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Bibliography of Cricket No 3436-2
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PO Box 3047
Weston Creek ACT 2611
Editorial Address
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Editorial Committee
Brendan Halloran
Ewan Mackenzie
Brendan Halloran
Editor
CONTENTS
Editorial
1
The President's Soapbox
2
1st Grade
4
5
3rd Grade
8
4th Grade
9
5th Grade
13
6th Grade
14
Late Cuts
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Editorial
This is the final issue of Cover Point for
season 1996-97 and we hope you enjoy it.
This issue is mostly made up of match
reports with photos taken at the second grade
semi-final.
Unfortunately we have not been able to
devote as much time to the magazine this
season as last but I hope it has still been a
worthwhile read. Next season we hope to
continue producing Australia's longest
running cricket magazine with all your
favourite articles plus some new ones too.
Please feel free to approach Brendan or
myself if you wish to help or suggest some
new ideas. This would be most appreciated I
can assure you.
I would like to draw your attention to the
President's Soapbox in this issue which has
an important announcement about a forward
planning forum to be held on Sunday 20
April, from 2pm, at the Club. If you cannot
make this meeting consider putting a few
ideas down on paper and giving them to a
member of the committee, so that YOUR
CLUB prospers.
Finally I would like to remind all members to
make sure you notify the committee of any
change of address you may have had during
the season, or are planning for the winter.
This will save money and disappointment
when it is time to send out the yearbooks and
notification of the AGM.
Ewan
Mackenzie
Cover Photo:
Chris "Mr Ploppy " Burgess in control during his
matchwinning innings of 90 in the 2nd Grade semi-final.
Weston Creek Cricket Club — Founded 1972
Cover Point — Founded 1977
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The President's Soapbox
WCCC TRIVIA NIGHT
T h i s s e a s o n ' s trivia night was held on
Saturday 8 March and proved to be very
successful. All who attended had a most
enjoyable and fun-filled night.
When proceedings got under way there were
plenty of questions, plenty of answers and
the odd ridiculous (but funny) answer. The
teams of junior boys, girls and senior players
all got into the spirit of the night. Plenty of
laughs were had by all. Teams like "Nicky
Buckley's Hooters" were always in with a
winning chance but the eventual winner was
"Luv's Cupcakes", which included Scott
Burrows and Ewan Mackenzie amongst
others. Neither of these guys could really be
considered cupcakes., or could they ?
Let's hope we have many more functions like
this one in the future. Finally thank-you to
Coca-Cola for providing the prizes.
WCCC RAFFLE
Before the Trivia Night got under way club
patron, Don Brooker, was on hand to draw
the p r i z e w i n n i n g tickets in our m a j o r
fundraising raffle. It was our most successful
to date and thanks must go to all those who
Many thanks to
our major raffle
spoosors
QANTAS and
McGOOS SPIT ROAST
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by Peter Heathwood
made the effort to sell tickets. Thanks also
go to the sponsors who provided prizes.
Qantas Airways & Nationwide Travel — first
prize
McGoos Spit Roast — second prize
Sportsmans Warehouse — third prize
Woden Tyre & Exhaust — fourth prize
FORWARD PLANNING FORUM
As Canberra cricket moves to a new level,
with the Comets entry into the MMI Cup, the
clubs must take a step up as well, to keep
pace with the changes.
We need to be more business-like and
professional in our approach to running the
club and it takes the input of many to achieve
this. Weston Creek Cricket Club is your
club. If you have any ideas or suggestions
they need to be heard.
On Sunday 20 April a meeting will be held at
the Weston Creek Football
Club,
commencing at 2.00 pm and you should be
there. This is your opportunity to have some
input into the future planning and running of
your club, so don't miss it.
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1st Grade
Round 5 vs. Ginninderra
The Creek bowlers and captain endured one
of the most frustrating afternoons in the
history of the game, as the Ginninderra bats
constantly played and missed, lobbed the
ball just out of reach of fieldsmen, and
french cut their way to a score of nearly 300.
That evening the players held a seance to
find out the cause of their bad luck, but no
a n s w e r s were f o u n d . H o w e v e r many
suspected that the presence of the famously
unfortunate Dave Hazell was the reason for
the teams ill luck. Doubts on this theory were
cast the next week though, when Dave
scored a brilliant 122 n.o. to lead us to
victory. In the hot conditions and with the
team in trouble this was one of the best
innings played in the history of Creek first
grade. Indeed it was sufficient to shock his
girlfriend Belinda into having a baby that
same weekend. Other good batting efforts
were 47 from Scott Freeman and 33 from
Andrew Heathwood. The best of the bowlers
were Sean Mowbray with 4-62 and Jocko
with 4-83 from just under one thousand
overs.
