Wynnum Manly - Queensland Cricket

Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club 

Wynnum Manly Gunners Newsletter. 

Volume 7, Issue 4 – Round 4. 

Newsletter Date:- 10 November, 2006. 

First Grade vs Gold Coast at Grammar. 

Teecy here, I’ve decided to 

take over the reins and add 

some artistic flair and intellectual 

wit to what has been a 

substandard and quite frankly 

embarrassing newsletter. 

I don’t think Benny Laughlin 

or whoever has been writing 

the first grade report could 

articulate the movements of a 

dead person. I turned up to 

Brisbane Grammer and of 

course Simmo asked me what 

I would do if I was captain. I 

said “Captain Nowhere” and 

he said, “Nah, skipper of this 

team you idiot”, I reckon he 

is the idiot. I told Simmo to 

call heads and of course he 

called tails and they won the 

toss and batted. I knew from 

the start that Nunz and 

Benny wouldn’t have much 

influence and that I’d be required 

to win us the game. I 

coached Simmo through his 

spell and without my advice 

he wouldn’t have picked up a 

couple of lucky poles. I eventually 

got a bowl after Simmo 

had clearly over bowled himself. 

I ended up bowling really 

well, took 2fa and was 

unlucky not to grab more 

wickets but Simmo bowled 

himself way too much before 

I came on. I think he ended 

up with a fluky 5fa, talk about 

being blessed!! 

I told Simmo and Dagga to 

watch Scott Brant’s inswinger 

and leg cutter as his taking 

early poles was the key to 

defending their low total of 

170. I knew they wouldn’t 

last and both fell to Brant 

early as did Justin Poole 

who should probably drop 

down a batting position 

behind me. 

I came in next and easily 

kept Brant out only to get 

an absolute Jaffa of an 

inswinging leg-cutter from 

some bloke at the other end 

and was given out caught 

behind even though I deliberately 

played inside it. I 

watched Captain Nowhere 

Nicho and Bobby Flynn 

carry us through to the second 

week only to play terrible 

shots to get out. 

I watched some bloke called 

Doran who they tell me is a 

leggie take 3 quick ones. I 

heard he has my spot in the 

state squad and I’m sure 

when people realize that the 

only seam he should be 

spinning is in a sewing class 

that I will claim what is 

rightfully mine. 

I predicted the rain would 

come and wash us out as I 

dabble in meteorology and I 

was right with the game 

ending in a draw. 

Teecy 

Team Points 

Wynnum 64.63 

Norths 49.00 

Gold Coast 48.69 

Sandgate 48.06 

Sun Coast 42.98 

University 38.87 

Wests 34.40 

Redlands 31.04 

Valley 31.60 

Beenleigh 28.78 

Souths 22.09 

Toombul 19.10 

Wynnum Manly 8/101 

(Nicholson 39, Prowse 21) drew 

with Gold Coast 169 (Simpson 

5/51, Teece 3/22). 

Upcoming Events: 

• Training – Tuesday and 

Thursday nights from 

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• A reminder that fees are 

now due so if you have not 

paid as yet please see our 

Treasurer Dean LePetit. 

• Articles for the newsletter 

should be submitted to Ian 

Droney or emailed to 

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Inside this issue: 

1st Grade Report. 1 

Honour Board 

Club Championship Points. 

Charlie’s Club History 3 

Recollections by Sword. 4 

2nd Grade Report. 

Letters to the editor. 

Gunner Columnists 6 

4th Grade Report. 

6th Grade Results 

5th Grade Report. And 

Womens Report 

Player profile 9 

Next Round 

Sponsors. 

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Volume 7, Issue 4 – Round 4. Page 2 

Honour Board. 

Honour Board. 

Obviously the highlight of the shortened round was Alex Wood’s 9/36 in Third grade. This is the best ever return in third grade surpassing 

Brett Constable’s 9/40 v University in February 1986. It is the best bowling performance in 10 seasons and the fourth best in the Club’s history. 

Woods adds this performance to his Under 18’s 8/53 v Redlands in September 2003.and 7/50 v University in November 2004. 

