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Volume 38 / Number 1 /SUMMER 2017 Patron: AO MIKE HUSSEY – OUR 50TH ANNUAL DINNER GUEST – DON’T MISS THIS GREAT NIGHT IN THE ACS’s HISTORY FRIDAY, 10 MARCH, 2017, 7 PM FOR 7.15 PM, KOOYONG LAWN TENNIS CLUB GUESTS OF HONOUR: MIKE HUSSEY & DAVID HOBSON e cordially invite members and friends of the Society — and all those who love cricket — to our 50th Annual Dinner at WKooyong. On such an auspicious occasion we have a guest speaker and a guest entertainer. MIKE HUSSEY, “Mr.Cricket” is one of ’s most distinguished batsmen. Mike was a late blooming champion batsman who averaged 50+ in his 79 Tests. He reached his first 1,000 runs in in a record 166 days. In the 2006-07 Ashes series he averaged almost 100 in the five matches during which he was instrumental in helping Australia administer a 5-0 thrashing to England. Since retiring from the first-class game Mike has had stints in both the IPL and the BBL. He is an absolute legend of the game. DAVID HOBSON, Australia’s best known male operatic, concert and stage performer will entertain us at the top of our program with some of his favourite songs. He will be joined by his Musical Director David Cameron. David Hobson is pictured (left) with Bradman Invincible at our 2015 Celebration Function for Neil. TIM LANE one of Australia’s greatest ever sports broadcasters, will provide the toast to cricket.

COST: Members and Partners – $125; Non-Members – $135. BOOKINGS: Please book with secretary Wayne Ross at P.O. Box 4528, Langwarrin, Vic 3910 by Tuesday, 7 March, 2017. Cheques should be made payable to the ACS. Payment by electronic transfer is acceptable to the Society’s General Account BSB 633-000, Account Number 143226314 REF- Your Name. Wayne’s telephone numbers: 03 9789 9754; Mobile – 0416 983 888. Email Address: [email protected]

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Editor: Doug Manning Telephone: (03) 9876 3909 Email: [email protected] Mail: PO Box 89, Ringwood, Vic 3134 Future Activities & Events 2017 FOOTY SEASON LAUNCH LUNCHEON FEATURING football’s pre eminent expert MIKE SHEAHAN. OUR GUEST OF HONOUR Mike Sheahan is Australian football’s best known writer, journalist and broadcaster. After 55 games with Werribee he joined Newsday and the Age, working alongside our president. For years he was “The Herald Sun’s” leading football reporter and analyst. His popular Open Mike segment has been a ratings winner for Fox Sports for years. Please do come to our function and bring your football-loving friends and family with you. Mike has big shoes to fill, with a who’s who of footy’s greats to have previously addressed us from Huddo and Lethal Leigh to Barass and Stephen Smith

DATE: Friday, 31 March, 2017. TIME: 12 noon for a 12.15 pm start. VENUE: The Kelvin Club, Place, CBD. COST: Members & Members’ Partners – $75; Non-Members – $85. BOOKINGS: Bookings are essential. Bookings and money should reach the Society’s Secretary Wayne Ross at P. O. Box 4528, Langwarrin, Vic., 3910 by no later than Wed. 29 March, 2017. His details are on p1

The President’s Piesse

ANNOUNCING AN OFFICIAL ACS SUPPORTERS’ TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA – MARCH, 2018.

e are thrilled to announce that we are touring again – this time to WSouth Africa for a once-in-a- lifetime experience during March, 2018. Just 20 places are available for this official ACS tour – our first as a group to South Africa.

