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Published by:
Percy Samara-Mickrama
and John Waldron
WESTOli CREEK CRICKET CLUB
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Australia.
Editorial
In this final issue of"Cover Point"
for the season I would like to ask
a simple question as a
method of
summarising the season.
Can you as a playing member
of
the Club identify yourself with any
particular team?
The answer, no matter what it is
is most important.Being able to say
that you can identify with a particular team must mean that you were
part of that team.
Contents
Editorial
.Pg 1
Greg Chappell by
Bruce Coe
"Ten fa"
Cricket Widows...
Cricket Quiz
From the boundary
Cricket Reports...
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5
6
8
8
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The first way to identify with a
team is through
playing with that
team on Saturdays. But I don't think that it finishes there. You have
F i n a l Issue
to also share something else with
f o r 1980-81
the rest of the players, to really
get to know them. How often can you
say that your team were all
together except on the field on Satur day afternoon?. Was the team ever at practice together? Did
all the players come back to the Club for a drink?. Did all
the players turn up to a Club function?. Did the team have a
social outing or a team talk?.
Any or all these help the team to form its own identity.
Each player gets to know the players and as such all players
feel more comfortable being in the side. The A.C.T.team this
season developed an identity mainly because they
practised
together and also they did hard conditioning work together.
It was a successful team not because of what happened on the
field but because of what happened off the field.
A team cannot form an identity unless it is stable as far
as player movement is concerned. It has to have a core of
players who play the "full" season. Players get promoted on
ability. This must happen. It would be said that it serves
to detract from this identity. I do not think so. If player
is promoted because of consistently good performances
the
team he goes to must see his addition to the side as strengthening that side.The side he leaves should see that
they
for a period have helped to develop a cricketer. They must
continue this work with his replacement.
If players drop out of their side, they definitely
help
to break down this identity. New players come into the side
not necessarily because of ability, but because of necessity
When they return, sides have to again be disrupted
to fit
them in. Unfortunately the club's lower sides are hit the
worst because of the repercussions of a dropout in a higher
grade.
Did you identify with a particular side this year?
Did
your team have its own identity? If not, why not?. How
do
you improve on this aspect next season?.
Brian
Kensey
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GREG
CHAPPELL
Further to our analyses of Dennis Lillee's "Test" career
we have decided to look at Greg Chappell's figures in. all
"Tests".
As can be seen from the accompanying tables Chappell . has
scored 7559 runs in all "Tests", third only to. Sobers and
Cowdrey on the all-time list. In official . Tests the only
Australians in front of him are Bradman (6996) and
Harvey
(6149).
Some of the numerous other records and achievements
by
Chappell include:
* A century on his test debut.
* Most runs in a test match.
* One of only four batsmen to score a century and double century in the same test.
* A century in each innings of a test, twice.
No one
has bettered this feat.
* Six consecutive Test fifties.
* A fifty in each innings of an official Test ten (10)
times. Only Boycott is a challenger for the all- time
record.
* Seven catches in a Test, to be joint record- holder
with Yajurvindra Singh.
* 97 catches and 43 wickets in Official Tests.
OFFICIAL TEST MATCHES
TESTS INN
v England
v Pakistan
v W.I.
v N.Z.
v. India
TOTAL
30
9
14
11
3
67
NO HS
55 5
16 1
25 6
18 2
5 119 14
RUNS
144 2230
235 966
182* 1314
247* 841
204 368
247* 5719
AV 100s
44.60 7
64.40 3
69.16 5
52.56 2
73.60 1
45.47 18
50s
0
11
6
6
3
2
28
3
0
1
3
1
8
1
3
1
5
1
1
1
3
UNOFFICIAL TESTS & SUPERTESTS
V R-of-W
v WSC/WI
v WSC/Wld
TOTAL
3
10
4
17
6
18
8
32
2
1
3
197* 425 106.25
150 842 46.78
246* 573 81.86
246* 1840
63.45
2
3
2
7
ALL TESTS
Grand Total
84
151 17
247* 7559
56.41 25
33
11
4
BEST BATTING (ALL"TESTS")
108
115*
197*
131
113
116*&
106
247*&
58 &
84 &
102
123 &
182*
r 68 S
| 52 &
121 &
112
174
246*
150
113
104 &
74 &
114
235
56 S
204
V
England
R-of-W
a
England
ii
Pakistan
W.I.