Ginninderra
Mowbray
Mackenzie
298
4-62
4-83
Weston Creek 8-300
Hazell
122 n.o.
Freeman
47
Heathwood
33
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Round 6 vs ANU
Again we were cursed in the field, this time
by the evil god of play and misses, and
snicks. We stuck at it well but things didn't
go our way and Uni ended up with a large
score. Jocko again bowled well to pick up
four wickets and Rob Crispe finished with
three. Our batsmen handled the bowling
easily enough, and it was a bit disappointing
that nobody went on with it to post a big
score. In the end though Uni's 368 was just
too many to expect to get.
ANU
Mackenzie
Crispe
Weston Creek
Morris
Seberry
Harvey
9-368
4-98
3-72
236
45
29
29
Mackenzie
Heathwood
28
22
Round 7 vs Queanbeyan
This time we were cursed in a different way,
with Sean Mowbray breaking down early.
Apart from that the first three hours of play
saw us produce some terrible bowling and
fielding. To our credit, we came back after
tea and demolished the lower order of
Queanbeyan. Again Jocko was the best of the
bowlers with five wickets. Going out to bat
disaster struck immediately when Hazell
blocked one with his previously perfect nose.
It is clear that he and Mowbray will have to
cease their devil worship if they hope to end
their run of bad luck. The next week,
resuming at 2-40, we batted into a strong
position, only to lose wickets at crucial
times. Heathwood batted very well for his
first, first grade fifty. The run outs of Hazell,
(who continued his Satanic rituals during the
next week. Will he ever learn?) and Veletta
were particularly damaging. Veletta could
have easily made good his captain's call for a
quick single, had he been Donovan Bailey.
Queanbeyan
Mackenzie
Sweeney
Weston Creek
Veletta
Heathwood
Morris
287
5-91
2-51
257
75
71
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2nd Grade
It is very much an understatement to say that
second grade came home with a wet sail perhaps more appropriately we should say
they came home in a barnstorming, relentless
and merciless fashion.
With the one day matches behind us (a semifinal loss to Tuggeranong just after
Christmas) it's hard to say what sparked the
second grade turn-around. We went from
barely being able to make scores of 140 in
one-day matches to attaining two outright
and one first innings win in our last three two
day matches.
The new year saw the pressure well and truly
applied with us having to win all matches to
make the finals - in fact going into the last
round there were five teams on 24 points and
one on 30 (we were one of the teams on 24).
Astonishingly, we finished top of the table
after the last round, thanks to a consummate
outright victory against the old nemesis
Queanbeyan.
There were no fewer than 35 players who
played second grade this year. It was a
welcome relief to be able to put together a
stable side for the last few rounds - this
factor, combined with a fire within to give
ourselves a chance of back-to-back
premierships as well as a welcome return to
form from some of our top order batsman,
sparked our charge home. Leading up to the
finals Lachlan Freemantle, Ken Bone and
Peter Seberry scored the majority of our runs,
while our bowling line- up of Dean Lovett,
Mick Sweeney, Ken Bone and Col Hunter
decimated all comers.
Semi - Final versus Ginninderra
West Belconnen
The lead up to this game was nothing short of
fantastic - nothing like a final series to bring
out the best in everyone - and that it did.
Training for the two to three weeks prior to
the semi-final was very intense and in the end
paid off.
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We lost the toss and GWBC elected to bat (
having some confidence in their line-up after
scoring 300 plus in the last round). That
certainly wasn't the case, and our bowlers
sawed through their line-up and dismissed
them for 183 in over number 82 - Dean
Lovett and Col Hunter captured 3 each while
Lachlan Freemantle picked up two very
useful wickets. Having some 15 overs to bat
until stumps we found ourselves being 2 for
29 at the close of play with openers Rainey
and Mowbray both back in the shed.
Resuming the next day, Chris Burgess and
nightwatchman Ken Bone batted through
until lunch where we found ourselves at 2 for
83. Both Chris and Ken had done a
sensational job to take the sting out of their
bowlers. Post lunch saw us bat for a further
hour before Ken Bone was dismissed for a
dogged 48 with the score at 3 for 131, about
50 runs short of the GWBC total. By tea we
were 4 for 187 with Chris Burgess still at the
The win was a truly relentless display and it
was time for a few lite beers and await the
news of our opponents for the 'Big One'.
