Annual Report
2017 / 2018
Contents
Office Bearers and Officials - Season 2017 / 18 ...... 2
Life Members ...... 3
New Life Members ...... 3
President’s Report ...... 4
Treasurer’s Report ...... 5
Coach’s Report ...... 5
Social and Fundraising Report ...... 6
Club Award Winners ...... 8
Senior Team of the Year ...... 8
Team Award Winners ...... 9
Individual Performance Awards ...... 11
Premiership Teams ...... 12
Senior Milestones ...... 12
Representative Teams and Association Awards ...... 13
Russell Hall Shield Voting (1st XI Cricketer of the Year) ...... 14
Rita Pump Shield Voting (Senior Club Champion) ...... 15
Keith Barrett Shield (Junior Special Achievement) ...... 17
Overall Club Batting Statistics ...... 18
Overall Club Bowling Statistics ...... 21
Team Reports and Statistics...... 24
First XI (Wright Shield) ...... 24 Second XI (C-Turf) ...... 28 Third XI (Sunday Turf – 1 Day Comp) ...... 32 Fourth XI (D Synthetic) ...... 36 Fifth XI (E Synthetic) ...... 40 Sixth XI (L.O.C.-1) ...... 44 Under 16 ...... 47 Under 14 (B-Grade) ...... 48 Under 12 (Friday B-Grade x 2)...... 50 Fast 9s ...... 54 Girls (Stage 1) ...... 56 Super 7s ...... 57 Milo In2Cricket Clinic ...... 60 Veterans (C-Grade) ...... 61
All-time Club Statistics* (Top 50) ...... 64
Office Bearers and Officials - Season 2017 / 18
President Matt Carr
Vice President – Seniors Trent Carr
Vice President – Juniors Sam Batten
Treasurer Ben Sindrey
Secretary Kyle Gogarty General Committee Craig Douglas Tom Repalust James Taylor James McCabe Lucas Shah Matt West Ashley Rudge Brett Smith
ECA Delegates Matt Carr / Kyle Gogarty / James Taylor
Junior Delegate Matt West
Vets Delegate Frank McCann
Club Coach Steve Rimer
Chairman of Selectors David Winduss
Junior Co-Coordinator Matt West / Sam Batten
Curator Melanie Allan
Catering Manager Trevor King
Senior Captains 1st XI - Tim McCann 2nd XI - Ian Rosthorn 3rd XI - Steve Rimer 4th XI - David Gibson 5th XI - Michael Freeman 6th XI - Matt Carr Vets XI - Neil Barker
Junior Coaches Under 14 - Matt West Under 12 - Sam Batten & James McCabe Fast 9s - Matt West Girls Stage 1 - Paul Perry Super 7s - Sam Cosham, Josh Quinlan & Gary Hatfiled-Dunn
Milo In2 Cricket Coordinator – Trent Carr Assistants – Isaac Mumford, Aidan Miller, & Trent Wynne
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Life Members
H. Pump George Muller Ms Rita Pump Jack Alsop Ken Beavis Wilf Pump A. Washusen J. Lamb William (Bill) Dean L. Simmons George Brooke Ray Curnow R. Shiels G. Beavis S. Chisholm Ron Sharp Laurie Thatcher Jim Clarke Noel Eddy George McNulty Keith Barrett Allan Batten David Harper Ian Callen Michael McMillan Ian Sharp Michael Tucker David Gittus Arthur Garratt David Boxshall Paul Reilly Graeme Goodey Craig Douglas Dean Freeman Michael Freeman Neil Ponton Cameron Saw Frank McCann Trevor King Rick McInerney David Gisbon Tim McCann Paul Perry James Briggs Doug Davidson Jamie Rudge Matt Carr
New Life Members There were no new life membership nominations at the 2017 AGM.
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President’s Report
WOW, what a season, four Grand Finalists and three flags in the bag! This success matched only once in our club’s proud history in the 1970’s, the first time however that all top three turf sides have made grand finals in the same season, as well as one synthetic team. To win a flag in a season is a good achievement but to win three, with our 2nd XI team falling just short, is extraordinary. To witness our 1st XI break a 27 year flag drought at home in front of a large Heathmont crowd, with a magnificent ton from Ben Morris and in Tim McCann’s 300th game, will forever be a lasting memory.
Upon reflection, the enormity of these achievements cannot be singled out to this season alone as the club has been building towards an exciting era for some time, and there was much anticipation following last year’s finals campaign. Well done to the captains, Tim, Ian, Steve & Mick, all the players, committee and volunteers for their commitment. I would also like to acknowledge our coaching team of Steve Rimer, Robbie Hughes and Blake Clancy. Your contribution both on and off the training track has certainly steered our club in a direction to achieve our ultimate success, a job well done in your second season at the club.
We again welcomed some new recruits, Lahiru Silva on loan from Sri Lanka, Matt Jones, Ash Lamba, Chris Watt, Josh Quinlan and the Irish Family, with Scott Carroll and the Gemenis brothers all returning to the club. Combined with our established playing group the depth was complete, ensuring spots were eagerly contested throughout the grades. In the end the selections were balanced and fair and the captain’s took to the field with a team they believed could win games for the Heathmont Cricket Club.
The dedication to the cause by the players was outstanding, from the cold training sessions in late July through to the finals in March. The ongoing assistance with the covers and general match day requirements all ensured our game day readiness. From here, we knew the results would take care of themselves. Our on field results can also be attributed to the work of the volunteers around the club. Whether this task was captaining, an active role on the committee, junior coaching, team managing, Thursday night meals, canteen duty, selling raffle tickets or cooking the BBQ, the club is greatly appreciative for the sacrifices you make.
Of course the club would not run without our major sponsors, player sponsors, Montonians, club functions and fundraisers. These are all important in maintaining our financial stability, particularly as we look toward to the pavilion redevelopment in 2019 and the continued strengthening of our junior program. Other initiatives that came to fruition in 2017/18 included the use of the digital scoreboard and the introduction of our inaugural girls’ team.
I would also like to acknowledge a couple of ladies, Michelle Miller for all her efforts around the club and winning our ‘best club person’ award and my partner Jo for her ongoing support of me in my role. Thanks also to Trevor King for his continued efforts making the afternoon tea and of course the hard working committee. To Sam Batten who has made a significant contribution to the junior program over the past 7 years but who will be stepping down from this role next season. Lastly thank you to our sports chaplain Tim Argall for his dedication to our members.
2018/19 promises to be just as challenging and rewarding, and I look forward to being a part of it with you all again next season. Go Montas!
Matt Carr HCC President
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Treasurer’s Report
(See separate document including auditor’s report).
Coach’s Report
I’ll start where I finished last season’s coaching report, “No bold predictions, just playing better cricket for longer and results will look after themselves” and I think we did that.
For season 2017/18 we brought in a lot more talent than we lost, the main one being a talented all- rounder from Sri Lanka, Lahiru Silva, through Robbie’s cricket contacts. We then rolled up our sleeves and got to work on trying to achieve another successful on field season for Heathmont. Mixed results for the preseason with big numbers at the mid-week sessions, but only around a dozen on Saturday mornings. Importantly 7 to 8 of those players attending Saturdays were first eleven players and ALL of those players went on to have big seasons with bat and ball.
Most of the same leaders were in place from the year before with myself taking over from Shari looking after the younglings in the 3’s. The first’s proved to be a dominant force this year clearly finishing the home and away games on top and turning HE Parker into a fortress during the finals. The boys went close to completing an undefeated season only dropping a couple of one dayers early but once all pistons were firing they cut a swathe through the competition and only picking up steam when losing Ben for a spell due to an injury. The most pleasing thing for me was when the team experienced a bit of a wobble in the GF but with Ben up and going, the lower middle order and tail sacrificed their games to go with him and partnerships of 40+, 40+, 30+,30+ and a 20+ for the last wicket got us a winning total of 250. A true team performance with the bat, enjoying the grind and playing the game ball by ball and sides just couldn’t go with us culminating in a long overdue GF win over Hawthorn. Congrats to Tim and the boys on a well-deserved win and I hope you’re all hungry for more!
The seconds were also successful and finished on top which was a fantastic achievement after going up a grade. Unfortunately they had to hit the road for their finals campaign and fell an agonizing 15 runs short in their GF. Many thanks to Rosey who will be stepping down as skipper, you’ve left big shoes to fill and your leadership and calm demeanour will be missed. We’re also hoping to see a lot more Two’s players at training next year. If you do everything right you give yourself a chance and were all those missed sessions worth 15 runs? That is a question some need to ask themselves.
It was a strange year for the 3’s with many missed games due to a variety of different factors which I doubt we’ll experience again. It was a young group but they were all eager to compete and look to improve their games and finished up going back to back. The stand out performance being a ‘home’ semi away to Canterbury whose entire club showed up on the day. It was a hostile cauldron like atmosphere but the boys were too good and it sharpened us up for the GF. Boronia were no match
5 and they crumbled for 70 and our bats only took a handful of overs to get them. Well done to all the players who went through the side. I’m sure you’re all good enough in the coming years to have an impact in the higher grades so make that happen.
The 4ths and 6ths also had their moments just missing finals which left the last day of the season and watching the 5ths win their GF at HE Parker No2. It really was a family affair with the Freeman clan, Mick, Dean and Tom doing it together with match winning efforts from the Gemenis brothers with bat and ball and that made it 3 flags for Heathmont!
It really was a privilege to coach Heathmont in 2017/18. Thank you to Robbie and Blake for all their time on the coaching front, all the skippers and the players, Mick and Marty for all the help at training and our volunteers and supporters. And a special thanks to Matty the Prez who makes our club tick. Back on the roller coaster next season and putting in the effort to get better again.
Steve Rimer Senior Coach
Social and Fundraising Report Here is a look at the social and fundraising efforts of the club for the 2017/18 season.
Band Night – The season kicked off with club sponsor Rob Legg and his band LED ASTRAY. The evening was a combined event with club favourite Michelle Miller celebrating her 50th birthday. A great night was had by all, some interesting karaoke versions from the Heathmont faithful helping the band during the final set.
Trivia Night – New hosts QUIZZAME ensured a new interactive version of Trivia after we decided on a rest to our long time hosts the QUIZ KING. The buzzers were certainly a hit and eliminated any questionable spelling errors of yesteryear. A special mention to all the businesses and sponsors that again contributed, making this night a continued success and thanks to Ash Rich for his assistance.
Tastepoint – Three groups of 20 were required in three different sittings as we raised $1000 for the club. We were grateful for the attendance of everyone, particularly those who left work early.
Junior Awards Evening – The mid-season awards have been a great opportunity for the whole junior club to get an update on how the kids and teams are progressing. Thank you to Ash Lamba for donating the McDonald’s vouchers.
Christmas Party – Our annual Christmas Party again had excellent attendance and was a busy day at HE Parker with the 3rd XI and Vets both also playing at home. Batman, Wonderland face painting and Gingi the balloon girl all returned to entertain the kids. Melbourne Star’s Starman was a welcome addition this year. Of course Santa was as always the main attraction. A day such as this could not run without the help and support of a team of volunteers. Thanks to everyone for their assistance in the kitchen, to Santa for making a special visit, to Joffa Taylor for his fantastic roast meat and Toyworld Ferntree Gully for the ongoing sponsorship.
HCC & Sponsors Golf Day – A warm Sunday in January welcomed a group of 24 members to the Dorset Golf course. The 4 ball Ambrose format saw Tim, Dylan, Fraser and Dave winning the Elite Constructions Cup. A big thanks to Jason Cook and Elite Constructions for their support and Paul Hampshire for running the event. 6
Past Players Day – A number of premiership anniversaries were celebrated this year, most notably the 40 year back to back anniversary of the Chandler Shield. Premiership Captain Colin Fletcher spoke of the enormity of the back to back win in the club’s golden era. The reunions for the day included: B Grade – 1957/58, U/14-1 – 1977/78, B2 Matting- 1987/88, LOC 3 – 2007/08, U/16’s C Grade- 2007/08 & U/12’s B Grade- 2007/08.
Pink Stumps/Ladies Day – A big turnout on the day with the Ladies raising just over $2000 for the wonderful McGrath Foundation. Guests were greeted by a sea of pink and a delicious high tea. Thank you to everyone who donated their time to organise the event, to those who brought a plate, Melanie Allan for her massages and all the local businesses who generously donated raffle prizes.
T/20 HCC vs HFC Tessa & Raskas Family Fundraiser – A massive crowd of over 300 people watched the inaugural T/20 Fundraiser between our two clubs. With some talented HFC players in the squad it was always going to be a very even contest, however HCC were awarded the cup in a narrow victory. The day raised over $8000 for Tessa and the Raskas family who are suffering from Cancer. Hopefully the first of many matches between the two clubs to raise money for deserving causes. Thank you to Marty & Kelly Sverns, the Committee’s from both Clubs, the Netballers for their amazing afternoon tea, Darren McNeil and Ian Ware for umpiring, Melanie Allan our curator for preparing the wicket and resident MC Tyler Johnstone.
Junior Presentation Evening – A visit from the Melbourne Stars van was a great start, and certainly added to the evening. Well done to all the award winners, and to all the kids for their participation this season. Well done also to Cooper Sticht on winning the prestigious Ken Beavis and Keith Barrett Awards. A special mention goes out to all the parents, junior coach’s, team managers for their efforts and patience with the trying weather this season, and thank you to Clinton Kennon for organising the Stars van for the evening.
Senior Players Awards Day & Major Draw – The usual lunchtime start was postponed as we cheered on Mick Freeman’s 5th XI in the Grand Final on No.2 Oval. An exciting Russell Hall count followed as we welcomed the 5’s back into the rooms, which resulted in a tie between Benny Morris and Lahiru Silva. Mick then proudly addressed the group with a victory speech! The day included a farewell to club champion Marty Gibson. The day drew to a close with the Major Draw with Chris Watt and Jason Cook entertaining the crowd and Watty pipping Jason for the win.
Senior Presentation Night – We move away from the traditional sit down Presentation Night and trialed a cocktail style format in the Elliott’s Room at the Manhattan. It was a fun filled night with DJ Frank entertaining the crowd with his music. The night obviously held extra significance as we celebrated 3 premiership flags for the 1st XI, 3rd XI and 5th XI, the first win for our 1’s since 1991/92. Matt Jones was a very popular winner as he took out the prestigious Rita Pump Award as club champion and Michelle Miller a deserved winner of the John Ramsey Award for ‘Best Club Person’.
Brad’s Business Luncheon - Our 3rd annual Business Luncheon was this year held in Carlton with guest speakers Doug Hawkins & Peter Moody. A fantastic day was had by all with some terrific food and wine. Thank you to everyone who supported the day and of course thank you to our Major sponsor Brad Munro, IGA Montrose for organising the event.
Thank you to our loyal members for their contribution and attendance at club functions throughout the season. Without your support none of this would be possible.
Matt Carr - HCC President
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Club Award Winners Ben Morris & 1st XI Cricketer of the Year Russell Hall Shield Lahiru Silva
Senior Club Champion Matt Jones Rita Pump Shield
Junior Club Champion Cooper Sticht Ken Beavis Shield
Junior Special Achievement Cooper Sticht Keith Barrett Shield
Senior Club Fielding Award Matthew Sedgman Mick Tucker Shield
Best Clubman Michelle Miller John Ramsay Memorial Award
President’s Award Tim McCann
Coach’s Award Tom Thirlwell
Senior Team of the Year 1 Tom Thirlwell 670 Runs @ 37.22
2 Paul Perry 533 Runs @ 41.00
3 Lahiru Silva 619 Runs @ 34.39, 27 Wkts @ 19.37
4 Anthony Bucello 456 Runs @ 41.45, 22 Wkts @ 12.32
5 Ben Morris 626 Runs @ 56.91, 8 Wkts @ 25.38
6 Michael Freeman (vc) 478 Runs @ 39.83, 5 Wkts @ 11.60
7 Dylan Howard 178 Runs @ 25.43, 29 Wkts @ 13.10
8 Matthew Sedgman(wk) 46 Runs @ 5.73, 24 dismissals
9 Tim McCann © 45 Runs @ 7.50, 35 Wkts @ 18.06
10 Gareth Van Eeden 133 Runs @ 10.23, 34 Wkts @ 12.82
11 Lucas Shah 22 Runs @ 5.50, 35 Wkts @ 7.57
12 Tim Swoboda 39 Runs @ 7.80, 28 Wkts @ 9.14
The side is listed in batting order as chosen by the selection committee consisting club coach, team captains and the chairman of selectors. Player selection is based on overall club statistics (excluding junior games) regardless of grade played but takes into account the position predominantly played by each player during the year (ie: opening bat, middle order bat, bowler, keeper, etc).
