ON THE MAT
St George Cricket Club 1984
Vol. 26.No.2
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C GRADE CRISIS
The last round before Christmas could be described as most bleak for St George Cricket Club. The
previously undefeated A grade could not chase down a pitifully low score at Morphettville Park while the
C grade could not muster anywhere near enough players to take on South Road IV at Clovelly Park PS
and as a consequence forfeited.
The B grade had an extraordinary match at Urrbrae against top side, Coromandel III, where Andy Farrell
comprehensively bowled the boys to victory. Good as this was, the headline above is worthy of more
pressing thought.
Suffice is to say, the C grade is a dead man walking if every club member (1) does not take
responsibility for recruiting and (2) ensure they maximise their on field attendance.
Granted these edicts are easier said than done particularly in older players where injury and capacity to
recruit younger players are clear obstacles.
However, members of the committee will not go through another season of agonising post Wednesday
selection trauma where they are continually bemused at the number of withdrawals after selections and
then the struggle to reformat and refocus our C grade side.
In late December this got all too much.
If player numbers do not improve over the later half of this season and through the winter leading up to
team nominations, St George Cricket Club will have no option but to field two teams next year – an A
grade of similar skill and standing with a B grade being able to rotate 15 or so players throughout the
season.
This scenario is not ideal.
In short, the situation demands immediate attention as the club struggles to breathe life back into a C
grade that has taken many hard knocks yet remained totally loyal.
Team Wraps
Round 1
St George 9-214 def. South Road III 5-212
1 wicket
Szczepanik M 63 Hughes R 40 Bradford P 28 Carter D 22 Broomhead M 20 Gould L 15
Gould L 1-16 Lines R 1-31 Hughes R 1-32 Broomhead A 1-32 Broomhead M 1-47
Comment: Struggled home against an also ran.
St George II 157 def. Woodcroft 151
6 runs
Maloney G 40 Seadon D 21 Holt T 19 Prior D 18 Green P 15 Bullock N 14
O’Neil N 4-25 Maloney G 2-37 Bullock N 1-12 Holt C 1-31
Comment: O’Neil’s bowling prevented embarrassment against a minnow in the deep south.
St George III 9-91 lost to Kenilworth III 6-95
5 wickets
Winning K 20 Cumming D 19 Cluley D 16
Cumming D 3-14 Tompkins J 2-21 Littleboy C 1-21
Comment: A few too runs short for the C men – Young Tompkins impressive.
Round 2
St George 313 def. Keswick IV 139
174 runs
Szczepanik M 78 Keeley S 54 Gould L 54 Simpson R 48 Haydon M 27 Prior D 18 Bradford P 10
Simpson R 4-14 Lines R 4-38 Hughes R 1-20 Broomhead A 1-29
Comment: Comprehensive slaying with bat and ball – club energised by this performance
St George II 9-253 lost to Belair II 5-330 dec
77 runs
Green P 67 Holt T 44 O’Neil N 32 Richards P 28 Lock A 25 Maloney G 12 Holt C 11 Seadon D 11
O’Neil N 2-54 Ettridge S 2-77 Holt C 1-44
Comment: Lost it momentarily on day 1
St George III 98 & 9-26 lost to ICC Sharks VI 276
Innings & 142 runs
Hall J 27 Littleboy C 18 Cumming D 14 Wenske K 11
Cumming D 3-46 Weeks M 3-46 Littleboy C 3-89 Fitzroy A 1-45
Comment: No shows and bullied into continuing 2nd innings when clearly conditions unfit was
disappointing.
20-20 Round 1
St George 6-152 dec lost to International CSA 7-156
3 wickets
Keeley S 49 Walker J 43 Simpson R 14*
Lines R 2-21 Simpson R 2-34 Seadon D 2-36
Comment: Not sure who we lost to and equally not sure Association response encourages any
semblence of player governance within club ranks.
Round 3
St George 5-231 dec & 0-18 def International CSA 124 & 9-107
Outright by 10 wickets
Szczepanik M 88* Holt T 49 Hayden M 28 Gould L 14 Broomhead M 12
Simpson R 4-23 Lines R 3-26 Hughes R 2-26 Walker J 1-6
Lines R 4-25 Broomhead M 2-15 Walker J 2-26
Comment: Reassuring performance given venue was probably unfit for play re recent criminal activity in
precint
St George II 6-141 dec def Mitchell Park III 65 & 6-83
8 wickets
O’Neil N 30 Green P 21 Seadon D 18 Richards P 17* Carter D 16 Gallina A 11
Farrell A 5-14 O’Neil N 4-8 Colman M 1-8
O’Neil N 2-22 Seadon D 1-7 Bullock N 1-11 Maloney 1-14
Comment: Opposition was undermaned but nice performances from Farrell, O’Neil & co.
