1970 September.pdf - What's On at Hutchins...

88 89unconcern as a wicketkeeper, right over thestumps irrespective of who was bowling. Wefeel the letter should be quoted-cricketwise-"My mind often wanders back to the OldBoys cricket matches. It also comes to mindthat I made my first century (103 not out)in a school match over here in Lindisfarne,just across the bay here.Now that I have a few minutes to think,I think I will say a bit more about cricket.My second was I think against Leslie Houseon the concrete Lower Domain ground, 104not out. These games were, I think, beforeyour time. Then I made 110 against NewNorfolk, 128 against Mangalore, 101 (I thinkin a married vs. singles match at Bagdad) andothers. I know I made ten centuries all told.These games were all made in the dim pastand my memory is now a bit uncertain.Then about wicketkeeping I think I surprisedLen Burrows and a few others. Thenover in New Zealand in the back blocks, Idid well and playing for Poverty Bay vs.Hawkes Bay in an inter-provincial match waswhere I really made my name as a wicketkeeper.While playing in that match I caughtthe eye of the Hawkes Bay coach-I. H.Board, the English Gloucestershire wicketkeeper.He was so impressed that he wantedme to take the game up seriously. He saidI could easily get home to England with anAustralian XI. However, I had to returnhome to Bagdad to help my father, who wasthen considerably out of sorts. I remembercatching Rupert Pennycuick off old CharlieEady-just toward the end of his cricketingcareer-Rupert was given not out. He turnedround to me and grinned and winked his eye.He knew he had touched the ball.Well now, I had better stop all this selfpraiseand go and do a bit of work.Cheerio old chap,All the best to you and yours,Yours sincerely,Stephen Bisdee.P.S. There's quite a bit more I could thinkup if I tried. I may have told you some ofthese things before.S,J.B.RECOGNITION OF SERVICESThe last magazine notes were not complete,due to the fact that a function held on the3rd August was not reported. This in no wayreflects on the Editor or his committee, but,as the Secretary of the Old Boys Associationis responsible for the inclusion of notes inthe magazine, the omission is quite understandable.However, I wish to put on record: That on3rd August, 1969, a surprise party was givenour Secretary, Ray Vincent. The reason wasto recognise his forty years of service to theAssociation. Ray was elected Assistant-Hon.Secretary in 1929 and Secretary in 1935 andhas seen the membership of the Associationgrow from a mere 79 to a constant membershipof between 1,060-1,080.To keep this total means constant work andwhilst committeemen assist, it is mainly dueto his interest and love of the School, thatOld Boys are kept in touch with the Schooland it's activities. The fact that he constantlygives up portion of his annual leave to visitthe mainland branches, at his own expense,not the Association's, just shows how valuablehe considers personal representation of headquartersofficers is at Branch re-unions.The Association recognised Ray's servicesin 1956 by electing him the first honoraryLife Member, incidentally he also holds thefirst Life Membership Certificates granted bythe Old Boys Football and Cricket Clubs.The party of 3rd August last was attendedby all the presidents of the Association since1929, who, are at present living in Hobartand included Sir William Crowther, president1931, H. C. Smith (1932), Stephen Bisdee(1934), C. T. Butler (1937), Sir Stanley Burbury(1940/41), besides the wives of allpresidents, Vere Chambers a foundation memberof the Association in 1912. It was a wellkept secret, Peggy, naturally had to know butit was quite obvious that Ray knew