Scott 'Lamby' Evans about to spin one
down.. .
... the ball inflight after leaving Scott's
right index finger.
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crease on 80 odd and his partner Scott
Freeman looking in ominous form. Just after
tea Burgess fell for a magnificent 90 - only
fatigue getting in the way of a century. By
stumps the Creek was in the commanding
position of 7 for 328 with Scott Freeman not
out 60 odd and Col Hunter not out on 51.
To the amazement of the team and most
objective on-lookers, GWBC felt that they
needed to come back on the third day for
some more punishment. And punishment it
was with the Creek finally being dismissed
for 400 from its 128 overs. This provided a
lead of some 217 runs. In spite of the lead,
GWBC saw fit to bat until lunch when the
game was abandoned with their score at 1 for
62.
Dean Lovett
3-56
Col Hunter
3-59
L Freemantle
2-3
S Freeman
104
Chris Burgess
Col Hunter
Ken Bone
no
90
54
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Grand Final versus Western Districts
At our pre-match warm ups and preparations
we opted for our catch cry to be
" R E L E N T L E S S " - this word was later
expanded to include two extra syllables,
which cannot be published. Needless to say
our catch cry for the match became "5
SYLLABLES".
The Creek won the toss and elected to bat on
what was a well grassed wicket. We clawed
our way to 203 all out just on the stroke of
stumps on the first day. Ken Bone, Scott
Freeman and 'Locky' Freemantle all scored
30 odds while Chris Burgess and Peter
Seberry scored 20 odds. All batsman felt that
while they should have gone onto bigger
scores the wicket was one that you were
never really going to be set on. Nevertheless
we had 203 and they had to get them.
The second day turned out to be one of the
most amazing days play many in the team
have ever competed in. In spite of some
quietly confident opposition, Dean 'the
Warrior' Lovett tore through the top order,
comprehensively bowling his first three
victims. At this time Wests were 3 for 24 and
soon to be 4 for 42 by drinks. At 5 for 60 it
was time to give Lovett a spell with his
figures at the time being 4 for 36 off 9 overs.
At the other end, the evergreen Ken Bone
was doing nothing out of the ordinary - that is
if you consider the ordinary to be making the
ball talk - Ken steadily picked up wickets and
at lunch he and Mick Sweeney had two
wickets each (Mick bowled a mean spell of
pace, line and length). At lunch Wests were 8
for 85. After lunch Wests were cleaned up
for a meagre 106 - Ken Bone picked up the
last two wickets.
The game wasn't even half over so it was
important that we batted sensibly to improve
on our first innings lead of 97. A solid
opening partnership of 59 by Shelby Rainey
and Dan Mowbray saw us through until tea.
Shortly after tea, Shelby was dismissed for
28. A couple of gritty hands from Seberry
and Freemantle helped us reach 6 for 148 by
stumps. Dan Mowbray was out just before
stumps for a well compiled 62 and displayed
some of the skill and ability we know he has.
Mick Sweeney and Chris Burgess - Chris
batting down the order due to a slight injury were our not out batsman overnight.
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Shelby 'Fat' Rainey looking solid in
more ways than one
Day three saw us start proceedings with a
lead of 245 - Wests thought they had some
semblance of hope if they could quickly rap
up our tail. That was not to be, as Chris
Burgess and Mick Sweeney batted for the
first 1 1/2 hours before Chris was dismissed
for yet another well compiled and timely
innings of 53. With the field in and his mates
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in 'the shed' betting on whether Col Hunter
would be gallant or subdued, Col didn't let
those down who know him well and blasted a
quick 25 not out. At lunch on the third day
play was finally abandoned - Mick Sweeney
played a superb and very subdued hand to be
also 30 not out.
Weston Creek were victors for 1996/97 and
indeed back-to-back premiers. Although
there were many fine individual efforts, it
was very much a team win including some
invaluable support form Super Coach, Ray
Hatch and Manager, Jamie Taylor.
The theme of "5 SYLLABLES" (RE-*******-LENT-LESS) was carried on to the
celebrations which lasted well into the next
day and we can be sure that they will resume
at presentation night.