N.Z.
England
a
V
a
V
W.I.
V
ti
V
V
V
V
V
62
V
V
133
71
144
109
54
70
67
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
England
WSC Wld
WSC WI
WSC WI
V
II
V
II
V
W.I.
England
Pakistan
V
a
V
V
57
a
V
V
85
124
ti
Pakistan
V
India
Perth 70/71 (Debut)
Melbourne 71/72
Sydney
71/72
Lord's
72
72
Oval
Melbourne 72/73
Bridgetown 72/73
Wellington 73/74
Brisbane
74/75
Sydney
74/75
Melbourne 74/75
Brisbeme
75/76
Sydney
75/76
Melbourne 75/76
Adelaide
76/77
Melbourne 76/77
Manchester 77
Perth
77/78
Melbourne 77/78
P. of Spain 78/79
Georgetown 78/79
Antigua
78/79
Brisbane
79/80
Melbourne 79/80
Faisalabad 79/80
Lahore
79/80
Sydney
80/81
+
In consecutive innings, only Everton Weeks with 7 has
scored more consecutive fifties.
</> Most runs scored in any test. Ian ' Chappell also scored
a century in each innings, thus setting the record of
the only time brothers had scored a century in each innings of the same Test match (only the second occurrence of
this feat in all first class cricket)
Compiled by Bruce Coe.
STOP PRESS
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SEVEN OF THE 16 JUNIOR WCCC TEAMS PLAYED IN THE SEMI-FINAL
ROUNDS, U-12(Div-2), U13(Div-4), AND U-14(Div-l) WON THE
PREMIERSHIPS.***** WELL DONE BOYS,COACHES, MANAGERS
AND
LAURIE AND DAI EVANS
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'TENFA' RATFORD
*
.EMFA
Playing in third grade
rQ
against
South Woden
j Greg Ratford had the
y
honour of
capturing
all ten wickets in an
innings. "Tenfa" was
chaired off the field
by his team mates who
played a big part in
supporting him on the
field. Greg's
effort
enabled his . team
to
win
outright
after
losing
on the first
innings. The defeated
South Woden team also
heartily congratulated
Greg after the match.
With Greg Ratford's 10 for 39 against South Woden,
the
pages of Wisden were quickly consulted to examine the significance of feats like this in first class cricket.
Here are some observations;
There have only been 69 occurences,
the
earliest
by
Hinkley of Kent and the most recent by Shahid Mahmood of the
Karachi Whites in 1969-70.
John Wisden himself performed the feat in 1850.
Ian Brayshaw (10/44 v Victoria in 68/69) is the most recent of four bowlers to perform the feat in Australia.
A.P."Tich" Freeman took 10/131, 10/53 and 10/79 in
1930 and 1931 consecutively.
1929,
Jim Laker took 10 wickets twice in 1956, both against the
Australians, once in the famous Manchester Test.
The most occurences in any one year were 5 in 1921 and
in 1956.
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A.E.Moss of Canterbury (N.Z.) took 10 for 28 in his first
class debut in 1889-90.
The most outstanding analysis was 19.4 O, 16M, 10/10 by
Headley Verity for Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire at Leeds, in
1932.
CRICKET
WIDOWS
Many words have been written in sympathy with your plight,
ladies,on losing your menfolk to the wretched Saturday afternoon ritual, CRICKET. Eileen Hollands writes in her
book
"Never marry a Cricketer":"But firstly, let me warn you that there is nothing methodical or straightforward about marrying a cricketer. In a
way it's rather like marrying a bigamist: in all probability you will have no idea that he . has already dedicated
himself to another. Then all of a sudden, you will be confronted by a series of appalling discoveries which
leave
you groping in bewilderment, asking yourself
whether or
not you've married a madman."
