Second Annual Report 2002-03

• 4th Grade Premiers • 1st Grade Limited Overs Finalists • 5th Grade Finalists • 2nd Grade Semi-Finalists

4th Grade Premiers 2002-03 — the first Randwick Petersham premiership team Back row from left: Bill Hendricks (umpire), Owen Ridge (scorer), David Townsend, Nigil Singh, Zachary Levien, Aaron Hildred, Greg Hartshorne (), Darren McCoy, Tim Donahoo (umpire). Front row from left: Matthew Taylor, Denis Hinds, Grant Frakes, Troy Brewster, Andy Hollingsworth, Michael Watson, John Connell (manager).

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Highlights 2002-03

• 4th Grade Premiers—the first premiership for the club

• 1st Grade Finalists Limited Overs Competition

• 5th Grade Finalists

• 2nd Grade Semi Finalists

• 5th in Grade Club Championship (7th last year)

• : first Randwick Petersham first class representative; New South Wales Pura Cup Player of the Season; runner-up in inaugural Medal; New South Wales captain in absence of Steve Waugh; member of New South Wales’ winning ING Cup and Pura Cup teams; captain of “A”

• A W Green Shield captain selected in Combined Green Shield team

• First double -- 218 in 4th Grade by Andy Hollingsworth

• 40 centuries scored -- 30 in Sydney Grade and 10 in Metropolitan Cricket

• 4th Grade opening batsman Troy Brewster scored 5 centuries

• Scott Obey took 53 1st Grade

• Richard CheeQuee top SCA fielder in 1st Grade with 23 catches

• Wicketkeepers in 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grades top SCA dismissal aggregates

• Troy Brewster and Tony Martin top SCA 4th and 5th Grade aggregates

• Geoff Hodgkinson tops SCA 3rd Grade batting averages

• Denis Hinds tops SCA 4th Grade bowling aggregate

• Wins in all five grades achieved twice — against Fairfield-Liverpool and Blacktown

• Randwick Petersham Cricket Foundation established

• runner-up in 1st grade Ground of Year and in Lower Grades Ground of Year competitions; Petersham Oval 5th in 1st Grade competition.

1 Randwick Petersham Cricket Club Incorporated Founded 2001

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SECOND ANNUAL REPORT 2002-03

Notice of Annual Meeting

Notice is hereby given that the second Annual General Meeting of Randwick Petersham Cricket Club Incorporated will be held at the Petersham RSL Club, Regent St., Petersham on Wednesday 2 July 2003 at 7.30pm.

Business

1. Welcome by President Michael Whitney

2. To receive the Second Annual Report and Financial Statement

3. Presentation of Annual Awards and Premiership caps to members of the Fourth Grade Premiership team

4. To consider the recommendation of the Management Committee that Andrew Millican be awarded Life Membership of the club

5. To elect the following Office Bearers and a Management Committee for the ensuing year:

Patrons President Chief Executive Officer Asst. Chief Executive Officer Financial Controller Asst. Financial Controller Management Committee (5) Delegates to SCA (2) Delegate to NSWCA Honorary Auditor

6. To consider any business brought forward in conformity with the club rules.

Ray Stafford Chief Executive Officer 1 Gabo Place, Gymea, 2227 9525 5118 (h); 9266 5378 (w) 0413 017 210 (m) [email protected]

Please note that only last season’s financial members are entitled to vote.

2 OFFICE BEARERS 2002-03

Patrons Noel Hughes and Phil Tresidder

President Michael Whitney

Chief Executive Officer Ray Stafford

Assistant Chief Executive Officer Tony Parker

Financial Controller Steve Devlin

Assistant Financial Controller Bernie Dagg

Management Committee President, Chief Executive Officer, Assistant Chief Executive Officer, Financial Controller, Assistant Financial Controller together with Greg Hartshorne, Wayne Mulherin, Chris Sullivan, David Townsend, Alan Wright and Peter Wright.

Honorary Auditor Wayne Tilley

Delegate to NSW Cricket Association Peter Wright

Delegates to Sydney Cricket Association Peter Wright and Greg Hartshorne

Registrar / Statistician Ray Stafford

Director of Coaching Bill Anderson

Club Coach Peter Devlin

Club Captain Andrew Millican

Selection Committee Alan Wright (Chairman), Paul Toole (1st Grade), Matthew Parker (2nd Grade), Kallin Davies (3rd Grade), Greg Hartshorne (4th Grade), Tony Martin (5th Grade), Grant Rimmer, Metropolitan Cup (6th Grade) and George Frazakis, Metropolitan Shield (7th Grade)

Grading Committee Alan Wright (Chairman), Peter Devlin, Greg Hartshorne, David Skuthorpe, Paul Toole

Development Officer Matthew Cassar

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Operational Committees

Annual Report: Lyall Gardner (Chairman), Ray Stafford, Chris Sullivan.

Coaching: Bill Anderson (Director), Peter Devlin (Club Coach), Greg Hartshorne, David Skuthorpe, Paul Fitzgerald, Andrew Millican.

Cricketwear: Tony Parker (Chairman), Greg Hartshorne, Shane Redenbach.

Grounds: Wayne Mulherin (Chairman), Peter Devlin, Dean White.

Junior David Townsend (Chairman), Matthew Cassar, Grant Rimmer Development: Peter Devlin.

Publicity: Lyall Gardner (Chairman), Sean Sampson, Phil Tresidder, Peter Bayley, Geoff Hodgkinson.

Social: Chris Sullivan (Chairman), Robin Gardner, Aaron Hildred, Peter Bain, Lyall Gardner.

Sponsorship: Greg Hartshorne (Chairman), David Townsend and Michael Whitney.

Team Admin: Ray Stafford (Chairman), Tony Parker, Lyall Gardner.

Life Members (Listing is in the year order of election by the founding clubs.) (Former Randwick Life Members are marked *)

1965 - Alf Debham 1989 - Trevor Jay* 1997 - Chris Sullivan 1971 - Noel Hughes 1989 - Ross Davies* 1997 - Paul Stepto 1971 - Arthur Purvis 1991 - Graeme Hughes 1998 - Brian Proops 1973 - John O’Loughlin* 1992 - Stephen Devlin* 1998 - David Skuthorpe 1975 - John Hayward* 1992 - Alan Wright* 1999 - Peter Rolls 1981 - Alan Cripps* 1992 - Neale Anderson 2000 - Peter Devlin* 1982 - Philip Tresidder* 1993 - Michael Whitney* 2000 - Robin Gardner 1983 - Alan Turner* 1995 - Patricia Hughes 2001 - William Anderson 1983 - John Johnson* 1995 - Helen Milford 2001 - Wayne Mulherin 1984 - Lyall Gardner* 1996 - Timothy Dein 2001 - Paul McGee 1988 - Peter Bain 1996 - Alan Staunton 2001 - John King 1988 - David Chardon 1996 - John Pearson 1988 - Greg Hartshorne 1997 - Richard McCord

Vice Presidents

Mayor of Leichhardt Municipal Council, Maire Sheehan Mayor of Marrickville Council, Barry Cotter Mayor of Randwick City Council, Dominic Sullivan Mayor of Botany Bay City Council, Ron Hoenig

John Affleck Tom Harrison Ernie Page Alan Austin Peter Harrison Anthony Parker Robert Barter Jeff Hill Tom Regan Bernard Bayley Brian Hughes Ron Rimmer Mary Beath Garry Hughes Jeff Sayle Chris Burke Mark Hughes John Soames Len Cartwright Les Johns Harry Solomons John Chapman Arthur Kelleher John Sullivan Bernie Dagg Ruth Kelleher Steve Sullivan Madge Devlin David Kelly Bruce Turpin Ken Devlin Bruce Livingston Barry Wood Phil Green Barry McDonald Anthony Woodward Steve Greentree Carl Mower Geoff Wright

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Marc Anderson Barry Greenwood Marshall Moir Michael Bailey Jonathon Griffiths Aaron Moseley Matthew Banes Trent Griffiths Scott Obey Brenton Barker Tim Hancock Cec Orrock Matthew Barnes Andrew Harrison Eddie Otto Peter Bayley Greg Hartshorne Matthew Parker Stan Beal Fabian Heaton Tony Parker Chris Benjamin Laurie Heil Daryl Parmenter David Bourke Jeff Hemming Richard Phillips Troy Brewster Denesh Hewa-Gamage Grant Rimmer Steve Bright Matthew Hilder Kirk Rimmer Caleb Brown Aaron Hildred Kieran Routh James Byrne Joseph Hill Sean Sampson Matthew Cassar Denis Hinds Alex Sciascia Steven Chakarovski Geoffrey Hodgkinson Chris Singh Murali Chandraskeharan David Holland Melvin Singh Richard CheeQuee Mark Holland Nigel Singh Steven Clarke Andy Hollingsworth Robert Smith Neil Cohen Brett Hunter Peter Spurr Bernie Dagg Chris Johnston Rodney Stafford Alan D'Arcy Nirjon Kader Ray Stafford Kallin Davies Simon Katich Paul Staunton Gavin Dennett Andreas Katsoitis Matthew Taylor Cooper Devine George Katsoitis John Tierney Peter Devlin Usman Khawaja Paul Toole Graham Doig Christoher Kruit David Townsend Jeremy Dwyer Mohit Kumar Adam Warren Paul Fitzgerald Scott Laws Michael Watson Grant Frakes Zachary Levien Dean White George Frazakis Tony Martin Darren Wotherspoon Damian Fuller Darren McCoy Alan Wright Chad Greenberg John McLoughlin Peter Wright Paul Greentree Andrew Millican Steven Yates Steve Greentree David Mitchell Steve Zantides

Associate Members

Arthur Kelleher Ruth Kelleher Judy Robinson

A W Green Shield Members

William Affleck Perry Jagdon Maurice Preston Mark Carroll Nirjon Kadir Sanjay Selvakumaran Campbell Dash Lahiru Kariyawasam Geoff Sheargold Damitha Fonseka Usman Khawaja Louis Talay Vareen Harish Darren Kumar Mitchell Weir

5 President’s Report

It is with great honour and a sense of satisfaction that I present the second President’s Report of Randwick Petersham Cricket Club.

There is no need to explain why I say with great honour, you all know where my heart is, but I say the word satisfaction with a broad smile on my face. To know that the club has progressed so quickly and so far in its first two seasons is a compliment to all who have been involved. From our volunteers through to our patrons, everyone has done more than could have been expected and for this, I am deeply grateful.

There is no doubt now that the amalgamation of two of Sydney’s great and historic clubs has proved to be a huge success. I am personally very happy with the way our first two years panned out but my sense of satisfaction comes from the fact that we are a strongly united body moving in one direction with no skeletons in the closet.

Highlights for the season were many and have been well celebrated. From all of us, our congratulations must go to the 4th Grade side which became the club’s first premiership team. This was an exciting moment for the club and the win will be cherished in history as our first championship flag. The side was ably and confidently led by Greg “Prince” Hartshorne. I cannot say enough about this bloke. On and off the field he is an absolute super-star. His contributions at both management and playing levels are outstanding. Thank you “Prince”. I need say no more.

We finished runner-up in two other competitions. Firsts made the Limited Overs Final while Fifths were a little unlucky not to have taken out the premiership in their grade. Second Grade also had a good season and made the semis. We improved our position in the Club Championship by two places to fifth. Another very positive step for the club and a small improvement by each grade next year will push us further up the ladder. Hopefully to number 1.

We were delighted to have Simon Katich join us and the success he has had since moving from Perth, to play with our club has been amazing. He is the club’s first First Class representative and was also appointed Captain of NSW in the absence of Steve Waugh. He was a member of the NSW winning ING Cup and Pura Cup teams. He was also named Pura Cup Player of the Season and runner-up in the inaugural Steve Waugh Medal. To cap off a marvelous first year in the eastern States, he was named Captain of Australia “A”. I cannot tell you how easy it is to work with this fellow. From the very first day I spoke with him about coming to Sydney, it has been nothing but a pleasure to be in this man’s company. He seems to have an “old style” humbleness and respectability about him which has endeared him to many of his new friends in NSW. He draws no boundaries between the people he meets and has an ear for anybody who wants to share a word with him. I have heard nothing but good things about his attitude, the way he approaches the game and most of all about the respect he holds for our great game at all levels. Simon, it goes without saying that it has been a real coup for our club securing your services as a player and a representative for the Randy Petes. I have always thought that your skill as a batsman was outstanding but I had a few giggles at the tail end of the season when your “wristies” skittled some of Australia’s better players. Lucky you had Steve Waugh as a captain! It’s a part of your game that I look forward to in the future. Well played Simon.

This Annual Report goes into some depth about the many outstanding individual performances recorded during the season and accordingly, I don’t propose to go into those in any great detail here. Suffice to say however, that I felt for opposing bowlers a little in the realisation that we rattled up 40 tons in all 7 grades for the season! Troy Brewster from the 4th Grade team had a bit to do with that, hitting 5 centuries. I can’t recall anyone scoring 5 hundreds in a season in my time. And what about the 218 not out by Andy Hollingsworth, again from the 4th Grade side! No-one in 100 years for the old ‘Wicks or Petes had scored that many in a single dig in that grade! Congratulations also to our four lower grade wicketkeepers who recorded most dismissals in each of 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grades.

6 Members of the Management Committee again were outstanding. It is difficult not to mention one without mentioning them all. But I must say that the election of Ray Stafford as CEO was a godsend. When ‘Staffs’ is involved, and that’s in everything, there is a minimum of fuss but an understanding that absolutely nothing is missed, everything is in order and more importantly, everything is up to date. It is a huge job and one of enormous responsibility that Ray has taken to a new level. There is just never a problem and for someone like me that is enormous relief. The teaming of Ray Stafford with Lyall Gardner in the “back room” has been phenomenal. Fair dinkum, you wouldn’t find a better pair in a fruit shop!! Their dedication to the cause, their reliable attitudes and the unselfishness of their time, borders on the ridiculous. I sometimes wonder how they fit in the rest of their lives. But with organisational skills like these two, you have to realise it’s always “no problems mate”. Thank-you Ray for an incredible first year as our CEO. Long live the King. And to my dear old friend “Hollywood”, we couldn’t do it without you, mate.

To the rest of the committee, my sincere thanks for your hard and dedicated work. From Wayne “Mully” Mulherin doing the grounds through to “Prince” with the sponsorship, David Townsend with the junior development, Chris “Fous” Sullivan arranging our social activities, Peter Wright and Greg Hartshorne representing us at association level and our new members, Bernie Dagg and Tony Parker fitting into the machine very well. And to Alan Wright a big thank you for handling the Chairman of Selectors job thath is always a tough ask. I have enjoyed working with you all and already am looking forward to the new season.

There is one person I have not mentioned and although he is last on the list he certainly is not the least. That person is Steve Devlin. Due to personal and professional pressures, Stephen has decided to step down from his club position as Financial Controller. At this point he’ll be having, let’s say, “a little soirée”, but as ever, will still be supporting the club strongly from the sidelines. Again it’s hard for me to find the appropriate words to say about this bloke. I have personally known “Wonder” for over 25 years and in that time he has really set the standard for his work on committees for both the Randwick club and Randwick Petersham. I cannot remember him not being involved and there is no doubt that it will be a very tough job to replace a worker of his calibre. His unselfish attitude, day in and day out, is something that we all should be in awe of. Again this is a man with a family who copes with the pressure of big jobs in the finance world but at the same time I always hear “no problems mate”. To Steve’s family, Sharen, Emma and Matt, thank you for lending your husband and dad to us for the last 22 years. We really appreciate how much family time it has cost and we thank you most sincerely.

To Steve we know you will be close but I want you to know that you will be missed. People are always replaceable but it’s the extra “add-ons” that don’t come with everybody. I know we will get the job done and I know you will be there for advice. From all of us, kick back, enjoy the bowls and we’ll see you at the ground next season. Oh, just one other thing, a thousand thank you’s are not enough.

We are indeed very fortunate to have so many enthusiastic and generous sponsors. We couldn’t survive without them. This season they were at their generous best and we are grateful for their assistance and their involvement. Petersham RSL came on board as our major sponsor under a 5 year arrangement and with plenty of help from the enthusiastic Carl Mower, the club was like our “second home”. Our special thanks to an “old mate” of mine, Phil Green of Babcock and Brown who again sponsored our Players Incentives Scheme. No wonder we had so many good performances! And I would like to mention Ian Jones of Peninsula Holden and Stan Beal who helped Simon Katich settle in. To all our sponsors, thank you for your involvement, generosity and friendship. I hope you enjoyed our association as much as we did and we look forward to continuing it again next season.

Many thanks to our mayors and our Councils, Randwick, Marrickville and Leichhardt for the terrific support with our playing facilities. We now have some of the best cricket grounds in Sydney. Coogee rated number 2 and Petersham number 5. What an outstanding . There are moves afoot to further improve the facilities at Coogee and we are well represented by Wayne Mulherin and Alan Wright on a Council Committee examining that prospect. Thanks to our groundsmen and in particularly to Tony Herman and his team from Green Options. It’s been a difficult time for Tony struggling with a family tragedy and we appreciate his effort in trying circumstances.

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Last year I mentioned in my report the outstanding contribution by our many volunteers. It’s hard to imagine they could have improved on our first year, but, improve they did! We have a wealth of helpers whose enthusiasm is only overshadowed by their dedication. We had a wonderful Volunteers Night after the season that provided us all the opportunity to thank them in a more formal way. Thank you one and all!

Our coaching staff had a big year with improved playing standards reflecting the great work by Bill Anderson, Peter Devlin and their team of dedicated coaches. If there was a disappointment, it was the poor results of our A W Green Shield team despite the fact it comprised a number of promising cricketers, many of whom are still under 16 years of age and available again next season. This is an area that is our number 1 priority for next summer.

On a sad note we say goodbye to long time 1st Grade scorer, Ruth Kelleher and husband Arthur, who have retired to Queensland. They have both been terrific supporters of this club and the old Randwick club. They will be missed but I know will be following the club’s progress with the same enthusiasm they have shown over the many years they have been with us. May I also thank the scorers and the managers of all our teams. Your involvement ensures we operate as a professional outfit in all grades at all times.

We also lost some of our greatest supporters this season with the passing of Stroy Donnan and Wally South. Their involvement with the Randwick club was legendary and stretched over many, many years. “Invincibles” member Ernie Toshack, who played with the founding clubs, also passed away this year along with a number of others who had an association with the club. Full details are recorded elsewhere in this report and may I, on behalf of all Randwick Petersham officials, players and supporters pass on our sincere condolences to the families of all concerned.

In conclusion, may I say again, a satisfying year by all and sundry but we must remember a few things. We must continually attempt to raise the bar, not by large distances, but by pushing forward to improve every single area of our club. We must always remember the ideals upon which we have attempted to build the club-----TRUST, RESPECT AND HUMILITY. We have already adopted these principles and our club is being heralded in the corridors of power as a club on which to be modelled.

One of the proudest things for me during the past season was the fact that not one player from our club was reported for bad behaviour or misconduct. We must not let the ball carry through to the ‘keeper. We must push for the quick singles, punish the bad ball, back each other up, bowl good line and length and hold all our catches, on and off the field. If we stick to what we know, remember where we’re from, remember our past clubs as great historic monuments of Sydney cricket, we can only move in one direction. And that is forward.

To my brothers and sisters of the Randwick Petersham Cricket Club, well played. To our challengers, look out, the Randy Petes are on a role.

Michael Whitney President

Sponsors of the Randwick Petersham Player Incentives Scheme

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Mike Whitney receives a set of cuff links from President Alan Davidson upon his election as the 87th Life Member of the NSW Cricket Association in September 2002

Trevor Jay accompanied by his wife Denise, receives Life Membership of the Sydney Cricket Association from Chairman Bruce Collins in July 2002.

9 REPORT OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is with pleasure that I present to you the second annual report of the Management Committee of the Randwick Petersham Cricket Club.

While season 2002-03 will be remembered for a number of notable achievements and performances, it will be best remembered for the season we won our first Sydney Premiership. When the last Manly was taken at Petersham Oval on Sunday 6 April 2003 in the Fourth Grade Final, history was made. Randwick Petersham were Fourth Grade Premiers!

Although it was the ultimate season for our fourth graders it was a great season for all our teams and the club itself. In only our second year, we continued to progress, emphasising the value of the merger just two years ago.

The best measure of a grade club’s success is its position in the coveted Club Championship. This season we finished 5th, just 2 points from 4th spot and 136 from the winner, Manly Warringah. Last season we were 7th. Our best rounds were against Fairfield-Liverpool where we earned the maximum 120 points for a one-day round after recording our first “clean sweep” of 5 wins in 5 grades. We did it again in the final round taking another 120 points for 5 wins over Blacktown. At the other end of the scale, in round 3 we scored 1,393 runs batting first in all 5 grades against defending Club Champions, Sutherland, and failed to register a single point with 4 losses and a draw! This season’s effort shows that we don’t have to improve too much to be next year’s Club Champions which will remain our principal goal.

The flagship of the club, our First Grade team, performed superbly and but for a couple of hiccups at the wrong time, would have contested the Finals instead of missing out by just 2 points in 7th place. In the final round we needed Sydney University to defeat Fairfield-Liverpool. Had that happened, we would have grabbed 6th place and a shot at the title. As it turned out, Sydney Uni lost that game but the irony was that they made the final 6 and went on to become Premiers! It was a blow to the side that senior batsman and skipper, Paul Toole, broke a thumb in round 3 and didn’t play again until after Christmas.

We made the Final of the First Grade Limited Overs Competition however, and had high hopes for our first top grade trophy but went down to Sutherland in a close match at Caringbah Oval. This was one better than the previous season when we made the Semi-Finals.

We fielded a very good First Grade side this season boosted by the presence of former Australian Test batsman Simon Katich who joined the club after transferring from Western Australia to play for the NSW Speedblitz Blues. In fact, our team had a new look about it this summer with players such as Joe Hill, Darren Wotherspoon, Matthew Cassar, Robert Smith, Jeff Hemming, Chris Benjamin and Matthew Banes in addition to Simon, all wearing the green, white and gold for the first time.

While Simon was always going to be our first First Class player, it was a wonderful boost for him and for the club when he was named NSW Captain in the absence of regular skipper, Steve Waugh. Simon had a wonderful first season with the Blues, being named NSW Pura Cup Player of the Season. He was also named as runner-up to Steve Waugh in the inaugural Steve Waugh Medal for the NSW Player of the Season. Simon received a further bonus late in the season when he was named Captain of the Australia “A” team in a series of matches against a touring “A” side. In one of those matches, he scored 134 not out. We are delighted to have Simon with us and hope he remains for many seasons to come. Not only is he an outstanding player but an outstanding young man.

Second Grade had a great season and it was a bitter disappointment that the team didn’t make the Final after going down narrowly in the Semi-Final. Under new skipper Matt Parker, the team struggled early on and by Christmas was placed 16th after 8 rounds. That they won their next 9 games is testimony to the talent within the side and the belief they had in their own ability. The most amazing aspect of those 9 wins was that they batted second on each occasion—and on 7 of those occasions Matt Parker won the toss and sent the opposition in to bat! In the Semi-Final against eventual Premiers St George, it was only a last wicket of 67 from the Saints that prevented us taking on Mosman in the Final, going down by 61 runs.

In Third Grade we didn’t make the top six but weren’t far away from a Finals berth. The team finished in 10th place but were just 8 points or less than 2 wins away from 6th spot. Two of the losses were by less than 12 runs. Captain Geoff Hodgkinson scored 501 runs at a record average of 100.20 before he was promoted to

10 Seconds. The side had the satisfaction of leading on the first innings in the match against eventual premiers, Penrith although they lost outright in a close result.

In Fourth Grade it was simply a matter of Champions!! Under the astute captaincy and direction of Greg Hartshorne, the club’s most experienced skipper, the side was destined for a good season from the word go. They won 12 of the 15 rounds losing only two, then hit scores of 405 in the Qualifying Final and 365 in the Semi-Final. In the Final their total of 237 took their total runs for the Finals Series to 1,007 runs. You don’t lose when you score like that! The star of the Finals was Troy Brewster who hit 112 in the Qualifying Final and a mammoth 148 in the Final. He had earlier hit 3 centuries to give him an amazing 5 tons for the season. The side contained a wonderful blend of experience and youth, ideal ingredients for a team with “premiership” written all over it. The way they played, trained and applied themselves to their task ensured their victory was well deserved.

Fifth Grade came within an ace of joining 4ths as season Premiers, going down by just 20 runs to Minor Premiers, Sydney University at Caringbah Oval. Tony Martin superbly captained the side and it was a tragedy that a storm the night before the Final caused a delay of 5 hours in the start of the match with water under the covers and a saturated outfield. With only 53 overs to chase down 240 on a wet, slow ground, the boys were gallant in defeat and earned the plaudits of their opposition for their efforts. They won 10 of the 15 matches with 2 draws and just 3 losses leading up to the Finals Series.

The Under 21 Poidevin Gray team gave us a huge thrill winning 5 of their 7 matches and finishing equal third on the competition table. The averages went against us unfortunately, and we were relegated to 6th place, missing a spot in the Semi-Finals. It was most satisfying to see the positive attitude of these young players. Much credit must go to Coach Matt Parker and his assistant Aaron Hildred for the development of these players during the season. In contrast, the Under 16 A W Green Shield team failed to win a game in the competition despite fielding a side with plenty of talent. Many of the youngsters are still under 16 and are available again next season. The experience this season will no doubt stand them in good stead and an improved performance next summer is a top priority for the club and in particular, the Committee. It was pleasing to see captain Usman Khawaja named in the Combined Green Shield side.

We also entered two teams in the Metropolitan Cricket Competition, identified as our 6th and 7th Grade teams. 6th Grade finished fifth, just missing the finals. Had they made the finals they were a strong chance to go all the way. 7th Grade were eliminated in the Qualifying Final, however they played good cricket and were always competitive. Much credit must go to Alan Wright and David Holland for the time and effort they have provided to ensure the future of the club’s development program. The program is aimed at ensuring our promising young cricketers are involved in a good standard of turf cricket while awaiting the call into grade.

Centuries Season 2002-03 will be remembered as one of the driest on record. With the country suffering its worst drought in 100 years, the scene was set for big scoring and that’s just what happened. Last season in the 5 grades we scored 13 centuries. This season we rattled up 30! If we add 6th and 7th grades, we totalled 40 centuries compared to 16 the previous summer. Highest score was by young Englishman Andy Hollingsworth playing in 4th Grade, who hit 218 against Western Suburbs at Coogee! Records show that no 4th Grade batsman ever scored a double century for the founding clubs, Petersham Marrickville and Randwick, in their combined 200 years history! As mentioned above, Troy Brewster scored most tons with 5; George Frazakis hit 3 in 7ths; while Simon Katich (1sts), Richard CheeQuee (1sts), Jeff Hemming (2nds), Geoff Hodgkinson (3rds) and evergreen Alan Wright (6ths) all scored 2 centuries.

Top Performances Top runscorer for the season was Richard CheeQuee with 874 runs. Geoff Hodgkinson (818) and Troy Brewster (815) passed the 800 mark while we had four others make more than 700—Darren Wotherspoon (784), Jeff Hemming (735), Richard Phillips (716) and George Frazakis (711). Ten others passed 500 for the season. Apart from Andy Hollingsworth’s 218, the next highest scores were by Matthew Banes (181), Simon Katich (177) and Tony Martin (155). Of the bowlers, Scott Obey topped the bill with 53 wickets followed by Adam Warren (46), Nigel Singh (42), Peter Bayley (41) and Robert Smith (41). Eight others passed 30 wickets for the season. Best bowling figures were Scott Obey (7-64), Robert Smith (7-82) and Matthew Barnes (7-88). In wicketkeeping, 1st Grades’ Daryl Parmenter added to his outstanding record haul of 64 last season with 46 dismissals this year while David Mitchell (2nds) and Matthew Taylor (4ths) both set new marks for their grades with 41 and 38 dismissals respectively.

Major Award Winners Congratulations to Matthew Cassar – Player of the Season, Greg Hartshorne – Clubman of the Year (Player), Peter Devlin – Clubman of the Year (Non Player). All three are very worthy winners of these awards.

11 Sydney Cricket Association Top Grade Performers In an amazing performance, our 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Grade wicketkeepers all topped the most dismissals in the competition for their respective grades. With Daryl Parmenter at the top of the list in 1st Grade last season, this means that our ‘keepers have won the lot in just two seasons! Richard CheeQuee didn’t reach the dizzy heights he did last season with the bat, but managed to top the First Grade fielding with 23 catches - 2 more than the next best. Troy Brewster (4ths) and Tony Martin (5ths) scored most runs in their competitions while Geoff Hodgkinson recorded the best 3rd Grade average with 100.20. Andy Hollingsworth’s 218 not out was also the highest score in the 4th Grade competition.

Overseas Players We filled our overseas player quota of 3 with great success this season. Kallin Davies, who has been a regular for the past 3 years ended up 3rd Grade skipper, notching a top score of 119; Andy Hollingsworth hit a new record score of 218 not out in 4ths; while Matthew Banes started with us in 5ths, hit 181 in 4ths before being quickly promoted through 3’s and 2’s to 1st Grade where he completed the season. Matt has since won a new contract with Kent in English . All three are fine young men and good players.

Honours We were delighted that the NSW Cricket Association and the Sydney Cricket Association saw fit to award life memberships to two of this clubs’ Life Members—Mike Whitney and Trevor Jay, respectively. Both have contributed a great deal to cricket and fully deserved to be honoured in such manner. Mike Whitney was further honoured this year for his contribution to cricket and to the community, being awarded a Centenary of Federation Medal by the Governor General. South Sydney Shires CEO, Peter Daffen, was similarly honoured and our congratulations are extended to both Mike and Peter.

Scholarships As part of the club’s Junior Development Program, two scholarships were awarded this season to Usman Khawaja and Denesh Hewa-Gamage. Usman captained our A W Green Shield team and played most of the season in 3rd Grade while Denesh was a regular member of the 6th Grade team. For season 2003-04, the Committee has awarded Junior Development Scholarships to Mark Carroll, Campbell Dash, Louis Talay, Glen Carroll, Usman Khawaja and Denesh Hewa-Gamage. These are promising young cricketers, who are the future of the club.

Administration Following last year’s AGM we welcomed Bernie Dagg, Tony Parker and Wayne Mulherin to the Management Committee. I took over as Chief Executive Officer and despite the heavy and exacting workload, enjoyed my first year in the job. A total of 11 Committee meetings were held with a number of issues the subject of healthy and spirited debate. We have a great committee where every member is responsible for a specific function. Alan Wright continued as Chairman of Selectors and did an outstanding job, particularly in advising players of selection changes and filling positions arising from late dropouts. It’s not an easy job. Our various operational committees again performed with distinction and it is hard to imagine how the club could function without the dedicated personnel who give of their time and expertise in making these committees the success they have been. Special mention needs to be made of Grounds Committee Chairman, Wayne Mulherin, through whose efforts we have some of the best grounds and facilities in Grade Cricket. Wayne and Alan Wright are currently serving on a Randwick Council committee with the Randwick Rugby Club and local Coogee football clubs concerning the future development of Coogee Oval. Greg Hartshorne took on the demanding sponsorship role and did an outstanding job. Petersham RSL came on as our major sponsor on a 5 year deal, while our overall sponsorship arrangements grew in number and value as a result of Greg’s hard work. Tony Parker, our Cricketware Coordinator, did a great job and was always available for last minute requirements of playing attire. Chris Sullivan as always did a great job in organising the many social events throughout the year. Captains Match Report - To Paul Toole, Richard CheeQuee, Matthew Parker, Geoff Hodgkinson, Kallin Davies, Greg Hartshorne, Tony Martin and Laurie Heil (Green Shield) – Congratulations as we were one of only five clubs to have a 100% record in sending to the SCA the Captains Match Report on time. Well Done.

Coaching Our coaching staff under Director Bill Anderson and Club Coach Peter Devlin enjoyed great success the way our teams performed and they are entitled to all the accolades that may come their way. Matt Cassar was our Junior Development Officer and did a great job under the stewardship of David Townsend who took over the management of Junior Development this year. This is an important area for the club and one that requires all the time and effort we can provide. Our future depends on it.

12 NSWCA and SCA Peter Wright and Greg Hartshorne represented the club at SCA meetings while Peter was the club’s delegate to NSWCA. It was a disappointment for the club that it was forced to protest against the Gordon club’s 4th Grade team being declared the winner of round 12 after our team was forced to bat on a damp pitch on day 2 of the match. The SCA Committee dismissed our objection and the matter proceeded to the NSW Board’s Appeal Sub-Committee, which then ruled in our favour. Peter Wright is an invaluable member of our committee who has done some outstanding work in representing our club in relation to all SCA and Cricket NSW matters. Mike Whitney became the club’s first NSWCA Vice President when elected at the Association’s AGM last year while Lyall Gardner served another year as an Appointed Director on the NSW Cricket Board. Club representatives also met with the SCA Committee at the end of the season to clarify a number of differences which had been experienced over this and last season. I would also like to acknowledge the SCA Management Committee and Ian Field for their contributions and assistance during the season.

Finances Finances are a major aspect of the club and Steve Devlin again put in a huge effort as Financial Controller. Unfortunately, Steve has informed of his decision to stand down after 22 years as an administrator and 12 years in charge of finance. He will be sorely missed and we thank him for his magnificent contribution and wish him well in retirement. Steve leaves with our finances in a sound position although the increased costs associated with running a grade cricket club are now such that we cannot afford to take our eye of the ball for a moment. We finished the season with net assets of $40,063.45 after an operating surplus of $1,810.55. A feature of the year in terms of finance was the creation of a separate investment fund using a very generous legacy of $200,000 left to the club by former Randwick patron, the late Wally South. The fund, known as the Randwick Petersham Cricket Foundation, was established to secure the club’s financial future and provide a regular income source for activities in the years ahead. Full details appear elsewhere in this report

Obituary During the season, we lost Stroy Donnan (95), who was our oldest Life Member, and as mentioned above, former Randwick player and patron Wally South (86). Founding clubs player Ernie Toshack, a member of the famous 1948 “Invincibles” also passed away. We were all touched by the Bali Bombing on 12 October 2002 when former Randwick player Shane Foley (33) lost his life along with a number of his Coogee Dolphins football club team-mates. The club made a donation towards a Bali Benefit function to assist a Marrickville family devastated by the tragedy while Life Member Lyall Gardner represented the club in addressing a sombre gathering at Petersham Town Hall prior to the unveiling of a commemorative plaque by mayor Barry Cotter.

Conclusion Many tributes are recorded throughout this report to our very generous sponsors and our wealth of volunteers and on behalf of the Management Committee, I thank them one and all for their assistance and involvement. I couldn’t sign off without thanking our ladies at Petersham and Coogee for their contribution with afternoon teas and the running of the canteens. They work hard, never complain and always greet you with a smile. Thank you ladies. Special mention must also be made of Noel “Pommy” Hughes for his continued efforts at Petersham. Last of all I would like to thank Lyall Gardner for all his support and help over the past year. He is a great contributor to our club and cricket in general. With the email communication link, Lyall ensures that all players, volunteers and supporters are kept up-to-date with club issues. Well done Lyall.

We have had a tremendous year. Next season looms as exciting as this one and I’m sure everyone is looking forward to it as much as I am.

For and on behalf of the Management Committee. Ray Stafford Chief Executive Officer

COMMITTEE MEETINGS

During the year there were 11 Committee Meetings. Attendances were as follows:

11 R Stafford, C Sullivan 10 G Hartshorne, P Wright 9 T Parker, A Wright 8 B Dagg, W Mulherin 7 M Whitney, S Devlin, D Townsend

13 Sponsors

We had a fantastic lineup of sponsors this season and are extremely grateful for their assistance. It is only through the generous assistance of our sponsors that we have been able to keep costs down and finish the season in a reasonably sound position. The courtesies and friendship extended by the people behind these sponsorships added greatly to our association with them. We extend our appreciation and gratitude to the following:

▪ Petersham RSL- came on board as our major sponsor this year under a 5 year arrangement. We held our main social functions and meetings at the club and on all occasions the hospitality afforded us was of the highest order. Our thanks to all Directors and in particular to the club’s effervescent Carl Mower. ▪ Babcock and Brown- all players benefit from our Babcock and Brown Player’s Incentive Scheme and in this regard we owe a HUGE vote of thanks to Phil Green who has been a tremendous supporter of Randwick and now Randwick Petersham, for more than 20 years. Thanks Phil. ▪ Marrickville Anzac Memorial Club- Secretary Manager Mike Farrell and the Directors of the club have been great supporters. We held our Christmas party at the Club and we are grateful for their continued assistance. The use of the Board Room for committee meetings was also appreciated. ▪ South Sydney Junior Club- Geoff Knight and the Board of Directors have been great friends of cricket over many years and their generosity once again this season was appreciated. ▪ Cardy &Co. -former Wallaby star Alan Cardy had always been a great supporter and his assistance once again this season was greatly appreciated ▪ MHS Recruiting- a new sponsor this season and we are indebted to Vicki Hemming and Keith Sheldrick for coming on board. We also appreciated their company at many club events. ▪ David Trodden & Associates- local solicitor David Trodden has always been a true supporter of the ‘Petes and his continued assistance with the Randy Petes has been of great value ▪ Quality Resort Nautilus, Coffs Harbour-Resort Manager, Geoff Turner generously donated a resort package as the prize for our Player Of The Season winner. Geoff also made the trip down for our Annual Dinner in February. Many thanks Geoff. ▪ Canterbury-Hurlstone Park RSL Club- in particular General Manager Dean Thomas and the club Directors for their generous assistance. ▪ Canterbury Bulldogs League Club- General Manager, John Ballesty, ensured that the Bulldogs weren’t far from the cricket action with a generous sponsorship once again. ▪ Kingsgrove Sports Centre-special thanks to Harry Solomons who supported us once again with memorabilia gifts and some good deals on cricket and sporting equipment ▪ Café Barzu- another new sponsor donating match awards in the restaurant. Thanks to former 1st Grade umpire Tom Williams, the proprietor of this popular Norton St., Leichhardt establishment ▪ Manna Restaurant- and yet another new sponsor this season and we thank Mark Lightowler for his match awards. The restaurant is only a good hit for six from Petersham Oval ▪ Mike Whitney Promotions- his sponsorship never falters, year in year out. We need say no more. Thanks, Whit. ▪ Alan Wright & Associates- his generosity is only overshadowed by his loyalty and dedication. Many thanks, Alan. ▪ Junioroo- our grateful thanks for continued support through former CEO Laurie Heil with the A W Green Shield team ▪ Choice Home Loans- Greg Hartshorne, the principal behind this business, never misses an opportunity to help his club and we are once again grateful for his generous sponsorship ▪ Peninsula Holden- thanks to Ian Jones for helping out with “wheels” for Simon Katich ▪ First Grade Sponsors- we had a number of separate sponsors backing the 1st Grade team and we appreciate their involvement: Talisman Marketing (Mark Sundin); Pagewood Hotel (Bob Rheinberger); BP Woodward & Associates (Tony Woodward); The Bowlers Club of NSW (Rocky Massaria); Watson Buchan (John Watson); Hamstead Homes (Paul Fitzgerald); Cartwright Insurances (Len Cartwright); Pamford Property (Peter Waters).

Thank you one and all and we hope to have you back with us again next season !!

