ELAIDE AD ffal the BuBu os allrounder Official Newsletter of the Club Ano ther Exciting Season... After an incredibly busy winter lead- (for the best results in all 4 senior up, the 2002/2003 season is here at grades) has not been won by our last and our club looks forward to it Club for 10 years, but I really do with eager anticipation. Both the believe we can do it this year! seniors and juniors have experienced near record numbers at pre-season It is also a big year off the field. The training. This year they will be more Committee is looking to plant new than ably assisted by Ian Wallace pitches at Park 23, purchase a new and Greg Wyman, both of whom will roller and install safety netting at the provide some valuable extra skills practice facilities. Also crucial coaching to our younger players. to lifting the profile of our Club is a significant upgrade of our website to Damien Kitto Ian has already been busy coaching make it a valuable marketing tool - Adelaide Cricket potential ‘Ray Sutton’ boys through something you’ll all want to use on a Club President the winter months and has been able regular basis to obtain important to attract a number of additional match statistics and updates about teams and schools to the primary what is happening at your club. school cricket competition that we now operate. This will not only help Social events this season will be put the Adelaide Cricket Club become a forward using the creative ideas and ‘hub’ for community cricket, but also organisational skills of those two increase the flow of talented young well-known ‘social’ animals - Jeremy cricketers to our Club. Well done, Ian! Appleton and Nathan Job. With your support, it should REALLY be an A big welcome to a number of new enjoyable season off the field as well! players joining our Club this season. In particular keep an eye out for Jack In the last ‘Allrounder’ I indicated the Inside: Smith - a fluent young batsman from Marion Council supported a major Canberra - who should dominate at development of our Glandore Adelaide’s the top of the order for the ‘A’s. Also, clubrooms. Unfortunately, they have ‘Newest’ only just announced, comes the great now done a complete backflip by significantly reducing their proposed Life Member! news that Craig White (a former club AND English Test player!) has agreed funding towards this project. Your to play for us this season. He is Committee will, however, continue to This Season’s looking to stay fit and fine-tune his negotiate with Council to upgrade Social Events skills prior to the up-coming World the building for the betterment of the Calendar Cup. community. We are still confident something will happen - it will just In the four years that I’ve been take a little longer than we had Our Senior Coach involved with our Club’s Committee, originally hoped... looks at some I strongly believe this is our most ‘changes’... important year to prove that we are Finally, let me take this opportunity one of the top clubs in the SACA to wish members and players every District Competition. For so long success this season. This could well ‘Facing Up’ now we have dominated at ‘A’ grade be the greatest ‘Year of the Mighty with Club level with only mixed success. In Buffalos!’ Lachlan Stevens... fact, the SACA Club Championship Damien

