First Annual Report

2001-02

The first Randwick Petersham First Grade Team

Left to Right: Andrew Millican, Ian Barter, Richard CheeQuee, Daryl Parmenter, Grant Parmenter, Andrew Harrison, James LeHuray, Adam Warren, Graham Doig, Paul Toole (Captain), Paul Staunton (front)

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In the beginning… the birth of Randwick Petersham Cricket

No-one could have predicted that the NSW Cricket Board’s proposal in December 2000 to reduce the Sydney Grade Cricket competition from 20 clubs to 16, would have been the catalyst for the birth of a new, exciting and competitive cricket entity. And so it was that two of Sydney’s oldest and most successful cricket clubs became a single body under the banner of Randwick Petersham. Under the NSW Cricket Board plan, Hawkesbury, Mosman, Petersham and Randwick were destined for the chop. In preparing final submissions for presentation to the Board, discussions commenced between Petersham and Randwick as to the prospects of a merger. The benefits of such an amalgamation soon became evident and a firm agreement was reached prior to the separate presentations to the Board by each club. That proposal, together with other issues presented by the threatened clubs, resulted in the Board deciding to maintain the status quo of 20 clubs for two seasons when it would again revisit its restructure plans. Despite the reprieve, the Petersham and Randwick clubs felt there was much to be gained by continuing with its merger plans and on 19 July 2001, Sydney’s newest grade club—Randwick Petersham Cricket Club, was born. Hatched from an idea by Randwick CEO Laurie Heil and pursued to reality by Alan Wright and Wayne Mulherin, the merger brought together two of Sydney’s oldest and most famous clubs, each with a similarity in culture and 101 years of grade cricket tradition and experience. In formally announcing the amalgamation, new President Mike Whitney said “While this move represents the end of an era for two of grade crickets’ great clubs, it is also the dawning of a new and exciting period for the combined club as well as for cricket in the whole Randwick Petersham area”. The terms of the merger included an agreement that the colours of the new club would be green, gold and white (a combination of the colours of both former clubs) while Coogee and Petersham Ovals would rotate as the first grade home ground. For the Petersham club, this was it’s second merger, having been through the process when Petersham and Marrickville combined in 1951-52, a season which saw the new club take out the club championship, the third and fourth grade premierships and the Poidevin Gray competition. The contribution to Australian, New South Wales and grade cricket by the Petersham and Petersham Marrickville clubs has been outstanding, having produced players of the calibre of Sid Barnes, Jack Moroney, Tommy Andrews, Ernie Toshack, Bobby Simpson and Johnny Martin together with administrators such as Dudley Seddon, Sydney Smith and Brian Hughes. The latter two gentlemen went on to become President and CEO respectively of the NSWCA. Randwick’s record of 7 First Grade Premierships and 8 Club Championships stamps it as one of the great grade clubs of the past century. Names such as Jack Chegwyn, Alex Marks and Dave Sherwood are synonymous with the club while Randwick has been home to Test stars John Benaud, Alan Turner, John Dyson and Mike Whitney. Prior to 1998-99, the NSW State team included a Randwick player for each of the previous 34 seasons. When Randwick Petersham took the field against University of New South Wales as a Sydney Grade club on 29 September 2001, it was history in the making. We are proud to have been part of it.

Front Cover: The first Randwick Petersham First Grade team in their new “baggy green” caps- from left: Andrew Millican, Ian Barter, Richard CheeQuee, Daryl Parmenter, Grant Parmenter, Andrew Harrison, James LeHuray, Adam Warren, Graham Doig, Paul Toole (Captain), Paul Staunton (front)

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RANDWICK PETERSHAM CRICKET CLUB INCORPORATED

Founded 2001

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FIRST ANNUAL REPORT

2001-02

Notice of Annual Meeting

Notice is hereby given that the first Annual General Meeting of Randwick Petersham Cricket Club Incorporated will be held at the Coogee-Randwick RSL Club, Carr Street, Coogee on

Thursday 11 July 2002 at 7.30pm.

Business

1. Welcome by President Michael Whitney

2. To receive the First Annual Report and Financial Statement

3. Presentation of Annual Awards

4. To elect the following Office Bearers and a Management Committee for the ensuing year:

Patron President Chief Executive Officer Asst. Chief Executive Officer Financial Controller Asst. Financial Controller Management Committee (5) Delegates to SCA (2) Delegate to NSWCA

Honorary Auditor

5. To consider any business brought forward in conformity with the club rules. Laurie Heil Chief Executive Officer

Please note that only last season’s financial members are entitled to vote.

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OFFICE BEARERS 2001-02

Patrons

Noel Hughes and Phil Tresidder

President Michael Whitney

Chief Executive Officer

Laurie Heil

Assistant Chief Executive Officer Ray Stafford

Financial Controller

Steve Devlin

Assistant Financial Controller Alan Wright

Management Committee

President, Chief Executive Officer, Assistant Chief Executive Officer, Financial Controller, Assistant Financial Controller together with Greg Hartshorne, David Skuthorpe,

Chris Sullivan, David Townsend, Dean White and Peter Wright.

Honorary Auditor Wayne Tilley

Delegate to NSW Cricket Association

Peter Wright

Delegates to Sydney Cricket Association Peter Wright and Chris Sullivan

Registrar / Statistician

Ray Stafford

Director of Coaching Bill Anderson

Club Coach Peter Devlin

Club Captain

Andrew Millican

Selection Committee

Alan Wright (Chairman), Paul Toole (1st Grade), Rhys Banwell (2nd Grade), Steve Yates (3rd Grade), Greg Hartshorne (4th Grade), Alan Wright (5th Grade)

Phil Traynor, Metropolitan Cup (6th Grade) and Mohit Kumar, Metropolitan Shield (7th Grade)

Grading Committee Alan Wright (Chairman), Peter Devlin, David Skuthorpe, Dean White, Paul Toole

Development Officer

Grant Parmenter

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Operational Committees

Annual Report : Lyall Gardner(Chairman), Ray Stafford, Chris Sullivan, Wayne Mulherin Coaching : Bill Anderson (Director), Peter Devlin (Club Coach), Greg Hartshorne, David Skuthorpe, Paul Fitzgerald, Andrew Millican Cricketwear : Steve Devlin (Chairman), Tony Parker, Shane Redenbach, Greg Hartshorne, Lyall Gardner Grounds : Wayne Mulherin (Chairman), Peter Devlin, Alan Wright, David Skuthorpe, Dean White Incentives : Steve Devlin (Chairman), Peter Devlin, Richard CheeQuee, David Townsend Junior Development : Alan Wright (Chairman), Laurie Heil, Grant Rimmer, Grant Parmenter, Peter Johnson Publicity : Greg Hartshorne (Chairman), Lyall Gardner, Phil Tresidder, Peter Bayley, Sean Sampson Social : Chris Sullivan (Chairman), Dean White, Mark Sundin, Olly Hodges, Lee Farlow, David Kelly Sponsorship : David Townsend (Chairman), Steve Devlin, Michael Whitney, Graeme Hughes, Shane Redenbach, Greg Hartshorne Team Admin. : Ray Stafford (Chairman), Laurie Heil

Life Members (Listing is in the year order of election by the founding clubs.)

(Former Randwick Life Members are marked *)

1. Stroy Donnan (1950)* 2. Alf Debham (1965) 3. Noel Hughes (1971) 4. Arthur Purvis (1971) 5. John O’Loughlin(1973)* 6. John Hayward (1975)* 7. Alan Cripps (1981)* 8. Philip Tresidder (1982)* 9. Alan Turner (1983)* 10. John Johnson (1983)* 11. Lyall Gardner (1984)* 12. Peter Bain (1988) 13. David Chardon (1988)

14. Greg Hartshorne (1988) 15. Trevor Jay (1989)* 16. Ross Davies (1989)* 17. Graeme Hughes (1991) 18. Stephen Devlin (1992)* 19. Alan Wright (1992)* 20. Neale Anderson (1992) 21. Michael Whitney (1993)* 22 .Patricia Hughes (1995) 23. Helen Milford (1995) 24. Timothy Dein (1996) 25. Alan Staunton (1996) 26. John Pearson (1996)

27. Richard McCord (1997) 28. Chris Sullivan (1997) 29. Paul Stepto (1997) 30. Brian Proops (1998) 31. David Skuthorpe (1998) 32. Peter Rolls (1999) 33 .Peter Devlin (2000)* 34. Robin Gardner (2000) 35. William Anderson (2001) 36. Wayne Mulherin (2001) 37. Paul McGee (2001) 38. John King (2001)

Vice Presidents

Mayor of Leichhardt Municipal Council, Maire Sheehan Mayor of Marrickville Council, Barry Cotter Mayor of Randwick City Council, Dominic Sullivan Mayor of Botany Bay City Council, Ron Hoenig John Affleck Peter Harrison Anthony Parker Alan Austin Jeff Hill Tom Regan Robert Barter Brian Hughes Ron Rimmer Bernard Bayley Garry Hughes Jeff Sayle Mary Beath Mark Hughes John Soames Chris Burke Les Johns Harry Solomons Len Cartwright Arthur Kelleher John Sullivan Bernie Dagg Ruth Kelleher Steve Sullivan Madge Devlin David Kelly Barry Wood Ken Devlin Bruce Livingstone Anthony Woodward Phil Green Barry McDonald Geoff Wright Steve Greentree Carl Mower Tom Harrison Ernie Page MP

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Members

Awais Ali David Fraser Matthew Parker Ejez Ali George Frazakis Daryl Parmenter Mark Anderson Cameron Gray Grant Parmenter Brett Asquith Paul Greentree Richard Phillips Michael Bailey Mark Grice Osman Quereshi Rhys Banwell John Griffiths Grant Rimmer David Barclay Trent Griffiths Kirk Rimmer Brenton Barker Adam Harris Judy Robinson Ian Barter Paul Harris Chris Rollinson Peter Bayley Andrew Harrison Keiran Routh Stan Beal Michael Harrison Chris Rutherford Justin Bell Greg Hartshorne Sean Sampson David Bourke Fabian Heaton Alex Sciascia Nathan Boyd Brett Heil James Scott Steve Bright Laurie Heil Todd Shipp Caleb Brown Denesh Hewa-Gamage Nathan Silvy Kris Buckham Krishan Hewa-Gamage Melvin Singh Ken Buckland Mathew Hilder Nigel Singh Paul Buckley Aaron Hildred Matthew Smith Clive Cachia Denis Hinds Steven Speechly Glen Carroll Geoff Hodgkinson Peter Spurr Blake Champion Brett Hunter Ray Stafford Paul Chapman Chris Johnson Rodney Stafford Richard Chee Quee Peter Johnson Ian Stark Navnith Chetty Chris Kruit Paul Staunton Necrag Chetty Mohit Kumar Shaun Stone Kishan Chilliah Troy Lange Matthew Taylor Steve Clarke James Le Huray Paul Toole Neil Cohen Aaron Lomas David Townsend Steve Cook Grigor Maiden Phillip Traynor Matthew Couani Tony Martin Paul Varughese Efren Cruz Scott McGeachie Dale Walker Kallin Davies John McLoughlin Jason Walsh Mitch Doherty Andrew Millican Andrew Walters Graham Doig David Mitchell Adam Warren Jeremy Dwyer John Moffatt Michael Watson Ben Ezekiel Aaron Moseley Dean White Mark Fester Daniel Mulvenna Tim White Paul Fitzgerald Scott Obey Alan Wright Jonathon Flavell Dallas Orchard Tim Wright Grant Frakes Cec Orrock Steven Yates Tim Frankcombe Eddie Otto Steve Zantides

A W Green Shield Members

Shahzad Ali Jarryd Hartshorne Jess McGuirk Glen Carroll Denesh Hewa-Gamage Tom Picone Kishor Chelliah Janahan Jayadevan Matthew Tilley Peter Conomos Nirjon Kader James Yin Ben Ezekial Lahiru Kariyawasam

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Club President Michael Whitney proudly displays the Registration certificate for the new club.

Randwick Petersham Cricket Club Incorporated

Randwick Petersham President Michael Whitney joins with former Randwick Presidents,

Phil Tresidder and Lyall Gardner and with former Petersham Marrickville President, Wayne Mulherin and committeeman Greg Hartshorne at the inauguration of

Randwick Petersham Cricket Club

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PRESIDENT’S REPORT

It is with honour and great pride that I present the first President’s Report of Randwick Petersham Cricket. It is with honour not just because I am the club’s first President, but because I follow two legends of the founding clubs into the senior role—former Randwick President, Phil Tresidder and former Petersham Marrickville President, Wayne Mulherin. Two men who I admire for their contribution to cricket and for their foresight in identifying the benefits arising from a merger of their clubs—two of Sydney’s oldest and best. It is with great pride because of the way everyone associated with Randwick Petersham in its first year as an amalgamated entity, has strived to ensure the merger worked and worked well. The marriage of any two clubs is a hard assignment, but a better “pair” could not be found in a fruit shop! The working class background of both clubs provided a similarity in culture which helped to meld two separate organisations into a powerful and cohesive unit. It is something of which we can all be proud. When the “shadow” committee of the new club sat down to plan merger and season strategies in June 2001, about a month before Randwick Petersham Cricket came into being, the hope was expressed, among other things, that the new organisation could improve on the standing of the founding clubs in the Club Championship the previous year. The fact that we finished in 7th place after leading the Championship around the Christmas break, is a true indication of just how well we did in our first season! The previous year Randwick was 18th and Petersham Marrickville was 20th. A superb effort which shows we don’t have to improve too much to win it. This should be every player’s aim next season. Congratulations to all those players who did so well this season. First Grade captain Paul Toole was outstanding in only his first season as skipper, leading his team to win the Sydney Morning Herald Club of the Year Award. He was one of the chief run getters as well with 862, his best ever. The star however, was Richard CheeQuee, whose 1,003 runs was the highest total in Sydney Grade and won him the coveted Bill O’Reilly Medal. A fantastic effort from a fantastic player! Daryl Parmenter recorded a mammoth 64 dismissals behind the stumps—the most in the history of predominantly two day grade cricket competitions. He also had a great season with the bat scoring 510 runs. Adam Warren was another whose performance this season was mindblowing! With a soft spot for fast bowling (even the right handed version), I was extremely pleased with the way he put in all year and his tally of 63 wickets was appropriately rewarded with selection in the NSW Second X1 team. He has the ability to go the extra step and make the Pura Cup side. The tragedy of the season was of course, the way the summer finished for the First Grade team. We were the undisputed Minor Premiers on the field and to have it taken away from us in the committee room was earth-shattering. While our protestations fell on deaf ears, I must congratulate everyone involved, from our club representatives at the tribunal hearings and in the aftermath, to our players and supporters trying to come to grips with it all, for the way in which you handled such a gut-wrenching decision. The passion, dedication and devotion displayed by one and all following the decision, emphasises the resolve we have gained from this disappointment. I’m sure it has made us stronger and even more determined to succeed in the future. And succeed we will!

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On the administration front, I congratulate all members of the Management Committee and our many sub-committees for their hard work this season. It was never going to be easy and the absence of CEO Laurie Heil for long periods, courtesy of the Ansett Airlines crash, made it that much more difficult. As foreshadowed, business commitments meant I couldn’t attend meetings as regularly as I would have hoped. However, I was comforted by the fact the necessary work was always going to be done expertly and efficiently because of the wealth of management and administrative talent we have among us. To our three mayors, we thank you for your assistance and support. It’s great to think that whenever we have a function or there’s an important match at hand, you are able to join with us and enjoy the moment. It’s also pleasing to report the improvement in our playing facilities this season. Both Coogee and Petersham Ovals ranked in the top few First Grade grounds with Petersham receiving the Sydney Cricket Association’s “most improved” award. A terrific result! We couldn’t survive without sponsors. And we have some of the best! To all of you, thank you for your belief in us, your enthusiasm, your support and your friendship! I hope you all enjoyed your involvement with us as much as we enjoyed having you aboard. And of course, we hope to do it all again next season! I must mention my mate Phil Green from Babcock and Brown who came to the party once again to sponsor our Incentive Scheme which rewards our players for outstanding performance. Thanks once again, Phil. Carl Mower from Petersham RSL is another to whom we are deeply indebted for wonderful support while the Newington Inn created a terrific environment for after-game get-togethers. A feature of the season for me has been the coming together of a fantastic band of volunteer workers. Their passion and support for the newly merged club has been outstanding. It’s a strange thing, but this merger has instilled new life into many people and brought many back to grade cricket. The fact we could read out the names of around 50 voluntary workers at our end-of-season Player’s Night, is something many grade clubs would kill for! To all of you, the biggest possible thank you!! We couldn’t do what we’ve done this season without you and certainly we won’t be able to go forward without you. You are as much a part of this great club as any player. May you be with us for many years to come. Next season is looking quite exciting already. The big news is that the former West Australian batsman, Simon Katich, who played a Test match last year and was touted as a future Australian captain, will join us. This will be extremely beneficial for us and for our younger players in particular, to have such a talented and high-class player within our ranks. In conclusion, may I thank you for having me as your President in this inaugural year. It has been one of the cricketing highlights of my life.

Michael Whitney President

Footnote: It is with great pleasure that the club records the recent announcement of the NSW Cricket Board that the name of Michael Whitney, along with five other players from his cricketing era, will be submitted to the Annual General Meeting on 2 September 2002, for adoption as a Life Member of the NSW Cricket Association. Congratulations, Whit! Well earned and earned well.

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REPORT OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with pleasure that I present the report of the first Management Committee of the Randwick Petersham Cricket Club for season 2001-02. What an incredible season we had! Every player who took the field in our new colors of green, gold and white must be congratulated on their individual and collective performance. In our inaugural year, we certainly made our presence felt in all grades and demonstrated that Randwick Petersham (or ‘The Randy Petes”) will be a force to be reckoned with in 2002-03 and future seasons. As a newly merged club we hoped we could improve to about 12th in the Club Championship, which would have been a big improvement on the performance of the founding clubs the previous season where Randwick finished 18th and Petersham Marrickville 20th and last. That we finished in 7th place, speaks volumes for the efforts of all involved to bring the two clubs together in such a harmonious and competitive manner. First Grade was the flagship recording 14 wins from its 21 matches, including 11 first innings wins in a row prior to the Christmas break. The team ended up in 5th spot in highly controversial circumstances. It also made the semi-finals in the One Day Limited Overs competition. Second Grade had a terrific team on paper, yet couldn’t put it together and finished 17th. Thirds was a great team and its final 12th placing was not indicative of the way the side played. Fourths made the qualifying finals as did First Grade and suffered the same fate to be knocked out to finish the season as the 6th placed team. The Fifth Grade team was the last of the five grades to record its first win, but when it did it carried all before it. Unfortunately, a penalty of points equal to a first innings win was imposed by the Sydney Cricket Association Committee of Management when a phone call was not made to an opposing team to advise that covers could not be laid the night before a match because the ground was already too wet. This left the side out in the cold in 7th place, missing the finals series in which it would have been extremely competitive. Our two Metropolitan Cricket teams, which we label Sixth and Seventh Grade, both made the semi-finals in their respective grades but couldn’t get to the final. There were many outstanding performances for the club in its first season, the most notable being Richard CheeQuee winning the coveted Bill O’Reilly Medal with 1003 runs at an average of 45.59; Daryl Parmenter’s 64 dismissals record in First Grade to win the ‘keeper’s crown; Paul Toole’s leadership of the First Grade Team and his own performance to be fifth in the Sydney Grade Cricket batting with 862 runs; and Adam Warren’s second among the Sydney First Grade wicket takers with 63 wickets and our first representative player in the NSW Second XI. And apart from that, we were the Sydney Morning Herald’s Club of the Year!! Another great result this season was the improvement in our grounds. The wicket at Petersham Oval improved to such an extent that it won the SCA award as the Most Improved First Grade Ground. Coogee also made headway finishing 7th following the transfer of wicket preparation responsibility to the club and in turn, to contractors. Snape and Kensington Ovals were also prepared by the contractors with a noticeable improvement in playing standards. The overall improvement in our playing facilities is a tribute to the groundsmen at both Council and contractor level. The appointment of our First Grade scorer, Ruth Kelleher, as official scorer for the Third Test in Sydney in the Australia versus South Africa clash at the SCG, was a wonderful moment for Ruth and for the club. Ruth is a great supporter of the club and we were delighted that she was our initial first class cricket representative. As we complete our inaugural season as Randwick Petersham Cricket Club, with the history of the merger recorded in the final 2000/2001 Annual Reports of both clubs, it is essential that the role of the Management Committee is recorded for historical purposes and for the future generations of Randwick Petersham players.

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The Memorandum of Understanding signed by both clubs as the agreed basis for the merger, included a requirement that the Management Committee have 11 members, comprising six from the Randwick members and five from Petersham Marrickville. The 11 nominated committee members took part in the merger negotiations and attended strategy planning sessions until the formal registration of the Club on the 19th July 2001. The inaugural Management Committee comprised Mike Whitney (President), Laurie Heil (CEO), Ray Stafford (Asst.CEO), Steve Devlin (Financial Controller), Alan Wright (Asst. Financial Controller), Peter Wright (NSW/SCA Delegate), Chris Sullivan (SCA Delegate/Social Sub Committee Chair) Dean White, David Townsend (Sponsorship Sub Committee Chair) David Skuthorpe (Coaching Panel) Greg Hartshorne, (Publicity/Annual Report Sub Committee). President Mike Whitney, a former Australian and NSW left arm fast bowler and TV personality, with his enthusiasm, drive and willingness to support all sub-committees, set a standard of commitment that he expected from all management committee members. A member of the show cause team for Randwick he agreed to commit to two years as President to establish the club. Mike’s influence and reputation off the field was of immeasurable help in achieving recognition for the new club. Financial Controller, Steve Devlin undertook the onerous role of budgeting, membership fees, merger and sponsorship expenses, and as a result of a change of direction by Randwick City Council, added the task of budgeting for ground preparation at Coogee, Snape and Kensington Ovals. This role is demanding in detail and Steve, a full time Financial Consultant did a magnificent job. Ray Stafford, Assistant CEO, provided the club with a link to teams and concentrated on captain’s match reports, statistical updates as well as weekly and seasonal updates on the performances of all players to assist the Selection Committee. Ray also supported the CEO in areas where administration task deadlines occurred which reflect on the annual assessment of all grade clubs. Dean White and David Skuthorpe were associated with the players and coaching element of the Club’s operation. David was actively involved in the weekly coaching at all levels and provided the Club Coach with performance background of players. Dean provided a valuable link in respect to player concerns and consistently tabled issues for consideration by the Management Committee. Both Dean and David assisted in other areas of administration as required, with Dean actively playing throughout the season Sponsorship was handled by David Townsend who made approaches to existing sponsors and identified many new sources. David achieved support at a level unexpected at the start of the season and the financial returns met the requirements of the club in a season when our costs could only be best-guessed. When not teaching, following up on sponsorship, David found time to participate with the Fourth Grade team. He also had the distinction of being the MC at the 2001-02 SCA Premier’s Dinner. Greg Hartshorne captained Fourth Grade, undertook Publicity and Annual Report sub committee commitments, acted as a proxy delegate to the SCA and contributed to the Social sub committee. In addition, Greg is Chair of the Club’s 5 Year Strategy Plan Development Committee. In addition, he contributed to the club coaching panel and worked with the A.W.Green Shield squad. The “Social Director” Chris Sullivan, arranged all social functions on behalf of the club and I am convinced he has a lifeline to every social establishment in Sydney. From our first function, a pre-season get together for both clubs at the Harbourside Restaurant at The Rocks, to player functions, sponsorship functions, barbeques and a host of events in between, Chris was at the forefront. Also one of our two SCA Delegates, Chris represented us in an exemplary manner in some very tenuous situations throughout the year. Alan Wright’s contribution to this club, from pre-merger to the present day, is immeasurable. Alan acted as Chairman of Selectors, as Fifth Grade captain and player, and was active in the area of junior development and recruitment. Alan also handled all negotiations with Randwick City Council concerning the outsourcing of the preparation of the Council’s wickets. This involved him attending numerous meetings, negotiation sessions and finally the receipt of the Deed which now places the preparation and control of Coogee, Snape and Kensington Ovals under the club banner.

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Peter Wright, the club’s NSWCA and SCA Delegate became an important factor in the legal consideration of the merger proposals and the final Memorandum of Understanding. Throughout the season he was involved in several appeals and prepared a club statement which was presented to the SCA Delegates meeting in April 2002 in relation to the Fairfield Liverpool protest. As CEO I was involved in the merger process and establishment considerations, and also participated in 7th Grade in the first half of the season. Due to an employment decision which ultimately backfired following the demise of Ansett Airlines and created severe time constraints, I was disappointed with my inability to contribute to the club’s administration in the second half of the season. My role as administrator for the Club was supported by a committee that took a considerable workload from me and I thank Steve Devlin and Ray Stafford for shouldering the load. In addition to the work undertaken by the Management Committee there are three other people who require recognition in the establishment of the Randwick Petersham Cricket Club. Wayne Mulherin, former President of Petersham Marrickville undertook the role of Grounds Coordinator and spent considerable time in liaising with Marrickville, Leichhardt and Randwick Councils throughout the season. In addition, he contributed to the social and fund raising area of the club’s operation and had a great influence on the reception the club received from external officials. Club Coach Peter Devlin, in addition to his responsibilities at North Sydney Oval as curator, put into place the club’s coaching team and coaching plan which included a comprehensive pre-season program and selection process. At all practices, Peter found time for individual coaching of players in all grades and his influence showed in our end results. Director of Coaching Bill Anderson also added his experience and influence to the First Grade team in conjunction with the coaching panel. The role of Lyall Gardner during the merger negotiations and constitutional matters in the initial stages of the club was invaluable and his role gave us all an air of confidence as we went forward. He also undertook a leading role in the absolutely up to the minute news available throughout the season along with the important task of preparing our first Annual Report. The merger of two 101 years old grade cricket clubs was always going to be a big job. And it was. But the way all members of the Management Committee blended together with the single purpose of making it work and work well, ensured the amalgamation would be seamless, painless and successful. And it was. Well done to all concerned. Throughout this report tributes to the efforts of managers, scorers and volunteers are well recorded and on behalf of the Management Committee, I thank one and all. A special mention to the ladies at Petersham Oval who worked so hard throughout the season with lunches and afternoon teas. To our Coogee Oval ladies support team and our roving afternoon tea lady, we say a very heartfelt thanks on behalf of all players. My personal thanks to the support provided me by Lyall Gardner, Ray Stafford, Steve Devlin, Alan Wright and Chris Sullivan throughout the season. A special thank you to Judy Robinson who held the fort in my absence and is a quiet achiever on behalf of the club without seeking recognition. I also wish to acknowledge the assistance and cooperation afforded the club by Ian Field of the Sydney Cricket Association, officials at Cricket New South Wales and to the New South Wales Cricket Umpires Association who assisted with trial games pre-season. Finally to our generous and loyal sponsors, on behalf of the Management Committee, officials and members of the Randwick Petersham Cricket Club, our sincere appreciation for your assistance in launching the Sydney Grade Cricket “Club of the Year” Members and friends, I respectfully submit the inaugural Management Committee Report for the 2001-02 season. Laurie Heil Chief Executive Officer

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A SAD END TO A GREAT YEAR (This will only make us stronger as a club)

Clearly the big disappointment of the club’s first year was the way the First Grade team finished its season. A first innings win over Fairfield Liverpool in the last competition match before the finals gave us the coveted Minor Premiership—a fantastic result in our first year. But a protest lodged by our opponents on the basis the Coogee Oval pitch was wet at the scheduled start of play causing a half hour delay, resulted in the SCA Committee finding in Fairfield Liverpool’s favour. The penalty, however, was mind-blowing, with our team being stripped of the 6 points it had gained for its win and the 6 points being awarded to the losers, Fairfield Liverpool. That decision reversed the competition points table positions with Fairfield Liverpool being declared Minor Premiers and us dropping to fourth place. An appeal to the NSW Cricket Board failed to alter that decision which meant that we had lost our home ground advantage and had to win our match against UTS Balmain in the First Grade Qualifying Final to keep our premiership hopes alive. That was a big ask considering the NSW Cricket Board appeal was heard just 15 hours prior to the scheduled start of play in the Qualifying Final. The boys tried hard, but the events of the week took their toll and we lost the match to bring a wonderful season to a disappointing close. The decision against us was based on the requirements of SCA Rule 21 which states that the pitch must be prepared to the best possible standard prior to the commencement of play on each scheduled playing day. The fact that the pitch was damp enough to delay the start for 30 minutes meant that, on a literal interpretation of the rule, we were in breach. The rule does not require any fault to be found on behalf of anyone. It just states that if the pitch is not up to standard, the rule is breached. As the home club, the breach is sheeted home to us together with any consequential penalty. And we certainly paid for it even though we had no idea why the pitch was damp. Groundstaff believed the new hessian used beneath the covers was the major cause, but other than that, no real explanation has been uncovered. All usual wicket preparation procedures had been followed. While we disagreed with the decision of both bodies and felt the penalty was excessive, we were concerned that some inference may be drawn that the club, or someone associated with the club, may have been involved in something untoward which caused the dampness to the Coogee Oval pitch. That fear was overcome however, by a letter to the club from the Chairman of the SCA Committee of Management, Bruce Collins, which stated the following “I am happy to confirm, and I do so with the knowledge and authority of the Committee which heard the protest, that no finding was made to the effect that either the groundsman or anybody on behalf of the Randwick Petersham Cricket Club deliberately wet the wicket so as to produce unfair conditions for Fairfield’s batting on 16 March 2002.” It is also important to note that the Chairman of the NSW Cricket Board Appeals Committee, when giving his decision to dismiss our appeal, made a point of informing our club representatives that no blame was attributed to the club by his committee, for the condition of the Coogee Oval wicket. The Appeals Committee appears to have based its decision on an interpretation of Rule 21 similar to that of the SCA Committee.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS

During the year there were 13 Committee Meetings. Attendances were as follows:

13 G Hartshorne 12 D Skuthorpe, D White 11 C Sullivan, R Stafford, D Townsend 10 S Devlin 09 L Heil, A Wright 08 M Whitney 07 P Wright

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SPONSORS

We were very fortunate to have the support of a number of generous sponsors whose assistance enabled us to keep costs at a manageable level and finish the season on the right side of the ledger. Apart from the financial arrangements involved, the courtesies and friendship extended by the people behind these sponsorships added greatly to our association with them. We extend our appreciation and gratitude to the following :

▪ Newington Inn- in particular Tony Woodward and Chris White along with Manager, Lee Farlow. The hotel provided us with a grant as well as a great venue for after-game get togethers. A number of functions were also held at the hotel.