14 We thank you………….!!! What a great season for the club! We couldn’t do it without a lot of help and support and we thank everyone who assisted in some way or another and in particular the following:

▪ The Mayors of Marrickville, Leichhardt and Randwick and their staff for their assistance and co- operation, particularly in relation to our grounds ▪ Our groundsmen Pat at Petersham, Cameron, Steve and Tony at Coogee, Snape and Kensington, Guy at Jubilee and Sean at Marrickville ▪ Our fabulous hospitality staff, Pat, Helen and Robin at Petersham, Madge, Kacey and Ashleigh at Coogee. Thanks also to those volunteers who helped out with afternoon teas in the lower grades. ▪ Barbeque cooks Peter Harrison, Peter Devlin, Tony Parker and Chris Sullivan ▪ Practice Captain Richard McCord for ensuring our training sessions at Petersham and Snape Ovals went smoothly and particularly for putting up the nets single handedly at Petersham Oval ▪ Ken Devlin, Alan Austin, Len Cartwright, Chris Burke, Ross Davies, John Pearson, John Benaud, Mark Sundin, John Watson, Peter Rolls, Phil Tresidder, Greg Hartshorne, Wayne Mulherin, Gordon Owen, Duncan Scott- Glassock, John Connell and Mayor Ron Hoenig of Botany Bay Council for the donation of Annual Awards ▪ Ian Jones of Peninsular Holden for assistance with a motor vehicle and Stan Beal for providing accommodation for Simon Katich ▪ CPI Paper and in particular Director, Denis Goodrem and our own Steve Greentree for the donation of the high quality paper used in this Annual Report ▪ Our dedicated and efficient scorers and team managers Ruth Kelleher, Richard McCord, Brian Proops, Owen Ridge, Bob Barter, Tony Parker, Tariq Khawaja, John Connell, Steve Greentree, David Holland and Paul Spurr ▪ Jacob Sarkodee for working the scoreboard at Petersham Oval ▪ Director of Coaching Bill Anderson, Club Coach Peter Devlin and assistants, David Skuthorpe, Paul Fitzgerald, Greg Hartshorne, Paul Toole, Daryl Parmenter, Adam Warren and Andrew Millican ▪ David Townsend and Matt Cassar for their Junior Development work ▪ NSWCA CEO David Gilbert and staff for the many courtesies during the season ▪ SCA Committee of Management and Ian Field for ongoing support and assistance ▪ Peter Hughes of NSW Cricket Umpires’ Association and Arthur Kelleher for services with pre- season umpires ▪ Peter Daffen of South Sydney Shires for pre-season matches and general support ▪ Easts; North Sydney; Shellharbour and Stockton Cricket Clubs for pre-season matches ▪ Don Arnold for his many photographic favours ▪ Patrons Noel Hughes and Phil Tresidder for their help and advice throughout the season ▪ Financial Controller Steve Devlin for his extensive work with the club’s finances ▪ Wayne Tilley for his services as Honorary Auditor and for financial advice ▪ Life Member Graeme Hughes for being MC at our annual dinner and for ongoing support ▪ Wayne Mulherin and Alan Wright for their superb efforts concerning our grounds ▪ Lyall Gardner for his work with the annual awards, annual report, publicity, communication links and general administrative advice and assistance ▪ Peter Wright and Greg Hartshorne for representing the club at NSWCA and SCA meetings ▪ Chris Sullivan for arranging our social events with passion and expertise ▪ Greg Hartshorne for his outstanding work with sponsors ▪ Alan Wright for undertaking the difficult role of Chairman of Selectors ▪ Peter Bayley for his design and ongoing maintenance of the club website ▪ Sean Sampson for his well written and newsy match reports and press articles ▪ Peter Wright for his legal advice and representation of the club before various committees ▪ Shane Redenbach for his assistance with the design and supply of the cricket wear clothing ▪ Tony Parker for handling the storage and distribution of the club’s cricket wear clothing ▪ Judy Robinson for numbering the 1st Grade playing shirts ▪ Laurie Heil, Grant Rimmer, Matt Cassar and John McLoughlin for their management and coaching of the A W Green Shield team ▪ Aaron Hildred and Matthew Parker for their coaching of the Poidevin Gray team ▪ Club captains Andrew Millican (Club Captain), Paul Toole and Richard CheeQuee (1st Grade), Matt Parker (2nd Grade), Kallin Davies and Geoff Hodgkinson (3rd Grade), Greg Hartshorne ( 4th Grade), Tony Martin (5th Grade), Grant Rimmer ( 6th Grade), George Frazakis (7th Grade), Brenton Barker (PG’s), Usman Khawaja( A W Green Shield) and others who filled in as required. ▪ We are also grateful for the kind donation by Helen Milford

15 THE GRADE SEASON IN SUMMARY

Round 1 v University of NSW (50 overs matches) A great start to the 2002-03 season with 4 wins. Firsts fielded a star-studded side with Sydney Grade debutante, Joe Hill, hitting a superb 123 not out from 122 balls with 14 fours and 2 sixes. Skipper Paul Toole continued his good work with 52 while Adam Warren had a great double with 27 runs and 2-25 from 10 overs. Brenton Barker (38) and A W Green Shield captain, Usman Khawaja (31 not out) laid the way for an easy 3 rd Grade win with Eddie Otto applying the finishing touches with 4-19. Newcomer Zachary Levien took 4 wickets in fourths to set up the win with Fabian Heaton (44) and David Townsend (50 not out) chasing down the students total. Caleb Brown assured fifths of early season points with 83 while evergreen Steve Bright took 3 wickets. Two’s were the disappointment despite good performances from Richard Phillips (50), Steve Zantides (37) and Peter Bayley (3-25 off 10).

1st won by 95 runs 8-260 to 6-165 2nd lost by 108 runs 175 to 8-283 3rd won by 65 runs 9-205 to 140 4th won by 6 wkts 4-211 to 210 5th won by 3 wkts 7-211 to 206

Round 2 v Mosman A record-breaking performance by Simon Katich hitting 9 sixes and 17 fours in his 177 enabled First Grade to top 400 for the first time and take first innings points. Paul Toole (73), Daryl Parmenter (66 not out) and Adam Warren (3-60) were other major contributors. Disappointment in all other grades, however. Seconds almost got there on the back of skipper Matt Parkers’ 91 and Dean White’s 4-59, missing out by 35. Thirds couldn’t defend a big score set up by Alex Sciascia (135) and Geoff Hodgkinson (119) going down by 2 wickets although Chris Singh (5-53) tried hard. Fourth Grade fell 6 runs short despite half centuries from Michael Watson (63) and Marc Anderson (56). Fifths struggled with the bat although skipper Steve Yates had some compensation with a ton (101 not out) in the follow-on.

1st won by 89 runs 6-428 dec to 339 2nd lost by 34 runs 225 to 259 and 0-18 3rd lost by 2 wkts 3-290 dec to 8-292 4th lost by 5 runs 266 to 271 5th lost by 134 runs 147 and 1-165 to 8-281 dec

Round 3 v Sutherland Clearly our worst performance since becoming Randwick Petersham. After scoring 1,392 runs in the five grades, we failed to register a single competition point with four losses and a draw. We had some great performances by Matt Parker (118 not out) and Jeff Hemming (115) in Second Grade, by Brenton Barker (103) in thirds while Michael Watson brought up his maiden grade century in fours with a stylish 125. The bowlers tried hard but dropped catches were the order of the day throughout. A miss by the ever reliable Paul Toole in firsts proved costly as he broke his thumb in the process. A round to forget but a fitting reminder as to why Sutherland was the defending Club Champion.

1st lost by 3 wkts 262 to 7-263 2nd lost by 7 wkts 6-348 dec to 3-349 3rd match drawn 8-260 dec to 9-252 4th lost by 5 wkts 9-261 dec to 5-274 5th lost by 4 wkts 261 to 6-262

Round 4 v Western Suburbs It was a clean sweep in the four lower grades with 1st Grade the only downer. A magnificent 7-82 by firsts leggie Robert Smith wasn’t enough to prevent Wests accumulating 301. At 0-50 we were looking good but the wobbles set in and with no-one supporting Richard CheeQuee(71), we could only muster 217. Two’s led by 111 on the first innings courtesy of another ton from Jeff Hemming (112no) and knocked over 7 in the second innings. Threes, fours and fives had easy wins with the stars being Geoff Hodgkinson (122), Kallin Davies (119) and Nigel Singh (6-35) in 3’s; Tony Martin (155) and Steve Clarke (77) in 5’s; while newcomer Andy Hollingsworth rattled up a huge 218 not out for the “Man of the Round Award” in 4’s.

1st lost by 84 runs 217 to 301 2nd won by 111 runs 4-293 dec to 182 and 7-130 3rd won by 44 runs 3-279 to 235 4th won by 113 runs 5-380 to 267 5th won by 99 runs 8-315 dec to 216

Round 5 v Manly Warringah Fourths and fifths were the stars in a poor round for the club. Only Joe Hill (50) did anything in firsts which lost its last 8 wickets for 65 to lose by a big margin. Seconds got on a greentop at Manly but came back well to almost pull off an outright win courtesy of 105 from David Mitchell and great bowling by Rod Stafford (4-69). Thirds were 1-132 overnight chasing 223 but crashed to miss by 13 runs. Fours were in trouble at 6-46 but rallied to 7-191 for a great win with the stars

16 being Usman Khawaja (32), Marc Anderson (47 not out) and Zac Levien (20 not out) after evergreen Denis Hinds had taken 5-34. A dashing 109 from Steve Clarke and 6-43 by Steve Bright and the fifths “trotted in”.

1st lost by 121 runs 167 to 7-288 dec 2nd lost by 7 wkts 151 and 7-271dec to 3-155 dec and 7-195 3rd lost by 10 runs 210 t0 220 and 0-33 4th won by 3 wkts 7-191 to 190 5th won by 89 runs 284 to 195

Round 6 v St George It was the round that could have “been anything”. Saints had won 23 of their first 25 games in all grades and led in everything. But thirds, fourths and fifths dished it out and took the points. Geoff Hodgkinson (68 not out) and Mel Singh (4- 21) set up the 3’s; David Townsend’s 80 not out put the polish on the 4’s; while Matt Banes (58) and Jon Griffiths (4-16) gave fives an 8 wicket margin. In Second Grade, some controversial decisions against us resulted in a narrow loss after Chris Benjamin (85) and Steve Zantides (74) put their team well in control with just a few overs to go. In First Grade, it was a matter of dropped catches at vital times and some superb bowling by Saints Scott Thompson, for them to take the first innings points. Our Scott Obey had given his side a great chance to inflict Saints first loss of the season when he produced a career-best 7-64 to be “Man of the Round”. All the action however, was in the second innings when Saints declared leaving us 280 to get in just 40 overs. We missed out by just 2 runs with 4 wickets remaining after Darren Wotherspoon (84 off 53 balls) and Richard CheeQuee (60) set the scene. Real edge-of-seat stuff!!

1st lost by 51 runs 136 and 6-278 to 187 and 4-228 dec 2nd lost by 21 runs 255 to 276 3rd won by 7 wkts 3-116 to 115 4th won by 4 wkts 6-190 to 189 5th won by 8 wkts 2-153 to 149

Round 7 v Eastern Suburbs The best round ever for the club with four wins and a draw. Firsts batted on a day with three rain stoppages yet managed a great score of 8-326 dec. before bowling Easts out for 254. Richard CheeQuee (139 not out), Simon Katich (90) and Adam Warren (5-43) were the stars. In twos, Rodney Stafford’s 6-84 wasn’t enough to snare the win with the last man holding out for a “9 down” draw. In Third Grade, Geoff Hodgkinson (68) and the Singh brothers, Chris with 5 -55 and Mel with 4-27, put the issue well beyond doubt. Fours amassed a huge total courtesy of Matt Banes (98), Matt Taylor (62) and Michael Watson (64) and bowled tightly for a decisive win while in fives, Troy Brewster (136) and Matt Hilder (75) passed the target without loss. Sean Sampson took 4-52 in a fine display.

1sts won by 72 runs 8-326 dec to 254 2nds match drawn 9-272 dec to 9-259 3rds won by 3 wkts 7-179 to 176 4ths won by 129 runs 347 to 218 5ths won by 86 runs 4-269 to 183 and 2-68

Round 8 v Hawkesbury Another great round with four wins. Only Third Grade spoilt the party with a shock loss after being in the box seat most of the match. In ones, the lowest score of the first six batters was 32 with the top being Richard CheeQuee’s 66. The 300 target was much too great for the Hawkes with a mixture of pace and spin knocking them over before lunch on day 2 for just 86. Second Grade recorded a terrific win chasing 318 with David Mitchell (83) and Brett Hunter (59) the main contributors. Fourths hit another massive total with Matt Banes striking the ball superbly for 181and David Townsend remaining undefeated on 73 while bowlers Denis Hinds (3-33) and Nigel Singh (4-47) applied the finishing touches. The Fifth Grade batting machine was at it again to record its fifth successive victory by a big margin. Steve Clarke (59), Matt Hilder (62) and skipper Tony Martin (62 not out) showed no mercy as they mowed down the target of 213 with ease and went to second place in the competition.

1sts won by 214 runs 8-300 dec to 86 and 2-192 2nds won by 3 wkts 7-320 to 318 3rds lost by 11 runs 189 to 200 and 4-83 4ths won by 153 runs 3-333 dec to 180 5ths won by 5 wkts 5-216 to 213

Christmas Summary Going into the Christmas break, the position of teams in each grade was as follows:

1st Grade 7 wins 5 losses 42 points Equal 10th position 2nd Grade 2 wins 6 losses 12 points Equal 16th position 3rd Grade 4 wins 4 losses 24 points Equal 9th position 4th Grade 6 wins 2 losses 36 points Equal 3rd position 5th Grade 6 wins 2 losses 36 points Equal 3rd position Club Championship 636 points 10th position

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Round 9 v Fairfield Liverpool (50 overs matches) The club’s best ever round with wins in all 5 grades! First Grade’s win gave them a spot in the Limited Overs Competition semi-finals for the second successive year. It was a low scoring match with Darren Wotherspoon (44), Daryl Parmenter (34) and Matthew Cassar (33 not out) doing well on a difficult wicket. Our bowlers defended our 188 beautifully with their top score restricted to just 26. In Seconds, Graham Doig (4-29) and Matt Barnes (3-21) demolished their opponents leaving Matty Banes(42) and Steve Zantides (23) to finish off. Threes had a struggle belting 36 from the last 5 overs to secure the win. Brenton Barker (34) and Michael Watson(39) led the charge. Another Fourth Grade huge score put the game out of reach of Fairfield who were never in the hunt. Troy Brewster (93) and Steve Clarke (95) almost doubled up on their early seasons centuries as they blazed their way to 6-259.Steve Bright took 4-17 from his 10 overs in fives while Fabian Heaton’s half century ensured another hollow victory. A wonderful round against last season’s First Grade premiership club.

1sts won by 79 runs 188 to 109 2nds won by 4 wkts 6-128 to 127 3rds won by 3 wkts 7-192 to 188 4ths won by 116 runs 6-259 to 9-143 5ths won by 7 wkts 3-104 to 101

Round 10 v UTS Balmain One of the most amazing 1st Grade wins! Sent in on a seamers delight at Drummoyne and up against Australian and NSW fast bowler , it was difficult to put bat to ball in the first hour. After being 5-11, with Bracken taking 4- 5, a rally by Darren Wotherspoon, Daryl Parmenter and Matt Cassar enabled us to limp to an unimpressive 93. But a quick fightback and the hosts went to tea at 3-39. Three more straight after tea and the scoreline was 6-47. With experienced Neil Maxwell in charge the score quickly raced to 6-82. Then a miracle. Leggie Robert Smith was introduced into the attack and immediately broke through. Scott Obey chimed in and at 8-89 it was edge of the seat stuff! Two more runs then panic set in. A slog to mid-off and a LBW next ball left UTS stranded on 92 all out—1 run short of our total! An absolute cricket miracle! In Seconds, we knocked over UTS quickly and led by 61 before they batted again leaving 143 to get for the outright which we got! Matt Banes had scores of 59 and 60 while Peter Bayley collected 5 wickets. Threes crashed despite Eddie Otto’s fine all round performance of 4-39 and 30 not out. Fours continued on their winning way courtesy of some great bowling from Nigel Singh (4-35) and Aaron Hildred (3-34). Fifths recorded a surprise loss missing out by 26 runs. Chad Greenberg had a good match with 3-55 and 4-29.

1sts won by 1 run 93 and 7-261 to 92 2nds won outright by 7 wkts 8-203 dec and 3-143 to 132 and 213 3rds lost by 207 runs 98 and 8-204 to 305 4ths won by 48 runs 139 and 8-144 dec to 91 and 6-129 5ths lost by 26 runs 143 and 4-79 to 169 and 145

Round 11 v North Sydney Another great round for the club and a huge win for 1st Grade with an outright defeat of the Bears by lunch on day 2. Batting first on a good North Sydney deck, Scott Obey was at his best taking 6-50 and backing up with 4-43 for match figures of 10-93. Darren Wotherspoon recorded his maiden 1st Grade century while skipper Paul Toole hit 62 in only his second game back from injury. Daryl Parmenter took 7 catches behind the stumps while Norths didn’t make 100 in either innings. Twos went on with the job chasing 291 at Petersham with a solid 5 wicket win. Richie Phillips (77) and Geoff Hodgkinson (63) set the tone with a 107 opening record partnership while Jeff Hemming (66) kept the runs flowing. Threes crashed to a record low of 51 for a second successive loss. Fourth Grade motored on with Troy Brewster (103) recording his second ton in another fine win. Fifth Grade skipper Tony Martin declared his teams innings closed with his own score on 98 not out to give his side every chance for maximum points. And that’s what they did with a resounding outright victory! In terms of points, it was the club’s best ever round with a total of 134 Club Championship points.

1sts won outright by an inns & 28 runs 6-218 dec to 97 and 93 2nds won by 5 wkts 5-299 to 291 3rds lost by 175 runs 51 and 5-173 to 226 4ths won by 94 runs 9-277 dec to 182 5ths won outright by an inns & 80 runs 3-323 dec to 151 and 85

Round 12 v Gordon First Grade played an amazing game being inexplicably bowled out for a record low 75 chasing a meagre total of 131 on a good Petersham Oval pitch. The position was rectified when Gordon was bowled out for 108 the next week and we took the outright points chasing down the 165 total without the loss of a wicket! Adam Warren finished with 5-52 and 4-40 while Scott Obey returned figures of 4-22 and 4-45. Joe Hill’s undefeated 99 in the second innings was worth the extra run. Seconds were set a target of 242 after the last pair added 92 but got the money 6 down. Skipper Matt Parker (47) and Graham Doig (47not out) scored the best. Michael Watson (58) and Alex Sciascia (57) set the scene for a big Third Grade score but the stags ran it down after being 5-100. Fours were forced to chase runs on a wet second day pitch which ended up in a successful protest to NSWCA. Fives continued on their winning way with a fine first innings victory although fast bowler Sean Sampson provided a sniff of an outright with 4-21 after David Bourke took 5-21 in the first innings.

18 1sts won outright by 10 wkts 75 and 0-165 to 131 and 108 2nds won by 4 wkts 6-245 to 242 3rds lost by 4 wkts 9-267 dec to 6-270 4ths won on protest 154 to 193 5ths won by 102 runs 206 to 104 and 8-133

Round 13 v Penrith With Penrith leading the table, it was a big game for 1’s at Coogee. The Panthers took the honours day 1 with 312. Day 2 was murky and drizzly with play delayed 2 hours. Matt Cassar opened the batting and hit a solid 61. Richard CheeQuee also hit his straps (and many sixes) as he blazed his way to 102no interrupted only by a break for bad light following a successful appeal by the fielding side! With 60 balls left and us with 5 wickets needing 60 runs, the game was called off in gloomy weather. A major disappointment. Seconds went on with the job at Howell despite the wet, to hit a huge score and take the points which put them into 6th possie. Geoff Hodgkinson almost registered his third ton with 93. Threes had a first innings win with Kallin Davies (69), James Byrne (4-36) and Eddie Otto (4-32) the best performers, but lost outright chasing maximum points while 4’s and 5’s didn’t get to play on day 2. Nigel Singh’s 5-44 was a highlight in 4ths.

1sts drawn 5-248 to 312 2nds won by 137 runs 9-342 dec to 205 and 4-154 3rds lost outright by 7 runs 199 and 109 to 117 and 198 (led first innings) 4ths drawn 0-0 to 234 5ths drawn 131 to 1-78

Round 14 v Northern District A big round for the club with ND’s ahead of us in 1’s, 2’s and 3’s. First Grade did well to bowl out one of the competition’s best batting lineups for 229 with Scott Obey (3-39) passing the 50 wickets mark. But disaster struck when we batted and we were soon 4-15 before being all out on day 2 for just 86-our second lowest score-which put our finals hopes in severe jeopardy. Two’s went on with the job courtesy of a magnificent undefeated 129 by opener Richie Phillips and 72 from Steve Zantides. The win elevated them to 5th spot. Thirds had an outstanding win chasing down a huge score of 282 with Neil Cohen blasting a fantastic 120.. Fourths whitewashed their opponents on day 1 for just 57 to take the early points but couldn’t convert that to an outright win. Denis Hinds’4-10 was a highlight. Fifth Grade suffered the disappointment of not being able to take the last wicket and were left with a draw.

1sts lost by 143 runs 86 and 8-241 to 229 2nds won by 4 wkts 6-269 to 267 3rds won by 1 wkt 9-285 to 8-282 dec 4ths won by 134 runs 9-191 dec to 57 and 262 5ths drawn 8-287 dec to 9-194

Round 15 v Blacktown The last round of the season and we were looking for a big finish. The result was wins in all five grades for the second time this season! 120 points in the Club Championship rocketed us to 5th place, just 2 points from 4th! A fantastic finish but because 6th placed Fairfield fell across the line against Sydney Uni, our 1sts missed out finishing 7th overall. It was an emphatic win in 1’s with Matt Cassar hitting 123 and Darren Wotherspoon 88 for a huge score of 5-295 in 50 overs. Seconds did likewise to secure a final position of 5th after knocking over Blacktown for just 94 with Peter Bayley returning 4-18. Thirds and fives had the better run rate when a storm intervened to finish their matches early. Thirds Usman Khawaja (83no) and Kallin Davies (5-13) had outstanding games. Fours were shaky at 2-16 but when Troy Brewster (135 no) rattled up his third ton of the season and David Townsend his first (118 no), the score had progressed to a huge 2-281 before Nigel Singh and Aaron Hildred put together the finishing touches with 5 wickets each. .

1sts won by 48 runs 5-295 to 6-197 (Duckworth Lewis method) 2nds won by 7 wkts 3-98 to 94 3rds won on run rate 5-167 to 6-88 4ths won by 191 runs 2-281 to 90 5ths won on run rate 9-195 to 8-158 Qualifying Finals A sensational performance by Second Grade to chase down 261 to win at Village Green. Uni were in trouble early at 3-24, recovered to get to 5-222, then lost 5-39. Dean White (4-46), Rod Stafford (3-50) and Matt Barnes (2-73) were the destroyers. A shaky start to the batting left us at 3-44 by the end of day1. Nightwatchman Dean White (49) and Geoff Hodgkinson (54) got things going next day, but a mid order collapse saw the score slump to 7-159. Steve Zantides (29) and Brett Hunter took the score to 202 before Zed was out. Rod Stafford joined “Bunter” and the two went for the win. Brett hit 3 sixes, including one over the pavilion, while “Rocket Rod” at the other end had the pleasure of hitting the winning runs. Brett finished undefeated on 68 while Rod was 21. Amazingly, it was the team’s 9th win in a row batting second and the 7th time captain Matt Parker had sent the opposition in to bat!! At Coogee, our Fourth Grade team dominated. Aaron Hildred (5-18) was the main destroyer in UTS Balmain’s meagre total of 81. Troy Brewster (112) and Matt Taylor (89) got the runs easily allowing the other batsmen to contribute to a record score of 405! With minor premiers St George being beaten elsewhere, our fours went to the top of the semi-finals table.

19 At Petersham, Fifth Grade didn’t do too well early with St George stacking up 180 for just 4 wickets. However, Zach Levien (3-35) and Marc Anderson (3-40) hit their straps and wrapped up the Saints for 211. We were 0-61 by stumps day 1 and the following morning continued the good work with Steve Yates (91) supported by Matt Hilder (26) and Paul Greentree (20) driving home the advantage to win by 5 wickets. All 3 teams progressed to the semi-finals---the first semi-finalists for the club!

2nds won by 2 wkts 8-262 to 261 v University of NSW at Village Green 4ths won by 324 runs 405 to 81 v UTS Balmain at Coogee Oval 5ths won by 5 wkts 5-212 to 211 v St George at Petersham Oval

Semi-Finals Fourth Grade recorded a superb win over minor premier St George batting first on a sensational Coogee Oval pitch to score a huge 365! Andy Hollingsworth was the big scorer with 96 while Darren McCoy (60), David Townsend (52), Greg Hartshorne (48no) and Michael Watson (37) all made worthwhile contributions. Saints didn’t get a bat until Sunday afternoon and with Nigel Singh (3-22) and Denis Hinds (3-25) making early inroads were never a hope finishing 7 down in a tame draw. Because of our higher position, our team progressed to the final! Our fifth graders started with a bang at Petersham Oval quickly having the Bankstown Bulldogs struggling at 5-29. Their middle and late batters stuck to their guns however, and took the final score to a very respectable 190. The score looked even more respectable by stumps day 1 with us hanging on at 5-58. An early wicket Sunday morning to be 6-61 was followed by a healthy partnership of 49 before Marc Anderson fell for 29 and Trent Griffiths for 0 soon after. A captains innings was called for and skipper Tony Martin delivered. With Chad Greenberg, he took the score to 179 before he was out for 61. Last man in, “batting bunny” Sean Sampson, flicked one over square leg to reduce the deficit but when Chad got the strike with just 5 to win, he went for it hitting a superb six to catapult his team into the final! Chad finished 64 not out. At , a fantastic game saw our Seconds miss out in a high scoring match. Early dropped catches saw 56 posted before the first wicket. At 3-92 it was all even but good batting took Saints to a score of 4-248 before Peter Bayley (4-33) and Rod Stafford (2-67) reduced them to 9-301 by stumps day1. Next morning some cavalier batting saw 67 added for the last wicket leaving us just 80 overs to get 368 for victory—a huge ask. Two wickets before lunch was a setback, but after sandwiches, Richie Phillips and David Mitchell put on 162 to take the score to 2-200. Disaster then struck with David LBW for 73, followed by Jeff Hemming (1), Steve Zantides (6) and an unfortunate Richie Phillips run out for 97. We had lost 4-11 to be 6-211. Brett Hunter (30) brought us back a bit and when Dean White (29) and Matt Barnes (29) came together with a flurry of fours and sixes, there was plenty of optimism. But a superb outfield catch and a wicket the following ball meant we had missed by just 61 runs with 7 overs still to be bowled. A fantastic chase which would have been one of the great victories had the team pulled it off. Two teams in the finals!! Another first for the club.

2nds lost by 61 runs 307 to 368 v St George at Hurstville Oval 4ths drawn 365 to 7-167 v St George at Coogee Oval 5ths won by 61 runs 251 to 190 v Bankstown at Petersham Oval

Finals Fourth Grade Premiers!! In only the club’s second year!! In a fantastic match at Petersham Oval, Randwick Petersham Fourth Grade team defeated a spirited Manly Warringah side by 52 runs! And in Fifth Grade we came within 20 runs of celebrating another premiership! On a cloudy morning following overnight rain, Greg Hartshorne won the toss for his Fourth Grade team and batted. At 2-10 there were a few concerns. However, stalwart David Townsend and opener Troy Brewster settled in and took the score to 102 before David was run out going for a third run. Troy was batting quite beautifully and scoring freely. Michael Watson and Darren McCoy came and went quickly and it was left to the skipper to join Troy in a solid partnership which took the total to 213 before Greg (18) edged one to the keeper. In the meantime Troy had brought up his 5th century of the season. When the new ball was taken, wickets fell and just before stumps the innings was over with the total 237. Troy Brewster had scored 62% of the runs with his outstanding 148. Next morning, fast bowler Zachary Levien got fired up and knocked over the first three batters, all bowled. Nigel Singh chipped in and Manly were reeling at 4-36. But a determined partnership was keen to spoil the party as the score progressed to 126. A bowling change did the trick. Darren McCoy was brought into the attack and an LBW was quickly followed by a run out then a catch to “keeper Matt Taylor by the top bat who had rattled up 71. At 9-185, Nigel Singh produced the full toss of the season to hit the stumps and the premiership was ours! Down at Caringbah Oval, Fifth Grade captain Tony Martin also won the toss and sent minor premiers Sydney University in to bat after a wet wicket and outfield had caused a delay in the start of play—3pm instead of 10am. At 1-73 Uni were looking pretty good but Matt Hilder and Chad Greenberg quickly had them struggling at 5-112 by stumps. Sunday morning brought hopes of quick wickets but it was not to be and it wasn’t until Uni had reached 239 that it was our turn to bat. And bat we did! Only 53 overs to get 240 but at 3-131, courtesy of a great Steve Yates start with 62, we were on target. An unfortunate run out with Paul Greentree (52) in full control, upset the momentum and despite some good hitting from Tony Martin, Trent Griffiths and David Bourke, it wasn’t looking good when last man Sean Sampson strode to the crease at 9- 192. Some big hitting by Marc Anderson (17) and Sean, who smacked a colossal six over the midwicket fence, gave our many supporters a real thrill before the innings came to an end at 220—just 20 short! A disappointment at not taking the premiership but no one could be disappointed with the teams performance throughout the season. The Sydney Uni. Captain said at the presentation that our team was the toughest they played all season –and they won the minor premiership by 18 points (3 clear wins).

4ths won by 52 runs 237 to 185 v Manly Warringah at Petersham Oval 5ths lost by 20 runs 220 to 239 v Sydney University at Caringbah Oval

20 FIRST GRADE LIMITED OVERS COMPETITION IN SUMMARY

Round 1 v University of New South Wales at Village Green Also part of the main grade competition with all grades participating in one-day games. Refer- The Grade Season In Summary for full details of First Grades’ solid win

Won by 95 runs 8-260 to 6-165

Round 2 v Bankstown at Coogee Oval Despite a sensational spell of bowling by Scott Obey to take 1-13 from 10 overs, which included a six, Bankstown managed to total 230 from their 50 overs. But for a magnificent catch on the boundary by Richie Phillips to dismiss top scorer Vaughn Williams when the ball looked headed for the street, the score could have been much higher. A dashing start by Joe Hill (23) and Phillips (37) and we looked in control. But the Bankstown spinners had other ideas with three quick wickets and we were soon behind the “eight ball”. A superb rearguard fightback by First Grade debutante Jeff Hemming (65 with three 6’s) and Daryl Parmenter (33 not out) gave real hope but at the end of the 50 overs, we were 7 runs short.

Lost by 7 runs 2-223 to 8-230

Round 3 v Campbelltown - Camden at Raby Oval A quickfire start by Adam Warren and “The Ghosts” were 3-6 and in deep trouble. With some great pressure bowling, they never recovered and were all out for 103 after just 36 overs. Richie Phillips (41) and Darren Wotherspoon (23) soon polished off the target in 29 overs and an early afternoon was had by all.

Won by 7 wkts 3-104 to 103

Round 4 v Sydney University at Coogee Oval Openers Joe Hill (56) and Richard CheeQuee (82) got off to a “flyer” and quickly put the issue beyond doubt. Although State skipper Simon Katich failed to trouble the scorers, Darren Wotherspoon (34) and Daryl Parmenter (34) gave added impetus to the total which ended at a very competitive 252. In response, the students lost three quick wickets and were never in the hunt with Robert Smith cleaning up with a brilliant spell of leg spin bowling to finish with 3-22 from 9 overs.

Won by 80 runs 7-252 to 172

Round 5 v Parramatta at Coogee Oval Scott Obey (3-30) and Adam Warren (2-32) soon made inroads and “The Eels” were 5-50 in no time. Matt Cassar (3-29) chipped in with a useful spell and despite some lusty hitting near the end, the final tally of 166 was never going to be enough. Richard CheeQuee (76) quickly got after the bowling and with Darren Wotherspoon (41 not out) chiming in, the target was achieved within 41 overs. A very decisive victory.

Won by 6 wkts 4-167 to 166

Round 6 v Fairfield-Liverpool at Rosedale Oval It was a game to secure us a place in the Limited Overs Semi-Finals. And that’s the way it worked out with a hollow victory over last season’s Premier’s. Refer- The Grade Season In Summary for full details.

Won by 79 runs 188 to 109

Semi-Final v Easts at Waverley Oval The Randwick Petersham green shirts were out in huge numbers to support our boys as they battled for a place in a final for the first time. And make it we did! Easts batted first and rattled up a competitive 231 off their 50 overs. Our bowling was tight with Matt Cassar recording the best figures of 3-39 from 10 overs after Scott Obey and Andrew Harrison got the early breakthrough. Brett Hunter was great in the field with a sparkling catch and a run out where he threw down the wicket in classic one-day cricket style. The run chase was sensational. Richard CheeQuee started in devastating form and when he departed for a quick-fire 13, Joe Hill (36) took over the aggressors’ role. But it was the pure class of Simon Katich for which the game will be remembered. Gently placing the ball with deft cuts and glances, he kept the scorecard rolling along with an absolute minimum of fuss. When he was joined by Darren Wotherspoon the run rate stepped up. With the natural aggression of “Spoons” coupled with the style and guile of “Kat”, the game was always in the bag. Simon’s arithmetic was such that when he was on 96 we needed just 4 to level the Easts total and he had the strike. That he finished 100 not out was a fitting conclusion to an awesome display. Darren’s 63 not out was also a terrific knock to take us to the final.

Won by 8 wkts. 2-232 to 231

21 Final v Sutherland at Caringbah Oval Again it was a sea of green as the Randy Petes supporters turned out in their numbers. A warm, sunny day and a flat deck surrounded by a drought affected outfield saw us face the first ball amid great enthusiasm and expectation. A quick start and double figures within the first two overs set the scene for a big score. But before he was settled, chief rungetter Richard CheeQuee was picked up at point. He was soon followed by Joe Hill and skipper Paul Toole. We needed some solidarity and that came in the form of Darren Wotherspoon (26) and Jeff Hemming (63). While they were there, we looked a real hope of a decent total. However, with their departure it was a real struggle and our final score of 187 didn’t look enough. At 0-50, the Sharks were doing it easy. But when Scott Obey struck twice and Andrew Harrison and Robert Smith chipped in, 4-72 was much more acceptable. The 70 run partnership which followed however, was not what the doctor ordered. At 6 down and a handful of overs left, we were still in it but a swinging bat and some hits just out of reach saw Sutherland get there with just 11 balls to spare. Oh, for another 20 runs !! A disappointing defeat in our first final in our second year. Last season we made the semis. This season the final. We will be left to ponder what next summer may bring.

Lost by 4 wkts. 187 (48.4) to 6-188 (48.1)

Batting: R CheeQuee 8; J Hill 14; D Wotherspoon 26; P Toole 0; J Hemming 63; M Cassar 25; D Parmenter 17; B Hunter 0; A Warren 16; R Smith 2; S Obey 0 no; Extras 16.

Bowling: A Warren 0-36 (9); S Obey 2-25 (10); A Harrison 2-33 (10); R Smith 1-37 (10); M Cassar 0-30 (5); B Hunter 1-23 (4); Extras 9.

Randwick Petersham’s Limited Overs Team 2002-03 Back left: Lyall Gardner (life member), Peter Devlin (club coach), Robert Smith, Richard CheeQuee, Darren Wotherspoon, Simon Katich, Matthew Cassar, Daryl Parmenter, Bill Anderson (club coach), Bob Barter (team manager). Front left: Chris Benjamin, Paul Toole (captain), Scott Obey, Andrew Harrison, Adam Warren, Joseph Hill.

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22 Antics and Anecdotes

• In his first game as Third Grade captain, Geoff Hodgkinson took his responsibilities so seriously that he personally ensured all doors at Kensington Oval were safely locked before he left. Only problem was that half the Mosman players were inside requiring a Council ranger to release them an hour or so later! • At the drinks break in the First Grade Limited Overs match against Parramatta, the opposing skipper called his players together and pleaded that they ”stop Richard CheeQuee ‘cause the more you do the harder he hits ’em”. Richard had 52 of the first 60. • Just as the Hawkesbury batsmen were consolidating in their First Grade clash at Coogee Oval, a male streaker still full of Christmas cheer, ran across the centre wicket upsetting the concentration of the batsmen who were all out shortly after for 86! The streakers fun was short lived however, as his hurried exit was somewhat impeded by the pointy picket fence surrounding the Oval. Ouch!! • It wasn’t so obvious from the scoreline of 8-326 declared in the First Grade clash against Easts at Waverley, but the occasion will be remembered for three “golden ducks”, by Darren Wotherspoon, Daryl Parmenter and Andrew Harrison. Huddled together after the match, it was a sight to see “Spoons”, “Dazza” and “H” discussing their combined 3 ball innings! • Everyone thought that it was good bowling and fielding which brought about UTS Balmain’s downfall in the 1st Grade clash at when they were all out for 92 chasing our 93. In fact, it was the “ Randwick Petersham Prayer Group” of Bob Barter, Bill Anderson and Lyall Gardner who can take all the credit! Huddled together on bended knee in the grandstand when the score was 6-82, “divine intervention” was the group’s request. A neat little 4 wickets for 10 runs or less was the ask. And it was delivered in full! Balmain immediately slumped to 7-82; then 8-89; then 9-92; then the very next ball--all out 92 ! There REALLY is a “Cricket God” !! • 1st Grade wicketkeeper Daryl Parmenter must have been feeling fit and frisky in the match against Gordon at Petersham ‘cause he fielded balls at third man and fine leg within the first four overs! • Most “Shocked Player” award goes to CEO Ray Stafford who was dragged onto a very hot Howell Oval to field in the Second Grade match against Penrith when Steve Zantides broke a finger. No Ricky Ponting, but he did well!! • In the Gordon match, Darren Wotherspoon dislocated a finger and cut his hand when he missed a sharp chance at second slip. Before he could dash off for appropriate medical attention, “Doctor CheeQuee” moved in and “relocated” his finger to the preferred position while the local firies, watching the game during their lunch break from their fire engine, quickly produced bandages and strapped up “Spoons” hand and he was as good as gold!! • It was a “last man in paradise” in round 12 against Gordon. In 1st Grade, the last pair put on 55 for the last wicket to go from 9-76 to 131; in 2nds, the last pair took the score from 9-150 to 242—a stand of 92; while in 4’s the last two put on 58 to take the score from 9-135 to 193! • Jeff Hemming is a lucky man. In the 2nd Grade match against North Sydney at Petersham, his first 6 in his innings of 66 landed only 30 cm away from girlfriend Kristie sitting safely on the hill under a fig tree! • First Grade almost became “entertainers on tour” in round 11 against North Sydney. First they sang their victory song after an outright win by 1pm day 2 at ; then they ventured across to the 2nds at Petersham and sang the song again with them when they registered a great win by tea; then it was off to Coogee to lead the chorus with the 4’s who notched up their win by a little after 5pm ! • Club members were entitled to think long-termer Alan Wright had gained a new lease of life when he hit 126 in the 6th Grade match against Easts until it was revealed he did it over two weeks—75 not out the first week before adding the remaining 51 the following Saturday! • Last man in, Sean Sampson, showed more jubilation than his team winning its way into the 5th Grade Final as he did handstands and Catherine Wheels along the pitch after scoring 27 in the Semi-Final. Turns out that gave him a total of 50 runs for the season—enough to collect a case-of-beer bet he had with 1st Grade ‘keeper Daryl Parmenter! The word is that Daryl collected last season through the same bet. • One of the season’s best sixes was by Brett Hunter who hit one onto the top of the new pavilion at University of New South Wales before it bounced over the back causing a delay while players searched for the ball! • Richie Phillips helped a no-ball over the fence and into the neighbouring park in the Semi-Final against St George at Hurstville Oval to record an unusual 7!! • Joe Hill takes the season award for the unluckiest 99. With the match scores level in the First Grade clash against Gordon at Petersham, and us needing only one to win, Joe on 99 smashed the ball into the third man fence but alas, the bowler had overrun the mark by half a metre and Joe’s century was blown away amid the umpire’s call of “no ball”. Under the Laws of Cricket, the game was over immediately the no ball was called and Joe’s superb back-cut for a well deserved century was to no avail. Ouch! • In an 8 day period just before Christmas, Richard CheeQuee hit scores of 139 not out, 82, 66 and 76—a total of 363 runs! • Darren Wotherspoon hit an amazing 84 runs from just 53 balls to get First Grade within 2 runs of an unexpected outright victory over St George. • First Grade “leggie” Robert Smith suffered slight concussion in a collision with an Easts batsman at Waverley Oval in round 7 necessitating a visit to hospital were he was not discharged until 11.30pm that night. Yet he was on hand next day at Coogee Oval to take 3-22 from 9 overs and seal a win in the Limited Overs match against Sydney University. • In the low scoring UTS Balmain First Grade match at Drummoyne, opening bat Joe Hill had the distinction of batting twice in the one day and being bowled on both occasions by change bowler W. Buttigiegs’ first ball ! • Most Productive Over Award this season belongs to 2nd Grade fast bowler Matt Barnes who helped himself to 32 from one over at Howell Oval!