Local cricket identity, Ray Flockton, tells the story
of
a
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well Known international cricketer who was having
trouble
keeping his marriage aflot due to cricket committments.\ His
wife felt he had no time for her and she was heartily fed up
with the situation.
To try to sort things out they went along to consult a
psychiatrist.After consulting each party separately the psychiatrist suggested how they could remedy the situation. On
returning to his wife in the waiting room the cricketer took
his wife in his arms and embraced her passionately. Her eyes
lit up and she was sure the problem was solved and suggested they continue the treatment regularly.
"Sure" replied the husband "but not on Saturday as I
playing cricket"
am
The time of the year now approaches when you will have
the company of your husbands at home every Saturday to make
up for lost time during the summer. All the
chores cah be
done around the house, the kids entertained,
the football
channels on the TV properly tuned and the aging beer removed
from the refrigerator. I'll bet by next September you will
be only too pleased to get them out of your hair and back to
the cricket field every Saturday
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Cricket Quiz
1. Before Australia 's dismal 83 in the second innings of the
3rd. Test against India, when was the previous lowest completed innings in the last' 15 years?.
2. Who was the N.Z. wicket-keeper who died' of cancer
.in
1976?.
3. Who holds the record of making the most number of runs in
a Test match?.
4. Which current Australian Test player is the only person
ever to score 150 or more in each innings of a Test?.
5. Who is the only player to score a century in each innings
of a Test, twice in the same series?.
6. Name the six batsmen who have scored more than 5000 runs
in Tests for Australia.
7. Jeff Thomson and Keith Miller have taken between 150 and
200 wickets in Tests. Two great left-handers . have
also
taken this many wickets, name them.
8. When did NSW last win the Sheffield?.
9. Who were the captain and the vice-captain of that victorious team?.
10. Name the three Western Australian captains who lead
a
winning Sheffield shield team, in the last 15 years.
Answers on page 20.
From the Boundary
BEST DUCK OF THE SEASON
The honour of making the best duck of the season must
go
to Graham Trompf, playing against ANU in fourth grade. Comingin at No.11 with the score at 9/156, he told John Bowdler(31)
how to go about things. When Tromphie was dismissed about an
hour later for 0, the score was 199. The 43 runs in the partnership came from the bat of J.B.
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FAREWELL RUSSELL AYRES
It was unfortunate for the club that Russell had to leave
to pursue his studies at the University of New England. Armidale, at the completion of the-10th round of the season. He
played 7 rounds in 4th. grade when he captured 35
wickets
(19 bowled and 6 Ibw) at an average of 6.87.In three innings
he captured seven wickets and his best performance was 12/75
Russell captured a further 5 wickets when promoted to third
grade, giving him 40 wickets for the season.
It was truly a magnificent performance and Russell was
one of the reasons the fourths were contenders for the"semis
early in the season. It was a pleasure to play with such a
keen and dedicated cricketer and on behalf of the 'Club I
would like to wish Russell all the best in his studies
and
in his cricket in the future.
„rr , „
"Wacka"
********
K A M B A H
VS
'THE
REST'
AT
S T I R L I N G
On a fine Sunday morning the two captains tossed with Pat
Flynn winning the toss and electing to send Kambah in to bat
Our beloved leader, Chris Harris immediately called a conference behind closed doors to discuss our tactics
for
the
match. "The Rest" opened with the famous Flynn combination
hoping to emulate their double century opening
partnership
feat. However, they didn't count on the tenacity of our captain as well as the brilliance of our opening attack.
Pat
Flynn was introduced as the oldest playing club member, the
oldest century maker and a pain-in-the
. Anyway, we constantly applied pressure on the opposing captain.As a result
the pressure got to Pat Flynn and he was beaten all ends up
by a Gavin Holmes "shooter" and was trapped in front for
a
quack. Pat's feat will be remembered for a long time by the
Kambah team. One of the highlights of the day's play was the
comment passed by an unnamed Kambah player after the second
over. His comment was "Gees, this ball is split already".
