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Annual Report 2016-17 www.eppingbulls.com.au
Epping District Cricket Club Inc.
84th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE
You are cordially invited to attend the Eighty Fourth Annual General Meeting of the Epping District Cricket Club Inc. to be held at North Epping Oval on 5th July 2017 at 7.30 pm.
BUSINESS
1. The reading and the confirmation of the Minutes of the Eighty Third Annual General Meeting.
2. To receive and consider the Eighty Third Annual Report and the Financial Statements for the 2016- 17 season.
3. To elect Office Bearers and Management Committee for the 2017-2018 season.
4. To receive nominations for Team Captains for the 2017-2018 season. These nominations will be considered by the incoming Management Committee.
5. To transact any other business brought forward in accordance with the rules of the Club.
NOTE: Only financial members of the previous season are entitled to vote.
G. BAIRD
Honorary Secretary P.O. Box 104 Epping NSW 1710
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Epping District Cricket Club Inc.
OFFICE BEARERS - SEASON 2016-17
PATRON F.J. Clark OAM
LIFE MEMBERS (Year elected)
1st A Taylor # Pre 1948 12th Perc Turnbull # 1975 2nd S.J. Mayne # 1947 13th Barry Williams # 1982 3rd John Martin 1960 14th Frank Clark OAM 1989 4th Doug Wotton# 1960 15th Keith Lego 1989 5th Jack Brodie # 1961 16th Stuart Young 1992 6th John Coverdale 1961 17th Graeme Kightley 1995 7th Phil Dunnicliff # 1963 18th Graeme Baird 1999 8th Jim McKenzie # 1964 19th Tim Creer 1999 9th Ray Rowell # 1964 20th Mick Sedgers 2004 10th John Salter# 1964 21st Ken Willcox 2012 11th Ron Payne # 1975 22nd Matt Boorer 2015 # Deceased member
PRESIDENT M. Boorer Esq
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
A. Boorer Esq D. McCarthy Esq
VICE PRESIDENTS R. Bartlett Esq K. Hutton Esq R. Richards Esq I. Bloom Esq A.S. Ingram Esq Mrs C. Stewart T. Brooks Esq Mrs W. Lindsay Mrs P. Stodart C. Carruthers Esq C.W. Peck Esq J.J. Turner Esq F. Clark OAM J.W. Pegg Esq F. Wicks Esq Mrs H. Williams B.E. Williams Esq
HONORARY SECRETARY HONORARY TREASURER G. Baird M. Sedgers
HONORARY AUDITOR SUPERVISOR OF JUNIORS P. Ager D. McCarthy
OFFICIAL RECORDER M. Sedgers
CLUB COACH J. Coleman
SELECTION COMMITTEE M Wirth (Chair) M McKeough A Boorer J Howes P. Balzen C Creer N. Wilson
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CLUB PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
For a decade the Bulls have been there or there about and Season 16/17 will go down once again as a successful season but without any silverware. We remain a competitive force within the Shires competition and whilst our lower grades have been constant performers making finals every year that elusive premiership eludes us. The rain played havoc with the finals campaign; our 2nd grade held the most promise and AB was confident he would bring it home but a complete wash out against Burwood cut straight to the heart of every Bull and yet again another season of what ifs. 3rd and 4th grade also made the finals and whilst it’s was a very young group of players in those grades the Bulls were gallant in defeat knowing there is a very strong future ahead of us. A mixed year for 1st grade, being competitive in patches and knowing all the players in that squad they know where things need to improve and what they have to work on. It’s a simple game but sometimes the simplest things can seem very hard. Mick McKeough our first grade captain is developing as a strong leader and hopefully next season we can recruit some players to help take our first grade back to the top. We all know that the success of 1st grade transitions into the rest of the club and our focus for this off season is to make that happen.
We were only able to field one team this year in the Tim Creer Cup and it was led but Chris Creer. This is never an easy job but Chris did so with ease and had a core group of players around him helping make the team competitive. Our cricketer of the year came from the 5th Grade side this season and whilst his abilities as a cricketer are far better than the grade he was playing in we need players like Alex Tay to help other younger players in the club be competitive. Alex had a great season opting to play with his brother and I’m sure it was more the sibling rivalry that drove him and now he has one of Patty. Well Done Alex you had a great year and what’s more you enjoyed playing cricket with mates and your best mate of all.
The Under 24s were led once again by Nic Wilson in his final year, and had plenty to prove with a side full of 1st graders and the odd Howsey thrown in to help get them across the line. We finished 2nd in our group and weren’t able to make it count when it was needed. Another finals appearance but still no silverware to spruik about.
Thanks Nic for your service as captain, you have been the glue in the side and although a premiership will not be part of your history the team is being handed on to carry on what you have set in place. The Phil Dunnicliff award is the second most prestigious award in the club and comes from the group of under 24s players, this year Anthony Azize had his breakout season becoming a regular 1st grader and making his maiden 1st grade century against SDs. Anthony is developing as a leader within the club and I firmly see him there leading our team of young Bulls next year. Well done on a great season Anthony!
There were many wonderful individual performances during the season, and those that produced these most often were rewarded by winning the player of the year medals available to each of the grades and the overall medal. The winners were: Dave Gilbert Medal – Hugh Fisher, Gavin Robertson Medal – Anthony Boorer, Ron Payne Medal – Blake Wassell, Tim Creer Medal – Patrick Balzen, Graeme Baird Medal – Alex Tay, Ian Wheatley Medal (under 24s) – Anthony Azize, Gary Bensley Medal – Anthony Azize. All were deserved winners and each player had an outstanding season, congratulations.
As it is most seasons the same band of people front up and help administer the club, Vice President & 2nd Grade Captain – Anthony Boorer, Secretary & Shires legend– Graeme Baird, Treasurer and Life member - Mick Sedgers, Committee member and 1st Grade Captain Mick McKeough, committee member & 4th Grade captain Pat Balzen, Committee member & Under 24s Captain Nic Wilson and committee member Mark Bruce, Committee member and The Chairman as he likes to be known as Mike Wirth, and we welcomed new committee members Tom Wilson and Anthony Azize this year. Thank you for your efforts this season and your dedication to running this club. It is a pleasure to work with you to make the Bulls a strong force in the Sydney Shires competition. As part of the running of the club our captains form a strong part of that and whilst most are on the committee 3rd Captain James Howes, and 5th grade captain Chris Creer were also key members and I thank all the captains for the weekly dedication to being a captain and managing their side each week.
This season saw a group of young 14/15 and 16 year old Bulls come through and begin their journey as senior bulls. Whilst playing 4th grade mainly they more than showed they were ready for the step up to senior levels. We look forward to see you all next year with bigger and brighter things to come. Our juniors had a marvellous season and on the back of a few of the young Bulls making their debut on the senior ranks our juniors had 4 teams playing in grand finals and wining 3 premierships which was a remarkable effort by the juniors and a big congratulations should go to Derek McCarthy for his running of the juniors it’s the strongest it’s been in decades
Annual Report Season 2016-17 3 and a strong junior base means a bright future for the senior Bulls. Well Done Derek and congratulations to the teams that one premiership this season.
7 years in the making and finally we can say our practice nets are done and were utilised many times this season when the turf nets were washed out. I need to say a massive thank you to Anthony Boorer for everything he did in building these nets. AB spent countless weekends constructing them and many frustrating hours dealing with fencers and suppliers to get them done but in all the result was first class and this saw us be nominated by NSW cricket for the Facility of the year in Community partnership. Outstanding AB, and I appreciate as do the rest of the club in your efforts to make these nets a reality. Our preseason will be at home for the first time and with first class facilities.
All clubs are under financial strain to supply everything to their members and keep costs down and we can’t do it without the financial support of our sponsors. This season we welcomed a new sponsor and while it was a small investment by the Eastwood Businessmen’s Club that investment returned massive dividends for them resulting in the Bisso coming back on board next season with a much more substantial financial contribution. Thank you Nic Wilson and Anthony Azize for helping bring that to the club. As they have done for the past 5 years the Bendigo Bank once again sponsored the Bulls and without their support we would have come up short in funding for our new nets. They are great community minded organisation and give so much support to the community its fantastic.
I raised in my speech at the annual dinner whilst I’m proud to lead this great club and push the culture and what we stand for there is a gaping hole which needs to be filled. The time for us being the bridesmaid of the Shires competition and coming 2nd to Briars every year needs to change. I hate standing their handing over the Turnbull Richardson Cup to the Burwood boys which we did again this year, they are a strong club no doubt and we can only strive to be as good as them. It’s time for the sleeping giants of Shires to be awakened and I’m encouraging all members new and old to get on board the bus but to not be merely passengers. Its time Bulls to take this club to the next level and I and the executive committee around you are determined more than ever to do this. 2nd place is not an option the time for action start in season 17/18 and the time for success starts in 17/18. So this upcoming season start preseason earlier than the rest, make the fitness sessions we program in and put that extra effort in and it will come back to you two fold. It might be individual performances that we strive for but team or club success is what we desire. I will see you on the paddock and around the sheds and let’s celebrate the Bulls in season 17/18
Matt Boorer Bulls President
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REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2016-17
The Executive Committee met on ten (10) occasions:-
M Boorer 9 A Boorer 10 M Bruce 6 M Sedgers 8 P Balzen 10 G Baird 10 N Wilson 9 M McKeough 7 A Azize 10 M Wirth 6
TEAM PLACINGS Epping Premiers 1st Grade 12th Mt Pritchard Southern Districts 2nd Grade 3rd Burwood Briars 3rd Grade 4th Warringah 4th Grade 6th Burwood Briars Frank Gray Shield – U/24s 3rd Georges River Club Championship 7th Burwood Briars 5th Grade – Tim Creer Cup 13th Ryde Hunters Hill
Financial members of the Club for the 2016-17 season (excluding Life Members) ware listed below.