BEST BOWLING PERFORMANCES 

9/14 R.STEEL 62-63 4th Grade Vs Sandgate Redcliffe at Deagon 12.01.63 

9/17 M.RYAN 67-68 Under 15 

9/20 W.ALBURY 61-62 Under 18 Vs Norths at Davies Park 21.10.61 

9/36 A.WOODS 06-07 3 rd Grade Vs Gold Coast at Boundary St 28.10.06 

9/40 B.CONSTABLE 85-86 3rd Grade Vs University at Boundary St 22.02.86 

9/56 W.BROAD 97-98 4th Grade Vs Valley at Norm McMahon 15.11.97 

Chris Simpson (89)and Ryan Broad (96) scored the highest one day opening partnership of 196 out of 5/240 v Redlands at Peter Burge in 

the Round 4 match. Simpson capped off a great week where he scored 116 v Redlands, 5/51 v Gold Coast, 107 v Redlands one dayer, took 

2/42 for Queensland v Tasmania and was named as Queensland’s only rep in Australia’s 6 a side team in Hong Kong on 11 November. 

A.P.WOODS 9/37 vs Gold Coast at Boundary St 3—personal best. 

C.L..ROSARIO 8/37 (4/10, 4/27) match figures vs Beenleigh at Grammar.—personal best. 

D.S.HUTCHINSON 7/84 vs Wests at Graceville 16.09.06—personal best. 

W.J.SCOTT 6/11 vs Wests at Boundary St 3 23.09.06 

C.P.SIMPSON 6/87 vs Wests at Grammar 23.09.06—personal best. 

C.P.SIMPSON 5/30 

A.J.TROY 5/30 vs Souths 2 at Boundary St 30.09.06 

D.P.ROGERS 5/37 vs Redlands at Ron Field 21.10.06 

W.J.PROWSE 143 vs Wests at Graceville 23.09.06—personal best. 

C.P.SIMPSON 116 vs Redlands at Peter Burge 14.10.06—sixth club century. 

M.J.PHILLIPS 107* vs Macgregor 23.09.06—century on Club debut. 

M.C.GRANT 90 vs Macgregor 23.09.06—on debut. 

A.J.GIBB 84 vs Macgregor 23.09.06 

N.D.RABNOTT 88* vs Redlands at Grammar 24.09.06– personal best. 

N.D.RABNOTT 81 vs Beenleigh at Dauth Park 1.10.06 

C.N.THOMAS 80 vs Wests at Graceville 2 23.09.06 

W.R.BROAD 77* vs Wests at Boundary St 2 23.09.06 

Club Championship 

Team Points 

Wynnum Manly 586.43 


Northern Suburbs 516.75 

University of Qld 513.66 

South Brisbane 471.58 

Sandgate Redcliffe 452.19 

Valley 423.22 


Wests 349.32 

Toombul 344.99 


Beenleigh Logan 240.29 

Keep these dates free for 

Social events. 

18 Nov—Club Wine Dinner 

25 Nov—Xmas function 

Official opening Clubrooms 

Social Dates 

6 Jan—Details TBA 

10 Feb—Details TBA 

14 April—Trophy Night

Wynnum Manly History by Charlie. Page 3 

As I have had a bit of spare time recently I decided to find Wynnum’s highest innings total which was in the semi final of 1980-81. 

Wynnum finished on top of the premiership table and played fourth placed South Brisbane which included the Australian captain 

Greg Chappell. After resuming at 2 for 309 Wynnum batted through the second day to post 8 for 656. The Courier Mail report labelled 

the innings “the height of absurdity”. However, under the regulations they needed only a draw to progress to the final where 

they then defeated Western Suburbs to win their initial first grade premiership and the first of three consecutive wins. The win was 

part of eight finals appearances under Captain coach John Bell from 1977 to1984. This innings is the only occasion where three batsmen 

have scored centuries. There were also four fifties scored. Of the top seven batsmen, only Greg Ritchie, then a current Shield 

player, failed to score 50. Opener Peter Monaghan scored 104 which was the first of his four semi final centuries. Note Wayne Broad 

played in the highest two first grade innings and the highest second grade innings. 

QCA First Grade Semi Final 1980-81 

Wynnum-Manly vs South Brisbane 

Played at the Brisbane Cricket Ground on 14 & 15 March 1981. 

Wynnum Manly First Innings. 

P.D.Monaghan c.DeHayr b.Chappell 104 

D.J.D.Smith c.Parker b.Brabon 123 

W.R.Broad c.Humphries b.Morgan 93 

G.M.Ritchie c.Trimble b.Brabon 19 

A.R.Jones c.Humphries b.Merritt 50 

J.C.Bell c.Parker b.Brabon 101 

M.C.Freeman c.Chappell b.Parker 67 

I.N.Gallagher lbw.Chappell 14 

M.G.Maranta not out 52 

J.N.Maguire not out 16 

C.G.Rackemann did not bat 

Souths Bowling 

Sundries 17 

Total 8 for 656 

O M R W 

G.W.Brabon 26 9 44 4 

S.Baker 28 7 86 0 

G.S.Chappell 34 1 38 1 

W.G.Morgan 12 1 39 1 

B.Humphries 22 4 78 0 

W.Brown 39 12 114 0

Volume 7, Issue 4 – Round 

Recollections by Sword. 

