadle’s batting display in the grand final was inspirational. These examples typify our performances this season as a team. Like the Australian team, someone always seems to step up to the plate, even if the others have failed to make a score. Our bowling lines were tight, consistent and a key to FOG’s success. The age old cricketing anecdote ‘catches win matches’ certainly rings true to this team and some sensational catches stuck this season. Nothing better than our display in the grand final which separates the FOG from our opponents. To claim the one day premiership, the minor premiership and to make the grand final in our second season is a fantastic achievement. I am very proud of each and every one of us but most importantly we have cemented strong friendships and had fun along the way.Thank you as well to Lindfield Cricket Club, The Ivanhoe Of Manly for their sponsorship, and the parental support particularly Malcolm’s photography on ‘malcspace’, Chris Hartwell for umpiring, plus Richard Lansdell’s and Tim Peterson’s continual support. Let’s go forward in 2007/2008 – formate and dominate! Olly Peterson FOG, Captain
79 Match Results Round Opponent Lindfield Score Opponent Score Result 1 Mosman 177 7/184 L1 2 Nth Sydney Leagues 9/371 (dec) 8/102 & 8/213 W0 3 North Shore 187 5/231 W1 4 The Bats 5/238 8/229 W1 5 Wanderers 6/237 222 W1 6 Lindfield Daffodils 114 101 W1 7 Mosman 9/108 9/102 W1 8 North Shore 4/222 109 W1 9 The Bats 5/214 5/186 W1 10 Crusaders 9/288 (dec) 79 & 4/186 W1 11 Nth Sydney Leagues 9/288 242 W1 12 Bye 13 Mac University 148 121 L1 14 Wanderers 198 9/201 W1 SF Wanderers 7/221 9/163 W1 GF North Shore 217 239 L1
Batting Performances Name Innings NO HS Runs Average Jeita Hartwell 15 1 101* 487 34.79 Josh Whittaker 12 2 77* 381 38.10 Hamish Davey 15 1 62 344 24.57 Tim Wills 8 1 112 308 44.00 Oliver Peterson 15 3 78 278 23.17 Chris Beadle 12 1 95 271 24.64 Blake Barry 13 2 64 245 22.27 Luke Flory 9 2 74* 194 27.71 Jon Reid 12 0 19 90 7.50 David Lansdell 8 2 20 44 7.33 Rowan Reichman 8 3 10 37 7.40
80 Best Batting Performances
Tim Wills 112 v Crusaders Jeita Hartwell 101* v Wanderers Chris Beadle 95 v North Shore Jeita Hartwell 82 v Wanderers Oliver Peterson 78 v Wanderers Josh Whittaker 77* v The Bats Luke Flory 74* v Wanderers Tim Wills 74 v Wanderers Jeita Hartwell 66 v North Shore Josh Whittaker 66 v Nth Sydney Leagues Tim Wills 65* v North Shore Blake Barry 64 v Nth Sydney Leagues Hamish Davey 62 v Nth Sydney Leagues Josh Whittaker 61 v Nth Sydney Leagues Oliver Peterson 58 v The Bats Blake Barry 58 v Nth Sydney Leagues Luke Flory 54* v Nth Sydney Leagues Chris Beadle 53 v Crusaders
Bowling Performances
Name Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average B/B Blake Barry 145.1 22 555 22 25.23 4--27 Jeita Hartwell 142 29 523 22 23.77 5--32 Oliver Peterson 104 17 407 21 19.38 5--12 Luke Flory 66.2 12 214 21 10.19 5--4 Rowan Reichman 86 6 399 14 28.5 3--24 Alasdair Davey 41.1 14 98 8 12.25 5--21 Tim Wills 13 2 50 6 8.33 4--25 Josh Whittaker 16.2 0 127 5 25.4 3--29 Jack Mansfield 20 3 79 5 15.8 3--33 Mark Rothlin 9.2 0 48 4 12 4--27
81 Best Bowling Performances Luke Flory 5/16 v Mosman Luke Flory 5/4 v North Shore Alasdair Davey 5/21* v Crusaders Oliver Peterson 5/12 v Lindfield Daffodils Jeita Hartwell 5/32 v North Sydney Leagues (*Includes Hat-trick) v Best Partnerships Wicket Names Runs Opponent 1 Oliver Peterson - Jeita Hartwell * 58 North Shore 2 Chris Beadle - Tim Wills 154 Crusaders 3 Jeita Hartwell* - Josh Whittaker 94 Nth Sydney Leagues 4 Chris Beadle - Tim Wills 73 North Shore 5 Hamish Davey - Josh Whittaker 60 The Bats 6 * Oliver Peterson - Jeita Hartwell -Rec 144 Wanderers 7 Tim Wills - Luke Flory 118 Wanderers 8 Jeita Hartwell - Blake Barry 65 Mac University 9 # Blake Barry - Luke Flory-Rec 108 Nth Sydney Leagues 10 Chris Beadle - David Lansdell 59 North Shore
Victorious FOG Team 2006-07
82 North Shore DCA – C Grade- Daffodils Match Results Round Opponent Lindfield Score Opponent Score Result 1 North Shore 5/213 6/212 W1 2 The Bats 279 200 W1 3 Wanderers Not Reported L1 4 Crusaders 5/215 212 W1 5 Lindfield FOG 101 114 L1 6 North Shore 182 7/189 L1 7 Wanderers 2/204 9/202 W1 8 Macquarie Uni 263 168 W1 9 The Bats 122 8/125 L1 10 Mosman 163 and 6/81 135 and 7/135 dec. W1 11 Nth Syd Leagues 217 and 4/86 dec. 252 and 87 L1 12 Crusaders 180 137 W1 Batting Performances Name Innings NO HS Runs Average C/St Jack Luchetti 10 2 119* 452 56.5 Peter Pagan 10 - 72 257 25.7 Greig Martin 4 1 91* 227 75.7 Arie Souris 8 2 62* 218 31.1 Anthony Allan 8 - 49 163 20.4 Nick Marquez 9 1 32 115 14.4 Jeremy Gill 11 2 28 80 8.9 James Macca 2 - 74 78 39.0 Roland Wood 3 - 35 76 25.3 Nick Biven 6 1 34 75 15.0 Louis Jones 1 - 61 61 61.0 Alistair Shaw 2 1 40* 40 40.0 Charles Stewart 7 - 12 37 5.3 Taimus Werner 2 - 29 30 15.0 Ben Jarman 7 - 15 28 4.0 Mark R Baggie 6 1 9* 22 4.4 Michael Butler 1 - 18 18 18.0 Andrew Ferrier 1 - 16 16 16.0 Tim Low 1 - 16 16 16.0 Andrew Gadd 7 5 4* 15 7.5 Michael Powell 3 - 8 12 4.0 Nick Rose 3 - 6 10 3.3 Will McCloy 1 - 6 6 6.0 Nathan McKinnon 4 2 4 6 3.0 Mike Carrol 1 1 3* 3 n/a Sean Kinsella 0 - - - n/a Henry Gedde 0 - - - n/a Mark Goodman 0 - - - n/a
83 Best Batting Performances Jack Luchetti 119* v The Bats Greig Martin 91* v Crusaders Jack Luchetti 87+ v North Shore Cricket Club Greig Martin 83 v The Bats James Macca 74 v North Sydney Leagues CC Jack Luchetti 73 v Wanderers Peter Pagan 72 v North Sydney Leagues CC Arie Souris 62* v Wanderers Louis Jones 61 v Crusaders Arie Souris 56 v North Shore Cricket Club Peter Pagan 53 v Wanderers
Bowling Performances Name Overs Maidens Runs Wkts Ave. B/B Jeremy Gill 126.3 30 388 24 16.2 6/35 Anthony Allan 73.2 12 242 20 12.1 5/28 Nick Marquez 77.2 9 324 18 18.0 4/47 Ben Jarman 41 3 214 8 26.8 3/22 Nick Biven 27 1 171 8 21.4 3/63 Peter Pagan 34 5 183 7 26.1 2/7 Mark R Baggie 19 4 77 6 12.8 3/39 James Macca 5.5 1 17 4 4.3 2/1 Greig Martin 19 2 70 3 23.3 2/50 Nick Rose 18 3 88 2 44.0 1/21 Nathan McKinnon 10 0 74 2 37.0 1/23 Henry Geddes 8 1 29 2 14.5 2/29 Michael Powell 1 0 5 1 5.0 1/5 Roland Wood 2 0 13 1 13.0 1/13 Taimus Werner 8 0 28 1 28.0 1/12 Andrew Gadd 3 0 40 0 n/a 0/18 Jack Luchetti 4 0 18 0 n/a 0/5 Mike Carrol 7 1 21 0 n/a 0/21 Mark Goodman 3 0 23 0 n/a 0/23 Louis Jones 1 0 14 0 n/a 0/14
Best Bowling Performances Jeremy Gill 6/35 v Macquarie Uni Anthony Allan 5/28 v The Bats
Best Partnerships No information available
84 NSCA – C Grade 2006/2007 Main Ladder 2006/2007
Rank Team P W2 W1 D L1 L2 Points 1 Lindfield FOG 13 1 9 0 3 0 70 2 North Shore 13 0 10 0 3 0 66 3 Macquarie Uni 12 2 4 0 6 0 56 4 Wanderers 12 0 6 0 6 0 52 5 Lindfield Daffodils 12 0 7 0 5 0 50 6 Nth Sydney Leagues 12 1 4 0 5 2 50 7 Crusaders 13 0 4 0 9 0 42 8 The Bats 13 0 5 0 6 2 42 9 Mosman 12 0 3 0 9 0 36
Main Game Statistics 2006/2007 Wkts Runs Wkts Runs Rank Team Lost For Taken Against 1 Lindfield FOG 105 2766 124 2532 2 North Shore 98 2620 117 2358 3 Macquarie Uni 121 2467 141 2576 4 Wanderers 103 2181 100 1891 5 Lindfield Daffodils 102 2306 117 2168 6 Nth Sydney Leagues 138 2305 138 2598 7 Crusaders 129 2420 107 2558 8 The Bats 140 2452 108 2613 9 Mosman 130 2436 114 2659
85 One Day Ladder 2006/2007
Rank Team P W2 W1 D L1 L2 Points 1 Lindfield FOG 7 0 6 0 1 0 41 2 North Shore 5 0 3 0 2 0 25 3 Macquarie Uni 7 0 4 0 3 0 34 4 Wanderers 7 0 4 0 3 0 33 5 Lindfield Daffodils 5 0 3 0 2 0 23 6 Nth Sydney Leagues 6 0 3 0 3 0 27 7 Crusaders 6 0 2 0 4 0 22 8 The Bats 6 0 2 0 4 0 22 9 Mosman 7 0 1 0 6 0 21
One Day Statistics 2006/2007 Wkts Runs Wkts Runs Rank Team Lost For Taken Against 1 Lindfield FOG 51 1448 59 1250 2 Macquarie Uni 40 903 47 889 3 North Shore 50 1081 55 1144 4 The Bats 51 1156 49 1177 5 Lindfield Daffodils 37 901 40 865 6 Wanderers 44 1097 48 896 7 Nth Sydney Leagues 48 809 53 960 8 Mosman 53 846 44 814 9 Crusaders 66 755 45 1001
86 North Shore DCA –C 1 Grade- Ramrods Match Results Round Opponent Lindfield Score Opponent Score Result 1 Weapons 214 9/236 L1 2 West Pymble 196 & 9/87 126 & 4/161 L0 3 North Shore 200 9/170 W1 4 Nth Syd Leagues 8/516 dec. 329 W1 5 Crusaders 154 185 L1 6 Northbridge 3/341 150 W1 7 West Pymble 159 6/196 L1 8 Weapons 9/210 & 7/64 9/384 L1 9 Nth Syd Leagues 128 3/132 L1 10 North Shore 184 & 8/101 212 & 5/156 dec. L1 11 Northbridge 7/362 9/92 & 2/29 W1 12 Crusaders 55 131 L1 Batting Performances Name Innings NO HS Runs Ave. C/St Jeremy Muir 8 1 52 261 37.3 Robbie Campbell 2 1 203* 212 212.0 Dan Davidson 8 - 92 207 25.9 Graham Nes 7 2 105* 184 36.8 Jon Muir 7 1 86 176 29.3 Alistair Inlges 2 - 113 129 64.5 Garth Lawrence 8 - 41 109 13.6 Robbie Muir 7 - 20 103 14.7 Cameron Wakeham 3 1 45 87 43.5 Rowan Reichman 4 - 54 84 21.0 Matt Oliver 5 - 34 76 15.2 John Hodges 3 1 38 49 24.5 Jono Prichard 2 - 38 42 21.0 Steve Hankins 1 - 40 40 40.0 Mitchell Dellervergin 3 1 24 35 17.5 Peter Kelly 3 - 22 30 10.0 Joe Sullivan 1 - 24 24 24.0 Greg Cooke 5 2 18 24 8.0 Jonty Donde 3 1 11 23 11.5 Will Andrews-Buffard 4 - 13 19 4.8 Ariya Iwato 4 - 14 14 3.5 Andy Smith 4 1 5 13 4.3 Andrew Montgomerie 3 - 4 10 3.3 Ivan Pavkovic 2 - 5 9 4.5 Joshua Baxter 1 - 7 7 7.0 Chris Andreano 1 - 6 6 6.0 Dave Holmes 1 1 2* 2 n/a James Yahl 1 1 2* 2 n/a James Brady 1 - 0 0 0 Rael Novos 1 - 0 0 0 Mike Williams 0 - 0 0 n/a
87 Best Batting Performances Robbie Campbell 203* v Northbridge Alistair Inlges 113 v Nth Sydney Leagues Graham Nes 105* v Nth Sydney Leagues Dan Davidson 92 v Nth Sydney Leagues Jon Muir 86 v Nth Sydney Leagues Jon Muir 67 v West Pymble Rowan Reichman 54 v North Shore Jeremy Muir 52 v Nth Sydney Leagues Jeremy Muir 52 v Crusaders Jeremy Muir 52 v Weapons
Bowling Performances Name Overs Maidens Runs Wkts Ave. B/B Rowan Reichman 29 3 92 12 7.7 5/32 Jeremy Muir 26.2 0 141 11 12.8 3/14 Graham Nes 32 1 142 9 15.8 3/16 Robbie Muir 38 3 175 7 25.0 4/29 Greg Cooke 12 0 67 5 13.4 5/32 John Hodges 11 0 15 5 3.0 3/11 Dan Davidson 29 1 135 4 33.8 1/11 Joe Sullivan 14 0 76 4 19.0 3/22 Will Andrews-Buffard 14 0 55 4 13.8 2/45 Peter Kelly 4 0 20 4 5.0 2/8 Garth Lawrence 37 5 135 3 45.0 2/23 Andy Smith 22 0 117 3 39.0 2/40 Cameron Wakeham 16.1 1 48 3 16.0 2/22 Mitchell Dellevergin 17 2 66 2 33.0 2/18 Matt Oliver 4 0 49 1 49.0 1/49 Ivan Pavkovic 5 1 27 1 27.0 1/27 Mike Williams 4 1 17 1 17.0 1/17 Rael Novos 3 0 11 1 11.0 1/11 James Brady 8 2 15 0 n/a 0/15 Robbie Campbell 14 0 39 0 n/a 0/16 Joshua Baxter 3 0 18 0 n/a 0/18 Steve Hankins 2 0 7 0 n/a 0/7 Alastair Inlges 6 1 15 0 n/a 0/15 Jonty Donde 9 2 50 0 n/a 0/13 Jono Prichard 6 1 21 0 n/a 0/21 Chris Andreano 6 1 21 0 n/a 0/15 Ariya Iwato 4 0 41 0 n/a 0/15
88 Best Bowling Performances
Greg Cooke 5/32 v Northbridge Rowan Reichman 5/32 v North Shore
Best Partnerships
No Partnership information available
LDCC Lions clash with the Ravens at Koola Oval
89 NSCA – C1 Grade 2006/2007 Main Ladder 2006/2007 Rank Team P W2 W1 D L1 L2 Points 1 North Shore 12 2 5 0 5 0 60 2 Weapons 12 1 9 0 2 0 58 3 West Pymble 12 1 6 0 5 0 56 4 Nth Sydney Leagues 12 2 3 0 6 1 54 5 Crusaders 12 0 5 1 5 1 44 6 Lindfield Ramrods 12 0 4 0 6 2 42 7 Northbridge 12 0 3 1 6 2 34 Main Game Statistics 2006/2007 Wkts Runs Wkts Runs Rank Team Lost For Taken Against 1 North Shore 107 2669 146 2700 2 Weapons 88 2686 134 2487 3 West Pymble 114 2668 116 2231 4 Nth Sydney Leagues 115 2325 126 2781 5 Crusaders 111 2049 84 2285 6 Lindfield Ramrods 121 2916 106 2558 7 Northbridge 138 2469 82 2740 One Day Ladder 2006/2007 Rank Team P W2 W1 D L1 L2 Points 1 Weapons 6 0 6 0 0 0 41 2 North Shore 6 0 3 0 3 0 29 3 Nth Sydney Leagues 6 0 3 0 3 0 27 4 Crusaders 6 0 3 0 3 0 27 5 West Pymble 6 0 3 0 3 0 26 6 Lindfield Ramrods 6 0 2 0 4 0 22 7 Northbridge 6 0 1 0 5 0 17 One Day Statistics Wkts Runs Wkts Runs Rank Team Lost For Taken Against 1 Weapons 37 1149 59 886 2 North Shore 47 936 55 893 3 Nth Sydney Leagues 47 808 54 966 4 Crusaders 48 798 35 807 5 West Pymble 45 1024 49 948 6 Lindfield Ramrods 43 1042 37 884 7 Northbridge 56 910 34 1283
90 North Shore DCA –One Day Grade – Tailenders Match Results Round Opponent Lindfield Score Opponent Score Result 1 Bears 112 8/384 L1 2 Gnomes 146 4/228 L1 3 Old Ignatians 9/62 6/326 L1 4 Pigs 7/133 129 W1 5 North Shore 6/231 8/227 W1 6 The Bats 42 9/293 L1 7 Crazy Kids 122 2/68 D 8 Kirribilli 9/187 9/84 W1 9 Bears 88 8/93 L1 10 Gnomes 60 5/69 L1 11 Old Ignatians 8/173 8/104 W1 12 Pigs 108 6/165 L1 13 North Shore 107 5/109 L1 14 The Bats 190 5/190 L1 15 Crazy Kids 126 5/257 L1 16 Kirribilli 9/85 3/87 L1 17 Bears 67 2/73 L1 18 Gnomes 5/198 196 W1 Batting Performances Name Innings NO HS Runs Average C/St Terry Humphreys 7 0 98 278 39.7 Rohan Birk 12 0 54 247 20.6 David Russell-Gibson 10 0 41 153 15.3 Tom Verdich 5 1 60 145 36.3 Duncan Davies 11 2 44* 143 15.9 Sam Dickinson 12 2 26 121 12.1 Leon Gibson 13 0 32 119 9.2 Ben Mayor 6 1 35 92 18.4 Nick Dowle 12 2 32 83 8.3 Rory Hayward 9 2 16 60 8.6 Toby Waller 4 1 37 58 19.3 James Waller 11 0 11 44 4.0 Steven Waller 6 2 17 42 10.5 Saurabh Bajaj 11 3 16 32 4.0 Alex Gassner 4 0 16 29 7.3 Ty Southern 9 2 9 17 2.4 Rishabh Bargotti 5 0 6 9 1.8 George Davey 3 1 6 6 3.0 Akash Vaswani 3 0 5 5 1.7
91 Best Batting Performances Terry Humphreys 98 v North Shore Terry Humphreys 69 v Gnomes Tom Verdich 60 v North Shore Tom Verdich 60 v North Shore Rohan Birk 54 v The Bats Bowling Performances Name Overs Maidens Runs Wkts Ave. B/B Rohan Birk 48 3 216 14 15.4 2/9 Leon Gibson 52 1 274 11 24.9 2/20 David Rusell-Gibson 32 1 209 9 23.2 3/34 Ty Southern 26 0 209 6 34.8 3/51 Sam Dickinson 34 1 236 6 39.3 3/34 James Waller 24 2 192 6 32.0 2/10 Duncan Davies 40 2 220 5 44.0 2/20 Rory Hayward 17 0 145 5 29.0 2/5 Nick Dowle 43 5 216 4 54.0 ¼ Rishabh Bargotti 10 0 55 3 18.3 1/7 Ben Mayor 14 0 71 3 23.7 2/19 Saurabh Bajaj 8 0 35 3 11.7 3/35 Terry Humphreys 7 0 44 2 22.0 1/21 Steven Waller 5 0 70 2 35.0 2/42 Tom Verdich 4 0 18 1 18.0 1/18 Akash Vaswani 7 0 60 1 60.0 1/36 Alex Gassner 12 0 110 0 n/a 0/12 Toby Waller 7 0 75 0 n/a 0/17 Best Bowling Performances No qualifiers Best Partnerships Wicket Names Runs Opponent 1 Terry Humphreys and David Russell- 77 Pigs Gibson 2 David Russell-Gibson and Rohan Birk 43 Old Ignatians 3 No qualifiers 4 Rohan Birk and Ben Mayor 35 Old Ignatians 5 Ben Mayor and Sam Dickinson 35 Old Ignatians 6-10 No qualifiers
92 North Shore DCA C Grade Team Records (Formerly Gordon District Junior Cricket Association)
Qualifications Batting – minimum 8 innings; Bowling – min 10 wickets and 8 innings
Highest Team Score 4-468 versus Killara Social 1996-97
Batting Aggregate T. Humphries 657 in 2005-06 Average: S. Southwell 76.29 in 1991-92 Highest Score: S. Richardson 217* in 1996-97
Bowling Aggregate: D.Chan 62 wickets in 1992-93 Average: D.McCosker 9.45 in 2001-02 Most Wickets in an innings; D.Chan 8 for 50 in 1992-93
Partnerships
Wicket Season Names Runs 1 1987-88 S.Taylor & D. Chappelle 189 2 1987-88 M. Arnold & A. Marouk 164 3 2005-06 Paul Weaver - Seb Berlioz 130 4 2003-04 Angus Lobendahn & Andrew McCosker 162 5 2003-04 Josh Jull & Andrew McCosker 138 6* 2006-07 Olly Peterson & Jeita Hartwell-Rec 144 7 1995-96 Steve Bingham & Andrew Foot 129 8 2003-04 Stephen Gardner &Angus Lobendahn 139 9# 2006-07 Blake Barry & Luke Flory-Rec 108 10 2005-06 Paul Weaver* - Josh Whittaker 109 Previous Records 6* 2001-02 Richard Wokes & Steve Gardner 90 9# 2004-05 Stephen Henry & Ben Fowler 82
93 Masters – Lindfield Lawyers The 2006-7 Lindfield Lawyers Master's season was substantially interferred with through rain and the Sydney Master's tour to the North Island of New Zealand which most of the team experienced. As a result we played only 6 of the scheduled 11 games and this was the real reason why we finished behind the Legends for the first time in living memory. It is beyond doubt that we are a better team than our brothers as was amply demonstrated when we complehensively whipped them in the annual test match at Mandalong at Xmas. Our campaign got underway with the game against NSW Cricketers Club at Camperdown on 22/10/06 after round 1 was cancelled through rain.We had them 6-107 but they escaped to 8-180.Ken Campbell 2-25 and SMH 2-33 were the pick with 'keeper Choppy effecting 2 magnificent leg-side stumpings .We started brightly at 1-71 but then collapsed through old age to be all out for 144 off 37 overs. Steve Kavanagh batted suberbly for 53. The next game was against the youthful Competition front runners Lane Cove White at the pictureques Riverview College.We had all taken our medication for this encounter especially Tony Wright who bowled with inate cunning to capture 5-21 off 10 overs. Chasing a modest 154 we succumbed for 148 with one ball remaining. SMH 48; Geoff Ainsworth 32 and Choppy 25no surrounded 5 ducks! A truly memorable match played in the best Master's spirit. Other washouts on 5/11/06 and 3/12/06 saw us at Mandalong for the Xmas Test. As usual we stacked our side with really good players while the rest of us enjoyed ourselves drinking beer and shouting abuse from on the sideline...or so the Legends claim! With us providing them with 5 of our top players, the Legends batted with their usual intensity gleened from our practise net together the previous friday but they didnt seem to improve from that experience to be 9-111 off 40 expert overs. Mick Minors 2-18 and Kenny Campbell 2-19 were the best. Although they somehow miraculously dismissed Peter Samarasinge (10) Steve Kavanagh (0) and Les West (0) another newly stacked import Nev Entwhistle did the job with 35no with Ken Campbell 26 and Geoff Ainsworth 21. Gee, with such a long way to go and all those Xmas parties to attend they just don't seem to stay for the post match festivities! However special thanks to Legend's Captain John Burke who played a lone hand having driven from Bathurst for the occasion. Next it was IZ at the stunning Shore main ground at Northbridge.Despite an impressive start they scored 3-180 which was too much for our 9-134 although Adam Gilbert showed his class with 44 supported by SMH 23.Again we didnt travel well from our nursing homes to nearby Alan Border ground at Mosman. Dismissed for 115 (Les West 33) they passed us 5-119 in th 32nd over. In ernest preparation for the NZ tour we took on Manly at Manly Oval. We batted well for 5-171 with Kavanagh and Entwhistle both getting 40s but they swamped us 2-182 in the 28th over! Thanks to all who played. Ultimately we got lost in the NZ tour and that was enough for us until next year. SM Hamman Captain