Adelaide Cricket Club Newsletter, Edition 4: Number 1, 2002/2003 Page 1 SINCOCK RETIRES... Past Player News Former Adelaide Cricket Club From SACA’s “Long Boundary” George GIFFEN - after a fine great ANDREW comes the news of a competition career, including 39 Tests, came SINCOCK has with a twist... Over the summer, to Adelaide Cricket Club and at last (finally!) the public were invited to choose played between 1906 and 1911. announced his (from a short list of 28 SA greats) In 64 first-class matches took retirement from 12 West End Legends of Cricket, 412 wkts. & scored 4,667 runs. playing grade in CORRECT ORDER!, cricket... as selected by a prominent panel - In only 105 Now aged 50, he began at the age of of judges. The Prize? Only a cool first-class matches managed an 15 - & played for six clubs. His long $500,000! Unfortunately, no-one incredible 668 at 24.80. career included winning two SACA managed to pick them exactly... Apart from 58 catches, also took Bradman Medals - one while he was 5 wkts. in an innings 62 times, & representing Adelaide from 1979 to The selected SA Legends were, in more than 10 wkts. (in a match) 1986. For Adelaide he took a fine 213 : Jack Badcock, Clem 16 times! wickets @ 23.91 and made 1266 runs Hill, Donald Bradman, Ian @ 24.82. In total, he snared 762 ‘A’ Chappell, , Darren Jason GILLESPIE - present Test Grade wickets - 3rd. on the S. A. all- Lehmann, George Giffen, keeper player who obviously needs no time list! He also took 98 wickets for Gil Langley, Neil Hawke, Jason introduction! The way Dizzy’s S. A. over 39 matches. Gillespie, Clarrie Grimmett and bowling at the moment we . Not a bad group! won’t see much of him playing Andrew’s magnificent career included for Adelaide CC for quite a a number of Premierships - one as the For added interest, at least FIVE while... Has notched up around playing Captain/Coach for East of the 12 have played with the 25 first-class games and more Torrens in 1990/91 - plus some Adelaide Cricket Club, and short than 26 Test Matches! coaching stints for both the cricket summaries of their efforts follow: academy and also the S. A. Redbacks. Jack BADCOCK - 3128 runs @ Finally, we can claim the former In retirement, he intends contributing 59.01 for ACC - including a Club Victorian bowler Rodney HOGG: to the game he loves by continuing to record for Most Runs Scored for he DID play ONE GAME for us, work on a number of SACA and ACB us in a Season (845 @ 70.41). taking 5/35 and scoring 43 n.o.! committees...

For most young cricketers, since around 1974, Murray has had many their first introduction to a roles - including District Club is being chosen running the club bar to play for the Ray Sutton FROM THE BACK OF Shield - SA’s Competition for HIS CAR at Adelaide elite Under/13 Primary No.2 (around 1976), LIFE MEMBERSHIP School players. But, most of running the bar as Bar them would not be aware of If you have been to Manager at Bailey the administrator after watch an “A” Grade Reserve (1977-1984), whom this Shield is named... game sometime lately serving as an ACC you will almost certainly Committee Member Ray Sutton (pictured right) was a key figure in have seen a couple of (1977-1984) and as a establishing the SA Past Players and Umpires regular fans sitting on Team Manager from Association, the Cricket Academy, and the World the boundary intently 1980 - 1984. Youth Cup held here in 1988. After a long term as watching the wickets secretary of the Prospect Club (during which the fall and the runs flow... In recognition of his out- club won 7 Premierships in 11 seasons) he joined MURRAY CHURCHETT standing support for S.A.C.A. in 1980 as District Cricket Co-ordinator (and his good wife, Pam, over 25 years, Murray and set up the present Primary Schools Comp. to both pictured above) has been granted Club introduce junior cricketers to Grade Clubs. have hardly missed Life Membership. Our In 1994, Ray was awarded the Medal of the Order a ball for over 25 years. Congratulations go to a of Australia, for his ‘services to cricket’. Sadly, A staunch Adelaide great Club friend - and Ray passed away on June 21, 2002, but his legacy Cricket Club Member his wife, Pam... still lives on in whenever young cricketers play for the ‘Ray Sutton Shield’...

Adelaide Cricket Club Newsletter, Edition 4: Number 1, 2002/2003 Page 2 Changes to make us better...

