XXIX CLUB Annual Report 2019-2020
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XXIX CLUB Annual Report 2019-2020 Page | 1 Melbourne Cricket Club XXIX Club Sixty -Fourth Annual Report Table of Contents 2019-2020 MCC XXIX CLUB COMMITTEE 3 CHAIRMAN’S REPORT 4 FINANCE REPORT FOR SEASON 2019/20 6 INTRODUCTION TO THE MCC XXIX CLUB 8 SIGNIFICANT CLUB DATES 9 A NOTE ON THE FORMATION OF THE MCC XXIX CLUB 10 PREVIOUS GUEST SPEAKERS 11 LIST OF FOUNDING MEMBERS OF MCC XXIX CLUB – 1956 12 2019/20 RESULTS AT A GLANCE 13 MCC XXIX CLUB V OAK HILL C.C. 14 MCC XXIX CLUB V LEINSTER C.C. 15 MCC XXIX CLUB V WALES OVER 50’S XI 16 MCC XXIX CLUB V SOUTH OXFORD AMATEURS – PRESIDENT’S XI 17 MCC XXIX CLUB V DEVON DUMPLINGS CRICKET CLUB 18 MCC XXIX CLUB V THE CRICKET SOCIETY XI 19 MCC XXIX CLUB V SHIPTON UNDER WYCHWOOD CRICKET CLUB 21 MCC XXIX CLUB V BRENTHAM CRICKET CLUB 22 MCC XXIX CLUB V MEOPHAM CRICKET CLUB 23 MCC XXIX CLUB V ARMY PUCKAPUNYAL CC 24 MCC XXIX CLUB V VIGNERONS XI 26 MCC XXIX CLUB V AUSTRALIAN CRICKET SOCIETY (OV 50’S) 28 MCC XXIX CLUB V CRICKETERS CLUB NSW (BOWRAL) 30 MCC XXIX CLUB V CLUB XI COMBINED TEAM 32 MCC XXIX CLUB V CRUSADERS 34 MCC XXIX CLUB V EUROA CC 36 MCC XXIX CLUB V MCC PRESIDENT’S XI 38 MCC XXIX CLUB V PORT FAIRY CC 40 MCC XXIX CLUB V PATRON SAINTS 42 MCC XXIX CLUB V HMAS CERBERUS 44 MCC XXIX CLUB V EPICURE XI 46 LIST OF MCC XXIX CLUB MEMBERS (*MEMBERS FOR LIFE) 48 Page | 2 2019 -2020 MCC XXIX Club Committee Chairman : Colin Walker Hon Secretary: Matthew Stein Hon Treasurer: Mark Butler Committee: Mark Anderson Geoff Fidler Phil Halbish Ash Middlin Tim Norton Peter Petricola Michael Sholly Life Members: Tom Leather Ian McDonald Permanent Backstop: Sir Robert Menzies (1958 – 1977) Dr Don Cordner (1994 – 2005) Paul Sheahan AM (2018 – Past Presidents : 1957 – 1959 Keith Tolhurst 1960 – 1962 Ian McDonald 1963 – 1965 Keith Rigg 1966 – 1968 Col McCutcheon 1969 – 1971 Col Spargo 1972 – 1974 Col Munro 1975 – 1977 Max Haysom 1978 – 1980 Lindsay Birrell 1981 – 1983 Brian Watson 1984 – 1986 John McCarthy 1987 – 1989 Bob Lloyd 1990 – 1992 Graham Brown 1993 – 1995 Peter French 1996 – 1998 Peter Anderson 1999 – 2001 John Anderson 2002 – 2004 David Broad 2005 – 2007 Stuart Stockdale 2008 – 2009 Bill Stahmer 2009 – 2012 Mark Anderson 2013 - 2015 Philip Halbish 2015 - 2018 Geoff Fidler 2018 - Colin Walker Page | 3 Chairman’s Report It is with pleasure that I present my Chairman’s report for the Season 2019-2020. Ashes Tour 29 July to 20 August 2019. 24 Club Members and 12 partners formed our touring party, which enjoyed Ireland, Wales and England. On arrival in Dublin, we enjoyed a bus tour to dinner at Johnnie Fox’s Traditional Irish Pub (established in 1798), giving us the flavour of Irish food, beer as well as Irish singing and dancing. Our first game was in County Wicklow playing at Peter Savill’s private cricket ground. The oval is located at his horse stud, where a number of his successful racing horses are bred and trained. After sightseeing for a day, we played a game against Leinster C.C. near the centre of Dublin. Then it was off to Wales/England via sea ferry and bus where we stayed in a magnificent hotel in the heart of Bristol again enjoying the sites, before we played the Wales over 50’s C.C. at Cwmbran, Wales. Our next lunch stop was the lovely Roman town Bath, on our way to Oxford. We had five games at Oxford, which were part of a Cricket Festival put on by our sister club, South Oxfordshire Amateurs. All the games were played on the university grounds along the Thames, such a picturesque part of England. Before we left Oxford, we enjoyed a River cruise on the Thames past the Cross Keys Hotel and the rowing club pavilions along the famous river. Now it was time for London where we enjoyed 9 days of holiday. We were able to see a couple of days of the exciting Ashes Test at Lords between the rain. Our traditional last game of the tour was at Meopham CC in Kent, where we are always royally welcomed and hosted at the Village Green ground. A highlight of the tour was to watch Melbourne Cricket Club defeat the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lords on day 6 for the first time since these matches started back in 1993. Page | 4 Season Fixture Season included 16 games in Melbourne, NSW and country Victoria over the season, winning six, losing six, with one wash out and three cancelled. Our last game of our fixture, in March, was cancelled due to the Covid-19 virus. Our regional games included Puckapunyal Army Barracks VIC, The Village Green at Strath Creek VIC, The