Dean Lovett
4 for 36
Ken Bone
4 for 29
2 for 8
Mick Sweeney
Freemantle
Freeman
Bone
Burgess
Seberry
Mowbray
Burgess
Sweeney
37
32
31
First innings
28
26
62
53
30no
Second innings
3rd Grade
The season fizzled out for thirds with a
couple of wins and a couple of losses after
Christmas. They, like most sides in the club,
were badly disrupted by the absence of so
many players in the New Year. But there
were some promising performances by the
younger brigade that should see them better
prepared for the next step in season 1997-98.
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1 DAY Round 7
Queanbeyan 173
WCCC
A Dawson
3/24
A Packwood 3/37
2 DAY Round 5
WCCC 9/213 dec GWB
S Evans
77
A Dawson
3/25
A Rhynehart
44
Round 6
WCCC
194
ANU
R Lonie
38
A Gleaves
33
W Ramage
28
A Rhynehart
25
Round 7
Queanbeyan 120
WCCC
66
161
5/195
8/123?
Ikram
5/39
R Lonie
44
Ritchie
4/48
A Dawson
PCoe
29
25
4th Grade
WCCC v Ginnindera
Round 6 One Day Comp At Mawson
WCCC v Queanbeyan
Round 7 One Day Comp At Mawson
Weston Creek 8 wkts for 300
B Halloran 132, B Malbon 49, M Colless 41,
B Wilson 26
Queanbeyan All out 39!!
Andrew Dapre 8 / 23, Stuart Henry 2 / 1 2
Ginnindera 10 wkts for 195
M Power 4/22, S Henry 2/42
The pitch was wet. Lucky we batted second.
Game won by the Creek!
The innings started with the loss of two early
wickets when a partnership of 36 was built
between Brenton and Matt. This was
developed by Roopoo ( 39 run partnership)
until Brenton was out at 4 for 103 after 30
overs. The captain came to the crease and
communicated his discontent to Roopoo ( on
19 ) about being so few runs after so many
overs on such a small ground. He advised
Roopoo that he had to remove his bat from
nether orifice( or something like that!).
Roopoo then proceeded to belt the bejeesus
out of the Ginnindera bowlers. In one over
he hit 26 from 5 balls. He finished on 132
runs from 80 balls faced. He hit 15 fours, 8
sixes and his first 50 came up in 53 balls. His
second fifty came in just 15 balls! After
scoring his first 50 his next 80 runs came in
just 26 balls!! His partnership with Conehead
(49 from 35 balls) was 159 runs for the fifth
wicket in just 16 overs (only 96 balls!!). This
was truly sensational batting unlike any seen
at the Creek for many a long year. The other
lads continued the barrage and we posted a
winning score.
Nudge and Stuart Henry then wasted the
opposition batting and was ably supported by
some great fielding. Roopoo and Tommy
Purcel both contributing run outs.
We smashed them with a god
performance from Roopoo.
Weston Creek 6 wkts for 40
C Browning 20, A Dapre 6
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Andrew Dapre bowled brilliantly on a track
giving him plenty of assistance. 6 catches
and two bowled in his eight wickets, which
rated in the top 20 all time bowling
performances for the Creek. Jason Dodds
kept wickets well with 2 catches and no byes.
We rearranged our batting order as the
captain felt some of the younger players
needed experience on a sticky wicket. Brown
Dog was sensational, hitting the first ball of
the innings for four. Dappers and Browney
had a partnership of 26 runs for the first
wicket and this ensured a win for the Creek.
This win put us into the semi finals of the one
day competition. Well done guys.
WCCC v ANU
Semi final One Day Comp At ANU North
Weston Creek 10 for 160 in 45 overs
Andrew Dapre 33, Chris Browning 31, Phil
Shakespear 25
ANU 9 for 161 in 49.3 overs
M Henry 4/19, S Henry 2/16, A Dapre 2/50
We committed the cardinal sin of not batting
for 50 overs in this semi final. Dappers and
Brown Dog were magnificent. Seebs and
Browney had a 50 run 2nd wicket
partnership. Shakey and Dappers put on 52
for the 8th wicket. We fought as hard as we
could, and the tail really showed some guts.
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We had the runs on the board and we didn't
let ANU have an easy win. The bowling was
superb and the fielding was sensational. Matt
Henry smashed them them by taking 4 for
19. Nudge ( 0 for 19) was unplayable, as
evidenced by their opener making a 17 over
duck!!
Stuart Henry was extremely ferocious taking
2 / 1 6 from ten overs.
This was a great effort to stretch ANU to 50
overs and 9 wickets down. We were 3 balls
and one wicket away from a place in the
final. Very disappointing.
