SEASON 2018/2019 Premiers: 2Nd XI (B Turf - Armstrong Shield), 3Rd XI (D Turf - Mair Shield)
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ANNUAL REPORT SEASON 2018/2019 Premiers: 2nd XI (B turf - Armstrong Shield), 3rd XI (D Turf - Mair Shield) MONT ALBERT CRICKET CLUB INC. Established : 1930 Affiliated : Eastern Cricket Association OFFICE BEARERS President: P.B. Knox Vice President: H.P. Jones Secretary: G.J. Cull Treasurer: A.J. Burton Junior Cricket Manager: P.M. Boyd Veterans Cricket Manager: W.G. Harris General Committee: D.Hedley, C.A.Jackson, A.R. Padbury, L.T.Galtieri SENIOR CAPTAINS 1st XI: J.A. Joslin 2nd XI: L.T.Galtieri/L.S.Fernandes 3rd XI: K.A.Johnsen 4th XI: J.A.Dean 5th XI: A.J. McLean CHAIRMAN OF SELECTORS R. J. Barker LIFE MEMBERS Messrs: AG Lamb; LN Dalrymple; TJ Peterson; RIG Harding; NR Ronaldson; JE Houghton; PV Coombs; MK Ruljancich; HM Jones; PA Hastings; RJ Barker; JS Behrendt; JM Mollison; RE Grumont; CJ Dunning; AF Dwyer; DAJ Power; JW Wright; RM Smith; TL Wright; AJ McLean; PB Knox; ME Massey; GJ Cull; AJ Burton; PA Devine; PN Woods SPONSORS Bendigo Bank – Canterbury, Surrey Hills & Ashburton Community Banks Ph Nick Coker (0438 541 337) Miller Hannaker & Middleton, Chartered Accountants – Rick Barker (9670 1911) Harp of Erin Hotel, 636 High Street, East Kew – Peter Croft (9859 1631) Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon – Kevin Ruljancich (9654 4844) Bread Street Bakery, 22 Hamilton Street, Mont Albert (9890 0066) Life Risk Insurance Solutions – Paul Hastings (0419 883 610) SECRETARY’S REPORT Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Committee has much pleasure in submitting for your approval the 89th Annual Report and Statement of Receipts and Payments for season 2018/19. A summary of the Club’s achievements this past season follows: On Field: Premiers 2nd XI (Armstrong Shield), 3rd XI (Mair Shield) Participation: A total of 202 players represented Mont Albert Cricket Club in season 2018/19. Luke Pich and Jack Woods played in 23 matches each, while Nick Kann, Lachie Smit, Quentin and Rufus McLean all played in 21 matches across the seniors and juniors. Some significant milestones were reached this season. Luke Pich played his 400th game for MACC, Colin Orchard reached his 200th game, while Jack Joslin, Andrew Padbury, James Guley, Dan Bonnett, Luke Galtieri, Rob Carruthers and Dave Corrigan all turned out for their 100th matches for the club. At the senior Presentation night, Phil Woods was a hugely popular recipient of Life Membership of the Mont Albert Cricket Club. His involvement as a player and volunteer extends almost 30 years and he is a most worthy and deserving life member. Thank you to the committee, captains, coaches, team managers and volunteers for your efforts throughout the season. Under the leadership of Jack Joslin, the first XI finished on top of the ladder but unfortunately were defeated in the semi-final. Jack is an outstanding player, coach and person and we are lucky to have him at Mont Albert. Our newly appointed captains had outstanding years, both individually and as leaders of their respective teams. Luke Galtieri took over as 2nd XI skipper and did a great job until falling to a season ending knee injury. Luke Fernandes then took over the captaincy and led the 2nd XI to their 4th premiership in a row. Our 3rd XI was led by Kiel Johnsen and with a clear focus on providing opportunities to our younger players, he did an outstanding job to take his young team to a premiership (in a grade where all our opposition were 2nd XI teams). Jordan Dean took charge of the 4th XI who were unlucky not to play finals, with the weather denying us the chance to chase down a score in the final round to claim 4th spot. Gus Mclean was his ever-reliable self, and with the assistance of Rick Barker as chairman of selectors, always managed to put a 5th XI team on the park. Phil Boyd continued as Junior Coordinator and in his second year, grew into the role. With much support from Dani Hedley, along with the junior coaches and team managers, another family friendly junior program was delivered. This year saw Woolworths take over as sponsors of the ‘junior blasters’ and ‘master blasters’ programs, which were held on Friday nights at Mont Albert Reserve and Macleay Park. Such was the popularity of the program, we saw children and families continue to turn up well beyond the designated sessions to play some cricket and enjoy an evening on the deck. Our Sunday evening ‘Family Nights’ continued to be a great hit and brought together all junior teams to recognise the achievements and development of our junior players. This development was due largely to the successful implementation of the Bendigo Bank Junior Academy, led by Andrew Padbury. 