NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED CENTENARY of SEASONS 102nd ANNUAL REPORT and FINANCIAL STATEMENT SEASON 2013 – 2014 SATURDAY AFTERNOON SATURDAY MORNING (Senior) COMPETITION COMPETITION Clubs Teams Players Teams Players 1933 – 34 18 26 451 1934 – 35 19 32 542 1935 – 36 21 34 581 1936 – 37 20 35 561 1937 – 38 22 36 578 1938 – 39 21 39 603 6 103 1939 – 40 22 37 509 8 116 1940 – 41 18 26 441 8 116 1941 - 45 No competition due to war 1945 - 46 15 23 433 1946 – 47 19 30 531 1947 – 48 24 39 676 1948 – 49 26 44 772 1949 – 50 24 36 616 4 75 1950 – 51 22 34 582 6 75 1951 – 52 22 30 571 7 90 1952 – 53 21 31 590 7 1953 – 54 26 37 669 6 1954 – 55 22 32 595 6 1955 – 56 18 29 539 8 1956 – 57 20 30 548 11 165 1957 – 58 17 24 453 21 325 1958 – 59 23 28 511 25 375 1959 – 60 19 23 414 27 450 1960 – 61 18 22 441 31 517 1961 – 62 22 30 511 49 750 1962 – 63 22 32 561 55 850 1963 – 64 23 33 640 59 900 1964 – 65 23 38 751 65 950 1965 – 66 22 28 568 68 1020 1966 – 67 21 29 570 72 110 1967 – 68 17 26 550 54 860 1968 – 69 15 26 570 50 750 1969 – 70 18 27 509 57 855 1970 – 71 19 26 482 59 944 1971 – 72 18 27 501 69 1035 1972 – 73 19 33 620 91 1456 1973 – 74 24 41 756 75 1158 1974 – 75 22 42 777 71 1080 1975 – 76 26 46 905 101 1433 1976 – 77 26 45 877 95 1336 1977 – 78 28 54 1077 104 1352 1978 – 79 26 55 1032 97 1164 1979 – 80 26 47 827 90 1170 1980 – 81 30 48 874 92 1104 1981 – 82 31 50 941 93 1116 1982 – 83 27 52 1010 92 1151 1983 – 84 30 50 943 89 1112 1984 – 85 25 43 826 87 1246 1985 – 86 26 45 830 91 1140 1986 – 87 24 43 801 80 960 1987 – 88 23 46 862 61 750 1988 – 89 24 45 861 57 700 1989 – 90 19 44 847 58 726 1990 – 91 21 45 807 64 750 1991 – 92 22 45 839 57 712 1992 – 93 23 45 817 62 854 1993 – 94 25 48 887 85 1020 1994 – 95 21 44 806 88 1106 1995 – 96 22 47 798 91 1204 1996 – 97 20 46 800 88 1325 1997 – 98 19 50 836 101 1421 1998 – 99 16 46 826 88 1320 1999 – 00 15 48 797 87 1403 2000 – 01 15 48 752 83 1246 2001 – 02 13 44 734 85 1238 2002 – 03 11 40 661 72 1068 2003 – 04 11 38 647 72 907 2004 – 05 10 36 600 65 900 2005 – 06 9 32 545 73 993 2006 – 07 9 32 545 74 1005 2007 – 08 9 34 620 71 1207 2008 – 09 8 36 611 68 927 2009 – 10 7 37 632 75 1088 2010 – 11 7 32 528 67 767 2011 – 12 7 31 533 62 764 2012 – 13 7 30 528 66 766 2013 – 14 8 26 457 69 760 NORTHERN DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION ABN 30 413 972 119 (Affiliated with the NSW Districts Cricket Association) Notice is hereby given that the 102nd Annual Presentation of Trophies and Premiership Caps will be held at Ryde - Eastwood Leagues Club 117 Ryedale Road, West Ryde Wednesday 21st May, 2014 at 7:30pm and the 102nd Annual General Meeting of the Association will be held at Ryde – Eastwood Leagues Club 117 Ryedale Road, West Ryde Wednesday, 4th June, 2014 at 7:30pm BUSINESS: To receive and consider the Annual Report and Financial Statement To elect the following Officers and Committees: Patron President Senior Vice-President and Vice-Presidents Treasurer Administration Officer Executive Committee To transact any Business that may be brought forward in accordance with the Rules of the Association PO Box 692, Craig Menzies, Administration Officer Pennant Hills, NSW 1715 email: [email protected] Fax: 8212 8153 May 2014 Mobile: 0426 267 080 1 OFFICE BEARERS, SEASON: 2013 – 2014 Patron: J. Prowse, Cr. J. Chedid Senior Vice-Patron: Vacant Vice-Patrons: Hon. P. Ruddock M.P., K. Stimson, J. Hull President: P. Azize Senior Vice-President: P. Stapleton Vice-Presidents: K. McCann, K. Ross, G. Coy, W. Craig, C. Marsden, E. Dewar, L. Tuckerman, J. Prowse, K. Mansell, W. McDonald Executive Committee: K. Grey, A. Harrison, D. Arnott, P. Stewart M. Roberts, A. Tenni, M. Barry Junior Representative on Executive Committee: G. Berriman (Chairman) N.D. Umpires Association Representative on Executive Committee: B. Flint Grading Committee: M. Barry, P. Stewart, A. Tenni, A. Harrison, D. Arnott Selection Committee: The Managers of the Representative Teams Delegates to N.S.W. Districts Cricket Association: P. Azize, C. Menzies Delegate to N.D. Umpires Association: J. P. Crane Honorary Auditor: G. Kay Treasurer: P. Vanderlight Administration Officer: C. Menzies Delegates to Northern Metro C.C: J. P. Crane Delegate to Cumberland C.C: R. Flint Wet Weather: K. Gray, A. Harrison, D. Arnott 