Allard, Stephen Ford, Nicholas C Parkinson, Jack P Azize, Andrew Good, Joshua Peacock, Cameron Balzen, Patrick Henning, Mark Planinic, Matthew Baveja, Shakti Henning, Matthew Rajendran, Sharan Bennett, Scott Henry, Stuart Ross, Nathan K Birrell, Nicholas Horrocks, Mitchell Schiffler, Joel Boorer, Anthony Howes, James C Sedgers, Brendan Bradley, Justin Jha, Rahul Shah, Chintak Bruce, Mark Kalra, Sanchay Shaw, Dylan Craig, Adrian Kamsali, Bhargav Steffan, Christopher Creer, Benjamin Kew, Joshua Stern, Joshua Creer, Chris Kew, Peter J Stuart, Karl Creer, Nicholas Krishnan, Satya N Szymanski, Marek Dangerfield, Thomas Macqueen, Angus Tay, Alex Darroch, Oliver Malhotra, Surya Tay, Patrick A Davies, Charlie Malik, Usman J Thompson, Sean De Silva, Calum Mallett, James Tomlinson, Sol Dhillon, Kulwant McCarthy, Billy Wassell, Blake Dimond, Jason McKeough, Michael Watts, Martin Doria, Antony Moharir, Siddharth Wilson, Geoff Doria, Hayden Morgan, Bradley Wilson, Nicholas El-Hassan, Isaac Munro, Dylan T Wilson, Thomas Federow, Ryan Muralietharan, Keishav Yasotharan, Navin Fisher, Hugh Niranjan, Arvin Ford, Brendan O'Connell, Benjamin
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REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2016-17
Congratulations to:
CRICKETER OF THE YEAR: Alex Tay
PHIL DUNNICLIFF TROPHY: Anthony Azize
GRAEME KIGHTLEY CLUBMAN OF THE Anthony Boorer YEAR AWARD:
MICK “CRUSHER” KERR AWARD Mark Bruce
THE MEDALISTS: Gary Bensley Medal – all Grades Anthony Azize Dave Gilbert Medal – 1st Grade Hugh Fisher Gavin Robertson Medal – 2nd Grade Anthony Boorer Ron Payne Medal – 3rd Grade Blake Wassel Tim Creer Medal – 4th Grade Pat Balzen Graeme Baird Medal – 5th Grade Alex Tay Ian Wheatley Medal – Frank Gray Shield Keishev Muralietharan
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES: Centuries: Keishev Muralietharan, Anthony Azize, Joel Schiffler
500 Runs in a Season Keishev Muralietharan 639 runs; Anthony Azize 579 Runs
5,000 Career Runs Mark Bruce
500 Career Wickets Anthony Boorer
200 Wicket Club Brad Morgan
10 Wickets in a Match Nic Birrell, Brad Morgan
7 Wickets in an Innings Rahul Jha, Sharan Rajendran, Akshey Argawal, Charlie Davies
Hat Trick Charlie Davies
NEW CLUB RECORDS Record Partnerships: 4th Grade 1st – Joel Schiffler & Billy McCarthy – 150 runs Tim Creer Cup 5th Chris Creer & Marek Szymanski - 107 runs
Runs in A Season Frank Grey Shield Keishev Muraliethatan – 375 runs
Season Bowling Average Tim Creer Cup Rahul Jha – 8.90 runs per wicket
My thanks to all of those people who provided assistance - especially Mick Sedgers in the compilation of the Annual Report.
G. Baird Honorary Secretary.
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TREASURER’S REPORT
For the 2016-17 Season
Financial Performance For the Year to 30th April 2017 Epping District Cricket Club Inc (The Club) returned a loss of $21,789.64. Excluding capital Works revenue and expenses, the underlying deficit was only $478.89.
Financial Position Members’ Funds stands at $9,207 as at 30th April 2017.
Remarks Cash at Bank as at 30 April 2017 stood at $39828.
Receivables as at Balance Date include $1,550 being Member Subscriptions remain outstanding as at Balance.Date The Committee believes these funds are readily collectable.
As at Balance Date, Accrued Expenses stood at $32,121 consisting of Ground Hire for the 2016-17 season of $24408 and 2016-17 Annual Dinner expenses of $7,713. These have since been finalised.
The Club maintains both player injury insurance and third party liability insurance. The former is by participation in a national scheme arranged by Cricket Australia. From this year the annual premium was met by your Club. The third party insurance is arranged by CricketNSW to Clubs however does carry a $1000 excess per claim. The Management Committee believes sufficient cash reserves exist to cover this contingency.
The Club now has sufficient cash reserves and pledged grants to fully funds practice net development at North Epping Oval.
M Sedgers. F.Fin, AFAIM, CPA Honorary Treasurer
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Statement of Financial Position As At 30 April 2017
2017 2016 $ $ Current Assets Cash on Hand $0 $0 Cash at Bank $39,828 $26,930 Receivables $1,550 $5,363
Total Current Assets $41,378 $32,293
Fixed Assets $0 $0
Total Assets $41,378 $32,293
Current Liabilities Accrued Expenses $32,121 $1,212 Member's Subs in Advance $50
Total Current Liabilities $32,171 $1,212
Net Assets $9,207 $31,081
Members Funds Opening Balance $31,081 $29,961 Operating Surplus/Loss -$21,874 $1,120 Accumulated Surplus $9,207 $31,081
M. Boorer M. Sedgers President Honourary Treasurer 30th April 2017 30th April 2017
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Statement of Financial Performance for the Year Ended 30 April 2017
REVENUE Season 16/17 Season 15/16
Member Subscription $ 27,592.00 $ 30,001.00 - 16/17 Season paid $ 26,492.00 - 16/17 Season accrued $ 1,100.00 - Paid in Advance T20 Fees $ 225.00 Tim Creer Cup reimbursement PDCC $ 1,480.00 Sponsorship $ 2,723.05 $ 2,000.00 Interest $ 111.95 $ 248.94 Shires Dinner Ticket Sales 15/16 $ 330.00 $ - 16/17 $ 85.00 Annual Dinner Ticket Sales 1516 $ 3,080.00 $ 4,480.00 16/17 $ 8,796.00 $ - SCA Refund Catering $ 467.80 Merchandise Sales $ - $ 40.00 Grants $ 11,040.00 $ 10,800.00 Fundraising $ 1,965.00 $ 3,951.50 Donations $ 4,089.66 $ 300.00 Masters Grond Hire Reimbursement1415 $ 2,136.00 Masters Grond Hire Reimbursement1516 $ - $ 1,642.00 Recovery of Debts Written Off $ - Capital Works Grants $ 24,000.00 TOTAL $ 84,037.66 $ 57,547.24
EXPENDITURE Season 16/17 Season 15/16 Bank Charges/Government Tax $ 120.79 $ 213.94 Coaching Expenses $ 3,750.00 $ 4,120.00 Shires Dinner $ - $ - Ground Hire TCC $ - $ 3,690.50 Non Saturday Ground Hire $ - $ 3,366.00 Sunday Ground Hire not accrued $ - $ 2,670.00 Saturday Ground Hire $ 24,407.75 $ 18,724.00 Apparel $ 8,102.64 $ 6,469.44 Equipment $ 7,679.00 $ 7,418.28 Tim Creer Cup Registration $ 1,000.00 $ 1,000.00 Annual Dinner 1617 $ 8,833.00 $ 3,267.00 Annual Dinner 1516 $ 1,822.50 Player Insurance $ - $ 280.10 Signage & Scoreboard $ - $ 726.00 Web Site $ - $ 20.30 Umpires $ - $ 650.00 Trophies 1516 $ 871.20 $ 696.00 Trophies 1617 $ 749.00 SCA Dinner $ 962.00 Capital Works $ 45,310.75 $ - Donation $ - $ 556.00 Admin Costs $ 200.00 $ 208.00 Catering $ 2,980.67 $ 1,390.09
SUB -TOTAL $ 105,827.30 $ 56,427.65 TOTAL
Profit for Season -$ 21,789.64 $ 9,602.95 Receiveables/Accruals written off $ 84.00 $ - Profit on Sale of Fixed Assets $ - $ - BALANCE -$ 21,873.64 $ 9,602.09
Note 1 Operational Deficit for 2016/17 -$ 478.89
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"CRICKETER OF THE YEAR" COMPETITION
Originally known as the ‘Patron’s Trophy”, The "Cricketer of the Year" was introduced to determine the player with best service to his Club and still continues to generate keen interest and rivalry. Competition points are allocated as set out below: 15 points per 10 runs scored 10 points per stumping 10 points per catch 5 points per direct run out 15 points per wicket taken 10 points per indirect run out The winners of this competition are as follows: 48-49 P. Dunnicliff 66-67 Howard Reay 84-85 Gavin Ridley 02-03 Mark Bruce 49-50 P. Dunnicliff 67-68 Peter Newman 85-86 Brian Crawford 03-04 Alex Murphy 50-15 F. Holtoff 68-69 Greg Sorrell 86-87 Brett Papworth 04-05 Tim Henry 51-52 P. Dunnicliff 69-70 Peter Newman 87-88 J Wilson/C Craig 05-06 Ian Wheatley 52-53 P. Dunnicliff 70-71 Peter Newman 88-89 Geoff Garland 06-07 Ian Wheatley 53-54 P. Dunnicliff 71-72 Ray McClelland 89-90 Andrew Prince 07-08 Nick Creer 54-55 P. Dunnicliff 72-73 Ray Richards 90-91 Greg Stone 08-09 Nick Scollay 55-56 Ray Rowell 73-74 Ian Stewart 91-92 Brian Hearne 09-10 Tim Henry 56-57 Phil Dunnicliff 74-75 Wayne Mason 92-93 Brian Hearne 10-11 Chris Nutt 57-58 Phil Dunnicliff 75-76 Dave Greentree 93-94 Gary Bensley 11-12 Tamoor Shad 58-59 Phil Dunnicliff 76-77 Phil Stabback 94-95 Gary Bensley 12-13 David Hossack 59-60 Perc Turnbull 77-78 John McConnell 95-96 Gary Bensley 13-14 Cameron Court 60-61 Ron Payne 78-79 Glen Hodson 96-97 Gary Bensley 14-15 James Howes 61-62 Jack Martin 79-80 Wayne Mason 97-98 Cam McDonald 15-16 Anthony Boorer 62-63 Phil Dunnicliff 80-81 Don Bourke 98-99 Murray Rayner 16-17 Alex Tay 63-64 Ray Rocher 81-82 Ray Hall 99-00 Murray Rayner 64-65 Ron Ingram 82-83 Robert Wood 00-01 Murray Rayner 65-66 Barry Williams 83-84 Howard Reay 01-02 Gary Bensley
POINTS SCORED FOR THE 2016-17 SEASON
Tay, Alex 944.5 Howes, James C 419.5 Wilson, Thomas 317.5 Bradley, Justin 225 Azize, Anthony A 756 Muralietharan, Keish 416 Allard, Stephen 313 Shah, Chintak 217 Boorer, Anthony 714.5 O'Connell, Benjamin 410.5 Szymanski, Marek 311.5 Stern, Joshua 210 Thompson, Sean 693 Bennett, Scott 407.5 Wilson, Geoff 284.5 Dimond, Jason 199 Schiffler, Joel 618.5 Good, Joshua 405 Sedgers, Brendan 283 Henning, Matthew 199 De Silva, Calum 562.5 Balzen, Patrick 399.5 Kew, Peter J 282.5 Darroch, Oliver 164.5 Wassell, Blake 560 McKeough, Michael 398 El-Hassan, Isaac 279.5 Carfax, Patrick 142 Creer, Chris 549.5 Horrocks, Mitchell 396.5 Macqueen, Angus 276 Wheatley, Ian 132.5 Davies, Charlie 526 Wilson, Nicholas 386.5 McCarthy, Billy 274 Baveja, Shakti 130.5 Kamsali, Bhargav 519 Jha, Rahul 379.5 Mallett, James 272.5 Krishnan, Satya N 100 Kew, Joshua 509 Ross, Nathan K 376.5 Bruce, Mark 268.5 Tomlinson, Sol 92.5 Birrell, Nicholas 507.5 Ford, Nicholas C 367 Planinic, Matthew 268 Peacock, Cam 90 Kalra, Sanchay 492.5 Henning, Mark 363.5 Doria, Antony 264.5 Creer, Nicholas 60 Malhotra, Surya 464.5 Stuart, Karl 363 Agarwal, Akshay K 261 Malik, Usman J 60 Morgan, Bradley 464.5 Tay, Patrick A 358.5 Craig, Adrian 255.5 Creer, Benjamin 55 Yasotharan, Navin 460 Parkinson, Jack P 342.5 Dangerfield, Tom 255.5 Rajendran Sharan 452 Dhillon, Kulwant 342 Moharir, Siddharth 245 Steffan, Chris 432.5 Henry, Stuart 325.5 Doria, Hayden 241 Fisher, Hugh 426.5 Watts, Martin 321 Munro, Dylan T 237.5 Ford, Brendan 426.5 Shaw, Dylan 318.5 Niranjan, Arvin 232
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1ST GRADE TEAM REPORT
The 2016/17 season for first grade started with such promise but ended in what can only be described in one word….frustrating.