WCCC v Ginnindera
Round 5 Two Day Comp At Mawson
Ginnindera 10 wkts for 120
Burrows 4 / 22, Colless 3 / 1 6 , Malbon 1 / 1 2
and 10 wkts for 119
M Henry 3 / 20, A Dapre 2 / 6, Colless 2 / 1 9
Weston Creek 3 dec for 124
Browning 36 no, Malbon 34 no, Colless 31,
and 3 for 118
Malbon 72 no, Dapre 21
Weston Creek won Outright!
A great match. Burrows on fire taking 4
wkts, Colless dazzling taking 3 wkts and
sensational throwing by Dapre scoring two
direct hits and two run outs from square leg.
Who could forget Conehead's throat ball!?
Browney and Matt Colless (50 partnership)
were as solid as the proverbial constipated
duck, and Conehead did the business with
Browney for a 54 run unbeaten partnership.
In the 2nd innings Matt Henry was the man,
taking 3 for 20, ably supported by Colless
and Dappers. This was a huge effort by our
bowlers as the temperature was extremely
hot and it is always difficult to remove a team
twice.
We had 19 overs in which to score 116 runs
to win the match.
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Colless started on fire with 3 fours but it was
Conehead the Destroyer who smashed the
opposition, scoring an unbeaten 72 (3 sixes
and 7 fours). Dappers chipped in with a
handy 21 including 2 fours and a six.
We got the runs in 16.1 overs and sent the
opposition home with an inferiority complex.
Yes!
WCCC v ANU
Round 6 Two Day Comp At Phillip
ANU 10 for 101
Burrows 3/47, S Henry 2/11, M Henry 2/13,
Bulger 2/8, Dapre 1/21
and 5 dec for 177
Colless 2/ 34, Bulger 1/55, Wilson 1/11,
Burrows 1/36
Weston Creek 1 dec for 106
Colless 58no, G Seberry, 35 no
and 4 for 178
S Henry 79, B Wilson 51
ANU were stunned to be bowled out for 101
at tea! All bowlers took some wickets with
big Scotty leading with 3fer!
Matt Colless and Greg Seebs were the
complete professionals with an unbeaten
partnership of 104 to have our nose in front
by stumps. We won't mention the untimely
declaration.
The next Saturday ANU batted solidly in 100
degree heat and the spinners did the brunt of
the bowling. They made a sporting
declaration at tea time leaving us 173 runs to
score in 37 overs.
Stuart Henry excelled in scoring 79 with 9
fours, and Brenton Wilson scored his maiden
half century for the Creek. These two shared
a 126 run partnership for the 3rd wicket and
we scored the runs with 4 overs to spare. Our
2nd outright win!
This was a great win as ANU had just beaten
us in two previous encounters.
WCCC v Queanbeyan
Round 6 One Day Comp At Mawson
Queanbeyan 10 for 53
Burrows 4/5 (including a Hat trick),
Browning 4 / 1 6
and 10 for 95
Burrows 3 / 24, W Ramage 3/71, Bulger 2/
16, Wilson 2/21
Weston Creek 4 dec for 57
Browning 23, Wilson 15 no
and 2 dec for 102
Gleaves 43, Dapre 26 no
Scotty Burrows took a hat trick and Brown
Dog took 4 fer in what was a rout of the
Queanbeyan team. We easily got the runs and
declared. Brown dog and the Pearl solid
again. Queanbeyan were 8 for 83 at stumps
on the first day and we were staring at our
third outright win.
We easily cleaned up the tail with all bowlers
chipping in. Well done lads. The run chase
was 91 runs with all day to get them. We
finished up at 3:00 pm. This match was
probably the most boring game I have ever
played in. We were always going to win it
outright.
What a superb effort! We finished the comp
as Minor Premiers!
A memorable incident from the. game came
in the first session when the big Wally
(Ramage), decided to field a ball with his
foot as it ran through the gully area. He
missed the ball but got Conehead's hand! He
successfully pinned his hand to the ground,
then twisted his foot around to chase the ball!
Nice guy! Three stitches and an infected
hand. Thanks Wally! Try using your hand
next time.
WCCC v Tuggera nongs
Semi final Two Day Comp At Mawson
Tuggeranongs 10 for 181
Burrows 3 / 39, Browning 2 / 4 1 , Power 2 /
48, Bulger 1 / 4 8
Weston Creek 6 for 202
Malbon 61, G Seberry 47, Rhynehart 34 no,
Dapre 16
We won the toss and sent the Tuggers in on a
soft slow wicket. Mick Power got the first
breakthrough at 20 runs and then Tuggers
looked solid until the Brown Dog made
some magic, getting 2 in the one over just
before lunch (3 for 73 at lunch). On return we
had some luck in the first over with both
batsmen at one end for a gimme run out.
