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Volume 39 / Number 2 / AUTUMN 2018 Patron: AO Come to our 51st Annual Dinner Featuring our very special guest speaker, Victorian cricket legend and best batsman of the new millenium,

Friday, 22 June, 2018 – 7pm for 7.15pm, Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club rad Hodge is ’s most capped cricketer, a fabulous batsman who extended his career into his B40s at Twenty/20 level, and now coaches regularly in the . His long-time coach says Hodge is the finest Victorian cricketer of his generation, ahead of anyone, even . Hodge represented Australia in six Tests, his feats including a double in Perth. He was almost 40 when he played his last Twenty/20 international in Aussie colours. A Sandringham boy who amassed almost 1000 runs as a teenager in his first season of Sheffield Shield cricket in the early ‘90s, Hodge made more runs and notched more 100s than any Victorian player including all the legends from Ponny to . He is just back from India, having coached the likes of Chris Gayle and for the Kings XI Punjab. The cost of the evening for Members and Partners is $115 and for Non-Members $125.

Pre-payment appreciated please... bookings and money need to be with ACS Secretary Wayne Ross at P.O. Box 4528, Langwarrin, Vic., 3910 by no later than Tuesday, 19 June. Cheques should be made payable to the Australian Cricket Society. Electronic transfer is preferred. The ACS’s Bank Account details are as follows: BSB 633-000 Account Number 143226314. If you are paying in this way please record your name and the names of any guests for whom you are paying. Wayne Ross’s phone number is 0416 983 888. His email address is info@ australiancricketsociety.com.au FAMILY MAN: Brad and Meg Hodge with their children Jesse and Sophie

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Editor: Doug Manning Telephone: (03) 9876 3909 Email: [email protected] Mail: PO Box 89, Ringwood, Vic 3134 Future Activities & Events

Our May 25 event featuring

n 18 stellar years in big cricket, Cameron White’s ‘CV’ includes his first games Ifor Victoria at the tender age of only 17, the Big V captaincy at the age of 20, the Australian Twenty/20 captaincy, and 142 international appearances. A frontline batsman, Cameron played four Tests against the Indians in 2008 as Australia’s number one spinner. White’s cool and calm captaincy was pivotal in the Bushrangers’ run of silverware over a magnificent decade from 2003-04. Now almost 35 years of age, Cameron passed 10,000 first-class runs last summer. A country boy from Bairnsdale, we were privileged to have him as our guest of honour at our May event at the Kelvin club. Our function was again backed by our gold family law partners Westminster Lawyers. A full report of the function will be in our next edition of Scoresheet. CONTRACTED AGAIN: Cam White is the most experienced player just named in the Victorian men’s squad for 2018-19

The President’s Piesse

THE ACS’S SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR f you ignore, for now, the cricket and the atrocities of Black Saturday in Cape Town, our latest IAustralian Cricket Society adventure in paradise was simply sensational – better than any of us had hoped for. For three fun-filled autumn weeks, thanks to our gold travel partners Events Travel and their South African link DMC Travel, our ACS globetrotters, all eighteen of us, had the best time, initially in Cape Town and Johannesburg, where the deciding Tests were held and onto the Kruger National Game Park and Victoria Falls, one of the seven natural wonders of the world. We stayed at the Lukimbi Safari Lodge and enjoyed seeing the ‘Big Five’ animals in the wild from lions, cheetahs and dozens of elephants to bush buffalo and rhinoceros. Each morning at five and again at dusk we’d ride the jeeps and thrill to the sights. It was simply amazing. The Victoria Falls Hotel was our finale – you should google it – and it was stunning, just a couple of A. B. de Villiers lofted square cuts from the majestic and wondrous Falls which need to be on everyone’s bucket list before they go to the great

A LUKIMBI SUNSET: We enjoyed ales and wines and watched the sun go down... It was simply stunning

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THRILLSEEKERS ALL: Our 2018 ACS South African tourists, from left: Allan Clarke (v-c), Graham Lockwood, Susan Piesse, Graham Brown (tour rascal), Nan Entik, Wayne ‘Rossy’ Ross, Pam Bishop, Kathy Clarkson, Gail Ring, Ross Cook (background), Rhonda Ross (person of the tour), Mary-Lou Beames, Mike Rose, Roger Williams, David ‘Fast Bowler’ Beames, Ken Piesse (c-c). AWOL: John Clarkson & Drew Payne