Well,after Pat's dismissal'Wacker" Waldron and Greg Flynn
batted well in a partnership of 62. Greg's run out heralded
the arrival of "Slime" to the crease. Not long
afterwards
Paddy O'Brien was to arrive at the crease to face his first
ball which proved to be a masterstroke by our captain, Chris
Harris. It is a well known fact that Paddy has received some
bad decisions this year, and today was to be no different.
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This was most definitely the highlight of the day. Peter
Poulos came into bowl and Paddy was rapped on the pads resulting in a very confident appeal by all the Kambah team. Tom
Porter promptly raised his finger much
to Paddy's disgust.
Paddy's immediate reaction was to kick the middle stump out
of the ground and the square leg umpire Greg Ratford promptly raised his finger. Nevertheless, despite the
fact that
Paddy was out for a golden duck,the Kambah team showed their
good sportsmanship by allowing Paddy to bat again.Anyway, at
the other end "Slime" was starting to settle in and look dangerous when Chris Harris decided to bring himself on. From
the outset Chris had "Slime" bamboozled and was most unlucky
not to have his wicket on three occasions. In one case, Greg
Irvine was stranded down the pitch and keeper Mosely missed
a simple stumping chance. It has been recently rumoured that
Peter Mosley might be receiving a trophy for "best club fieldsmari". Anyway"Slime"managed to knock up a quick total of
73 before retiring. At the end of the allotted 50 overs "The
Rest" had reached the total of 9/213 and Harris 60 off seven
overs.
When the tea break was taken the Kambah team had yet another pep talk and the decision was made to open ' with • Bob
iPahski and Brian Kensey. At the total of 11, we lost our 1st
wicket. However, we had an able substitute in Laurie O'Mara.
Laurie together with "Pads" batted with supreme confidence
to record a 93 partnership. After Laurie's dismissal "PadS"
and Chris Harris combined in a useful 24 run
partnership
with "Pads" really entertaining the crowd with his
"French
Cricket" techniques. "Pads" hit one splendid six off "Slime"
whose bowling efforts were well rewarded with the figures of
0/50 off 7 overs.On his departure Chris and Bill Northam combined in a useful 24 run partnership and at
one
stage
Kambah were cruisin' at 3/152. However, "The Rest's
everqreen bowler Don Brooker, stepped into the limelight
and
quickly had Northam and Harris back in the pavilion to enjoy
a light refreshment. However "Ace" and Peter Mosley
set
about their task well with a useful partnership of 30,taking
our score to 187.Then disaster struck at its worst hour'.'Ace"
mistimed a drive and was caught, then Peter Mosley was bowled and Steve.MacDonaId was run-out.Suddenly we were 8/187 as
Bruce Russell entered the area to join Peter Poulos.Together
slowly but surely they added runs to edge the total to - 209
when Peter was run out. Then in the ultimate over to be bowled by Bob Burton the drama was really on. i, The first ball
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Bruce played through the slips to record three runs. But unbelievably, Gavin Holmes failed to reach his ground on the
second run, hence we lost a run. Then off the second
ball,
Gavin hit a ball through mid-on and ran two. But, once again
Gavin ran one short, and Kambah lost another run.
At this
stage we were 9/212 when we could have won the game. Off the
third ball no run was recorded. Three balls left,
two runs
to win. Off the fourth ball Gavin flashed a ball away for a
single to tie the scores. Two balls left, one run to win.On
the second last ball Bob Burton bowled a " pearler ••
which
uprooted Bruce Russell's stumps. A TIE.
After the match everyone entered the social atmosphere by
downing a few beers and swapping a few serious an well as
hilarious yarns about cricket.
So, in the history of cricket, this eventful match
will
go down as a tie amid mysterious circumstances.
There are
three questions which will remain unanswered for eternity.
1. Was Gavin Holmes paid by Pat Flynn to run two runs short?
2. Did Gavin Holmes run two runs short as a sporting gesture
to "The Rest"?
3. Did Bruce Russell deliberately miss the last ball as a
sporting gesture to make the game a tie?.