Join my wife Susan and I and head out on safari and see two Test matches – the third Test match at picturesque Newlands in Cape Town (from 22 – 26 March) and the fourth and deciding Test match at the famed Wanderers ground in Johannesburg (from Unforgettable Newlands in Cape Town with Table Mountain as a permanent backdrop… the 30 March – 3 April). Our tour also includes ACS is there next March. time in delightful Stellenbosch plus the option of ‘add-ons’ from Victoria Falls to the is our sixth ACS tour after four previous Please note that we are also touring Kruger Game Park. visits to the UK and one to . Do England and Scotland again in July – August, Our official ACS/Events Worldwide tour contact me on (03) 9787 8023 or email me 2019 for the Test matches and the Military is very competitively priced at $6898 (Twin/ at [email protected] if you would Tattoo. There will be 20 places available on Double pp) plus airline taxes (approx $350 like to join us. A maximum of 20 places are that tour as well. pp) and $8,698, plus taxes, for singles. This available, so do act now. Ken Piesse – ACS President.

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2016-17 SEASON LAUNCH WITH , KOOYONG, FRIDAY, 18 NOVEMBER, 2016.

here was an excellent gathering quite young in search of fame and fortune, about developing your skills. To be a of members and friends of the and, being courted by South Australia and successful batsman you had to give priority TSociety present at Kooyong to Queensland, had finally come to play cricket to facing balls as well as making runs. In hear Chris Rogers talk about his cricket in Victoria, where, very fortunately for him, Test cricket it was just as important to bat career, culminating in the release of his he came under the influence of one of the out time as to make runs. If you stayed in autobiography Bucking The Trend which was best coaches in the game, Greg Shipperd. He eventually the runs would come, he told us. available to our members. told us that he was undoubtedly Looking at the current cricket scene in Daniel Brettig, the cricinfo a better player at the age of Australia, Chris predicted that , journalist and writer, who 35 than he had been when he Handscomb, Stoinis and Wade would all co-authored the book was also was 25. That was in the main do well in the future. He was certainly present as was Sandy Grant the because he had learned from all right about Peter Handscomb. He said MD of Hardie Grant Books. They of his playing experiences and that Smith would improve as he gained both spoke very highly of Chris was successful in applying them further experience in leadership, although and his book. They revealed it is to the business of improving his was fine. In time, he said Smith an honest, down-to-earth account his own game. This aspect of would make the team his own and would of the life and career of the Chris’s career is well reflected once again lead a successful Australian author who had performed so in the words of our President, team. (Bear in mind that Chris was speaking well and contributed so much to who wrote in connection with in November when our national side was in the cause of Australian cricket . promoting the Rogers book “he all sorts of trouble against the visiting South At the beginning of his talk forged a cricket life in his own Africans.) Chris freely admitted that his distinctive style, learning from At the conclusion of his talk Chris was career was highly unusual in mistakes and imparting that thanked by our President Ken Piesse, who that 24 of his 25 Test matches had been wisdom on others. In many ways he is a presented him with a copy of his latest book played after he had reached the age of 35 player out of time, harking back to the days on the history of Australian Test cricket. His – an age when most cricketers are looking when cricketers spent as much time with talk was greeted with spontaneous applause to retire from top-class cricket. His career their clubs, states or counties as they did from a grateful audience who had grown to had been against the odds in more ways with the national side.” admire the methodical and gritty way in which than one. He recalled how he had left his Making runs in Test cricket, Chris said, our guest had played his cricket, particularly home state of Western Australia while still was as much about character as it was during the latter years of his career.

Our Match Dinner, Kooyong, Tuesday, 27 December, 2016 featuring WASIM AKRAM

here was an attendance of more than 80 members, sponsors, and friends of Tthe Society at our Boxing Day Test match dinner. We were privileged to welcome as our guest of honour the great Pakistani fast bowler Wasim Akram, who in a career spanning the 1980s and ‘90s took close to 1000 in international cricket. Wasim Akram, as our President told us in his lively introduction, had come to us from via Brighton, where he and his Australian-born wife own a house. Recalling the impact which the young 18 year-old Wasim had had when he was first unleashed on an Australian cricket field – at the MCG in only his fourth ODI – Ken mentioned quite casually that in this match Wasim had taken the first five Australian wickets for only 13 runs – three , one , and , the Australian , out hit . Australia had slumped to 5/42. It was game over in that particular ODI. Ken went on to say that in the next 15 years Wasim became one of the legends of the game. Many believed that he could well be the finest pace bowler from any country and any era. With almost 1,000 wickets in 460 matches, his whirring high pace reverse swingers and from around the wicket had changed forever bowling conventions. In responding to the President’s Wasim with Ken Piesse. We still have signed Wasim menus available from the night at introduction Wasim Akram said that it was $5 posted. Contact Wayne Ross