Above: JOHANNESBURG: Australia’s with our own Kathy Clarkson. Right: Tour hosts Ken and Susan Piesse in Cape Town.

umpire in the sky. We flew Qantas there you are interested to receive further updates and back and among our group were almost when they become available, do send an a dozen who had toured with Susan and I email to [email protected]. before. Now to the cricket: at Johannesburg I When Australia was out in a offered some tickets on the final morning to session on the final night of the Cape Town a woman with several children. On hearing Test it gave us the opportunity for a full day’s my accent she asked where I was from. As sightseeing at the majestic Cape of Good soon as I said ‘’ one of her boys, On the Saturday night, having heard Hope and beyond on the Monday. about 7 or 8, started taunting me shouting Smith’s press conference, it was clear that Already many of our tourists are “Sandpaper, sandpaper!” At Cape Town we strong action had to be taken. It was such clamoring for news about July /August had the experience of hearing the loudest a pity that Smith wasn’t strong enough to 2019 and our itinerary for the Ashes and possible booing and jeering for Australia’s say ‘no’ to his vice-. Had Darren our final week in Scotland which takes in captain as he walked in and out. Lehmann the coach known what was going the unforgettable Jacobite steam train and Never before had I and others in our group to happen, he would have stopped it then the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Until been less proud of being Australian. and there. He is too good a cricket person the actual dates for the Tests are released, Some say that the reaction back in to have allowed it. I wrote as much for we are unable to confirm exact dates, but Australia was hysterical. It deserved to be. sportshounds.com.au predicting first that it is likely that we’ll be away for a month By openly cheating Smith and the others big sanctions of 12 months each for the from late July to late August, all for around let not only themselves down, but 450 errant three were likely. I don’t consider the a highly competitive $14k. per person. other Test players who had proudly worn sentences light, but in one case I hope that And with us Test tickets to see every day’s the baggy green cap, millions of shocked he never plays again. He has play are guaranteed. Many of our group Australians watching at home, and 800 forever besmirched his name and career. will continue their travels on the continent Australians who were at the ground ‘live’. Smith can come back; so can Cameron afterwards – all of which Events Travel can This was our national team, the most Bancroft, but not the other fella. assist in coordinating should you wish. If prestigious in the country. – Ken Piesse

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Our Annual Footy Season Launch Luncheon at Kooyong on Friday 16 March, featuring Richmond legend Neil Balme

