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ISSN 0156-1421<br />
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POINT<br />
WESTON<br />
CRICKET<br />
CREEK<br />
CLUB<br />
News<br />
Magazine<br />
Vol.3 .. NQ6<br />
MARCH 1981
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NEWS MAGAZINE<br />
<strong>Weston</strong> <strong>Creek</strong><br />
<strong>Cricket</strong> <strong>Club</strong><br />
Percy Samara-Mickrama<br />
and John Waldron<br />
WESTOli CREEK CRICKET CLUB<br />
14, Hyndes Cres., Holder,<br />
A.C.T., 2611. Australia.<br />
Editorial<br />
In this final issue of"Cover Point"<br />
for the season I would like to ask<br />
a simple question as a method of<br />
summarising the season.<br />
Can you as a playing member<br />
the <strong>Club</strong> identify yourself with<br />
particular team<br />
of<br />
any<br />
The answer, no matter what it is<br />
is most important.Being able to say<br />
that you can identify with a particular<br />
team must mean that you were<br />
part of that team.<br />
Contents<br />
Editorial .Pg 1<br />
Greg Chappell by<br />
Bruce Coe 3<br />
"Ten fa" 5<br />
<strong>Cricket</strong> Widows... 6<br />
<strong>Cricket</strong> Quiz 8<br />
From the boundary 8<br />
<strong>Cricket</strong> Reports... 12<br />
The first way to identify with a<br />
team is through playing with that<br />
team on Saturdays. But I don't think<br />
that it finishes there. You have Final Issue<br />
to also share something else with<br />
the rest of the players, to really for 1980-81<br />
get to know them. How often can you<br />
say that your team were all together<br />
except on the field on Satur -<br />
day afternoon. Was the team ever at practice together Did
all the players come back to the <strong>Club</strong> for a drink. Did all<br />
the players turn up to a <strong>Club</strong> function. Did the team have a<br />
social outing or a team talk.<br />
Any or all these help the team to form its own identity.<br />
Each player gets to know the players and as such all players<br />
feel more comfortable being in the side. The A.C.T.team this<br />
season developed an identity mainly because they practised<br />
together and also they did hard conditioning work together.<br />
It was a successful team not because of what happened on the<br />
field but because of what happened off the field.<br />
A team cannot form an identity unless it is stable as far<br />
as player movement is concerned. It has to have a core of<br />
players who play the "full" season. Players get promoted on<br />
ability. This must happen. It would be said that it serves<br />
to detract from this identity. I do not think so. If player<br />
is promoted because of consistently good performances the<br />
team he goes to must see his addition to the side as strengthening<br />
that side.The side he leaves should see that they<br />
for a period have helped to develop a cricketer. They must<br />
continue this work with his replacement.<br />
If players drop out of their side, they definitely help<br />
to break down this identity. New players come into the side<br />
not necessarily because of ability, but because of necessity<br />
When they return, sides have to again be disrupted to fit<br />
them in. Unfortunately the club's lower sides are hit the<br />
worst because of the repercussions of a dropout in a higher<br />
grade.<br />
Did you identify with a particular side this year Did<br />
your team have its own identity If not, why not. How do<br />
you improve on this aspect next season.<br />
Brian Kensey<br />
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GREG CHAPPELL<br />
Further to our analyses of Dennis Lillee's "Test" career<br />
we have decided to look at Greg Chappell's figures in. all<br />
"Tests".<br />
As can be seen from the accompanying tables Chappell . has<br />
scored 7559 runs in all "Tests", third only to. Sobers and<br />
Cowdrey on the all-time list. In official . Tests the only<br />
Australians in front of him are Bradman (6996) and Harvey<br />
(6149).<br />
Some of the numerous other records and achievements by<br />
Chappell include:<br />
* A century on his test debut.<br />
* Most runs in a test match.<br />
* One of only four batsmen to score a century and double<br />
century in the same test.<br />
* A century in each innings of a test, twice. No one<br />