2 / scoresheet Volume 38 / Number 1 / SUMMER 2017 3 Recent Activities & Events a privilege to come to Melbourne. He told that in England opposing batsmen were so on 20 years during which time he could not us that he loved Melbourne. Not only did dumb-founded and flummoxed about how recall ever being rested or rotated out of the he own a house in Melbourne, but he had to play reverse that they game in order to restore or maintain his level married a Melbourne girl. He and his family claimed that the Pakistani side were guilty of of fitness for bowling. often spent time in Melbourne where his . However, they couldn’t make When asked who were the best batsmen in-laws lived. He recalled vividly that against whom he bowled in Test cricket far-off day in 1985 when he had burst Wasim gave honourable mentions to on the cricketing scene in this country Mark Taylor, Allan Border and Martin with that 5/13 performance to which Ken Crowe, all of whom he said had a wide had referred. The MCG was among the variety of shots and were comparatively greatest cricket grounds in the world. difficult get out. Furthermore, he said, if you play well here Finally, our guest of honour said that in Australia you get recognized instantly Test cricket was by far the highest level all over the world, and particularly on the at which the game could be played. Test sub-continent as a top-class cricketer, cricket made far greater demands on all such is the reputation which Australian cricketers in terms of the level of skill cricket and Australian cricketers have all required to play the game in all of its over the cricket-playing world. different facets – batting, bowling, fielding Wasim recalled his humble beginnings and the tactical aspects of the game - as a raw and inexperienced teenager when whereas limited overs cricket, although it he attended his first training session in Rhonda Ross (right) with Susan and Bec Piesse had its place in the scheme of things, had Lahore where initially he was only allowed far less scope for employing all of those to bowl six balls in the practice session. any of their claims stick, so Wasim and factors which made cricket such a However, he said, he had been invited to Waqar continued to carry all before them in fascinating game to play and to watch. return the next day for a more personal Test and ODI cricket in England, and for that The spontaneous applause which greeted session in which he so impressed the then matter everywhere else. our guest of honour as he concluded his Pakistani captain, the great , Our guest of honour spoke strongly about talk was loud and long. Don McQueen, one that he was immediately invited to join the the virtue of bowlers actually bowling to of the Society’s stalwarts, expressed the national squad. It wasn’t long before he was gain and then retain their top level of fitness feelings of everyone present when he said touring with the national team in New Zealand for the game. He said that he had played that Wasim’s talk had been the best cricket where he sealed his position in the Test first-class and limited overs cricket for close talk which he had heard in a long time. team by taking 10 wickets – 5 in each innings – during the third Test match in Dunedin. Undoubtedly, the highlight of Wasim’s Scores and Best ACS Performances in matches played by career was that wonderful win by the ACS’s Wandering XI and the ACS’s Over 60s XI against England in the final of the World Cup in 1992. It was a match which was played during Cricket Season 2016 – 17. before a huge crowd of over 80,000 at the MCG, and it was a match which many in his Wandering XI Fixtures: current audience had watched enthusiastically 30 October, 2016 The ACS v the Lord’s Taverners barracking for the against the old ACS – 6/197 Anderson 42 ret, Browning 42 ret, Kish 36* v The Lord’s Taverners – 2/195 enemy. He told us that , the O’Meara 42 ret Piesse 37 ret Match Won. Pakistani captain, was his hero and how much 13 November, 2016 – The ACS v the Ringwood Possums. he enjoyed playing under him. Our guest of Rain. No Play. honour recalled the joyous intensity with which he and his team-mates celebrated that 20 November, 2016 – The ACS v the VCA Umpires. great victory, and how, when they eventually The ACS – 10/176 P. Leggett 39, S. Leggett 34*, Clay 28 v the VCA Umpires – 9/149 returned to Pakistan, they paraded through S. Leggett 2/13, Clay 2/23. Match Won. every major city in the country on the 4 December, 2016 – The ACS v The MCC XXIXners. roof-top of a bus brandishing the trophy in The ACS – 8/146 Leggett – 42 ret, Penaluna 30, M. Delaney 22 v the MCC XXIXners – 7/213 front of thousands of adoring fans. Cowell 1/18. Match Lost. On the vexed question of , Wasim 8 January, 2017 – The ACS v the Pakistani Asylum-Seekers’ XI. told us a story of how he once dismissed The ACS – 8/140 McKenzie 26, M. Delaney 23 v the Pakistani Asylum-Seekers’ XI – 6/141 the great , and in the process Leggett 2/6, Corney 2/12. Match Lost. sledged him as he left the field. He recalled how, subsequently after play that evening Richards had called the young fast bowler out of his team’s dressing room and solemnly warned him never to abuse him again. Akram said that this experience had been a salutary lesson to him about the futility of sledging as a weapon in cricket. On the magic of reverse swing bowling which he and his new ball team-mate practically invented Wasi. had very little to say. He certainly did not The victorious Pakistani Asylum Seekers with the ACS Wandering XI after their early January give away any secrets about the technique clash at East Malvern CC. Mike Fogerty’s pitch was a beauty and the game played in excellent of bowling reverse swing. But he did say spirit, as always.