Agatha Christie could not have devised such an armchair
thriller from her annals as has been recorded in the Kambah
v "The Rest" match.
(This report was collected and compiled by an unbiased
member of the Kambah team J
(A clue- In his bowling run-up the author covers a fair
amount of ground including a trip around mid-nff
and
once around the umpire. Eds)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
STOP
P R E S S
WCCC women's team although losing the semi-finals created an
ACT record by scoring 311 in their second innings. D. Comino
made 108*
Congratulations to Eris and Neil Fleming on the arrival
their daughter, Brodie Louise.
of
Cricket Reports
F I R S T
G R A D E
ROUND 10 - vs South Woden
South Woden batted first and scored 173.They should not have
scored 100. We dropped a total of seven catches
in their
innings. This has been our downfall all this season. Unless
we work more on this aspect of the game we will not make the
semis. Greg Harper and Richard Drew both bowled exceptionally well but were not supported by the fieldsmen.
At the end of the first day we were 2/12 and never recovered from this. We were quickly dismissed for 62
on the
second day with Roger Lonie top scoring with 12. Having to
follow on, we scored 4/106 with everybody scoring a few.
ROUND 11 - vs Queanbeyan CC
Queanbeyan batted first and were soon in trouble due to
some good bowling by Gary Dawson. However,
dropped catches
again let the opposition off the hook. In the end they finished up with 8/216 off 49 overs with Neil Bulger belting 125.
Richard Drew bowled very well.
We started off confidently but were in trouble at 3/52.
Chris Body scored 33 and Tim Morris finished with 38 not out.
Both batted very well. We finished with 7/158.
This was a
good recovery, but we were chasing too many runs.
The big letdown this season has been our fielding. If we
did not drop so many catches we would have made into the
semi-finals.
ROUND 12 - vs ANU CC
Sent in on a bowler's wicket, we ba,tted slowly against an
attack that moved the ball both in the air and off the wicket. Greg Harper has now decided to buy a new protector
for
the next season due to this.Overall we batted well to dec.at
8/201. to give ourselves a slight chance of making the semis
by getting an outright. Brian Kensey scored 75 and received
support from Greg Irvine, Roger Lonie and Chris Body.
At
stumps, ANU were 0/9.
The wicket gave a bit of assistance on
ANU took no chances. Greg Irvine and Dick
well,with little success.Again we dropped
es. ANU eventually passed our score with
after 97 overs.
the second day but
Cotton bowled very
a few vital catchsir wickets down
Bria„
Kensey
S E C O N D
G R A D E
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ROUND 10 - vs South Woden
Batting first on a wet wicket we suffered a collapse with
only Alan Thomas and Paul Duffus scoring more than 4 runs.
South Woden passed our score with the loss of only four wickets, whereupon they declared. We were 0/18 at stumps on the
first day.
On the second day Andrew Macleod and Alan Thomas got
us
off to a fine start with a partnership of 61. This was followed by another partnership of 47 by Macleod and Chris Body.
We set South Woden a target of 136 in h hour plus 20 overs.
Some superb fielding and accurate bowling by Tim Overland
and Chris Body had them in trouble for most of the time.
Some first class catching by Chris Body and Alan Giles
set
the scene.
Unfortunately time ran out with us requiring just another
wicket and them needing 26 runs. A good effort on the second
day making up for a poor start.
WCCC 67 (Thomas 20, Duffus 14) and 5/138 dec. (Macleod 42
Thomas 29, C.Body 27) lost to S.Woden 4/69 dec. and
8/110,
(Overland 5/50, C.Body 3/29) on the first innings.
ROUND 11 - vs Queanbeyan.
It seems that whenever I win the toss . we
result, and that is exactly what happened.
have
a
good
Paddy O'Brien, John Macartney and David Body all
batted
well, with Paddy and David putting on 61 of which the Irishman scoring 48. Excellent running between the wickets
and
solid hitting set us up for a good score of 147. Greg"Tenfa"
Rat ford provided some exciting batting at the very end.