here was an excellent gathering of that he had benefited from some fine led to Richmond capturing its first AFL-VFL Society members and friends present coaching in his young days in Perth from premiership since 1980 last year. Tat the ACS’s 2018 Footy Season such distinguished practitioners as Haydn Talking about the footballing miracle Launch Luncheon at the Kooyong Lawn Bunton jnr. before coming to Melbourne as a which has converted the current Richmond Tennis Club on Friday, 16 March to hear a young footballing tyro. Upon joining side from a middle-ranking team to the fascinating talk on our great winter game Richmond he came under the influence of 2017 Premiership and the top-of-the-ladder from former two-time Richmond position this season, our guest of honour premiership ruckman Neil Balme. noted the change in attitude of the team’s After Geoff Poulter, our evergreen warm- senior coach Damien Hardwick. Prior to last up man, had regaled us with countless season he was a tense, hard-talking and jokes based around a number of prominent demanding task master with his players. football personalities which had his Now he appears to be much more relaxed audience roaring with laughter, President, and a great deal more flexible in what he expects of his players and how he wants them to play the game. In short he has given the players more freedom in how they play their football. They are repaying him in spades with their team-oriented and confident style that is carrying all before them in 2018. After a short, sharp and informative AFL legend Neil Balme with Ken Piesse question and answer session our guest Tom Hafey, one the VFL/AFL’s finest ever of honour was thanked with tumultuous coaches. Hafey taught his players to be applause from an appreciative audience. aggressive but fair in their pursuit of the Our President Ken Piesse then expressed ball. His mantra was simple. Players should the Society’s appreciation to Neil Balme gain possession of the ball as often as for taking time out from his busy schedule possible and dispose of it accurately to come and talk to us. The President downfield to a team mate in a better presented Neil with a copy of the latest position. edition of Pavilion magazine as a reminder of his visit. Turning to his time as the senior coach of Melbourne between 1993 and 1997, Neil told us that at that time Melbourne was a young developing side. They had a OUR PLAYING XIs few good players like Lyon, Neitz, Stynes ur two Australian Cricket Society and Todd Viney and a lot of other teams played 15 games in the 2017-18 younger players who were still learning Oseason. The Over 60s played 11 games the basics of the game. He managed to for 2 wins, 8 losses and a tie, while the coach them into 4th position in 1994. Ken Piesse introduced Neil and reminded Wandering XI played 4 matches for 2 wins us that ‘Balmy’ as he is universally known, Our guest of honour told us that he and 2 losses. Four other scheduled matches had spent 50 years in football, firstly as enjoyed his stint as football manager at for the Wandering XI, including the annual a player, then as a coach, and now as a Geelong. The Geelong club was one of showdown with the VCA Umpires, were football administrator. In all of these fields of the best run clubs in the business, he said. unfortunately washed out, or abandoned. Our endeavor Neil had excelled. During his time at the club Geelong was thanks to everyone who assisted in arranging fortunate to have Frank Costa at the top these games, particularly Ian Hammet, Peter He had started his football career as a as President and Brian Cook in control as Flack and Ken Piesse. sixteen year old at Subiaco in WA, then CEO. Together with Chris Scott as senior The season saw the ACS field 45 players when his parents were transferred in their coach the club ran smoothly and is still over the two XIs with 21 players selected in work to Melbourne, he had become an very successful. Through sound recruiting the Victorian Over 60s and Over 70s teams essential member of Richmond’s teams in and wise management of their resources at the Australian National Championships, their glory days in the early 1970s when they Geelong has built up a squad of players several with leadership roles. won two VFL flags. After retiring as a player with considerable depth and a wide range he served as senior coach in Adelaide and of talent. Six of our lads played in the Victorian in Victoria with the Melbourne FC before Neil told us that his time at Collingwood No.1 and No 2 teams in the Over 60s moving on to take up senior administrative was cut short by the arrival at the club of championships in Canberra. Most roles at Geelong and Collingwood. He Graeme Allan. Graeme stormed through the distinguished of our ‘rep’ boys were Peter finally returned to his old club Richmond, as club like a whirlwind. He sacked a couple Robertson, Phil O’Meara and Graeme football manager, in time to assist in their of Balmey’s younger appointees to the Anderson. first premiership in 37 years in 2017. staff. Neil judged that it was time to resign Our ACS Best Player award was won by all Neil began by saying that he was lucky to from the Collingwood senior management rounder Ken Piesse. His stellar summer learn the elements of ruck work at the feet staff. Luckily he picked up a job as football secured him the Richard Elvins Memorial of Graham ‘Polly’ Farmer whilst he was still manager at his old club Richmond in time Trophy. Ken was one of six players to fill the very young over in the West. He recalled to become a crucial cog in the wheel that criteria of playing in at least six matches.

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The Box-Grainger award for the best player OVER 60s in the Wandering XI was not awarded as only February 18 (Match 10): ACS 6-170 (Hanlon Secretary-Manager four matches were played for the summer. 40 ret, I. Gibson 31*) d Iona 6-150 (Blyth 2/29) Required SCORES: Feb. 25 (Match 11): ACS 4-135 (Stockdale The playing arm of the Australian 45 ret, Johnson 25*) lost to Warrandyte Cricket Society is looking for a WANDERING XI 4-148 (Lloyd 3-33). coordinating secretary-cum-match- February 11, 2018: Wandering XI 6-152 cc day manager to run our Wandering (Robertson 37 ret., Piesse 35 ret, McPherson XI during season 2018-19. We play 35 ) lost to Suma Park Bellerinas between 6 to 8 games each summer. 4-153 (Scotland 2-18), at Suma Park, Our Over 60s fixtures are played on Queenscliff. separate Sundays. Feb. 25: Wandering XI 179 (M Delaney 37 Those interested would need to be ret, Penaluna 37. Piesse 37 ret) d. Supreme able to have six or eight Sundays free Court 159 (Piesse 2-3, Corney 2-27, Leggett in summer and ideally have their own 3-10), at Walter Galt reserve, Parkdale transport. Please apply through ACS March 4: Wandering XI 160 (Webster 43, GIBBO MEET GIBBO: Our two longtime President Ken Piesse at kenpiesse@ Rowlands 29, Scotland 20) d. Power House ACS members Ian Gibson (left and right) at ozemail.com.au or phone Ken at 9787 151 (Scotland 3-19, Jansz 3-25, Piesse 2-16), Frankston’s Jubilee Park during the ACS- 8023 at Jubilee Park No.2, Frankston Gippsland Over 60s fixture General News