94 Match Results Round Opponent Lindfield Score Opponent Score Result 1 CCNSW 144 8-180 Loss 2 Lane Cove White 148 154 Loss 3 Lindfield Legends 6-118 9-111 Win 4 I Zingari 9-134 3-180 Loss 5 Mosman 115 5-119 Loss 6 Manly 5-171 2-172 Loss Batting Name Inns Not Out Runs Average C/St Geoff Ainsworth 4 0 91 22.75 1 Chris Taylor 4 1 36 12.00 1x 5stps Les West 3 0 39 13.00 1 Stirling Hamman 5 2 94 31.33 1 Tony Wright 5 1 38 9.50 3 Stephen Kavanagh 5 1 122 30.50 2 Dennis Stevenson 1 0 6 6 0 Phil Kelly 4 0 21 12.87 1 Laurence Natale 5 1 27 6.75 1 Ken Campbell 4 0 56 14 2 Mick Minors 1 0 20 20 1 Adam Gilbert 3 0 62 20.66 1 Ian Hills 3 1 15 7.5 0 Gil McGrath 3 0 6 2 0 Nev Entwhistle 3 2 89 89 1 Greg Grant 1 0 20 20 1 Sujan Chinoy 1 0 0 0 1 Bob Douglas 1 0 0 0 0 Will Kitchener 1 0 16 16 1 Peter Samarasinge 1 0 10 10 0 Stuart Roberts 1 0 5 5 0
An Epic Battle for the Lawyers at Mandalong
95 Bowling Name Overs Mdns Wkts Runs Average Stirling Hamman 29 2 6 118 19.66 Stephen Kavanagh 36 2 2 129 64.50 Ian Hills 18 0 1 84 84.00 Gil McGrath 8 0 1 48 48.00 Ken Campbell 27 3 5 84 16.80 Laurence Natale 8 0 2 47 23.50 Dennis Stevenson 8 1 1 19 19.00 Tony Wright 28 7 6 89 14.83 Geoff Ainsworth 1 0 1 4 4.00 Mick Minors 16 5 5 49 9.80 Sujan Chinoy 2 0 0 16.00 00.00 Peter Samarasinghe 3 0 1 4 4.00 Adam Gilbert 27 3 2 93 46.50 Stuart Roberts 1 0 0 11 00.00 Nev Entwhistle 4 0 2 9 4.50 Bob Douglas 2 1 0 1 00.00 Will Kitchener 4 0 0 15 00.00
The Lawyers uphold a Legal Appeal at Mandalong
96 Masters – Lindfield Legends
Whilst the results for the season 2006-07 did not reflect much in the way of on-field success (we won only 1 of our 11 games played) the Legends had a year with some wonderful achievements and memories. John Burke, organising and commuting long distance from Carcoar, did a superb job of captaining the team. John’s job was made a little easier as we had a consistent line-up and several new recruits joined us (Ken Doughty, Ian Iverson, Andrew Davis). A feature of our season was our fielding. Nick Leake was our star in the outfield, and the addition to the team of Alex Martin and Kevin Engeler gave us 2 specialist wicketkeepers. John Jackson at last could concentrate on his bowling! Our only win for the season was against Epping. Fine bowling by Peter Naughtin ( 2 for 32 off 10) and John Burke (2 for 32 off 6) restricted Epping to a modest 163. Excellent fielding all round, and 2 stumpings by Alex Martin were features of the day. We passed their total in the 37th over with Kevin Engeler 41* and Nick Leake (34) starring with the bat. Much celebration! The marvellous team batting effort against Manly at Manly Oval was our other highlight . Despite losing the match, we had a terrific contest. We scored our highest total of the season (7 for 206), with John Jackson (41*), Peter Harrison (42*) providing a good start, and the middle order batting fireworks from Paul Bridle, Nick Leake and Michael Keen absolutely superb, hitting their bowlers (including Trevor Chappell) for several 6’s into those big trees!. Keith Wilkinson, a stalwart of many seasons with the Legends, retired at the end of 2006. Thank you Keith for your contribution to the team over the years. Team Achievements were:Most wickets : John Burke with 13 wickets; Most runs: Peter Harrison with 169 runs; Team Man Award: John Jackson; Fielding Award: Nick Leake Peter Harrison Match Results Round Opponent Lindfield Opponents Result Score Score 1 LANE COVE BLUE 8/195 6/198 Loss 2 BURWOOD 9/151 5/157 Loss 3 I ZINGARI (AUSTRALIA) 123 4/179 Loss 4 MOSMAN 162 4/195 Loss 5 MANLY 8/206 3/207 Loss 6 LINDFIELD LAWYERS 9/111 6/118 Loss 7 C.C.N.S.W. 9/198 3/207 Loss 8 WARRINGAH 56 8/140 Loss 9 LANE COVE WHITE 73 5/225 Loss 10 EPPING 7/164 5/163 Win 11 DOYALSON 49 8/168 Loss
97 Batting Performances
Name Played Not Out Runs Average C/St Michael Keen 10 1 105 11.67 2 John Jackson 9 2 127 18.14 5 Paul Bridle 6 1 97 19.40 Peter Harrison 7 2 169 33.80 1 Ian Iverson 10 87 8.70 3 Andrew Davis 8 90 11.25 1 Keith Wilkinson 5 2 102 34.00 Ken Doughty 6 48 8.00 2 Peter Naughtin 11 4 83 11.86 1 P Lang 1 18 18.00 Ken Gilson 8 81 10.13 1 John Burke 10 3 19 3.80 1 Geoff Ainsworth 2 39 19.50 Alec Martin 4 1 18 6.00 3 G Kirk 4 1 3 1.00 P Mullane 1 15 15.00 Nick Leake 8 115 14.38 Phil Kelly 1 5 5.00 Chris Dennis 1 28 28.00 1 G Ives 1 13 13.00 L Natale 1 3 3.00 Bob Douglas 1 1 11 11.00 Gil McGrath 1 1 3 3.00 Kevin Engeler 4 1 88 29.33 1 N Entwistle 1 17 17.00
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98 Bowling Performances
Name Overs Runs Wickets Average John Jackson 33.5 108 5 21.60 Paul Bridle 17 91 4 22.75 Peter Harrison 42 188 6 31.33 Ian Iverson 5 31 - Andrew Davis 40 199 5 39.80 Keith Wilkinson 20 78 1 78.00 Ken Doughty 3 14 1 14.00 Peter Naughtin 97 392 9 43.56 P Lang 3 16 - Ken Gilson 36 152 7 21.71 John Burke 63 327 13 25.15 Geoff Ainsworth 9 37 1 37.00 G Kirk 25 126 2 63.00 P Mullane 1 14 - Chris Dennis 5 17 1 17.00 L Natale 3 9 1 9.00 Bob Douglas 3 10 1 10.00 Gil McGrath 6 17 - N Entwistle 4 15 -
Legends and Partners at Play at the President’s Dinner 99 SYDNEY MASTERS COMPETITION 2006-07 FINAL POINTS TABLE
No Team P W D L bye Bon Bat Bow Total 1 Macquarie Uni (5) 11 10 - - 25 18 65 94 402 (323)
2 Lane Cove White (2) 11 8 - 2 25 4 86 81 356 (373)
3 Kenthurst (1) 10 7# - 2 25 - 79 69 313 (394)
4 C.C.N.S.W. (9) 11 7 - 4 - 2 79 73 294 (258)
5 Manly (3) 11 7 - 4 - 2 77 73 292 (358)
6 Warringah (7) 10 7 1 2 - 6 62 67 290 (278)
6 Doyalson (4) 11 6 1 3 25 2 59 69 290 (327)
8 Epping (13) 11 5 2 3 25 - 64 59 278 (216)
9 Hornsby (10) 11 4 1 5 25 - 70 56 246 (247)
10 Lane Cove Blue (12) 11 4 2 5 - - 64 56 223 (217)
11 Burwood (16) 11 2 1 7 25 - 58 74 212(199)
12 Mosman(=17) 9 4 - 5 - - 62 68 209 (184)
13 I. Zingari (11) 10 3 - 6 25 - 66 57 208 (234)
14 Lindfield Legends (15) 11 1 - 10 - - 69 65 154 (200)
15 Parramatta (6) 9 1 - 7 25 - 55 53 153 (290)
16 Castle Hill (8) 10 - 1 8 25 - 59 42 141 (260)
17 Lindfield Lawyers (14) 8 1 2 5 25 - 38 37 140 (211)
18 No Team Bye NOTES;Figures in brackets are last season’s points/positions. # One win by forfeit.
100 STIRLING HAMMAN AWARD BEST MASTER’S PLAYER- 2006-07 At the Annual Masters's Presentation Dinner at Ramsey Hall, St. Ignatius College on 26/5/07 Jon Hayes of Castle Hill Master's was awarded the Stirling Hamman Award for the Best and Fairest Player in the Sydney Master's Competition .Stephen Rose of Mac Uni was awarded the best batsman trophy (294 runs) and Matt Glascott of Lane Cove White was awarded the best bowler trophy ( 26 wickets)
Adam Gilbert shows his defensive style at Mandalong with the crowd in attendance
Lord’s Taveners on the attack vs Lawyers at Mandalong
101 Lindfield Masters Team Records Highest Team score 7-295 Lindfield Lawyers vs Burwood, Epping Oval, 1994/95
Lowest Team score 23 Lindfield Legends vs Penrith, Acron Oval, 1998/99
Batting Aggregate: Neil Fagg 318 1998/99 Average: J. Jackson 101.50 1998/99 Highest score: Greg Laughton 63* 1995/96
Bowling Aggregate:* Peter Naughtin 23 wkts 2003/04 Average: Peter Fordham 6.25 1993/94
Best Bowling 2003/04 Peter Naughtin 6/9 Lindfield Legends vs Hornsby Note: These records are taken from the performances of the Lindfield Lawyers and Lindfield Legends teams and based on a minium of six innings.
Stumps at close of play for Lawyers s at Mandalong 17/12/06
102 Lawyers/Legends Masters Tour South Island New Zealand - February 2007 After the successful North Island NZ tour in February 2006, the Lindfield Masters decided to conquor the South Island of the long white cloud in search of the “Masters of the Rings” as well as fun ,fantasy and some more senile cricketing adventures.A slick team of 10 including Gavin Chatfield (more famous than his brother Ewan) arrived at the Hotel Latimer in Christchurch on 27 February 2007 ably supported by 85yr old umpire Sir Charles Hooke (late of Auckland and more recently of Beverly's place) who was recruited to make all of those correct decisions in our favour against his fellow countrymen. The first game was a two hour drive north in our clapped out cheap hire vehicles at Cheviot on the Pacific coast against Hawkswood Wanderers. The day was overcast and the wicket wet until they rolled it with “Big Bertha” a 10 tonne roller which came over on the first fleet. Originally the ground was the front lawn of a mansion of an English squatter in the 1870's but was now adjacent to the burnt out ruins after a big night in the Castle. We won the toss and sent them into bat after Laurence had cut both teams' hair on the wicket square.We felt that the disguarded curls would give the wicket that extra body! It sure did as they got stuck into our bowling and blasted 9-260 off 40 overs. Gavin got 2-27 and Gil McGrath 3-30.After a very pleasant lunch we were 8-173 off 40 overs with Gavin 30 no; Les West 30no; Peter Harrison 23; Ken Campbell 22no; and Gil 21.The day ended with copious amounts of NZ lager and and even longer trip home with many pith stops. The next game on 1/3/07 was one of the most magical cricket experiences that any flannel fool could ever immerse thimself in any where on the planet.. The game was against the Valley of Peace in the western hinterland of Christchurch .This grassy paddock was first played upon in September 1932 when a dedicated band of cinima threatre owners having worked monday to saturdays and who weren't allowed to play on sundays for church reasons ,decided to have a religion of their own... cricket. They ultimately purchased the land in 1954 when the lady owner passed away. The ground is an abolute picture.They regularly host full international teams and Richie Benaud has described it as one of the world's most unique cricket grounds. On our day the sun shone brilliantly and the ground was bathed in a bright emerald green with trees and grass glistening all around and beyond the log cabin dressing sheds. .an amazing feeling! Upon the ringing of the bell, they batted first and made 8-127 off 40 overs after they were 5-38. Stirling Hamman took 3-10; Gil McGarth 2-12 and Peter
103 Harrison 2-23. We made 5-129 off 39 overs with Peter Harrison 30 no Laurence Natale 25 and SMH 21 no. With no women allowed and still dressed in our ties and jackets we drove out of heaven back to our hotel on earth. The next day it was up and on our way south to Timaru and a game vs Ducks and Drakes on the town's very big main ground. These guys had some geniune experienced top class mature cricketers and having been sent in on a very good but juicy wicket ,we batted well to make 5-191 off 40 overs .Geoff Ainsworth hit 38no Gavin Chatfield 37no ;Peter Harrison 35no and Ken Campbell 29no.Alas this was not near enough as they coasted to 3-195 off 38 overs. Both teams had a big meal at the local pub before we drove further south to Omaru that evening and our 1890's Hotel. At this stage the tour split into the usual two groups. Those who wished to remain loyal to the cause and go sight-seeing with the wives to Dunedin or those who were determined to rush acroos country to Ranfuly and drink piss in the bar while watching rugby. As this scribe took the former course with Dawn etc, I can only say thet my NZ education was enhanced immeasureably compared to the accelerated slide into oblivion by some identifiable drunken barbarians whose cricket was saddly unaffected. Ranfuly is a quaint place in the middle of nowhere and centers opon the Hotel Ranfuly run by Dave the yank from Indianna who jumped ship from the US Airforce in Antartica in 1974. As our team paraded under the “Ducks and Drakes”side (and so were aptly named) in this 6 team cricket carnival, we doubled the town's population on this weekend . Our first game was against the Invergargill Southerners on the only ground in town just a short walk from the public bar. After being sent in we made 8-176 off 40 overs with Paul Bridle 31no;Choppy Taylor 30no ;Les West 21no and Tony Wright 17. They were held to 9-141 off 40 overs with Ken Campbell 3-13 and SMH 3-14.The remaining carnival game was against Monototo at Monototo ,a delightful ground with a great wicket about 40 minutes drive back towards civilisation. These sheep farmers were not only good shepards but could play ie cricket. They belted 7-249 with 6 of their best shaggers making over 30! We batted a tour best to make 9-231 with SMH 41no ;Gavin 40no ;Paul Bridle 31no; Les West 28;Tony Wright 28 and Peter Harrison 24.Onto Queenstown and on astro we held the Millbrook Invitational IX to 9-183 off 40 overs with Geoff Ainsworth 4-19; Ken Campbell 3-41and Laurence Natale 2-23. In a thriller with 2 balls to go we hit 9-185! Gavin 35;Choppy 35no and Tony 23 were the stars. It was in Room 23 at The Ernslaw Lodge Queenstown where unbelieveable scenes took place when Laurence decided he was not going to room with the
104 known snorers and party animals of the tour. An incident took place and now twelve months later, the land lady still reminds international guests from Australia about it! Needless to say this now infamous off field dust-up with his then close team-mates (no “i “in team) deeply affected Laurence's cricket the next day at the International Exhibition Ground and the game against Millbrook where he went walkabout to contemplate his next innings.In the meantime next to probably the most pictureques cricket ground in the world (after Mandalong) Millbrook scored 8-201 (Gavin 3- 36; Ken Campbell 3-38) to which our 7-157 (Choppy 32no;Peter Harrison 25;SMH 22no) showed we were never in the hunt. A sensational restraurant dinner in our honour went well into the evening. The last game was against the Albion Ornaments played at the Wanaka Camping and Picnic ground on a quick astro pitch nestled in the Southern Alps. We scrambled 8-179 (Geoff Ainsworth 37no; Gavin 31; SMH 31no) off 40 overs but were no match for some really big hitting by these really big mountain men who smashed 3-181. SMH captured their Captain for 29 plum LBW (yes Tony-plum!) after he swung 29 off his first 2 overs! Another fancy dinner at the Wanaka Resort later that evening brought the tour to a wonderful conclusion before the majestic drive back to Christchurch through the “Lord of the Rings” stuff the next day.We then returned home with many exciting stories about sheep. Thanks to all and especially Phil Kelly, Gil, Ken and “Charlie's Angels” for their assistance. See yous all in Worcester and Wales in 2008. S.M.Hamman Manager
Lindfield Masters at Ranfuly NZ Standing L-R; K Campbell;L.Natale; G Ainsworth; G McGrathP Bridle ;C Taylor ;T Wright; Seated L-R; G Chatfield; P Kelly S Hamman (Capt);L West; P.Harrison
105 Lawyers/Legends Masters South Island NZ Statistics
Name Runs Aver’ge Overs Wickets Runs G Chatfield 196 49 40 6 229 P Harrison 166 27.60 22 4 86 S Hamman 147 24.50 44 8 219 L West 128 18.28 1 0 4 G Ainsworth 120 20 30 7 128 C Taylor-wkt 109 54.50 0 0 0 P Kelly 89 11.10 0 0 0 L Natale 85 12.14 32 2 173 T Wright 82 13.60 39 3 169 P Bridle 81 16.20 13 2 76 K Campbell 79 9.87 50 11 241 G McGrath 32 6.40 40 9 193
Lindfield Masters at Queenstown NZ Standing L-R;;L.Natale; P.Harrison; K Campbell; P Bridle; G Chatfield; G Ainsworth ; G McGrath ;C Taylor Seated L-R;( Sir) Charles Hooke; L West; S Hamman (Capt); P Kelly; T Wright
106 Total Runs and Wickets by Present Players
Total Total Total Total Player Runs Wkts Player Runs Wkts S Hamman 5504 368 J Brady 760 0 J Joyce 4562 242 S Cannane 746 513 S Smith 3660 220 P.Harrison 713 20 P Gillard 3424 176 R Lucas 693 24 K Jones 2821 141 P Henry 690 25 B McLeod 2705 199 P Pagan 690 8 A McCosker 2660 102 A Prins 682 1 P.Samarasinge 2623 64 M Tyson 675 0 A Foot 2482 235 R Parsons 664 0 P Schokman 2481 15 A Hunter 658 150 E Hamman 2436 6 B Goodwin 652 68 A Rezek 1950 20 W Psaltis 642 6 G Flanagan 1908 196 S Howells 633 7 M Bellmaine 1901 228 G.Ainsworth 631 20 A Hilliar 1844 3 D Dawkins 620 156 M Daly 1747 228 J Rabone 614 0 J.Jackson 1591 7 S Nesbitt 612 8 P Adams 1353 92 H Davey 603 23 I Foster 1295 5 L West 603 0 C McGowen 1263 0 J Whitaker 601 13 PRH Crawford 1233 8 D Gibson 569 6 S Henry 1228 114 T Verditch 565 11 S Hutchinson 1196 0 K.Wilkinson 565 4 J Jull 1194 133 L.West UK 554 10 T.Wright 1149 63 O.Williams UK 552 6 P Weaver 1127 18 PJ Rourke 549 2 P.Naughtin 1066 227 L.Natale 515 28 P.Bridle 1055 34 C Beadle 507 1 K Reddy 1040 7 M Gibson 506 12 T Humphries 971 8 A Gailey 490 0 A Lobendahn 888 19 P.Kelly 486 13 B Bryan 843 37 C.Taylor 475 1 S Gardner 832 3 J Luchetti 475 0 M Gersun 805 2 L Natale 471 18 J Hartwell 791 42 B Blake 445 49 P Kerr 791 35 D Wijesekera 432 46 S.Kavanagh 769 24 W Blunt 414 29 R Quayle 761 48 O Peterson 413 37
107 Total Total Total Total Player Runs Wkts Player Runs Wkts G Lawrence 409 24 N Murray 216 21 C Stewart 402 0 N Mohammed 212 11 J DeSilva 401 2 R Anjum 210 0 S Butt 399 27 D Davidson 207 4 L Terry 395 0 A Davey 190 59 A Lines 376 5 G Ness 184 9 G Martin 375 13 R Slobodian 180 10 C Murphy 360 33 Jon Muir 176 0 L Flory 358 25 S Dickinson 165 12 T Wills 356 6 R Pengelly 162 19 L Ellem 327 32 S Brown 161 21 J Hammond 326 67 S Paul 155 6 R Russell 312 76 PLH Crawford 153 0 P Corbett 309 70 D Russell-Gibson 153 9 A Allen 305 38 J Reid 151 18 R Bargoti 304 13 J Patel 145 75 H Cooper 304 61 D Davies 143 5 S Corrigan 302 32 J Gill 140 47 L Treadwell 297 0 J Collins 139 0 N Biven 285 13 A Inlges 129 0 D.Stevenson 285 13 J Heazlewood 126 7 T Drake 281 30 A Dunderdale 122 21 G Mitchell 271 7 L Gibson 119 11 D Storer 266 15 E Lembke-Hogan 117 1 R Reichman 265 63 N.Leake 115 0 B Julien 264 0 A Gassner 113 19 Jeremy Muir 261 11 Robbie Muir 109 7 K.Campbell 255 14 N.Entwhistle 106 2 S Watts 250 5 Denver Don Paul 101 45 R Birk 247 14 J.Burke 97 28 N Marquez 246 38 S Bunny 92 7 R Campbell 242 2 M Doyle 91 0 N Dukes 238 40 A.Davis 90 5 L Perry 237 0 K.Engeler 88 0 N Dowle 232 23 C Wakeham 87 3 I.Hills 228 56 I.Iverson 87 0 T Nichols 227 16 M Bates 85 1 A Souris 226 0 B Jarman 85 20 M.Keen 221 0 K.Gilson 81 7 H Hilliar 218 1 J Macca 78 4 B Mayor 218 11 M Oliver 76 1