has bettered this feat.<br />
* Six consecutive Test fifties.<br />
* A fifty in each innings of an official Test ten (10)<br />
times. Only Boycott is a challenger for the all- time<br />
record.<br />
* Seven catches in a Test, to be joint record- holder<br />
with Yajurvindra Singh.<br />
* 97 catches and 43 wickets in Official Tests.<br />
OFFICIAL TEST MATCHES<br />
TESTS INN NO HS RUNS AV 100s 50s 0<br />
v England<br />
v Pakistan<br />
v W.I.<br />
v N.Z.<br />
v. India<br />
TOTAL<br />
UNOFFICIAL TESTS & SUPERTESTS<br />
V R-of-W<br />
v WSC/WI<br />
v WSC/Wld<br />
TOTAL<br />
ALL TESTS<br />
30 55 5 144 2230 44.60 7 11 3<br />
9 16 1 235 966 64.40 3 6 0<br />
14 25 6 182* 1314 69.16 5 6 1<br />
11 18 2 247* 841 52.56 2 3 3<br />
3 5 - 204 368 73.60 1 2 1<br />
67 119 14 247* 5719 45.47 18 28 8<br />
3 6 2 197* 425 1<strong>06</strong>.25 2 1 1<br />
10 18 - 150 842 46.78 3 3 1<br />
4 8 1 246* 573 81.86 2 1 1<br />
17 32 3 246* 1840 63.45 7 5 3<br />
Grand Total 84 151 17 247* 7559 56.41 25 33 11
4<br />
BEST BATTING (ALL"TESTS")<br />
108 V England Perth 70/71 (Debut)<br />
115* V R-of-W Melbourne 71/72<br />
197* V<br />
a Sydney 71/72<br />
131 V England Lord's 72<br />
113 V<br />
ii Oval 72<br />
116*& 62 V Pakistan Melbourne 72/73<br />
1<strong>06</strong> V W.I. Bridgetown 72/73<br />
247*& 133 V N.Z. Wellington 73/74<br />
58 & 71 V England Brisbane 74/75<br />
84 & 144 V<br />
a Sydney 74/75<br />
102 V<br />
a<br />
Melbourne 74/75<br />
123 & 109 V W.I. Brisbeme 75/76<br />
182* V<br />
ti<br />
Sydney 75/76<br />
r 68 S 54 V<br />
ti<br />
Melbourne 75/76<br />
| 52 & 70 V Pakistan Adelaide 76/77<br />
121 & 67 V<br />
a<br />
Melbourne 76/77<br />
112 V England Manchester 77<br />
174 V WSC Wld Perth 77/78<br />
246* V WSC WI Melbourne 77/78<br />
150 V WSC WI P. of Spain 78/79<br />
113 V<br />
II<br />
Georgetown 78/79<br />
104 & 85 V<br />
II<br />
Antigua 78/79<br />
74 & 124 V W.I. Brisbane 79/80<br />
114 V England Melbourne 79/80<br />
235 V Pakistan Faisalabad 79/80<br />
56 S 57 V<br />
a<br />
Lahore 79/80<br />
204 V India Sydney 80/81<br />
+ In consecutive innings, only Everton Weeks with 7 has<br />
scored more consecutive fifties.<br />
Most runs scored in any test. Ian ' Chappell also scored<br />
a century in each innings, thus setting the record<br />
the only time brothers had scored a century in each innings<br />
of the same Test match (only the second occurrence of<br />
this feat in all first class cricket)<br />
Compiled by Bruce Coe.<br />
STOP PRESS — 11<br />
SEVEN OF THE 16 JUNIOR WCCC TEAMS PLAYED IN THE SEMI-FINAL I<br />
ROUNDS, U-12(Div-2), U13(Div-4), AND U-14(Div-l) WON THE 1<br />
PREMIERSHIPS.***** WELL DONE BOYS,COACHES, MANAGERS AND |<br />
LAURIE AND DAI EVANS «<br />
of
.EMFA<br />
'TENFA' RATFORD<br />
Playing in third grade<br />
rQ against South Woden<br />
j Greg Ratford had the<br />
y<br />
honour of capturing<br />
all ten wickets in an<br />
innings. "Tenfa" was<br />
chaired off the field<br />
* by his team mates who<br />
played a big part in<br />
supporting him on the<br />
field. Greg's effort<br />
enabled his . team to<br />
win outright after<br />
losing on the first<br />
innings. The defeated<br />
South Woden team also<br />
heartily congratulated<br />
Greg after the match.<br />
With Greg Ratford's 10 for 39 against South Woden, the<br />
pages of Wisden were quickly consulted to examine the significance<br />
of feats like this in first class cricket.<br />
Here are some observations;<br />
There have only been 69 occurences, the earliest by<br />
Hinkley of Kent and the most recent by Shahid Mahmood of the<br />
Karachi Whites in 1969-70.<br />
John Wisden himself performed the feat in 1850.<br />
Ian Brayshaw (10/44 v Victoria in 68/69) is the most recent<br />
of four bowlers to perform the feat in Australia.<br />
A.P."Tich" Freeman took 10/131, 10/53 and 10/79 in 1929,<br />
1930 and 1931 consecutively.<br />
Jim Laker took 10 wickets twice in 1956, both against the<br />
Australians, once in the famous Manchester Test.<br />
The most occurences in any one year were 5 in 1921 and 4<br />
in 1956.<br />
A.E.Moss of Canterbury (N.Z.) took 10 for 28 in his first<br />
class debut in 1889-90.<br />
The most outstanding analysis was 19.4 O, 16M, 10/10 by<br />
Headley Verity for Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire at Leeds, in<br />
1932.