Caring for Cricket in members. Mike Rose, our Merchandising It was pleasing to see four more of our Officer, would appreciate hearing from Young Cricketers of the Year recognised Vanuatu members who might be interested in again in May with contracts at elite level: Meg The Australian Cricket Society is proud to supporting this ACS initiative. Our 50th year Lanning and have national soon be sending a container full of cricket vintage reds sold out within weeks. contracts and Tayla, and equipment and brand new shoes to Vanuatu Interested members are invited to contact VicSpirit contracts to assist the Vanuatu CA in its endeavours Mike at his email address of micro52@ to foster the game amongst thousands of hotmail.com indicating their preference for Statistician of the Year super-enthusiastic boys and girls. the type of wine and the quantity that they might be interested in purchasing from the Thanks to Phil O’Meara and Eagle Sports Society in the next weeks. we have bought a supply of cross trainer shoes for the developing cricketers and have Our wines are generally priced at $15 each assembled many bags of good quality new or $12.50 a bottle per dozen. and pre-loved equipment from pads and bats through to portable scoreboards. Teenage Tayla stars in Peter Duffy from Classic Bat Repairs Pretoria (phone 0405 507 449) has been The Australian Under 19 girls have recently marvellously generous in assisting our returned from a triumphant tour of South publicity and gathering gear from his old Africa. The Australian team which included Mentone CC contacts and friends. Dave two of the Society’s recent young cricketers McNamara has been doing the same thing of the year in (2015 winner) at Caulfield CC. We also have some gear and Annabel Sutherland (2017 winner) coming from Gippsland. decisively won the final of the tri-series Right now Vanuatu is in the fourth division played in Pretoria during April. In the final of the World Cricket League. They have a the ACS’s 2015 young cricketer of the year, Statistician of the year, Charles Davis. strong cricket program coordinated by a true Tayla Vlaeminck starred with the ball, taking believer in ex-Sheffield Shield opener Shane 6/27 to demolish the South African girls’ Society member Charles Davis has recently Deitz. innings. She backed up this outstanding won the Statistician of the Year award from We are honoured to be involved in helping performance by steadying the the Association of Cricket Statisticians to lift the standard and caring for cricket Australian middle order with a sound in England. This is only the second time on one of the great Pacific islands. We effort. She made 21, frustrating the South that this award has gone to an Australian know our donation and our efforts will be African girls’ attack. The Australian girls won as the English based The Association of appreciated. — KP the final of the tri-series by 21 runs. Cricket Statisticians like to reward their own Congratulations Tayla on your outstanding members. The only other Australian winner Another ACS Wine this performance in your first international of the award was well known Melbourne appearance. We here in the Australian cricket writer and statistician Ray Webster. winter Cricket Society always follow the careers of Congratulations Charles. It’s good to know The Society is considering making another our young cricketers of the year with great that your years of fabulous work has been bulk purchase of wine for distribution to interest. recognized by such an august body.

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Our new national coach Langer. After retiring from playing the game Umpire of the Year he has had significant success as coach of The Editor is sure that all members of the his state squad in WA. We are confident Paul Wilson has been named as Cricket Society will join him in congratulating Justin that he will rise to the challenge of lifting the Australia’s Umpire of the Year. The annual Langer on his recent appointment as senior standard and improving the culture of the award is presented to the Australian umpire coach of the Australian men’s cricket squad. Australian team after the recent disastrous at either international or national level Justin was a fine and highly successful opening tour of South Africa. We wish him every whose performance in, and contribution to batsman for his country in his playing days. success as he takes up his new post. His the game, both on and off the field, is judged No one has worn the famous baggy green efforts will be crucial to the restoration of to be the most outstanding over the previous cap with more passion and pride than Justin the reputation of Australian cricket. twelve months. Well done Paul.