▪ Petersham RSL-Secretary Manager Carl Mower and the club committee couldn’t do enough for us this season. The club was an outstanding venue for our major functions and the hospitality afforded us was of the highest order. The club’s financial contribution was directed towards our junior development program.

▪ South Sydney Junior Rugby League Club- in particular Geoff Knight and Ken Williams who have been great friends of Randwick Cricket over many years and their generosity once again this season was appreciated.

▪ Marrickville Anzac Memorial Club- Secretary Manager Mike Farrell and the Directors of the club took a great interest in our progress during the season and their contribution was put to very good use. The use of the Board Room for committee meetings was also appreciated.

▪ Babcock &Brown-cricket lover Phil Green is the man behind the club’s Incentive Scheme. His involvement and support has not wavered over the many years since he joined Randwick as A W Green Shield manager way back in the 80’s. Many thanks Phil.

▪ Cardy &Co.-former Wallaby star Alan Cardy had always been a great supporter of Randwick Cricket and his preparedness to transfer that support to the new club is greatly appreciated.

▪ Nautilus Beach Resort-in particular Resort Manager, Geoff Turner for the donation of the resort package as the prize for our Player Of The Season winner

▪ Canterbury-Hurlstone Park RSL Club- in particular Secretary Manager Craig Fantom and the club Directors for their generous assistance.

▪ Canterbury Bulldogs League Club- former football star and now Secretary Manager, John Ballesty, ensured that the strong links with the Petersham club were maintained with the new club. The Bulldogs sponsorship was of great value to us this season.

▪ City of Sydney RSL Club-in particular former umpire, Arthur Watson, who has a senior role with the RSL Club.

▪ Mike Whitney Promotions- when it comes to this cricket club, Mike Whitney is as generous as he is loyal. Thanks, Whit.

▪ Alan Wright & Associates-another whose generosity stems from his loyalty and dedication to the club. Many thanks Alan Wright.

▪ Junioroo-for their continued support, particularly with the A W Green Shield team ▪ Choice Home Loans- through business principal Greg Hartshorne for the generous

sponsorship of the club’s hugely successful afternoon teas. ▪ Coogee Legion Club—in particular Paul Snell, with special thanks for the use of

club facilities for committee and strategy meetings.

Sponsors of the Randwick Petersham Player Incentives Scheme

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THANKS and APPRECIATION

The successful operation of the club could not be achieved without the assistance and co-operation of our many friends and supporters. We express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to everyone who assisted in some way and in particular to the following:

▪ The Mayors of Marrickville, Leichhardt and Randwick and their staff for their assistance and co-operation, particularly in relation to our grounds

▪ Our groundsmen Pat at Petersham, Cameron, Tony and Joel at Coogee, Snape and Kensington, Guy at Jubilee and Sean at Marrickville

▪ Len Cartwright for the donation of Christmas hams and Harbour Bridgewalk vouchers; David Kelly for the donation of West Tigers raffle prizes at the Annual Dinner

▪ Our fabulous hospitality staff, Pat, Helen and Robin at Petersham, Madge and Kacey at Coogee and Judy Robinson who prepared and delivered afternoon teas to players at Coogee, Kensington and Snape Ovals. Thanks also to those other volunteers who helped out with afternoon teas in the lower grades.

▪ Barbeque cooks Peter Harrison, Peter Devlin, Aaron Hildred and Chris Sullivan ▪ Practice Captain Richard McCord for ensuring our training sessions at Petersham

and Snape Ovals went smoothly and particularly for putting up the nets single handedly at Petersham Oval

▪ Ken Devlin, Alan Austin, Len Cartwright, Chris Burke, Ross Davies, John Pearson, John Benaud, Mark Sundin, John Watson, Peter Rolls, Phil Tresidder, Greg Hartshorne, Wayne Mulherin, Gordon Owen, Duncan Scott- Glassock and John Connell for the donation of Annual Awards

▪ Nautilus Beach Resort and in particular Resort Manager Geoff Turner for the donation of the resort package as the prize in our Player Of The Season Competition

▪ CPI Paper and in particular Director, Denis Goodrem and our own Steve Greentree for the donation of the high quality paper used in this Annual Report

▪ Our dedicated and efficient scorers and team managers Ruth Kelleher, Richard McCord, Bernard Bayley, Brian Proops, Ron Rimmer, Bob Barter, Tony Parker, Ron Gray, Chris Mitchell, Sue and Peter Spurr, Steve Routh, Peter Carroll and John Russell

▪ Ross Davies and Tom Regan for working the scoreboard at Coogee and Jacob Sarkodee in the scoreboard at Petersham Oval

▪ Director of Coaching Bill Anderson, Club Coach Peter Devlin and assistants, David Skuthorpe, Paul Fitzgerald, Greg Hartshorne, Daryl Parmenter, Paul Toole and Andrew Millican

▪ Junior development officer Grant Parmenter and his extensive team from all levels of the club

▪ Stan Beal for his assistance in the co-ordination of players and many other favours ▪ NSWCA CEO David Gilbert and Staff for the many courtesies during the season

and in particular former CEO Brian Hughes for his assistance with the financial arrangements of the club’s merger

▪ SCA Committee of Management and in particular for the special presentation to our Petersham Oval ladies, Pat, Helen and Robin at the Premier’s Dinner

▪ Ian Field of the SCA for his ongoing support and assistance ▪ Peter Hughes of NSW Cricket Umpires’ Association and Arthur Kelleher for

services with pre-season umpires ▪ Don Arnold for his many photographic favours (many of the photos in this Report

were taken and supplied by Don) ▪ Patrons Noel Hughes and Phil Tresidder for their help and advice throughout the

season ▪ Vice President Jeff Hill for storing and delivering the club sportswear and for

assisting with marquees and other function equipment ▪ Life Member Graeme Hughes for being the MC at our first annual dinner and for his

ongoing support and assistance ▪ Grounds Committee members Wayne Mulherin and Alan Wright for their fantastic

efforts concerning our playing facilities which are now second to none ▪ Lyall Gardner for his work with the merger, annual awards, annual report, publicity,

communication links and general administrative advice and assistance

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▪ Peter Wright, Chris Sullivan and Greg Hartshorne for representing the club at NSWCA and SCA meetings

▪ Chris Sullivan for being one of our hardest workers. His efforts as Social Director did much to bring the club together at many friendly and successful functions

▪ David Townsend for his outstanding work in gaining sponsors and for his role as MC at various club functions

▪ Sean Sampson who did an outstanding job as Publicity Officer with his well written and newsy press articles

▪ Peter Wright for his legal advice and representation of the club before various committees and tribunals

▪ Former Randwick player Shane Redenbach for his assistance with the design of the club logo and cricketwear clothing

▪ Tony Parker who handled the storage and distribution of the club’s sportswear clothing with great efficiency

▪ Newington Inn Manager Lee Farlow for her assistance and generosity ▪ Laurie Heil, Grant Rimmer and Ken Buckland for their management and coaching

of the A W Green Shield team ▪ Adam Warren and Matthew Parker for their coaching of the Poidevin Gray team ▪ Parents, friends and supporters particularly for their help and assistance with the

Green Shield and Sixth and Seventh Grade teams ▪ Club captains Andrew Millican (Club Captain), Paul Toole ( 1st Grade), Rhys

Banwell ( 2nd Grade), Steven Yates ( 3rd Grade), Greg Hartshorne ( 4th Grade), Alan Wright ( 5th Grade), Phil Traynor ( 6th Grade), Mohit Kumar ( 7th Grade), David Mitchell ( PG’s), Glen Carroll ( A W Green Shield) and others who filled in from time to time

▪ We are also grateful for the kind donations by Helen Milford, Tom Regan, Brian Hughes, Alan Austin and Mark Sundin.

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THE GRADE SEASON IN SUMMARY Round 1 v Bye The merger of Randwick and Petersham created a bye with only 19 clubs participating in the 2001-2002 Sydney Grade Competition. We had the bye in round 1. In accordance with the rules, each of our five teams were allocated 6 points, the equivalent of a first innings win. Round 2 v University of New South Wales An easy win in 2nd Grade was little compensation for losses in the other four grades. The 116 by John Moffatt in 2’s was the highlight closely followed by Neil Cohen’s great double of 59 and 113 not out in 5’s. John Griffiths had an excellent game in 4ths with 50 and 4 for 64. A broken finger for Grant Parmenter in 1st grade was the disaster of the round. 1st lost 180 and 1-100 to 270 2nd won 4-329 dec to 162 and 2-188 3rd lost 7-271 to 5-272 4th lost 183 to 8-197 5th lost 142 and 4-182 Round 3 v Sydney University A terrific win in 1st Grade and an easy victory in 4’s completed a round chockfull of outstanding performances. The 1st Grade performance gave us wins over last seasons Club Champions (Sydney Uni) and First Grade Premiers (St. George) in the Limited Overs competition, in the space of 7 days. Richard CheeQuee’s 103 not out from 106 balls after tea was all class while skipper Paul Toole’s 96 was worthy of the extra 4 runs. Half centuries to Brett Hunter, Steve Zantides and Adam Harris put 2’s in a position to win but the bowlers couldn’t pull off the win. David Townsend brought up the three figures in 4th Grade to give his team an easy win. 1st won 7 -306 dec to 206 2nd lost 7-308 dec to 3-309 3rd lost 9-239 dec to 3-241 4th won 8-255 dec to 146 and 4-195 5th lost 183 to 9-294 dec Round 4 v Parramatta With 1408 runs in five grades on the first day, we were entitled to expect some good results—and that’s the way it turned out. Ists knocked them over early with Daryl Parmenter starring behind the stumps with a record 7 dismissals. Adam Warren’s 6 for 59 was also outstanding. Chasing the outright, a flat deck was just what Parra needed and we were on the receiving end with an outright loss. Seconds went on with the job courtesy of a wonderful bowling performance from Scott Obey who took 7 wickets for 68. Threes recorded their first win of the season with Mark Anderson’s 95 the highlight while 4ths had a bit of a scare before taking home the points. Unfortunately, Fifths couldn’t make it a clean sweep and went down. 1st won 1st inns/lost outright 9-256 dec and 3-97 dec to 124 and 2-230 2nd won 313 to 278 3rd won 8-283 dec to 204 4th won 3-311 to 290 5th lost 278 to 5-280 Round 5 v Gordon It took 736 runs at Killara Oval to determine Round 5’s 1st grade winner. Fortunately, it was us by just 26 runs in what was a run feast. Skipper Paul Toole registered his first century of the season while Ian Barter (81), Graham Doig (72) and John Moffatt (43) each recorded their best scores of the summer. Adam Warren (3-58) and Graham Doig (2-70) did best with the ball. Seconds looked good at 4-120 chasing 167 but collapsed to be all out for 146. Brett Hunter (58) and David Burke (3-22) were the best performers. Thirds chased 1-274 at Chatswood to record an outstanding win by 6 wickets with Geoff Hodgkinson scoring a well

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deserved 104 while Cameron Gray remained undefeated on 84. Fours got caught on a sticky to go down quickly while 5ths came within an ace of their first victory. 1st won 8 –381dec to 355 2nd lost 146 to 167 3rd won 4-276 to 1-274 4th lost 68 to 2-70 5th lost 168 to 176 Round 6 v Western Suburbs 1sts had the points on day 1 after Scott Obey took 3 for 0 while James Le Huray and Grant Parmenter each took two cheap wickets. Richard CheeQuee rattled up another century (113) but outright points couldn’t be achieved. Mel Singhs’ 3 wickets in 2nds wasn’t enough to secure a win but Michael Watson’s 82 and Nav Chetty’s 59 gave our Fighting Fifths their first win. Geoff Hodgkinson kept up his good form with 57 to steer 3’s to another victory while Alex Sciascia’s 70 ensured the points for fourths. Four great wins from five games was a terrific result and left us in 5th place in the Club Championship. 1st Grade was also well positioned in 5th spot. 1st won 292 to 110 and 6-231 2nd lost 231 to 6-233 3rd won 7-234 to 9-231 dec. 4th won 4-140 dec. and 7-84 to 138 and 8-142 dec. 5th won 5-214 dec. to 187 and 3-86 Round 7 v Manly A rain-marred round and not a good one for our Club Championship aspirations with all four lower grades losing. But an outstanding win for First Grade after the first days play was washed out. Sent in on a sporting wicket we were looking shaky at 3-16 and again at 4-41. It was left to John Moffatt to smash a hostile Manly attack to all parts of Manly Oval to finish with 90 not out and give us a respectable total of 195. But Manly couldn’t withstand a superb display of pace bowling from Scott Obey (5-39), Adam Warren (3-34) and James LeHuray (2-11), crashing quickly to be all out for 104 after being 4-16, 5-24, 6-24, 7-29 and 8-39. Seconds featured twin century makers in Matt Parker (101) and David Mitchell (107) yet couldn’t bring home the points. Andrew Harrison’s 4-89 was the best of the bowlers. In the other grades, Nigel Singh (4-54 in 3’s) and Grant Rimmer (4-26 in 4th grade) were best. 1st won 195 to 104 2nd lost 8-282 dec to 8-293 3rd lost 185 and 2-47 to 241 4th lost outright 104 and 137 to 8-111dec and 4-131 5th lost 109 to 145 Round 8 v Penrith Another outstanding 1st grade win against a strong lineup. After electing to bat, Penrith soon found themselves in trouble against an accurate and persistent pace attack. They slumped from 5-31 to be 8-64 before rallying after lunch to post a 140 run total. The issue was never in doubt with Ian Barter (46) and Paul Toole (29) laying the foundation for Daryl Parmenter (28 not out) to apply the finishing touch. Seconds recorded their fourth successive loss while Thirds fought well to get up by 2 wickets. Nigel Singh with 6-49 was the difference between the teams. Fourths could only draw when rain intervened but 5’s scored a huge 7-300 to win with John McLoughlin (95) and Fabian Heaton (71) among the runs. 1st won 4-141 to 140 2nd lost 181 to 212 3rd won 8-148 to 146 4th draw 8-138 to 170 5th won 7-300 dec to 196

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Round 9 v Northern District ( one day matches) A superb win in 1st grade against one of the competitions top teams. Restricting ND’s to just 195 at Petersham off 50 overs was testimony to some very tight bowling and great fielding. Grant Parmenter did best with the ball (3-40) while Richard CheeQuee smashed a magnificent 106 with skipper Paul Toole finishing off with an unbeaten 54. Seconds brought a four match losing streak to an end with a one wicket win due to 4 overthrows from an ambitious run-out attempt. Andrew Harrison was the days best bowler with 5-29. Threes crashed to a 7 wicket loss while fours just missed 8 down despite Peter Bayley’s 4 wickets. Fifths Steve Bright took the club’s first hat trick (4-21) while Fabian Heaton’s 73 not out secured a 9 wicket victory. Grant Rimmer’s 4-18 was also a contributing factor. 1st won 4-196 to 6-195 2nd won 9-149 to 145 3rd lost 3-108 to 105 4th lost 8-146 to 145 5th won 1-141 to 140 Round 10 v Sutherland (one day matches) After 11 successive first innings wins, 1st grade tasted defeat. Graham Doig (44 runs and 2-15) provided the only worthwhile performance in a loss by 36 runs. Two’s and three’s both fell away in pursuit of totals they should have managed without too much trouble, leaving fourths and fifths the only victors on a poor day for the club. In fours, we scored a competitive 206 after being a lot for not many early. A tight bowling attack and some spirited fielding did the trick restricting Sutherland’s scoring opportunities for them to finish 10 runs short. Fives went mad rattling up 276 off their allotted 50 overs with young Michael Watson again in the runs with 78. Sutherland were never in the hunt finishing some 63 runs behind. 1st lost 168 to 194 2nd lost 175 to 209 3rd lost 146 to 188 4th won 206 to 9-196 5th won 7-276 to 6-213 Round 11 v UTS Balmain A disaster for the club and easily our worst round. In 1st grade, Balmain’s 295 was the highest total against us this season and our response was to score our two lowest innings totals to be beaten outright. Only Matt Parker with 74 in the second innings showed any resolve. In seconds, we looked in control when they were 7-150 chasing our 262 but an unbroken 114 partnership robbed us of the points. David Mitchell (74) and Andrew Harrison (3-97) did best. Thirds went down by one wicket when an edge to the ‘keeper by the last man with two runs to get, wasn’t rewarded by the umpire. Kallin Davies’ 5-70 was a great effort. Fourth grade was the success story with an outstanding outright win in the final over when Jed Dwyer hit two sixes. Earlier skipper Greg Hartshorne had declared the first innings closed with him on 97 not out. Almost 360 runs were scored after tea by both sides. Fives annihilated Balmain bowling them out for 67 in reply to our 284. Nathan Silvy with a century and Steve Bright with 6-18 were the stars. The poor round saw us drop to 11th in the Club Championship. 1st lost outright 107 & 154 to 8-295 dec 2nd lost 262 to 7-264 3rd lost 178 to 183 4th won outright 8-190 & 4-174 to 179 & 4-183 dec 5th won 9-284 dec to 67 & 7-141 Round 12 v North Sydney A good round with three wins including an outright in thirds. First grade quickly got into gear having Norths 3-0 then 6-15 before they were all out for 120. Paul Toole ensured first innings points with 88 but the chase for an outright almost ended in disaster with us at 8-35 when play

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concluded on the second day. Adam Warren was the star with 11 wickets for 87 for the match while Daryl Parmenter took his seasons wicketkeeping dismissals tally to 52 with another 8 victims. Adam’s performance won him a place in the NSW Second XI team. Paul Greentree took 6 wickets as ’keeper in two’s but his effort, along with Steve Zantides’72, wasn’t enough to secure a win. Thirds were the big winners courtesy of Dean White with 10 wickets and Nigil Singh with 8 in the match. Geoff Hodgkinson (89) passed Norths’ first innings total of 83 on his own. Fourths defended a small total for a sound win due to Peter Bayley’s persistence with the ball which returned him 6-55. Fifth grade never bowled a ball on either day at Jubilee due to wet weather. 1st won 5-230 dec and 8-35 to 120 and 222 2nd lost 178 to 240 3rd won outright 4-184 dec and 0-18 to 83 and 117 4th won 151 and 4-79 to 114 5th draw no play-rain Round 13 v Bankstown Bankstown doesn’t get beaten by 8 wickets too often, but that was the outcome with our first graders in full cry. Superb seam bowling by Scott Obey backed up by a 4 wicket haul from Grant Parmenter put the Bulldogs on the back foot from the start. Richard CheeQuee, with a dashing 89 not out and the ever-reliable Paul Toole with an undefeated 57, did the business in just 35 overs. Two’s had a great opportunity to annex a much-needed win but crashed with 53 still required. Three’s did the same despite Geoff Hodgkinson scoring 101 of his team’s 193. Fours had an amazing win by 10 wickets. The ‘Dogs were knocked over for just 70 while Clive Cachia and John McLoughlin polished off the runs in 17 overs. Fifths continued on their way with a 7 wicket win with Aaron Hildred and Grant Rimmer sharing the wickets. 1st won 2-174 to 173 2nd lost 211 to 6-263 3rd lost 193 to 233 4th won 0-71 to 70 5th won 3-125 to 124 Round 14 v Campbelltown-Camden Only fourth and fifth grades kept the flag flying in a disappointing round. Fours all but secured a place in the finals while fives came from behind to win outright after losing by one run on the first innings. Firsts couldn’t chase Campbelltown’s modest 228 going down by 22 runs. The Ghosts were 2-153 before losing 8 for 75. We did the reverse losing 6 for 96 before putting on 110 for the last four wickets. A great 5 wicket haul by Andrew Harrison and a 57 from Brett Hunter batting with a runner were the highlights. Seconds continued their losing streak while threes went down outright. 1st lost 206 to 228 and 4-211 2nd lost 145 and 9-113 to 204 and 6-101dec 3rd lost outright 79 and 187 to 149 and 162 4th won 275 to 161 5th won outright 99 and 4-71 to 100 and 69

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Round 15 v Fairfield-Liverpool A first grade game we will all remember if only for its infamy. Two fighting knocks by Richard CheeQuee (82) which won him the Bill O’Reilly Medal for Player of the Season, and Ian Barter (80) in his finest hour, were the basis for a competitive score of 240. A damp pitch the following week delayed the start by 30 minutes but was enough for Fairfield to have a protest upheld and deny us the Minor Premiership in our first year. Their 199 against some determined bowling, as it had been all season, was clearly not good enough and it was devastating to have the result determined in the committee room. Seconds reversed the trend for the first time since Christmas with a win courtesy of a 5 wicket haul from Mel Singh. Thirds wrapped up a 5 wicket win with Geoff Hodgkinson adding to his terrific season total with 58. Fourths hung on to sixth spot despite a 3 run loss with Denis Hinds (5) and Jon Griffiths (4) sharing 9 wickets. Fifths had an easy win but missed out on the outright they needed to secure a finals place. 1st won lost (on protest) RP 240 and 5-95 to 199 2nd won 9-289 to 229 3rd won 5-204 to 200 4th lost 95 to 98 5th won 7-171 dec and 2-19 to 129 and 143 QUALIFYING FINALS Firsts played UTS Balmain at Drummoyne. Balmain batted first and were dismissed for 280 half an hour before lunch on day 2. Adam Warren was the star with 5-84. With Barter (0) and Toole (15) back in the pavilion with 31 on the board the going was tough. But CheeQuee (80) and Daryl Parmenter (55), in a batting blaze, took the score to 156 and a win looked a certainty. A fightback by Balmain to take 6-34 however, and the charge was all but done. Only Graham Doig (40) offered any real resistance from the remaining batters and it was all over for another season. Fourths played minor premiers, Sutherland at Petersham. We batted first but could only muster 163. David Townsend (59x) and Neil Cohen (45) were the major contributors. At 8 down and Sutherland still needing 4 to win, a small window of opportunity was there but our gallant fours couldn’t apply the finishing touch. An outright win was pursued to the hilt but in vain. And a wonderful season had come to an end. 1st lost 220 to 280 4th lost 163 and 9-152 to 202 and 5-118

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Club Song for Randwick Petersham Cricket Club (Sung to the Tune of ‘ Glory Glory to South Sydney‘)

WHEN SPEAKIN’ OF THE CHAMPIONS

US RANDY PETE’S ARE IT

WE SING OUR SONG – OUR HISTORY’S LONG

TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF IT

OUR HEARTS ARE TRUE

WE PLAY F’ YOU

WE’RE BOLD ‘N GREEN ‘N GOLD

WE ARE THE RANDY PETE’S

WHEN SITTIN’ IN THIS DRESSIN’ ROOM

WE’RE PLAYIN’ WITH THE BEST

WE’RE RANDY PETE’S WE WON T’DAY

OUR GUTS WAS PUT T’ TEST

WE FEEL NO PAIN

PLAY CRICKET’S GAME

WE’RE TOUGH GOT HEAPS O’ FIGHT

WE ARE THE RANDY PETE’S

CRRRRR ICKET PITCH RED BALLS ‘N STICKS

WE ALWAYS PLAY THE GAME

WE LOVE THE UMPS WE BAT T’ STUMPS

OUR CRICKET IS OUR FAME

THE MOB NEXT DOOR

THEY KNOW THE SCORE

HOW BLOODY GREAT WE ARE

WE ARE THE RANDY PETE’S

Written by Bobby Barter August 2001

for Randwick Petersham Cricket inaugural season 2001 / 2002

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FIRST GRADE LIMITED OVERS COMPETITION

Round 1 v Bye Round 2 v St. George at Hurstville A sensational win against last seasons First Grade Premiers on their own turf! Adam Warren took the bowling honours with 4-54 but the tightness of the whole attack was the key in restricting Saints to just 198. Richard CheeQuee (40) and Daryl Parmenter (32) set the scene for Paul Toole (39 not out), Brett Hunter(46) and Ian Barter(20) to complete the victory with just two balls to go! Won 5-202 to 198 Round 3 v Eastern Suburbs at Petersham A huge win against last seasons Premiership runners-up! At 5- 78, Easts appeared to be in tatters and it looked like an early finish. But they rallied strongly in the final overs to reach 250 despite James LeHurays’ fine 5-55 from 10. A quickfire 28 from Richard CheeQuee and 41 from Daryl Parmenter set the scene for some great run chasing from Graham Doig (40), Ian Barter (16) and Brett Hunter (18). But it was the captains’ day with Paul Toole hitting a man- of- the- match 95 not out. John Moffatt came to the crease in the last over, just as he did against St. George, and under huge pressure hit a four off the last ball to snare victory. Wins don’t come any better! Won 5-254 to 8-250 Round 4 v Mosman at Mosman Not even Shoaib Aktar, the world’s fastest bowler from Pakistan, could stop the Randwick Petersham express as it mowed down equal competition leaders Mosman for a 9 wicket win! James LeHuray (1-27) and Adam Warren (3-22) knocked them down early leaving man-of- the-match Grant Parmenter (4-53) and Grahame Doig (2-24) to clean up. Richard CheeQuee (87 run out) and Daryl Parmenter (61 not out) made a real mess of the attack with Aktar banished after 4 overs for 24. The target of 165 was achieved in just 24.4 overs while the celebrations continued for much longer than it took to bowl that many overs! Won 1-166 to 165

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Round 5 v Hawkesbury at Coogee Hawkesbury batted on an overcast morning and were soon in trouble against Scott Obey’s seamers. James Le Huray quickly chimed in with 4-33 while Adam Warren, Graham Doig, Grant Parmenter and Brett Hunter cleaned up with a wicket each. Daryl Parmenter finished with 4 dismissals behind the stumps. Richard CheeQuee ensured an early mark with an innings of 90 which included 4 sixes and 10 fours while Ian Barter displayed elegance and finesse as he cruised to 67 not out with 9 boundaries. It was all over in 33.4 overs and the victory song rang loud and long!!

Won 3-171 to 170

Round 6 v Northern District at Petersham A magnificent win to put us on top in the competition! ND’s batted first but were restricted to 6-195 after 50 overs due to some tight bowling and fielding. Grant Parmenter did best with 3-40. Richard CheeQuee came out blazing to smash 106 and put himself and his team on top in the Sydney Morning Herald O’Reilly Medal competition. Skipper Paul Toole applied the finishing touch with an unbeaten 54 to take the points.

Won 4-196 to 6-195

Round 7 v Sutherland at Caringbah With Sutherland at 2-130 and cruising, the signs were not good. A terrific fightback however, through some tight bowling and superb catching (including a sensational grab by skipper Paul Toole), and we were set just 195 to win. Unfortunately, our big guns departed early, and we were soon struggling. Graham Doig (44), John Moffat (25) and Grant Parmenter (20) put some respectability into the run chase effort, but to no avail. The loss signalled the end of an 11 match winning streak and left us in second place behind Penrith on the final points score tally for the One Day Comp.

Lost 168 to 194

Semi-Final v Mosman at Coogee It was the first semi-final for the new club and supporter attendance at Coogee Oval was outstanding. Although the withdrawal of the injured Graham Doig was a major blow, Paul Toole drew first blood by winning the toss and sending Mosman in to bat. We had chased well all season, having batted second in every match in the competition. The bowlers responded to the task and quickly had the Whales in trouble at 5-39, then 6-61, then 7-104 (Scott Obey 3-27, Adam Warren 2-28 and Grant Parmenter 3-37). But some big hitting by the lower order peppered the nearby streets to take the final tally to a respectable 201. We started horribly with Richard CheeQuee picked up in slips in the first over. Five of the following batters made the teens but couldn’t go on, leaving skipper Paul Toole to weather the storm. He was last man out for 67—44 short of our target. A disappointing outcome but a wonderful effort to get so far in our first year!