Scott Burrows was bowling like a demented
demon from the southern end, Conehead
taking a sound catch in slips to make it 5 for
114. Brenton Wilson then turned the game in
our favour with smart fielding at short
backward square leg and a direct hit at the
bowlers end with the batsmen metres out his
ground (What a goose! 6/133).
Ryan Bulger then got into the game with the
new batsmen caught in slips for a duck. 7 for
134. Scotty Burrows and Nudge cleaned the
tail up and we had rissoled Tuggers in a
session taking 7 for 108.
We had 34 overs to face that evening and
were 3 for 97 at stumps after being 3 for 23.
Greg Seberry and the skipper put on a
partnership of 104 runs to break Tuggers
heart and then Adam Rhynehart and Dappers
carried the day to be 5 for 182. Tuggers
called the game off at 6 for 202 and we were
in the grand final with a very solid
performance.
This game was sweet revenge as we had not
beaten Tuggeranong this season in two close
games.
WCCC v NCA
Grand Final Two Day Comp At Mawson
NCA 10 for 207
Ryan Bulger 5 / 49, Mick Power 2 / 42, Scott
Burrows 2 / 70
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Weston Creek 198
Andrew Dapre 45, Brenton Wilson 39, Adam
Rhynehart 33, Mick Power 32, Ryan Bulger
16 no
NCA were sent in to bat on a reasonable
wicket. Mick Power struck first with the
score on 45 and a smart catch in slips by
Gleavesy to remove their skipper for 14.
Scott Burrows chipped in next over and
bowled the other opener. (2 for 47 ) At lunch
the score was 2 for 103 with a lot of work to
be done. In the third over after lunch Ryan
Bulger took his first wicket when he had the
Reverend reaching into thin air, stumped by
Phil Marchant. This was a breakthrough as
NCA had no idea what Bulge was doing!
Nudge then got an LBW (4 for 125) and
Bulge had their top scorer caught at slip in
the next over (5 for 125). Scotty picked up
his 2nd wicket with a fast bouncer, caught by
Gleaves at mid wicket. NCA were 8 for 183
at tea, losing 6 for 80 during the session.
Bulge completed a bag of wickets soon after
lunch (9 for 207) and then Adam Rhynehart
fooled the old head of Peter Howes with
some stylish foxing at cover point to have
him run out and NCA dismissed for 207. A
target well within reach reach of our
batsmen.
We had 23 overs to face before stumps and
unfortunately made a terrible start. We lost
our top order ( 4 wkts) for only 23 runs.
Seebs and Conehead had made their smallest
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scores for the season in 4th grade.
It was up to the youngest players in the team
to shoulder the major responsibility of
winning the final and they came within a
whisker of achieving that feat.
Adam and Brenton made a sound start of a 55
run partnership before Adam clipped one off
his hip and was caught behind square leg ( 5
for 78). Brenton then had a 12 run
partnership with Dappers before he was
bowled. (6 for 90) Phil Marchant was LBW
for 2 (7 for 92) when Nudge came to the
crease. We were 7 for 109 at lunch. 3 wkts in
hand and 98 runs to score.
Mick and Andrew made a 42 run partnership
of which Nudge contributed 32. Dappers was
on 10 and the score was 8 for 134.
Bulger and Dapre then batted almost to tea
before NCA resorted to gutter tactics and
deliberately hit Andrew in the chest with a
bean ball. Andrew was unsettled and his
batting changed. He was missed twice before
being bowled for 45. He and Bulge had made
a 54 run 9th wicket partnership. ( 8 for 188)
We needed a twenty run 10 wicket
partnership. Scotty and Bulge put on 10
when Scotty smacked an on drive and was
caught ankle high at mid on. Our total was
198 just 9 runs behind NCA. This was a sad
ending to our fairy tail run into the finals, but
we can be proud of the fact that the
opposition had to resort to dishonourable
tactics to win the game.
5th Grade
Now that the season is over we can look back
and
say
our
performances
were
disappointing. It is hard to recall one match
where the opposition actually beat us. We
beat ourselves through either bad batting or
very poor fielding. Our bowling attack was
good all year and could not be blamed for
any of the defeats; as a matter of fact we were
the only side to have Queanbeyan's measure
with the ball all season (they won both
competitions without raising a sweat).