News from Kindred Societies

The ACS – Tasmania & NSW: The annual Tasmania, mourned his passing as a result of The Cricket Society – England Members and dinner of the Tasmanian ACS will be held at a fishing accident in March. friends of the Society in England are mourning the Blundstone Arena in Hobart in late May Rick Smith and Steve Bernard were guests the passing of Hubert Doggart, a former featuring favourite son David Boon. of honour of the Society at their February England Test cricketer who was also a Friends, family and admirers of Tony meeting. former President of the Society. Benneworth who was an outstanding In NSW, ex Australian fast bowler Laurie Recent speakers at various branches of the Tasmanian Sheffield Shield cricketer and a Mayne spoke to the Sydney Branch of the Society have included former England cricketers long-standing supporter of the ACS in ACS. Richard Ellison, Mike Brearley and Derek Randall. News of Members

Ken Woolfe: 90 Not Out He also attended many other grounds in visits. Neville also loved soccer which he most of the world’s Test playing countries. grew up playing and watching in his native Ken Woolfe, the third President of the Somehow or other he managed to make . In fact his passion for soccer was Australian Cricket Society, a foundation his many overseas visits coincide with the almost the equal of his love of cricket. Even member and now a life member, celebrated ICC’s Test match playing schedule. At the long after his emigration to Australia Neville his 90th birthday recently. We congratulate MCG he used to sit with a regular group of would always make sure that he travelled Ken on reaching this significant milestone. cricket lovers who were among the most world-wide to watch successive soccer We all say well done on a life well lived. We knowledgeable in terms of their cricket World Cups wherever they were taking wish you many more birthdays. expertise. place. One of the books he wrote was on The older ones amongst us remember the subject of soccer world cups in various with admiration and gratitude how you led parts of the world which he called Football: the Society through those pioneering days The Pain and the Pleasure – The World Cup in the 1970’s when the ACS was very young Diaries of J. Neville Turner. He was also a very and emerging. In particular we remember enthusiastic, wise, and learned cricket writer. how you led the Society on that first big One of the Editor’s most valued and loved Ashes Tour to England in 1972 and how you cricket books which he has read and re-read championed the ongoing work of the ACS’s is Turner’s Addicted To Cricket: Essays on the Wandering XI in those early days. Game. Neville published the book with the aid of his friend Bernard Whimpress in 2010. The Death of Neville Turner As his editor Bernard Whimpress writes It is with deep regret and a real sense of on the dust jacket of Neville’s Addicted personal loss that the Editor has to report to Cricket “the range [of this book] is the death of former President Neville Turner remarkable – from homage to Sir Neville at the age of 82 years in April. A number of Cardus, Brian Statham and Ken Grieves, ACS members had the privilege of attending The late Neville Turner with Ken PIesse heroes of his Lancashire youth, to being at Neville’s funeral earlier this month at the Noumea to unravel the mysteries of New Church of Holy Trinity in Doncaster where Neville’s sporting interests were many and Caledonian cricket in 1991; at Karachi for he was given a right royal send-off by his varied. They included cricket – in which his ’s first Test as captain in 1994, family and friends. knowledge of the game and its players was and at Sydney in 2005 when the hostile Neville Turner was an amazing person second to none – tennis – which he played ambience caused him to rename the SCG who also had an extraordinary impact on very well. Just ask Dr Bernard Whimpress the Sydney Concentration Camp.” As the Australian Cricket Society during his with whom Neville enjoyed many a friendly Bernard writes the range of this precious term as President (1998 – 2001). Neville tussle on the tennis courts both here in book of essays on cricket is simply amazing. was a regular at first-class games at the Melbourne and in Adelaide where he In addition to his popular books on cricket MCG and most other grounds in Australia. often stayed with Bernard on interstate and soccer Neville wrote a number of books