Lost 158 to 201

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Opponent 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th PG's AWG CC

Bye W W W W W W 144

Uni of NSW L W L L L 30

Sydney Uni W L L W L 54

Parramatta W1LO W W W L 96

Gordon W L W L L 60

Wests W L W W W 90

Manly W L L LO L 36

Penrith W L W D W 72

North. District W W L L W L L 78

Sutherland L L L W W L W 48

Balmain LO L L WO W 42

North Sydney W L WO W LOP 82

Bankstown W L L W W 66

Campbelltown L L L W W 30

Fairfield L W W L W 66

St George W W L 60

Easts W L W 54

Mosman W L L 36

Hawkesbury W W L 60Blacktown L 0

Final Points 82 30 46 58 54 18 12Club C'Ship Pts 492 150 184 174 96 72 36

Mos.(LO Semi) L

Bal.(Qual Final) LSuth.(Qual Final) L

Final Position 5th 17th 12th 6th 7th 15th 15th 7th

Wins 13 4 6 8 8 2 2

Losses 7 10 8 6 5 4 5

Draws 0 0 0 1 1 0 0

Runs Scored 4723 3312 3023 3147 2765 859 1187

Wickets Lost 160 136 124 154 110 46 62

Batting Average 29.52 24.35 24.38 20.44 25.14 18.67 19.15

Runs Conceded 4871 3508 3034 3083 2763 846 1319

Wickets Taken 211 127 129 156 149 46 43

Bowling Average 23.09 27.62 23.52 19.76 18.54 18.39 30.67

TossesWon(Lost) 11(9) 8(6) 11/3 8/6 7/6 5/1 6/1

Byes 34 20 32 10 27 4 17

Leg Byes 60 61 55 46 45 16 28

Wides 22 46 55 44 47 50 9No balls 57 68 103 42 64 13 26

First Grade Fairfield-Liverpool

Second Grade Northern District

Third Grade Gordon

Fourth Grade Sutherland

Fifth Grade Sydney University

Club Champions Sutherland

Limited Overs Penrith

Poidevin Gray Northern District

A W Green Shield Penrith

2001-02 Teams Summary

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Competition Winners

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M Inn N.O. Runs Ave HS CtRichard Chee Quee 20 24 2 1003 45.59 113 7

Paul Toole 20 23 6 862 50.71 100 7

Geoff Hodgkinson 13 16 2 660 47.14 104 16

Neil Cohen 15 20 2 650 36.11 128* 0

Ian Barter 19 23 3 571 28.55 81 5

David Mitchell 14 15 0 517 34.47 107 1

Daryl Parmenter 20 24 2 510 23.18 61* 0

John Moffatt 19 20 8 493 41.08 116* 7

George Frazakis 16 18 3 469 31.27 81 8

Peter Johnson 9 9 0 460 51.11 165 2

Matthew Parker 15 18 1 454 26.71 101 11

David Townsend 14 17 3 440 31.43 100* 2

Fabian Heaton 13 15 2 405 31.15 73* 2

Michael Watson 14 17 3 378 27.00 82 3

Brett Hunter 18 15 0 376 25.07 86 8

Clive Cachia 15 19 5 375 26.79 116* 10

Greg Hartshorne 14 15 3 374 31.17 97* 8

Alex Sciascia 14 19 3 348 21.75 70 4

Graham Doig 18 18 3 345 23.00 72 8

Peter Spurr 13 12 1 344 31.27 63 1

Overs M's Wkts Runs Ave RPO BestAdam Warren 379.83 79 63 1161 18.43 3.06 7/36

Andrew Harrison 246.33 34 45 960 21.33 3.90 6/51

Scott Obey 304.67 85 44 822 18.68 2.70 7/68

Denis Hinds 264.00 65 42 748 17.81 2.83 6/35

Peter Bayley 232.34 48 38 690 18.16 2.97 6/55

James Le Huray 241.50 41 33 821 24.88 3.40 5/55

Melvin Singh 202.67 28 30 703 23.43 3.47 6/74

Grant Parmenter 201.83 21 30 712 23.73 3.53 4/24

Dean White 205.17 33 30 715 23.83 3.48 6/49

Jeremy Dwyer 145.00 38 29 388 13.38 2.68 5/13

Keiran Routh 168.00 20 29 535 18.45 3.18 4/23

Nigel Singh 189.50 22 28 655 23.39 3.46 6/49

Graham Doig 173.17 22 25 616 24.64 3.56 3/22

Grant Rimmer 165.17 32 23 492 21.39 2.98 4/18

Steve Bright 131.16 21 22 387 17.59 2.95 6/18

Aaron Hildred 115.00 28 20 253 12.65 2.20 5/19

Krishan Hewa-Gamage 92.66 10 20 342 17.10 3.69 4/34

Sean Sampson 175.00 33 20 605 30.25 3.46 4/57

Nathan Boyd 101.00 19 19 269 14.16 2.66 7/41

Kirk Rimmer 120.00 23 19 329 17.32 2.74 4/6

Ct St Total ByesDaryl Parmenter 53 11 64 34

Neil Cohen 25 7 32 11

Matthew Taylor 29 3 32 24

David Mitchell 21 10 31 18

Steven Yates 23 2 25 30

Wicket Keeping

WICKETKEEPING - TOP 5 : 2001-02

BATTING - TOP 20 RUN SCORERS : 2001-02

Batsmen

BOWLING - TOP 20 WICKET TAKERS : 2001-02

Bowler

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Grade First Name Surname Score Opponent Round Date

1 Richard Chee Quee 103* Sydney University 3 06-Oct-01

1 Richard Chee Quee 113 Western Suburbs 6 17-Nov-01

1 Richard Chee Quee 106 Northern Districts 9 22-Dec-01

1 Paul Toole 100 Gordon 5 03-Nov-01

2 John Moffatt 116* University of NSW 2 01-Oct-01

2 Matthew Parker 101 Manly 7 24-Nov-01

2 David Mitchell 107 Manly 7 24-Nov-01

3 Geoff Hodgkinson 104 Gordon 3 03-Nov-01

3 Geoff Hodgkinson 101 Bankstown 13 16-Feb-02

4 David Townsend 100* Sydney University 3 13-Oct-01

4 Clive Cachia 116* Parramatta 4 20-Oct-01

5 Neil Cohen 128* University of NSW 2 01-Oct-01

5 Nathan Silvy 116 Balmain 11 12-Jan-02

6 Peter Johnson 165 Gordon 6 20-Oct-01

6 Peter Johnson 107 South Sydney 10 12-Jan-02

7 Paul Chapman 114 Burwood 6 01-Dec-01

Grade First Name Surname Bowling Opponent Round Date

1 Adam Warren 6 for 59 Parramatta 4 27-Oct-01

1 Adam Warren 5 for 76 Balmain 10 19-Jan-02

1 Adam Warren 7 for 36 North Sydney 12 26-Jan-02

1 Adam Warren 5 for 84 Balmain QF 24-Mar-02

1 Scott Obey 5 for 39 Manly 7 01-Dec-01

1 James Le Huray 5 for 55 Eastern Suburbs LO 2 21-Oct-01

1 Andrew Harrison 5 for 52 Campbelltown 14 23-Feb-02

2 Scott Obey 5 for 47 University of NSW 2 29-Sep-01

2 Scott Obey 7 for 68 Parramatta 4 27-Oct-01

2 Andrew Harrison 5 for 29 Northern Districts 9 22-Dec-01

2 Andrew Harrison 5 for 51 North Sydney 12 26-Jan-02

2 Melvin Singh 6 for 74 Campbelltown 14 23-Feb-02

2 Melvin Singh 5 for 76 Fairfield - Liverpool 15 16-Mar-02

3 Nigel Singh 6 for 49 Penrith 8 15-Dec-01

3 Kallin Davies 5 for 70 Balmain 11 19-Jan-02

3 Dean White 6 for 49 North Sydney 12 26-Jan-02

4 Peter Bayley 5 for 62 Parramatta 4 27-Oct-01

4 Peter Bayley 6 for 55 North Sydney 12 02-Feb-02

4 Dennis Hinds 6 for 35 Western Suburbs 6 17-Nov-01

4 Denis Hinds 5 for 52 Campbelltown 14 02-Mar-02

4 Denis Hinds 5 for 26 Fairfield - Liverpool 15 16-Mar-02

4 Alex Sciascia 5 for 49 Western Suburbs 6 24-Nov-01

5 Steve Bright 6 for 18 Balmain 11 19-Jan-02

5 Aaron Hildred 5 for 19 Campbelltown 14 02-Mar-02

6 Ben Ezekiel 5 for 22 Eastern Suburbs 13 02-Mar-02

7 Jeremy Dwyer 5 for 13 South Sydney 1 29-Sep-01

7 Nathan Boyd 7 for 41 South Sydney 10 19-Jan-02

AWG Shahzad Ali 5 for 25 Eastern Suburbs 4 03-Jan-02

BEST INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES : 2001-02

BATTING : CENTURIES

BOWLING : 5 OR MORE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS

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BEST INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES : 2001-02

Grade First Name Surname Bowling Opponent Round Date

1 Adam Warren 11 for 87 North Sydney 12 26-Jan-02

3 Dean White 10 for 105 North Sydney 12 26-Jan-02

3 Nigel Singh 8 for 74 North Sydney 12 26-Jan-02

Grade First Name Surname Bowling Opponent Round Date

5 Steve Bright Hat-Trick Northern Districts 9 22-Dec-01

AWG Shahzad Ali Hat-Trick Eastern Suburbs 4 03-Jan-02

Grade First Name Surname Outs Opponent Round Date

1 Daryl Parmenter 5C & 2S Parramatta 4 27-Oct-01

1 Daryl Parmenter 5C North Sydney 12 02-Feb-02

2 David Mitchell 3C & 3S Gordon 5 03-Nov-01

2 David Mitchell 1C & 4S Campbelltown 14 02-Mar-02

2 Paul Greentree 5C & 1S North Sydney 12 26-Jan-02

Grade First Name Surname Outs Opponent Round Date

1 Daryl Parmenter 3C+5C North Sydney 12 02-Feb-02

BOWLING : HAT-TRICK

WICKETKEEPING : 5 OR MORE DISMISSALS (INNINGS)

WICKETKEEPING : 8 OR MORE DISMISSALS (MATCH)

BOWLING : 8 OR MORE WICKETS IN A MATCH

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FIRST GRADE REPORT

by Paul Toole - Captain

Position in Competition: 5th

It was a season of outstanding achievement, excitement and endeavour. Sydney Morning Herald club of

the year. The Bill O’Reilly Medal for best and fairest cricketer to Richard CheeQuee. But yet it finished in

bewilderment, amazement and sadness, when we were stripped of our minor premiership title after a

protest in the last round, reallocated to fourth place in the competition, then bundled out in the qualifying

final by Balmain--all in the space of a week.

Notwithstanding the disappointment in the way we finished our season, there were some outstanding

performances which gave us the opportunity to be very competitive premiership contenders.

Adam Warren’s performances were such that he was rewarded with selection in the NSW 2nd XI. His

attitude, enthusiasm and lion-hearted efforts were a constant reminder to us all how we should approach

our cricket. Big Wazza finished the season with 63 scalps and at the time of our elimination from the

competition he was Sydney’s leading wicket taker. Unfortunately, he has pipped by a solitary wicket for

that honour. He was the club’s Player of the Season and deservedly so.

Another fantastic performance was that by our leading batsman Richard Chee Quee. Richard’s 1003 runs

were a credit to himself and his club and would have broken both run scoring records of the two founding

clubs, Randwick and Petersham Marrickville. He was also the leading run scorer in this year’s

competition. His innings were dominating and masterful and worthy of the Bill O’Reilly Medal. It takes a

very special player to be the O’Reilly Medallist whilst being a specialist batsman.

Wicketkeeper Daryl Parmenter well and truly buried the underrated tag with a total of 64 dismissals

behind the stumps, just two short of the all time SCA record set during the Second World War in one-day

games. Daryl took 53 catches, 11 stumpings and collected 510 runs. Simply outstanding.

Our first match as a combined club didn’t go so well with a first innings loss to Uni of NSW. But in the

next round against last year’s club champions, Sydney Uni., we piled on 7/306 in a wonderful day with

Cheeks smashing 103no and Paul Toole doing the early work with 96. Richard and Paul Staunton

featured in a 117 run partnership late in the innings. In response, their opening stand of 123 caused

some anxiety, but once we made the break-through we quickly had them all out for 206. Paul Staunton

bowled a marathon 22.3 overs straight for 3 for 64. Wazza and Andrew Harrison also collected 3 wickets

each in what was a great win. It was a pleasure to sing our new victory song for the first time (thanks

Bobby)!

The next day we fronted up at Hurstville oval to face reigning SCA Premiers St George. They won the

toss and batted only managing 198 in 50 overs. Wazza was the main destroyer collecting 4 wickets for

54. All the other bowlers bowled extremely tight which was our signature all season. In reply, four of our

batters got into the 30’s and 40’s with Brett Hunter’s 46 enabling us to get up in the last over. It was a

wonderful weekend of cricket.

In our next match against Parramatta at Old King’s we batted first with Ian Barter (41) and Daryl

Parmenter (51) getting us off to a solid start. Richard Chee Quee (80), Graeme Doig (22) and John

Moffatt (38) put the icing on the cake for a total of 9/256. We then dismissed Parramatta for 124 with

Wazza bowling his heart out for 6/59 at 23 overs straight. Daryl also collected 7 dismissals behind the

stumps in a sensational display. We then slammed 97 runs in 12 overs giving us a lead of 229. Parra

came out and belted us to all corners getting the runs in 34 overs and only losing 2 wickets. We won first

innings and lost outright. Cricket’s a funny old game.

On a very flat Killara oval, we posted a monster score of 8/381 against Gordon and in the end, we needed

every single one of them. I registered a century and with Ian Barter (81) put together a stand of 178 runs.

It had the platform for Daryl (34) Doigy (72) and Moffo (43) to pile on the runs. We declared the next

morning and bowled Gordon out for 355 for a hard earned 26 run victory.

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In a one-dayer against Easts, James “Hippy” Le Huray bowled beautifully collecting 5 wickets and was a

stand out. Easts posted a very good score of 250 in 50 overs but with Cheeks (28), Parmey (41) getting

us away, Paul Toole (95no) and Doigy (40) keeping the runs in check, we got home on the very last ball.

It was a wonderful victory watched by a large crowd of supporters and players. The Randy Pete’s song

was sung with great gusto.

At Coogee oval we came up against a very solid looking Wests outfit but after an hour had the visitors 6

for 34 with Scott Obey running riot. Scott had the incredible figures of 3 for 0 off 7 overs and finished with

3/17 off 12. Chasing just 110, Toole (40), Moffatt (44) and all the other batsmen gave good support to

Richard CheeQuee who smashed a century (113) in just over 3 hours to record a solid win.

A rain-marred game against Manly was our next challenge with the whole of the first day being washed

out. We were sent in the second day on a very greasy wicket and at 4/40 were in deep trouble. But

Graham Doig (43) and John Moffatt (90no) counter punched beautifully and we scraped together 195.

That was enough, as we soon had Manly reeling and at 8-39 they were a spent force before finishing with

104. Scott Obey’s 5-39 was brilliant.

The next day at Allan Border oval, we came up

against a Mosman side boasting the talents of the

“Rawalpindi Express’ Shoaib Aktar. Mosman were

sent in and were bowled out (165) in a superb

bowling and fielding effort by the boys. Grant got a

bag of 4 wickets and Wazza got 3 scalps. In an

awesome batting display, Richard (87) and Daryl

(61no) took the bowling apart and put on 157 for

the first wicket. We passed Mosman’s total for the

loss of 1 wicket in 24 overs for our biggest win of

the year.

Good wins against Penrith, Hawkesbury and

Northern District followed. In the Penrith match we

bundled them out for 140 after they were 8-64. The

wickets were shared as were the runs and we took

the points with a 6 wicket win. Richard was at it

again in the Hawkesbury match slamming 90 which

included 10 fours and 4 sixes. Ian Barters’ 67no

was also a good knock. It was that man again in

the ND’s game as he belted his third century of the

season in a powerhouse display to lead us to a six

wicket win.

At Christmas, we had won 11 matches in a row and

were really on top in all aspects of our game.

Richard CheeQuee has passed 700 runs and we

were on 70 points and leading the comp. The

break slowed our progress dramatically. Our

performance against Sutherland was below the

standards we had set. Our bowling in this match

was steady without being brilliant. Sutherland

managed 194 runs on a very good Caringbah pitch.

All the batmen made starts with only Graeme Doig

(44) showing the necessary mental toughness to

win hard games. Another century to Richard CheeQuee

This form unfortunately carried into the next match against Balmain. We lost 20 wickets on the second

day to lose outright. Adam Warren’s 5-76 was a highlight as was Matt Parker’s 74 in the second innings.

The pain continued into the semi-final of the one-day competition at Coogee Oval with a loss to Mosman

after having them 5-39 at one stage.

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The tide finally turned in the North Sydney match. Norths batted first and were soon 3/0 then 6/16 and in

deep trouble before managing to scrounge their way to 120. Adam Warren’s career best figures of 7/36

earned him his NSW 2nd XI call up. Our batsmen came out and got stuck in with Toole (88) and Barter

(43) posting a century stand before we finished the day at 5/230. Adam Warren took another 4 wickets in

the second innings to give him 11 for the match in which we managed a first innings win when our batting

fell apart with an outright prospect staring us in the face.

The Bankstown game at Bankstown Oval resulted in a superb victory by 8 wickets. Scott Obey’s 10

overs for 1/26 was special. Grant Parmenter bowled with great control to bamboozle the opposition and

his 4/24 was perfect. At 2/29 we were a bit shaky, but Richard Chee Quee (89*) and Paul Toole (57*)

steered the ship home with an unbeaten century stand to win in just 35 overs.

With two rounds remaining we were looking for a strong performance against the Ghosts from

Campbelltown. To their credit they batted well and we just didn’t seem to be getting any luck. Their total

of 228 at Petersham should never have been enough yet they managed to win by 20 runs. Andrew

Harrison’s 5 wickets and Brett Hunter’s 57, batting with a runner, were the highlights.

The last game of the season saw the top two sides-Randwick Petersham and Fairfield Liverpool- play at

Coogee Oval for the minor premiership. We were sent in and were in trouble at 2-14 but an outstanding

partnership between Ian Barter (80) and Richard CheeQuee (83) put us in the box seat. Their stand of

156 against some of the most hostile bowling you would see really showed what it means to play for

Randwick Petersham Cricket. Despite NSW bowler Don Nash ripping through our line -up for 9/63 in a

fiery display, we managed to get to 240 with Andrew “Spike” Millican showing the ability that has seen

him play at this level for nearly 20 years. His 27 runs were spot on.

On the second day, the game was delayed 30 minutes due to the damp state of the wicket. We came out

and bowled beautifully with perfect line and length. We took 3 early wickets before taking two more with

the score on 60. Fairfield then put on a partnership to get to 132 but good catching contained the

opposition as they attempted to hit over the top. Their last man was dismissed with the score on 199. All

the wickets were shared about with Wazza & Doigy collecting 3 each. It was a fantastic win with our side

showing heaps of guts and determination.

A protest about the state of the pitch was subsequently lodged with the Sydney Cricket Association by

Fairfield and was upheld. An appeal to the NSW Cricket Association failed and we were relegated from

first place in the competition to fourth.

In a week of high drama, we found ourselves up against a very in form Balmain side in the qualifying final.

Unfortunately for the second time against this team, our fielding let us down with dropped catches costing

us dearly. Again, Adam Warren bowled his heart out with figures of 5/83 from 34 quality overs. Their

total of 280 was going to be tough, but true to this team’s spirit, we gave it everything. Our chase started

badly with two wickets in the shed with only 32 runs on the board, but an explosive partnership of 124

between Richard Chee Quee (80) and Daryl Parmenter (55) gave us a chance. Unfortunately, we

couldn’t capitalise and were dismissed for 220. Graeme Doig (4) tried his best but ran out of partners as

the overs whittled away.

In summary, the season has been an outstandingly successful one for the new club and particularly for 1st

grade. All the players have given their best and contributed at some stage or another. The

sportsmanship we displayed and the way we went about our cricket saw us take out the award for best

and fairest team. Our approach to the game in the qualifying final in the face of extreme controversy

speaks volumes for the character of the players. We have at this very proud club, the strength of

character and self-belief that will hold us in good stead in the upcoming season and the many seasons

beyond that.

On behalf of all players, I would like to thank the committee, coaches, volunteers and supporters. It

makes it much easier to go out and play good cricket when you know there are so many good people

behind you willing success. The players would also like to thank the ‘holy trinity’ of Ruth Kelleher, Bob

Barter and Bill Anderson for their contribution and undying support.

To the ladies at both our home grounds, we thank you. Your efforts are appreciated by players and

supporters alike.

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M Inn N.O. Runs Ave HS CtRichard Chee Quee 20 24 2 1003 45.59 113 7

Paul Toole 20 23 6 862 50.71 100 7

Ian Barter 19 23 3 571 28.55 81 5

Daryl Parmenter 20 24 2 510 23.18 61* 0

John Moffatt 18 19 7 377 31.42 90 7

Graham Doig 18 18 3 345 23.00 72 8

Grant Parmenter 15 12 3 162 18.00 48* 11

Matthew Parker 7 9 1 150 18.75 74 5

Brett Hunter 12 9 0 141 15.67 57 6

Adam Warren 20 14 3 97 8.82 22* 6

Paul Staunton 5 6 0 87 14.50 34 1

Andrew Millican 3 4 1 80 26.67 37 2

Andrew Harrison 10 6 2 41 10.25 17* 3

James Le Huray 16 8 3 19 3.80 15 4

Scott Obey 16 9 3 16 2.67 9 3

David Mitchell 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 1

220 209 39 4461 26.24 113 76

Overs M's Wkts Runs Ave RPO BestAdam Warren 379.83 79 63 1161 18.43 3.06 7/36

Grant Parmenter 201.83 21 30 712 23.73 3.53 4/24

Scott Obey 232.17 71 28 609 21.75 2.62 5/39

James Le Huray 195.50 31 28 682 24.36 3.49 5/55

Graham Doig 173.17 22 25 616 24.64 3.56 3/22

Andrew Harrison 120.00 15 20 526 26.30 4.38 5/52

Brett Hunter 43.50 3 6 188 31.33 4.32 2/0

Paul Staunton 55.17 13 4 178 44.50 3.23 3/64

Ian Barter 2.00 0 1 2 2.00 1.00 1/2

Paul Toole 6.00 2 0 31 N/A 5.17 0/11

Richard Chee Quee 5.50 0 0 35 N/A 6.36 0/2

1414.67 257 205 4740 23.12 3.35 7/36

Ct St Total ByesDaryl Parmenter 53 11 64 34

1ST GRADE - BATTING

Wicket Keeping

Batsmen

1ST GRADE - WICKETKEEPING

1ST GRADE - BOWLING

TOTAL BATTING

TOTAL BOWLING

Bowler

As a sponsor of Randwick Petersham Cricket Club,

Randwick Rugby Union Club would like to extend its appreciationto all players and supporters for their on-going support throughout the season.

RANDWICK RUGBY UNION CLUB

102 - 104 Brook Street Coogee NSW Australia 2034

Telephone: (02) 9665 5447 Facsimile: (02) 9664 6395

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M Inn N.O. Runs Ave HS CtRichard Chee Quee 7 7 0 363 51.86 106 2

Paul Toole 7 6 4 264 132.00 95* 1

Daryl Parmenter 7 7 1 174 29.00 61*

Ian Barter 7 7 2 156 31.20 67* 2

Graham Doig 6 4 0 86 21.50 44 3

Brett Hunter 7 4 0 66 16.50 46 5

John Moffatt 7 6 3 63 21.00 25 3

Grant Parmenter 5 2 0 32 16.00 20 3

Matthew Parker 1 1 0 17 17.00 17

Scott Obey 7 2 0 14 7.00 9 3

Adam Warren 7 2 1 11 11.00 11* 2

James Le Huray 7 2 1 1 1.00 1* 3

Andrew Harrison 2

77 50 12 1247 32.82 106 27

Overs M's Wkts Runs Ave RPO BestJames Le Huray 64.00 5 15 259 17.27 4.05 5/55

Grant Parmenter 48.00 4 13 197 15.15 4.10 4/53

Adam Warren 64.67 8 13 302 23.23 4.67 4/54

Graham Doig 46.00 3 9 162 18.00 3.52 2/24

Scott Obey 70.00 17 6 193 32.17 2.76 3/27

Andrew Harrison 20.00 2 2 92 46.00 4.60 2/32

Brett Hunter 27.00 1 2 110 55.00 4.07 1/15

Richard Chee Quee 2.00 0 0 26 13.00 0/26

341.67 40 60 1341.00 22.35 3.92 5/55

Ct St Total ByesDaryl Parmenter 12 6 18 8

Wicket Keeping

Batsmen

Bowler

LIMITED OVERS - BATTING

TOTAL BATTING

LIMITED OVERS - BOWLING

TOTAL BOWLING

LIMITED OVERS - WICKETKEEPING

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to all the teams for their on-going support throughout the season.

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SECOND GRADE REPORT by Rhys Banwell -Captain

Position in Competition: 17th Having taken the Second Grade minor premiership under the Randwick banner in 2000-01, we were confident of going one better in the Randwick Petersham colours this season. Unfortunately, it was not to be. We began well enough. A seven wicket win over University of NSW in our first match and we were away to a flyer! John Moffatt’s 116, Steve Zantides’ 86 in 87 minutes with four sixes, plus a 5 wicket haul from Scott Obey, gave an early indication we were the team to beat. We also had the distinction of being the first Randwick Petersham team to win in Sydney Grade Cricket! A surprise loss to Sydney University, after knocking up 7 for 308 followed, but we bounced back the next round with a convincing win over Parramatta. Scott Obey was the star with 7 for 68 while Aaron Moseley with 98 was unlucky not to score the other two runs. Then the wheels fell off. Four straight losses and we were on the ropes. But it could have been so different! We lost our last 6 wickets for 27 to go down by 22 to Gordon, Manly put on 17 for the 9th wicket to edge us out while Penrith’s last two hit up 47 to take the points by 31 runs. In the Manly match at Coogee Oval, both Matthew Parker (101) and David Mitchell (107) hit superb centuries but we couldn’t bowl them out. It was desperate times as we took on Northern District in the final game before Christmas. And Santa gave us an early present with a last wicket victory, even though the circumstances were somewhat fortunate. We bowled ND’s out for just 145, courtesy of some spirited bowling from Andrew Harrison with 5 for 29. Four of our batters out in the 20’s made for an interesting finish and when Sean Sampson joined Melvin Singh for the last wicket, we needed 7 to win. They edged out 6 to tie then were caught mid-pitch as the ball was shied at the stumps, missed, and went for four overthrows! A win’s a win!! The five games after Christmas were absolute disasters. All were lost. On paper, our team was equal to any in the competition, yet we couldn’t take a trick. It wasn’t until the final round against Fairfield-Liverpool that we were able to register just our fourth win from 14 attempts. Not a good average. Our final placing of 17th in a field of 19 was a fair indication of the way we played but did not reflect the talent within the side. Each player is capable of far greater things in cricket. The top performers for the season were David Mitchell, Matthew Parker and Brett Hunter with the bat and Melvin Singh, Andrew Harrison and Scott Obey, before he was promoted to First Grade, with the ball. David hit most runs—517 at an average of 36.93 while the efforts of Matt Parker and Brett Hunter won them regular First Grade appearances. David also kept wickets superbly, effecting 31 dismissals and allowing just 20 byes. Special mention should be made of Paul Greentree who came up from Third Grade when David played a match in firsts and kept magnificently to snare 6 dismissals with only 2 byes. He is very promising. In the bowling, Melvin Singh came into his own in the latter part of the season taking 12 of his 30 wickets in the final two games. His was a consistent effort however, along with Andrew Harrison who took 25 wickets at the good average of 17.36. Scott Obey’s 7-68 was the best individual return. Of the remaining bowlers, Sean Sampson put in some good efforts and has a promising future. In thanking all players who participated in Second Grade this season, may I also pass on the thanks of the team to the ladies at Petersham, Pat, Helen and Robin and Madge and Kacey Devlin at Coogee together with Judy Robinson for their fantastic work in the canteen and the superb afternoon teas they provided. Thanks also to our scorer Richard McCord who is getting closer each season to having scored in 1,000 grade and PG matches. In conclusion, may I thank our terrific supporters, Tony Parker, Ray Stafford and Cec Orrock among others, who were always there to encourage us when the going got tough. Many thanks also to Cameron at Coogee and Pat at Petersham who provided us with some fantastic wickets throughout the season.

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While my 25th season in grade cricket was not one of the most successful, it was nevertheless an enjoyable one, and I look forward to the prospect of a more competitive effort in 2002-03.

The first Randwick Petersham Second Grade Team Back left: Matthew Parker, John Moffatt, Aaron Moseley, Melvin Singh, Steve Zantides, Brett Hunter. Front left: Scott Obey, Dean White, Rhys Banwell (Captain), David Bourke, David Mitchell.

As the proud major sponsor of Randwick Petersham Cricket Club,

Petersham RSL Club would like to extend its appreciation to all the teams for their on-going support throughout the season.

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M Inn N.O. Runs Ave HS CtDavid Mitchell 13 14 0 517 36.93 107 0

Steve Zantides 13 14 0 322 23.00 86 1

Aaron Moseley 12 11 0 320 29.09 98 4

Matthew Parker 8 9 0 304 33.78 101 6

Rhys Banwell 13 13 1 262 21.83 70 1

Brett Hunter 6 6 0 235 39.17 86 2

Kallin Davies 6 6 1 148 29.60 81 3

Richard Phillips 6 7 0 145 20.71 42 2

Paul Staunton 8 9 0 138 15.33 37 1

Melvin Singh 14 13 6 83 11.86 17* 5

Andrew Harrison 7 7 1 56 9.33 17 3

Sean Sampson 9 9 5 23 5.75 5 3

Also Batted : Matches/Innings/Not Out/Runs/Catches.

David Bourke 5/3/1/14/1, Adam Harris 4/4/0/88/1, Scott Obey 4/3/2/49//1, James Le Huray 3/4/57/0, Geoff

Hodgkinson 3/3/0/48/6, Dean White 3/2/1/41/0, Paul Greentree 3/3/0/39/1, Steve Clarke 3/3/0/19/1, Andrew

Millican 3/3/0/12/4.00/9/1, David Barclay 2/2/0/15/7.50/14/2, Efren Cruz 2/2/0/8/1, John Moffatt 1/1/1/116/0,

Brenton Barker 1/2/1/64/64.00/64*/1, Chris Kruit 1/2/0/3/1.50/3/3, Chris Rollinson 1/1/0/0/0.