The wicket was very dead by the time we fielded but some
excellent bowling by Alan Giles and John Macartney was suported by some very good fielding and catching helped to gain
a win.
WCCC 147 (O'Brien 48, Body 24, Macartney 22) defeated Qbn
72 (Giles 4/12) on first innings.
ROUND 12 - vs ANU CC
This game has to be the most confusing of the season.
After losing the toss and being sent in Andrew Macleod, John
Macartney and Tim Overland ensured that we scored the
180
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that we were after. John Macartney batted through seven partnerships which yielded 168 runs.
ANU batted well and scored 6/225 dec. on a track that was
suited to a batsman willing to play his shots. Indeed
Bob
Porter showed his ability by scoring a fine century.
Requiring 41 to pass the total required to avoid an outright we had lost 8 wickets in just doing that. It was
the
most undisciplined batting display from any side in which I
have ever played.
ANU lost 2 wickets in scoring the 12 runs required
for
outright victory. It was a most unsatisfactory result.
WCCC 184(Macartney 63, Overland 41, Macleod 39 J
and 52
(Flynn 16) lost to ANU 6/225 dec. and 2/13.
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ROUND 10 - vs South Woden
After losing the toss (yet again) WCCC batted first on a
surprisingly aryt slow wicket. An inglorious batting display,
resulted with only a 9th. wicket partnership of 31
between
Bruce Coe and Justin Brown giving respectability to a score
of 90.
South Woden knocked up 92 for the loss
of three early
wickets and then sent us back in. Our second innings
was
only marginally better than the first innings at 106.
Once
again Justin Brown, this time with the help of Barney Devlin
salvaged our pride with a ninth wicket stand of 28.
Set to make 106 to win in 85 minutes plus 20 overs, South
Woden looked set for a comfortable win, even more so
after
an opening stand of 29. Then Greg Ratford struck, and struck
and continued to strike for 16.2 overs straight,
until he
bundled Souths out for 94 at a personal cost of 39 runs.
Greg was ably supported by a fine team
effort in the
field with Justin Brown and Neil Fleming holding some outstanding catches.
Finally it was nice to see how the South Woden players
and spectators collectively applauded Greg off the field and
then added their personal congratulations.
Greg's final second innings figures were:
16.2 Overs, 3 maidens, 10 wickets 39 runs.
ROUND
11 - vs
Queanbeyan
Queanbeyan won the toss and batted on a grassless Queanbeyan Park wicket.Led by Justin Brown, who bowled
unchanged
for 23 overs throughout the innings (taking 5/44), the WCCC
bowlers applied constant pressure to have Queanbeyan all out
for 121. Unfortunately,the fieldsmen offered little support
for the hard working bowlers,
dropping at
least
EIGHT
catches. The one exception amoung the fielders was
Graham
Drew who did a "Snedden", luckily with the umpires watching
him.
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Weston Creek then batted on a slightly crumbling
pitch
and easily reached the required target for the loss
'of six
wickets. Geoff Deacon completed the second half century for
the season (56) and others to show form with the
bat were
Neil Fleming (20) and a "cavalier"Wal Hall (23*).
ROUND
12 - vs ANU
ANU won the toss and invited WCCC to bat on a slightly
damp Stirling wicket. At 6/44 WCCC were
in dire straits
but Jonathan Abrahams, ably supported, first by Graham Drew
(21) and then by a hard hitting Vikram Varma (35)
led the
fight back to a respectable total of 130.
Jonathan. batted
for over three hours to compile an undefeated 30.
ANU then batted and at the end of the first day were
in
trouble at 3 for 17, all three wickets falling to Steve Day.
At the begining of the second day ANU lost two more quick
wickets to be 5/28 before a stubborn partnership of 55
put
them back into the game, albeit at a snail's pace.
After
capturing the troublesome sixth wicket Colin Imms then proceeded to mop up the tail and ANU were out for 117,
giving
WCCC a victory by 13 runs. All of the bowlers returned economical figures with Colin Imms (4/21) and Stephen Day (4/38)
being the stars.