As we all can see the dressing 

room complexes are well and 

truly on the way. Completion 

is expected by Christmas. 

This new chapter in the history 

of the Wynnum Manly 

Cricket club got me reflecting 

on the past and what the club, 

over the years, has used for 

clubrooms. 

When I first joined the club, 

then known as Balmoral Wynnum, 

some 37 years ago I 

rolled up to Bulimba Park 

where we had 2 concrete practice 

wickets and a couple of 

dodgy turf practice wickets, we 

had no lights and no dressing 

rooms. 

We played our lower gradegames 

at Bulimba and 1’s & 

2’s at Wynnum Memorial 

Park which had 2 very small 

dressing rooms and a basic 

canteen facility. In the mid 

70’s we started to practice at 

the Clem Jones centre at Carina. 

In 1976, then known as 

Wynnum Manly, we officially 

moved to Carina, which had 

reasonable turf practice wickets, 

no lights, a 2 dressing 

room complex and the proverbial 

canteen and can bar. 

In the early 80’s the club 

made, at the time, a controversial 

decision to up root again 

and develop grounds at 

Boundary Street, which was 

initially a large farm. It was 

controversial because everyone 

believed we had excellent facilities 

(probably the best in 

club cricket at that time) at 

Carina and the support of 

former Lord Mayor Clem 

Jones, who played a few games 

as a sprightly 50 year old. 

When we moved to Boundary 

Street, we were subjected to all 

sorts of jokes and I recall listening 

to an end of day radio 

report, where the commentator 

made mention of our 

having to move a herd of 

cows from the field to start 

the game. Another famous 

story was of a snake crawling 

onto the field during the 

game, of course we had the 

mozzies and a sewage treatment 

plant adjacent to the 

cricket fields (where the junior 

soccer ovals are now). 

As is always the case at Wynnum, 

we are masters of 

scrounging and we managed 

to beg, borrow and more 

often steal whatever we 

needed at the club. In the 

case of dressing rooms and a 

club room we managed to 

permanently borrow (steal) 2 

timber sheds and a TRAM. 

The Tram was famous for 

many a good bonding session 

as it is now called, most 

notably a warm stubby and 

cold pie at 6am one Sunday, 

just prior to the usual weekend 

working bee. (For those 

current players who don’t know 

what “working bee” means. It is 

when club members get together 

and offer free labor to do something 

for the betterment of their 

club.) Our President at the 

time Noel Gorman was the 

expert scrounger and was 

eventually successful in obtaining 

a grant to build our 

first stand alone Besser block 

structure which housed 4 

smallish dressing rooms and 

the old Canteen again. This 

is now being used as the 

Club office, toilet and 

kitchen. This complex was 

ideally positioned between 

our 2 fields with No.1 cricket 

being the current No.1 Soccer 

and No.2 cricket was the 

current No.1 cricket. 

Functions and bonding sessions 

were popular and one 

in particular that was well 

attended was for a member’s 

birthday party with the “Fata-gram” 

stripper doing her 

stuff and her proud father 

working on the cassette 

player. Dagga and Dustin (as 

8 year olds) took turns to 

stand on each other’s backs 

to look through the window, 

of course only interested in 

the music and laughter. 

For those wondering about 

the fate of the tram, it was 

burnt (we received a good 

insurance pay-out) and buried 

in the area near the junior 

soccer fields. 

In the mid 90’s the cricket 

club joined with the Soccer 

club to develop an all year 

round facility. More grants 

were secured and a bigger 

complex was built and a 

Sports Club—the Gateway 

Club was formed. The Sports 

club started with a bang and 

initially generated a healthy 

income to pour into the 

grounds and the sports involved. 

Our dressing rooms were still 

the initial Besser block structure. 

Again we secured more 

grants to upgrade and extend 

the fields, including the moving 

of the no.1 cricket to its 

current position in 2000 and 

building a new no.2. No 

dressing rooms were ever 

built on fields 2&3. 

The Sporting Club did not 

keep pace with industry 

trends and ultimately failed. 