St George III 115 & 9-103 lost to Adelaide Cavaliers II 6-227 dec
6 wickets
Hall J 26 Littleboy C 14 Holen W 14 Weeks M 11
Holen W 40* Fitzroy A 10
Fitzroy A 2-37 Weeks M 1-43 Tompkins J 1-52 Cumming D 1-59
Comment: Well beaten but some understanding as to why opposition still refuses to give their
teammates out needs clarification
Round 4
St George 0/0 drew with Glenelg ANA II 211
Match abandoned
Holt T 2-18 Simspon R 2-33 Lines R 2-41 Walker J 2-48 Hughes R 1-33 Broomhead M 1-31
Comment: Rain upset victory in what was a solid performance on Day 1
St George II 8-200 lost to Southern II 5-218
5 wickets
O’Neil N 64 Bullock N 44 Prior D 33 Maloney G 22
Maloney G 4-63 Cumming D 1-50
Comment: Shaky top order costly
St George III 116 lost to Belair III 178
62 runs
Teesdale P 38* Holen W 26 Bowles C 16
Holen W 5-34 Tompkins J 2-23 Fitzroy A 1-27 Littleboy C 1-32
Comment: Even performance with Warwick showing the way
Round 5
St George 5-114 def North Haven IV 105
5 wickets
Gould L 61 Haydon M 25 Szczepanik M 11*
Lines R 4-23 Hughes R 3-26 Broomhead M 1-0 Holt T 1-9 Simpson R 1-39
Comment: Superb out cricket praiseworthy but shaky batting needs envigorating
St George II 176 lost to Sheidow Park V 3-226
50 runs
Prior D 67 Bradford P 37 Richards P 15 Maloney G 14 Gallina A 11
Broomhead A 2-34 Seadon D 1-36
Comment: Not in this one after opposition caning on Day 1 – DP classy on Day 2
St George III 113 lost to ICC Sharks VI 5-155
5 wickets
Bowles C 34 Hall J 26 Burford C 25 Holen W 10
Farrell A 2-27 Colman M 2-39 Tompkins J 1-25
Comment: Not that far out of it but for some sloppy batting at crucial stages
Round 6
St George 119 lost to Morphettville Park III 133
14 runs
Gould L 57 Szczepanik M 28 Hughes R 10*
Broomhead A 3-23 Hughes R 2-20 Simpson R 2-43 Lock A 1-3 Lines R 1-8 Holt T 1-31
Comment: See comment round 5 – nice performances from Gould & Broomhead A but………
St George II 180 def Coromandel III 130
50 runs
O’Neil N 37 Bradford P 36 Bullock N 32 Hall J 21 Green P 13
Farrell A 5-13 Bradford P 2-22 Littleboy C 2-25 Broomhead M 1-37
Comment: Batted well without dominating but Farrell in the bowling bank was extreme luxury!
St George III lost to South Road IV on forfeit
Comment: Never again I hope – apologies to South Road CC who battled hard to field a side
Players of the Match
Round
Round
20-20
Round
Round
Round
Round
1
2
3
4
5
6
A Grade
B Grade
C Grade
Royce Hughes
Ryan Simpson
Scott Keeley
Ryan Lines
Tim Holt
Ryan Lines
Ryan Simpson
Nathan O'Neil
Peter Green
Daniel Cumming
Matthew Weeks
Andrew Farrell
Nathan O'Neil
Darren Prior
Andrew Farrell
Warwick Holen
Warwick Holen
Cameron Bowles
N/A
Wednesday Night Raffle
After Phil Richards saluted with an $80 win on 28 October, the prize jackpotted all the way through to 16
December where it was determined that the $140 booty would be split into 3 prizes of $60, $40 & $40. A
controversial draw saw Jimmy Walker win the first two draws and Neil Bullock the third draw – with
Jimmy diverting $30 of his voucher to Chris Littleboy. All three are deserved winners as they are regular
attendees at club sponsor, Astor Hotel. See editorial for further details
Christmas Show – 19 December
A great night presented by Amanda, Luke & Scott – so thanks for that. Perhaps the highlight was
Broomy taking another spray at a Hall – this time not big Wayne but Jason, who collected a nice $24
booty for his efforts
Click here
Player Raffle
The winners of the player raffle this season are as follows:
Winner
Player Drawn
Runner Up
Player
Hunt A - Holen W
Maloney G
Lock A - 2
Lock A - 2
St George CC (PTS)
O'Neil N
Simpson R
O'Neil N
Holen W
Prior D
JACK
Basheer R
Sheikh & Merritt
Johnston E
Kahl J
Lock A - 2
POT
Maloney G
Mikey
Lines R
Maloney G
Gould L
Drawn
Round
Round
Round
Round
Round
Round
1
2
3
4
5
6
Unfortunately the C grade had to forfeit in round 6 so the raffle prizes are jackpotted to round 7 where
the winning prize will be $150 and the runner up $75.
History:
The raffle has been running since the 2002-03 season. For the first two seasons, there was only one
raffle prize awarded of $75 before reverting to the current format of paying a runner up prize of $25 as
well. While not all prize winners have been sourced mainly due to the shabby record keeping practices
of past Treasurer Rose T!!!, the following list gives an indication of those who have been fortunate.
1.
2.
3.
4.
6.
7.