23 2002-03 Teams Summary

Opponent 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th PG's AWG CC Uni of NSW W L W W W 90 Mosman W L L L L 36 Sutherland L L D L L 0 Western Suburbs L W W W W 84 Manly Warringah L L L W W 30 St George L L W W W 54 Eastern Suburbs W D W W W 90 Hawkesbury W W L W W 96 Fairfield W W W W W 120 Balmain W WO L W L 104 North Sydney WO W L W WO 128 Gordon W W L WP W 96 Penrith D W LO D D 46 Northern District L W W W D 72 Blacktown W W W W W 120 Uni of NSW W L 24 Balmain W L 24 Fairfield W L 24 Bankstown L L L 0 Campbelltown W W L 60 Sydney Uni W W L 60 Parramatta W L L 36 Final Points 76 58 46 72 64 30 0 5th Club C'Ship Pts 456 290 184 216 128 120 0 1394 Finals Matches Uni of NSW W Balmain W St George L D W Bankstown W Sydney Uni L Manly Warringah W Final Position 7th 3rd 10th 1st 2nd 6th 19th TOTAL Wins 13 10 7 14 12 5 0 61 Losses 7 6 7 2 4 2 7 35 Draws 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 7 Runs Scored 5409 4609 3477 4644 4168 1162 1008 24,477 Wickets Lost 178 137 136 133 141 50 68 843 Batting Average 30.39 33.64 25.57 34.92 29.56 23.24 14.82 29.04 Runs Conceded 4761 4778 3421 3590 3753 1092 1279 22,674 Wickets Taken 215 179 149 186 192 59 48 1,028 22.14 26.69 22.96 19.30 19.55 18.51 26.65 22.06 Tosses Won/Lost 9/12 10/7 10/5 10/8 11/7 6/1 5/2 61/42 Byes 34 46 31 27 57 3 40 238 Leg Byes 96 52 80 107 84 22 28 469 Wides 49 35 73 44 97 78 33 409 No Balls 35 34 113 58 116 10 49 415

Competition Winners First Grade Sydney University Second Grade St George Third Grade Penrith Fourth Grade Randwick Petersham Fifth Grade Sydney University Club Champions Manly Warringah Limited Overs Sutherland Poidevin Gray Northern District A W Green Shield Bankstown

24 BATTING - TOP 20 RUN SCORERS : 2002-03 Batsmen M Inn N.O. Runs Ave HS Ct Richard Chee Quee 21 23 2 874 41.62 139* 23 Geoff Hodgkinson 16 16 2 818 58.43 122* 7 Troy Brewster 19 18 4 815 58.21 148 2 Darren Wotherspoon 21 24 3 784 37.33 100* 11 Jeff Hemming 21 24 3 735 35.00 115 9 Richard Phillips 19 21 3 716 39.78 129 6 George Frazakis 17 18 5 711 54.69 135* 7 Tony Martin 18 16 3 640 49.23 155 6 Joseph Hill 21 24 3 629 29.95 123* 17 Andy Hollingsworth 19 18 1 593 34.88 218* 13 Michael Watson 19 18 0 582 32.33 125 7 David Townsend 16 16 4 575 47.92 118* 8 Matthew Banes 11 12 2 565 56.50 181 4 Matthew Cassar 21 21 1 564 28.20 123 4 Steve Clarke 18 18 1 549 32.29 109 2 Steven Yates 18 18 1 540 31.76 101* 0 Matthew Parker 19 17 2 517 34.47 118* 9 Simon Katich 10 10 1 495 55.00 177 4 David Mitchell 17 18 0 478 26.56 105 1 Steve Zantides 18 16 2 471 33.64 74 4

BOWLING - TOP 20 WICKET TAKERS : 2002-03 Bowler Overs M's Wkts Runs Ave RPO Best Scott Obey 338.66 95 53 956 18.04 2.82 7/64 Adam Warren 317.83 67 46 880 19.13 2.77 5/43 Nigel Singh 263.50 55 42 708 16.86 2.69 6/35 Peter Bayley 259.67 78 41 761 18.56 2.93 5/31 Robert Smith 267.83 41 41 993 24.22 3.71 7/82 Steve Bright 263.00 54 39 766 19.64 2.91 6/43 Denis Hinds 254.17 83 37 688 18.59 2.71 5/34 Aaron Hildred 238.83 61 37 715 19.32 2.99 5/17 Rodney Stafford 231.67 28 36 931 25.86 4.02 6/84 Sean Sampson 227.33 55 34 623 18.32 2.74 4/21 Andrew Harrison 222.33 41 33 699 21.18 3.14 4/55 Dean White 254.67 45 32 870 27.19 3.42 4/46 Matthew Cassar 188.17 39 31 673 21.71 3.58 3/8 Chad Greenberg 237.50 67 29 603 20.79 2.54 4/29 Matthew Barnes 203.83 41 28 688 24.57 3.38 7/88 Melvin Singh 197.67 30 27 674 24.96 3.41 6/58 Denesh Hewa-Gamage 118.00 14 24 427 17.79 3.62 4/45 Jonathon Griffiths 119.67 31 22 337 15.32 2.82 4/16 Eddie Otto 169.33 28 22 451 20.50 2.66 4/19 Chris Johnston 144.50 25 22 469 21.32 3.25 4/21 James Byrne 187.00 22 22 679 30.86 3.63 4/15

WICKETKEEPING - TOP 5 : 2002-03 Wicket Keeping Ct St Total Byes Daryl Parmenter 40 6 46 34 Matthew Taylor 33 8 41 30 David Mitchell 36 5 41 46 Neil Cohen 26 7 33 27 Steven Yates 29 4 33 57

25 BEST INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES : 2002-03 BATTING : CENTURIES Grade First Name Surname Score Opponent Venue Round Date 1 Joseph Hill 123* University of NSW Village Green 1 28-Sep-02 1 Simon Katich 177 Mosman Petersham Oval 2 05-Oct-02 1 Simon Katich 100* Eastern Suburbs Waverley Oval LO S-F 12-Jan-03 1 Richard CheeQuee 139* Eastern Suburbs Waverley Oval 7 07-Dec-02 1 Richard CheeQuee 102* Penrith Coogee Oval 13 22-Feb-03 1 Darren Wotherspoon 100* North Sydney North Sydney 1 11 27-Jan-03 1 Matthew Cassar 123 Blacktown Joe McAleer 15 15-Mar-03 2 Jeff Hemming 115 Sutherland Caringbah Oval 3 12-Oct-02 2 Jeff Hemming 112* Western Suburbs Petersham Oval 4 02-Nov-02 2 Matthew Parker 118* Sutherland Caringbah Oval 3 12-Oct-02 2 David Mitchell 105 Manly 5 16-Nov-02 2 Richard Phillips 129* Northern District Coogee Oval 14 08-Mar-03 3 Geoff Hodgkinson 119 Mosman Kensington Oval 2 05-Oct-02 3 Geoff Hodgkinson 122* Western Suburbs Blick Oval 4 02-Nov-02 3 Alex Sciascia 135 Mosman Kensington Oval 2 05-Oct-02 3 Brenton Barker 106 Sutherland Coogee Oval 3 12-Oct-02 3 Kallin Davies 119 Western Suburbs Blick Oval 4 02-Nov-02 3 Neil Cohen 120 Northern District Asquith Oval 14 08-Mar-03 4 Michael Watson 125 Sutherland Sutherland Oval 3 12-Oct-02 4 Andy Hollingsworth 218* Western Suburbs Coogee Oval 4 26-Oct-02 4 Matthew Banes 181 Hawkesbury Benson Lane 3 8 14-Dec-02 4 Troy Brewster 103 North Sydney Coogee Oval 11 25-Jan-03 4 Troy Brewster 135* Blacktown Coogee Oval 15 15-Mar-03 4 Troy Brewster 112 UTS Balmain Coogee Oval QF 22-Mar-03 4 Troy Brewster 148 Manly Petersham Oval Final 05-Apr-03 4 David Townsend 118* Blacktown Coogee Oval 15 15-Mar-03 5 Steven Yates 101* Mosman 2 07-Oct-02 5 Tony Martin 155 Western Suburbs Kensington Oval 4 26-Oct-02 5 Steve Clark 109 Manly Kensington Oval 5 16-Nov-02 5 Troy Brewster 136 Eastern Suburbs Snape Park 7 07-Dec-02 6 Matthew Hilder 103 UTS Balmain Jubilee Oval 4 02-Nov-02 6 Alan D'Arcy 107 Maccabi Marrickville Oval 7 07-Dec-02 6 Alan Wright 125 Eastern Suburbs Waverley Oval 11 09-Feb-03 6 Alan Wright 101 South Sydney Kensington Oval 14 15-Mar-03 7 David Fraser 100* Maccabi Marrickville Oval 2 12-Oct-02 7 Steven Chakarovski 101 Lindfield Turramurra Oval 3 03-Nov-02 7 George Frazakis 135* Georges River Bland Oval 6 07-Dec-02 7 George Frazakis 105 Roseville Gordon Alexandria Park 12 02-Mar-03 7 George Frazakis 100* UTS Balmain (1) Jubilee Oval 13 15-Mar-03 7 Barry Greenwood 102 Kensington Oval 7 22-Dec-02

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26 BEST INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES : 2002-03 BOWLING : 5 OR MORE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS Grade First Name Surname Bowling Opponent Venue Round Date 1 Robert Smith 7/82 Western Suburbs 4 26-Oct-02 1 Scott Obey 7/64 St George Petersham Oval 6 24-Nov-02 1 Scott Obey 6/50 North Sydney North Sydney 1 11 25-Jan-03 1 Adam Warren 5/43 Eastern Suburbs Waverley Oval 7 07-Dec-02 1 Adam Warren 5/52 Gordon Petersham Oval 12 01-Feb-03 2 Peter Bayley 5/31 Western Suburbs Petersham Oval 4 26-Oct-02 2 Rodney Stafford 6/84 Eastern Suburbs Coogee Oval 7 07-Dec-02 2 Matthew Barnes 7/88 Gordon Killara Oval 12 01-Feb-03 3 Chris Singh 5/53 Mosman Kensington Oval 2 05-Oct-02 3 Chris Singh 5/55 Eastern Suburbs Trumper Park 3 30-Nov-02 3 Nigel Singh 6/35 Western Suburbs Blick Oval 4 26-Oct-02 3 Melvin Singh 6/58 North Sydney North Sydney 2 11 27-Jan-03 3 Kallin Davies 5/13 Blacktown Whalan 1 15 15-Mar-03 4 Denis Hinds 5/34 Manly Warringah Graham Reserve 5 09-Nov-02 4 Denis Hinds 5/18 UTS Balmain Coogee Oval QF 23-Mar-03 4 Nigel Singh 5/44 Penrith Cook Park 13 15-Feb-03 4 Nigel Singh 5/43 Blacktown Coogee Oval 15 15-Mar-03 4 Aaron Hildred 5/71 Northern District Petersham Oval 14 08-Mar-03 4 Aaron Hildred 5/17 Blacktown Coogee Oval 15 15-Mar-03 5 Steve Bright 6/43 Manly Warringah Kensington Oval 5 16-Nov-02 5 David Bourke 5/21 Gordon Kensington Oval 12 01-Feb-03 7 John Tierney 5/24 George River Bland Oval 6 30-Nov-02 7 Murali Chandraskeharan 6/34 Auburn Westmead 10 08-Feb-03 7 Gavin Dennett 5/21 UTS Balmain (1) Jubilee Oval SF 23-Mar-03 AWG Usman Khawaja 5/37 Sydney University St Paul's 1 22-Dec-02 Shield Usman Khawaja 5/36 Fairfield Petersham Oval 6 07-Jan-03 BOWLING : 8 OR MORE WICKETS IN A MATCH Grade First Name Surname Bowling Opponent Venue Round Date 1 Scott Obey 10/93 North Sydney North Sydney 1 11 25-Jan-03 1 Scott Obey 8/67 Gordon Petersham Oval 12 08-Feb-03 1 Adam Warren 9/92 Gordon Petersham Oval 12 08-Feb-03 2 Peter Bayley 8/57 Western Suburbs Petersham Oval 4 26-Oct-02

WICKETKEEPING : 5 OR MORE DISMISSALS (INNINGS) Grade First Name Surname Outs Opponent Venue Round Date 2 David Mitchell 5 Hawkesbury Owen Earle 8 14-Dec-02 4 Matthew Taylor 5 Hawkesbury Bensons Lane 3 8 21-Dec-02 5 Steve Yates 5 St George Petersham Oval QF 21-Mar-03

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27 Players of the Round

CAFÉ BARZU AWARD A Player of the Round Award was introduced from round 4 courtesy of club supporter and former First Grade umpire, Tom Williams. As Tom is also the proprietor of Café Barzu in Norton Street, Leichhardt, the match award was dinner for two in the restaurant.

The winners were: Round 4 v Wests Andy Hollingsworth 218 not out in 4th Grade Round 5 v Manly Steven Clarke 109 in 5th Grade Round 6 v St George Scott Obey 7 for 64 in 1st Grade Round 7 v Easts Richard CheeQuee 139 not out in 1st Grade Round 8 v Hawkesbury Matthew Banes 180 in 4th Grade Round 9 v Fairfield Troy Brewster 98 in 4th Grade Round 10 v UTS Balmain Peter Spurr 74 and 4 for 25 in 6th Grade Round 11 v North Sydney Scott Obey 6-50 and 4-43 in 1st Grade Round 12 v Gordon Matthew Barnes 7 for 88 in 2nd Grade Round 13 v Penrith Richard CheeQuee 102 not out in 1st Grade Round 14 v Northern District Neil Cohen 120 in 3rd Grade Round 15 v Blacktown Matt Cassar 123 in 1st Grade Finals Series Troy Brewster 112, 11, 148 in 4th Grade

MANNA RESTAURANT AWARD An additional Player of the Round Award was introduced for the last 4 rounds and the Qualifying Finals courtesy of Matt Lightowler of Manna Restaurant which is just opposite Petersham Oval in West Street. The award was a dinner voucher for two.

The winners were: 1st winner v Gordon Alan Wright 126 not out in 6th Grade 2nd winner v Penrith Geoff Hodgkinson 93 in 2nd Grade 3rd winner v Northern District Richard Phillips 129 not out in 2nd Grade 4th winner v Blacktown Troy Brewster 135 not out in 4th Grade Qualifying Finals Dean White 4-46 and 49 in 2nd Grade

SCA GRADE COMPETITION - CLUB WINNERS

1st Grade Most Catches by a Fielder Richard Chee Quee 23 2nd Grade Most Wicketkeeper Dismissals David Mitchell 41 3rd Grade Most Wicketkeeper Dismissals Neil Cohen 30 4th Grade Most Wicketkeeper Dismissals Matthew Taylor 38 5th Grade Most Wicketkeeper Dismissals Steven Yates 33

3rd Grade Best Batting Average Geoff Hodgkinson 100.20

4th Grade Most Runs Troy Brewster 676 4th Grade Most Runs (second) David Townsend 575 5th Grade Most Runs Tony Martin 640

4th Grade Most Wickets Denis Hinds 37

4th Grade Highest Score Andy Hollingsworth 218 no

28 1st Grade Report by Paul Toole, Captain Position in Competition: 7th

Cricket has been described as a game of chess with each player a piece on the board. If this is the case, the 2002-03 season was one hell of a game of chess! The season had everything from one run victories to losses when we were in terrific positions to win. To that extent, it was a very unusual season.

The effort by the players was first class. We made the Final of the one-day competition and missed out on making the Grade Finals by the narrowest of margins, which hurt, as we didn't get up and running properly as a team until around Christmas. New players finding their feet and a number of injuries contributed to our slow start. When the side started to gel, we were a formidable outfit, which played some of the brightest cricket you could ever hope to see.

It was a very frustrating season personally, being off the field with injury from round 3 until after Christmas. Thanks to Richard CheeQuee for his efforts in leading the side in my absence.

Looking back over the season, the bowling stands out as being the strength of our side with Scott Obey, Adam Warren, Robert Smith, Matt Casser and Andrew Harrison all returning excellent figures and wonderful averages. The batting was a little hot and cold with the side making some very big scores but too many below 100. Richard CheeQuee, Darren Wotherspoon, Joe Hill and Simon Katich being the main stays at the crease.

I would like to thank Simon Katich for the wonderful effort he made to fit in with the club. All players appreciated his good humour, calmness and cricketing knowledge. We all hope Simon’s cricketing future keeps getting brighter and brighter.

Although we had many memorable days during the season, one in particular stands out as it showed what spirit there was in the "Randy Pete's" team. We were playing UTS Balmain at their home ground, Drummoyne Oval. Sent in to bat on a green top, we were up against international fast bowler Nathan Bracken who wreaked havoc, destroying our innings for a paltry 93. When it was our turn to bowl we took a few wickets early but a good partnership took them to 6 for 82 with just a dozen needed to win. We snared another 2 wickets quickly but with the score just one run behind at 92, a UTS Balmain victory looked a formality. Going for the win, their number 10 had a dash, only to hole out at mid off from leg spinner Rob Smith. Next ball “Smithy” strikes the number 11 right in front of his stumps and umpire Jim Cameron puts his finger up to signal “out!”. We win by one run!! Pandemonium strikes on the cricket field!! Great stuff!! What a win!

Looking to the future, we need to iron out the inconsistency in our batting and not lose clusters of wickets quickly. This requires players to take more responsibility at the crease and put greater value on their wicket. Our fielding improved as the season progressed but was a little sloppy at the start of the season. The same could be said of the bowling which tended to be too short at the start of the season but improved 10 fold as the bowlers hit their straps.

There were a number of highlights worthy of mention: • Joe Hill's wonderful century on debut and his 99 not out against Gordon in the second dig • Kat's brilliant 177 against Mosman including 9 six's plus his personal destruction of Easts with 90 runs in the grade round and 100 not out in the Limited Overs Semi-Final • Darren Wotherspoon scoring his first 1st grade century against his old club North Sydney and his dynamic 84 off 53 balls against St George • Robert Smith bowling his heart out against Wests on a very flat Pratten Park pitch taking 7 for 82 then being knocked out in the Easts match at Waverley Oval after colliding with the batsman at the bowlers end • Cheeks standing defiantly in the middle of Coogee Oval in the dark after the fielding side Penrith successfully appealed against the light (Cheeks “smoked” an awesome ton) • Scotty Obey's display of accurate seam bowling at North Sydney to take 10 wickets for the match and not land a ball off a dinner plate size on a good length. All part of his 53 wickets for the season. • The partnership of 0-165 between Joe Hill and Paul Toole to win outright over Gordon after being bowled out for just 75 in the first innings.

The 1st Grade side would like to congratulate Greg Hartshorne and the 4th Grade team on their premiership. Well done. Congratulations also to 5's on making the final and to 2nd's on their barnstorming finish to the season.

29 I would like to thank long time friend and scorer Ruth Kelleher for another year of hard work making my job easier. Having moved to Queensland, Ruth and Arthur will be missed dearly by all the players.

To the coaching staff Peter, Dave, Paul & Andrew thank you for your efforts. A big thank you to Lyall Gardner for your support over the season, not only at the games, but also for your efforts behind the scenes.

Wayne Mulherin and curators Cameron and Pat at Coogee and Petersham respectively, thank you for wonderful wickets and facilities.

Many thanks to our Afternoon Tea and Canteen Ladies Pat, Helen and Robin at Petersham, and to Mrs Devlin, Kasey and Ashleigh at Coogee.

Through the efforts of Paul Fitzgerald, we benefited greatly from the contribution of a number of 1st Grade Team Sponsors and we are eternally grateful to the following for their support and their belief in us: Len Cartwright (Cartwright Insurances), Peter Waters ( Pamford Property), Mark Sundin ( Talisman Marketing), John Watson (Watson Buchan, Surveyors), Rocky Massaria (Bowling Club of NSW, Bob Rheinberger (Pagewood Hotel), Tony Woodward (B P Woodward & Associates), Phil Tresidder and of course, Paul Fitzgerald.

I have saved the last thank you to our Manager Bob Barter and mentor Bill Anderson for putting in so much time and effort in getting the boys ready to play and looking after everyone during match day and a lot of the time during the week. Without your combined efforts playing wouldn't be half as much fun or as successful. It certainly was a fun year. Lets make next season our first premiership year!

Paul Toole - 1st Grade Captain with Mike Whitney and Lyall Gardner

30 1ST GRADE - BATTING Batsmen M Inn N.O. Runs Ave HS Ct Richard Chee Quee 21 23 2 874 41.62 139* 23 Darren Wotherspoon 21 24 3 784 37.33 100* 11 Joseph Hill 19 22 3 612 32.21 123* 14 Matthew Cassar 20 20 1 530 27.89 123 3 Simon Katich 10 10 1 495 55.00 177 4 Daryl Parmenter 21 21 5 436 27.25 66* 0 Paul Toole 11 13 2 391 35.55 73 3 Jeff Hemming 11 13 2 299 27.18 65 2 Richard Phillips 9 11 1 257 25.70 42 2 Adam Warren 20 18 8 199 19.90 30* 9 Graham Doig 4 3 2 57 57.00 52* 1 Matthew Banes 4 4 0 42 10.50 15 1 Robert Smith 21 13 6 41 5.86 9* 8 Brett Hunter 7 4 2 38 19.00 24* 2 Matthew Parker 4 2 0 30 15.00 16 0 David Mitchell 1 1 0 8 8.00 8 1 Andrew Harrison 15 7 0 7 1.00 4 3 Scott Obey 20 8 1 6 0.86 4 1 Chris Benjamin 2 2 1 2 2.00 1 2 Peter Bayley 2 TOTAL BATTING 243 219 40 5108 28.54 177 90

1ST GRADE - BOWLING Bowler Overs M's Wkts Runs Ave RPO Best Scott Obey 338.66 95 53 956 18.04 2.82 7/64 Adam Warren 317.83 67 46 880 19.13 2.77 5/43 Robert Smith 267.83 41 41 993 24.22 3.71 7/82 Matthew Cassar 182.17 38 31 657 21.19 3.61 3/8 Andrew Harrison 151.00 28 21 492 23.43 3.26 3/8 Graham Doig 33.00 1 4 140 35.00 4.24 2/29 Darren Wotherspoon 64.66 2 4 272 68.00 4.21 1/10 Simon Katich 42.17 4 3 179 59.67 4.24 1/19 Peter Bayley 8.17 2 1 27 27.00 3.30 1/27 Brett Hunter 8.00 2 1 30 30.00 3.75 1/23 Richard Phillips 1.00 0 0 1 1.00 0/1 Richard Chee Quee 2.00 1 0 4 2.00 0/4 TOTAL BOWLING 1416.49 281 205 4631 22.59 3.27 7/64

1ST GRADE - WICKETKEEPING Wicket Keeping Ct St Total Byes Daryl Parmenter 40 6 46 34

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31 LIMITED OVERS - BATTING Batsmen M Inn N.O. Runs Ave HS Ct Joseph Hill 8 8 1 304 43.43 123* 3 Darren Wotherspoon 8 8 2 257 42.83 63* 3 Richard Chee Quee 8 7 0 227 32.43 82 13 Jeff Hemming 6 6 2 192 48.00 65 Daryl Parmenter 8 6 0 120 20.00 34 Simon Katich 4 4 1 106 35.33 100* 4 Richard Phillips 3 3 0 84 28.00 41 1 Matthew Cassar 8 5 1 74 18.50 33* 1 Paul Toole 3 2 0 52 26.00 52 1 Adam Warren 7 4 1 48 16.00 27 Brett Hunter 4 2 1 9 9.00 9* 1 David Mitchell 1 1 0 8 8.00 8 1 Robert Smith 8 3 2 8 8.00 6* 4 Chris Benjamin 2 2 1 2 2.00 1 2 Andrew Harrison 7 1 0 0 0.00 0 1 Scott Obey 7 1 1 0 0* 1 Graham Doig 1 Peter Bayley 2 Matthew Parker 1 TOTAL BATTING 96 63 13 1491 29.82 123* 36

LIMITED OVERS - BOWLING Bowler Overs M's Wkts Runs Ave RPO Best Robert Smith 76.17 10 14 286 20.43 3.75 3/21 Adam Warren 59.17 7 13 192 14.77 3.24 3/12 Matthew Cassar 52.17 8 11 240 21.82 4.60 3/29 Scott Obey 68.00 15 10 187 18.70 2.75 3/30 Andrew Harrison 50.00 4 9 186 20.67 3.72 2/36 Darren Wotherspoon 22.00 2 3 79 26.33 3.59 1/10 Simon Katich 18.16 1 2 86 43.00 4.74 1/19 Brett Hunter 4.00 0 1 23 23.00 5.75 1/23 Peter Bayley 8.16 2 1 27 27.00 3.31 1/27 Graham Doig 4.00 0 0 27 6.75 0/27 TOTAL BOWLING 361.83 49 64 1333 20.83 3.68 3/12

LIMITED OVERS - WICKETKEEPING Wicket Keeping Ct St Total Byes Daryl Parmenter 6 3 9 5

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2nd Grade Report by Matt Parker, Captain Position in Competition: 3rd

With only five original players remaining from the 2001-02 season, it was going to be a difficult job for the selectors to get the right mix of batsmen and bowlers. A total of 28 players went through the side, but get it right they did, with a very successful season enjoyed by the Second XI after what can only be described as a very “shaky start”.

It was so shaky that we had but a single win from our first seven matches as we wallowed in 18th place on the competition table. Most people had written us off. It was felt we were too far behind to do anything constructive during the remainder of the season. The only ones who believed we could make the top 6 were the players themselves and our loyal band of supporters who were there week in week out - Alison, Chris, Cec, Peter, Bernie, Ray and Tony.

The last game before Christmas was round 8. We were up against Hawkesbury and we knew that every game from there was our final, lose one and we were gone. Chasing 318 we got the runs seven down with David Mitchell grinding out 83 and Brett Hunter smashing 59 off as many balls. It was a gutsy win and all the people at Hawkesbury are now well aware of the R.P.C victory song, so loud was it sung!

That game was the turning point. We went on to win nine games straight and on seven of those occasions we backed ourselves by sending the opposition in and chasing down whatever they scored.

As the season went on, each player’s confidence grew and they were revelling in the “pressure-cook” situations. Every player gave 110% and it was a disappointment when someone had to be dropped to 3rds from time to time. It was tough for the players but equally tough for the selectors.

In the Qualifying Final against University of New South Wales, we chased down 261 after being 7-159. That effort showed the resolve in the team. The win put us up against St George in the Semi-Final at Hurstville Oval. At 9-301 at the end of play on day 1, we fancied our chances of chasing a few more than that next day. It wasn’t to be as the last wicket put on 67 taking up valuable time and overs in the process. That we were all out for 307 in just 73 overs indicates how well we may have gone had the target been a few runs less. As it turned out, Saints went on to take the Premiership. The good performances in that game came from Peter Bayley (4-33) with the ball while Richie Phillips (97) and David Mitchell (73) had a 162 run partnership with the bat.

There are a number of players in this side who are knocking on the door to First Grade and it would be remiss of me not to mention their efforts this season.

Richie Phillips: The more time he spends at the crease the better he gets. He has the confidence and patience to make the opening position in First Grade his. A couple of Richie’s highlights were his 129 not out against Northern District and his 97 in the Semi-Final against his old club, St. George.

Jeff Hemming: A newcomer to the club, Jeff started the season well smashing 115 against Sutherland and 112 not out against Wests. A sweet timer of the ball, he is a player who can change a game very quickly.

Geoff Hodgkinson: After starting the year as captain of Third Grade, he joined us for the second half of the season. He was the highest run scorer in the club this season and I am sure he is not far away from making his First Grade debut.

Rod Stafford: With a batting average of 34.17 and 36 wickets at an average of 25.86, Rod was the team’s top all-rounder. He looks First Grade material.

Peter Bayley: A bowler who is very consistent and always there, either taking wickets or beating the bat. He gave it all when coming on to bowl. He took 36 wickets at an average of 17.50 with his best figures 5-31.

David Mitchell: Mr. Reliable behind the stumps with 41 dismissals and 470 runs with the bat including a top score of 105. He will give First Grade selectors plenty to think about.

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Brett Hunter: Due to work commitments he did not play as much cricket as he would have liked. A very dependable cricketer whose dashing 68 not out including 3 sixes, won the day in the Qualifying Final.

Dean White and Matthew Barnes: Both of these players are good examples for up and coming fast bowlers, as they have the hunger to take wickets and bowl all day if necessary. Dean’s 29 wickets was a good effort while Matt’s 7-88 was the best individual bowling performance.

We had some younger players in the side who will no doubt make their mark in higher grades next year. Eddie Otto, Alex Sciascia, Brenton Barker, Neil Cohen and James Byrne all performed with distinction.

My thanks also to Steve Zantides, who helped with the team in my absence and his contribution with the bat was of a high standard as usual. I would love to see him back again next year. It was also good to have regular First Graders, Andrew Harrison and Graham Doig, spend some time with us. Their influence on the younger players is extremely beneficial.

Special thanks to Richard McCord, our practice captain and second grade scorer.

Thank you also to the tea ladies in the canteens for the superb afternoon teas. Pat, Robin, Helen, Mrs Devlin, Kasey and Ashleigh.

A big thanks to Pat Walsh at Petersham Oval and Cameron from Green Options at Coogee Oval for the wickets they prepared every week, which gained high ratings in the Sydney Grade Competition.

Thank you again to the 28 players for making my first year as captain a memorable one. You all played an important part in the success of the team. I will always remember the 2002-03 as one of my best times in cricket.

2nd Grade Semi-Final Team - 2002-03 Back left: Ray Stafford (CEO), Peter Bayley, Matthew Barnes, David Mitchell, Dean White, Richard McCord (Scorer), Tony Parker (Team Manager), Cec Orrock (Assistant Team Manager). Front left: Rodney Stafford, Geoff Hodgkinson, Steve Zantides, Brett Hunter, Richard Phillips, Jeff Hemming, Matthew Parker (Captain).

34 2ND GRADE - BATTING Batsmen M Inn N.O. Runs Ave HS Ct Matthew Parker 15 15 2 487 37.46 118* 9 David Mitchell 16 17 0 470 27.65 105 0 Richard Phillips 10 10 2 459 57.38 129* 4 Jeff Hemming 10 11 1 436 43.60 115 7 Steve Zantides 16 14 2 432 36.00 74 4 Geoff Hodgkinson 9 9 0 317 35.22 93 4 Chris Benjamin 8 9 0 264 29.33 85 2 Alex Sciascia 9 10 0 212 21.20 54 1 Brett Hunter 7 7 2 209 41.80 68* 2 Rodney Stafford 16 13 7 205 34.17 40* 9 Dean White 15 8 1 162 23.14 49 4 Matthew Barnes 11 5 2 94 31.33 45* 3 Paul Staunton 6 6 1 91 18.20 25* 7 Peter Bayley 14 6 4 26 13.00 24* 0 Also Batted : Matches/Innings/Not Out/Runs/Catches. Matthew Banes 3/4/1/161/1, Graham Doig 4/5/2/132/4, James Byrne 4/3/0/43/2, Matthew Cassar 1/1/0/34/1, Andrew Harrison 4/2/2/32/0, Brenton Barker 3/4/0/23/5, Aaron Hildred 3/3/2/14/0, Eddie Otto 1/1/0/8/0, Kallin Davies 2/2/0/8/1, Neil Cohen 1/1/1/6/0, Joseph Hill 1/1/0/2/1, Chris Singh 1/1/0/1/0, Aaron Moseley 1/1/0/0/0. TOTAL BATTING 191 169 32 4328 31.59 129* 71

2ND GRADE - BOWLING Bowler Overs M's Wkts Runs Ave RPO Best Peter Bayley 218.50 69 36 630 17.50 2.88 5/31 Rodney Stafford 231.67 28 36 931 25.86 4.02 6/84 Dean White 229.67 44 29 775 26.72 3.37 4/46 Matthew Barnes 193.83 39 26 660 25.38 3.41 7/88 Andrew Harrison 71.33 13 12 207 17.25 2.90 4/55 Graham Doig 52.17 4 8 148 18.50 2.84 4/29 Brett Hunter 101.00 28 7 305 43.57 3.02 2/42 Paul Staunton 108.00 20 7 442 63.14 4.09 2/69 James Byrne 46.00 6 5 183 36.60 3.98 3/44 Aaron Hildred 39.00 7 2 177 88.50 4.54 1/58 Also Bowled : Overs/Wickets/Runs. Geoff Hodgkinson 1/1/6, Kallin Davies 9/2/46, Chris Singh 8/1/46, Matthew Cassar 6/0/16, Matthew Banes 5/0/25, Richard Phillips 8/0/26, Jeff Hemming 1/0/26, Aaron Moseley 2/0/30. TOTAL BOWLING 1331.17 261 172 4679 27.20 3.51 7/88

2ND GRADE - WICKETKEEPING Wicket Keeping Ct St Total Byes David Mitchell 36 5 41 46 Neil Cohen 3 0 3 0

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35 3rd Grade Report by Kallin Davies, Captain Position in Competition: 10th

‘If only!’ I think that just about sums up our season. While finishing only 10th, we in fact finished just 8 points from the top 6 and a place in the Qualifying Finals. In the 8 games we did not win: Mosman beat us by just 2 wickets when we had declared only 3 wickets down, we had Sutherland 9 down when they played out for a draw, and we lost to Manly and Hawkesbury by a mere 10 and 11 runs respectively just when we seemed to have both games wrapped up. Against eventual Premiers Penrith, we won the first innings, then bowled and batted poorly in the second innings and fell just 7 runs short of an outright win.

In another season we might have easily finished at the top of the table without most of our players performing much better! Basically, what I am saying is that the final results and position do not truly reflect how well, many of the individuals played. The number of very good performances was demonstrated by the fact that 16 third graders played in a higher grade during the season. I think that often the difference between us winning and losing was that we were playing as, or relying on, individuals rather than playing collectively as a team.

Leading the good performances was Geoff Hodgkinson. In the first 7 matches he scored 501 runs at an average of 100.20 with two centuries—119 and 122 not out! The rate at which he scored them was the most remarkable aspect of his batting. He was totally dominating. This proved to be a key feature, i.e. domination of bowlers, which the team missed when he eventually left for Second Grade. There were other century makers, however, namely Alex Sciascia (135), Brenton Barker (106), Kallin Davies (119) and Neil Cohen (120).

Neil’s match winning century in the second last match against Northern District was an exceptional knock that contained virtually every shot in the book, and a few of his own too. His timing was as good as I had seen anywhere all season. Both his batting and ‘keeping continue to improve and I look forward to his progression and development in the future. Alex Sciascia played most of his games in Second Grade, due to his good start to the season. When he did play in 3’s, he showed the ability to dominate an attack when in the mood. While on the subject of batting, in the last game vs Blacktown on a sticky wicket and big, slow outfield we watched the ‘coming of age’ of 16 year-old Usman Khawaja. He batted for virtually the whole innings to be unbeaten on 83 (out of a total of 167), which on most other grounds would be worth well over a hundred. I expect, and hope, it is just the first of very many good innings for the club from Uzzi!

The bowling was a bit like the batting, inconsistent and individualistic. We were never able to apply enough pressure for long periods. Eddie Otto was an exception, and his ability to tie down batsmen with his off- spinners is reflected in his stats. He also chipped in with some very useful knocks to take us home in tight matches. Two of our ‘Singhs’ took six wicket hauls. Nigel all but bowled Wests out with 6/35 and brother Mel bowled superbly on a seamer’s wicket at North Sydney finishing with 6/58. Chris was not totally outdone and had a P.B. for the season of 5/53 vs Easts.

James Byrne showed plenty of potential with a few fiery spells and a couple of vital innings, often with Eddie. I think it safe to say he is one of the ‘nicest’ bowlers I have ever come across. I look forward to seeing him ‘sticking it up them’ from time to time. He is a very bright prospect for the future.

Thanks very much to all the 28 other players who played some role in Third Grade matches. “Hodgo”, thanks for captaining us in the first half of the season, and congratulations on a very successful season.

A big thank you to all those who helped in one way or another with the management of the team, in particular Steve Greentree, Tariq Khawaja, and Bernie Bailey. Thanks to the coaching staff, Peter Devlin, David Skuthorpe, Paul Fitzgerald and Andrew Millican and of course ‘Dick’ McCord for the organizing of practices.

I would like to give the biggest thank you to all those who provided me and, I suppose, the rest of the team with the best afternoon teas in the comp!!! In particular Pat, Robin, Helen at Petersham and the Devos (Madge, Kasey and Ashleigh) at Coogee.

Finally, I look forward to the next season as I think the team has the potential to be a very good and successful one if they play as a team and, most importantly, enjoy your cricket.

36 3RD GRADE - BATTING Batsmen M Inn N.O. Runs Ave HS Ct Geoff Hodgkinson 7 7 2 501 100.20 122* 3 Neil Cohen 14 16 2 430 30.71 120 0 Brenton Barker 10 12 0 376 31.33 106 2 Kallin Davies 13 16 1 376 25.07 119 4 Alex Sciascia 6 7 0 255 36.43 135 1 Usman Khawaja 12 12 3 251 27.89 83* 2 Michael Watson 9 10 0 220 22.00 58 4 James Byrne 11 12 3 150 16.67 29 9 Eddie Otto 15 11 4 133 19.00 25* 5 Andy Hollingsworth 6 7 0 81 11.57 26 3 Chris Singh 13 9 1 67 8.38 9 2 Paul Greentree 6 7 0 50 7.14 19 4 Melvin Singh 13 10 8 37 18.50 13* 4 Also Batted : Matches/Innings/Not Out/Runs/Catches. Dean White 2/3/1/52/0, Aaron Hildred 4/3/0/49/3, Steve Zantides 2/2/0/39/0, Peter Bayley 2/3/1/32/2, Chris Benjamin 1/1/0/28/1, Paul Staunton 5/6/0/27/2, Matthew Banes 1/1/0/25/1, Joseph Hill 1/1/0/15/2, Alan D'Arcy 1/1/0/15/1, Matthew Taylor 1/1/0/7/0, Brett Hunter 2/1/1/7/1, Steve Clarke 1/1/0/6/0, Troy Brewster 2/2/0/2/0, Nigel Singh 6/2/2/2/3, Mitchell Weir 1/0/0/0/0, Chris Kruitt 1/0/0/0/0. TOTAL BATTING 168 164 29 3233 23.95 135 59

3RD GRADE - BOWLING Bowler Overs M's Wkts Runs Ave RPO Best Melvin Singh 190.67 29 27 650 24.07 3.41 6/58 Eddie Otto 169.33 28 22 451 20.50 2.66 4/19 Chris Singh 157.00 22 19 397 20.89 2.53 5/53 James Byrne 141.00 16 17 496 29.18 3.52 4/15 Kallin Davies 96.00 13 16 332 20.75 3.46 5/13 Nigel Singh 81.00 14 10 240 24.00 2.96 6/35 Paul Staunton 70.00 11 9 327 36.33 4.67 3/43 Aaron Hildred 48.00 12 5 149 29.80 3.10 3/60 Also Bowled : Overs/Wickets/Runs. Andy Hollingsworth 10/4/32, Peter Bayley 33/4/104, Dean White 25/3/95, Alan D'Arcy 7/1/36. TOTAL BOWLING 1028.00 154 137 3309 24.15 3.22 6/35

3RD GRADE - WICKETKEEPING Wicket Keeping Ct St Total Byes Neil Cohen 23 7 30 27 Matthew Taylor 3 0 3 4

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4th Grade Report by Greg Hartshorne, Captain Position in Competition: 1st

We did it. Randy Petes 4th Grade Premiers 2002-03! The single most important goal we had worked for all season. And didn’t we deserve it! Our attitude, preparation, desire, effort and commitment was fantastic.

I felt enormous satisfaction and excitement at our win, but most of all, proud of our achievement, and the way we played throughout the season, particularly in the final series.

Most rewarding was that every single player stepped up. In the Qualifying Final against UTS Balmain, Sampson, Hinds and Hildred with the ball, and Taylor and Brewster with the bat. Against St George, at 2 for 27, Hollingsworth and Townsend, and then the late session against the new ball, Watson and McCoy. Then Groucho and Singh taking the wickets. In the big one, Brewy played the innings of his life and dominated the scoring with 148, but don’t take anything away from the three partnerships, with Towno (82), Macca (44) and Prince (50). This helped get the winning score. The bowlers then did the business, with Levien crashing through the top order, Macca in his match winning 3 wickets in 7 overs, and Singhy with 2 excellent spells. And the fielding was just exceptional.

These are lifetime memories, of mateship, success and teamwork. Most importantly, everyone played a major role when the pressure was on, when it really counted. That’s what good players do.

It’s interesting to read my comments in last year’s report, “Score more runs. 20 is not enough. 20’s must become 50’s, and 50’s become 100’s”. Didn’t we do that! 5 players scored 100’s with Steve Clarke out for 96. 6 players averaged more than 35. We built a platform around big scores and then bowled them out with accurate, controlled and dynamic bowling. We stuck with our plans and the opposition faulted.

Troy Brewster was the success of the season. At Round 7, he was dropped to 5th grade, having scored 67 runs in 5 inns. This was his turning point, as he scored hundred after hundred, eventually scoring 815 runs at 58.21. It was great to see Troy rewarded for his hard work and tough mental attitude. He put an enormous amount of work into his technique, under the watchful eye of Andrew Millican, and then got the ‘loop’ right in his head, finding the secret to scoring big. A lesson for all of us. It’s now time to do this in higher grades.

Two other young batters also showed great promise. Michael Watson kicked on from last year, scoring 582 runs in 3’s and 4’s at an average of 32.33. His 125 against the strong Sutherland side was as good as any you could see and his fielding was outstanding. Wato is a real talent, who is going to do really well as he moves up the grades. Andy Hollingsworth also showed us a special talent, scoring 218 not out against Wests, and then 96 in the Semi-Final against St George. He also learnt how to score big 100’s. Let’s hope he comes back from the UK again next season.

Marc Anderson, Steve Clarke, Paul Greentree and Trent Griffiths all played their part during the year and showed they can score well in 4’s and above. Ando’s innings against Manly was as gutsy as they come, and set up a win that began our ascendancy for the balance of the season. Clarkey batted great against Fairfield, scoring 96. Both he and Trent are yet to show their true ability in higher grades. Greeny has a lot of talent, which will show itself again in the coming seasons. His innings against St George was a match winner, and it was great to see him score well in 5’s during the final series. You can’t beat runs under pressure.

Matt Taylor had an outstanding season. His keeping was excellent with 33 catches and 8 stumpings. A pleasure to watch him and Denis “Groucho” Hinds perform together. He was thrust into the opener’s role early in the season and showed a lot of promise, scoring 346 runs at 21.63. It won’t be long before his cavalier 60’s become 100’s.

Although we scored plenty of runs, bowling was our strength. The opening role was shared between Zach Levien, Nigel Singh and Sean Sampson. Singhy was outstanding. He moved the ball consistently all year. He troubled all sides with his inswinger, and as he worked on his fitness, so his pace improved. Although Zach didn’t take as many wickets, he showed enormous potential, consistently beating the bat off the wicket. His opening spell in the Final was fantastic. Both of them are real talents and will perform well as they move to higher grades. Sean also showed his real form, bowling with good pace and bounce. If Samo can improve his consistency and bowl his best more often, he will trouble batsmen in any grade. Didn’t we all love his first wicket against UTS in the Qualifying Final.

38 Aaron Hildred joined us from 3rds in round 9 and immediately made an impact. He is a great team man, 100% effort and full on passion. A great finish to his season taking 30 wickets at 12.97. He showed us how to bowl and take wickets on flat decks.

And the 3 old heads, Dave Townsend, Denis Hinds and Darren McCoy certainly measured up. Towno had an outstanding year scoring 575 runs at 47.92. He scored runs under pressure, particularly in the Final against some excellent bowling. As Grant Frakes said, his 4 runs in 100 minutes was the highlight of the Final. Only Frakesy could say that! The truth is,Towno joined Brewy at 2 for 20 and then took the score to 2 for 80 at lunch. This was a critical partnership, which helped set up our win. Groucho was again outstanding taking 37 wickets at 18.59, although a challenge for first slip, who often had to walk in with the bowler. Macca pushed for selection all season, and finally got his chance in round 15 onward. Again, his experience and drive were important to the team effort. Not to mention his runs and wickets when it really counted.

I have so many memories of the season. Brewy’s batting over the last few months, Tails making it as an opener, Andy finishing the last drop of beer from the Premiership cup, then collapsing for 2 hours, Towno batting 100mins for 4, Wato and Brewy’s fielding in the final, George’s calming team talks, the fat manager’s singing and humour, Groucho on the Sunday night of the Final, and Singhy’s catch at mid on.