The Qld. Lions offered to 

develop the complex and 

take over the management 

(of the Moreton Bay Sports 

club). We then gave up our 

rooms and shared the demountables. 

With another 

Major facilities grant in 2005 

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we had the opportunity to purpose 

build, not 1, but 2 dressing 

rooms. 

Situated beside the Northern 

sightscreen Cricket field 1 will 

have two large dressing rooms, a 

scorers room, umpires room and 

space to socialize after games. 

With the wider Verandah it 

should give a wonderful viewing 

position for players and spectators. 

Fields 2 & 3 will have 4 

large dressing rooms, umpires 

room and Verandahs and again 

ideal viewing. 

In my 37 years at the Club the 

most vivid and fond memories 

have been the camaraderie after 

games of members in all grades, 

discussing the highs and lows of 

the day’s play. When this socializing 

was strong the club was successful. 

I can say that I even 

learnt a lot about the game from 

those discussions. 

Due to the many changes we 

have had over those 37 years, 

many past and current players 

have not had the opportunities 

for such interaction. It is the 

club’s intention to open the club 

room directly after the day’s play 

not just for 1 st and 2 nd grade who 

are playing there, but for the entire 

club to return and report on 

the days events. We will acknowledge 

our history by installing 

statistics and memories on the 

walls so that current and future 

players can appreciate what has 

gone before them and give them 

a reason to play with honour 

under the Wynnum emblem. 

I propose that we name the club 

room with some tag, say the 

“Eagles Nest” and everyone attempt 

to come back each Saturday 

for an hour or so. It has already 

been decided to name the 

complex on no1, the “Noel Gorman 

Pavilion” in recognition of 

Noel’s work in the past. This will 

be done at an opening function 

in the New Year.


Wynnum Manly 0/2 drew 

with Gold Coast 280. 

Team Points 


Souths 57.69 





Valley 35.07 

Norths 34.56 

Toombul 32.29 


Wests 20.70 


Editors Note. 

The Club Executive regards 

this newsletter as an important 

part of the communication 

process. The success 

of the newsletter depends 

on the continued contribution 

from Club members. 

A vote of thanks to those 

contributors who have responded 

promptly. Well 

done. 

The content of this newsletter 

does not necessarily 

reflect the opinions of the 

executive of the Club or of 

the editor. 

Heading down the Gold 

Coast is always fun in Second 

Grade – if not for the 

inevitable sledge fest against 

the Dolphins but for the 

night out that always ensues 

with a stay away from the 

swamp! 

But more on that later. 

After a more than tumultuous 

week at the selection 

table with half of the club 

pulling out week 2 of this 

round with uni exams, weddings, 

funerals, injuries or 

just generally not giving a 

damn we stumbled onto 

Kerrydale with a team which 

in no way resembled the 

teams of the previous 3 

rounds. 

Trasky did us a huge favour 

helping out from Under 18’s 

but Hughesy caused us even 

more grief when he busted 

his hamstring at training 

during a fantastic running 

drill set up by Nivo that will 

never grace Boundary Street 

again! 

With Nutty going to First 

Grade for the second week 

and Stoney replacing him we 

were desperate to field first 

and I was more than overjoyed 

when I lost the toss 

and their skipper told me 

that he wanted to bat first. 

My feelings had changed 

about 3 hours later when I 

looked at the scoreboard and 

they had made their way to 1 

for 160 odd, but as usual 

Gold Coast took the gas 

against some good bowling 

by us and they could only 

manage 280 from this position 

of strength. 

Second Grade vs Gold Coast at Kerrydale. 

Nutty again bowled well with 

no luck, Dolf bowled some 

great half volleys to get five fa 

and Mal continued to bowl 

well picking up another 3. 

Phatt bowled some 20 odd 

overs and still has none for 

the season. 

The second week saw a lot of 

rain fall on Kerrydale but it 

held up considerably well 

under the circumstances. We 

looked to be a chance of 

getting on at about 2.30pm 

after I tried to call it off half 

an hour earlier but their skipper 

was worried that his ball 

might get a little wet in the 

puddles whilst we chased 280 

off 50 overs (AMAZING!). 

So we were forced to endure 

the same boring stories from 

Stoney for almost the entire 

day as he recounted (yet 

again) his supposed glory 

days when he could actually 

bend his back and touch his 

toes (almost). He has since 

put a bill into LePetit to replace 

his slippers which got a 

little damp whilst trudging 

the outfield looking for a 

missing (and supposedly winning) 

TAB slip. 

