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Current Ladder Volume 1, Positions Issue 2 A Grade - 4th 4th February B Grade - 1st 2010 C Grade - 8th D Grade - 2nd This fortnight's Twenty20 - Equal 1st highlights: M.V.L ENGINEERING • Tom Saint takes his first 5 wicket dry creek Recent pictures from the Cricket Wine Tour haul for the club • The A grade win the local derby against Woodville Rechabites • The final T20 is this Tuesday (9th) Inside this issue:

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Name: Leigh Horan This weeks games (Round 9) Grade/s Played: A, B, and C - Currently B Grade captain Grade Date Opponent Venue Starts at: Nickname/s: Leeroy, Moose A 6th an 13th Flinders Flinders Park 1.00 Age: 30 Something (Seems to be a growing trend….) Years playing at Flinders Park: 11 B 6th an 13th Fulham Collins Reserve 1.00 Cricket Specialty: After game re-hydrating Best Batting: 124 C 6th an 13th Fulham Regency Park 1.00 Best Bowling: 8/42 - C Grade, 7/Something - A Grade February Your favourite cricketing moments: C Grade premiership - 2000 D 6th February Grange J Mitchell Oval 1.00 and hopefully B Grade premiership this year 13th February Woodville South Fawk Reserve 1.00 What is your Twenty20 entrance song: Don’t play midweek games, T20 9th February Port District Flinders Park 5.20 still rehydrating If you could pick one Flinders Park cricketer to spend a night on the town with who would it be and why?? Chipper - he is free entertainment. Outstanding Performances

Name: Tom Saint Player Grade Opponent Milestone Innings Grade/s Played: A Grade Nickname/s: Saint, Sainta, Saintly, Sainter. still waiting on my Tom Saint A Woodville 5/60 (22 overs) 1st nickname from chipper Rechabites Age: 23 Michael Fraser A Wood. Rech 63 runs 1st Years playing at Flinders Park: 0.5 Cricket Specialty: Alright at everything, not good at anything Leigh Horan B Wood. South 5/20 (12.3 overs) 1st Best Batting: 83 Cameron C Old Ignatians 50 runs 1st Best Bowling: 5/12 Mcdonnell

Your favourite cricketing moment: During my first year at Grange (don't hold it against me) Andrew Pierson threatened to tear the opposition players head-off at square leg General Club News about 2 cm's from his face. Andy got a year suspension that was waived if he retired. He retired only to return in round 5 the following year. • When there is no Twenty20 match on a Tuesday, cricket training is What is your Twenty20 entrance song: Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen always on, starting at the normal time - 5.30PM. If you could pick one Flinders Park cricketer to spend a night on the • 13th of March - The last Saturday of the minor round will be a cricket town with who would it be?? and why?? Robbo. Firstly because anyone social function. More details to follow who looked as bad as he did after BDO had to have had fun the night before. • 10th of April - This is the date of the cricket presentation night. Secondly, I want to see "Angry Robbo" staring down Ainslie Page 4 Snail Mail Volume 1, Issue 2 Page 9

A Grade Match Report - Round 7 Stats Leaders - 3/2/2010 By Paul Ainslie V Woodville Rech @ Matheson Reserve Grade Batting Runs Bowling Wickets Fielding Catches

We travelled to Matheson Reserve to take on Woody Rech, JT won the toss and elected to bat A Jarrad Taylor 448 Jarrad Taylor 15 Jarrad Taylor 5 on what looked to be a nice flat track. A Michael Fraser 229 Ed Williams 12 Michael Fraser 3 JT and Ainslie got off to a solid start before Ains went and the score was 1/42. This brought Fraser to the crease, and he and JT took the total to 78 before JT was dismissed for 46. Frase B Damian Sullivan 191 Leigh Horan 27 Tory Minervini 6 continued hitting the ball well and with Starry took the score to 2/157, before Starry was fired LBW for supposedly not offering a shot (I think a little Urb’s influence over the Ump). Frase and B Leigh Robertson 161 Damian Sullivan 16 Vince Minervini 3 Tom Saint then took us to 3/175 at tea and looking in a commanding position. Unfortunately Frase was dismissed just after tea for a very solid 63, we then lost another quick wicket to be C Tate Spurgeon 95 Andrew Vesey 12 Tate Spurgeon 4 5/179. Tommy Saint continued to work the ball around and was eventually out caught to a half tracker from their ‘spinner’ for 42. Leigh Robbo (21), and Goughy (16) both played important C Harsharen Blasti 93 Steve Aiston 6 Kris Jackson 3 roles, and then the Ben and Dan Gill put on 40 for the 9 th wicket, making 24 and 18no respec- tively. We finished the day all out for 300, a great all round effort with nearly everyone mak- D Gary McGuire 324 Brett Featherby 16 Jon Billows 5 ing a contribution. Day 2 rolled around (after the Big Day Out) and we were keen to get another win on the D Brett Featherby 192 Jon Billows 14 Tom Blay 4 board. With some good support from the FPCC locals who made the trip across to drown out the rechabites ‘racoon’ mascot, Baz. Dan Gill and got us off to a good start bowling some good T20 Jarrad Taylor 226 Dean Gough 6 Jarrad Taylor 3 lines and restricting them to about 2 runs per over. Then Goughy and Ben Gill continued the quality bowling until eventually Benny picked up the first wicket. Their number 3 started to go T20 Chadd Sayers 125 Bradford Parker 4 Chris Wheatley 3 after our bowling and that’s when we turned to JT and Sainter to try and turn the match and that they did, with JT getting the next wicket, each of them bowling a long spell of economical bowling, while still taking regular wickets throughout. JT finished with 15 overs 3/32, and Tommy Saint 22.3 overs 5/60. So we managed to get Rechy’s all out for 208, and another good win by the Reds. Upcoming Events Other results didn’t go our way but we held on to 4th place with some good performance points. We take on 5 th placed Flinders Uni next week. Go you Mighty Reds!! Twenty20 Cricket Ladder vs Port District @ Flinders Park