I am very proud to be part of this team and to call these guys my mates.

A special thanks to all the guys who contributed to 4ths, who at various stages, each one did their bit to get the team to the Final - Fabian, Bourkey, Brighty, Hilder, Banes, Barnes, Usman and Frakesy our twelthy for the Final.

Thanks also to the coaches who worked so hard with us, not just the general practices but the extra throwdowns and bits of advice. We couldn’t have done it without them. The legends – Peter Devlin, Paul Fitzgerald, Andrew Millican, Billy Anderson and David Skuthorpe. My personal thanks to Skuies, who worked so hard improving my leg side game so that my pads would last another year.

Thanks to Pat, Helen, Robin and Pommie for their great support and work at Petersham Oval, and to Madge, Kacey, Ashleigh and Devo at Coogee. It is a great pleasure to play at these excellent grounds and to have such wonderful people helping make the day. Thanks also to Owen Ridge who scored for us in the Finals Series.

Of all the memories and highlights, one stands out for me. The day John Connell joined us as manager. They do not come any better. He is a great man and absolutely superb to have around. Thanks from all of us.

Victory !!! 4th Grade Captain Greg Hartshorne holds aloft the Reid Cup after his team won the Final at Petersham Oval

39 4TH GRADE - BATTING Batsmen M Inn N.O. Runs Ave HS Ct Troy Brewster 15 14 3 676 61.45 148 1 David Townsend 16 16 4 575 47.92 118* 8 Andy Hollingsworth 9 8 0 377 47.13 218* 7 Michael Watson 10 8 0 362 45.25 125 3 Greg Hartshorne 18 15 5 357 35.70 57* 10 Matthew Taylor 17 17 1 346 21.63 89 0 Matthew Banes 2 2 0 279 139.50 181 1 Marc Anderson 10 9 2 180 25.71 56 2 Steve Clarke 7 7 0 174 24.86 96 0 Trent Griffiths 8 7 1 141 23.50 46 0 Paul Greentree 7 8 0 140 17.50 44 3 Aaron Hildred 10 9 1 126 15.75 34 4 Darren McCoy 6 4 0 105 26.25 60 3 Nigel Singh 12 7 3 62 15.50 33* 1 Zachary Levien 13 8 2 39 6.50 20* 4 Denis Hinds 18 9 4 36 7.20 11 6 Sean Sampson 7 2 0 17 8.50 10 0 Also Batted : Matches/Innings/Not Out/Runs/Catches. Usman Khawaja 3/31/85/0, David Bourke 4/4/0/82/1, Fabian Heaton 3/3/0/72/0, Steve Bright 3/2/1/36/1, Matthew Hilder 1/2/0/280, Matthew Barnes 1/1/1/4/0, Jeremy Dwyer 1/0/0/0/0, George Frazakis 0/0/0/0/1. TOTAL BATTING 201 165 29 4299 31.61 218* 56

4TH GRADE - BOWLING Bowler Overs M's Wkts Runs Ave RPO Best Denis Hinds 254.17 83 37 688 18.59 2.71 5/34 Nigel Singh 182.50 41 32 468 14.63 2.56 5/43 Aaron Hildred 151.83 42 30 389 12.97 2.56 5/17 Zachary Levien 187.50 41 21 528 25.14 2.82 4/46 Greg Hartshorne 139.00 33 17 448 26.35 3.22 4/34 Marc Anderson 67.00 17 9 221 24.56 3.30 3/10 Sean Sampson 88.00 22 8 266 33.25 3.02 3/15 Darren McCoy 40.67 11 5 110 22.00 2.70 3/17 Also Bowled : Overs/Wickets/Runs. David Bourke 23/3/96, Steve Bright 28/3/115, Jeremy Dwyer 10/2/19, Matthew Barnes 10/2/28, David Townsend 4/1/32, Trent Griffiths 6/1/42, Andy Hollingsworth 1/0/7. Total Bowling 1192.67 303 171 3457 20.22 2.90 5/34

4TH GRADE - WICKETKEEPING Wicket Keeping Ct St Total Byes Matthew Taylor 30 8 38 26 Paul Greentree 5 2 7 1

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40 5th Grade Report by Tony Martin, Captain Position in Competition: 2nd

When speaking of the champions---we were nearly it! A fantastic season from a committed team that fought hard until the final wicket fell and the last run was scored. The summer was enjoyed by all, as the team played cricket ranging from exceptional to woeful - but managed to pull it all together when it mattered most.

After escaping from the jaws of defeat in the Semi-Final against Bankstown, 5ths went on to contest the Final against minor premiers Sydney University. Although the match was the Final the players would no doubt rank other clashes higher when called into memory. Stoushes with North Sydney, Blacktown, UNSW, Wests, Fairfield- Liverpool and Gordon will provide memories for many seasons to come.

At times the quality of play was exceptional as the team lifted as a whole to display their dominance. At other times, shoulders hung low after a missed chance and would often result in the opposition getting on top of us. The season yielded 12 wins (1 outright), 4 losses and 2 draws from a total of 18 games.

The strong batting line-up posted some massive scores throughout the rounds, ranging from the 3 for 323 against North Sydney and the 8 for 315 against Wests. There were also some low totals such as the 131 against Penrith and the 143 against UTS Balmain, but an interesting fact is that from 20 innings the team was only entirely dismissed 8 times.

Steven Yates shone from the front making the quick fire starts that are so often needed when chasing totals in the lower grades. Totalling 540 runs for the season at 31.76 with a top score of 101 not out, he was only out-done by Captain Tony Martin. He averaged 49.23 after amassing 640 runs. His top score of 155 not out came against Wests and there would be five more half centuries to follow, one of which would be 98 not out against North Sydney.

Matt Hilder, David Bourke, Steve Clarke, Darren McCoy, John McLoughlin, Paul Greentree, Trent Griffiths and Chad Greenberg all contributed with the bat at vital times. Fives were fortunate to have such a strong line-up that was able to recover when the top order was knocked over cheaply.

Who could forget Hilder's 75 against Easts, Bourke's 50 against Balmain, and Clarke's 109 against Manly while setting a partnership record. Darren McCoy blasted a quickfire undefeated 87 against North Sydney while McLoughlin held the fort with 48 against Gordon. Paul Greentree's superb 60 in the Final complemented his brilliant fielding, while Griffith's massive six against Blacktown and Greenberg's six to win the Semi-Final enroute to a career-best 65, leave fond memories of a wonderful season.

While the batting line-up was strong, the bowling was equally as dominant. Steven Bright finished the season with 36 wickets at 18.08. Bright had season best figures of 6 for 43 against Manly, but also had two other 4 wicket hauls. Steve bowled with control and pace, often causing severe damage to a team's top order as was seen in the Semi-Final against Bankstown when he took 4 for 19 to have them reeling at 5 for 29.

Matt Hilder surprised all by taking 4 for 39 in the Final, lowering his season average to 12.36. Matt could always be called upon for a few quick overs to slow up the run rate when the team needed it most. Likewise, Marc Anderson provided swift moving left-armers which troubled many batsmen who felt unsettled against the change of line. Marc would often beat the bat several balls an over frustrating both the batsman and bowler.

Chad Greenberg and Jon Griffiths were the spin twins of the team. Taking 27 and 22 wickets respectively, they often tormented the top to middle order with their flight and grip. Both also proved to be more than handy with the bat and were invaluable members of the team. David Bourke and Sean Sampson shared one common bond with their bowling, misdirection! They would bowl with pace and line although at times their line was directed at the side of the square rather than at the wickets! Yet both held it together when it mattered most and together they dominated North Sydney and Gordon, giving the team a big boost towards their finals charge.

Steven Yates provided confidence and inspiration from behind the stumps with some phenomenal displays. He held the team together when batsmen began to get on top and would always have a chirpy comment to share with the batsmen when things got too quiet.

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Through the season, 27 players enjoyed games in 5th Grade and a special thanks must go to them as they all played a part in the season's result. Grant Frakes, Caleb Brown, Kirk Rimmer, Scott Laws, Keiran Routh, Chris Kruitt and Jeremy Dwyer were all integral parts of the network that made up the Randy Petes Fives.

Special thanks to Peter Spurr, who was 12th Man for the Semi-Final and Final. Without his help and support many of us would have struggled to keep pushing on. Thanks also to Devo, Fitzy, Skuis and Billy for their tireless work in honing our skills, Paul Spurr for his endless contribution to the team, Steve Greentree who helped 5ths towards the end of the season, Richard McCord for his fine scoring work during the Final, Rebecca Bright for her divine lunches at Kensington, Fous and the Petersham ladies for their great work during our two finals at Petersham, and for all the supporters who continually pushed us closer to lifting the trophy each week.

We fell short by 20 runs in season 2002-03 but next season we plan to go one higher. The team has bonded like no other during the season with constant chatter during the week leading up to the games. So another season draws to a close, but I can sense many players are keener than ever to get back on the field and play for the Randy Petes!

5th Grade Finalists Team - 2002-03 Back left: Paul Burrell (Umpire), Steve Greentree (Team Manager), Sean Sampson, Peter Spurr, Chad Greenberg, David Bourke, Paul Greentree, Paul Spurr (Scorer), Margaret Beaumont (Umpire). Front left: Marc Anderson, Steve Clarke, Steven Yates, Steve Bright, Tony Martin (Captain), Matthew Hilder, Trent Griffiths.

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5TH GRADE - BATTING Batsman M Inn N.O. Runs Ave HS Ct Tony Martin 18 16 3 640 49.23 155 6 Steven Yates 18 18 1 540 31.76 101* 0 Steve Clarke 10 10 1 369 41.00 109 2 Matthew Hilder 15 15 0 320 21.33 75 4 David Bourke 14 13 1 292 24.33 50* 1 Chad Greenberg 14 11 3 218 27.25 65 8 Darren McCoy 7 6 2 198 49.50 87* 1 Fabian Heaton 6 7 1 156 26.00 58* 4 Caleb Brown 5 6 0 147 24.50 83 1 John McLoughlin 7 7 1 132 22.00 48 6 Marc Anderson 7 6 4 112 56.00 24* 0 Jonathon Griffiths 11 6 2 99 24.75 67 1 Paul Greentree 5 5 1 97 24.25 52 4 Trent Griffiths 6 6 1 73 14.60 38 2 Sean Sampson 9 5 5 56 31* 1 Chris Kruit 5 4 0 52 13.00 27 2 Peter Spurr 7 6 1 28 5.60 7 2 Steve Bright 15 7 2 26 5.20 12* 3 Kirk Rimmer 6 4 1 26 8.67 13* 0 Also Batted : Matches/Innings/Not Out/Runs/Catches. Troy Brewster 2/2/1/137/1, Matthew Banes 1/1/1/58/0, Scott Laws 2/2/0/44/2, Grant Frakes 2/3/1/44/3, Jeremy Dwyer 2/1/0/38/1, Kieran Routh 2/2/0/17/0, Alan Wright 1/1/0/9/0, Graham Doig 1/1/0/1/1, Zachary Levien 1/0/0/0/0, Andy Hollingsworth 1/0/0/0/0, Melvin Singh 0/0/0/0/2. TOTAL BATTING 200 171 33 3929 28.47 155 58 5TH GRADE - BOWLING Bowler Overs M's Wkts Runs Ave RPO Best Steve Bright 235.00 50 36 651 18.08 2.77 6/43 Chad Greenberg 218.50 60 27 571 21.15 2.61 4/29 Sean Sampson 139.33 33 26 357 13.73 2.56 4/21 Jonathon Griffiths 119.67 31 22 337 15.32 2.82 4/16 Darren McCoy 66.00 17 12 205 17.08 3.11 4/65 Matthew Hilder 47.50 12 11 136 12.36 2.86 4/39 David Bourke 75.00 17 10 217 21.70 2.89 5/21 Marc Anderson 75.00 15 8 201 25.13 2.68 3/34 Peter Spurr 65.00 14 5 197 39.40 3.03 2/40 Also Bowled : Overs/Wickets/Runs. Tony Martin 38/4/118, Chris Kruit 43/4/126, Zachary Levien 21/3/35, Trent Griffiths 24/3/61, Jeremy Dwyer 25/3/84, Kirk Rimmer 53/2/167, Scott Laws 14/2/27, Graham Doig 14/2/40, Fabian Heaton 0.1/1/0, Troy Brewster 1/0/0, Alan Wright 2/0/6, Kieran Routh 6/0/9, Steve Clarke 2/0/9, Steve Yates 3/0/13, John McLoughlin 6/0/30. TOTAL BOWLING 1293.17 293 181 3597 19.87 2.78 6/43 5TH GRADE - WICKETKEEPING Wicket Keeping Ct St Total Byes Steven Yates 29 4 33 57 Chad Greenberg 0 1 1 0

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6th Grade Report by Grant Rimmer, Captain Position in Competition: 5th

Randwick-Petersham’s 6th grade team was entered in the Metropolitan Cup competition. Nine teams participated in this competition including grade clubs Easts, North Sydney, UTS Balmain, UNSW and Sydney Uni and Shires Clubs Burwood and South Sydney.

A total of 27 players were used in 6th grade throughout the season. Of these, 12 played higher grades from time to time. Denesh Hewa-Gamage was the only player to have played all 12 completed games. This team missed out on the 4 team semi-final season by 1 point. Needing a first-innings win in the last round, we were held to a draw by South Sydney. We won our first 4 games quite easily but suffered losses in our next 3 games only to be undefeated in the New Year. The losses were to teams that finished 1st, 2nd and 4th after the preliminary rounds. Two draws in the last 3 games didn’t help our cause – one of those a washout against wooden-spooners, Burwood. Our team was only bowled out on 5 occasions and declarations were made 4 times.

Denesh Hewa-Gamage had an outstanding season, finishing as the leading wicket-taker in the team. As I am sure many people would appreciate, batsmen at this level would fail to respect leg spin and did so at their peril. Had all chances been taken, his aggregate could well have been above 30. His fielding was dynamic; saving runs aplenty each game with run out chances always being created. Denesh also has a very safe pair of hands. Undoubtedly, he will make a more than useful spin bowler in the grade ranks once the opportunity arises. Alan D’Arcy had a solid season with both bat and ball. His 107 against Maccabi on a dampish Kensington wicket produced some very powerful shots – none more so than a 6 which hit a house on the full on the other side of the road at the northern end!!! Alan was very economical with the ball. His outswing produced 13 wickets and he went wicketless only twice. Alan offered a lot of advice to the younger members of the team. He didn’t look out of place in 3rd grade when called on in the latter part of the season. Damian Fuller proved to be a very handy medium pace bowler. He was rewarded with a place in the Poidevin Gray side on a couple of occasions. A back injury hampered his bowling at the end of the season. Damian was also very economical, often troubling batsmen with variation. His best game was against Burwood with match figures of 5/28 off 16 overs (6 maidens). John Tierney turned his hand to off-spin bowling in the back end of the season with immediate success. Injury forced him out of the last game where this spin option would have probably changed the result. John had a few scores in the twenties – I would like him to value his wicket more, and having done this, he will be a genuine all-rounder. He gave sound advice to the younger members of the team, which I appreciate. John was always there to help out the team, whether it was doing an extra stint of umpiring or putting away covers. Kirk Rimmer Mr economical was up there with the best of them. Going for just on 2 runs per over, Kirk managed to apply pressure from one end while the other bowler seemed to get the wickets. Hard work in the nets paid off with two scores in the forties. A highlight was a 90-run partnership he had with Peter Spurr against UNSW. Kirk also took some important catches. Peter Spurr took wickets in all 4 games that he played with us. His spells against Sydney Uni were probably the best this year for us (4/25 off 16), with some balls virtually unplayable. Peter had two big scores of 74 and 46 and was recognised by the Poidevin Gray selectors in the final game. Grant Frakes played all but one game in 6th grade and was left to fill the vacant wicketkeeper role. Grant scored a half-century--66 against Easts--but often it was his job to turn the strike over once the new ball had been worn a little. He worked hard on his ‘keeping and this started to pay off in the end. Chris Kruit produced many good spells. The bounce that he got off the wicket brought about the downfall of many batsmen. Chris had some quality knocks, but his best was in the first game against Norths (72) in just over an hour. Chris proved to be a very sound fielder in the gully-point region. Alan Wright was the most consistent batsman. Alan scored two hundreds, two fifties and a forty in his 7 appearances. His 101 against Souths was a high-quality innings despite having a painful elbow injury. His 125 against Easts also produced some superb shots.

I would also like to acknowledge the contributions made by Marshall Moir, Michael Bailey, Scott Laws, Kieren Routh and George Frazakis. Although these players didn’t play the full season in 6th grade, they all performed admirably when they did appear. As with everyone who turned out in 6th grade, these players are also capable of having successful times in higher grades. I would like to thank Alan Wright for his input into the side, on and off the field. It was sometimes very difficult to put a side together when injury and unavailabilities took their toll. Alan would always ensure that the balance of the side was not affected, among other things. Thank you to Paul Spurr and Ron and Joanne Rimmer for organising drinks and afternoon teas.

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Last but not least, thank you to the other 26 players who played in the team this season. I cannot fault your commitment or enthusiasm when it counted.

Attendance at training was right up there with the higher grades. I hope the ‘regulars’ get something out of the season and hopefully move up a grade or two in 2003-04.

6TH GRADE - BATTING

Batsmen M Inn N.O. Runs Ave HS Ct Alan Wright 7 7 1 400 66.67 125 2 Grant Frakes 12 13 4 241 26.78 66 1 Alan D'Arcy 9 10 2 186 23.25 107 1 Kieran Routh 6 4 0 153 38.25 85 2 Chris Kruit 5 5 0 145 29.00 72 7 Kirk Rimmer 8 8 2 133 22.17 43* 4 Marshall Moir 6 5 1 104 26.00 47* 1 George Frazakis 6 6 0 100 16.67 47 3 Michael Bailey 7 7 0 89 12.71 53 2 Damian Fuller 10 7 2 80 16.00 17* 4 John Tierney 8 7 2 76 15.20 21 3 Grant Rimmer 10 6 3 61 20.33 26 8 Denesh Hewa-Gamage 12 6 2 11 2.75 8 7

Also Batted : Matches/Innings/Not Out/Runs/Catches. Andy Hollingsworth 3/3/1/135/3, Peter Spurr 4/4/2/130/1, Scott Laws 4/5/1/104/1, Matthew Hilder 1/1/0/103/3, Chad Greenberg 1/1/0/72/0, Mark Carroll 1/1/0/60/0, Caleb Brown 4/5/0/51/0, Matthew Tilley 1/1/0/48/0, Jeremy Dwyer 1/1/0/15/0, Maurice Preston 1/1/0/5/1, Tim Wright 1/1/0/0/0, Perry Jagdon 1/0/0/0/0, Melvin Singh 1/0/0/0/1, Chris Johnston 1/0/0/0/0, Cooper Devine 1/0/0/0/0, Glen Carroll 1/0/0/0/0. TOTAL BATTING 133 115 23 2502 27.20 125 54

6TH GRADE - BOWLING

Bowler Overs M's Wkts Runs Ave RPO Best Denesh Hewa-Gamage 118.00 14 24 427 17.79 3.62 4/45 Damian Fuller 117.00 33 17 271 15.94 2.32 4/14 Peter Spurr 59.00 13 14 156 11.14 2.64 4/25 Alan D'Arcy 79.00 15 13 214 16.46 2.71 4/17 John Tierney 58.17 16 10 149 14.90 2.56 3/29 Marshall Moir 51.00 7 7 143 20.43 2.80 3/18 Kirk Rimmer 96.00 30 7 191 27.29 1.99 3/39 Chris Kruit 62.50 8 7 194 27.71 3.10 3/36 Grant Rimmer 85.00 11 7 279 39.86 3.28 2/15

Also Bowled : Overs/Wickets/Runs. Kieran Routh 18/4/37, Jeremy Dwyer 8/3/53, Chris Johnston 4/2/12, George Frazakis 8/2/14, Chad Greenberg 19/2/32, Scott Laws 35/2/88, Matthew Hilder 1/1/0, Andy Hollingsworth 2/1/12, Michael Bailey 2/0/0, Mark Carroll 1/0/1, Matthew Tilley 2/0/8, Maurice Preston 8/0/9, Perry Jagdon 4/0/14, Melvin Singh 7/0/24. TOTAL BOWLING 846.34 181 123 2328 18.93 2.75 4/14

6TH GRADE - WICKETKEEPING

Wicket Keeping Ct St Total Byes Grant Frakes 6 0 6 154 Tim Wright 2 0 2 0

45 7th Grade Report by David Holland, Manager Position in Competition: 5th

The team had a good season overall coming in 5th in a field of 12 teams in the Metro Shield competition. From thirteen matches the team won seven, drew one and lost five.

The competition had its excitement with a 3 run win over Auburn and a 5 run loss to UTS Balmain. In the first semi we again narrowly lost to UTS Balmain (RP 116 and 184 lost to UTS 159 and 7/113) who eventually went on to loose the Final by 1 run. The season also had its low points with the inevitable clashes with other teams that result from not having impartial umpires to adjudicate.

The season did not start well with the team losing four of its first five matches – two of these outright. The loss of the appointed captain Mohit Kumar in round 3 against Lindfield further exacerbated the team’s problems. However the inclusion of George Frazakis in round 4 who took over the captaincy from round 5 was significant as this signalled a turnaround in the team’s form and performance. The team won six and drew one of the remaining eight matches.

Following George’s appointment we were fortunate in obtaining ‘English import’ Barry Greenwood and also Tim Hancock and Murali Chandraskeharan. In addition, the rotation of players from the 6th grade team – Kieran Routh, Michael Bailey, John Tierney, Marshall Moir, Damien Fuller and Caleb Brown, provided the team with the necessary balance, depth and experience.

A number of other players were core to the team and played throughout the season. These included Gavin Dennett, Steve Chakarovski, Nirjon Kadir, Chris Johnston, Mark Holland (keeper), Cooper Devine, George Katsioitis and Andreas Katsioitis.

George Frazakis was our best batsman and led from the front. He scored 611 at an average of 87.29 from 12 innings. This included an impressive 3 centuries and 3 fifties. Also of note was hard hitting Steve Chakarovski who scored 349 at 21.8 from 16 innings. His 101 against Lindfield was his best knock. Other batsmen to perform well included Barry Greenwood (193 runs at an average of 96 from 3 innings) – he was missed when he returned to at the conclusion of round 8, Marshall Moir (101 at an average of 33.7 from 3 innings) and Tim Hancock (224 at an average 17.23 from 13 innings).

On the bowling front the spin twins Gavin Dennett and Murali Chandrashekeran performed well in tandem. Murali took a season tally of 16 wickets at an average of 16.94 and his 6 for 34 off 17 overs against Auburn (which was influential in us winning the match by 3 runs) was his best. Gavin took 22 wickets for the season at an average of 19.32. His 5 for 21 against MacQuarie Uni was his best. Wicketkeeper Mark Holland, who had a solid first season (17 catches, 1 stumping), benefited from the experience in keeping to both Gavin and Murali.

Also of note was paceman Steve Chakarovski who took 22 wickets at an average of 14.77 and medium pacer Chris Johnston who took 20 wickets at 22.85 who improved with both bat and ball as the season progressed. Both were major contributors to the team.

The team included four players new from junior competitions. Chris Johnston (U19) in his second season; Nirjon Kader (U17) in his first season as an all-rounder showed great promise; Mark Holland (U17) as a keeper/batsman did well and improved as the season progressed and Cooper Devine (U16) in his first season was a useful medium pace bowler. They will have benefited from being with the older and more experienced players in the team and will find this season a useful base for future seasons.

46 7TH GRADE - BATTING Batsmen M Inn N.O. Runs Ave HS Ct George Frazakis 11 12 5 611 87.29 135* 3 Steven Chakarovski 14 16 0 349 21.81 101 6 Tim Hancock 12 13 0 224 17.23 53 7 Chris Johnston 11 10 1 194 21.56 27 2 Mark Holland 14 15 2 151 11.62 29* Nirjon Kader 8 10 1 128 14.22 34 1 Gavin Dennett 12 12 4 105 13.13 14 7 Caleb Brown 7 7 1 82 13.67 43 3 George Katsoitis 8 9 1 53 6.63 13* 1 Kieran Routh 6 6 0 51 8.50 16 2 Murali Chandraskeharan 7 5 1 25 6.25 12 4 Cooper Devine 11 9 3 7 1.17 3 Also Batted : Matches/Innings/Not Out/Runs/Catches. Barry Greenwood 3/3/1/193/2, Marshall Moir 3/3/0/101/1, David Fraser 1/1/1/100/1, John Tierney 4/3/0/63/0, Mohit Kumar 3/3/0/55/0, Andreas Katsoitis 4/5/0/54/0, Mitchell Weir 1/2/1/51/1, Michael Bailey 3/4/0/50/0, Damian Fuller 1/1/1/35/0, James Scott 1/1/0/26/0, Simon Lloyd 1/1/0/25/0, David Holland 3/3/1/19/0, Awais Ali 1/1/0/12/0, Thomas Holland 1/1/0/3/0, Will Affleck 1/1/0/0/0, Justin Bell 1/0/0/0/1. TOTAL BATTING 154 157 24 2767 20.80 135* 41

7TH GRADE - BOWLING Bowler Overs M's Wkts Runs Ave RPO Best Steven Chakarovski 106.00 16 22 325 14.77 3.07 3/7 Gavin Dennett 150.00 33 22 425 19.32 2.83 5/21 Chris Johnston 140.00 24 20 457 22.85 3.26 4/21 Murali Chandraskeharan 99.00 11 16 271 16.94 2.74 6/34 Marshall Moir 53.00 13 13 129 9.92 2.43 4/32 John Tierney 41.00 8 8 108 13.50 2.63 5/24 Barry Greenwood 36.00 2 6 123 20.50 3.42 3/47 Cooper Devine 53.00 3 6 220 36.67 4.15 2/41 Also Bowled : Overs/Wickets/Runs. Mohit Kumar 13/4/78, George Frazakis 19/3/98, Nirjon Kader 37/3/137, Kieren Routh 57/3/196, Damian Fuller 10/2/10, Justin Bell 8/2/18, Mitchell Weir 16/2/81, Simon Lloyd 2/1/6, George Katsoitis 6/1/40, Caleb Brown 20/1/48, Andreas Katsoitis 1/0/2, David Holland 2/0/15, Tim Hancock 2/0/16, Michael Bailey 5/0/34. TOTAL BOWLING 876.33 138 135 2837 21.01 3.24 6/34

7TH GRADE - WICKETKEEPING Wicket Keeping Ct St Total Byes Mark Holland 17 1 18 124

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47 Poidevin Gray Shield (Under 21 years) by John Connell, Manager Position in Competition: 6th

A total of 17 players represented the club in this prestigious competition this year. In what was one of our best efforts for a number of years, the side won five of the seven scheduled games and was unlucky to miss a spot in the Semi-Final, being relegated from 3rd on points to 6th on averages.

The side was very capably led by Brenton Barker, who scored 125 runs including a pugnacious 78 not out against Sydney University. Brenton rallied the troops in the field and his calm encouraging manner went a long way to making the team such a harmonious unit, which played fine cricket. He also demonstrated shades of Steve Waugh by winning 6 of the 7 tosses.

Alex Sciascia who plundered attacks in five of the seven games finished the season with 285 runs. There seems little doubt that given his level of development Alex will be knocking on higher doors next season.

Matthew Taylor who scored 111 with a highest score of 53 against Sydney University, was another who has benefited from the experience and this was borne out in a couple of pressure digs in the all conquering Fourth Grade premiership side.

Michael Watson got off to a flyer with 51 against a talented Bankstown bowling attack followed by a “ship steadying” 22 against UTS Balmain but was disappointed with some of his other innings. This extremely talented cricketer whose fielding is a joy to behold, will be senior member in next season’s squad.

Paul Greentree, scored a total of 108 runs including a 35 not out match saving effort against UTS Balmain, which was a highlight. He was also very sharp in the field. With our backs against the wall chasing a relatively small total against the Tigers it was “Greeny” and a swashbuckling 45 by James Byrne which saw us only 20 shy of the total. The pundits in the Noel Hughes Stand at Petersham Oval breathed easily when the “Cool Hand Luke” form of Eddie Otto strode to the crease. As in all games, Eddie did not disappoint and with a combination of impenetrable defence and smart running between wickets, saw us home. In the University of NSW game, Eddie also came to the fore with Scott Laws, dispatching the students’ bowlers to all parts of the Village Green.

In Neil Cohen, the side had a fine and dependable wicketkeeper behind the stumps who also scored a sparkling 54 against Parramatta. Scott Laws, Chad Greenberg and Usman Khawaja all made handy batting contributions over the season.

The bowling attack was spearheaded by James Byrne and Eddie Otto who played in all 7 matches and with 63 overs each, did the lions share of the bowling. James opened the bowling and took 13 wickets. With 92 runs with the bat as well, has the capacity to develop into a fine all rounder. Eddie’s tight bowling was especially suited to the one-day format of the game and his 11 wickets, including two 3 wicket hauls showed his value.

Zac Levien with 8 wickets was just hitting his straps when he was injured and missed the last two games. He confounded the medical specialists who said that cricket for this season would be just a memory by coming back to play a leading role in the club’s first premiership in Fourth Grade. He is a good bowler.

Nigel Singh was another bowler who struggled with injuries and while only taking 4 wickets, was a reliable new ball partner to James Byrne. Damian Fuller with 3 wickets, Chad Greenberg with 6 and Scott Laws with 4, all provided valuable strike power with the ball. All three played a significant role in the victory over University of NSW when, at 0/63 the students were looking good.

Special mention must be made of Peter Spurr who came in for the last game against Fairfield and proceeded to rip their top order apart taking a fabulous 4-38. I predict a big future in PG’s next season for Peter.

In conclusion, I am sure that all the players enjoyed the season. It was indeed a great pleasure to manage the team. They played the game in the right spirit at all times and appreciated the help and guidance by many within the club. To that end the coaches, Matty Parker and Aaron (George) Hildred put much time and effort in preparing the side and it was great to see the players respond so positively.

48 To our scorer Richard McCord, a big thank you for your efforts. Clubs and organisations prosper with people having your level of commitment. To Noel and Pat Hughes, Robyn Gardner and Helen Milford, thank you for your lovely lunches for both the team and opposition at Petersham Oval and to Madge and the Devlin girls for their fine lunches at Coogee. The BBQ cooks at both venues, Chris O’Sullivan and Peter Devlin also rate special mention. To Tony Parker and PG’s number 1 supporter and former St George firebrand hooker, Cec Orrock, your support and good humour was appreciated.

Greg Hartshorne attended most games and the players appreciated and learnt from the insightful comments of a player whose playing career spans 4 decades. I wish the players now over 21 and leaving the side (Alex, Nigel, Brenton, Neil Cohen and Scott Laws) the best of luck in their future cricket careers. I am sure they will look back with great pride of their years in PG’s, the lifelong mates they made, the great shots they played, the balls you bowled (which get better over the years) and the singing in the sheds at the end of the game.

Personally I derived a great deal of pleasure in assisting such a fine bunch of young men. The game of cricket and this fine nation of ours is in safe hands in future years as they will surely make their marks on and off the sporting field.

POIDEVIN-GRAY SHIELD SUMMARY

Round 1 v Bankstown at Bankstown Alex Sciascia (56) and Michael Watson (51) gave the early batting some solidarity and it was disappointing when the innings fell away on a good wicket for a 182 total. In response, our bowlers couldn’t contain the onslaught by the Bankstown batsmen who got the runs only 2 down. Jim Byrne was the only successful trundler to finish with 2-53. Not the sort of start we were looking for although we recognised that Bankstown were a bit of a “hot” side.

Lost by 8 wkts. 182 to 2-185

Round 2 v Campbelltown-Camden at Coogee Campbelltown had a couple of first graders in their attack who bowled well to knock us over for just 119. Alex Sciascia (43) again did well while Paul Greentree (21) and Jim Byrne (21) made important contributions in an innings dominated by the ball. In response, our bowlers stood up to the mark and “The Ghosts” final tally of 106 was a true reflection of the way our bowlers and fielders maintained the pressure. Fast bowler Jim Byrne used his height to great advantage in taking 3-22 while Chad Greenberg did well to finish with 2-14. A close, yet decisive victory.

Won by 13 runs. 119 to 106

Round 3 v Sydney University at University 2 This was an outstanding win! Sydney Uni batted first on a very hot Sydney Sunday to score a challenging 212. Eddie Otto (3-32) with his off-spinners helped keep the students in check, while Jim Byrne again bowled beautifully for a return 2-24. Our batting response was magic! Fourth grader Matt Taylor hooked and cut the Uni first grade bowlers for a dynamic 53 before he was dismissed. Brenton Barker (78 not out) and Alex Sciascia (57 not out) continued the onslaught to easily chase down the target for an emphatic 9 wicket win.

Won by 9 wkts. 1-213 to 212

Round 4 v University of New South Wales at Village Green A very solid win with Alex Sciascia again leading the way with an impressive 68. The eighth wicket partnership between Eddie Otto (25 not out) and Chad Greenberg (23 not out) was very timely and ensured a competitive total on a big ground. The students were away to a flying start but once Scott Laws (3-24) was introduced to the crease, the cracks appeared. The batting heroes, Eddie Otto (2-26) and Chad Greenberg (1-15) soon put the issue beyond doubt as they wrapped up the innings.

Won by 54 runs 7-203 (50) to 149 (46.4)

Round 5 v Parramatta at Coogee Coming hot on the heels of three great wins, this was a disappointing effort as Parramatta hadn’t won a match. We struggled all day to post 188 with only Neil Cohen (54) and Alex Sciascia (again !) (46) showing any great resolve. In the field, the bowling was industrious without being threatening. The Parramatta batsmen paced themselves well and always seemed in control. A couple of missed run outs didn’t help the cause. Chad Greenberg (2-36) and Zac Levien ( 2-26) were the best of the bowlers.

Lost by 3 wkts 188 to 7-189 (49.4)

Round 6 v UTS Balmain at Petersham This was a terrific round for our bowlers as they knocked over UTS in a tick over 39 overs. Pacemen Nigel Singh (3-31) and Zac Levien (3-44) made scoring difficult while they chipped in with wickets along the way. James Byrne, Eddie Otto

49 and Chad Greenberg shared the spoils with a wicket each. We didn’t have it all our way when we batted with 3 quick wickets causing a few flutters. Michael Watson (22) settled things down a little but it was Paul Greentree (35 not out) and fast bowler James Byrne (45) who assured their team of the points with 3 wickets left. A hard fought win but a good one.

Won by 3 wkts 7-150 to 149 (39.2)

Round 7 v Fairfield Liverpool at Petersham The final round of the competition and we needed a good win with other results to go our way to make the semis. We got the win OK but so did teams equal with us on points but with a better net run rate leaving us 3rd on points but 6th in the final washup. The game was never in doubt as we crushed Fairfield for just 103 with James Byrne (3-26) and Eddie Otto (3-13) inflicting all the damage. Matty Taylor made short work of their bowlers with a good 40 while Brenton Barker scored 19 to take the match just 4 down. A fitting conclusion to a very good PG season.

Won by 6 wkts 4-107 to 103

POIDEVIN GRAY - BATTING

Batsmen M Inn N.O. Runs Ave HS Ct Alex Sciascia 7 7 1 285 47.50 68 2 Brenton Barker 7 7 1 125 20.83 78* 3 Matthew Taylor 4 4 0 111 27.75 53 1 Paul Greentree 7 6 2 108 27.00 35* 0 James Byrne 7 5 0 92 18.40 45 2 Neil Cohen 7 5 0 82 16.40 54 0 Michael Watson 7 6 0 77 12.83 51 1 Eddie Otto 7 5 3 51 25.50 25* 2 Chad Greenberg 6 3 1 29 14.50 23* 0 Scott Laws 5 3 0 28 9.33 19 0 Usman Khawaja 4 4 1 21 7.00 15 1 Kirk Rimmer 1 1 1 11 11* 0 Nigel Singh 5 2 0 1 0.50 1 1 Zachary Levien 5 1 1 1 1* 0 Chris Kruit 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 Damian Fuller 3 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 Peter Spurr 1 TOTAL BATTING 84 61 11 1022 20.44 78* 13

POIDEVIN GRAY - BOWLING

Bowler Overs M's Wkts Runs Ave RPO Best James Byrne 62.67 5 13 227 17.46 3.62 3/23 Eddie Otto 62.67 6 11 172 15.64 2.74 3/13 Zachary Levien 39.00 4 8 153 19.13 3.92 3/44 Chad Greenberg 31.00 2 6 148 24.67 4.77 2/14 Peter Spurr 8.00 2 4 38 9.50 4.75 4/38 Scott Laws 23.66 4 4 93 23.25 3.93 3/24 Nigel Singh 35.00 4 4 127 31.75 3.63 3/31 Damian Fuller 20.00 2 3 84 28.00 4.20 1/13 Chris Kruit 1.00 0 0 14 14.00 0/14 Kirk Rimmer 3.50 0 0 19 5.43 0/19 TOTAL BOWLING 286.50 29 53 1075 20.28 3.75 3/23

POIDEVIN GRAY - WICKETKEEPING

Wicket Keeping M Ct St Total Byes Neil Cohen 7 8 0 8 3

50 A W Green Shield Report (Under 16 years ) by Grant Rimmer, Coach Position in Competition : 19th

This season’s Green Shield team performed well below expectations. Prior to the commencement of the series, the coaching staff felt that we could win at least four of the seven games, if not all. Unfortunately, we failed to trouble the competition point scorers and finished at the tail end.

The team managed to put together some really good passages and sessions but couldn’t put back-to-back periods together. This proved to be our downfall because, while we tried hard, the initiative was taken away from us when we lost consecutive wickets, dropped catches or misfielded simple balls. A lack of big-match experience was also a factor. Fitness was definitely lacking among the whole team. 120 overs in a day is a much bigger deal these days when a top order batter would be out there for at least 90% of the time. Mentally and physically, I don’t think we were up to it.

Generally speaking, we always seemed to struggle getting an early breakthrough. This meant that opposition teams had solid starts, wickets in hand and opportunities to take risks towards the latter overs. Our opening partnerships did very well and were quite solid, often seeing off the new ball, but it took no less than four different combinations to finally realise this. Hence, another two trial games would have been very handy – just to settle on a . As well, this would have served the purpose of organising the team in specific fielding positions. The best training session was, without a doubt, a centre wicket practice at Petersham Oval. So many areas can be dealt with, none more so than running between wickets.

On to the positives - undoubtedly, Usman Khawaja was the standout player. He is a genuine all-rounder with good ability in all three disciplines. He is a powerful batsman and also bowls good outswingers at brisk pace. Usman led from the front in the field – he has an excellent pair of hands in the slips/gully region. Usman gained selection in the Combined Shield team. He was the teams’ leading run-scorer and wicket-taker.

Louis Talay was the keenest out of all the squad members. He is always willing to listen and is constantly looking for ways to improve his game. Louis is a reliable and energetic fielder. Bowling left arm orthodox spin, he has great control for his age and can really tie batsmen down. He has 2 years remaining and will be a major player next year.

Mark Carroll also has 2 years left in Green Shield. He was seen to strike the ball crisply, having a good eye and excellent timing. I think he will become a dynamic opening batsman as he backs himself against quick bowlers whenever they stray off-line. Mark steadily improved his fielding as the campaign progressed. He will be a valuable member of the club in forthcoming years. (Footnote: Mark played a game in 6th Grade against semi-finalists South Sydney and made 60 runs as an opener; a very mature innings, in good time.)

Campbell Dash produced some brilliant touches behind the stumps. He often stood up to the medium pacers with good success in that area. Campbell has a solid batting technique and as he becomes older and matures, he will develop into a top quality batter. Campbell played with concentration well above his years. We see Campbell as possessing leadership qualities. He also has 2 years left in the competition.

Perry Jagdon is a natural athlete and a genuine all-rounder. A medium pace bowler who bowls stump to stump, he can swing the ball away from the right-hander. Perry is a strong hitting batsman who liked to bat in the latter stages of an innings where he produced some big hits. He is very fast in the field and was very effective in the cover-point region. Perry has 1 year remaining.

Sanjay Selvukamaran showed an outstanding attitude to the game and reasonably effective technique. With the experience that he has gained this season and with added size and strength, Sanjay will find it easier to score next year and will be relied upon to score heavily. He showed he had ability in slips, and, with the right guidance will develop into a useful leg-spin bowler.

William Affleck possesses a particularly good cover drive and is able to bat anywhere in the middle order. He can work the ball in the gaps and consequently pick up singles and rotate the strike. Will showed that he is a more than capable off-spin bowler producing an excellent spell against Parramatta, which very nearly was a match-winning one. He will be relied upon to have a big season in 2003-04 in both facets of the game.

51 Lahiru Kariyawasam did well in the vice-captaincy role. He started to hit his straps towards the end, where he played some breathtaking shots. Lahiru made a name for himself in the number 7 position. He was able to read the game extremely well. His timing was superb and showed good control of line and length with the ball and was a reliable fielder. We hope Lahiru makes the progression to the grade ranks next season.

Nirjon Kader has an excellent attitude and showed that he has the determination and desire to become a very successful player at grade level. He played many games in 7th Grade. Nirjon worked hard at his batting and produced some good bowling spells, being a little unlucky not to have taken more wickets.

Vareen Harish has a fantastic attitude and was a pleasure to coach. He was always seeking advice on his batting and was extremely keen to improve. Vareen is a good timer of the ball and is very solid in defence. He showed tremendous courage and determination against some very fast bowlers.

Maurice Preston opened the batting and showed a first-class temperament. He was able to see off the new ball and on most occasions, managed to get a start. He has a safe pair of hands at slip and bowls reasonably good wrist-spin. His 2/32 against Balmain at Coogee was a fantastic spell, for someone who didn’t bowl in the previous 6 games.