nothingwhatsoever.To mark Ray's forty years of service, thepresidents in Hobart and residing elsewherein Australia presented him with a silver salverand a copy of his Life Membership Certificatewhich had been lost in the fires of February1967.Roger ValentinePresidentSPORTS CLUBSSports Clubs continue to flourish, althoughpremierships are becoming harder to win.Trophy winners for the 1969/70 Cricket Seasonwere-John Mullen Memorial: Barry Hibbard.W. H. Mason-Cox Memorial: Col Wilkinson.Scott Palfreyman MemoTial: Bob Mann.Best Petjormances: Batting-Barry Strange.Bowling-R. Sharpe.Results 1969-70Round 1.Hutchins 8/142 (Grant 73, Wilkinson 24n.o.) defeated Wanderers 138 (Coventry 84n.o., Barnes 21; Jones 5/39, Jackett 3/11,Pulfer 2/25); by two wickets on 1st innings.v. O.T.O.S., no play, rain, drawn game.Hutchins 131 (Hibbard 37, Wilkinson 53)lost to Friends' 8/218 (Asten 33, Ruddock 30,Hill 29, Armstrong 22, Bull 57; Jones 2/51,Clemons 2/43, Hibbard 2/18); by two wicketsand 87 runs on 1st innings.v. O.V.A., no play, rain, drawn game.Round 2.Hutchins 8/133 (Hibbard 23, Strange 63,Wilkinson 24; Hurst 6/58) defeated Wanderers112 (Healy 27, Lees, 24; Hibbard 2/13,Jones 3/33, Pulfer 2/33); by two wickets.Hutchins 3/94 (Sharpe 37) d. O.T.O.S. 89(Sansom 24, Arnol 30; Jones 4/34, Pulfer4/33); by seven wickets.Hutchins 124 (Palfreyman, 49, Strange 36;Direen 5/55, Miller 3/23) lost to O.V.A. 8/206(Gotowski 78, Spratt 38, Miller 46; Sharpe6/43); by two wickets and 82 nIllS on 1stinnings.Hutchins 157 (Hibbard 69, Swan 37; Nielson3/42) lost to Friends' 5/268 dec. (Asten131, Ruddock 101; Pitt 2/86, Hibbard 2/35);by III runs on 1st innings.Round 3.Hutchins 142 (Strange 29, Wilkinson 40,Nichols 44; Healy 5/60) lost to Wanderers5/149 (Girling, 31, Westell 32, Arnol 29 n.o.;Hibbard 2/29, Pulfer 3/40); by 5 wickets on1st innings.Hutchins 63 (Hibbard 32; Amol 6/34, DeGroot 3/26) and 7/213 dec. (Sharpe 67,Eddington 35, Hibbard 20) defeated O.T.O.S.62 (Sansom 20; Hibbard 4/26, Jones 3/21,Pulfer 3/11) and 5/72 (Gore 24 n.o.; Sharpe2/15); by one run on 1st innings.Hutchins 110 (Pulfer 33, Johnston 26,Strange 22; Direen 6/46, Jones 3/21) and8/128 (Hibbard 23, Strange 29, Pulfer 36;Diren 5/40) lost to O.V.A. 9/321 dec. (Jones24, Powell 43, Crane 131, Diren 39, Bailey 20;Hibbard 2/34, Pulfer 2/80, Pitt 3/52); by 211runs on 1st innings.Hutchins 170 (Strange 64, Grant 28, Wilkinson21; Hill 5/62) lost to Friends' 8/177(Walker 23, Hill 22, Ruddock 39, McArthur30; Pitt 3/87, Hibbard 3/79); by 2 wicketsand 7 runs.D. V. Gunn Challenge ShieldHutchins 7/117 compo dec. (Pulfer 24, Wilkinson33 n.o., Oldmeadow 24; Lyons 3/52,Smith 2/28, Jarvis 2/32) lost to Old Launcestonians139 (Martin 31, Lyons 27, Clemons25; Hibbard 2/31 Mann 3/42, Pulfer 1/24).O.L.A. were 6/91, whilst Hutchins were 6/90.Batting AveragesBatsman Inn. N.O. B.S. Runs AverageC. Wilkinson 10 3 53 204 29.1B. Strange 9 64 254 28.2G. Grant 5 73 127 25.4B. Hibbard 11 69 218 19.8R. Sharpe 10 1 67 162 18.0O. Pulfer 12 1 57 162 14.7T. Nicholls 8 2 44 85 14.2OtheTs: Palfreyman 28, Swan 11.3, Hart ll,Johnston 10.3, Herbert 9, Pitt 6.75, Beard 5.7,Jones 5.4, Eddington 4.9, Jackett 3, Fysh 2.Bowling AveragesBowler 0 M R W AverageD. Jones 64 9 216 17 12.7B. Hibbard 82 16 255 17 15.0O. Pulfer 71 9 288 17 16.9R. Sharpe 27 0 192 9 21.3C. Pitt 55 5 288 9 32.0OtheTs: Jackett 3.67, Fysh 13, Clemons 21.5,Wilkinson 23, PalfreymanNichols 64, Swan 74.25, Beard 25.5,FOOTBALLTo date the season has been rather up anddown. The teams is, at present, in the topfour of both the T.A.F.L. (S/D) Divisoinaland Reserves competition. Next month willtell whether we shall have the opportunityto contest the finals, with the ultimate goalof again being in "A" Section.