With a great win over semi-finalists Lane Cove in Rd 1, we followed that by a perfect batting performance against Mac Uni compiling 8 dec 347 with Keishav Muralietharan claiming his maiden First Grade ton. We then had Mac Uni 5-73 when play was abandoned due to an injury to an opposition player. This seemingly took a bit of the sting out of our momentum. We followed this up with 3 straight losses to the top 3 teams at the time and needed something to turn our season around.
We then came up against Mounties and were able to produce an amazing game of cricket. In claiming this win, for the second year in a row we were able to completely outplay the eventual premiers. Anthony Azize with his maiden first grade ton, Solomon Tomlinson on debut for the club claiming 5 wickets and Hugh Fishers hard toil with 4 wickets were the standouts in what was truly a wonderful team performance.
Unfortunately for us our following game was washed out followed by the Christmas break where we had 5 weeks off without any cricket. We struggled for consistency for the remainder of the season. An improvement in our mental approach is something that I believe can help combat these inconsistencies.
We have the ability to be consistent contenders in this competition and I look forward to being a part of the beginning of that next season.
Even though our end team performances were lower than we liked there were some wonderful individual performances and learning curves for some of the boys as well.
Ben O’Connell: BOC didn’t perform as well as he did in his debut year for the Bulls in first grade, however the back half of the season was a vast improvement in him when we spoke about leading from the front not only on the field but at training as well. His competitiveness and passion never waivers and I look forward to see what BOC can provide for us next season.
Keishav Muralietharan: Our leading run scorer for the year, Keish’s highlight was obviously his maiden first grade ton. Keish has a lot of talent with the bat and has the ability to take the game away from any team. He has been working extremely hard on his shot selection and temperament and I can’t commend him enough for that. As for now that is his only limitation on becoming one of the premier batsmen in Shires cricket for years to come.
Nic Wilson: Wilso was consistently getting starts this year and unfortunately couldn’t go on with them. His maturity at the crease is ever improving and mainly through necessity has taken it upon himself to be the senior batsmen in our line-up, probably before that should have been asked of him. With him being too old for 24s next season their loss will be first grades gain, if he puts in the effort there is no doubt in my mind his 2017/18 season will be his best ever season for the Bulls.
Tom Wilson: Meesy had a season he would rather forget with the bat being extremely unlucky, and like many of us got more than frustrated throughout the season. His keeping and leadership were as per normal exemplary. After playing in England last year I’m sure the break this offseason will completely refresh him for the upcoming season. HIs competitiveness and the camaraderie he provides is such an important part for our team.
Nathan Ross: Rossy just like Keish is extremely destructive and we saw that on occasions this year. Unfortunately due to work and other things missing games doesn’t help with his consistency. He is our most experienced batsmen and I would love nothing more than to see Nathan dominate next year after taking upon himself to show that discipline he has, despite trying to hide it sometimes.
Mitch Horrocks: Mitch has the most allround game of any batsmen in the club and showed that at various times this year. With an amazing display of hitting against Burwood hitting 76 in extremely quick time, and then conversely the discipline he showed against Pennant Hills after we got sent in on a wet deck was quite remarkable. He has any amazing cricket brain and is helpful to me as skipper very often. If he simplifies his mindset when he bats the results will come.
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Anthony Azize: Tones highlight was also his maiden ton in first grade and this was no surprise to anyone at the club. The happiness from the rest of the club on him achieving this was due to the fact that we all knew how hard he had worked to achieve it. He was the benchmark for training this season and I hope we can all follow his example and do similar things next season, I know I will be.
Hugh Fisher: Hugh didn’t have a great season in terms of wickets claimed but this did not reflect how well he bowled most games this season. He was a deserving winner of Dave Gilbert Medal for the best player in First Grade. He has the ability to change the momentum for our team, with his inspiring bowling spells. He never seams to give up and it lifts us all seeing the effort he puts in. He gained the respect from many opposition players this year, now the next step is to improve again so they fear coming up against him.
Chris Steffan: Steffo came back into the team late in the season after being under the tutelage of AB and after his improvement in his line and lengths at the back end of last season, kept that improvement going and finished with a bowling average under 10. Another one of our blokes that has the ability when he gets it spot on to be a premier bowler in the competition, I hope he puts in the effort he always done again next season.
Thank you to Karlos, Sol, Geoffrey, Mav, Wheats, Brucey, Timmy, Shakti and KD all the other boys that played and contributed to the Epping First Grade Team this year with their 5 games or less. It is the highest level that we can get to as cricketers in Shires cricket, and I have been privileged to lead each and every one of you this year and I hope there is more to come.
A special mention to Morgs for an amazing season in twos, he would have played a lot more First Grade had it not been for an unfortunate personal event. I have already seen him become a stronger person for it, and he provides such experience and wisdom for the younger players in our club.
To reiterate what I said in last year’s report it is important that we look to improve constantly, so that we can perform consistently and end up dominating at this level. It is so important that as a club we all help each other to improve and try and play as high a grade as possible to push each other. This will not only provide improvements in our own games, but more importantly will make us competitive in the clubs ultimate goal a Club Championship.
It all starts in the 2017/18 preseason get ready for it.
Up the Bulls!!!
Cheers, Mick McKeough
1ST GRADE TEAM STATISTICS 2016-17
Rnd Home Team Away Team Venue 1 Epping 6/204 def Lane Cove 202 North Epping Oval 2 Epping 8/347(dec) def Macquarie University 4/73 North Epping Oval 3 Burwood Briars 170 and 4/177(dec) def Epping 78 and 206 Rothwell Park 4 Epping 157 def by Georges River 4/335(dec) North Epping Oval 5 North West Sydney 4/263 def Epping 164 Kanebridge Oval 6 Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts 237 def by Epping 306 Greenway Oval 1 7 Epping drew Auburn North Epping Oval 8 Epping 157 def by Balmain South Sydney 167 North Epping Oval 9 Warringah 1/93 def Epping 89 Weldon Oval 10 Epping 177 def by Strathfield 8/192 North Epping Oval 11 Pennant Hills 6/105 def Epping 8/104(cc) Pennant Hills Oval 12 Epping 4/112(cc) def by Lindfield 6/242(cc) North Epping Oval 13 Roseville drew Epping Roseville Chase
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Position in Competition –12th 2101 runs for 106 wickets @ 19.82 2256 runs against 77 wickets @ 29.30 Run Rate – 3.62 per over Run Rate – 3.88 per over.
BATTING
Player Mtchs Inns NO 50s 100s HS Runs Avge C Azize, Anthony A 6 6 0 1 1 111 216 36.00 3 Baveja, Shakti 5 4 1 0 0 26 77 25.67 0 Bruce, Mark 1 1 0 0 0 16 16 16.00 1 Dhillon, Kulwant 2 1 0 0 0 20 20 20.00 0 Fisher, Hugh 11 10 6 0 0 24* 91 22.75 2 Hood, Timothy A 1 1 1 0 0 0.1 0 0.00 0 Horrocks, Mitchell 9 10 0 1 0 76 206 20.60 2 Krishnan, Satya N 1 2 0 0 0 12 15 7.50 1 McKeough, Michael 11 11 2 0 0 23* 92 10.22 6 Morgan, Bradley 4 4 2 0 0 18 51 25.50 1 Muralietharan, Keishav 10 11 0 1 1 123 264 24.00 2 O'Connell, Benjamin 11 12 1 0 0 49 207 18.82 4 Ross, Nathan K 7 8 0 1 0 70 155 19.38 4 Steffan, Christopher 6 3 1 0 0 7 14 7.00 1 Stuart, Karl 5 5 1 0 0 35 72 18.00 0 Szymanski, Marek 3 3 0 0 0 18 31 10.33 0 Thompson, Sean 0 1 Tomlinson, Sol 2 2 1 0 0 5 5 5.00 1 Wheatley, Ian 2 2 0 0 0 22 22 11.00 0 Wilson, Geoff 4 4 0 0 0 24 67 16.75 1 Wilson, Nicholas 10 11 0 2 0 56 231 21.00 4 Wilson, Thomas 10 11 0 0 0 29 105 9.55 16 Wk
BOWLING: Player Mtchs O M W R 5WI 10WM Avge SR RPO Best Fisher, Hugh 11 127.5 19 18 444 0 0 24.67 42.61 3.47 4/36 McKeough, Michael 11 100 22 12 325 0 0 27.08 50.00 3.25 3/43 Steffan, Christopher 6 42 10 11 108 0 0 9.82 22.91 2.57 4/18 Morgan, Bradley 4 56.4 15 7 178 0 0 25.43 48.57 3.14 3/49 Tomlinson, Sol 2 22 4 5 100 1 0 20.00 26.40 4.55 5/78 Stuart, Karl 5 50 7 5 190 0 0 38.00 60.00 3.80 2/33 O'Connell, Benjamin 11 46 3 4 207 0 0 51.75 69.00 4.50 1/38 Horrocks, Mitchell 9 45.4 2 4 258 0 0 64.50 68.50 5.65 1/28 Krishnan, Satya N 1 9 0 2 51 0 0 25.50 27.00 5.67 2/44 Dhillon, Kulwant 2 13 1 2 63 0 0 31.50 39.00 4.85 1/18 Azize, Anthony A 6 16.4 0 1 80 0 0 80.00 100.00 4.80 1/19 Baveja, Shakti 5 47 6 1 161 0 0 161.00 282.00 3.43 1/23 Wilson, Thomas 10 0.4 0 0 8 0 0 12.00 0/8 Wilson, Geoff 4 2.2 1 0 18 0 0 7.71 0/6 Wilson, Nicholas 10 3 0 0 21 0 0 7.00 0/6
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OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES
Player Runs Opponent Keishav Muralietharan 123 Macquarie University Sol Tomlinson 5/78 Mt Pritchard-SD Anthony A Azize 111 Mt Pritchard-SD Mitchell Horrocks 76 Burwood Briars Nathan K Ross 70 Lane Cove Anthony A Azize 66 Strathfield Keishav Muralietharan 63 Burwood Briars Nicholas Wilson 56 North West Sydney Nicholas Wilson 55 Mt Pritchard-SD
PARTNERSHIPS Wkt Runs Players Opponent 1 126 Benjamin O'Connell - Keishav Muralietharan Macquarie University 2 99 Benjamin O'Connell - Nathan Ross Lane Cove 3 79 Keishav Muralietharan - Nicholas Wilson Macquarie University 4 56 Benjamin O'Connell - Ian Wheatley Lindfield Mt Pritchard-Southern 5 56 Nicholas Wilson - Anthony Azize Districts 6 48 Anthony Azize - Benjamin O'Connell Strathfield 7 47 Anthony Azize - Marek Szymanski Strathfield 8 38 Michael McKeough - Kulwant Dhillon Pennant Hills 9 39 Bradley Morgan - Hugh Fisher Macquarie University 10 49 Karl Stuart - Hugh Fisher Georges River
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2ND GRADE TEAM REPORT
What to say about a season that again promised so much but in the end was washed away with some torrential March weather. The stats are that we only lost two games all season and had good momentum running into finals and I only won one toss in the 14 rounds putting us in tough situations nearly every game. Situations that would build character for our finals charge that never eventuated.