Mitchell Weir missed most of the season with a back injury. In the 2 games he did play, he showed that he had good pace and gained movement off the seam. Mitchell trained really hard at grade training and will be a real asset in the years to come.

Damitha Fonseka – in his limited appearances, showed that he has a good awareness of the game. A medium-pacer who can move the ball in the air and off the seam, Damitha is a very useful lower-order batsman who provided valuable support to the recognised batters and was not out twice.

Darren Kumar was one of the quickest opening bowlers in the competition. At times, he was able to use his short ball to unsettle top order batsmen to good effect. His control improved markedly towards the end of the series. Darren is very keen to learn and if he continues to progress, he could be a genuine candidate for higher grades in a few years’ time.

Geoff Sheargold – although he didn’t perform as well as hoped in the series, he showed that he has a good basic front foot technique. He also added value to the team as a useful off-spin bowler. Geoff can read a game very well and produced a classic catch at Petersham Oval.

In conclusion, I would like to thank my co-coaches, Matthew Cassar and John McLoughlin. They worked very hard with the players in the nets, fielding drills and centre wicket practices. It was nice to bounce ideas off each other in order to get the most out of the team. Selections were often very difficult but I think we put our best teams on the paddock, judging the form and other factors.

Thank you to Laurie Heil for managing the side. There was a lot of administration undertaken with the team, but once again, Laurie handled it with aplomb. His close affiliation with the South Eastern Juniors makes him a valuable link in terms of Green Shield.

Thank you to the parents for your support in a difficult season. To the boys, I hope you are not discouraged by the end result. Take on board the advice we have passed on and put it into practice. Work hard and leave no stone unturned. There is no such thing as shortcuts when it comes to cricket – the winners will be the ones who are better prepared, mentally and physically. We wish you good luck in your careers with the Randy Petes. I am sure we will see a few of these names in the 1st Grade squad in the years to come.

“Don’t let the best you have done so far be the standard for the rest of your life” Gustavas F.Swift, 1839-1903

A W GREEN SHIELD SUMMARY

Round 1 v Sydney University at St Paul’s Not a good start to the Green Shield season with Sydney Uni away to a flier with 0-60 from 11 overs. Louis Talay (2-29) and Usman Khawaja (5-37) pulled the run rate back somewhat but we were left to chase a formidable total of 226. A slow start didn’t help our cause and we were always behind the “eight ball”. Skipper Usman Khawaja capped off a fine double with an undefeated 91 but he had little batting support from his team mates and our final total of 148 was a real disappointment.

Lost by 78 runs. 148 to 226

52 Round 2 v University of NSW at Petersham Winning the toss and bowling on a slightly damp wicket produced early results with Mitchell Weir (2-16) bowling well. Usman Khawaja carried on where he left off the previous game to snare 4-19 while Louis Talay was difficult to get away taking 2 for 16 from 12 overs with 9 maidens. Perry Jagdon (2-16) also had success in helping to bowl Uni out for just 130. The run chase however, was a disaster with no-one taking the initiative to build any sort of an innings. By tea we were 7-49 before being all out for a very forgettable 58. Only Perry Jagdon with a quickfire 18 at the end did anything worthwhile.

Lost by 72 runs. 58 to 130

Round 3 v Bankstown at Jensen Batting first on a bouncy pitch we were away to a solid start. However, 4 quick wickets in the middle and we were on the back foot once again. A partnership of 29 between Lahiru Kariyawasam (39 not out) and Campbell Dash (5) for the ninth wicket enabled us to get to triple figures. Bankstown didn’t have it all their own way in the run chase with Darren Kumar (1- 24) and Nirjon Kader (2-12) serving it up to them in fiery fashion. With three NSW under 17 players, Bankstown were always going to get the runs which they did 4 down. Not a bad performance despite the loss.

Lost by 6 wkts. 110 to 4-112

Round 4 v Campbelltown-Camden at Petersham Losing a wicket first ball was not the start we were looking for although Maurice Preston (27) and Vareen Harish (14) steadied the ship with a 35 run partnership. Most other batsmen made useful contributions with Mark Carroll’s 34 the best of them. The total of 193 was a respectable target but a dropped catch from the first ball was in stark contrast to the start by the “Ghosts”. Perry Jagdon (3-23) was the pick of the bowlers who were not supported in the field as evidenced by the fact the visitors ran down the total 5 down with 18 overs to spare.

Lost by 5 wkts 193 to 5-195

Round 5 v Parramatta at Old Kings A good toss to win on a good batting wicket. While Maurice Preston (30) and Usman Khawaja (74) were there, we were looking good. But a wicket before lunch led to two others without addition to the score. Some quick hitting after the break by Lahiru Kariyawasam (30) took the final total to a competitive 184. Our new ball bowlers couldn’t get the much needed early breakthrough however, and we were always going to struggle after that. There was a bit of a collapse with “The Eels” losing 3 for 10 at one stage before their late order batters edged through to record the win. Vareen Harish was a standout in the field with 2 catches and a runout.

Lost by 4 wkts. 184 to 6-187

Round 6 v Fairfield-Liverpool at Petersham A good batting performance against an undefeated team. We had six scores between 22 and 38 without anyone going on with the job. Mark Carroll (38) and Perry Jagdon (36) both hit the ball well and it was good to see a total in excess of 200 for the first time this season. A first over wicket when we bowled and a steady run of dismissals signalled that a boilover was on the cards. A solid 104 run partnership for the fifth wicket put Fairfield in the box seat however, but 3 quick wickets to have them 8 down with the scores tied gave everyone a fright before they limped across the line to victory. Usman Khawaja was the best of the bowlers with 5-36 off 9 overs. A loss, but one which so easily could have been a win.

Lost by 2 wkts 201 to 8-202

Round 7 v UTS Balmain at Coogee A good opening spell by Darren Kumar (3-49) supported by leg spinner Maurice Preston (2-32) had UTS in a bit of bother at 5-105 off 42 overs at lunch. Good batting after the break turned the tide in favour of UTS however, and their final tally of 6-227 was going to be a tough assignment. Our batsmen couldn’t reproduce the form they showed in the previous match and only two of them managed double figures ( Campbell Dash 17 and Usman Khawaja 62 not out). It was a disappointing finish to a very disappointing season.

Lost by 4 wkts 114 to 6-227

53 AW GREEN SHIELD - BATTING Batsmen M Inn N.O. Runs Ave HS Ct Usman Khawaja 7 7 2 277 55.40 91* 2 Lahuri Kariyawasam 7 7 1 107 17.83 39* Mark Carroll 7 7 0 95 13.57 38 Maurice Preston 5 5 0 89 17.80 30 2 Perry Jagdon 6 6 0 80 13.33 36 Campbell Dash 7 7 1 76 12.67 25 Vareen Harish 6 6 0 63 10.50 22 1 William Affleck 5 5 0 31 6.20 26 1 Nirjon Kader 6 6 0 30 5.00 21 3 Sanjay Selvakumaran 5 5 0 21 4.20 11 1 Darren Kumar 6 4 2 11 5.50 5* Geoff Sheargold 5 5 0 10 2.00 7 1 Lious Talay 7 2 1 9 9.00 8* Damitha Fonseka 3 3 2 5 5.00 3* Mitchell Weir 2 2 0 1 0.50 1 1 TOTAL BATTING 84 77 9 905 13.31 91* 12

AW GREEN SHIELD - BOWLING Bowler Overs M's Wkts Runs Ave RPO Best Usman Khawaja 67.00 6 17 225 13.24 3.36 5/36 Lious Talay 73.00 19 7 175 25.00 2.40 2/16 Perry Jagdon 42.17 6 6 144 24.00 3.41 3/23 Darren Kumar 37.00 12 5 159 31.80 4.30 3/50 Lahuri Kariyawasam 41.00 6 3 165 55.00 4.02 1/27 Maurice Preston 12.00 2 2 32 16.00 2.67 2/32 Mitchell Weir 11.00 1 2 43 21.50 3.91 2/16 Nirjon Kader 31.00 3 2 104 52.00 3.35 2/12 Damitha Fonseka 10.17 0 1 35 35.00 3.44 1/4 William Affleck 18.00 1 1 91 91.00 5.06 1/21 Also Bowled : Overs/Wickets/Runs. Geoff Sheargold 7/0/38 TOTAL BOWLING 349.34 56 46 1211 26.33 3.47 5/36

AW GREEN SHIELD - WICKETKEEPING Wicket Keeping M Ct St Total Byes Campbell Dash 7 8 1 9 40

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54 CAPPED PLAYERS

“If the cap fits……………………”

To recognise the achievement of players selected in the Randwick Petersham First XI, the club introduced a capping system in 2001-02, its first season.

A player who plays in the First Grade team becomes a “capped” player and is allocated a sequential number that he is entitled to display on his playing shirt. They also receive a traditional “baggy green” cap displaying the club logo.

Players in the first team to take the field for Randwick Petersham in 2001-02 were allocated numbers in batting order. Numbers for all matches thereafter are allocated in order of selection.

As players retain the number they are allocated for all time, the last number allocated will also reflect the total number of players to play in the club’s First Grade team. This will be an important statistic and is sure to create great interest as the years roll by.

This season, six players made their debut with Randwick Petersham in the first game of the 2002-03 grade competition and were presented with their “baggy green” caps by Life Member Lyall Gardner at the Village Green, University of NSW. Four more players subsequently made their debut with the club this season.

After two seasons, the club has 26 capped players. In allocated number order, they are as follows: . 1 Paul Toole 2001-2002 14 Brett Hunter 2001-2002 2 Daryl Parmenter 2001-2002 15 Scott Obey 2001-2002 3 Ian Barter 2001-2002 16 David Mitchell 2001-2002 4 Richard CheeQuee 2001-2002 17 Matt Cassar 2002-2003 5 Graham Doig 2001-2002 18 Joseph Hill 2002-2003 6 Andrew Millican 2001-2002 19 Simon Katich 2002-2003 7 Paul Staunton 2001-2002 20 Robert Smith 2002-2003 8 Grant Parmenter 2001-2002 21 Darren Wotherspoon 2002-2003 9 Adam Warren 2001-2002 22 Chris Benjamin 2002-2003 10 Andrew Harrison 2001-2002 23 Richard Phillips 2002-2003 11 James LeHuray 2001-2002 24 Jeff Hemming 2002-2003 12 Matthew Parker 2001-2002 25 Peter Bayley 2002-2003 13 John Moffatt 2001-2002 26 Matthew Banes 2002-2003

Many thanks to Judy Robinson for sewing the numbers on to each player’s shirt.

Top Honours The NSW Cricket Association and Sydney Cricket Association honoured two of our greats this season by bestowing Life Membership upon Mike Whitney and Trevor Jay. NSWCA President Alan Davidson welcomed Mike Whitney as the Association’s 87th Life Member for his contribution to NSW Cricket. SCA Chairman Bruce Collins presented Trevor Jay with his award in recognition of his 30 seasons in Sydney Grade Cricket. Mike Whitney joined former founding clubs members , Brian Hazell, Lyall Gardner, Phil Tresidder and Alan Turner as Life Members of NSWCA. Trevor Jay has the distinction of being our first and only Life Member of SCA. At the Annual General Meeting of NSWCA last September, Mike Whitney was further honoured when he was elected a Vice President of the Association. The honours for Mike didn’t stop there as he was later awarded a Centenary of Federation Medal by the Governor General for his contribution to cricket and to the community.

55 Simon Katich

When Simon Katich took the field for Round 1 of the Sydney Grade Cricket Competition this season wearing the green, white and gold colours of Randwick Petersham, a new source of talent for New South Wales cricket was unveiled. Simon was Randwick Petersham’s first New South Wales player. His presence in our ranks meant that the tradition of supplying a regular stream of talented first-class cricketers to New South Wales and Australian teams over the past 100 years by the founding clubs would continue under the Randwick Petersham banner.

Simon ventured to New South Wales from his home state Western Australia this season under contract to the New South Wales Speedblitz Blues. It was a move designed to provide himself with a different perspective about his cricket and to assist him in his development and future representative goals. He was particularly keen to improve as a slow left arm “Chinaman” bowler after limited opportunities at the WACA in his five seasons with the Western Warriors.

When Simon’s plans were mentioned briefly in the metropolitan press, club coach Peter Devlin and Mike Whitney considered the prospects of him joining the club. The result was that “Whit” called Simon and after a period of negotiation, he joined the club. His knowledge of Coogee and its proximity to the SCG were added attractions.

To say Simon has been a “hit” is to underestimate his value to the club. He is a very popular figure within the club as well as an exciting cricketing talent. He is keen to play grade cricket whenever his first class commitments allow and rarely misses a club function. His attendance at Petersham Oval practice sessions after Blues training early in the season emphasised his professionalism and his dedication to club cricket.

After an inauspicious start with a in his first game, Simon turned it on in round 2 against Mosman with a score of 177 which included 9 sixes. He also scored a century in the Limited Overs Semi-Final at Waverley Oval that was a superb innings of discipline and concentration. In the 10 grade games he played, he totalled 495 runs at an average of 55, the best First Grade average for the club.

At the State level, Simon had an outstanding season and was a major force in the Pura Cup and ING Cup double won by New South Wales. He was named “New South Wales Speedblitz Blues Pura Cup Player of the Season” and was also Runner-Up to Steve Waugh in the inaugural “Steve Waugh Medal”. He finished the first class season with 642 runs at a 33.78 average with a highest score of 84. He also took 19 wickets at an average of 21.00 runs per wicket.

A highlight of Simon’s season was that in Steve Waugh’s absence, he was named New South Wales captain in his first match for the Speedblitz Blues. He ended up captaining the Blues in about half their matches. His captaincy responsibilities did not end there, and he was appointed captain of Australia “A” for a series of matches against South Africa “A” throughout Australia in April of this year. He had earlier been named vice-captain in other Australia “A” matches in South Africa and Australia prior to and during the season.

If he had a disappointment this summer, it was that he didn’t score a first class century although he went past 50 on 8 occasions for the Blues. He had some consolation however, with 134 not out for Australia “A” against South Africa ”A” at the WACA in April, shortly after he was appointed captain.

Simon is spending the 2003 winter in English County Cricket playing for Hampshire. We will follow his progress with much interest and look forward to his return to rejoin the “Randy Petes” in the 2003-04 Sydney Grade cricket premiership battle.

Our thanks to Ian Jones of Peninsula Holden and Stan Beal for helping Simon settle in.

56 Reflections of a Bush Umpire

This season, the club took a positive decision to improve the level of hospitality we afforded umpires at our home games. Being conscious of the pressures on umpires and aware that this has caused many of them to give the game away in recent years, it was felt that we should ensure that umpires standing in our games were made as welcome as we possibly could. How well we achieved this aim is reflected in the positive feedback we received from many umpires and officials. One such comment is worthy of report.

During the Randwick Petersham v Hawkesbury First Grade clash at Coogee Oval, Geoff Mann, a visiting country umpire stood in the match with Darren Goodger. He sent the following note to the Umpires’ Association secretary detailing the experience.

Coogee Oval and a cool sea breeze are a world away from the claypan dust and coir-matting of the Elimeek Cricket Club; a streaker, two over-zealous young lovers on the verge and the constant stream of back-packers, beach babes and inquisitive spectators a far cry from the moleskins and “RMs” of the occasional “drop-in” on that remote, no longer used grazing paddock that doubled as the local cricket ground!

Two Saturday’s in December provided me with a rare opportunity to experience cricket in a setting diametrically opposed to my early memories as a lad growing up in Coonamble.

An enforced work stint in Sydney enabled me the opportunity to stand in the world’s strongest domestic competition; the generosity of NSWCU&SA Appointment’s committee, the double-bonus of a First Grade appointment.

From the moment secretary Peter Hughes’ email arrived, the adrenalin began pumping. A phone call from Darren Goodger, a former Country Panel colleague who was to be my partner, added to the excitement and I began packing my kit!

Although I had umpired one previous First Grade match and had the privilege of standing in a Zimbabwe v Australian Country match at Bowral, the Randwick Petersham v Hawkesbury game offered another challenge. I began to question my knowledge of the Laws, to read assiduously from the SCA handbook and to break out in a cold sweat whenever I anticipated the many potential landmines I might step on as I made my way through 200 overs of First Grade cricket. I am pleased to say I survived!

There were no landmines, Darren ably helped me traverse the by-laws and paperwork and Randwick Petersham won in a canter. The captains were gentle on us in the post-match conference and I eagerly posted off my Umpire’s Report on Sunday night still pinching myself over a cherished few days in “the smoke”.

The hospitality was unbelievable. From now on in Dubbo, I will be looking for some pre-match fruit and iced water in the sheds, cold towels and a glucose fix at drinks and the post-match complimentary coldie. If we had afternoon tea, I would not be saying no to the fruit and light refreshment platter laid out a la Coogee!

Country umpires are a lucky bunch because we stand in so many different locations and meet so many great people in our travels. We are lucky too because so many players we observe in their formative years forge careers in Sydney grade and beyond. At Coogee I was fortunate to rub shoulders with three of those and met several others who had honed their skills in the bush. I also touched base with some former ‘Wicks with whom I had shared a great day playing in the Maitland 10-Over Competition in the late ‘70s. It is a small world!

As I said, it’s a long way from Elimeek to Coogee!

Geoff Mann Wongarbon

57 Steve Devlin

When Steve Devlin was elected Treasurer of the Randwick Cricket Club in 1991, he was just the fifth person to fill that role since 1903. He followed John Hayward, who was Treasurer for the previous 27 years, into a position that has traditionally attracted long serving officials. In fact, it was a “double bunger” for Steve as he also signed on as club Secretary in that first year.

Steve has been the perfect traditionalist, holding the reigns on the finances of Randwick for 10 years and for the past 2 years as Randwick Petersham’s Financial Controller. Unfortunately, Steve has announced that he will be standing down after this season, bringing to an end a period of dedication, loyalty and expertise. In applauding Steve’s lengthy contribution at a time when cricket clubs have struggled financially, it is worth noting that when Steve took over in 1991, Randwick’s expenditure was around $26,000 per year. This year, Randwick Petersham’s expenditure (excluding an abnormal item) totalled $239,000,an increase of 820% over that period, indicating just how the responsibilities of financial management have skyrocketed in just a few years. That Steve leaves the club’s finances in such good shape, is testimony to his professional approach, his devotion to duty and his sheer hard work.

Steve Devlin joined the Randwick club as a 16 year old in 1973-74 making his season debut in 4th Grade. A right-hand batsman, he topped the 4th Grade batting the following season scoring 414 runs including a dashing 107 against Mosman. That year he won the club’s Most Promising Player Award. On three other occasions, Steve topped the club’s batting—2nd Grade in 1981-82 with 333 runs and again in 1983-84 with 439; while in 3’s he scored 307 in 1986-87. In his final season in 1988-89, he had the distinction of edging past the 5,000 run milestone at which point he decided to retire due to business and family commitments. Although only 31, his 5,018 career runs reflected a contribution that would make any cricketer proud.

Although a most consistent player, Steve was with Randwick during a “golden era” when the club won four 1st Grade premierships in the space of seven seasons, and never got to play in the top grade. He was actually selected to make his 1st Grade debut in 1984-85 as a replacement for NSW player Gary Bensley who was scheduled to tour NZ with the NSW team. In an ironic twist however, the NZ trip was cancelled before the first days play in the 1st Grade match and Gary returned to the team relegating Steve to seconds!

Always a willing contributor to the club, Steve was first elected to the Management Committee in 1981 and has continued to serve in such capacity ever since—a total of 22 seasons. With his wife Sharen, daughter Emma, son Matthew, brother Peter, father Ken, mother Madge, sister in law Jennie and nieces, Kasey and Ashleigh, Steve is part of a family which has made a lifelong commitment to the Randwick and Randwick Petersham clubs. Their efforts have contributed enormously towards the successes over the years and with Steve leading the way, they are entitled to all the pleasure that their involvement has given them.

Steve Devlin has been a valued and most respected cricket administrator since 1981. He was a major player in the merger two years ago and has worked long and hard to ensure Randwick and Randwick Petersham cricketers can feel proud and secure to be part of a wel administered and financially sound grade cricket club. We will miss him but at the same time, wish him, Sharen and his family well for the future. Thanks for the memories, Steve.

58 Andrew Millican

The ability of Andrew Millican was evident from the moment he joined the Randwick club in 1980-81 at the tender age of just 14 years. He started as a Green Shield boy but within 12 months had established himself as the 4th Grade wicketkeeper, hitting two half centuries as well, in his debut season. The club annual report for that season suggested that he was such a good wicketkeeper /batsman that “his future in the game seems assured”.

And “assured” it was. Some 22 seasons later, Andrew “Spike” Millican has a grade cricket record the envy of many. In 320 games for Randwick and Randwick Petersham (245 in 1st Grade) he scored 8,901 runs including 6,694 in 1st Grade at the healthy average of 33.64. He hit 7centuries in 1st Grade and 8 overall, with a highest score of 152 against Waverley (now Easts) in 1992-93. Behind the stumps, he recorded a remarkable 402 grade dismissals including 344 in 1st Grade (297 catches; 47 stumpings) to emphasise his value as one of grade cricket’s great wicketkeeper / batsmen. In a match against North Sydney he held 7 catches in the innings. His best season was 1995-96 with 44 dismissals.

Andrew’s ability was not overlooked by the representative selectors and in his early years he was the no.1 ‘keeper for the NSW under 16’s and 19’s. He made his 1st Grade debut as wicketkeeper at just 17 years of age. Good judges maintain that “Spike” was unlucky not to get the nod when the NSW Sheffield Shield wicketkeeping spot arose and went to .

On the cricket field, Andrew always led by example and it was no surprise to anyone when he was named 1st Grade captain in 1990-91 when Peter Devlin stood down. It was a big season for “Spike” top scoring for the season with 519 runs including a magnificent 106 not out against an undefeated Balmain side. His leadership continued to develop and just two seasons later in 1993-94, he was named SCA Captain of the Year. The years he spent as a youngster under such astute captains as Bob Duff, Alan Cripps, Gary Bensley and Peter Devlin obviously paid dividends.

Andrew Millican has the distinction of wearing the number 6 Randwick Petersham “baggy green” cap awarded to him as a member of the club’s first team to take the 1st Grade field last season. He was also named Club Captain in each of the club’s first two seasons emphasising the regard in which he is held.

It has been with great disappointment to us all however, that lately he hasn’t been able to play as much as he would have liked due to a recurring foot problem. He still has plenty of cricket left and it is to be hoped he returns to the playing field whenever he can. Sitting on the sidelines hasn’t been his go of course and this season he swung his talents behind the coaching staff with very positive results. It is generally accepted that from a coaching point of view, “Spike” can take much of the kudos for Troy Brewster’s great batting form since Christmas.

Andrew Millican has been a fantastic grade cricketer. Even moreso, he has been a fantastically loyal grade cricketer playing his whole career with the Randwick, now Randwick Petersham club. His dedication and devotion is an example to us all and one which illustrates the passion which people like Andrew have for the club. In just our second year, the Management Committee has nominated Andrew Millican to be the first person to be awarded life membership under the merged banner of Randwick Petersham. His nomination has been well earned and no other person is more entitled to be honoured in such a way.

59 FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD

To walk through the Coogee Oval gates on match morning is something to really test your diet and your will power. The smell of freshly barbequed bacon and eggs is generally too much to handle for any mere mortal and it’s no surprise that you soon find yourself at the canteen counter ordering a second breakfast or an early lunch.

The ever smiling faces of Madge Devlin and granddaughters Kasey and Ashleigh behind the counter also make it difficult to say no and their kind offer of treats and goodies you hadn’t really contemplated is usually met with the anticipated acceptance as you dig deep into your pocket.

The “Devlin Girls” are the hub of hospitality at Coogee Oval. The buttered scones, the tasty buns, the pikelets, biscuits and cream cakes all add to the cricket occasion at afternoon tea time while the delicious lunches make the resumption after the 1pm break that little harder for players and umpires alike. The selection of hot food, coffees and teas would rival many top restaurants and it’s no wonder the canteen clientele has unexpectedly expanded to take in passing trade.

It’s a big day in the canteen and we are just so fortunate to have people like Madge, Kasey, Ashleigh and father Peter on the barbeque, willing to give up their Saturday to maintain the high standard the club has set itself in the hospitality it provides for its visitors, guests and members. In only their second year, we are extremely grateful to the Devlin team for an outstanding contribution to Randwick Petersham Cricket.

Over at Petersham Oval, it was business as usual for our team of Pat, Helen and Robin, the “legends” of Sydney Grade Cricket hospitality. Pat chalked up her 57th season at Petersham, Helen her 51st while Robin brought up season number 37. A bonus for them this year was that they got to cater for a final when our 4th Grade team took the premiership at Petersham Oval. Well done once again, ladies.

At a time when Sydney grade clubs are striving to improve their hospitality through canteen facilities, it is important to note that the pressure of having willing canteen workers takes on double significance for us as we need two teams because we have two first grade grounds. It is therefore a credit to our happy band of ladies that they are able to provide such outstanding service week in, week out at two grounds.

In conclusion, a big thank you to Chris Sullivan and the Devlin family for ensuring the canteens were well stocked and to Peter Harrison, Peter Devlin, Tony Parker and Chris for their expertise on the barbeque at both ovals. The “Coogee Canteen Crew” Madge, Ashleigh and Casey Devlin

60 PLAYER OF THE SEASON : 2002-03 : FINAL POINTS This award is a performance-based award from 1st Grade to 7th Grade. The Player of the Season excludes Sunday 1st Grade Limited Overs games, all PG's & AW Green Shield games and the Final Series. Points are awarded as follows: 1 point for each run scored, 15 points for each wicket taken, 5 points for each catch, 8 points for each stumping and 5 points to the major contributor to a run out. Player Points Player Points 1 Matthew Cassar 895 51 Damian Fuller 425 2 George Frazakis 818 52 Graham Doig 424 3 Geoff Hodgkinson 801 53 Matthew Taylor 423 4 Adam Warren 782 54 Alan D'Arcy 421 5 Richard Chee Quee 716 55 Alan Wright 419 6 Kallin Davies 694 56 Denesh Hewa-Gamage 411 7 Rodney Stafford 687 57 Chris Kruit 407 8 Scott Obey 686 58 Paul Toole 406 9 Aaron Hildred 675 59 Simon Katich 404 10 Darren Wotherspoon 649 60 Paul Staunton 403 11 Chad Greenberg 647 61 Chris Singh 378 12 Steven Chakarovski 634 62 Gavin Dennett 376 13 Tony Martin 626 63 Usman Khawaja 351 14 Neil Cohen 622 64 Marshall Moir 339 15 Andy Hollingsworth 617 65 Grant Frakes 335 16 Peter Bayley 613 66 Zachary Levien 329 17 Nigel Singh 611 67 Kirk Rimmer 319 18 David Mitchell 599 68 Chris Benjamin 318 19 Matthew Banes 595 69 Paul Greentree 309 20 James Byrne 593 70 Caleb Brown 305 21 Daryl Parmenter 577 71 Kieran Routh 303 22 David Townsend 575 72 Barry Greenwood 293 23 Jeff Hemming 573 73 Murali Chandraskeharan 265 24 Steve Bright 561 74 Fabian Heaton 263 25 Dean White 561 75 Peter Spurr 463 26 Troy Brewster 559 76 Trent Griffiths 250 27 Richard Phillips 557 77 Tim Hancock 247 28 Matthew Parker 554 78 Brett Hunter 237 29 Michael Watson 551 79 Mark Holland 229 30 Joseph Hill 550 80 Scott Laws 223 31 Greg Hartshorne 542 81 Grant Rimmer 216 32 Steve Clarke 530 82 Jeremy Dwyer 183 33 David Bourke 528 83 Nirjon Kader 178 34 Robert Smith 524 84 John McLoughlin 162 35 Steven Yates 506 85 Michael Bailey 154 36 Matthew Hilder 505 86 Mohit Kumar 115 37 Eddie Otto 496 87 David Fraser 105 38 Sean Sampson 488 88 Cooper Devine 97 39 Alex Sciascia 482 89 Mitchell Weir 86 40 Melvin Singh 477 90 George Katsoitis 73 41 Denis Hinds 470 91 Andreas Katsoitis 54 42 Steve Zantides 461 92 Simon Lloyd 45 43 Matthew Barnes 459 93 Justin Bell 35 44 Chris Johnston 451 94 James Scott 26 45 Darren McCoy 446 95 David Holland 18 46 Brenton Barker 439 96 Awais Ali 12 47 Andrew Harrison 439 97 Tim Wright 10 48 Marc Anderson 437 98 Maurice Preston 10 49 Jonathon Griffiths 434 99 Thomas Holland 3 50 John Tierney 429 100 Aaron Moseley 0

61 The Award Winners

PLAYER OF THE SEASON The O A Taylor / Martin Bedkober Memorial Award Sponsored by Quality Resort Nautilus, Coffs Harbour

Ossie Taylor served the Randwick club as a player and administrator for 64 years before his death in 1976. He scored more than 4,500 runs and was Secretary for 19 years, the longest in the club’s history. The O A Taylor Memorial Player of the Season Award was first presented by the Randwick club in 1977.

Martin Bedkober was a promising opening batsman and wicketkeeper with Petersham Marrickville before his untimely death in a cricket match in 1975 aged just 21. In Green Shield in 1968-69, he scored 645 runs and effected 23 dismissals behind the stumps—both records for the club. The Martin Bedkober Memorial Trophy for the Most Promising Player was first presented by the Petersham Marrickville club in 1976.

Matthew Cassar After a successful season in English County Cricket with Northamptonshire, where he hit a century and recorded his best figures of 6-36, Matt ventured home this season with very beneficial results. He took on the First Grade all-rounder’s role finishing the season with the impressive figures of 530 runs and 31 wickets. He took a little while to get into top gear but by season’s end he was opening the batting and bowling as well as he did at any time during the season. In fact, it was his final innings of the season in which he hit his best score - 123 against Blacktown, opening the batting in a one-dayer. He was a consistent scorer with the bat and while he tendered to bowl a little too short before Christmas he took some great wickets with movement off the pitch as the summer wore on. He also contributed to the club’s administration by taking on the Junior Development Officer’s role that he handled in a most professional manner. Matt scored 895 points in the Player of the Season Competition to be the winner this season by a clear margin of 77 points.

CLUBMAN OF THE YEAR The Tim Towers / Stuart Gardner Memorial Award Sponsored by Botany Bay City Council

Tim Towers was a left hand fast bowler with Randwick. He died in 1991 from cancer aged just 36. Tim played for 11 seasons taking 233 wickets and played in Randwick’s 1977-78 and1979-80 first grade premiership teams. The Tim Towers Clubman of the Year Award was first presented by the Randwick club in 1991.

Stuart Gardner was a left hand spin bowler with Petersham Marrickville. He died in 1994 from cancer aged 51. Stuart played for over 30 seasons taking more than 400 wickets and scoring 2000 runs. He played in the first grade premiership team of 1974-75 and was made a life member of the club in 1991. The Stuart Gardner Clubman of the Year Award was first presented by the Petersham Marrickville club in 1994.

Player Category: Greg Hartshorne Greg Hartshorne is one of Sydney’s best known cricketers. Little wonder, as he’s just finished his 35th season having joined the old Petersham Marrickville club as a Green Shield boy in 1968. This season he led the Fourth Grade team to take the premiership—the first for the club and the first premiership for Greg since First Grade in 1974-75. His qualities as a captain, his knowledge of the game, his people skills and his gentle but firm nature combined superbly to mould his side into premiership material. After 445 grade games, 10,290 runs, 476 wickets, 190 catches and an amazing 239 sixes, Greg is entitled to feel proud about his cricket achievements. And he rates this season as one of the more rewarding gaining great satisfaction in the development of many of his young charges. A generous comparison for a guy who has played in 6 finals, played State Colts and Second XI, and captained First Grade for 7 seasons! Apart from his magnificent playing career, Greg has been an outstanding cricket administrator and this season was no exception. Greg has been at the forefront since the merger was announced two years ago and this season served as a member of the Management Committee, was a delegate to the Sydney Cricket Association, managed the club’s hugely successful sponsorship program and was heavily involved in the design and supply of the club’s cricket clothing. An outstanding contributor to the club and to the game, he is indeed entitled to this club’s highest accolade — Clubman of the Year. 62

Non-Player Category: Peter Devlin When it is realised just how much Peter Devlin puts into Randwick Petersham, it’s no surprise to see why the Management Committee declared him the winner of this award category this season. As Club Coach, Peter has been instrumental in the development of our training programs and can take a great deal of pride in the progress of many of our players. With Director of Coaching, Bill Anderson, Peter has put together a formidable coaching team which has added a professional touch to our training sessions. But it is the “extras” which makes Peter such a valuable clubman. During the off-season, his recruitment and retention work ensured we had one of the best First Grade lineups in the competition. His work with Mike Whitney in getting Simon Katich to the club and looking after him when he arrived, is a clear example of his dedication to the club. His cooking exploits behind the BBQ at Coogee Oval are also worthy of mention. Having joined the old Randwick club in 1972-73 as a Green Shield boy, Peter went on to captain the First Grade team before leading a few lower grade premiership winning teams as his playing career wound down. His credentials as a player were first class. His credentials as a clubman are more in the gold class.

As the proud major sponsor of Randwick Petersham Cricket Club, Petersham RSL Club would like to extend its appreciation to all the teams for their on-going support throughout the season.

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MOST PROMISING PLAYER IN THE CLUB The Keith Austin Memorial Award Sponsored by Alan Austin Keith Austin was a long time supporter of the Randwick club who died in 1948. This award was first presented by his sons Alan and Stan in 1949. Rodney Stafford It takes determination, dedication, guile and lots and lots of hard work to be a good leg spinner, They are also the same reasons why bowlers of that type are not in plentiful supply. But a good “leggie” will win many more games than they will lose and that’s why it’s good to have such a promising over-the-wrist spinner like Rod Stafford in the club. At 21 he has many wonderful opportunities ahead. In Second Grade this season he bowled some very impressive spells taking 36 wickets in the process. His 6-84 against Easts was a superb display to turn certain defeat into a 9 down draw, missing victory by a hairs breath. His big turning leggies were supplemented by some big hitting down the order where he rattled up 205 runs at a 34.17 average with a top score of 40 not out on a difficult Manly pitch. He also snared 9 catches to complete a huge all-round season. To further his development, he is spending the winter with Oxton in the Cheshire County Premier League in England where he has had a taste of early success. The experience will ensure his future and put him on track to achieve the high expectations good judges have of him. He is a very worthy winner of this prestigious award. Not bad for a young fellow who sat out the whole of the previous season recovering from a knee reconstruction!! 63

MOST IMPROVED LOWER GRADE PLAYER The Burke and Davies Families Award Sponsored by Chris Burke and Ross Davies Kevin Burke was a senior vice president of Randwick who first presented this award in 1976. Kevin died in 1998. Chris Burke is a former long-term lower grade player with Randwick Haydn Davies, father of Life Member Ross, was a vice president and great supporter of Randwick who died in 1984. His memorial award was first presented in 1992. Ross’ brother, Peter was the captain of Randwick’s first Fifth Grade team in 1978 which made the semi-finals. He died in May 2002.

Troy Brewster Troy Brewster is the most improved lower grade player for a very good reason. He went from a total of 67 runs after 6 rounds to amass 815 by the end of the season, scoring an unbelievable 5 centuries and a 93 in the process! After posting 136 against Easts when dropped to Fifth Grade, he went on to become the success story of the Fourth Grade team finishing the season in that grade with a total of 676 runs at an average of 61.45. In round 11, he hit 103 against North Sydney and followed that up in the last round with 135 not out against Blacktown, batting throughout the innings. In the Qualifying Final he rattled up 112 against UTS Balmain, made a dozen in the Semi-Final and then came the Final against Manly. That match will remain in Troy’s memory for many years, as well as for many of us who witnessed it. In a match where the team totalled 237, Troy’s contribution, amid a number of terrific partnerships, was a massive 148—62% of the score! It was a brilliant innings with Troy 8th man out trying to force the pace against the new ball in fading light. More importantly, it was an innings that set the scene for the club’s first premiership. It capped an amazing second half season for Troy and entitled him to be the recipient of this award. Batting coach Andrew Millican had a bit to do with Troy’s form turnaround and he is entitled to take a bow.

BEST POIDEVIN GRAY PLAYER The Clive Johnston Memorial Award Sponsored by John Pearson Clive Johnston was an outstanding player with the Petersham and Petersham Marrickville clubs, captaining first grade for 17 of his 21 seasons. He was in three premiership winning teams and scored over 10,500 grade cricket runs. He also played for NSW on 11 occasions including a number as captain. Clive died in 1991and this award was presented for the first time by the Petersham Marrickville that same year.

Alex Sciascia Alex Sciascia is an exciting young cricketer. He bats at an exceptional level and was one of the successes of the under 21 Poidevin Gray team this summer. He scored 285 runs in the 7 games at the good average of 47.50, including 3 fifties and a brilliant 68 against University of New South Wales. Apart from his PG exploits, Alex hit 212 runs in Second Grade and 255 in Third Grade, including a top score of 135, to further exemplify his undoubted talent and give him a total of 752 runs for the season. He is a worthy winner of this award dedicated to the memory of one of grade cricket’s greats.

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BEST A W GREEN SHIELD PLAYER The Cartwright Insurances Award Sponsored by Len Cartwright Cartwright Insurances has presented this award since 1975 courtesy of Len Cartwright, who was a first grade wicketkeeper / batsman with Randwick and is now a vice president of Randwick Petersham.

Usman Khawaja Usman Khawaja was clearly the best player in the A W Green Shield team. He was captain of the side, scored most runs (277) and took most wickets (17). His performances did not go unnoticed by the representative selectors and he was selected in the Combined Green Shield team. Club selectors also highlighted their views of his ability by playing him in a First Grade pre-season trial match. Usman is a powerful batsman, bowls outswingers at good pace and is an excellent slips / gully fielder. At 15 years of age, he was also our youngest grade cricketer, playing most of the season in Third Grade where he scored 251 runs with an undefeated 83 his top score. Another 85 runs in 4ths gave him a seasonal tally of 613 runs. A sensational performance by anyone’s standard and one that is sure to delight Vice President Len Cartwright, who has donated this award to Green Shield players for the past 28 years.

BEST A W GREEN SHIELD PERFORMANCE The Col Hollingsworth Memorial Award Sponsored by John Benaud Col Hollingsworth was a gifted young cricketer who died tragically at the age of 23 in 1966. He played for four years in the Petersham Marrickville A W Green Shield team before going on to captain NSW Colts. He was a first grader at age 16. The Col Hollingsworth Memorial Award was first presented by the Petersham Marrickville club in 1967.

Usman Khawaja Once again, it is hard to go past Usman Khawaja for this award, so dominant was he in all disciplines of the game this season. His best performance, for the purpose of this award as determined by the Management Committee, was his outstanding double in the first A W Green Shield match of the season. In that match against Sydney University, he bowled his fast mediums to such effect that he finished with the impressive figures of 5 for 37. He then batted at number 3 and was undefeated on 91 when the innings came to an end. He looked certain to score 100 before running out of partners. He had other fine performances worthy of mention - 74 against Parramatta; 62 not out against UTS Balmain; 4-19 against University of NSW; and 5-36 against Fairfield-Liverpool. His performances bring back memories of the great Petersham Marrickville A W Green Shield player, Colin Hollingsworth, after whom this award is named.

THE KEN DEVLIN AWARDS Ken Devlin is a vice president of Randwick Petersham, husband of Madge and father of Steve and Peter, all of whom were involved with the Randwick club for almost 30 years. Ken first presented these awards at Randwick in 1983.

Note: To ensure all players have an equal opportunity to compete for these awards, the calculation of most runs and wickets does not include the Grade finals matches and those games which comprise the First Grade Limited Overs Competition.

MOST RUNS: Geoff Hodgkinson Geoff Hodgkinson had a magnificent season scoring 818 runs, of which 751 qualified him for this award. An opening batsman, he began in 3rd Grade and after two centuries and 501 runs, was promoted to Second Grade where he amassed another 317 runs with a top score of 93. His Third Grade performance topped the club aggregate for the grade, just as he did last year with 612 runs although this season he set a new record with the amazing average of 100.20. His two season aggregate now stands at 1,478 and he looks certain to top the 2,000 run milestone next summer. His Third Grade centuries were 119 against Mosman and 122 not out against Western Suburbs.

MOST WICKETS: Scott Obey It was a big season for Scott Obey taking 53 wickets for the season, 45 of which qualified him for this award. It’s his best season since 1998-99 when he broke the Randwick record with 65 wickets. This year he had a couple of big performances. Against St George he took 7-64 - his best in First Grade - while in an 8 day period covering the matches against North Sydney and Gordon, he took 18 wickets at an average of just 7.61 from 62 overs with 22 maidens. His accuracy was shown to advantage in the Limited Overs match against Bankstown at Coogee where his 10 overs for one wicket cost just 13 runs that included one lusty blow for 6!

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THE WICKETKEEPING AWARD The David Sherwood Memorial Award Sponsored by John Watson of Watson Buchan, Surveyors David Sherwood was scorer of the Randwick First Grade team for 52 years. He made six overseas tours as scorer for the Australian team before his death in 1985. The SCA Fifth Grade trophy bears his name.

Matthew Taylor Matthew received an Encouragement Award last season and it obviously spurred him on to better things this summer. Matt kept wickets in the premiership winning Fourth Grade team completing 38 dismissals (30 caught; 8 ) while allowing only 26 byes from more than 1,000 overs. He also had a match in Third Grade catching 3 with 4 byes to give him a seasonal tally of 41 dismissals with only 30 byes. It was an outstanding performance from this talented 19 years old ‘keeper. Matt also improved his batting this season being promoted to open the innings in Fourth Grade where he excelled scoring 346 runs with a highest score of 89. He carried that form into the Poidevin Gray competition where he hit another 111 with a dashing top score of 53, hooking and cutting some of Sydney University’s First Grade bowlers in a blistering display. As a young player with exceptionally safe hands, he has many years ahead of him and his progress will be followed with a great deal of interest.