Perhaps the only real ‘constant’ we This season Ian Wallace - well-known experience in today’s world is Change. and widely respected cricket identity - In our work, school or home life, new has been appointed to our Senior technology is constantly changing the Coaching Panel. Ian’s specific role will way we learn, work and play. And, as be to work closely with our ‘C’ & ‘D’ we have seen numerous times in other grade players with the particular aim sporting environments, competitors or of developing them for competing in clubs who are continually seeking higher grades. improvement are generally leaders in their own particular field. Damien Kelly has been appointed as Senior Fitness Coach to measure and For many years AFL clubs have first analyse the fitness levels of every analysed and then adapted their senior player. He is already working training programs, game plans, player with most of them, developing their recovery and injury management. individual programs after taking into Though Grade Cricket will never come account many variable factors. To put Shane Bernhardt, close to matching AFL football, at it simply - an 18 yr. old fast bowler will Senior Club Coach, Adelaide Cricket Club we are well obviously need a different program to explains plans aware of how we must continue to a 28 yr. old batsman. for an exciting improve. Simply, we have to create a new season... favourable environment where we can Lachlan Stevens has been appointed consistently produce and develop Club Captain and brings with him State (and Test) Cricketers while also many fresh ideas. After playing under winning Grade Premierships in the the present Australian Coach, John process. Buchanan, for a number of years Lachie has experienced some ‘cutting Over the past 5 years our club’s onfield edge’ ideas on how cricket is now performances have been successful. being played and we’ll welcome his We have seen young players promoted valued input to our senior teams. to the first-class scene, our ‘A’s have played in some sort of finals every We are also extremely fortunate to season, and our A, B, C, D, U/16 and have International Representatives in U/14’s have all won premierships! No Jason Gillespie (Australia) and Craig doubt it would be pleasant for us to sit White (England), as well as present back and think ‘We’re doing O.K.’ Redback players Ben Johnson, Chris Davies and new State Squad recruit However, the greatest risk in life is to Jack Smith all available at times this take no risk at all! With this in mind year to pass on the benefits of their we are going to make some changes. experience.

Though our process isn’t necessarily At a recent ‘A’ Grade planning session, ‘broken’ I believe we need some small eighteen players, under the guidance changes to continue to improve the of Lachie Stevens, provided valuable way we do things... insights and ideas into how we’ll need to improve preparing and playing our game this season. Collectively they’ve It is with deep sadness moving farewell, Coach we acknowledge the Eric Freeman presented a developed our 2002/2003 game plan: loss of young clubmate tribute to Glenn at a service ‘TEAM BUFFS’ - taking ownership and GLENN KNOTT. Glenn attended by 850 of Glenn’s responsibility for our coming season. was a talented member family & friends, with a of our recent Under/16 guard of honour formed Remember, to be the best, we must Premiership side. As a by his team-mates...The give our best! It’s time for us all to mark of respect our A & B Adelaide Cricket Club work together for ultimate success this senior sides wore black mourns a popular, talented season. Best of luck to those players armbands for our first youngster. Our thoughts who will represent our Club in the game this season. In a are with Trish and Paul. following weeks... Shane

Adelaide Cricket Club Newsletter, Edition 4: Number 1, 2002/2003 Page 3 allrounder Player Profiles

Full name : MATTHEW DAVID PLANT Nickname (s) and Why ? : ‘Biggins’ (via a girl dated at Uni - Tucks will no doubt tell the rest!) Date of Birth : 30/12/1977. Height : 5’10” or 177 cms. (whichever is the tallest?) Weight : A little more than last year, and the year before that... Where currently living (suburb / town) : Burnside - but don’t tell Peter Goers. Marital Status : Single, though all reasonable offers will be considered. Occupation / study (if applicable) : Stockbroker. Position / job at club currently: Equity Advisor. Year first at ACC ; First Position ? : 1988 - played in our Ray Sutton Shield team that year. Biggest influence on career : (fat men CAN play!). Best bowler faced : Dunno, I don’t usually hang around long enough to get their names... Best batsman played against : Brenton Opperman. Matthew Favourite music group / performer : Pink Floyd. Favourite drink : Beer, Beer, & Beer. Favourite dish : Indian. Likes : Fun, and a LOT of it! Dislikes : Mondays. PLANT Favourite movie : “Star Wars”. Favourite actor/actress : Coops in a Koala Suit! Last book read : Red Dragon. Favourite Oval : That home of fine cricket, Glandore. Biggest career highlight : Being the last player to get out the leading SACA run-scorer of all time in ‘A’ Grade cricket (Wayne Bradbrook) in his last ‘A’ Grade game (just 10 runs short of the record at the time - but he got them in the second innings...) Greatest disappointment : Shoulder reconstruction. Superstitions : Never play sober. Heroes : Mohammed Ali, John Daly. Most memorable moment : Writing this. Other hobbies / interests : Drinking as a genuine art form, and Girls. Preferably both. Current partners aside , who would be your dream date? : Britney Spears. Name 3 people you would love to meet in person : Mohammed Ali, Britney Spears, Anna Kournikova

