Western Suburbs Cricket Club
The Scorer
Vol 12. December 2015.
Alright apologies for the lack of newsletters but I was busy attempting (and failing) to get a tan. For
that reason and also because I haven’t been flooded with reports I’m just going to jam in everything I
have received into this edition to catch up…
Hmmmm I haven’t received a lot, up your game or I’ll just treat this like my diary.
Results
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1st XI 2nd Grade
Round 2
Western Suburbs vs.
Reporter:
Nothing going on here I assume the top side are doing well though.
2nd XI 5th Grade
Round 5, 6, 7
Western Suburbs vs. Curtin Vic Park
Reporter: Daniel Lindstedt
Round 5 Murdoch University CC vs WSCC 2nd XI at Murdoch Uni 21st of November
(one day)
The morning of round 5 started with some WSCC 2nd XI players experiencing confusion
finding Murdoch Uni’s home ground. The layout of Murdoch Uni (South St campus) is
peculiar to say the least, and for future visitors it should be noted that the cricket ground is
located at the end of a long road with multiple round-a-bouts that passes through the campus.
Maybe it’s Murdoch Uni’s way of displaying/advertising some of the features of the campus.
Sights to be seen along this road:
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a bus stop
the back of a few buildings with standard boring building design
unused land/bush on the other side of the road
I’m impressed Murdoch Uni. I’m very envious that I go to UWA instead.
Despite the strange layout and lack of signage, 9 of the 11 players were on time. Those that
weren’t were Jake, who had extra difficulty navigating the campus, and Ian “consistently
late” Hart, who was well…late. It just takes more time for the old boy to press the
accelerator down when driving, and overall slower reflexes make for a longer travel time.
Everyone knows what old drivers are like.
I will make one more complaint about the ground, and this is aside from the fact that the oval
is next to the road and not central to the campus (this is no James Oval I’m talking about,
with the added pleasure of looking through the windows of the social science building to pull
faces at the lowly and depressed social science PhD students, as well as the extra challenge of
trying to hit a six into Reid library, or towards a passing Singapore…I mean…international
student). The bigger issue I refer to is the fact that the oval has no f*cking trees for shade!
Where is Dan Lindstedt going to do his stretches?! WSCC 2nd XI players contemplated
angling a sight screen for shade but it was just too big to move. Dan and Harty (being the
tallest) would most certainly have had to overexert themselves moving it to create shade for
others. Let’s face it; they just aren’t a considerate pair of individuals.
That’s enough complaining about the ground, although I will complain about the fact that for
the second consecutive week we had no f*cking umpires! Maybe they too got lost on
campus…
A quick look at the pitch had Captain Rick licking his lips as he contemplated another 200+
score. It looked hard and flat. Unfortunately Rick decided to lose the toss, so Dan and Horto
had to put their batting gear away again. For the first time this season (with the exclusion of
BMac who we dropped so he could play less serious cricket in the 1s) Karri shared the new
ball with Harty.
After some early zip and swing from Karri, and some early diving around in gully by Dan to
stop knicks that fell short going to the fence (wow he’s a panther there), Karri got one to jag
through the defence of one of the Murdoch Uni openers. That particular batsman was
looking solid, so to have him bowled without scoring was crucial, good job Kazz! With the
score 1/8, we had two young Murdoch Uni batsman at the crease, and both probably would
have been better off playing indoor, judging by their tendency to cut half-volleys. Their lack
of scoring shots lead to a long boring period of one-day cricket, but this was also due to a
combination of Ben Gicquel and Jake Smith bowling tightly and good field placings by Rick.
Standout fielders Horto and Jake stopped a lot of singles, which added to the pressure as well.
Probably the best field placing was bringing Dan into short midwicket for Jake’s left arm
orthodox bowling. Jake was surprisingly accurate (hope it continues) and the batsmen were
only looking to score through point (which Horto had covered) and midwicket. Dan’s
panther-ness saved a few runs there, and with batsman constantly advancing down the wicket
to flick off their toes, a miss timed one enabled Dan to take a neat catch diving low to his
right. The score was then 2/56. Shortly after drinks (Murdoch Uni were only 2/60 odd) Dan
was offered another catch in the same spot, the shot a complete replica. This one was hit a
little further to Dan’s right, and coupled with his initial movement in the wrong direction Dan
was only able to get his right hand to it. It went in, and just as players were about to
celebrate…It went out again. How tragic.
The third wicket was affected by Karri the runout king. A tight single was made to look even
tighter by a charging K. Grewar from cover who threw the stumps down with one to aim at.
The score was then 3/69. Then out came a batsman in a floppy hat. To go with that he had a
rather village bat pickup, in which he waived it around in a circle at least twice before
bringing the bat down. Think Hashim Amla but from a Murdoch Uni mug. The most
annoying thing was that he hit the ball, and on a couple of occasions he hit it well. Luke
Davison was brought into the attack, and a sweep shot by Floppy that raced along the carpet
and nearly onto the road was imprinted in the memory. The batsman whom Dan dropped
was the other opener, and on 46 this opener took on Jake’s bowling and debutant Sam
Kendall at long on. He wasn’t successful and Sam Kendall took a chest mark running in
from the fence. The score was then 4/104. Floppy and the next batsman in the put on 69
together, which included Floppy bringing up his half century. As the final few overs were
being bowled, Floppy was bowled for 53 by Harty (Harty took a wicket, yay!) and the score
was 5/173. Floppy’s crab partner was then run out for 34, this time by Clint running in from
the deep. You don’t have to be rocket arm Karri to affect run outs! This was 6/187 and at the
end of 40 overs, MUni had set 190 the target.
