Fairfield-Liverpool Cricket Club incorporated 37th ANNUAL REPORT and FINANCIAL STATEMENT 2015/2016 SEASON Fairfield-Liverpool Cricket Club Inc. Annual Report 2015/2016 FAIRFIELD-LIVERPOOL CRICKET CLUB INCORPORATED Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the above Club will be held at 7:30pm on Tuesday 21 June 2016, at Canley Heights RSL & Sporting Club, 26 Humphries Road, Wakeley, being the 37th year of the Club’s foundation. BUSINESS 1. Read and Confirm the Minutes of the previous meeting. 2. Apologies. 3. To receive the Report of the President and the Honorary Treasurer’s Report. 4. To consider any Notice of Motion received and in order. 5. Election of Office Bearers and Management Committee for the ensuing year. 6. To transact any business brought forward in accordance with the Rules of the Club. P.O. Box 155 Adrian Smith Moorebank NSW, 2170 Honorary Secretary Note: Only last year’s financial members are eligible to vote. YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO BE PRESENT When compiling the information in this publication, every effort was made to ensure accuracy; however, no responsibility will be taken for any errors, omissions or inaccuracies in this publication whether arising from negligence or otherwise, or for any consequences arising there from. 1 Fairfield-Liverpool Cricket Club Inc. Annual Report 2015/2016 Brief History of Fairfield-Liverpool Cricket Club Prior 1979 – Cricket in the Fairfield Liverpool area was played under the control of the Southern District Cricket Association. Any player who wished to better themselves had to participate in grade cricket. The only forms of representative cricket were the games in the Hawkesbury Cricket Council. The Hawkesbury Cricket Council was comprised of the four Country Associations, Hawkesbury, Camden, Nepean and Southern Districts. Players fortunate enough to be selected in these games had an opportunity to play before the state selectors and earn a place in the annual City verses Country games. In September 1978 the President, Secretary and Treasurer of the Junior Associations attended a meeting of the Hawkesbury Council and the New South Wales Cricket Association to discuss the possibility of dissolving the Hawkesbury Cricket Council and forming one or two grade clubs to compete in the grade competition. The proposal to form a new grade club was put to the members of the Southern District Association, who voted unanimously that a grade club be formed and compete on a limited basis in the third, fourth and fifth grade competition in 1979/1980. The Southern District Cricket Club was officially formed at a meeting held at the Cabramatta Civic Hall in May 1979. The emblem of the club was the Historic Lansdowne Bridge on the Hume Highway Lansdowne. Further Brief history associated with the Hawkesbury Cricket Council which was played under the banner of the Country Associations and the Gibson Cup. The GIBSON CUP was donated in 1948 by Mr A G Gibson, the President of the Camden District Cricket Association, for competition between the Cricket Associations forming the Hawkesbury Cricket Council (HCC). The Hawkesbury Cricket Council formed part of the NSW Country Cricket Association. The Associations involved in the HCC were:- Camden Nepean Hawkesbury Blue Mountains Southern Districts (now known as Fairfield-Liverpool) was added to the competition in 1959. Blue Mountains had ceased competing in the Zone by the late 1950’s. The first winner of the Cup was Camden. The Cup was competed for annually on a home and away basis until the HCC was disbanded in 1978. During the 30 year period of competition the Cup was won, or jointly won, by:- Camden on 8 occasions 2 Fairfield-Liverpool Cricket Club Inc. Annual Report 2015/2016 Nepean on 10 occasions Hawkesbury on 9 occasions Southern Districts on 6 occasions The HCC was disbanded as a result of a re-organisation of the Country Zones and the desire to extend the Sydney Cricket Association (SCA) to include clubs from Sydney’s expanding population to the western area. By the mid-1980’s all four HCC clubs had been admitted to the Sydney Grade Cricket Competition. In 1994 the Gibson Cup was located and remodelled as a project to celebrate the Hawkesbury Bi- Centennial. Competition was resurrected and points are earned when any two of the former clubs play one another in an SCA Competition. As all Clubs do not play the same number of games during the course of a season the winner is determined on a percentage basis of wins to games played or scheduled to be played. Points are earned in matches from First to Fifth Grade, the First Grade Limited-Over Competition and now the First Grade T20 competitions, the Poidevin-Gray Shield and the AW Green Shield competitions. The inaugural winner of the revamped competition was Campbelltown in 1994. During the intervening seasons the cup has been won, or jointly won, by: Penrith on 13 occasions Campbelltown-Camden on 2 occasions Fairfield Liverpool on 5 occasions Hawkesbury is yet to win the prestigious trophy (Arthur Watson, Custodian & Points Recorder) 1979/1980 – The first season the Southern District Cricket Club fielded three teams from third grade to fifth grade in the Sydney Cricket Association competition. 