Rose T
Sheikh & Merritt
Lock A
Basheer R
Curthoys B
Broomhead M
Teesdale-Smith N
Seadon D
Holt T
Teesdale-Smith P
$675
$525
$375
$300
$300
$250
$225
$225
$225
$225
15 rounds from earlier years are still to be sourced and updates shall be provided. Attached is the
breakdown by year and by prize money order
Premiership Tables
As 3rd
Bs 7th
Cs 8th
Rounds 7 & 8
9 - 16 January
St George v Clapham
St George II v Plympton Footballers III
St George III v Belair III
UAHS
Warradale Primary School - Keynes Oval WARRADALE
RPRR
23 - 30 January
St George v Sheidow Park IV
St George II v North Haven V
St George III v Adelaide Cavaliers II
Sheidow Park Primary School - Adams Road SHEIDOW PARK
UAHS
South Parklands - Cnr of Glen Osmond & Greenhill Roads
PARKSIDE
History:
0-0-1 from 1 match
20-2-20 from 42 matches
0-1-11 from 12 matches
9-0-24 from 33 matches
14-0-29 from 43 matches
7-0-11 from 18 matches
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v
v
v
v
v
Clapham
Plympton Footballers
Belair
Sheidow Park
North Haven
Adelaide Cavaliers
Stats That Matter
After Round 6
Batting All
Batting Grades
Partnership By Wicket Club Grades
Partnerships 50+
Bowling All
Bowling Grades
Fielding Wicket Keeping Grades
The statistics for all seasons have been updated over Christmas where relevant and time permitted. If
the page is marked with “0610” at the foot, for example, the page is dated Round 6 Season 2009-10. A
marking of “1109” at the foot will indicate that the page is dated Round 11 Season 2008-09.
Some interesting detail follows:
700th GAME
The club’s 700th game will be played in Round 7 and will officially be the B grade match against Plympton
Footballers III at Warradale Primary School. A win for the Dragons would be handy here to celebrate
this milestone.
1000 RUNS
Nathan O’Neil became the 35th player to score 1000 runs for the club when compiling a fine 64 in Round
4 v Southern II. Warwick Holen looms as the 36th player as he sits precariously on 998 runs.
Mikey Szczepanik is now 2nd on the all time run list with 2740 and fast closing in on Teesa!
CONSECUTIVE 50s
Mikey also became the 9th player to make 3 or more consecutives 50s in Rounds 1, 2 & 3 compiling 63,
78 & 88* against South Road III, Keswick IV and International CSA.
200 RUNS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Mikey again (268) and Layton Gould (201) became the 45th & 46th players to achieve this milestone.
DUCKS
Ducks have been plentiful in the first half of the season – unfortunately.
The club has now recorded 980 ducks with 29 being effected this season – the 1000th milestone is not
that far away – who will be the lucky batter?!??!!
Andrew “Butch” Fitzroy has joined Ryan Simpson at the top of the “Ducks Table” with 29 – and is ranked
number 1 on %!!! Dale Seadon with 3 consecutive ducks leading into Christmas is climbing but no doubt
the New Year turning over will bring brighter things for “Chook”.
Warwick “Todd TA Dutchman” Holen opened the season with 2 consecutive Golden Ducks having never
achieving one previously. He was joined later by Dave Cluley, Trent Cluley and Time Holt in the one ball
club!
MOST FIFTIES IN AN ININNGS
The A grade match against Keswick IV in round 2 saw the 19th occasion where three or more individual
50s were scored in an innings with Mikey Szczepanik 78, Scott Keeley & Layton Gould, 54 apiece.
PARTNERSHIPS
Nothing to report 100 or over as yet as players through all grades have consistently struggled to build
big scores. 17 partnerships of 50+ are indicative of some starts with O’Neil N & Green P v Belair II and
Szczepanik M & Holt T v ICC SA managed partnerships of 97.
5 WICKETS IN AN INNINGS
Andrew Farrell became the 6th St George player to take 5 wickets in an innings on debut in round 3
against Mitchell Park III.
One of the members of that club, Corey Goodwin, took 6-67 on debut against Sheidow Park at Sheidow
Park Primary School on day 1 of round 1 in October 1994. His brother was wicket keeper. Both players
were not seen again at the club after this day!
Warwick Holen achieved a miraculous first taking 5-34 against Belair III in Round 4 while Farrell
achieved the feat again in round 6 taking 5-13!!
MATCHES PLAYED - MILESTONES
Round 2
Scott Keeley 100th Michael Haydon 50th v Keswick IV
Paul Teesdale-Smith 250th Dale Seadon 100th v Belair II
Round 3
Jason Hall 50th v Adelaide Cavaliers II
Round 4
Ryan Lines 50th v Glenelg ANA II
Pending availability, Stew Seadon chalks up his 50th game in Round 7 with Andrew Broomhead effecting
in Round 10.
15 players have now reached the 100 game milestone while 53 have completed 50 games. Glynn
Maloney has sneaked by Rick Basheer in 3rd place on the games played list having now accomplished
135 fine matches.
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