WSCC 2nd XI players were confident going into the chase as the deck still looked flat, and
totals of 200+ hard been the norm for the burbs thus far. However as WSCC 2nd XI’s
innings got underway, batting all of a sudden looked difficult. The deck was seaming, MUni
opening bowlers were hooping it in late and the young uni students were sharp fielders.
These three factors meant Dan and Horto were not able to get the burbs off a good start as
they had in games previous. Horto attempted to combat the good bowling by knocking balls
over the infield. He was successful the first time and managed a three but the second time he
was caught at mid-off (for 3). At the other end Dan was reduced to playing maiden after
maiden as he couldn’t find gaps in the tightly set field. Luke Davison was at the non-strikers
end to watch Dan drive to short cover in the air, and he was sent packing without scoring
after facing 17 balls (the young MUni fielders counted all his deliveries out loud). With the
score 2/4, Clint O’Neill came to the crease and played a few nice shots before knicking to
Floppy with the gloves (for 12). 3/23 turned into 4/25 after Captain Rick had a horrible mixup with Like D in the middle, and Rick was comfortably run out without scoring. 4/25 then
turned into 5/35 as debutant Sam Kendall, new to the crease, knicked to Floppy as well, also
without scoring. Whilst the wickets fell, Murdich Uni campus was surrounded by echoes of
the filth that came from the MUni fielder’s mouths. There is sledging, and there is MUni
filth.
Matt McGladdery from Manchester was next to the crease to accompany Luke D from
Manchester and well all hoped the two boys from Manchester would pull us out of the shit.
Luke (who came in at first drop) had just watched four wickets fall at the other end. After the
top order carnage MUni brought on some spin, and Luke D was able to get a couple of nice
sweeps away. At the other end Matt McGladdery decided to dance down for a big piece of
one and was stumped in the process. He departed for 1, and became the fifth player Luke D
saw dismissed. Then wouldn’t you know it, Karri came out to bat. With the score 6/48, these
two would be unlikely to win us the game, but they tried anyway. Karri didn’t take too long
to have some clean swings at the ball, and Luke D was able to find scoring easier against the
3rd and 4th change MUni bowlers. The two put on 42 together before Luke knicked to first
slip, finally departing for 40. The score was then a miserable 7/80. Jake then came out for a
swing and was reasonably successful. A noteworthy “swing” was slog sweeping a waist high
full toss that was two feet wide of leg stump. He was run out for 10 shortly after, however.
Ben Gicquel was then bowled without scoring and Karri was also bowled shortly after for a
defiant 40. For anyone who met Max Craddock last season, the bowler who dismissed Karri
looked exactly like him, except black. Karri’s words, not mine. Harty the red ink king got
red ink once again, without scoring, once again. There were at least a couple of full tosses he
gently patted back, so defending his average probably cost him at least a couple of runs.
WSCC 2nd XI was dismissed for 122 in 37.2 overs. After leaving the fortress at College
Park we had arrived at Murdoch Uni’s fortress. There is no doubt they played this pitch
better than we did, especially against the new ball. Murdoch Uni believe they are now the
top dogs in the competition. We will not get a chance to put them to the sword at College
Park; the only other time we will play them will also be at Murdoch Uni, for the last round of
the season. We will need to be better come that match.
Round 6 Curtin Vic Park CC vs WSSC 2nd XI at Harold Rossiter Park
The makeup of the WSCC 2nd XI was quite different for round 6 with inclusions of Cal
Lennox, David “Junior” Morey, Rob Pluske (11A), and debutants Roger Granvill (11B) and
Frank James. Captain Rick won the toss and elected to bat after inspecting what looked like a
good pitch. Horto and Dan Lindstedt confidently walked to the middle. The first two overs
were maidens and both opening bowlers were reasonably slow and swinging the new ball.
Runs started to come from the third over, and Horto somehow escaped dismissal after
smashing one to third slip. It went like this:
Right arm bowler bowls a back of a length ball pitching middle and off and angles across Horto
(left-handed). Horto stays back and is fending in line with his body as the ball darts in, and there
are two noises as the ball flies off his body and carries easily to third slip. Everyone is convinced
there’s bat involved and goes up…Horto takes four steps towards the pavilion…Female Umpire
Sharnjitt Gill says… “not out”.
There were a couple of players that asked Umpire Sharnjitt Gill “howzat?” a second and third
time. If you’ve played a game of cricket with either Jack Gerace or Sam Davis (or both at the
same time) you will be able to relate to the amount a fielding side can carry on about a
decision that doesn’t go their way. For the next ten balls Horto faced, the “spirit of the game”
and Horto’s own “sportsmanship” were questioned at least once by all eleven Curtin Vic Park
fielders. Horto survived another close shout, this time for LBW, and a few balls later was
triggered LBW to a full ball that pitched outside leg stump. For Horto’s 7 runs there was
plenty of action, and if the writer of this was not batting at the time they may have heard at
least a few references to excitement levels from Pete Ryan.
The score was 1/12 when Rob Pluske walked to the crease to join Dan, and the two added 11
runs before Dan (9) decided to imitate Alistair Cook and poke an easy catch to third slip.
Shortly after Clint O’Neill joined Rob at the crease at 2/23, and Rob (9) decided to miss a
straight one and was pretty accurately given out LBW. Cal Lennox was next to the crease at
3/25. Cal and Clint put on 26 together before Cal was caught for 11, somehow pulling the
ball to the keeper behind him. Junior (in his first game for the 2s in quite a while) was in at
4/51 and after bludgeoning a length ball the whole way along the carpet to the long off
boundary, he too departed for 9, with a miscued hack down the ground. The “burbs” were
then in an all too familiar position at 5/64, in the 28th over. Pete Ryan was next in and by
this stage it seemed the boys were just too keen to give each other a hit; the fact that we had
such a strong batting line-up on paper was mentioned a few times before the game. Given
this, there needs to be a few questions asked as to how we were yet again 5 down for not
many.