The Early Part of the season was very hit and miss. We kicked off the season with a hard fought win against Lane Cove. To me this had alarm bells ringing because as I knew this team were not one of the better teams in the comp and we made it hard for ourselves with some poor batting and some poor fielding. We managed to scrape home with the win but we were lucky. A Sluggish start but we will get better.
Mac Uni was game two and we plundered them day one but catching cost us on day two and they batted all day to get nowhere near our score in a disappointing draw that felt like a loss.
Burwood were game three and after a late start on day one they batted 64 overs on day one with us again giving them chances in the field. Day two they batted on for 15 overs without pushing the score along at a great rate. This left us 64 overs to get their 262 and we gave it a good shake but in the end we just didn’t have enough overs and we lost quick wickets chasing so we shut it down and held on for the draw. There is no way I am handing them two points.
Georges River beat us convincingly and this showed me we were lacking experience in the team. We played dumb cricket and didn’t adjust to the conditions and showed we had work to do.
At this stage of the season everyone decided that it was time to head overseas for their yearly holidays leaving the side short on personnel. We thankfully were able to get a win up against Nth West Sydney. Our catching was improving and we bowled well to roll them for 111 and after bringing some experience into the side we benefitted from it with Brucey guiding us home with the bat.
Next up start as even more people headed on their holidays and after keeping Mounties to 247, a score I thought we could go on and get, we batted poorly bar the two guys who were filling in for the holiday makers. Wheaties and coat batted well but the rest were poor and we got pumped.
At this stage I was looking for answers and looking at a season slipping away. Round 7 and the skipper had a rest while KD won a toss for the team and the bowlers tore Auburn a new one and we pumped them in the one dayer before Christmas.
We resumed after Christmas against Balmain Souths who were top three and this was the start of a roll we went on losing tosses and batting on wet wickets. We worked hard with the bat on a tricky wicket to post a good score and then rolled a hapless batting team really. I couldn’t believe these guys were top three but they had had an easy draw.
Round 9 and we were up against the ladder leaders. We were hitting our straps now and this time we bowled first and rolled an understrength side for 97 and cruised over the line in a one dayer. This is more like it. Round 10 and 11 we beat Strathfield and Penno well while having a bit of fun with my old mate Jacko.
Now we were in second place on the ladder and building momentum. From here the rain started and a delayed start against Lindfield and a lost toss saw us bat on another wet wicket. At 5/26 we were in deep trouble but that man again Brucey and Tones worked hard and got us through and the lower order were able to help get the score up to 159 of our 45 overs. The Heavens opened up and we never got a chance to have a bowl. The reason I mention this game is that we were in a deep hole and we were able to work through a bad start and build on to a score I am sure we would have defended. I knew this would hold us in good stead for the finals.
Unfortunately the last round was a complete wash out and these two no results would prove crucial as Burwood got results prior to the weather and this put us in third place on the ladder heading into finals.
Quarter Final against Balmain Souths and I was quietly confident. It turns out my gut feel was right and when I finally one a toss we destroyed them with the ball on a wicket that gave us some assistance. They were blown off
Annual Report Season 2016-17 15 the park for 32 and we batted on the same deck giving the same assistance. Our practise on wet wickets showed and we got to 120. The second innings was a repeat of the first and at 5/20 odd it was shaping the same but the wicket started to flatten out and they managed 123 by early on day two. By lunch we had the 35 runs we needed and we were off to the semis against Burwood.
Well the week was a wet one and by the time the weekend came it just rained and rained and rained. Not a ball was bowled, not a coin tossed and our season was over as the third placed team up against the second placed team. Such a disappointing end to a season that was building nicely and one I believe could have ended with a premiership. We had the personnel, we had the desire and we had the experience.
Many thanks to Callum Desilva who was superb behind the stumps and finished the season as the leading keeper in second grade, Matt Planninic, Josh Kew who was one of our most consistent batsman, Anthony Azize who showed that hard work does pay off, Scott Bennett, Merrick Szymanski, Mark Bruce whose experience in the middle order was invaluable, Geoff Wilson who always put his hand up even when I asked him to keep for a game, Adrian Craig, Tom Dangerfield, Ian Wheatley, Matthew Boorer, Hayden Doria, James Mallet, Justin Bradley, Blake Wassel, Charlie Davies, Nick Birrell, Sharan Rajendran, Karl Stuart who is so sweet to watch when he is in full flight and Chris Steffan who spent some time in twos building confidence and had a break out year with some fantastic spells but most importantly with some consistency. I would like to make a special mention to a couple.
Kulwant Dhillon who’s help as an unofficial vice-captain is very much appreciated. There are times when he comes to me with an idea and balls later there is a wicket with a catch where he wanted the fieldsman is just incredible and handy to have a different view form the cordon rather than from where I am at mid of or mid-on. He was even our spinner (spinner may not be the right word) for some time this season. Jack of all trades. We were lucky enough to get Brad Morgan in second grade and when he arrived he put his heart and soul into the journey, bringing another dimension to our bowling line up, one that proved very fruitful. Morgs was outstanding with a 10 wicket game against Strathfield, an incredible achievement.
It took a while to build that team feeling but when we did we played some great cricket and had some fun doing it. A little note for the rest of the club. Attitude to training is what is going to take us to the next level. So many guys have sporadic attendance at training and a poor work ethic towards improving their game and it shows. We are at the fork in the road guys. If we as a club are going to take our games and the club to the next level and actually get a club championship we as a club and playing group need to commit to playing a full season and attending to training to be the very best players we can be so we can be the best teams we can be. If everyone commits and invests in the journey I know we will get there and when we do get there it will be so sweet.
A special Thanks to the Bulls committee especially Matt, Sedge and Rowd. Many thanks to the other captains in Howesy, Macca, Pat, Chrispy and the chairman Wirthy. It is hard at times but I think we all worked well together without too much angst.
Cheers AB
Did you know…
Second Grade Shires teams compete for the S. J. Mayne Trophy, named in honour of Epping’s Life Member and President from 1946 to 1952.
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2ND GRADE TEAM STATISTICS 2016-17
RND Home Team Away Team Venue 1 Lane Cove 163 def by Epping 178 and 3/97 Tantallon Oval 2 Macquarie University 8/257 drew Epping 8/331(dec) Northern Oval 3 Epping 8/235 drew Burwood Briars 9/262(dec) North Epping Oval 4 Georges River 251 def Epping 162 Bexley Oval 5 Epping 74 def North West Sydney 111 and 3/122 North Epping Oval 6 Epping 128 def by Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts 247 North Epping Oval 7 Auburn 110 def by Epping 4/112 George Parry Oval 8 Balmain South Sydney 64 def by Epping 8/153(cc) Jubilee Oval 9 Epping 1/97 def Warringah 96 North Epping Oval 10 Strathfield 80 and 9/184 def by Epping 4/143(dec) Airey Park 11 Epping 6/180(cc) def Pennant Hills109 North Epping Oval 12 Lindfield drew Epping 9/159(cc) Lindfield Oval 13 Epping 2/20 drew Roseville North Epping Oval QF Epping1 20 and 1/38 def Balmain South Sydney 32 and 123 North Epping Oval SF Burwood Briars drew Epping Rothwell Park
Position in Competition –3rd 2324 runs for 104 wickets @ 22.38 2211 runs against 139 wickets @ 15.91 Run Rate 3.29 per over Run Rate 3.06 per over.
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BATTING
Player Mtchs Inns NO 50s 100s HS Runs Avge C Azize, Anthony A 7 7 0 1 0 67 228 32.57 3 Bennett, Scott 13 15 3 0 0 43 282 23.50 4 Birrell, Nicholas 7 3 2 0 0 6 9 9.00 1 Boorer, Anthony 13 9 2 0 0 39 121 17.29 9 Boorer, Matthew 1 1 0 0 0 23 23 23.00 0 Bradley, Justin 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 Bruce, Mark 6 5 1 0 0 37 102 25.50 4 Craig, Adrian 5 6 0 0 0 23 54 9.00 4 Dangerfield, Thomas 5 5 0 0 0 17 37 7.40 0 De Silva, Calum 12 14 1 0 0 42 208 16.00 30 Wk Dhillon, Kulwant 11 7 0 0 0 18 76 10.86 3 Doria, Hayden 2 2 1 0 0 24* 36 36.00 1 Horrocks, Mitchell 1 1 0 0 0 5 5 5.00 0 Kew, Joshua 12 14 7 1 0 85* 346 49.43 4 Krishnan, Satya N 2 2 0 0 0 13 25 12.50 0 Lloyd, Samuel 1 1 0 0 0 9 9 9.00 0 Mallett, James 5 4 1 0 0 65* 72 24.00 3 Morgan, Bradley 7 2 0 0 0 6 8 4.00 0 Planinic, Matthew 8 8 1 0 0 44 112 16.00 1 Rajendran, Sharan 2 1 1 0 0 0* 0 0 Ross, Nathan K 1 1 0 1 0 56 56 56.00 2 Steffan, Christopher 4 4 4 0 0 11* 31 1 Stuart, Karl 6 3 1 0 0 30* 56 28.00 4 Szymanski, Marek 6 5 1 0 0 32* 75 18.75 1 Wassell, Blake 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0.50 0 Watts, Martin 2 1 0 0 0 31 31 31.00 2 Wheatley, Ian 1 1 0 1 0 63 63 63.00 0 Wilson, Geoff 5 4 0 1 0 53 76 19.00 3 Wk
BOWLING
Player O M W Runs 5WI 10WM Avge SR RPO Best Boorer, Anthony 191 52 40 474 1 0 11.85 28.65 2.48 6/8 Morgan, Bradley 71 11 23 226 2 1 9.83 18.52 3.18 5/16 Dhillon, Kulwant 66.5 16 13 156 0 0 12.00 30.85 2.33 4/51 Steffan, Christopher 79 16 12 252 0 0 21.00 39.50 3.19 4/54 Stuart, Karl 42.1 8 10 113 0 0 11.30 25.30 2.68 3/20 Birrell, Nicholas 63 19 9 179 0 0 19.89 42.00 2.84 2/16 Bradley, Justin 47 15 6 141 0 0 23.50 47.00 3.00 2/30 Davies, Charlie 20 3 5 61 0 0 12.20 24.00 3.05 2/14 Wassell, Blake 27.3 2 4 125 0 0 31.25 41.25 4.55 2/52 Craig, Adrian 20 2 3 98 0 0 32.67 40.00 4.90 2/23 Doria, Hayden 31 7 3 112 0 0 37.33 62.00 3.61 2/71 Lloyd, Samuel 3 1 2 2 0 0 1.00 9.00 0.67 2/2 Rajendran, Sharan 2.4 0 2 3 0 0 1.50 8.00 1.13 2/3 Wilson, Geoff 16 8 1 28 0 0 28.00 96.00 1.75 1/5 Azize, Anthony A 8 0 1 34 0 0 34.00 48.00 4.25 1/23 Kew, Joshua 17 2 1 76 0 0 76.00 102.00 4.47 1/16 Wheatley, Ian 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0/0 Boorer, Matthew 3 0 0 18 0 0 6.00 0/18 Krishnan, Satya N 13 1 0 38 0 0 2.92 0/38
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OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES
Player Runs Opponent Player Figures Opponent Joshua Kew 85* Macquarie University Anthony Boorer 6/8 Balmain Sth Sydney - QF Anthony Azize 67 Burwood Briars Bradley Morgan 5/16 & 5/46 Strathfield Ian Wheatley 63 Mt Pritchard- SD Nathan K Ross 56 Warringah Geoff Wilson 53 Burwood Briars
PARTNERSHIPS Wicket Runs Players Opponent 1 65 Anthony Azize - Calum De Silva Macquarie University 2 87 Anthony Azize - Scott Bennett Burwood Briars 3 85 Joshua Kew - Scott Bennett Georges River 4 71 Joshua Kew - Scott Bennett Macquarie University 5 54 Joshua Kew - Marek Szymanski Auburn 6 81 James Mallett - Geoff Wilson Burwood Briars 7 33 Mark Bruce - Kulwant Dhillon North West Sydney 8 67 Joshua Kew - Anthony Boorer Macquarie University 9 37 Joshua Kew - Hayden Doria Macquarie University 10 27 Karl Stuart - Nicholas Birrell Balmain South Sydney Note: Bold Denotes 2th grade record..