Week ones drink was a 

goody yet it was mysteriously 

not well attended. Phatt, 

Mal, Dog and myself met up 

with Phatts mate Cub for a 

couple of quiet drinks at the 

local watering hole after enduring 

an hour long phone 

calling mission back at the 

unit by an unknown person 

who has since been accused 

by a number of the First 

Graders of keeping them up 

past their bed time the night 

before yet another do or die 

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one day game. As usual there are 

no stories to recount from the 

drink as everyone was on their 

best behaviour and tucked up in 

bed by 10pm. 

Mappers. 

Editors note: 

What goes on on tour obviously 

stays on tour. 

.………………………………… 

Letters to the editor. 

From the selection table: 

I’d like to acknowledge the work 

done by the captains and selectors 

in getting teams on the paddock 

for Round 4 and the spirit 

in which players accepted those 

selections. 

This round presented challenges 

like no other for there were 15 

players unavailable over both 

days for a variety of reasons. This 

over-stretched the slash rule 

which allows only two players to 

be substituted in each team. 

This season the captains work 

well together, mindful of the 

needs of other’s teams, to select 

teams as balanced as they can. 

Well done to those players who 

stepped up to support the Club 

rather than play for themselves by 

changing personal arrangements. 

This is what makes this Club’s 

spirit great – in times of need 

individuals were prepared to put 

the Club first. As the old adage 

goes “When the going gets tough, 

the tough get going.”


An occasional column by 

guest columnists. 

Survival Tips by Hutcho 

Kitchen survival techniques 

when catering for your mates 

during late night entertaining. 

Chips are quick to prepare and 

are a low food cost. They're 

popular all year round, any 

time of day or night. Not all 

potatoes will produce good 

chips. Good chip potatoes 

need a high solids content to 

ensure a distinct, mealy texture 

and hearty flavor. They also 

absorb less oil, producing crispier 

chips. The low moisture 

content means less shrinkage 

for improved yield and extended 

plate coverage. Proper 

storage temperatures are necessary 

to avoid sweet or dark 

chips so don't keep your potatoes 

in the refrigerator if you 

are going to make chips. 

Chips made from peeled potatoes 

should be chilled after 

cutting in cold water for 10 

minutes before frying, to ensure 

maximum crispiness and 

so they don't stick together 

while frying. 

Always use clean oil to fry potatoes. 

Make sure oil is the 

proper temperature before 

frying potatoes. Frying potatoes 

in cold oil will result in more 

oil absorption by the fries. The 

oil is the proper temperature 

when the fries don't sink when 

dropped in and bubbles remain 

on top of the oil. Many 

people have found they get 

crispier chips by blanching 

potatoes in hot oil to pre-cook 

chips and then finishing them 

in a final fry before serving. 

Remember to keep an eye on 

the chips while cooking as they 

can overheat. 

Who was that masked man? 

Well this week the top three 

grades and U18s played the 

pretty boys from the Coast. 

Fourth grade played Valley 2, 

5’s played Uni and 6’s played 

the students of Griffith Uni. 

Have a look at sixth Grade. 

Didn’t have the best start to 

the game when only half of 

them found the ground. In all 

my years I have never heard of 

anything like that - guys it’s a 

University with lots of parkland. 

To top it all off they 

were all out for 30 well 6 out 

is all out. Then they got to 

chase leather all around the 

campus with the students 

smashing a quick 240. 

How about A grade and didn’t 

the rain save those clowns. 

They did well to bowl the 

Coast out for 160 odd and 

surprise surprise Simmo 

bowled half the overs and got 

half the wickets. Every week he 

bowls half the overs. Give 

someone else a gooo. Other 

guys are pressing for selection 

especially Nunns. Surely he 

can’t be too far from a Bulls 

berth – after all they gave Sullivan 

a game. 

This brings me to the batting. 

At the close of play the first 

day we were 4-80 with all the 

super stars gone. J.R. Poole 

might have scored almost the 

most runs for Wynnum in A 

grade but surely averaging 13 

he won’t be able to hold his 

place for much longer. Maybe 

we should get Winfield Blue 

as sponsor and tell him 1 

packet for a 50 and a carton 

for a 100. Worst than that 

though the 

Tasmanian 

recruit 

“L” (Teecey) is averaging only 

7. Maybe we need to bring 

his brother up from Tassie 

for a little incentive to double 

the score. 

