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2 PARRAMATTA DISTRICT CRICKET CLUB INC 1843 – 2015 You are cordially invited to attend the ANNUAL MEETING of the above Club to be held at the Viking Sports Club, (Scandia Room) 35 Quarry Road (opposite Curtis Oval) Dundas, On Friday 31 st July 2015, at 6.30 pm. BUSINESS 1. To receive the 118th Annual Report 2. Any Notices of Motion According to Rules 3. Life Membership Award 4. To elect Officers and Committees 5. Election of Vice Presidents 6. To transact any business which may be introduced to Rule Only financial members of the previous season shall be entitled to vote (vide by laws) R. Wright OAM P O Box 143 Honorary Secretary PARRAMATTA NSW 2124 Phone: 0416 056 038 www.parracricket.com.au [email protected] 3 PARRAMATTA DISTRICT CRICKET CLUB INC. PO Box 143, PARRAMATTA 2124 OFFICE BEARERS 2014-2015 JOINT PATRONS Federal Member for Parramatta Ms. Julie Owens State Member for Parramatta Geoff Lee Lord Mayor of Parramatta Mayor of Holroyd K.D. Walters MBE President Parramatta Leagues Club President Parramatta District Cricket Association Alan Overton AM PRESIDENT Mr. Greg Monaghan DEPUTY PRESIDENT Mr. P West HONORARY SECRETARY Mr. R Wright OAM HONORARY TREASURER Mr. T Wood MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE P Sullivan N. Bertus B Cherry P Calvert R Mackander SELECTION COMMITTEE Chairman T Wood 1st Grade: M Castle A Murphy T Wood 2nd Grade: Appointed Captains during the Season Include: (R. Rizwan, W. Affleck, A. Turrell, T. Affleck & J. Parkinson) A Murphy T Wood 3rd Grade: J Coleman A Murphy T Wood 4th Grade: N Chetty A Murphy T Wood 5th Grade: R Mackander A Murphy T Wood PROVISIONAL SELECTION COMMITTEE Chairman T. Wood R Mackander G. Monaghan A. Murphy P. Sullivan PUBLICITY AND PUBLIC RELATIONS Greg Monaghan DELEGATES TO S.C.A. G. Monaghan R. Wright OAM DELEGATE TO CRICKET NSW Greg Monaghan 4 LIFE MEMBERS J Aitken A H Alderson *T Arundell *G T Barry *L Benaud *R Benaud OBE M/s C Bennison *F Bloxham *W W Bodenham *Dr. R Bowman *W A Brodie *L R Cadden *W Cornock A J Cramond *G Cranney *H Cranney *T Cranney Snr G Davidson *L J Deeth J Dwyer Prof. Wilf Ewens Bruce Ferguson D Ferguson H J Goodwin *E Gould *W Gould D Jackson *PH Jeffery OBE * D Kennedy *T D Little *J J Miller *L W Pye *R Rowe R Shepherd * S Stone S Teale Allen Turrell * Rev E F Waddy * E L Waddy K D Walters MBE M C Ward Mrs. T Ward *F Watsford T J Wood R Wright OAM *Deceased VICE PRESIDENTS Bob Anderson John Benaud Bob Cadden Graham Chudleigh Warwick Dunn John Gall OAM Des Hartmann Colin Hoschke Bill Jocelyn Robert McMillan *Ron Mulock AO E Myatt (OAM) Bruce Neill Geoff Newton John Parkinson Vasee Rajadurai Bruce Ritchie Daryl Smith Doug Timmins *Max Godfrey Peter Turner Michael J Wood FINANCIAL MEMBERS (PLAYERS) Abbott B Charles T Graham A Parkinson J White C Affleck T Cherry B Greig J Patel A Wood J Affleck W Chetty N Henry S Patel S Bateup C Child A Joseph G Pitt E Beattie D Chowdhury F Kaul A Preedy J Bellam M Cole H Laurie A Ramakrishnan A Bertus Nick Coleman J Liyanage T Rizwan R Brar T Copperfield S Lofts L Satish V Bristow S Coy A Mackander R Simonsen O Brooks M Crittenden T Marquez J Smith D Broschofsky P D’Angelo G Martin B Sullivan M Brown Y Forbes J Masters K Taylor B Browning S Gillies L Masud I Turrell Adam Cassel S Giumelli M McLeod M Tyler K Castle M Giumelli P McNaught L Vithanage G Charles D Gopal R Monaghan B Ward T FINANCIAL MEMBERS (TRUE BLUE) Gold Members: Monaghan G Neill B Jurd C John Benaud Calvert P Roughan M Martin S Affleck J Prof. Wilf Ewens Ritchie B Bellam L Gall John OAM Sullivan P Bertus Nigel McMillan B (Honorary) Waddups P Bertus M Portlock G Ward P Chant G Peiris W West P PLAYER SPONSORS 2014 – 2015 Upanup Pty Ltd B Monaghan Blue Dragon Restaurant S Bristow 5 President’s Report This season will be remembered for many reasons, with some great highs, and tragic lows. Few seasons have been touched with the sad events experienced during the season just completed, with the passing of Test Cricketer Phillip Hughes, local cricket figure Dave Tribolet, and our own legend Richie Benaud. Highlights included the finishing flourish to the cricket season, with Parra undefeated in all grades for the last three rounds, the announcement of the Merit Teams of the 1950s and 1960s, and the commemoration of the Centenary of the ANZAC landing of Gallipoli. In addition, we launched the inaugural Cumberland Medal, an award that will be a club highlight for many years to come. On the field, we celebrated a Premiership victory from our Academy