It would come to pass that this O’Neill/Ryan partnership would get us back into a strong
position. Clint was just relieved he had found a partner that would stick around. By now
Clint was well and truly in his batting groove and for the most part he kept things simple:
A spectator’s impression of Clint’s batting
Full on off stump
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Drive
Good length, off stump
Back of length, off stump
Full, middle stump
Back of length, middle/leg stump
Full, leg stump
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

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
Defend
Back and across and leave
Defend
Pull
Flick behind square
As Clint moved through the 50’s and into the 60’s it became noteworthy just how well he
was doing two things:
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Leaving back of length balls on a 4th/5th stump line. He was disciplined enough to
continue this for the entirety of his innings, long after he was set. This isn’t
something you normally see in 5th Grade WASTCA
- Working balls to the leg side. Even Clint will tell you this is probably his weakest
area, and his control with flicks behind square was notably more improved right
through this innings.
Of course, the innings was still a typical Clint innings, with length balls being dispatched
through the covers and short balls being murdered by his pull shot. Pete Ryan provided good
support to Clint, and as the partnership moved towards the nineties, so did Clint’s tally.
There was a short period of nerves for the boys when Clint faced eight consecutive dots on 88
(the lads wanted two DLF maximums to get him to 100), but a crisp stroke down the ground
for four finally got him into the nineties, a familiar place for Clint.
Pete decided he’d had enough of the show and fended to the cordon for 27, their stand ending
at 94. Luke Davison was next to the crease at 6/158, but shortly after he arrived Clint
departed in the same manner for an annoying (but very well played) 95. The lads have a long
way to go to knock him off the perch for the batting trophy now. Captain Rick arrived at the
crease at 7/182, and with still 17 overs in the day was contemplating a score in excess of 200.
He and Luke D would only add one run together before Luke knicked a cut short to the
keeper for 12. This was a shame because Luke’s English technique is delightful to watch.
Debutant Frank James was next to the crease at 8/183, and with experience batting in the top
six in 4th grade WACA, Rick had a good partner to be able to take the score past 200. It
didn’t happen though as Rick decided to hit mid off a catch and went for 5. At 9/188, a very
reluctant Ian Hart walked out to bat.
Young mums walking their dogs around the ground stopped and watched for a moment as
Harty defended his first ball (last of the over) as comfortably as Harty can. At the other end
Frank got a nice cut shot away for four, and Harty was back on strike for the next over. This
was how Harty’s second ball played out:
Harty takes guard and does not look at the field setting; his mind is on one thing only: red ink. He
taps the ground with his bat, twice, not because it feels natural for him but because he has seen all
ten other players today do the same thing. As the bowler runs in he stands upright and focuses his
attention on the ball in the bowler’s hand. ‘I’ve got this’, he thinks to himself, ‘I’m a batsman’.
As the ball is released it is full, leg side, and Harty pushes forward to defend. Bat makes contact
with ball and Harty is satisfied. Moments later Harty looks to see where the ball went. ‘Oh’,
Harty thinks to himself, ‘It’s in a gap’. A confused Harty lets seconds go by as he thinks hard
about what he should do. ‘I think I should run’, he thinks to himself, and after seeing Pete Ryan
run between wickets earlier in the day he recalls what Pete Ryan predominantly showcases when
he’s batting… “Yeeeesssss”, Harty calls, unsure if he got the duration right. This startles Franky
at the non-striker’s end and wakes him up. He was sure Harty had clearly stated earlier he wasn’t
looking for runs. Somehow, unbeknownst to 11 Curtin Vic Park fielders, Umpire Sharnjitt Gill, 8
WSCC 2nd XI players on the hill, and Dan Lindstedt the square leg umpire, Harty and Frank
clambered through for a single.
Harty’s smile was a wide as Clint O’Neill’s belly after KFC, and the relief washed through
him. He received a round of applause from the lads and even raised his bat, a similar picture
to someone bringing up a ton. That is certainly something Clint O’Neill has spent a lot of
time thinking about recently.
The scoreboard moved from 9/192 to 9/193.
There were a few more dots played by both players and just as Harty was beginning to think
his time in the middle couldn’t be better, something miraculous happened: he got a second
run.
Harty’s second run:
Harty was feeling comfortable. He was feeling set. He had already faced five deliveries. He
didn’t think it was possible for the bowler’s hand to be big enough to bowl with a beach ball, but it
somehow was. The beach ball was released; it lands full, leg-stump line. Harty thinks: “Is that all
you’ve got pal, I’ve seen it all before”. Harty moves to work it to the leg-side, bat makes contact
with ball…leading edge! It balloons to gully. It takes Harty a couple of seconds to assess where
the ball has gone, but the gully fieldsman takes even longer.
Harty waits until the fielder has completed three ring-a-rosies around the drop sight of the ball,
before deciding to run.
“Yeeeeessssss”
Both batsman scamper for a single comfortably before the fielder has time to adjust his glasses,
find the ball (next to his left foot), and coordinate his hand, fingers, arm, knees and back
systematically to pick up the ball and under-arm it to the keeper. The keeper was standing next to
him this entire time.
A few balls later Franky found himself bored of listening to the old man dribble from Harty
between overs, and emulated Luke Davison with a knicked cut shot to the keeper. He was
out for 4, and Harty was not out 2, rightfully retaining his red ink crown. We had been
bowled out for 194 in only 58 overs.