At 4-80 overnight the Wynnum 

batting order looked a 

big chance to collapse. I for 

one wasn’t surprised to see 

us lose 4 quickies to be 8- 

100. Then the coach started 

his rain dance and thankfully 

was rewarded as it pelted 

down. If Pretty Boy Doran 

had had two more overs at us 

we were gone cause Carlson 

had no idea and Benny can’t 

play spin the save himself! 

Second Grade went down 

the Coast and Nutty got 5 fa. 

Hang on – no he didn’t - the 

old fellah got it wrong. Dolf 

got the 5 wickets and according 

to Mappers he bowled 

some of the best half volleys 

and bungers to get 4 of his 5 

poles caught at mid off or 

cover. Two’s chased plenty of 

leather to end up bowling 

the Coast out for 280. But 

from all reports the boys 

were more keen to watch 

Phat get smashed at Melbas. 

Melbas has a famous drink - 

the Fishbowl and apparently 

Phat knocked back 3 of these 

and at $37 each I hope he 

wasn’t paying for them. 

Young Rabnot had his first 

Melbas’ experience but apparently 

wouldn’t join Poole 

in the fish bowl stakes. He 

was happy just sitting on lolly 

water as in a Benny special. 

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This brings me to third 

grade and the Woodsy 

show. 9 for 37 if you don’t 

mind – what’s going on? 

Obviously he has taken 

Smithy’s advice and has 

learned to throw the ball up. 

He has always bowled too 

phlat in my opinion. Captain 

Sword obviously waited far 

too long to bring him into 

the attack—coulda got the lot. 

That just about finishes my 

rant for the week. Good luck 

against those North’s posers. 

To quote the coach “I hate 

those Storm players”. 

Over and out from Smithy.


Fourth Grade vs Valley 2 at Ashgrove 3. 

Wynnum Manly 7/248 

(Richardson 76, Hasenkam 

49, Allen 39) drew with 

Valley 2. 

Team Points 

Souths 1 58.56 

Norths 57.62 

Valley 2 55.71 


Toombul 46.37 

University 2 39.22 


Wests 32.68 



University 1 17.51 


Third Grade 





Souths 37.50 

Norths 37.00 


Wests 33.30 

Toombul 31.11 




Valleys are always a tough 

team to play as they have 

long term players such as 

Kempnich and Dudgeon, so 

it was a shame that this 

match was washed out after 

only 10 overs of play week 2. 

It was a real positive that we 

batted the full 90 overs of 

play in the match and only 

lost 7 wickets…the previous 

opposition scores against this 

side this season have been 

140, 160 and 208…as such, 

an impressive batting effort. 

We won the toss (for a 

change!) and batted. Marty 

"Jess" Grant was unlucky to 

be LBW for 5 after he and 

Hazo put on 20 for the first 

wicket. We then got to watch 

the Hazo and Richo show as 

they took the score to exactly 

1/100 off 40 overs at tea. 

The boys took the score to 

132, putting on our highest 

partnership for the season of 

112, before Hazo fell for 49. 

The going was slow due to a 

combination of a slow wicket 

with variable bounce, some 

full straight bowling and 

neagtive field placements…or 

as Hazo commented at Tea 

"they're playing old mans 

cricket…they're trying to bore 

us out"…the boys showed 

great powers of concentration 

to focus on the job at 

hand. A fantastic "Vice Captains 

knock" from Richo, 

who obviously relished taking 

on his new responsibilities 

in the side. 

We tumbled to 4/147 losing 

Richo for 79 and Pebbles for 

not many…SOC Allen and 

"Doc" Phillips tried to re- 

build and got us to 173 before 

the Doc was unluckily given 

out stumped. Simo decided 

not to hang around too long 

and was also a bit unlucky to 

be adjudged LBW after nearly 

getting off the mark. 

Woody and SOC batted well 

to see out the day - 80 overs - 

6/212. 

Week 2 saw SOC go early, 

then "Kosi" Conwell and 

Woody batted solidly to take 

us to our final score of 7/248. 

Humpho and Benny Davidson 

were passengers in this game, 

however, we felt we contributed 

to the team result by 

looking ominous on the sidelines 

with our pads on! 

A special mention to Simo for 

responding to the "Valleys 

Official" who, late in the day, 

decided to check the scores 

and give us a roasting for batting 

so slow…Simo diplomatically 

explained to the gentleman 

"Sir, it really is a little 

harsh for an elder statesmen 

such as yourself, who may 

never have played the game 

before, to be advising us young 

fellows on what we should be 

doing in a game of cricket, 

and that perhaps, you may 

care not to comment so vigorously 

in our presence"…or he 

said something like that??? 