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3RD GRADE TEAM REPORT
New season, new faces, new captain … the possibilities for third grade this season seemed endless. Throughout the season questions would be asked by this side, how many heart attacks can Bhargav give Howesy in one over? Will Dyl Shaw continue once again to miss straight ones? How big will the blow up from Watts be this week after another plumb LBW decision? What lasted longer, Joel Schiffler’s combined time at the crease or Nick Ford’s bowling career?
In true Epping style our efforts in the field would once again be the strength of the side with no side posting more that 200 against us throughout the season, which rightfully earned us a spot in the finals. Special mention to three magnificent spells of bowling from Nick Birrell, Charlie Davies and Bull’s new favourite love child Sharan Rajendran. On numerous occasions the boys stuck it out together, backing each up in the field and ensuring nothing short of a verbal barrage was provided to the opposition (Zach Quintal can still hear the voices of Schiffler, Howes and Good in the cordon). Another mention has to go to Blake Wassell who consistently performed throughout the season and was justifiably our player of the year.
Our efforts with the bat were not poor however greater resilience in key points of games needs to be shown next season if we are going to be true premiership contenders. Special mention to our opening pair of Dyl Shaw and Bhargav Khamsali who both score consistently at the top of the order and consistently tested the heart rate of the skipper. Other key performances came from Nick Ford and Dylan Munro with scores in the 80s. It’s worth noting however that we were the only side this season who didn’t have a player score a hundred, something to be rectified next year. In my mind the knock of the season was from Goody against Strathfield. Looking down the barrel of being rolled for under 150 on a road at Epping, Goody knuckled down and got himself to 50 with some key partnerships with the tail ensuring we posted a defendable total in excess of 200, an example of the resilience we need to show with the bat next year.
Where to from here? Undoubtedly we were the youngest side within the third grade competition this year. Success next year is not going to come from the development of our skill set but rather with our mental development as cricketers, as we learn from our experiences from last season. Talent is something we don’t lack, but cricket isn’t won by talent.
So toughen up princesses and I’ll see you in August.
Carn the Bullls!
Howesy (Stay tuned for the next edition of ‘The 4s to 3s transition – a Joel Schiffler story’)
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3RD GRADE TEAM STATISTICS 2016-17
RND Home Team Away Team Venue 1 Epping 6/289(dec) def Lane Cove 135 and 1/155 Epping Oval 2 Epping 197 def by Macquarie University 9/215 Epping Oval 3 Burwood Briars 6/156 def Epping 150 Ron Routley 4 Epping 240 and 0/4 def Georges River 68 and 173 Epping Oval 5 North West Sydney 133 and 4/64 def Epping 114 Charles McLaughlin Reserve 6 Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts 52 and 199 def by Epping 144 and 5/111 Greenway Oval 2 7 Epping 69 def by Auburn 3/72 Epping Oval 8 Epping drew Balmain South Sydney Epping Oval 9 Warringah 8/123 def Epping 122 Frank Gray Oval 10 Epping 236 def Strathfield 194 Epping Oval 11 Pennant Hills 80 def by Epping 6/214(cc) Ern Holmes Oval 12 Epping 3/116 def Lindfield 197 Epping Oval 13 Roseville drew Epping Roseville Park QF Warringah 160 and 4/42 def Epping 98 and 103 Frank Gray Oval
Position in Competition: 4th 2207 Runs For 120 Wickets @ 18.39 2218 Runs Against 135 Wickets @ 16.43 Run Rate 3.66 per over Run Rate 3.02 per over
BATTING Player Mtchs Inns NO 50s 100s HS Runs Avge C Kamsali, Bhargav 12 15 1 1 0 50 298 21.29 5 Shaw, Dylan 9 11 1 1 0 55 223 22.30 5 Wassell, Blake 9 9 3 0 0 46 178 29.67 2 Ford, Nicholas C 8 9 1 1 0 85 178 22.25 5 Munro, Dylan T 6 8 2 1 0 86* 166 27.67 2 Good, Joshua 11 12 2 1 0 57 165 16.50 13/2 Dangerfield, Thomas 3 3 0 1 0 71 120 40.00 2 Mallett, James 4 5 0 0 0 39 104 20.80 1 Watts, Martin 8 9 1 0 0 22 101 12.63 1 Howes, James C 12 10 2 0 0 14* 53 6.63 4 Stern, Joshua 4 4 0 0 0 27 50 12.50 1 Henry, Stuart 3 3 0 0 0 34 48 16.00 0 Carfax, Patrick 2 2 1 0 0 26* 48 48.00 1 Rajendran, Sharan 8 9 2 0 0 18 44 6.29 2 Birrell, Nicholas 6 3 1 0 0 26 42 21.00 2 Dimond, Jason 3 3 0 0 0 41 41 13.67 3 Davies, Charlie 5 5 2 0 0 15* 40 13.33 2 Craig, Adrian 3 4 0 0 0 22 33 8.25 4 Schiffler, Joel 4 5 0 0 0 15 23 4.60 2/1/0 Allard, Stephen 2 2 0 0 0 15 20 10.00 0 Thompson, Sean 2 1 0 0 0 16 16 16.00 1 Stuart, Karl 1 1 0 0 0 4 4 4.00 0 Planinic, Matthew 2 3 0 0 0 2 4 1.33 0 Doria, Hayden 1 1 0 0 0 4 4 4.00 0 Ford, Brendan 1 2 0 0 0 2 3 1.50 1 Bradley, Justin 3 2 1 0 0 0* 0 0.00 0
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BOWLING
Player Overs Mdns Wkts Runs 5WI 10WM Avge SR RPO Best Rajendran, Sharan 130.4 34 23 345 1 0 15.00 34.09 2.64 7/48 Howes, James C 141.2 31 23 460 0 0 20.00 36.87 3.25 4/32 Wassell, Blake 119 23 21 341 1 0 16.24 34.00 2.87 6/52 Birrell, Nicholas 83 28 18 178 2 1 9.89 27.67 2.14 8/7 Davies, Charlie 84 18 17 221 1 0 13.00 29.65 2.63 8/26 Bradley, Justin 45 15 6 91 0 0 15.17 45.00 2.02 4/64 Allard, Stephen 27 5 6 101 0 0 16.83 27.00 3.74 3/54 Carfax, Patrick 29 9 4 71 0 0 17.75 43.50 2.45 3/40 Thompson, Sean 15 2 4 72 0 0 18.00 22.50 4.80 3/20 Ford, Nicholas C 10 3 3 46 0 0 15.33 20.00 4.60 3/24 Doria, Hayden 25 4 3 91 0 0 30.33 50.00 3.64 2/36 Watts, Martin 7 1 1 27 0 0 27.00 42.00 3.86 1/2 Kamsali, Bhargav 20 1 1 100 0 0 100.00 120.00 5.00 1/19
PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt Runs Players Opponent 1 89 Stuart Henry - Bhargav Kamsali Strathfield 2 75 Dylan Shaw - James Mallett Macquarie University 3 57 Dylan Shaw - James Mallett Lindfield 3 57 Bhargav Kamsali - Adrian Craig Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts 4 84 Thomas Dangerfield - Nicholas Ford Lane Cove 5 55 Nicholas Ford - Joshua Stern Georges River 6 48 Nicholas Ford - Joshua Good Georges River 7 31 Joshua Good - Blake Wassell Georges River 8 26 Joshua Good - James Howes Strathfield 9 39 Joshua Good - Sharan Rajendran Strathfield 10 35 Charlie Davies - Stephen Allard Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts NB: Bold denotes new all Grades record. Blank if under 25 runs.
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES Runs Player Opponent Player Figures Opponent 86* Dylan T Munro Pennant Hills Nicholas Birrell 8/7 & 5/45 Georges River 85 Nicholas C Ford Georges River Charlie Davies 8/28 incl Hat Trick Mt Pritchard SD 71 Thomas Dangerfield Lane Cove Sharan Rajendran 7/48 Warringah 57 Joshua Good Strathfield Blake Wassell 6/52 Strathfield 55 Dylan Shaw Macquarie University 50 Bhargav Kamsali Warringah
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4TH GRADE TEAM REPORT
At the outset of the 2016/2017 season, a preliminary goal of the Fourth Grade ‘core’ was to make finals. Playing finals again and representing this great cricket club was fantastic but it has also left this eclectic assortment of talented cricketers wanting more. Consecutive Quarter Final defeats to Burwood tends to have that effect on people.
The Fourth Grade ‘core’ of Sean Thompson, Hayden Doria and Angus MacQueen have reflected, over far too much Frangos and Stix and Pita (Hercules Platter is highly recommended, Gus and I smashed one in 8 minutes), and we have realised that this season was a missed opportunity. In my report last season, I remarked that the Club was in a strong position with a plethora of young talent bursting through and demonstrating that we are set for the future. Rather than looking proactively at the future and seeing how well positioned we are, I propose to you that it was a missed opportunity due to the vigour, fight and skill that characterised the run home. We entered finals knowing we had not only done enough to get there but had given ourselves the best opportunity to play our best cricket and continue to win.
A theme of young players stepping into the breach will characterise much of these words and aptly started with a player that would finish the season with a u24s cap and appearances in higher grades: Sharan Rajendran. Shaz was purely picked in Fourth Grade because he procured me some new gloves under the staff discount from Kingsgrove. He made good on his selection with a fantastic second innings spell against Lane Cove to begin his Bulls career with a five-wicket haul. It wasn’t the only fine performance as Brendan Ford survived Sean Thompson’s initial attempt to get into his pockets for some snakes and slogged 95 on his Bulls debut*.