Bruce
Coe
F O U R T H
**********
G R A D E
ROUND 10 - vs South Woden
Rain interfered with our scheduled ground &t Mawson on
both days of the match, resulting in the match being
made
into a one-day game on concrete.
South Woden batted first and scored 8/152 at the
end of
the alloted number of overs. Our successful bowlers were Ron
Foster 2/27 John Bowdler 1/31 and Russell Ayres 1/15.
Our
fielding was good in patches as there were four run-outs but
at other times it was a sorry sight.
Our batting department appeared unable to come to grips
with the game and "blew it". Facing up to a demoted
top
class spinner did not help matters and it made it "easy" for
the bowler at the other end to do the damage.
Fortunately
John Bowdler (33) and Russell Ayres (20*) had a partnership
of 52 for the last wicket and added some respectability
to
the score. (117)
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ROUND 11 - vs Queanbeyan
With the loss of the scheduled first day's play due to
rain, we were desparate for a win to try to obtain a place
in the "four" for the semi-finals.
Batting first, Queanbeyan found scoring runs very difficult against a very accurate bowling of Geoff Ferguson ( 11
overs, 7 maidens, 5/21) and Ron Foster (Hovers, 7 maidens ,
12 runs) The bowlers were well supported
by an excellent
fielding display from the whole team. Rick Green and Chris
Harris both made excellent diving catches and Ron
Smith 's
run-out was a beauty.Queanbeyan were demoralised in 40 overs
for 85 runs.
Laurie O'Mara (39*) and Ray Kent (21) had a good opening
partnership of 52 runs and enabled us to pass the
opposition's score with only one wicket down after just 22 overs.
ROUND 12 - vs ANU CC
The team was'set to go' against the undefeated minor premiers for the season.
Batting first Laurie O'Mara (40) and John Waldron. (29)
laid the foundation for a good score and we seemed well
on
the way at 3/93. We were rescued once again from a middle
order slump by John Bowdler with a good innings of 74*. "JB"
and Tromphie had a last wicket partnership of 43 and all the
runs came from the bat of "JB". We finished with 199.
ANU seemed to be demoralised at having to chase the highest score against them this season and our bowlers kept them
out of the game. Geoff Ferguson (3/30 off 20 overs)
again
showed his form as an opening bowler and was well supported
by Lionel Laverty (2/32) and Rick Green (2/46 off 6 overs)in
the medium pace department. "Chairman" Harris showed
his
guile on a responsive wicket by taking 3/36, including two
brilliant caught and bowled efforts and another 3 catches in
the field.
It was very satisfying to inflict the first defeat of the
season and the whole team should be pioud of the effort. ANU
insisted we bat again at 5.25 pm and Ron Smith (24) and Rick
Green (20) added further insult by thrashing the bowling to
the tune of 48 in 25 minutes.
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ROUND 7 - vs A.N.D.
A very disappointing game after such a great performance
two weeks earlier. We were beaten outright after two dismal
batting performances. Our bowlers had us right in the
game
by dismissing ANZ for 108. Bob Huey took 6 wickets and Matt
Collins 4. Then our batting collapsed to see us all out for
54. John Abrahams made a fine 23. The second week saw us
dismiss the Bank for 125, Matt Collins being the most successful with the ball, taking 5 wickets. Our
Batting
fared
little better in the second innings when we scored 75
with
John Abrahams putting together 33.
ROUND 8 - vs Highlanders
We spent the first day running around chasing leather against a fairly strong batting line-up.
They declared
at
5/201. B.Huey 2/40 T.Porter 2/46. We collapsed again being
all out for 75. Bob Huey top scored with 20.
Chris Hunter
stayed around for a long time and batted very sensibly.
In
our second innings we were dismissed for 80 with Jim Taylor
scoring a fine 31.