17 of our junior cricketers participated in the specialised coaching sessions and showed great development and improvement throughout the season. Additionally, we had more than 30 children attend our ‘summer supercamp’. The feedback from these programs has been outstanding and I would highly recommend you consider this program for your child next season. Wayne Harris continued to manage Veteran’s Cricket. We once again fielded 3 teams with all teams making semi-finals and the Reds winning through to the grand final. Unfortunately they fell at the last hurdle against a strong Glen Iris team. Harvey Jones, despite spending a large portion of the season in Vietnam, continued to run our club website and clothing range. The website looks brilliant and kept everyone up to date with club news, events and photos. Chris Jackson coordinated another busy social calendar for MACC. Highlights included another hugely successful Ladies Luncheon in support of the McGrath Foundation and the Men’s Health night which was held in support of the Eastern Domestic Violence Outreach Service (EDVOS). Our support of these organisations is something we should all be very proud of. Our second Chinese Community Engagement day was held on Australia day with many club members volunteering their time to introduce the game of cricket to a large number of attendees. Several other successful social events were held, with the Melbourne Cup Calcutta, Christmas Party, family nights, $2000 draw, Junior and Senior Presentation nights rounding out a busy year off the field. We also held the 2nd of back to back 20 year reunions for our First XI premierships (97-98 and 98-99) which saw a good number of past players reminisce on a very successful period for the club. We once again hosted a large group of overseas players who make a huge contribution to our club both on and off the field. Thanks to Matt Brown, Cal Beasley, Nat Cutts, James Rawlings, Tim Taylor and Tom Stark for your involvement with MACC. You are welcome back any time. Thanks also to the Galtieri, Jackson, Blair-Holt, Bonnett, Padbury and Harris families for opening their homes so generously. Our club would not operate without our wonderful volunteers. Our thanks go to Jack Wright, Roger Smith, Richard Harding and Peter Burchall whose efforts year in and year out allow us to play. Thanks also go to Phil Woods and Peter Guley who took on many of Jack’s tasks while he was inconvenienced. Thanks to our first XI scorer Peter Coombs who is the best in the business and to Rick Barker as Chairman of Selectors. Thank you to Peter Knox (President) and Allen Burton (Treasurer) for their continued hard work, and to all of our sponsors for their generous support. This year’s Chris Dunning Trophy (Secretary’s award for best report) required those submitting reports to use the words ‘doctor’ and ‘clutch’ in the same sentence. Gus is disqualified for use of the past tense ‘clutched’, as is Knoxy for his use of ‘clutching’. With a few non attempts, Jordan Dean is left to take out this year’s award in a Steven Bradbury like display. Jordy’s submission included a contextual prescription of 6 wickets for his good mate Morgan Gason. Congratulations to the trophy winners for season 2018-19. The winners of the various awards for the season are as follows; SENIORS Batting Bowling 1st XI Andrew Padbury Brett Watkins 2nd XI Nat Cutts Luke Fernandes 3rd XI Michael Minz Kiel Johnsen 4th XI Jeff Mollison Craig Vollmer 5th XI Gus Mclean Rufus Mclean Veterans (Gold) XI Brad Woolhouse Matthew Quinn Veterans (Red) XI Aaron White Nick Tribe Veterans (Purple) XI Wayne Hawkins Andrew Youren Best Allrounder 1st& 2nd XI’s (H.J.R. Welch Trophy) Brett Watkins Best Allrounder 3rd, 4th& 5th XI’s (G.D.Mair Trophy) Gus McLean Best Allrounder Veteran’s XI (A.F.Dwyer Trophy) Wayne Hawkins Best Player Under 21yrs (John Hoare memorial trophy) Jack Woods Best Clubman (G.G Armstrong Trophy) Dan Bonnett Best Player 1st XI – umpires votes (Garnie-King Trophy) Brett Watkins Secretary’s award for best report (Chris Dunning Trophy) Jordan Dean Life Membership Phil Woods ECA AWARDS Brett Watkins Dunstan Shield Team of the Year Matt Brown Dunstan Shield Team of the Year Nat Cutts B turf (Armstrong Shield) Batting average Luke Fernandes B turf (Armstrong Shield) Bowling average Gus McLean LOC 6 (Bingley Shield) Batting average MILETONES ACHIEVED DURING THE 2018-19 SEASON The following milestones were achieved during season 2018/19. 400 Games: Luke Pich 9,000 Runs: Angus McLean 350 Games: Allen Burton 8,000 Runs: Rick Barker Allen Burton 200 Games: Colin Orchard 5,500 Runs: Michael Massey 100 Games: Dan Bonnett Rob Carruthers 5,000 Runs: Travis Baker Dave Corrigan Luke Galtieri 2,000 Runs: Wayne Harris James Guley Jack Joslin 1,500 Runs: Dan Bonnett Andrew Padbury 50 Games: James Blair-Holt 1,000 Runs: James Blair-Holt Mark Dunning Reg Cooper Joel Guley Wayne Hawkins Tim Norris Terry Smit 500 Runs: Matt Brown Nick Stragalinos Paul Goessler Henk Van