ELAIDE AD ffal the BuBu os allrounder Official Newsletter of the Adelaide Club Exciting Changes ahead...

The lead-up to prepare our Club for In another fantastic move, the club yet another successful season has has now signed an agreement with been probably the busiest ever - as Adelaide High School to play U/14 every sector of our club has worked and U/16 games at the school. The extremely hard anticipating some 16’s will play on a turf to be new and exciting times ahead... laid over the next 2 seasons, & the 14’s on a hard wicket. The ovals are Our new committee has embraced adjoining each other to make good a refreshing new approach with the viewing and socialising for parents addition of several young players and players. This now means the to the ranks in Damien Kelly, Sam A’s and B’s are the only teams not Williams and Scott Buchanan. Our playing in the Adelaide Parklands, Damien Kitto new website will be operational by the once home of our Club. It’s also the first game which will allow you interesting to note in the program Adelaide Cricket to pay your subscriptions on-line, for this season that Glandore is Club President the A grade squad will wear a club now referred to as ‘Buffalo Park’... uniform to and from games, a new selection of clothing is available for On a final note, - all members and a number of fresh and also SACA - are going to great fundraising activities are planned. lengths to stamp out inappropriate behaviour on the cricket field, and A ‘changing of the guard’ has also commencing this season’, a ‘Spirit taken place on the Coaching front - of Cricket’ Award for all Grade with Brad Wigney now in control cricket will be introduced - from ‘A’ of the Seniors, and Greg Wyman in Grade right down to Under/14’s. A charge of the juniors. monthly Community Cricket Award will include all Grade and also all Inside: Ian Wallace - who achieved such community clubs. The final winner great things in player development will receive an award of $2,000! for our club last season - has been Introducing: appointed ‘Performance Manager’ As something different, each Team our new with the responsibility for ensuring will also be asked - at the Club Coaches... that Coaching Programs are put in beginning of the first game - to place at the club to encourage all introduce their players to the day’s players to develop their skills and Umpires, and also be asked to say ‘A Life of Sport...’ play at the highest level possible. something to launch the season. a quick chat with This is an interesting concept and Ian Wallace Ian will continue to promote our one that will extend all the way club to adjoining community clubs from the top to the bottom in an Richmond-Clarence Park, Marion effort to improve the true spirit of SACA’s New and Brighton and to all the various cricket. Our club will be providing ‘Spirit of Cricket’ primary schools within our area. its full support for this initiative, Awards... asking all our players to adhere to This is a critical job for the future the spirit of our wonderful game... success of our club - to ensure that How to get we remain the TOP choice in the Good luck for season 2003/04! your Club Gear minds of people in our area when it NOW... (see Page 6) comes to playing Grade cricket! Damien

Adelaide Cricket Club Newsletter, Edition 5: Number 1, 2003/2004 Page 1 Pictured above are a few well-known Club faces, obviously dressed up and ready to impress the selectors! From left to right are Tommy CLARK, Tim CAMERON, Sam WILLIAMS, Michael TALBOT, Warren SMITH, and Craig Past COOPER. Love those Ties, Fellas! Player FROM THE ARCHIVES

For the present-day fashion-plates who News think losing a button is a cricket tragedy - check out the great RICK DREWER for South Australia in the mid 70’s... ‘Stumpy’ represented S. A. for fourteen State games as a talented left-handed batsman - playing alongside many of the game’s biggest names - in an era when cricketers used exposed chest hair & gold medallions to keep the sun at bay! Hopefully the poor bowler in the foreground (possibly Ray Bright from Victoria) realised just in time the extreme danger to his right hand fingers - as Stumpy gallops ever closer!

‘HALL OF FLAME’ Giant Quick MATTHEW TUCKER has married ELISE BUCKERIDGE in the For those of you without a 2003 Fire Westminster School Chapel (in June). Brigade Calendar here is something Can’t testify to his speed at the time a little special... It seems Past Player, but Tucks was reported by the Tiser Life Member and new Glenelg DCC to have ‘bowled his maiden over’ - by Coach BEN HOOK has had no trouble proposing on the Glenelg foreshore! adapting to the basic fundamentals Heartiest Congratulations to the ‘new’ of his new job in the SA Fire Brigade. Doctor (he finally finished his Thesis) Usually a shy and retiring type, Hooky and his bride, from all his team-mates... has taken on a starring role as “Mr. February” and is pictured cooking Popular ‘A’ Grade left-handed batsman up the Sunday Roast (well, baked DAMIEN KELLY has also ‘tied the beans, anyway). We can now also knot’ with CATHERINE MALONEY at announce that this could be the first Our Lady of Victories Church at in a series entitled ‘Life Members Glenelg (in May). In the expected getting their Gear Off’ to be possibly classy celebrations afterwards - with featured in some future Allrounders... many team-mates on their best behaviour - some hilarious ‘exposures’