After some heated discussion between Umpire Sharnjit Gill and Curtin Vic Park’s captain,
the “burbs” were allocated 10 overs to bowl before stumps. Junior and Harty took the new
ball, and both struggled to find their areas early.
Harty’s first over started with a wide down the leg side. The next two were half trackers
outside off, left alone. We were starting to wonder if the new ball would be used usefully at
all. The next ball was just as wide and the batsman decided to poke at it, merely spooning a
catch to Cal Lennox at point. The “burbs” had made twilight inroads, and it wasn’t to be the
only wicket handed to us this innings.
Whilst Junior went for runs at the other end, Harty backed up with a maiden in his second
over, and two consecutive wickets in his third. The first was caught behind, the Curtin Vic
Park muppet feathered it through to Pluske with the gloves. The new batsman spent an age to
amble to the crease, and called for his guard at least three times, one for each stump. In the
meantime a few “burbs” players joked loudly with the thought of this batsman getting out
first ball after all this unnecessary time spent taking multiple guards. That is exactly what
happened. Umpire Sharnjitt Gill’s finger was compelled to point to the sky after Harty stuck
him very adjacently on the pads.
So after 10 overs, Curtin Vic Park was reduced to 3/29 overnight.
With rain the following Friday, which carried on to Saturday morning, 10 of the 11 WSCC
players arrived to see the covers still on the square. At around 12:45 the covers were
removed for an inspection, and at 1 o’clock they were put back on when more rain came. It
was 1:15pm before Matt Horton arrived at the ground. Umpire Sharnjitt Gill arrived even
later.
There was very little intent from the Curtin Vic Park captain to get onto the field. The reason
that was given was about the run-ups at both ends of the pitch being too soggy and wet. To
combat this, Clint O’Neill went and found a few towels in his car and he and Junior went
about soaking up the excess water.
The word went out that we wouldn’t get on before 2 o’clock, and whilst the rest of the boys
pulled a poker set out of Junior’s car, Clint remained towelling away the run-up. Some of the
credit for play eventually happening has got to go to Clint for this effort. Tea was brought
out early for all the poker players to have a lash at and at 3:15pm we got on the ground.
The Curtin Vic Park captain was still visibly quite grumpy about this, and the missive went
out from skipper Rick to not say anything about the pitch whilst in the field. There were a
few spots that were looking dicey for the rain, and after a few balls they started doing plenty!
We had 44 overs to take the final 7 wickets, and Curtin Vic Park only had to survive the 44
overs to draw the game, as it was rain affected.
The Curtin Vic Park batsman did themselves no favours. After 9 overs of play we had already
taken a further four wickets. Two of these went to Harty via a combination of his steep
bounce on a wicket that was popping up from a length, and Curtin Vic Park batsman playing
with hard hands in front of their eyes. Both wickets were caught in the ring in this manner,
and completed Harty’s 5-fa, after he already cleaned up in the poker earlier. The other two
wickets in this period went to Junior, caught and bowled, and Cal Lennox which involved a
smart catch from Luke Davison diving forward.
With Curtin Vic Park in tatters at 7/37 they went about attempting a block-a-thon,
reminiscent of South Africa’s recent effort. Curtin Vic Park’s captain, still grumpy, lead the
charge in this effort, and the next 8 overs went for only 3 runs. Then Junior decided to take
another caught and bowled, this one off a full toss. At 8/43 Curtin Vic Park persisted in
looking to survive and the ninth wicket was a while coming. The “burbs” were getting a little
restless as Curtin Vic batted out a further 21 overs for the next wicket. 19 runs were scored
over this period. Captain Rick tired a few different things and brought on Luke D bowling
leggies with two slips and a leg slip. How often do you see that in Suburban Turf?! The
most peculiar fielding position was a catching man for Junior’s bowling which stood right on
the edge of the square on the batting crease line on the off side. Think silly point, but a few
steps back. Captain Rick called this fielding position, “gut feeling”.
Luke D was the man to finally get the breakthrough with a full leggie that hit the batsman on
the foot on the full. At 9/72 Curtin Vic Park only had a further 6 overs to bat out the draw.
Junior took to bowling quite quickly and some came through quite short. Intimidating stuff,
where has it been all this time? The last ball of this fiery over Curtin Vic Park’s captain, who
had dead batted for 35 overs prior (for 14 runs), decided to have a piece of Junior and
attempted to hack him down the ground. It was miscued and Frank James at mid on took the
catch comfortably. Curtin Vic Park’s captain handed us the game he had been working so
hard to draw.
It turned out another win for the WSCC lads and the block-a-thon provided useful bowling
figures:
Harty
Junior
Luke Davison
Cal Lennox
Frank
Captain Rick
15 overs
20 overs
6 overs
1 over
4 overs
3 overs
9 maidens
10 maidens
1 maiden
2 maidens
1 maiden
5/15
3/30
1/15
1/2
0/4
0/3
Round 7 WSCC 2nd XI vs Swanbourne CC at College Park
Round 7 saw WSCC 2nd XI’s long awaited return to the fortress at College Park. Changes to
the side were: Matt McGladdery with the gloves, and Campbell “biceps” Hitchen and Jarrod
“Inzy” Sinclair with the bat. Cal Lennox and Clint O’Neill both moved into the 1s for this
week, good luck to them. It will give the lads a small chance of chasing Clint’s season
aggregate.