Fourth Grade rolled on from ten points against Lane Cove to pick up six and come within a single wicket of another outright victory against Macquarie University. That was as good as highlights got as three consecutive losses all but derailed our season. Against Burwood, good fight with the ball from Charlie Davies and Sean Thompson was wasted as starts punctuated the top six before the aforementioned duo were left with too much to do as we fell short of Burwood’s 209. A poor showing with the bat against a brilliant Georges River bowling performance saw them canter to an easy first innings win. Norwest followed and this was by far the most frustrating of the three; despite great efforts by Peter Kew and Thompson again we just didn’t deliver with the bat. Marek Szymanski’s comeback tour was off and running with 47 and Gus MacQueen blasted 57* to make the score more flattering.
The consecutive scores of 340+ against Lane Cove and Macquarie were long forgotten and it was Epping’s Groundhog Day. We were spluttering with the bat, barely getting a look at 170, and unavailabilities were looking to define our season again. Mass changes were made throughout the grades for the game against Mount Pritchard and it saw fourteen-year old’s Lachlan James, Billy McCarthy and Arvin Niranjan make their Bulls debuts. Lachie and Arvin stepped up with the new ball and Billy supported Surya Malhotra and Stu Henry as the youngsters carried us to a brilliant win chasing 260. Against Auburn in a one-day match we were asked to chase again and again we delivered, Navin Yasotharan (who was somehow sending ‘beer’ snaps for the boys while he was facing up) and Sean Thompson added nearly a hundred to get us within striking distance before Arvin, Surya and Jack Parkinson made sure of the chase.
Players were stepping up and we were winning games. We went from 9th back into the top four and had it not been for inclement weather late in the season (for a change) we would have carried eight straight wins into Finals and a genuinely fostered belief we could win it all. The youngsters, Arvin, Billy, Surya, and particularly Jack provided a youthful exuberance even when things weren’t really happening for them. This will hold them in good stead for years to come.
This exuberance extended to the ‘older’ heads, Joel Schiffler enjoyed a breakout season with a big hundred against Warringah as did Sean Thompson. The above summary does little to demonstrate his value to the Fourth Grade side and club. A truly selfless player, Sean was asked to become a ‘do it all’ player when I succumbed to injury. He didn’t choose to be captain nor did he envisage having to preside over the roughest stretch of our season, but he didn’t let the captaincy affect his own performances which were already improving as evidenced by his first Bulls fifty against MQ and another match winning knock against Auburn. With bat, ball and in the field, the attitude, ambition and performances of Sean, Joel, and others like Gus, Hayden, Stephen Allard, and Justin Bradley made it a pleasure to be captain once again as I knew I always had good support as well as more than capable cricketers.
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Rather than beating a dead horse and remarking that we will all be back to do it again next year, there is a chance due to the unfortunate magnitude of writing a thesis on 16th century insanity that I won’t endure the true insanity of 21st century Australia: captaining fourth grade. With this then, I urge all the fine young players as well as the older heads that made this such a great year to be ambitious and work towards playing higher grades next season; go forth and want to play 1st grade or 2nd grade and u24s. This club can’t progress if our players don’t progress like Sean, Joel, Billy and Arvin did last season. Keish and Azize are demonstrative of this in the last two years and there is no reason everybody else can’t make the same strides they have made.
*All ninety five runs were scored through midwicket/cow corner resulting in a better wagon wheel than Adrian Craig’s last season.
Pat Balzen Captain
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4TH GRADE TEAM STATISTICS 2016-17
RND Home Team Away Team Venue 1 Lane Cove 73 and 130 def by Epping 322 Longueville Oval 2 Macquarie University 108 and 7/127 def by Epping 7/341(dec) Ross Gwilliam Oval 3 Epping 157 def by Burwood Briars 209 Epping Oval 4 Georges River 3/134 def Epping 124 Lance Hutchinson Oval 5 Epping 182 def by North West Sydney 232 Epping Oval 6 Epping 8/260 def Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts 7/259(dec) Epping Oval 7 Auburn 8/247(cc) def by Epping 7/248 Dave Tribolet Oval 8 Balmain South Sydney drew Epping Alexandria Park 9 Epping 4/254(cc) def Warringah 223 Epping Oval 10 Strathfield 140 def by Epping 141 Bark Huts Reserve 11 Epping 151 def Pennant Hills 96 Epping Oval 12 Lindfield 9/260(cc) drew Epping1 /46 Acron Oval 13 Epping drew Roseville Epping Oval QF Burwood Briars 291 def Epping 74 Alan Davidson Oval
Position in Competition 6th 2300 Runs For 97 Wickets @ 23.71 2529 Runs Against 124 Wickets @ 20.40 Run Rate 3.85 per over Run Rate 3.16 per over
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BATTING
Player Mtchs Inns NO 50s 100s HS Runs Avge C Schiffler, Joel 7 7 0 1 1 120 288 41.14 1/6/0 Thompson, Sean 9 9 2 2 0 66 231 33.00 3 Balzen, Patrick 9 8 1 1 0 85* 199 28.43 3 Henry, Stuart 9 9 1 1 0 64 151 18.88 3 Ford, Brendan 9 7 0 1 0 95 143 20.43 4 McCarthy, Billy 6 5 0 0 0 48 116 23.20 1 Yasotharan, Navin 5 4 1 0 0 39 110 36.67 0 Parkinson, Jack P 10 9 2 0 0 22 101 14.43 0/14/1 Malhotra, Surya 8 7 0 0 0 37 99 14.14 0 Niranjan, Arvin 7 5 3 0 0 29 88 44.00 2 Macqueen, Angus 6 5 2 1 0 57* 83 27.67 2 Dimond, Jason 5 4 0 0 0 44 70 17.50 1 Planinic, Matthew 1 1 0 1 0 58 58 58.00 0 Davies, Charlie 3 3 1 0 0 29 56 28.00 2 Szymanski, Marek 2 2 0 0 0 47 51 25.50 0 Ford, Nicholas C 1 1 1 0 0 45* 45 0 Bruce, Mark 1 1 0 0 0 44 44 44.00 0 Allard, Stephen 3 2 0 0 0 23 32 16.00 1 Peacock, Cameron 3 1 0 0 0 26 26 26.00 0 Sedgers, Brendan 5 5 0 0 0 18 24 4.80 4 Stern, Joshua 2 2 0 0 0 21 21 10.50 3 Agarwal, Akshay K 4 4 2 0 0 10* 14 7.00 0 Azize, Andrew 1 1 0 0 0 13 13 13.00 0 Rajendran, Sharan 2 2 0 0 0 6 6 3.00 0 Kew, Peter J 5 3 1 0 0 5 5 2.50 2 James, Lachlan 1 1 1 0 0 5* 5 0 Doria, Hayden 4 3 0 0 0 4 4 1.33 0 Federow, Ryan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 Bradley, Justin 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1
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BOWLING Player Overs Mdns Wkts Runs 5WI 10WM Avge SR RPO Best Agarwal, Akshay K 61.1 15 16 209 1 0 13.06 22.94 3.42 8/29 Thompson, Sean 101.3 24 13 326 0 0 25.08 46.85 3.21 3/35 Allard, Stephen 41 13 9 99 1 0 11.00 27.33 2.41 5/13 Rajendran, Sharan 32 8 8 81 1 0 10.13 24.00 2.53 5/25 Ford, Brendan 46 10 8 150 0 0 18.75 34.50 3.26 3/18 Bradley, Justin 55.5 18 7 77 0 0 11.00 47.86 1.38 4/44 Niranjan, Arvin 39.2 4 7 177 0 0 25.29 33.71 4.50 2/24 McCarthy, Billy 66 12 7 179 0 0 25.57 56.57 2.71 2/9 Macqueen, Angus 86 20 7 234 0 0 33.43 73.71 2.72 3/52 Doria, Hayden 42 7 6 111 0 0 18.50 42.00 2.64 3/26 Kew, Peter J 53 20 6 140 0 0 23.33 53.00 2.64 3/29 Malhotra, Surya 43 7 5 162 0 0 32.40 51.60 3.77 2/26 Davies, Charlie 33 7 3 127 0 0 42.33 66.00 3.85 2/46 Balzen, Patrick 24 5 2 70 0 0 35.00 72.00 2.92 1/21 Peacock, Cameron 18 4 2 93 0 0 46.50 54.00 5.17 1/38 Schiffler, Joel 0.3 0 1 6 0 0 6.00 3.00 12.00 1/6 James, Lachlan 5 2 1 13 0 0 13.00 30.00 2.60 1/13 Sedgers, Brendan 2 0 1 16 0 0 16.00 12.00 8.00 1/16 Federow, Ryan 3 0 0 13 0 0 4.33 0/13 Azize, Andrew 6 0 0 31 0 0 5.17 0/31 Ford, Nicholas C 11 3 0 36 0 0 3.27 0/36 Dimond, Jason 8 1 0 36 0 0 4.50 0/0
PARTNERSHIPS Wicket P'SHIP Batters Opponent 1 150 Joel Schiffler - Billy McCarthy Warringah 2 44 Joel Schiffler - Patrick Balzen Warringah 3 69 Stuart Henry - Sean Thompson Auburn 4 87 Sean Thompson - Navin Yasotharan Auburn 5 54 Brendan Ford - Brendan Sedgers Lane Cove 6 52 Arvin Niranjan - Brendan Ford Strathfield 7 39 Marek Szymanski - Angus Macqueen North West Sydney 8 49 Sean Thompson - Charlie Davies Burwood Briars 9 67 Sean Thompson - Cameron Peacock Lane Cove 10
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES Player Runs Opponent Player Figures Opponent Joel Schiffler 120 Warringah Akshay K Agarwal 8/29 Lane Cove 64 Macquarie University Stephen Allard 5/13 Macquarie University Brendan Ford 95 Lane Cove Sharan Rajendran 5/25 Lane Cove Patrick Balzen 85* Macquarie University Sean Thompson 66 Auburn 51 Macquarie University Stuart Henry 64 Mt Pritchard SD Matthew Planinic 58 Macquarie University Angus Macqueen 57* North West Sydney
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5TH GRADE TEAM REPORT
It was the season where the majority of 5th graders will be much better for the run. There were only a handful of games where we fired all cylinders and these efforts we were awarded with good victories. I dare say given the same core of players at the start of the season we play finals. Whether it be boys stepping out for their first senior year or returning from time off , we just couldn't string together the consistency needed after a poor start in the ever growing 22 team competition.
Playing for Tim's trophy needed no motivation and it was an honour to do so. Yes of course there were dreams of holding the 'Holy Grail' aloft come April, but it was through no fault of the boys trying. We had a very good squad and spirit for which i thank all the boys who contributed the past season.
To be fair there are several 5th grade clubs stacked with talent who do not undergo the normal procedure of selection. These clubs have a distinct advantage. The tolerance levels wear a little thin when standard 5th grade bowlers become cannon fodder and any hope of mercy only more frustrated by creative interpretations, so what else is new. Fortunately these clubs are the minority and the competition is mostly played in good spirit.
When we were able to create stability we performed at a higher standard. I make this point as a message to all Bull's players at the club. Team stability creates strength, trust and belief, this is paramount to success. It requires more than talent to win premierships. To put it simply, Saturday's are for cricket. We have the talent......
Alex Tay was our best this season which earned him the honour of 'Cricketer of the Year’. He was the player who could take the game to these higher rated teams. He dismantled good bowling attacks and often battled hard before launching his attack. His form improved with batting and he reached some very high standards. His effort against Burwood was breathtaking. With our season on the line, Al scored a heart breaking 99* to all but win us the game. Alex, like brother Pat helped mentor the young boys on and off the field and was great assistance to the skipper.