Bradman Oval at Bowral NSW, and Avery’s Paddock, Port Fairy, VIC. Annual Dinner 26th September 2019 A good crowd gathered for our Traditional Grand final week Dinner, to hear the Australian “T20 and One Day” Captain, Aaron Finch give us some insight into the highs and lows of the short form game and the pressure it has on players in a hectic schedule. Boxing Day Test Functions Once again, the days were well supported even though we were bumped from our traditional Boxing Day function, to Day 2. Long Room Lunches 13 March 2020 We were only able to have one last season due to, the Ashes Tour, and Covid-19, however It was well supported and used as an event for a Reunion of the Ashes Touring party, with great success. Our Guest Speaker, Seb Gotch, had just come off two centuries (the first being his maiden century) with the Victorian side, so he was full of confidence about the success of the VICS for the rest of the Season. Thanks I wish to thank (a) your XXIX Club Committee members, for their drive, to continually improve the experience for you, the Members, (b) plus our Players, Umpires, Scorers, and Team Managers who contributed to a successful season, (c) the MCC Parent Club Committee for their support of the XXIX Club. I wish to also thank the curators of our grounds, particularly Glenn Arnup (Albert Ground) and Scott West (Beaumaris S C); it is a privilege to be able to play on these quality grounds. A special thanks to Steven McCooke and Liam Dimattina in the MCC Office, for their assistance in making the XXIX Club work, and finally thanks to John Anderson for being our resident MC at our functions; a true professional. Colin Walker Chairman Page | 5 Finance Report for Season 2019/20 MCC XXIX Club Statement of Income and Expenditure For the Year Ended June 30, 2020 June 30 2019 June 30 2020 INCOME $ 24,580 Subscriptions ( including Entrance Fees)$ 18,670 $ 988 Interest Received $ 1,246 $ 29,910 Annual Dinner Revenue (128 Members & 97 Guests )$ 28,185 $ 18,035 Test Day 2 Luncheon (48 Members & 49 Guests)$ 14,055 $ 19,090 Test Day 3 Luncheon (40 Members & 85 Guests)$ 18,575 $ 23,610 Long Room Luncheon, 13 Mar 20 (46 Mbrs & 50 Guests)$ 8,225 $ 270 Sales of Club Apparel & Cricket Equipment$ 65 $ 15,885 Hans Ebeling Room Functions 25 Aug 2019 (40 Guests)$ 3,360 $ 201,841 Ireland, Wales & England Tour 2019$ 8,534 $ 12,645 Kula Lumpur Tour 2018 $ - Other Revenue --------------- --------------- $ 346,854 Total Income$ 100,915 EXPENDITURE $ 29,774 Annual Dinner Expenses $ 28,740 $ 16,913 Test Day 2 Luncheon Expenses$ 13,542 $ 16,090 Test Day 3 Luncheon Expenses$ 16,162 $ 24,747 Long Room Luncheon Expenses$ 8,593 $ 9,943 Game Catering and Match Fees$ 8,502 $ 1,553 Catering Committee Meetings$ 1,115 $ 12,382 Hans Ebeling Room Expenses$ 2,613 $ 201,000 Ireland, Wales & England Tour 2019 $ - Catering UK Tour 2019 Reunion $ 5,907 $ 12,422 Kula Lumpur Tour 2018 $ - $ 1,200 MCC Young Player Awards $ 1,200 $ 1,406 Trophies $ 1,639 $ 1,032 Merchandise $ 336 $ 1,500 Donations $ - $ 2,915 Printing and Stationery $ 2,860 $ 336 Public Notices $ 400 $ 826 General Expenses $ 616 --------------- --------------- $ 334,039 Total Expenditure$ 92,225 ---------------- ---------------- $ 12,815 Net Profit (Loss)$ 8,690 =========== =========== $ 23,797 Cash At Bank $ 44,785 $ 64,595 NAB Term Deposit $ 64,595 $ 8,485 Accounts Receivable $ 3,375 $ 3,336 Assets At Cost $ 4,450 --------------- --------------- $ 100,213 $ 117,205 Page | 6 Finance Report for Season 2019/20 Many of the functions for the second half of the year were unfortunately cancelled due to the Covid- 19 restrictions. Therefore, through no fault of our own the social calendar was a little light on over the past 12 months. 2019/20 year Annual Dinner – Thursday 26 th September Our traditional Grand Final week Annual dinner continued again this year where we had the pleasure of 225 members and guests in the MCC Dining Room to be entertained by our guest speaker Aaron Finch. We only broke even as a result here, however this was up from last year where we made a small loss. Long Room Lunches We only had the one Long Room Lunch this year on Friday 13 March 2020, just before “lock down”. Seb Gotch from MCC & Cricket Victoria interviewed well with John Anderson, who also invited, Neil “Spider” Williams, Sandy Roberts, & Paul Barker to the podium for a bit of Q&A. We had 96 Attendees, including 22 x UK Tour 2019 attendees which made for an afternoon of some great catch ups. We made a small profit here showing revenue of $9,210 against $8,593 of expenses.