by the groomsmen were a highlight! Our thoughts are with our own JOHN Our Best Wishes to the happy Couple. ‘J. R.’ RAMAGE - struggling with his health at the moment - who is doing a spell in Ashford at the time of writing. ANOTHER ‘DR.’ STORY All his many friends at Adelaide hope In 1882, Sammy Jones (Aust.) was batting on a very damp it won’t be long before we see ‘Dallas’ wicket at The Oval. While playing a , he swiped a divot back eating cray at the cricket, and out of the pitch. The famous Dr. W.G. Grace, fielding close to the resuming his mantle as the ‘oracle’ of wicket, quietly asked him ’if he would like to replace the divot?’ all things cricket-wise at our Club... When he did so, the good doctor promptly RAN HIM OUT!

Adelaide Cricket Club Newsletter, Edition 5: Number 1, 2003/2004 Page 2 A Life of Sport...

Hands up anyone who recognises while the Best Batsman he ever played the two fresh young faces at left? against was the great South African, A Big Clue - BOTH played for the Barry Richards. Glenelg District Cricket Club! After taking up coaching, he coached The well-known face with the cute the Bays to a West End Cup Title (’91), twinkle in his eye (and no cap) is Turf Club Richmond/Clarence Park to indeed our very own IAN “Wally” the 1993/94 ‘A’ Grade premiership, and WALLACE, (nicknamed after great Brighton to the A1 Title in1999/2000. Aussie Wicket-keeper Wally Grout). In a 30 year Coaching career Wal has Wal has accepted the important also coached Hope Valley, Richmond, role of Club Performance Manager Woodville North, and Immanuel Old at Adelaide Cricket Club this year Scholars Cricket Clubs. after a stint last year as Assistant Club Coach and Development Other achievements in an extremely Officer. Now a ‘retiree’ (he was the busy sporting life include coaching the Human Resources Manager at Julia S.A.A.F.L. Umpires, and Chairing the Farr Services) he says he is busier than S.A.A.F.L. Umpires Appointment Board ever - with even more involvement in (for over ten years). Wal is still serving cricket coaching/ development pro- as a Tribunal Commissioner with the grams, particularly at the junior level. S. A. Amateur Football League, and is a Life Member of the S.A.F.U.A. Wal admits to being about 170 cms. & a cuddly 86 kg., & has a wife (who we Asked “Which 3 people would you assume likes cricket) and two married most like to meet?” Wal quickly named children. He enjoys a beer or red wine, Pat Rafter, Paul Roos and Ian Thorpe, prefers to dine on fish and steaks, and which says something about this quiet dislikes those batsmen ‘who give their achiever’s life ‘away’ from sport... PLAYER away too easily’. His hobbies, (when he has time?) include golf, table SPONSORSHIP tennis and footy, and the sporting icon Here’s a great idea for this he most admires is Barrie Robran (”the season! Why not try to find Great No. 10”). Not surprisingly, he still a SPONSOR? follows North Adelaide, Sydney, South Any player of our club who Fremantle - “and any other red & white can help us to organise a sides going around...” $300 Sponsorship for any player (preferably himself) Wal started his Cricket career at the will automatically receive Glenelg District Cricket Club, playing a $150 Rebate off his Club for six seasons in the then Junior Colts Subscriptions for that year. before progressing to play seven years This offer is available to ALL as a talented Wicketkeeper at District our Grades NOW... just ring level. Highlights include captaining GRANT CULLEN, on Mobile Glenelg to a Gillette (now known as Number: 0417 823 415 the West End) Cup win in the 1969/70 If YOU know of a Company season, and finishing Runner-up in the or even just someone who SACA’s C. W. Walker Trophy for Best may be interested in the District Wicket-keeper. His greatest chance to help your Club disappointment was losing the ‘A’ by becoming a SPONSOR - Grade Grand Final to Woodville D.C.C. please ring GRANT CULLEN By the way, the OTHER team-mate (in immediately! Sponsorships in the 1968/69 season. start from as little as $125. the cap) in the top left photo (taken at The Best Bowler he was keeper to was a District game around March, 1964) Remember, to assist your the West Indian/S.A. offspinner Lance went on to a fairly successful cricket Own Club, - do it NOW! Gibbs (as the keeper - he was ‘always career as well - under the reasonably forced to take the ball at chest height’), familiar name of ...

