ELAIDE AD ffal the BuBu os allrounder A Word from Our President … Following on last year’s successful The structure of senior coaching by centenary season, we entered this a panel of coaches has worked well first year of our club’s 2nd. Century & a change of policy with regard to with big challenges. The retirement junior administration has already of Ben Johnson left a big hole in the been enforced, allowing the junior A's, creating an opportunity for an captains to be responsible for their aspiring player to stand up, but the captaining on the field. This policy induction of four new young players is now working very smoothly. On a Michael Maurici (513), Rick Francis rotational basis three junior players (514), Adam Lidiard (515) & David have also trained with the seniors Reynolds (516) into our ‘A’ side just each week... demonstrates our thinking for the future... A big Thankyou to all our sponsors Bob Harris for being an important part of our Adelaide Cricket Thanks to a top concerted effort by Club by providing the support to Club President Andrew Ramage and our band of help keep our club competitive. In volunteers who helped to complete particular, the following sponsors the internal painting, we were able deserve to be recognised here for to use the new dressing rooms for their invaluable help this year: the start of the season, & we have ADSTEEL Pty. Ltd. since settled in reasonably well and BAHNERTS STEEL SUPPLIES Pty. Ltd. now feel right at home. You’ll have BONE TIMBER INDUSTRIES SIR RONALD BRIERLEY noticed that the renovations to our MAID OF AUCKLAND HOTEL clubrooms are almost completed NATIONWIDE LABELLING Inside: but we will need some volunteers NICK MEIERS ELECTRICAL to paint the interior, (any interested PORTFOLIO PLANNING SOLUTIONS Coach’s people please contact me!). J.K. RAMAGE BUILDERS Round-up of When your committee decided pre- The end of the season could have the Season season to replace our practice area seen us better placed, but the B's & nets a very competitive quote from the U/14 Whites both concluded ‘Advanced Nets and Ropes’ saw us the season successfully. Our XXXX Cover Story: Gold Cup team won all six minor Up close place an order for the completion of new nets before the 2006/07 season round games, but went down to with a Club started. Our part of the deal was to Sturt (in a semi) in a close match. LEGEND... supply and erect poles to support Our ‘D’s also made the finals, but the structure, but with incredible lost to Glenelg in a semi-final... Full Round-up assistance from Peter Bahnert (from Bahnert Steel Supplies Pty. Ltd.) & Finally, we say farewell to Brett of the Complete Andrew Ramage (from JK Ramage Bevan, retiring after an eventful Junior Season Builders) - both long-term sponsors season injury-wise. Our Thanks to of our Club, we were able to put the Brett for his contribution to our club, even though it has only been IT’S BACK! structure in place ready for the nets to go up. It was quickly found that two years... Billy Buffalo’s some alterations were needed and Wicket Whispers these are now being examined with Returns... the supplier... (Adelaide Cricket Club President) Adelaide Cricket Club Newsletter, Edition 7: Number 1, 2006/2007 Page 1 OUT & ABOUT - CLUB NEWS & VIEWS Four New Buffalos Inducted into Club ‘A’ Grade The Adelaide Cricket Club ‘A’ Grade Another player to also play his first Captain Luke WILLIAMS presents a match and gain his ‘A’ Grade cap in Buffalo Cap to (above, from left to 2007 was Michael MAURICI - player right) Rick FRANCIS: player No. 514, No. 513 - but he has now moved up Adam LIDIARD: player No. 515, and to Queensland to study and will not Dave REYNOLDS - player No. 516. be available for our next season. COLIN PINCH The Adelaide Cricket Club was To all those who might have saddened to learn of the recent missed it, that’s our additions passing of one of its favourite to the existing club-rooms at sons, COLIN JOHN PINCH, only Glandore Oval (above picture) a few months after his election And, at right, are some VERY as Captain of our ‘Team of the well-known Adelaide faces - Century’. As a batsman Colin (discussing world events...?) scored 3,488 runs @ 53.66, with In the top pic. - Left to right, a highest score of 150 and was a Andy McIntyre/Luke Williams well-respected Life Member of & Andrew Ramage, & bottom our Club. Our condolences are pic. - Michael Wood, Steve extended to Colin’s family from Gentle & Bugsy’s wife Maria. all his friends and team-mates... UNTOLD HISTORY From the distant past comes the story of a young Adelaide cricketer torn between two sports. As the story (at right) shows VIC HARRIS, aged 20, was exhibiting some talent as an opening batsman who could ‘bowl a bit’. The match was played on March 30 1940 and not long after young Vic Harris some blasting exercises were joined the Army. In August 1944 he taking place nearby, and young broke an arm while driving a truck Vic was killed instantly when a and was sent to an ‘R & R’ camp at stray lump of rock hit him in the Berry Springs near Darwin. In one chest. This sad story was sent VIC. HARRIS incredible stroke of misfortune he in by his daughter Wendy, who became the victim of ‘friendly fire’. was only 2½ at the time, and we While lying on his bunk reading, are happy to pass it on... Adelaide Cricket Club Newsletter, Edition 7: Number 1, 2006/2007 Page 2 Its a Great (Sporting) Life... In the early summer of 1980 Warren Full Name: Warren Rowlinson Smith Smith, a skinny cricket-mad school Birth Date: 04/04/1969 (an ‘Aries’) boy up from the southern Adelaide Favourite Food: Meat & Three Veg. Morphett Vale East Primary School, Present Job: Civil Engineer was chosen to represent Adelaide Marital Status: Married to Maria, (with one son, Callum) Cricket Club for the first time - in Best-known Nickname: ‘BUGSY’ what is now known as the Sutton Favourite Band: Hoodoo Gurus Shield. Favourite TV Show: The Simpsons Favourite Movies: (Usually ‘dodgy’ Last week a slightly older (& also a ones) Caddyshack, Fletch, Stripes, touch more battle-scarred) Warren and the classic Happy Gilmore... triumphantly led his youthful group of happy team-mates to a deserved After a PLAYING career at Adelaide ‘B’ Grade Premiership - his second, lasting a mere 27 years, Bugsy has only 20 seasons after his first in the scored 4,165 Runs @ 24.79 - plus a SAME grade! Club Record 379 dismissals in ‘A’ Warren ‘Bugsy’ Smith Grade as a Keeper, with a top score Adelaide Ruefully, a tired but satisfied ‘Bugs’ of 111. Other career highlights are: realised that at least FOUR of his Cricket Club teammates had not even been born Legend Premierships: when he played in the last one... ‘A’ Grade (two) 1997/98 & 2003/04 ‘B’ Grade (two) 1986/87 & 2006/07 One of the genuine nice blokes at West End 1-Day Cup (one) 1995/96 the Club, he has racked up a truly memorable career with Adelaide, Awards: and though easily our oldest player SACA 2nd. XI and State Squads still competing, his exuberance for SACA CW Walker Trophy the game sets a great example for (A Grade WicketKeeping) all the eager youngsters hoping to ACC Eddie McCarron Trophy make their own marks. (Highest Club Award) Though reluctant to ACC Roly Vaughton Batting Trophy talk about personal ACC Life Member achievements, we DID manage to Overseas Experience: prise out these Played for two seasons in the U.K. previously little- (Swansea, South Wales) 1989, 1992. known facts from a true club Finally, we asked Warren to name Legend... his favourite Ground (the SCG), the Best Player played with or against - Jason Gillespie / Gordon Greenidge, as well as the Player or Team-mate he most admired. Not surprisingly, he felt he could name “many...”, but eventually plumped for yet another Adelaide legend - the great recently retired Ben Johnson. So, in spite of ‘age’, ‘dicky knees’ & a possibly waning enthusiasm, will we see one of our greatest ever club players go ‘round again? If you can still win Premierships, WHY NOT? Adelaide Cricket Club Newsletter, Edition 7: Number 1, 2006/2007 Page 3 2006/2007 Junior Round-up The 2006/07 season loomed as a challenge extensive distances to travel on top of the for the junior squads, due to a substantial normal match day stresses. loss of players from last season (over 30 overall, 24 from the under 16’s alone). This The return of Simon Potts (Wilmington), considered, the overall performances far and Anthony Jennings from Mt. Gambier, exceeded expectations and thanks must although not available for every game, go to all players who represented the was greatly welcome (complemented by Adelaide Cricket Club in all junior grades. the appearance of some wonderful new talent) from country areas. The O’Neill Congratulations must go to the U/17 and brothers from Mount Gambier, Dillon and U/14 White teams who qualified for the Matthew, had promising introductions to finals, finishing 4th. and 2nd. respectively. the club, as did Dylan Kokotis from Port Although the under 17’s had to ‘forfeit’ Pirie, Ethan Vogelsang from Naracoorte their semi-final, the 14 Whites capped off a and Tylor Bleasby from Tintinara. These fine season by winning the Grand Final. players have to be congratulated on their Peter Sawade wonderful performances and efforts this Adelaide Cricket Club Though the U/16 Red, U/16 White, U/14 year, & we look forward to their continued Reds and U/15 teams finished lower down involvement at Adelaide next season.