Wellington Wanderers Club Inc.

Autumn Newsletter 2019

As autumn heads slowly towards winter we reflect on the recently completed season. The 2018-19 season was certainly one of the busiest in recent years with twenty eight days committed to cricket. The weather and last minute school commitments meant some matches were not able to be played or rescheduled. The season started with the AGM in late September with the AGM and dinner where we celebrated Matthew Roche being made a life member and current Wanderer and recently retired Wellington Firebird Luke Woodcock being guest speaker. This was followed by the hugely successful golf day at Shandon where members and guests attempted to win a new Mercedes on the 18th hole. Thanks to Gazley’s for making this a golf day with a difference. Two breakfasts were held this year to celebrate the visits of Sri Lanka Tribute breakfast with and Bangladesh. The breakfasts were quite different with Russel MC Bryan Waddle Arnold and Grant Elliott entertaining us at the Sri Lankan breakfast and in a break with tradition the Bangladesh breakfast was a celebration of Ewen Chatfield’s remarkable cricket career. Highlights on the playing field were another successful trip south to The Willows, the Governor General’s Secondary Schools Boys and Girls XI matches on the Basin, the Kindred Cricket Clubs tournament at Karori Park, the match against the NZ Maori Secondary Schools XI and the ten colleges who entered the Hunt Cup Caleb Montegue scoring 100 v Onslow T20 tournament at the Petone Rec. College Hunt Cup The club is looking at possible events around both the cricket and rugby world cups as we work our way through winter and onto the new season. Scott McHardy and Dan Fenwick Kindred Tournament Schedule of Matches: 28th October v Wanganui Collegiate – Cancelled. 25th November v Wellington Collegians (Larry Macer Memorial Match) – Cancelled.

2nd December v Onslow College Wanderers 136-10 in 38 overs v Onslow Coll 137-2 in 21 overs.

5th December v St Pats Town Hamish Marshall Wanderers 225-8 in 35 overs v St Pats Town 128-8 in 35 overs and Friends Kindred Tournament 14th December v Clifton CC Clifton CC 105-8 in 20 overs v Wanderers 107-5 in 19.2 overs

10th January v Scots College Wanderers 256-5 in 35 overs v Scots College 212-10 in 41 overs. 18th January v St Pats Silverstream – Cancelled 19th January v Greytown CC Greytown CC 158-5 in 20 overs v Wanderers 159-7 in 20 overs

19th January v Haberdashers CC Aftermatch Wanderers v Old Tablelands Haberdashers CC 109-9 in 20 overs v Wanderers 107-6 in 20 overs

19th January Greytown CC v Haberdashers CC Haberdashers CC 160-4 in 20 overs v Greytown CC 126-7 in 20 overs

25th January v Wellington College Wellington College 231-10 in 49.1 overs v Wanderers 232-5 in 41.1 overs 31st January v HIBS – Cancelled Callum O’Hagen 5 bag 1st February Kindred CC Tournament Karori Park v United Vineyards v Wanderers for Paraparaumu and Country CC College UVCC 157-4 in 20 overs v Wanderers 153-7 in 20 overs 2nd February Kindred CC Tournament Karori Park v Greytown CC Greytown 139-5 in 20 overs v Wanderers 140-4 in 18 overs 2nd February Kindred CC Tournament Karori Park v Clifton CC Wanderers 181-2 in 20 overs v Clifton CC 135-8 in 20 overs The Wanderers Blaze Ollie White and Alex 10th February v Old Tablelands XI and The Governor Ridley before the General’s School Girls XI Wanderers v NZ Maori Wanderers 197-7 in 30 overs v Old Tablelands 141-10 in 26 Sec Schools Match overs 14th February v Paraparaumu College Wanderers 205-8 in 39 overs v Paraparaumu College 165-10 in 38 overs 15th February v Hawkeswood Wanderers CC Hawkeswood Wanderers 120-10 in 20 overs v Wanderers 93-10 in 20 overs 19th February v Newlands College Newlands College 155-9 in 20 overs v Wanderers 159-8 in Trent Boult meeting Sir Anand Satyanad members of the NZ Maori presenting Caps to the 19.5 overs Secondary Schools XI Governor General’s School Boys XI 21st February v The Willows CC at Loburn Wanderers 102-10 off 34 overs v The Willows 104-4 in 28 overs 7th March v New Zealand Maori Sec Schools XI Wanderers 314-4 in 50 overs v NZ Maori Sec Schools XI 307-5 in 50 overs 13th March V HVHS Wanderers 130-10 off 29 overs v HVHS 131-7 off 29 overs Jonathan (Horse) Millmow 19th March v Rongotai College – Cancelled Sporting Director St Pats Town 21st March v Governor General’s Secondary Schools Boys XI Wanderers 317-10 in 49.4 overs v Governor General’s XI 184-10 in 37.4 overs 22nd March v Governor General’s Secondary School Girls XI Wanderers 137-7 in 20 overs v Governor General’s XI 101-10 0ff 20 overs

The Wanderers Blaze XI and The Governor General’s School Wanderers XI v NZ Maori Secondary Schools XI Girls XI