THE FIELDING AWARD The Johnny Martin Memorial Award Sponsored by Talisman Marketing Johnny Martin was a left hand ”chinaman” bowler who played 77 times for NSW and 8 times for Australia. He played with Petersham Marrickville for 15 seasons travelling 780kms each weekend from Burrell Creek. He took 450 grade wickets, scored 3500runs and was a superb fieldsman.. He captained the first grade side and won three premierships. The Johnny Martin Memorial Award was first awarded by Petersham Marrickville club in 1993 following his death a year earlier.

Michael Watson He’s an absolute dynamo in the field and that’s why Michael Watson is the winner of this year’s coveted Johnny Martin Memorial Award. He swoops in from the covers like a young Ricky Ponting and it ‘s a brave batsman who takes him on for a quick single! He has amazed everyone how much territory he covers as he sprints to the ball, picks up and in the same movement gets the ball back over the stumps or sends them sprawling. He obviously enjoys fielding and his enthusiasm rubs off onto his team mates. Apart from his brilliance in the field, Michael is an outstanding young batting talent who hit 659 runs in 3rd and 4th Grades and Poidevin Gray this season. His batting highlight was a magnificent 125 against Sutherland, his first in grade cricket.

As the proud major sponsor of Randwick Petersham Cricket Club, Petersham RSL Club would like to extend its appreciation to all the teams for their on-going support throughout the season.

7 Regent Street, Petersham NSW 2049. Ph No. 9560 8355 www.petershamrsl.com.au

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THE ENCOURAGEMENT AWARDS

THE PETER ROLLS AWARD Peter Rolls is a Life Member of the club and a former First Grade player with Petersham Marrickville Nigel Singh Outside the First Graders, Nigel was the club’s highest wicket taker with 42 wickets (32 in 4ths and 10 in 3rds) for the season. His best performances were 6-35 in 3rds and 5-43 in 4ths. He also took another 4 wickets in Poidevin Gray. While his many fine performances with the new ball will be warmly recalled, his one catch in 4th Grade, a diving arms outstretched snare to break an important partnership in the Final earned him hero status amongst his team mates.

THE GORDON OWEN AWARD Gordon Owen was a Fifth Grade captain with Randwick who led the team to two premierships and five semi-finals over a six year period in the mid 1980’s. Peter Spurr Peter’s opportunities were limited this season but when the chances came his way he seized them with both hands. A pace bowler of undoubted promise, he took 14 wickets at just 11.14 runs apiece in 6th Grade. He also took 5 wickets in 5th Grade while his single appearance in the Poidevin Gray team resulted in a fine performance of 4 for 38 from 8 overs.

THE GREG HARTSHORNE AWARD Greg Hartshorne is a Life Member of the club and captain of the Premiership winning Fourth Grade team. Chad Greenberg As a young off-spinner with a “Peter Taylor” style action, Chad took 29 wickets for the season. He was the main spinner in 5th Grade with a best bowling performance of 4-29. He added to his all-round capabilities with 218 runs at 27.25. His top score of 65 came in the Semi-Final against Bankstown although he is best remembered in that match for hitting a six when just 5 runs were required with his team 9 down to snatch a place in the Final!

THE DUNCAN SCOTT-GLASSOCK AWARD Duncan Scott-Glassock is a former First Grade seam bowler with Randwick from the 1970’s James Byrne James made our Top 20 Wicket Takers list in just his first season. A tall young man, James bowled with good pace throughout the season to capture 22 wickets—17 in 3rds and 5 in 2nds. He was also the star of the Poidevin Gray bowling lineup taking 13 wickets at just 17.46 runs each in some fiery spells. His best returns were 4-15 in 3rds and 3-23 in PG’s. He has plenty of raw talent and we are expecting big things from him.

THE WAYNE MULHERIN AWARD Wayne Mulherin is a Life Member of the club and former President of Petersham Marrickville who played Sheffield Shield cricket for NSW. Eddie Otto Another young off-spin bowler of undoubted promise. Eddie bowled some superb spells in 3rd Grade where he took 22 wickets at an average of just 20.50 with a best performance of 4-19. He also did well in the Poidevin Gray competition taking 11 wickets at 15.64 with 3-13 his best. He averaged around the 20 runs mark with the bat indicating he has all-rounder capabilities. He is as keen as mustard and will pressure higher graders next summer.

THE JOHN CONNELL AWARD John Connell was the Manager of this season’s Premiership winning Fourth Grade team. Zachary Levien Zach clean bowled the first three batsmen in the Manly lineup in the 4th Grade Final to clearly underline his talent as a budding young fast bowler. He went on to record his best figures of 4-46 that day and was a prime force in the premiership victory. He finished the season with 21 wickets in 4ths, 3 in 5ths and 8 in Poidevin Gray. Zach is a most promising player whose career looks airborne.

THE PHIL TRESIDDER AWARD Phil Tresidder is a Patron and Life Member of the club who was involved with the Randwick club for over 60 years. Neil Cohen Neil is a most promising wicketkeeper / batsman who cemented a spot in 3rds this season after starting last summer in 5ths. He had another “500” season with 518 runs spread over 2nd Grade (6), 3rd Grade (430) and Poidevin Gray (82). His highest score was 120, his second century for the club. Behind the stumps he recorded 30 3rd Grade dismissals, 3 in Seconds and 8 in PG’s. In both competitions he allowed only 30 byes from a total of more than 1,150 overs!

67 OBITUARY It is with regret we record the passing of the following people associated with the club.

Stroy Donnan — died 18 December 2002 aged 95. Stroy Donnan was one of five brothers to play for the former Randwick club. He joined the club and the First XI in 1925. When he retired as a player in 1951, Stroy had totalled 10,080 runs for Randwick. Stroy had an illustrious administrative career with the club and with the NSWCA. He was Assistant Secretary during 1942-47 then took over as Honorary Secretary from 1947 until 1958. He was club President from 1961 until 1964. He also served as a delegate to the NSWCA during his period as Secretary and became a Life Member of the Association in 1956. He was made a Life Member of Randwick in 1950. At the time of his death, he was the longest holder of Life Membership with the NSWCA and Randwick Petersham Cricket. In his playing career, Stroy was a prolific scorer of centuries, recording more than 20 for Randwick. It was fitting that his funeral was held on a day when Steve Waugh scored one of the most memorable centuries at the SCG, hitting a boundary off the last ball of the day to bring up the hundred. Stroy just missed another century, leaving us at 95.

Wally South — died 15 July 2002 aged 86. Wally South joined Randwick in 1933 as an 18 years old wicketkeeper. In his first season he was a member of the premiership winning Third Grade team. Because of his legal studies he left Randwick and played for Sydney University returning in the early 1940’s where he became the First Grade wicketkeeper. He recorded 167 dismissals behind the stumps for Randwick. Wally was the most elegant of cricketers, immaculately attired and wearing a ‘kerchief around his neck. He was also renowned for his patience at the batting crease. recalls him with both respect and affection. Benaud reflected: “I knew Wally as a Randwick cricketer when I used to watch Central Cumberland with my father and then when I was scoring for Central Cumberland Second Grade in 1942 and 1943. When I was old enough to be asked to play in Jack Chegwyn’s teams which toured country areas, Wally was always there as batsman, guitar player, dry comedian and general entertaining guy. I got to know him a great deal better when, with , Mort Cohen and Wally, I used to go to dinner in the ‘60’s at Pruniers Restaurant at Double Bay. He was one of the more interesting cricketers in an interesting cricket world.” Wally retained a close interest in the Randwick club and served as Patron from 1988 until the merger in 2001.

Shane Foley — died 12 October 2002 aged 33. Shane Foley played lower grades for Randwick in the mid 80’s. He was killed in the Bali Bombing along with a number of his Coogee Dolphins football team mates.

Mark Herman — died 19 June 2002 aged 7 Mark was the son of Tony Herman from Green Options, who prepares Coogee, Snape and Kensington Ovals.

John Kelly — died 26 February 2003 aged 66 John Kelly was the father of former Petersham Marrickville player and Randwick Petersham Legends Society member, Dave Kelly.

Colin Farquharson — died 6 May 2003 aged 64 Col’s son Glen, was a former Petersham Marrickville 1st Grade player.

Debbie Levick — died 12 May 2003 aged 40 Debbie was the wife of Randwick Petersham Legends Society member and former Randwick player, Chris Levick. Debbie’s father, Greg Homann and brother Paul were former Randwick 1st graders.

Ross Shaw — died May 2003 aged 85 Ross Shaw was a member of the Petersham Marrickville management committee in the 1970’s. His son, Michael, was a player with Petes at that time.

Nancy Gardner — died 18 May 2003 aged 86 Nancy Gardner had a great interest in cricket and was the mother of Life Member, Lyall Gardner.

Ernie Toshack — died 11 May 2003 aged 88 Ernie Toshack was a member of ’s 1948 “Invincibles” team to England. He played for Petersham, Marrickville and Randwick during the period 1945-1951.

68 Ernie Toshack (1914-2003) Randwick -- Petersham -- Marrickville

Ernie Toshack, a member of Don Bradman’s 1948 “Invincibles”, holds a special place in the history of Randwick Petersham Cricket. Not because of his first class and exploits, but because he is the only cricketer to have played with the three clubs behind Randwick Petersham – Petersham, Marrickville and Randwick.

Ernie was born in Cobar, NSW, in 1914 and played most of his cricket in the bush, first at Cowra and later at Lithgow. He was a left-arm medium pace bowler who also bowled spin. When he was 27 he ventured to Sydney to play grade cricket. Surprisingly, his first choice club Petersham, couldn’t find a spot for him and it was Marrickville where Ernie made his grade debut – in fourth grade where he took 7 for 28 in his first match.

Within a couple of years, Ernie was in Marrickville’s First Grade line up and by the 1945-46 season, had made the NSW side where he opened the bowling with champion fast bowler . His progress was dynamic and he made his Test Match debut that same season against New Zealand in Wellington where he took 4 for 12 and 2 for 6.

Petersham soon discovered the error of their ways and invited Ernie to join their ranks, which he did in 1946-47. That season he played against England at and returned match figures of 9 wickets for 99, twice gaining the wicket of the great . The following season he played for Australia against India and had the remarkable figures of 5 for 2 from 19 balls in the first innings and 6 for 29 in the second—match figures of 11 for 31.

It was no surprise that he was selected in Bradman’s 1948 Australian team “The Invincibles” to tour England. He took 50 wickets, including 11 in Tests, at 21.12 on the tour with best figures of 5 for 40 in the Lord’s Test. Prior to the Fifth Test, Ernie’s left knee, which had troubled him for most of his career, finally gave out and brought to an end his Australian career. Despite his somewhat short career, Ernie was a true “Invincible” in that he never played in a losing Australian team. Interestingly, the 1948 touring team included Marrickville wicketkeeper Ron Saggers and former Marrickville batsman Bill Brown.

The following summer, Ernie joined Randwick, because as his wife Kathleen fondly recalls, he opened a smallgoods business at Kingsford. Ernie won the bowling average in the first of his two seasons with the ‘Wicks.

Ernie Toshack was a unique cricketer. He was one of a rare breed, a left arm bowler who batted right handed. He regularly opened the bowling for NSW with Ray Lindwall and after the ball had worn, would revert to spin with uncanny accuracy and variety. Whether bowling pace or spin, he used the same eight pace run up.

The background information for this story was obtained by Lyall Gardner who visited Ernie’s wife of 63 years, Kathleen, in her home at Hornsby Heights in March 2003. Sadly, Ernie died shortly after on 11 May 2003 in a nursing home at Turramurra aged 88.

Because of his unequalled association with Randwick Petersham Cricket, the Management Committee of the club has seen fit to honour his memory with the introduction of a special annual award commencing this year. The award will be known as the Ernie Toshack Memorial Award and will be presented each year to a person who the Management Committee determines has made a significant contribution to the club, either directly or indirectly through the founding clubs over an extended period of time. The first winner will be announced at the Annual General Meeting on 2 July 2003.

69 Volunteers

One of our great strengths as a club is represented by the number of volunteers we have. By “volunteers” we mean our helpers--those many people who are willing to give of their time and energy for the benefit of the club. They are our lifeblood. Without them we couldn’t survive. That we have such an abundance of volunteers makes us the envy of many clubs.

The contribution by our volunteers is not taken lightly. To show our appreciation and provide the appropriate recognition to all involved, a “Volunteers Night” was held at Petersham RSL shortly after the conclusion of the season. At that function, each volunteer was mentioned by name and their role in the running of the club acknowledged. The following list says it all.

• Ruth Kelleher 1st Grade scorer • Brian Proops 1st Grade reserve scorer • Bob Barter 1st Grade manager and “team poet” • Richard McCord 2nd Grade scorer, Poidevin Gray scorer, Practice Captain • Tony Parker 2nd Grade manager, Asst. CEO, Cricket Clothing and Gear Co-Ordinator • Tariq Khawaja 3rd Grade manager and scorer • Owen Ridge 4th Grade scorer • John Connell 4th Grade manager, Poidevin Gray manager • Steve Greentree 5th Grade manager and scorer • Paul Spurr 5th and 6th Grade manager • David Holland 7th Grade manager • Laurie Heil A W Green Shield manager • Bill Anderson Director of Coaching • Peter Devlin Club Coach, match day manager Coogee Oval, BBQ Coogee Oval • Paul Fitzgerald Coaching staff, 1st Grade sponsorship • Andrew Millican Coaching staff, Club Captain • David Skuthorpe Coaching staff • Greg Hartshorne Coaching staff, Sponsorship, SCA Delegate, 4th Grade Captain,selector • Matthew Parker Coaching staff Poidevin Gray team, 2nd Grade Captain, club selector • Aaron Hildred Coaching staff Poidevin Gray team • Grant Rimmer Coaching staff A W Green Shield team, 6th Grade Captain, club selector • John McLoughlin Coaching staff A W Green Shield team • Matthew Cassar Junior Development Officer, coaching staff A W Green Shield team • David Townsend Manager Junior Development Committee, Social Function MC • Pat Hughes Petersham Oval canteen • Helen Milford Petersham Oval canteen • Robin Gardner Petersham Oval canteen • Madge Devlin Coogee Oval canteen • Kasey Devlin Coogee Oval canteen • Ashleigh Devlin Coogee Oval canteen • Judy Robinson Numbering of 1st Grade shirts • Noel Hughes Patron, match day manager Petersham Oval • Phil Tresidder Patron, publicity committee • Graeme Hughes Annual Dinner MC • Lyall Gardner Annual Report, publicity committee, general administration • Sean Sampson Match reports • Peter Bayley Website design and maintenance • Peter Harrison Petersham Oval BBQ • Arthur Kelleher Trial games umpire • Wayne Tilley Honorary Auditor • Shane Redenbach Club clothing design and supply • Don Arnold Photography • Ross Davies Scoreboard Coogee Oval • Tom Regan Scoreboard Coogee Oval

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• Paul Toole 1st Grade Captain, club selector • Richard CheeQuee 1st Grade Captain, club selector • Geoff Hodgkinson 3rd Grade Captain, club selector • Kallin Davies 3rd Grade Captain, club selector • Tony Martin 5th Grade Captain, club selector • George Frazakis 7th Grade Captain, club selector • Brenton Barker Poidevin Gray Captain • Usman Khawaja A W Green Shield Captain • Mike Whitney Club President • Steve Devlin Financial Controller • Bernie Dagg Asst. Financial Controller • Wayne Mulherin Manager, Grounds Committee • Alan Wright Chairman, Selection Committee, Grounds Committee • Chris Sullivan Social Director • Peter Wright SCA and NSWCA Delegate, legal advice and assistance • Ray Stafford Chief Executive Officer, Registration, Statistics, Annual Report

Randwick Petersham Cricket Foundation

The formation of Randwick Petersham Cricket in 2001 brought together the strengths of the two founding clubs. The combination of facilities, administration, volunteers and playing strength all helped to make the club the huge success it has been in its first two years.

The financial position of the club has been another strength principally through the efforts of a committed Management Committee and some very supportive sponsors. We are in a solid position if not one of absolute wealth although it is one that will continue to command the committee’s ongoing attention.

To some extent, the financial burden of meeting the club’s financial obligations each year has been eased by the generosity of the late Wally South, a past Patron of the former Randwick club. Wally died aged 86 in July 2002 and left the club a legacy of $200,000.

To ensure the club’s financial security and ongoing viability, the Management Committee, having regard to the size of the legacy, decided to establish a separate fund controlled by an independent trustee, to invest and manage the donation and any other monies which may be contributed to the fund from time to time. After examining the available options, the committee established a trust fund called the “Randwick Petersham Cricket Foundation”.

The Foundation was created on 15 April 2003 under the management of a trustee company, the directors of which are President Mike Whitney and long established “legends” of the club, Lyall Gardner, Phil Tresidder, Alan Turner and John Pearson. Any change in the composition of the board of the trustee company will be a matter for the club in general meeting.

Responsibility for investing the funds of the Foundation rests with the trustee company directors who also have absolute discretion in determining the extent of any payment. The purpose of the trust is expressed in the Trust Deed as being to hold the capital and income in perpetuity for the promotion and encouragement of the game of cricket at the Randwick Petersham Cricket Club.

The Management Committee views the establishment of this Foundation as a responsible and professional approach in safeguarding the generous contribution by Wally South and guaranteeing a regular future income source. It is a method being used more and more by sporting bodies including some grade cricket clubs.

The Randwick Petersham Cricket Foundation is dedicated to the continuation of the club as a major force in Sydney Grade Cricket. While we are extremely grateful to Wally South for his foresight, we are mindful of the need to ensure the capital of the Foundation grows as the years roll by. We therefore welcome any donations from the many friends of Randwick Petersham Cricket.

71 “The Legends”

In an endeavour to develop and maintain closer links between current and former players and to ensure the many friendships created through the old Randwick and Petersham Marrickville clubs are not lost, an ex-players and supporters group was established this season.

Known as “Randwick Petersham Cricket Legends Society”, membership is open to anyone who has had some involvement with the club or the two founding clubs whether as a player, member, administrator or supporter. To date, membership stands at 71 and it is hoped this number will grow in the seasons ahead.

We have an experienced group comprising the new Society’s committee. They are Lyall Gardner (Chairman), John Pearson, Shane Redenbach, Bill Anderson and Phil Tresidder. Steve Devlin acts as Treasurer.

The objects of the Society are to : (a) provide a forum for former players, members and supporters of the founding clubs to maintain links with the new Randwick Petersham club (b) preserve the culture and heritage of the founding clubs through the new club (c) provide a formal means of giving support and encouragement to the club, its teams and players (d) actively pursue the participation of former players, members and supporters of the founding clubs as members of the Society (e) arrange and conduct gatherings, meetings and social functions for the benefit of members of the Society (f) provide financial support for activities, occasions and projects as determined by the Society’s committee for the benefit of • the club • any member of the club or the Society; or • any person, group or body involved in or associated with the game of cricket; and (g) seek donations and contributions and engage in fundraising activities to further the objects of the Society. Legends Chairman: Lyall Gardner

This season it was not possible to arrange a separate Society function but this will be a priority for next summer. Other “Legends” events will be considered as part of the clubs’ social calendar. In terms of projects, the Society funded the cost of framing many of the photos and other memorabilia now on display at the club’s major sponsor, Petersham RSL. It also has been agreed to fund the cost of presentation photos to each of the members of the successful premiership 4th Grade Randwick Petersham team at the club’s Annual General Meeting.

The concept of the Society represents a spin-off from the successful “Randwick Cricket Legends Society” which was established in 1999 and worked well prior to the merger. The accumulated funds of $3,128.37 at 30 April 2002 were transferred to the new Society.

At 30 April 2003, the net bank balance of Randwick Petersham Cricket Legends Society stood at $ 5,358.90 after receipt of subscriptions totalling $2,580 and payment of expenses of $349.64 representing bank fees, postage, picture frames and stationery for the year.

The annual fee is $25 although many members joined for this and next season for a $40 fee. To join, please contact Lyall Gardner at 1 Jefferson Crescent, Bonnet Bay, 2226 or by phone on 9528 4126 or email [email protected]. We are very keen to hear from as many “oldies” as possible as the Society is a fun way of keeping involved and in touch with each other.

We were sorry to lose Debbie Levick, wife of Chris, John Kelly, father of Dave and Nancy Gardner mother of Lyall during the year.

Members at 30 April 2003 were : John Affleck, Alan Austin, Bill Anderson, Peter Bain, Mary Beath, John Benaud, Richie Benaud, Gary Bensley, Jacob Boyle, Jim Burgess, Dave Carder, Craig Carroll, Len Cartwright, Shirley Chegwyn, Ron Crippin, Ross Davies, , Tim Dein, Ken Devlin, Peter Devlin, Steve Devlin, Lyn Downton, Anthony Duffy, Peter English, Lyall Gardner, Gary Goodman, Peter Harrison, John Hayward, Garry Hughes, Graeme Hughes, Noel Hughes, Pat Hughes, Paul Jackson, Trevor Jay, Peter Johnston, David Kelly, Chris Levick, Bruce Livingston, Terry McHale, Ian Mann, Graeme Marston, Helen Milford, Denis Morrissey, John Nesbitt, John O’Loughlin, Gordon Owen, Ernie Page, Corey Pearson, John Pearson, Mark Preddey, Arthur Purvis, Bruce Ramsay, Shane Redenbach, Tom Regan, Peter Rolls, Duncan Scott-Glassock, John Sullivan, Chris Sullivan, Mark Sundin, Kevin Thomas, Wayne Tilley, David Tink, Phil Tresidder, Alan Turner, Tom Walsh, John Warwick, Michael Whitney, Barry Wood, Alan Wright, Geoff Wright, Peter Wright.

72 Coaching Report by Peter Devlin, Club Coach

The second season of the “Randy Petes” was very exciting and rewarding for the coaching staff. With the development of first year players and the addition of new players the club was able to achieve outstanding results, all of which are well documented in this report. Congratulations to all concerned with the highlight being Greg Hartshorne’s 4th Grade side bringing the club its first premiership. During the season, coaches and players attended various coaching programs conducted by NSWCA such as , spin bowling, fielding and captain and coaches forum sessions. These sessions are an invaluable means of developing playing and coaching skills, which in turn will enhance our training sessions to maximize quality time for all players. Many thanks to Alan Campbell (Cricket NSW) and his staff for their excellent presentation of specialized training sessions.

Many thanks to all coaching staff, Billy Anderson, David Skuthorpe, Paul Toole, Paul Fitzgerald, Matt Cassar, Andrew Millican, Matt Parker (U’21), Grant Rimmer (GS), John McLoughlin (GS), Daryl Parmenter, Adam Warren and all the players who assisted in various areas during the season. The time you spent passing on your knowledge was greatly appreciated by all players. Richard McCord once again did an outstanding job as practice captain. Coaching staff and players thank you for your dedication in this important role. Many thanks also to Alan Wright (Chairman of Selectors) and the Selection Committee. This is one of the more difficult roles in a cricket club. Overall, players had every opportunity to achieve the grade they desired. I would like to make special mention of Matt Hilder who was dropped to 6th Grade during the season, then was asked to captain that side and did so with enthusiasm. Matt scored century and fought his way back into the 5th Grade, and was a member of the 5th Grade Finals team. Congratulations Matt, that’s what a true clubman is all about.

Our thanks to Green Options and in particular to Tony Herman, Cameron Tracey and Steve Brassington for their excellent work at Coogee Oval, Snape Park and Kensington Oval. Coogee has never looked better and was rewarded with a 4-day game between NSW Colts and the England AIS team coached by Rod Marsh. Many thanks also to Pat Walsh at Petersham Oval who was rewarded with the Fourth Grade Final being played at the ground. In a difficult week with heavy rain around, Pat produced a great wicket that enabled all players to show their wares. Who will ever forget the superb innings by Troy Brewster!!

Looking forward, the club will continue to improve its practice facilities with the following on the drawing board – video and TV sessions equipment, bowling machine, improved run ups at Snape Park, new nets for Petersham Oval and practice wickets at both venues which simulate match day conditions of the highest level possible. Our next pre-season training will include further work with Callam Taylor (Rush Athletics) covering player requirements in body strength, nutrition, fitness levels and running techniques. This program will ensure players are ready for the start of the season and get the club off to a flyer to achieve our club goal of winning the club championship.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the committee, sponsors, volunteers, team managers and supporters who have together created an environment that is now the envy of all other teams in Sydney Grade Cricket.

In conclusion, I would like to thank my wife Jennie, daughters, Kacey and Ashleigh and family for their support that enabled me the time to be involved in this fantastic journey aimed at becoming the No.1 club in Sydney.

ATTENDANCES AT PRACTICE SESSIONS—leading attendees Grant Frakes 64 Darren Wotherspoon 43 Richard Phillips 33 George Frazakis 64 David Mitchell 42 Chris Benjamin 31 Richard Chee Quee 53 Scott Obey 42 Steven Yates 31 Paul Toole 53 Jeff Hemming 41 Brenton Barker 30 Greg Hartshorne 52 Geoff Hodgkinson 41 David Bourke 30 Eddie Otto 52 Daryl Parmenter 41 Neil Cohen 29 Troy Brewster 51 Tony Martin 38 Peter Spurr 29 Matthew Hilder 49 Matthew Parker 38 Kirk Rimmer 28 Rodney Stafford 48 Dean White 38 Paul Greentree 27 Alex Sciascia 47 Kallin Davies 37 Aaron Hildred 27 Adam Warren 47 Matthew Taylor 37 Coaching Staff Joseph Hill 46 Matthew Cassar 36 Peter Devlin 59 Brett Hunter 46 Andy Hollingsworth 35 David Skuthorpe 55 Michael Watson 44 Peter Bayley 33 Paul Fitzgerald 48 Andrew Harrison 43 James Byrne 33 Andrew Millican 19

73 Grounds Report by Wayne Mulherin

In line with continuous improvement happening at all levels within the club, I am pleased to be able to report that the 2002-03 season saw an improvement in our grounds.

The highlight of the year has undoubtedly been the outstanding improvement at Coogee Oval. Coogee was ranked number 2 Grade Cricket ground for the season. It was runner-up in both the First Grade and Lower Grades Ground of the Year competitions. With the success last year of Petersham Oval, SCA’s most improved ground, it is outstanding for the club to have both its major grounds now ranked in the top 5 of SCA First Grade grounds.

Coogee Oval was ranked second-best 1st Grade ground behind Hurstville Oval. When reviewing the rankings, Coogee Oval outscores Hurstville Oval in ALL areas with the exception of square and outfield (S&O). This can be attributed to the laying of new turf at the beginning of the year. Our ratings prior to topsoiling at Christmas for S&O were 88%. After Christmas, our rating for S&O was 93% which equals that of Hurstville. Target for 2003-04 is to be number one. Well done Cameron and Green Options for the outstanding support at Coogee, Snape and Kensington.

After the success of last year, Petersham Oval had a slow start this season but again a great performance, as number 5 in the Association 1st Grade rankings is an outstanding success.

The facilities at Jubilee and Kensington did slip a little compared to last year after poor weather at the end of the football season impacted the start of the year.

Overall, a tremendous performance and a big thank you to our 3 councils, Marrickville, Randwick and Leichhardt for their continued support of cricket in the inner city.

The average ratings for all First Grade grounds in Sydney improved during the year by 4.6%, a sign of the dry summer we experienced in Sydney. The improvement at Coogee was 7.4%. A point of interest is that 4 of the 6 finalists grounds ranked amongst the poorest 6 grounds in Sydney. I’m not sure what that tells us.

Highlights for the year were the hosting of age representative games at Petersham Oval and the first ever 4 day game at Coogee Oval with the English Academy team playing a NSW Academy side. In all games, the quality of the wickets and grounds further highlighted the standard of the facilities available to us.

An integral part of our ground facilities are the hospitality operations and functions such as the canteens, afternoon teas and our BBQ’s which all were again very successfully carried out during the year. A special thank you to all the ladies involved in this function for our club.

With six inner city turf wickets we have facilities not matched by any club in the competition. We were therefore able to support our neighbours during the year. South Sydney Shires, UTS Balmain, Eastern Suburbs, Canterbury-West juniors and South Eastern juniors being the key clubs we were able to supply with grounds.

With total control over ground hire for the summer we have been able to make available facilities mid week to various organisations for social cricket games. This has proven to be successful with our overall cost of grounds being reduced from $44k last year to $29k this year. As mentioned last year, we have the potential to be able to reduce this expense even further in future years.

Planning is underway with Randwick Council to complete a major upgrade of the facilities at Coogee Oval over the next 5 years. When this work is completed we will then provide a truly 1st Class oval for our club.

Thanks again to all the many supporters and helpers that have made the 2002-03 season such a success.

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“Picture Perfect” – Coogee Oval ranked No. 2 First Grade cricket ground in Sydney

The “Village Green” atmosphere of Petersham Oval, No. 5 cricket ground in Sydney

75 The name on the scoreboard Ever wonder who was the person behind the name on the scoreboard? The Petersham Oval scoreboard, that is. The T J E Andrews Memorial Scoreboard.

Thomas James Edwin Andrews was a famous Petersham, New South Wales and Australian cricketer in the early part of the last century. He played his first game for Petersham Cricket Club in 1909 aged 19 and his last in 1944 aged 54. He retired in 1936 but made a comeback in 1941 at the request of the club. He was a powerful right hand batsman and leg break bowler who excelled as a close-to-the wicket fieldsman.

Tommy Andrews first played for NSW in 1912-13 and made his Test Match debut for Australia on the 1921 Ashes tour of England. He toured South Africa in 1922 and England again in 1926. He played in 16 Test Matches scoring 592 runs with a highest score of 94. In his first class cricket career, he scored 8,095 runs in 151 matches at an average of 39.49 with 18 centuries and a highest score of 247 against Victoria. He also took 95 wickets at an average of 32.10.

He was such a fieldsman that cricket books which refer to his playing career, always make mention of how good a fielder he was. It seems he was in the Ricky Ponting mould in terms of his ability to throw down the wicket achieving many run-outs in the process. It is said that even English legends and thought twice about running if the ball was speeding towards Andrews. One of his greatest catches was picking up Patsy Hendren off Australia’s in the Third Test at Leeds in 1926 when he threw the ball up at silly point to the disbelief of everyone at the ground after Hendren had launched into a full toss which was going “like a rocket”.

In his 30 seasons with Petersham, Tommy Andrews scored 11,672 runs at an average of 36.70 including 28 centuries. With his leg breaks, he took 503 wickets at an average of 20.57.

His finest all-round effort was against Sydney University in 1915-16, when he hit 271 and took 5-33. In the 1925-26 season, he hit 102 and 110 in the same match against Cumberland while in 1929-30 at age 40, he created a Sydney Grade Cricket record when he scored 1,150 runs at an average of 88.46.

The contribution to cricket by T J E Andrews was recognised by Marrickville Council in 1936 when the scoreboard at Petersham Oval was dedicated to his name.

A famous scoreline for a famous scoreboard

76 Publicity Report by Lyall Gardner

To ensure that ongoing publicity opportunities were pursued to their full extent, an experienced sub-committee was appointed to handle the task. This sub-committee comprised Lyall Gardner (Chairman), Phil Tresidder, Peter Bayley and Sean Sampson. Apart from publicity, this sub-committee was also entrusted with the preparation of the club’s Annual Report and the ongoing development of the Website.

Press coverage The transfer of Simon Katich from WA to the Speedblitz Blues and in turn, the Randwick Petersham club, attracted some interest within the Metropolitan Press at the start of the season and a number of press articles made mention of the club. Although a number of follow up attempts were made to gain exposure for the club in the Metropolitan Press this didn’t prove successful.

Arrangements were again made with the Southern Courier and The Glebe and Inner Western Weekly for the publication of match reports. Sean Sampson again operated as Match Report Writer with detailed and newsy articles published regularly in both newspapers. Photos were used when the opportunity arose. The coverage was however, not as good as the previous season due to The Glebe deciding to give space to 3 grade clubs (Wests, Sydney Uni and RP) together with 3 Shires clubs (Souths, Burwood and Strathfield). There were times articles were not included or were substantially reduced due to space problems.

A feature for the club was that we gained front page coverage for the Wednesday 2 October 2002 edition of The Glebe with a full colour photo and an article on Pat, Helen and Robin, our Petersham Oval tea ladies.

Coverage in the Southern Courier was a little disappointing with the paper’s move to a centre sport spread. Unfortunately, this concept caused a great deal of difficulty for the paper’s sports team to get the coverage they, and we, wanted. The paper acknowledged however, that Randwick Petersham is the major cricket organization within the area and that we have priority when space is at a premium.

Internet Apart from the newspaper publications, the use of the internet to widen our coverage was also pursued with match reports emailed to players, former players, life members, “legends”, parents of players, officials, vice- presidents, local associations, volunteers, sponsors and supporters. These groups had grown to almost 260 by seasons end. This method of communication has increased the interest in the club and in grade cricket with many people who had been out of touch for many years now back in the fold, responding to emails and attending matches and club functions.

The internet has become the club’s prime means of information dissemination with flyers for club functions, news items, urgent announcements, Sydney Cricket Association information, memos to players and the like, all distributed this way. Team selections were also released by email as well as on practice notice boards.

Website Our club website at www.randwickpetershamcricket.com.au continues to be popular with everyone associated with the club. Sub-committee member Peter Bayley has responsibility for ensuring that the website is updated with the latest information. It is a “living” website and took on a “new look” Homepage this season. Peter did a fantastic job again this season and is to be congratulated for his efforts.

The website includes weekly match reports, team selections, news as it happens, the competition draw, social events, up-to-date club statistics, photos and action video clips of matches, club contact details and a short history of the club. The awarding of Life Memberships to Mike Whitney and Trevor Jay by NSWCA and SCA has been captured in picture form and the photos appear on the website under the “Picture Gallery” link. We also have a link (among links to other cricket websites such as ACB, ICC, the Blues, etc) to the SCA website so that we have immediate access to SCA grade statistics. We also have linked our website to our major sponsor Petersham RSL so that people accessing the RSL website have an easy means of accessing our site.

Annual Report Our first Annual Report was very well received by everyone associated with the club, as well as the cricket community, our advertisers and sponsors. Every attempt is being made to ensure our report sets a particularly high standard with the ultimate hope that it will end up the flagship for grade cricket. We hope you enjoy reading this one.

77 The Randy Pete’s Masters Golf Classic by Peter “Roller” Rolls

A new era in Masters golf has been established. To celebrate the merging of two clubs of champion people, the Petersham Masters Golf Classic (which was inaugurated in 1998) has a new identity---the “Randy Pete’s Masters Golf Classic”.

With 24 testosterone enriched golfers eager to put their skills to the test once again on a challenging course, this year’s tour certainly proved torturous and entertaining as we endeavored to navigate two different and difficult courses. A rather appropriate way to commemorate the joining of two similar and spirited clubs.

The 3 day tour, 2-4 May 2003, saw us play two top courses. Day 1 Horizons and Days 2 & 3 Nelson Bay. Although located in close proximity, that’s where the similarity ended. Horizons, a finely manicured resort links course with Nelson Bay, a handsomely rugged tree lined “Augusta National” styled course.

Horizons proved hazardous with much water and Out Of Bounds (OOB). Although many players should have called it GOOBA – Gosh Out Of Bounds Again!!! Like Richard CheeQuee and Michael Oliver who won the clown hats for a team score of 30. Cheeks & Ollie hit the wall (of houses) on the back nine with 9 points. The best player on the day, Nic Mills managed 39 stableford points while the worst, Greg Bush could only manage 12 (although he did recover somewhat on the back nine after only having 4 points on the front, with more wipes than Fous’ place after a vindaloo!). Bushy mentally never recovered to receive the “Hackers Fat Vest” for the tournament. (Rumor has it he is now suing his golf therapist!). Footnote: Paul (Bubba) McGee shot a two over par off a handicap of 4…how hard could it be Bushy?

Nic (Wind) Mills continued his good form (off a burglar handicap of 18) at Nelson Bay. After Day 2 he had Gavin Burt (off 11) hot on his heels only 2 points away going into the final day. But after nine holes, it was obvious things were not going to plan for Burty or his partner Steve (Worm) Sullivan who faced off against Wind and his comrade Bubba. Burty and Worm could be seen from afar in their lop-sided weighted cart, sculling a couple of beers furiously. When asked the reason for such an early start on the ale (only 9am). The reply was swift…”we’re getting flogged so we might as well enjoy the drive!!!”. Wind became the first player to win the coveted new GREEN JACKET and a place in history!! Bubba and Burty won the best pairs over 3 days.

The Presidents Team (after being only 1 point ahead of the Captain’s Team on Day 2) ran away with the Yard Glass Trophy by 15 points. At speech time, a very proud captain of the Presidents, Geoff Wright, commended his team’s efforts in winning so comprehensibly while captain Skewy of the Captain’s Team was humble in defeat and said he just wanted to “neck” himself.

On Day 3, Chris (Fous) Sullivan was confident he had a chance to win his first point ever for the President’s Team when he was drawn against Mat (Apps) Appleton. Apps had only 18 points the day before (Fous had a massive 24!). It came down to the last hole where Fous needed to sink a 12 inch putt to halve the game and salvage half a point. There was quite a crowd gathered around the green as they were the last group to come in. With the gallery silent and his sphincter tight, he stood motionless over the ball for 10 seconds, then nervously jerked the club back, his left knee quivering, and on the follow through stabbed the ground to see the ball go only a horrid 6 inches. The gallery went from breathlessness to pandemonium laughter!!!

A BIG thanks to Wayne Mulherin for the thousands of phone calls in getting the “tour on the road”. Thanks go to our sponsors, Peter Devlin who snared some great prizes for the tour (way too good for us hackers). Devo also showed some prowess with the sticks to win the best pair on Day 3 with Peter Harrison. Thanks to Sean Penrose for the Captain’s shirts and prizes from Victa (who he no longer works for???). We also celebrated Penno’s 40th birthday while on the tour (but I’m not sure if he liked the old photo I produced of him with his body piercings!!??) Thanks also to Towno for a great job as MC. Especially, day 3 scores roundup when he looked very ordinary but powered through it to give Dick McCord (alias Worm) the last word on the tour. “Towno, play was too slow, yeah! Five hours to get around is unacceptable, yeah”. Asked how to improve the speed he retorted “Er…Faster Carts!!!”.

Presidents H/C Tot.Score Captains H/C Tot.Score 1 Wind (Nic Mills) 18 112 Burty (Gavin Burt) 11 98 2 Bubba (Paul McGee) 4 103 Skewy (David Skuthorpe) 8 89 3 Towno (David Townsend) 15 97 Worm (Steve Sullivan) 27 89 4 Gibbo (Lindsay Gibson) 11 93 Roller (Peter Rolls) 12 89 5 Bent Bean (David Rolls) 18 89 Whity (Dean White) 27 88 6 Mully (Wayne Mulherin) 17 85 Hollywood (John Rhodes) 27 81 7 Fraz (Ian Fraser) 16 85 Big Timer (Brad Timbrell) 17 80 8 Wrighty (Geoff Wright) 4 82 Penno (Sean Penrose) 18 69 9 Devo (Peter Devlin) 21 82 Cheeks (Rich CheeQuee) 18 67 10 Prince (Greg Hartshorne) 27 80 Ollie (Michael Oliver) 27 62 11 Fous (Chris Sullivan) 16 76 Apps (Mat Appleton) 20 58 12 Harro (Peter Harrison) 36 68 Bushy (Greg Bush) 17 53 Presidents 34.5 Captains 19.5

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Cricketers at Golf – 2003 Randy Pete’s Masters Back from left – Peter Harrison, Gavin Burt, Brad Timbrell, John Rhodes, Matt Appleton, Ian Fraser, Michael Oliver, Peter Devlin, Sean Penrose, Dean White. Back from left – Chris Sullivan, Richard CheeQuee, Greg Hartshorne, Wayne Mulherin, Geoff Wright, Lindsay Gibson, Steve Sullivan, David Townsend,Paul McGee. Front from left – Nic Mills, David Rolls, David Skuthorpe, Greg Bush, Peter Rolls.

As the proud major sponsor of Randwick Petersham Cricket Club, Petersham RSL Club would like to extend its appreciation to all the teams for their on-going support throughout the season.

7 Regent Street, Petersham NSW 2049. Ph No. 9560 8355 www.petershamrsl.com.au

79 Social Report by Chris Sullivan

We felt that our first Annual Dinner last year was certain to be a great night and how right we were! However, this year lost little in comparison and was right up there with the best of the social functions the club has conducted. With sensational comedian Paul Martel providing the giggles, the highlights were provided by special guest who gave a wonderful insight into his fabulous career as one of Australia’s greatest-ever batsmen. It was something not to be missed and we are grateful to Mark for joining us on our big night. We had plenty of local content as well with Simon Katich giving us a run-down on his first season with the Blues and the Randy Petes, while Graeme Hughes was as polished as ever looking after the Master of Ceremonies duties.

We had 280 people attend the dinner at Petersham RSL, which was also a financial success at a time when the club needs to establish itself in a financially secure way to ensure its future growth.

Our gradings night in the new Sportsman’s bar of Petersham RSL was the first official function and did much to enable new players to be introduced to the club and to get to know each other. It was an exciting night and got the adrenalin pumping, just a week before the start of the season.

A Lounge Party at the classy Waterfront Restaurant at The Rocks was again held in October and seems to be popular with everyone, judging by the good attendance. Our thanks to Sherwin from the Waterfront and his band of helpers who ensured the function was a success.