108 Total Total Total Total Player Runs Wkts Player Runs Wkts R Wood 76 1 G Cooke 24 5 C Gearside 74 19 H Adams 23 1 D Twycross 72 17 J Donde 23 0 M Gribble 67 0 M Baggie 22 6 G Tamilarasan 63 13 J Shore 20 0 G.McGrath 62 18 M.Minors 20 5 A.Gilbert 62 2 G.Grant 20 0 L Jones 61 0 W Andrews-Buffard 19 4 E Rankin 61 9 W McCloy 19 0 R Hayward 60 5 M Butler 18 0 M Brooker 58 25 P.Lang 18 0 T Waller 58 0 A.Martin 18 0 B Aingetroy 56 0 A El Khassaby 17 3 T Southern 55 7 A Ferrier 16 0 G Crighton 49 15 A Halter 16 0 J Hodges 49 5 T Low 16 0 B Watson 48 11 J Petersen 16 0 K.Doughty 48 1 W.Kitchener 16 0 R Khakhar 46 14 P.Mullane 15 0 J Nicholls 46 0 A Chapman 14 0 P Madhanagopal 45 12 A Duval 14 0 D Lansdell 44 0 A Iwato 14 0 James Waller 44 6 M Dernee 13 4 D Cutting 43 0 A Smith 13 3 K Garling 43 21 G.Ives 13 0 T McCullagh 43 7 A Isaias 12 1 P Lines 42 0 M Powell 12 1 J Prichard 42 0 B.Doulas 11 1 S Waller 42 2 W Cook 10 3 J Martin 41 2 S de Bruin 10 0 S Hankins 40 0 A Montgomerie 10 0 A Shaw 40 0 W Reed 10 1 M Dellevirgin 35 2 I Pavkovic 9 1 S Kruger 33 0 J Jedlin 8 4 S Bajaj 32 3 J Baxter 7 0 J Sullivan 32 4 D Brown 7 0 Peter Kelly 30 4 N McDonell 7 0 T Werner 30 1 C Andreano 6 0 A Gadd 28 0 G Davey 6 0 Chris.Dennis 28 1 R Henry 6 0 D Isaacs 27 4 N McKinnon 6 2
109 Total Total Total Total Player Runs Wkts Player Runs Wkts D Traill 6 1 S Vitorovic 2 20 A Vaswani 5 1 J Yahl 2 0 S.Roberts 5 0 H Geddes 0 2 C Dennis 4 3 J Mansfield 0 5 A Fleming 4 0 J Middleton 0 7 M Rothlin 4 4 R Novos 0 1 G.Kirk 3 2 L Schneller 0 1 M Carrol 3 0 M Williams 0 1 D Holmes 2 0 S.Chinoy 0 0
Award Winners Ian Foster and Ben Bryan at the Lindfield Presentation Evening
110 Past Performances Players who have scored more than 4,000 runs. Name Runs Name Runs R. Smith 12,960 D. Smith 4,995 F. Tavener 10,651 J. Hawley 4,835 W. Robins 7,793 M. Baume 4,807 L. Blackman 7,769 J. Jessop 4,795 H. Jones 7,639 A. O’Grady 4,660 R. Gyles 7,178 J. Joyce 4,562 C. Henderson 6,845 B. Metcalf 4,451 M. Gentle 6,827 A. Kemmis 4,438 C. Bickell 6,528 B. Mason 4,432 N. Hobbs 6,389 H. Gee 4,395 S. Hamman 5,504 T. Schokman 4,353 P. Hastings 5,428 A. Thompson 4,345 I. Moffatt 5,280 R. Belyea 4,279 P. Toohey 5,237 A. Drake 4,251 A. Evans 5,093 P. Baker 4,233 R. Balcomb 5,059 A. Poole 4,171 K. Walker 5,038 D. Banwell 4,042 Players who have taken 400 wickets. Name Wickets Name Wickets W. Williamson 670 J. Hole 494 M. Browne 638 P. Turner 474 P. Daly 605 W. Kirsop 473 C. Henderson 597 L. Pink 447 J. Wilson 542 P. Watts 440 G. Moss 529 A. Collins 433 S. Cannane 513 C. Bickell 426 N. Hansford 506 A. Drake 419
111 Past Performances
Players to have scored 600 runs in one season since 1957 Season Name Runs Season Name Runs 1957-58 R. Smith 616 1994-95 D. Banwell 653 1958-59 H. Gee 667 1994-95 S. Southwell 637 1965-66 R. Smith 627 1998-99 K. Rule 696 1966-67 R. Smith 710 1998-99 J. Stevens 603 1968-69 R. Smith 714 1998-99 K. Jones 708 1969-70 R. Smith 707 1999-00 J. Balcomb 699 1978-79 B. Mason 710 2000-01 K. Rule 702 1986-87 S. Hamman 674 2000-01 R. Balcomb 682 1988-89 P. Toohey 715 2001-02 A. Kemmis 809 1990-91 P. Toohey 783 2003-04 M.Gates 753 1990-91 N. Hobbs 681 2003-04 J.Maloney 667 1991-92 M. Gentle 629 2005-06 T.Humphreys 693 1992-93 P. Toohey 694 2005-06 M.Watson 680 1992-93 S. Southwell 653 2005-06 I Foster 650 1993-94 M. Gentle 638 2005-06 P.Weaver 621 1994-95 G. Gabriel 773 2005-06 A.Rezek 607 1996-97 A. Kemmis 738 2006-07 P.Gillard 751 1997-98 K. Rule 742 2006-07 I Foster 645 1997-98 G. Henry 710 2006-07 P Crawford (rh) 639 1997-98 R. Hamman 607 2006-07 B Bryan 611
Players to have taken 50 wickets in one season since 1957 Season Name Wickets Season Name Wickets 1956-57 J. Gilmore 57 1976-77 R. Hohmuth 56 1957-58 E. Searle 55 1977-78 J. Hole 55 1960-61 A. Collins 54 1991-92 P. Daly 50 1966-67 M. Browne 55 1992-93 P. Daly 64 1966-67 J. Brogan 54 1992-93 D. Chan 62 1966-67 A. Horsley 50 1994-95 P. Daly 56 1969-70 J. Stammers 62 1995-96 P. Daly 64 1969-70 J. Wilson 53 1996-97 P. Daly 55 1970-71 J. Wilson 56 1998-99 P. Rose 51 1974-75 J. Hole 52
112 Trophy Winners
MAJOR SENIOR AWARDS WITHIN THE LINDFIELD DISTRICT CRICKET CLUB;
Ross Smith Medal 1998/99 Phillip Rose / Steven Young 1999/00 Jamie Balcomb 2000/01 Adam Evison 2001/02 Andrew Kemmis 2002/03 Steve Cannane / Alex Hunter 2003/04 James Maloney 2004/05 Greg Flanagan/Ben McLeod 2005/06 Ben France 2006/07 Ben Bryan
Doug Blackman Trophy 1993-4 Ray Balcomb 2000/01 Kevin Rule 1994-5 Peter Daly 2001/02 Andrew Kemmis 1995-6 Peter Daly 2002/03 Steve Cannane 1996-7 Ray Balcomb 2003/04 Peter Crocker 1997-8 Kevin Rule 2004/05 Steve Cannane/Daminda Wijesekera 1998/99 Jamie Balcomb 2005/06 Ben France 1999/00 Jamie Balcomb 2006/07 Evan Hamman
Ron Gentle Trophy Felix Tavener Trophy 2001/02 Nicholas Goh 2000/01 Michael Jones 2002/03 Ben McLeod 2001/02 Michael Jones 2003/04 Keiran Jones 2002/03 Michael Jones 2004/05 Evan Hamman 2003/04 Peter Rezek 2005/06 Michael Watson 2004/05 Annette Dukes 2006/07 Ben Bryan 2005/06 Ken Foster 2006/07 Matthew Bellemaine
Trevor Schokman Trophy
2006/07 Jeita Hartwell
113 Sydney Shires Competition Winners 1923-2006
Season 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 1923-24 Lane Cove - - 1924-25 Hornsby - - 1925-26 Lane Cove - - 1926-27 Lane Cove - - 1927-28 Lane Cove/Roseville - - 1928-29 Lindfield Glebe - 1929-30 Ryde Waverley - 1930-31 Marrickville Randwick - 1931-32 Randwick Balmain - 1932-33 Randwick Burwood - 1933-34 Lindfield Epping - 1934-35 Ryde Northern Districts - 1935-36 Marrickville Mosman - 1936-37 Ryde Western Suburbs - 1937-38 Marrickville Glebe - 1938-39 Lane Cove Burwood - 1939-40 Lane Cove Epping - 1940-41 Western Suburbs Lane Cove - 1941-42 Burwood Lane Cove - 1942-43 Bexley - - 1943-44 Bexley - - 1944-45 Burwood - - 1945-46 Burwood/Lane Cove - - 1946-47 Burwood Balmain - 1947-48 Balmain Glebe - 1948-49 Bankstown Lane Cove - 1949-50 Burwood Bankstown - 1950-51 Burwood Bankstown - 1951-52 Epping Burwood - 1953-54 Auburn-Lidcombe Lindfield - 1954-55 Pennant Hills Burwood - 1955-56 Burwood Burwood - 1956-57 Ryde Sutherland - 1957-58 Epping Epping - 1959-60 Canterbury Pennant Hills - 1960-61 Pennant Hills Lane Cove - 1961-62 Auburn-Lidcombe Pennant Hills - 1962-63 Auburn-Lidcombe Lane Cove - 1963-64 Auburn-Lidcombe Uni. of NSW - 1964-65 Uni. of NSW Burwood Sutherland 1965-66 Uni. of NSW Epping Balmain 1966-67 Roseville Uni. of NSW Canterbury 1967-68 Uni. of NSW Uni. of NSW Wentworthville 1968-69 Roseville Lane Cove Southern Dist 1969-70 Wentworthville Lane Cove L’Cove/C’bury
114 Sydney Shires Competition Winners 1923-2007
1970-1 Uni. of SW Epping Lane Cove 1971-72 Uni. of NSW Burwood Macquarie Uni 1974-5 Epping Epping Epping 1975-6 Canterbury Epping Epping 1976-7 Lindfield Canterbury Epping 1977-8 Lindfield Wentw’ville Epping 1978-9 Wentw’ville Mac. Uni. Mac. Uni 1979- 80 Epping Epping Epping 1980-81 Burwood Epping Burwood 1981-82 Wentw’ville Epping Epping 1982-83 Lindfield Burwood Canterbury Strathfield 1983-84 Wentw’ville Epping Strathfield Epping 1984-85 Burwood Canterbury Epping Aub/Lidcombe 1985-86 Epping Auburn Epping Burwood 1986-87 Wentw’ville Wentw’ville Auburn Sydney Uni. 1987-88 Wentw’ville Roseville Warringah Sydney Uni. Warringah 1988-89 Warringah Lane Cove Bexley Wentw’ville Pennt Hills 1989-90 Auburn Burwood Wentw’ville Burwood R’ville/Auburn 1990-91 Roseville Wentw’ville Roseville Warringah Roseville 1991-92 Lindfield Lindfield Warringah Roseville Bexley 1992-93 Lindfield Mac. Uni Wentw’ville Roseville Roseville 1993-94 Lindfield Burwood Burwood Macq. Uni. Holroyd 1994-95 Canterbury Lindfield Mac. Uni. Strathfield Holroyd 1995-96 Mac. Uni. Burwood Auburn Bexley Lindfield 1996-97 Sth Sydney Blacktown Penn Hills Warringah Lindfield 1997-98 Blacktown Sth Sydney Warringah Burwood Blacktown 1998-99 Burwood Warringah Burwood PennantHills Strathfield 1999-00 Burwood Sth Sydney Auburn Burwood Burwood 2000-01 Sth Sydney Warringah Penn Hills Burwood Blacktown 2001-02 Lindfield Warringah Auburn Blacktown Strathfield 2002-03 Strathfield Burwood Sth Sydney Sth Sydney Burwood 2003-04 Strathfield Warringah Burwood Sth Sydney Burwood 2004-05 Strathfield Holroyd Hills Burwood Sth Sydney Warringah 2005-06 Burwood Lane Cove Burwood Mac. Uni. Epping 2006-07 Sth Sydney Burwood Burwood Sth Sydney Lane Cove
115 Cricket Week The 2007 Lindfield Cricket week commenced at Mandalong in hot 30C conditions on Monday 15th January 2007. As there had been two 45c days leading into the tournament the wicket was hard and had plenty of grass on it to ensure the first ball was bowled on time. Cricket week now being a truly international event saw Lindfield field 5 English cricketers , Les West , wicketkeeper Choppy Taylor , Olly Williams , Adam Gailey and Tom Freeman. With fair skin and boastful talent , it remained to be seen how they coped with the hot tough conditions of the Australian bush cricket's equivalent of the Indian Premier League.As tradition dictates ,the first game was against our great friends and rivals NSW Cricketers Club for the John MacDonald Trophy. John was a Master's stalwart of NSW CCand sadly passed away in April 2005. As usual their team was Captained by local veteran Nick Youngman who won the toss and batted. The opening quicks Tom Freeman and Blake Barry made heavy going against openers John Thorpe (34) and Darren Chin (21) and the first wicket didnt fall until 58. It was the very slow mediums Jeita Hartwell 3-19 and Geoff Ainsworth 2-20 who along with giant spinner big Al Hunter 3-13 did the damage by dismissing them for 137 off 40 overs. Along the way there was a lot of ernest pommie sledging as our 5 savagely attacked 2 other English cricketers in the NSWCC side. I suppose they saw weaknesses in each other's game! After lunch the tough combination of heat ,carbohydrates and banter somehow worked as our top 3 english batters (Gailey 9; Williams 0 and West 6) were in the dressing shed at 4-58. It was left to talented Aussies Tim Wills (31no) (who gave a running commentary of his whole innings! ) big Al 32no and Olly Peterson 29no to show how it was done as we passed them 4-138 off 32 overs.. Evergreen Adrian Hawkes 2-17 and Chris Turnbull 2-21 were their best bowlers. Tuesday 16th January was again hot for our game against Central Coast opponents Doyalson. With excess numbers Laurence Natale and Tony Wright cavorted with the opposition. Doyalson won the toss and batted on a hard grassy track. Opening quick Blake Barry 3-12 ripped through their lineup and at 5-49 it looked like a romp. However veteran Dave Wilson 44no , Dave Wilson Jnr 31no, Bruce Crutcher 31no and John Liddle 30no powered them onto 229. The highlights of their innings included 'keeper Adam Gailey's 2nd ball broken finger, Evan Hamman's brilliant run out and 2 catches from the deep as well as Laurence's run out from a 60 metre throw from Tim Wills. Stirling Hamman took 3-18 and Olly Peterson 2-30. Openers Evan Hamman 30 no and Olly Willaims 31 no then produced a high class exhibition of batting before the first wicket fell at 78 when Adam Gailey was inexcuseably run out at the non striker's end for 18. Doylo then clawed it back including the over of the tournament from John Liddle which included a fanastic leg cutter to Williams who was too good to get a touch. At 6- 155 off 40 overs things weren't looking too good until some big hitting from Jeita Hartwell 31and Blake Barry 29 saw Gil McGrath and Bob Douglas bunt the score to 7 to win off 6 balls! On the last ball a recycled Evan clipped a mid wicket drive and he and Olly Williams scampered through for 2 runs and a TIE! One of the great cricket week games and another Mandalong thriller. As usual Sydney Shires Club Southern Districts were our guests on the Wednesday and after a long drive from Liverpool they arrived at 8am. In 35C heat with 10 men a side, it was decided to play a 30 overs game. Southern Districts won the toss and batted. New recruits Daniel Isaacs, Karven and Ian Foster bowled first and with Olly Williams gave the visitors a fine start before the first wicket fell at
116 91. In the end Southern Districts made a very good 6-198 with Kyle Dunley 33, our Tom Freeman 28no, Adam Pope 25 and Mick Said 21 the major contributors. Big hitting left hander Ryan Alexander belted 25 off 12 balls including a hugh six ½ way up the giant grey gum on the bush side off Olly Williams . Big Al 2-23 and Geoff Ainsworth 2-24 were our best. Drop -in guest Josh Petersen retired at 27 and with Olly Williams 38no, Ian Foster 25no, Karven 28no (including the cover drive of the day) and Daniel Isaacs 25no we manufactured another thriller and at 3-199 we won with one ball to go ! The balance of the afternoon was taken up with a long game of stumps. Our final clash on thursday was against Geoff Kirk’s Penrith Phantoms which was eagerly approached having regard to last year's game. In more 35C weather we won the toss and batted. We were off to a solid start when Olly Williams (19) and Countryman Tom Freeman (26no) put on 38 for the first wicket. Experienced campaigners Phil Kelly and Chris Dennis fell to some fine bowling from big Stevy M and it was left to Big Al 26 no and young Claude Dennis 25 no to navigate us to 6-156 off 40 overs. Some quick singles from the Monty Penasaar effigy Bob Douglas 9no and SMH 22 aided the cause at the finish.The Phantoms got off to a flying start when opener Paul spanked 3 successive 4's off Birmingham League opening quick Tom Freeman...... welcome to a Sydney park player! It took some old Mandalong guile when SMH trapped the parkie LBW for 28. Stevy M scored a well compiled 25no but the prodigious spin of Big Al 5-16 and rookie 14yr old leg spinner Patrick Sim 3-6 destoyed the Penrith Picnic. Patrick took 2 wickets with his first 2 balls at Manders and later gained great pleasure in dismissing his dad and Lindfield coach John Sim smartly caught at short point by SMH after some intense sledging. All out for 116.The week ended the same way it started with typical hot/dry Australian conditions laced by typical English humour, their usual national cricket standards and their capacity to get injured. This time the “Bush Rat “ Les West broke his finger trying to catch a sitter off big Tony Wright and ended up at Wyong Hospital late into the evening for Xrays and Treatment. Having regard to the true nature of the injury he should be right to play on saturday. Thanks to Dawn, the catering was up to it's usual high standard as was the fun. Stirling Hamman
Visit from Karaoke Stallions NZ (North Island) vs Lawyers at Mandalong 117 Cricket Week Statistics
Name Runs Ave. Overs Mdns Wkts Runs S.Hamman 34 17 8 0 4 40 E.Hamman 32* - 2 0 0 19 O Williams 88 44 15 0 0 53 J.Hartwell 31* - 11 0 4 34 T Freeman 88 44 18 3 0 78 L West 37 12.3 8 0 2 29 B.Barry 29 29 15 0 3 36 GAinsworth 15 7.5 6 0 4 44 C Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 T Wright 17 8.5 5 0 0 15 G Mc Grath 4 2 8 1 0 25 B Douglas 25 8.3 14 3 1 44 O.Peterson 31 31 6 0 2 36 A.Gailey 25 12.5 0 0 0 0 A.Hunter 39 19.5 17 3 11 65 T.Wills 47 47 2 0 0 28 Chris Dennis 25* - 2 1 3 6 ClaudeDennis 2 2 2 0 0 7 Davis - - 2 0 0 7 D.Isaacs 25* - 4 0 0 20 Karvan 28* - 4 0 0 37 I.Foster 25* - 4 0 0 16 P.Simes 5 5 3 0 0 23 R.Cooney 2 2 3 0 0 23 P.Kelly 1 1 - - - - J.Peterson 27* - - - - - L.Natale 8 8 3 0 0 22
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118 VALE PETER DALY It is with profound saddness that we record the untimely passing of Peter Francis Daly who was a true Lindfield Cricket Legend and without a doubt, a “man for all seasons”. Peter passed away on the 18 March 2007 at Newcastle aged 60 young years after an enormously courageous battle with prostate cancer which was diagnosed 12 months previously. To state that Peter Daly was an Icon of the Lindfield District Cricket Club is to state the obvious. His record of 605 wickets makes him the third highest wicket taker in the Club's history. In 6 seasons from 1991/92 until 1996/97 Peter captured 50 first grade wickets on 5 occasions and coupled with his 2078 runs, his vast experience and his extremely positive “never say die attitude “, he was one of the driving forces for Lindfield Cricket Club to be so successful in winning 3 successive first grade premierships from 1991/92 until 1993/94. Peter was born on 21 September 1946 and established his love for cricket from an early age . In due course from his base in Tamworth he captured hundreds of wickets with his deft flight and immaculate length and soon represented his District and then NSW Country. He first came to Lindfield in the 1981/82 season joining the Club with “new-comers” Alan Thompson and Steve Dinsdale. Along with his very close team -mates including Captain Frank Bousie, wicketkeeper Peter Hastings, Laurie Blackman, Jeff Hole, Paul Baker ,Tony Goodwin and Alan Evans, the team made a remarkable recovery to win the minor premiership only to be defeated by Wentworthville in the final. Peter made a significant contribution to the team's success with 348 runs at 31.6 and 24 wickets at 18.3 in his 14 games . By season's end Peter had established his indelible mark on and off the field as an irrepressible character with a fierce determination to succeed. These qualities were sadly missed when the following year he with his beloved wife Kate (“Mrs.Savage”) and their young family headed off to Cootamundra to manage a hotel after playing just 4 games that season. In that first grade premiership year Peter scored 90, 50, 61 and 41 and took 14 wickets for 206 runs before he departed. Fortunately Peter Daly returned to Lindfield at the commencement of the 1988/89 season and played in first grade continuously until he suffered a heart attack whilst warming up for the game against Burwood at Rothwell in January 2001. During that period the Club made the finals 12 times out of the 13 years and the grand final on 5 occasions to win 3 premierships. Of these the most exciting was the 1993/94 Final against Canterbury at Epping Oval. Chasing 90 for a first innings lead and the score at 8-58, Peter strode to the crease as number 10 to join Lindsay Moss. In the 1993/94 Club's Annual Report Captain Nigel Hobbs recorded “Daly bludgeoned, Moss defended and deflected but both refused to give up their wickets. From this precarious position the Club record partnership was enough to turn defeat into first innings points, much to the joy of the spectators”. The next day following a night of severe stomach illness Peter finally“bludgeoned” his way to 92 and set up our final's outright victory!