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Team Award Winners 1st XI Batting Average Ben Morris 497 Runs @ 62.13 1st XI Bowling Average Dylan Howard 27 Wkts @ 12.67 1st Xl Fielding Award Matthew Sedgman 1st XI Players’ Award Lahiru Silva 1st XI Captain’s Award Martin Gibson
2nd XI Batting Average Paul Perry 418 Runs @ 34.83 2nd XI Bowling Average Lucas Shah 33 Wkts @ 7.91 2nd Xl Fielding Award Ian Rosthorn 2nd XI Players’ Award Gareth van Eeden 2nd XI Captain’s Award Sam Batten
3rd XI Batting Average Matt Jones 298 Runs @ 37.25 3rd XI Bowling Average Ash Lamba 15 Wkts @ 10.00 3rd Xl Fielding Award Josh Faircloth 3rd XI Players’ Award Matt Jones 3rd XI Captain’s Award Ash Lamba
4th XI Batting Average Patrick Warman 217 Runs @ 36.17 4th XI Bowling Average Daniel Wynne 19 Wkts @ 17.47 4th Xl Fielding Award James Taylor 4th XI Players’ Award Daniel Wynne 4th XI Captain’s Award Jordan Irish
5th XI Batting Average Alex Gemenis 382 Runs @ 76.40 5th XI Bowling Average Zac Gemenis 24 Wkts @ 10.54 5th Xl Fielding Award Ash Rudge 5th XI Most Valuable Player Award Zac Gemenis 5th XI Captain’s Award Tom Freeman
6th XI Batting Average Anthony Bucello 456 Runs @ 41.45 6th XI Bowling Average Anthony Bucello 22 Wkts @ 12.32 6th Xl Fielding Award Steve Brown 6th XI Most Valuable Player Award Anthony Bucello 6th XI Captain’s Award Mitch Van Koll
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Veterans XI Player of the Year David Rechsteiner Veterans XI Captain’s Award David Rechsteiner
U14-B Batting Average Cooper Sticht 223 Runs @ 44.60 U14-B Bowling Average Will West 8 Wkts @ 15.63 U14-B Coach's Award Billy Baynes U14-B Fielding Award Michael West U14-B Most Valuable Player Mason Sticht
U12-B-Fri (Blue) Batting Average Acher Vodopier 78 Runs @ 26.00 U12-B-Fri (Blue) Bowling Average David Derham 5 Wkts @ 11.40 U12-B-Fri (Blue) Coach's Award Luke West U12-B-Fri (Blue) Fielding Award Samrath Tripathi U12-B-Fri (Blue) MVP Cooper Sticht
U12-B-Fri (White) Batting Average Leo Henderson 112 Runs @ 37.33 U12-B-Fri (White) Bowling Average Jay Kennon 7 Wkts @ 5.29 U12-B-Fri (White) Coach's Award Joel Dean U12-B-Fri (White) Fielding Award Liam Green U12-B-Fri (White) MVP Jay Kennon
Fast Nines Batting Average Jack Hodkinson 86 runs @ 12.29 Fast Nines Bowling Average Daniel Hayes 7 wkts @ 20.96 Fast Nines Coach's Award Norrin Scott Fast Nines Fielding Award Daniel Hayes
321 runs @ 321.00 Plaque – U12s Cooper Sticht 7 wkts @ 7.14 7 catches & 2 run outs 99 runs @ 33.00 Plaque – U12s William West 6 wkts @ 17.17 2 catches & 3 run outs 294 runs @ 73.50 Plaque – Fast Nines William West 8 wkts @ 7.75 6 catches & 1 run out 91 runs @ 30.33 Plaque – Fast Nines Jamie Smith 9 wkts @ 11.00 1 catch
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Junior Participation Awards
IEGC Girls Fast Nines Super Sevens
Matilda Brogden Jamie Smith Matthew Hallikainen Laura Mumford Jack Hodkinson Matilda Brogden Gemma Vodopier Will Hodkinson Jacob Green Salafi Sutton Daniel Hayes Liam Ogden Caitlyn Morgans William West Hayden Hatfield-Dunn Heather Zeimert Norrin Scott Jack Zammit Mia Griffin Luke West James Matthews Tayla Perry Benjamin Bithell Ethan Loy-Abrahams Christina Bretel Oliver McCarron Hudson Brehaut Brodie Sticht Joshua Ryan David Derham Densely Wynne-Primus Dylan Rolfe Daniel Wilkinson Laura Mumford Jimmy Moore Lachlan Bannan
Individual Performance Awards
Batting Robert Hughes 173 v Glen Iris (Sunday Turf) Batting Patrick Warman 140 v North Balwyn (D Synthetic) Batting Ben Morris 123* v Hawthorn (Wright Shield) Batting Christopher Colombo 113* v Notting Hill-Brandon Park (LOC 1) Batting Alex Gemenis 106 v Edinburgh (E Synthetic) Batting Michael Freeman 102* v Boroondara (E Synthetic) Batting James Kelly 101* v Victorian Cavaliers Sports Club (LOC 1) Batting Trent Carr 100* v Burwood (D Synthetic) Batting Tom Thirlwell 100 v Deepdene Bears (Wright Shield)
Bowling Aidan Miller 6/12 v Deepdene Uniting (E Synthetic) Bowling Tim Swoboda 6/17 v Bulleen (Wright Shield) Bowling Tom Delany 6/19 v Hawthorn (C Turf) Bowling Lucas Shah 6/21 v Ashburton Willows (C Turf) Bowling Dean Freeman 6/24 v Richmond Union (E Synthetic) Bowling Zac Gemenis 6/39 V Trinity Willison (E Synthetic)
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Premiership Teams
ECA Wright Shield ECA Sunday-Turf ECA E-Grade Tim McCann (c) Steve Rimer (c) Michael Freeman (c) Tom Thirlwell Matt Jones Thomas Freeman Fraser Heron-Paterson Chris Watt Warwick Peluso (wk) Lahiru Silva Jayaran (JJ) Dove Dean Freeman Trent Wynne Patrick Warman (wk) Ash Rudge Ben Morris James McCabe Aidan Miller Jason Cook Ash Lamba Alex Gemenis Arosha Perera Tom Repalust Dom Tassone Dylan Howard Jack McNeil Zac Gemenis Matthew Sedgman (wk) James Taylor Joshua Irish Tim Swoboda Sam Cosham Martin Fitzpatrick Mitch Van Koll (12th man) Josh Quinlan (12th man) Neil Barker (12th man)
Congratulations
Senior Milestones
Batting (career runs) Bowling (career wickets) Senior Games played Michael Freeman 6000 Dean Freeman 550 Cameron Saw 350 Paul Perry 5000 Tim McCann 400 Tim McCann 250 Thomas Thirwell 2000 Michael Freeman 250 Steve Knight 250 Ivan Dunwillie 2000 Ben Sindrey 200 Paul Perry 250 David Rechsteiner 1000 Garth Van Eeden 100 Sam Batten 200 Scott Carrol 1000 Stu Dyer 200 Paul Hampshire 1000 Domenic Tassone 100 Tom Repalust 1000 Greg Rose 100
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Representative Teams and Association Awards
Representative Teams Congratulations to the following players who were selected in Association representative or higher level teams.
Trent Wynne Outer East Eagles U18s – CV State Championship (Winners)
Cooper Sticht BHRDCA U12s - VMCU Carnival
Billy Baynes BHRDCA U12s - VMCU Carnival
Jay Kennon BHRDCA U12s - VMCU Carnival
Association Award Winners
Tim McCann ECA Wright Shield Team of the Year - Captain
Tom Thirlwell Ben Morris ECA Wright Shield Team of the Year Lahiru Silva
Ben Morris ECA Wright Shield Batting Average – 497 runs @ 62.13
Lucas Shah ECA C-Turf Bowling Average – 33 wickets @ 7.91
Matthew Jones ECA Sunday Turf Batting Average – 298 runs @ 37.25
Cooper Sticht BHRDCA U12-B Batting Award
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Russell Hall Shield Voting (1st XI Cricketer of the Year)
Round by Round
Round Teams Votes
1 Glen Iris def by Heathmont 3 Morris, Ben; 2 Howard, Dylan; 1 Thirlwell, Thomas 2 Heathmont def by Bulleen 3 Thirlwell, Thomas; 2 Morris, Ben; 1 Silva, Lahiru 3 Heathmont def Glen Iris 3 Morris, Ben; 2 Silva, Lahiru; 1 Delany, Thomas 4 Heathmont drew Burwood 5 Marcellin OC def by Heathmont 3 Morris, Ben; 2 Silva, Lahiru; 1 McCann, Tim 6 Burwood def by Heathmont 3 Morris, Ben; 2 Silva, Lahiru; 1 Howard, Dylan 7 Heathmont def by Deepdene Bears 3 Howard, Dylan; 2 Morris, Ben; 1 Thirlwell, Thomas 8 Hawthorn def by Heathmont 3 Thirlwell, Thomas; 2 McCann, Tim; 1 Morris, Ben 10 Heathmont def Hawthorn 3 Silva, Lahiru; 2 Thirlwell, Thomas; 1 Howard, Dylan 11 Heathmont tied Donvale 3 Howard, Dylan; 2 Silva, Lahiru; 1 Morris, Ben 12 Donvale def by Heathmont 3 Silva, Lahiru; 2 McCann, Tim; 1 Cook, Jason 9 Deepdene Bears def by Heathmont 3 Thirlwell, Thomas; 2 Silva, Lahiru; 1 Cook, Jason 13 Bulleen def by Heathmont 3 Swoboda, Tim; 2 Heron-Paterson, Fraser; 1 Silva, Lahiru 14 Heathmont def Marcellin OC 3 Silva, Lahiru; 2 Thirlwell, Thomas; 1 Wynne, Trent J SF Heathmont def Marcellin OC 3 Thirlwell, Thomas; 2 McCann, Tim; 1 Howard, Dylan
GF Heathmont def Hawthorn 3 Morris, Ben; 2 Howard, Dylan; 1 McCann, Tim
Total Votes
Player Total Votes
Morris, Ben 21 Silva, Lahiru 21 Thirlwell, Thomas 18 Howard, Dylan 13 McCann, Tim 8 Swoboda, Tim 3 Cook, Jason 2 Heron-Paterson, Fraser 2 Delany, Thomas 1 Wynne, Trent J 1
Congratulations to Lahiru Silva and Ben Morris
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Rita Pump Shield Voting (Senior Club Champion)
Name 1st XI 2nd XI 3rd XI 4th XI 5th XI Adj. Total
Matt Jones 22 148 161.75
Lahiru Silva 222 148.00
Ash Lamba 1 110 36 140.63
Tom Thirlwell 188 125.33
Ben Morris 183 122.00
James Taylor 24 107 113.17
Jason Irish 6 66 69 110.29
Gareth Van Eeden 165 103.13
Daniel Wynne 109 90.83
Trent Matthews 144 90.00
Paul Perry 101 25 88.13
Alex Gemenis 4 117 86.90
Zac Gemenis 121 86.43
Dylan Howard 128 85.33
Tim McCann 124 82.67
Trent Carr 24 81 82.50
Michael Freeman 111 79.29
Lucas Shah 119 1 75.38
Chris Watt 65 65.00
Tim Swoboda 30 56 12 65.00
Ash Rich 30 49 60.00
Sam Batten 56 23 58.00
James McCabe 42 24 4 53.58
Aidan Miller 74 52.86
Martin Gibson 1 81 51.29
David Gibson 59 49.17
Dean Freeman 68 48.57
Pat Warman 1 40 20 48.24
Ben Crowe 57 47.50
Lachlan Tie 7 42 46.38
Warick Peluso 63 45.00
Jack McNeil 42 42.00
Rob Hughes 42 42.00
Jason Cook 29 34 40.58
Paul Hampshire 64 40.00
Martin Fitzpatrick 22 26 36.90
Steve Rimer 36 36.00
Josh Faircloth 34 34.00
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Name 1st XI 2nd XI 3rd XI 4th XI 5th XI Adj. Total
Thomas Freeman 47 33.57
Josh Freeman 27 13 31.79
Ben Sindrey 38 31.67
Scott Carroll 50 31.25
Jordan Irish 16 24 30.48
Tom Delany 25 22 30.42
Fraser Heron-Paterson 31 8 25.67
Tom Repalust 4 6 19 24.33
Tom Sticht 31 22.14
Josh Quinlan 22 22.00
Ian Rosthorn 35 21.88
Dylan Barker 26 21.67
James Briggs 27 19.29
Josh Irish 26 18.57
Isaac Mumford 19 15.83
Sam Cosham 7 3 7 13.21
Jayaran Dove 11 6 12.88
Boyd van de Ven 1 12 11.00
Arosha Perera 15 10.00
Cam Saw 10 7.14
Kaushik Vidhyadhar 10 7.14
Trent Wynne 10 6.67
Ash Rudge 8 5.71
Dom Tassone 7 5.00
Matthew Sedgman 4 2.67
Harry Peiris 2 1.43
Dulanjaya Wijerante 2 1.25
Jarred Conyers 1 0.83
Connor Sticht 1 0.71
** Votes have been weighted according to the number of rounds voted on for each grade in contrast to all other grades.
Congratulations to Matt Jones
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Keith Barrett Shield (Junior Special Achievement)
The Keith Barrett Shield is an award that is only presented when there has been a significant achievement or milestone reached by a junior player. This year, we are pleased to award the shield to Cooper Sticht.
Some of his achievements for this season include:
• 544 runs @ 90.67 (including 325 in U/12 @ 325) • 9 wickets @17.78 • Represented BHRDCA in the Mitchell Shield (VMCU U12 Championships) … the side made the semi-final stage • Currently in stage 2 of the U12 Victorian squad selections
Congratulations to Cooper Sticht
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Overall Club Batting Statistics * Note these ‘overall’ club stats include performances from all senior, 20/20, veterans, and junior games.
Player Matches Innings N.O. H.S. Runs Average Thirlwell, Thomas 19 18 0 100 670 37.22 Morris, Ben 14 13 2 123* 626 56.91 Silva, Lahiru 19 18 0 89 619 34.39 Sticht, Cooper 20 19 13 61* 544 90.67 Perry, Paul 13 15 2 90 533 41.00 Gemenis, Alex 12 13 3 106 480 48.00 Freeman, Michael 15 16 4 102* 478 39.83 Bucello, Anthony 15 12 1 99 456 41.45 West, William 31 26 15 70* 412 37.45 Jones, Matthew 15 14 3 61* 398 36*8 Kelly, James 12 11 2 101* 369 41.00 Warman, Patrick 14 15 1 140 362 25.86 Gibson, Martin 16 15 1 89 351 25.07 Saw, Cameron 16 15 2 59 341 26.23 Carr, Trent 11 9 2 100* 317 45.29 Heron-Paterson, Fraser 18 18 0 52 304 16.89 Batten, Sam 18 18 4 72* 303 21.64 IRISH, Jason 12 10 2 64 288 36.00 Cook, Jason 14 13 1 53 261 21.75 Rich, Ashley 12 12 2 70* 259 25.90 Hampshire, Paul 16 14 3 73 246 22.36 Dunuwille, Ivan 14 13 3 43* 236 23.60 Hughes, Robert 7 5 1 173 235 58.75 Dove, Jayaran 19 16 3 39* 222 17.08 Gibson, David 11 11 3 89* 214 26.75 Watt, Christopher 13 9 0 71 214 23.78 Tie, Lachlan 7 6 1 92* 210 42.00 Peluso, Warwick 9 6 0 90 204 34.00 Colombo, Christopher 9 7 1 113* 202 33.67 Carroll, Scott 8 8 1 62 195 27.86 Sticht, Mason 12 11 0 35 190 17.27 Perera, Arosha 15 14 2 41* 186 15.50 Taylor, James 16 12 3 55* 185 20.56 Baynes, Billy 12 11 3 51* 181 22.63 Howard, Dylan 17 14 7 42* 178 25.43 McNeil, Jack 11 8 1 47 176 25*4 Repalust, Thomas 13 10 3 37 171 24.43 Freeman, Dean 14 9 1 42 168 21.00 Rechsteiner, David 6 6 3 43* 166 55.33 Baguley, Michael 10 9 1 47 160 20.00 Rosthorn, Ian 16 12 2 74* 159 15.90 Wynne, Trent J 17 15 1 42 156 11*4 Smith, Jamie 30 26 17 21* 154 17*1 McCabe, James 16 12 5 43* 143 20.43 Briggs, James 6 6 1 58 137 27.40 Van Eeden, Gareth 15 13 0 50 133 10.23 Brown, Steven 11 10 3 46* 130 18.57
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Player Matches Innings N.O. H.S. Runs Average Delany, Thomas 19 16 5 23 124 11.27 Tassone, Domenic 9 7 0 28 122 17.43 Arbuckle, Nathan 12 12 9 42* 116 38.67 Kennon, Jay 11 11 7 21 114 28.50 Henderson, Leo 10 10 7 25* 112 37.33 Carter, Luke 10 10 5 21* 106 21.20 Johnson, Ray 4 4 2 41* 103 51.50 Baynes, Daniel 6 4 1 43* 99 33.00 Knight, Stephen 6 5 2 34* 99 33.00 Rudge, Ashley 13 11 0 34 99 9.00 Lamba, Ash 14 7 3 34 97 24.25 Miller, Aidan 12 10 4 46* 91 15*7 Dyer, Stuart 7 7 1 33 89 14.83 Jones, Brendan 12 12 8 16* 87 21.75 Hodkinson, Jack 13 13 6 14* 86 12.29 Irish, Jordan 14 13 1 33 86 7*7 Gemenis, Zac 13 10 0 40 85 8.50 Bannan, Lachlan 12 12 3 17* 84 9.33 Carr, Matthew 16 11 4 22 81 11.57 Mumford, Isaac 4 4 0 44 80 20.00 Vodopier, Archer 8 7 4 22* 78 26.00 Van Koll, Mitchell 11 8 2 20 72 12.00 Baron, Simon 5 5 0 22 70 14.00 Barker, Dylan 10 7 0 29 68 9.71 van de Ven, Boyd 10 9 0 41 67 7.44 Green, Liam 10 10 6 22* 66 16.50 Dean, Joel 10 10 1 23 66 7.33 Irish, Joshua L 13 11 1 21* 63 6.30 Hayes, Daniel 12 12 2 19 63 6.30 Sticht, Brodie 24 19 7 16 60 5.00 Sindrey, Ben 9 4 1 44 58 19.33 Crowe, Benjamin 11 8 3 18 57 11.40 Scott, Norrin 12 12 5 16 57 8*4 Derham, David 13 11 4 17* 57 8*4 Fitzpatrick, Martin 13 9 0 13 54 6.00 Sticht, Thomas 4 3 1 23 52 26.00 West, Michael 13 11 6 18* 52 10.40 Sedgman, Matthew 17 11 3 11 46 5.75 McCann, Tim 19 10 4 24 45 7.50 Tripathi, Samrath 19 16 5 7* 44 4.00 Freeman, Joshua 11 8 2 13 41 6.83 Swoboda, Tim 13 8 3 17 39 7.80 Matthews, Trent 19 9 4 13 38 7.60 Johnson, Riley 12 12 3 12 36 4.00 West, Luke 25 24 10 8 36 2.57 Sutton, Emanuel 13 10 2 12 33 4*3 Bithell, Benjamin 20 20 3 11 31 1.82 Cosham, Sam 13 6 4 14* 30 15.00 Kelly, Finnegan 11 9 1 9 28 3.50 Dawson, Scott 9 5 1 14 27 6.75 Brogden, Adam 10 10 4 11* 27 4.50
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Player Matches Innings N.O. H.S. Runs Average Quinlan, Josh 11 6 3 21* 26 8.67 Wijeratne, Dulanjaya 3 2 1 12* 23 23.00 Vitiritti, Matthew 13 6 3 11 23 7.67 Burris, Ryley 9 8 1 7 23 3.29 Shah, Lucas 13 6 2 7 22 5.50 Vodopier, Gemma 9 7 3 6* 21 5.25 Flynn, Luke 2 1 0 18 18 18.00 Hatfield-Dunn, Gary 10 5 3 16* 17 8.50 Marshall, Harry 6 5 0 8 17 3.40 Rolfe, Dylan 11 10 5 5* 17 3.40 Wynne, Daniel 12 7 5 6 16 8.00 Douglas, Liam 1 1 0 15 15 15.00 Kielblock, Franz 3 2 0 9 15 7.50 Hallikainen, Ben 9 8 5 5* 15 5.00 Vidhyadhar, Kaushik 3 2 1 10* 13 13.00 Browne, Declan 4 3 1 6* 12 6.00 Vodopier, Michael 8 5 1 4 12 3.00 O'Neill, Simon 5 2 0 9 11 5.50 Freeman, Thomas 14 8 3 4* 10 2.00 McCarron, Oliver 9 8 2 8* 10 1.67 Galvin, Bryce 1 1 0 9 9 9.00 Gibson, Greg 2 1 0 8 8 8.00 Foley, Riley 2 2 0 6 7 3.50 Matheson, Murray 6 1 0 6 6 6.00 Rae, Daniel 5 3 0 4 6 2.00 Barker, Neil 12 7 3 3* 6 1.50 Peiris, Harry 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 Rose, Greg 5 3 0 2 5 1.67 Beattie, Luke 9 9 3 2* 5 0.83 Tellus, Nicholas 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 Sticht, Connor 4 3 1 4* 4 2.00 Mirtschin, Wil 10 9 4 2* 4 0.80 Clancy, Blake E 2 1 0 3 3 3.00 McCann, Brent 1 2 0 3 3 1.50 Rimer, Steve 12 1 1 3* 3
Winduss, David 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 Price, Brent 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 Kooner, Sabi 3 2 0 2 2 1.00 Miller, Charlie 8 2 1 1* 1 1.00 Shevlin, Anthony 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 Faircloth, Joshua 10 1 0 0 0 0.00 Mumford, Laura 11 3 1 0* 0 0.00 Smith, Ryan 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 Woolan, Phillip 1 1 1 0* 0
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Overall Club Bowling Statistics * Note these ‘overall’ club stats include performances from all senior, 20/20, veterans, and junior games.