Pat's season was disrupted due to work and as such his opportunities were limited. Pat showed us how good a player he can be with some lofty hitting and played a number of fine innings. Pat was often out for the cause of the team and this sums up why Pat is such a valuable player in any team. Having played cricket with the twins when they were just 16 , it gave me great pleasure to see what fine cricketers and men they have become. Hope to see you both back up this season boys.
As is the case in limited over cricket and 5th grade, juggling around players for opportunity , whilst still trying to win is tricky. Basically it comes down to making the most of your chances and several boys did this during the season.
Sanchay Kalra is 'Mr Natural '. He was the outstanding young player in this team with all the attributes of a fine batsman in the making. Beautiful timing and wonderful composure. His innings against S.D Black , was a highlight against very good bowling , if Sanchay can work on fitness next season he will turn 50's into 100's and at a much higher level. Sanchay always good for a laugh and a pleasure to have in the side. Gotta mention that catch as i said Mr Natural.
Talking of good hands 'Buckets' Sedgers rarely miss's anything on offer. Sedge (ii) came to us after a stint in 4th grade and became Alex's new opening partner for the remainder of the season. Brendan showed in his last innings just how good a player he can be. He showed he has the makings of a quality opener and with a little more patience his natural game will ensure plenty of runs. Could double at Ned Kelly and just as intimidating in the field. When Injury free confidence will return to his leg spin.
Another who came from 4th grade was Navin Yasotharin . Navin was always a welcome addition to 5th grade. I believe Nav is likely a high graded player but needs to be available full time to reach potential. Best off batting at 5 or 6 , his good eye allows him to get on with scoring quickly.. Played us into a winning position against our more fancied rivals at Epping oval scoring 70 odd not. Nav is the man to lead the bowling attack once it hit 45 degrees and could be termed the team 'Owl' as he was often up late to discuss cricket with club members.
Rahuel evidently apart of the 'Parliament' (This is gold, Joel help! ) was our go to man in the spin department. When Rah is 'on' he bowls beautifully as he showed when he ripped through a handy Souths outfit, taking a season best of 7 for 18 off 8 overs. Rah effort this season showed he was enjoying his cricket again and it showed
28 Epping District Cricket Club Inc. www.eppingbulls.com.au in performance. . Rates his bat highly, which was the subject of confusion following the discovery of a cherry late season.
Another to start finding a few cherries on the bat was the evergreen Mark Hennings. After a few seasons off, Mark returned to cricket keen to play alongside son Matt at the Bulls. After a nervous start and a few nagging injuries Mark began to hit his straps after Christmas. As his confidence grew, the runs began to flow and Mark took great value in his wicket. When the runs came so did the wickets and Mark is a true all-rounder and will be a most valuable asset next season. Has been named a 'person of interest' at recent inquiry to infamous 'Watermelon gatorgate' incident? (Please contain yourselves)
Also named was son Matt. Matt being just 16 played his debut season in seniors and at times batted like he was seeing watermelons rather than drinking them. Matt played most of his cricket after rep duty was done and his innings at Epping showed will be up the grades in the near future. Matt showed much promise with his leggies and returned some nice figures against Roseville in the searing heat. Matt is willing to work hard and listens to advice which will take him a long way. Excellent in the field.
Another young boy who showed a big improvement this season was Antony Doria. It was hard on Ant to miss games but he stuck it out and he began to bat with some style towards the end of the year. His bowling was steady and will improve with maturity. Liked the way he finished the season in the field especially.
The youngest of them all was Ben Creer. Ben was at every game and showed he was not intimidated by getting behind the ball. Ben featured in a few partnerships with limited opportunity. Ben will be better in coming years and was full of encouragement on the field. Well done mate.
Another who was always there for his team was Issac . Izzy is a fantastic team player would do anything asked of him with 100% effort. Issac can bowl the unplayable delivery and i suspect he lost rhythm at times due to trying so hard to get a break through. Took some fine catches and ground fielding was also very good.
Chintak and Oliver Darroch were also among the regulars. Oliver bowled some handy spells of inswing and will be better for the season. Chintak always safe behind the stumps and consistent with the bat.
To the other lads who played this season, thank you for all your efforts. Coat , Sedge , Rowdy , Wirthy , Mick and the committee your help and support is greatly appreciated thanks boys .
Let’s break the drought in style 2017-18! Chris Creer. 5th grade Capt
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5TH GRADE TEAM STATISTICS 2016-17
RND Home Team Away Team Venue 1 Burwood Briars Gold 6/78 def Epping 75 St Lukes Oval 2 Auburn Gold 8/175(cc) def Epping 8/149 Dave Tribolet Oval 3 Epping 7/152(cc) def by Balmain South Sydney Mustangs 6/154 Epping Oval 4 Burwood Briars Maroon 3/155 def Epping 154 St Lukes Oval 5 Pennant Hills drew Epping Mandalong 6 Epping 4/137 def Lindfield Gold 136 Epping Oval 7 Burwood Briars Rivals 7/87 def Epping 85 St Lukes Oval 8 Epping 7/171 def Lindfield Blue 88 Epping Oval 9 Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts White 8/208(cc) def Epping 9/138 Greenway Park 1 10 Epping 9/212(cc) def Georges River 105 Epping Oval 11 Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts Black 5/129 def Epping 9/128(cc) Greenway Park 1 12 Epping 5/214(cc) def Balmain South Sydney Tigers 94 Epping Oval 13 Epping 3/149 def Balmain South Sydney Rabbitohs 146 Epping Oval 14 Ryde Hunters Hill 3/79 def Epping 77 Boronia Park 15 Burwood Briars Brothers 9/173(cc) def Epping 9/159 St Lukes Oval 16 Warringah 6/108 def Epping 107 Mike Pawley Oval 17 Auburn Green 117 def by Epping 6/191(cc) Mona Park No 3 18 Roseville 138 def by Epping 4/139 Roseville Park 19 Epping drew North West Sydney Maroon Epping Oval 20 Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts Gold drew Epping Greenway Park 1 21 North West Sydney Black 3/104 def Epping 8/103(cc) Charles McLaughlin 22 Burwood Briars Gold drew Epping St Lukes Oval 2540 Runs For 138 Wickets @ 18.41 2274 Runs Against 124 Wickets @ 18.34 Run Rate 4.12 per over. Run Rate 4.33 per over. Position in Competition – 13th
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BATTING
Player Mtchs Inns NO 50s 100s HS Runs Avge C Tay, Alex 13 13 1 4 0 99* 473 39.42 4/0/1 Creer, Chris 17 17 3 1 0 50 283 20.21 5 Kalra, Sanchay 14 13 2 1 0 50 205 18.64 6 Yasotharan, Navin 8 8 1 1 0 72* 190 27.14 0/1/0 Moharir, Siddharth 10 10 0 0 0 36 130 13.00 2 Tay, Patrick A 10 8 1 0 0 46 129 18.43 2/0/1 Henning, Mark 10 7 2 0 0 43 119 23.80 5 Malhotra, Surya 4 4 0 1 0 51 114 28.50 3 Sedgers, Brendan 8 7 0 0 0 21 88 12.57 5 Watts, Martin 1 1 0 1 0 65 65 65.00 0 Doria, Antony 14 12 6 0 0 15 63 10.50 1 Szymanski, Marek 1 1 1 1 0 59* 59 0 Shah, Chintak 11 9 5 0 0 19* 58 14.50 2/5/5 Henning, Matthew 7 6 1 0 0 30 56 11.20 2 Stern, Joshua 1 1 0 0 0 39 39 39.00 0 El-Hassan, Isaac 11 9 0 0 0 11 33 3.67 5 Parkinson, Jack P 1 1 0 0 0 20 20 20.00 0 Creer, Benjamin 8 6 3 0 0 6 20 6.67 1 Moharir, Raj 2 2 0 0 0 11 20 10.00 1 Schiffler, Joel 1 1 1 0 0 18* 18 0 Garg, Sushant 1 1 0 0 0 14 14 14.00 0 Darroch, Oliver 8 5 0 0 0 6 13 2.60 4 Jha, Rahul 11 5 1 0 0 8 13 3.25 6 Kew, Peter J 5 2 0 0 0 10 10 5.00 2 Creer, Nicholas 4 3 0 0 0 8 10 3.33 0 Wood, Haydon 1 1 0 0 0 10 10 10.00 2 Malik, Usman Jamil 3 2 1 0 0 8 10 10.00 0 Ford, Brendan 2 1 0 0 0 5 5 5.00 2 Balzen, Patrick 1 1 0 0 0 4 4 4.00 0 Peacock, Cameron 4 4 0 0 0 4 4 1.00 1 Federow, Ryan 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 2.00 0 Macqueen, Angus 2 2 1 0 0 2* 2 2.00 0 Flynn, John D 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 Chaudry, Waqar 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 Gurram, Rajesh 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
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BOWLING Players Overs Mdns Wkts Runs 5WI 10WM Avge SR RPO Best Jha, Rahul 60.1 15 20 178 1 0 8.90 18.05 2.96 7/17 El-Hassan, Isaac 45 5 12 241 0 0 20.08 22.50 5.36 4/12 Tay, Alex 66.2 5 12 248 0 0 20.67 33.17 3.74 2/17 Doria, Antony 37.1 7 10 164 0 0 16.40 22.30 4.41 2/5 Henning, Mark 31.3 4 9 116 0 0 12.89 21.00 3.68 3/12 Kew, Peter J 33.1 5 8 100 0 0 12.50 24.88 3.02 3/23 Tay, Patrick A 23 2 8 106 0 0 13.25 17.25 4.61 3/44 Kalra, Sanchay 26 5 8 130 0 0 16.25 19.50 5.00 2/10 Darroch, Oliver 37 6 7 141 0 0 20.14 31.71 3.81 4/15 Henning, Matthew 23.4 2 6 113 0 0 18.83 23.67 4.77 4/27 Creer, Chris 11 0 5 77 0 0 15.40 13.20 7.00 2/12 Creer, Nicholas 4.4 0 3 22 0 0 7.33 9.33 4.71 3/11 Malik, Usman Jamil 14 0 3 57 0 0 19.00 28.00 4.07 3/30 Thompson, Sean 1 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 0.00 2/0 Macqueen, Angus 12 4 2 20 0 0 10.00 36.00 1.67 1/9 Federow, Ryan 4 0 2 30 0 0 15.00 12.00 7.50 2/30 Flynn, John D 7 0 2 38 0 0 19.00 21.00 5.43 2/38 Moharir, Siddharth 8 0 2 48 0 0 24.00 24.00 6.00 1/10 Malhotra, Surya 17 3 2 84 0 0 42.00 51.00 4.94 2/26 Balzen, Patrick 2 0 1 8 0 0 8.00 12.00 4.00 1/8 Creer, Benjamin 4.5 0 1 16 0 0 16.00 29.00 3.31 1/2 Garg, Sushant 6 0 1 34 0 0 34.00 36.00 5.67 1/34 Moharir, Raj 2 0 0 2 0 0 1.00 0/2 Chaudry, Waqar 3 1 0 9 0 0 3.00 0/9 Gurram, Rajesh 4 0 0 13 0 0 3.25 0/13 Yasotharan, Navin 3.2 0 0 16 0 0 4.80 0/2 Stern, Joshua 5 0 0 25 0 0 5.00 0/25 Peacock, Cameron 3.4 0 0 34 0 0 9.27 0/10 Sedgers, Brendan 13.1 1 0 86 0 0 6.53 0/1
PARTNERSHIPS
Wicket Runs Players Opponent 1 84 Alex Tay - Siddharth Moharir Balmain South Sydney Tigers 2 67 Alex Tay - Mark Henning Auburn Green 3 79 Alex Tay - Chris Creer Georges River 4 60 Chris Creer - Patrick Tay Georges River 5 107 Chris Creer - Marek Szymanski Lindfield Gold 6 74 Navin Yasotharan - Joel Schiffler Balmain South Sydney Tigers 7 28 Chris Creer - Sanchay Kalra Burwood Briars Gold 9 29 Matthew Henning - Antony Doria Burwood Briars Maroon 9 29 Alex Tay - Rahul Jha Burwood Briars Brothers
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES Player Runs Opponent Player Figures Opponent Alex Tay 99* Burwood Briars Brothers Rahul Jha 7/17 Balmain South Sydney Tigers Navin Yasotharan 72* Balmain South Sydney Tigers Martin Watts 65 Auburn Gold Marek Szymanski 59* Lindfield Gold Alex Tay 53 Auburn Green Alex Tay 51 Georges River Surya Malhotra 51 Balmain South Sydney Mustangs Alex Tay 50 Lindfield Blue Chris Creer 50 Georges River Sanchay Kalra 50 Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts Black
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FRANK GRAY SHIELD U/24’S TEAM REPORT
The 16/17 Frank Gray Shield season would be my last, along with Tom Wilson and James Howes. All three of us, who played junior cricket together for Epping, were looking to have that storybook or fairy tale ending to our age restricted cricketing career's (master's is a long way away).
