SMCC Exec Meeting 5 March 2012
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Dear all, Firstly, many thanks to everyone who attended and supported the club last weekend. A wonderful evening celebrating the 3rd XI promotion and the 4th XI survival with some vital funds raised for the Pavilion appeal. If you would like to help with the fundraising, either organisationally or through a donation, please contact me and I can direct you appropriately. The final week of the season brought some good individual performances. Will Williamson (93), Jack Hughes (76), Tom Adams (49*) did well with the bat whilst Luke Harris (3-31 in his 1s debut), Gautham Hariharan (4-20), Matthew Yates (3-30) and Brijesh Patel (3-28) impressed with the ball. There was also a fine all round effort from Paul Corns who scored an unbeaten first league 50 and also bowled an excellent opening spell. However, the Player of the Week is Jack Hughes who helped the 4s achieve the bonus points required to survive in the Premier Division. Well done all! The league season is finished, but there are still a few friendly games left over the next few weeks - if you’d like a game next week, please inform Raj Patel for Saturday cricket on [email protected], 07983 452 211 or Mark Bartolo for Sunday cricket on 07830 655 335. Anyway, on to the news, events & reports… News End of Season Dinner & Dance – 17 October 2015 You may have seen that the posters regarding this event have started to go up in the clubhouse. Always a popular event, the end of season dinner is a chance to celebrate the season with your fellow club members, family and friends. Hopefully we’ll have a couple of promotions to celebrate as well! Details as below: From 7pm on Saturday 17th October at the Club Dress Code: Formal Tickets £35 (£30 if paid before 19th Sept, £25 Concessions) Contact: [email protected] for tickets Surrey Championship Dinner – Friday 2nd October – The Oval Normally a very enjoyable evening. The club have already purchased four tickets as part of the league subscription but we are able to get more at £39 a head. It would be great to get a donation towards the Pavilion Fund for anyone who takes the “free” tickets. More details attached. Halloween, Rugby World Cup and Martin Thompson homecoming party – 24 October 2015 Surely at least one of those events appeals…! Martin Thompson will be back from New Zealand and will be hosting one of his infamous Halloween parties at the cricket club. All club members and friends are welcome – the more the merrier. If you want an idea of how seriously this Halloween party is taken – see the following link… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVyDUjJDlX8&sns=em Martin played for the club between 2010 and 2014, making lots of friends and supporting the club admirably. There is also the first Rugby World Cup semi-final which will also be on show in the late afternoon. London New Zealand – North Island vs South Island – This Saturday The club is playing host to this iconic fixture for London New Zealand CC. The bar will be open from midday as these two sides (who may feature some former internationals) play some competitive cricket. Feel free to come down and watch. There is also a club friendly fixture on the other pitch. Death of a Gentleman Some of you would have heard about the new film, Death of a Gentlemen, a documentary about the administration of cricket which has caused some consternation in the governing bodies. A few locals have lobbied East Dulwich Picturehouse to show the film on Sunday 27th September at 1.30pm. Should make interesting viewing. To sign up, go to https://www.ourscreen.com/screening/39888 Last weekend’s results: Seniors 1st XI Won by 3 wickets SMCC 85ao (27.4) / Old Wimbledonians 88-5 (17.1) Report: Ordinarily, a plastic cooking spoon and Tesco red seedless grapes would have nothing to do with cricket. The firsts, however, are a creative team always looking to push the boundaries of innovation and we've had a number of glorious successes this season. Take Leggett for example, she started as just a small town girl from outback Melbourne and we've turned her into the club's leading wicket taker. Unfortunately our strategy failed us on Saturday against Old Wimbledonians. Whilst conducting our normal catching warm up using red grapes launched from a plastic IKEA cooking spoon, Ellis decided to attempt a catch with his cornea. Innovative, yes, but not recommended. Now blind and perhaps a little concuss, our opening batsman and captain lost the toss and were asked to bat first on a swamp of a wicket. It