Player Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average E / R S / R Shah, Lucas 128.3 49 265 35 7.57 2.06 22.03 McCann, Tim 196 54 632 35 18.06 3.22 33.60 Van Eeden, Gareth 177 53 436 34 12.82 2.46 31.24 Matthews, Trent 191 60 520 33 15.76 2.72 34.73 Howard, Dylan 135 34 380 29 13.10 2.81 27.93 Swoboda, Tim 118.2 35 256 28 9.14 2.16 25.36 Silva, Lahiru 138 21 523 27 19.37 3.79 30.67 Gemenis, Zac 135.2 49 253 24 10.54 1.87 33.83 Bucello, Anthony 60.1 7 271 22 12.32 4.50 16.41 West, William 109 23 290 22 13.18 2.66 29.73 Taylor, James 142 38 349 20 17.45 2.46 42.60 Lamba, Ash 84 17 236 19 12.42 2.81 26.53 Fitzpatrick, Martin 83.3 10 237 19 12.47 2.84 26.37 McCabe, James 83.5 18 277 19 14.58 3.30 26.47 Wynne, Daniel 96.2 18 332 19 17.47 3.45 30.42 Miller, Aidan 69 17 188 18 10.44 2.72 23.00 Delany, Thomas 104.1 18 435 18 24.17 4.18 34.72 Brown, Steven 68 9 298 17 17.53 4.38 24.00 Gemenis, Alex 48.4 10 125 14 8.93 2.57 20.86 Freeman, Dean 76 24 153 13 11.77 2.01 35.08 Vitiritti, Matthew 67 7 304 13 23.38 4.54 30.92 Faircloth, Joshua 40 6 111 12 9.25 2.78 20.00 Freeman, Thomas 89 21 202 12 16.83 2.27 44.50 Heron-Paterson, Fraser 47 4 253 12 21.08 5.38 23.50 Crowe, Benjamin 80.2 16 230 11 20.91 2.86 43.82 Rimer, Steve 28 2 94 10 9.40 3.36 16.80 Freeman, Joshua 54 13 130 10 13.00 2.41 32.40 Carr, Trent 55.3 16 147 10 14.70 2.65 33.30 Sindrey, Ben 57.4 17 164 10 16.40 2.84 34.60 Cosham, Sam 68.1 12 232 10 23.20 3.40 40.90 Carr, Matthew 47 3 263 10 26.30 5.60 28.20 West, Luke 71 0 324 10 32.40 4.56 42.60 Kelly, James 62 3 343 10 34.30 5.53 37.20 Smith, Jamie 88 7 360 10 36.00 4.09 52.80 Quinlan, Josh 41.1 5 120 9 13.33 2.91 27.44 Sticht, Cooper 46 7 160 9 17.78 3.48 30.67 Irish, Jordan 52.3 11 182 9 20.22 3.47 35.00 Perera, Arosha 61.3 7 199 9 22.11 3.24 41.00 Kennon, Jay 25 10 44 8 5.50 1.76 18.75 Arbuckle, Nathan 32 4 97 8 12.13 3.03 24.00 Hampshire, Paul 47.2 14 141 8 17.63 2.98 35.50 IRISH, Jason 47 12 145 8 18.13 3.09 35.25 Sticht, Mason 34 0 166 8 20.75 4.88 25.50 Morris, Ben 59.3 8 203 8 25.38 3.41 44.63 Bithell, Benjamin 68.3 1 237 8 29.63 3.46 51.38 Jones, Brendan 30 5 65 7 9.29 2.17 25.71 Carter, Luke 26.5 2 83 7 11.86 3.09 23.00 Bannan, Lachlan 34 3 144 7 20.57 4.24 29.14 Hayes, Daniel 49 10 146 7 20.86 2.98 42.00 Repalust, Thomas 67.2 18 216 7 30.86 3.21 57.71 Sticht, Brodie 66.2 0 413 7 59.00 6.23 56.86 Sticht, Thomas 20.4 7 53 6 8.83 2.56 20.67 Rose, Greg 14 0 75 6 12.50 5.36 14.00
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Player Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average E / R S / R Derham, David 37 6 88 6 14.67 2.38 37.00 Dyer, Stuart 10.5 0 94 6 15.67 8.68 10.83 Scott, Norrin 45 5 105 6 17.50 2.33 45.00 Dawson, Scott 27 2 123 6 20.50 4.56 27.00 Hodkinson, Jack 57 6 135 6 22.50 2.37 57.00 Irish, Joshua L 51.3 9 198 6 33.00 3.84 51.50 West, Michael 37.4 1 202 6 33.67 5.36 37.67 Browne, Declan 20 2 56 5 11.20 2.80 24.00 Freeman, Michael 14 9 58 5 11.60 4.14 16.80 Beattie, Luke 25 1 78 5 15.60 3.12 30.00 Watt, Christopher 24 1 79 5 15.80 3.29 28.80 Barker, Dylan 28.3 6 96 5 19.20 3.37 34.20 McNeil, Jack 28.3 3 98 5 19.60 3.44 34.20 Rolfe, Dylan 33 0 111 5 22.20 3.36 39.60 Dunuwille, Ivan 30 3 142 5 28.40 4.73 36.00 Baron, Simon 29 3 145 5 29.00 5.00 34.80 Baynes, Billy 44 0 194 5 38.80 4.41 52.80 Hatfield-Dunn, Gary 52 5 267 5 53.40 5.13 62.40 Vodopier, Archer 23 1 45 4 11.25 1.96 34.50 Jones, Matthew 18 1 64 4 16.00 3.56 27.00 Burris, Ryley 19 0 73 4 18.25 3.84 28.50 Mirtschin, Wil 25 0 77 4 19.25 3.08 37.50 Green, Liam 26.2 2 94 4 23.50 3.57 39.50 McCarron, Oliver 34 0 125 4 31.25 3.68 51.00 Baguley, Michael 29.4 2 129 4 32.25 4.35 44.50 Van Koll, Mitchell 41 1 285 4 71.25 6.95 61.50 Vidhyadhar, Kaushik 12 2 37 3 12.33 3.08 24.00 Batten, Sam 13.4 2 38 3 12.67 2.78 27.33 Wijeratne, Dulanjaya 18 3 61 3 20.33 3.39 36.00 Vodopier, Michael 16 0 87 3 29.00 5.44 32.00 Johnson, Riley 33 3 107 3 35.67 3.24 66.00 Marshall, Harry 26 4 122 3 40.67 4.69 52.00 Baynes, Daniel 31 3 162 3 54.00 5.23 62.00 Tripathi, Samrath 49 2 241 3 80.33 4.92 98.00 Kelly, Finnegan 33 0 247 3 82.33 7.48 66.00 Warman, Patrick 3 1 4 2 2.00 1.33 9.00 Conyers, Jarred 13 3 23 2 11.50 1.77 39.00 Kelly, John 2 0 26 2 13.00 13.00 6.00 Kielblock, Franz 9 0 38 2 19.00 4.22 27.00 Dean, Joel 21 3 73 2 36.50 3.48 63.00 Rechsteiner, David 31 6 106 2 53.00 3.42 93.00 Brogden, Adam 26.1 1 112 2 56.00 4.28 78.50 Barker, Neil 26 4 121 2 60.50 4.65 78.00 Sutton, Emanuel 26 0 187 2 93.50 7.19 78.00 McCann, Brent 1.4 0 2 1 2.00 1.20 10.00 Smith, Ryan 3 1 3 1 3.00 1.00 18.00 Brogden, Matilda 1 0 3 1 3.00 3.00 6.00 Peiris, Harry 8 3 10 1 10.00 1.25 48.00 Carroll, Scott 2 0 10 1 10.00 5.00 12.00 Johnson, Ray 2 0 23 1 23.00 11.50 12.00 Dove, Jayaran 6.4 1 26 1 26.00 3.90 40.00 Foley, Riley 9 1 28 1 28.00 3.11 54.00 Rudge, Ashley 7 1 41 1 41.00 5.86 42.00 O'Neill, Simon 8.3 0 49 1 49.00 5.76 51.00 Hallikainen, Ben 19 0 64 1 64.00 3.37 114.00 Sticht, Connor 17 3 86 1 86.00 5.06 102.00 Vodopier, Gemma 22 1 65 0 2.95
Henderson, Leo 14 1 58 0 4.14
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Player Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average E / R S / R Colombo, Christopher 6 0 54 0 9.00
Rosthorn, Ian 4 0 21 0 5.25
Mumford, Laura 4 0 25 0 6.25
Briggs, James 2 0 8 0 4.00
Galvin, Bryce 2 0 10 0 5.00
Price, Brent 2 0 11 0 5.50
Wynne, Trent J 2 0 21 0 10.50
Tellus, Nicholas 1 0 2 0 2.00
Green, Jacob 1 0 4 0 4.00
Rich, Ashley 1 0 12 0 12.00
Hughes, Robert 0.2 0 3 0 9.00
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Team Reports and Statistics First XI (Wright Shield) 1st XI Match Results Summary ( T20 games and finals not included) Matches Played 14 Wins 10 Draws 2 Losses 2 Batting 2500 runs losing 99 wickets @ 25.25 Bowling 118 wickets @ 17.53 Points 66 Percentage 1.441 Ladder position 1st (Premiers) 1st XI Captain’s Report Well what a season, not just for the 1st XI but the whole club!
Usually when writing these end of season reports, the general flow has been "we did a lot of things right but if not for a couple of areas we could have gone all the way". No such flavour to this report because our consistency throughout the season meant that we didn't leave it up to chance. Losing our marquee player to a broken leg prior to Christmas would have been season over for us in years gone by. But to not lose a game in his absence proved that we are all more than capable to cover any soldier should they go down.
To have 5 players nominated (Tommy, Lahiru, Ben, Dyl & myself) in a 17 man squad for the ECA team of the year was a just reward for some terrific seasons. Further, to have 4 named in the eleven and arguably our best player for the season just missing was even a better reflection. We had a great mix of personalities that made each week extremely enjoyable whilst encouraging one another to strive for better.
To be part of the clubs first 1st XI flag in 27 years is a huge honour and one that we can talk about for years to come, but an even better story would be backing it up the following year and achieving the highest result in the clubs circa 100 year history.
Thanks go out to the committee, the coaching staff, my fellow captains, chair of selectors, all players, members and supporters for shaping the season in one way or another.
I believe there will be a couple of casualties from our squad next year. We wish club stalwart Marty all the best as he moves his family to Queensland for work purposes, Trent all the best as he encompasses the challenge of premier cricket and I thank Arosha for his cheery personality and two years’ service at the club. Given the strength of the club this season was depth, I am sure some healthy recruiting and players making the next step will more than fill the void.
Tim McCann 1st XI Captain
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1st XI Bowling Stats
Player Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average B.B Strike Rate R.P.O
McCann, Tim 185 53 549 33 16.64 5/37 33.64 2.97
Howard, Dylan 128 34 342 27 12.67 4/28 28.44 2.67
Silva, Lahiru 132 21 473 27 17.52 4/28 29.33 3.58
Swoboda, Tim 52 15 112 10 11.20 6/17 31.20 2.15
Perera, Arosha 61.3 7 199 9 22.11 3/47 41.00 3.24
Heron-Paterson, Fraser 29 3 148 8 18.50 2/21 21.75 5.10
Morris, Ben 59.3 8 203 8 25.38 3/15 44.63 3.41
Delany, Thomas 54.4 5 224 6 37.33 3/17 54.67 4.10
Wynne, Trent J 2 0 21 0 0/10 10.50
Matthews, Trent 8 1 48 0 0/48 6.00
1st XI Batting and Fielding Stats
Player Games Innings Not out H.S Runs Average Ct R.O. St Thirlwell, Thomas 16 15 0 100 606 40.40 12 1 0 Silva, Lahiru 16 15 0 89 506 33.73 10 2 0 Morris, Ben 11 10 2 123* 497 62.13 6 1 0 Heron-Paterson, Fraser 14 14 0 44 217 15.50 6 0 0 Perera, Arosha 15 14 2 41* 186 15.50 9 0 0 Howard, Dylan 14 12 7 42* 171 34.20 2 1 0 Cook, Jason 10 9 0 53 170 18.89 4 0 0 Wynne, Trent J 16 14 1 42 152 11.69 4 1 0 Gibson, Martin 11 10 1 43 131 14.56 5 1 0 Delany, Thomas 13 9 4 19* 68 13.60 4 3 0 Sedgman, Matthew 16 10 3 11 44 6.29 19 5 3 McCann, Tim 16 7 3 24 39 9.75 5 3 0 Swoboda, Tim 5 3 3 10* 21 2 0 0 Hampshire, Paul 2 1 0 6 6 6.00 1 0 0 Carroll, Scott 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 Matthews, Trent 1 1 0 0
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1st XI Player’s Award Voting
Round Teams Votes 21 Howard, Dylan; 15 Morris, Ben; 13 Thirlwell, Thomas; 12 Silva, Lahiru; 4 Wynne, Trent 1 Glen Iris def by Heathmont J; 1 Delany, Thomas 2 Heathmont def by Bulleen 30 Thirlwell, Thomas; 18 Morris, Ben; 12 Silva, Lahiru; 6 McCann, Tim 3 Heathmont def Glen Iris 30 Morris, Ben; 20 Silva, Lahiru; 9 Thirlwell, Thomas; 6 McCann, Tim; 1 Delany, Thomas 4 Heathmont drew Burwood 25 Silva, Lahiru; 20 Morris, Ben; 15 McCann, Tim; 4 Thirlwell, Thomas; 1 Perera, 5 Marcellin OC def by Heathmont Arosha; 1 Howard, Dylan 6 Burwood def by Heathmont 29 Morris, Ben; 16 McCann, Tim; 16 Silva, Lahiru; 3 Howard, Dylan; 2 Sedgman, Matthew Heathmont def by Deepdene 30 Morris, Ben; 13 Howard, Dylan; 11 Thirlwell, Thomas; 7 McCann, Tim; 1 Sedgman, 7 Bears Matthew; 1 Gibson, Martin; 1 Delany, Thomas; 1 Heron-Paterson, Fraser; 1 Silva, Lahiru 28 Thirlwell, Thomas; 13 McCann, Tim; 10 Heron-Paterson, Fraser; 4 Delany, 8 Hawthorn def by Heathmont Thomas; 4 Howard, Dylan; 4 Morris, Ben; 3 Silva, Lahiru 10 Heathmont def Hawthorn 30 Silva, Lahiru; 17 Delany, Thomas; 10 Thirlwell, Thomas; 9 Howard, Dylan 26 Howard, Dylan; 23 Silva, Lahiru; 7 McCann, Tim; 7 Morris, Ben; 1 Delany, 11 Heathmont tied Donvale Thomas; 1 Sedgman, Matthew; 1 Perera, Arosha 12 Donvale def by Heathmont 28 Silva, Lahiru; 21 McCann, Tim; 13 Cook, Jason; 4 Perera, Arosha Deepdene Bears def 30 Thirlwell, Thomas; 13 Cook, Jason; 12 Silva, Lahiru; 7 McCann, Tim; 2 Perera, 9 by Heathmont Arosha; 2 Heron-Paterson, Fraser 30 Swoboda, Tim; 17 Heron-Paterson, Fraser; 16 Silva, Lahiru; 2 Howard, Dylan; 1 Cook, 13 Bulleen def by Heathmont Jason 24 Silva, Lahiru; 19 Thirlwell, Thomas; 10 Howard, Dylan; 6 Wynne, Trent J; 5 McCann, 14 Heathmont def Marcellin OC Tim; 2 Perera, Arosha 28 Thirlwell, Thomas; 19 Howard, Dylan; 16 McCann, Tim; 2 Cook, Jason; 1 Heron- SF Heathmont def Marcellin OC Paterson, Fraser GF Heathmont def Hawthorn 30 Morris, Ben; 20 Howard, Dylan; 6 Thirlwell, Thomas; 5 McCann, Tim; 5 Perera, Arosha
Player Votes
Lahiru Silva 222 Tom Thirlwell 188 Ben Morris 183 Dylan Howard 128 Tim McCann 124 Fraser Heron-Paterson 31 Tim Swoboda 30 Jason Cook 29 Tom Delany 25 Arosha Perera 15 Trent Wynne 10 Matthew Sedgman 4
Martin Gibson 1
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T20 Bowling stats
Player Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average B.B Strike Rate R.P.O
Matthews, Trent 9 0 38 5 7.60 2/8 10.80 4.22
Delany, Thomas 12 0 105 4 26.25 4/16 18.00 8.75
Heron-Paterson, Fraser 8 0 40 3 13.33 2/11 16.00 5.00
Howard, Dylan 7 0 38 2 19.00 1/9 21.00 5.43
McCann, Tim 11 1 83 2 41.50 1/9 33.00 7.55
McCabe, James 2 0 7 0 0/7 3.50
Galvin, Bryce 2 0 10 0 0/10 5.00
Van Eeden, Gareth 3 0 19 0 0/19 6.33
Silva, Lahiru 6 0 50 0 0/13 8.33
T20 Batting and Fielding Stats
Player Games Innings Not out H.S Runs Average Ct R.O. St Morris, Ben 3 3 0 65 129 43.00 0 0 0 Silva, Lahiru 3 3 0 62 113 37.67 1 0 0 Thirlwell, Thomas 3 3 0 40 64 21.33 1 0 0 Heron-Paterson, Fraser 2 2 0 29 32 16.00 0 0 0 Delany, Thomas 3 3 0 23 28 9.33 1 0 0 Warman, Patrick 2 2 0 17 18 9.00 1 0 0 Van Eeden, Gareth 1 1 0 14 14 14.00 0 1 0 Galvin, Bryce 1 1 0 9 9 9.00 0 0 0 Matthews, Trent 3 2 2 7* 8 4 1 0 Howard, Dylan 3 2 0 5 7 3.50 1 2 0 McCann, Tim 3 3 1 3 6 3.00 0 0 0 Wynne, Trent J 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 0 0 0 Batten, Sam 2 2 1 2* 3 3.00 1 0 0 McCabe, James 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 0 0 0 Sedgman, Matthew 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 0 0 0 Cook, Jason 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0
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Second XI (C-Turf) 2nd XI Match Results Summary (excluding finals) Matches Played 14 Wins 10 Draws - Losses 4 Batting 2186 runs losing 96 wickets @ 22.77 Bowling 147 wickets @ 13.27 Points 66 Percentage 1.716 Ladder position 1st (Runners-up)
2nd XI Captain’s Report What a great effort to all who played in the 2nds this season. To go up a grade and manage to finish on top off the ladder is fantastic. I know we didn’t get over the line in the final but I do believe we were the strongest side and I want to say well done to all of you.