Getting back to the promised land started by just winning the important moments in cricket, rather than making a premiership the only goal to strive for. No complacency, make it happen. The team had seen a few departures (all of which I hope to see back at some stage) and it would require some special performers to fill the void.
Round 1 against Lane Cove at Tantallon, a ground which literally flattened me last time, and umpire Dan Burton was a chance too after revealing he had 2 hours sleep off the back of 14 double jd's. A new look team, plenty of youth injected, Debut's to Geoff Wilson, Nick Ford and Karl Stuart. A scratchy performance to start the season, but we showed flashes of our brilliant best throughout. Top order got off to a positive start, however the middle let the opportunity to score 300 slip, eventually bowled out for 210. Biggest talking point was that of Hugh Fisher possibly being able to bat??? Everyone was fired up heading out to the field, and dominated from the outset, Steffo and Fish tearing through leaving them 5/25, the performance topped off with an absolute specie from Geoff 'gypsy' Wilson taken at cover.
Round 2 against Lindfield at home. We dominated this fixture last year, however, we knew they were better than that day and would be out to prove a point. An all round great game, which unfortunately didn't go our way, losing by 13 runs. Notable performance to Keish, his first of four half century’s for the season.
Round 3 we took on Roseville, and a red cap was handed out to the worst conditioned 16 year old going around, Sharan 'Shaz" Rajendran, not that it affects his bowling, the kid is a wizard. The bowling wasn't quite there, even though we dismissed the very young side for 135, extra's were costing us. However, we were treated to a brilliant display of power hitting by Keishav and Ben 'Bocca' O'Connell, who bludgeoned our way to a 10 wicket win.
Round 4 a trip to the formidable peninsular. Warringah may not have been the same dominant dynasty from years gone by, but, history between our two clubs showed that games were always very close. This turned up to be a bizarre game of cricket; it had a bit of everything, and some! It started with the pitch, which looked like a dried up river bed. Then, resident cardiologist Cal DeSilva, tore a hamstring after looking very comfortable at the crease. Next, after stumbling to 7/117, we witnessed a match winning innings and partnership. James 'Thor" Mallet played flawlessly for 62* and the unlikely partner being Chris 'Steffo' Steffan finishing things off with a entertaining 41*. An early wicket put us in the game, only to then be treated to the English import dish out some punishment, having them flying around 8 an over. Enter Karl Stuart, who managed to tie him up for an over a force a loose shot. That moment changed the whole game, the fielding lifted with a run out to Steffo shortly after, and Karl was on song, bringing them to their knee's at 7/120. Shaz finished it off, keeping it ever so tight for an offie, super impressive performance in the end.
Round 5 was the bye, which preceded the local derby in round 6 against Pennant Hills. Another strange game, less said the better. We toiled, probably a bit too hard, against a team we knew we were better than, which can produce these types of performances. Too many extra's, frustration at the hundreds of 'play's and misses', backed up by an unconvincing run chase, with the exception of Tom 'Meezy' Wilson, who had clearly had enough of the mediocrity, and smoked anything that moved on the way to 68* and a bonus point win.
Round 7 we were sent to what literally may have been hell for a day. Not that Macquarie University's Northern Oval is anything to crow about, but with temperatures in excess of 40 degree's, it may as well have been. I was hailed as a genius as a result for winning the toss and electing to barbeque the students while it was hot. Red hot start, with running between wickets coming at a premium, Keish & Bocca once again treated us to another hitting masterclass, scoring 66 & 61 respectively, and an opening stand of 144. The rest of the innings was much of the same, everyone chipping in with scores, doing their best to save their legs. 8/298 after 50. The bowling innings was going to be James Howes' last for the side, and he took the opportunity with both hands. Howesy's ever consistent control, ability to build pressure, and the unsuspecting underground bumper had the students falling over themselves, finishing with 5/34. All out for 100 and onto the semi finals.
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We were awarded a home final after the SSC deemed greenway oval unsuitable to host a final, and probably a sausage sizzle, so we hoped to use that as an advantage. You can't play any less than your best in finals, and unfortunately, it was another patchy performance. We lost to a better side on the day, and that's cricket sometimes. Their captain played a blinder, the other played around him. We couldn't break enough partnerships, or establish any ourselves. Eventually we were strangled out of the game, finding it hard to manipulate their spinners and field setting's. A disappointing result to a promising season.
In reflection, I'd like to thank the club for giving me the opportunity to serve in this role and represent such a fantastic club, full of fantastic people. I loved my time playing in this special competition with some blokes, and made many more friends through it. To finish, I will just offer some advice for the young men that have it all still ahead of them. There's no better time than now, don't leave it to the last second, the opportunity you have now to play in this comp, in this age, with these guys, beyond the results, the memories and lesson's you learn are priceless. Don't quit on yourself or each other, you can push yourself to places you don't even knew you could get to. You've only got to prove it to yourselves, no one else. It's your time. Bulls Forever,
Nic Wilson, Captain.
U/24 GRADE TEAM STATISTICS 2016-17
RND Home Team Away Team Venue 1 Lane Cove 87 def by Epping 210 Tantallon Oval 2 Epping 220 def by Lindfield 9/233(cc) North Epping Oval 3 Epping 0/139 def Roseville 135 North Epping Oval 4 Warringah 164 def by Epping 7/201(cc) Mike Pawley Oval 5 Epping v BYE 6 Epping 4/173 def Pennant Hills 7/172(cc) North Epping Oval 7 Macquarie University 100 def by Epping 8/298(cc) Northern Oval SF Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts 262 def Epping 203 North Epping Oval
Position in Competition 3rd 1444 Runs For 49 Wickets @ 29.47 1153 Runs Against 66 Wickets @ 17.47 Run Rate 4.87 per over Run rate 3.90 per over
BATTING
Player Mtchs Inns NO HS Runs 50s 100s Avge C Muralietharan, Keishav 7 7 1 85* 375 4 0 62.50 0 O'Connell, Benjamin 7 7 1 61 168 1 0 28.00 3 Wilson, Thomas 6 5 1 64* 153 1 0 38.25 9/0 Wk Mallett, James 6 5 1 62* 123 1 0 30.75 2 Azize, Anthony A 7 6 0 46 116 0 0 19.33 5 Wilson, Nicholas 7 6 0 49 105 0 0 17.50 4 Steffan, Christopher 6 5 2 41* 91 0 0 30.33 0 Wilson, Geoff 4 3 0 32 59 0 0 19.67 1/1/0 Bennett, Scott 4 3 1 10* 25 0 0 12.50 5 Stuart, Karl 7 5 0 10 23 0 0 4.60 2 Fisher, Hugh 6 4 3 10* 22 0 0 22.00 2 De Silva, Calum 1 1 1 20* 20 0 0 0.00 0 Ford, Nicholas C 2 2 0 8 10 0 0 5.00 0 Howes, James C 2 1 1 4* 4 0 0 0.00 0 Rajendran, Sharan 5 1 0 2 2 0 0 2.00 3
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BOWLING Player Overs Mdns Wkts Runs 5WI 10WM Avge SR RPO Best Fisher, Hugh 55 13 12 170 1 0 14.17 27.50 3.09 5/47 O'Connell, Benjamin 36.4 2 9 148 0 0 16.44 24.44 4.04 4/22 Steffan, Christopher 50.4 8 9 189 0 0 21.00 33.78 3.73 3/6 Stuart, Karl 50.1 7 9 205 0 0 22.78 33.44 4.09 3/33 Azize, Anthony A 31.2 0 8 127 0 0 15.88 23.50 4.05 2/8 Rajendran, Sharan 40 7 8 127 0 0 15.88 30.00 3.18 2/20 Howes, James C 15.5 4 5 64 1 0 12.80 19.00 4.04 5/34 Wilson, Nicholas 10 0 3 56 0 0 18.67 20.00 5.60 1/8 Wilson, Thomas 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0/0 Wilson, Geoff 5 0 0 26 0 0 5.20 0/26
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES
Player Runs Opponent Player Figures Opponent Keishav Muralietharan 85* Roseville James C Howes 5/34 Macquarie University 74 Lindfield Hugh Fisher 5/47 Mt Pritchard SD 66 Macquarie University Thomas Wilson 64* Pennant Hills James Mallett 62* Warringah Benjamin O'Connell 61 Macquarie University Keishav Muralietharan 61 Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts
PARTNERSHIPS
Wicket Runs Batters Opponent 1 144 Benjamin O'Connell - Keishav Muralietharan Macquarie University 2 65 Keishav Muralietharan - Thomas Wilson Lindfield 3 87 Keishav Muralietharan - Nicholas Wilson Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts 4 83 Thomas Wilson - Anthony Azize Pennant Hills 5 32 Thomas Wilson - Scott Bennett Pennant Hills 6 35 Geoff Wilson - James Mallett Lindfield 7 No partnerships of 25 runs or greater 8 No partnerships of 25 runs or greater 9 No partnerships of 25 runs or greater 10 No partnerships of 25 runs or greater NB: Bold denotes new aGrade record.
Did you know…? In Season 1997-98, Ian Wheatley became Epping’s first player to pass 1000 runs in Frank Gray matches.
In our 75th Anniversary Season of 2007-08, Al Tay became our first player to achieve 50 Frank Gray wickets.
Andrew Smythe represented Epping for 10 consecutive seasons in the Under 24’s. Great effort.
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