Team, playing for the first time in the PDCA competition. Parramatta’s overall playing performance was solid, finishing 8 th in the Club Championship. Coming home with a wet sail the club recovered from a slow start to rocket up the table and back into the top 10 of the 20 team competition for the 3 rd time in the last 4 years. Parramatta made finals appearances in First Grade (Limited Over Competition), Second Grade and Fifth Grade. The Firsts have made a habit of qualifying for the finals series in the shorter forms, having made finals in the Limited Over (50 Over) Competition or the T20 Competition, having qualified twice in each over the last 5 year seasons. Under new skipper Michael Castle the side showed good improvement during the season. Batsman Will Affleck was a key factor in the second half of the season with a superb performance opening the batting, anchoring the innings on numerous occasions and playing a crucial part in a number of victories. Will scored 522 runs at 63 in First Grade out of a total of 829 runs in all grades - an outstanding effort. Under the strong leadership of Shane Cassel, the Poidevin Gray performed well to finish 2 nd on the ladder, only bowing out in the QF. Cassel starred with the bat averaging over 80 while Brad Taylor led the bowling with 11 wickets. While the Green Shield had a poor tournament, the new Academy side largely made up of Under 14s, with a few old hands, starred in the PDCA B6 competition finishing with the Premiership! In a great initiative to give the boys some good tough competition against adults, the squad got off to a slow start. However the boys improved week by week, and slowly climbed the ladder to pinch the Minor Premiership at the last minute. The boys managed to pull off a hard fought victory in the Final at Binalong Oval, the critical partnership of 62 in a total of 110 coming from youngsters Tait Bensemann and Matt Ward. The performances of the PG and B6 augur well for the future as the Club continues to build. The last few years have provided a good platform for the club to progress to achieve its goals – top 6 Club Championship each year, serious end of year finalist contender in First Grade, regular producer of talent for NSW representation, in each junior age group, and in the senior NSW squad and, on occasion, even the national team. To achieve these goals, we need to continue to improve, to retain the vast majority of players of all ages including those coming though the new Academy from the powerful Parramatta District Cricket Association production line. We also need to be successful with selective recruitment of senior players who can contribute to our culture and provide mentoring to which players will be receptive. 6 Congratulations to Sean Abbott, a Baulkham Hills/Parramatta junior, who achieved national honours during the season, making his Australian debut in T20 and One Day International formats. The world is Sean’s oyster and we hope to see him back in Two Blues colours one day soon. Sean attended this season’s Legends Luncheon and indicated that this may be not too far away, saying that “Parramatta had helped him on the way up” and that he would like to return the favour. This club takes great pride in Sean’s achievements and the part it had in helping Sean along his way. Editor’s Note: Just prior to printing Sean has announced that he will be turning out for Parramatta in 2015-16, exciting news!! 7 The Cumberland Medal A great initiative by the senior player Leadership Group has been to strike a new medal for the Players Player of the year. The Cumberland Medal was the obvious name, giving the award the desired prestige, and the link to our great club’s long history – the Club was known as Central Cumberland for virtually 100 years. This year’s winner is Jason Coleman, our 3 rd Grade skipper and assistant Coach. Jason is a most deserving winner of the first Cumberland Medal, having performed outstandingly well on a personal level by taking 40 wickets and scoring 250 runs. However Jason’s contribution far exceeded his personal statistics, with his astute captaincy, leadership and development of the young players under his care, and the injection of energy and enthusiasm he provided to the club as Assistant Coach. The Medal complements the Bill Anderson Memorial Trophy awarded annually which Jason also won this year. Jason’s recently announced promotion to club Coach for the coming year is very well deserved. 8 Richie Benaud - Reflections Richie has been a towering figure in Australian, and Parramatta Cricket.