This season was another good year with the bat with a mixture of youth at times with experience that brought some great partnerships and great individual performances. With the ball again we had some fantastic experience and at times we were far too good. With every bowling change came a wicket which shows great depth.
If you look at the overall competition stats we feature the most in the top ten averages with bat and ball over any other side, this shows that we were the most dominant side in the grade, again great effort by all.
One thing the club and I would like to see improve next season is numbers at training. This season our numbers were down and this must improve if the 2nds are to have more success in the coming seasons.
While I won’t be there next season, if you all stick together and embrace the new talent we have coming through you will all have more success. I will definitely be cheering from the sidelines.
I could not have asked any more off you all this season you put in a great effort on the field and I would like to say that it has been a pleasure to be your Captain. Thank you for your support throughout, a Captain is only as good as the players around him and you all put in a big effort! Thanks again, I enjoyed every moment.
The club is well positioned for more success so make sure you put in a big effort in the coming season and be a part of it - GO MONTS!
Ian Rosthorn 2nd Xl Captain
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2nd XI Bowling Stats
Player Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average B.B Strike Rate R.P.O
Van Eeden, Gareth 174 53 417 34 12.26 5/47 30.71 2.40
Shah, Lucas 121.3 44 261 33 7.91 6/21 22.09 2.15
Matthews, Trent 174 59 434 28 15.50 3/8 37.29 2.49
McCabe, James 57.5 12 205 16 12.81 4/20 21.69 3.54
Swoboda, Tim 51.2 17 96 15 6.40 4/11 20.53 1.87
Delany, Thomas 37.3 13 106 8 13.25 6/19 28.13 2.83
Hampshire, Paul 47.2 14 141 8 17.63 2/10 35.50 2.98
Carr, Trent 31 5 96 4 24.00 2/11 46.50 3.10
Batten, Sam 13.4 2 38 3 12.67 2/20 27.33 2.78
Wijeratne, Dulanjaya 18 3 61 3 20.33 2/19 36.00 3.39
Warman, Patrick 3 1 4 2 2.00 2/4 9.00 1.33
Jones, Matthew 5 0 20 2 10.00 1/9 15.00 4.00
Watt, Christopher 8 1 23 1 23.00 1/23 48.00 2.88
Cosham, Sam 12 5 25 1 25.00 1/25 72.00 2.08
Heron-Paterson, Fraser 10 1 65 1 65.00 1/25 60.00 6.50
Repalust, Thomas 36 8 119 1 119.00 1/33 216.00 3.31
Dove, Jayaran 3 0 15 0 0/15 5.00
Rosthorn, Ian 4 0 21 0 0/21 5.25
Lamba, Ash 11 2 45 0 0/11 4.09
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2nd XI Batting and Fielding Stats
Player Games Innings Not out H.S Runs Average Ct R.O. St Perry, Paul 11 13 1 90 418 34.83 4 0 0 Batten, Sam 16 16 3 72* 300 23.08 5 0 0 Hampshire, Paul 14 13 3 73 240 24.00 9 1 0 Gibson, Martin 5 5 0 89 220 44.00 0 0 0 Carroll, Scott 4 5 1 62 174 43.50 2 0 0 Rosthorn, Ian 16 12 2 74* 159 15.90 25 1 1 Carr, Trent 7 5 1 78 141 35.25 8 1 0 Van Eeden, Gareth 14 12 0 50 119 9.92 3 2 0 Dove, Jayaran 12 9 1 39* 106 13.25 7 2 0 Jones, Matthew 5 5 2 44 100 33.33 4 0 0 McCabe, James 11 9 5 43* 95 23.75 7 1 0 Cook, Jason 3 3 1 45* 91 45.50 0 0 0 Tie, Lachlan 3 3 0 46 78 26.00 1 0 1 Warman, Patrick 4 5 0 37 66 13.20 2 0 0 Repalust, Thomas 7 5 2 17* 57 19.00 3 0 0 Heron-Paterson, 2 2 0 52 55 27.50 1 1 0 Fraser Matthews, Trent 15 7 2 13 30 6.00 10 1 0 Delany, Thomas 3 4 1 19 28 9.33 1 0 0 Wijeratne, Dulanjaya 3 2 1 12* 23 23.00 0 0 0 Shah, Lucas 12 6 2 7 22 5.50 2 0 0 Swoboda, Tim 6 3 0 17 17 5.67 3 0 0 Cosham, Sam 2 0 0 0 Lamba, Ash 2 1 0 0 Watt, Christopher 1 1 0 0
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2nd XI Player’s Award Voting
Round Teams Votes 28 Rosthorn, Ian; 17 Matthews, Trent; 17 Batten, Sam; 2 Perry, Paul; 2 Wijeratne, 1 Boronia def by Heathmont Dulanjaya 27 Matthews, Trent; 18 McCabe, James; 13 Perry, Paul; 7 Cosham, Sam; 1 Van 2 Richmond City def by Heathmont Eeden, Gareth 28 Gibson, Martin; 21 Hampshire, Paul; 5 Van Eeden, Gareth; 5 McCabe, 3 Boronia def Heathmont James; 4 Repalust, Thomas; 2 Batten, Sam; 1 Lamba, Ash 24 Perry, Paul; 19 Shah, Lucas; 10 Matthews, Trent; 8 Heron-Paterson, 4 Ashburton Willows def by Heathmont Fraser; 5 McCabe, James 29 Gibson, Martin; 22 Shah, Lucas; 11 McCabe, James; 2 Van Eeden, 5 Heathmont def by Marcellin OC Gareth; 2 Batten, Sam 30 Shah, Lucas; 20 Hampshire, Paul; 7 Tie, Lachlan; 5 Matthews, 6 Heathmont def Ashburton Willows Trent; 2 Swoboda, Tim; 2 Dove, Jayaran 27 Van Eeden, Gareth; 20 Batten, Sam; 8 Matthews, Trent; 7 Swoboda, 7 Hawthorn def by Heathmont Tim; 4 Dove, Jayaran 29 Swoboda, Tim; 16 Hampshire, Paul; 12 Matthews, Trent; 5 Dove, 8 Heathmont def Mazenod OC Jayaran; 4 Batten, Sam 22 Jones, Matthew; 20 Cook, Jason; 15 Van Eeden, Gareth; 7 Hampshire, 10 Mazenod OC def by Heathmont Paul; 2 Matthews, Trent 23 Shah, Lucas; 22 Matthews, Trent; 14 Cook, Jason; 4 Rosthorn, Ian; 3 Swoboda, 11 St Kevins OC def by Heathmont Tim 12 Heathmont def St Kevins OC 23 Van Eeden, Gareth; 21 Perry, Paul; 15 Swoboda, Tim; 7 Shah, Lucas 28 Carroll, Scott; 15 Van Eeden, Gareth; 10 Matthews, Trent; 8 Batten, 9 Heathmont def by Hawthorn Sam; 3 McCabe, James; 2 Perry, Paul 22 Matthews, Trent; 21 Van Eeden, Gareth; 16 Shah, Lucas; 4 Carroll, 13 Heathmont def by Richmond City Scott; 2 Batten, Sam; 1 Warman, Patrick 25 Perry, Paul; 23 Van Eeden, Gareth; 9 Matthews, Trent; 7 Carr, Trent; 2 Shah, 14 Marcellin OC def by Heathmont Lucas SF Heathmont def Hawthorn 24 Gibson, Martin; 22 Delany, Thomas; 17 Carr, Trent; 3 Van Eeden, Gareth 30 Van Eeden, Gareth; 18 Carroll, Scott; 14 Perry, Paul; 3 Rosthorn, Ian; 1 Batten, GF Heathmont def by Marcellin OC Sam
Player Votes Player Votes Player Votes Fraser Heron- Gareth Van Eeden 165 Scott Carroll 50 8 Paterson Trent Matthews 144 James McCabe 42 Lachlan Tie 7
Lucas Shah 119 Ian Rosthorn 35 Sam Cosham 7
Paul Perry 101 Jason Cook 34 Tom Repalust 4
Martin Gibson 81 Trent Carr 24 Dulanjaya Wijerante 2
Paul Hampshire 64 Matt Jones 22 Ash Lamba 1
Sam Batten 56 Tom Delany 22 Pat Warman 1
Tim Swoboda 56 Jayaran Dove 11
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Third XI (Sunday Turf – 1 Day Comp) 3rd XI Match Results Summary (excluding finals) Matches Played 13 Wins 5 Draws 7 Losses 1 Batting 1052 runs losing 30 wickets @ 35.07 Bowling 54 wickets @ 11.76 Points 63 NRR 1.839 Ladder position 2nd (Premiers!)
3rd XI Captain’s Report The thirds really were more of a 2A team in 2017/18 because in my opinion, just about all of the players who represented the team this year has the ability to have an impact in the higher grades now and in the future. It was a strange year in that for a variety of reasons including ground availability, weather and a team dropping out of the grade, the boys played less cricket than was ideal. A bit of a perfect storm which I doubt we’ll see happen again.
The side made short work of most of the teams we came up against but it was obvious a veteran Boronia team would be waiting for us in the GF if we got through, but first a tricky ‘home’ semi against Canterbury at Canterbury. The boys were magnificent with the bat and did enough with the ball to get up in a high scoring match on a postage stamp, disappointing the entire Canterbury cricket club who had given us lots of ‘encouragement’ and advice on how to play the game during the contest. It was very pleasing to see so many of our young players stand up in a pressure cooker situation. Strangely the Grand final was a thumping with Boronia barely putting up a fight. We put them in and strangled them for 40 overs which left us chasing 70 on a good batting wicket. We got the runs off not many overs and only a couple down in a comprehensive win and indicative of how strong the team was in this deciding game.
Special thanks to our batting coach Robbie who stepped out for the three’s on a more regular basis this year. It was invaluable having him spend time in the middle with our young willow wielders, plus he’s always telling our batters to ‘go big’ and he did that with a whopping 173 at Glen Iris, and to the ‘Wattman’ who added much needed experience and formed one half of the new ‘bash brothers’ with Matty Jones, who pumped runs out with the consistency of a Swiss watch. Without those two to bounce ideas off during games I would have been mostly talking to myself which is unhealthy!
Thank you to all the players who went through and contributed to the three’s this year, back to back and another flag for Heathmont!
Steve Rimer 3rd XI Captain
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3rd XI Bowling Stats
Player Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average B.B Strike Rate R.P.O
Lamba, Ash 60 14 150 15 10.00 4/9 24.00 2.50
Faircloth, Joshua 40 6 111 12 9.25 3/26 20.00 2.78
Rimer, Steve 28 2 94 10 9.40 4/19 16.80 3.36
Quinlan, Josh 35.1 5 91 8 11.38 3/22 26.38 2.59
Cosham, Sam 48.1 5 184 8 23.00 2/18 36.13 3.82
Taylor, James 27 8 96 5 19.20 2/32 32.40 3.56
McNeil, Jack 28.3 3 98 5 19.60 2/27 34.20 3.44
Watt, Christopher 16 0 56 4 14.00 1/8 24.00 3.50
Repalust, Thomas 15 4 56 3 18.67 2/44 30.00 3.73
McCabe, James 16 3 57 3 19.00 2/7 32.00 3.56
Shah, Lucas 7 5 4 2 2.00 2/4 21.00 0.57
Jones, Matthew 13 1 44 2 22.00 1/4 39.00 3.38
Dove, Jayaran 3.4 1 11 1 11.00 1/1 22.00 3.00
Hughes, Robert 0.2 0 3 0 0/3 9.00
Swoboda, Tim 7 0 32 0 0/32 4.57
Lamba, Ash 60 14 150 15 10.00 4/9 24.00 2.50
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3rd XI Batting and Fielding Stats
Player Games Innings Not out H.S Runs Average Ct R.O. St Jones, Matthew 10 9 1 61* 298 37.25 5 0 0 Hughes, Robert 7 5 1 173 235 58.75 1 0 0 Watt, Christopher 12 9 0 71 214 23.78 2 0 0 McNeil, Jack 11 8 1 47 176 25.14 1 1 0 Tie, Lachlan 4 3 1 92* 132 66.00 3 0 2 Dove, Jayaran 7 7 2 34 116 23.20 4 2 0 Perry, Paul 2 2 1 76* 115 115.00 0 0 0 Lamba, Ash 10 6 3 21* 63 21.00 1 1 0 McCabe, James 3 1 0 34 34 34.00 0 0 0 Taylor, James 5 2 0 26 28 14.00 1 1 0 Irish, Jason 1 1 1 28* 28 0 0 0 Cosham, Sam 10 5 3 14* 24 12.00 3 1 0 Quinlan, Josh 9 4 2 21* 21 10.50 0 0 0 van de Ven, Boyd 4 3 0 15 21 7.00 2 0 0 Repalust, Thomas 2 1 1 21* 21 0 0 0 Flynn, Luke 2 1 0 18 18 18.00 0 0 0 Rich, Ashley 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 1 0 0 Irish, Jordan 3 2 0 3 5 2.50 0 0 0 Warman, Patrick 1 1 1 5* 5 2 0 0 Clancy, Blake 2 1 0 3 3 3.00 0 0 0 Rimer, Steve 12 1 1 3* 3 2 0 0 Faircloth, Joshua 10 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 Swoboda, Tim 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 Miller, Aidan 1 1 1 0* 0 1 0 0 Gibson, Greg 1 1 1 0 Shah, Lucas 1 0 0 0
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3rd XI Player’s Award Voting
Round Teams Votes
1 Heathmont drew Boronia 2 Heathmont drew Surrey Hills 3 Glen Iris drew Heathmont 29 Jones, Matthew; 18 Rimer, Steve; 9 Faircloth, Joshua; 7 Tie, 4 Boronia def by Heathmont Lachlan; 2 McNeil, Jack; 1 van de Ven, Boyd 33 Tie, Lachlan; 20 Perry, Paul; 10 Quinlan, Josh; 2 Faircloth, Joshua; 1 Dove, 6 Heathmont def Ashwood Jayaran 7 Canterbury drew Heathmont 30 Jones, Matthew; 17 Rimer, Steve; 12 Lamba, Ash; 5 Quinlan, Josh; 2 McNeil, 8 Ashwood def Heathmont Jack 9 North Balwyn drew Heathmont 29 Watt, Christopher; 19 Lamba, Ash; 12 McNeil, Jack; 5 Perry, Paul; 1 Shah, 10 Surrey Hills def by Heathmont Lucas 30 Jones, Matthew; 19 Lamba, Ash; 12 Hughes, Robert; 2 Tie, Lachlan; 1 McNeil, 11 Heathmont def Canterbury Jack; 1 Watt, Christopher; 1 Rimer, Steve 15 Heathmont drew Surrey Hills 16 Heathmont drew North Balwyn 23 Cosham, Sam; 21 Faircloth, Joshua; 7 Quinlan, Josh; 6 IRISH, 17 Heathmont def Glen Iris Jason; 4 McNeil, Jack; 3 Taylor, James; 2 Watt, Christopher 30 Jones, Matthew; 19 Watt, Christopher; 10 Lamba, Ash; 5 Taylor, 19 Boronia def Heathmont James; 2 Dove, Jayaran 30 Hughes, Robert; 19 Lamba, Ash; 11 Watt, Christopher; 3 Cosham, 20 Glen Iris def by Heathmont Sam; 2 Faircloth, Joshua; 1 McNeil, Jack 26 Jones, Matthew; 20 McNeil, Jack; 8 McCabe, James; 5 Repalust, SF Heathmont def Canterbury Thomas; 3 Dove, Jayaran; 3 Taylor, James; 1 Lamba, Ash 30 Lamba, Ash; 16 McCabe, James; 13 Taylor, James; 3 Watt, GF Boronia def by Heathmont Christopher; 3 Jones, Matthew; 1 Repalust, Thomas
Player Votes Player Votes
Matt Jones 148 James Taylor 24 Ash Lamba 110 Sam Batten 23 Chris Watt 65 Josh Quinlan 22 Jack McNeil 42 Jason Irish 6 Lachlan Tie 42 Jayaran Dove 6 Rob Hughes 42 Tom Repalust 6 Steve Rimer 36 Sam Cosham 3 Josh Faircloth 34 Boyd van de Ven 1 Paul Perry 25 Lucas Shah 1 James McCabe 24
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Fourth XI (D Synthetic) 4th XI Match Results Summary Matches Played 13 Wins 5 Draws 1 Losses 7 Batting 1842 runs losing 94 wickets @ 19.60 Bowling 109 wickets @ 15.71 Points 37 Percentage 1.248 Ladder position 5th
4th XI Captain’s Report Firstly let me congratulate the 1’s, 3’s and 5’s on their premierships and the 2’s for making the Grand Final and getting so close to back to back flags. A truly wonderful effort for all involved and a magnificent club result. It left the few of us who missed out feeling both very proud and very jealous.