Full name : WILLIAM GRANT KEARVELL Nickname (s) and Why ? : ‘WILL’ (short for William, would you believe?) Date of Birth : 27/12/89 Height : 146 cm. Weight : a massive 39 Kg.! Where currently living (suburb / town) : Unley Park. Marital Status : Definitely Single Occupation / study (if applicable) : Student at Sacred Heart. Year first at ACC? : 2001. Biggest influence on career : Eric Freeman, Joe Hoad, Trevor Neate. Best bowler faced : Adam Kennedy. Best batsman bowled to : Ryan Sawade. Favourite music group / performer : Matchbox 20, Nickelback / Paul Kelly (Singer/Guitarist) Will Favourite drink : Pepsi Max Favourite dish : Chicken Parmegana. KEARVELL Likes : Bowling on a hot day / holidays. Dislikes : Brussell sprouts, Computing Tests. Favourite actor : Owen Wilson, Adam Sandler Last Book Read : “Darkness, be my Friend” by John Marsden. Favourite Oval : Glandore Oval. Biggest career highlight : Taking 3/0 off 10.3 overs - that’s 10 maidens...(bowling ‘leggies’). Greatest disappointment : Making only 4 runs in Sutton Shield last year. Heroes : My parents! (thanks Mum), Peter Motley, , Gary Sobers, The Don. Other hobbies / interests : Footy, Music, School (half of the time!) Current partners aside, who would be your dream date? : Mum. Name 3 people you would love to meet in person : Steve Waugh, John Blake (of 5AA), and Rove McManus.

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The 2002/03 Season is upon us and on The Under/16 Squad is also very paper at least the Junior Teams will, strong and from the 38 players who once again, be very strong! Though tried out for selection it was extremely only 9 of last year’s Under/14 Squad difficult to reduce the squad down to remain in our 14’s this year, we are 26, with both Scotty Carman & Sam happy to welcome many new players Raphael expected to play First X1, & to the Club. Ali Fraser already trying out with the Seniors. Matthew Nobes (son of Paul) and Alex Curtin (son of Barrie) have both been Two more new players to the Club are selected in the Under/14's and even Nicholas Curiak from Sturt - a left though they are both very young they hand opening bat, & Adam Kennedy - are ready to take the next step. If you a fast bowler from Glenelg and we remember Nobes and Curtin in full expect them to complement an already throttle for SA... well, let me tell you very strong squad. their youngsters play the same way! Brian Quist and Bruce Ramsay have Eric Freeman Trevor Neate and Barrie Curtin have agreed to take on the roles of Team Club Junior Coach, taken on the important roles of Team Managers/Coaches for the U/16 Reds talks about his Manager/Coaches of the Under/14 Red and the U/16 Whites. and Under/14 Whites, and their vast new crop of valuable experience will surely help Once again we look forward to another promising both teams. successful season - with all our Junior youngsters... Teams not only competing strongly but Many of last year’s Under/13's have enjoying their cricket too... best of luck stepped up a Level, but we still expect to them all! both of the sides to do well. Eric

Know your cricket club... In the Off Listed below are our Office-bearers for this season. You are encouraged Season... to make yourself known to them throughout the season - particularly if you have any positive feedback on how you think you can HELP the Club be again successful this year.