Captain Rick won the toss again, on a green and patchy College Park deck. Horto and
Hitchen padded up to open the batting. For this game Dan Lindstedt reluctantly moved into
the no. 3 spot. Both Horto and Hitchen batted comfortably and scored at a good rate. It did
not take long for Hitcho to look to dominate, with multiple lofted shots over the bowler’s
head. At 10 overs the “burbs” were still no wickets down, with 44 runs on the board. Eight
runs in the 11th over brought up the 50 run opening stand. Running between the wickets was
a feature in the partnership, as it always is when Hitcho is at the crease. Swanbourne didn’t
really have any answers to it in the field – along with South Perth these guys would have to
be the worst fielding side in the comp. They would go on to drop Horton three times,
Hitchen once, and later when Dan had a bat, long on would run in too far to take a catch, only
to see the ball sail over his head, one bounce for four. 7 bowlers were used to break this
opening partnership, which allowed for plenty of easy four balls. College Park has never
traditionally been a pitch to bowl short on and Horto showed them why with a display of cuts
and pulls. He brought up his half-century shortly before the drinks break (his first in a first
innings this season) and at the 20 over mark the “burbs” were still no wickets down for 96
runs. By this stage Swanbourne were tired of shots blasting through the hands of mid-on and
mid-off.
The 100 run opening stand was brought up in the 21st over, and batsman to follow (Dan,
Junior and Inzy) were all seriously questioning whether or not they would get a hit. In the
24th over when the score was 113 for no loss, Swanbourne finally took a wicket. Campbell
Hitchen was bowled for a well compiled 43. Dan walked out next to join Horto (who was
very tired and sweaty by this stage, but still revved up) and the pair put on 13 before Horto hit
one in the air to cover. He had to go for 71. As Junior walked to the crease at 2/126 the
Swanbourne fielders suddenly came to life. “It’s a different game now boys”, was the call
from first slip.
Certainly, you might have believed them after the next three overs went for just 9 runs, and
the 27th over was a maiden as both batsman assessed the pitch. However, from the 29th over
to the 38th over, the “burbs” dictated terms. After scoring only 4 runs from his first 13 balls,
Dan Lindstedt went on to make 52 from 44 balls, 50 of those runs scored between midwicket
and long on. Junior made 27 in a strong supporting role as the pair put on 76 in the 12 overs
they batted. They took the score past 200. In the 39th over Dan skied one, although his bat
went even further in the air, and was out for 52. Junior (27) was run out shortly after. With
just one over remaining in the innings, new batsman to the crease looked for quick runs. Inzy
(
), Captain RWJ (6), Luke Davison (1no) and Matt McGladdery (2no) took the score to
6/212 at the completion of 40 overs.
After the innings break the “burbs” took to the field with a lot of energy, supporting tight
early bowling from Junior and Harty (fresh after not having to bat). The first wicket
(spooned to Horto at Point off Frank James’ bowling) didn’t come until the 10th over, but
Swanbourne had only scored 17 runs by that stage. Captain Rick risked his rigid hammy
bringing his seam bowling into the attack, but it payed off through taking the second wicket.
The ball was a peach, the kind only a bowler of Rick’s class can produce. It was a good
length ball pitching on middle that seamed just enough to beat the outside edge and take the
top of off-stump. Rick had just dismissed their only batsman who could play, and
Swanbourne fell even further out of the hunt.
Captain Rick then brought on Luke D’s leggies in a bid to take a few more wickets, and he
started with one off the last ball of the first over. It went something like this:
Davison to Lynn (4*). Davison has two slips in place as he rolls in with his high, round arm action
and gets it up above the eyeline. Lynn is down the track, looking to hit him over the top…ball turns
past the bat…McGladdery moves in for the stumping…tracks the ball towards the gloves…loses
sight of it…its past him! Matt scrambles towards the ball but the other fielders go up, celebrating.
Matt is confused, and looks to see it hit the stumps, bowled him!
After an over from Frank, which somehow went for 7 runs, it was drinks. Swanbourne were
3/46 it this stage. Luke Davison had the first over after drinks, and his first ball was tossed
up again, Swanbourne Jackson Ferri was similarly again down the track looking for a big
piece of one but again the ball turned past the bat, straight into McGladdery’s gloves, and he
completed the stumping. Couple with the wicket on the last ball of his previous over, Luke
was on a hat-trick.
This was how the hat-trick ball played out:
Davison can’t believe it, he had just been gifted two wickets in two balls from rash Swanbourne
batting. He and Captain Rick bring the field in, and everyone is around the bat. He now has two
slips, a leg slip, and Dan has found a lid and is standing half a bat length from the batsman on the
on- side. Point, cover, mid on and mid off have all come in around the bat. The new batsman,
Steve Badrock, looks around the field indifferently. He has only one thing on his mid; they
certainly are of a unique cricketing intellect at Swanbourne. Jarrod Sinclair at first slip has still not
yet worked out that it is a hat-trick ball.
Davison tosses it up again, full, Badrock gets a sudden rush of blood and looks towards the parked
cars behind the straight boundary. His wild swing has no chance of connecting with the ball. The
ball instead…makes contact with the stumps!
The “burbs” fielders are ecstatic. Campbell Hitchen, easily the most excitable player on the field,
runs across and lifts Luke Davison up in celebration. The rest of the players swarm the two, all
looking to rub Luke’s head and slap him, on the arse. Jarrod Sinclair now works out what is going
on.
The hat-trick had left Swanbourne in tatters; they were now 5/46. Harty took the sixth wicket
shortly after with Swanbourne batsman Anthony Hondros chipping a catch to Junior at
midwicket. Luke Davison went on to take the remaining 4 wickets. He finished with 7/22
off 7.5 overs. Three of the wickets were miscued hacks, one of which involved a spectacular
one handed catch by Sam Kendall running back. The last of the four was a very, very
incorrect LBW decision which may have lead to Swanbourne captain Lenin Pervan being
suspended because of a tantrum about it.
Luke’s impressive display will most probably keep him a bowler in the side (as much as he
would love to bat higher) and we look forward to many more wickets from him this season.