Our season started in wonderful fashion with an outright win over North Balwyn followed by 3 more wins in the next 4 rounds to have us sitting on top of the ladder after 5 rounds and thinking cricket is an easy game. However the round 5 win over St Pauls in November was our last taste of success until a good win over Burwood in round 12 (mid-February). Somehow through this lean patch we were able to keep our spot in the 4 and our finals hopes alive.
We went into the last round against St Pauls full of confidence after beating them earlier in the year, but a substandard batting performance saw us post a total of 106 which was unfortunately not enough for our bowlers to defend. This left us 5 points outside the top 4 and missing finals but in fairness, a season of only 5 wins shouldn’t result in a finals birth.
Our strength throughout the year was our bowling and we were able to restrict most teams to gettable totals. Congratulations to Daniel “Winston Surfshirt” Wynne for taking out the bowling average after a very consistent season. While no-one was able to take a big bag, honourable mentions go to Sinders for his 3/0 against North Balwyn, Fitzy for 4/13 against North Balwyn and 4/26 against Trinity Willison and Trent “TC” Carr for 4/9 against St Pauls. I’d also like to mention Jordan “G” Irish for his 1/10 against Burwood when I had to take him off after 5 overs with 0/0. He also had 2 reasonably easy catches dropped that day so could easily have ended up with 3/5 ish.
Our batting let us down this season and we were unable to consistently post decent scores. We used 27 players and only 2 were able to get over 200 runs for the season. Paddy Warman, who unfortunately was unable to get a new nickname this year, took out the batting average after scoring 217 runs for the year @ 36.17. There were 2 standout performances with the bat this season. Paddy “?” Warman scored a magnificent 140 against North Balwyn and Trent “Fine Print” Carr managed 100* against Burwood.
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I’d like to thank the club for giving me the opportunity to lead the 4th XI this season and, while we weren’t able join in the finals party, we did have a mostly enjoyable season.
Lastly I’d like to mention Ben “Geoff” “Martin” “Mac” “Mike” Adelaide” “Black” “White” “Rusty” “Cheryl” Crowe “bar” “nest” for no reason other than all his nicknames, and of course Ash “shitbags” Rich. Go Monts!!
David Gibson 4th XI Captain
4th XI Bowling Stats
Player Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average B.B Strike Rate R.P.O
Wynne, Daniel 96.2 18 332 19 17.47 3/32 30.42 3.45
Taylor, James 107 28 242 13 18.62 3/25 49.38 2.26
Fitzpatrick, Martin 45 7 117 11 10.64 4/13 24.55 2.60
Crowe, Benjamin 72.2 16 185 11 16.82 2/10 39.45 2.56
Sindrey, Ben 51.4 17 114 9 12.67 3/0 34.44 2.21
Carr, Trent 24.3 11 51 6 8.50 4/9 24.50 2.08
Irish, Jordan 40.3 11 120 6 20.00 2/23 40.50 2.96
Freeman, Joshua 38 7 101 5 20.20 3/17 45.60 2.66
Lamba, Ash 13 1 41 4 10.25 3/28 19.50 3.15
Swoboda, Tim 8 3 16 3 5.33 3/16 16.00 2.00
Barker, Dylan 17.3 5 52 3 17.33 3/10 35.00 2.97
Irish, Jason 26 10 54 3 18.00 2/22 52.00 2.08
Repalust, Thomas 12.2 5 23 2 11.50 2/14 37.00 1.86
Conyers, Jarred 13 3 23 2 11.50 1/8 39.00 1.77
Cosham, Sam 8 2 23 1 23.00 1/23 48.00 2.88
Irish, Joshua L 5 0 30 1 30.00 1/30 30.00 6.00
Miller, Aidan 10 1 56 1 56.00 1/37 60.00 5.60
McCabe, James 8 3 8 0 1.00
Gemenis, Alex 7 0 35 0 5.00
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4th XI Batting and Fielding Stats
Player Games Innings Not out H.S Runs Average Ct R.O. St Warman, Patrick 6 6 0 140 217 36.17 11 1 0 Gibson, David 11 11 3 89* 214 26.75 3 0 0 Carr, Trent 4 4 1 100* 176 58.67 3 0 0 Taylor, James 10 9 3 55* 149 24.83 6 0 0 Irish, Jason 6 6 0 64 143 23.83 1 0 0 Rich, Ashley 7 7 0 57 115 16.43 2 0 0 Gemenis, Alex 6 7 2 33 98 19.60 2 0 0 Mumford, Isaac 4 4 0 44 80 20.00 4 0 0 Repalust, Thomas 3 3 0 37 68 22.67 4 0 0 Sindrey, Ben 8 4 1 44 58 19.33 1 1 0 Crowe, Benjamin 10 8 3 18 57 11.40 2 1 0 Barker, Dylan 5 4 0 29 53 13.25 2 0 0 van de Ven, Boyd 5 5 0 41 45 9.00 2 0 0 Freeman, Joshua 8 7 1 13 39 6.50 3 0 0 Irish, Jordan 7 7 0 16 38 5.43 2 0 0 Lamba, Ash 2 1 0 34 34 34.00 1 0 0 Wynne, Daniel 12 7 5 6 16 8.00 2 2 0 Fitzpatrick, Martin 6 3 0 8 14 4.67 3 1 0 McCabe, James 1 1 0 12 12 12.00 1 0 0 Carroll, Scott 1 1 0 10 10 10.00 1 0 0 Irish, Joshua L 2 2 0 5 8 4.00 0 0 0 Miller, Aidan 2 1 1 8* 8 0 0 0 Cosham, Sam 1 1 1 6* 6 1 0 0 Winduss, David 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 1 0 0 Kooner, Sabi 2 2 0 2 2 1.00 0 0 0 Swoboda, Tim 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 0 0 0 Rudge, Ashley 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 Conyers, Jarred 1 1 0 0 Freeman, Dean 1 3 0 0
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4th XI Player’s Award Voting
Round Teams Votes 18 Mumford, Isaac; 15 Taylor, James; 14 Fitzpatrick, Martin; 12 van de Ven, 1 North Balwyn def by Heathmont Boyd; 6 Barker, Dylan; 1 Conyers, Jarred 26 Lamba, Ash; 25 Wynne, Daniel; 8 Barker, Dylan; 3 Fitzpatrick, 2 Heathmont def Burwood Martin; 3 Taylor, James; 1 Gemenis, Alex 30 Warman, Patrick; 12 Barker, Dylan; 7 Wynne, Daniel; 7 Sindrey, 3 Heathmont def North Balwyn Ben; 4 Taylor, James; 3 Fitzpatrick, Martin; 3 Gemenis, Alex 4 Mount Waverley Uniting def Heathmont 28 Taylor, James; 19 Wynne, Daniel; 11 Gibson, David; 8 Warman, Patrick 5 St Pauls def by Heathmont 29 Gibson, David; 22 Carr, Trent; 12 Swoboda, Tim; 3 Wynne, Daniel 23 Wynne, Daniel; 20 IRISH, Jason; 13 Rich, Ashley; 4 Crowe, 6 Heathmont def by Mount Waverley Uniting Benjamin; 4 Irish, Jordan; 2 Fitzpatrick, Martin 26 Crowe, Benjamin; 25 Wynne, Daniel; 5 Irish, Jordan; 5 Taylor, 7 Heathmont def by Mulgrave James; 3 Sindrey, Ben; 2 IRISH, Jason 30 IRISH, Jason; 15 Crowe, Benjamin; 14 Taylor, James; 6 Wynne, 8 Trinity Willison def Heathmont Daniel; 1 Irish, Jordan 9 Mulgrave drew Heathmont 29 Carr, Trent; 10 Lamba, Ash; 8 Taylor, James; 8 Repalust, 10 Heathmont def by Trinity Willison Thomas; 7 Cosham, Sam; 2 Warman, Patrick; 1 Irish, Jordan; 1 Wynne, Daniel 30 Taylor, James; 17 Rich, Ashley; 7 Sindrey, Ben; 7 Crowe, Benjamin; 5 IRISH, 11 Toorak-Prahran def Heathmont Jason 30 Carr, Trent; 21 Sindrey, Ben; 11 Repalust, Thomas; 3 Crowe, 12 Burwood def by Heathmont Benjamin; 1 Mumford, Isaac 27 Freeman, Joshua; 19 Gibson, David; 9 IRISH, Jason; 5 Irish, 13 Heathmont def by St Pauls Jordan; 4 McCabe, James; 2 Crowe, Benjamin
Player Votes Player Votes Player Votes
Daniel Wynne 109 Ash Lamba 36 Boyd van de Ven 12
James Taylor 107 Ash Rich 30 Tim Swoboda 12
Trent Carr 81 Josh Freeman 27 Sam Cosham 7
Jason Irish 66 Dylan Barker 26 Alex Gemenis 4
David Gibson 59 Martin Fitzpatrick 22 James McCabe 4
Ben Crowe 57 Isaac Mumford 19 Jarred Conyers 1
Pat Warman 40 Tom Repalust 19
Ben Sindrey 38 Jordan Irish 16
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Fifth XI (E Synthetic) 5th XI Match Results Summary (excluding finals) Matches Played 12 Wins 9 Draws 1 Losses 2 Batting 1764 runs losing 77 wickets @ 22.91 Bowling 104 wickets @ 13.22 Points 57 Percentage 1.733 Ladder position 1st (Premiers)
5th XI Captain’s Report The Fifth’s started the season with plenty of optimism. We had a solid Pre-Season and had a great mix of experience and youth. Besides a minor hiccup in Round 6 when we got rolled for 31 against Richmond Union, I think by the grand final we were truly the best team in the Grade. We entered the finals with a 7 game winning streak, our confidence was sky-high and we duly won our Semi Final against Deepdene Uniting and then beat Trinity Willison in the Grannie. Some of the outstanding Performances were:
Alex Gemenis 106 vs Edinburgh 90 vs Deepdene Uniting (Semi Final) 87 vs Trinity Willison (Grand Final) 60* vs Deepdene Uniting Mick Freeman 102* vs Booroondara 76 vs Deepdene Uniting (Semi Final) 56* vs Deepdene Uniting Ash Rich 70 * vs Edinburgh 62* vs Deepdene Uniting Warwick Peluso 90 vs Mazenod 83 vs Blackburn United Jason Irish 59* vs Richmond Union 51 vs Mazenod James Briggs 58 vs Blackburn United Pat Warman 56 vs Edinburgh Aidan Miller 6 – 12 vs Deepdene Uniting 5 – 21 vs Edinburgh Dean Freeman 6 – 24 vs Richmond Union Zac Gemenis 6 – 39 vs Trinity Willison (Grand Final) Thomas Freeman 4 – 15 vs Mazenod Jason Irish 4 – 25 vs Edinburgh Martin Fitzpatrick 4 – 26 vs Trinity Willison
As you can see by the performances, everyone contributed throughout the year and that certainly helped me as Captain, knowing that if someone failed, someone else would step up. Personally it has been very satisfying, not only for winning the flag, but having the opportunity to share it with my son Thomas, and my Brother Dean, and all the other team mates who deserved the flag.
Special thanks to Kali Irish for scoring and to the Millers for helping when needed.