On a more positive note I believe our side
achieved plenty with the number of younger
players progressing through fifths to the
h i g h e r grades. Andrew Dapre, Mehan
Sirriwardhane and Ryan Bulger bagged us
plenty of wickets and were rewarded with
promotion and then continued their form in
higher grades. Andrew and Ryan also
showed they have the ability to score runs in
some cases under pressure. Josh Skurowski
only played a couple of games in higher
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and his fielding to warrant promotion next
season.
To the rest of the fifth grade side (some 32
players) I say thankyou for the season and I
hope we can get back together again in
October.
Finally congratulations to Col and his second
graders and a special thankyou to Peter
H e a t h w o o d and the c o m m i t t e e f o r an
enjoyable season. Well done fella's.
Greg Rouse
1 DAY Round 7
Queanbeyan 182
WCCC
114
G Rouse
4/28
J Skurowski
30
MHodkinson 2/19
G Seberry
26
2 DAY Round 5
GWB
169
WCCC
132
G Rouse
3/11
C Akers
45
J Bowdler
3/21
J Skurowski
35
R Bulger
3/82
Round 6
ANU
176
WCCC
M O'Ryan
4/36
T Purcell
T Boyton
3/23
T Boyton
A Woodcock 2/43
B Ward
M O'Ryan
G Rouse
Round 7
Queanbeyan 9/255 WCCC
ANeal
G Seberry
3/48
A Woodcock 3/52
M O'Ryan
2/69
7/180
56
30
22
22
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7/106
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6th Grade
Well we finished off a fairly dismal season
with a good run home. Not quite good
enough to make the semi finals but we did
cause a few upsets which included a victory
over the minor premier, and eventual
premiers, in the final round of the season.
Round 15
We started our winning run with an absolute
flogging of Ginninderra. We won the toss
and batted. After a good start that saw us 130
after 32 overs, thanks to great batting by
Tony Haider and Craig Scott, 'Captain
Cranky' Webster strode to the crease with an
air that something big was going to happen.
Thanks to advice from Greg Rouse (you need
to hit the ball), Webster then proceeded on
the theory that you get a bigger swing if you
hit across the line. This resulted in him
smiting bowlers to all parts of the ground.
His 79 included seven 6's, six 4's and a
magnificent runout that saw him cement top
score by luring Craig Scott into a run that just
wasn't there. Comments from the bowlers
included "This is like bowling in television
highlights" and "You should buy a lottery
ticket". His dissmissal brought a sigh of
relief for homeowners in the vicinity. After
this Ginninderra rightly decided that the
game was already over, and capitulated
without a fight.
WCCC
7/262 Ginninderra 105
Webster 79, Haider 57, Scott 42,Wylks 4/29
with a match winning 42 in 42 overs and
Brett McKay's equally boring cameo 59 not
out (only one 6). Tony Haider and Ian
Webster followed their half-centuries the
week before with solid ducks. The bowlers
then ripped through the top order taking 7/
108 before deciding that their fearless was a
bit bored and let them put on 63 for the
eighth wicket. Gerrard Oakes then showed
concern at the captains rapidly depleting
stock of hair and considerately ran a batsman
out. Tuggeranong then folded in the
traditional fashion.
WCCC
5/189 Tugg Valley
McKay 59*,
Wylks 2/33
Esposito 42, Taylor 3/13,
Round 17
'Captain Cranky' was in a rare good mood
this particular morning and allowed the
opposition to win the toss and bat. We took
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We followed this up with a win over the
Tuggeranong Valley side that wasn't really
as close as it looked. Once again we batted
magnificently with the the highlights being,
Dave Esposito boring the opposition to death
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wickets steadily until we unveiled our own
genuine imitation Bevan, Jimmy Stewart.
He bowled 33 very good balls that the
batsmen could not get bat on and 3 porky
pies that had 3 very silly looking batsmen
hitting catches to disbelieving fielders. Their
innings also featured an incident in which a
leg side SHNICK was called a wide.
'Captain
Cranky'
expressed
his
disappointment and also that in his opinion it
was clearly out. The umpire agreed
wholeheartedly both that it was out and the
batsman had hit it and in the ensuing
conversation postulated his belief that you
could in fact be caught from a wide. His
belief was that the rules had been changed
recently to allow for just such an incident as
this and managed to spout dozens of
examples. Much impressed by the umpires
stupidity 'Captain Cranky' thought it would
be better to let the umpire keep on smoking
whatever he was smoking and carry on.