119 Peter devotedly served on the Lindfield Club's General Committee from 1989/90 until 1999/2000 always bringing a bottle of his finest red to it's meetings so as to enhance the ease of decision making. He was made a Life Member of the Lindfield Club in 2001 and inducted into the Shires Hall of Fame as a Shire's Legend in May 2006 to a standing ovation of 300 fellow Sydney Shire devotees. He represented the Combined Sydney Shires' team against the Combined Grade team at the Sydney Cricket Ground on several occasions with distinction. In recent years he loved playing Masters cricket with his life long mates in the Lindfield Legends but this ceased in 2005 when a shoulder injury forced him to stop bowling. Aside from the cricket performances and statistics it was the man behind the wiley left arm finger spinner who was larger than life and who made such a difference to every one. He was a generous, kind, and scrupulously fair man who constantly sported a raucous laugh. He warmly welcomed everyone to his company with his Irish wit and homespun lessons on life. Always the demon on as well as off the field, especially occupying his seat in the far left hand corner of the Lindfield dressing room , his teammates were forever wary of his pranks and particularly terrified to shower with him after a game. He loved his family, Lindfield District Cricket Club and life with a passion. Put Simply, Peter Daly was an “All Time Lindfield Cricket Great” and he will be greatly missed. Our deepest sympathies are extended to Kate , his sons Patrick, Sean and Matthew and his family. Stirling Hamman
Peter Francis Daly
120 LINDFIELD DISTRICT CRICKET CLUB
JUNIORS
SEASON 2006-2007
121 Lindfield District Junior Cricket Club
Club Management Convenor Ray Rice Gordon District Delegate Ray Rice Internet Coordinator Matthew Bellmaine Coaching Co-ordinator John Sim U/8 Coaching Clinic Stirling Hamman Girls Coordinator Stirling Hamman
Team Management
Team AM/PM Coach Manager U16/17 CLARKE AM John Sim John Sim U14/15 BEVAN AM/PM Allan Bank Rob Cloughton U14/15 BORDER AM/PM Trevor Benson Trevor Benson U14/15 HAYDEN PM Alan Ellis Jabin Shrestha U14/15 HEALY PM Andrew Shaw/John Grimble David Carter U14/15 TAYLOR PM Andrew Lamble Neil Jayasekera U13/14 BRADMAN PM Callumn Thomson Craig Davies U13/14 CHAPPELL PM Gary Powell Chris Burge U13/14 GILLESPIE PM John McCamley Susie Hew U13/14 LANGER PM Malcolm Coleman Diane Morris U13/14 WATSON PM Matt Langham Kim Wilkinson U12 KATICH AM Greg Cook Aidan Hoff U12 LEE AM Chris Deegan Pauline Pugh U12 WAUGH PM Russell Armstrong Russell Armstrong U11 GILCHRIST AM/PM Simon Barrow/Michael Jerogin Pia Barrow U11 KATICH PM Peter Calov Peter Calov U11 LANGER PM Andrew Blamey Jeff Bolt U11 LEHMANN AM Max Mackay David Hobart U11 MARTYN PM Sefal Khan Tim Middleton
122 U10 PONTING AM John McCamley Colin Dimitroff U10 MACGILL AM Richard Druce Colin Petrie U10 MARTYN AM Geoff Lovell Guy Fisher U10 TAIT AM Rob Veale/Bill Croker Steven James U10 WHITE AM Robert Crittenden Robert Crittenden U10 BRACKEN Joe Daley Meg Nicholas U9 CLARKE John Sleigh John Sleigh U9 GILCHRIST Stephen Harper/John Campbell Sue/Berne Zicat U9 HADDIN David Brimson Bruce Kennedy U9LEE Rory Simington Rory Simington U9 McGRATH Sam Di Sano Monica Gyoery
Lindfield Junior Champions Presentation Evening 8/8/2007
123 Junior Convenor’s Report
After a number of seasons of rapid increase in numbers, we stabilised in 2006-07 at around 482 players. However, we did improve our quality of playing. This success is in no small part due to the incredible volunteers who coach, manage, score, umpire, transport and help our players each week. Thank you to this great crowd for making the LDCC Juniors so successful in 2006-07.
Our ever popular Cricket Clinic was again led by the club President, Stirling Hamman. The Clinic is at the heart of our cricket success, and many thanks must go to Stirling and his many helpers.
While winning championships should not be the measure of our success, it is a key indicator and how well we are doing in teaching our players about cricket. On this front, we had a fantastic season. Out of 30 teams in 13 divisions, Lindfield won four Premierships (ie top of point score), and five Championships. A fantastic result! Congratulations to all teams who competed so well.
Our initiatives in encouraging parents to become qualified Umpires continued, and it is pleasing to see that many teams had three or four Umpires. This is well above the district average, and indicates that Lindfield parents are willing to participate in the game with their players. We held a number of coaching sessions for Coaches – and although these were not as well attended as we had hope, those who participated gained a lot from them. We will continue this training of our coaches in the coming season in a slightly different format.
Many of our older junior players have bee integrated well into the Lindfield senior teams in the past few seasons. This has been led by Peter Rezek and encouraged by Stirling and the Committee. This philosophy of “growing our own” senior teams is already leading to dividends in the senior’s results.
See you all in 2007-08.
Ray Rice Junior Convenor
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Junior Club Trophies
THEO LOWE TROPHY Oliver Knight U13/14 Watson MICHAEL BROWNE TROPHY Daniel Isaacs U16/17 Clarke CONVENOR’S TROPHY Matt Langham
LINDFIELD SPORTS STORE TROPHY OUTSTANDING CLUB PLAYER of the YEAR – U16 Daniel Isaacs U16/17 Clarke LINDFIELD MARKET GARDENS TROPHY OUTSTANDING CLUB PLAYER of the YEAR – U14 Mitcell Carter U14/ Healy ROSS SMITH TROPHY OUTSTANDING CLUB PLAYER of the YEAR – U13 Oliver Knight U13/14 Watson FELIX TAVENER TROPHY OUTSTANDING CLUB PLAYER of the YEAR – U12 Marco Fraugenfelder U12 Lee BRUCE BERRY TROPHY OUTSTANDING CLUB PLAYER of the YEAR – U11 James Fraser U11 Langer QUANTS QUALITY MEATS TROPHY OUTSTANDING CLUB PLAYER of the YEAR – U10 Patrick Flottmann U10 Ponting THERE WERE NO CENTURIES SCORED FOR LINDFIELD IN 2006-07 HAT TRICKS and FIVE WICKETS Daniel Isaacs 5 wickets for 7 runs U16 Clarke v NSBHS 24-Feb-07 Dean Royds Century (102) U15 Bevan v Mosman 16-Sep-06 Peter Hudson 6 wickets for 21 runs U14 Border v St Ives 23-Sep-06 Sukhita DeSilva 5 wickets for 10 runs U14 Hayden v Monash 10-Feb-07 Nicholas Hay 5 wickets for 9 runs U14 Hayden v Monash 10-Mar-07 Oliver Grimble Hat Trick (3 for 7) U14 Healy v Monash 18-Nov-06 Max Carter Century (150 not out) U14 Healy v North Sydney 14-Oct-06 Tim Mitchell Century (114 not out) U14 Healy v NSBHS 4-Nov-06 Scott Penfold Century (112 not out) U14 Healy v Monash 11-Nov-06 Amil Premawardhana Century (102 not out) U14 Taylor v Monash 3-Feb-07 Nick Coleman Hat Trick (3 for 14) U13 Langer v NSBHS 14-Oct-06 Andrew Langham 5 wickets for 12 runs U13 Watson v Lane Cove 14-Oct-06 Andrew Langham 5 wickets for 5 runs U13 Watson v Chappell 10-Mar-07
125 Lindfield DCC Batting, Bowling and Coaches Awards U16-17 Clarke Batting Kaven Amerasekera U16-17 Clarke Bowling Daniel Isaacs U16-17 Clarke Coach's Avi Bauer U14-15 Bevan Batting Dean Royds U14-15 Bevan Bowling Danny Glasser U14-15 Bevan Coach's Alex Wong U14-15 Border Batting Greg Joffe U14-15 Border Bowling Peter Hudson U14-15 Border Coach's Alec Benson U14-15 Hayden Batting Ben Scott U14-15 Hayden Bowling Biraj Shrestha U14-15 Hayden Coach's Ryan Vitorovic U14-15 Healy Batting Scott Penfold U14-15 Healy Bowling Declan Jackrot U14-15 Healy Coach's Mitchell Carter U14-15 Taylor Batting Amil Premawardhana U14-15 Taylor Bowling Byron Stutz U14-15 Taylor Coach's Andrew Mowbray U13-14 Bradman Batting Tom O'Farrell U13-14 Bradman Bowling Amila Waniganayake U13-14 Bradman Coach's Al Hughes U13-14 Chappell Batting Matthew Page U13-14 Chappell Bowling Marcus Gatt U13-14 Chappell Coach's Brendan Flaherty U13-14 Gillespie Batting Liam Flottmann U13-14 Gillespie Bowling Jacob Herman U13-14 Gillespie Coach's Gregor Boyle U13-14 Langer Batting Nick Coleman U13-14 Langer Bowling Andrew Morris U13-14 Langer Coach's Harry Jenkins U13-14 Watson Batting Oliver Knight U13-14 Watson Bowling Andrew Langham U13-14 Watson Coach's Zane Mukerjee U13-14 Watson Coach's Andrew Wilkinson U12 Katich Batting Hugh Fisher U12 Katich Bowling Jake Fitzpatrick
126 U12 Katich Coach's Marcus Isaacs U12 Lee Batting Marco Frauenfelder U12 Lee Bowling Rory Gallagher U12 Lee Coach's Jamie Scott U12 Waugh Batting Lachlan Fenwick U12 Waugh Bowling Jack Stocks U12 Waugh All Rounder Christopher Armstrong U12 Waugh Coach's Matt Turnbull U11 Gilchrist Batting Mogan Weiser U11 Gilchrist Bowling Adam Barrow U11 Gilchrist Coach's Angus Armstrong U11 Katich Batting Will Calov U11 Katich Bowling Tom Gray U11 Katich Coach's Cameron Auer U11 Langer Batting James Fraser U11 Langer Bowling Henry Hesketh U11 Langer Coach's Michael Abraham U11 Lehmann Batting Sean Campbell U11 Lehmann Bowling Matthew Johnstone U11 Lehmann Coach's Robert Hobart U11 Martyn Batting Amey Bhanushall U11 Martyn Bowling Sean Langham U11 Martyn Coach's Anton Lubbers U10 Ponting Batting Patrick Flottmann U10 Ponting Bowling Angus Morrissey U10 Ponting Coach's Angus Rule U10 MacGill Best Player Nic Druce U10 MacGill Most Impoved Batter Ran Liron U10 MacGill Most Improved Bwl Nelson Chen U10 Martyn Batting James Fraser U10 Martyn Bowling Ben Hugh U10 Martyn Coach's Will Capon U10 Tait Batting Andrew Saar U10 Tait Bowling Sebastian Croker U10 Tait Coach's James Charge U10 White Batting Alexander Hancock U10 White Bowling Tom Crittenden U10 White Coach's Michael Icely
127 U9 Bracken Batting Christopher Thompsett U9 Bracken Bowling Jack Ayles U9 Bracken Coach's William Glass U9 Clarke Batting Declan Schillert U9 Clarke Bowling Stuart Plenderleith U9 Clarke Coach's Griffin Sleigh U9 Gilchrist Batting Sam Carrick U9 Gilchrist Bowling Ned Campbell U9 Gilchrist Coach's Jahan Mand U9 Haddin Batting Tristan Kennedy U9 Haddin Bowling Harry Lidbetter U9 Haddin Coach's Ben Pike U9 Lee Batting Dan Hawes U9 Lee Bowling Brad Young U9 Lee Coach's Ben Close U9 McGrath Batting Robbie Nichols U9 McGrath Bowling Sebastian Di Sano U9 McGrath Coach’s James Browning
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Final Points Table 2006-07
WO = Won Outright, W = Won, FW = Forfeit Win, B = Bye, D/T = Draw / Tie,A = Abandoned, L = Loss, FL = Forfeit Loss, NR = No Result Teams in italics have missing match results
U16 Div 1 Round 12 Points WO W FW B D/T A L FL NR Lindfield Clarke 611800 1020 0 NSBHS Gold 570900 1020 0 St Pius Blue 240400 0080 0 NSBHS Maroon 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
U14/U15 Div 1 Round 13 Points WO W FW B D/T A L FL NR North Sydney Green 600702 0202 0 Gordon Red 54 0 5 1 2 0 2 3 0 0 St Pius Gold 540711 0040 0 Lindfield Bevan 510611 0140 0 St Ives Benaud 450502 0141 0 North Sydney White 420402 1150 0 St Ives Bichel 36 0 4 0 1 1 1 5 1 0
U14/U15 Div 2 Round 13 Points WO W FW B D/T A L FL NR Lindfield Healy 611611 0130 0 St Ives Lee 480412 0231 0 Mosman Blue 450511 0150 0 NSBHS Gold 420510 1150 0 Gordon Blue 39 0 4 0 2 0 1 6 0 0 Lindfield Border 390402 0160 0 Lindfield Taylor 390402 0160 0 Lindfield Hayden 300202 1170 0 Monash White 300 00 0 1 7 2 3
U13/U14 Div 1 Round 16 Points WO W FW B D/T A L FL NR St Ives McGrath 81013000120 0 St Ives Blewett 72 0 11 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 Lane Cove Bradman 69 0 10 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 North Sydney Black 63 0 10 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 St Ives Hayden 540800 0260 0 Lindfield Watson 510800 0170 0 Lindfield Chappell 24 0 3 0 0 0 2 11 0 0 Mosman Gold 15 0 1 0 0 0 3 12 0 0
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U13/U14 Div 2 Round 16 Points WO W FW B D/T A L FL NR Gordon Blue 69 0 10 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 Lindfield Gillespie 63 0 7 0 3 0 1 5 0 0 Lindfield Langer 63 0 8 0 2 0 1 5 0 0 St Ives Ponting 63 0 7 0 2 0 3 4 0 0 St Ives Gilchrist 60 0 9 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 Roseville Crocs 54 0 5 0 3 0 2 5 1 0 NSBHS Gold 45 0 4 0 2 0 3 7 0 0 Lindfield Bradman 36 0 4 0 1 0 2 9 0 0 North Sydney Gold 30 0 2 1 1 0 2 10 0 0 NSBHS Maroon 30 0 3 0 1 0 2 10 0 0 Lane Cove Trumper 24 0 3 0 0 0 2 11 0 0
U12 AM Round 16 Points WO W FW B D/T A L FL NR Lindfield Katich 840140000200 Lindfield Lee 750120001300 St Pius Blue 57 0 9 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 Roseville Thorns 27 0 4 0 0 0 1 11 0 0 St Pius Gold 27 0 4 0 0 1 0 11 0 0 Lane Cove Lee 18 0 3 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
U12 PM Round 16 Points WO W FW B D/T A L FL NR Mosman Blue 90 0 13 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 Gordon Red 84 0 12 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 St Ives Gilchrist 78 0 10 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 St Ives Ponting 60 0 8 0 1 0 2 5 0 0 North Sydney Green 54 0 6 0 2 0 2 6 0 0 St Ives Lehmann 54 0 6 0 2 0 2 6 0 0 North Sydney Black 51 0 7 0 1 0 1 7 0 0 Lane Cove 2 45 0 6 0 1 0 1 8 0 0 St Ives Bevan 39 0 5 0 1 0 1 9 0 0 St Ives Lee 36 0 4 0 1 0 2 9 0 0 Mosman Gold 33 0 4 0 0 1 2 7 0 2 St Ives Gillespie 27 0 2 0 1 1 2 10 0 0 Lindfield Waugh 300000 1 13 0 2
U11 AM Round 16 Points WO W FW B D/T A L FL NR Roseville Crocs 84 0 14 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Roseville Kangas 75 0 12 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 St Ives Hayden 75 0 11 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 Mosman Blue 69 0 10 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 Gordon Gold 60 0 10 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 North Sydney Green 57 0 9 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 Lindfield Lehmann 42 0 7 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 Mosman Red 26 0 3 0 2 0 0 10 1 0 St Ives McGrath 24 0 3 0 1 0 0 12 0 0 Lane Cove Lee 14 0 0 1 1 1 1 10 0 2 Lane Cove Ponting 11 0 1 0 0 2 1 12 0 0
130 U11 PM Round 16 Points WO W FW B D/T A L FL NR Roseville Wombats 87 0 13 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 St Ives Martyn 78 0 11 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 Gordon Red 72 0 10 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 Mosman Gold 66 0 9 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 Gordon Blue 63 0 8 0 2 0 1 5 0 0 Lindfield Martyn 54 0 7 0 1 0 2 6 0 0 Lindfield Langer 51 0 7 0 1 0 1 7 0 0 St Ives Gilchrist 48 0 6 0 1 0 2 7 0 0 North Sydney White 30 0 3 1 0 0 2 10 0 0 St Ives Langer 27 0 2 0 1 0 3 10 0 0 Lindfield Gilchrist 15 0 2 0 0 1 0 13 0 0 Lindfield Katich 6 0000 021301
U10 North Round 16 Points WO W FW B D/T A L FL NR Lindfield Martyn 93 0 14 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Roseville Crocs 75 0 12 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 St Ives Langer 74 0 12 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 Lindfield Tait 72 0 11 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 St Ives Hayden 66 0 11 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 Mosman Blue 59 0 9 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 St Ives Clarke 57 0 8 0 1 0 1 6 0 0 Lane Cove Gilchrist 48 0 8 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 Lindfield White 48 0 7 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 Mosman Red 39 0 5 0 1 0 1 9 0 0 Mosman White 36 0 5 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 North Sydney Red 15 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 0 6 Gordon Blue 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 12 0 2 Gordon Red 12 0 1 0 1 0 0 14 0 0 North Sydney Black 6 010000 1302
U10 South Round 16 Points WO W FW B D/T A L FL NR Gordon Green 90 0 14 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Lindfield Ponting 81 0 11 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 Monash White 72 0 11 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 St Ives McGrath 72 0 11 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 Lindfield MacGill 66 0 10 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 Mosman Gold 60 0 8 0 1 0 2 5 0 0 Mosman Green 54 0 8 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 Mosman Orange 54 0 8 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 St Ives Gilchrist 45 0 6 0 1 0 1 8 0 0 St Ives Ponting 45 0 6 0 1 1 0 8 0 0 North Sydney Gold 42 0 6 0 1 0 0 9 0 0 Lane Cove Ponting 33 0 4 0 1 1 0 10 0 0 North Sydney White 24 0 3 0 1 0 0 11 1 0 Gordon Gold 18 0 2 0 1 0 0 13 0 0 St Ives Lee 12 0 0 1 1 0 0 14 0 0
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NORTH SHORE JUNIOR CRICKET ASSOCIATION FINALS DRAW 2006-2007
SATURDAY MARCH 17TH 2007
IMPORTANT NOTE:
The team listed first in each match is the higher qualifier. In the advent of an abandoned game or incomplete game, the higher qualifyer will be the winner. A tied result will mean teams are joint winners
U16 Championship Trophy Lindfield Clarke v NSBHS Gold Artarmon Res. 8.15am
U16 Playoffs (3rd & 4th) ST Pius Blue v NSBHS Maroon LOFGERG 8.15am
U14/15 DIV 1 Championship Trophy North Sydney Greeen v Gordon Red Pottery Green 2.00pm
U14/15 DIV 1 Cup Trophy ST Ives Benaud v ST Ives Bichel Bales Park 2.00pm
U14/15 DIV 2 Championship Trophy Lindfield Healy v Mosman Blue Forsyth 1 2.00pm
U14/15 DIV 2 Cup Trophy Gordon Blue v Lindfield Taylor Allambie Heights 2.00pm
U13/14 DIV 1 Championship Trophy ST Ives McGrath v ST Ives Blewett Boronia 3 2.00pm
U13/14 DIV 1 Cup Trophy ST Ives Hayden v Linfield Watson Fiddens Wharf 2.00pm
132 U13/14 DIV 2 Championship Trophy Lindfield Langer v Lindfield Gillespie East Gordon 2.00pm
U13/14 DIV 2 Cup Trophy v ST Ives Gilchrist Roseville Crocs Morrison Park 2 2.00pm
U13/14 DIV 2 Plate Trophy North Sydney Gold v NSBHS Maroon Edenborough 2.00pm