6 / scoresheet Volume 39 / Number 2 / AUTUMN 2018 7 on legal subjects which were of interest to him. Cricket Society with numbers of radio Grade Matting Competition. I was selected These reflected his professional interests as appearances, and representations to in the DDCA’s Under 23 team as a 16 year- a legal academic, and were expressions of cricketing bodies. He made sure that the old in 1964. We played a match on the Punt his deep concern to make the law work in ACS established firm relationships with Road Oval. It was the only match I played in the interests of ordinary men, women and kindred organizations such as the MCC a 37 year career in which I made a pair. Every children. Neville wrote ten books, 110 journal Library, the MCC Museum, and other cricket time I drive past or walk past the ground on articles, a number of which have appeared in societies both interstate and overseas. my way to the MCG Society publications such as Pavilion, 40 Born in Bury in Lancashire , Neville I’m reminded of it. book reviews, and many articles and was captain of tennis at Bury Grammar In 1965 I joined broadcasts for a variety of learned journals School before going on to obtain first- Dandenong who associated with the work of charities and class honours in Law at university. Neville were then in Sub- societies with which Neville was involved. was an outstanding jazz pianist and lover District. I played of music (except for rock), and a great most of my matches linguist - he spoke five languages fluently as in the second and well as being well versed in classical Latin third XIs with and Greek. As a senior lecturer in Law at only a handful of several universities Neville’s special areas appearance in the of expertise were in the law as it affected firsts. children, family law, contract law, sports law, During my time at Dandenong I was and literature and the law. notorious for making great 20s. One of the Neville came to Australia in 1965 on a highlights was twice playing at Kardinia working holiday. He was following Mike Park. It was the best I ever batted Smith’s touring Englishmen in that Ashes on. From 1961 to 1966 I attended Mentone summer Down-Under. He landed in Grammar School. I played in the MGS firsts Adelaide where he worked on contract at from 1963 to 1966. I was fortunate to play Adelaide University until 1971, after which in the School’s first Associated Grammar he transferred to Monash University in Schools premiership team in 1965 and again Melbourne where he worked in the Law the following year. In 1970-71 I joined the Faculty until his retirement in 1997. Old Mentonians’ Cricket Club where I played Summing up Neville’s life is not easy. a total of 325 matches, including three first He excelled in so many different areas of XI premierships. I won the first XI batting human endeavour. It is fair to say that he average five times and set the first XI record was a modern day Renaissance Man who score of 150 not out in 1980 in a loved life in all its forms. Sadly, over the of 222. Both records stood for 35 years! past three and a half years he was robbed of I retired as a player at the age of 50 much of his ability to go on living that life by early in the 1998-99 season. At the start NEVILLE’S VERY FINE CRICKET BOOK: the onset of vascular dementia. He became of the 1974-75 season I was appointed first Addicted to Cricket, published in 2010 only a shadow of his former self. His many XI captain. I became the first captain in As President of the Society Neville friends and colleagues at the Australian the Club’s history to lead the first XI into organized many seminars on topics such as Cricket Society will always remember him relegation! I was elected secretary of the the Packer Revolution, Cricket Literature, the as an extremely gifted man. He made an Club (a position he still holds — ed.). The State of Victorian Cricket, Cricket and Art, extraordinary contribution to every aspect coming 2018-19 season will be my 44th Youth Cricket, the Cricket Pay Dispute, of life which he touched. Neville was a man consecutive season as secretary. Women’s Cricket, and Cricket Equipment. who would light up any room with his sense Ivan’s awards One of the significant factors which made all of fun and his vital interest in whatever was of these seminars fascinating both to listen to going on. Vale J. Neville Turner. 1978-79 ACS Cricketer of the Year and to take part in was the fact that Neville The Editor is grateful for input into this 1984 Life Membership of the Old never failed to engage the services of the best tribute from Wayne Ross, the late Richard Mentonians Cricket Club and most articulate experts as members of Elvins and Bernard Whimpress. the panels which he set up to discuss these 2006 Selected in the Old Mentonians meaty subjects. The Society members were Profile: Ivan Eaves Team of the Century the beneficiaries of the best and most 2012 ’s Outstanding penetrating thinking on the subject matter of (our thanks to Wayne Ross for the following Volunteer Award data): every one of the seminars which were the 2014 Cricket Victoria’s 50 Year Service central features of his programming during I played my first senior match the day Award his term as Society President. Neville was a before my 13th birthday in 1961 with very effective advocate for the Australian Heatherhill Methodists in the DDCA’C 2015 VTCA Service Award.

New Members

Since Scoresheet was last published in February the following new addresses or email addresses should be notified to the ACS members have joined the Society: Jack Doyle, Simon Jarvis, Jonathan Secretary Wayne Ross at P.O.Box 4528, Langwarrin, Vic., 3910. Northall and interstater Bernie McCarthy. We welcome these new Wayne’s phone number is 0416 983 888. His email address is info@ members into the Australian Cricket Society. Any changes in australiancricketsociety.com.au

The deadline for the inclusion of material in the Winter, 2018 edition of Scoresheet is Friday,14 July, 2018. The Editor’s phone number is (03) 9876 3909. His email address is [email protected].

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