CRICKET<br />
WIDOWS<br />
Many words have been written in sympathy with your plight,<br />
ladies,on losing your menfolk to the wretched Saturday afternoon<br />
ritual, CRICKET. Eileen Hollands writes in her book<br />
"Never marry a <strong>Cricket</strong>er":-<br />
"But firstly, let me warn you that there is nothing methodical<br />
or straightforward about marrying a cricketer. In a<br />
way it's rather like marrying a bigamist: in all probability<br />
you will have no idea that he . has already dedicated<br />
himself to another. Then all of a sudden, you will be confronted<br />
by a series of appalling discoveries which leave<br />
you groping in bewilderment, asking yourself whether or<br />
not you've married a madman."<br />
Local cricket identity, Ray Flockton, tells the story of a
well Known international cricketer who was having trouble<br />
keeping his marriage aflot due to cricket committments.\ His<br />
wife felt he had no time for her and she was heartily fed up<br />
with the situation.<br />
To try to sort things out they went along to consult a<br />
psychiatrist.After consulting each party separately the psychiatrist<br />
suggested how they could remedy the situation. On<br />
returning to his wife in the waiting room the cricketer took<br />
his wife in his arms and embraced her passionately. Her eyes<br />
lit up and she was sure the problem was solved and suggested<br />
they continue the treatment regularly.<br />
"Sure" replied the husband "but not on Saturday as I<br />
playing cricket"<br />
The time of the year now approaches when you will have<br />
the company of your husbands at home every Saturday to make<br />
up for lost time during the summer. All the chores cah be<br />
done around the house, the kids entertained, the football<br />
channels on the TV properly tuned and the aging beer removed<br />
from the refrigerator. I'll bet by next September you will<br />
be only too pleased to get them out of your hair and back to<br />
the cricket field every Saturday<br />
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8<br />
<strong>Cricket</strong> Quiz<br />
1. Before Australia 's dismal 83 in the second innings of the<br />
3rd. Test against India, when was the previous lowest completed<br />
innings in the last' 15 years.<br />
2. Who was the N.Z. wicket-keeper who died' of cancer .in<br />
1976.<br />
3. Who holds the record of making the most number of runs in<br />
a Test match.<br />
4. Which current Australian Test player is the only person<br />
ever to score 150 or more in each innings of a Test.<br />
5. Who is the only player to score a century in each innings<br />
of a Test, twice in the same series.<br />
6. Name the six batsmen who have scored more than 5000 runs<br />
in Tests for Australia.<br />
7. Jeff Thomson and Keith Miller have taken between 150 and<br />
200 wickets in Tests. Two great left-handers . have also<br />
taken this many wickets, name them.<br />
8. When did NSW last win the Sheffield.<br />
9. Who were the captain and the vice-captain of that victorious<br />
team.<br />
10. Name the three Western Australian captains who lead a<br />
winning Sheffield shield team, in the last 15 years.<br />
Answers on page 20.<br />
From the Boundary<br />
BEST DUCK OF THE SEASON<br />
The honour of making the best duck of the season must go<br />
to Graham Trompf, playing against ANU in fourth grade. Comingin<br />
at No.11 with the score at 9/156, he told John Bowdler(31)<br />
how to go about things. When Tromphie was dismissed about an<br />
hour later for 0, the score was 199. The 43 runs in the partnership<br />
came from the bat of J.B.