U12AM Championship Trophy Lindfield Katcih v Lindfield Lee WIilliam Cowan 8.15am
U12PM Championship Trophy Mosman Blue v ST Ives Gilchrist Bremner Park 2.00pm
U12PM Cup Trophy ST Ives Lehmann v North Sydney Black Kent Oval 2.00pm
U12PM Plate Trophy ST Ives Bevan v ST Ives Lee Toolang 2.00pm
U11AM Championship Trophy ST Ives Hatden v Mosman Blue Blackman 2 8.15pm
U11AM Cup Trophy Gordon Gold v Lindfield Lehmann Bales Park 8.15am
U11AM Plate Trophy Mosman Red v Lane Cove Lee Pottery Green 8.15am
U11PM Championship Trophy ST Ives Martyn v Mosman Gold Koola Park 2 2.00pm
U11PM Cup Trophy Gordon Blue v Lindfield Martyn Bryce Oval 2.00pm
133 U11PM Plate Trophy North Sydney White v ST Ives Langer Lindfield 2 2.00pm
U10 NORTH Championship Trophy Roseville Crocs v Lindfield Tait Barra Brui 9.00am
U10 NORTH Cup Trophy ST Ives Hayden v Mosman Blue Gore Creek 9.00am
U10 NORTH Plate Trophy Mosman Red v Mosman White Georges Heights 2 9.00am
U10 SOUTH Championship Trophy Lindfield Ponting v ST Ives McGrath Kent Oval 9.00am
U10 SOUTH Cup Trophy Lindfield MacGill v Mosman Gold Loyal Henry 2.00pm
U10 SOUTH Plate Trophy North Sydney Gold v Lane Cove Ponting Blackman 1 9.00am
U10 SOUTH Bowl Trophy North Sydney White v Gordon Gold Edenborough 9.00am
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134 NSJCA TEAM AWARDS 2006-2007
Minor Premiers Plate Winners U16 Lindfield Clarke U16 - U14/15 Div 1 North Sydney Green U14/15 Div 1 - U14/15 Div 2 Lindfield Healy U14/15 Div 2 - U13 Div 1 St Ives McGrath U13 Div 1 - Gordon Blue U13 Div 2 U13 Div 2 North Sydney Gold U12 AM Lindfield Katich U12 AM - U12 PM Not awarded St Ives Bevan v St Ives U11 AM Roseville Crocs U12 PM Lee – no result U11 PM Roseville Wombats Mosman Red v Lane U10 North Lindfield Martyn U11 AM Cove Lee – no result U10 South Gordon Green U11 PM North Sydney White
U10 North Mosman White
U10 South Lane Cove Ponting
Champions Cup Winners U16 NSBHS Gold U16 - U14/15 Div 1 North Sydney Green U14/15 Div 1 St Ives Benaud U14/15 Div 2 Lindfield Healy No result supplied U13 Div 1 St Ives McGrath U14/15 Div 2 (Gordon Blue v U13 Div 2 Lindfield Langer Lindfield Taylor) Lindfield Katich U12 AM U13 Div 1 St Ives Hayden tied Lindfield Lee U13 Div 2 St Ives Gilchrist U12 PM Mosman Blue U12 AM - U11 AM St Ives Hayden No result supplied (St Mosman Gold U11 PM U12 PM Ives Lehmann v North U10 North Lindfield Tait Sydney Black) U10 South Lindfield Ponting U11 AM Lindfield Lehmann
U11 PM Gordon Blue Bowl Winners U10 North St Ives Hayden U10 South Gordon Gold U10 South Lindfield MacGill
135 NSJCA INDIVIDUAL AWARDS 2006-2007 Age/Division Batting Aggregate Score U16 Chris Ovens NSBHS Gold 388 @ 48.5 U14/15 Div 1 Michael Birch St Pius Gold 741 @ 123.5 U14/15 Div 2 Amil Premawardhana Lindfield Taylor 338 @ 56.3 U13/14 Div 1 Martin Smith St Ives Hayden 489 @ 81.5 U13/14 Div 2 Mathilda Carmichael Gordon Blue 486 @ 162.0 U12 AM Hugh Fisher Lindfield Katich 323 @ 53.8 U12 PM Tom Calloway St Ives Ponting 390 @ 39.0 U11 AM Aden Perry Roseville Crocs 327 @ 109 U11 PM Gus Verhoeven Roseville Wombats 340 @ 48.6 U10 North James Fisher Lindfield Martyn 253 @ 84.3 U10 South Patrick Flottmann Lindfield Ponting 243 @ 243 Age/Division Batting Average Score U16 Chris Ovens NSBHS Gold 388 @ 48.5 U14/15 Div 1 Michael Birch St Pius Gold 741 @ 123.5 U14/15 Div 2 Scott Penfold Lindfield Healy 282 @ 94.0 U13/14 Div 1 Matthew Mesrobian St Ives McGrath 426 @ 426.0 U13/14 Div 2 Mathilda Carmichael Gordon Blue 486 @ 162.0 U12 AM Marco Frauenfelder Lindfield Lee 301 @ 301 U12 PM Corbin Edgar Gordon Red 250 @ 125.0 U11 AM David Sheldon North Sydney Green 285 @ 142.5 U11 PM Hunter Hordern Mosman Gold 288 @ 288.0 U10 North James Fisher Lindfield Martyn 253 @ 84.3 U10 South Patrick Flottmann Lindfield Ponting 243 @ 243 Age/Division Bowling Aggregate Score U16 Daniel Isaacs Lindfield Clarke 21 @ 9.1 U14/15 Div 1 Chris Bury St Pius Gold 15 @ 7.4 U14/15 Div 2 C. Davis/D. Coulter Gordon Blue/Mosman Blue [email protected] / [email protected] U13/14 Div 1 James Tucker St Ives McGrath 18 @ 7.0 U13/14 Div 2 Mathilda Carmichael Gordon Blue 17 @ 5.6 U12 AM Josh Miller Roseville Thorns 19 @ 10.9 U12 PM Justin Petersen St Ives Hayden 19 @ 10.1 U11 AM Tom Harding Roseville Crocs 18 @ 8.1 U11 PM N. Reidy/ G. Verhoeven Roseville Wombats [email protected] / [email protected] U10 North Tom Crittenden Lindfield White 20 @ 6.7 U10 South Jack Musgrave Lane Cove Ponting 16 @ 3.5
136 Age/Division Bowling Average Score U16 Daniel Isaacs Lindfield Clarke 21 @ 9.1 U14/15 Div 1 Chris Bury St Pius Gold 15 @ 7.4 U14/15 Div 2 Cameron Davis Gordon Blue 16 @ 7.1 U13/14 Div 1 James Tucker St Ives McGrath 18 @ 7.0 U13/14 Div 2 Mathilda Carmichael Gordon Blue 17 @ 5.6 U12 AM Marc Isaacs Lindfield Katich 16 @ 4.5 U12 PM Justin Petersen St Ives Hayden 19 @ 10.1 U11 AM Tom Harding Roseville Crocs 18 @ 8.1 Roseville U11 PM Nathan Reidy 18 @ 7.2 Wombats U10 North Gukuran Singh St Ives Langer 15 @ 3.8 U10 South Jack Musgrave Lane Cove Ponting 16 @ 3.5 Age/Division Wicketkeeping Score U16 Oliver Fraser NSBHS Maroon 12C/4S/0B U14/15 Div 1 Eugene Holdenson-Kimura Lindfield Bevan 5C/2S/5B U14/15 Div 2 Jack Emery Mosman Blue 7C/3S/22B U13/14 Div 1 Alex Lennon St Ives Hayden 10C/6S/9B U13/14 Div 2 Ben Finfer St Ives Gilchrist 4C/4S/0B U12 AM Hugo Loffhagen St Pius Blue 5C/3S/31B U12 PM Chase Gelston Mosman Blue 9C/4S/48B U11 AM Tom Molloy Mosman Blue 5C/1S/0B U11 PM Gabriel Osie St Ives Martyn 9C/1S/22B U10 North Not awarded for U10 - - U10 South Not awarded for U10 - -
Final’s day 17//3/07 for Under 12 Lindfield Lee
137 Junior Represenative Honours Lindfield players selected for North Shore Junior Cricket Association NORTH SHORE JUNIOR CRICKET ASSOCIATION 2006/07 REPRESENTATIVE TEAMS DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION TEAM PLAYERS CLUB FOSTER #1 Sean Langham Lindfield U11 Martyn FOSTER #2 Tom Crittendon Lindfield U11 White FOSTER #2 Alexander Petrie Lindfield U10 McGill CREAK Uddaka Biyanwila Lindfield CREAK Rohan Flaherty Lindfield U12 Katich CREAK Marc Isaacs Lindfield U12 Katich CREAK William Calom Lindfield U13/14 Gillespie CREAK Tom Kennan Lindfield U13/14 Gillespie IDCAPRES'CUP U/11 Jay Blamey Lindfield U11 Langer IDCA PRES'CUPU/11 Ragher Iyer Lindfield U11 IDCA PRES'CUPU/11 Harry Hesketh Lindfield U11 Langer CAWSEY Nick Coleman Lindfield U13/14 Langer CAWSEY Henry Jenkins Lindfield U13/14 Langer IDCAPRES'CUP U/12 Sam Hulston Lindfield U13/14 Langer IDCAPRES'CUP U/12 Brendon Flaherty Lindfield U13/14 Chappell IDCAPRES'CUP U/12 Lachlan Stewart Lindfield U14/15 Border IDCAPRES'CUP U/12 Hugh Fisher Lindfield U12 Katich GEE Shaun Miller Lindfield U14/15 Taylor GEE Darren Jayasekera Lindfield U14/15 Taylor GEE Harry Lamble Lindfield U14/15 Taylor GEE Jacob Herman Lindfield U13/14 Gillespie IDCAPRES'CUP U/13 Sam Garton Lindfield U13/14 Watson IDCAPRES'CUP U/13 Thomas Roth Lindfield U13/14 IDCAPRES'CUP U/13 Andrew Langham Lindfield U13/14 Watson IDCAPRES'CUP U/13 Oliver Knight Lindfield U13/14Watson IDCAPRES'CUP U/13 Liam Flottman Lindfield U13/14 Gillespie IDCAPRES'CUP U/13 Steane Davies Lindfield U13/14Bradman MOORE Greg Joffe Lindfield U14/15 Border IDCAPRES'CUP U/14 Alec Benson Lindfield U14/15 Border IDCAPRES'CUP U/14 Greg Joffe Lindfield U14/15 Border IDCAPRES'CUP U/14 Alex Stewart Lindfield U14/15 Border WEBLIN Christian Ellis Lindfield U14/15 Hayden WEBLIN James Graham Lindfield U14/15 Hayden WEBLIN Chris Hulston Lindfield U 14/15 Healy WEBLIN Dushyant Iyer Lindfield U 14/15 Hayden
138 WEBLIN Tim Mitchell Lindfield U14/15 Healy IDCAPRES'CUP U/15 Mitchell Carter Lindfield U14/15 Healy IDCAPRES'CUP U/15 Biraj Shrestha Lindfield U14/15 Hayden IDCAPRES'CUP U/15 Declan Jakrot Lindfield U14/15 Healy WATSON Alex Campbell Lindfield WATSON Robert Edwards Lindfield WATSON Alex Lines Lindfield Shires WATSON Richard Pengilly Lindfield Shires GREEN SHIELD Alex Campbell Lindfield GREEN SHIELD Robert Edwards Lindfield GREEN SHIELD Hugo Anderson Lindfield GREEN SHIELD Richard Pengilly Lindfield Shires GREEN SHIELD Tom Drake Lindfield Shires GREEN SHIELD Nick Murray Lindfield Shires
Final’s day 17//3/07 for Under 13/14 Lindfield Watson
139 Under 8 Coaching Clinic
The 2006-2007 season saw the continuation of the club’s enthusiastic Super Under 8 nursery with very good attendances by children and parents alike. According to tradition, our clinic ran every Saturday morning at Lindfield Oval throughout the cricket season, rain, hail or shine from 8.30a.m to 10.00a.m.. We were fortunate that rain did not disrupt us on too many occasions however when it did , a hectic game of cricket in the clubhouse took place where children and parents were all involved We commenced with our fielding drills, including catching and ground fielding followed by running between the wickets, bowling and batting. With all girls and boys joining in, a large contingent of watchful parents became expert coaches and encouraged the children to participate and enjoy it to the maximum. As with previous years, due to the large numbers of members in the Under 9’s we did not have the same call on our clinic players for the upper age groups. This meant we were able to develop large number of make -up teams who happily played competitive cricket with their friends/parents and grandparents every Saturday on the Lindfield Oval village green. It is gratifying to note that the club continues to field so many teams. We believe that the grounding that the children receive in the skills clinic may have contributed to this very exciting outcome. It is worth noting however that the club continues to require expert coaching as the children progress through the grades. To this extent the club needs our parents to stay involved and became at least level 1 coaches. Our fundamental aim is to teach cricket skills and the team dynamics whilst having the maximum amount of fun and enjoyment. In addition to the contribution by our children and parents, we are extremely grateful to the Davy Family, Mal, Alistair and Hamish as well as the Garling Family, Kim and Sam who generously donated their time and effort as BBQ chefs and treasurers. The regular Saturday morning BBQ meat was kindly donated by Russell Gladen from Quants Meats of Lindfield and the fine premium raffle wines provided by Peter and Kate Daly of Cessnock Wine Labels. We thank them for their generous contributions and support. Finally, I acknowledge all of our young members and their parents who participated in our fun sessions. Keep practising during the winter months and we look forward to seeing you next year! Stirling Hamman Head Coach
140 Some of the young boys and girls participated in our U/8’s during 2006/2007 Nicholas Adams Harry Johnson Aroon Parthasarathy Mathew Arora Hamish Johnson Timothy Payne Lucas Asher Liam Kahn Hugo Perrignon Sean Auer Michael Knox Benjamin Perry Nicholas Barclay James Langford James Price Lyall Beveridge Rory Langford Georgina Price Jack Buckley John Larkins Maxwell Quinn Jake Carter Marcus Lee Harry Quinn Henry Chapman Jacqueline Li William Rogut Desmond Choi Daniel Li Tim Ross Adam Coppel Charles Lilley Jack Rumbelow Willliam Cottle Ben Liron Daniel Seluadurai Gerard Dawson Charlie Little Manish Seneui-Ratne Noah Derwent Robert Mackay Charlie Sengupta Sean Dixon Jacques Meldrum Arabella Stewart Ben Fox Nicholas Moody Sam Sweeney Cameron Fraser Jonathon Morgan James Timso-Lovie Catherine Gatt Shinpei Nakamura Matthew Tuttiett Jamie Gillard Shingo Nakamura George Walden Jack Gruber Liam O'Connell Rhys Watkins Jack Hill Michael O'Day Benjamin Wettstein Justin Hill Patrick O'Day Liam Woods Dominic Hunter Thomas Onions Cameron Young
141 U/ 9 Lindfield Clarke In their first year of formal cricket you could see the twelve boys in Under 9 Clarke develop week by week. Our team consisted of Henry Chapman, Ben Colvin,Lachlan Cook ,Sean Dixon, Ben Houston ,Harrison Lyme,Robert Mackay, Stuart Plenderleith, Angus Pratt, Declan Schillert, Griffen Sleigh, Ben Sullivan, AJ Tauber,Matthew Williams and Liam Woods.The Parents' interest in the team and the game meant that it was a very rare occasion when there was not at least one parent from every family present at the game. There was no problem finding scorers and umpires. Greg Burton competed the umpires course and stood at most matches, but other parents were also happy to help and gave Greg a break on some of the hotter days.When we returned after the Christmas break we found that two of our boys were unable to continue with the team because of school sport commitments. Another moved overseas. For the first half of the season Trevor Robertson acted as coach. He had to resign at Christmas when work commitments made it impossible for him to attend Wednesday afternoon training. His son James was head hunted by an under 10 team who had also suffered from the private school exodus. Good luck James and thanks Trevor.We voted for our best bowler, best batsman and best all rounder, and Stuart received at least one vote from all who voted. We had to raid Stirling's skills development group to make up the numbers, and fortunately Seam, Liam, Henry and Thomas quickly became an integral part of the team. The value of the skills practice training was evident as the awesome foursome took on their new roles. Their parents also showed the enthusiasm that was the hallmark of the team and by the time of our barbecue after the final game it was impossible to tell the novices from the veterans. Most of the boys will still be eligible for Under 9 next year, so an awesome team is on the horizon. John Sleigh Coach /Manager
142 U 9 Lindfield Haddin The Haddin team started as a mixture of the players from the clinic and new boys to the Club. During the season, the team started slowly losing their first couple of games but after that they started to improve. This was a result of the Sunday afternoon training sessions run by David Brimson, Paul Jerogin, Simon Naish and David Lidbetter and ably supported by Mark Rivers.It was an interesting season in that the boys from the clinic clearly showed their knowledge initially, but at the end of the season the other boys had clearly caught up and all were on an even keel. This was exemplified by the Coaches Award being given to Ben Pike, whose improvement over the season was outstanding.The team was put into a dilemma with the advent of the private schools calling on their pupils, but it must be said that the Aloysius boys went out their way to keep their commitment to the team.The team won 75% of their games and some remarkable efforts should be noted, like Jake Jerogin with his aggressive hitting and running between the wickets, Harry Lidbetter for his bowling, Tristan Kennedy for his batting, John Lidbetter again for batting, Ben Pike for his dedication and vast improvement, Olivia Cole for her efforts at everything, who was ably supported by Declan Rivers, Ollie Moodie, William Peterson (who unfortunately could not play at the end of the season due to a broken arm), George Naish, Hugo Laithwaite, Charlie Sennit and last, but certainly not least due to his enthusiasm for the game, Patrick Brimson. At the end of the season when numbers were required, the boys were handsomely helped out by Hayden Nicholls and James Price, both of whom showed great promise. David Brimson Coach /Bruce Kennedy Manager
143 U/9 Lindfield Lee The Lindfield U9 Lee’s had an excellent season in 2006-07 with the entire team improving their cricket enormously throughout the season. At the start of the season we had a fair proportion of players who hadn’t played a lot of cricket before, but by the end of the season we had a well oiled machine taking the field, with all players contributing – well done boys! The mighty Under 9 Lee’s were; Blake Arora - Blake was one of the most improved cricketers because he was always trying his hardest – and hitting some great shots towards the end of the season. Excellent work Blake! Peter Bowes – Peter is a useful all-rounder and our best fielder – he took easily the best catch of the season, with a magnificent dive deep in the outfield against St Ives B. Good stuff Peter! Ben Close – Ben was the player of the year with 66 runs at 16.5 average, and 11 wickets at 7.2 runs/wicket. In partnership with Brad Young, he was our best runner, turning zeros into ones and ones into twos, and the occasional run out! Congratulations Ben! Rohan Davies – Rohan was another player who improved enormously over the season, his bowling was menacing at the end of the season with a two wicket haul in the last game. Keep it going Rohan! Dan Hawes – Dan won the batting award for the year. Dan had 46 runs at a 15.3 run average – playing nice straight shots and only losing his wicket 3 times in the whole season! Congratulations Dan. Milan Narula – Milan batted and bowled well – particularly his two key wicket haul in our win against North Sydney White early in the season. Good work Milan! Jack Redman – “hard hitting” Jack hit some of the biggest shots of season and was probably the most improved batsman of the team. Well done Jack! Ryan Seelig – Ryan was the most improved bowler in the team. He ended up bowling with good pace and accuracy and also batted well with a great innings of 10 that nearly got us to a win late in the season against Mosman Green. Keep it going Ryan! Sachin Shah – Sachin was one of our star batsmen with 66 runs at an average of 11 and did some excellent work in the field as well. Well done Sachin! Dale Simington – Dale was one of our most solid batsmen – only getting out four times during the season! His bowling improved over the season, peaking in our famous home ground win against Lane Cove 5 late in the season with two crucial wickets. Good work Dale!