ADELAIDE CRICKET CLUB POSITIONS OF OFFICE 2002/2003

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS Damien Kitto 8374 4419 Graham Warburton 8298 9678 President Chairman of Selectors Graham Warburton 8298 9678 Warren McLean 8352 1133 Vice President, Finance Officer Popular ‘A’ Grade and Grounds co-ordinator Andrew Ramage 0419 868 370 Redback batsman Michael Raphael 0428 818 677 Fundraising Chris Davies married Secretary Simone Rylander in Warren Smith 8357 5557 April at St. Laurence’s Paul Maraun 8276 4109 Past Players & Memorabilia Treasurer 0414 758 109 Church, Nth Adelaide. Robert Cairney 8278 1902 Centenary Committee CLUB COACHES To Clynt (Glandore curator) and Karla Shane Bernhardt 8297 1892 Ryan: a son, Rourke. Senior Coach 0417 805 896 Dean Satterthwaite 8293 1128 Bar Manager A brother to Delilah. Eric Freeman 8449 7743 Junior Coach Miriam Hawker/Sharon Satterthwaite Tom Chadwick won Kitchen Managers Ian Wallace 8371 1143 the SANFL Tomkins Medal (B&F U/19) for 0418 826 843 Assistant Club Coach/Junior Co-ordinator Glandore Clubrooms 8297 7296 Westies. Great effort! Schools Development Officer

Adelaide Cricket Club Newsletter, Edition 4: Number 1, 2002/2003 Page 5 In the Off PROPOSED 2002/2003 SOCIAL CALENDAR Season... These are some of the proposed Social Events put on by Your Club for your Enjoyment this year. The ENGAGEMENT Why not plan to come along with your friends? was announced of ‘A’ Grade batsman October 19, 2002 Band Night (see main ad. below) Damien Kelly, to Cate. November 16, 2002 Quiz Night - Unley High School Hall Congratulations! Interesting to watch December 21, 2002 Club Christmas Show (A MUST!) Damo’s attempts to January 25, 2003 “Gentlemen’s” Day (?) squeeze in a Wedding between matches... February 1or 2, 2003 Super 8’s Comp. / Past Player’s Day February 22, 2003 Buffalo’s Ball (The year’s highlight!) Shane Maraun & March 9, 2003 Golf Day (Book EARLY!) Benny Ramsay took off to play cricket in England. Neither has been seen since! How’s this for a class act? GREG KERMEEN Not sure if its a ‘fair’ of ‘Corporate Clean Property Services’ is a swap, but the two English ‘Leggies’ nearby resident who was both surprised - Daniel Shilvock & and delighted to find a cricket club up and David Barrick - seem running at Glandore Oval. So much so that to be having a great he offered to DONATE his services during time - under Terry our current pre-season clubrooms tidy-up. Jenner’s tutelage! For anyone needing the same at home or work - ring Greg on 8277 4555

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Adelaide Cricket Club Newsletter, Edition 4: Number 1, 2002/2003 Page 6 Adelaide Cricket Club GOLD SPONSORS FIELDERS STEEL ROOFING 2002/2003 106 Ashley Street, Torrensville John Easling 8352 3611 MAJOR SPONSORS MAID OF AUCKLAND HOTEL 926 South Road, Edwardstown BONE TI M B E R Brian Hurley 8293 1641 856 South Road, Edwardstown Howard Bone 8297 8277 BAHNERT’S STEEL SUPPLIES 70 O. G. Road, Klemzig WARBUR T O N B U I L D E R S Peter Bahnert 8261 9977 6 Walsh Street, St Marys SIR RONALD BRIERLEY Graham Warburton 8374 3660 Private sponsor