Adelaide Cricket Club Newsletter, Edition 5: Number 1, 2003/2004 Page 3 The following four well-known faces premiership in ALL FOUR Grades! Farewell may not be seen around as often this Well done, Shane, and our very best year, but it is an appropriate time to wishes for your future endeavours... recognise their incredible services to - to Four our Cricket Club: LACHLAN STEVENS - Captained our ‘A’ Grade side last year. Lachie led Familiar ERIC FREEMAN - Our Junior Coach from the front with 29 wickets & 465 over the past 5 or 6 years. ‘Fritzy’ can runs to take us into a semifinal, but look back with great satisfaction at has moved back to his home State Faces... the large number of promising young () where we’d love to see players he has helped move up into him succeed at State level this year... the higher grades. A highlight of his Thanks for a memorable stay, Lach! time with us was watching his own grandson achieve the ‘A’ Grade level GRAHAM WARBURTON - A popular as a batsman... A big Vote of Thanks Club Management Committee icon - for all your efforts, Eric! without whom a number of important club initiatives may not have been SHANE BERNHARDT - Senior Coach realised. Will be remembered fondly who has moved to a new position in for his incredible efforts to make the charge of Grade Cricket at S.A.C.A. - Buffalo Oval centre wicket area one of after a long playing career with our the very best going around! A huge Club. As coach, achieved at least one Thank You for everything, ‘Warby’...

Adelaide Cricket Club Committee Contact Nos. Name Home Mobile Email Damien KITTO 83 74 4419 0401 124 413 [email protected] Michael RAPHAEL 8371 3248 0428 818 677 [email protected] Damien KELLY 83 53 0139 0407 601 899 [email protected] Paul MARAUN 82 76 4109 0414 758 109 [email protected] Scott BUCHANAN 83 71 4210 0417 865 128 [email protected] Sam WILLIAMS 83 32 7464 0438 633 770 [email protected] Grant CULLEN 82 76 7164 0417 823 415 [email protected] Warren McLEAN 82 93 2573 0412 583 235 [email protected] Andrew RAMAGE 83 74 0757 0419 868 370 [email protected]

AWARD WINNING LATE CUTS... BUFFALOS 2003/4 SOCIAL EVENT CALENDAR

November 22 - SPORTS NIGHT For the night of the Rugby World Cup Final there will be a big screen at the Glandore Clubrooms, to hopefully cheer on a Wallabies victory. A pool table & Table Tennis table will be set up to cater for the kids to ensure this is a night the whole family can come for a good time and to support their club.

December 20 - CHRISTMAS SHOW A traditional Christmas Dinner at the Glandore clubrooms will start off the evening. All Grade teams will be performing in the “Players Concert”, which always brings a laugh. With raffles, cheap meals & drinks - a great start to the festive season!! THIS IS A COMPULSORY TEAM EVENT FOR ALL PLAYERS...

February 1 - PAST PLAYERS/SPONSORS DAY A day event that will bring together current Senior and Junior players, Past Players, ADAM WILL DAN Sponsors, & the possibility of a Celebrity or two. With a marquee outside selling drinks LIDIARD SPARGO CULLEN & food, it is ALWAYS a great day... CONGRATULATIONS to Captained the 16 Set a new SA record Adam, shown with his Whites & won the for most wickets (22) February 14/28 - QUIZ NIGHT SACA Trophy for being SACA Trophy with in an Aust. Under/19 Sensational Prizes for winners & placegetters, plus frequent on-the-spot prizes, this is the top wicket-taker in 31 wickets @ only carnival, winning the always a fantastic family night. Held at Unley School Hall, the Quiz Night is always the Shell Shield, which 11.52. Watch out Major-General Symes interesting to see who really IS the brainiest Buffalo? earned him selection for this lad in the Trophy. A Great effort in ‘Team of the Year’... Seniors this year... from our Danny Boy!