FAREWELL RUSSELL AYRES<br />
It was unfortunate for the club that Russell had to leave<br />
to pursue his studies at the University of New England. Armidale,<br />
at the completion of the-10th round of the season. He<br />
played 7 rounds in 4th. grade when he captured 35 wickets<br />
(19 bowled and 6 Ibw) at an average of 6.87.In three innings<br />
he captured seven wickets and his best performance was 12/75<br />
Russell captured a further 5 wickets when promoted to third<br />
grade, giving him 40 wickets for the season.<br />
It was truly a magnificent performance and Russell was<br />
one of the reasons the fourths were contenders for the"semis<br />
early in the season. It was a pleasure to play with such a<br />
keen and dedicated cricketer and on behalf of the '<strong>Club</strong> I<br />
would like to wish Russell all the best in his studies and<br />
in his cricket in the future. „ rr , „<br />
"Wacka"<br />
********<br />
KAMBAH VS 'THE REST' AT STIRLING<br />
On a fine Sunday morning the two captains tossed with Pat<br />
Flynn winning the toss and electing to send Kambah in to bat<br />
Our beloved leader, Chris Harris immediately called a conference<br />
behind closed doors to discuss our tactics for the<br />
match. "The Rest" opened with the famous Flynn combination<br />
hoping to emulate their double century opening partnership<br />
feat. However, they didn't count on the tenacity of our captain<br />
as well as the brilliance of our opening attack. Pat<br />
Flynn was introduced as the oldest playing club member, the<br />
oldest century maker and a pain-in-the . Anyway, we constantly<br />
applied pressure on the opposing captain.As a result<br />
the pressure got to Pat Flynn and he was beaten all ends up<br />
by a Gavin Holmes "shooter" and was trapped in front for a<br />
quack. Pat's feat will be remembered for a long time by the<br />
Kambah team. One of the highlights of the day's play was the<br />
comment passed by an unnamed Kambah player after the second<br />
over. His comment was "Gees, this ball is split already".<br />
Well,after Pat's dismissal'Wacker" Waldron and Greg Flynn<br />
batted well in a partnership of 62. Greg's run out heralded<br />
the arrival of "Slime" to the crease. Not long afterwards<br />
Paddy O'Brien was to arrive at the crease to face his first<br />
ball which proved to be a masterstroke by our captain, Chris<br />
Harris. It is a well known fact that Paddy has received some<br />
bad decisions this year, and today was to be no different.<br />
9
10<br />
This was most definitely the highlight of the day. Peter<br />
Poulos came into bowl and Paddy was rapped on the pads resulting<br />
in a very confident appeal by all the Kambah team. Tom<br />
Porter promptly raised his finger much to Paddy's disgust.<br />
Paddy's immediate reaction was to kick the middle stump out<br />
of the ground and the square leg umpire Greg Ratford promptly<br />
raised his finger. Nevertheless, despite the fact that<br />
Paddy was out for a golden duck,the Kambah team showed their<br />
good sportsmanship by allowing Paddy to bat again.Anyway, at<br />
the other end "Slime" was starting to settle in and look dangerous<br />
when Chris Harris decided to bring himself on. From<br />
the outset Chris had "Slime" bamboozled and was most unlucky<br />
not to have his wicket on three occasions. In one case, Greg<br />
Irvine was stranded down the pitch and keeper Mosely missed<br />
a simple stumping chance. It has been recently rumoured that<br />
Peter Mosley might be receiving a trophy for "best club fieldsmari".<br />
Anyway"Slime"managed to knock up a quick total of<br />
73 before retiring. At the end of the allotted 50 overs "The<br />
Rest" had reached the total of 9/213 and Harris 60 off seven<br />
overs.<br />
When the tea break was taken the Kambah team had yet another<br />
pep talk and the decision was made to open ' with • Bob<br />
iPahski and Brian Kensey. At the total of 11, we lost our 1st<br />
wicket. However, we had an able substitute in Laurie O'Mara.<br />
Laurie together with "Pads" batted with supreme confidence<br />
to record a 93 partnership. After Laurie's dismissal "PadS"<br />
and Chris Harris combined in a useful 24 run partnership<br />
with "Pads" really entertaining the crowd with his "French<br />
<strong>Cricket</strong>" techniques. "Pads" hit one splendid six off "Slime"<br />
whose bowling efforts were well rewarded with the figures of<br />
0/50 off 7 overs.On his departure Chris and Bill Northam combined<br />
in a useful 24 run partnership and at one stage<br />
Kambah were cruisin' at 3/152. However, "The Rest's everqreen<br />
bowler Don Brooker, stepped into the limelight and<br />
quickly had Northam and Harris back in the pavilion to enjoy<br />
a light refreshment. However "Ace" and Peter Mosley set<br />