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5th XI Bowling Stats
Player Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average B.B Strike Rate R.P.O
Gemenis, Zac 135.2 49 253 24 10.54 6/39 33.83 1.87
Miller, Aidan 46 15 100 16 6.25 6/12 17.25 2.17
Gemenis, Alex 41.4 10 90 14 6.43 3/6 17.86 2.16
Freeman, Dean 76 24 153 13 11.77 6/24 35.08 2.01
Freeman, Thomas 89 21 202 12 16.83 4/15 44.50 2.27
Fitzpatrick, Martin 38.3 3 120 8 15.00 4/26 28.88 3.12
Sticht, Thomas 20.4 7 53 6 8.83 3/2 20.67 2.56
Freeman, Joshua 16 6 29 5 5.80 3/5 19.20 1.81
Irish, Jason 13 1 58 5 11.60 4/25 15.60 4.46
Irish, Joshua L 46.3 9 168 5 33.60 2/7 55.80 3.61
Freeman, Michael 14 8 32 4 8.00 2/0 21.00 2.29
Vidhyadhar, Kaushik 12 2 37 3 12.33 3/11 24.00 3.08
Irish, Jordan 12 0 62 3 20.67 3/22 24.00 5.17
McCann, Brent 1.4 0 2 1 2.00 1/2 10.00 1.20
Smith, Ryan 3 1 3 1 3.00 1/3 18.00 1.00
Peiris, Harry 8 3 10 1 10.00 1/10 48.00 1.25
Rudge, Ashley 4 1 14 1 14.00 1/9 24.00 3.50
Sticht, Connor 17 3 86 1 86.00 1/16 102.00 5.06
Tellus, Nicholas 1 0 2 0 0/2 2.00
Van Koll, Mitchell 4 1 31 0 0/31 7.75
Carr, Matthew 9 1 34 0 0/5 3.78
Barker, Neil 16 4 55 0 0/3 3.44
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5th XI Batting and Fielding Stats
Player Games Innings Not out H.S Runs Average Ct R.O. St Freeman, Michael 14 15 4 102* 460 41.82 13 0 0 Gemenis, Alex 6 6 1 106 382 76.40 3 1 0 Peluso, Warwick 9 6 0 90 204 34.00 7 0 1 Freeman, Dean 13 9 1 42 168 21.00 1 0 0 Rich, Ashley 2 2 2 70* 132 0 0 0 Irish, Jason 4 2 1 59* 110 110.00 9 1 0 Tassone, Domenic 5 5 0 28 90 18.00 3 0 0 Rudge, Ashley 11 9 0 34 90 10.00 3 1 0 Gemenis, Zac 13 10 0 40 85 8.50 0 0 0 Miller, Aidan 7 6 1 46* 74 14.80 1 0 0 Briggs, James 2 2 0 58 61 30.50 2 0 0 Saw, Cameron 3 4 0 22 58 14.50 4 0 0 Warman, Patrick 1 1 0 56 56 56.00 3 0 0 Irish, Joshua L 11 9 1 21* 55 6.88 5 0 0 Sticht, Thomas 4 3 1 23 52 26.00 1 0 0 Irish, Jordan 4 4 1 33 43 14.33 0 0 0 Fitzpatrick, Martin 7 6 0 13 40 6.67 2 0 0 Barker, Dylan 2 2 0 8 15 7.50 0 0 0 Vidhyadhar, Kaushik 3 2 1 10* 13 13.00 1 0 0 Freeman, Thomas 14 8 3 4* 10 2.00 3 2 0 Peiris, Harry 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 0 0 0 Carr, Matthew 2 1 1 5* 5 1 0 0 Rae, Daniel 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 1 0 0 Tellus, Nicholas 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 1 0 0 Sticht, Connor 4 3 1 4* 4 2.00 1 0 0 Barker, Neil 4 3 2 3* 3 3.00 0 0 0 McCann, Brent 1 2 0 3 3 1.50 0 0 0 Freeman, Joshua 3 1 1 2* 2 0 0 0 Smith, Ryan 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 Van Koll, Mitchell 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 Woolan, Phillip 1 1 1 0* 0 0 0 0 Miller, Charlie 2 0 0 0
Kooner, Sabi 1 0 0 0
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5th XI Player’s Award Voting
Round Teams Votes 30 Freeman, Thomas; 19 Sticht, Thomas; 11 Freeman, Michael; 4 Saw, 1 Heathmont def Mazenod OC Cameron; 1 Sticht, Connor; 1 Freeman, Dean 2 Edinburgh def by Heathmont 23 Rich, Ashley; 20 Warman, Patrick; 20 IRISH, Jason; 3 Freeman, Michael 32 Peluso, Warwick; 21 IRISH, Jason; 7 Irish, Jordan; 5 Gemenis, 3 Mazenod OC def Heathmont Zac; 1 Freeman, Dean 4 Heathmont def Richmond Union 28 IRISH, Jason; 20 Gemenis, Zac; 12 Freeman, Michael; 6 Freeman, Thomas 26 Rich, Ashley; 17 Irish, Jordan; 13 Freeman, Joshua; 4 Sticht, 5 Heathmont def Deepdene Uniting Thomas; 4 Gemenis, Zac; 2 Freeman, Thomas 6 Richmond Union def Heathmont 26 Freeman, Dean; 25 Irish, Joshua L; 9 Gemenis, Zac; 6 Saw, Cameron 20 Freeman, Dean; 16 Miller, Aidan; 15 Fitzpatrick, Martin; 10 Freeman, 7 Trinity Willison def by Heathmont Michael; 3 Sticht, Thomas; 2 Peiris, Harry 27 Briggs, James; 16 Gemenis, Zac; 10 Vidhyadhar, Kaushik; 6 Freeman, 8 Heathmont def Blackburn North United Michael; 5 Sticht, Thomas; 2 Freeman, Thomas 9 Heathmont drew Trinity Willison
25 Peluso, Warwick; 20 Gemenis, Alex; 15 Gemenis, Zac; 4 Freeman, 10 Blackburn North United def by Heathmont Dean; 2 Freeman, Thomas 30 Freeman, Michael; 20 Gemenis, Zac; 9 Gemenis, Alex; 6 Freeman, 11 Heathmont def Boroondara Dean; 1 Tassone, Domenic 28 Miller, Aidan; 23 Gemenis, Alex; 8 Rudge, Ashley; 6 Tassone, 12 Heathmont def Edinburgh Domenic; 1 Fitzpatrick, Martin 30 Miller, Aidan; 17 Freeman, Michael; 15 Gemenis, Alex; 2 Gemenis, 13 Deepdene Uniting def by Heathmont Zac; 1 Irish, Joshua L; 1 Fitzpatrick, Martin 29 Gemenis, Alex; 22 Freeman, Michael; 10 Freeman, Dean; 5 Freeman, SF Heathmont def Deepdene Uniting Thomas GF Heathmont def Trinity Willison 30 Gemenis, Zac; 21 Gemenis, Alex; 9 Fitzpatrick, Martin; 6 Peluso, Warwick
Player Votes Player Votes Player Votes
Zac Gemenis 121 Thomas Freeman 47 Cam Saw 10
Alex Gemenis 117 Tom Sticht 31 Kaushik Vidhyadhar 10
Michael Freeman 111 James Briggs 27 Ash Rudge 8
Aidan Miller 74 Josh Irish 26 Dom Tassone 7
Jason Irish 69 Martin Fitzpatrick 26 Harry Peiris 2
Dean Freeman 68 Jordan Irish 24 Connor Sticht 1
Warrick Peluso 63 Pat Warman 20
Ash Rich 49 Josh Freeman 13
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Sixth XI (L.O.C.-1) 6th XI Match Results Summary Matches Played 18 Wins 7 Draws 4 Losses 7 Batting 2299 runs losing 103 wickets @ 22.32 Bowling 113 wickets @ 24.15 Points 52 NRR -0.613 Ladder position 5th
6th XI Captain’s Report With Travis Green and his footballers sitting out the 2017/18 season a big challenge awaited the 6th XI side after a promotion into LOC 1, the top one day division after dominating last season, albeit as beaten grand finalists.
The season was topsy turvey to say the least with some weeks a struggle just to fill the required 11 players, then on the other hand we had some fantastic wins. When we had our full contingent we certainly matched the other teams, beating eventual premiers Burwood twice and grand finalists Victorian Cavaliers, once. In the end we finished 5th, making a very late charge towards finals.
Some of the notable performances came from the batsman with a couple of terrific 100’s from James Kelly vs Victorian Cavaliers and Chris Columbo in the final home and away round vs Notting Hill Brandon Park. By far our standout player was Anthony Bucello with some terrific individual performances including his 86 runs vs the Cavaliers and 99 runs and 5 wicket haul in the same game vs Burwood. Steve Brown’s efforts in the field, particularly his ground fielding, and some stellar catches by 50 year old Cam Saw were some memorable moments.
One of our season highlights came after the Christmas break with Daniel Baynes and his young son, HCC junior Billy playing their first game together vs Nothing Hill Brandon Park in a great away team win.
I would like to thank all the players who received a last minute call up for their time. It allowed us to be able to take the field with 11 players, most notably John Kelly, Dave Brown, Charlie Miller, Neil Barker, Ivan Dunuwille, Matt Vitiritti and Michael Baguley.
A big thanks to Anthony Bucello who lead the side well for a few games in my absence and overall assistance as Vice Captain. Cam Saw for his help in setting up and collecting the subs, Trevor for the afternoon tea’s and Kim Brown for her game day support. A special mention goes to Mitch Van Koll for his overall performance and winning the 6th XI Captain’s Award.
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Finally, congratulations to fellow Captain’s Tim, Steve and Mick, and their players for their magnificent premiership victories. To Rosey and the 2’s for their efforts, falling so agonizingly short on winning back to back flags. Go Monts!
Matt Carr 6th XI Captain
6th XI Bowling Stats
Player Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average B.B Strike Rate R.P.O
Bucello, Anthony 60.1 7 271 22 12.32 5/32 16.41 4.50
Brown, Steven 68 9 298 17 17.53 4/18 24.00 4.38
Carr, Matthew 38 2 229 10 22.90 3/40 22.80 6.03
Kelly, James 62 3 343 10 34.30 3/42 37.20 5.53
Dawson, Scott 27 2 123 6 20.50 2/28 27.00 4.56
Vitiritti, Matthew 30 2 128 6 21.33 3/13 30.00 4.27
Browne, Declan 20 2 56 5 11.20 2/16 24.00 2.80
Hatfield-Dunn, Gary 52 5 267 5 53.40 2/40 62.40 5.13
Van Koll, Mitchell 37 0 254 4 63.50 3/45 55.50 6.86
Dyer, Stuart 5.2 0 33 3 11.00 3/33 10.67 6.19
Baguley, Michael 11 1 46 3 15.33 2/34 22.00 4.18
Taylor, James 8 2 11 2 5.50 2/11 24.00 1.38
Kelly, John 2 0 26 2 13.00 2/26 6.00 13.00
Barker, Dylan 11 1 44 2 22.00 2/21 33.00 4.00
Barker, Neil 10 0 66 2 33.00 2/42 30.00 6.60
Carroll, Scott 2 0 10 1 10.00 1/10 12.00 5.00
Repalust, Thomas 4 1 18 1 18.00 1/18 24.00 4.50
Quinlan, Josh 6 0 29 1 29.00 1/20 36.00 4.83
Miller, Aidan 13 1 32 1 32.00 1/22 78.00 2.46
Sindrey, Ben 6 0 50 1 50.00 1/50 36.00 8.33
Baynes, Daniel 25 3 137 1 137.00 1/52 150.00 5.48
Price, Brent 2 0 11 0 0/11 5.50
Rich, Ashley 1 0 12 0 0/12 12.00
Rudge, Ashley 3 0 27 0 0/27 9.00
Irish, Jason 8 1 33 0 0/33 4.13
Crowe, Benjamin 8 0 45 0 0/45 5.63
Colombo, Christopher 6 0 54 0 0/20 9.00
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6th XI Batting and Fielding Stats
Game Player Innings Not out H.S Runs Average Ct R.O. St s Bucello, Anthony 15 12 1 99 456 41.45 7 1 0 Kelly, James 12 11 2 101* 369 41.00 2 0 0 Saw, Cameron 13 11 2 59 283 31.44 5 2 0 Colombo, Christopher 9 7 1 113* 202 33.67 7 2 1 Brown, Steven 11 10 3 46* 130 18.57 6 1 0 Carr, Matthew 13 10 3 22 76 10.86 3 0 0 Van Koll, Mitchell 10 7 2 20 72 14.40 4 0 0 Briggs, James 3 3 1 52 67 33.50 1 0 0 Dunuwille, Ivan 7 6 0 25 61 10.17 5 3 2 Baguley, Michael 4 3 0 47 60 20.00 2 1 0 Baynes, Daniel 4 3 0 30 56 18.67 3 0 0 Dyer, Stuart 2 2 0 33 36 18.00 2 0 0 Tassone, Domenic 4 2 0 22 32 16.00 2 0 0 Dawson, Scott 9 5 1 14 27 6.75 1 0 0 Repalust, Thomas 1 1 0 25 25 25.00 0 0 0 Hatfield-Dunn, Gary 10 5 3 16* 17 8.50 1 0 0 Douglas, Liam 1 1 0 15 15 15.00 0 0 0 Browne, Declan 4 3 1 6* 12 6.00 0 0 0 Carroll, Scott 2 1 0 11 11 11.00 0 0 0 Miller, Aidan 2 2 1 8* 9 9.00 2 2 0 Rudge, Ashley 1 1 0 9 9 9.00 1 0 0 Gibson, Greg 1 1 0 8 8 8.00 0 0 0 Taylor, James 1 1 0 8 8 8.00 0 0 0 Irish, Jason 1 1 0 7 7 7.00 1 0 0 Rich, Ashley 2 2 0 6 7 3.50 0 0 0 Quinlan, Josh 2 2 1 5* 5 5.00 0 0 0 Vitiritti, Matthew 6 2 1 4 4 4.00 0 0 0 Price, Brent 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 1 0 0 Rae, Daniel 4 2 0 2 2 1.00 0 0 0 van de Ven, Boyd 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 1 0 0 Barker, Neil 4 2 1 0* 0 0.00 1 0 0 Barker, Dylan 3 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 Miller, Charlie 2 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 Shevlin, Anthony 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 Brown, David 2 0 0 0 Kelly, John 2 0 0 0 Allen, Billy 1 0 0 0 Crowe, Benjamin 1 1 0 0 Green, Travis 1 0 0 0 Sindrey, Ben 1 0 0 0 Vodopier, Michael 1 0 0 0
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6th XI Player’s Award Voting
Round Teams Votes
2 Glen Iris def Heathmont 3 Brown, Steven; 2 Dunuwille, Ivan; 1 Kelly, James 3 Heathmont def Notting Hill-Brandon Park 3 Kelly, James; 2 Brown, Steven; 1 Saw, Cameron Heathmont def by Victorian Cavaliers 4 3 Saw, Cameron; 2 Bucello, Anthony; 1 Dyer, Stuart Sports Club 6 Heathmont def Burwood 3 Bucello, Anthony; 2 Briggs, James; 1 Van Koll, Mitchell 7 South Camberwell drew Heathmont 3 Bucello, Anthony; 2 Brown, Steven; 1 Hatfield-Dunn, Gary 8 Ashburton Willows def Heathmont 3 Baguley, Michael; 2 Kelly, James; 1 Dyer, Stuart Heathmont drew Mount Waverley 9 Catholics 10 Heathmont def by Glen Iris 3 Saw, Cameron; 2 Kelly, James; 1 Vitiritti, Matthew 11 Burwood def Heathmont Mount Waverley 12 Catholics drew Heathmont 13 Heathmont drew South Camberwell 14 Heathmont def Burwood 3 Kelly, James; 2 Bucello, Anthony; 1 Saw, Cameron 15 Glen Iris def Heathmont 3 Bucello, Anthony; 2 Carr, Matthew; 1 Colombo, Christopher Mount Waverley Catholics def 16 3 Brown, Steven; 2 Bucello, Anthony; 1 Repalust, Thomas by Heathmont Notting Hill-Brandon Park def 17 3 Bucello, Anthony; 2 Browne, Declan; 1 Saw, Cameron by Heathmont 18 South Camberwell def Heathmont 3 Taylor, James; 2 Colombo, Christopher; 1 Brown, Steven Heathmont def Victorian Cavaliers Sports 19 3 Bucello, Anthony; 2 Kelly, James; 1 Brown, Steven Club 20 Heathmont def Notting Hill-Brandon Park 3 Colombo, Christopher; 2 Saw, Cameron; 1 Barker, Dylan
Player Votes Player Votes
Bucello, Anthony 21 Dyer, Stuart 2 Kelly, James 13 Browne, Declan 2 Brown, Steven 12 Dunuwille, Ivan 2 Saw, Cameron 11 Van Koll, Mitchell 1 Colombo, Christopher 6 Barker, Dylan 1 Baguley, Michael 3 Repalust, Thomas 1 Taylor, James 3 Hatfield-Dunn, Gary 1 Briggs, James 2 Vitiritti, Matthew 1 Carr, Matthew 2
Under 16 Unfortunately we were unable to field an Under 16 team this season due to low numbers.
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Under 14 (B-Grade) U14 Coach’s Report Batting - Cooper Sticht 223 runs @ 44.60 High Score 61 ret
Bowling - Will West 8 wickets @ 15.63 BB 2/2
Fielding Award - Michael West 7 catches 1 ro direct 2 non direct
Coaches Award - Billy Baynes
MVP - Mason Sticht 311 points
The year started off optimistically with the u14’s looking to field both Friday and Saturday teams. We managed to recruit a few new players but also lost one to another club. The first Friday night game saw us start with only seven players but the team showed a lot of fight batting well into the dark in an attempt to avoid being bowled out. Unfortunately that was the only competitive game that team played for the season as we lost a player to injury for eight weeks. The team was cancelled after the Christmas break due to lack of interest.
The Saturday team also suffered from the injury mentioned above and the loss of one of our more experienced players. This left us with five players in the U14’s with U12’s filling the numbers. The season’s start wasn’t too bad with a 50 run loss (considering some of our previous efforts). After that game we struggled to get runs on the board, particularly in the four T20 games we played. As we got further into the season we also found ourselves struggling in all areas of the game, the batsmen weren’t able to score freely enough, the bowlers were being punished and we dropped far too many catches making our bowlers jobs even harder. The last game before Christmas proved to be somewhat of a turning point and although we lost, we posted a reasonable score and got some wickets. After the break we had a rough draw playing teams two, one and five in that order. Despite the tough draw the team showed some encouraging signs with both the bat and the ball but once again poor catching cost us dearly. Onto the last game and for the first time in two years the boys managed a win against the number five side who were looking for a win in order to make the finals. An outstanding effort by all accounts with only ten players on the field during the second week.
One thing that must be taken into consideration with this team is the age of some of the players as this is one of the reasons we have struggled this season. At the beginning of the season three of our regular player were aged 10 or under, with another three who played a couple of games for us also in the same age group. In our worse defeat of the season, we had five of these boys playing in the team. I’m fairly confident that when these boys get to the u14s age they will be outstanding cricketers!
Some Highlights from the season:
Rd 1: Billy Baynes 24 vs Blackburn Cooper Sticht 19 no
Rd2: Billy Baynes 22 vs Blackburn Cooper Sticht 21 & 2/35 Will West 2/21
Rd 3: Nathan Arbuckle 2/4 vs Doncaster
Rd 5: Billy Baynes 51 no vs Forest Hill Mason Sticht 29 & 3/26 Michael West for one of the best run outs I have ever seen
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Rd 8: Mason Sticht 29 vs Heatherdale Cooper Sticht 26
Rd 9: Mason Sticht 21
Rd 10: Cooper Sticht 60 ret vs Kerrimur United
Rd 11: Cooper Sticht 60 ret vs Blackburn Billy Baynes 44no & 2/26 Mason Sticht 35 Michael West 3/20 & 3 catches Will West 2/2 of seven overs
I would like to thank Sam Batten for all his help running the team throughout the season, I couldn’t have done it without your assistance. I would also like to thank Kaye for getting the morning tea’s organised, Brett for his help with the scoring and Tom for umpiring. I would also like to thank all of the parents for getting all the boys to training and to the games. I know it isn’t easy.