In the end Swanbourne were bowled out for 91 and the “burbs” took their fifth straight win at
home this season. Tigerland was clearly louder and with more energy this week, and that
may have been due to Campbell Hitchen’s participation.
3rd XI 6th Grade
Round 2
Western Suburbs vs.
Reporter:
Nothing here either.
4th XI 8th Grade
Round 5
Western Suburbs vs. High Wycombe
Reporter: Ed Fearis & Jeremy Nixon
Stand in captain Stead continued the trend for the season by losing the toss and we took to the field
on a baking High Wycombe oval. Mugi and Zeitsch took the new ball and started brilliantly, with
consistent full lines constantly troubling the batsmen. For once Mugi was rewarded for his excellent
bowling, though, with High Wycome soon reeling at 3/4 (Mugi ending up with the figures of 3/13 off
8). From that point the oppressive conditions took their toll somewhat and High Wycombe soon
stabilised to 3/74. It was at this point that debutant (in all forms of cricket ever if he is to be believed)
Platt was introduced. In his first over he managed to pick up two wickets with accurate pace bowling,
including the dangerous number 5 who had scored 52 of the 74 runs. The departure of this batsman
seemed to lift our side. Platt (3/10 off 3), the ever consistent Revill (1/22 off 8) and Pike (an unlucky
0/12 off 4) all bowled well to end up restricting High Wycome to 8/147 off their 40 overs, albeit we
were slightly disappointed with our last 3 overs. The highlight of the innings, though, was probably
the all-round effort to reduce wides (a focus for the game after last week) and two excellent catches
from Revill and Ward (to remove the danger man).
Openers Fearis and Nixon commenced against probably the best opening attack they had faced all
season. Unfortunately, though, both gifted their wickets to the opposition; Nixon (7) played across to
line to be bowled middle stump and Fearis (0) prodded at a ball he should have left to be caught
millimetres from the turf at second slip. Mugi (9) and Edwards then steadied but when Mugi was out
(also to a poor shot) we were in a bit of trouble at 3/40. Pike and Ward followed soon after and at
5/44 we were staring down the barrel of a heavy defeat. However, Edwards with excellent support
from Revill (6) knuckled down, paying homage to the Chinnery mantra of "block the good balls and
hit the bad balls hard". As High Wycome tired and the wides also began to build, we progressed to
5/108. Unfortunately, though, just before the second drinks break at the 30 over mark Edwards had a
lapse of concentration and was bowled for an excellent 56 (the next highest score by a batsman
being 9). After drinks, a rejuvenated High Wycome ran through the tail and we were quickly bundled
out for just 112.
This was an extremely disappointing result, particularly given the start we had. The major
disappointment, of course, was the batting and particularly the performance of most of our top
seven. A more even, focused performance by them will be necessary if we are to threaten the top
sides.
8th Grade, Round 5 vs High Wycombe (we have two reports for the same game, nice)
Western Suburbs lost the toss and were sent in to field. Chinnery was unable to play due to illness
but gave valuable support from the sideline throughout the game. Mugi was on target from the
start, getting the first break through in the opening over. This was soon followed by two more
wickets for Mugi, and with High Wycombe at 3/4 the Tigers’ spirits were high and we were very
much on top. The period that followed was a more difficult one, with the High Wycombe number 5
proving a challenge to crack. The 5th wicket partnership contributed 70 runs and saw the Western
Suburbs try seven different bowlers. Eventually it was the young Platt on debut for the club who got
the breakthrough with the wickets of their number 5 and opening batsmen who had proved a
challenge for our bowlers. Platt went on to take one more wicket in an excellent 3 over spell. Zeitsch
and Revill also took a wicket each. The fielding was strong, with Stead taking two catches behind the
stumps and Revill, Ward and Nixon taking strong outfield catches. The pick of the bowlers were Platt
(3/10), Mugi (3/13) and Revill (1/22). After being in significant strife in the first session, High
Wycombe finished on 8/147 thanks to a strong partnership and some big hitting towards the end.
Nixon and Fearis went out to bat with the intention of occupying the crease and building a
foundation however this wasn’t to be, with both batsmen falling early to good bowling. Mugi and
Edwards showed more resistance before Mugi was caught, putting the score at 3/40. Edwards (56)
went on to craft an exceptional innings as wickets tumbled around him, providing some hope for the
Tigers. Revill batted solidly, combining with Edwards to put on 64 runs for the 6th wicket partnership.
After Edwards was dismissed the Tigers soon fell from 6/108 to be all out for 112. With the
exception of Edwards, no batsman reached double figures.
It was a disappointing end to a game that we started off so strongly. I’m sure all the boys will be
eager to give this team another crack later in the season.
8th Grade, Round 7 vs Bentley
Western Suburbs won the toss and elected to bat first. R Stein (6) and Nixon (12) opened the batting
but were dismissed early by good balls. In the absence of regulars Fearis and Edwards, Mugi (112)
played an outstanding innings that all those present will remember for a long time. Mugi batted
positively from the word go, playing some excellent strokes including a memorable drive back over a
pace-bowlers head for 6. Mugi was joined at the crease for the majority of his innings by Ward (54),
who broke a run of two ducks with an impressive fifty including a nice 6 of his own. Mugi and Ward
put on a partnership of 132, bringing the score from 4/90 to 5/222. Forbes contributed 13 batting at
number 4. After 40 overs the Western Suburbs finished on 6/236. The team were happy with this
total, and knew that if we fielded positively and bowled consistent line and length it should be very
defendable.