A strong team performance 

boys…lets go get Norths next 

week! 

Humpho 

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Sixth Grade vs Souths 

Wynnum Manly 6/32 & 1/40 

defeated by Griffith Uni 8/224. 

6th Grade 

Griffith Uni 50.26 

Main Roads 39.33 

Mater Hill 37.61 


Macgregor 18.84 

Souths 9.67 

Under 18’s 



Norths 52.38 


Souths 30.10 



Wests 18.06 

Valley 16.91 


Toombul 11.96


Fifth Grade vs University at Boundary St. 

Wynnum Manly 2/88 drew with 

University 197. 

Team Points 




Toombul 51.17 


Valley 33.93 

Norths 33.07 

Wests 32.28 



Fifth grade went into the 

fourth round fixture with high 

hopes of another victory after 

beating Redlands at home last 

week to keep our great start to 

the season at three from three. 

Rhodesy lost another toss 

which wasn’t unusual and we 

were told to have a bowl. 

Probably not the best toss to 

lose as the wicket looked good 

and the outfield lightening 

fast but we went out to field in 

a positive manner. We were 

on the back foot early as Uni 

started quite well hitting some 

early boundaries and getting 

off to a flyer. At the first 

drinks break they were none 

for about 60 odd and starting 

to look dangerous. However 

the strong Wynnum outfit 

bounced back with a couple of 

quick wickets swinging the 

momentum a bit our way. 

Another strong partnership by 

the away team and it looked as 

if Wynnum were heading for a 

tough day in the field. But 

again showing that Wynnum 

fives are going to be the team 

to beat this year we bounced 

back taking a few sharp wickets 

and eventually cleaning the 

tail up for not many. The 

wickets where shared around 

with some tight bowling from 

Southy bagging 3 and Tommy 

Manvell also snagging 3 poles. 

DJ Rogers also contributed 

with 2 as well as Helen of 

Troy. We ended up bowling 

Uni out for a total of 197 

which we where happy with 

considering the start they had. 

With about an hour and a bit 

left in the day our game plan 

was keep wickets to a minimum 

and score a few setting 

up ourselves for the second 

week to take the match. Rhodesy 

and Gibb opened the 

batting and started quite well 

and looked comfortable in the 

middle with Gibb playing 

some fluent shots through the 

off side but soon edged one to 

slip where the juggling act 

took place with the ball touching 

about three pairs of hands 

before Gibb was finally dismissed 

in the teens. This 

brought in White Russian aka 

Captain Roof aka Pody. Only 

there for the one week’s play 

Pody decided to steady the 

ship with Rhodesy but unfortunately 

soon after Rhodesy 

guided one to gully as if it was 

catching practice. Brooky was 

called to the crease to form 

the lethal left hand combina- 

tion. Both batted extremely 

well and hung around to end 

of the days play with Captain 

Roof 27 n.o. and Brooky one 

more with 28 n.o. and ending 

the days play at 2 fa 88 setting 

up the win for the next week, 

which was unfortunately 

spoiled by the rain and only 

ending up with a draw. 

Rhett 

Women 

Finally the Wynnum 1 st 

grade ladies have got a team 

on the field and had a resounding 

victory. With a 

first round bye and then an 

unfortunate forfeit due to 

lack of numbers, the 1 st 

grade girls reconsolidated 

to bowl Sandgate/Redcliffe 

out for 134. Trish Brown 

claimed 3/19 with great 

support from Clare Thompson 

3/10 (our resident kiwi 

who is sounding more and 

more like an Australian 

everyday). We will test that 

theory next time when we 

have the opposition 6 for. I 

would also like to welcome 

Taija Davis to our club. 

Taija is a 15 year old State 

High student who is currently 

in the Under 17 

Queensland Squad. Not 

short on confidence, you 

can find Taija bouncing the 

Taverner and Ray Weir 

Cup boys on Friday nights 

in the nets instead of bowling 

to her own teammates. 

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Taija picked up her first 1 st 

grade wicket last week and 

had the figures of 1-21. 

Well done. All other bowlers 

picked up one each as 

well except for 16 year old 

Alice Nicklin who went 

wicketless, after last year 

claiming the aggregate for 

1 st grade wickets. She may 

find herself relegated to 

keeper if she keeps up these 

performances as our wicketkeeper 

is the form bowler 

in the nets at the moment! 