Petersham RSL’s great social calendar made certain we had some fantastic evenings enjoying entertainers such as Pseudo Echo, Jenny Morris, Richard Clapton and Mental As Anything. We also conducted a Trivia Night at the RSL which turned out to be a lot of fun with David Townsend rattling off some very amusing and ingenious questions engineered by Chris Benjamin. Thanks to both for their help.

We ventured off to the Anzac Memorial Club at Marrickville for our Christmas bash with one of Sydney’s leading bands “The Gas” ensuring there was ‘rockin’ aplenty to a great variety of ‘thumpers’. Thanks to Richard CheeQuee for lining up the band and to club secretary Mike Farrell for his tireless efforts.

It was a big, big night on the Sunday night of the Grade finals with just about everyone in the Petersham RSL Sportsman’s Bar taking a “sip” out of the 4th Grade trophy, the “Reid Cup”. We were there in numbers and the place really shook. How everyone (and the Cup) got out in one piece was a minor miracle, but then again, we don’t win a premiership every year!

Our Volunteers Night at Petersham RSL at the end of the season was coupled with our Player of the Season presentation and turned out to be another well attended event. It was terrific to be able to acknowledge the large number of volunteers we have while enjoying the presentation of some of the club’s most prestigious awards.

A busy and entertaining social calendar provides the ingredients for a harmonious and successful club. It was certainly a great social season and we would like to think the efforts of the social committee contributed in some way to the on-field success enjoyed this summer. We wanted everyone to enjoy their involvement with the club and that’s the way it turned out.

The staging of our many events and functions would not have been possible without the contribution of a number of people and in this regard I would like to thank Carl Mower from Petersham RSL, Mark Sundin, Aaron Hildred, Peter Devlin, Lyall Gardner, Anne and Wayne Mulherin, Mike Whitney, Graeme Hughes, David Townsend, Steve Devlin, Chris Benjamin, Sherwin Pieris of the Waterfront Restaurant, Don Arnold, Peter Harrison, Peter Devlin, Tony Parker and our wonderful ladies, Pat, Helen and Robin at Petersham and Madge, Kacey and Ashleigh at Coogee. It truly was a season to remember.

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Junior Development Report by David Townsend

In line with the overall picture of the club going from strength to strength, junior development this year was able to provide quality coaching assistance for both schools and junior clubs within our area.

The aim of our program this year was to offer as much help as we could to the junior clubs within both the Canterbury-Wests and South Eastern Associations.

As well as fulfilling existing requests for coaching, all clubs were approached regarding our Development Officers coming out to visit them.

This year we were lucky enough to be able to call upon the services of English professional Matt Cassar as our head coach. Matt headed up a team of part-time Development Officers who were able to offer expertise in a number of areas.

In the South East, we conducted over 40 sessions with the Randwick Juniors Club as well as regular clinics with the Sydney Coastal rep. squads.

Several individual clubs such as Summer Hill, requested visits in the Inner West and were glowing in their praise of the quality of coaching received.

In addition, Nigel Singh acted as Manager for the Canterbury-Wests under 11 representative side over a period of 5 weeks.

On the schools front, we made a concerted effort to visit both Primary and High Schools within our two regions.

Matt Cassar, was able to tie in with a program run in the South East whereby he acted as coach to 6 different Primary Schools during their term of Super 8's cricket.

Matt also ran sessions at Sydney Cathedral School, Marcellin College, Randwick Boys High, Newington College and Trinity College.

Newington used Matt to run a series of specialist clinics for different groups of batters and bowlers in a format we are hoping to repeat next year.

I must sincerely thank the group of coaches this year for their efforts and professionalism.

Headed by Matt Cassar, the team included Nigel Singh, Kallin Davies, NeilCohen and Laurie Heil.

Thanks also to Darren Wotherspoon for some early season work.

In terms of the organisation, I must extend thanks to Garry Peats (Cant-Wests JCA ) and Christina Griffiths (South Eastern JCA ), who assisted me in setting up sessions at the junior clubs within their Associations.

Thanks also to David Coutts from the Randwick Juniors club for his excellent organisation throughout the year as well as David Holland for his help with all aspects of junior development at the club.

It was also nice to see Randwick Public School win the State Milo Cup Knockout competition this year.

Next year, it is our aim to reach even more schools and clubs in the area as we attempt to provide as much assistance as we can, to the next generation of young cricketers coming through.

81 Canterbury Wests Juniors by Garry Peats, Secretary

Junior Representative The representative program saw the Canterbury & Western Suburbs Cricket Association have a great season with our Under 12’s making the semis only to lose to the eventual premiers after going undefeated through the group games. All other teams did very well, the Under 14 and Under 11 sides just missing out on the semis. A really big thank you goes to Randwick Petersham’s Nigel Singh who coached our U13 team after the appointed coach pulled out at the last minute. The team was not our strongest but Nigel did wonders with the boys who were all keen to learn from him. They did their best and did the Association and I am sure Nigel, proud. Thank you Nigel.

We found that the winter training changes that were made were very well accepted by the players had coaches with less emphasis on net batting and bowling and more on basic skills. The indoor sessions went well with great help from the 1st Division players within the Association. The outdoor fielding and fitness sessions also went better than expected with most players putting in 110%. A big thank you goes to the Randwick Petersham coaches Chris and John Sullivan for the time they put in. I know a lot of the players got a lot out of these sessions, thanks again for the help in the program. Thanks also to Robin Smith (coaching) and Kevin Catt (fitness trainer).

I would also like to thank Wayne Mulherin from Randwick Petersham for organising the hiring of Coogee and Kensington Ovals for the Weblin Shield. Much appreciated Wayne.

Junior Competitions We had a drop in numbers this season in juniors. We had eight Under 16 teams, ten Under 14 teams, thirteen Under 12 teams and eight Under 10 teams. • The Under 16 competition was won by the ACC No 1 team, with Summerhill runner up. • The Under 14 competition was won by Summerhill Blue with Belmore Rovers runner up. • The Under 12 div1 competition was won by Summerhill Blue with Summerhill Gold runner up. • The Under 12 div2 competition was won by Summerhill Green giving the club a clean sweep for U12. • The Under 10 competition was won in the last game of the season with Marrickville RSL defeating Summerhill blue.

The Summerhill Club took out the Club Championship for the sixth year in a row.

The Randwick Petersham Junior player of the Year was Perry Jagdon of ACC No 2 who also played in the Randwick Petersham Green Shield team.

We thank Randwick Petersham for other coaching during the season and particularly from Matt Casser with the junior club teams.

In conclusion, we thank the Randwick Petersham club for all the assistance during the season and extend congratulations to the 4th Grade team for winning the Premiership. We also look forward to working with the club in the future so that both organisations grow stronger and help the game prosper in our area.

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South Eastern Juniors by Laurie Heil, Senior Vice President

This season the South Eastern Junior Cricket Association suffered a decline in players consistent with that experienced across the board in junior cricket. The season also saw new faces on the Management Committee due to long standing members not seeking re-election. Team registrations totaled 72 teams, a decline of 14) from the 2001-02 season with the number of registered players reduced to 1000 from the previous year’s 1200. The decline was surprisingly large against the previous experiences of increased membership when the Australian teams are enjoying successes after Ashes and ODI Series.

In assessing the decline, the Association found that volunteer numbers also dropped due to a reluctance to coach or manage teams because of concerns relating to litigation and insurance. Competition from basketball and T-ball also had a bearing due to the shorter duration of the games. Of particular note were the number of critical comments from parents concerning the on- field behaviour of our elite cricketers on TV and the poor example being set for impressionable youngsters who imitate them.

Randwick Juniors was again the dominant club in the age competitions securing the Phil O’Sullivan Perpetual Club Championship Trophy with Eastern Suburbs finishing runners-up. The encouraging sign in the age competitions was the greater spread of clubs achieving success by reaching finals. This outcome was clear recognition that smaller clubs are closing the gap on those with teams in all competitions.

The Inter Association Competition (formerly the Shell Shield) conducted by the New South Wales Districts Cricket Association saw the SEJCA have its most successful season since its incorporation. Seven teams were nominated for the 5 qualifying rounds played by each age group from Under 10’s to Under 16’s with a record of 23 wins, 1 draw (due to weather) and an overall winning result of 68%. The Under 11 Creak Shield team and the Under 12 Cawsey Shield side made the Finals series with the Creak Shield boys just being beaten with 9 balls remaining.

Development squads were conducted during August and September at the NSWCA nets at the SCG. Due to the renewal of the indoor lighting system our original booking for 4 sessions in August had to be rescheduled at considerable cost and inconvenience to parents as well as the 100 junior players. Despite the disruptions, the overall conduct of the squads was smooth and well supported by the Grade club coaches, who were also inconvenienced.

The value of the Randwick Petersham coaches, together with the other grade and shire clubs coaches, is reflected in the performances of our representative teams and we are most appreciative of that support.

The Association is currently reviewing all positions on the Management Committee with an emphasis on restructuring to address the promotion, expansion and development for the future of junior cricket in our area. In a series of planning meetings that has addressed the shortfalls encountered by the committee this season, a blueprint has been developed which will see a blend of new faces and experienced campaigners working towards the resurgence of junior cricket in the future.

From the President, Management Committee and all members of the South Eastern Junior Cricket Association we pass on our congratulations for the successes of Randwick Petersham teams and to the Award winners in the 2002-03 season. It was great to see the continued rise and success of the club in the Sydney Cricket Association.

To the coaches who assisted throughout the season at both Association and also individual club level, our sincere thanks to you all for your patience and efforts and the results you influenced.

83 CRICKET’S GAME IS PLAYED BY MEN ELEVEN BLOKES T’GETHER GRASSY GREEN BEAUT FIELD OF DREAMS WOOD BATS ‘N BALLS O’ LEATHER

SCORER’S WITH THEIR SCOREBOOKS NEAT TWO UMP’S T’ SUPERVISE MOB WHO’S WATCHIN’ FROM THE HILL SPECTATORS OLD ‘N WISE

BUT – DON’T FORGET THAT BLOKE IN CHARGE IT’S MOST IMPORTANT BOD HIM WHO DECIDES EXACT YER DEAL THE GOOD OLD CRICKET GOD

I TELL YOU TRUE - NO BULL AT ALL HE’S THERE - MOST EVERY DAY RIGHT CENTRE OF THE ACTION OR OUTSIDE WATCHIN’ PLAY

HE RULES OVER THEM SPECIAL THINGS HAT TRICKS - THAT KINDA STUFF WHO’S GONNA WIN THE BATTLE IF THE GOIN’S CLOSE ‘N TOUGH

WHEN YOU ARE HIT SPOT ON IN FRONT TO UMP YOU STRONG ARE PRAYIN’ IT’S THE CRICKET GOD DECIDES MATE IF YER GOIN’ OR YER STAYIN’

YOU HIT IT IN THE MIDDLE - OR IF YER GET A SNICK HE REGULATES WHAT IS YOUR FATE TOP CATCHES MATE THAT STICK

AS SURE AS DOGS GOT FLEAS ‘N SCRATCH THE CRICKET GOD IS THERE SWING ‘N SEAM OR WIN THE TOSS DECIDIN’ WHAT IS FAIR

SO - WHEN NEXT YOU PLAY OR WATCH MATE YOU’VE GOTTA UNDERSTAND CRICKET’S GOD DECIDES THE LOT THE DEAL IS IN HIS HANDS !

84 Report from the Financial Controller

The trading activities of Randwick Petersham Cricket Club for the 2002-2003 season resulted in a surplus of $1,810.55.

Again it was the hard work of a number of people who secured sponsorships that placed us in a position to meet our increasing commitments for ground hire, junior development and coaching. Congratulations to sponsorship manager, Greg Hartshorne and his team. The Club remains in a sound financial position. However, as we move forward, we need to ensure that commitments made for sponsorship, ground hire and functions are well documented, so that the responsibilities and commitments of all parties are known and understood. The absence of such documentation caused some difficulty this season notwithstanding the successful outcome.

After 30 years involvement as a player and official I have decided to step aside. To my wife Sharen, who has put up with me and my cricket commitments for 25 years, I extend my biggest thanks, along with my children Emma and Matthew, all of whom have been involved at the club. The merger of two great old clubs has provided us all with great pleasure over the past two years and it has been a joy to be a part of it.

To Ray Stafford, Wayne Mulherin, Greg Hartshorne, Lyall Gardner, Alan Wright, Tony Parker, Chris Sullivan, Peter Devlin and Mike Whitney and everyone else with whom I have worked on committees over the last 22 years – THANK YOU.

Steve Devlin Financial Controller

Auditor’s Report

INDEPENDENT AUDIT REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF RANDWICK PETERSHAM CRICKET CLUB INCORPORATED

Scope

We have audited the financial accounts of the Randwick Petersham Cricket Club Incorporated for the year ended 30 April 2003, consisting of an Income and Expenditure Statement and a Balance Sheet.

The committee is responsible for the preparation and presentation of the financial accounts and the information contained therein. We have conducted an independent audit of the financial accounts in order to express an opinion to the members of the Randwick Petersham Cricket Club Incorporated on their preparation and presentation.

Our audit has been conducted to provide reasonable assurance as to whether the financial accounts are free of material misstatement. Our procedures included examination, on a test basis, of evidence supporting the amounts and other disclosures in the financial accounts.

Audit Opinion

In our opinion, the financial accounts of the Randwick Petersham Cricket Club Incorporated for the year ended 30 April 2003 are drawn up to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Incorporation for the financial year ended on that date.

STEPHENS TILLEY Chartered Accountants

Wayne R Tilley CA Partner Dated in Sydney this 16th day of June 2003.

85 BALANCE SHEET AS AT 30 APRIL 2003

Assets 2003 2002

Cash at Bank - St George $29,065.82 $25,812.66 Term Deposits OA Taylor Memorial Trust $500.00 $500.00 WH Metherill Trust $500.00 $500.00 H Davies Trust $1,000.00 $1,000.00 D Sherwood Trust $1,000.00 $1,000.00 D Carney Trust $750.00 $750.00 Tim Towers Trust $300.00 $300.00 Total Term Deposits $4,050.00 $4,050.00 Other Debtors $28,081.00 $22,731.00 Total Assets $61,196.82 $52,593.66

Other Creditors $21,133.37 $14,340.76

Total Liabilities $21,133.37 $14,340.76

Net Assets $40,063.45 $38,252.90

Represented By: Equity

Accumulated Surplus $38,252.90 $12,974.84 Current Year Surplus $1,810.55 $25,278.06 Total Equity $40,063.45 $38,252.90

As the proud major sponsor of Randwick Petersham Cricket Club, Petersham RSL Club would like to extend its appreciation to all the teams for their on-going support throughout the season.

86 INCOME AND EXPENDITURE STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2003 2003 2002 Income Awards $2,670.00 $0.00 Canteen $6,191.82 $5,051.91 Coaching $2,196.36 $227.27 Functions $25,794.67 $21,234.09 Grants $21,200.00 $24,500.00 Ground Hire $66,959.93 $34,881.83 Interest $3,005.24 $310.99 Legacy $200,000.00 $0.00 Sales of Cricket Clothing $1,377.72 $0.00 Cricket Clothing Reimbursement $0.00 $32,341.95 Petersham Marrickville Contribution $0.00 $14,042.00 Sponsorship / Donations $86,150.00 $69,020.00 Subscriptions $26,084.66 $20,132.74 Total Income $441,630.40 $221,742.78

Expenditure AGM Expenses $543.00 $0.00 Annual Report $705.00 $965.00 Bank Charges $462.99 $599.74 Canteen Supplies $1,730.12 $3,066.77 Coaching / Development $32,872.09 $33,190.00 Cricket Clothing $17,122.72 $37,900.02 Filing Fee - Dept Fair Trading $17.00 $107.00 Functions $14,963.64 $15,913.13 Grade Expenses $20,616.62 $2,369.34 Ground Hire and Maintenance $96,565.46 $56,080.90 Incentives - Player Performance $18,965.65 $18,714.05 Incentives - First Grade Team $8,890.00 $0.00 Indoor Training $1,800.00 $0.00 Insurance - General $744.74 $740.36 Insurance - Public Liability $356.20 $0.00 Legal Fees $852.73 $0.00 Maintenance - Website $393.69 $440.00 Marketing Expenses $350.00 $2,954.55 Materials $697.04 $374.19 Miscellaneous $1,189.01 $2,770.51 Postage, Printing & Stationery $924.89 $1,142.24 Presentation / Awards $4,218.19 $785.86 Scorebooks $139.09 $139.09 Telephone $1,102.79 $1,213.14 Umpire Fees $280.00 $0.00 Sponsorship / Donations $0.00 $3,748.00 Gift to RPC Foundation $200,000.00 $0.00 Equipment Expenses - Balls $10,446.37 $11,920.91 - Stumps $131.82 $279.92 - Covers/Hessian $0.00 $600.00 - Electrial Goods $0.00 $450.00 - Retractable Nets $2,739.00 $0.00 Total Expenditure $439,819.85 $196,464.72

Operating Surplus $1,810.55 $25,278.06

87 CURRENT PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS Grades 1 to 5

S= Season, M= Matches, R= Runs,W= Wickets, Ct= Catches, D= Dismissals, HS = Highest Score C = Centuries, B/B = Best Bowling, 5W = 5 Wickets in Innings, 10W = 10 Wickets in Match,

Player S M R W Ct D HS C B/B 5W 10W Marc Anderson 2 28 510 35 7 0 95 3/10 Matthew Banes 1 11 565 0 4 0 181 1 Brenton Barker 1 14 463 0 8 0 106 1 Matthew Barnes 2 12 98 28 3 0 45* 7/88 1 Peter Bayley 2 31 203 79 8 0 32* 6/55 3 Chris Benjamin 1 11 294 0 5 0 85 David Bourke 2 32 518 21 4 0 63 5/21 1 Troy Brewster 2 19 815 0 2 0 148 5 Steve Bright 2 29 192 59 4 0 52* 6/18 3 Caleb Brown 1 5 147 0 1 0 83 James Byrne 2 15 193 22 11 0 30 4/15 Glen Carroll 1 2 69 3 1 0 37* 3/22 Matthew Cassar 1 21 564 31 4 0 123 1 3/8 Richard Chee Quee 2 41 1877 0 30 0 139* 5 Steve Clarke 2 30 722 0 7 0 109 1 Neil Cohen 2 30 1086 0 0 51/14 128* 2 Alan D'Arcy 1 1 15 1 1 0 15 1/36 Kallin Davies 2 24 691 27 9 0 119 1 5/13 2 Graham Doig 2 27 535 39 14 0 72 4/29 Jeremy Dwyer 2 17 207 29 3 0 38 4/41 Grant Frakes 2 4 58 0 3 0 38 George Frazakis 2 3 19 0 2 0 14 Chad Greenberg 1 14 218 27 8 0/1 72 4/29 Paul Greentree 2 32 604 0 15 12/3 57 Jonathon Griffiths 2 24 206 38 9 0 67 4/16 Trent Griffiths 2 24 436 20 4 0 59 4/39 Andrew Harrison 2 36 136 78 9 0 29* 6/51 3 Greg Hartshorne 2 32 731 29 18 0 97* 4/34 Fabian Heaton 2 19 577 1 6 4/0 73* 1/0 Jeff Hemming 2 21 735 0 9 0 115 2 Matthew Hilder 2 30 530 17 11 0 75 4/39 Aaron Hildred 2 25 336 56 12 0 70* 5/17 3 Joseph Hill 1 21 629 0 17 0 123* 1 Denis Hinds 2 33 80 79 11 0 13* 6/35 5 Geoff Hodgkinson 2 29 1478 1 23 0 122* 4 1/6 Andy Hollingsworth 1 16 458 4 10 0 218* 1 2/11 Brett Hunter 2 34 630 22 13 0 86 3/46 Simon Katich 1 10 495 3 4 0 177 2 1/19 Usman Khawaja 1 15 336 0 2 0 83* Chris Kruit 1 7 55 4 5 0 27 3/35 Scott Laws 2 2 44 2 2 0 33 1/10 Zachary Levien 2 14 39 24 4 0 20* 4/46 Tony Martin 1 20 728 4 10 0 155 1 1/4 Darren McCoy 1 13 303 17 4 0 87* 4/65 John McLoughlin 2 13 325 1 9 0 95 1/6 David Mitchell 2 31 995 0 2 57/15 107 2 Aaron Moseley 2 13 320 2 4 0 98 1/32 Scott Obey 2 40 71 97 5 0 39* 7/64 5 1 Eddie Otto 2 30 201 37 10 0 25* 4/19 Matthew Parker 2 34 971 3 20 0 118* 2 3/31 Daryl Parmenter 2 41 946 0 93 93/17 66* Richard Phillips 2 25 861 0 8 0 129* 1 Grant Rimmer 2 13 32 23 6 0 9 4/18

88 CURRENT PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS Grades 1 to 5

S= Season, M= Matches, R= Runs,W= Wickets, Ct= Catches, D= Dismissals, HS = Highest Score C = Centuries, B/B = Best Bowling, 5W = 5 Wickets in Innings, 10W = 10 Wickets in Match,

Player S M R W Ct D HS C B/B 5W 10W Kirk Rimmer 2 17 75 21 2 0 15* 4/6 Kieran Routh 2 2 17 0 0 0 12 Sean Sampson 2 30 96 54 5 0 31* 4/21 Alex Sciascia 2 29 815 5 6 0 135 1 5/49 1 Chris Singh 2 14 68 20 2 0 9 5/53 2 Melvin Singh 2 27 120 57 8 0 17* 6/58 3 Nigel Singh 2 32 86 70 9 0 33* 6/35 4 Robert Smith 2 21 41 41 8 0 9* 7/82 1 Peter Spurr 2 9 37 7 3 0 9 2/30 Rodney Stafford 1 16 205 36 9 0 40* 6/84 1 Paul Staunton 2 24 343 26 11 0 37 3/43 Matthew Taylor 2 27 452 0 4 54/11 89 Paul Toole 2 31 1253 0 10 0 100 1 David Townsend 2 30 1015 4 10 0 118* 2 1/4 Adam Warren 2 40 296 109 15 0 30* 7/36 6 1 Michael Watson 2 32 917 0 10 0 125 1 Mitchell Weir 1 1 0 0 0 0 DNB Dean White 2 31 334 62 7 0 49 6/49 1 1 Darren Wotherspoon 1 21 784 4 1 0 100* 1 1/10 Alan Wright 2 9 165 1 0 1/0 41 1/22 Steven Yates 2 31 654 0 1 52/6 101* 1 Steve Zantides 2 31 793 2 5 0 86 2/43

MILESTONES

Although the club is only two years old, many individual milestones were achieved this season as set out below:

1500 Runs Richard Chee Quee (1,877) 1250 Runs Geoff Hodgkinson (1,478); Paul Toole (1,253) 1000 Runs Neil Cohen (1,086); David Townsend (1,015) 750 Runs David Mitchell (995); Matthew Parker (971); Daryl Parmenter (946); Michael Watson (917); Richard Phillips (861); Troy Brewster (815); Alex Sciascia (815); Steve Zantides (793); Darren Wotherspoon (784) 100 Wickets Adam Warren (109) Scott Obey (97); Peter Bayley (79); Denis Hinds (79); Andrew Harrison 75 Wickets (78) 50 Wickets Nigel Singh (70); Dean White (62); Steve Bright (59); Melvin Singh (57); Aaron Hildred (56); Sean Sampson (50) 100 Dismissals Daryl Parmenter (110) David Mitchell (72); Neil Cohen(65); Matthew Taylor (65); Steven Yates 50 Dismissals (58) 20 Catches Richard Chee Quee (30); Geoff Hodgkinson (23); Matthew Parker (20) 5 Centuries Richard Chee Quee (5); Troy Brewster (5)

89 CLUB RECORDS AND STATISTICS RANDWICK PETERSHAM Qualification: Batting = 8 Innings or 200 Runs; Bowling = 85 Overs or 15 Wickets FIRST GRADE RECORDS FIRST GRADE PARTNERSHIPS Most Runs Richard CheeQuee 1003 2001-02 1st Joseph Hill-Paul Toole 165* v Gordon 2002-03 Best Batting Ave Simon Katich 55.00 2002-03 2nd Paul Toole-Ian Barter 178 v Gordon 2001-02 Highest Score Simon Katich 177 2002-03 3rd Richard CheeQuee-Ian Barter 156 v Fairfield 2001-02 Most Wickets Adam Warren 63 2001-02 4th Paul Toole-Joseph Hill 114 v University of NSW 2002-03 Best Bowling Ave Scott Obey 18.04 2002-03 5th D.Wotherspoon-Matthew Cassar 97 v Sutherland 2002-03 Best Bowling in Inns Adam Warren 7/36 2001-02 6th Jeff Hemming-Daryl Parmenter 89 v Bankstown 2002-03 Most W/K Dismissals Daryl Parmenter 64 2001-02 7th Richard CheeQuee-Paul Staunton 117 v Sydney University 2001-02 Most Catches-Fielder Richard CheeQuee 23 2002-03 8th Joseph Hill-Adam Warren 71 v University of NSW 2002-03 High Team Score For v Mosman 6/428 2002-03 9th Andrew Harrison-Adam Warren 38* v Gordon 2001-02 High Team Score Agst v Gordon 355 2001-02 10th John Moffatt-James Le Huray 32 v Manly Warringah 2001-02 Low Team Score For v Gordon 75 2002-03 Low Team Score Agst v Hawkesbury 86 2002-03 SECOND GRADE RECORDS SECOND GRADE PARTNERSHIPS Most Runs David Mitchell 517 2001-02 1st Geoff Hodgkinson-Richard Phillips 107 v North Sydney 2002-03 Best Batting Ave Richard Phillips 57.38 2002-03 2nd Matthew Parker-John Moffatt 110 v University of NSW 2001-02 Highest Score Richard Phillips 129* 2002-03 3rd Richard Phillips-David Mitchell 168 v St George 2002-03 Most Wickets Peter Bayley 36 2002-03 4th Chris Benjamin-Jeff Hemming 188 v Western Suburbs 2002-03 Rodney Stafford 36 2002-03 5th Jeff Hemming-Matthew Parker 197 v Sutherland 2002-03 Best Bowling Ave Scott Obey 13.31 2001-02 6th Steve Zantides-David Mitchell 104 v Manly Warringah 2002-03 Best Bowling in Inns Scott Obey 7/68 2001-02 7th Kallin Davies-Rhys Banwell 101 v Fairfield Liverpool 2001-02 Most W/K Dismissals David Mitchell 41 2002-03 8th Aaron Moseley-Scott Obey 106 v Parramatta 2001-02 Most Catches-Fielder Matthew Parker 9 2002-03 9th Brett Hunter-Rodney Stafford 69 v University of NSW 2002-03 Rodney Stafford 9 2002-03 10th Andrew Harrison-Matthew Barnes 74 v Penrith 2002-03 High Team Score For v Sutherland 6/348 2002-03 High Team Score Agst v St George 368 2002-03 Low Team Score For v Campbelltown 145 2001-02 Low Team Score Agst v Blacktown 94 2002-03 THIRD GRADE RECORDS THIRD GRADE PARTNERSHIPS Most Runs Geoff Hodgkinson 612 2001-02 1st Geoff Hodgkinson-Alex Sciascia 120 v North Sydney 2001-02 Best Batting Ave Geoff Hodgkinson 100.20 2002-03 2nd Alex Sciascia-Brenton Barker 198 v Mosman 2002-03 Highest Score Alex Sciascia 135 2002-03 3rd Geoff Hodgkinson-Cameron Gray 114 v Gordon 2001-02 Most Wickets Dean White 30 2001-02 4th Adam Harris-Paul Greentree 82 v Manly Warringah 2001-02 Best Bowling Ave Dean White 18.13 2001-02 5th Michael Watson-Neil Cohen 111 v North Sydney 2002-03 Best Bowling in Inns Nigel Singh 6/35 2002-03 6th Cameron Gray-Paul Greentree 74 v Sydney University 2001-02 Most W/K Dismissals Neil Cohen 30 2002-03 7th David Fraser-Marc Anderson 133 v Parramatta 2001-02 Most Catches-Fielder Geoff Hodgkinson 10 2001-02 8th Neil Cohen-Eddie Otto 48 v UTS Balmain 2002-03 High Team Score For v Mosman 3/290 2002-03 9th Eddie Otto-Peter Bayley 25 v Northern Districts 2002-03 High Team Score Agst v UTS Balmain 305 2002-03 10th Eddie Otto-Nigel Singh 30 v Northern Districts 2001-02 Low Team Score For v North Sydney 51 2002-03 Low Team Score Agst v North Sydney 83 2001-02 FOURTH GRADE RECORDS FOURTH GRADE PARTNERSHIPS Most Runs Troy Brewster 676 2002-03 1st Matthew Taylor-Troy Brewster 155 v UTS Balmain 2002-03 Best Batting Ave Matthew Banes 139.50 2002-03 2nd Troy Brewster-Steve Clarke 157 v Fairfield Liverpool 2002-03 Highest Score Andy Hollingsworth 218* 2002-03 3rd Troy Brewster-David Townsend 265 v Blacktown 2002-03 Most Wickets Denis Hinds 42 2001-02 4th David Bourke-Neil Cohen 142 v Campbelltown 2001-02 Best Bowling Ave Aaron Hildred 12.97 2002-03 5th Michael Watson-Darren McCoy 87 v St George 2002-03 Best Bowling in Inns Denis Hinds 6/35 2001-02 6th Andy Hollingsworth-Marc Anderson 127 v Western Suburbs 2002-03 Most W/K Dismissals Matthew Taylor 38 2002-03 7th Greg Hartshorne-Aaron Hildred 85 v UTS Balmain 2002-03 Most Catches-Fielder Greg Hartshorne 10 2002-03 8th Marc Anderson-Zachary Levein 71 v Manly Warringah 2002-03 High Team Score For v UTS Balmain 405 2002-03 9th Greg Hartshorne-Jeremy Dwyer 68 v UTS Balmain 2001-02 High Team Score Agst v Parramatta 290 2001-02 10th David Townsend-Denis Hinds 40 v Sutherland 2001-02 Low Team Score For v Gordon 68 2001-02 Low Team Score Agst v Northern District 57 2002-03 FIFTH GRADE RECORDS FIFTH GRADE PARTNERSHIPS Most Runs Tony Martin 640 2002-03 1st Matthew Hilder-Troy Brewster 189 v Eastern Suburbs 2002-03 Best Batting Ave Nathan Silvy 55.25 2001-02 2nd Steve Clarke-Grant Frakes 136 v Manly Warringah 2002-03 Highest Score Tony Martin 155 2002-03 3rd Fabian Heaton-John McLoughlin 98 v Penrith 2001-02 Most Wickets Steve Bright 36 2002-03 4th Steve Clarke-Tony Martin 187 v Western Suburbs 2002-03 Best Bowling Ave Trent Griffiths 10.69 2001-02 5th Michael Watson-Navnith Chetty 115 v Western Surburbs 2001-02 Best Bowling in Inns Steve Bright 6/18 2001-02 6th Michael Watson-Matthew Taylor 49 v Sutherland 2001-02 Most W/K Dismissals Steven Yates 33 2002-03 7th Aaron Hildred-Steve Bright 61 v Fairfield Liverpool 2001-02 Most Catches-Fielder Chad Greenberg 8 2002-03 8th Nathan Silvy-Steve Bright 90 v Balmain 2001-02 High Team Score For v North Sydney 3/323 2002-03 9th Jon Griffiths-Jeremy Dwyer 73 v Sutherland 2002-03 High Team Score Agst v Syd University 9/294 2001-02 10th Steve Bright-Ben Ezekiel 77 v Parramatta 2001-02 Low Team Score For v Campbelltown 99 2001-02 Low Team Score Agst v UTS Balmain 67 2001-02

90 CLUB RECORDS AND STATISTICS RANDWICK PETERSHAM Qualification: Batting = 8 Innings or 200 Runs; Bowling = 85 Overs or 15 Wickets POIDEVIN-GRAYFIRST GRADE RECORDS RECORDS POIDEVIN-GRAYFIRST GRADE PARTNERSHIPS PARTNERSHIPS Most Runs Alex Sciascia 285 2002-03 1st John McLoughlin-David Mitchell 129 v Sutherland 2001-02 Best Batting Ave Alex Sciascia 47.50 2002-03 2nd Brenton Barker-Alex Sciascia 127* v Sydney University 2002-03 Highest Score David Mitchell 98 2001-02 3rd Alex Sciascia-Usman Khawaja 37 v University of NSW 2002-03 Most Wickets James Byrne 13 2002-03 4th Paul Greentree-Alex Sciascia 59 v University of NSW 2002-03 Best Bowling Ave Eddie Otto 15.64 2002-03 5th Efren Cruz-Paul Greentree 62 v St George 2001-02 Best Bowling in Inns Peter Spurr 4/38 2002-03 6th Scott McGeachie-Neil Cohen 69 v Hawkesbury 2001-02 Most W/K Dismissals Neil Cohen 8 2002-03 7th Paul Greentree-James Byrne 78 v UTS Balmain 2002-03 Most Catches-Fielder Paul Greentree 3 2001-02 8th Scott Laws-Eddie Otto 19 v University of NSW 2002-03 Brenton Barker 3 2002-03 9th Eddie Otto-Chad Greenberg 47 v University of NSW 2002-03 High Team Score For v Sydney University 213 2002-03 10th Nigel Singh-Sean Sampson 8 v Eastern Suburbs 2001-02 High Team Score Agst v Sutherland 203 2001-02 Low Team Score For v Northern District 96 2001-02 Low Team Score Agst v Fairfield 103 2002-03 A W GREEN SHIELD RECORDS A W GREEN SHIELD PARTNERSHIPS Most Runs Usman Khawaja 277 2002-03 1st James Yin-Tom Picone 44 v Mosman 2001-02 Best Batting Ave Usman Khawaja 55.40 2002-03 2nd Campbell Dash-Vareen Harish 40 v Fairfield Liverpool 2002-03 Highest Score Usman Khawaja 91* 2002-03 3rd Maurice Preston-Usman Khawaja 74 v Parramatta 2002-03 Most Wickets Usman Khawaja 17 2002-03 4th Matthew Tilley-Glen Carroll 71 v Eastern Surburbs 2001-02 Best Bowling Ave Usman Khawaja 13.24 2002-03 5th Mark Carroll-Lahuri Kariyawasam 60 v Fairfield Liverpool 2002-03 Best Bowling in Inns Shahzad Ali 5/25 2001-02 6th Shahzad Ali-Glen Carroll 57 v Northern Districts 2001-02 Most W/K Dismissals Matthew Tilley 15 2001-02 7th Mark Carroll-Nirjon Kader 66 v Campbellton 2002-03 Most Catches-Fielder Ben Ezekiel 4 2001-02 8th Peter Conomos-Janahan Jayadevan 38 v Northern Districts 2001-02 High Team Score For v Northern Districts 8/233 2001-02 9th Denesh Hewa-Gamage-Shahzad Ali 43 v St George 2001-02 High Team Score Agst v Hawkesbury 7/253 2001-02 10th Lahuri Kariyawasam-Louis Talay 15 v Bankstown 2002-03 Low Team Score For v University of NSW 58 2002-03 Low Team Score Agst v Sutherland 127 2001-02 SIXTH GRADE RECORDS SIXTH GRADE PARTNERSHIPS Most Runs Peter Johnson 460 2001-02 1st Peter Johnson-Grant Frakes 147 v South Sydney 2001-02 Best Batting Ave Alan Wright 66.67 2002-03 2nd Alan Wright-Grant Frakes 189 v Eastern Suburbs 2002-03 Highest Score Peter Johnson 165 2001-02 3rd Peter Spurr-Grant Frakes 102 v Sydney University 2001-02 Most Wickets Denesh Hewa-Gamage 24 2002-03 4th Peter Johnson-Jonathon Flavell 83 v Burwood 2002-03 Best Bowling Ave Nathan Boyd 13.89 2001-02 5th Phillip Traynor-Peter Johnson 102 v Gordon 2001-02 Best Bowling in Inns Nathan Boyd 7/41 2001-02 6th Matthew Hilder-Chad Greenberg 112 v UTS Balmain 2002-03 Most W/K Dismissals Matthew Taylor 8 2001-02 7th Peter Spurr-Kieren Routh 100 v UTS Balmain 2002-03 Most Catches-Fielder Grant Rimmer 8 2002-03 8th Alan D'Arcy-Damian Fuller 42 v UTS Balmain 2002-03 High Team Score For v Gordon 8/377 2001-02 9th Peter Spurr-Grant Rimmer 31 v University of NSW 2002-03 High Team Score Agst v Maccabi 301 2002-03 10th Grant Rimmer-Kirk Rimmer 51 v South Sydney 2002-03 Low Team Score For v Sydney University 65 2002-03 Low Team Score Agst v Eastern Suburbs 53 2001-02 SEVENTH GRADE RECORDS SEVENTH GRADE PARTNERSHIPS Most Runs George Frazakis 611 2002-03 1st George Frazakis-Mohit Kumar 88 v Macquarie Uni 2001-02 Best Batting Ave George Frazakis 87.29 2002-03 2nd George Frazakis-Barry Greenwood 120 v Maccabi 2002-03 Highest Score George Frazakis 135* 2002-03 3rd Chris Johnston-Marshall Moir 77 v UTS Balmain (1) 2002-03 Most Wickets Keiran Routh 28 2001-02 4th Paul Chapman-Osman Quereshi 130 v Burwood 2001-02 Best Bowling Ave Denesh Hewa-Gamage 11.67 2001-02 5th Tim Frankcombe-Daniel Mulvenna 89 v Blacktown 2001-02 Best Bowling in Inns Murali Chandraskehara 6/34 2002-03 6th George Frazakis-Chris Johnston 46 v UTS Balmain (2) 2002-03 Most W/K Dismissals Mark Holland 18 2002-03 7th Mark Holland-Tim Hancock 73 v Maccabi 2002-03 Most Catches-Fielder Tim Hancock 7 2002-03 8th George Frazakis-Damian Fuller 88 v Roseville 2002-03 Gavin Dennett 7 2002-03 9th Chris Rutherford-K Hewa-Gamage 46 v Blacktown 2001-02 High Team Score For v Maccabi 336 2002-03 10th Damian Fuller-Gavin Dennett 21 v Roseville 2002-03 High Team Score Agst v South Sydney 347 2002-03 Low Team Score For v Lindfield 92 2002-03 Low Team Score Agst v Canterbury Bexley 41 2001-02 REPRESENTATIVE PLAYERS RANDWICK PETERSHAM

NSW 2002-03 Simon Katich NSW 2ND XI 2001-02 Adam Warren

Australia "A" 2002-03 Simon Katich Comb. AW Green Shield 2002-03 Usman Khawaja NSW - Captain 2002-03 Simon Katich

Aust "A" - Captain 2002-03 Simon Katich

91 RANDWICK PETERSHAM: SEASON RECORDS Qualification: Batting = 8 Innings or 200 Runs; Bowling = 85 Overs or 15 Wickets BATTING BOWLING 1st Grade PLAYER RUNS PLAYER AVE SEASON PLAYER WICKETS PLAYER AVE Richard Chee Quee 1003 Paul Toole 50.71 2001-02 Adam Warren 63 Adam Warren 18.43 Richard Chee Quee 874 Simon Katich 55.00 2002-03 Scott Obey 53 Scott Obey 18.04

2nd Grade PLAYER RUNS PLAYER AVE SEASON PLAYER WICKETS PLAYER AVE David Mitchell 517 Brett Hunter 39.17 2001-02 Melvin Singh 30 Scott Obey 13.31 Matthew Parker 487 Richard Phillips 57.38 2002-03 P Bayley/R Stafford 36 Peter Bayley 17.50

3rd Grade PLAYER RUNS PLAYER AVE SEASON PLAYER WICKETS PLAYER AVE Geoff Hodgkinson 612 Geoff Hodgkinson 55.64 2001-02 Dean White 30 Dean White 18.13 Geoff Hodgkinson 501 Geoff Hodgkinson 100.20 2002-03 Melvin Singh 27 Eddie Otto 20.50

4th Grade PLAYER RUNS PLAYER AVE SEASON PLAYER WICKETS PLAYER AVE Neil Cohen 463 David Townsend 31.43 2001-02 Denis Hinds 42 Jeremy Dwyer 15.63 Troy Brewster 676 Matthew Banes 139.50 2002-03 Denis Hinds 37 Aaron Hildred 12.97

5th Grade PLAYER RUNS PLAYER AVE SEASON PLAYER WICKETS PLAYER AVE Michael Watson 325 Nathan Silvy 55.25 2001-02 Grant Rimmer 30 Trent Griffiths 10.69 Tony Martin 640 Tony Martin 49.23 2002-03 Steve Bright 36 Sean Sampson 13.73

Poidevin Gray PLAYER RUNS PLAYER AVE SEASON PLAYER WICKETS PLAYER AVE David Mitchell 159 John McLoughlin 27.25 2001-02 Sean Sampson 10 Kirk Rimmer 16.00 Alex Sciascia 285 Alex Sciascia 47.50 2002-03 James Byrne 13 Eddie Otto 15.64

AW Green Shield PLAYER RUNS PLAYER AVE SEASON PLAYER WICKETS PLAYER AVE Matthew Tilley 223 Glen Carroll 32.00 2001-02 Shahzad Ali 12 Shahzad Ali 18.75 Usman Khawaja 277 Usman Khawaja 55.40 2002-03 Usman Khawaja 17 Usman Khawaja 13.24

WICKETKEEPING - DISMISSALS 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade SEASON PLAYER TOTAL PLAYER TOTAL PLAYER TOTAL PLAYER TOTAL Daryl Parmenter 64 David Mitchell 31 2001-02 Steven Yates 25 Neil Cohen 29 Daryl Parmenter 46 David Mitchell 41 2002-03 Neil Cohen 30 Matthew Taylor 38