144 Liam Stallworthy – Liam was another big improver, developing well throughout the season. His bowling and batting were coming together nicely at the end of the season with some good stops in the field as well. Well done Liam! Mitchell Stirzaker – Mitch was a consistent performer with the bat hitting 35 runs with a great innings of 10 in our game against Lindfield McGrath in the second half of the season. Good work Mitch! Brad Young – Brad won the bowling award with his consistency and accuracy for the season netting him 8 wickets at 8.4 runs per wicket average. He also batted well with 65 runs at an 8.1 run average and was the other half of our dynamic last wicket duo with Ben Close. Congratulations Brad! On behalf of the team I would like to thank everyone who helped out during the year – even though I was coach in name we probably had four coaches at every training session, which was a big help for me, and more importantly improved training sessions for the kids. Thanks in particular to Steve Young and Peter Close for the coaching assistance, our dedicated umpires Andrew Stirzaker, Michael Stallworthy and Russell Bowes, and scorer in chief, Stephen Hawes.Rory Simington Manager
145 U/9 Lindfield Gilchrist The Under 9 Lindfield Gilchrist’s had a successful season in terms of wins/ losses with eight wins and six losses. Given the departure of four key players after round nine due to school cricket commitments, this was a great effort from the boys. As with most cricket teams, we definitely had a mix of stand-out bowlers and batsmen. Our stand-out batsmen during the season included Tim Baker, Sam Carrick, Harrison Khan, Jahan Mand, Hugo Zicat and Jamie McInnes. Our strike bowlers included Oliver Ottosson, Ned Campbell, Declan Flaherty, Eleanor Harper, Morgan Lynch, and Daniel Powell. Matthew Clark whilst proving a handy batsman, forged a niche in wicket-keeping, regularly donning the gloves for the Gilchrists. Late in the season, Oliver Roe joined the team never having played competitive cricket before and immediately made an impact with some stunning fielding and useful batting.The improvement in the team over the season was hugely encouraging. For instance, some players struggled in the early part of the season with their bowling technique. To a man, these players persevered and practiced after-hours at home and emerged in the second half of the season with greatly improved technique. This augers very well for next season.In terms of batting, all players improved their defensive technique and concentration levels over the season and this was reflected in much better overall scores towards the back end of the season.Fielding too was an area of improvement with on-field concentration levels and commitment rewarded with a very high level of held catches in the last half of the season.End- of-season trophies were awarded to Ned Campbell for bowling, Sam Carrick for batting, and Jahan Khan for the coach’s award for his dedication and commitment. Congratulations to all members of the team for what was a great season. We look forward to seeing you all back at the club next year.Coaches John Campbell / Stephen Harper Manager Bernie Zicat
146 U/9 Lindfield Bracken In 2006-07 our team consisted of players playing cricket for the first time as a team. We were well coached by Joe Daly and expertly managed by Meg Nicholas. Many thanks to them for doing such a great job. Everyone took turns at having a go at umpiring. Our team consisted of the following players Tom Adams,Jack Ayles, Charles Daly, Alexander Gilbert, William Glass, Jake Gram, Hugo Mactier, Hunter Nicholas, Thomas Oldham, Matthew Powell, Christopher Thompsett and Visnu Vennalganti. We were particularly happy with the development of the children over the season with their individual and teamwork skills. Of special note was the way the players stuck to their task when things did not go all their own way and the manner in which they kept practising We thank all of children for their efforts as well as their supportive parents who provided a wonderful social scene. The future is bright if we are able to stay together over the coming seasons and train and play harder. We look forward to seeing everyone next year. The Editor
147 U 9 Lindfield McGrath The substantial victory in the final game of the 2006-07 season was the culmination of a season of great improvement in skill and much enjoyment. The season had many benchmarks against which our success could be measured, but most significant for the 12 young men of this team was their demonstrated understanding and appreciation of the courtesies and discipline associated with this noble game. Both collectively as a team, and individually, they displayed the appropriate temperament for the game and on a number of occasions were complimented by rival teams. The season started haphazardly, and doubtless few will forget that first Saturday morning, but once the training routine was settled, the boys started to develop the various aspects of their game and put them into practice every week. There were many notable highlights throughout the season. Perhaps the most significant was the camaraderie amongst the boys and parents. Other highlights included the application at training and improved fielding. In particular Jamie Bell and Keegan Gyoery, who most games were involved in run outs or catches, Keegan often launching himself in the direction of the ball, while Jamie developed a penchant for accurate returns from the outfield. Wicket keeping is perhaps the most difficult cricket skill to acquire, but a number of boys showed an excellent ability and willingness behind the stumps. Jake Zantiotis and James Frederiksen were often involved in dismissals, their performances pipped only by Robbie Nichols’ 4 dismissals in the final game. James White, Nikolas Zdrilic and Declan Tyler proved themselves to be our big hitters and were most reliable with the bat. It was particularly impressive to see the boys improve their batting skills on a weekly basis as they became more confident with the associated responsibilities of backing up and of calling for a run. Nicholas Parker, our most technically accurate batsman also excelled with the ball as he and Sebastian Di Sano shared bowling success. Often in this competition, the better bowlers are punished for their accurate bowling by batsmen who are more capable of hitting the ball on a good line and length than those bouncing for a third or sometimes fourth time off the synthetic strip. Nonetheless, it was encouraging to see the likes of James Browning, winner of the coveted Coach’s award, Declan Tyler and Adam Perkovic develop into solid medium-paced bowlers who by the end of the season were able to approach the wicket from three – four steps and deliver the ball accurately. Awards for the season were given to the following boys: batting award – Robbie Nichols; bowling award – Sebastian Di Sano; coach’s award – James Browning. Many thanks to Monica Gyoery for managing the team, to dads Brett Nichols, Ralph Gyoery and Vlado Perkovic for umpiring, David Bell and Gary White for scoring and to our regular assistant coaches – Graeme Browning, Greg Parker, Peter Frederiksen, Anthony Zantiotis, Tony Zdrilic and Darren Tyler who hit up incoming batsmen.Thank you also to our weekly supporter group of mums, siblings and the occasional grandparent. Thank you to all for a successful first up season associated with Lindfield. Sam Di Sano, Coach
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149 U/10 Lindfield MacGill The mighty MacGill’s began the 2006-07 season with a convincing win over St Ives McGrath which instilled confidence and enthusiasm in the boys. This carried over to Rnd 2 with a win however reality set upon us with a loss to Mosman Gold in Rnd 3. Daniel Lowy was showing emerging keeping skills at the stumps while our bowling attack was forming with pace men Nic Druce and Alexander Petrie and spin bowling by Hugh Brown, Adam Walter and Ran Liron. Our batting line-up was spear-headed by Jonathan Bank who settled in to the opening strike quite capably. While some players needed some match experience and practice sessions it can be said that Nelson Chen’s bowling improved out of sight by the season end (11 wickets with an ave 10.4 r/w) and Ran Liron’s batting improved dramatically with the only match six scored! Fielding was a team strength by season end. Backing up became more instinctive with specialists Cameron Scanlon throwing powerfully and George Martin roaming at long-stop. Adam Walter and Robbie Pitrans made it difficult for batsmen to score at point and square leg while Edward Berry and Mikai Allan commanded cover and square cutting respectively. As the season progressed, the MacGILL’s were winning more than losing with a season ending record of 11 wins and 5 losses. We came 5th on the ladder at season end which was very impressive. With the finals looming and the Cup in sight, we set out confidently at the semi-final against Mosman Orange. We fielded well but bowled too many extras and faced a daunting run chase of 123 to win. Jono Bank set the chase with an unbeaten 25 and Hugh Brown followed up with a fast 19 run innings. Our middle order held fast with Nic Druce, Ran Liron and Robbie Pitrans all scoring well. In the 22nd over the winning run was hit and we were in the Finals! Mosman Gold dished up our first defeat of the season in Rnd 3. We were determined not to have this repeated in the Final. On an overcast and threatening afternoon, Mosman scored 9/112 against some fine fielding by the MacGILL’s. Of 9 wickets, 6 were catches and 3 bowled. A fine effort. As we padded up to commence our innings at the crease, the heavens opened up at that was that! A draw was declared as we had not faced 15 overs. While we were confident of attaining the desired runs to win, we had to settle for the championship by default as we had more points than Mosman on the U10S ladder. A win is a win and the MacGILL’s were the champions. Notable season statistics were: Best Batter-Nic Druce (36.25 ave); Best Bowler-Nic Druce (6.67 ave); Most Improved Batsman-Ran Liron; Most Improved Bowler-Nelson Chen. Team Coach: Richard DruceTeam Manager: Colin Petrie
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151 U/10 Lindfield Martyn The same 14 boys regathered for the start of a new season in 2006-07, keen and excited and with our mascot Damien Martyn reinstated in the Australian team after a troublesome 2005-06 season.The season followed the success of the previous one. Several narrow victories were recorded when all looked lost. Everyone was getting a go and everyone was making a contribution. At Christmas the team turned unbeaten – all games had been won except for one abandoned after just a few overs. More followed after the summer sojourn. Indeed every game thereafter was won, some perhaps too easily. The team was harmonious and loads of encouragement for each other. The only blemish was Damien Martyn’s retirement and disappearance. To the semi-final against Lindfield Tait, containing several schoolmates of our lads, and it all fell apart. They scored well, batting first, and we lost too many wickets too early and ended up well short. From disappointments come lessons for the future…No-one from this team went missing like their mascot. All in all it was a great season. The boys got on well, developing their skills individually and as a team. They also played in the right spirit. And the parents enjoyed each other’s company as well. Some highlights for each player: Will Capon went to Queensland for the summer holidays and returned as a fast and accurate bowler with a long run-up. He won the coach’s award. Michael Elgie was an aggressive batsman, top-scoring in the semi-final, and a fabulous back-stop. James Fisher got out only four times and won batting awards for the whole age group. He bowled very well too. Tom Francis played some aggressive and important innings, scoring fast and valuable runs. James Haggerty was always keen and improved considerably. Ed Harriott was a great encourager, took some spectacular catches and was accurate with his bowling. Ben Hollebon ran aggressively between the wickets and was a real team player. Michael Hudson continued to develop his all-round skills. He has a lot of potential. Ben Hugh won the bowling award and dragged himself out of bed for the semi-final. Mark Lovell played some excellent innings, showed promise as a wicket-keeper, and bowled accurately with the seam upright. Angus Mackay was always accurate with his bowling, particularly when it counted. Hamish Sinclair was a promising and powerful batsman with a straight bat. Michael Tafft was a good all-rounder, who put in his best effort at all times. Dom Tynan continued to make strong improvements. His first four was a classic on-drive along the ground. Guy Fisher (Manager) and Geoff Lovell (Coach) again wish to thank the boys for the enormous fun they had themselves and the other parents for their assistance and companionship. The Hughs generously hosted a memorable end-of- season party.
152 U/10 Lindfield Ponting Lindfield Ponting’s 2006/07 proved to be a most successful season ever with the team finishing 2nd after the qualifying rounds. We then proceeded through to the semi- final with a nail bitting low scoring and finally a comprehensive win over Monash White,to then be playing in the final against St Ives McGrath.This game also going to the wire ,but eventually a six run win secured a wonderful season for these boys and girl.This team was clearly the better team all season,and it seemed only fair they should be the Premiers.This team had a few disruptions in the earlier part of the season with two boys leaving,however our replacements Oliver Salter and William Freebourne proved to be more than capable and both showed improvment towards the season end. For many of the team it was their first season in cricket,with the leather ball and to watch them improve and achieve great results made me very proud.The team’s fielding was of a high standard. Our wicket keeper for most of the season Nick McCamley did an exceptional job blocking many byes and taking many catches. Great throwing skills and fielding were also on show by Liam Dimitroff who took a wonderful catch in the final.The batting was also consistently good with most players scoring very high throughout the season. Our consistent and most outstanding batters throughout the season,who at times were unstopable were Patrick Flottmann, Tim Herman, Angus Rule and the ever smiling Henry Weis. Other batters who managed to prove most valuable throughout many games and were always needed were Tessa Clout and Nathan Tamlyn.The bowling was outstanding with memorable performances by Angus Morrissey,and the tearaway Kiran Best, with his speed and accuracy managed to bring down many batsmen. Special thanks goes to our Manager Colin Dimitroff also in his 1st season, our scorers Coralie Flottmann, Peter Flottmann, Russell Best. Our umpires Mark Clout and Paul Morrissey,thanks to Paul also for the time taken in training on Thursdays, and lastly to the parents, grandparents and siblings who came each week with much enthusiasm and encouragement was greatly appreciated. John McCamley Coach
153 U/10 Lindfield White In 2006-07 our team mainly consisted of players who had played together before. At season’s end we finished equal 8th out of 15 in U/10 Northern Division on 48 points with 7 wins and 8 losses. Congradulations to under 10 Lindfield Tait who were Division Champions and under 10 Lindfield Martyn who were Minor Premiers. We were very proud of our result as we trained hard and played some really good cricket. We were well coached by a very knowledgeable and experienced cricketer in Robert Crittenden who also gave up his time to expertly manage the team with some help from time to time from the other parents. Most Mums or Dads also took turns in assisting with umpiring/ scoring/ practising or with the drinks. Our team consisted of the following players; Miles Collins, Tom Crittenden, James Grant, Thomas Guihot, Matt Horsely, Michael Icely, Aniruddh Joshi, Isaac Joshi, Zachary Morris, Harry Newbery, James Robertson, Sam Stockwell, Patrick Sutton, and James Wilson. We were particularly happy with the development of the individual and teamwork skills of the children over the season. Of special note was the way the players stuck to their task when things did not go all their own way. Overall we had a lot of fun. We thank all of children for their efforts as well as the supportive parents who provided a really good social scene. The future is bright if we are able to stay together over the coming seasons and practise and play hard. We look forward to seeing everyone next year. The Editor
154 U/10 Lindfield Tait After a mixed start to the season 2006-07, the boys developed and combined well throughout the rest of the season to finish 4th on the table. There were some anxious games won on the final ball (including a 7 ball over against St Ives Hayden!), some fine cricket and team spirit shown in all games. The teams’ depth and strength in bowling and fielding was where we won many games, with 50% of games where we bowled/fielded the opposition all out. The highlight of the season was the complete shut out of the undefeated minor premiers in the Championship semi final in the local derby – scoring 4/129 against Lindfield Martyn 10/78. Our boys played their hearts out and were not fazed by the track record of the Martyn boys. It was a special victory and our best game of the season. This took us into the Championship final against Roseville Crocs, who had been one of the form teams in the latter part of the season. We scored a solid 6/112 and had to defend against a strong batting Roseville team. But our bowlers dug in and our fielding pinned them down to 1/98 leading into the final over. Much anxiety with Roseville needing 4 runs off the last two balls, but we triumphed stopping Roseville at 3/109 in a good spirited and thrilling finish to the season. The discipline and team spirit was a key factor to the teams success. As the parents and spectators will attest, the boys played some very entertaining games of cricket. Over the season every boy made a significant improvement in their skills and understanding of the game. James Charge (Coaches award) Provided many memorable moments. He was the smiling assassin that could destroy an opposing team with the bat or ball. Sebastian Croker (Bowling award) Always dangerous and has the ability to change the outcome of a game by himself. James CubisSilky smooth skills with unbelievable determination. An absolute pleasure to coach and watch him play. Tom Forsbery His enthusiasm was contagious. His skills improved throughout the year to such an extent that he was relied upon to ignite the team into action on many occasions. Jamie FraiserBeautiful skills and always determined to play at his best. Jake HansonThe pocket rocket was at his best when challenged. Took some sensational catches to win some close games. Tommy HealyUnassuming and underestimated. Would destroy teams when least expected. Oscar JamesBowls that fast that no parent wanted to face him at training or warm up. When he wasn’t breaking wickets with the ball he was smashing runs with the bat. David NealeWonderful skills and steely determination always ensured he was a valuable member of the team. Andrew Saar (Batting award) Bundles of natural ability and enthusiasm. Whether he was batting or wicket keeping he was exciting to watch and changed the result of many games.