25th to 27th March Hunt Cup at Petone Wellington College, St Pats Town, St Pats Silverstream, HVHS, Scots College, Tawa College, Rongotai College, Scots College, Paraparaumu College, Onslow College entered for this three day T20 tournament for the Hunt Cup. Wanderers worked in conjunction with College Sport and Cricket wellington to put on this event. Thanks to Matt Wills from CW and Tracey Deveraux from College Sport for their assistance in making a success of this new initiative. Wellington College and St Pats Silverstream won their pools and will play in the final which will take place at the beginning of the next season. Play on the last day was rained out preventing the last pool games and the final taking place. Sri Lankan Breakfast: This was held at the Basin on December 15th. Ninety members and guests turned up to hear former Sri Lankan batsman Russel Arnold and current Wanderers Grant Elliott swap tales of their times meeting on and off the field. Given that we were right in the middle of Christmas preparations the club was very happy with the turn out. Bangladesh Breakfast: In a departure from the norm the club decided to run the Russel Arnold, Grant Elliot and Bryan Waddle Sri Lankan Breakfast breakfast as a tribute to retiring Wellington and New Zealand legend Ewen Chatfield. After a career spanning well over 50 years Chats has decided to finally hang up his boots. We could not have fitted another person into the Norwood Room as Wanderers members and guests turned up to pay tribute to Wellington’s favourite cricketing son. That so many of Chat’s former team mates rose to speak in his honour was a testament to what this man meant to so many over a lifetime of cricket. , , Ian Smith, Bryan Waddle, John Greenwood, Grant Cederwall, Ken Rutherford, Wally Lees all spoke of their memories of years playing in teams with Chats. In a moving couple of minutes spoke to Chats from the South Coast of England. Sir John Anderson KBE: Sir John passed away in Wellington on the 13th of November. He was a current Wanderer and a life Member of Karori CC, Wellington Cricket and . Sir John had a stellar career in business culminating in being CEO of NBNZ Ltd and latterly ANZ National Bank Ltd. His directorships in business were too numerous to mention here. Sir John was also an extremely talented sportsman playing both senior rugby and cricket, was Chairman of NZ Cricket and of the ICC. Sir John was instrumental in setting up the NZ Cricket Foundation and was secretary from 1972 until his death in 2018. He played many matches for the Wanderers in the late 1960’s and through the 70’s and his power hitting was legendary. Long after he finished playing for Wanderers he continued to contribute to the club in a material way. He will be remembered by us with much fondness. Rev J. Fraser Patterson: Fraser passed away on the Kapiti Coast on 28th March 2019. Fraser was an active member of Wanderers during his time in Wellington never missing an opportunity to turn out for the club against the College 1st XI’s. He was also a cricketing Rotarian playing many matches both here and overseas with the Rotarians. He will be fondly remembered for his contributions to our test match breakfasts where he would take the opportunity to say Grace as we commenced the breakfast. In a delightful turn Fraser’s “Grace” would take the form of a poem and would be based around the touring side. He will be remembered for his enthusiasm and kindness towards those club members he came into contact with. He enjoyed getting out on the field and bowling his brisk medium pacers often troubling much younger college players. At the crease he never shirked a challenge and in the days where everyone wears a helmet he never did. One can only assume he had divine help against the schoolboy bouncers. He has left big shoes to fill. A more comprehensive obituary on both Fraser and Sir John will be included in the Annual Report. Blazers and Ties: Scott McHardy and Matthew Roche have had dialogue with Club Colours in the UK. They are able to do made to measure blazers for club members. We are still working though the costings of those. Swatch samples of blazer material have been sent to the UK and we are awaiting further information. We are envisaging getting a run of caps (some will be kept by the club and some will be for sale to members), ties and blazers. We are informed that the minimum run for blazers is 6. We will probably come with a price for a blazer and tie. We will also look at scarves for the women. On placement of order we would take a deposit to confirm he order. We are still working thorough payment terms and conditions. We hope to have pricings to members ASAP to enable those who are interested to have them in time for the coming season. Turnaround time is about fourteen weeks. Cricket and Rugby World Cups: With both these competitions looming in the near future we are looking at running a competition around firstly the cricket world cup and if this is successful the rugby world cup. Depending on timings for the matches we may look to hold a breakfast around the semi-finals and finals. Subscriptions: Subs are certainly up on the last couple of seasons but there are still many who are yet to pay. Our financial year ends 30th of June so we will have a concerted drive to tidy these up before the end of June. Subs are critical to the day to day running of the club and if we can get a couple of hundred paying the $50 this will make the world of difference to how we operate. If you haven’t paid your sub we would appreciate you doing so and will include an invoice and payment details with this newsletter. The Coming Season: The 2019-20 season will be an extremely busy one for the Wanderers. We will have visits from England in October and November, India in February and March and Australia in March. England and India will play Tests and Australia will play T20’s. We also have the added bonus of New Zealand touring Australia in December and January and the eagerly awaited Boxing Day Test. Depending on allocations we anticipate holding a breakfast at each of the Test matches. The golf day for the coming season is already booked in for Friday September 27th to be held once again at Shandon Golf Club. The Wanganui Collegiate match is confirmed for Sunday 27th of October at Collegiate. We will also be entertaining a touring team from the Bay area of San Francisco on the weekend of 16th-17th February.