Following week, Wynnum 

scored 6/303 (Clare is still 

a kiwi), with Julia Price 

scoring 120, Nicole Quinn 

(Qld Under 19 squad member) 

scoring an aggressive 

43 and Lyndall Daley who 

this year has been elevated 

to Cricket Australia Cup 

Squad, an impressive 76 

not. This, however, is the 

end of our 2 day rounds 

until February so it will be 

back to one-day cricket next 

weekend. Well done girls. 

Julia


Player Profile—Get to know your Clubmates. 

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Name: Wayne Niven 

Date of birth: 13/10/47 

Nicknames: Nivo, Tonie Carroll (T.C.), Dicky (Knee), Jay Leno, David Tench, Brendan Fevola, Roger Ramjet, Chin (My music career 

name), Mr Incredible 

Bats: After first grade win. 

Bowls: Nude breaks/bumpers. 

Fields: When Justin is injured/drunk/hungover/had too many fags/lost interest. 

Occupations: Teachin at Wynnum Primary and Coachin at Wynnum-Manly CC 

Ex occupation: Prison guard at the womens prison. 

Status: Married…….to Wynnum-Manly Cricket Club/Wayne Scott 

Kids: One monster (Andrew, 12 yrs) who is sure to play twos by the end of this season 

Resides: Chinchilla 

Holiday Residence: Kenny’s Caravan 

Favourite country: Chin(a) 

Favourite town: Moose Jaw, Canada 

Preferred airline: Virchin Airlines 

Favourite hotel: Crook Jaw Inn ( www.crookjawinn.com ) 

Other business interests: Subdividing blocks on my chin 

and then selling the real estate. 

Hobbies: Fine wine tasting, crumping/breakdancing, 

skydiving, chin wagging, artistic modeling (nude), chin ups 

Music career: Multi-instrumentalist, producer, talented 

song-writer and co-founder of the pop/funk/soul group 

Bass is Base. He (Chin) recently released his debut album 

‘Daydreaming’ (http://www.divineindustries.com/ 

Chin.html) 

Personal achievements outside cricket: Hard hitting 

premiership back rower for the Broncos, AFL full forward 

for Carlton, Comic relief on “Hey Hey it’s Saturday”, 

Voted best artistic model in 2003, 4 & 5 by the Australian 

Artistic Association of Australia (AAAA), Iconic late night 

TV host in the USA, having my chin used as the famous 

winged keel in the 1983 Americas cup win 

Most memorable cricket moment: Catching a ball at Souths no.2 and bumping the fence with my chin and having two palings fall 

off the sightscreen and hitting me in the head. 

Common Nivo quote: “I HATE THOSE………….(Insert team name we are playing that round). 

Famous quotes: “More chins than a Chinese phonebook”, “Keep you chin up”, “Just cop it on the chin”, “Why the long face”, “Two 

chins are better than one”, “Preachin to the converted”, “Teachin them a lesson”. 

Favorite bands/artists: Barbara Streisand, Englebert Humperdink, Bobby Flynn, Chindy Laupa, Jawbreaker 

Favourite radio station: http://www.chinradio.com/ 

Favourite land animals: Japanese Chin (It’s a dog), Chinchilla (It’s a gerbil). Check them out at www. http://en.wikipedia.org. 

Favourite aquatic animal: Sea Urchin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_urchin). 

Favourite insect: Trap Jaw ant (Odontomachus) 

Favourite Drink: Chin and Tonic 

Favourite restaurant: Chins in Wisconsin USA 

Favourite charity: Chin Human Rights Organisation (http://www.chro.org/) 

Best mate: Bullet 

Favourite movies: Jaws, Chinderalla man, 40 year old virchin, 

Favourite book: “If chins could kill” (http://www.powells.com/biblio/0312291450) 

Favourite poet: Staceyann Chin (http://www.staceyannchin.com/v2/index.html 

Three things I’d take onto a deserted island: My Milo cricket hat, a dollars worth of 5 cent pieces & my favourite book.

Wynnum Manly 

175 Boundary Street 

Tingalpa, Qld 4173 

Email: gmapri@hotmail.com 

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Sponsors. 

Next Round — Round 4. 

Next Round is against Norths on 11 & 18 Nov 2006. 

First Grade — at Ian Healy 

Second Grade — at Grammar 

Third Grade—at Alan Pettigrew 

Fourth Grade— at Boundary St 2. 

Fifth Grade— at Geoff Dymock 

Under 18’s—at Boundary St 3 

Sixth Grade—vs Main Roads at Marchant Park 5. 

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