The bowlers started off strongly. Zeitsch (2/39) enjoyed an opportunity to open the bowling with
Chinnery (0/9), bowling out one of the openers and then dismissing their number three in the same
over to give the Tigers a great start. Chinnery and Zeitsch bowled a tight opening spell before Revill
(2/33) and Mugi (1/29) came on to further rattle the Bentley batsmen. Pearson finished with figures
of 2/10 off his 4 overs. A few batsmen made starts however the required run rate seemed to be
beyond them. With a tough target ahead of them the Bentley batsmen appeared to focus on
occupying the crease and avoiding the loss of wickets. The Western Suburbs fielding was excellent
and helped keep scoring slow. The Stein brothers contributed with a catch each in the field, while
Stead took two behind the wickets and Revill one. Bentley finished at 8/172 off their 40 overs.
It was a satisfying win for the Tigers. Mugi played an outstanding innings to put us on the front foot
from the start and stay not out at the end with a terrific century. Ward made an excellent fifty,
combining with Mugi to put on an intimidating total. The bowlers worked hard to keep the scoring
down and all contributed well to build pressure and deny the batsmen the runs they needed. Overall
this was a great game for the Tigers.
5th
XI 9th Grade
Round 7
Western Suburbs vs. Curtin Vic Park
Reporter: David Xena Moon
With Stephen Agar away on a Thailand holiday proudly sponsored by Instagram and the Cancer
Council, order has been restored here at Moos News HQ with my return to the news desk. This
report focuses on the round 7 clash against Curtin Vic-Park. Having destroyed this mob comfortably
less than a month ago, they were seeking retribution on their home deck at Fraser Park. The
Redbacks were buoyed by the news that star opener David Moon was a late withdrawal from the
Moos side and they also would not have to put up with Steven Agar's general obnoxiousness when
trying to bat. This made little difference to the overall result and the Moos triumphed by 61 runs to
secure a spot in the top 4 with just one match remaining prior to Christmas.
Now I didn't actually play this game, but seeing as there is no one else in the team with a literacy
standard that exceeds the third grade level, I have taken it upon myself to compile the report. My
day was spent watching on the hill and making intermittent trips to the nearest BWS and Chinese
Restaurant and hence my recollection of the match is somewhat hazy. I'll therefore just fabricate a
significant quantity of the below, however I feel as though our readership has become well and truly
accustomed to that by now.
Jason Ridley
After somehow managing to win the toss, Captain Ridley was strutting around the Fraser Park
change rooms with more confidence than Majak Daw at a fraternity party. This attitude was short
lived however with everyone's favourite technique deprived 9th grade bully dismissed for just 6 runs
in the second over of the day. Ridley was clearly missing his usual opening partner like a fat kid
misses sugar after being diagnosed with diabetes and that can be the only excuse for his
uncharacteristic early dismissal. The skipper left a gate between bat and pad wide enough for
Princess Diana's funeral procession to fit through and with one nipping back that brought about an
end to proceedings for the day. Captained well though I thought with some clever field placings and
bowling rotations, aside from giving Brad a bowl.
Tim Wilkins
With Ridley, Bason and Elliman all gone early, Tim had to steady the ship for the Tiger Moos and that
he did. After playing and missing at a few early on, the wicketkeeper batsman managed to play some
cover drive that were considerably more delicious than the insipid tea provided by the home side.
He eventually fell just after tea for 36 off 52 - an invaluable innings...well it did have value actually 36
runs to the team. Well played Tim.
Ollie Basson
The O-face looked in promising touch and after making 25 in his last one day game, I was confident
he was on track for more runs today. Sadly after hitting a boundary early through point he was out
caught by the keeper(from memory) for 8. Didn't drop a catch in the field which was something.
Brad Elliman
The greatest bulldog to set foot on an oval since EJ Whitten was in vintage form on the back of his 48
just a week prior. As he reminded anyone within a 400m radius all week he was in the "honey zone."
Sadly the closest thing he got to honey in this fixture was the ant infested sandwiches provided at
tea. He did get a bowl for an over which saw him wagging his tail in excitement. I didn't get the
chance to witness said over, but the scorebook tells me it went for just 4 and with my car parked at
midwicket and no damage to the windshield - it must have been better than his standard. Brad said
to me during the week that he considers himself a specialist "death bowler." Having witnessed him
bowl quite a bit, I can only assume that he meant he prefers bowling to corpses. So to recap Brad's
stats for the week: runs: 7; overs bowled: 1; runs conceded: 4; dollars spent on haircut: 53; women
pulled as a result of said haircut: 0.
Brendan Buckley
Bucks is having a breakout season with the bat and continued on with an important 22 today. This
came off 32 balls however, so I feel completely justified in honking my horn and screaming out: "lift
the farking strike rate you c**t." Was a bit expensive with the ball going at more than six an over and
after taking just the 1 wicket, probably wasn't a bowling effort that he would write home
about...even if he did know how to write...or knew his address. So to recap Buckley's stats for the
week: Total votes: 3; Votes given by Brendan Buckley: 3.
Sam Church
Elevated up the order on the back of some serious welding mid week, Sammy came out swinging
and with a point to prove. He managed to contribute a quick fire 10 before unfortunately holing out
to mid wicket. Chipped in with 3 tidy overs too and was like a panther in the covers.
Quinn Lee-Jones
Tommy was the hero the week prior with a masterful defensive display to secure the draw for the
Tiger Moos. After striking a boundary from just his second ball, he appeared to have made the
adjustment required for one day cricket. This prompted Brad Elliman to say "gee Quinn is looking
really good today... mmm so good...oh and I think he'll make quite a few runs." Quinn was out next
ball. He bowled extremely well though to take 3 wickets for just 19 runs from 7 overs. Another
dominant display from Tommy.
