NORTHBRIDGE CRICKET CLUB 96TH Season Season 2014 - 2015 Northbridge Cricket Club www.northbridgecricketclub.org PREMIERSHIPS A Grade 1952-53 1953-54 14 flags 1954-55 1956-57 1960-61 1962-63 1963-64 1968-69 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1994-95 2001-02 Limited Overs 2000-01 2010-11 A Reserve 1996-97 3 flags Limited Overs 1996-97 2008-09 B Grade 1965-66 1966-67 5 flags 1975-76 2006-07 Limited Overs 2006-07 C Grade 1961-62 1963-64 4 flags 1993-94 Limited Overs 1999-2000 D Grade 1950-51 1952-53 3 flags 1961-62 (GDCA) D1 Day Grade 2014-14 D2 Grade 1955-56 1 flag Page 2 of 49 Northbridge Cricket Club www.northbridgecricketclub.org NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Ninety Sixth Annual General Meeting for The Northbridge Cricket Club Will be held At Flat Rock Beer Cafe 290 Willoughby Rd, Naremburn NSW 2065 Wednesday 19th August, 2015 at 7:30pm. Agenda 1. Acceptance of the Season 14/15 AGM Minutes 2. Presidents Address 3. Financial Report – Treasurer 4. Election of Office Bearers 5. Other Business 6. Review of the 2014/15 Season 7. Task List for 2015/16 All interested in cricket are most welcome to attend! Page 3 of 49 Northbridge Cricket Club www.northbridgecricketclub.org Report of the Management Committee For the Season 2014 - 2015 Gentlemen, The management committee submits the 96th Annual Report for consideration and adoption. Table of Contents Club Office Bearers 2014 - 2015 ............................................................................................................ 5 Life Members ......................................................................................................................................... 6 Previous Office Bearers ......................................................................................................................... 7 The Honorary Presidents Report ......................................................................................................... 10 Team awards 2014-2015 ..................................................................................................................... 12 Centuries, Hat-tricks, 5WI and other awards ...................................................................................... 13 Additional Club Awards ....................................................................................................................... 14 Perpetual Trophies .............................................................................................................................. 14 Northern Suburbs Cricket Association trophies .................................................................................. 17 A Grade Captains Report – Amrish Bhatia ........................................................................................... 18 A Reserve Captain’s Report –Andrew Belger ...................................................................................... 27 C Reserve Captain’s report – Bryan Massey ........................................................................................ 34 D Reserve Captains Report – Steve Morrison ...................................................................................... 40 The final word from the 12th man ....................................................................................................... 52 Page 4 of 49 Northbridge Cricket Club www.northbridgecricketclub.org Club Office Bearers 2013 - 2014 Honorary President Mitchell Whyman Acting President Mitch Nicholls Club Patron David Allan Honorary Treasurer Anthony Greenhill Honorary Secretary Chris Olver Honorary Minute Secretary Andrew Belger Association Delegates Peter Stankovic Zaeem Tapia Amrish Bhatia General Committee Members Divyesh Thakkar Naynesh Thakka Page 5 of 49 Northbridge Cricket Club www.northbridgecricketclub.org Life Members Member Year Inducted S Morrison 1971 - 1972 Noel Maxwell 1977 – 1978 John Faulks 1983 - 1984 David Mills 1991 - 1992 David Sheekey 1998 - 1999 Tim Perry 1999 - 2000 Barry Cline 2000 - 2001 John Leslie 2000 - 2001 Neil Rickard 2001 - 2002 Rod Winsor 2003 - 2004 Peter Stankovic 2004 – 2005 Francis von Demleux 2008 - 2009 Mitch Whyman 2009 – 2010 Ben Maw 2011 - 2012 Page 6 of 49 Northbridge Cricket Club www.northbridgecricketclub.org Previous Office Bearers President Years Pearce Rhyman 1969 – 1973 Noel Maxwell 1973 – 1977 John Faulks 1977 – 1981 Noel Maxwell 1981 – 1982 Tim Perry 1982 – 2000 Rod Winsor 2000 – 2003 David Mills 2003 – 2007 Mitchell Whyman 2007 – 2014 Mitch Nicholls (acting) 2014 - Club Patron Years Lance Thornton 1986 – 1987 John Faulks 1990 – 2000 Tim Perry 2000 – 2007 David Allan 2008 - Vice President Years Rod Winsor 2003 – 2009 David Mills 2007 – 2009 Tim Perry 2008 – 2009 Damian Fuller 2010 – 2013 Peter