PLAYER SPONSORS Hello, ‘TEAM BUFFS’ - morning not being aware ADELAIDE CRICKET WAREHOUSE and welcome to Summer of what’s going on. 83 Gilles Street, Adelaide 2002/2003, a season that Rob Wilson 8223 1522 provides new challenges, Perhaps, at a training creates new stories and night, meet as a team and consolidates friendships. brainstorm about the JK RAMAGE BUILDERS weekend for 10 minutes 58 York Avenue, Clovelly Park At team gatherings and or so. If you know your Andrew Ramage 8276 6627 meetings this year we opposition then talk about have discussed the how they will play, and primary importance of how we might get on top TMP WORLDWIDE success in the Club with of their batsmen and Level 15, 26 Flinders Street Championship and the Lachlan Stevens bowlers. Even if not much Wayman Chapman 8212 2677 steps required to put us in 2002/2003 Club Captain is known about them the best possible position. there are still plenty of SOUTHERN CROSS CELLARS It cannot be stressed The work during the week things to discuss - our 14-16 James Place, Adelaide. enough that a ‘D’ Grade will, in the end, reflect our own batting approach, Mike Raphael 8231 2271 victory is of the same weekend performances. bowling lines, or even value as an ‘A’ Grade win So, don’t just come to something that might (and vice-versa) to training to ‘hit a few balls, not be considered A to Z EMBROIDERY everyone at the club - one bowl a couple and maybe ‘conventional’ but which 910 South Road, Edwardstown for all and all for one... take a catch or two’; may surprise/confuse our Trent Williams 8297 4933 instead, come with a opposition or give us a The Club is already direct purpose: try to hit slight upper hand in the seeing the benefits of our every ball as hard as you match situation. SOLDER-TECH brief planning/brainstorm can, or play totally 12 Lloyd Street, St. Marys sessions in the club- defensively for every ball If you have an opinion 8276 8566 rooms, with far more of your net, or bowl your or a different suggestion ‘ownership’ being taken stock ball correctly 17 don’t be afraid to express WENZEL’S BAKERY by players both on and off times in a row and then it. (The worst that can 166 Jetty Road, Glenelg the field. try your variation and happen is that it might be John Wenzel 8295 2305 repeat, or take 20 mid- shot down by Jobby, Training sessions are range catches, catch 15 Brownie or Coops - and producing fantastic high balls and hit the who knows, it might even FOUNTAIN INN HOTEL 142 Glen Osmond Road, Parkside intensity, with the work stumps 3 times in a run- work!) The more we, as a ethic at a new high and out drill... If we train ‘the Club, ‘plan our work’ and 8271 5288 the emphasis being basics’ better, this will put then ‘work our plan’ the placed on quality rather us in good stead for the better we can be... DUTTON MOTORS than quantity. matches ahead! 7 Adelaide Road, Murray Bridge Good Luck for the Chris Dutton 8532 1999 It is my personal belief It would also be great to Season, see you first at that this is where all sides see every side go into its training - and then in the will win and lose their match with some type of bar, after the game! PASCULLI ENTERPRISES matches - on the training plan, so they don’t just 128 Main Street, Beverley paddock. turn up on a Saturday Cheers, Lachie. John Pasculli 8345 4112

Adelaide Cricket Club Newsletter, Edition 4: Number 1, 2002/2003 Page 7 Billy Buffalo’s WICKET WHISPERS