154 156 21 3126 23.16 116* 51

Overs M's Wkts Runs Ave RPO BestMelvin Singh 202.67 28 30 703 23.43 3.47 6/74

Andrew Harrison 126.33 19 25 434 17.36 3.44 6/51

Scott Obey 72.50 14 16 213 13.31 2.94 7/68

Sean Sampson 110.00 22 13 391 30.08 3.55 3/46

Brett Hunter 132.00 41 8 307 38.38 2.33 3/46

Paul Staunton 102.17 13 6 325 54.17 3.18 2/29

James Le Huray 46.00 10 5 139 27.80 3.02 2/33

David Bourke 37.83 6 5 169 33.80 4.47 3/22

Kallin Davies 33.00 0 3 145 48.33 4.39 3/54

Aaron Moseley 42.00 1 2 199 99.50 4.74 1/32

Dean White 40.50 4 0 171 N/A 4.22 0/18

Also Bowled : Overs/Wickets/Runs.

Matthew Parker 4/3/31, Rhys Banwell 17/2/67, Steve Zantides 4/2/43, Richard Phillips 1/0/16, David Barclay

10/0/39, Chris Kruit 9/0/33.

990.17 163 120 3425 28.54 3.46 7/68

Ct St Total ByesDavid Mitchell 21 10 31 18

Paul Greentree 5 1 6 2

2ND GRADE - BATTING

Bowler

Wicket Keeping

Batsmen

2ND GRADE - BOWLING

TOTAL BOWLING

TOTAL BATTING

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THIRD GRADE REPORT by Steven Yates - Captain

Position in Competition: 12th

Third Grade's final position of 12th was in no way a true indication of the ability of the side. A couple of

close losses, and a few ill-disciplined batting performances ultimately cost us a place in the semi-finals

which was well within our capability.

Despite losing our first two games, we played some good cricket and gave an indication of positive things

to come. On both occasions we won the toss and batted on an extremely flat Snape wicket, posting 270

and 240 against UNSW and Sydney Uni respectively. However, on neither occasion were we able to

make the necessary early breakthroughs and unbeaten centuries to opening batsmen got the visitors

across the line.

Our third game saw a strong performance that started a run of victories. Although in trouble against

Parramatta at 6-117, a determined 133-run partnership between Mark Anderson (95) and David Fraser

(60) saw us post 8-283 declared, which we comfortably defended the following week. Sean Sampson

was the pick of the bowlers, taking 4-57.

The following game saw us drive along the Pacific Hwy to play Gordon only to find a Chatswood Oval

pitch that was flatter. Having won the toss, the threat of rain led to Gordon being sent in, which, after they

scored a formidable 1-274 off their 50 overs didn't seem to be a wise decision. However, a superb century

by Geoff Hodgkinson who shared an excellent 114 run partnership with Cameron Gray, who himself

scored a brilliant unbeaten 84, combined with a quickfire 28 off 13 balls by Gregor Maiden saw the

Randy-Petes to an amazing 6 wicket win with more than 4 overs to spare. This incredible result was

made all the more remarkable by the fact that it was produced against the eventual third grade premiers.

Another win, this time against Wests, gave us three wins in a row and a lot of confidence going into our

game against Manly. Some resolute batting on a wetty from Paul Greentree (57) and Adam Harris (46)

however, allowed us to post a respectable 185. Although we took some early wickets, Manly's number 4

scored a solid century and led them to a 3 wicket win. We soon made up for that disappointment with a

solid win next game over Penrith courtesy of Nigel Singh with 6-49 from 22 successive overs.

The following three games against Northern District, Sutherland and UTS Balmain were disasters and left

us struggling for semi-final honours. We thought we had won the Balmain game when last man in edged

to the ‘keeper with a handful of runs up our sleeve, but unfortunately the umpire remained unmoved.

The game against North Sydney produced an extremely polished display. Dean White (6-49) and Nigel

Singh (4-31) destroyed the Norths line-up, dismissing them for just 83, with no other bowlers being

required. Geoff Hodgkinson (89) and Alex Sciascia (50 not out) passed their total without loss, on their

way to an opening stand of 120. The middle order was then given licence and produced quick runs which

allowed us to declare at 4-184. Whitey and Singhy again routed the Norths batting, taking 4 wickets each.

Hodgo and Alex once again passed their total without loss, completing an emphatic outright victory.

Back in the hunt for a semi-final berth, we went into the game against Bankstown high on confidence. We

bowled and fielded well on a flat Jensen pitch to keep Bankstown to 8-233 off their 50 overs, with the pick

of the bowlers being Dean White with 3-35 off 10. Geoff Hodgkinson played the innings of the season,

showing incredible determination to battle on in extremely hot conditions. He scored a marvellous

century, sending the Bankstown bowling to all parts of the ground in a two and a half hour innings that

included 14 boundaries. He was ably supported by Kallin Davies (48). In the end we were dismissed for

a very disappointing 193. No words can do justice to just how good Hodgo's knock was, and it was a

huge pity that the rest of the side was unable to produce the win that his innings undoubtedly deserved.

The game against Campbelltown was our last throw of the dice, and nothing short of an outright win

would suffice. We produced another fine bowling display to dismiss the visitors for just 149. However,

another disastrous batting performance saw us all out for 79, with David Fraser's solid 33 the only score

above single figures. Our second innings wasn’t much better and we were beaten outright.

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In the last match we did well to dismiss Fairfield for 200. A most notable performance being by debutante

Peter Spurr, who bowled very well for 2/30 off his 10 overs. Scud bowled with a great deal of control and

accuracy, and, gave an indication that he is an extremely promising young cricketer. We put together a

strong batting display with Hodgo scoring another half-century, and new boy Tony Martin doing the same.

In the end, we cruised to a 5-wicket victory, which was a very satisfying way to end the season.

Although missing out on the semis, the season was a most enjoyable one, and I would like to thank all the

players in 3rd grade for their contributions. I would also like to thank the coaches who gave up their time

to assist us throughout the year - Peter Devlin, Paul Fitzgerald and David Skuthorpe.

Thanks also to the ladies who provide the best afternoon teas in the comp.--- Pat, Helen and Robin at

Petersham and Madge, Kacey and Judy at Coogee---the groundsmen who produced some excellent

wickets at both grounds, and the committee who worked tirelessly throughout both winter and the season

to ensure the merger came together successfully. Finally, I would like to make special mention of Steve

Greentree who filled the role of 3rd grade manager with expertise and enthusiasm which made my job a

great deal easier.

Well done boys on a good season and I look forward to seeing you all back next year when the

Randy-Petes become champions.

The first Randwick Petersham Third Grade Team

Back left: Steve Clarke, Paul Greentree, Steve Yates, Matthew Hilder, Geoff Hodgkinson, Eddie Otto.

From left: Mark Anderson, Nigil Singh, Adam Harris (Captain), Sean Sampson, Cameron Gray.

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M Inn N.O. Runs Ave HS CtGeoff Hodgkinson 10 13 2 612 55.64 104 10

Paul Greentree 11 12 2 278 27.80 57 3

Cameron Gray 10 10 2 274 34.25 84* 3

Mark Anderson 11 11 2 218 24.22 95 5

Alex Sciascia 11 15 3 214 17.83 50* 2

David Fraser 9 9 1 155 19.38 60 1

Steven Yates 13 13 1 114 9.50 41 1

Dean White 10 9 0 79 8.78 23* 3

Eddie Otto 13 11 5 51 8.50 15 4

Nigel Singh 13 8 5 22 7.33 12* 5

Also Batted : Matches/Innings/Not Out/Runs/Catches.

Kallin Davies 3/4/0/159/1, Grigor Maiden 3/3/1/149/0,Efren Cruz 5/6/0/66/0, Mathew Hilder 5/5/063/2, Steve

Clarke 3/4/0/59/0, Clive Cachia 3/4/1/57/1, Tony Martin 2/3/0/88/4, Adam Harris 2/2/0/82/0, John McLoughlin

2/2/0/47/1, David Bourke 5/5/0/41/0, Matthew Smith 1/1/0/3/0, Neil Cohen 1/1/0/0/0, Sean Sampson 5/1/1/0/1

Mark Grice 1/0/0/0/1, Peter Spurr 1/0/0/0/0, Ian Stark 1/0/0/0/1.

154 152 26 2831 22.47 104 49

Overs M's Wkts Runs Ave RPO BestDean White 164.67 29 30 544 18.13 3.30 6/49

Nigel Singh 169.50 17 25 596 23.84 3.52 6/49

Mark Anderson 81.00 5 18 385 21.39 4.75 3/39

Eddie Otto 113.33 22 14 326 23.29 2.88 4/23

David Fraser 33.83 2 10 135 13.50 3.99 4/24

Sean Sampson 65.00 11 7 214 30.57 3.29 4/57

Kallin Davies 41.00 11 6 116 19.33 2.83 5/70

Cameron Gray 64.00 10 5 211 42.20 3.30 2/32

Mathew Hilder 27.00 5 4 103 25.75 3.81 2/26

Grigor Maiden 33.34 5 3 130 43.33 3.90 2/47

David Bourke 29.00 3 1 122 122.00 4.21 1/29

Also Bowled : Overs/Wickets/Runs.

Peter Spurr 10/2/30, John McLoughlin 1/0/3, Mark Grice 3/0/7, Efren Cruz 4/0/17.

839.67 125 125 2939 23.51 3.50 6/49

Ct St Total ByesSteven Yates 23 2 25 30

Paul Greentree 2 0 2 2

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FOURTH GRADE REPORT by Greg Hartshorne - Captain

Position in Competition: 5th

Great bunch of blokes, some excellent cricket, 5 games at Petersham Oval, promising young players working their way up the grades, some old blokes still making a contribution, the best afternoon teas of all time, a great manager, the sweet sound of singing about the “mob next door”, and a few beers talking about how “bloody great we are”. That’s the way to enjoy the summer! The 4ths did well this year, finishing 5th, beaten in a close qualifying final by the ultimate premiers, Sutherland. There were some great wins. Parramatta in the last over, Sutherland in a nail biter at Petershamo, Balmain outright, Wests, Sydney Uni, Norths, Bankstown, Campbelltown. At times we played as though no-one could get close to us, and at other times, where we shook our heads, as an opportunity slipped through our hands. Our attack was as strong as any. Peter Bayley and Jeremy Dwyer led the way with the new ball. Jed won the average, and consistently bowled with great control, worrying most sides, beating the bat with his swing and seam. A strong hitter, Jed also played some match winning innings. His sixes against Balmain will be remembered forever. Peter was an inspiration. He consistently stood up, both at the start of the innings, and when we needed to clean up the tail. As captain, it was fantastic to have him there. The spin attack was Denis Hinds and John Griffiths. Groucho took 42 wickets and played a winning role in many games. The more he tossed them up, the more he confused them. Great year for the old bloke. Johno also made some valuable contributions. He bowled particularly well in the one dayers, and won a couple of games with his offies. He showed some good promise with his batting, but didn’t kick on like he should have. Something to work on for next season. Neil Cohen was the success story of the year. Starting in 5ths, he quickly moved to 4ths and became our most dynamic bat, scoring 463 runs in 13 games. He has a heap of time, hits the ball so sweetly, and has the ability to dominate an attack with effortless ease. His wicket keeping has come on enormously, with an almost faultless season behind the stumps. 9 byes in the entire season! When he fully realises how good he can be, he will easily achieve success in higher grades. Clive Cachia was another success story. Although he may be disappointed with his results in 3rds, there is no doubt he can perform in higher grades. A bit more practice might help. In 4ths, he was able to dominate attacks. As good a slipper as I have ever played with. Great to see Alex Sciascia score in 4ths and move up to 3rds. No reason why he shouldn’t move on further. All depends on how much he wants it. Matt Hilder joined us mid way through the season. He should be disappointed with his results this year. He will come back to form next season. A great man to have in the side, with a good cricket brain. We had 28 players pass through 4ths during the season. They all played a role in our results and enjoyment. Nathan Silvy and Michael Watson were there at the finish and showed a lot of promise. Both should achieve a lot more in future years. I particularly like the way Michael approaches the game and the work he puts in at practice. Definitely a future higher grade player. David Bourke and John McLoughlin both performed strongly for us in the second half. Their ineligibility to play in the finals series was a major loss. Although Bourkie had one of those seasons to forget, he contributed greatly to our games both on and off the field. They are still talking about his 69 in 4 hours at Campbelltown. Johnnie Mac made the trip to Sydney for the qualifying final, only to be ruled ineligible. He is too good a player for 4ths, and no doubt will continue up the grades.

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Thanks to all the others who played with us. Particularly Trent Griffiths (great knock of 77 against Parramatta), Steve Clarke (who should just forget the year and come back next season with a clean slate ready to go on with it), Efren Cruz (who returned to England before he could show his best), and Scott McGeachie (who scored a good 47 against Parramatta, but is yet to show us his full potential). Special thanks to Bernie Bayley, our trusted manager. He supported us all season, scored, brought the drinks, advised on the bowling changes and field placements, and provided the game highlights at days end. You’re a great man Bernie. Thanks To Pat, Robin and Helen. Once again, thanks for your fantastic efforts with the teas and lunches, and for your loyal support, and to Noel Hughes for your assistance at the ground and valuable advice. Thanks as well to the coaching staff, particularly Peter Devlin, David Skuthorpe and Paul Fitzgerald, and, of course, Dick McCord for his role in organising practice, and for scoring in the qualifying final. To my great mate Dave Townsend, congratulations on a great season. He won the batting average and made a number of match winning contributions during the season. He was my confidant throughout, and helped to make the season enjoyable for all of us. So the key lessons for the future; pretty simple. Score more runs. 20 is not enough. 20’s have to become 50’s, and 50’s become 100’s. Better use of practice time, a clear focus on the technical improvements, and the will to bat for long as possible, every time, regardless of the conditions and how well you are playing. Play for the team, always play to win and have fun.

The first Randwick Petersham Fourth Grade Team Back left: Kirk Rimmer, Greg Hartshorne (Captain),Steve Lukins, Peter Bayley, John Griffiths, Clive Cachia. Front Left: Scott McGeachie, Nathan Silvy, Alex Sciascia, David Townsend, Efren Cruz.

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M Inn N.O. Runs Ave HS CtNeil Cohen 13 17 1 463 28.94 89

David Townsend 14 17 3 440 31.43 100* 2

Greg Hartshorne 14 15 3 374 31.17 97* 8

Clive Cachia 12 15 4 318 28.91 116* 9

Jeremy Dwyer 14 15 5 169 16.90 28* 2

Peter Bayley 13 13 4 145 16.11 32* 6

Mathew Hilder 9 11 0 119 10.82 22 5

John Griffiths 13 14 1 107 8.23 50 8

Nathan Silvy 6 7 1 79 13.17 26* 4

Denis Hinds 14 10 6 33 8.25 13* 5

Also Batted : Matches/Innings/Not Out/Runs/Catches.

Alex Sciascia 3/4/0/134/2, David Bourke 4/4/0/89/1, Trent Griffiths 4/6/0/77/2, John McLoughlin 3/3/1/51/1,

Steve Clarke 4/5/0/49/2, Scott McGeachie 4/4/0/47/1, Efren Cruz 4/5/0/47/1, Navnith Chetty 2/3/0/36/2, Fabian

Heaton 2/3/0/27/0, David Fraser 2/3/0/24/4, Kirk Rimmer 2/2/0/19/0, Paul Fitzgerald 1/1/1/10/0, Michael Watson

3/5/0/10/0, Eddie Otto 1/1/1/9/1, Glen Carroll 1/1/0/2/1, Stephen Lucas 1/1/0/0/0, Nigel Singh 1/0/0/0/0, Matthew

Taylor 1/0/0/0/0.

165 185 31 2878 18.69 530 67

Overs M's Wkts Runs Ave RPO BestDenis Hinds 254.00 60 42 717 17.07 2.82 6/35

Peter Bayley 232.34 48 38 690 18.16 2.97 6/55

Jeremy Dwyer 135.00 33 24 375 15.63 2.78 4/41

John Griffiths 135.83 26 16 450 28.13 3.31 4/64

Greg Hartshorne 81.17 31 12 141 11.75 1.74 3/19

David Townsend 36.00 4 3 169 56.33 4.69 1/22

Nigel Singh 20.00 5 3 59 19.67 2.95 3/45

Kirk Rimmer 23.00 3 3 74 24.67 3.22 2/31

Eddie Otto 20.00 5 1 48 48.00 2.40 1/38

Also Bowled : Overs/Wickets/Runs.

Mathew Hilder 10/2/41, David Bourke 16/2/59, Alex Sciascia 6/5/49, Nathan Silvy 4/1/14, Paul Fitzgerald 2/0/19,

Trent Griffiths 2/0/20, John McLoughlin 12/0/45, Glen Carroll 12/0/57.

Total Bowling 1001.67 217 152 3027 19.91 3.02 6/35

Ct St Total ByesNeil Cohen 22 7 29 9

Matthew Taylor 1 0 1 1

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FIFTH GRADE REPORT by Alan Wright - Captain Position in Competition: 7th The 2001/2002 season for Fifth Grade must rank as the one where we were beaten by bureaucracy. We had beaten four out of the six semi finalists in the preliminary matches but didn’t make the final six having been penalised six competition points for failing to make a phone call to our opponents about the non-laying of covers in a match in which no play was possible. This ruling surely ranks as totally illogical. In no other sport are you penalised points gained in a previous match for an indiscretion in a current match. The team started the season in an inauspicious manner, comprehensively losing to University of NSW. The only positives out of this game was the 128 not out and 59 by Neil Cohen who was subsequently lost to higher grades. And the good performance of Green Shield Captain Glen Carroll with scores of 30 and 37 not out together with bowling figures of 3 wickets for 22. The next week however, there was a feeling the team was finding form. We scored an impressive 278 against Parramatta; Paul Harris 51, Alan Wright 41, Steve Bright 52 not out. However, a combination of one player not attending, injuries and dropped catches, resulted in a loss. A very close loss to Gordon followed and we were looking bleakly to the future. However, a great win against Wests, thanks to a terrific 82 by Michael Watson and 59 not out by Nav Chetty and we were on our way. The next match against Manly on 1 December was our last loss for the season, winning all remaining games other than the wash out against North Sydney. Penrith, an eventual finalist, we defeated comprehensively-- 9/300 dec v 196 with John McLoughlin 95, Fabian Heaton 71 and Trent Griffiths 4-39 starring. Northern District were defeated in a one-dayer with us losing only one wicket chasing 140. Steve Bright 4-21, Grant Rimmer 4-18 and Fabian Heaton 73 were the top performers. Another semi finalist, Sutherland, was left in our wake courtesy of Michael Watson 78, N Silvy 50 (4 sixes) and Steve Bright 3-31. The UTS Balmain win was our finest performance when, after being 2-7, we recovered to score 284 thanks to a magnificent 116 from Nathan Silvy. Balmain were destroyed for 67 thanks to an inspiring 6-18 by Steve Bright and it was only a second week flat wicket that prevented an outright. A one day victory over Bankstown, an outright over Campbelltown and with a six point penalty we required an outright victory over Fairfield in the last round. Despite a comprehensive first innings victory the outright victory eluded us and we were deprived of a semi-final spot. The season saw the emergence of a number of future stars as well as some solid performances from some old stagers. Fabian Heaton again show his class scoring 322 at 40.25 and wicketkeeping brilliantly when required. Steve Bright, Grant Rimmer and Kirk Rimmer formed undoubtedly the best opening bowling combination in the competition. Aaron Hildred showed the true meaning of club spirit, providing support and encouragement to the younger players while recovering from shoulder surgery. However, it was the emergency of the young guns which was most exciting. Michael Watson in his first season scoring 325 is a future “higher” grade player. Trent Griffiths, although now 23, has finally realised that commitment to the cause brings results. His “all round” performance of 145 runs and 16 wickets, together with his off season experience in England, will see him a higher grade player next season. Matthew Taylor, another grade debutante, is an outstanding ‘keeper and his performance resulted in a trial in the NSW U/19 squad. Ben Ezekiel, at only 15

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years of age and bowling the difficult left arm wrist spin, bowled with commitment and maturity. With the season under his belt he will come back bigger and better next season. Although not completing the season, both Nav Chetty and Paul Harris showed they are players of the future while Glen Carroll displayed great potential in his limited appearances due to school cricket. Scott McGeachie, despite being frustrated at having “one of those seasons”, continued on manfully and will come back a stronger and better player. Finally, in my opinion the most outstanding prospect for the future is Nathan Silvy. His explosive batting and competent off spin bowling surely must see him in higher grades next season. Special thanks to our manager Ronny Rimmer whose good humour at all times was a great support. Well done to a great side.

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M Inn N.O. Runs Ave HS CtMichael Watson 10 11 3 325 40.63 82 3

Fabian Heaton 8 10 2 322 40.25 73* 2

Nathan Silvy 5 5 1 221 55.25 116 3

Alan Wright 8 9 1 156 19.50 41

Aaron Hildred 8 7 3 147 36.75 70* 5

Trent Griffiths 6 8 1 145 20.71 59

Navnith Chetty 6 6 1 141 28.20 59* 2

Steve Bright 11 8 4 130 32.50 52*

Matthew Taylor 8 8 2 99 16.50 43 4

Paul Harris 6 7 0 84 12.00 51 1

Scott McGeachie 7 7 0 66 9.43 18 2

Grant Rimmer 13 7 1 32 5.33 9 6

Kirk Rimmer 9 6 3 30 10.00 15* 2

Ben Ezekiel 8 5 1 28 7.00 22 1

Also Batted : Matches/Innings/Not Out/Runs/Catches.

Neil Cohen 1/2/1/187/0, John McLoughlin 1/1/0/95/1, Chris Rollinson 4/3/0/69/2, Glen Carroll 1/2/1/67/0, Jason

Walsh 4/5/0/49/1, Steve Clarke 2/2/0/46/2, Dallas Orchard 4/3/0/38/1, Shaun Stone 1/1/0/20/0, Rhys Banwell

1/1/0/20/1, George Frazakis 3/4/1/19/2, Grant Frakes 2/3/0/14/0, Denis Hinds 1/1/0/11/0, Peter Spurr 1/1/0/9/1,

Phillip Traynor 1/1/0/7/0, Blake Champion 1/1/0/1/1, Matthew Devlin 1/1/0/0/0, Dean White 1/1/0/0/0.

143 137 26 2578 23.23 128* 42

Overs M's Wkts Runs Ave RPO BestGrant Rimmer 165.17 32 23 492 21.39 2.98 4/18

Steve Bright 125.16 18 20 375 18.75 3.00 6/18

Aaron Hildred 108.00 26 19 231 12.16 2.14 5/19

Trent Griffiths 53.50 9 16 171 10.69 3.20 4/39

Kirk Rimmer 97.00 20 16 255 15.94 2.63 4/6

Navnith Chetty 50.00 8 8 172 21.50 3.44 4/20

Nathan Silvy 37.83 3 6 111 18.50 2.93 2/9

Dallas Orchard 54.00 11 6 150 25.00 2.78 3/56

Ben Ezekiel 73.00 13 6 312 52.00 4.27 1/15

Scott McGeachie 28.00 3 5 81 16.20 2.89 3/24

Also Bowled : Overs/Wickets/Runs.

Chris Rollinson 13/2/37, John McLoughlin 5/1/6, Rhys Banwell 9/1/20, Alan Wright 5/1/22, Matthew Taylor

2/0/12, Peter Spurr 6/0/24, Jason Walsh 5/0/30, Denis Hinds 10/0/31, Matthew Devlin 12/0/57.

887.33 161 137 2682 19.58 3.02 6/18

Ct St Total ByesMatthew Taylor 20 3 23 17

Fabian Heaton 4 0 4 5

Neil Cohen 3 0 3 2

Alan Wright 1 0 1 3

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POIDEVIN GRAY REPORT by David Mitchell - Captain

Position in Competition: 15th In our first year of PG’s as a combined club, the boys held high expectations. And the way we started, those expectations were well founded. We began strongly with a good win against a fancied St George side. Headed by Sean Sampson, the bowlers put in a terrific effort backed up with some quality fielding to knock over Saints for 142. Despite our discovery that Efren Cruz was not a bowler (even though he did manage a wicket via a leg side stumping), we ended up chasing the runs 5 down with a great knock of 62 not out from Paul Greentree. With the team confidence high, we took on an Eastern Suburbs team who we dearly wanted to beat. We made a solid start by scoring 160 on a rain sodden surface in an innings which all batsmen contributed without anyone making a big score. Another terrific bowling performance by Sampson and Kirk Rimmer had Easts reeling at 7 for 79, and we were counting the games ‘til the finals. It was at this point however, that our season started to go pear shaped. The players and spectators had scurried into the grandstand on account of the light showers being quickly followed by downpours of torrential rain. When the skies cleared, everyone came out from under cover to find a stinking hot summer day. Within 10 minutes everyone was back in the grandstand to escape the heat. As quickly as the sun had appeared it was replaced with a howling breeze, bordering on cyclonic. Sightscreens were continually blown over while the bowlers running into the wind looked like cartoon characters, struggling against the sheer force. It was a combination of these factors and a target reduced by rain that allowed Eastern Suburbs to limp over the line 9 down in the last over and leave us shattered. We just sat in the dressing rooms for ages without talking. It was so unbelievable that we lost. We tried hard to rally for the next game but were comprehensively beaten by Northern District. We batted on a difficult wicket and were routed for 96. They got the runs easily being only 2 wickets down, but not before our rock Sean Sampson got a wicket in the first over. This was the one bad game we played, and the less we talk about it the better. In our next match, we turned in a disappointing batting display against Mosman with John McLoughlin scoring a strong 39 in an overall score of 134. After the devastating loss of the ND’s game it could have been easy to give this game away and get to the beach before sundown, but the boys gave it everything. Everyone bowled well especially our spinners McLoughlin, Scott McGeachie and Nathan Silvy and it wasn’t until the second last over that the game was lost. Everyone could be proud with the way we defended that total and if a couple of things had gone our way, we could have easily sneaked away with the points. We were heartened by this performance and knew that the way we were bowling and fielding, we would give any team a shake if we could put a reasonable score on the board. We then took on Sutherland on a beautiful strip at Petersham, and did quite well to restrict them to 203, with Sean Sampson again leading the charge, with Kirk Rimmer putting in another great spell. “Greenie” was awesome in the field with three freakish direct hit run outs (how good is this kid going to be!), which inspired the whole team. We then looked in a commanding position with an opening stand of 129 between John McLoughlin and Dave Mitchell, before John ended his excellent innings for 56. We were cruising, but Mitchell decided to get out for 98 a few overs before the end and tight bowling and fielding stopped us from getting the points, falling just 5 runs short. It was very disappointing not to get away with that game, however, we made up for it in the last game against Hawkesbury. It was a great performance to knock them over for 124, with Nigel Singh, Rimmer and McLoughlin leading the charge. Despite a few nervous moments we got them 5 down. Scott McGeachie (28 not out) and Neil Cohen (36 not out) really stepping up to the plate and guided us home. All in all, it was a shame that we only won 2 out of the six games. If only we had beaten Eastern Suburbs and Sutherland, as we probably should have, we might have been a chance for the finals. However, we all tried hard and had fun together. I thought Kirk Rimmer was a big improver for us this year, putting in a good spell each game. Bowling with greater confidence he will continue to improve next season. Sean Sampson and Nigel Singh are quality players, and this was reflected in their achievements in grade this year. Johnny Mac and Scotty Mac both really stepped up for us. Nathan Silvy in his first year was strong, so was Paul Greentree. Eddie Otto was very good in his first crack while Neil Cohen proved his class. All these young blokes did well and will do better next year. Alex Sciacia and Effram Cruz both tried hard and made important contributions to the team.

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Thanks to Matty Parker and Adam Warren who were great as our coaches, especially having Wazza giving us advice both on and off the field. To Tony, Cec, Ray, Chris, Mr Greeners, thanks for all your unwavering support through all the games. And finally, to big Richard McCord, they say that every dog has his day, and Dick reckons his has come and gone. At every venue this year, Dick told us that it was his last game at that ground, but every time there was a twinkle in his eye and a twitch of the whiskers, so maybe we’ll see those baggy trackies at half mast accompanying us around to each ground next year for just one more time.