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15 January, 2017 – The ACS v the Eccentrics. 11 December, 2016 – The ACS v Glen Waverley. The ACS – 5/195 Anderson 38 ret., Browning 36 ret., Scotland 23 v The ACS – 9/139 Stokes 40 ret., Gibson 24, Robertson 23, Stockdale the Eccentrics – 9/158 22 v Glen Waverley – 7/155 Robertson 2/10. Match Lost. Hall 4/25, N. Smith 2/19. Match Won. 18 December, 2016 – The ACS v Richmond Union. Over 60s The ACS – 2/214 Gibson 43 ret., Stockdale 43 ret., Kitchin 40 ret., 9 October, 2016 – The ACS v Mornington. Crisp 38* v. Richmond Union – 9/120 Lovell 3/9, Crisp 2/29, The ACS - 9/116 P. Robertson 39, Hammet 22* v Mornington – Hancock 2/33. Match Won. 9/125 Robertson 3/7, Crisp 2/22. Match Lost. 15 January, 2017 – The ACS v Hobsons Bay. 16 October, 2016 – The ACS v Gippsland. The ACS -4/155 Crisp 40 ret., Gibson 33, Hammet 30 ret. The ACS – 10/131 Piesse – 40 ret v. Gippsland – 4/170. Match Lost. v. Hobsons Bay – 6/150 Flack 2/13, Cook 2/41. Match Won. 27 November, 2016 – The ACS v Casey. 22 January, 2017 – The ACS v. Warrandyte. The ACS – 3/171 Dummett 43 ret., Hammet 40 ret., Gibson 25, The ACS – 6/149 Robertson 38, Stumbles 37, Hammet 22, Johnson Clarkson 24. N. Smith 24* v. Casey – 4/156 Lane 2/30. Match Won. 20* v. Warrandyre – 2/150. Match Lost General News