5th Grade Poidevin Gray AW Green Shield SEASON PLAYER TOTAL PLAYER TOTAL PLAYER TOTAL Matthew Taylor 23 David Mitchell 6 2001-02 Matthew Tilley 15 Steven Yates 33 Neil Cohen 8 2002-03 Campbell Dash 9

92 CLUB RECORDS OF FOUNDING CLUBS RANDWICK PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE

FIRST GRADE FIRST GRADE Highest Score Alan Turner 230no 1979-80 Highest Score Con Karantz 228no 1999-00 Most Runs Jack Chegwyn 939 1941-42 Most Runs Graeme Hughes 784 1983-84 Best Batting Average Rodney Davison 86.83 1984-85 Best Batting Average Graeme Hughes 84.80 1991-92 Most Wickets Scott Obey 65 1998-99 Most Wickets Dave Chardon 69 1983-84 Best Bowling Average Trevor Bennetts 9.14 1980-81 Best Bowling Average William Moffatt 11.00 1973-74 Most Dismissals Alan Campbell 58 1981-82 Most Dismissals Ray Phillips 39 1976-77 SECOND GRADE SECOND GRADE Highest Score Jim Noonan 244 1906-07 Highest Score Brian Riley 182no 1977-78 Most Runs Les Turner 943 1916-17 Most Runs David Baxter 741 1971-72 Best Batting Average Greg Doyle 129.00 1986-87 Best Batting Average Barry Holland 60.50 1969-70 Most Wickets Eric Voges 93 1943-44 Most Wickets Robert McLean 75 1966-67 Best Bowling Average Barry Corry 3.84 1954-55 Best Bowling Average Clem Baldwin 10.70 1955-56 Most Dismissals Barry Wood 33 1965-66 Most Dismissals John Millington 40 1974-75 THIRD GRADE THIRD GRADE Highest Score Gary Landow 220no 1934-35 Highest Score John Sherring 161 1951-52 Most Runs Alan Ward 634 1930-31 Most Runs Robert Pearce 677 1956-57 Best Batting Average Paul Toole 296.00 1992-93 Best Batting Average Colin Munford 65.85 1972-73 Most Wickets Eric Smith 81 1923-24 Most Wickets Barry Holland 70 1971-72 Best Bowling Average Les O'Brien 3.55 1932-33 Best Bowling Average Darren McCoy 7.50 1998-99 Most Dismissals Geoff Field 35 1976-77 Most Dismissals Shane Penson 39 1995-96 Most Dismissals Paul Foster 35 1987-88 FOURTH GRADE FOURTH GRADE Highest Score Les Wilson 199 1984-85 Highest Score Tim Levinson 159 1998-99 Most Runs Ray Dever 554 1959-60 Most Runs Graham Brown 586 1969-70 Best Batting Average Greg Doyle 202.00 1993-94 Best Batting Average Ross Hardy 69.00 1987-88 Most Wickets Peter Brennan 60 1968-69 Most Wickets Nick Sterrey 53 1973-74 Best Bowling Average John McCauley 6.04 1956-57 Best Bowling Average Shaun Murphy 4.80 1986-87 Most Dismissals Michael Meadows 40 1996-97 Most Dismissals Barry McDonald 30 1954-55 FIFTH GRADE FIFTH GRADE Highest Score Alex Williams 192 1991-92 Highest Score Tony Wright 171no 1995-96 Most Runs Geoff Hodgkinson 605 1994-95 Most Runs Todd Shipp 462 1995-96 Best Batting Average Paul Homann 159.00 1983-84 Best Batting Average Michael Harrison 44.70 1986-87 Most Wickets James Le Huray 66 1994-95 Most Wickets Steven Green 28 1995-96 Best Bowling Average James Le Huray 8.58 1994-95 Best Bowling Average David Kelly 10.90 1988-89 Most Dismissals David Mitchell 24 1997-98 Most Dismissals Alan Biddle 27 1992-93 Most Dismissals Rowan Brewster 27 1994-95 POIDEVIN GRAY POIDEVIN GRAY Highest Score Craig Wiseman 179 1993-94 Highest Score Ian Moran 163 1998-99 Most Runs Craig Wiseman 512 1993-94 Most Runs Jamie Bray 494 1993-94 Best Batting Average Malcolm Brown 139.00 1979-80 Best Batting Average 236.00 1952-53 Most Wickets Keith Lee 38 1930-31 Most Wickets Colin Hollingsworth 29 1961-62 Best Bowling Average Darren Quint 6.28 1991-92 Best Bowling Average Pat Crawford 6.20 1952-53 Most Dismissals Richard Bennison 19 1988-89 Most Dismissals Martin Bedkober 23 1970-71 AW GREEN SHIELD AW GREEN SHIELD Highest Score John Letson 130no 1960-61 Highest Score David Carson 183 1991-92 Highest Score Mark Sundin 130 1985-86 Most Runs Martin Bedkober 645 1968-69 Most Runs Michael Watson 358 1991-92 Best Batting Average Bob Simpson 156.70 1951-52 Best Batting Average Robert Duff 73.25 1964-65 Most Wickets Russell Waugh 37 1957-58 Most Wickets Alan Heatley 37 1956-57 Best Bowling Average Jim Kazaglis 6.30 1995-96 Best Bowling Average Peter Barnes 6.60 1963-64 Most Dismissals Martin Bedkober 23 1968-69 Most Dismissals Keith Edwards 20 1960-61

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RANDWICK SEASON PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE PLAYER RUNS PLAYER AVE PLAYER RUNS PLAYER AVE P Clifford 615 A Turner 51.00 1981-82 P Taylor 444 G Hartshorne 27.70 P Clifford 766 D Knox 41.83 1982-83 B Riley 533 B D'Jura 61.40 G Mathew 594 P Clifford 72.62 1983-84 G Hughes 784 G Hughes 49.00 G Bensley 706 G Bensley 50.43 1984-85 G Hughes 636 B D'Jura 63.80 G Bensley 420 D Knox 54.86 1985-86 M Kelaher 404 N Anderson 40.40 R Banwell 392 P Devlin 41.50 1986-87 P Taylor 554 B D'Jura 45.50 G Doyle 500 A Millican 46.00 1987-88 B Patman 504 M Atkinson 30.50 P Devlin 349 R CheeQuee 30.70 1988-89 M Atkinson 410 M Atkinson 25.60 R CheeQuee 730 R CheeQuee 45.63 1989-90 G Hartshorne 608 G Hartshorne 55.90 A Millican 519 I Austin 33.21 1990-91 M Atkinson 562 G Hughes 40.00 R CheeQuee 549 R CheeQuee 39.21 1991-92 G Hughes 424 G Hughes 84.80 R Davison 703 R Davison 58.58 1992-93 J Bray 476 G Hughes 73.20 M Haywood 798 R Davison 81.56 1993-94 J Bray 619 G Cunningham 61.20 R Davison 521 R Davison 86.83 1994-95 G Cunningham 783 G Cunningham 46.10 R CheeQuee 526 R CheeQuee 65.70 1995-96 G Cunningham 500 P Stepto 34.20 R CheeQuee 663 R CheeQuee 47.30 1996-97 S Moran 433 T Crosland 34.30 R CheeQuee 621 A Millican 39.23 1997-98 G Cunningham 597 D Arnold 41.70 R CheeQuee 757 R CheeQuee 36.05 1998-99 D Fulton 541 D Fulton 31.80 P Toole 563 A Millican 35.77 1999-00 D Fulton 661 C Karantz 44.00 R CheeQuee 601 O Hodges 36.20 2000-01 G Doig 463 D Smith 30.30 BOWLING RANDWICK PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE SEASON PLAYER WICKETS PLAYER AVE PLAYER WICKETS PLAYER AVE E Gordon 51 E Gordon 9.82 1981-82 D Chardon 34 J Sullivan 18.40 T Jay 46 T Jay 13.13 1982-83 W Mulherin 64 D Chardon 16.40 G Bensley 53 G Bensley 12.39 1983-84 D Chardon 69 D Chardon 16.00 T Jay 47 T Jay 16.79 1984-85 D Chardon 33 D Chardon 24.80 T Jay 39 T Jay 16.95 1985-86 M Appleton 22 M Appleton 20.60 T Jay 39 M Whitney 18.76 1986-87 D Chardon 23 M Appleton 21.90 T Jay 27 M Whitney 17.35 1987-88 D Chardon 44 D Chardon/B Patman 19.10 N Javed 38 P Devlin 16.92 1988-89 A Meakin 28 A Meakin 19.80 T Jay 36 M Whitney 16.11 1989-90 W Mulherin 33 J Bain 21.60 T Jay 39 I Austin 16.97 1990-91 W Mulherin 43 W Mulherin 20.80 D Somerville 31 M Whitney 21.00 1991-92 W Mulherin 48 W Mulherin 17.60 P March 36 G Bensley 17.80 1992-93 G McFadden 27 M Cassar 18.30 G Parmenter 29 P Fitzgerald 19.26 1993-94 W Mulherin 38 M Cassar 20.90 A Stuart 39 A Stuart 17.67 1994-95 W Mulherin 42 D Capel 17.80 G Parmenter 34 A Stuart 17.00 1995-96 A Graham 39 R Aitken 19.40 A Downton 43 A Downton 16.07 1996-97 D Wright 48 D Wright 15.60 G Parmenter 43 J Lehuray 19.44 1997-98 M Burton 28 M Burton 25.70 S Obey 65 S Obey 11.11 1998-99 G Farquharson 41 G Farquharson 18.10 J Lehuray 43 J Lehuray 17.95 1999-00 M Cassar 37 M Cassar 20.50 A Warren 34 J Lehuray 18.67 2000-01 R Smith 33 G Doig 18.60

94 CLUB RECORDS AND STATISTICS OF FOUNDING CLUBS PAST 20 SEASONS : 2ND GRADE BATTING

RANDWICK SEASON PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE PLAYER RUNS PLAYER AVE PLAYER RUNS PLAYER AVE S Devlin 333 D Knox 30.57 1981-82 B Sharp 402 B Riley 39.57 A Wright 336 D Knox 35.33 1982-83 S Sullivan 481 S Sullivan 34.30 S Devlin 439 S Hunt 37.11 1983-84 C Sullivan 421 C Sullivan 30.00 R Banwell 497 G Arms 54.66 1984-85 S Irwin 429 C Sullivan 39.30 A Millican 440 A Millican 48.89 1985-86 S Sullivan 515 C Horner 45.00 M CheeQuee 408 G Doyle 129.00 1986-87 H Templeman 497 D Skuthorpe 39.30 M CheeQuee 423 N Herps 63.00 1987-88 D Buchanan 412 B Pozuelo 36.80 M CheeQuee 489 M CheeQuee 48.90 1988-89 S Irwin 489 S Irwin 34.90 G Whitaker 305 D Barclay 37.43 1989-90 D Skuthorpe 374 D Gainsford 38.50 T Greenberg 378 R Banwell 52.25 1990-91 D Skuthorpe 489 J Affleck 56.50 G Davison 565 G Davison 80.71 1991-92 P Clarke 406 P Clarke 40.60 G Davison 510 T Greenberg 54.22 1992-93 P McGee 403 C Eckersley 30.30 R Banwell 571 D Barclay 80.14 1993-94 C Eckersley 459 G Cunningham 49.00 A Harris 576 J Quint 69.40 1994-95 D Townsend 388 P Clarke 45.80 C Mongan 350 D Quint 105.60 1995-96 D Kelly 408 J Aitken 53.20 K Geyer 335 S Zantides 52.83 1996-97 I Moran 463 I Moran 36.10 C Chapman 478 O Hodges 35.60 1997-98 P Staunton 381 J Kelly 35.20 S Zantides 330 S Carpenter 53.50 1998-99 D Smith 494 K Lawrence 44.20 S Zantides 335 D Barclay 75.67 1999-00 J Moffatt 341 J Moffatt 42.70 M Parker 585 D Mitchell 64.33 2000-01 T Crosland 311 T Crosland 44.40 BOWLING RANDWICK PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE SEASON PLAYER WICKETS PLAYER AVE PLAYER WICKETS PLAYER AVE G Anderson 21 D Ledwidge 17 1981-82 B Timbrell 37 B Timbrell 14.40 G Anderson 35 R Banwell 18.19 1982-83 P Rolls 27 P Bishell 14.60 M Preddey 31 C Pentecost 14.04 1983-84 P Rolls 35 M England 17.50 C Pentecost 34 C Pentecost 18.2 1984-85 J Gilligan 30 R Buchanan 17.20 W Heathcote 29 G Anderson 10.54 1985-86 B Timbrell 27 B Timbrell 19.10 A Ackerman 31 D Barclay 16.09 1986-87 K McKenna 36 K McKenna 20.20 D Hinds 18 D Hinds 17.11 1987-88 D Gibson 20 D Gibson 16.30 A Ackerman 23 P Fitzgerald 11.72 1988-89 G Duffield 19 C Horner 20.90 R Anderson 24 R Anderson 14.33 1989-90 D Gibson 25 D Gibson 16.60 D Hooper 37 P Homann 20.75 1990-91 M Whitby 38 W Pepper 12.40 D Carroll 24 D Carroll 16.92 1991-92 A Meakin 21 A Meakin 16.80 G Whitaker 28 M Sundin 20.00 1992-93 D White 31 G Mason 18.30 P Devlin 23 P Fitzgerald 17.26 1993-94 A Graham 17 A Graham 27.00 P Devlin 26 A Warren 16.35 1994-95 G McFadden 12 D Wright 19.30 L Murphy 28 L Murphy 22.96 1995-96 A Harrison 22 D Wright 20.90 S Obey 30 S Obey 18.2 1996-97 M Burton 31 R Aitken 15.80 M Barnes 33 M Barnes 13.6 1997-98 P Staunton 23 K Qayyam 24.90 M Barnes 26 A Moseley 17.77 1998-99 S Aamir 28 S Aamir 18.30 M Barnes 34 M Barnes 16.59 1999-00 D White 30 S Greenburg 17.10 G Blake 29 G Blake 20.62 2000-01 D White 18 D Bourke 15.10

95 CLUB RECORDS AND STATISTICS OF FOUNDING CLUBS PAST 20 SEASONS : 3RD GRADE BATTING

RANDWICK SEASON PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE PLAYER RUNS PLAYER AVE PLAYER RUNS PLAYER AVE R Duff 297 S Hughes 29.37 1981-82 M Bourke 367 P Rolls 26.00 R Davies 381 P Wright 64.33 1982-83 P Johnston 428 D Skuthorpe 25.80 R Duff 419 G Gordon 57.67 1983-84 I Maroya 315 K McKenna 25.80 N Zografakis 559 N Zografakis 55.90 1984-85 S Hookey 604 S Hookey 40.30 D Barclay 247 D Barclay 35.29 1985-86 P Hegarty 277 S Quaken 24.70 S Devlin 307 N Zografakis 49.75 1986-87 P Hegarty 360 P Hegarty 32.70 C Jones 463 C Jones 28.94 1987-88 I Blue 411 I Blue 41.10 D Paduch 290 D Paduch 48.33 1988-89 P Toner 285 K McKenna 25.00 A Wright 284 R Montedoro 35.40 1989-90 P Toner 510 P Toner 36.40 R Montedoro 352 J Ramsey 43.50 1990-91 J Nazar 284 C Story 33.30 G Doyle 438 B Young 66.50 1991-92 C Eckersley 302 D Bradstock 29.40 S Cohen 374 P Toole 296.00 1992-93 D Chardon 314 D Chardon 31.40 R Montedoro 331 M Sundin 44.20 1993-94 D Chardon 194 D Cremin 30.00 I Barter 296 D Barclay 97.50 1994-95 C Manning 274 C Manning 27.40 C Mongan 411 C Mongan 82.20 1995-96 M Burton 296 M Burton 32.90 P O'Connell 359 D Barclay 88.00 1996-97 R Brewster 267 R Brewster 26.70 M Parker 433 A Moseley 36.30 1997-98 D Smith 294 D Najdek 51.20 J McLoughlin 342 G Hodgkinson 52.01 1998-99 N Ludgate 190 G Burt 23.30 S Geyer 345 E Irwin 61.33 1999-00 S Marsh 171 G Burt/ R Brewster 20.30 J Holt 172 A Moseley 46.33 2000-01 M Anderson 219 M Anderson 27.40 BOWLING RANDWICK PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE SEASON PLAYER WICKETS PLAYER AVE PLAYER WICKETS PLAYER AVE P Ledwidge 23 C Pentecost 17.00 1981-82 J Soames 32 S Sullivan 8.80 G Parker 24 G Parker 18.19 1982-83 W Brown 39 W Brown 15.80 P Ingle 30 C Pentecost 14.04 1983-84 J Gilligan 17 J Gilligan 22.70 W Heathcote 67 C York 18.20 1984-85 G Wilkin 34 G Wilkin 16.30 A Ackerman 40 W Martin 10.54 1985-86 D Bransdon 26 K McKenna 13.40 G Whitaker 20 D Creagh 16.09 1986-87 D Gibson 24 S Murphy 22.90 D Carroll 43 I Brown 17.11 1987-88 G Duffield 29 D Gibson 15.10 D Hinds 29 D Hinds 11.72 1988-89 I Fowler 19 D Gainsford 15.40 I Brown 33 I Brown 14.33 1989-90 G Duffield 23 W Pepper 17.50 P Fitzgerald 57 P Fitzgerald 20.75 1990-91 D Gainsford 15 R Buchanan 12.10 P Fitzgerald 48 P Fitzgerald 16.92 1991-92 C Feltham 16 C Feltham 21.20 P Fitzgerald 42 P Fitzgerald 20.00 1992-93 D Chardon 22 P Rolls 18.20 A Downton 22 D Lawrence 17.26 1993-94 D Rojo 15 D Rojo 16.10 B Barber 29 B Barber 16.35 1994-95 D Rojo 23 D Buckmaster 12.00 D Hinds 39 S Obey 22.96 1995-96 W Mulherin 40 D White 15.30 R Banwell 31 M Sundin 18.20 1996-97 W Mulherin 38 A Clements 12.80 A Hildred 36 A Hildred 13.60 1997-98 D McCoy 29 D McCoy 13.40 D Hinds 31 D Hinds 17.77 1998-99 R Harris 21 D McCoy 7.50 A Hildred 19 M Sundin 16.59 1999-00 B Croker 24 D McCoy 14.70 A Bailey 17 A Bailey 20.62 2000-01 P Bayley 17 E Otto 20.50

96 CLUB RECORDS AND STATISTICS OF FOUNDING CLUBS PAST 20 SEASONS : 4TH GRADE BATTING

RANDWICK SEASON PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE PLAYER RUNS PLAYER AVE PLAYER RUNS PLAYER AVE G Gordon 389 G Gordon 48.63 1981-82 C Sullivan 399 C Sullivan 28.50 D Kenny 345 R Banwell 168.00 1982-83 R Oberman 375 C Storey 20.90 B Jones 286 B Jones 35.75 1983-84 G Wilkin 378 G Wilkin 27.00 G Inger 275 L Wilson 44.00 1984-85 D Thomas 387 D Thomas 25.80 A Birimac 260 S Devlin 43.00 1985-86 P Bain 349 P Bain 34.90 C Jones 329 C Jones 47.00 1986-87 S Dawle 259 N Sterry 43.00 R Montedoro 297 R Regan 88.00 1987-88 D Heather 425 R Hardy 69.00 R Charlton 346 R Charlton 49.43 1988-89 D Wood 143 C Storey 34.80 M Sundin 304 T Greenberg 53.66 1989-90 D Meakin 216 D Meakin 43.20 C Jones 395 B Young 80.00 1990-91 D Sue 458 M Cassar 51.60 P Platus 459 P Platus 51.00 1991-92 R Hanzek 189 J Sutton 22.00 A Williams 527 M Whitney 61.83 1992-93 D Wright 366 R Hanzek 32.10 G McElroy 382 G Doyle 202.00 1993-94 C Story 313 C Storey 28.50 S Cohen 364 S Cohen 91.00 1994-95 A Wright 241 B Harris 29.90 M Parker 453 P Richardson 56.70 1995-96 T Brewster 301 T Brewster 37.60 M Parker 463 C Chapman 63.60 1996-97 S Penrose 282 B Harris 29.40 S Howes 527 S Howes 35.13 1997-98 S McCabe 182 D Mathie 22.00 R Banwell 287 R Stafford 38.17 1998-99 R Bushell/ D Buckley 205 R Bushell 22.80 S Howes 187 T Reilly 42.25 1999-00 D Skuthorpe 173 N Ludgate 22.30 S Clarke 220 N Ross 52.50 2000-01 D Townsend 438 P Greentree 33.50 BOWLING RANDWICK PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE SEASON PLAYER WICKETS PLAYER AVE PLAYER WICKETS PLAYER AVE G Eastick 25 E Fletcher 10.92 1981-82 W Brown 41 W Brown 10.20 A Ackerman 34 J Lupton 8.38 1982-83 P Hilder 28 J Gilligan 25.00 W Heathcote 29 W Heathcote 11.62 1983-84 G Wilkin 22 T Panecasio 14.70 J Lupton 24 P Gale 14.00 1984-85 B Pat 35 M Mathews 19.90 S Pal 24 P Gale 14.06 1985-86 B Thompson 17 B Thompson 13.10 J Lupton 12 S Pal 19.54 1986-87 T McMahon 26 S Murphy 1.80 D Hooper 40 I Brown 12.56 1987-88 C Jackson 18 D McCoy 12.50 W Heathcote 29 R Yamine 13.65 1988-89 G McFadden 14 D Gainsford 13.40 R Withers 25 R Withers 13.04 1989-90 K McKenna 26 G McFadden 28.30 D Hinds 45 D Hinds 14.89 1990-91 K McKenna 23 K McKenna 13.50 M Dart 31 D Hinds 13.21 1991-92 D Harrison 22 D Harrison 11.90 D Hinds 21 D Hinds 17.81 1992-93 D Wright 15 R Hanzek 16.60 D Hinds 29 I Brown 14.73 1993-94 D Rojo/ B Lampier 15 D Rojo 22.50 P Richardson 21 S Obey 10.73 1994-95 B Lampier 17 M Chatto 20.90 R Montedoro 34 S Obey 13.50 1995-96 A Meakin 15 R Mear 21.40 D Hinds 44 A Hildred 9.70 1996-97 S Penrose 35 S Penrose 11.90 M Singh 24 M Singh 14.42 1997-98 P Buckley 24 T Payne 19.00 D Willis 26 A Myers 13.79 1998-99 B Croker 12 B Croker 15.80 G Rimmer 289 G Rimmer 12.82 1999-00 A Marsh 15 J Kalagzis 9.10 D Hinds 21 S Sampson 14.74 2000-01 A Marsh 24 A Harrison 6.40

97 CLUB RECORDS AND STATISTICS OF FOUNDING CLUBS PAST 20 SEASONS : 5TH GRADE BATTING

RANDWICK SEASON PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE PLAYER RUNS PLAYER AVE PLAYER RUNS PLAYER AVE N Zografakis 344 D Downing 52.00 1981-82 no team no team B Jones 304 R Scott 44.00 1982-83 no team no team A Birimac 251 P Homann 159.00 1983-84 no team no team P Wright 602 P Smith 43.66 1984-85 no team no team P Homann 291 A Harris 63.50 1985-86 B Pat 289 B Pat 32.10 S Condon 405 P Foster 43.55 1986-87 M Harrison 268 M Harrison 44.70 A Russell 230 P Smith 30.67 1987-88 D Wood 250 D Wood 25.00 O Hodges 338 D Hodges 37.55 1988-89 B Pearce 115 D Redden 28.70 O Hodges 212 A Duffy 44.75 1989-90 J Bray 162 D Harrison 34.60 C York 585 C York 58.50 1990-91 C Eckersley 402 P Geftakis 44.30 A Williams 529 A Williams 75.57 1991-92 G Flint 260 D McClatchley 25.80 D Cashin 261 A Duffy 54.00 1992-93 C Halliday 215 C Halliday 43.00 M Parker 404 D Cashin 46.50 1993-94 J Crain 191 B Harris 31.00 G Hodgkinson 605 G Hodgkinson 75.63 1994-95 A Staunton 228 A Staunton 22.70 T Jay 341 M Parker 40.40 1995-96 T Shipp 462 T Wright 36.90 S Blacker 403 R Betteridge 85.00 1996-97 D Smith 249 D Marsh 29.70 P Lyons 327 A Bridge 24.42 1997-98 P McKenna 449 P McKenna 26.40 T Griffiths 262 T Griffiths 23.82 1998-99 A Sciascia 228 M Robinson 32.60 J Boyle 395 J Boyle 49.38 1999-00 P McKenna 107 P McKenna 26.30 F Heaton 238 S Clarke 69.00 2000-01 M Masters 322 M Masters 32.20 BOWLING RANDWICK PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE SEASON PLAYER WICKETS PLAYER AVE PLAYER WICKETS PLAYER AVE G Thompson / R Ingle 18 G Owen 16.00 1981-82 no team no team G Owen 23 P Homann 9.07 1982-83 no team no team G Koufis 33 P Gale 15.35 1983-84 no team no team S Pal 35 G Koufis 11.04 1984-85 no team no team D Simpson 34 S McInnes 11.88 1985-86 R Roberts 21 D McClatchley 13.10 C York 27 D Carroll 10.90 1986-87 J Stone 16 R Hardy 17.70 G Owen / M Griffith 26 G Owen 9.92 1987-88 J Stone 18 D Parker 16.00 R Withers 29 M Griffith 11.86 1988-89 N Sterry 14 D Kelly 10.90 J LeHuray 15 J LeHuray 16.67 1989-90 D Harrison 18 A Chinnery 10.90 A Ramsay 29 A Ramsay 11.00 1990-91 J Helm 24 G Stafford 14.20 A Warren 33 P Barnes 8.93 1991-92 S Stone 15 T Dein 22.20 D Willis 20 W Tilley 11.60 1992-93 A Harrison 26 S Penrose 12.10 D Hooper 22 L Morris 15.89. 1993-94 C Staunton 20 C Staunton 19.40 J LeHuray 66 J LeHuray 8.58 1994-95 S Green 19 P Buckley 17.30 T Jay 38 T Jay 10.00 1995-96 S Green 28 S Green 13.90 K Staples 25 T Jay 8.47 1996-97 A Marsh 17 S McCabe 18.00 R Stafford 41 R Stafford 14.51 1997-98 G Joyce 20 G Joyce 19.30 G Rimmer 37 S Bright 10.40 1998-99 M Milosavljevic 25 S Marsh 12.50 M Devlin 20 N Singh 11.27 1999-00 C Staunton 16 G Greenburg 17.10 C Kruit 28 C Kruit 10.21 2000-01 C Johnston 13 B Murphy 11.50

98 REPRESENTATIVE RECORDS OF FOUNDING CLUBS TEST CRICKET - RANDWICK Test Test Years Years Name Cap Tests Name Cap Tests Played Played No. No. Geoff Davies 12th Man 1 1968-69 John Dyson 289 30 1977-85 John Benaud 261 3 1972-73 Michael Whitney 313 12 1981-94 Alan Turner 273 14 1975-77 TEST CRICKET - PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE Test Test Years Years Name Cap Tests Name Cap Tests Played Played No. No. Sidney Emery 102 4 1911-12 P Ernie Toshack 170 12 1945-48 M Johnny Taylor 112 20 1920-26 P Ron Saggers 182 6 1948-50 M Tommy Andrews 115 16 1921-26 P 183 7 1949-52 M Bill Brown 150 22 1934-48 M Pat Crawford 202 4 1955-56 163 13 1938-46 P Johnny Martin 216 8 1960-67 Note: Petersham Marrickville since 1951/52. P = Petersham, M = Marrickville ONE DAY INTERNATIONALS - RANDWICK ODI ODI Years Years Name Cap ODI's Name Cap ODI's Played Played No. No. Alan Turner 30 6 1975-76 Michael Whitney 77 38 1982-93 John Dyson 60 29 1980-83 Anthony Stuart 131 3 1996-97 NSW LIMITED OVERS - RANDWICK Name Debut Year Name Debut Year John Dyson 1979-80 Martin Haywood 1993-94 Gary Bensley 1981-82 Richard CheeQuee 1993-94 Evan Gordon 1981-82 Rodney Davison 1993-94 Michael Whitney 1981-82 Anthony Stuart 1995-96 Peter Clifford 1983-84 NSW 1ST CLASS CRICKET - RANDWICK NSW First NSW First Name Cap Played at Name Cap Played at No. Club No. Club Claude Achurch 315 1921-22 Geoff Davies 532 1964-65 Norbert Phillips 324 1922-23 Alan Turner 548 1968-69 Hunter Hendry 289 1923-24 John Benaud 537 1969-70 Ray McNamee 349 1926-28 Ron Crippin 556 1970-71 Jack Carter 366 1928-29 John Dyson 573 1977-78 Alex Marks 374 1928-29 Michael Whitney 595 1980-81 Greg Ryan 408 1934-35 Evan Gordon 600 1981-82 Max Ward 420 1936-37 Gary Bensley 606 1983-84 Bede McCauley 425 1937-38 Peter Clifford 610 1983-84 Bill Beath 460 1946-47 Richard CheeQuee 646 1992-93 George Powell 450 1946-47 Rodney Davison 647 1993-94 Len Livingston 449 1946-47 Martin Haywood 641 1993-94 Bill Donaldson 452 1948-49 Anthony Stuart 657 1994-95 Ernie Toshack 455 1949-50

99 REPRESENTATIVE RECORDS OF FOUNDING CLUBS NSW 1ST CLASSTEST CRICKET CRICKET - PETERSHAM - RANDWICK MARRICKVILLE NSW First NSW First Name Cap Played at Name Cap Played at No. Club No. Club John Scott 236 1908-09 P James Murphy 430 1938-39 M Sidney Emery 237 1908-09 P Francis Gilmore 433 1938-39 M Andrew Farnsworth 239 1908-09 P Cyril Solomon 390 1938-39 M George Harvey 242 1909-10 P Ron Saggers 438 1939-40 M Tommy Andrews 271 1912-13 P Arthur Roper 435 1939-40 P Cecil McKew 260 1912-13 P Ken Grieves 458 1945-46 P Johnny Taylor 280 1914-15 P Ernie Toshack 455 1945-46 M Edward Adams 300 1919-20 P Jack Moroney 453 1946-47 M Charles Everett 317 1921-22 P Fred Johnston 465 1948-49 M Albert Scanes 318 1921-22 P Robert Madden 478 1949-50 P Bernard Russell 313 1921-22 M Robert Simpson 488 1952-53 Robert Osborne 331 1924-25 M Clive Johnston 475 1952-53 Ernest Tweeddale 340 1925-26 M Pat Crawford 495 1954-55 Leslie Campbell 342 1925-26 P Johnny Martin 501 1956-57 Dudley Seddon 350 1926-27 P Bruce Livingston 500 1956-57 Harry Steele 351 1926-27 M Russell Waugh 518 1960-61 Gordon Amos 346 1926-27 M Peter Anderson 534 1966-67 Norman Morris 370 1928-29 P Colin Blackman 538 1966-67 Bill Brown 393 1932-33 M David Chardon 574 1975-76 Frank Easton 400 1933-34 P Graeme Hughes 575 1975-76 Sid Barnes 422 1936-37 P Peter Maloney 581 1976-77 Leslie O'Brien 423 1937-38 M Wayne Mulherin 609 1983-84 Cec Pepper 431 1938-39 P Note: Petersham Marrickville since 1951/52. P = Petersham, M = Marrickville NSW COLTS - RANDWICK Name Debut Year Name Debut Year B Smith 1928-29 Peter Clifford 1979-80 Jack Carter 1928-29 Gary Bensley 1979-80 Bede McCauley 1934-35 Evan Gordon 1981-82 John Bolster 1964-65 Richard CheeQuee 1991-92 Geoff Davies 1965-66 Darren Quint 1991-92 Ron Crippin 1969-70 Andrew Downton 1997-98 Trevor Jay 1972-73 NSW COLTS - PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE Name Debut Year Name Debut Year Albert Scanes 1920-21 P Colin Hollingsworth 1963-64 Edward Adams 1920-21 P David Martin 1964-65 Allen Thatcher 1920-21 P David Martin 1964-65 J Yeates 1934-35 P David Chardon 1971-72 Leslie O'Brien 1934-35 M Bill Anderson 1972-73 Ron Saggers 1937-38 M Brian Riley 1973-74 Arthur Roper 1938-39 P Graeme Hughes 1974-75 Robert Madden 1948-49 P Ray Rhillips 1976-77 Ronald Briggs 1948-49 M Greg Hartshorne 1976-77 Noel Hughes 1951-52 Mark Atkinson 1987-88 Johnny Martin 1953-54 Jamie Bray 1992-93 Richard Tovey 1953-54 Matthew Whitby 1992-93 Pat Crawford 1954-55 Matthew Cassar 1993-94 Russell Waugh 1960-61 Corey Pearson 1993-94 Arthur Elvy 1962-63 Graham Cunningham 1994-95

100 REPRESENTATIVE RECORDS OF FOUNDING CLUBS TESTNSW CRICKET 2ND X1 - -RANDWICK RANDWICK Name Debut Year Name Debut Year Alex Marks 1929-30 Gary Bensley 1984-85 Bede McCauley 1933-34 Richard CheeQuee 1991-92 Greg Ryan 1937-38 Rodney Davison 1992-93 Charles McLaughlin 1939-40 Martin Hayward 1993-94 Len Livingston 1947-48 Anthony Stuart 1994-95 Bill Beath 1948-49 Grant Parmenter 1994-95 George Powell 1954-55 Andrew Downton 1998-99 Alan Campbell 1983-84 NSW 2ND X1 - PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE Name Debut Year Name Debut Year Allen Thatcher 1923-24 M Jack Moroney 1946-47 M Bernard Russell 1923-24 M Clive Johnston 1947-48 P Robert Osborne 1924-25 M W Yeates 1947-48 P Dudley Seddon 1925-26 P Ronald Briggs 1948-49 M Gordon Amos 1926-27 M Clive Johnston 1956-57 Harry Steele 1927-28 M Bruce Livingston 1956-57 A J Cleary 1928-29 M Greg Hartshorne 1976-77 J C Armstrong 1935-36 M Brett Patman 1987-88 Ron Saggers 1938-39 M Mark Atkinson 1989-90 Charles Price 1938-39 M NSW UNDER 19 - RANDWICK Name Debut Year Name Debut Year Andrew Ledger 1980-81 Richard CheeQuee 1989-90 David Knox 1980-81 Heath Muller 1992-93 Craig Pentecost 1988-89 Andrew Downton 1994-95 Andrew Millican 1985-86 NSW UNDER 19 - PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE Name Debut Year Name Debut Year Bronco D'Jura 1981-82 Matthew Whitby 1991-92 John Rose 1981-82 Jamie Bray 1991-92 Michael Herbert 1981-82 Graham Cunningham 1993-94 Mark England 1982-83 Craig Eckersley 1994-95 Mark Atkinson 1987-88 Daniel Smith 1999-00 Corey Pearson 1990-91 AUST UNDER 19 - RANDWICK Name Debut Year Name Debut Year Andrew Ledger 1980-81 David Knox 1980-81 AUST UNDER 19 - PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE Name Debut Year Name Debut Year Bronco D'Jura 1981-82 Jamie Bray 1991-92 Mark England 1982-83

101 PREMIERSHIPS OF FOUNDING CLUBS

PETERSHAM 1899 – 1951 MARRICKVILLE 1921 - 19511 1st Grade 1917-18 1st Grade 1943-44 2nd Grade 1905/06; 1924/25; 1926/27; 1932/33 2nd Grade 1922-23 3rd Grade 1917/18; 1925/26; 1944/45 3rd Grade 1923/24; 1931/32 4th Grade Nil 4th Grade 1936/37 Club Champion 1924/25 Club Champion 1922/23

PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE 1951 – 2001 1st Grade 1954/55; 1955/56; 1961/62; 1974/75 2nd Grade Nil 3rd Grade 1951/52; 1963/64; 1968/69; 1976/77; 1981/82 4th Grade 1951/52; 1979/80; 1981/82 5th Grade 1951/52; 1968/69 Club Champion 1951/52; 1968/69

RANDWICK 1900 – 2001 1st Grade 1930/31; 1937/38; 1951/52; 1977/78; 1979/80; 1981/82; 1983/84 2nd Grade 1930/31; 1933/34; 1942/43; 1978/79 3rd Grade 1913/14; 1930/31; 1932/33; 1933/34; 1935/36; 1936/37; 1942/43; 1943/44; 1979/80; 1984/85; 1990/91; 1992/93; 1995/96 4th Grade 1955/56; 1957/58; 1977/78; 1978/79; 1992/93; 1995/96; 1997/98 5th Grade 1984/85; 1985/86; 1990/91; 1997/98 Club Champion 1930/31; 1932/33; 1933/34; 1935/36; 1944/45; 1977/78; 1991/92; 1992/93

DECEASED LIFE MEMBERS

The deceased Life Members of the founding clubs are recorded here as a tribute to their contribution to Randwick Petersham, through their involvement with the Randwick and Petersham Marrickville clubs.

Their memory will always remain.

DECEASED RANDWICK LIFE MEMBERS (The year represents when Life Membership was awarded) 1905 - I Earnshaw 1946 - F Merchant 1967 - N R Beath 1912 - P Beveridge 1947 - A Marks 1967 - F Snell 1912 - S Brown 1952 - W Byrne 1970 - W Ellison 1924 - H Parker 1952 - J Chegwyn 1973 - W Dowd 1931 - O A Taylor 1961 - D Sherwood

DECEASED PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE LIFE MEMBERS (The year represents when Life Membership was awarded) 1916 - E Tyler 1935 - W Henson 1951 - E Russell 1917 - S Smith 1936 - F Banfield 1959 - S Bain 1921 - U Mallett 1936 - E Tyler 1959 - J Ross 1924 - TJ Andrews 1940 - D Seddon 1965 - C Johnston 1925 - H Russell 1948 - C Graham 1966 - R Toogood 1931 - S Emery 1949 - A Gee (1949) 1972 - J Martin 1931 - D Veron 1949 - A Wright 1991 - S Gardner 1935 - R Crane 1951 - B Bicknell

DECEASED RANDWICK PETERSHAM LIFE MEMBERS (The year represents when Life Membership was awarded) 1950 - S Donnan (2002)

102 RANDWICK PETERSHAM SENIOR OFFICIALS

PRESIDENT CHIEF EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT CEO 2001-03 M Whitney 2001-02 L Heil 2001-02 R Stafford 2002-03 R Stafford 2002-03 T Parker

FINANCIAL CONTROLLER ASST. FIN. CONTROLLER 2001-03 S Devlin 2001-02 A Wright 2002-03 B Dagg

NSWCA DELEGATE SCA DELEGATE SCA DELEGATE 2001-03 P Wright 2001-03 P Wright 2001-02 C Sullivan 2002-03 G Hartshorne

CLUB COACH CLUB CAPTAIN 1ST GRADE CAPTAIN 2001-03 P Devlin 2001-03 A Millican 2001-03 P Toole

PAST OFFICIALS OF FOUNDING CLUBS (PAST 50 SEASONS) RANDWICK

SECRETARY/CHIEF TREASURER / FINANCIAL PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE CONTROLLER 1951-58 W Byrne 1947-58 S Donnan 1948-64 G Simpson 1958-60 A Brennan 1958-70 F Snell 1964-91 J Hayward 1960-64 S Donnan 1970-72 J Corcoran 1991-01 S Devlin 1964-78 N Beath 1972-74 J Letson 1978-89 A Turner 1974-75 F Snell 1989-91 L Gardner 1975-89 L Gardner 1991-01 P Tresidder 1989-91 M Drew 1991-92 S Devlin 1992-95 M Drew 1995-96 S Beal 1996-97 R Kelleher 1997-98 S Beal 1998-01 L Heil

PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE

PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER 1951-59 S Bain 1951-68 J Ross 1951-53 W Single 1959-68 D Seddon 1968-70 J Crossley 1953-78 A Debnam 1968-88 J Ross 1970-79 B Hughes 1978-86 R Brown 1988-91 C Johnston 1979-80 G Hancock 1986-88 J Pearson 1991-95 J Pearson 1980-86 A Nelson 1988-90 J King 1995-96 N Anderson 1986-98 T Dein 1990-91 S McIntyre 1996-97 A Staunton 1998-01 J King 1991-93 B Turpin 1997-98 J Greenberg 1993-97 J Kelly 1998-01 W Mulherin 1997-98 J Brewster 1998-99 G Burt 1999-01 B Dagg

103

Club Song for Randwick Petersham Cricket Club (Sung to the Tune of ‘ Glory Glory to South Sydney‘)

WHEN SPEAKIN’ OF THE CHAMPIONS US RANDY PETE’S ARE IT WE SING OUR SONG – OUR HISTORY’S LONG TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF IT

OUR HEARTS ARE TRUE WE PLAY F’ YOU WE’RE BOLD ‘N GREEN ‘N GOLD WE ARE THE RANDY PETE’S

WHEN SITTIN’ IN THIS DRESSIN’ ROOM WE’RE PLAYIN’ WITH THE BEST WE’RE RANDY PETE’S WE WON T’DAY OUR GUTS WAS PUT T’ TEST

WE FEEL NO PAIN PLAY CRICKET’S GAME WE’RE TOUGH GOT HEAPS O’ FIGHT WE ARE THE RANDY PETE’S

CRRRRR ICKET PITCH RED BALLS ‘N STICKS WE ALWAYS PLAY THE GAME WE LOVE THE UMPS WE BAT T’ STUMPS OUR CRICKET IS OUR FAME

THE MOB NEXT DOOR THEY KNOW THE SCORE HOW BLOODY GREAT WE ARE WE ARE THE RANDY PETE’S

Written by Bobby Barter August 2001 for Randwick Petersham Cricket inaugural season 2001 / 2002

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