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BEENA BULLETIN Official Newsletter of the Murrumbeena Cricket Club http://www.murrumbeenacc.com/ Issue 0412-13 12 December 2012 President’s Report After watching the seniors last week it is a timely reminder for us all to remember on how to play the game in the right spirit including observing the rules and codes. Unfortunately, senior and junior members witnessed an incident including audible offensive language that was disappointing and unnecessary. I would like to congratulate the Murrumbeena players who where caught up in the incident in how they conducted themselves. Many senior players and committee members have had involvement as umpires, captains, coaches or team managers in various elevens over the years and have witnessed many incidents that are unfortunate and not in the best interest of cricket. After having a chat with Adrian Menara the other week there is no doubt it is still happening in cricket and as young as the under 11’s! Murrumbeena Cricket Club embraces and supports all codes that are adopted Murrumbeena David Thomson by the competition bodies and has its own procedures to deal with such 9569 0718 / 0418 337 366 incidents. Incidents will continue to challenge us but we need to remember the reason why we play this great game. As far as results go, all elevens won except for the second eleven, however, all senior teams are in or very close to the top four so another win to all teams Leigh Hardham 9763 2944 before Christmas would put the club in a very strong position. Having a look through junior ladders most teams are in a similar position with a domination by the under 11’s with the Maroon and Gold teams going particularly well. I would like to thank all of the junior players and parents who came down or stayed on for the junior clinic. Leigh Hardham and the senior players enjoy being involved and hopefully some tips and tricks were learnt. Also, congratulations to all junior players that have made representative teams. Peter Hay has mentioned we have several players representing various competitions so good luck. Socially, the next major function is the Christmas party on the 23 rd December so once again we are looking for a big crowd to come down and support the club. Details in this issue and on the website. Finally, Luke Gale has had to fly back home unexpectedly due to a family illness. We wish Luke and his family all the best and hope to see Luke back at the Beena arena very soon Go Beena Warren Walker Issue 0412-13 12 December 2012 Coaches Report Christmas is fast approaching and we have one more round before a well-earned break, and despite interruptions to our schedule with T20 matches we have maintained a solid workload on the training track which is bringing us great results in our matches. Please ensure that we keep this up over the next fortnight so we can be set-up for a big finish after Christmas. The First XI got back on the winners list and into the four with a strong win at home, congratulations to Jarrod Walker for another 3 wickets, and to Troy Lamb who’s exceptional 151 set us up for a great victory. The Second XI was disappointed to go down, well done to veteran seamer Andy Paton who claimed another 4 wicket haul. The 3 rd XI scored a massive 100 run win, thanks largely to a 50 from the inform Kuntal Jani, and 4 th XI also had a big win thanks to 50 from Jake Stanbrook and 4 wickets from Cam Walker. Mat Pearson Junior Bulletin One more round before the Christmas break so it would be wonderful if we can go to the break with some good results this weekend. From what I can see from last week's results all of our junior teams had a win - with the exception of the Under 15 Gold team who were involved in a close one with East Malvern - I think we are in the process of validating the result as a tie. So 7 1/2 wins! A fantastic effort. Under 15s Pizza & Pop Many thanks to all of the families and kids who came along to the Under 15s Pizza & Pop night last Friday night. We had almost 50 in attendance which was excellent and it was great to see the kids and parents mixing across teams, listening to the coaches on their season updates and enjoying some Friday night chat. Thank you in particular to Jarrod Martin and Brett Hardham for staying around to run the bar and Gail Hardham for organising the flyers. T20 Good to see some of our juniors at the T20 last night against McKinnon. The kids really do love coming along to these matches. Individual Junior Coaching As some of you will be aware, Dan Parkinson has been assisting us with junior training. Dan is now available for personal coaching sessions, which can be very beneficial in accelerating your child's cricket skills and understanding of the game. Please refer to the flyer elsewhere in the Newsletter. Xmas Party Please support the Club's Annual Xmas Party at the Beena Arena on Sunday 23rd December. Details elsewhere in the newsletter. Flyers have also been distributed to all. Please see your Team Manager asap. We also plan on holding a Junior T10 match against Forest Hill at the Xmas Party as a "curtain raiser" to the main T20 match vs Forest Hill. Please support your club . Go Beena! Peter Hay Issue 0412-13 12 December 2012 TRIVIA The performance of Troy Lamb in scoring 151 before tea must surely be a record, but as we have never recorded the situation at tea, we will never know. Suffice to say I have no recollection of anybody, on turf at least, scoring that number of runs before the interval. Troy’s 151 is the second highest score for the 1 st XI since we began playing on turf, bettered only by John Patton who made 162 against Old Mentonians in 2006/07. Jim McDermott (149) and Jeff Graham (146 twice) have gone close to the 150 mark. There is still some way to go to reach the highest known score in the club’s 1 st XI, 198 made by Ted Wolsley in the 1932/33 Grand Final against Tooronga. Cheltenham’s score of 255 is the fourth highest the 1 st XI have successfully chased - Interestingly the highest “chase” was the 276 made by Old Mentonians when Patton scored his big hundred . The opening partnership of 134 between Troy and Darcy Hargrave was also noteworthy, being the third highest recorded for the 1 st XI on turf. The only higher 1 st wicket partnership is 144, made by Ron Craig and Peter Newton (Snr) in 1964/65 against Glenhuntly, and more recently by Troy Lamb and Matt Williams, against Cheltenham last season. And now for something really, really trivial. When John Patton scored his 162 at Old Mentonians, Troy Lamb was the third man out, dismissed for 96, with the score on 211. Last Saturday Troy Lamb was again the third man out, this time for 151, but also with the score at 211. Isn't that spooky! Social Functions Function Date Function & Location 23 rd December 2012 Christmas Party 10 th February 2013 Super Sixes 2nd March 2013 Final Night TBA T20/20 Issue 0412-13 12 December 2012 1st XI - Round 5 vs Cheltenham (WON) In Round 5 we hosted fellow finals aspirant Cheltenham, and following a correct call Cheltenham decided to bat on what looked like an interesting Beena arena wicket in fine conditions. Luke Gale has returned home briefly so James Lockhart was drafted in to join the middle order in our first change for the year. Jarrod Walker (3-55) got us an early breakthrough once again and despite some tidy bowling and fielding we were looking a little down the barrel shortly before tea with the visitors sitting comfortably at 2-90, before a double bowling change brought us 3 quick wickets to have us back in control just after tea with the visitors at 5-105. Unfortunately we slipped a little in the field after this, with a couple of missed chances allowing the tail to wag and Cheltenham to finish on 9-255 at the end of play, with Jimmy Handley (1-35 in 20 overs), Matt Williams (2-42) and Troy Lamb (2-53) all amongst the wickets. On day two we set about the task in fine style, with our new opening combination of Lamb and Darcy Hargrave putting on a fine stand of 134 in quick time before Darcy was out for a well-made 41. This paved the way for Troy to unleash, and he was dismissed just before tea for a magnificent score of 151 from 140 deliveries, to leave us at 4-211 at the tea interval. With the wicket starting to crumble after the break, a solid partnership of 41 between Jarrod Martin (20) and our Mat Pearson (20) got us past the required total, before some nice stroke play from Jimmy Handley (40*) and James Lockhart (17) got us up to 8-328 from our allotted 80 overs. This was a great result for the First XI, putting us 4 th on the ladder, within striking distance of the top teams and six points clear of the chasing pack. We have a two day game starting this Saturday against bottom placed Moorabbin Park, with a one day match against second placed Port Melbourne at Teac oval on Sunday the 17 th to make-up for the Round 1 washout.