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Batsmen M Inn N.O. Runs Ave HS Ct David Mitchell 6 6 0 159 26.50 98

Paul Greentree 6 6 1 128 25.60 62* 3

John McLoughlin 4 4 0 109 27.25 56 1

Efren Cruz 5 5 0 94 18.80 33 2

Scott McGeachie 5 5 2 66 22.00 28* 2

Neil Cohen 5 5 1 58 14.50 36* 2

Alex Sciascia 5 5 0 48 9.60 24 1

Nathan Silvy 4 4 1 35 11.67 16* 1

Eddie Otto 6 4 1 25 8.33 10 2

Kirk Rimmer 5 3 0 10 3.33 6 1

Nigel Singh 6 3 2 8 8.00 7

Sean Sampson 6 3 1 7 3.50 7 2

Navnith Chetty 1 1 0 5 5.00 5

Michael Watson 2 2 0 4 2.00 4

TOTAL BATTING 66 56 9 756 16.09 98 2

POIDEVIN GRAY - BOWLING

Bowler Overs M's Wkts Runs Ave RPO Best Sean Sampson 46.67 8 10 177 17.70 3.79 3/29

Kirk Rimmer 26.00 1 7 112 16.00 4.31 3/32

Scott McGeachie 31.33 6 5 89 17.80 2.84 3/25

Nigel Singh 44.17 13 5 128 25.60 2.90 2/25

Nathan Silvy 27.00 5 4 99 24.75 3.67 2/15

John McLoughlin 26.00 5 3 81 27.00 3.12 3/16

Eddie Otto 25.17 1 2 95 47.50 3.77 1/0

Efren Cruz 3.00 0 1 16 16.00 5.33 1/16

Navnith Chetty 2.00 0 1 20 20.00 10.00 1/20

TOTAL BOWLING 231.34 39 38 817 21.50 3.53 3/16

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Wicket Keeping M Ct St Total Byes David Mitchell 5 4 2 6 5

Paul Greentree 1 0 0 0 0

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A W GREEN SHIELD REPORT by Grant Rimmer - Coach

Position in Competition: 15th

Randwick Petersham’s first AW Green Shield campaign turned out to be successful in some aspects but at the same time, short of my high expectations. Seven members of the squad played Green Shield the previous season, giving us a good deal of experience. We had a mixed draw over the 7 matches. We were down to play teams that finished 1, 2, 9, 11, 13 & 20 from the previous season as well as first-timers, Blacktown. The teams’ goal was, of course, to make the qualifying finals. We were dealt two major blows prior to the squad being announced which, in the end, did not help our cause. Two players who had been training with us for a considerable time decided at the last minute to defect to other clubs, namely Parramatta and Mosman. The result was that we had to quickly find players to replace the calibre of player that we lost. The following is a summary of each player in the squad: Glen Carroll: led the team superbly. His bowling changes and knowledge of the game could never be questioned. This was Glen’s third year in Green Shield. His best knock came against rivals Easts where he scored a match-winning 71. He already has played a handful of matches in 4th and 5th grade and has performed very well. His fielding efforts were first-class. Matthew Tilley: was sensational behind the stumps with 15 dismissals. He also topped the batting aggregate with 223 runs in 7 innings. Matthew was very unlucky not to be selected in the combined Green Shield team. He will be a much-valued member in the grade ranks in the years to come. I believe he is a future higher-grade player. Shahzad Ali: the leading allrounder in the team. Shahzad can bat anywhere in the order and follow that up by taking the new ball. His best figures came at a time when we really needed it and that included a hat-trick against Easts. Shahzad is a terrific cricketer and a pleasure to watch when in full cry. I hope that he continues his cricket with the grade scene in the coming years. Tom Picone: a very honest competitor and one of the best trainers in the team. Although his figures may not look the best, it must be said that he was placed in the role of opening batter, usually pitted against quality quicks. His medium pace bowling also was very economical at times when opposing teams were looking to up the tempo. Tom has the makings of a solid allrounder. Jess McGuirk: has the potential to be one of the club’s great runscorers. He possesses a free-flowing technique and can put away the short ball with ease. His bowling could also become a useful weapon. A player who added a lot to the makeup of the team. He found himself being moved around a bit in the order, but handled this without any problems. Ben Ezekial: was thrown in the deep end with his batting. He proved against Sutherland that he could handle quality pace bowling. He showed a fair amount of determination in all of his innings. Ben bowled some good spells throughout the seven games, often without luck. He has proved a handy asset in the 5th & 6th grade sides at varying stages this year. Ben proved very safe in the field, holding some tough catches. Janahan Jayadevan: was the surprise packet of the team. He got a great deal of swing out of his medium pace bowling. Janahan will be back next year where his batting will also be a solid contributor to the team score. A lot of opposing batters were surprised by the amount of pace that he generated. Peter Conomos: didn’t have the best of luck with umpiring decisions, but this didn’t affect his attitude or his commitment. He made his mark as an outstanding fielder and would have saved the team 10-15 runs a game with his efforts. A pleasure to coach. Peter has the temperament and dedication to really succeed at the game. Kishor Chelliah: only had limited game time. He did perform close to his best in the Northern Districts’ game with a score of 20 when the pressure was on. With another year left in him, Kishor has the potential to score a lot of runs at the top of the order. His bowling can also be looked on as a wicket-taking option. Jarryd Hartshorne: possessed a first-class attitude to his cricket. He always put in 100% and his hard work paid off with a man-of-the-match performance against Mosman. Here, he gave us a great spell of bowling and scored 26 runs when wickets were falling all around him. Great to have as part of the squad.

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Denesh Hewa-Gamage: performed consistently over the summer. He was the match-winner against Sutherland finishing with 3/19. Denesh always put his opposition under pressure and I don’t think his figures relay how well he bowled. He has proven to be a good team man, and has had a terrific season in the Metropolitan sides. James Yin: also was thrown in against quality opposition bowlers to start with and his form suffered as a result. He was another who never shied away from the task at hand. A good reader of the game, James contributed a lot and he was looked upon as one of the more experienced in the team. Lahiru Kariyawasam: was asked to do a lot in his first year in this competition. In 3 games, he opened the batting and the bowling, and handled both with aplomb. Lahiru would have learnt many things in the games that he played, and for this reason, I look forward to his performances next year. Lahiru has a sound technique in both aspects. Nirjon Kader: was also a junior member of the squad. Undoubtedly his best game was against ND’s (3/21) but he also performed strongly against Saints, taking 2 wickets. He swung the ball and at other times showed that he cut the ball off the pitch. Another who I think will go extremely well next season. In general, I thought the team had some really good sessions. The bowling performance prior to lunch against Hawks was one of the best that I’ve seen; the bowling against Sutherland defending 153 at Coogee; successfully chasing 220 at Waverley and getting to 233 against ND’s at Asquith. However, at times we struggled to put back-to-back sessions together and let our opposition off the hook. This happened when we were in winning positions against ND’s, Saints and Mosman. We also let Hawks get away from us when we had them in real trouble. All in all, our final position could have been a lot higher than it appears. We were not far off being a semi-final side. Knowing what we were capable of is one of the more disappointing aspects of our campaign. To be totally frank, we probably were a ‘quick’ short and needed a genuine top order batter. To counteract this, we were continually strengthening one position and weakening another. I found the 2001/02 Green Shield team to be a fun and enthusiastic group of cricketers. They were always attentive and always listened to how they could improve. I have no doubt that they will be a success when they enter the grade ranks, which I hope is sooner rather than later. I would like to thank all the parents for your support over the whole season; to Peter Carroll for your input over the 7 games and your enthusiasm to the Randwick Petersham club in general; to JR for guest appearances in the scoring stakes; to Judy Robinson for running around organising here, there and everywhere. Last but not least, to Laurie Heil and Ken Buckland. Laurie, you were tremendous to coach with. I have learned a lot about approaches to training and game day organisation. I look forward to coaching with you again in the future. You have been a superb ambassador for junior cricket over many years, a fact which often goes unmentioned. You certainly have the best interests of kids in the local area as your main priority and have been a big influence on my career since I was a youngster. Ken, you are one of the reasons why cricket clubs exist. You have done many of the ‘dirty’ jobs, attended all sessions, scored, cleaned up and never missed a beat. Thank you for your efforts.

Match Summary from Ken Buckland

1. v Blacktown: A disappointing effort with the bat by us, all out 122. Matt Tilley 46, Shahzad Ali 18. Blacktown passed us three down. Denesh the best of the bowlers 1/10.

2. v Hawkesbury: Won the toss against Hawks and sent them in. Hawks were 5/105 at lunch. A

complete turn around after lunch where they scored 148 off the final 18 overs. Ben Ezekial (1/23 off 12) was our best bowler. RP batted 60 overs and finished at 8/169. Tom Picone 41 and Jess McGuirk 36.

3. v St George: In trouble early against Saints at 5/36. Shahzad 51n.o and Jess (51) got the score up

to all out 180. Saints passed us 4 down with Nirjon (2/29) the pick of the bowlers.

4. v Eastern Suburbs: Our first win of the year against Easts in the local derby. Easts batted first and scored 7/219 with Shahzad taking 5/25 of 10 including a hat-trick off the last 3 balls of the innings. RP were in a bit of trouble early at 3/51 but some good middle order batting by Glen Carroll 71n.o and Matt Tilley 57 saw us through, winning with 4 wickets in hand and an over to spare. Matt Tilley took 4 dismissals in this match.

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5. v Sutherland: Another win against Sutherland. Slow going by the RP, all out 151, led by Glen Carroll 37, Ben Ezekial 30 and Matt Tilley 29. Sutherland were dismissed for 127 thanks to 5 dismissals by Matt Tilley; Ben 3/24 off 12, Denesh 3/19 off 11.

6. v Northern District: In early trouble at 3/15. Some effective middle order batting moved the score to 233, led by Matt Tilley 62 and Glen Carroll 55. A poor line and length meant that ND’s had no trouble chasing, passing us 4 down. Nirjon took 2/31.

7. v Mosman: We restricted Mosman to 176 with Nirjon 3/21, Shahzad 2/17 the pick. The consistent loss of wickets did not help our cause and RP were all out for 108. Jarryd Hartshorne 26, Shahzad 19.

AW GREEN SHIELD - BATTING

Batsmen M Inn N.O. Runs Ave HS Ct

Matthew Tilley 7 7 0 223 31.86 62

Glen Carroll 7 7 1 192 32.00 71

Shahzad Ali 7 7 2 159 31.80 51 1

Jess McGuirk 7 7 0 125 17.86 51 1

Peter Conomos 7 7 0 101 14.43 27

Tom Picone 5 5 1 73 18.25 41 2

Ben Ezekial 7 7 1 52 8.67 30 4

Lahiru Kariyawasam 7 7 1 34 5.67 12 3

Denesh Hewa-Gamage 7 5 1 32 8.00 15 2

Janahan Jayadevan 3 2 1 27 27.00 19 1

Jarryd Hartshorne 3 3 0 26 8.67 26

Kishor Chelliah 2 2 0 20 10.00 20 0

James Yin 3 3 0 20 6.67 13

Nirjon Kader 5 3 2 3 3.00 2

TOTAL BATTING 77 72 10 1087 17.53 71 0

AW GREEN SHIELD - BOWLING

Bowler Overs M's Wkts Runs Ave RPO Best

Shahzad Ali 75.50 12 12 225 18.75 2.98 5/25

Denesh Hewa-Gamage 52.00 8 8 163 20.38 3.13 3/19

Nirjon Kader 38.00 4 7 132 18.86 3.47 3/21

Ben Ezekial 52.00 9 5 158 31.60 3.04 3/24

Jess McGuirk 24.00 3 3 110 36.67 4.58 2/52

Glen Carroll 44.50 6 3 181 60.33 4.07 2/46

Lahiru Kariyawasam 58.00 15 3 183 61.00 3.16 1/19

Also Bowled : Overs/Wickets/Runs.

Jarryd Hartshorne 5/1/11, Tom Picone 17/0/56, Janahan Jayadevan 12/0/45, Peter Conomos 1/0/10.

TOTAL BOWLING 379.00 64 42 1274 30.33 3.36 5/25

AW GREEN SHIELD - WICKETKEEPING

Wicket Keeping M Ct St Total Byes

Matthew Tilley 7 8 7 15 17

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METROPOLITAN CRICKET COMPETITION

The Metropolitan Cricket Competition began in the 1997-98 season as a means of providing turf wicket cricket for Grade and Shires players who weren’t playing in the regular grades of their Grade or Shires club. The competition was developed by Peter Daffen from South Sydney Shires, Alan Wright from Randwick and Bruce Whitehouse. It commenced with just 8 teams and now has 26. Peter Daffen is the competitions’ Secretary. As a result of the competition’s expansion, teams are divided into three divisions called Metropolitan Cup, Metropolitan Shield and Metropolitan Plate. Although it is an ‘unofficial’ competition with no affiliation with the Sydney Cricket Association, all participating teams have a Grade/ Shires cricket culture and play under rules equivalent to the SCA Rules applying to Third Grade. Playing dates and times are also the same as for Third Grade. Randwick Petersham entered teams in the Metropolitan Cup and Metropolitan Shield competitions which are referred to in the club as Sixth and Seventh Grade respectively. They have as their home grounds Kensington Oval and Jubilee Oval, Glebe although some matches were also played at Snape Park, Maroubra and Marrickville Oval. Both teams, and the participating players, are regarded as much a part of the Randwick Petersham club as any other. Details of their season follow.

SIXTH GRADE REPORT by Phil Traynor - Captain

Position in Competition: 4th

With the dawn of a new club in Randwick Petersham, the future looked very bright for the Metropolitan Cup Team at the start of the season. Despite an uninspiring start, for the third time in four seasons the team made the semi-finals and was unlucky not to progress further. Several players from last season were unable to back up immediately due to the workload of HSC study. However, the depth of talent within the club saw several new caps grace the field. The team struggled early in the season in the bowling department, three times posting good scores only to be unable to dismiss the opposition. The two drawn matches we had would have changed the positions at the end of the season and it’s anyone’s guess what could have eventuated from there. There were many memorable moments from the season. The team was lucky enough to have the fine batting talents of Irish import Peter Johnson who posted two centuries during his time here. The first was an impressive 165 against Gordon where he never looked troubled. The second was a very quick 107 against South Sydney, where he amassed his ton prior to the tea interval and looked set for a big total. Unfortunately for Peter (and the team), at the resumption of play he copped a rising delivery in the face, which broke his jaw and saw him sidelined for the rest of the season. No doubt Peter is performing well back at home.

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Peter’s opening partner for most of the season was Grant Frakes, a young man whose powers of concentration are remarkable. Despite not posting big scores, Grant played key anchor roles in many of the team’s innings and scored several well-built 50’s. Grant is a player to look for in the future. Another good young find for the Metro Cup team was Peter Spurr. Peter is an aggressive top order batsman who can be relied upon to score over 30 in most innings and with the added bonus of being an accurate fast bowler was an important part of the team. He will no doubt be playing in higher grades next season. In the bowling department, there were several outstanding performances, including Nathan Boyd’s 7-41 against South Sydney and Ben Ezekiel’s 5-22 against Easts. These fine youngsters were backed up by Steve Speechly, whose best figures of 5-18 ensured us a spot in the semi-finals, as well as Chris Kruit and Kenny Buckland who snared 4 wickets in a couple of innings. Other notable achievements were Mick Bailey’s strong hitting in crucial periods, George Frazakis’ all round talents as an opening bat, leg spin bowler, and tremendous bat-pad catcher and Todd Shipp’s fine timing of the ball. The most memorable game was undoubtedly our outright victory against Easts, where we only had 8 players. In this match Phil Traynor top scored with a good 57 and Mick Bailey and Justin Bell posted quick scores, leaving just enough time for Boyd, Spurr, Buckland and Bell to wrap up the Easts batting in what was a tremendous team effort. Unfortunately in a mixed up finals series, our team was outbatted by Maccabi, who only had to draw to progress to the final. Dismissing them for 226 off 90 overs left us with only 27 overs to score the total. At 3-85 off 10 we were in with a shot but ran out of hitters at the end. My thanks to all the guys who played in the Metropolitan Cup this year. It was a good season and it was my privilege to captain a team of young players who were always competitive and show a lot of potential for the future.

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M Inn N.O. Runs Ave HS CtPeter Johnson 9 9 0 460 51.11 165 2

Peter Spurr 11 11 1 335 33.50 63

George Frazakis 11 12 1 299 27.18 61 6

Grant Frakes 14 15 1 266 19.00 54* 7

Phillip Traynor 13 15 1 175 12.50 58 6

Chris Kruit 9 8 1 128 18.29 40 2

Michael Bailey 7 8 1 127 18.14 30* 3

Justin Bell 6 6 0 84 14.00 41 2

Nathan Boyd 8 7 3 60 15.00 31* 1

Ken Buckland 10 6 4 10 5.00 7 1

Also Batted : Matches/Innings/Not Out/Runs/Catches.

Todd Shipp 3/4/0/105/0, Matthew Taylor 3/3/0/103/0, Paul Buckley 3/3/0/85/0, Efren Cruz 1/1/0/67/0, Aaron

Hildred 2/2/0/62/1, Fabian Heaton 2/2/0/56/0, Steven Speechly 5/5/1/54/2, Jason Walsh 1/1/0/47/0, Dale Walker

4/3/1/42/0, James Scott 1/1/0/39/0, Steve Cook 5/5/3/34/1, Cameron Gray 1/1/0/34/0, Matthew Smith 1/1/0/32/1,

Caleb Brown 2/3/0/31/1, Alan Wright 1/1/0/25/3, Jonathon Flavell 1/1/0/22/0, Daniel Mulvenna 2/2/0/22/0, Ben

Ezekiel 4/4/2/20/1, Troy Lange 5/5/0/18/1, Dallas Orchard 2/2/017/1, Blake Champion 1/1/0/13/0, Osman

Quereshi 1/1/0/8/1, Matthew Couani 1/1/0/6/1, Keiran Routh 1/1/0/6/0, Tim Wright 1/1/0/500, Steve Bright

1/1/0/4/0, Mitch Doherty 1/1/04/0, Kris Buckham 1/1/1/3/0, Tom Picone 1/1/0/0/1, Brad Robers 1/2/0/0/0, Brett

Heil 2/0/0/0/0. Played Short 6 games.

165 158 21 2908 21.23 165 45

Overs M's Wkts Runs Ave RPO BestNathan Boyd 96.00 18 19 264 13.89 2.75 7/41

Ken Buckland 94.66 25 18 283 15.72 2.99 4/40

Peter Spurr 87.34 14 14 290 20.71 3.32 4/28

George Frazakis 77.00 11 12 235 19.58 3.05 3/35

Steven Speechly 50.00 3 11 165 15.00 3.30 4/22

Chris Kruit 86.00 17 11 233 21.18 2.71 4/52

Ben Ezekiel 41.00 9 7 141 20.14 3.44 5/22

Steve Cook 49.00 5 6 181 30.17 3.69 2/22

Troy Lange 60.00 11 6 217 36.17 3.62 2/44

Justin Bell 31.00 9 4 91 22.75 2.94 2/19

Also Bowled : Overs/Wickets/Runs.

Grant Frakes 15/5/65, Dale Walker 18/3/50, Phillip Traynor 21/3/121, Steve Bright 6/2/12, Kris Buckham 11/2/19,

Dallas Orchard 25/2/76, Caleb Brown 8/1/6, Keiran Routh 4/1/20, Aaron Hildred 7/1/22, Paul Buckley 13/1/63,

Daniel Mulvenna 8/0/28, Osman Quereshi 2/0/13.

1602.34 150 129 2595 20.12 1.62 7/41

Ct St Total ByesMatthew Taylor 8 0 8 6

Fabian Heaton 1 1 2 0

Phillip Traynor 2 0 2 25

Justin Bell 2 0 2 35

Matthew Couani 1 0 1 1

Brett Heil 1 0 1 5

6TH GRADE - BATTING

TOTAL BATTING

6TH GRADE - BOWLING

TOTAL BOWLING

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SEVENTH GRADE REPORT by Mohit Kumar - Captain

Position in Competition: 4th

Our first season as Petersham Randwick was away to a flying start, with a convincing win over South Sydney. Shaun Stone, Michael Watson and David Fraser contributing in a big way with the bat to reach the total of 257, with Jeremy Dwyer and Krishan Hewa-Gamage contributing with the ball. The second round against also saw us winners in the first innings against Holroyd Hills with Chris Johnson, Keiran Routh and Caleb Brown taking the wickets. Shaun Stone and Paul Chapman made major contributions towards the total score of 197. By the third round, Stone, Watson, Fraser and Dwyer were all promoted to upper grades and we had new faces in the team. We batted first and could only manage a total of 133 with Keiran Routh scoring half of the total runs. Blacktown won the match and took the points. The next round was a one dayer against Macquarie Uni and it was a thriller. We were put in to bat with George Frasakis and Mohit Kumar putting on an opening partnership of 90 and finishing up with 232 at the end of 50 overs. Unfortunately, even though our bowlers put 110% into the bowling, we had no luck with the flat pitch and ended up losing with the winning runs scored with just a couple of balls to bowl. The fifth round was against UTS Balmain and they set us a target of 180. However,our batting let us down and we ended up making only 93. In round six we registered a good win against Burwood with Paul Chapman making his maiden century (114) while Osman Quereshi fell just short of a half century. George Frazakis’ dashing 70 not out in the following game against Canterbury-Bexley also gave us a win. By now we were placed 5th on the points ladder and could sniff an opportunity to make it to the semi finals. The eighth round however, proved to be a disaster against South Sydney. We were set a target of 187 runs and could only manage 138. A washout period hindering play for rounds eleven and twelve, but we were back in winning form against Burwood. We needed to win the last match before the semis to make it. That was just what we did. After opting to bat first, Canterbury-Bexley managed to only make 41. Since we finished 4th, we had to play the competition leader Blacktown in the semi-final. It was a very controversial match that saw a rain delay of more than 3 hours on the first day of the match. Blacktown won the toss and elected to bowl first. The start was not the best with a really bad pitch making it hard to put bat to ball. Paul Chapman was caught in the slips without scoring and split his thumb in the process while Paul Buckley departed soon after for 2. Mohit Kumar also departed early after making only 2 and the very next ball Caleb Brown got an LBW decision. We were looking down the barrel with the score reading 4/4. The next batsman was Tim Francombe who wasn’t dressed to go to bat so a couple of team members had to help him with his gear while he was making his way towards the pitch. That was the turning point in the game. Tim belted the bowlers all over the park. He played as if he had no respect for the opposition and was punishing them for their earlier success. Daniel Mulvenna was at the other end holding the fort while they helped the score towards 91 before Danny was caught. The wicket didn’t affect the flow of runs however, and Osman Quereshi took over Danny’s role and supported Tim to his half century. After Tim was dismissed, Keiran Routh continued the scoring with Osman and the total was looking extremely good. We ended up with 249 all out.

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Our bowlers had a big ask as the pitch was a road by now and it looked like a batting haven. But they rose to the occasion and Keiran Routh took a couple of quick wickets which opened the door of opportunity for us. Chris Rutherford, Tim, and Osman did a great job in supporting Kieran and put pressure on the opposition from the other end. Then came Dinesh Hewa-Gamage, his first over was a maiden and the second over saw a wicket maiden. With a few more wickets by Dinesh, the opposition soon crumbled from 3/86 to 7/100. From then on, Blacktown stopped playing any shots and blocked for the final 20 overs to draw the match. Even though the draw was enough for Blacktown to proceed to the final, it was a moral victory for Randwick Petersham because we were clearly the better team on the day. In conclusion, I would like to mention Laurie Heil who helped build the team to what it was. Although injury and work commitments prevented him from playing towards the end of the season, he was sorely missed. I would also like to thank all team members who contributed in bringing the team to the semi finals and surpassing everybody’s expectation. We all know how close we were to the ultimate goal and would love to do it all over again next year. I believe that the players know what it takes to be not just a good player but also to be a good team. Finally, I would like to thank every one in the team for their support, trust and hard work that they put in throughout the year and to everyone involved in the club for a wonderful, exciting and challenging season of cricket. See you all next year.

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M Inn N.O. Runs Ave HS CtKeiran Routh 13 15 2 302 23.23 60* 6

Paul Chapman 6 8 0 214 26.75 114 3

Mohit Kumar 12 14 1 208 16.00 74 2

Tim Frankcombe 6 6 0 182 30.33 67 1

Caleb Brown 11 13 0 174 13.38 25 4

Paul Buckley 7 7 0 146 20.86 66

Osman Quereshi 7 7 0 129 18.43 46 1

Daniel Mulvenna 6 7 0 121 17.29 22 2

Krishan Hewa-Gamage 13 13 1 100 8.33 18 2

Denesh Hewa-Gamage 8 10 3 45 6.43 8 3

Also Batted : Matches/Innings/Not Out/Runs/Catches.

George Frazakis 2/2/1/151/0, Shaun Stone 2/2/0/110/0, James Scott 3/4/0/76/1, David Fraser 1/1/0/70/0, Chris

Rutherford 3/3/1/62/0, Michael Watson 1/1/0/43/0, Andrew Walters 2/2/0/42/0, Michael Harrison 2/3/0/42/2, Mark

Grice 3/4/1/35/1, Kishan Chilliah 1/1/0/29/0, Jonathon Flavell 2/2/0/26/0, Jeremy Dwyer 1/1/0/18/0, Paul Varughese

1/1/1/14/0, Brett Asquith 3/3/0/13/1, Tim White 1/1/0/10/0, Necrag Chetty 1/1/0/9/0, Justin Bell 2/2/0/9/2, Chris

Johnson 2/2/1/8/0, Aaron Lomas 1/1/0/7/0, Grant Frakes 1/1/1/5/0, Awais Ali 2/1/0/4/0, Mark Fester 1/2/0/4/0,

Brett Heil 2/2/1/4/0, Ejez Ali 1/1/0/2/0, Ken Buckland 3/2/0/2/2, Laurie Heil 6/4/3/1/2, Richard Cummins 1/1/0/0/0,

Nathan Boyd 1/0/0/0/0, Fabian Heaton 1//0/0/0/0, Played Short 1 game.

143 151 17 2417 18.04 114 35

Overs M's Wkts Runs Ave RPO BestKeiran Routh 164.00 20 28 515 18.39 3.14 4/23

Krishan Hewa-Gamage 92.66 10 20 342 17.10 3.69 4/34

Denesh Hewa-Gamage 78.00 32 18 210 11.67 2.69 4/43

Tim Frankcombe 66.00 13 9 171 19.00 2.59 3/18

Caleb Brown 43.16 0 9 182 20.22 4.22 3/24

Osman Quereshi 77.50 17 8 215 26.88 2.77 3/33

Mark Grice 49.00 12 6 123 20.50 2.51 3/36

James Scott 24.00 4 6 81 13.50 3.38 3/14

Chris Johnson 32.00 6 5 82 16.40 2.56 4/19

Daniel Mulvenna 29.00 1 3 106 35.33 3.66 2/43

Also Bowled : Overs/Wickets/Runs.

Jeremy Dwyer 10/5/13, Mohit Kumar 21/5/84, Aaron Lomas 10/3/41, Chris Rutherford 15/2/36, Paul Buckley

14/2/36, David Fraser 5/1/8, Mark Fester 3/1/14, Ken Buckland 14/1/46, Michael Harrison 20/1/79, Nathan Boyd

5/0/5, Justin Bell 2/0/7, Necrag Chetty 1/0/10, George Frazakis 10/0/32.

785.33 135 133 2438 18.33 3.10 5/13

Ct St Total ByesMohit Kumar 4 1 5 12

Paul Chapman 3 1 4 26

Fabian Heaton 2 0 2 18

Paul Buckley 0 1 1 6

Daniel Mulvenna 1 0 1 14

Laurie Heil 0 1 1 19

Justin Bell 0 0 0 26

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7TH GRADE - BOWLING

TOTAL BOWLING

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HOW THEY DID IT……

Three of our first graders this season excelled themselves, reaching heights they had not experienced before in Sydney grade cricket. Richard CheeQuee, Daryl Parmenter and Adam Warren had outstanding seasons.

Richard CheeQuee headed the Sydney Grade aggregates with 1,003 runs, the only player to pass the magic 1,000 run mark in the competition this season and only the 22nd player ever to do so. His total surpassed his previous best of 757 in 1998-99 with Randwick. It was also the most runs ever scored in a season by a player in any grade in the 101 years of either of the founding clubs, Randwick and Petersham. It also won Richard the Bill O’Reilly Medal as The Player of the Season.

Daryl Parmenter effected 64 wicket-keeping dismissals—a new Sydney Cricket Association record for grade cricket in competition of predominantly two-day matches. Only Bill Englefield from Northern District has recorded more dismissals securing 66 in 1942-43 when all matches were of one-day duration. Interestingly, Bill Englefield caught 32 and stumped 34 while Daryl caught 53 and stumped 11. Daryl’s best performances were 7 dismissals in an innings against Parramatta and 8 dismissals in a match against North Sydney. The previous record holder for two-day grade matches was Randwick’s Alan Campbell who effected 58 dismissals in 1981-82.

Adam Warren took 63 wickets for the season, just one wicket behind Fairfield’s Grant Lambert who was Sydney’s highest wicket taker. Adam’s 63 wickets came from a mammoth 380 overs at the superb average of just 18.43 runs each. Best returns were 7 for 36 and 4 for 51 against North Sydney and 6 for 59 against Parramatta. His performance was not missed by the NSW selectors and he played in four Second XI matches to be the club’s first representative player. His season’s haul compares very favourably with Randwick’s all-time record of 65 by Scott Obey in 1998-99 and Petersham’s all time top of 69 by Dave Chardon in 1983-84. - 23 of his wickets were caught by wicketkeeper Daryl Parmenter.

This is how they did it:

Match Richard-runs Daryl-dismissals Adam-wickets

Uni NSW 8 2 2

Syd Uni 103* 3 3

St George 40 3 4

Parramatta 80 & 8 5 & 2 6 & 1

Easts 28 2 2

Gordon 4 1 3

Wests 113 5 2

Manly 18 2 3

Mosman 87* 3 3

Penrith 11 4 3

Hawkesbury 90 4 1

ND’s 106 1 0

Sutherland 12 2 1

Balmain 12 2 5

Mosman (OD semi) 0 3 2

North Sydney 31 3 & 5 7 & 4

Bankstown 89 4 2

Campbell-Camden 0 4 1

Fairfield 83 & 0 1 3

Balmain (Quart-Final) 80 3 5

TOTALS 1003 64 63

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CAPPED PLAYERS

To recognise the achievement of players selected in the Randwick Petersham First XI, the club introduced a capping system. A player who plays in the First Grade team becomes a “capped” player and is allocated a sequential number which he is entitled to display on his playing shirt. Players in the first team to take the field for Randwick Petersham were allocated numbers in batting order. Numbers for all matches after the first are allocated in order of selection. Where two or more players are selected for the first time in the same match, numbers are allocated in batting order. As players retain the number they are allocated for all time, the last number allocated will also reflect the total number of players to play in the club’s First Grade team. This will be an important statistic and is sure to create great interest as the years roll by. Players in the club’s initial First XI were also presented with “baggy green” caps by President Michael Whitney at Petersham Oval prior to the start of the club’s first match. After one season, the club has 16 capped players. In allocated number order, they are as follows:

1 Paul Toole 9 Adam Warren 2 Daryl Parmenter 10 Andrew Harrison 3 Ian Barter 11 James LeHuray 4 Richard CheeQuee 12 Matthew Parker 5 Graham Doig 13 John Moffatt 6 Andrew Millican 14 Brett Hunter 7 Paul Staunton 15 Scott Obey 8 Grant Parmenter 16 David Mitchell

Many thanks to Judy Robinson for sewing the numbers on to each players shirt.