ROUND 9 - vs Ginninderra
After a first day wash-out we were sent . in to bat and
lost three quick wickets to be 3/5. Anthony Lilley
batted
with great confidence and carried the score to 26. Steve Day
joined Ray Stone and they carried the score to 102. We declared at 9/135. Day 55, Stone 32, Porter 24. Ginninderra had
two hours to score 136. They did not make the effort we thought they would and finished at 5/100. Bob Huey took
the
honours with 3/26 off 11 overs. A good effort with the semis
coming up.
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ROUND 8-vs Easts
There are two features in this game worthy of note.
The
first is Jamie Clayton's 6/15 bowling effort. The second is
that the game was abandoned due to a wet ground on the
2nd
day. The latter saved an outright with the side being all
out for 25 in its first innings and 5/44 in the second knock
('Cowboy' O'Rourke 12*) Easts 95 in their first innings.
To my mind this game(and the previous game against A.N.UJ
served to confirm the importance of selecting balanced teams
Ian
Gammage
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ROUND 19 - vs ANU
After being sent into bat we batted very poorly to be all
out for 87. Peter Day top scored with 27.
ANU passed our
score with only 2 wickets down.
ROUND 20 - vs S.Woden
On batting first once again we batted poorly being
all
out for 57. However , our score was not helped by two of
our top bats being foolishly run out. The highest was
Neil
Boundy's knock of 24. S.Woden quickly set about scoring the
required runs and closed at 1/64. On batting a second
time
we fared a little better in recording 6/61 with Ken Zimmer
scoring 19.
ROUND 21 - vs Ginninderra
This game turned out to be the social event of the City &
Suburban Competition. It was agreed that everyone was to
bowl and no one could bowl more than 5 overs. On batting we
managed 8/150 with Zimmer scoring 42, Mark Oborn 20,
Bill
Northam and Paul McLean 14 each. When Ginninderra batted
I
deftly placed everyone in the slips much to their amusement.
Everyone had a bowl and enjoyed the match very much.
The
Ginninderra captain made a sporting closure at 2/150 and the
game was declared a tie.
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Bill Northam
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LADIES CRICKET
ROUND 9 - vs Forseven XI
This is a match that should be forgotten. The Creek went
down to a first innings loss with Dunn top scoring with 33
Once again Creek won the toss and sent"Forskin" into bat.
"Forskin"went on to make 159 with 'Weatherall taking 6/25 off
24.1 overs. The other wicket takers were Dunn 3/47 and Brett
1/41. The dragon ladies got us out for 92.
In their second innings Macdonald was given a bowl where
she seized her first wicket of the season.
Congratulations
Heather, you might get more of a bowl now. Congos are
also
in hand for Tits O'Toole, now Mrs. T.Dunn.. Enjoy
married
life Tiani.
ROUND 10 - vs Norths
At least this a match to be remembered. Winning the toss
once again Weston Creek sent Norths into bat. The Creek went
on to win this match in style. Well, Dunn and Smith did anyway . Dunn took 4/25 and scored 26* (4 fours) and Smith 3/17.
Smith was in fine form making 53* (2 sixes and 7 fours)
Norths were all out for 74. We replied with 0/82.
There
were a couple of clasic catches in this match, one taken by
Comino behind the wicket and one taken by Fitzgerald
:with
her war paint on at silly mid-on.
After the match we attended the Club's dinner at Manikams
and I dont think many people felt too good after the dinner,
not because of the grog, but because of Harris and Irvine
singing 'Old Macdonald had a farm" with spoons. What a head
ache it must have given people.
Leane
0'Keeffe
ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ
1. 78 v England at Lord's. 2. Ken Waasworth. Greg Chappell,
380, v NZ at Wellington, 73/74 (247* and 133) 4.Allen Border
5.Clyde Walcott, v Australia,1955, 126 &110 at Port of Spain
155 & 110 at Kingston.
6. Bradman, Iiarvey, G.Chappell Ian
Chappell, Lawry, Walters. 7. Alan Davidson (186) Bill Johnston (160)
8. 1965/66 9. Bob Simpson S Brian Booth 10.
Tony Lock 67/68, John Inverarity 71/72, 72/73, 74/75, 76/77,
77/78. Kim Hughes 80/81.
Compiled by Bruce Coe.
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