about their task well with a useful partnership of 30,taking<br />
our score to 187.Then disaster struck at its worst hour'.'Ace"<br />
mistimed a drive and was caught, then Peter Mosley was bowled<br />
and Steve.MacDonaId was run-out.Suddenly we were 8/187 as<br />
Bruce Russell entered the area to join Peter Poulos.Together<br />
slowly but surely they added runs to edge the total to - 209<br />
when Peter was run out. Then in the ultimate over to be bowled<br />
by Bob Burton the drama was really on. i, The first ball
Bruce played through the slips to record three runs. But unbelievably,<br />
Gavin Holmes failed to reach his ground on the<br />
second run, hence we lost a run. Then off the second ball,<br />
Gavin hit a ball through mid-on and ran two. But, once again<br />
Gavin ran one short, and Kambah lost another run. At this<br />
stage we were 9/212 when we could have won the game. Off the<br />
third ball no run was recorded. Three balls left, two runs<br />
to win. Off the fourth ball Gavin flashed a ball away for a<br />
single to tie the scores. Two balls left, one run to win.On<br />
the second last ball Bob Burton bowled a " pearler •• which<br />
uprooted Bruce Russell's stumps. A TIE.<br />
After the match everyone entered the social atmosphere by<br />
downing a few beers and swapping a few serious an well as<br />
hilarious yarns about cricket.<br />
So, in the history of cricket, this eventful match will<br />
go down as a tie amid mysterious circumstances. There are<br />
three questions which will remain unanswered for eternity.<br />
1. Was Gavin Holmes paid by Pat Flynn to run two runs short<br />
2. Did Gavin Holmes run two runs short as a sporting gesture<br />
to "The Rest"<br />
3. Did Bruce Russell deliberately miss the last ball as a<br />
sporting gesture to make the game a tie.<br />
Agatha Christie could not have devised such an armchair<br />
thriller from her annals as has been recorded in the Kambah<br />
v "The Rest" match.<br />
(This report was collected and compiled by an unbiased<br />
member of the Kambah team J<br />
(A clue- In his bowling run-up the author covers a fair<br />
amount of ground including a trip around mid-nff and<br />
once around the umpire. Eds)<br />
STOP<br />
PRESS<br />
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *<br />
WCCC women's team although losing the semi-finals created an<br />
ACT record by scoring 311 in their second innings. D. Comino<br />
made 108*<br />
11<br />
Congratulations to Eris and Neil Fleming on the arrival<br />
their daughter, Brodie Louise.<br />
of
<strong>Cricket</strong><br />
Reports<br />
FIRST<br />
GRADE<br />
ROUND 10 - vs South Woden<br />
South Woden batted first and scored 173.They should not have<br />
scored 100. We dropped a total of seven catches in their<br />
innings. This has been our downfall all this season. Unless<br />
we work more on this aspect of the game we will not make the<br />
semis. Greg Harper and Richard Drew both bowled exceptionally<br />
well but were not supported by the fieldsmen.<br />
At the end of the first day we were 2/12 and never recovered<br />
from this. We were quickly dismissed for 62 on the<br />
second day with Roger Lonie top scoring with 12. Having to<br />
follow on, we scored 4/1<strong>06</strong> with everybody scoring a few.<br />
ROUND 11 - vs Queanbeyan CC<br />
Queanbeyan batted first and were soon in trouble due to<br />
some good bowling by Gary Dawson. However, dropped catches<br />
again let the opposition off the hook. In the end they finished<br />
up with 8/216 off 49 overs with Neil Bulger belting 125.<br />
Richard Drew bowled very well.<br />
We started off confidently but were in trouble at 3/52.<br />
Chris Body scored 33 and Tim Morris finished with 38 not out.<br />
Both batted very well. We finished with 7/158. This was a<br />
good recovery, but we were chasing too many runs.<br />
The big letdown this season has been our fielding. If we<br />
did not drop so many catches we would have made into the<br />
semi-finals.<br />
ROUND 12 - vs ANU CC<br />
Sent in on a bowler's wicket, we ba,tted slowly against an<br />
attack that moved the ball both in the air and off the wicket.<br />
Greg Harper has now decided to buy a new protector for<br />
the next season due to this.Overall we batted well to dec.at<br />
8/201. to give ourselves a slight chance of making the semis<br />
by getting an outright. Brian Kensey scored 75 and received<br />
support from Greg Irvine, Roger Lonie and Chris Body. At<br />
stumps, ANU were 0/9.<br />
The wicket gave a bit of assistance on the second day but<br />
ANU took no chances. Greg Irvine and Dick Cotton bowled very<br />
well,with little success.Again we dropped a few vital catches.<br />
ANU eventually passed our score with sir wickets down<br />
after 97 overs. Bria„ Kensey
SECOND<br />