1984 – An Extraordinary General Meeting of the club was held on Sunday 8th September to change the name of the club to Fairfield District Cricket Club which was a condition of entry to the First Grade Competition. 1985/1986 - The Club under its new name Fairfield District Cricket Club fielded a First Grade and Second Grade team for the first time in Sydney Grade Cricket competition. The First Grade captain and coach was David Thompson. 1988/1999 – Club Incorporated, Fairfield District Cricket Club. 1991/1992 – Club name changed, Fairfield-Liverpool Cricket Club Incorporated. February 1992 – Rosedale Oval was officially opened and used as the number one ground for the club. 3 Fairfield-Liverpool Cricket Club Inc. Annual Report 2015/2016 1992/1993 – The Club played in the Semi-Finals of the Limited Over Competition. This season was the first time the club played under its new emblem the Lion which was introduced by Steve Smith who had previously played in South Africa with the Transvaal Cricket Club whose emblem was the Transvaal Lion. 1993/1994 – This was the clubs most successful season winning the Poidevin-Gray Shield and also the A W Green Shield. The club also made the semi finals in Fifth Grade and First Grade Reches Cup Limited Over Competition. 1994/1995 – The Club was finalist in the Poidevin-Gray Competition and in the semi-finals in Third Grade. 1997/1998 – The Club won the Poidevin-Gray Shield. 1998/1999 – The First Grade side made the final of the Limited Over Competition. 1999/2001 – The A W Green Shield finished equal third winning 6 games from 7 but missed out on the play-offs on quotient. 2001/2002 – The Club won the First Grade Premiership. The Poidevin-Gray Shield side made the finals. The A W Green Shield side made the qualifying final. 2002/2003 – The A W Green Shield finished first in its division winning their 7 games. Won their Quarter Final and Semi Final and beaten in the final by Bankstown. The First Grade finished sixth in the competition making the qualifying play offs to be beaten by Manly in an exciting game. 2003/2004 – The Fifth Grade side made the semi finals of the competition. The A W Green Shield side made the semi final. 2004/2005 – The First Grade, Second Grade, Fifth grade sides made the semi finals of the competition. The Third Grade side made the qualifying play offs. Finished second in the Club Championships, which is the highest in the Club’s history to date. 2005/2006 – The Club won the First Grade Premiership for the second time. The Fourth Grade & Fifth Grade made the Final for the first time in the Club’s history. 2006/2007 – The Club won the Fifth Grade Premiership for the first time in the club’s history. The First Grade made the Final for the third time. 2007/2008 – The A W Green Shield side made the qualifying final. 2008/2009 – The Club won the Fourth Grade Premiership for the first time in the club’s history. 2009/2010 – The Club made the Third Grade Semi Finals. 2010/2011 – The Club made the Fifth Grade Semi Finals. 2011/2012 – The A W Green Shield side made the Finals. The Club made the First Grade Limited Over Final. 4 Fairfield-Liverpool Cricket Club Inc. Annual Report 2015/2016 2012/2013 – The Club won the First Grade T20 competition The Club won the A W Green Shield competition The Club won the U16 State Challenge The Club made the 5th Grade qualifying finals 2013/2014 – The Club made the 4th Grade qualifying finals The Club made the Metro Cup qualifying finals 2015/2016 – The Club made the First Grade L/O and PG qualifying finals Most Outstanding Achievements in the History of the Club Premierships 1993/1994 Poidevin-Gray 1993/1994 Green Shield 1997/1998 Poidevin-Gray 2001/2002 First Grade 2005/2006 First Grade 2006/2007 Fifth Grade 2008/2009 Fourth Grade 2012/2013 First Grade T20 Green Shield 5 Fairfield-Liverpool Cricket Club Inc. Annual Report 2015/2016 Most Outstanding Individual Sporting Achievements. 1985/1986 Garry Baldwin selected for NSW Scott Hookey selected for NSW U/19 Paul Lakeman selected for Metropolitan 1986/1987 Paul Calvert selected for NSW U/19 1987/1988 Mick Bartley selected for NSW 1989/1990 Corey Doyle selected for City South 1991/1992 Ronnie Davis selected for NSW 2nd Eleven Corey Doyle selected for NSW U/19 Dave Kelley selected for NSW Colts 1992/1993 Corey Doyle selected for NSW U/19 / Australian