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BRAD WIGNEY He’s an imposing hunk of a bloke - Originally a fast bowler for Victoria, (about 6ft. 5inches in the old money) Brad also represented the Redbacks Senior Coach who looks you in the eye and says it with distinction before playing for & how it is. They call him “Wigler”, or coaching Pulteney Old Scholars in “Wiggas” - for obvious reasons - and Adelaide Turf. Not surprisingly, his he is passionate about his cricket... sporting ‘hero’ is D. K. Lillee, while We asked him for a few details about the ‘Best Bowler’ he’s faced is Merv himself and discovered he’s only 38, Hughes (”intimidating - especially lives at Maylands and is single. on a ‘wetty’ at Western Oval one day”) and the Best Batsman, Dean He manages Kelly Sports (when he Jones (”he could turn a game around is working), and is excited about the in no time”). His most memorable Club’s prospects for the new season. moment was his first game on his He likes ‘honest people’ and ‘sunny favourite arena - the MCG. He recalls days’, dislikes ‘excuses’ and ‘interfer- a career highlight as being “a ‘5 for’ - ing parents’, prefers water, beer and against Queensland at the ‘Gabba - scotch (in that order) and loves Thai in a game where South Australia food. beat Queensland outright for the first time in 14 years”... For his more cerebral enjoyment, he cites ‘Shawshank Redemption’ and Our new Coach has already stated ‘Caddy Shack’ as favourite movies, that “everyone starts equal - he enjoys music from Van Morrison and doesn’t know anyone from last year - Neil Diamond, and lists golf, cooking, and now it is up to the players to sampling wine, and women under make him notice them...” It could be ‘other hobbies or interests’... a very exciting season ahead!

GREG WYMAN Greg is already a well-known face at In 1996 Greg went to Ireland as the Adelaide Cricket Club, having served Captain/Coach of Larellvale and had Junior Coach as playing Captain for our ‘C’ Grade a spell serving as coach of the Irish for two seasons a few years ago... National Team, then returned to play for Adelaide... His cricket started with the Renmark Juniors, where he made his ‘A’ Grade A Level 3 Coach, Greg has coached debut (aged 14!) before coming down extensively at the SACA Indoor to Adelaide to play a season for West Centre, and has also coached for SA Torrens and then completing 10 years U/15, U/17 & U/19 teams... with the old Teacher’s College side. He also coached West Torrens for four Greg currently teaches at Woodville seasons, and Wirreanda High School High School where he has spent the to a State Open Championship. last 6 years as a Physical Education teacher. Married to Robyn, (who is also a teacher, at the Brompton Primary School), To Adelaide they have 2 children: their Cricket Club C ORPORATE daughter Tobi (who plays Members: CLEAN PROPERTY SERVICES softball for Pt. Adelaide), and - for ALL your son Ben - who last season PROFESSIONAL Greg Kermeen played for our Club at U/16 level as a promising ‘keeper CLEANING 9 Gumbowie Avenue, Edwardstown SA 5039 and also a very handy bat. SERVICES P. O. Box 1088, Glenelg South SA 5045 why not give Telephone: 08) 8277 4555 Facsimile: 08) 8277 4655 Greg is a knowledgeable and GREG KERMEEN Email: [email protected] very well-respected coach... Web: www.corporateclean.com.au a phone call Our Club is fortunate indeed NOW? to have obtained his services for the 2003/2004 season!

Adelaide Cricket Club Newsletter, Edition 5: Number 1, 2003/2004 Page 5 Know Your Cricket Club! Listed below are our Club Office-bearers for this season. You are encouraged to contact them if you have any queries throughout the season... EXECUTIVE