Then it was our turn to bat. Chasing 153 to
win we hurt their bowlers badly by getting
167 in 20 overs. The import of the week
Mick O'Ryan smashed 51 before boredom
caused his downfall and Wylks and Karl
Hoffman could only raise enough enthusiasm
to hit five 6's between them. Then we all
went back to the pub to sing 3 in a row.
Wests
152
WCCC
4/167
Stewart 3/26, O'Ryan 51, Wylks 45*, K
Hoffman 19*
Round 18
The old foe ANU Old Boys were out for
victory to cement a spot in the finals. They
batted first and encountered Mike
Hodkinson. He bowled a very boring spell
with 47 balls out of 56 having no runs scored
off them in a spell of 2/11. Andrew Mathews
bowled very well to help us restrict them to
166. We all then voted for the tight finish
and attempted to throw the game. Paul
Wylks brought up his first 50 of the season
after being stranded 3 times in the 40's.
Jeremy Bradley batted well for 35. Ian
Webster scored 22 in 7 balls with a typical
lack of restraint. Jamie Taylor hit a 6 (his
first ever). We beat them even after some
dubious wide calls in an effort to jack up
their score.
ANU Old Boys 9/166
WCCC 8/167
Mathews 3/39, Hodkinson 2/11, Wylks 62,
Bradley 35, Webster 22
Round 19
We lost who cares? I don't want to talk about
it.
WCCC
8/217 Tugg Vikings 4/217
Bradley 51, Webster 43, Taylor 2/34
Round 20
Well we always enjoy playing ANU with
their customs of making the bowler fetch the
ball if he gets hit for six and constant
sledging of their own captain. The ANU
captain made an interesting decision to field
upon winning the toss having only seven
players. However they all eventually turned
up about five overs into the game. We batted
much too slowly against a bowling attack
lacking any of the elements of a good attack
(Pace, Bounce, Direction, Aggression and
lack of personal hygiene). We got about 180
and ANU all had to go home early so they
threw their wickets away in an effort to keep
their other commitments.
WCCC
185
ANU 108
Stewart 34, Haider 25, Webster 25,
Taylor 4/45, Shean 3/16, Webster 2/25
Round 21
This match started with a display of true 6th
grade spirit. The WCCC captain made it
clear that he wished to bat first and smash
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NCA's bowlers into next week. The NCA
captain agreed that he and his men would like
nothing better than to chase leather for the
first half of the afternoon and so no toss was
necessary. Against the table leaders this was
going to be an uphill battle. Or it was until
Tony Haider went out to bat and demolished
the NCA attack to the tune off 132 in 25
overs. He hit twelve 6's and ten 4 ' s to
destroy the bowlers' confidence in their
ability to bowl. Arron Hoffman hoisted some
m a g n i f i c e n t hits over the ( i m a g i n a r y )
grandstand. This was also our biggest total
of the season. At least we peaked at the right
end of the season. NCA obligingly decided
that everyone wanted to go to the pub and
proceeded to collapse with a minimum of
fuss. This was much appreciated by WCCC
batsmen as they were tired from swinging the
bat so much.
WCCC
7/266 NCA
145
Haider 132, A Hoffman 46, Wylks 21*,
Wylks 5/51, Taylor 4/30
Late Cuts
with Ewan
Mackenzie
Congratulations to Col Hunter and the entire
second grade team on winning the
premiership. They displayed tremendous
fighting spirit and were RELENTLESS in
their crushing victories over Ginninderra in
the semi-final and Wests in the grand final.
oooooo
Unfortunately fourth grade could not join the
party but they fought gallantly to only lose
by nine runs. The performance of our young
players, in particular, was very satisfying as
they displayed fighting spirit the equal of
second grade's after the Creek's top order
had collapsed.
OOOOOO
Many of life's patterns are cyclical and the
arrival of new talent at the Creek is one of
these. This season has been one of the best
for a long time in this regard. While this has
been a poor season for results by our high
standards the arrival of tyros such as Lachlan
Freemantle, Mehan Siriwardhane, Ryan
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Bulger and Brentyn Wilson (and others)
augurs well for the future. These players
along with young 'veterans' still on the way
up the grades, like Dan Mowbray, Adam
Rhynehart and Aaron Gleaves (and others),
should form the nucleus of our top grades for
some time to come.
OOOOOO
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