155 Matthew Sinclair A very determined batsmen. His improvement over the season was sensational. He had some wonderful batting partnerships and made a significant contribution to the teams success. Nikhil Srinvasen Dedicated and cunning. Provided some exciting moments when batting, bowling or in the field. Jack Henry Tait Cousin of the team name sake (Sean Tait). Had the ability to bowl a ball that was unplayable. Destroyed many batsmen with his laconic style and wonderful control. Took some great catches in close to the batsman that he simply plucked out of the air. Jake Veale (Best all rounder) The “go to” player when the team needed a job done or a game was in the balance. Gave everything when he was called upon. We would like to thank all the parents for their support of the team and with their willingness and enthusiasm to help with umpiring, scoring and assistance with warm ups and training. Rob Veale [Coach]/Steve James [Manager]
156 U/11 Lindfield Gilchrist The 2006-07 was a season of ups and downs in regards to results but a season of great development for all the players. Congratulations to Angus Armstrong who took out our best player award for consistently strong performances. His batting average of over 40 and his bowling average of 11 were truly outstanding. Coupled with this was his very strong and consistent fielding performances. It is a great pleasure to coach such a gifted sportsman. Congratulations also to Morgan Weiser who scored the most runs (244 total) to take out the teams batting award. His technique and patience were a strength as was his consistent bowling performances. Our final award winner was Adam Barrow who took the most wickets (9 total at an average of 14) to take out the bowling award. Adam also consistently excelled in the field taking one of the season’s finest catches after hanging on to a full blooded shot to short mid wicket. One of the proudest moments for the coach was to see Adam’s patience pay off when he hit a four in the final game of the season. Whilst it is good to congratulate our award winners I was very proud of the teams development particularly our new players Nick Croft and Thomas Moss. Nick featured in a number of close finishes and improved with his all round game. Thomas developed solid batting technique and was unlucky not to get more regular high scores. Calum McInnes one of our rookies from the previous year also developed significantly with his batting and fielding. Jack Campbell had another terrific season. Jack possesses an abundance of natural talent and consistently contributed in all areas of the game. With a little more luck, Jack could have featured in any of the team’s awards. Another one of our consistent performers and stalwarts was Ben Farr-Jones who put some crucial batting performances coupled with a number of accurate bowling spells. Andrew Jerogin had another dominating season with the bat and was among our top batsman. His bowling also improved considerably. Riley Champion was one of our most improved players this year with his batting and fielding clear stand outs. Nick Mayor improved considerably with both his batting and bowling and in his last game hit one of the biggest sixes of the season. Jack Barclay developed further his wicket keeping skills but was also able to consistently contribute with both bat and ball. Mitchell Short developed into one of the teams big hitters and also contributed effectively behind the stumps. Finally David Jerogin a true character of the side was able to contribute with the bat when the sided needed it the most. Another hard hitter David enjoyed seeing the ball race to the boundary. The team was a pleasure to coach and I am sure that many of the team will have a significant future in cricket if they so desire. All the boys are a credit to their parents and all should be very proud. I sincerely hope that they all return for season 2007/2008
A momentous season could not be completed without the help of a tremendous support staff. To Co-Coach Michael Jerogin thanks again for the
157 support, laughs, hangovers and help. To the umpire co-ordinator Bill Croft thanks for organising all the men in white. To the men in white, Graeme Barclay, John Campbell, Gavin Moss and Charlie Weiser who now not only understands cricket but was able to give his own son out first ball, sincere thanks. To our unsung heroes, our scorers Donna Champion and Geoff Short our hats go off to both of you for doing such a stellar job. To my wife Pia, thanks for managing the team and being so supportive of a sport’s nut husband. Finally to our merry band of supporters armed with tea, cappuccino and sometimes even Corona (cheers Belinda and Charlie!), thank you for the valuable support. Coach Barrow
158 U/11 Lindfield Langer The 2006 / 2007 season was full of many great accomplishments by the boys, supported by a very enthusiastic and well "catered" group of parents Lindfield Langer's position on the table probably didn't reflect the ability of the team. Cricket is a strange game that way - highlighted by a very exciting semi final where we had the opposition 5-12 and we ended up 10 short chasing 132. Every single player contributed to the team. Most importantly, each of the players got a lot of pleasure out of the achievements of their team mates. We had the consistent fast bowling of Henry Hesketh who continued to improve throughout the season culminating with 4 wickets in 1 over in the finals. Henry, like one or two others in the team, would play cricket every day if he were allowed. There was no better way to start each Saturday than having Henry steaming in for the first ball of the day. James Fraser was a model of consistency with bat (and ball), playing some remarkable back foot cover drives with the outmost of ease. James went about his work with little fuss (and great success) and was rewarded as our highest run scorer and Lindfield's 'Outstanding U11 Player" for 2007. Well done Jimmy and greatly deserved. Lachlan Williams was our left arm "quickie" who learnt to hit the pitch hard this season, slanting the ball across the right handers and alway being miserly with the runs. In the last game of the season he showed great determination with the bat and we should expect a lot more runs from him next year. Nicholas Bramich showed the difference a summer holiday can make and came back from the break bowling with great rhythm and pace. He rightfully earned a spot as opening bowler in the last few games of the season. Lachlan Phillips showed what is possible with a little application with a fine 28 mid way thru the season but it was his leg spin bowling which had him as one of the most consistent bowlers in the team each week. Lachlan was also one of the most consistent close catchers during the season - and always enthusiastic. Tom Loneragan was keen with bat and ball and the highlight for him was retiring with a fine 30 at Loyal Henry. By season's end Tom was one of best runners between the wicket. Seeing skills like this is most pleasing at is shows the player is really developing an understanding and "rhythm" of the game. Ruari Boyd was in everything and started the season on fire with bat and ball - scoring runs and taking wickets. The highlight for me with Ruari was seeing his determination to bounce back from a mid season run of outs - and the way that he learnt to value his wicket. Nicholas Donaldson showed a couple of times this season what he is capable of with a fine 35 against his friends from Knox and 2-9 - his best bowling figures. James Vescei-Stretton went about his cricket with very little fan fare. He was amongst a couple of the boys that really matured this season and became a "Mr Dependable" by season end. After a slow start to the season James finished with a batting average just a touch under 20.Alex Harper showed what he is capable of during the last few games of the season holding the batting together in one game after we lost 4 wickest in 5 balls. Cricket can sometimes seem "unfair" and Alex seemed to find all the bad luck early in the season. His resilience showed with his return to form late in the season.Patrick Nelson showed great
159 versatility with his bowling this year - bowling both left arm medium pace and left arm "chinaman" - often alternating after each delivery. Patrick spun the ball more than any other bowler this year. Jay Blamey, like Henry Hesketh, would have played cricket every day if he could. Jay was always in the game whether batting, bowling or fielding. Whilst ever Jay was at the crease the cricket was exciting and he was alway the first to applaud the efforts of others on both sides.Jono Bolt would dig in for the team like no one else. He showed incredible passion and fighting spirit. The last game of the season was Jono's best. With wickets falling around him he dug in and held the tail together to get us within 10 runs of victory. The way he batted with the tail - running two when there was one and a half, and farming the strike - showed that Jono really understands the game . Also his bowling in the last game was the equal of any all season. Michael Abraham for effort and enthusiasm shone out above the crowd. Michael, this year took 6 wickets including a career best of 2-4 against his much fancied mates from St Ives Gilchrist. In the field there was no peer to Michael who regularly put his body on the line - in the path of full blooded drives. Thanks needs to go to those parents who regularly gave their time to help out - David Loneragan at training and umpiring. To David Williams, Tim, Jeff and Trigger who also umpired throughout the season. To Ron, John, Edwina, Kath and Janet who accumulated runs in the scorebook every Saturday. To Jeff, who managed the team with precision and efficiency and made it easy for the rest of us to be in the right place doing all the right things - especially catering Lastly, thanks to the 14 boys who played as a team, challenged and supported each other, and played in the spirit intended of the game of cricket. Andrew Blamey-Coach
160 U/11 Lindfield Lehmann The 2006-07 season consisted of eighteen games of cricket without a bye , cancellation or washout can only be described as a sensational season. We started the season with 14 bowlers, 1 keeper and 2 batsmen. Four of the first five games were a lesson in coping with defeat. In the first five games we averaged 88 runs to 138. Over the next 13 games to the cup final we averaged 118 runs to 112 runs from our opponents. A turnaround of 56 runs a game! Our first stumbling block was catching and stopping the ball. By mid season all boys had become proficient in these skills, thanks to their parents and a lot of practice. This was demonstrated by four great catches and three run outs in the final. After the first 5 games the team was set 3 objectives.To learn the skills of cricket-batting, bowling, fielding. To learn how to become a team..To learn how to become competitive with the better teams.The boys succeeded in all three objectives to win the final of the Plate Cup. The team was disadvantaged throughout the season by our teams sharing bowling and rotating batting policy because many other teams didn’t share. Our sharing lead to eight batsmen achieving 25 or more runs in an innings over the season. By the end of the season all boys had a good batting stance, could defend well, play the pull shot and drive the ball. They also learnt how to encourage each other on the field and slowly molded themselves into a winning team. Batting had 4 major flaws:Trying to smash the ball on the stump and missing it. Trying to hit a ball that’s on the stumps that bounces twice. Trying to smash the ball above you’re waist and shoulder by stepping straight back.Panicking when running. These flaws were eradicated by the end of the season. It was great to see balls on the stumps being played with a straight bat, double bounces blocked and boys stepping back and across to hit short balls. Also the running between wickets was done without panic. Bowling was easy to improve by comparison. The boys became aware that 85% of runs were scored against us from balls outside leg stump. The boys changed their strategy and bowled full length balls outside off stump. Four bowlers were averaging less than 3 runs per over after game 5 and by season end all 13 bowlers averaged 3 runs per over or less. We bowled out the top 2 teams, Crocs 101 (208 first round) and Kangas 88 (211 first round) to show we were probably the top bowling side by season end. On the rare occasion we won the toss and batted first the side became unbeatable. The boys learnt to pressure teams into run-outs (3 per game on average over the last six games) due to excellent bowling. Sean Campbell captained the side from the front, amassing over 200 runs and capturing 10 wickets. Robbie Hobart and Jeremy Bowers were our most improved bowlers and deserve special mention for the outstanding effort they both put into training throughout the season. William Smith and Amar Chinoy were our most improved fielders with 6 catches in the last four games that were all difficult. The most improved batsmen were Anthony Young and Michael Olivier who both learnt the value of stepping back and across, to experience the gratification of a well played cut or pull shot. Both also cover drove with proficiency by season end. Highlights of the season included Winning the Cup
161 Lachie Mactiers 32 n/o off 16 balls. His tempered semi final innings and his brilliant final innings ensuring scores from which we could win and not to mention his smashing of the stumps on numerous occasions over the season.Sean Campbell 4 run outs in one game , Mark Mackay 14 for the season and their 65 run partnership in 10 overs. Matty Johnston’s 15 wickets and 55% strike rate at hitting the stumps from the boundary. His cut shot in the final for four was the coaches No.2 shot of the season.Anthony Young’s 30 n/o, where the cut shot was played time and again and the way he perfected stepping back and across to cut and pull the ball and his 3 wickets in the finals.Amar Chinoy’s 2 innings of 25 plus, to ensure wins with magnificent cover drives and a magnificent catch at square leg and his cavalier 13 off 1 over in the final.Angus Olding’s perfect line and length all season and match winning partnership with Michael Olivier in the semi-final against the best bowlers we came up against.Robbie Hobart’s perfect pull shot for four –“the shot of the season”-against the St Ives opening bowler.Michael Oliver and Mark Mackay’s keeping by season end resulting in 0-5 byes per game.Brodie Frost’s smashing the stumps in the semi-final; and his cavalier batting after Christmas allowing the side to lift and believe they could win against the top 3 teams.William’s brilliant 2 catches against the Crocs that enabled us to bowl them out for 101, followed by 2 unplayable wicket-balls against North Sydney in the semi-final Sam’s batting for the team , whether opening or number ten, and his consistent bowling outside off stump. Matty Johnston and Sam’s opening stand of 44 in the final set up a magnificent win. Many thanks from all the team for the great support from the parents. There were 10 plus parents on average at each game, whereas the opposition had 2- 3, it was very intimidating for the other sides-thanks. Special thanks to Manager, David Hobart for his tireless effort over the season and fantastic arrangements for the local derby barbecue and end of season finale dinner. Max Mackay Coach
162 U/11 Lindfield Katich In cricketing performance terms 2006-07 was a season to forget. For experience, friendship under fire and character building, it was right up there with the best. Although our team consisted of some experienced players who had played together ,we had a similar number of inexperienced players who took time to learn the game. Also on occasions we did not play well . At season’s end we finished last out of 12 teams in the strong PM Competition with no wins and 13 losses on 6 points. In fact we found new ways of losing games but in the end it came down to the failure to stick to basic principles and to constantly attend to detail. On some occasions we trained hard and then played some really good cricket but this was inconsistent. Nevertheless you have to admire our tenacity in turning up every week and trying our best. We were well managed by Peter Calov and we had good coaching . Most took took turns with assisting in umpiring/ scoring/ practising or with the drinks. They were always positive and encouraged us .Our team consisted of the following players Sam Adams, Cameron Auer, Nicholas Bramich, Mitchell Browne,William Calov, Miles Collins, Nicholas Donaldson, Thomas Hay, Michael Hughes, Benjamin Hutton, Matthew Panetta, Mark Patterson, and Benjamin Wynn-Taylor. We were particularly happy with the determination of the children over the season. Of special note was the way the players stuck to their task when things did not go their way. We persisted and we had a lot of fun. We thank all of children for their efforts as well as the supportive parents who provided a really good social scene. The future is bright if we are able to stay together over the coming seasons and practise and play hard. We look forward to seeing everyone next year. The Editor
163 U/11 Lindfield Martyn In 2006-07 our team mainly consisted of players who had played together before. At season’s end we finished equal 6th out of 12 in the strong U/11 PM Division on 54 points with 7 wins and 6 losses. We were very proud of our result as we trained hard and played some really good cricket. We were well coached by Sefal Khan and expertly managed by Tim Middleton. Most parents also took turns in assisting with umpiring/ scoring/ practising or with the drinks. Our team consisted of the following players; Nicholas Abel, Amey Bhanushall, Jack Finnegan, Kamal Khan, Sean Langham, Anton Lubbers, Alexander Middleton, Cameron Moody, Alexander Nettleton, Joshua Peterson, Sam Rodgers, Hamish Rose, Ashwin Singh and Nicholas Van Der Laan De Vries. We were particularly happy with the development of the individual and teamwork skills of the children over the season. Of special note was the way the players stuck to their task when things did not go all their own way. Overall we had a lot of fun. We thank all of children for their efforts as well as the supportive parents who provided a really good social scene. The future is bright if we are able to stay together over the coming seasons and practise and play hard. We look forward to seeing everyone next year. The Editor
164 U/12 Lindfield Katich In 2006/07 U12 Katich continued in the morning competition. The competition was a little reduced with some of the stronger teams having moved to the afternoon competition. My thanks to Manager Aidan Hoff and the other keen parents who assisted throughout the season, and to the players who were, on most days, a pleasure to train. We played through to the Christmas break undefeated. Our closest call in the regular season came at Wellington oval against St Pius (Blue) when they required only 17 runs from the remaining five overs with wickets in hand. We controlled the game with a couple of maidens and some tight fielding, including a direct hit from Lucas Roach who fielded well all season, and now it was St Pius under pressure. We took more wickets, and their tail-enders were unable to find the required runs. We were tested in this early season game, and we passed. Daniel Stern was a consistent all-round package in our long undefeated run, including taking some agile reflex catches. Jay Hoff was always a lively participant at training and on game day. Kai Faulkner put his heart into every game – a keen fielder and bowler making a big contribution with every appearance. In the new year one of our strongest players, Jake Fitzpatrick, was unable to regularly play, and some complacency and other absences caused us to lose a couple of rounds, including against a strong bowling attack from Lindfield Lee at Gore Hill. We also played our St Pius rivals again at Wellington in the last of the competition rounds. The Council had kindly top-dressed the oval that week, and in places in was akin to a browner version of the lunar surface. We were under strength, our position in the finals was already decided, and St Pius were the victors on that day. The season had already seen many players in the team rise in skill level. Angus Ledgerwood had a mature attitude and a good sense of humour, and often took some much need wickets at crucial times. Marc Isaacs had developed a good perception of the game, in addition to his solid batting and bowling was our Captain in the finals. Ritvik Dahiya’s catching and bowling notably improved. As well as being a pleasure to coach, Josh Blumberg improved during the season, including batting well up the order. The first of the finals was held at Northbridge, and Rohan Flaherty was our batting saviour on that occasion. Olivia Cook clean bowled two of their stronger batsmen from the northern end off consecutive deliveries. Olivia also ran out three batsmen that day – unfortunately only one was from opposing team! In the final against Lindfield Lee we were on the verge of defeat – 5/47 at drinks, chasing 160 in the remaining 16 overs. Earlier in our third fielding over Hugh Fisher had dramatically bowled Lee’s leading batsman with late-swinging delivery – one of the only occasions he had been dismissed all season! In that last hour, where the competition was expected to be decided, we sent in George Healy with instructions to have a red hot go in his inimitable hard- hitting style. George played a glorious 40, with a one hundred plus strike rate, to
165 swing the pendulum back our way. In those last match-deciding 12 balls we needed 12 runs to win. We had two wickets in hand, with George retired and padded up to return. We had only ten players that day, but Lee had generously agreed to allow us to have a player bat twice. We required six from the last over. There was some debate between match officials as to who should be the Katich player to re-bat. Olivia, still with pads on, returned to field, followed by the returning George. On the third last delivery George hit a four through long on to tie the scores. Then a dot ball, and then a scramble for a single off the last ball, with George just run out at the bowler’s end. The drama-filled match was tied. Lindfield Katich finished the season joint competition winners with Lindfield Lee. Greg Cook Coach
166 U/12 Lindfield Lee In the 2006-07 year we lost some longstanding players to private school and got some new blood from other Lindfield teams as well as an international (UK) player late in the season - we were able to make up an eleven but only just! The season cold best be summed up as one of “Pre & Post Xmas” performances. “Pre” Xmas we lost some games we should have easily won but “Post” Xmas we didn’t lose a game as the boys began to understand what it was like to work as a team in both batting & bowling and we began to “stream” players into designated positions. We trained again at Loyal Henry this year where centre wicket practise each week made sure we had the most well organised fielders and the best runners between the wickets in the competition. As the season progressed the boys really displayed some wonderful cricket and, against Lindfield Katich in the final, held their nerve to ensure a thrilling tie after Katich staged an amazing recovery. The raw statistics for he team over the season speak for themselves:- Played 18Won 13 Lost 3Tie 1 Forfeit Loss0 No Result 0 Abandoned 1 Runs Scored: 2,421 Av/Batsman: 32.28 runs Run Conceded: 1,482 Av/Wicket: 13.23 runs Sam Acquilla (276) was a candidate for the Coach’s award with a season that saw him really develop significantly in his batting and bowling. Despite his desperate pleas to do the wicket-keeping job, his value to the team as a reliable bowler became obvious to him and his team mates as he regularly took wickets and vital times.Alexander Batt (113) became first choice as our wicket-keeper – a job I believe is the hardest in the game. His ability to concentrate for long periods of time, in sometimes oppressive conditions, meant we had reliable catcher behind the stumps. As a left hand batsman, Alex will dominate when he plays straighter through the line and compliments his powerful hitting through the leg side. Lachlan Cannell (315) was the most sublime hitter of a cover drive I saw in the competition. When he got himself in he was a delight to watch as he stroked the ball around the field seemingly, without much effort. Lachie’s height was a major factor in getting some good lift as a bowler and there is no doubt he has potential to be a top quality cricketer if he finds time amongst the many other sports he dominates.Andrew Deegan (566) again topped the point scoring this season because of solid contributions in all skills. His fielding, catching and throwing on most occasions was outstanding and there were some memorable run outs that he affected with amazing throws from all around the wicket. His batting this year also really showed some maturity and good awareness of team needs versus personal
167 achievements.Marco Frauenfelder (521) was the rock around which we constructed our game. His amazing consistency at the top of the order allowed us to plan a batting order which could take risks and score quickly when required. Marco won the district batting award for his amazing average of 301 in the regular season. Coupled with his excellent bowling at the beginning and end of each innings, his contribution to the team was enormous.Rory Gallagher (455), as another leftie, was a delight to watch when he got his head down and allowed his natural talent to flourish against the right ball with some classic driving and cutting. As the winner of the bowling award this season, it was also a revelation to him and his team mates when he slowed down and pitched it up! His arm is also extremely powerful and he was another danger to uncertain batsmen whether fielding at point or square leg.Cooper Kruize (218) returned this season with his great enthusiasm and sense of fun. Whilst he was able to build further on his batting technique from last year, we didn’t see the best of him as consistently as demands from other sports took up a lot of his time.Nathan Murray (423) joined us from the Roseville club this year and we were very happy to have him playing for us rather than against us. Nathan was a very fast and efficient accumulator of runs as his amazing speed between the wickets always allowed two runs when there was only one. This was a real bonus for the team setting or chasing scores and his consistent and accurate bowling saw him come second in the bowling award.Jack O’Reilly (184) returned for another season with his Rugby team mates but had the advantage of a special weapon in the form of a grandfather who separately worked with him on his batting and bowling techniques. The difference in his skills was noticeable and Jacko was a reliable bowler and hard hitting batsman that was a vital cog in the team. Cameron Pugh (240) also returned this year and, along with his reliable catching close to the wicket, really developed his bowling and batting to the extent that he came third in the bowling averages and easily handled many of the better bowlers we faced during the season. His development this season was a direct result of his willingness to take on advice and implement it.Jamie Scott (297) won the coaches award for his persistence and enthusiasm this season. The art of leg spinning requires persistence and Jamie is developing an excellent skill that should see him continue to befuddle batsmen in future years. His batting is also full of creativity and a strong focus on the team’s needs. I hope to see more of his talent as the years roll by.Max Summers (54) was our late international “signing” from the UK and, despite never having played a formal game of cricket, became and integral member of the team as he developed his skills as a good left arm bowler and a hard hitting lower order batsman. One particular “direct hit” run out stands out for the joy the
168 boys got in sharing Max’s first run out.Jarrod Johnstone (124) although not officially in the team, deserves a special mention for his willingness to substitute for players who were unavailable. It was great to have Jarrod in the wings to assist with such reliable performances.Pauline Pugh as Manager did a wonderful job in facilitating the whole season like clockwork. Looks to have a good future in Sports administration if she can contain her “enthusiasm” when things get tight – would welcome the opportunity to work for her again.Hugh Gallagher as Assistant Coach and mentor did a sterling job in stepping in to the breach on occasions when I couldn’t make training and keeping me calm when the temptation to blaspheme was overpowering
169 U/12 Lindfield Waugh In cricketing performance terms 2006-07 was a season to forget. For experience, friendship under fire and character building it was right up there with the best. Although our team consisted of experienced players who had played together before we did not play well . At season’s end we finished last out of 13 teams in the strong PM Competition with no wins and 13 losses on 3 points. In fact we found new ways of losing games but in the end it came down to the failure to stick to basic principles and to constantly attend to detail. On some occasions we trained hard and then played some really good cricket but this was inconsistent. Nevertheless you have to admire our tenacity in turning up every week and trying our best. We were ably managed by Russel Armstrong but suffered from not having a regular coach during the week.. We thank Adrian Heggie for doing the job on saturdays . Most parents took took turns with assisting in umpiring/ scoring/ practising or with the drinks. They were always positive and encouraged us .Our team consisted of the following players Christoper Armstrong, Thomas Cavanagh, Lachlan Fenwick, Doug Gilbert, Stuart Heggie, Cameron New, Stephen Rajaratnam, Dylan Rajaratnam, Jack Stocks, Matt Turnbull and Daniel Williams. As we only had 11 players it was always a struggle for the rest of us if they all didn't turn up. We were particularly happy with the determination of the children over the season. Of special note was the way the players stuck to their task when things did not go their way. We persisted and we had a lot of fun. We thank all of children for their efforts as well as the supportive parents who provided a really good social scene. The future is bright if we are able to stay together over the coming seasons and practise and play hard. We look forward to seeing everyone next year. The Editor
170 U/13/14 Lindfield Bradman In 2006-07 some team members had never played the game before and most of the team had never played together before!. To the boys credit all turned up each week and were enthusiastic and eager although a win was a rare occurrence. At season’s end we finished equal 8th out of 11 in the strong U/13/14 Division 2 on 36 points with only 4 wins and 9 losses. Although not successful in competition terms, it proved to be a success for team morale and skills. We were well coached and managed by Craig Davies. Most parents also took turns in assisting with umpiring/ scoring/ practising or with the drinks. Our team consisted of the following players; Adam Aarons, Jack Daley, Steane Davies, Alex Khouw, Frank Liu Allan Lu, Ben Lyon, Tom O'Farrell ,Mitchell Proctor, Joshua Randall , Marcus Swift, David Tang, and Amila Waniganayake. We were particularly happy with the development of the individual and teamwork skills of the children over the season. It was also pleasing to see the way the players stuck to their task when things did not go all their own way. Special mention goes to Tom O'Farrell for his consistency in both batting & bowling, Amila Waniganayake for some sterling bowling performances and Alexander Hughes who improved out of sight and kept team morale alive and well. Also worthy of mention are the players who had never played before - they continued to improve each week and by the end of the season had the game down pat - we're sure they'll be back next year. I. Overall we had a lot of fun. We thank all of children for their efforts as well as the supportive parents who provided a really good social scene. The future is bright if we are able to stay together over the coming seasons and practise and play hard. We look forward to seeing everyone next year. The Editor
171 U/13/14 Lindfield Chappell In the 2006-07 season the team began the season with 8 of the 14 players new to the team.Our team consisted of the following players Harry Banfield, James Berry, Tom Burge, Brendon Flaherty, Marcus Gatt, James Gow, Edward Green, Thomas Haggerty, Jesse Merchant, Nathanael Merchant , Matthew Page , James Powell , Christoper Skinner and Edward Watson. The season started with a close loss to St Ives Hayden on the second last ball, which prefaced 3 close losses to them in the last over throughout the season. Subsequently, our lack of batting depth was exposed, with our inability to post competitive totals leading to a number of losses. Only Matthew Page and Brendan Flaherty showed the required consistency and technique. Towards the end of the season, Nat Merchant, Ed Watson and Chris Skinner showed some of the batting potential they’d been promising all season, with a few good scores. Many of the bowlers were consistent, with Marcus Gatt and Ed Watson the standouts. Harry Banfield regularly kept things tight, and James Powell was threatening at times. Amongst the season highlights were: • Brendan Flaherty 50 not out in 30 balls against Lane Cove Trumper • Tom Haggerty 53 not out off 32 balls against Lindfield Watson • Matt Page 40 not out off 19 balls against Lindfield Watson in the 20/20 match • An unbroken partnership of 95 between Nat Merchant and Ed Watson against Lane Cove Bradman • Marcus Gatt 4/15 off 4 overs against St Ives Hayden • Ed Watson 3/15 off 5 overs in the same match • Great catches from James Berry, Nat Merchant, Matt Page and Ed Green and Tom Burge • Memorable runouts by Nat Merchant and Ed Green The Editor
172 U/13/14 Lindfield Gillespie After a fairly rough start to the 2006/07 season, in respect to grounds being scarce, teams in our division being changed to the other, and private school boys being unavailable for critical matches, the 2006/07 season proved to be most successful with the team sneaking into the fourth position in the top division after the qualifying rounds. In entering the semifinals we then proceeded through to play Gordon Blue, who were minor premiers, going into this game without three of our key Barker boys, it was a most satisfying win, and this particular game proved this team had what it takes to go all the way. Then to be playing in the final against Lindfield Langer, only to be unsettled by the by the weather, this game was always in the balance. I have coached this team for the past four years and have watched all the boys improve their skills and grow into some good cricketers. The team’s fielding was of a high standard, especially after Christmas. Our wicket keepers David Hew and Josh Tanner did an exceptional job, Josh taking the gloves for the majority of the season, with Dave,(who doesn’t mind a chat to opposition parents) taking over through the finals. Tanner fancied himself as a bowler, showing some great pace with his hangrenades. Some great offspin bowling skills were shown by Tom Kennan (chicken delivery), and Vico always proved a handful with his leggies, keeping the batsman guessing. Davis M again proving to be a valuable player, keeping, catching, and mostly with a not out when batting. The batting was also consistently good with most players scoring very high throughout the season. Our consistent and most outstanding batters throughout the season were Liam Flottmann, Gregor Boyle, Matt Clout and Jake Herman. Other batters who managed to prove most valuable throughout many games were Nick Kennan, and Wade Rule, with Nick Rodgers showing his natural ability with both Bat and Ball in some of his appearances for the team. The bowling was outstanding again in the later stages, with a memorable performance going to Gilbo who improved to be a wonderful 1st change bowler . Other great bowling performances going to Matt McCamley, with their speed, swing, and accuracy managed to bring down many opposition batsmen. Special thanks goes to our Manager Susie Hew who did once again an amazing job on the email, and organisation. Our scorers Brian Boyle, Coralie Flottmann and Scott Kennan and our umpires Mark Clout ,Tony Murphy, and Channy Shergill. I would also like to thank the young guns who filled in from the U10s when the team was struggling for players, Pat Flottmann, Nick McCamley and Kieran Best. Lastly to the parents, grandparents and siblings who came each week with much enthusiasm and make this Gillespie team a warm and friendly gathering thankyou the encouragement was greatly appreciated. Congragulations boys on reaching the Final, it’s a great start for 07/08. John McCamley Coach
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Lindfield ‘s Gillespie and Langer do battle for the Championship Trophy on 17/3/07
174 U/13/14 Lindfield Langer Congratulations to Team Langer for winning this year’s 2006-07 Premiership in Div 2!!We tried something new this year in giving boys the opportunity to get an early boost to the season by receiving professional coaching from Elite Cricket. Thanks to Mark Atkinson for working out a programme for us – I can highly recommend it. The Langer philosophy remained unchanged this year – rotating all players to develop skills across the team. This really paid off for us as the second half of the year as we had difficulty in fielding sides due to school/club conflicts so we needed all boys to be able to “step-up” which they did brilliantly. I would like to acknowledge all parents for their support this year. Abundant help was at hand for scoring, umpiring, helping boys warm-up and last but certainly not least –spectating! I would like to acknowledge Diane Morris, who with the support of her family did a fabulous job as manager. She was untiring in her efforts to help us field a side when school sporting events conflicted with Club in the second half of the draw. Individual summaries: Lachlan Auer –New to the side this year. Lachlan was one of our big improvers, worked hard over Christmas and bowled some promising leg spin by end of season. Also hit one of the finest straight drives of the season. Joel Bratby – made some timely runs through the season and scored his first half century. Always dangerous with the ball and in the field Nick Coleman – Nick had a fine season with the bat, scored two 50’s and won the batting award. Normally a “wicky” Nick picked up his first hat-trick! Michael Downs – New to our side. Developed into a very dangerous opening/early change bowler. Another one of our players who has an affinity with the new red cherry. Worked hard on the batting – great first season Michael. Mitch Ford – As the season progressed was one of our secret weapons with his “Michael Clarke” left arm sliders - great stuff Mitch Sam Hulston- Another bowling find this season with Sam focusing on leg spin. Sam picked up a number of 3 wicket hauls. Found the middle of the bat late season and scored some fine runs including a 50. Harry Jenkins – Was strong with bat n ball, never stopped working on his game and won the coaches award for this effort. Monte Nield – Really gained confidence as an opening batter this season and produced some memorable innings. Also won the award as our most economic bowler. Great season Monte. Andrew Morris – Took the most wickets this year and won the bowling award. Also can be very dangerous with the bat. Another fine season from Andrew. Ben Pearson – New to Langer, Ben started and ended the season with a broken arm. In between was a great competitor with bat & ball. Thanks for supporting Langer in the final matches and we hope to see you next year! Josh Prior – Another fabulous bowling find! Josh found out he liked that new shiny red ball. Worked hard on his batting too!