2 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT On behalf of the Executive Committee, I am pleased to present the 102nd Annual Report for 2013 – 2014 for your consideration. The major development this season was the merging of our 1st Grade with the 1st Grade of Northern Suburbs Cricket Association (NSCA) in the Northern Cricket Union (NCU) Competition. Our top 3 teams (Rydalmere, West Ryde and North Ryde RSL) played against Kirribilli, West Pymble and Cammeray on turf grounds in the A Grade competition. Rydalmere drew with West Ryde in a rain affected game to claim the Premiership. Carlingford, North Ryde and Rydalmere played against North Shore, Kirribilli and North Sydney Leagues in the A Reserve competition also on turf. Carlingford won that competition after the grand final was washed out. This merged competition was an outstanding success with the main benefit of facing new teams and players which added an extra challenging dimension to the game. The merged competition also allowed North Ryde and Rydalmere to have a team in each grade and not play against each other. This merged competition would not have been possible if it wasn’t for the initial discussions of the previous Executive and the continued hard work of Paul Stapleton and Craig Menzies who worked tirelessly to bring it to fruition. Kel Gray also attended a meeting to thrash out rules and we thank him for his time. We thank Mark Lumley from NSCA for this work in getting this competition off the ground and for its ongoing success. Another initiative this year was the introduction of the “Spirit of Cricket” award in all grades. These awards were generously sponsored by Vikings (3rd grade), Carlingford (4th grade) and Rydalmere (5th grade). This award exists in the 1st grade competition but was extended to all grades this season. This was done to lift the sportsmanship of the games and to reward those teams that played the game in the right spirit. We are pleased to announce the inaugural winners of the new ‘Spirit of Cricket’ awards were: 3rd Grade Meadowbank 4th Grade Vikings Blue 5th Grade Epping YMCA Green In Judiciary news there were several “Spirit of Cricket” issues raised through the year with one going all the way to the Appeals Tribunal. A couple of warnings were handed out to various people. By and large the games were conducted in the right spirit and the Executive is committed to NDCA cricket being played within the “spirit of cricket”. It is park cricket and people are playing for fun and to be with their mates so it should be enjoyable. Homer Paxton did a great job recruiting umpires and with John Crane heading up the Umpires Association we had umpires at more games this season than in previous years. We had 2 umpires at all the Junior Grand Finals and the Senior Semi Finals and Grand Finals. With plenty of umpires officiating during the season the clubs were appreciative as it took the heat out of team mates umpiring. So special thanks to our regular umpires: John Vanderlight, John Crane, Homer Paxton, Ian Sinden, Peter Tate, Nirmal de Silva and Christiaan Kennedy. Thanks also to our regular end of season umpires who help with the finals series: Ajit Madan, Ron Vidler, Pete Honeywood, Jude Fonseka and Craig Menzies. For the first time there was an enlightening meeting held between the NDCA Executive and many of our umpires to discuss various issues. It was excellent for both groups to raise concerns and what each side wants from each other. I certainly feel both sides walked away with a greater appreciation of what each side brings to the table and what the drivers are for the NDCA and the umpires. We plan to continue keeping in close contact with the Umpires Association so each year the communication and expectations are managed to the benefit of all. This year we had 6 senior teams competing in the merged NCU comp and 20 teams in the NDCA 3rd-5th grade competitions for a total of 26 senior teams. Total players registered were 457. Last season we had 31 teams and so it was very disappointing to lose so many teams from last year. We hope the success of the Australian Test Team and active recruitment from our clubs will reverse this trend. 3 This year we also fielded a Martin Shield Team in the Open Age Seniors Rep Competition.