Position Duties Responsibility President Club administration (overview), council liaison, Damien Kitto tenant liaison, grant submissions, Glandore Rec. Centre BOM, SACA delegate, coach liaison, grievances Vice - Support the President in Club administration Andrew Ramage President ...from Secretary Correspondence, SACA admin, SACA proxy, Michael Raphael An Open Letter CHRIS business planning, meeting admin, annual report, AGM, Glandore Rec Centre BOM to ALL Club DAVIES (Redbacks Treasurer Budget, monthly financial reporting, monthly Warren McLean Members . . . & Adelaide) stock-take, debtors/creditors, subscriptions, Glandore Rec Centre BOM Hello to all fellow club members, I hope the football season was kind to you all! I am excited to announce that my employer, Key Home Loans COMMITTEE has come on board to offer the Adelaide Cricket Club Position Duties Responsibility sponsorship for this season. This sponsorship has the ability to generate a very Sponsorship Major & player sponsorship, match awards / Grant Cullen substantial amount of money for the Cricket Club if it is Co-ordinator seniors & juniors, sponsor liaison used by club members in the correct way. Key Home Social Event calendar, organise and co-ordinate events, Sam Williams Loans service is free, in fact the service we offer is that fundraising (eg raffles, lotteries, chocolates) Co-ordinator good that the Banks pay us for giving you the best Assistant Member data-base, mail-outs, agendas, minutes, Damien Kelly advice for your situation. With the number of financiers Secretary co-ordination of members’ cards we deal with, we can confidently say that "We have Facility Glandore - co-ordinate bar, kitchen, cleaning Paul Maraun your loan approval". If you are moving house, want to Co-ordinator contractors/volunteers refinance your current loan, consolidate your debts, buy Marion - landlord liaison Paul Maraun an investment property or use the equity in your home Park 23 - tenant liaison Andrew Ramage for other investments I am the person to talk to. Even if AHS - landlord liaison Damien Kelly you know which bank you want to deal with let me do Grounds Glandore - centre & practice pitch preparation, Andrew Ramage the paperwork for you and the Club will still get the Manager oval mowing, machinery maintenance, proceeds !! Tell your friends and family about the service contractor co-ordination we offer, any loan generated from the Adelaide Cricket Park 23 - centre pitch preparation, oval mowing, machinery maintenance, contractor co-ordination Club will benefit everyone that is part of it and I know we all want to help this wonderful club stay at the top! AHS No. 2 - liaise with school curator contractor If you would like to discuss your options with me I Player Player liaison, clothing, ‘Allrounder’ production, Sam Williams/ would love to hear from you. My cards will be up inside Representative subscriptions Scott Buchanan the club from the start of the season so please call me! Cricket Fax teams to Tiser, organise scorers & managers, Scott Buchanan Thanks in advance for the support I know you will Co-ordinator coach liaison, games: eg balls, score books, all give and I wish everyone the best for the up-coming cordial, keys, web-site updating cricket season...

Business Insurance, funding submissions, council liaison Paul Maraun Co-ordinator Lending Manager, Key Home Loan Services Chairman of Ensures due process is followed during selection To be Advised Selectors & reports any possible major issues to Committee. (Mobile) Phone: 0413 929201 Selection is responsibility of coaching panel E-Mail: [email protected]

OFFICIAL 2003/4 CHAMBRE SHIRT - $35 PLAYING CAP - $45 TRAINING SHORTS - $20 A light blue, long sleeve shirt with Buffalo Sails Official Club Red Cap, with a blue front panel Quality lightweight shorts, with Sails on the right CLUB CLOTHING on left pocket compulsory attire for A & B grades. encasing Club Crest. Made from quality material. side. Recommended for training and particularly Look smart in Recommended for all Club Members to wear out during warm-ups. Also great for casual wear! our official Club & about, especially to and from the Club... POLO TRAINING TOP - $30 Gear! White cricket top with Sails across front and club TRAINING CAP - $20 POLO DRESS SHIRT - $35 major sponsors on rear. Highly recommended for A smart-looking Red baseball style Cap, with our Contact SAMMY Blue Polo with trimming around collar & sleeves. ALL club cricketers to wear to training and during Club Sails on front panel. Made from top-quality WILLIAMS now!! Sails on left breast. A very smart looking Polo! both match and training warm-ups... material, and a must for casual summer wear!