OBITUARY

It is with regret we record the passing of the following people associated with the club. Mary McCord, mother of Life Member and Second Grade scorer, Richard. Glenn Tobin, former Randwick player and a great friend of President, Mike Whitney, aged 36. Rita Towers, mother of Randwick fast bowler, the late Tim Towers. Peter Davies, former captain of Randwick’s first Fifth Grade team and younger brother of Life Member, Ross, aged 54. Edith Hughes, mother of Vice President and former Petersham Marrickville secretary, Brian, aged 101. Mary Sullivan, mother of Chris, John and Steve, aged 72. To the families of the above we extend our deepest sympathy and in particular to Richard and Bernadette McCord, to Ross, Fay and Julie Davies, to Brian and Jan Hughes and to Chris, John and Steve Sullivan on their recent sad losses.

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FIRST TEST MATCH REPRESENTATIVE

First Grade scorer, Ruth Kelleher, is Randwick Petersham’s first Australian Test Match representative. Called up for her first match at the top level in the Australia v South Africa New Year’s Test in Sydney last January, it was a dream come true for the popular scorer. In fact, it was something of an historic occasion as Ruth’s fellow scorer was Merilyn Slarke from the Hawkesbury club, making it an all-female contribution—understood to be the first time two women have scored together in a Test Match. The start to Ruth’s scoring career was a bit of an “accident”. An ardent Manchester United fan before migrating here from England in 1964, cricket was not her first love, although she does admit to watching the game at Old Trafford from about age 10. But like many a mum before her, she was called in to score for son Andrew’s Lane Cove under 8’s team in 1972. And the rest, as they say in the classics, is history. While husband Arthur went on to become a leading Sydney first grade cricket umpire, Ruth progressed rapidly through the scorers ranks and by the 1982-83 season was firmly entrenched as North Sydney first grade scorer. In 1992-93, she moved to Randwick. Her expertise was not restricted to scoring and she spent three years as North Sydney secretary and one as Randwick CEO. In 1996, Ruth made her first class scoring debut in a NSW v Queensland Sheffield Shield match at Bankstown Oval. From there she progressed to score in her first One Day International at the SCG in January 1997. And this season, the biggest thrill of all —Test cricket!! Congratulations, Ruth. Well earned and earned well!

Test Scorer debutante Ruth Kelleher with husband Arthur

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SYDNEY MORNING HERALD AWARDS

Two of Sydney Grade Cricket’s most prestigious awards are the Sydney Morning Herald’s Bill O’Reilly Medal for the Player of the Season and the award for the Club of the Year. And we won them both in our first year! Points are awarded on a 3-2-1 basis at the conclusion of each First Grade match, by the officiating umpires to determine the winner of each award.

BILL O’REILLY MEDAL In the Bill O’Reilly Medal, Richard CheeQuee finished with a total of 21 points, just one more than Fairfield- Liverpool’s Grant Lambert. Northern District’s Dominic Thornley was third on 18 points followed by Graeme Rummans (St George) and Paul Burkhart (Wests) on 13. Randwick Petersham captain, Paul Toole, finished equal 10th on 11 points. The most impressive aspect of Richard’s win is that he won it on his batting alone. All-rounders, who have the opportunity to gain points with both bat and ball, generally dominate this award. But with scores of 113, 106,103, 90, 89, 87, 83, 80 and 80, Richard gave himself every opportunity to take the major share of the match points, which indeed he did! Richard was a very proud and humble recipient as he received his medal and a $2,000 cheque from Michael Koslowski, Sports Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald at the Premier’s Dinner on 18 May 2002.

CLUB OF THE YEAR With so many outstanding performances by individuals within the First Grade team, throughout the season, we were bound to post a pretty healthy score in the Club of the Year competition. With a six point lead, going into the final round, we were looking good, but UTS Balmain gave us a real fright when they took all six points on offer from their game. It was only Richard CheeQuee’s two points for his magnificent 80 against a hostile Don Nash from Fairfield- Liverpool which made the difference in the end. But what a great win it was! Randwick Petersham finished on 72 points with UTS Balmain (70), Northern District (65) and Mosman (64) the only real challengers. It was appropriate that Paul Toole, in his first season as captain, proudly accepted the $1,000 winner’s cheque after delivering his victory speech. A great moment for everyone associated with the club.

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Points Points1 Adam Warren 797 58 Paul Buckley 282

2 Andrew Harrison 757 59 David Bourke 274

3 Geoff Hodgkinson 745 60 Denesh Hewa-Gamage 267

4 Neil Cohen 739 61 Tim Frankcombe 260

5 David Mitchell 712 62 Ben Ezekiel 258

6 Richard Chee Quee 703 63 Steven Yates 250

7 Keiran Routh 694 64 Paul Chapman 247

8 Paul Toole 681 65 Chris Kruit 232

9 Peter Bayley 680 66 Steven Speechly 229

10 George Frazakis 655 67 Phillip Traynor 227

11 Scott Obey 635 68 John McLoughlin 223

12 Denis Hinds 626 69 Osman Quereshi 222

13 Dean White 590 70 Ken Buckland 220

14 Jeremy Dwyer 566 71 Alan Wright 211

15 Melvin Singh 558 72 James Scott 210

16 Daryl Parmenter 555 73 Scott McGeachie 203

17 Graham Doig 553 74 Efren Cruz 198

18 Aaron Hildred 539 75 Steve Clarke 198

19 Matthew Parker 537 76 Grigor Maiden 194

20 Grant Parmenter 525 77 Dallas Orchard 185

21 Greg Hartshorne 518 78 Adam Harris 175

22 Mark Anderson 513 79 Daniel Mulvenna 172

23 Brett Hunter 505 80 Justin Bell 157

24 Ian Barter 491 81 Richard Phillips 155

25 John Moffatt 486 82 Paul Harris 154

26 Trent Griffiths 472 83 Mark Grice 135

27 Peter Johnson 470 84 Shaun Stone 130

28 Nigel Singh 467 85 Steve Cook 129

29 Peter Spurr 467 86 Glen Carroll 119

30 Steve Bright 464 87 Chris Rollinson 114

31 Fabian Heaton 463 88 Troy Lange 113

32 Kallin Davies 462 89 Tony Martin 108

33 Alex Sciascia 443 90 Andrew Millican 105

34 David Fraser 439 91 Todd Shipp 105

35 Nathan Silvy 422 92 Jason Walsh 101

36 Grant Rimmer 412 93 Michael Bailey 94

37 David Townsend 410 94 Dale Walker 87

38 Krishan Hewa-Gamage 405 95 Chris Johnson 83

39 Paul Staunton 400 96 Brenton Barker 69

40 James Le Huray 400 97 Michael Harrison 67

41 Clive Cachia 400 98 Nathan Boyd 63

42 Cameron Gray 398 99 Aaron Lomas 52

43 Michael Watson 397 100 Jonathon Flavell 48

44 Paul Greentree 390 101 Chris Rutherford 46

45 John Griffiths 385 102 Andrew Walters 42

46 Caleb Brown 380 103 Matthew Smith 40

47 Aaron Moseley 370 104 Kris Buckham 33

48 Steve Zantides 357 105 Kishan Chilliah 29

49 Matthew Taylor 356 106 David Barclay 25

50 Kirk Rimmer 349 107 Mark Fester 19

51 Sean Sampson 348 108 Laurie Heil 19

52 Grant Frakes 346 109 Brett Asquith 18

53 Rhys Banwell 337 110 Matthew Couani 16

54 Navnith Chetty 322 111 Paul Varughese 14

55 Eddie Otto 310 112 Blake Champion 14

56 Mohit Kumar 309 113 Paul Fitzgerald 10

57 Mathew Hilder 290 114 Tim White 10

PLAYER OF THE SEASON : 2001-02 : FINAL POINTS

Player Player

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THE AWARD WINNERS

The Randwick and Petersham Marrickville founding clubs had been traditionally generous in their allocation of awards in recognition of meritorious performance and for the promotion of future excellence. Many of the awards were similar in their purpose and accordingly, great care has been taken to preserve their historic nature with the allocation of dual titles where appropriate. This approach ensures that the traditions continue.

PLAYER OF THE SEASON

The O A Taylor / Martin Bedkober Memorial Award

Ossie Taylor served the Randwick club as a player and administrator for 64 years before his death in 1976. He scored more than 4,500 runs and was Secretary for 19 years, the longest in the club’s history. The O A Taylor Memorial Player of the Season Award was first presented by the Randwick club in 1977. Martin Bedkober was a promising opening batsman and wicketkeeper with Petersham Marrickville before his untimely death in a cricket match in 1975 aged just 21. In Green Shield in 1968-69, he scored 645 runs and effected 23 dismissals behind the stumps—both records for the club. The Martin Bedkober Memorial Trophy for the Most Promising Player was first presented by the Petersham Marrickville club in 1976.

Adam Warren

Adam had a wonderful season and is a very worthy winner of the club’s first Player of the Season Award. Opening the bowling in the First Grade side, Adam gave it everything and was rewarded with 63 wickets at an average of 18.78 runs per wicket. He was second highest wicket taker in Sydney this season and won selection in four NSW Second XI matches to be the club’s first player representative. His best performance was against North Sydney when he took 7-36 in the first innings and 4-51 in the second to give him match figures of 11-87. Other performances were 6-59 against Parramatta, 5-52 against Campbelltown Camden and two lots of five (5-76 and 5-84) in separate matches against UTS Balmain. Adam’s 63 wickets gave him a career total of 349 grade cricket wickets in 11 seasons—and there’s plenty more to come! Director of Coaching Bill Anderson correctly summed up Adam when he said that apart from looking for someone with the talent, a coach also needed to look for someone with the heart for the game—someone who would charge in all day and never give up--and such a player is Adam Warren.

CLUBMAN OF THE YEAR The Tim Towers / Stuart Gardner Memorial Award

Tim Towers was a left hand fast bowler with Randwick. He died in 1991 from cancer aged just 36. Tim played for 11 seasons taking 233 wickets and played in Randwick’s 1977-78 and1979-80 first grade premiership teams. The Tim Towers Clubman of the Year Award was first presented by the Randwick club in 1991. Stuart Gardner was a left hand spin bowler with Petersham Marrickville. He died in 1994 from cancer aged 51. Stuart played for over 30 seasons taking more than 400 wickets and scoring 2000 runs. He played in the first grade premiership team of 1974-75 and was made a life member of the club in 1991. The Stuart Gardner Clubman of the Year Award was first presented by the Petersham Marrickville club in 1994.

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Player category: Paul Toole Captaincy can make or break a player. Some revel in it while others fall by the wayside. Paul Toole is one who made it. In his first season at the helm, he made the first grade captaincy, his own, going on to finish 5th in the Sydney Morning Herald’s Captain of the Year competition. He also performed outstandingly as a player, recording his best season in grade cricket. Paul finished second in the club runs aggregate and fifth in the Sydney Grade Cricket aggregate with 862 runs at an average of 50.71. He hit one century, an even 100 against Gordon, and took 7 catches. In the one-day limited overs competition he recorded the outstanding batting average of 132.00 in a total of 264 runs in 6 innings. His performances this season took his career grade cricket runs to 5518 since he joined Randwick from Bathurst 10 years ago. An important statistic for Paul this season is that he attended 50 practice sessions—more than any other player. That’s called leading by example, just one of the reasons he is the player Clubman of the Year.

Non-player category: Lyall Gardner Lyall Gardner has been involved in cricket administration for 37 years. He held the position of Secretary with the Randwick club for 14 years during which period the club won four first grade premierships. He is currently a member of the NSW Cricket Board. Lyall is not an office bearer nor a member of the Randwick Petersham committee, but chose to assist the club in its infant year behind the scenes. When the Randwick Petersham merger was in its embryonic stages, Lyall was there to lead the way forward, taking control of all the legal and administrative arrangements to ensure a smooth transition of the merger and thus the survival of the clubs. He then organised the new club’s Strategy Day and set in place Position Descriptions for Members of the Management Committee and Sub Committees. Lyall has also worked tirelessly to set up an effective communication system for the club. Today we have without doubt, the best website in grade cricket and an email distribution list approaching 200. Lyall is also Chairman of the Annual Report Sub Committee and has throughout the season helped with the general administration of the club. Lyall Gardner’s commitment to cricket is unchallenged anywhere and he is without doubt a very worthy winner of the inaugural Non Playing - Clubman of the Year.

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MOST PROMISING PLAYER IN THE CLUB The Keith Austin Memorial Award

Sponsored by Alan Austin Keith Austin was a long time supporter of the Randwick club who died in 1948. This award was first presented by his sons, Alan and Stan in 1949.

David Mitchell Of the many talented players within Randwick Petersham, David Mitchell is the most promising and a worthy winner of this award. Apart from one game in First Grade, David played the season as a wicketkeeper / batsman in the Second Grade team where he performed with distinction. He topped the batting with 517 runs at the impressive average of 36.93. His century against Manly was a particularly fine effort. Behind the stumps he effected 31 dismissals including 10 stumpings while allowing only 18 byes from more than 900 overs. David was also captain of the Poidevin Gray team where he again topped the batting with 159 runs with a top score of 98. He is spending the winter in England to further develop his game. David Mitchell is a very fine cricketer with a wonderful temperament. Above all that he is a terrific young man who is entitled to this prestigious award.

MOST IMPROVED LOWER GRADE PLAYER

The Burke and Davies Families Award Sponsored by Chris Burke and Ross Davies

Kevin Burke was a senior vice president of Randwick who first presented this award in 1976. Kevin died in 1998. Chris Burke is a former long-term lower grade player with Randwick Haydn Davies, father of Life Member Ross, was a vice president and great supporter of Randwick who died in 1984. His memorial award was first presented in 1992. Ross’ brother Peter, was the captain of Randwick’s first Fifth Grade team in 1978 which made the semi-finals. He died in May 2002.

Neil Cohen Neil Cohen was the success story of the Fourth Grade team. He began in Fifth Grade, scored 59 and 128 not out in his first game and was promptly elevated to fourths. From there he went on to top the Fourth Grade batting with 463 runs including a highest score of 89. A very sweet striker of the ball, he was the most dynamic batsman in the team, dominating many attacks with ease. He finished with a season total of 708 runs (including 58 in Poidevin Gray) and was placed fourth in the Player of the Season competition. Neil also had an outstanding season behind the stumps, snapping up 29 dismissals as Fourth Grade ‘keeper. An amazing statistic is that he allowed only 9 byes from almost 1,000 overs! He is a player of undoubted ability and a real asset for the club.

BEST POIDEVIN GRAY PLAYER The Clive Johnston Memorial Award

Sponsored by John Pearson Clive Johnston was an outstanding player with the Petersham and Petersham Marrickville clubs, captaining first grade for 17 of his 21 seasons. He was in three premiership winning teams and scored over 10,500 grade cricket runs. He also played for NSW on 11 occasions including a number as captain. Clive died in 1991 and this award was presented for the first time by Petersham Marrickville that same year.

Paul Greentree

Paul Greentree is an exciting young cricketer. He bats, fields and wicketkeeps at an exceptional level and was one of the successes of the under 21 Poidevin Gray team this summer. He scored 128 runs in the 6 games including a brilliant 62 not out against St. George to secure a great win for his team. In the match against Sutherland he was inspiring in the field, effecting three run outs with direct hits. He also took three catches in the field while in one match he kept wickets without allowing a single bye. Apart from his PG exploits, Paul was second in the Third Grade batting with 278 runs to further exemplify his undoubted talent. He is a worthy winner of this award dedicated to the memory of one of grade cricket’s greats.

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BEST A W GREEN SHIELD PLAYER

The Cartwright Insurances Award Sponsored by Len Cartwright

Cartwright Insurances has presented this award since 1975 courtesy of Len Cartwright, who was a first grade wicketkeeper / batsman with Randwick and is now a vice president of Randwick Petersham.

Matthew Tilley Matthew had a wonderful all-round A W Green Shield season topping the batting with 223 runs and effecting 15 dismissals as the team wicketkeeper. He scored his runs at an average of 31.86 with a top score of 62. Behind the stumps he allowed only 17 byes in the 7 games while catching 8 and stumping 7 opponents. As the son of former Randwick player and now club auditor, Wayne Tilley, young Matthew has cricket in his blood. He is destined for higher honours.

BEST A W GREEN SHIELD PERFORMANCE The Col Hollingsworth Memorial Award

Sponsored by John Benaud Col Hollingsworth was a gifted young cricketer who died tragically at the age of 23 in 1966. He played for four years in the Petersham Marrickville A W Green Shield team before going on to captain NSW Colts. He was a first grader at age 16. The Col Hollingsworth Memorial Award was first presented by the Petersham club in 1967.

Shahzad Ali Shahzad Ali bowled some wonderful spells with the new ball this season but none better than his effort against Easts where he took a hat-trick in the dying moments of the match to win the game for his team! He finished with 5 for 25 to cap the outstanding performance of the club’s A W Green Shield season. He went on to record a total of 12 wickets at 18.75 runs apiece for the season. He also is a very handy batsman scoring 159 runs at the healthy average of 31.80 with a highest score of 51. Shahzad is a talented cricketer who has a bright future in the game. We look forward to his progress in the grade ranks next summer.

THE KEN DEVLIN AWARDS Ken Devlin is a vice president of Randwick Petersham, husband of Madge and father of Steve and Peter, all of whom were involved with the Randwick club for almost 30 years. Ken first presented these awards in 1983.

MOST RUNS Richard CheeQuee There is an air of excitement when Richard CheeQuee strides to the wicket. A sense of expectation. Something dynamic is about to happen on the cricket field. And happen it did this season to the tune of 1,003 hard-hit runs-the only player in Sydney to make four figures. It was Richard CheeQuee at his best. Strokeplay more than powerplay. Placement more than aggression. Control more than restraint. Three centuries and six scores between 80 and 90 indicates how he dominated the batting. For those of us who saw every run, it was a cricketing pleasure to behold.

MOST WICKETS Adam Warren As has been reported at length elsewhere in this report, Adam Warren was one of the successes of the season. His lion-hearted efforts are one of the reasons the First Grade side did as well as it did. Only four scores above 200 were registered against the team, such was the hostility and accuracy of the bowling. Adam contributed greatly to Daryl Parmenter’s success, providing him with 23 edges into the gloves. To take 63 wickets in a season is mind-bogling. It only happens in the dreams of many bowlers. Adam tried hard, trained well and was rewarded. He thoroughly deserves this award.

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THE WICKETKEEPING AWARD The David Sherwood Memorial Award

Sponsored by Talisman Marketing David Sherwood was scorer of the Randwick First Grade team for 52 years. He made six overseas tours as scorer for the Australian team before his death in 1985. The SCA Fifth Grade trophy bears his name.

Daryl Parmenter

Daryl Parmenter is an outstanding cricketer who was seen at his best this season. An accomplished gloveman who would not be out of place in a NSW State team, Daryl set about rewriting the wicketkeeping record books this summer. His 64 dismissals is the highest number ever achieved in Sydney grade cricket competitions of predominantly two-day matches. He achieved this feat in 19 games and had the First Grade team got past the qualifying final he would almost certainly have surpassed the 66 dismissals record of Bill Englefield established in 23 one-day matches in 1942-43. His 7 dismissals in an innings against Parramatta and his match figures of 8 dismissals against North Sydney are likely to stand as club records for some time to come. Add his 510 runs with the bat to his 53 catches and 11 stumpings, and you have the complete cricketer.

THE FIELDING AWARD The Johnny Martin Memorial Award

Sponsored by Watson Buchan Surveyors Johnny Martin was a left hand ”chinaman” bowler who played 77 times for NSW and 8 times for Australia. He played with Petersham Marrickville for 15 seasons travelling 780kms each weekend from Burrell Creek. He took 450 grade wickets, scored 3500runs and was a superb fieldsman. He captained the first grade side and won three premierships. The Johnny Martin Memorial Award was first awarded by Petersham Marrickville in 1993 following John’s death a year earlier.

Geoff Hodgkinson Geoff Hodgkinson had an outstanding season with the bat. He topped the Third Grade aggregate and with his Second Grade appearances totalled 660 runs for the season. But it was his fielding which caught the eye. He took 16 catches—10 in thirds and 6 in seconds. Many of these were at short leg where he excelled. Catches win matches, and in this regard, Geoff gave his team every opportunity with his “safe as houses” hands. His was a magnificent fielding effort and he is entitled to this prestigious award named after one of Test cricket and Petersham Marrickville’s favourite sons.

As the proud major sponsor of Randwick Petersham Cricket Club,

Petersham RSL Club would like to extend its appreciation to all the teams for their on-going support throughout the season.

7 Regent Street, Petersham NSW 2049. Ph No. 9560 8355

www.petershamrsl.com.au

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THE ENCOURAGEMENT AWARDS THE GORDON OWEN AWARD Gordon Owen was a Fifth Grade captain with Randwick who led the team to two premierships and five semi-finals over a six year period in the mid 1980’s.

Michael Watson In his grade debut season, Michael impressed many good judges with his dashing strokeplay. He headed the Fifth Grade aggregate with 325 runs at an average of 40.63 and a highest score of 82 after starting the summer in Seventh Grade. THE PETER ROLLS AWARD Peter Rolls is a Life Member of the club and a former First Grade player with Petersham Marrickville

Matthew Taylor As Fifth Grade wicketkeeper, Matthew dismissed 23 while allowing only 17 byes. Another 8 victims in Sixth Grade gave him 29 for the season—a great performance by any standard. Add to that the 202 runs he scored in both grades and we have a player destined for higher grades. He also won a trial in the NSW under 19 squad. THE PHIL TRESIDDER AWARD Phil Tresidder is a Patron and Life Member of the club who was involved with the Randwick club for over 60 years.

George Frazakis George had a wonderful season scoring 469 runs in three grades-Fifth, Sixth and Seventh. He hit a 70 in seventh and an undefeated 61 in sixth. His leg-spin bowling and catching at bat-pad made him the complete all-rounder. THE WAYNE MULHERIN AWARD Wayne Mulherin is a Life Member of the club and former President of Petersham Marrickville who played Sheffield Shield cricket for NSW.

Peter Spurr Peter was one of our top performers in Sixth Grade. An aggressive high order batsman and accurate fast bowler, he rattled up 335 runs at 33.50 with a highest score of 63 and took 14 wickets. His best bowling was 4 for 28. He is a fine prospect. THE DUNCAN SCOTT-GLASSOCK AWARD Duncan Scott-Glassock is a former First Grader with Randwick from the 1970’s.

Grant Frakes Grant possesses great powers of concentration and that ability enabled him to be involved in many fine partnerships in the Sixth Grade team. He scored 266 runs, mainly in the key-anchor role, with a top score of 54 not out. He chipped in with 5 wickets to add to his value. THE GREG HARTSHORNE AWARD Greg Hartshorne is a Life Member of the club and captain of the Fourth Grade team.

Keiran Routh Seventh Grade belonged to Keiran this season, topping both the batting and bowling aggregates. With the bat he scored 302 runs at 23.23 with a highest score of 60 not out. With the ball he took 28 wickets at 18.39 with a best of 4 for 23. And to cap it off, he snared 6 catches. THE JOHN CONNELL AWARD John Connell is a former lower grade manager of Randwick teams.

Nathan Silvy Nathan Silvy is a very talented off-spin all rounder who delighted many with his skills this season. He hit 300 runs in fourths and fifths, with an outstanding 116 against UTS Balmain in Fifth Grade the highlight. His opportunities at the bowling crease were limited, but he impressed when given the ball.

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PATRONS

When the famous Petersham Marrickville and Randwick clubs got together last July, it was no surprise to anyone to see Noel Hughes and Phil Tresidder installed as joint Patrons. Both are icons with the founding clubs with a combined membership totalling 120 years.

Noel Hughes joined the old Marrickville club as a Green Shield boy in 1943-44. He joined Petersham the following summer and in 1948-49 made his First Grade debut. The Annual Report of that season comments that Noel’s “promotion from Second to First Grade was well merited and he should be an acquisition”. Prophetic words as Noel went on to score around 11,000 runs for the club, including almost 10,000 in First Grade, in a playing career spanning 25 seasons.

Noel was a permanent fixture in Pete’s First Grade team for 21 seasons and was part of the premiership winning sides of 1954-55, 1955-56 and 1961-62. He also captained the team for three seasons in the early seventies. A notable feature of Noel Hughes’ outstanding career was the two seasons he had with the English county club Worcester. It was from his association with County Cricket that he earned the nickname “Pommie”, a name he has been known by ever since.

Noel was also an outstanding administrator, serving as a committee member for 42 successive years before standing down in 1998. Deservedly, he was awarded Life Membership of his beloved Petersham Marrickville in 1971.

Phil Tresidder is entitled to the reputation he has as a true Randwick “Legend”.

Phil first pulled on a Randwick cap in 1941-42. Regarding himself as an “honest” medium-pacer, Phil didn’t rise to the dizzy heights on the playing field. His exploits were reserved for the lower grades where he performed with the distinction one would expect from Phil. He warmly recalls his 1951-52 fourth grade game against Manly where he finished with match figures of 16 for 57—9 for 18 in the first innings, including a hat trick, and 7 for 39 in the second!

As one of the cricket world’s most respected sports journalists, Phil toured the globe regularly with Australian teams. While his profession kept him away for lengthy periods, he maintained his involvement with the Randwick club, becoming one of its top administrators in following years. His contribution was formally recognised in 1982 when he became Randwick’s 20th Life Member.

In recent years, Phil has given outstanding service to cricket, representing Randwick as delegate to the NSWCA for 17 years and to the SCA for 15 years. Last year he received the ultimate award—Life Membership of the NSWCA.

The contributions to cricket by Noel Hughes and Phil Tresidder were also recognised at the highest level in the year 2000 when they were awarded the Australian Sports Medal by the Governor-General.

We are indeed fortunate to have two gentlemen of the calibre of Noel and Phil as our patrons. Their assistance and guidance in the coming seasons will be invaluable.

Randwick Petersham Patrons - Phil Tresidder (left) and Noel Hughes with Club President Michael Whitney

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ARE YOU BEING SERVED?

With sausages, onions and bacon sizzling on the barbeque, platters of sliced fresh fruit in plentiful supply, buttered buns and thick creamy sponge cakes awaiting selection, boiling hot tea and icy cold drinks at the ready, visitors could be forgiven for thinking they were dining in one of Sydney’s top restaurants. But no, it’s just another cricket day at Petersham Park and Coogee Oval! High performance cricket is already a feature of Randwick Petersham Cricket. Hospitality is another. And while there may be conjecture as to whether we are top of the cricket ladder, there is no contest when it comes to good ol’ Randwick Petersham hospitality! It takes the cake! The quality of our canteen service and afternoon teas this season can only be described as superb. At a time when grade clubs are being continually required to raise their standards in all aspects of cricket, the hospitality factor becomes an important part of club life. We excel in this regard because of the people who gladly give up their Saturdays to come along and help out where it’s needed most. Our ladies at Petersham, Pat, Helen and Robin are true “legends” of grade cricket. Pat Hughes has been serving afternoon tea at Petersham Oval for 56 years. She served her first ”cuppa” in 1946 and is still going strong. Helen Milford, along with her mother Hilda, joined Pat in 1952 from the Marrickville club where they had been carrying out afternoon tea duties for some years before that. Robin Gardner came to Petersham Oval in 1966, just before her marriage to Stuart, and has been helping out ever since. By any conservative estimate, these three heroes have poured around 45,000 cups of tea in their time at Petersham Oval. In reality, it’s probably closer to 60,000. And they haven’t spilt a drop!! It’s no wonder England Test opener Geoff Boycott, who played in Sydney in 1977, “raved” about the Petersham afternoon teas! The contribution by Pat, Helen and Robin was recognised by the Petersham Marrickville club when Life Membership was bestowed upon them. That honour carries through to the new club and they are now valued Life Members of Randwick Petersham. Fittingly, all three ladies were honoured by the Governor-General in the year 2000 when they were each awarded the Australian Sports Medal.

The Petersham Oval “Hospitality Legends” Helen Milford, Robin Gardner and Pat Hughes at the Sydney Cricket Association’s Premier’s Dinner with SCA Chairman, Bruce Collins, who presented them a special award for their contribution to grade cricket over a collective period of almost 150 years

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At Coogee Oval it was a Devlin affair at first grade games with Madge, mother of Steve and Peter, and grand-daughter Kacey maintaining the standard—same service, different location! Well done, gals.

On second grade days, it was Judy Robinson behind the Coogee Oval counter while at the same time making rush trips to Snape and Kensington to assist with afternoon teas at those grounds. A fantastic effort by a person who has been a tireless worker for the club. We can’t thank you enough, Judy. To Pat, Helen, Robin, Madge, Kacey and Judy—thank you. May you be with us for many seasons to come.

And in conclusion, a big thank you to our “B-B-Q Kings”, Peter Harrison, Peter Devlin, Chris Sullivan and Aaron Hildred who cooked a “mean” snag and kept everyone well fed!

Footnote: It was history in the making at the SCA Premier’s Dinner when the SCA Chairman, Bruce Collins, on behalf of his committee, made a special presentation to Pat Hughes, Helen Milford and Robin Gardner for their contribution to grade cricket through the hospitality they have provided to cricketers at Petersham Oval for more than half a century. A feature of the presentation was the rousing STANDING OVATION given to them by the 700 in attendance. It was a great moment in the history of Sydney grade cricket. Our thanks to the management of David Jones who heard of the contribution by our ladies and added a special gift to the presentation for each of them.