Matt West U14 Coach
U14 Bowling Stats
Player Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average B.B Strike Rate R.P.O
West, William 45 11 125 8 15.63 2/2 33.75 2.78
Sticht, Mason 28 0 145 8 18.13 3/26 21.00 5.18
West, Michael 30.4 1 165 6 27.50 3/20 30.67 5.38
Baynes, Billy 37 0 164 3 54.67 2/26 74.00 4.43
Sticht, Brodie 21 0 228 3 76.00 1/8 42.00 10.86
Arbuckle, Nathan 2 0 4 2 2.00 2/4 6.00 2.00
West, Luke 4 0 34 2 17.00 1/12 12.00 8.50
Marshall, Harry 21 3 96 2 48.00 1/16 63.00 4.57
Sticht, Cooper 25 1 110 2 55.00 2/15 75.00 4.40
Sutton, Emanuel 26 0 187 2 93.50 1/11 78.00 7.19
Tripathi, Samrath 27 0 189 2 94.50 1/10 81.00 7.00
Kelly, Finnegan 25 0 192 2 96.00 1/10 75.00 7.68
Kennon, Jay 2 1 7 1 7.00 1/7 12.00 3.50
Bannan, Lachlan 7 0 63 1 63.00 1/29 42.00 9.00
Smith, Jamie 33 1 178 1 178.00 1/10 198.00 5.39
Jones, Brendan 2 0 9 0 0/9 4.50
Derham, David 6 0 27 0 0/7 4.50
Johnson, Riley 7 1 31 0 0/15 4.43
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U14 Batting and Fielding Stats
Player Games Innings Not out H.S Runs Average Ct R.O. St Sticht, Cooper 11 10 5 61* 223 44.60 5 0 1 Baynes, Billy 10 9 3 51* 175 29.17 1 1 0 Sticht, Mason 10 9 0 35 156 17.33 3 0 0 West, Michael 11 9 5 18* 47 11.75 7 3 0 Sutton, Emanuel 11 8 2 12 31 5.17 2 0 0 Kelly, Finnegan 9 7 1 9 22 3.67 1 0 0 West, William 10 6 2 12* 19 4.75 0 1 0 Smith, Jamie 11 9 5 4* 16 4.00 0 0 0 Marshall, Harry 5 4 0 8 16 4.00 0 0 0 Tripathi, Samrath 10 7 2 6* 11 2.20 0 0 0 Bannan, Lachlan 2 2 0 5 10 5.00 0 0 0 Arbuckle, Nathan 1 1 1 3* 3 0 0 0 Jones, Brendan 1 1 1 2* 2 2 0 0 Kennon, Jay 1 1 1 2* 2 0 1 0 West, Luke 3 2 0 1 1 0.50 0 0 0 Sticht, Brodie 9 5 3 0* 0 0.00 0 0 0 Derham, David 3 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 Johnson, Riley 2 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0
Under 12 (Friday B-Grade x 2) U12 Blue Coach’s Report This was my first year as a coach of any standard and I wasn’t sure what to expect from the playing group. The season started off very nerve racking for me as I had no experience in the position. From the beginning however, I had help from the parents who were more than happy to lend a hand when required. Most of the kids had known me or of me, as I helped during preseason training. During this time I started to learn the names of most of the players and had opportunities to get to know the parents. I had not known much about the rules of junior cricket but this wasn’t a bad thing given the recent changes that were made during the off season to the structure of the sides. Matt West, who was at most games, assisted me in learning the rules quickly along with the guidance of Sam Batten who helped steady the ship and make coaching easier. As the season rolled on the players started to find their feet and started to show promising signs. By the Christmas break we had 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss and we were in good stead for the second half of the season.
After the break all the players were refreshed and ready to get into the second half of the season. We unfortunately lost a little momentum and form gained in the first half and it was slow going and a hard slog for all involved. We kept persisting and gained that momentum once more and came away with a few more wins as the players really started to find their stride and play as a team. I shuffled around the order most weeks to give everyone a fair and even go with the bat and ball and sometimes behind the stumps. The second last game of the year was disappointing but we were up against the best side in the comp with a very good bowling attack. In our last game of the year however we had a good win but due to a drawn match and low percentage we fell short by making the finals.
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Even though the team did not make finals, all the players enjoyed themselves and fought hard all year gaining experience with both bat and ball. The skills levels of all individuals went over and above my expectations. Most of the team played in multiple sides throughout the season which in turn also helped their development as players and something to be proud of.
To conclude my first year as a coach I feel was successful and rewarding. The players all had fun and I had a lot of fun watching them play. It was a privilege to coach some talented kids and made me grow as a person and player myself.
I would also like to thank all parents, coaches and committee members involved throughout the year with the various roles they played. I hope next year is as vibrant and even more successful than the last.
James McCabe U12 Blue Coach
U12-B-Blue Bowling Stats
Player Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average B.B Strike Rate R.P.O
Sticht, Cooper 21 6 50 7 7.14 2/0 18.00 2.38
West, William 30 3 103 6 17.17 2/16 30.00 3.43
Derham, David 27 4 57 5 11.40 1/2 32.40 2.11
Beattie, Luke 20 1 61 5 12.20 2/9 24.00 3.05
Bannan, Lachlan 24 3 74 5 14.80 1/2 28.80 3.08
Vodopier, Archer 23 1 45 4 11.25 3/7 34.50 1.96
Bithell, Benjamin 26.3 0 96 4 24.00 2/6 39.75 3.62
Sticht, Brodie 26 0 113 3 37.67 1/10 52.00 4.35
West, Luke 25 0 133 3 44.33 1/5 50.00 5.32
Johnson, Riley 7 0 14 2 7.00 1/4 21.00 2.00
Rolfe, Dylan 23 0 87 2 43.50 1/8 69.00 3.78
Tripathi, Samrath 22 2 52 1 52.00 1/12 132.00 2.36
Vodopier, Gemma 22 1 65 0 0/5 2.95
Smith, Jamie 25 0 83 0 0/2 3.32
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U12-B-Blue Batting and Fielding Stats
Player Games Innings Not out H.S Runs Average Ct R.O. St Sticht, Cooper 9 9 8 47* 321 321.00 7 2 0 West, William 9 9 6 30* 99 33.00 2 3 0 Vodopier, Archer 8 7 4 22* 78 26.00 1 1 0 Bannan, Lachlan 9 9 3 17* 72 12.00 0 1 1 Smith, Jamie 9 7 5 14 47 23.50 0 1 0 Derham, David 9 8 3 17* 43 8.60 1 1 0 Tripathi, Samrath 9 9 3 7* 33 5.50 2 3 0 Vodopier, Gemma 8 7 3 6* 21 5.25 1 0 0 Sticht, Brodie 9 8 3 9* 19 3.80 0 0 0 Rolfe, Dylan 8 7 5 5* 10 5.00 0 0 0 West, Luke 9 9 3 5 8 1.33 0 0 0 Bithell, Benjamin 9 9 2 5 7 1.00 1 1 0 Johnson, Riley 2 2 1 3 5 5.00 0 0 0 Beattie, Luke 7 7 2 1* 3 0.60 0 0 0 Mumford, Laura 3 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0
U12 White Team Report After a very tough 2016/17 season, it was great to have the team playing competitive cricket this season and everyone really enjoying their cricket which is what it is all about. We started the season in the best way possible with a great win - winning in the last over of the day!
The most pleasing part of this season was having an even contribution from all players each week. We played as a team and this was really evident when a wicket was taken and how the team got around each other to celebrate or patting a player on the back after he finished batting.
We won three out of our first four games, however dropped the two games prior to Xmas as we played two of the more competitive teams. However the team rallied after Xmas and won the remaining three games. To make the finals we had to win the final game of the season. We were playing the bottom team, however they had stacked their team with players from a higher grade. In one of our best team batting performances we made a very competitive 191 runs. Then with the help of some of the younger siblings we put in an awesome fielding and bowling display to bowl the opposition out for 137 – and we had made the finals!
We played the semi-final against Laburnum – batting first, we did not have our best day running between the wickets – having 6 run outs. As a result were only able to make 102 runs. Laburnum batted well and passed our score 4 wicket down. However, just to have made the finals was the most awesome effort and everyone was really proud of the boys’ efforts.
A special thanks to Sam for coaching the boys and putting in all the time you do – really appreciated.
Also a big thanks to all parents for their contribution throughout the season. We have a great group of parents and we enjoyed a couple of quiet drinks together most Fridays.
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Thanks also to Jimmy (other U12 coach) for the time you gave and the coaching you provided at training. The skills of the players continue to improve and it is a great thing to get the opportunity to watch the kids play and develop as the season goes on.
Hoping everyone will be back playing again next season.
Glenn Arbuckle U12 White Team Manager
U12-B-White Bowling Stats
Player Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average B.B Strike Rate R.P.O
Kennon, Jay 23 9 37 7 5.29 3/3 19.71 1.61
Carter, Luke 26.5 2 83 7 11.86 3/25 23.00 3.09
Jones, Brendan 24 5 46 6 7.67 3/3 24.00 1.92
Arbuckle, Nathan 26 4 74 5 14.80 3/4 31.20 2.85
Burris, Ryley 19 0 73 4 18.25 2/4 28.50 3.84
Mirtschin, Wil 25 0 77 4 19.25 2/15 37.50 3.08
Green, Liam 26.2 2 94 4 23.50 2/6 39.50 3.57
Dean, Joel 21 3 73 2 36.50 1/4 63.00 3.48
Brogden, Adam 26.1 1 112 2 56.00 1/10 78.50 4.28
Johnson, Riley 19 2 62 1 62.00 1/7 114.00 3.26
Hallikainen, Ben 19 0 64 1 64.00 1/16 114.00 3.37
Mumford, Laura 2 0 14 0 0/14 7.00
Beattie, Luke 5 0 17 0 0/8 3.40
Henderson, Leo 14 1 58 0 0/5 4.14
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U12-B-White Batting and Fielding Stats
Player Games Innings Not out H.S Runs Average Ct R.O. St Henderson, Leo 10 10 7 25* 112 37.33 3 3 1 Kennon, Jay 10 10 6 21 112 28.00 2 1 0 Arbuckle, Nathan 10 10 7 42* 107 35.67 1 1 0 Carter, Luke 10 10 5 21* 106 21.20 2 2 0 Jones, Brendan 10 10 7 16* 83 27.67 1 1 0 Dean, Joel 10 10 1 23 66 7.33 4 1 0 Green, Liam 10 10 6 22* 66 16.50 5 0 0 Johnson, Riley 8 8 2 12 31 5.17 2 1 0 Brogden, Adam 10 10 4 11* 27 4.50 0 0 0 Burris, Ryley 9 8 1 7 23 3.29 0 0 0 Hallikainen, Ben 9 8 5 5* 15 5.00 0 2 0 Mirtschin, Wil 10 9 4 2* 4 0.80 2 0 0 Beattie, Luke 2 2 1 2* 2 2.00 0 0 0 Mumford, Laura 1 1 1 0* 0 0 0 0
Fast 9s Fast 9s Coach’s Report Batting - Jack Hodkinson 86 runs @ 12.29 high score 14
Bowling - Daniel Hayes 7 wickets @ 20.86 BB 2/7
Fielding - Norrin Scott & Daniel Hayes 2 catches, 1 ro direct hit each.
Coaches Award - Norrin Scott
This was the inaugural year for Cricket Australia’s new format’s for junior cricket. The changes have been introduced to make junior cricket more engaging for the players to a more skills based level rather than the traditional age limits. The Fast’s 9’s replaced under 12 C grade cricket in the BHRDCA competition, but was only offered on a Saturday or Sunday. The game was to be run over three hours with nine players a side using a pitch of eighteen meters in length. Each side batted and bowled for thirty overs. The format was a lot of fun and offered players more balls to face when batting and more overs to be bowled when compared to the traditional under 12 format.
Our team only had five players before the first game so we managed to get additional players from the under 12’s Friday night team to come and join us. This mix worked well as the five Fast 9’s players had only played under 10’s previously and were rather nervous heading into the first game. Over the course of the 13 games played the team won six games, had a draw and lost 3 games by three runs or less. The main focus for myself as coach of this team was the development of the five boys who were aged under ten. These players from Friday night are ineligible for any of the awards with the exception of those who were still under eleven at the end of the season. For the older boys it was an opportunity to hone some of their skills in a more relaxed environment. I am happy to say that during the course of the season all of the boys improved in all areas of the game. Everyone in the team managed to bat through to retirement with runs on the board, with each player taking at least one wicket. Our biggest improvement in my opinion was in our fielding. The players are now in
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All the skills these young players have learnt over the course of the season where on display during our last game. Playing the team that handed us our worst defeat of the season we managed to win by four runs in what was a nail biting game. Some really good bowling and fielding restricted the opposition to eighty runs. We managed to chase down the total with a handful of balls to spare against the best bowling team in the Fast 9’s group. The thing that really stood out for me was how the younger players handled the pressure. They all batted well taking the singles and finding the boundary on occasion, a really strong effort to finish off a great season.
Some highlights from the season: Rd 2 Norrin Scott 16; Rd 5 Daniel Hayes 19; Luke West 2/9; Rd 7 Ollie McCarron 2/12; Rd 11 Daniel Hayes 2/25; Luke West 2/12; Rd 12 Brodie Sticht 16; Rd 14 Jack Hodkinson 14no & 2/10 and Rd 15 Jack Hodkinson 13.
Matt West Fast 9s Coach
Fast 9s Bowling Stats
Player Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average B.B Strike Rate R.P.O
Smith, Jamie 30 6 99 9 11.00 2/13 20.00 3.30
West, William 34 9 62 8 7.75 3/2 25.50 1.82
Hayes, Daniel 49 10 146 7 20.86 2/7 42.00 2.98
Scott, Norrin 45 5 105 6 17.50 1/1 45.00 2.33
Hodkinson, Jack 57 6 135 6 22.50 2/10 57.00 2.37
West, Luke 42 0 157 5 31.40 2/9 50.40 3.74
McCarron, Oliver 34 0 125 4 31.25 2/12 51.00 3.68
Bithell, Benjamin 42 1 141 4 35.25 1/8 63.00 3.36
Rolfe, Dylan 10 0 24 3 8.00 2/12 20.00 2.40
Derham, David 4 2 4 1 4.00 1/4 24.00 1.00
Bannan, Lachlan 3 0 7 1 7.00 1/7 18.00 2.33
Sticht, Brodie 19.2 0 72 1 72.00 1/13 116.00 3.72
Mumford, Laura 2 0 11 0 0/11 5.50
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Fast 9s Batting and Fielding Stats
Player Games Innings Not out H.S Runs Average Ct R.O. St West, William 12 11 7 70* 294 73.50 6 1 0 Smith, Jamie 10 10 7 21* 91 30.33 1 0 0 Hodkinson, Jack 13 13 6 14* 86 12.29 0 0 0 Hayes, Daniel 12 12 2 19 63 6.30 2 1 0 Scott, Norrin 12 12 5 16 57 8.14 2 1 0 Sticht, Brodie 6 6 1 16 41 8.20 0 0 0 West, Luke 13 13 7 8 27 4.50 0 0 0 Bithell, Benjamin 11 11 1 11 24 2.40 2 0 0 Derham, David 1 1 1 14* 14 0 0 0 McCarron, Oliver 9 8 2 8* 10 1.67 0 0 0 Rolfe, Dylan 3 3 0 3 7 2.33 0 0 0 Bannan, Lachlan 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 1 0 0 Mumford, Laura 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0
Girls (Stage 1) Girls Coach’s Report Firstly, thanks to the club for giving me the opportunity to be the inaugural coach of the girl’s cricket team. It is very exciting to see the girls take the field, and they all seem to enjoy their experience as first time cricketers.
Cricket is a very technical game and from what I have seen the girls are really starting to understand and are willing to learn. It is a very enjoyable as a coach to start from the beginning because the girls don’t yet have bad habits that are hard to break or get them to change. Basically we want to teach the girls the proper technique of each and every part of the game from the very start, and most of all have fun and make friends from the experience.
I think the parents can see we are trying to do this, in particular with the batting, being able to work on both sides of the wicket and not just the strength of the on-side. You can see the opposition is very strong on the on-side, which is a lot easier to teach. However we need to develop all the shots from the very start, which means focusing on the more difficult parts and therefore increasing their confidence and abilities going forward. With regards to bowling, the girls have improved so much, and again it is not easy for first time cricketers to land the ball on the pitch every time at a sufficient speed. Most of the girls have a different action, however we want the girls to run in straight, stand up straight in delivery to prevent any back problems and run through the crease to increase the ball speed of the delivery. The fielding and wicket keeping has improved dramatically, and the girls keep me amused with the cartwheels, dancing and encouragement towards each other.
Lastly, I would like to thank the parents and club officials who assisted the club and myself, I could not do it without you, many hands make light work and I hope you have enjoyed the year. Please 56 keep encouraging the girls on what a great season they had and how much better they will be next season. It’s such a great sport to play, very challenging, but I definitely see terrific signs in each of the girls, and remember if they ask you to practice, please do your best to just work on the basics, encourage, throw a few balls, or ask me for any advice on what you can do to help them.
Really looking forward to the next season!
Paul Perry Girls Team Coach
Girls Stage 1 Participants
Matilda Brogden Laura Mumford Gemma Vodopier Salafi Sutton Caitlyn Morgans Heather Zeimert Mia Griffin Tayla Perry Christina Bretel
Super 7s Super 7s Blue Team Coaches’ Report Well, our super 7s Blue team had an incredible 2017/18 season. We have gone from strength to strength, particularly after Christmas, as all the boys continued to develop their game each week and play closely as a team. This year, we created not only a winning culture but a fantastic environment to play cricket every Sunday morning. For Josh and I it’s been our absolute pleasure to coach this amazing group of boys.
Before the season began, our aim was to create a fun and exciting environment to play cricket, just like how Josh and I experienced as juniors ourselves. We made it our intent to help develop each boys’ game in order to prepare them for competitive cricket down the track. I knew from our first pre-season training that we had a pretty special talented group of boys that were highly enthusiastic, and most importantly loved playing with each other. After a month of training where we worked on knowing each boy various abilities, and putting some foundations in before round 1.
This year we went undefeated, a pretty impressive effort considering the boys either just finished Milo or had played under 10s in previous seasons. This worked out perfectly as a group. I say we went undefeated as the first home game of the year down at the plush surfaces of Heathmont College was a bit controversial. Vermont (who we played) made 4 more runs than us, but as we took more wickets than them at the end of the day we actually would’ve won based on the end scores being the wrong way round. However, as I wanted to get through the first game and we couldn’t agree how the string system worked, I waved it off without realising. In the end, it’s not all about winning.
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Our biggest moment of the year, something Josh and I both still can’t believe to this day, was the fact that we made 251 in a game down at North Balwyn after Christmas and because we took 10 wickets we added 40 more runs to the score, which ended up at 291. The other team was probably the friendliest club we played all year, but they made the ground dimensions too small when the boundaries were brought in. After 3 overs in, we didn’t give them a hope. I remember telling the boys that there was a photographer taking photos of them just as they walked out to bat. Not only did they take that up, but she left within 3 overs, maybe because she’d seen enough. As a team our bowling was probably the strong point that stood out almost every week. At this level, credit must go to the new format, we expect lots of extras to occur out on the field. However, our team every week bowled a lot less wides and no balls, and it gradually got even less and less as the season went on which goes to show the boys improvement this season. Although we’ve still got a bit of work to do on our fielding and running between the wickets, the bowling side has been a real highlight of the season and something that will hold up in good stead in the future.