Adelaide Cricket Club Newsletter, Edition 5: Number 1, 2003/2004 Page 6 GOLD SPONSORS Adelaide Cricket Club FIELDERS STEEL ROOFING 106 Ashley Street, Torrensville 2003/2004 John Easling 8352 3611 MAID OF AUCKLAND HOTEL 926 South Road, Edwardstown MAJOR SPONSORS Brian Hurley 8293 1641 BONE TIMBER BAHNERT’S STEEL SUPPLIES 856 South Road, Edwardstown 70 O. G. Road , K l e m z i g Howard Bone 8297 8277 Peter Bahnert 8261 9977 BAYSIDE QUALITY MEATS WARBURTON BUILDERS 74 Jetty Road, Glenelg 6 Walsh Street, St Marys David Bell 8352 3 6 1 1 Graham Warburton 8374 3660 SIR RONALD BRIERLEY Private sponsor PLAYER SPONSORS 2003/04 ‘Spirit of Cricket’ Award ADELAIDE CRICKET WAREHOUSE 83 Gilles Street, Adelaide SACA has just announced a Major The Points will be awarded by the Rob Wilson 8223 1522 New Award for the coming season. Umpires within the following range: JK RAMAGE BUILDERS 58 York Avenue, Clovelly Park As the official notification explains: Zero Points - for any performance Andrew Ramage 8276 6627 “Cricket is a game that owes much clearly unacceptable or creating of its unique appeal to the fact that it an antagonistic atmosphere, TMP WORLDWIDE should be played not only within its up to 5 Points - for any exceptional performance that epitomised the Level 15, 26 Flinders Street Laws but also within the ‘Spirit of Wayman Chapman 8212 2677 true ‘ spirit, traditions and values the Game’. Any action which is seen of the game’ SOUTHERN CROSS CELLARS to abuse this Spirit causes injury to 14-16 James Place, Adelaide. The Game itself...” Obviously, any player cautioned or Mike Raphael 8231 2271 reported will also have a detrimental ADVANCED THERMAL SUPPLIES This SACA initiative will govern the effect on their team’s ability to be 30 Pope Street, Beverley conduct of players in ALL matches awarded points, and in the event of Grant Cullen 8244 4411 from ‘A’ Grade right down to the any player being found guilty of a Under/14 Whites, and will take the breach of any Laws or Bylaws any SOLDER-TECH form of a new perpetual ‘Spirit of 12 Lloyd Street, St. Marys 8 2 7 6 8 5 6 6 team points gained will be adjusted Cricket’ Trophy which will each to zero. WENZEL’S BAKERY season be awarded and presented at 166 Jetty Road, Glenelg the Bradman Medal Presentation. The Umpires are the sole judges of John Wenzel 8295 2305 Fair and Unfair Play, and are thus FOUNTAIN INN HOTEL A cheque for $2000 will accompany authorised to intervene in cases of 142 Glen Osmond Road, Parkside the Award for the use of the winning Time-wasting, Damaging the Pitch, 8271 5288 Club on specific projects including: Dangerous or Unfair , Ball DUTTON MOTORS Tampering and any other action they Game development 7 Adelaide Road, Murray Bridge consider to be unfair or against the Player Scholarship Fund Chris Dutton 8532 1999 ‘Spirit of the Game’ of Cricket. Administrator Education PASCULLI ENTERPRISES Volunteer Support/Education 128 Main Street, Beverley Community Cricket Funding The Spirit of the Game incorporates John Pasculli 8345 4112 Establishment of Women’s Teams RESPECT for:

McNEIL SURGICAL Points will be awarded to each team Your Opponents 29 - 31 Magill Road, Stepney Your own Captain and Team-mates Nathan Woods 8362 0888 by all Umpires at the conclusion of each match, and tallied to form a The Role of the Umpires The Game’s Traditional Values KOOKABURRA Points Table distributed weekly to CRICKET/SPORTING GOODS all Clubs. Points will be given for: The major Responsibility in each game for the Spirit of Fair Play rests C L U B S P O N S O R S Acceptance of Umpiring decisions with the Captains and the Umpires, KEY HOME LOANS Captains accepting responsibility for their Players’ behaviour with every Player expected to also Level 2, 122 Frome Street, Adelaide make an important contribution. Chris Davies 8232 6711 Team adherence to Game principles: (such as Respect for Team-mates, SACA must be commended for this CORPORATE CLEAN Opponents and Umpires) Award, and it is hoped that all Clubs 9 Gumbowie Ave., Edwardstown Compliance of the Game’s traditions will embrace the concept eagerly... Greg Kermeen 8277 4555