This Tuesday, 9th Feb @ 5.20PM

Flinders Park Cricketers vs Footballers Sunday, 28th February, 1.00PM @ Flinders Park Page 8 Snail Mail Volume 1, Issue 2 Page 5 Twenty20 Match Report - Round 3 B Grade Match Reports - Round 7 By Paul Ainslie By Vince Minervini The B Grade match against Woodville South turned out to be one of the most astonishing games at V Woodville South @ Ledger Reserve Flinders Park in recent years. In a match where 37 wickets were lost for 353 runs, the game ended up On a nice windy evening we strolled out to Ledger Reserve to be greeted by a brief with the points essentially being shared between the two teams. On day 1, Woodville South sent us patch of rain and a pitch that was watered that morning, so no surprises when I won into bat on what appeared to be a flat wicket. This decision was well warranted when they had us in the toss and bowled. trouble at 4 for 43. It only got worse, with wickets consistently falling to have Flinders Park bowled out for 76 in 36.4 overs. Best of the batsmen was Simon Ballestrin (18) and Sean Conaghty (15).

On a pitch the suited medium pace, we used 5 bowlers for their maximum and re- With 40 overs still to be bowled for the day, it looked like the game was over providing Woodville stricted Woody Sth to 5/114 off their 20 overs. All of our bowlers bowled in good South could put together a few partnerships to beat our small total. But as with out innings, wickets fell areas and helped restrict Woody Sth from posting a big total. Wickets were shared consistently to have Woodville South 5/20, with a real possibility of victory in sight, considering only 9 around, with Dean Gough and Chadd Sayers each taking 2 wickets, and JT with his wickets were needed due to an injury to a Woodville South batsman. Jason Soar (3/34) and Leigh Horan (5/20) kept up the good work to have Woodville South dismissed for 55, giving Flinders Park meds and the Gilly boys all taking 1 each. 1st innings points.

The chase got off to a good start of 20 runs after 2 overs, then we lost our first On day 2, the game essentially restarted, but with a similar result in the second innings on a testing wicket, which bought Chaddy Sayers to the crease to join JT. They put on 69 for the pitch. Another middle order collapse (5/5 for wickets 4-8) had us 8/41. Some resistance for the last second wicket, making us 1/82. We then lost JT and Tory in quick succession to be two wickets saw the total creep to 99 on a pitch that was two paced. Best of the batsmen were Soar (29) and Horan (17n.o). 4/99 with about 9 overs to spare. We then got to Woody Sth score of 114 after 15 overs, however we made it as hard as possible by losing 3 wickets in 3 overs without scoring that vital last run, until the saviour Goughy came in and hit the one run Going into bowl again, we had a 120 run lead that Woodville South would need to get outright vic- required. We finished 7/115 off 18.4 overs. tory. This time, Woodville South only had 9 fit batsmen which worked in our favour if we could get down to the tail. Things started well with the game in the balance at 5/54. Unfortunately, the next few batsmen put together substantial partnerships which appeared to have Woodville South on the path to victory. Another twist at the end saw the 2 nd to last wicket fall with 4 runs needed. With only 2 runs This puts us 3-1 and looking solid to make the knockout phase of the competition. needed, a ’sitter’ of a catch was put down which would have given us the win. After a day riddled with poor batting, fielding and testing conditions, this put the final nail in our coffin and Woodville South went on to win second innings points. With points almost evenly shared, the B Grade remain a game clear on top of the ladder. Ladder Ladder Page 6 Snail Mail Volume 1, Issue 2 Page 7 C Grade Match Report - Round 8 D Grade Match Report - Round 12 STILL WANTED: A C grade player to do a match report! By Jon Billows, One Day Captain Vs Old Ignatians The C Grade played Old Ignatians at St Ignatians college. On day 1, The One Dayers were missing a couple of regular players including run machine Gary we batted first and made a competitive total of 239. Cameron McDon- McGuire, but the team put in an outstanding performance. For the third time this sea- son, we won the toss and decided to bowl on a pitch which looked rather green. Al- nell scored a well compiled 50 and Leigh Cocker scored 45, which was though there was nowhere near as much in the pitch for bowlers as was thought, the his best score for the club. Other than these two batsmen, small contri- guys bowled out of their skin and fielded brilliantly to bowl out third placed Iggies butions between players such as Aiston and De Leonardis got the total for a poultry 125. Every bowler contributed with Brett Featherby (3/23) and Myself (3/20) being the pick of the bowlers. The chase never really looked in danger with to where it finished up. We bowled 4 overs on the first day and were Tom Wallent and Feathers Putting on 47 for the first wicket and we didn’t look back. unlucky not to have a wicket when their umpire refused to give a caught Peschy continued his great form backing up his previous 43no with another 33no this behind decision. week, as he and Bird (Chris Gohra, 26no) comfortably saw us to the total in the 30 th over. The next game is a crucial fixture against Grange who are currently placed 4 th and a win will see the one dayers remain securely entrenched in the top two. On day 2, we expected to be in a reasonable position to take home the points. Unfortunately when a player on the opposition scores 130 Flinders Park runs, it makes it very difficult to still win the match. They ended up mak- 3/135 Brett Featherby 37, Nick Pesch 33*, Chirs Gohra 26*, Tom Wallent 25 ing 6/311 in 72 overs. Best of the bowlers were Lewis Patton with 2 Defeated wickets. Aiston and Callus among others picked up a wicket each. Old Ignatians 127 Jon Billows 3/20, Brett Featherby 3/23, Kris Jackson 2/34