As the proud major sponsor of Randwick Petersham Cricket Club,

Petersham RSL Club would like to extend its appreciation to all the teams for their on-going support throughout the season.

7 Regent Street, Petersham NSW 2049. Ph No. 9560 8355 www.petershamrsl.com.au

As a sponsor of Randwick Petersham Cricket Club,

Randwick Rugby Union Club would like to extend its appreciation to all players and supporters for their on-going support

throughout the season.

RANDWICK RUGBY UNION CLUB

102 - 104 Brook Street Coogee NSW Australia 2034

Telephone: (02) 9665 5447 Facsimile: (02) 9664 6395

Email: info@randwickrugby.com.au

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COACHING REPORT by Peter Devlin - Club Coach

Two clubs that were not wanted, joined together and within a minimum pre-season time frame put seven competitive teams on the paddock. A fantastic effort just to start the season! To all of the coaching staff, Bill Anderson, David Skuthorpe, Grant Parmenter, Andrew Millican, Paul Fitzgerald, Paul Toole, Adam Warren, Matt Parker, Grant Rimmer, Laurie Heil, Greg Hartshorne and Daryl Parmenter, your dedication and input into establishing a coaching structure for the development of the club, which will become the envy of all other clubs, has successfully been completed for Year One. Senior players who assisted players in various areas of their games in their own training time and at matches, ensured the club laid a foundation where all players could improve and develop their potential. Many thanks to the ground staff at both Snape Park and Petersham Oval for practice wickets that ensured productive training sessions. With the continued improvement in turf practice wickets evidenced this season, I’m sure they will be among the best in the competition next season. Special thanks to practice captain Richard McCord whose dedication and passion for the club ensured that training sessions ran smoothly at all times. The “Trainer of the Year Award” goes jointly to Paul Toole and Grant Frakes who hardly missed a training session, rain, hail or shine. They have set the standard needed to win the big ones such as the Club Championship. Details of the leading trainers appear below. The selection panel headed by Chairman, Alan Wright, had a very difficulty assignment in the grading and selection of teams. With players from two former clubs coming together, it was hard to place everyone in the correct grade first up. Our first year, however, was a great opportunity to assess players’ ability, their attitude and their training ethics, all of which should help greatly next season. To Alan and the selectors, thank you for all your hard work in a difficult and time consuming job. To all players, congratulations on your achievements this year. To those of you who are pleased with your performance, the challenge for you will be to repeat it next season. To those of you who feel you could have done better, you will certainly have every opportunity to do so in 2002-03. To management, sponsors, volunteers, managers and supporters, thank you for your involvement during the season. On a personal note, may I thank my wife, Jennie and family for their ongoing support during the season. It’s been great to be involved in achieving so much in Year One. See you next year – Up the Randy Petes!!!!! ATTENDANCES AT PRACTICE SESSIONS—leading attendees

Paul Toole 50 James Le Huray 29 David Townsend 21

Grant Frakes 49 Graham Doig 28 John Griffiths 21

George Frazakis 47 Michael Watson 28 Peter Spurr 21

Grant Parmenter 40 Paul Staunton 28 Efren Cruz 20

Steven Yates 40 Adam Warren 27 Steve Zantides 19

Richard CheeQuee 36 Matthew Taylor 27 Nigel Singh 17

Ian Barter 35 Eddie Otto 26 Peter Bayley 17

Daryl Parmenter 35 Keiran Routh 25 David Fraser 16

Grant Rimmer 35 Kirk Rimmer 25 Melvin Singh 16

Greg Hartshorne 34 Mathew Hilder 25 Phil Traynor 15

Andrew Millican 33 Alan Wright 24 David Bourke 14

Scott Obey 33 Paul Greentree 24 Neil Cohen 13

Andrew Harrison 31 Aaron Moseley 23 Ben Ezekiel 12

Brett Hunter 31 Sean Sampson 23 Jeremy Dwyer 12

Matt Parker 30 Dean White 22 Mark Grice 12

Alex Sciascia 29 John Moffatt 22 Mark Anderson 10

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JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT REPORT By Grant Parmenter – Cricket Development Officer

The extensive area covered Randwick Petersham’s “natural area of influence” posed quite a challenge for the club’s junior development program this season. While there is clearly much work to be done, the season was a reasonably successful one.

The club conducted preseason development coaching for the South Eastern Junior Cricket Association’s (SEJCA) potential representative players. This involved supplying two coaches for eight sessions for a period of two hours each. David Mitchell, Paul Greentree and Matthew Wright were the principal coaches with a fourth coach assisting on a rotating basis.

Apart from the abovementioned coaches, we were well served with willing hands this season and I appreciate the contribution made by Peter Johnson, Kallin Davies, Efren Cruz, Nigil and Melvin Singh, Paul Chapman, Grigor Maiden, Grant Frakes, Kirk Rimmer and John Moffatt.

Weekly coaching clinics were conducted with Randwick Juniors on Wednesdays and Fridays at the SCG Indoor Centre. Specialist clinics were held with the Sydney Coastal club (4-5 coaches at sessions every 3 weeks for two hours), Mariah College and with Canterbury Wests, where we supplied the coach of the under 15 Weblin Shield team. These sessions were conducted weekday evenings and on Sunday mornings.

The club supplied the coaches for the SEJCA Weblin and Moore Shield teams as well as the club coach for the Sydney Coastal Club.

Over 200 coaching hours revealed some promising talent within the ranks. Several youngsters have already been identified and are part of the NSW Emerging Blues program. We need to continue our efforts in further developing these and other quality players.

The club also provided coaching assistance to St Marys and St Josephs primary schools at Maroubra Beach and Marcellin College Randwick, with Alan Wright directing the U/10, U/12 and U/16 coaching programs. Grant Rimmer, the club’s AW Green Shield Coach, also coached South Sydney Boys High School 1st XI. Kallin Davies was involved in coaching at Scots College while club member Peter Carroll (level 2 coach) assisted in coaching Sydney High 1st XI.

Feedback from parents and coaches, as well as from players, was positive. Many of the boys also came along to Randwick Petersham matches, which is an encouraging sign for the future.

Our efforts this season were aimed at promoting cricket as a game to be enjoyed but one which requires a certain skill level, knowledge of the basic rules and a willingness to learn more through practice and coaching. We were also very conscious to ensure all kids, both girls and boys, had equal opportunity to participate.

Next season I believe we need to concentrate on developing further our school visitation program while improving our liaison with the junior associations in our area.

Many thanks to Petersham RSL whose sponsorship directly assisted the club’s junior development program. With their continued support, the club is well placed to benefit in the future from the obvious talent within the Randwick Petersham area.

As the proud major sponsor of Randwick Petersham Cricket Club,

Petersham RSL Club would like to extend its appreciation to all the teams for their on-going support throughout the season.

7 Regent Street, Petersham NSW 2049. Ph No. 9560 8355 www.petershamrsl.com.au

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GROUNDS REPORT

by Wayne Mulherin, Chairman - Grounds Committee

As the former President of Petersham – Marrickville, I must congratulate everyone involved in the new club for the success achieved in its inaugural year. A number of critical basic factors are needed for a successful cricket club, volunteers, finances and facilities. The new club has all of these plus more. Our success can be attributed to the correct application of these basic factors. Well done. What a year we have had with our grounds! We have six top class turf wickets supported exceptionally by our three councils, Randwick, Marrickville and Leichhardt. Thank you to each of the mayors, Dominic Sullivan, Barry Cotter and Maire Sheehan. The facilities we have are not matched by any club in the competition. During the year we had a number of highlights:

• The outsourcing of the wicket preparation of three grounds by Randwick City Council, Coogee, Snape and Kensington. This has resulted in a great improvement in the standard and provides our club with a potential future revenue stream.

• The Petersham Oval scoreboard was restored to its former glory. The committee agreed to operate the scoreboard for every game. What a thrill for all the players! Well done and thank you Marrickville Council.

• In February, Marrickville Council in conjuction with our club, hosted a “Petersham Oval Remembers Sir Don Bradman” Day to commemorate The Don’s initial first grade century scored 75 years ago at Petersham. The plaque laid on the sandstone base is a great memorial of the Don. It reads as follows:

“A TRIBUTE TO SIR DONALD BRADMAN” Don Bradman scored his first 1st Grade century at the age of 18 at Petersham Park. Playing for St George against Petersham, Don Bradman scored 110 and took 3 wickets for 26 runs. The match was played on 27 November and 4 December 1926 with St George winning the match on 1st innings by 128 runs. This match was Don Bradman’s debut appearance in Sydney Grade competition at any level. Unveiled by Councillor Barry Cotter Mayor of Marrickville Council On 24 February 2002”

Canteens were operated at both grounds during the year with the BBQ also operational for all 1st or 2nd Grade home games. A special thank you to all involved in the many hours of work completed here. This is another area where we are setting the standard in Sydney grade cricket. Afternoon teas, again setting the standard for afternoon tea in Sydney Grade cricket, the afternoon tea at Petersham Oval was not only maintained, but that standard is what the club has agreed to provide to all home games for grades 1-7. Another first for the players of our club. Thank you for all the ladies helping here. This initiative of the committee was sponsored by Mortgage Choice Home loans. Well Done. Prince.

Finally, our first two First Grade grounds, Coogee and Petersham improved greatly this season.

• Petersham went from 16th in the Sydney Cricket Association rankings in 2000-01 to 2nd this season and won the award for “MOST IMPROVED FIRST GRADE GROUND”.

• Coogee went from 20th last season to 7th.

• Coogee’s average score for 1st and 2nd grade games improved from 64.75% in 2000-01 to 84% in 2001-02, a 29.7% increase.

• Petersham’s average score for 1st and 2nd grade games improved from 71.25% in 2000-01 to 90.50% in 2001-02, an improvement of 27% to be second only to Bankstown Oval. A great result!

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Notwithstanding the huge improvements in our facilities this season, they will be even better next season with the following plans in place:

• Pre-season practice facilities at Snape Oval to be ready for August.

• Dressing rooms at Petersham to be extended.

• Centre wicket improvements with outsourced services for the full year.

• Income growth from ground rentals.

Thank you again to everyone involved in support of our club and let’s make sure this is a strong base for the future as we strive to become the most successful club in Sydney Grade Cricket.

Petersham Oval

Coogee Oval

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PUBLICITY REPORT

To ensure the image and profile of the new Randwick Petersham club were promoted appropriately and that ongoing publicity opportunities were pursued to their full extent, an experienced sub-committee was appointed to handle the task. This sub-committee comprised Greg Hartshorne (Chairman), Phil Tresidder, Lyall Gardner, Peter Bayley and Sean Sampson. The group was also charged with the introduction of an effective and efficient communications system to facilitate the dissemination of information within and outside the club. To explain the merger and to outline its purpose and benefits, an extensive news campaign was undertaken with articles subsequently appearing in the Sydney metropolitan and local press prior to the commencement of the season. Discussions were also held with important stakeholders such as our councils and sponsors. Arrangements were made with the Southern Courier and The Glebe and Inner Western Weekly for the publication of match reports. Sean Sampson, a young journalist and Second Grade opening bowler, did a fantastic job as Match Report Writer with detailed and newsy articles published each week in both newspapers. The coverage was quite extensive and feedback indicates good community support. We are grateful to Andrew London of Southern Courier and Melissa Chain of The Glebe for their assistance throughout the season. Apart from the newspaper publications, the use of the internet to widen our coverage was also pursued with match reports emailed to players, former players, parents of players, officials, vice-presidents, volunteers, sponsors and supporters. These groups had grown to almost 200 by seasons end and carried us to followers in England, Italy, South Africa, New Zealand, Queensland and Victoria. This method of communication has increased the interest in the club and in grade cricket with many people who had been out of touch for many years now back in the fold, responding to emails and attending matches and club functions. Needless to say, the internet has become the club’s prime means of information dissemination with flyers for club functions, news items, urgent announcements, Sydney Cricket Association information, memos to players and the like, all distributed this way. Team selections were also released by email as well as on practice notice boards. It is super efficient, cheap and far more effective than the old hard copy newsletter. It’s great to be in the 21st century! The establishment of a club website at www.randwickpetershamcricket.com.au has however, been the greatest innovation this season. We are indeed fortunate to have such an internet “whiz” as Peter Bayley among us. Apart from opening the bowling in fourth grade, Peter ensures that the website is updated with the latest information. Ours is a “living” website. It is not there to provide club contact details only. It is a prime communication tool and in this regard, has been a raging success! Our website includes weekly match reports, news as it happens, the competition draw, social events, up-to-date club statistics, photos and action video clips of matches, club contact details and a short history of the club. Mosman’s Shoaib Aktar bowling to Richard CheeQuee and Daryl Parmenter, displayed in video format, was a feature. We also have a link to the SCA website so that we have immediate access on our website to SCA grade statistics when they are added to the SCA website. We are now in the process of linking our website to those of our sponsors so that people accessing our sponsors websites will have a friendly means of accessing www.randwickpetershamcricket.com.au. It’s all happening!! It is pleasing to report that we had a very high percentage of match scores included in the press following each game. All captains are to be congratulated for their efforts in phoning the scores through to AAP. We are very conscious of the need to have our Annual Report correctly reflect the detail of the season and the Management Committee appointed a sub-committee of Lyall Gardner (Chairman), Ray Stafford, Chris Sullivan and Wayne Mulherin to undertake that task.

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SOCIAL REPORT

by Chris Sullivan Chairman - Social Committee

With a lineup including comedian Vince Sorrenti, Wallaby coach and former Randwick cricketer Eddie Jones, former Socceroo Graham Arnold, former Wallaby and now Sydney Morning Herald sportswriter Peter Fitzsimons together with our own Graeme Hughes and Mike Whitney, our first annual dinner was bound to be a success and a success it was! We had 280 people attend the dinner at Petersham RSL, our biggest and most important of the year. It was also a financial success at a time when the club needs to establish itself in a financially secure way to ensure its future growth. We had a succession of social events designed to promote the introduction of the new club and to foster relationships between followers of both founding clubs. A get-together after gradings at the Newington Inn was the first official function and did much to enable players to get to know each other. After all, not only did we have new players not having played for either Randwick or Petersham before, but many of the players from the two clubs themselves had not met each other before. It was important to ensure that morale and friendship was achieved as early as possible in the bonding process. A Lounge Party at the classy Waterfront Restaurant at The Rocks in October was well attended and gave the signal that members were keen to ensure social interaction. We were fortunate to have two of the 1948 “Invincibles”, Neil Harvey and Sam Loxton, available for our first corporate luncheon at Petersham RSL on 18 October. They rekindled memories from that historic Australian tour of England and kept the many guests entertained for some hours. And that was only for the First Test!! After-match gatherings at the Newington Inn were well attended as were many of the barbeques and other social events held there. Former Australian rugby league star Wayne Pearce was a popular attraction at one of our sports nights. An end-of-season dinner to present our Player of the Season and Clubman of the Year awards at Petersham RSL was very well attended. Apart from the presentations to the winners, a highlight of the evening was the large number of volunteers in attendance. Over 50 volunteers were identified for mention at the function in recognition of the fantastic assistance they provided the club over the season. Support for the social aspect of the club’s activities was emphasised at the Sydney Cricket Association’s Premier’s Dinner in May, when we had a party of 51 attend the AJC function. It was a most pleasing and successful social season. We wanted everyone to enjoy their involvement with the club, particularly in our first year, and this is the way it turned out. In fact, is was so good, we plan to do it all again next season—only better!! Of course it would not have been possible without the contribution of a number of people and in this regard I would like to thank Lee Farlow from the Newington Inn, Carl Mower from Petersham RSL, Mark Sundin, Aaron Hildred, Peter Devlin, Lyall Gardner, Anne and Wayne Mulherin, Mike Whitney, Graeme Hughes, David Townsend, Tony Doyle of the Waterfront Restaurant, Don Arnold, Peter Harrison, Tony Parker, Jeff Hill and our wonderful ladies, Pat, Helen and Robin at Petersham and Madge, Kacey and Judy at Coogee.

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CANTERBURY & WESTERN SUBURBS CRICKET ASSOCIATION

by Garry Peats - Secretary

The Association had mixed success with representative teams this year in the inter-associations competition. Two teams, the Gee (U13) and Foster (U10) Shields’ won 3 of 5 games and both narrowly missed out on the semi finals. The Watson Shield (U16) unfortunately had to withdraw before a ball was bowled due to late player withdrawals. A pity for those who wanted to play. The U11 & U12 teams really struggled as did the U16 girls’ side. The U14 & U15 teams were very competitive and with more luck, who knows what could have happened. The U15’s were coached by Randwick Petersham players Grant Parmenter and Peter Johnson. The boys are still talking about what they learnt from them. Our thanks to Grant and Peter. Without this interaction our young rep players would struggle to get to the next step. This season the Association had 47 junior teams and 30 Under 8 “mini players”. Summer Hill (our biggest junior club with 15 sides) easily won the club championship for the 5th year in a row. They won the U10/1,U12/1 and the U16 competitions. This performance was matched by Marrickville RSL which had only four teams, winning the U10/2, U12/2 and the U14/1. Newtown Juniors won the U10/3 in only their second year. Ashfield Catholic Club won the U12/3 and Hurlstone Park the U14/2’s. The Association has struggled with quality coaches for the last 2 or 3 years due mainly to the inner west becoming an area where childless couples are congregating. The seasoned coaches that remain are doing their level best to lift the standard, but this will take time. I am sure their dedication to the sport will rub off and having assistance from Randwick Petersham will help immensely. Getting the parents involved in their children’s sport is a real challenge but is an issue we need to address. The Association is to organise a Level 0 coaching course for those willing to take up coaching. It is also hoped that all our rep. coaches will do the Level 1 course so that the experience gained can be taken back to club level. The Association also plans to hold umpiring courses next season to develop better umpiring skills for coaches and managers. The Association’s rep. teams go through a winter training program which in the past, has been supported by the former Petersham Marrickville CC. The involvement of the new club in this program will greatly assist our elite players--the Randwick Petersham players of the future. It will run on Wednesday evenings running through June and July. Fielding sessions are also planned for early September. Canterbury Wests thanks Randwick Petersham Cricket for its support and wishes the club great success in the future.

RANDWICK JUNIOR CRICKET CLUB REPORT by Neil Rutherford, Vice President - Randwick Juniors

The club continued its success having teams in the South Eastern Junior Cricket Association semi-finals for all age divisions with six teams making the finals. Randwick Juniors won premierships in five of the eight age divisions to give us five premierships four times, in the last five seasons. A great record for any club. Our younger teams showed their proficiency by winning every age division but one, between the U/9 to U/12s Randwick Juniors also won the South Eastern Junior Cricket Association Club Championship Shield for the fifth consecutive year. The dedication of the club coaches and managers who give generously of their time to the development of your children’s cricket skills to produce these results is acknowledged. We continued our program of training using Randwick Petersham Cricket Club coaches at the Sydney Cricket Ground nets. This experience, combined with attendance by our junior team coaches at a Level “O” coaching course held by Cricket NSW, has also been a major contributor to our success. The club will to continue these programs next season and hopes to expand coaching training for our club coaches and managers by developing a modified Level 1 coaching course more suited to junior cricket with Cricket NSW. The South Eastern Junior Cricket Association plans to hold new umpiring courses next season to develop better umpiring skills for coaches and managers. It is hoped for the first time to include practical field instruction as well as theory.

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Our young Under 14 side coached by Michael O’Brien, assisted by Jim Robson, was the standout team of the finals winning the Premiership against older teams in their age division. The team was awarded the President’s Shield for the most successful Randwick Junior club team.

The Club was formed in the 1984-1985 season. At the time there were some 8 junior Randwick teams in a junior competition of some 35 teams run by the old Eastern Suburbs and South Sydney Associations. The Randwick Junior Cricket Club is now the dominant and most successful junior club in the district. This year we had 23 teams in an 86 team competition and have an expectation of regularly winning Premierships in most age groups. Recently in appreciation for their contribution to the development of the club, life-membership awards were presented to Bob Watson, Paul Snell, Geoff Bates, Joe Dwyer, Eddie Staines, Bob Mulvenna, Mike Carrodus and Neil Rutherford at a special function followed by dinner. Randwick Juniors thanks Randwick Petersham Cricket for its continued support and wishes the club well for the future.

SOUTH EASTERN JUNIOR CRICKET ASSOCIATION

by Laurie Heil - Secretary

Another busy season for the dedicated few at Association level along with the continued support from parents with club team coaching and management. Where would junior cricket be without them? The 2001/2002 season saw representative team results improve across the board, with all but the Weblin Shield (U15) team inning 2 and 3 matches in the 5 round NSWDCA Inter Association Competitions. The highlight in the representative area was the undefeated, best performed over 4 divisions, Foster Shield (U10) team coached by Gary Winder and Greg Matthews. The team won its way to the Final (their 7th Match) but were pipped at the post in the 49th over of a 50 over game. Such was their performance that the City of Botany held a Civic Reception to recognize their achievement, hosted by the Mayor Ron Hoenig. An innovation by the Association this season was the introduction of an Under 17 Competition on Sundays to cater for young players unable to play club cricket due to compulsory Saturday school sport. While only 4 teams participated, the 2002/2003 season should see several additional teams. Super 8’s cricket made it’s debut and left a mark as being a successful, total participation, fun filled competition. Christine Griffiths formed a sub-committee which planned, conducted and received the reward of a well accepted innovation. Inaugural winners were Eastern Suburbs who won the Heil Shield while South Sydney Mt Carmel won the Quinn Cup. Several records were established during the season and the Kingsgrove Sports Junior Cricketer of the Year was won by David Warner from Sydney Coastal. David surpassed previous records set by his brother Steven amassing over 1,000 runs. His average of 186 has set a target for other young SEJCA players. Shahzad Ali was runner-up while Dinesh Hewa-Gamage finished third. The Club Championship was again won by Randwick Juniors with Eastern Suburbs runners-up. Premierships were won by Randwick Under 9, Under 10, Under 12 (Saturday), Under 14 and Under 17; Sydney Coastal Under 11, Eastern Suburbs Under 12 (Sunday) and Under 15. Once again we pass our thanks to the Grade Clubs for their support throughout the season. In particular the ground support provided by Randwick Petersham which enabled us to continue the exposure of junior cricketers to turf. Our thanks also to the Club’s coaches who provided their services in the off-season development squads as well as supporting the Randwick Juniors and Sydney Coastal with weekly and monthly specialty coaching sessions. From all at SEJCA we congratulate Randwick Petersham on a very successful inaugural season and leave you with best wishes for the 2002/2003 season. Go the “Randy Petes”!!

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TREASURER’S REPORT

The trading activities of Randwick Petersham Cricket for the 2001-02 season resulted in a surplus of $25,278.06 A healthy bank balance is held, putting us in a strong position to commence next season. We should not take our eye off this situation and must continue to build upon it for coming seasons to ensure all facilities and infrastructures are maintained at the required levels. Sponsorships and grants were again significant contributors, indicating the tremendous work undertaken by various members of your committee. At the end of the club’s financial year, several sponsorships, fees and ground hire payments remained outstanding. However, we believe all will be received. There are many people to be thanked for their support and assistance in our first merged year and all have been named throughout this report. From my position, I must personally thank Chris Sullivan, Tony Parker, Jeff Hill, Wayne Mulherin, Peter Devlin, Lyall Gardner and our wonderful hospitality ladies at Petersham Oval and Coogee Oval. My biggest “thank you” goes to my wife who has provided me with unqualified support over the past 24 years. Thank you, Sharen.

Steve Devlin Financial Controller

BALANCE SHEET: AMENDED AS AT 30 APRIL 2002

Assets

Cash at Bank $25,812.66 Term Deposits

OA Taylor Memorial Trust $500.00

WH Metherill Trust $500.00

H Davies Trust $1,000.00

D Sherwood Trust $1,000.00

D Carney Trust $750.00

Tim Towers Trust $300.00 Total Term Deposits $4,050.00 Other Debtors $22,731.00 Total Assets $52,593.66

Liabilities Other Creditors $14,340.76

Total Liabilities $14,340.76

Net Assets $38,252.90

Represented By: Equity

Accumulated Surplus $12,974.84

Current Year Surplus $25,278.06

Total Equity $38,252.90

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Income

Canteen $5,051.91

Coaching $227.27

Cricket Clothing Reimbursement $32,341.95

Functions $21,234.09

Grants $24,500.00

Ground Hire $14,881.83

Interest $310.99

Petersham CC Contribution $14,042.00

Sponsorship / Donations $89,020.00

Subscriptions $20,132.74

Total Income $221,742.78

Expenses

Annual Report $965.00

Bank Charges $599.74

Babcock & Brown Incentive Scheme $18,714.05

Canteen Supplies $3,066.77

Coaching / Development $33,190.00

Coral Computers P/I Website $440.00

Cricket Clothing $37,900.02

Dept Fair Trading-Incorporation Renewal $107.00

Functions $15,913.13

Grade Expenses $2,369.34

Ground Hire $56,080.90

General Insurance $740.36

Marketing Expenses $2,954.55

Materials $374.19

Miscellaneous $2,770.51

Postage, Printing & Stationery $1,142.24

Presentation / Awards $785.86

Scorebooks $139.09

Sponsorship / Donations $3,748.00

Telephone $1,213.14

Equipment Expenses

Balls $11,920.91

Electrical Goods $450.00

Covers / Hessian $600.00

Stumps $279.92

Total Equipment $13,250.83

Total Expenses $196,464.72

Operating Surplus $25,278.06

PROFIT & LOSS STATEMENT: AMENDEDAS AT 30 APRIL 2002

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Most Runs Richard CheeQuee 1003 2001-02 1st Richard CheeQuee-Daryl Parmenter 157 v Mosman 2001-02

Best Batting Ave Paul Toole 50.71 2001-02 2nd Paul Toole-Ian Barter 178 v Gordon 2001-02

Highest Score Richard CheeQuee 113 2001-02 3rd Richard CheeQuee-Ian Barter 156 v Fairfield 2001-02

Most Wickets Adam Warren 63 2001-02 4th Paul Toole-Graham Doig 77 v Eastern Suburbs 2001-02

Best Bowling Ave Adam Warren 18.43 2001-02 5th Daryl Parmenter-Graham Doig 77 v Gordon 2001-02

Best Bowling in Inns Adam Warren 7/36 2001-02 6th Graham Doig-John Moffatt 66 v Gordon 2001-02

Most W/K Dismissals Daryl Parmenter 64** 2001-02 7th Richard CheeQuee-Paul Staunton 117 v Sydney University 2001-02

Most Catches-Fielder Grant Parmenter 11 2001-02 8th Daryl Parmenter-Brett Hunter 56 v Campbelltown 2001-02

High Team Score For v Gordon 8/381 2001-02 9th Andrew Harrison-Adam Warren 38* v Gordon 2001-02

High Team Score Agst v Gordon 355 2001-02 10th John Moffatt-James Le Huray 32 v Manly Warringah 2001-02

Low Team Score For v UTS Balmain 107 2001-02

Low Team Score Agst v Manly 104 2001-02 **SCA Record

Most Runs David Mitchell 517 2001-02 1st Matthew Parker-Geoff Hodgkinson 68 v Manly Warringah 2001-02

Best Batting Ave Brett Hunter 39.17 2001-02 2nd Matthew Parker-John Moffatt 110 v University of NSW 2001-02

Highest Score John Moffatt 116* 2001-02 3rd John Moffatt-Steve Zantides 119 v University of NSW 2001-02

Most Wickets Melvin Singh 30 2001-02 4th Steve Zantides-Brett Hunter 94 v Sydney University 2001-02

Best Bowling Ave Scott Obey 13.31 2001-02 5th David Mitchell-Rhys Banwell 54 v Campbelltown 2001-02

Best Bowling in Inns Scott Obey 7/68 2001-02 6th Aaron Moseley-David Mitchell 84 v Western Suburbs 2001-02

Most W/K Dismissals David Mitchell 31 2001-02 7th Kallin Davies-Rhys Banwell 101 v Fairfield Liverpool 2001-02

Most Catches-Fielder Matthew Parker 6 2001-02 8th Aaron Moseley-Scott Obey 106 v Parramatta 2001-02

Geoff Hodgkinson 6 2001-02 9th Rhys Banwell-David Bourke 40 v Western Suburbs 2001-02

High Team Score For v University of NSW 4/329 2001-02 10th Brenton Barker-Sean Sampson 31 v Campbelltown 2001-02

High Team Score Agst v Syd University 3/309 2001-02

Low Team Score For v Campbelltown 145 2001-02

Low Team Score Agst v Northern Districts 145 2001-02

Most Runs Geoff Hodgkinson 612 2001-02 1st Geoff Hodgkinson-Alex Sciascia 120 North Sydney 2001-02

Best Batting Ave Geoff Hodgkinson 55.64 2001-02 2nd Geoff Hodgkinson-Grigor Maiden 102 Western Suburbs 2001-02

Highest Score Geoff Hodgkinson 104 2001-02 3rd Geoff Hodgkinson-Cameron Gray 114 Gordon 2001-02

Most Wickets Dean White 30 2001-02 4th Adam Harris-Paul Greentree 82 Manly Warringah 2001-02

Best Bowling Ave Dean White 18.13 2001-02 5th Paul Greentree-Cameron Gray 56 Manly Warringah 2001-02

Best Bowling in Inns Dean White/Nigel Singh 6/49 2001-02 6th Cameron Gray-Paul Greentree 74 Sydney University 2001-02

Most W/K Dismissals Steven Yates 25 2001-02 7th David Fraser-Mark Anderson 133 Parramatta 2001-02

Most Catches-Fielder Geoff Hodgkinson 10 2001-02 8th Mark Anderson-Eddie Otto 33 Parramatta 2001-02