GRADE<br />
ROUND 10 - vs South Woden 13<br />
Batting first on a wet wicket we suffered a collapse with<br />
only Alan Thomas and Paul Duffus scoring more than 4 runs.<br />
South Woden passed our score with the loss of only four wickets,<br />
whereupon they declared. We were 0/18 at stumps on the<br />
first day.<br />
On the second day Andrew Macleod and Alan Thomas got us<br />
off to a fine start with a partnership of 61. This was followed<br />
by another partnership of 47 by Macleod and Chris Body.<br />
We set South Woden a target of 136 in h hour plus 20 overs.<br />
Some superb fielding and accurate bowling by Tim Overland<br />
and Chris Body had them in trouble for most of the time.<br />
Some first class catching by Chris Body and Alan Giles set<br />
the scene.<br />
Unfortunately time ran out with us requiring just another<br />
wicket and them needing 26 runs. A good effort on the second<br />
day making up for a poor start.<br />
WCCC 67 (Thomas 20, Duffus 14) and 5/138 dec. (Macleod 42<br />
Thomas 29, C.Body 27) lost to S.Woden 4/69 dec. and 8/110,<br />
(Overland 5/50, C.Body 3/29) on the first innings.<br />
ROUND 11 - vs Queanbeyan.<br />
It seems that whenever I win the toss . we have a good<br />
result, and that is exactly what happened.<br />
Paddy O'Brien, John Macartney and David Body all batted<br />
well, with Paddy and David putting on 61 of which the Irishman<br />
scoring 48. Excellent running between the wickets and<br />
solid hitting set us up for a good score of 147. Greg"Tenfa"<br />
Rat ford provided some exciting batting at the very end.<br />
The wicket was very dead by the time we fielded but some<br />
excellent bowling by Alan Giles and John Macartney was suported<br />
by some very good fielding and catching helped to gain<br />
a win.<br />
WCCC 147 (O'Brien 48, Body 24, Macartney 22) defeated Qbn<br />
72 (Giles 4/12) on first innings.<br />
ROUND 12 - vs ANU CC<br />
This game has to be the most confusing of the season.<br />
After losing the toss and being sent in Andrew Macleod, John<br />
Macartney and Tim Overland ensured that we scored the 180
14<br />
that we were after. John Macartney batted through seven partnerships<br />
which yielded 168 runs.<br />
ANU batted well and scored 6/225 dec. on a track that was<br />
suited to a batsman willing to play his shots. Indeed Bob<br />
Porter showed his ability by scoring a fine century.<br />
Requiring 41 to pass the total required to avoid an outright<br />
we had lost 8 wickets in just doing that. It was the<br />
most undisciplined batting display from any side in which I<br />
have ever played.<br />
ANU lost 2 wickets in scoring the 12 runs required for<br />
outright victory. It was a most unsatisfactory result.<br />
WCCC 184(Macartney 63, Overland 41, Macleod 39 J and 52<br />
(Flynn 16) lost to ANU 6/225 dec. and 2/13.<br />
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ROUND 10 - vs South Woden<br />
After losing the toss (yet again) WCCC batted first on a<br />
surprisingly ary t slow wicket. An inglorious batting display,<br />
resulted with only a 9th. wicket partnership of 31 between<br />
Bruce Coe and Justin Brown giving respectability to a score<br />
of 90.<br />
South Woden knocked up 92 for the loss of three early<br />
wickets and then sent us back in. Our second innings was<br />
only marginally better than the first innings at 1<strong>06</strong>. Once<br />
again Justin Brown, this time with the help of Barney Devlin<br />
salvaged our pride with a ninth wicket stand of 28.<br />
Set to make 1<strong>06</strong> to win in 85 minutes plus 20 overs, South<br />
Woden looked set for a comfortable win, even more so after<br />
an opening stand of 29. Then Greg Ratford struck, and struck<br />
and continued to strike for 16.2 overs straight, until he<br />
bundled Souths out for 94 at a personal cost of 39 runs.<br />
Greg was ably supported by a fine team effort in the<br />
field with Justin Brown and Neil Fleming holding some outstanding<br />
catches.<br />
Finally it was nice to see how the South Woden players<br />
and spectators collectively applauded Greg off the field and<br />
then added their personal congratulations.<br />
Greg's final second innings figures were:<br />
16.2 Overs, 3 maidens, 10 wickets 39 runs.<br />
ROUND 11 - vs Queanbeyan<br />
Queanbeyan won the toss and batted on a grassless Queanbeyan<br />
Park wicket.Led by Justin Brown, who bowled unchanged<br />
for 23 overs throughout the innings (taking 5/44), the WCCC<br />
bowlers applied constant pressure to have Queanbeyan all out<br />
for 121. Unfortunately,the fieldsmen offered little support<br />
for the hard working bowlers, dropping at least EIGHT<br />
catches. The one exception amoung the fielders was Graham<br />
Drew who did a "Snedden", luckily with the umpires watching<br />
him.