I want to mention a few thank you’s for the year, and I apologise in advance if I’ve missed anyone. To every parent, you guys have been incredible. At the start of the year, both Josh and I were keen on having a team manager to help organise the team. However I knew straight away right from preseason that it wasn’t necessary. I think once we got through that first game I knew that we would be fine for the rest of the year. What contributed to our success also was the fact that every parent was there every week to support and watch the boys. The support and encouragement from the sidelines not only helped the boys, but was fantastic to see when we were umpiring or scoring. Our team, without a doubt, was best supported all year long and I believe this largely contributed to our success over the year. Watching the boys all year, you could easily see how they loved telling everyone whether we’re batting or bowling, or what the score is and who’s batting and bowling first. By creating that environment where everyone’s involved was pretty special. We also particularly thank you for your help on game day whether it was setting up the ground for home games (particularly at Heathmont College) or packing everything up at the end when both of us had to leave early to play senior cricket, scoring, the list goes on and we immensely appreciate it.
To Matt Carr and Sammy Batten, we thank you guys for your support and guidance throughout the year. Both Josh and I came to you at the start of the year with our ideas to coach and you greatly supported us along the way. I also must say that I probably pestered Matt a fair bit at the start of the year about MyCricket, grabbing a ball for a game, opening up the rooms and getting a key for the games at the college so to Matt thank you for everything this year. To the other junior coaches at the club Jimmy McCabe, Gary and Matt West, thank you guys for all your support and advice throughout the year at training and even on game day.
To all the boys, thank you guys for being an incredible group to coach over the year. I know it’s a bit cliché, but as first year coaches we couldn’t believe what an amazing group you guys are, especially how tight you boys are as mates and your ability to accept others without hesitation into our team. It is something that everyone can be proud. We both look forward and can’t wait to coach you guys not only next season but hopefully in a few years to come, so thank you lads.
Sam Cosham & Josh Quinlan Super 7s Blue Coaches
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Super 7s Gold Team Coach’s Report
Looking after the super 7's, the first year of cricket for these kids, we saw amazing changes throughout the season. Our final win loss ratio was about 7 wins and 6 losses. Throughout the season improvements kept coming and the impact of these improvements made a big difference to the kid’s game. As a team this was a fantastic effort.
Individually all of the children began to develop their skills which was incredible to watch and the experience for me to assist them learning the fundamentals of the sport was enjoyable. A big shout out to the parents for doing extra training after school and on weekends which I feel made a very big difference.
The bowling technique was the biggest challenge that the children faced as an area for improvement. All 8 children did a fantastic job and by the end of season should be very proud of themselves for the change and improvements they made. Throughout the season the kids got bigger and stronger and batting became easier with improved shots and they had an understanding when to call yes or no to make runs during their innings and to see opportunities for extra runs.
Our team was strong in the field which created a large amount of run out opportunities, which were key to getting a positive result. Some weeks we were not quite as focused as others which showed in some of our performances but this allowed the kids to learn from these experiences.
As a whole the children improved immensely throughout the season, and they were a treasure to look after and I enjoyed seeing them improve in so many ways. The games would not have happened without the support of the parents, setting and packing up, scoring and assisting with umpiring, thank you.
Gary Hatfield-Dunn Super 7s Gold Coach
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Milo In2Cricket Clinic Coordinator’s Report Another fun year with a large group of 38 kids joining our program. This was down a little from last year (47 kids) however with the introduction of Super 7s and Fast 9s, we opted to advance kids to these teams from in2cricket as opposed to putting them in T20 Blast. This meant we did not have a T20 blast team but have fast tracked our junior program.
Isaac Mumford again put his hand up this year to co-ordinate with me and we were joined by Aidan Miller and Trent Wynne for their first season. The kids loved having these guys as coaches, especially being able to chase them around the oval. As the weeks passed, these guys took on the role with enthusiasm and efficiency.
In2cricket has a variety of ages ranging from 4 – 8 years old. Some were very skilled, whilst others were new to the game. The skills of the kids came on in leaps and bounds as the season progressed. Many were unable to bowl at the first session, however by the end were showing Isaac and I how to do it correctly. The older kids started off the year getting re-acquainted to the game and by season’s end were putting on the pads for the first time over in our fantastic practice facility. Doing this has helped their confidence with knowing what to expect when they enter Super 7s next season. We even had 3 of the boys fill in for the Super 7s by year’s end, all of whom had a wonderful experience.
The program is almost impossible to run without the help of volunteers and parents, and each week we had many helpers to spread the work load which enabled Isaac, Trent, Aidan and myself to concentrate on making the program a fun environment for both the kids and parents. Thank you so very much to those who put their hand up each week.
Trent Carr Milo In2Cricket Co-ordinator
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Veterans (C-Grade) Vets Match Results Summary Matches Played 7 Wins 2 Draws - Losses 5 Batting 1013 runs losing 43 wickets @ 23.56 Bowling 41 wickets @ 26.29 Points 4 Percentage 0.896 Ladder position 5th
Vets Captain’s Report Season 17/18 was indeed a tough year for the vets, losing several key players for the season before a ball was bowled along with injuries both at the start and end of the season it was always going to be a tough ask against very good opposition.
To our credit we stuck to our guns and were in with a chance in most games although we could only manage 2 wins for the year.
The boys stuck together and held their heads high and were competitive in all games.
If I had to pick a highlight it would be Knighta batting in the last over against Heatherdale, they had the field up trying to keep him on strike, we were all yelling and screaming trying to get him off strike. What does Knighta do? … Smashes it over the fence at mid-on for a six. We haven’t stopped hearing about.
Thanks to everyone involved, especially Charlie, looking forward to bigger things next year.
Neil Barker Vets XI Captain
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Vets Bowling Stats
Player Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average B.B Strike Rate R.P.O
Vitiritti, Matthew 37 5 176 7 25.14 3/30 31.71 4.76
Rose, Greg 14 0 75 6 12.50 4/38 14.00 5.36
Dunuwille, Ivan 30 3 142 5 28.40 3/24 36.00 4.73
Baron, Simon 29 3 145 5 29.00 2/17 34.80 5.00
Dyer, Stuart 5.3 0 61 3 20.33 1/1 11.00 11.09
Vodopier, Michael 16 0 87 3 29.00 1/7 32.00 5.44
Baynes, Daniel 6 0 25 2 12.50 2/16 18.00 4.17
Kielblock, Franz 9 0 38 2 19.00 1/8 27.00 4.22
Rechsteiner, David 31 6 106 2 53.00 1/20 93.00 3.42
Johnson, Ray 2 0 23 1 23.00 1/23 12.00 11.50
Freeman, Michael 0 1 26 1 26.00 1/26 9999.00
O'Neill, Simon 8.3 0 49 1 49.00 1/9 51.00 5.76
Baguley, Michael 18.4 1 83 1 83.00 1/14 112.00 4.45
Briggs, James 2 0 8 0 0/8 4.00
Vets Batting and Fielding Stats
Player Games Innings Not out H.S Runs Average Ct R.O. St Dunuwille, Ivan 7 7 3 43* 175 43.75 3 0 0 Rechsteiner, David 6 6 3 43* 166 55.33 3 0 0 Johnson, Ray 4 4 2 41* 103 51.50 2 1 0 Baguley, Michael 6 6 1 34* 100 20.00 1 0 0 Knight, Stephen 6 5 2 34* 99 33.00 1 0 0 Baron, Simon 5 5 0 22 70 14.00 0 0 0 Dyer, Stuart 5 5 1 22 53 13.25 1 0 0 Baynes, Daniel 2 1 1 43* 43 1 0 0 Vitiritti, Matthew 7 4 2 11 19 9.50 5 1 0 Freeman, Michael 1 1 0 18 18 18.00 0 0 0 Kielblock, Franz 3 2 0 9 15 7.50 1 0 0 Vodopier, Michael 7 5 1 4 12 3.00 2 0 0 O'Neill, Simon 5 2 0 9 11 5.50 0 0 0 Briggs, James 1 1 0 9 9 9.00 0 0 0 Matheson, Murray 6 1 0 6 6 6.00 1 0 1 Rose, Greg 5 3 0 2 5 1.67 2 0 0 Barker, Neil 4 2 0 3 3 1.50 0 0 0 Miller, Charlie 4 1 1 1* 1 0 0 0 Carr, Matthew 1 0 0 0
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Vets Player’s Award Voting
Round Teams Votes 30 Rechsteiner, David; 12 Dyer, Stuart; 7 Dunuwille, Ivan; 5 Baguley, Michael; 4 Vitiritti, 1 Heathmont def by Koonung Heights Matthew; 4 Rose, Greg; 3 Baron, Simon; 1 Matheson, Murray 28 Dunuwille, Ivan; 13 Baron, Simon; 9 Rechsteiner, David; 8 Dyer, Stuart; 4 Knight, 2 Heatherdale def Heathmont Stephen; 2 O'Neill, Simon; 1 Matheson, Murray; 1 Baguley, Michael 28 Rechsteiner, David; 23 Vitiritti, Matthew; 6 Dunuwille, Ivan; 3 Matheson, Murray; 2 Baron, 3 Heathmont def by Mt Waverley Simon; 2 Vodopier, Michael; 1 O'Neill, Simon; 1 Baguley, Michael 23 Rechsteiner, David; 18 Dunuwille, Ivan; 10 Vitiritti, Matthew; 5 Baguley, 4 Heathmont def Heatherdale Michael; 5 Baron, Simon; 3 Matheson, Murray; 2 O'Neill, Simon Heathmont def by West Ivanhoe 27 Rechsteiner, David; 20 Johnson, Ray; 10 Freeman, Michael; 7 Knight, 5 United Stephen; 2 Kielblock, Franz 20 Johnson, Ray; 16 Rose, Greg; 10 Matheson, Murray; 8 Knight, Stephen; 7 Kielblock, 6 Koonung Heights def Heathmont Franz; 5 Baguley, Michael 25 Dunuwille, Ivan; 21 Baynes, Daniel; 6 Baguley, Michael; 5 Knight, Stephen; 5 Johnson, 7 Park Orchards def by Heathmont Ray; 3 Matheson, Murray; 1 Miller, Charlie
Player Votes Player Votes
Rechsteiner, David 117 Dyer, Stuart 20 Dunuwille, Ivan 84 Rose, Greg 20 Johnson, Ray 45 Freeman, Michael 10 Vitiritti, Matthew 37 Kielblock, Franz 9 Knight, Stephen 24 O'Neill, Simon 5 Baguley, Michael 23 Vodopier, Michael 2 Baron, Simon 23
Matheson, Murray 21
Baynes, Daniel 21
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All-time Club Statistics* (Top 50)
Batting Runs Av. Bowling Wkts Av. S/R E/R Games
1 Gibson, David 6342 21.87 Saw, Cameron 706 12.94 35.64 2.18 Saw, Cameron 356
2 Freeman, Dean 6258 23.44 Freeman, Dean 558 14.92 41.66 2.15 Freeman, Dean 323
3 Freeman, Michael 6133 25.88 McInerney, Rick 481 16.65 39.88 2.51 Gibson, David 313
4 McCann, Frank 5791 25.29 McCann, Tim 427 18.48 40.95 2.71 Douglas, Craig 310
5 Reilly, Paul 5355 28.64 Ponton, Neil 367 17.26 43.07 2.40 Freeman, Michael 299
6 Perry, Paul 5120 21.24 Briggs, James 320 16.59 37.40 2.66 McCann, Frank 284
7 Saw, Cameron 4752 20.22 Douglas, Craig 303 17.06 33.91 3.02 Carr, Matthew 278
8 Gibson, Martin 4720 23.48 Freeman, Michael 254 17.46 38.26 2.74 McCann, Tim 265
9 Knight, Stephen 4335 18.85 Gittus, David 254 12.72 34.90 2.19 Perry, Paul 258
10 Winduss, David 4313 22.35 Goodey, Graeme 223 18.69 37.98 2.95 Knight, Stephen 256
11 Batten, Sam 3954 18.92 McMillan, Mick 220 13.75 25.74 3.20 Batten, Sam 218
12 Garratt, Matt 3943 26.46 Sindrey, Ben 200 22.43 47.04 2.86 McInerney, Rick 218
13 Douglas, Craig 3853 16.97 Morris, Ben 196 19.97 39.15 3.06 Winduss, David 213
14 Morris, Ben 3852 32.10 Palmer, Sean 195 19.81 41.48 2.86 Reilly, Paul 213
15 Burns, Andrew 3715 31.48 Gibson, Dan 190 19.57 33.98 3.46 Briggs, James 212
16 Goodey, Graeme 3691 20.06 Vitiritti, Matthew 190 15.59 28.65 3.27 Ponton, Neil 209
17 Carr, Matthew 3652 16.52 Horner, Steve 185 15.74 38.67 2.44 Goodey, Graeme 203
18 Potter, Tony 3598 25.16 Ryan, Denny 165 17.18 39.70 2.60 Dyer, Stuart 200
19 Levins, Paul 3588 25.81 Carr, Trent 150 18.40 37.20 2.97 Gibson, Martin 199
20 Dyer, Stuart 3583 20.59 Thomas, Ed 149 20.06 37.25 3.23 Sindrey, Ben 192
21 Rich, Ashley 3527 22.04 Garratt, Matt 147 18.23 38.86 2.82 Garratt, Matt 171
22 Green, Travis 3489 28.83 Shah, Lucas 144 17.97 36.27 2.97 Rich, Ashley 165
23 Vallance, Doug 2848 21.74 Moore, Matt 140 15.49 38.79 2.40 Potter, Tony 164
24 Warman, Patrick 2825 28.25 Gill, Gene 135 21.16 38.66 3.28 Barker, Neil 162
25 Carr, Trent 2791 23.26 Taylor, James 133 18.21 36.82 2.97 Rudge, Jamie 160
26 Tassone, Domenic 2757 26.77 Elliott, Chris 132 18.38 45.19 2.44 Levins, Paul 153
27 Travis, Craig G 2547 48.98 Curnow, Barry 132 15.20 32.39 2.82 Gittus, David 150
28 Johns, Dean 2475 26.61 Carr, Matthew 129 22.26 31.21 4.28 Green, Travis 149
29 Horner, Steve 2400 20.87 Sowton, Matthew 124 23.80 40.40 3.53 Taylor, James 148
30 Allen, Billy 2381 20.89 Van Eeden, Gareth 123 17.18 35.36 2.91 Carr, Trent 145
31 Gill, Gene 2368 22.77 Allen, Billy 120 25.10 27.71 5.43 Gill, Gene 144
32 Thirlwell, Thomas 2363 20.03 Gill, Jesse 114 17.86 41.82 2.56 Allen, Billy 142
33 Rudge, Jamie 2360 17.23 Woolan, Phillip 112 23.15 46.34 3.00 Gibson, Dan 141
34 Briggs, James 2345 18.61 Hampshire, Paul 111 16.26 39.98 2.44 Morris, Ben 140
35 McCann, Tim 2332 14.58 Lawrence, Darren 101 16.16 30.82 3.15 Horner, Steve 139
36 Hagarty, Pat 2310 21.19 Northage, Brett 100 20.00 52.99 2.26 Vallance, Doug 136
37 Dunuwille, Ivan 2006 20.90 Grubich, Andrew 98 18.95 40.26 2.82 Vitiritti, Matthew 136
38 Cook, Jason 1968 28.94 Rudge, Ashley 98 23.01 41.43 3.33 Burns, Andrew 130
39 Williams, Craig 1952 28.71 Howard, Dylan 92 19.68 37.74 3.13 Rosthorn, Ian 127
40 Williams, Steve s 1950 21.91 Gogarty, Kyle 91 14.31 38.85 2.21 Dyer, Peter 125
41 Gill, Jesse 1910 22.74 Joy, Martin 91 22.27 36.26 3.69 Thirlwell, Thomas 122
42 Lawrence, Darren 1908 21.20 Quigley, Luke 91 15.35 28.90 3.19 Palmer, Sean 119
43 Bucello, Anthony 1886 25.84 Freeman, Joshua 90 17.63 33.73 3.14 Hagarty, Pat 118
44 Gemenis, Alex 1673 20.91 Morris, Grant 88 20.14 43.64 2.77 Barker, Dylan 117
45 Grubich, Andrew 1656 35.23 Smith, Ryan 87 22.16 40.70 3.27 Warman, Patrick 116
46 McInerney, Rick 1655 12.17 Bucello, Anthony 87 17.84 28.67 3.73 Dunuwille, Ivan 116
47 Bretel, Adam 1645 18.69 Reilly, Paul 86 14.52 30.68 2.84 McMillan, Mick 114
48 McMillan, Tim 1591 16.07 Villani, Jessie 86 20.79 43.12 2.89 Rudge, Ashley 114
49 Grace, Adrian 1571 28.05 Barker, Dylan 85 23.93 37.86 3.79 Woolan, Phillip 113
50 Sheen, Darren 1561 38.07 Miller, Aidan 81 13.20 24.85 3.19 Shah, Lucas 113
*Notes: 1. These statistics are based on information (scorebooks, annual reports, etc) available between 1980 & 2015/16, since then MyCricket data has been used. 2. Not all information is available (particularly in the lower grades), so the aggregates & averages of some players may be slightly misleading. 3. The list of players is based on those who were actively playing in season 1995/96 or have played since then. As such, there are many older players whose stats are unavailable.
Special thanks to Ben Sindrey and James Briggs for compiling and maintaining these statistics.
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