Kingston Hawthorn Cricket Club Affiliated with Cricket Victoria, Cricket Southern Bayside, & S.E.C.A. Kingston Hawthorn is the trading name of the St. John Vianneys – St. Bedes – Hawthorn – East Melbourne Cricket Club Inc. ARBN A0092274T ABN 158 793 530 65 ANNUAL & FINANCIAL REPORT SEASON 2020/2021 Presented to Members 18th August 2021 Kingston Hawthorn Cricket Club Annual Report | 2020/21 TABLE OF CONTENTS Office Bearers & Positions of Responsibility ....................................................................................................................................... 3 Sponsors .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Hall of Fame & Life Members ............................................................................................................................................................. 5 Test Cricketers (whilst a playing member of the club) ....................................................................................................................... 6 Grounds .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 President’s Report .............................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Financial Report ................................................................................................................................................................................ 10 Audit Report ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Celebrations ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Head Coach’s Report ......................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Junior Reports ................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Obituaries ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 From the Pressbox ............................................................................................................................................................................ 26 Club Premiership List ........................................................................................................................................................................ 35 Major Club Awards ........................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Batting/Bowling Awards ................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Junior Awards ................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Ryder Medal Votes ............................................................................................................................................................................ 37 Statistics ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 38 Best Partnerships – Club ................................................................................................................................................................... 39 Individual Summary .......................................................................................................................................................................... 39 Best Fielding ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 39 Centuries ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 40 5 Wickets or more (Innings) .............................................................................................................................................................. 40 Hattricks ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 40 Harry Boyle Award – Club Champion ................................................................................................................................................ 41 Ladders .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 42 2020/21 Averages ............................................................................................................................................................................. 46 Cricket Victoria – Club Awards .......................................................................................................................................................... 58 Guest Speaker Functions .................................................................................................................................................................. 60 Cover Photo: Newcomer Harvinder (Harry) Singh picks up a wicket at Walter Galt. The new scoreboard is in the background Page 2 | 61 Kingston Hawthorn Cricket Club Annual Report | 2020/21 OFFICE BEARERS & POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY Patrons: Messrs: R. M. Cowper and I. K. Law No. 1 Members: Cr Tamsin Bearsley & Cr Geoff Gledhill - Kingston City Council President: Brett Sebire Vice President: Phil O’Meara Secretary: John R Noonan Treasurer: Danny Stevenson Director of Cricket: Phil O’Meara Committee: Sue Cater, Greg McLeod, Jono Boyd, Matthew Acocks, Robyn McLeod, Lyle D’Rozario, Janitha Katugampola, Jake Marnie Administration Manager Tom Brain Head Coach: Peter Marshall Coaching Staff Alan Manning, Asanka Gurusinha, Jono Boyd Captains: 1st XI Shorye Chopra 2nd XI Lyle D’Rozario 3rd XI Kaidin Jackson, Jake Marnie, Matt Acocks 4th XI Arun Mannarsamy 5th XI John Noonan 6th XI Stephen McMahon Masters John R Noonan Junior Coordinator: Sue Cater Ground Maintenance: Grass Up (Adam, Chris, Fish & team), Brian Hunt, Tom Brain, Paul Crowe and Phil O’Meara Delegates: Cricket Victoria: Brett Sebire SECA: Sue Cater, John R Noonan CSB: John R Noonan Scorers: 1st XI Craig Reece 2nd XI James Maloney Scoreboard Attendant: Ms Annette Cann Team Manager/s 1st XI Janitha Katugampola The first Executive Committee following the merger of Kingston Saints & Hawthorn-East Melbourne Cricket Clubs. L-R: Phil O’Meara – Director of Cricket, Brett Sebire – Vice President, Petar Ivetic – President, John R Noonan – Secretary, Danny Stevenson - Treasurer Page 3 | 61 Kingston Hawthorn Cricket Club Annual Report | 2020/21 SPONSORS Kingston Hawthorn Cricket Club would like to thank and endorse our loyal Corporate Sponsors: Page 4 | 61 Kingston Hawthorn Cricket Club Annual Report | 2020/21 HALL OF FAME & LIFE MEMBERS HALL OF FAME The following people have achieved the most prestigious award the Club has to offer. Their individual efforts equate to more than 400 years of service. We thank them for their extraordinary contribution. Inductee Date Inducted Inductee Date Inducted Tom Horan 17 Feb 2007 John Chambers 16 Feb 2008 Harry Boyle 17 Feb 2007 Bob Cowper 23 Mar 2012 Joyce Bath 17 Feb 2007 Alfred Clarke 23 Mar 2012 Ray Steele 17 Feb 2007 Ian Law 23 Mar 2012 John Atkinson 17 Feb 2007 Craig Reece 8th Apr 2017 Jack Cahill 17 Feb 2007 Brian Hunt 8th Apr 2017 Peter MacAlister 16 Feb 2008 Greg McLeod 8th Apr 2017 Frank Laver 16 Feb 2008 LIFE MEMBERS The list below represents Life Members who are still with us. Their service to the Club has been outstanding, and we sincerely thank them for their efforts. John Atkinson Peter Artaud Hamish Bremner Graham J Christie Geoff Cormack Bob Cowper Peter Cracknell Paul Crowe Ted Cusack Paul Eddy John Etherington John Evans Chris Fildes Trevor Finlayson Leo Gamble Tim Godfrey Lew Green Peter Hanson John H Harvey Martin Horton Rod Howe Paul Hulett Brian Hunt Andrew Huntington Tom Hynes Brian Irving Peter Ivetic Barry Kirk Peter Knuppel Ian Law Peter Lewis John Maher Dennis Mason Graham Matthews OAM Mrs Robyn McLeod Martin Mulcahy Chris Murphy John R Noonan John T Noonan Mrs Anne O’Meara Philip O’Meara Jeff O’Rourke Michael O’Shea Craig Reece Joe Reilly Bill Rhoden Peter Roach Peter Robinson Mrs Gwen Rowe John Salmon David B Scott David Shepard Marcus Spencer Mark Spencer Danny Stevenson Kevin Sullivan Paul