More Baby News for two well-known Popular LUKE ‘Horse” WILLIAMS has Big ‘A’ Grade quick MATTY TUCKER club identities: to ANDREW RAMAGE signed up for Tassie for two years, & is keener than ever to have a great and Alison - a baby boy Jack (not yet has started like we knew he would by season - as evidenced by his efforts sure if he’s a leftie!) and to ERIN the cracking a couple of eighties and a to be ‘early’ for a rostered Indoor “Bison” BERNHARDT and Fiona - tiny TON in lead-up matches. Seems he’s Fielding Practice at Woodlands. In a Casey - a sister for Liam... not too flash in the kitchen - so he’s masterful display of ‘leading from the Congratulations to both families! managing to live on healthy food 3 front’ he arrived at 9.00 A.M. - & not times a day (check it out at Subway!). 5 P.M. (like everyone else!). Seems ********** While in Tassie, the Penguin Club (in our Tucks just ‘mis-read’ the Practice Not sure just how much cricket at the the Burnie Cricket League) has rather Times... local level we’ll see from him - but reluctantly agreed to one new ‘rule another of Adelaide’s favourite ‘past’ change’ - a ball slogged over their ********** players, CRAIG WHITE, has only just fence is now ‘six and OUT’!! Another young quickie - well-known flown back to our club. Bit of an odd The new rule was forced on the club to these pages - has recently been in career so far: Bendigo to to by the Local Council in an attempt to courting mode with a lovely young Cricket Academy to ACC to Yorkshire ‘reduce the public risk’ - at the club’s lady. His best mates were somewhat to playing for England...starting as a home ground... mystified when they heard the young keeper, then bowling ‘Offies’, then bloke had sent her flowers AND a bowling Quick - for England! It’s ten ********** tub of Ice Cream! As no-one has yet years (season ‘89/90) since he met her, the boys naturally assumed played for us, but Welcome Back! she must be a little on the thin side and our fast-bowling romanticist was ********** just trying to ‘fatten her up’... Real While on Adelaide’s ‘Internationals’ - nice idea, but in actual fact the lass yet more misfortune for our ‘Dizzy’... had merely just had her tonsils out! he’ll miss the next two Test matches after playing 22 of the last 24. Loved ********** his story about the ‘best sledge’ he’d The Coach says it ‘must be in the heard - seems it dates back to a ‘C’ Heartiest Congratulations to our own water’, but for the second year in a Grade game with Adelaide, when a Junior Coach & local Legend, ERIC row one of our young hopefuls trying ‘young seamer’ named Benny Arthur FREEMAN. During the winter ‘Fritzy’ out for the Senior team has given the asked a fresh-faced, struggling found himself in the latest Queen’s Aquatic Centre a ‘Technicolor Yodel’ young batsman: “Are you on work Birthday Honours List - proving that exhibition IN THE POOL! This year it experience or something?” someone still remembers his exploits was 007 (work that one out!) - last on the cricket field! Eric was awarded year apparently a young M. P. (and a ********** the Medal of the Order of Australia further weak clue!) had gone for a HOW QUICKLY THINGS CHANGE! (OAM) for his ‘Services to Sport, par- Macca’s breakfast on his way to the Looked up the ‘A’ Grade team for the ticularly Cricket, as a Player, Coach pool... first match for Season 2000/2001 & & Administrator’. That’s a proud Eric compared it to the team named for (on the right, above) helping our ********** the first match this season - just two Governor (Marjorie Jackson/Nelson) Finally, on a more serious note, it has names matched in both! Admittedly, to find a spot to pin it on...well done, just been announced a scholarship in our State players were on first-class our very own Sir Fritzy, OAM! memory of Glenn Knott will be soon duty but the only two named in both established for up-and-coming young line-ups were Matty TUCKER and ********** footballers by the National Australia Sam WILLIAMS... (the 2000 team? - Then there’s the story about genial Bank with Happy Valley Footy Club... W. Smith, E. Bernhardt, L. Williams, giant, JOE HOAD - well-known face S. Williams, D. Agars, A. Podger, around the club last season...Seems B. Southam, A. Smith, S. Maraun, that when Joe played for the United I DELA DE the A fa u M. Tucker and T. Brown). Services Cricket Club in the U. K. (in Buf lBos allrounder The ‘new’ team went on to perform 1962!) he not only made a ‘dashing’ Official Newsletter of the Adelaide Cricket Club pretty well in their first match (with a 200 , but then went on to take Adelaide Cricket Club Glandore Oval / Phone: 8297.7296 fine all-round win!) under the newly ALL 10 of the opposition WICKETS - Website: www.adelaidecricketclub.org.au elected skipper Lachie Stevens... including a ‘hat-trick’!

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