was a surprise to no one that the swamp wicket turned out to be very difficult to bat on. In a poor innings yielding 85 runs, the only highlights were a confident opening partnership of 7 runs between and Leggett and Drew and a crucial innings of 14 by Fuller who showed a modicum of spine. Harris opened the bowling brilliantly in the second innings taking 3 for 31 to make a game of it. Leggett will be pleased with her wicket that pitched, seamed away and clipped the top of off stump. Pickles was particularly skillful in taking two catches whilst maintaining a number of riveting conversations across multiple dating apps. Old Wimbledonians reached the target 5 down. A disappointing way to end the season punctuated by very positive performances in the second half and some unsettling instances in the changing rooms. (H Drew) 1st XI Final League position – 8th / 9 2nd XI Won by 49 runs SMCC 193-8 (50) / Chipstead Coulsdon and Walcountians 144ao (48) Report: The 2s ended the season away at Chipstead. After arriving via various methods of public transport, we were greeted by a pretty damp pitch. With no sun or wind, both skippers agreed it wasn't going to get any better so decided to crack on. With that in mind, I lost the toss. We were asked to bat. McDonald got us off to a good start, and build a solid partnership with the in-form Udal after we lost an early wicket. We then lost a few wickets in quick succession meaning a little rebuild was in order. Enter Corns, who had batted impressively all season. He rotated the strike well during a tight spell of bowling, ensuring we were still ticking over at 3 an over. Batting well with the tail, Corns took it upon himself to punish the bad ball and that he did. With no league half century, he found himself 49 not out with 2 balls left. He then picked up a 2 to the delight if his team mates who asked him to finish his knock in style. That he did, by walloping Chipstead's miserable old man over his head for a huge 6, nearly killing a sheep in the process to leave him 57 unbeaten. 193-8 off our 50. It seems a while since we haven't been bowled out. Great effort on a dodgy track. After a ham fest whilst watching the Chipstead groundsman rolling the pitch at tea, we took to the field. Hariharan and Corns both bowled quick and troubling spells, getting one opener each to edge behind. Bowling changes were made and wickets were taken at regular intervals to leave Chipstead's middle order to bat out a dull and bemusing period of 15 overs before the tail then threatened to have a go but our bowling and fielding didn't offer enough for them to mount a serious challenge. In the end, we bowled them out for 144 to win by a handsome margin. An impressive win to finish the season is always a bonus. As captain, I'd like to thank all the players who represented the 2s this season. I have no doubt that with a bunch like you next year, we can mount a serious challenge. I'd also like to take my hat off to the chair of selectors Raj, who has worked hard all week every week in what is a very difficult job. An enjoyable season comes to an end. Roll on 2016! (A Sharif) 2nd XI Final League position – 8th / 9 3rd XI Won by 34 runs SMCC 296-8 (45) / Trinity Mid Whitgiftian 262ao (43.5) Report: 3s lost the toss were inserted, drank loads, Will, Ruari and Shane smashed it about, all getting 50+ with Will missing out on a maiden league ton. Sagar was taking bets throughout the day and had in play betting (for drinks) and thankfully broke even. We posted 296 off 45. After more drinks and tea we came out to bowl. We had them 130 for 7, Andy getting 2 wickets, 2 catches and a run out, before their number 9 and 10 came in and put on 100 in 10 overs, which set the pulses racing. Sagz got rid of the danger man caught by Tom Viking Haagensen at long on, before Drizzle wrapped it up. The evening followed and the Jug-a-thon began. Many a drink were drank, and harder tests lie ahead next season. 2 promotions in 2 years is not an easy feat but as always team spirit and people standing up when needed were the key ingredients. (S Mehta) 3rd XI Final League position – 2nd / 10 4th XI Lost by 1 wicket SMCC 242-9 (45) / Oxted & Limpsfield 246-9 (42.3) Report: Could the 4’s handle the pressure? A win would keep us up, an abandonment would keep us up, even a defeat with 5 bonus points would keep us up, but could we cope with it when it came to The Crunch?? The day started badly when the 10 o’clock meet time was disregarded by Reg, who awoke at 9.59 feeling surprisingly sober, but rather embarrassed upon being so tardy.