Cricket Related Awards ’s Allan Border Medal award ceremonies which took place in Announced in This Year’s Sydney late last month. Australia Day Honours List received both the Medal for the best international Australian female The Editor is indebted to the Society’s long-standing member Dr. Greg McKie for cricketer of the year and the award for the following information extracted from the best female domestic player of the this year’s Australia Day Honours List. The year. This is the first time that both these following people were awarded the OAM awards have gone to the same player award: Phil Davis, John Donegan, Bob in the one year. Sophie Molyneux also Holland (the former NSW and Australian featured at the Allan Border Awards Test cricketer), Brent Palfreyman (a former night when she received the Tasmanian Sheffield Shield cricketer), Neil Female Young Cricketer of the Year award. Simpson, and Andrew Sincock (the former A little earlier in the season Tess Flintoff South Australian Sheffield Shield cricketer). was selected in the Victorian Metro Squad In addition, one of our long time Society and Merinda Hale was selected in the members, Bill Meaklim, received a ‘gong’ Victorian Country Squad. Both these girls for his services to Australian Football in are presently undertaking courses at the this year’s Australia Day Honours List. Bryce McGain Elite Cricket Academy on We congratulate all of these men on their he did spend a number of years in residence ACS Cricket Scholarships. awards and wish them many more happy in Sydney as a young man. Finally, Frith gives We congratulate all of these girls on years in the service of the great game of Ken’s magnum opus a more than worthy four their achievements and wish them much cricket, or in Bill Meaklim’s case our very out of the available five stars. Ken’s book is further success as they continue to pursue popular winter game of Aussie Rules Football. available from cricketbooks.com.au their careers in cricket. Incidentally Ken’s book, his 52nd on cricket, Words of Praise for was awarded the best Australian cricket book The Next Golden Oldies Our President’s Latest for 2016 by CricketWeb.net. Sean Ehlers from Cricket Festival – Pictorial History of CricketWeb wrote in praise of Ken’s book: “The photos were exquisite and the accompa- Christchurch, Australian Test cricket. nied writing excellent. You have certainly set New Zealand – Our President Ken Piesse’s great labour the bar high for any future pictorial histories. of love “A Pictorial History of Australian Congratulations again on a wonderful book, 1 – 8 April, 2018. Test Cricket” was reviewed at length in the all our readers thoroughly enjoyed it.” During April 2018 cricket teams from January, 2017 edition of “The Cricketer” Well done, Ken. It’s good to receive a little across the globe will assemble in by one of England’s foremost cricket recognition occasionally for all the hard work Christchurch, NZ to enjoy the fun and historians, David Frith. Frith rates Ken’s you do for cricket. comradeship of the 2018 Golden Oldies book as “almost monumental”. World Cricket Festival. This promises Frith says the book is “a colourful and ACS Young Cricketers of to be a cricketing and a socializing enjoyable celebration compiled by one of extravaganza with matches played on cricket’s keenest enthusiasts.” He adds the Year Feature in the picturesque superbly appointed grounds. that our President’s latest book “would Allan Border Medal Awards Any members and friends of the Society seem to encompass what matters in wishing to play in this Festival of Cricket Australia’s uniquely triumphant Test for the 2016–17 Season should contact Ken Piesse on (03) 9787 history”- no faint praise coming from a Two of the Society’s Young Cricketer of 8023 or email him at kenpiesse@ozemail. dyed in the wool Englishman, even though the Year recipients featured prominently in com.au at the earliest opportunity.

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Further Additions to the Collection of ACS Dinner CDs which are now available for sale