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<strong>Weston</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> then batted on a slightly crumbling pitch<br />
and easily reached the required target for the loss 'of six<br />
wickets. Geoff Deacon completed the second half century for<br />
the season (56) and others to show form with the bat were<br />
Neil Fleming (20) and a "cavalier"Wal Hall (23*).<br />
ROUND<br />
12 - vs ANU<br />
ANU won the toss and invited WCCC to bat on a slightly<br />
damp Stirling wicket. At 6/44 WCCC were in dire straits<br />
but Jonathan Abrahams, ably supported, first by Graham Drew<br />
(21) and then by a hard hitting Vikram Varma (35) led the<br />
fight back to a respectable total of 130. Jonathan. batted<br />
for over three hours to compile an undefeated 30.<br />
ANU then batted and at the end of the first day were in<br />
trouble at 3 for 17, all three wickets falling to Steve Day.<br />
At the begining of the second day ANU lost two more quick<br />
wickets to be 5/28 before a stubborn partnership of 55 put<br />
them back into the game, albeit at a snail's pace. After<br />
capturing the troublesome sixth wicket Colin Imms then proceeded<br />
to mop up the tail and ANU were out for 117, giving<br />
WCCC a victory by 13 runs. All of the bowlers returned economical<br />
figures with Colin Imms (4/21) and Stephen Day (4/38)<br />
being the stars.<br />
Bruce Coe<br />
**********<br />
FOURTH GRADE<br />
ROUND 10 - vs South Woden<br />
Rain interfered with our scheduled ground &t Mawson on<br />
both days of the match, resulting in the match being made<br />
into a one-day game on concrete.<br />
South Woden batted first and scored 8/152 at the end of<br />
the alloted number of overs. Our successful bowlers were Ron<br />
Foster 2/27 John Bowdler 1/31 and Russell Ayres 1/15. Our<br />
fielding was good in patches as there were four run-outs but<br />
at other times it was a sorry sight.<br />
Our batting department appeared unable to come to grips<br />
with the game and "blew it". Facing up to a demoted top<br />
class spinner did not help matters and it made it "easy" for<br />
the bowler at the other end to do the damage. Fortunately<br />
John Bowdler (33) and Russell Ayres (20*) had a partnership<br />
of 52 for the last wicket and added some respectability to<br />
the score. (117)
ROUND 11 - vs Queanbeyan<br />
With the loss of the scheduled first day's play due to<br />
rain, we were desparate for a win to try to obtain a place<br />
in the "four" for the semi-finals.<br />
Batting first, Queanbeyan found scoring runs very difficult<br />
against a very accurate bowling of Geoff Ferguson ( 11<br />
overs, 7 maidens, 5/21) and Ron Foster (Hovers, 7 maidens ,<br />
12 runs) The bowlers were well supported by an excellent<br />
fielding display from the whole team. Rick Green and Chris<br />
Harris both made excellent diving catches and Ron Smith 's<br />
run-out was a beauty.Queanbeyan were demoralised in 40 overs<br />
for 85 runs.<br />
Laurie O'Mara (39*) and Ray Kent (21) had a good opening<br />
partnership of 52 runs and enabled us to pass the opposition's<br />
score with only one wicket down after just 22 overs.<br />
ROUND 12 - vs ANU CC<br />
The team was'set to go' against the undefeated minor premiers<br />
for the season.<br />
Batting first Laurie O'Mara (40) and John Waldron. (29)<br />
laid the foundation for a good score and we seemed well on<br />
the way at 3/93. We were rescued once again from a middle<br />
order slump by John Bowdler with a good innings of 74*. "JB"<br />
and Tromphie had a last wicket partnership of 43 and all the<br />
runs came from the bat of "JB". We finished with 199.<br />
ANU seemed to be demoralised at having to chase the highest<br />
score against them this season and our bowlers kept them<br />
out of the game. Geoff Ferguson (3/30 off 20 overs) again<br />
showed his form as an opening bowler and was well supported<br />
by Lionel Laverty (2/32) and Rick Green (2/46 off 6 overs)in<br />
the medium pace department. "Chairman" Harris showed his<br />
guile on a responsive wicket by taking 3/36, including two<br />
brilliant caught and bowled efforts and another 3 catches in<br />
the field.<br />
It was very satisfying to inflict the first defeat of the<br />
season and the whole team should be pioud of the effort. ANU<br />
insisted we bat again at 5.25 pm and Ron Smith (24) and Rick<br />
Green (20) added further insult by thrashing the bowling to<br />
the tune of 48 in 25 minutes. u «<br />
Wacka Waldron<br />
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ROUND 7 - vs A.N.D.<br />
A very disappointing game after such a great performance<br />
two weeks earlier. We were beaten outright after two dismal<br />
batting performances. Our bowlers had us right in the game<br />
by dismissing ANZ for 108. Bob Huey took 6 wickets and Matt<br />
Collins 4. Then our batting collapsed to see us all out for<br />
54. John Abrahams made a fine 23. The second week saw us<br />
dismiss the Bank for 125, Matt Collins being the most successful<br />
with the ball, taking 5 wickets. Our Batting fared<br />
little better in the second innings when we scored 75 with<br />
John Abrahams putting together 33.<br />