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Its GREAT NEWS on the ‘recruitment’ Congratulations to our State Batsman STOP PRESS - News is just in that our scene: back to our Club after short CHRIS DAVIES, who is looking fitter favourite International went barefoot absences 3 players who have all had than ever after a wretched run of bad in casual mode and got married to “A” Grade experience! DALE AGARS, injuries last year. He has just been his Anna on a catamaran at sea (off MICHAEL WOOD & LUKE WILLIAMS elected to the Australian Cricketers’ Port Douglas). Anna & ‘Dizzy’ had to have all returned to strengthen our Association executive, and joins such fit their wedding in to an incredibly batting this season... WELCOME well-known names as (who busy time coming up - Australia will BACK, FELLAS! Also in training after was re-elected as President), Matty play 31 Test Matches and also more a LONG ‘Holiday’ - as far away as Hayden, , Matthew than 70 One-Day’ers in less than 2 Canada - is BEN ‘FORREST GUMP’ Inness, Tim May, & Mike Hussey. Our years - starting with the Test against RAMSAY - obviously much too quick best wishes, Chris, for an avalanche Zimbabwe next week (by comparison for the razor, wherever he was... of runs this season! a Test player in the 1880’s needed at least 13 YEARS to reach that many!). ********** ********** Meanwhile, CONGRATULATIONS to Loved the QUOTE by - Don’t you just LOVE 21st. parties? both JASON and ANNA, from all his in the World Cup Semi against Sri The stunning outfit (shown below) is friends and Club-mates, and may he Lanka - when had worn by one young player who most continue to scare the wits out of lots decided to “walk” after he was given probably once enjoyed a reasonable more International Batsmen!! “I thought he must have been sense of humour! It was ‘borrowed’ going to the toilet or something...” from the ********** pin-up In recent years, a great many of our ********** board at young players have been journeying Just to hand is a frightening account Tommy overseas (mostly to England) to play of what some of our Club-mates get Clark’s in our ‘off’ season - with at least six up to in the off season... A netball 21st., & more from our club also trying the side known as the ‘Multidads’ (??) features experience: Jack Smith (already back recently grabbed a Premiership at a young to Captain our A’s this for year), Abel Woodlands! The team list contained TOM, in Podger, Josh McLean, Dale Bradley, such well-known stop-starters as Tim his full Dan Cullen and Lachie Stevens. After Cameron & Mel, Sammy Williams & ‘battle’ showing the Poms how to play we’re Sara, Big Talbs & Jae, and Tommy gear... hoping they all come back and star Clark & Sophie - with special guest And we for us. (Four young Englishmen who cameos by Emma & Jobby. Some can also played for us last season: Shilvock, excerpts from the official team-sheet reveal Parker, Barrick, and ‘Corgi’ Bowers, gave an insight into the controlled that the have now all returned home after mayhem of the Final - ‘with Cammo tights are performing admirably for our Club...) came fresh ideas but, unfortunately, bright they all involved throwing the ball to YELLOW, ********** him’, ‘if Sam hadn’t given away more the fluffy As recorded elsewhere, you’ll notice fouls than a friendly chook-keeper a slippers are flame RED while the sexy a few changes around your Club this half-time lead was on the cards’ etc. cummerbund’s a nice shade of BLUE! year! One of these will be a Scheme Finally, a brilliant finish saw a ‘team Obviously young Tom was ‘into’ the to get back a free drink each week to win’ and Sam’s immediate opponent Adelaide Tri-colours quite early on... paid-up Members, to encourage us awarded ‘best on court’, much to the to all use our Club facilities more... amusement of the rest of the team... ********** Also, remember YOUR Club will turn BEN JOHNSON and CHRIS DAVIES 100 in 2005 - so get ready to PARTY! ********** were on the familiar turf of Adelaide Have just heard that big ‘Tucks’ is set Oval recently as part of the half-time to really test the Umpires’ idea of the ‘entertainment’ at a SANFL Football I DELA DE the A fa u ‘Spirit of Cricket’ voting, with a crash clash between Port and Sturt. Despite Buf lBos allrounder course in ‘sledging’ - in GERMAN! exhibiting some rare footy skills, C.D. Official Newsletter of the Adelaide Cricket Club Apparently, the very first words he’s and Benny obviously didn’t impress Adelaide Cricket Club Glandore Oval / Phone: 8297.7296 learned are to help him order food: the scouts - both are still waiting for a Website: www.adelaidecricketclub.org.au “Hamburger” and “Schnitzel”... flicker of ‘interest’ from either club...

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