ACS ACS ACS ANNUAL ANNUAL ANNUAL DINNER DINNER DINNER Guest speaker Guest speaker Guest speaker JUSTIN JOHN DARREN LANGER BUCHANAN BERRY 2003 2007 2004 2003 ACS ANNUAL DINNER 2003 ACS ANNUAL DINNER 2004 ACS ANNUAL DINNER 2004 ACS ANNUAL DINNER 2007 ACS ANNUAL DINNER n opening batsman with a combative, street-fighting2007 ACS ANNUAL DINNER ustralia’s coach for 15 of its record 16 winning Tests in Aapproach to his cricket, Langer was front and centre in Aa row, he was also the leader for Australia’s World Cup many memorable Australian victories, particularly the successes in 2003 and 2007. A modest first-class record Hobart Test of 1999 against an all-star Pakistani attack for Queensland belied his deep-thinking attitudes and when he and second-gamer Asdam Gilchrist both made importance to the Test team, despite the opinion of some, memorable 100s. Best known for his opening partnerships like , who believed the team would have been WINTER with fellow left hander Matty Hayden, Langer became a ACS just as successful without him. Buchanan believed his role ACS NOSTALGIAfree-flowing batsman later in his career and in all first-class was to expand the horizons of his team by developing the cricket made even more runs that . His Test ANNUALindividuals within – he was constantly calculating in the ANNUAL LUNCHEONaverage of 45 was built around 23 100s, the highest (250) background, encouraging his charges to improve their G G G G G coming in G DINNERself-assurance and truly test themselves. ‘Be the best you DINNER Guest Melbourne in uest speaker JOHN BUCHANAN 2003 uest speaker JOHN BUCHANAN 2007Guest speaker can be,’ was 2004Guest speaker uest speaker JUSTIN LANGER uest speaker JUSTIN LANGER ACS the 2002 ACS speakers ACS one of his manyuest speaker DARREN BERRY uest speaker DARREN BERRY ANNUAL Christmas Test. RICKY mottos. ANNUALKIM brilliant wicketkeeper, one of the very best cricketers THE 1966-67 More than 300 ANNUALPONTING HUGHES Anever to play Test cricket, Darren ‘Chuck Berry set a DINNERVICTORIAN attended our DINNER DINNER new mark for the most dismissals by a Victorian ‘keeper and XI ACS Langer Left: John equalled the Australian first-class record with eight dismissals Guest speaker dinner — one of Guest speaker Buchanan Guest speaker in a single innings. His career record of 603 dismissals JUSTIN our biggest ever (centre) with DARREN across 153 matches was outstanding. First played senior — held at the JOHN Andrew Hilditch District cricket, with Fitzroy, as a 16-year-old straight out of JACK POTTER and fellow LANGER MCG. BUCHANAN BERRY Wonthaggi. Captained Victoria. Also reinforced the Australian selector, Test and ODI captain team in England in 1997 without playing an international. 2016 2016 Became an excellent coach and2012 commentator. Ricky Ponting ollowing up on the initial set of Buchanan (2006), Kim Hughes (2011), of “Scoresheet”. Members and friends 2016 ACS ANNUAL DINNER 2016 ACS ANNUAL DINNER 2012 ACS ANNUAL DINNER 2016 WINTER NOSTALGIA LUNCHEON ACS Dinner CDs which the Society 2016 WINTER NOSTALGIA LUNCHEON 2012 ACS ANNUAL DINNER he 50 year reunion of Victoria’s 1966-67 Sheffield Ricky Ponting (2015), and a recordingatron of the Australian of the Societyfree-flowing, wishing confident to right-handerpurchase who any made one of has producedTShield title and winning made team was availablea grand success with 11 of of the talks given by the VictorianPCricket Society since of these CDsAthe greatestshould Christmas place Test an centuries order of all against the F the 15 living players attending. The luncheon at the Kelvin 2014, Ricky Ponting rates West Indies in 1981-82 and hit 6s on every day of the for sale, weClub are was pleasedheld in July, 2016 to and announce featured many of the cricketers who were our guestsalongside in Shane 2016 Warne and with the Society’sEnglish Centenary Administration Test in 1980, Hughes came from Perth team’s internationals, including Alan Connolly, Ken Glenn McGrath as Australia’s where hooks and cuts are played in one’s sleep. Few could that the followingEastwood, Les CDs Joslin and based Paul Sheahan. on Atalks limited edition at the Kelvin Club when theyfinest celebrated post-war cricketer. His Manager, Wayne Ross at P.O.attack Box with his4528, ACS booklet was released on the day, Against All Odds, distinguished CV includes 77 audaciousness through given by guestsco-written of by Kenhonour Piesse and at Mark various Browning. Team the 50th anniversary of theirTests winning as Test captain, second Langwarrin, Vic, 3910 or phonethe offside, him author at Ken dinners andmembers luncheons signed the booklet sponsored on the day. It isby available from the Sheffield Shield in the only1966-67 to Allan Border. No (03) 9789 9754. Wayne’s emailPiesse saying address he was co-publishers www.cricketbooks.com.au at $35 posted. Australian cricketer has been ‘McCabe-like’ in the 1981 G G G G involved in more wins. For