The brothers Daniel
It was truly a combined effort from these two and thus I deem it fitting to combine their match
reports. I'm also running out of material and looking to wrap this report up. The pair came to the
wicket with the score on 7 for 108 and in dire straits. A match saving partnership was required and a
match saving partnership was delivered - 68. Richie ended with 32 to show he was clearly more
talented, athletic, better looking and taller than his insipid cretin of an older brother who could
manage just 28. Tony made up for it with the ball though, bagging 3 wickets and conceding just 16
runs.
Robin "Nahas" Anderson
Rob nearly became the first man in history (probably) to bowl 5 overs and concede more runs with
wides than off the bat. 8:9 was the final ratio from his 5 overs. Rob is quickly becoming known as Mr.
Thrifty, a fitting title given he also looks after the team finances. Hit 14 at better than a run a ball and
also took a pretty sharp catch, so I imagine that he scraped in for a vote or two - from everyone
apart from Bucks of course.
Todd Hatfield
Todd was clearly hogging the strike and playing for red ink hitting just one run off one ball. Bowled
very well though from the bits I saw - 1 for 13 from his 3 overs. A few too many wides for this
journalists liking though.
So in the end a comprehensive victory to the Tiger Moos. The Brent Harvey Medal for man of the
match this week goes to Tony Daniel for his vital role with both bat and ball. The Jack Ziebell Medal
for most courageous goes to me for watching all 80 overs and getting sunburned.
6th XI 10th Grade
Round 3, 6 & 7
Western Suburbs vs. Curtin Vic Park
Reporter: John Da Silva
10th Grade, Round 3 vs Curtin-Victoria Pk
Rolling CVP for 118 was not as easy as the score suggests. Must be something about the vibe
of their team and Fraser Park. It was a generous score for them to defend.
A denied run out which resulted the umpire threatening this author of being reported
following his displeasure for his decision pretty well lit up the vibe for the rest of this game.
The “Sharman” and “On the buses” Varney collected 3 wickets each. Everyone bowled well.
Everyone fielded well. Shades of last summer coming back.
Needing eight overs to finish the day, the Skipper Waddington bravely accepted the
instructions of his team mates to open up. (He was our 11A). He went first nut. Then Parko
went LBW.
Next week we were 3 for not much added. Then a super stand between the Cock (46) and
Chris Williams (24) of 71 had us heading in the right direction.
Despite and thanks to Hawkin’s 25, we spluttered into the 90s before Varney (30) and
Havercroft (19) put the finishing touch.
All out for 166 at an alien run rate for us at about 2.5 per over.
But it was a win. Ugly. And our first.
10th Grade, Round 6 vs Tuart Hill
I just figured out why they sent us in to bat! Reason later…
We weren’t off to a good start being 3 for 7 in a fart, then 7 for 55 after a longer one. But
some solid partnerships limped us to a total that we felt we could defend. The cornerstone
of our innings was a well measured dig by Cam “Rocket” Rohan with 22 not out. We scored
nearly 100 runs while he was at the crease which is telling with the end result.
We picked up the first wicket in about the 4th over in the following week. It was a bowled
which pretty much was the mode of their dismissals for the rest of the day. Then came the
big show at first drop. The hero who clubbed a double ton earlier against the hapless boys
from Bassendean. He had his stumps disturbed with the second ball he faced from
Hawkeye. He stood there is disbelief that the show didn’t deliver. He wasn’t alone. Dan
“Jesus” Levi was in a state of disbelief too with his team mates who didn’t share with his
opinion that he played on off the toe of his bat. He said so because he was expecting a catch
but, as the day panned out, he was the recipient of the only catches in the score book.
There others were 6 bowled and 2 LBW.
In the end, they sputtered to be all out 98 from 60.1 overs.
Stephen Hawkins struck with the first two wickets. Went home with 2 for 11 from 6 which
was OK work by normal standards.
But he was upstaged by the colossal effort of Filthy Faboulous Sharman Carman whose
pressure reeked devastating rewards for Tim “Bleebs” Bleby at the other end. Carman’s 1
for 17 were off 24 overs which included 10 consecutive maidens.
The man of the day, the match, the week - Bleebs - returned the sensational figures of 7 for
24 from 14.1 overs!!!
So there you have this pleasant story. Rocket set us up for a win. And the Carman/Bleebs
combo delivered it for us.
It was also the game that got the gorilla off Waddington’s back by notching up the first of his
many wins as our skipper.
Bodhisattvas Anonymous
10th Grade, Round 7 vs Curtin-Victoria Park
We do pride on our professional approach to every game. Particularly for a home game. The
team manager would normally be there around an hour before the start with the stumps
inserted and the boundary markers placed around where it should be. Not this time…
But play we did eventually.
I think we did well to restrict them to 9-125 off their allotted overs. I think they were too
considering that they had to giddy up after being 2-16 from 10 overs. Wickets were shared.
Hawkins, Levi and Miles Attey (now that’s a name that reminds me of a tune from The Who
when they had cred in buckets) snared a couple each.
We got off to a smashing start in our chase when the team manager played on off his chin
with the second ball.
Then Kris Waddington teed off with 49 in a blink. The exhilaration was replaced with a more
sombre approach after his dismissal in the 8th over with the score at 60. In between this and
reaching the winning score in the 32nd over, we gave a record 4 LBWs!
In the meantime, significant partnerships involving Rocket Rohan, Jesus Levi and the
finishers, Sharman Carman and I Can See for Miles, made sure that we sombrely got us past
the post.
We’re winning ugly … but we keep on keeping on.
Bodhisattvas Anonymous
The One Day Teams
Nothing from the one day sides who I assume played some cricket somewhere.