Stankovic 2010 – 2014 Mark Naglost 2012 – 2013 Amrish Bhatia 2014 – 2014 Honorary Treasurer Years S Morrison 1969 – 1974 Barry Cline 1974 – 2002 Rod Winsor 2002 – 2004 Steve Peak 2004 - 2006 Anthony Greenhill 2006 - Honorary Deputy Treasurer Years Stephen Sharah 2008 - 2009 Page 7 of 49 Northbridge Cricket Club www.northbridgecricketclub.org Honorary Secretary Years David Sheekey 1974 - 1980 Charlie Clark 1980 - 1981 Terry Moore 1981 - 1982 David Sheekey 1982 - 1990 John Leslie 1990 - 1991 David Sheekey 1991 - 2001 John Barton 2001 - 2002 Steve Keating 2002 - 2003 Jon Hanna 2003 - 2004 Mitch Whyman 2004 - 2007 Mark Naglost 2007 – 2009 Mitch Nicholls 2010 – 2014 Chris Olver 2014 - Honorary Deputy Secretary Years Damian Fuller 2008 - 2009 Minute Secretary Years Roger Moore 1982 – 1995 Peter Stankovic 1995 – 2004 Ben Maw 2004 – 2006 Peter Stankovic 2006 – 2007 Ben Maw 2007 – 2009 Jonathan Davis 2009 – 2010 Ben Maw 2010 – 2011 Stephen Sharah 2012 – 2013 Chris Olver 2013 – 2014 Andrew Belger 2014 - Honorary Deputy Minute Secretary Years Mitch Nicholls 2008 - 2009 Honorary Auditor Years Phil Cameron 1990 - 2007 Chairman of Selectors Years Mitch Nicholls 2008 – 2009 Ken Gunderson-Briggs 2010 – 2011 Mitch Nicholls 2011- Page 8 of 49 Northbridge Cricket Club www.northbridgecricketclub.org The Honorary Presidents Report Well, what a season, the 96th cricketing season for the Northbridge Cricket Club. Firstly, I would like to thank all of the NCC Executive, Committee and all of our club members for another season of fun, shenanigans, wickets and runs. The season started off with the news that the ‘Bridge had won 2 of the Winter Cricket competitions, taking out both the 2nd and 3rd divisions. Congratulations to all players involved in that successful winter jaunt, which couldn’t have happened without the organisation and spirit by two of our members, Amrish Bhatia and Aadil Khalil. On the back of success in the D-1 Day premiership in 2013-14, we didn’t see any of our teams get into a 1-day grade at all. The pain of this was eased somewhat slightly with the news that the NSCA was bringing back the hybrid competitions for most grades to include both 1 and 2 day matches. We managed to field 4 teams across 4 different grades of varying cricketing skill level, but all with the Northbridge spirit we have come to expect. We also saw our First XI side return to the top tier of the merged competition known as the Northern Cricket Union. Whilst we had expected to get into the A Reserve grade, we did end up in that top tier, which was certainly an eye opening experience for those who got to play on turf again. In terms of results, there wasn’t that much to talk about outside of a few outstanding performances starting with the 7 for that Zaeem Tapia took against the eventual premiers Rydalmere, or my personal favourite was watching Alex Davey bat for 60+ overs in our final A Grade match for the season. Whilst he was dismissed for 40 runs, the courage, concentration and application shown was phenomenal and something that I would hope all of use who still put the whites on to have a run around on a Saturday in summer with 10 of our mates could all strive towards, a seriously inspirational effort. On the field there wasn’t much to write home about, with none of our 4 sides making it into the semi finals. Over 8,413 runs were scored, 390 wickets taken over 52 matches which saw Northbridge in the winners circle 11 times. Not amazing numbers, but the spirit and mateship shown by all teams is something that will continue to bind this club together for a long and successful future. Congratulations to all captains, in particularly Andrew Belger who took the reigns for the first time. The young A Reserve side, made up of a mixture of youth and experience (though in most cases youth), came agonisingly short of a finals berth. They were one of the few sides to topple the eventual premiers and showed that there is some great cricketers amongst us who can more than handle the move up to the turf grades. To those in the NCC Executive, thank you for all your efforts this season. It may seem like a scary proposition to be a part, of but we all work as a team and would welcome new members to the executive next year so don’t be afraid to put your hand up at the AGM! Once again we had Anthony Greenhill as the calm head behind the scenes, keeping the gears moving and making sure that we didn’t spend too much. Andrew Belger joined the executive for the first time this season which saw him take on the minute secretary role which was much appreciated. One could say though that it would be nice to see the minutes post meetings! David Allan, again our Club Patron, kept on beavering away to secure us some off-season Bunnings sausage sizzles as well as again coming to the fore