G G Melbourne Test when he the Society are now available for sale season. We are now in the theprocess majority of hisof career he is [email protected]. uest speaker THE 1966-67 VICTORIAN XI 2016 2016uest speaker THE 1966-67 VICTORIAN XI 2012 rescued Australia from batted at No.3, his record of uest speaker RICKY PONTING atWINTER a cost of $20 each: Justin Langer uest speaker RICKY PONTING producingACS a CD based on the Wasim ChequesACS should be made payable4-29 on an MCG to greentopthe 41 Test 100s being uest speaker KIM HUGHES (2002),NOSTALGIA Darren Berry (2003), John ANNUALAkram Dinner reported on unsurpassed.in this issue Few laurels uest speaker KIM HUGHES ANNUALAustralian Cricket Society. against the most escaped him, but twice on menacing West Indian LUNCHEON DINNER Ashes tours to England, in DINNER pace attack he ever Guest speakers Guest speaker 2005 and 2009, Australia Guest speaker encountered. His record failed to win despite entering as Test captain was not as THE 1966-67 RICKY the matches as favourites. KIM impressive: just four VICTORIAN XI PONTING Ricky’s speech includes HUGHES victories in 28 matches. Our New ACS Tie News from Kindredquestions fromSocieties the long-time Later he captained the president of the ACS Ken Australian rebels to South Piesse. Africa. Stocks of our newly The ACS – Queensland The Cricket Lovers (South Australia) designed Andy Richards, the QCA Women’s Coach, Ex-Melburnian Rob Cassell, the SACA High Australian Cricket was the speaker at a meeting held by Performance Coach, was Cricket Lovers’ Society tie are still the Queensland ACS with members of guest of honour on 27 January when they available from held a meeting in their usual meeting place Wayne Ross at the the BBL franchise in the the Regal Park Motor Inn in North Adelaide. above address. members’ dining room at on Wednesday, 8th February, 2017. Their cost is $40 The Cricket Society (England) at our functions The ACS – Tasmania or $45 posted. Speakers at recent meetings of the Cricket Cheques should Former Tasmanian and Australian left- Society in England have included Fred be made arm spin bowler Xavier Doherty was the Rumsey, a former England fast bowler, payable to the guest speaker at the Tasmanian Society’s David Steele, a former England middle Australian meeting following the first day’s play order batsman, and Simon Lister, the Cricket Society. in the Sheffield Shield match between winner of the last Book of the Year Award Tasmania and Western Australia at the for his beautifully written account of West Blundstone Arena in Hobart on Friday, 10th Indian cricket which he creatively entitled February. “Fire in Babylon”.

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Murray Hedgcock sends New Year Ken Woolfe, one of the Society’s founding in particular, in his message to your Editor, greetings to Society Members members and a former President of the ACS. remarked how pleased he was to see the from London Hedgcock had met Woolfe in the late 1950s Australian Cricket Society flourishing After reading the latest copy of “Pavilion” when the two of them had had a good- as it enters its fiftieth year. As his email which he had just received from old chin-wag about cricket, memorabilia was written just before Christmas, it was Melbourne, Murray Hedgcock, our former collecting and sport in general. Murray, appropriate that Murray should send representative on the Council of Cricket who has been living in England for the past season’s greetings to all our members. He Societies in England, dropped a line to the fifty years, during which time he has very ended his email in ringing tones with the Editor in which he mentioned how pleased ably represented the interests of Australian words “here’s to a continuing revival of he was to read Peter Lloyd’s article on cricket in general as well as those of the ACS Australian cricket”.