Ladder Ladder Page 6 Snail Mail Volume 1, Issue 2 Page 7 C Grade Match Report - Round 8 D Grade Match Report - Round 12 STILL WANTED: A C grade player to do a match report! By Jon Billows, One Day Captain Vs Old Ignatians The C Grade played Old Ignatians at St Ignatians college. On day 1, The One Dayers were missing a couple of regular players including run machine Gary we batted first and made a competitive total of 239. Cameron McDon- McGuire, but the team put in an outstanding performance. For the third time this sea- son, we won the toss and decided to bowl on a pitch which looked rather green. Al- nell scored a well compiled 50 and Leigh Cocker scored 45, which was though there was nowhere near as much in the pitch for bowlers as was thought, the his best score for the club. Other than these two batsmen, small contri- guys bowled out of their skin and fielded brilliantly to bowl out third placed Iggies butions between players such as Aiston and De Leonardis got the total for a poultry 125. Every bowler contributed with Brett Featherby (3/23) and Myself (3/20) being the pick of the bowlers. The chase never really looked in danger with to where it finished up. We bowled 4 overs on the first day and were Tom Wallent and Feathers Putting on 47 for the first wicket and we didn’t look back. unlucky not to have a wicket when their umpire refused to give a caught Peschy continued his great form backing up his previous 43no with another 33no this behind decision. week, as he and Bird (Chris Gohra, 26no) comfortably saw us to the total in the 30 th over. The next game is a crucial fixture against Grange who are currently placed 4 th and a win will see the one dayers remain securely entrenched in the top two. On day 2, we expected to be in a reasonable position to take home the points. Unfortunately when a player on the opposition scores 130 Flinders Park runs, it makes it very difficult to still win the match. They ended up mak- 3/135 Brett Featherby 37, Nick Pesch 33*, Chirs Gohra 26*, Tom Wallent 25 ing 6/311 in 72 overs. Best of the bowlers were Lewis Patton with 2 Defeated wickets. Aiston and Callus among others picked up a wicket each. Old Ignatians 127 Jon Billows 3/20, Brett Featherby 3/23, Kris Jackson 2/34

Ladder Ladder Page 8 Snail Mail Volume 1, Issue 2 Page 5 Twenty20 Match Report - Round 3 B Grade Match Reports - Round 7 By Paul Ainslie By Vince Minervini The B Grade match against Woodville South turned out to be one of the most astonishing games at V Woodville South @ Ledger Reserve Flinders Park in recent years. In a match where 37 wickets were lost for 353 runs, the game ended up On a nice windy evening we strolled out to Ledger Reserve to be greeted by a brief with the points essentially being shared between the two teams. On day 1, Woodville South sent us patch of rain and a pitch that was watered that morning, so no surprises when I won into bat on what appeared to be a flat wicket. This decision was well warranted when they had us in the toss and bowled. trouble at 4 for 43. It only got worse, with wickets consistently falling to have Flinders Park bowled out for 76 in 36.4 overs. Best of the batsmen was Simon Ballestrin (18) and Sean Conaghty (15).