175 Jason Riley – Another new guy to the team. Jason has an excellent left arm seamers action and is a dangerous bat especially square of the wicket. Produced the best catch “mark” of the season!! Mitch Thorpe – Fine all round performance from Mitch this season – took wickets, got runs, fielded well - all over it! Thanks Mitch Daniel Watson – Times the ball beautifully and hits like Gilly. Though a “wicky” Daniel made huge improvements on his bowling this year. Till next year Malcolm Coleman - Coach
176 U/13/14 Lindfield Watson Another great cricket season in 2006-07 comes to a close for the boys of the U13/14 Watsons. Lining up this year were Ross Anderson, Matthew Bruck, Lachlan Carter, Sam Garton, Daniel Jaensch, Oliver Knight, Elliott Lang, Andrew Langham, Simon Leithhead, Sam Martin, Zane Mukerjee, Aaron Thompson, Michael Trkulja, Jerome Wijesinghe and Andrew Wilkinson. They can reflect on a mixed bag of results with some brilliant cricket from each boy throughout the season together with some days where they were thinking of other things! Overall we finished 6th out of 8 in the strong U/13/ Division 1 with 8 wins and 7 losses on 51 points! We were disappointed with this result as we trained hard and at times played some really good cricket. At other times our lack of concentration let us down. Still we were always learning .With so many lads being dragged away by compulsory school cricket it was hard for the team to be consistent, but they had some wonderful matches and some resounding wins. Coach Matt Langham felt the boys matured well and displayed some fantastic skill development throughout the season and he looks forward to watching their progress in seasons to come. The Editor
177 U/14/15 Lindfield Border 2006-07 was another very enjoyable season for the Lindfield Border team but at the same time our most challenging yet. Our team consisted of the following players Alec Benson, Sam Gair, Peter Hudson, Anthony Hurst, Chris Hurst, Jonathan Hurwitz, Greg Joffe, Alexander Keen, Ashutosh Khisty, Callum Mayhook , Nathanael Nighjoy ,Lachlan Stewart, Alexander Stewart, Alexander Webb and Stephen Yates. We finished 6th out of 9 in the strong U/14/15 Division 2 on 39 points with 4 wins and 6 losses. The still puzzling decision (to the coach and parents anyway) to combine the 14’s and 15’s meant that a number of the games saw Border play against teams with much more developed players. Whilst that was good for our more experienced and technically adept players it was hard for some of our new boys. Nevertheleess we remained competitive in nearly all our games. All the boys did their best and showed development over the season but a couple of boys stood out. Greg Joffe batted superbly, bowled strongly and showed real determination (and success) in many innings. And our own Peter “Brett Lee” Hudson was fantastic with the ball including a 6 wicket haul! I must comment on the difficulty faced by both the team and the players with the School sport on Saturday. A number of our best and most experienced players had this difficulty and it is a great pity as the Border team until this season has very much depended on the same group of players (and parents) coming back season after season. I must admit I do not know what will happen next season. Finally thanks to all the parents who helped with scoring and umpiring. Trevor Benson..Coach
178 U/14/15 Lindfield Bevan 2006-07 was another year of Lindfield Cricket which passed and another great run of cricket talents took its turn. Although the season was not one of great success on the score board, there are needed mentions following some of our team’s (U15 Bevan) players. Amongst our batting line-up lay a fearsome set of batsmen. With our openers rotating almost every game we ensured that every player saw a turn in the lime- light. However, the rest of the line-up consisted of Dean Royds at first drop, followed by Danny Glazer at second. Five, six and seven usually went to Haider Khan, Jason Kim and myself. Our big hitters included Jack Healy, whose topped score passed 70 runs, and Jason Kim. Two of our best batsmen though were Joel Bank and Adam Cloughton. Although this pair did not score with the speed of others, they were capable of sticking around when we needed them most. Often seeing off a dangerous opening bowling attack, both these batsman played some good shots and improved thoroughly throughout the season. We considered ourselves more of a batting team, but we could also pack quite a punch with the cricket ball in our hands too. Many of our batsmen could also bowl with great skill and ease, taking wickets and tying down batsman, these bowlers included Adam Cloughton, Mickey Chung, Dean Royds, Haider Khan and Joel Bank. Although our entourage of all-rounders proved their worth as bowlers, it was ultimately the pace-trio who spearheaded the attack. Throughout the season Jason Kim, Danny Glazer and Tages took entire batting line-ups apart with their accuracy, consistency and sheer pace. We owed many a victory to these three outstanding cricketers. The people behind the stumps were required to possess great skill and wicket-keeping to our bowlers. Lucky for us we had in our team Ben Watson and Eugene Holdenson-Kimura, two fantastic keepers who very rarely let the team down through errors on the field. Ben BankCaptain of U15 Bevan
A Family Affair at the Finals – Lindfield Langer vs Lindfield Gillespie
179 U/14/15 Lindfield Hayden In 2006-07 Lindfield Hayden had an enjoyable season and all players improved their cricket skills significantly. Although we won only a few games we were always competitive and the team spirit was terrific. The most exciting match was the tied “thriller” against NSBHS where we chased 128 runs and managed to sneak a single off the last ball Ishaan (Eesh!) Arya came back from an appendix operation to hit a six off the last ball of the season.Jim (Jimbo Jones) Zovara bowled well, taking several key wickets and finished the season with a rollicking 32 including 3 sixes in a row. Jimbo was always keen to face the fast bowlers at practice in the nets!Nicholas (Hey Hey its Nick Hay) Hay ended the season with a 5 wicket bag in the last match taking 5/9 and his batting defence was impenetrable. Biraj (Bizza) Shrestha, our captain was a champion bowler and batsman. He could bowl extremely fast and all batsmen were uncomfortable playing him. He could also bowl spinners to good effect. Bizza had many excellent aggressive knocks. Congratulations on making the U16 NSJCA representative (A) side for next season.Dushyant (Dush) Iyer played extremely well including a fantastic catch at slip. The team really missed Dush when he was unavailable due to school commitments. The highlight of his season was his top score of 49 retired. Ciaran (open a Casey of Whip…) Casey’s batting shows great potential and his elevation up the batting order was a reflection of his excellent technique. His off spinners were also very good. Ciaran was often seen running laps of Pottery Green during our batting in pursuit of other athletes! Ryan (Vinny) Vitorovic was an inspiration in the field to all team members. He always had a humorous comment and consistently encouraged other team members. His bowling was excellent and he made some good contributions with the bat.Sukhita (Suke) DeSilva bowled with searing pace and a great deal of noise taking 5/10 in one match. He also contributed well with his attacking batting and fielding. Ben (Bennyboy) Scott. In only his second season of cricket Ben top scored in 4 of our matches and on a couple of occasions scored half the team’s total runs. Ben liked to sunbake before he batted! He also took some wonderful catches behind the stumps. Isaac (Ronnie) Summers joined us in the new year from the UK where he had honed his skills playing in the English country circuit. His pace bowling will be unplayable next season! Took a great catch in the outfield and was always very enthusiastic.Christopher (CCTV) Chen mesmerised batsmen will his bowling run up. He bowled extremely accurately and conceded few runs. Thanks also to the following Hayden boys who helped team in between their school commitments with appearances during the season: Hari Caufield, Christian Ellis, James Graham, Qasim Khan. Whilst school commitments meant it was difficult to field the full strength team each week, special thanks to following players Stephen Yates, Sam Gair, Alec Benson, Christ Hurst, Anthony Hurst, Callum Mayhook, Mitchell Carter, Kentaro Flint, David Carter, Shaune Miller, Jamie Scott and Max Summers of other Lindfield teams and the managers who provided players when we needed them. We look forward to many of the boys making their World Cup debuts in 2015! Alan Ellis Coach / Jabin Shrestha Manager
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A Very Happy Under 14-15 Hayden Team after Victory
181 U/14/15 Lindfield Healy 2006/2007 was a very successful season for Lindfield Healy. Highlights included:
Winning the minor premiership Winning the premiership Three unbeaten centuries (Max Carter 150, Scott Penfold 112, Tim Mitchell 114) Scott Penfold winning the NSJCA batting average award Ollie Grimble hattrick The season started ominously with 2 losses but Round 3 was a turning point and we only dropped one further game over the rest of the year. Aside from Declan Jakrot’s legspin and Ollie’s hatrick our bowling attack was tight without capturing wickets. Batting was our strength. Many opponents took the field in the second innings and watched with dismay and disbelief as their “winning” totals were overhauled. In addition to 3 centuries there were 11 scores over 50 spread out over 9 batsmen illustrating the depth that could be called upon. The team played the entire season in the right spirit. The boys rotated the captaincy, set intelligent fields often taking into account being 1 or 2 players short and new players to the team integrated and contributed from the first ball of the season. It was truly enjoyable from all perspectives Thanks to Ken Penfold for scoring and umpiring. Thanks also to Andrew Shaw and John Grimble for coaching – they are a rare mix of good cricketers and good coaches and all the boys have benefited from their guidance. Lindfield Healy 2006/2007 was: Max Carter,Mitchell Carter, Rowan Fessey, Ken Flint, Robert Foster, Ollie Grimble, Chris Hulston, Declan Jakrot, Tim Mitchell, Scott Penfold, Joe Scarcella, Andrew Shaw and Matt Weber David Carter Manager
182 U/14/15 Lindfield Taylor 2006-07- What a season! After a tough start in Division 1, and plagued throughout the season by the fickle nature of private school morning and afternoon game scheduling, we commendably finished just outside the top 4 after carrying forward a meagre points tally from our Div 1 experience. Two highlights of the season were tremendous tussles and ultimately victory against the #1 and #2 teams in Division 2 in the last few weeks of the season proving what we had always suspected – that on our day we could beat anyone in the competition! All boys had an outstanding season this year with significant improvement across the board, and some newcomers taking truly outstanding leaps forward. The batting award this year went to Amil Premawardhana for an outstanding display of controlled aggression highlighted by an unbeaten 102 in round 9 against Monash (including 5 sixes) and an average of 56.33 and a whopping 338 run aggregate. Darren Jayasekera averaged 55.75 (including a 95 not out) and looked good all season. Oscar Jamieson rallied his natural opening bowlers’ tearaway attitude and took it to the crease launching 126 runs in only 3 innings, including 6 sixes at an average of 106 with a 61 and a 63 not out both scored off about 14 deliveries (or so it seemed)! Bowling and Coaches awards came down to two of the most improved players in the squad. Byron Stuntz took the bowling award at an average of 7.86 and chipped in with some solid batting and a top score of 43. Andrew Mowbray, in his first season with Lindfield had what can only be described as a ‘blinder’ and improved every week ending up with the highest number of wickets and figures of 9 for 108 at an average of 12 runs. Outstanding stuff Byron and Andy! Harry Lamble and Shaun Miller took 8 wickets each, bowling consistently all season and looked strong with the bat but never quite grabbed the runs. Will Lavan was consistent with both bat and ball finishing with 5 for 93 at an average of 18.6. James Armstrong stood resolute in the face of some powerful opening bowlers, and bowled consistently in the middle of the innings. I don’t think he ever recovered from seeing his trusty blade snap in two at training ☺! Robbie Ward, often found at number 3 facing a relatively new ball, crunched a solid 37 against Mosman, bowled 15 schizophrenic overs of leg spin and/or super quick bouncers and his work behind the stumps was exemplary. Tim Van Zuylen was very matter of fact in knocking up a solid 50 in round 4 and bowled solidly, often defending our position bowling the last few overs of a match. Peter McKenzie snuck another 7 catches into his dinner plate sized hands, and in partnership with Oscar knocked up a quick 39 not out against Mosman (#2 on the table) and hit the winning runs with the biggest six I think Mosman Coach Phil Emery has ever seen ☺. How sweet it was for this coach, who played cricket at school with Phil and was standing next to him as the ball sailed to
183 the heavens. I am sure I had to help him close his slackened jaw to avoid sunburn to the roof of his mouth. Or maybe I just made that bit up! Finally our victory against top of the table Lindfield Healey! With Shaun Chandiramani opening the batting and amassing a rock solid 42 setting a platform for one of the tightest victories one could imagine! Andrew Butler chimed in with 1 of only 2 wickets taken that day, and emerged with 3 thumping fours at a critical stage with the bat. Andrew in his first season with Lindfield was easily one of our most improved with both bat and ball and snagged 4 catches to round off a great season. All in all a most enjoyable season with a top notch group of young men and a most entertaining and social time had by all in the stands! Thanks to all the parents that helped out through the season with particular thanks to Neil Jayasekera for his flawless management and infectious laughter! Andrew Lamble Coach
184 U/16 Lindfield Clarke Our boys enjoyed a very successful season in 2006-07. We finished the season Minor Premiers eventually losing a hard fought and competitive Final. We were superbly led by Daniel Cutting. Daniel had a tremendous season with the ball (18 wickets @ 9.00) and after early indifferent form with the bat (144 at 14.40) regathered his touch to compile some great knocks. Kaven Amerasekera was our star batsman (332 runs @ 30.18). He was a model of consistency throughout the season and most importantly scored runs in the vital end of season matches. Kaven won our batting award. Our bowling award was won by Daniel Isaacs (21 @ 8.81). Daniel also won the Club’s junior bowling award and the district aggregate and average bowling awards. Daniel also had a fine season with the bat (179 @ 29.83). A fine fieldsman, it was a toss up between Daniel and Patrick Sim for our classic catch during the season. They both took a several scorchers. Patrick had a very good season with the ball (10 @ 13.00). As his leg spin bowling matures further success will follow. Big Patrick, Patrick Bersee enjoyed his first season with Clarke. His bowling developed nicely (14 @ 10.50) and I have no doubt that he could become a front line fast bowler. Josh Martin started the season slowly but soon found touch with the bat (116 @ 14.50) to put together some good scores. Crucially, those good scores were match winners in important games. They were not wasted on lesser games. Joel Arnott had a fine season behind the stumps (8 dismissals). Unavailability in several matches prevented him from seriously defending his district wicket-keeping status. Joel batted with greater authority this season and as a consequence one determined and patient innings gained us a valuable draw which eventually assisted our winning the Minor Premiership. School commitments prevented Sean Robertson and Oliver Davies playing in several matches. Both these players are fine all-rounders and tremendously keen in the field. Our energy levels were always highest when they were in the field. James Robinson’s fast bowling consistently improved during the season (10 @ 12.30). James’ batting also developed nicely. A fine student of the game I’m sure that he will make a smooth transition to Shires. Michael Durnee’s spinners created many a tangled web for batsmen (5 @ 16.60). Michael has chosen the hardest of all bowling trades, the venomous chinaman. With careful nurturing and an eager ear he also should enjoy success in Shires. Early season injury delayed Andre Duval’s entry onto the scene. His batting developed to the stage that he capably opened our batting in the Final. His bowling collected several important wickets (5 @ 14.00). He also was one of our better catchers and fieldsmen. Harry Jamieson also tool several great catches. A hard hitting batsman (112 @ 16.00) and probing bowler, Harry was a vital cog in our team. Another keen student of the game, big things are expected from Harry next season. Pierre Rodriques began the season as a batsman capable of turning the scoreboard over. By season’s end he had discovered an ability to hit the ball hard, high and far. His short but action packed innings in the Final confirmed his new found confidence. Avi Bauer won our coach’s award. Avi could be called upon the bat anywhere in the order. His “mystery balls” captured
185 several vital wickets and, like many players in our team, he had the ability to throw down the stumps with direct hits from the field. He prowled the covers like a cat. A contributing factor to the success and enjoyment our boys achieved was the support provided by their parents. We were never short of scorers, umpires or supporters on the hill. I am indebted to those parents whose support and assistance made the season so enjoyable. John Sim, Coach.
U/16/17 Clarke in the Championship Final
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