News of Members

Brian Tooth – the ACS’s New Treasurer

rian Tooth, the Society’s new Treasurer, He started attending Sheffield Shield the following fitting and appropriate tribute at the Editor’s suggestion, very kindly matches in the early 1960s, and remembers to our mutual friend and colleague Geoff Bprovided the following profile of himself fondly the great Victorian cricketers of that Minster: “Geoff was a wonderful servant and for the benefit of readers of ”Scoresheet”: time, a favourite being Ian Redpath, whose a great contributor to the Australian Cricket Educated at Parade College and the Test debut against South Africa in 1963-64 Society. He served two stints on the ACS University of Melbourne, Brian is a qualified was also Brian’s debut (in the crowd). He Committee between 2000 and 2010, first as chartered accountant who has was shattered when Redders merchandise officer during Richard Elvins’ worked in a major accounting was bowled for 97. Brian still term as President. His deft management firm, in industry with listed considers Test cricket to be the during a difficult period for the ACS was a companies, and for the Victorian ultimate form of the game. He major factor in the financial resurrection of government. He is essentially has spent many enjoyable days the Society. retired now, but still serves on with family and friends at the “Despite ongoing health issues, he three not-for-profit boards, MCG. Brian has also enjoyed rejoined the Committee in 2007, serving in addition to other volunteer the warm atmosphere and as ACS secretary for three years. A superb roles. interesting speakers and the organizer, he played a significant role in the A true sports lover, he played many opportunities to meet ongoing growth of the Society. “the greatest game in the world” new friends at ACS functions. A true gentleman and a great cricket lover, for 20 years with the Eltham Brian is married to Doris. he’ll be missed by many ACS friends.” CC in the Diamond Valley They have three children and Ron Mackley Association, principally as a not so great but four grandsons. Two of the grandsons (aged News came through late in 2016 of the dogged opening batsman who could also 10 and 11) are already playing competitive passing of Ron Mackley. Ron had been a bowl occasionally, as witnessed by the fact cricket. They are indeed ‘chips off the old keen and enthusiastic member of the ACS that he once took 8/58 as a young medium block.’ for over 20 years. He was in his place at pacer. The Deaths of Two Society most of our functions. He was a keen and Brian also played football for knowledgeable follower of the game of Greensborough in the Diamond Valley FL, Stalwarts During 2016 cricket in all of its many facets. Like most but was more to the fore in this sport as It is with deep regret that the Editor records members of the Society he was a great lover an administrator. He eventually became the deaths of two of the ACS’s long serving of Test cricket. He had a well developed secretary and earned life membership and highly respected members during the sense of humour which was always to the of that body. Subsequently he received latter months of 2016. fore at any of our lunches or dinners. He was a recognition of service medal from the always very good company. We shall miss Victorian Football League. He still loves his Geoff Minster him now that he has departed, but we shall footy, avidly supporting his beloved Sydney At the time of his passing last November not forget the contribution which he made Swans every season. former Vice President Ian Hammet paid to the Society. New Members

Since the last issue of “Scoresheet” was published during November of last year the following new members have joined the Society: Eane Whitton and Darren Taylor. The deadline for the inclusion of material in the Autumn edition of Scoresheet will be We welcome these new members into the Society. Any changes in address or email address Friday, 14 April, 2017. The Editor’s home should be conveyed to the ACS Administration Manager Wayne Ross at phone number is (03) 9876 3909. His P.O. Box 4528, Langwarrin, Victoria 3910. Phone: 0416 983 888. email address is [email protected] Email Address: [email protected].

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It’s a little known fact, but as part of At a time when other banks are posting your local Bendigo Bank’s franchise massive profi ts in dividends back to agreement with Bendigo Bank Limited, shareholders and paying large salaries 80% of the profi ts we raise must be to corporate board members and returned to the community. Why? It’s employees, we thought we should because when Bendigo Bank fi rst came remind you of this important point of up with the concept of “Community difference in banking concepts. Banking” they realised that it must be We still provide the vast majority of “of the Community, by the Community, services that the other banks do, we just for the Community”. It is this concept hand a large proportion of the profi ts that drives the Manager, the Employees back to the community. and the Volunteer Board of your local Ask yourself, do you think that’s a bank to return hundreds of thousands good model for the Community and of dollars of profi t straight back to therefore a worthwhile reason to transfer your Community every year for funding your business across your community projects and programs. bank, Bendigo Bank – Dingley Village?

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