ROUND 8 - vs Highlanders<br />
We spent the first day running around chasing leather against<br />
a fairly strong batting line-up. They declared at<br />
5/201. B.Huey 2/40 T.Porter 2/46. We collapsed again being<br />
all out for 75. Bob Huey top scored with 20. Chris Hunter<br />
stayed around for a long time and batted very sensibly. In<br />
our second innings we were dismissed for 80 with Jim Taylor<br />
scoring a fine 31.<br />
ROUND 9 - vs Ginninderra<br />
After a first day wash-out we were sent . in to bat and<br />
lost three quick wickets to be 3/5. Anthony Lilley batted<br />
with great confidence and carried the score to 26. Steve Day<br />
joined Ray Stone and they carried the score to 102. We declared<br />
at 9/135. Day 55, Stone 32, Porter 24. Ginninderra had<br />
two hours to score 136. They did not make the effort we thought<br />
they would and finished at 5/100. Bob Huey took the<br />
honours with 3/26 off 11 overs. A good effort with the semis<br />
coming up.<br />
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ROUND 8-vs Easts<br />
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There are two features in this game worthy of note. The<br />
first is Jamie Clayton's 6/15 bowling effort. The second is<br />
that the game was abandoned due to a wet ground on the 2nd<br />
day. The latter saved an outright with the side being all<br />
out for 25 in its first innings and 5/44 in the second knock<br />
('Cowboy' O'Rourke 12*) Easts 95 in their first innings.<br />
To my mind this game(and the previous game against A.N.UJ<br />
served to confirm the importance of selecting balanced teams<br />
Ian<br />
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ROUND 19 - vs ANU<br />
After being sent into bat we batted very poorly to be all<br />
out for 87. Peter Day top scored with 27. ANU passed our<br />
score with only 2 wickets down.<br />
ROUND 20 - vs S.Woden<br />
On batting first once again we batted poorly being all<br />
out for 57. However , our score was not helped by two of<br />
our top bats being foolishly run out. The highest was Neil<br />
Boundy's knock of 24. S.Woden quickly set about scoring the<br />
required runs and closed at 1/64. On batting a second time<br />
we fared a little better in recording 6/61 with Ken Zimmer<br />
scoring 19.<br />
ROUND 21 - vs Ginninderra<br />
This game turned out to be the social event of the City &<br />
Suburban Competition. It was agreed that everyone was to<br />
bowl and no one could bowl more than 5 overs. On batting we<br />
managed 8/150 with Zimmer scoring 42, Mark Oborn 20, Bill<br />
Northam and Paul McLean 14 each. When Ginninderra batted I<br />
deftly placed everyone in the slips much to their amusement.<br />
Everyone had a bowl and enjoyed the match very much. The<br />
Ginninderra captain made a sporting closure at 2/150 and the<br />
game was declared a tie. n .,, , 7 ,,<br />
Bill Northam
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ROUND 9 - vs Forseven XI<br />
This is a match that should be forgotten. The <strong>Creek</strong> went<br />
down to a first innings loss with Dunn top scoring with 33<br />
Once again <strong>Creek</strong> won the toss and sent"Forskin" into bat.<br />
"Forskin"went on to make 159 with 'Weatherall taking 6/25 off<br />
24.1 overs. The other wicket takers were Dunn 3/47 and Brett<br />
1/41. The dragon ladies got us out for 92.<br />
In their second innings Macdonald was given a bowl where<br />
she seized her first wicket of the season. Congratulations<br />
Heather, you might get more of a bowl now. Congos are also<br />
in hand for Tits O'Toole, now Mrs. T.Dunn.. Enjoy married<br />
life Tiani.<br />
ROUND 10 - vs Norths<br />
At least this a match to be remembered. Winning the toss<br />
once again <strong>Weston</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> sent Norths into bat. The <strong>Creek</strong> went<br />
on to win this match in style. Well, Dunn and Smith did anyway<br />
. Dunn took 4/25 and scored 26* (4 fours) and Smith 3/17.<br />
Smith was in fine form making 53* (2 sixes and 7 fours)<br />
Norths were all out for 74. We replied with 0/82. There<br />
were a couple of clasic catches in this match, one taken by<br />
Comino behind the wicket and one taken by Fitzgerald :with<br />
her war paint on at silly mid-on.<br />
After the match we attended the <strong>Club</strong>'s dinner at Manikams<br />
and I dont think many people felt too good after the dinner,<br />
not because of the grog, but because of Harris and Irvine<br />
singing 'Old Macdonald had a farm" with spoons. What a head<br />
ache it must have given people.<br />
Leane 0'Keeffe<br />
ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ<br />
1. 78 v England at Lord's. 2. Ken Waasworth. Greg Chappell,<br />
380, v NZ at Wellington, 73/74 (247* and 133) 4.Allen Border<br />
5.Clyde Walcott, v Australia,1955, 126 &110 at Port of Spain<br />
155 & 110 at Kingston. 6. Bradman, Iiarvey, G.Chappell Ian<br />
Chappell, Lawry, Walters. 7. Alan Davidson (186) Bill Johnston<br />
(160) 8. 1965/66 9. Bob Simpson S Brian Booth 10.<br />
Tony Lock 67/68, John Inverarity 71/72, 72/73, 74/75, 76/77,<br />
77/78. Kim Hughes 80/81.<br />
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