High Team Score For v Parramatta 8/283 2001-02 9th Dean White-Eddie Otto 11 Bankstown 2001-02

High Team Score Agst v Gordon 1/274 2001-02 9th David Bourke-Eddie Otto 11 Sutherland 2001-02

Low Team Score For v Campbelltown 79 2001-02 10th Eddie Otto-Nigel Singh 30 Northern Districts 2001-02

Low Team Score Agst v North Sydney 83 2001-02

Most Runs Neil Cohen 463 2001-02 1st Clive Cachia-Alex Sciascia 98 Western Suburbs 2001-02

Best Batting Ave David Townsend 31.43 2001-02 2nd Clive Cachia-Scott McGeachie 65 Parramatta 2001-02

Highest Score Clive Cachia 116* 2001-02 3rd Clive Cachia-David Townsend 91 Parramatta 2001-02

Most Wickets Denis Hinds 42 2001-02 4th David Bourke-Neil Cohen 142 Campbelltown 2001-02

Best Bowling Ave Jeremy Dwyer 15.63 2001-02 5th David Townsend-Greg Hartshorne 60 Sydney University 2001-02

Best Bowling in Inns Denis Hinds 6/35 2001-02 6th John McLoughlin-Neil Cohen 51 Sutherland 2001-02

Most W/K Dismissals Neil Cohen 29 2001-02 7th Greg Hartshorne-Jeremy Dwyer 50 Campbelltown 2001-02

Most Catches-Fielder Clive Cachia 9 2001-02 8th John Griffiths-Peter Bayley 60 University of NSW 2001-02

High Team Score For v Parramatta 3/311 2001-02 9th Greg Hartshorne-Jeremy Dwyer 68 Balmain 2001-02

High Team Score Agst v Parramatta 290 2001-02 10th David Townsend-Denis Hinds 40 Sutherland 2001-02

Low Team Score For v Gordon 68 2001-02

Low Team Score Agst v Bankstown 70 2001-02

Most Runs Michael Watson 325 2001-02 1st Fabian Heaton-Alan Wright 68 v Northern Districts 2001-02

Best Batting Ave Neil Cohen 187 2001-02 2nd Fabian Heaton-Michael Watson 74 v Northern Districts 2001-02

Highest Score Neil Cohen 128* 2001-02 3rd Fabian Heaton-John McLoughlin 98 v Penrith 2001-02

Most Wickets Grant Rimmer 30 2001-02 4th John McLoughlin-Chris Rollinson 75 v Penrith 2001-02

Best Bowling Ave Trent Griffiths 10.69 2001-02 5th Michael Watson-Navnith Chetty 115 v Western Surburbs 2001-02

Best Bowling in Inns Steve Bright 6/18 2001-02 6th Michael Watson-Matthew Taylor 49 v Sutherland 2001-02

Most W/K Dismissals Michael Taylor 23 2001-02 7th Aaron Hildred-Steve Bright 61 v Fairfield Liverpool 2001-02

Most Catches-Fielder Grant Rimmer 6 2001-02 8th Nathan Silvy-Steve Bright 90 v Balmain 2001-02

High Team Score For v Penrith 7/300 2001-02 9th Steve Bright-Grant Rimmer 11 v Parramatta 2001-02

High Team Score Agst v Syd University 9/294 2001-02 10th Steve Bright-Ben Ezekiel 77 v Parramatta 2001-02

Low Team Score For v Campbelltown 99 2001-02

Low Team Score Agst v UTS Balmain 67 2001-02

FIRST GRADE RECORDS

SECOND GRADE RECORDS

THIRD GRADE PARTNERSHIPS

SECOND GRADE PARTNERSHIPS

THIRD GRADE RECORDS

CLUB RECORDS AND STATISTICS

FIRST GRADE PARTNERSHIPS

FOURTH GRADE RECORDS

FIFTH GRADE RECORDS FIFTH GRADE PARTNERSHIPS

FOURTH GRADE PARTNERSHIPS

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FIRST GRADE RECORDS

CLUB RECORDS AND STATISTICS

FIRST GRADE PARTNERSHIPS

RANDWICK PETERSHAM

Most Runs David Mitchell 159 2001-02 1st John McLoughlin-David Mitchell 129 Sutherland 2001-02

Best Batting Ave John McLoughlin 27.25 2001-02 2nd John McLoughlin-David Mitchell 59 Mosman 2001-02

Highest Score David Mitchell 98 2001-02 3rd Alex Sciascia-Efren Cruz 35 Eastern Suburbs 2001-02

Most Wickets Sean Sampson 10 2001-02 4th Efren Cruz-Paul Greentree 39 Northern Districts 2001-02

Best Bowling Ave Kirk Rimmer 16 2001-02 5th Efren Cruz-Paul Greentree 62 St George 2001-02

Best Bowling in Inns John McLoughlin 3/16 2001-02 6th Scott McGeachie-Neil Cohen 69 Hawkesbury 2001-02

Most W/K Dismissals David Mitchell 6 2001-02 7th Paul Greentree-Nathan Silvy 25 St George 2001-02

Most Catches-Fielder Paul Greentree 3 2001-02 8th Eddie Otto-Kirk Rimmer 12 Eastern Suburbs 2001-02

High Team Score For v Sutherland 196 2001-02 9th Kirk Rimmer-Nigel Singh 8 Mosman 2001-02

High Team Score Agst v Sutherland 203 2001-02 10th Nigel Singh-Sean Sampson 8 Eastern Suburbs 2001-02

Low Team Score For v Northern Districts 96 2001-02

Low Team Score Agst v Hawkesbury 124 2001-02

Most Runs Matthew Tilley 223 2001-02 1st James Yin-Tom Picone 44 v Mosman 2001-02

Best Batting Ave Glen Carroll 32 2001-02 2nd Jess McGuirk-Tom Picone 24 v Mosman 2001-02

Highest Score Glen Carroll 71 2001-02 3rd Lahiru Kariyawasam-MatthewTilley 25 v Eastern Surburbs 2001-02

Most Wickets Shahzad Ali 12 2001-02 4th Matthew Tilley-Glen Carroll 71 v Eastern Surburbs 2001-02

Best Bowling Ave Shahzad Ali 18.75 2001-02 5th Peter Conomos-Glen Carroll 50 v Eastern Surburbs 2001-02

Best Bowling in Inns Shahzad Ali 5/25 2001-02 6th Shahzad Ali-Glen Carroll 57 v Northern Districts 2001-02

Most W/K Dismissals Matthew Tilley 15 2001-02 7th Jess McGuirk-Shahzad Ali 43 v Hawkesbury 2001-02

Most Catches-Fielder Ben Ezekiel 4 2001-02 8th Peter Conomos-Janahan Jayadevan 38 v Northern Districts 2001-02

High Team Score For v Northern Districts 8/233 2001-02 9th Denesh Hewa-Gamage-Shahzad Ali 43 v St George 2001-02

High Team Score Agst v Hawkesbury 7/253 2001-02 10th Nirjon Kader-Shahzad Ali 12 v St George 2001-02

Low Team Score For v Mosman 108 2001-02

Low Team Score Agst v Sutherland 127 2001-02

Most Runs Peter Johnson 460 2001-02 1st Peter Johnson-Grant Frakes 147 v South Sydney 2001-02

Best Batting Ave Peter Johnson 51.11 2001-02 2nd Peter Spurr-Peter Johnson 95 v Gordon 2001-02

Highest Score Peter Johnson 165 2001-02 3rd Peter Spurr-Grant Frakes 102 v Sydney University 2001-02

Most Wickets Nathan Boyd 19 2001-02 4th Peter Johnson-Jonathon Flavell 59 v Gordon 2001-02

Best Bowling Ave Nathan Boyd 13.89 2001-02 5th Phillip Traynor-Peter Johnson 102 v Gordon 2001-02

Best Bowling in Inns Nathan Boyd 7/41 2001-02 6th Aaron Hildred-Paul Buckley 68 v Eastern Suburbs 2001-02

Most W/K Dismissals Matthew Taylor 8 2001-02 7th Caleb Brown-Chris Kruit 45 v Fairfield Liverpool 2001-02

Most Catches-Fielder Grant Frakes 7 2001-02 8th Phillip Traynor-Steve Cook 18 v Eastern Suburbs 2001-02

High Team Score For v Gordon 8/377 2001-02 9th Steve Cook-Peter Spurr 28 v Fairfield Liverpool 2001-02

High Team Score Agst v Gordon 7/298 2001-02 10th Ben Ezekiel-Ken Buckland 30 v UTS Balmain 2001-02

Low Team Score For v Eastern Suburbs 114 2001-02

Low Team Score Agst v Eastern Suburbs 53 2001-02

Most Runs Keiran Routh 302 2001-02 1st George Frazakis-Mohit Kumar 88 v Macquarie Uni 2001-02

Best Batting Ave Tim Frankcombe 30.33 2001-02 2nd Andrew Walter-Paul Buckley 60 v Holroyd Hills 2001-02

Highest Score Paul Chapman 114 2001-02 3rd James Scott-George Frazakis 60 v Canterbury Bexley 2001-02

Most Wickets Keiran Routh 28 2001-02 4th Paul Chapman-Osman Quereshi 130 v Burwood 2001-02

Best Bowling Ave Denesh Hewa-Gamage 11.67 2001-02 5th Tim Frankcombe-Daniel Mulvenna 89 v Blacktown 2001-02

Best Bowling in Inns Jeremy Dwyer 5/13 2001-02 6th Keiran Routh-Mohit Kumar 41 v UTS Balmain 2001-02

Most W/K Dismissals Mohit Kumar 5 2001-02 7th Keiran Routh-Osman Quereshi 70 v Blacktown 2001-02

Most Catches-Fielder Keiran Routh 6 2001-02 8th Osman Quereshi-Chris Rutherford 39 v Blacktown 2001-02

High Team Score For v South Sydney 257 2001-02 9th Chris Rutherford-K Hewa-Gamage 46 v Blacktown 2001-02

High Team Score Agst v Holdroyd Hills 249 2001-02 10th Chris Rutherford-D Hewa-Gamage 5 v Blacktown 2001-02

Low Team Score For v UTS Balmain 93 2001-02

Low Team Score Agst v Canterbury Bexley 41 2001-02

A W GREEN SHIELD RECORDS

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SEVENTH GRADE PARTNERSHIPS

SIXTH GRADE RECORDS

SEVENTH GRADE RECORDS

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Highest Score Alan Turner 230no 1979-80 Highest Score C Karantz 228no 1999-00

Most Runs J Chegwyn 939 1941-42 Most Runs Graeme Hughes 784 1983-84

Best Batting Average Rodney Davison 86.83 1984-85 Best Batting Average Graeme Hughes 84.80 1991-92

Most Wickets Scott Obey 65 1998-99 Most Wickets Dave Chardon 69 1983-84

Best Bowling Average T Bennetts 9.14 1980-81 Best Bowling Average W Moffatt 11.00 1973-74

Most Dismissals Alan Campbell 58 1981-82 Most Dismissals R Phillips 39 1976-77

Highest Score J Noonan 244 1906-07 Highest Score B Riley 182no 1977-78

Most Runs L Turner 943 1916-17 Most Runs D Baxter 741 1971-72

Best Batting Average Greg Doyle 129.00 1986-87 Best Batting Average B Holland 60.50 1969-70

Most Wickets E Voges 93 1943-44 Most Wickets R McLean 75 1966-67

Best Bowling Average B Corry 3.84 1954-55 Best Bowling Average C Baldwin 10.70 1955-56

Most Dismissals B Wood 33 1965-66 Most Dismissals J Millington 40 1974-75

Highest Score G Landow 220no 1934-35 Highest Score J Sherring 161 1951-52

Most Runs A Ward 634 1930-31 Most Runs R Pearce 677 1956-57

Best Batting Average Paul Toole 296.00 1992-93 Best Batting Average C Munford 65.85 1972-73

Most Wickets E Smith 81 1923-24 Most Wickets B Holland 70 1971-72

Best Bowling Average L O'Brien 3.55 1932-33 Best Bowling Average Darren McCoy 7.50 1998-99

Most Dismissals G Field 35 1976-77 Most Dismissals S Penson 39 1995-96

Most Dismissals P Foster 35 1987-88

Highest Score L Wilson 199 1984-85 Highest Score T Levinson 159 1998-99

Most Runs R Dever 554 1959-60 Most Runs G Brown 586 1969-70

Best Batting Average Greg Doyle 202.00 1993-94 Best Batting Average R Hardy 69.00 1987-88

Most Wickets P Brennan 60 1968-69 Most Wickets N Sterrey 53 1973-74

Best Bowling Average J McCauley 6.04 1956-57 Best Bowling Average S Murphy 4.80 1986-87

Most Dismissals M Meadows 40 1996-97 Most Dismissals B McDonald 30 1954-55

Highest Score A Williams 192 1991-92 Highest Score T Wright 171no 1995-96

Most Runs Geoff Hodgkinson 605 1994-95 Most Runs T Shipp 462 1995-96

Best Batting Average P Homann 159.00 1983-84 Best Batting Average M Harrison 44.70 1986-87

Most Wickets James Le Huray 66 1994-95 Most Wickets S Green 28 1995-96

Best Bowling Average James Le Huray 8.58 1994-95 Best Bowling Average D Kelly 10.90 1988-89

Most Dismissals David Mitchell 24 1997-98 Most Dismissals A Biddle 27 1992-93

Most Dismissals Rowan Brewster 27 1994-95

Highest Score Craig Wiseman 179 1993-94 Highest Score I Moran 163 1998-99

Most Runs Craig Wiseman 512 1993-94 Most Runs J Bray 494 1993-94

Best Batting Average M Brown 139.00 1979-80 Best Batting Average Robert Simpson 236.00 1952-53

Most Wickets K Lee 38 1930-31 Most Wickets C Hollingsworth 29 1961-62

Best Bowling Average D Quint 6.28 1991-92 Best Bowling Average P Crawford 6.20 1952-53

Most Dismissals R Bennison 19 1988-89 Most Dismissals M Bedkober 23 1970-71

Highest Score J Letson 130no 1960-61 Highest Score D Carson 183 1991-92

Highest Score Mark Sundin 130 1985-86 Most Runs M Bedkober 645 1968-69

Most Runs Michael Watson 358 1991-92 Best Batting Average Robert Simpson 156.70 1951-52

Best Batting Average Robert Duff 73.25 1964-65 Most Wickets R Waugh 37 1957-58

Most Wickets A Heatley 37 1956-57 Best Bowling Average J Kazalis 6.30 1995-96

Best Bowling Average P Barnes 6.60 1963-64 Most Dismissals M Bedkober 23 1968-69

Most Dismissals K Edwards 20 1960-61

CLUB RECORDS OF FOUNDING CLUBS

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AW GREEN SHIELD AW GREEN SHIELD

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POIDEVIN GRAY POIDEVIN GRAY

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82

PLAYER RUNS PLAYER AVE PLAYER RUNS PLAYER AVE

P Clifford 615 A Turner 51.00 1981-82 P Taylor 444 G Hartshorne 27.70

P Clifford 766 D Knox 41.83 1982-83 B Riley 533 B D'Jura 61.40

G Mathew 594 P Clifford 72.62 1983-84 G Hughes 784 G Hughes 49.00

G Bensley 706 G Bensley 50.43 1984-85 G Hughes 636 B D'Jura 63.80

G Bensley 420 D Knox 54.86 1985-86 M Kelaher 404 N Anderson 40.40

R Banwell 392 P Devlin 41.50 1986-87 P Taylor 554 B D'Jura 45.50

G Doyle 500 A Millican 46.00 1987-88 B Patman 504 M Atkinson 30.50

P Devlin 349 R CheeQuee 30.70 1988-89 M Atkinson 410 M Atkinson 25.60

R CheeQuee 730 R CheeQuee 45.63 1989-90 G Hartshorne 608 G Hartshorne 55.90

A Millican 519 I Austin 33.21 1990-91 M Atkinson 562 G Hughes 40.00

R CheeQuee 549 R CheeQuee 39.21 1991-92 G Hughes 424 G Hughes 84.80

R Davison 703 R Davison 58.58 1992-93 J Bray 476 G Hughes 73.20

M Haywood 798 R Davison 81.56 1993-94 J Bray 619 G Cunningham 61.20

R Davison 521 R Davison 86.83 1994-95 G Cunningham 783 G Cunningham 46.10

R CheeQuee 526 R CheeQuee 65.70 1995-96 G Cunningham 500 P Stepto 34.20

R CheeQuee 663 R CheeQuee 47.30 1996-97 S Moran 433 T Crosland 34.30

R CheeQuee 621 A Millican 39.23 1997-98 G Cunningham 597 D Arnold 41.70

R CheeQuee 757 R CheeQuee 36.05 1998-99 D Fulton 541 D Fulton 31.80

P Toole 563 A Millican 35.77 1999-00 D Fulton 661 C Karantz 44.00

R CheeQuee 601 O Hodges 36.20 2000-01 G Doig 463 D Smith 30.30

PLAYER WICKETS PLAYER AVE PLAYER WICKETS PLAYER AVE

E Gordon 51 E Gordon 9.82 1981-82 D Chardon 34 J Sullivan 18.40

T Jay 46 T Jay 13.13 1982-83 W Mulherin 64 D Chardon 16.40

G Bensley 53 G Bensley 12.39 1983-84 D Chardon 69 D Chardon 16.00

T Jay 47 T Jay 16.79 1984-85 D Chardon 33 D Chardon 24.80

T Jay 39 T Jay 16.95 1985-86 M Appleton 22 M Appleton 20.60

T Jay 39 M Whitney 18.76 1986-87 D Chardon 23 M Appleton 21.90

T Jay 27 M Whitney 17.35 1987-88 D Chardon 44 D Chardon/B Patman 19.10

N Javed 38 P Devlin 16.92 1988-89 A Meakin 28 A Meakin 19.80

T Jay 36 M Whitney 16.11 1989-90 W Mulherin 33 J Bain 21.60

T Jay 39 I Austin 16.97 1990-91 W Mulherin 43 W Mulherin 20.80

D Somerville 31 M Whitney 21.00 1991-92 W Mulherin 48 W Mulherin 17.60

P March 36 G Bensley 17.80 1992-93 G McFadden 27 M Cassar 18.30

G Parmenter 29 P Fitzgerald 19.26 1993-94 W Mulherin 38 M Cassar 20.90

A Stuart 39 A Stuart 17.67 1994-95 W Mulherin 42 D Capel 17.80

G Parmenter 34 A Stuart 17.00 1995-96 A Graham 39 R Aitken 19.40

A Downton 43 A Downton 16.07 1996-97 D Wright 48 D Wright 15.60

G Parmenter 43 J Lehuray 19.44 1997-98 M Burton 28 M Burton 25.70

S Obey 65 S Obey 11.11 1998-99 G Farquharson 41 G Farquharson 18.10

J Lehuray 43 J Lehuray 17.95 1999-00 M Cassar 37 M Cassar 20.50

A Warren 34 J Lehuray 18.67 2000-01 R Smith 33 G Doig 18.60

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PLAYER RUNS PLAYER AVE PLAYER RUNS PLAYER AVE

S Devlin 333 D Knox 30.57 1981-82 B Sharp 402 B Riley 39.57

A Wright 336 D Knox 35.33 1982-83 S Sullivan 481 S Sullivan 34.30

S Devlin 439 S Hunt 37.11 1983-84 C Sullivan 421 C Sullivan 30.00

R Banwell 497 G Arms 54.66 1984-85 S Irwin 429 C Sullivan 39.30

A Millican 440 A Millican 48.89 1985-86 S Sullivan 515 C Horner 45.00

M CheeQuee 408 G Doyle 129.00 1986-87 H Templeman 497 D Skuthorpe 39.30

M CheeQuee 423 N Herps 63.00 1987-88 D Buchanan 412 B Pozuelo 36.80

M CheeQuee 489 M CheeQuee 48.90 1988-89 S Irwin 489 S Irwin 34.90

G Whitaker 305 D Barclay 37.43 1989-90 D Skuthorpe 374 D Gainsford 38.50

T Greenberg 378 R Banwell 52.25 1990-91 D Skuthorpe 489 J Affleck 56.50

G Davison 565 G Davison 80.71 1991-92 P Clarke 406 P Clarke 40.60

G Davison 510 T Greenberg 54.22 1992-93 P McGee 403 C Eckersley 30.30

R Banwell 571 D Barclay 80.14 1993-94 C Eckersley 459 G Cunningham 49.00

A Harris 576 J Quint 69.40 1994-95 D Townsend 388 P Clarke 45.80

C Mongan 350 D Quint 105.60 1995-96 D Kelly 408 J Aitken 53.20

K Geyer 335 S Zantides 52.83 1996-97 I Moran 463 I Moran 36.10

C Chapman 478 O Hodges 35.60 1997-98 P Staunton 381 J Kelly 35.20

S Zantides 330 S Carpenter 53.50 1998-99 D Smith 494 K Lawrence 44.20

S Zantides 335 D Barclay 75.67 1999-00 J Moffatt 341 J Moffatt 42.70

M Parker 585 D Mitchell 64.33 2000-01 T Crosland 311 T Crosland 44.40

PLAYER WICKETS PLAYER AVE PLAYER WICKETS PLAYER AVE

G Anderson 21 D Ledwidge 17 1981-82 B Timbrell 37 B Timbrell 14.40

G Anderson 35 R Banwell 18.19 1982-83 P Rolls 27 P Bishell 14.60

M Preddey 31 C Pentecost 14.04 1983-84 P Rolls 35 M England 17.50

C Pentecost 34 C Pentecost 18.2 1984-85 J Gilligan 30 R Buchanan 17.20

W Heathcote 29 G Anderson 10.54 1985-86 B Timbrell 27 B Timbrell 19.10

A Ackerman 31 D Barclay 16.09 1986-87 K McKenna 36 K McKenna 20.20

D Hinds 18 D Hinds 17.11 1987-88 D Gibson 20 D Gibson 16.30

A Ackerman 23 P Fitzgerald 11.72 1988-89 G Duffield 19 C Horner 20.90

R Anderson 24 R Anderson 14.33 1989-90 D Gibson 25 D Gibson 16.60

D Hooper 37 P Homann 20.75 1990-91 M Whitby 38 W Pepper 12.40

D Carroll 24 D Carroll 16.92 1991-92 A Meakin 21 A Meakin 16.80

G Whitaker 28 M Sundin 20.00 1992-93 D White 31 G Mason 18.30

P Devlin 23 P Fitzgerald 17.26 1993-94 A Graham 17 A Graham 27.00

P Devlin 26 A Warren 16.35 1994-95 G McFadden 12 D Wright 19.30

L Murphy 28 L Murphy 22.96 1995-96 A Harrison 22 D Wright 20.90

S Obey 30 S Obey 18.2 1996-97 M Burton 31 R Aitken 15.80

M Barnes 33 M Barnes 13.6 1997-98 P Staunton 23 K Qayyam 24.90

M Barnes 26 A Moseley 17.77 1998-99 S Aamir 28 S Aamir 18.30

M Barnes 34 M Barnes 16.59 1999-00 D White 30 S Greenburg 17.10

G Blake 29 G Blake 20.62 2000-01 D White 18 D Bourke 15.10

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PLAYER RUNS PLAYER AVE PLAYER RUNS PLAYER AVE

R Duff 297 S Hughes 29.37 1981-82 M Bourke 367 P Rolls 26.00

R Davies 381 P Wright 64.33 1982-83 P Johnston 428 D Skuthorpe 25.80

R Duff 419 G Gordon 57.67 1983-84 I Maroya 315 K McKenna 25.80

N Zografakis 559 N Zografakis 55.90 1984-85 S Hookey 604 S Hookey 40.30

D Barclay 247 D Barclay 35.29 1985-86 P Hegarty 277 S Quaken 24.70

S Devlin 307 N Zografakis 49.75 1986-87 P Hegarty 360 P Hegarty 32.70

C Jones 463 C Jones 28.94 1987-88 I Blue 411 I Blue 41.10

D Paduch 290 D Paduch 48.33 1988-89 P Toner 285 K McKenna 25.00

A Wright 284 R Montedoro 35.40 1989-90 P Toner 510 P Toner 36.40

R Montedoro 352 J Ramsey 43.50 1990-91 J Nazar 284 C Story 33.30

G Doyle 438 B Young 66.50 1991-92 C Eckersley 302 D Bradstock 29.40

S Cohen 374 P Toole 296.00 1992-93 D Chardon 314 D Chardon 31.40

R Montedoro 331 M Sundin 44.20 1993-94 D Chardon 194 D Cremin 30.00

I Barter 296 D Barclay 97.50 1994-95 C Manning 274 C Manning 27.40

C Mongan 411 C Mongan 82.20 1995-96 M Burton 296 M Burton 32.90

P O'Connell 359 D Barclay 88.00 1996-97 R Brewster 267 R Brewster 26.70

M Parker 433 A Moseley 36.30 1997-98 D Smith 294 D Najdek 51.20

J McLoughlin 342 G Hodgkinson 52.01 1998-99 N Ludgate 190 G Burt 23.30

S Geyer 345 E Irwin 61.33 1999-00 S Marsh 171 G Burt/ R Brewster 20.30

J Holt 172 A Moseley 46.33 2000-01 M Anderson 219 M Anderson 27.40

PLAYER WICKETS PLAYER AVE PLAYER WICKETS PLAYER AVE

P Ledwidge 23 C Pentecost 17.00 1981-82 J Soames 32 S Sullivan 8.80

G Parker 24 G Parker 18.19 1982-83 W Brown 39 W Brown 15.80

P Ingle 30 C Pentecost 14.04 1983-84 J Gilligan 17 J Gilligan 22.70

W Heathcote 67 C York 18.20 1984-85 G Wilkin 34 G Wilkin 16.30

A Ackerman 40 W Martin 10.54 1985-86 D Bransdon 26 K McKenna 13.40

G Whitaker 20 D Creagh 16.09 1986-87 D Gibson 24 S Murphy 22.90

D Carroll 43 I Brown 17.11 1987-88 G Duffield 29 D Gibson 15.10

D Hinds 29 D Hinds 11.72 1988-89 I Fowler 19 D Gainsford 15.40

I Brown 33 I Brown 14.33 1989-90 G Duffield 23 W Pepper 17.50

P Fitzgerald 57 P Fitzgerald 20.75 1990-91 D Gainsford 15 R Buchanan 12.10

P Fitzgerald 48 P Fitzgerald 16.92 1991-92 C Feltham 16 C Feltham 21.20

P Fitzgerald 42 P Fitzgerald 20.00 1992-93 D Chardon 22 P Rolls 18.20

A Downton 22 D Lawrence 17.26 1993-94 D Rojo 15 D Rojo 16.10

B Barber 29 B Barber 16.35 1994-95 D Rojo 23 D Buckmaster 12.00

D Hinds 39 S Obey 22.96 1995-96 W Mulherin 40 D White 15.30

R Banwell 31 M Sundin 18.20 1996-97 W Mulherin 38 A Clements 12.80

A Hildred 36 A Hildred 13.60 1997-98 D McCoy 29 D McCoy 13.40

D Hinds 31 D Hinds 17.77 1998-99 R Harris 21 D McCoy 7.50

A Hildred 19 M Sundin 16.59 1999-00 B Croker 24 D McCoy 14.70

A Bailey 17 A Bailey 20.62 2000-01 P Bayley 17 E Otto 20.50

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PLAYER RUNS PLAYER AVE PLAYER RUNS PLAYER AVE

G Gordon 389 G Gordon 48.63 1981-82 C Sullivan 399 C Sullivan 28.50

D Kenny 345 R Banwell 168.00 1982-83 R Oberman 375 C Storey 20.90

B Jones 286 B Jones 35.75 1983-84 G Wilkin 378 G Wilkin 27.00

G Inger 275 L Wilson 44.00 1984-85 D Thomas 387 D Thomas 25.80

A Birimac 260 S Devlin 43.00 1985-86 P Bain 349 P Bain 34.90

C Jones 329 C Jones 47.00 1986-87 S Dawle 259 N Sterry 43.00

R Montedoro 297 R Regan 88.00 1987-88 D Heather 425 R Hardy 69.00

R Charlton 346 R Charlton 49.43 1988-89 D Wood 143 C Storey 34.80

M Sundin 304 T Greenberg 53.66 1989-90 D Meakin 216 D Meakin 43.20

C Jones 395 B Young 80.00 1990-91 D Sue 458 M Cassar 51.60

P Platus 459 P Platus 51.00 1991-92 R Hanzek 189 J Sutton 22.00

A Williams 527 M Whitney 61.83 1992-93 D Wright 366 R Hanzek 32.10

G McElroy 382 G Doyle 202.00 1993-94 C Story 313 C Storey 28.50

S Cohen 364 S Cohen 91.00 1994-95 A Wright 241 B Harris 29.90

M Parker 453 P Richardson 56.70 1995-96 T Brewster 301 T Brewster 37.60

M Parker 463 C Chapman 63.60 1996-97 S Penrose 282 B Harris 29.40

S Howes 527 S Howes 35.13 1997-98 S McCabe 182 D Mathie 22.00

R Banwell 287 R Stafford 38.17 1998-99 R Bushell/ D Buckley 205 R Bushell 22.80

S Howes 187 T Reilly 42.25 1999-00 D Skuthorpe 173 N Ludgate 22.30

S Clarke 220 N Ross 52.50 2000-01 D Townsend 438 P Greentree 33.50

PLAYER WICKETS PLAYER AVE PLAYER WICKETS PLAYER AVE

G Eastick 25 E Fletcher 10.92 1981-82 W Brown 41 W Brown 10.20

A Ackerman 34 J Lupton 8.38 1982-83 P Hilder 28 J Gilligan 25.00

W Heathcote 29 W Heathcote 11.62 1983-84 G Wilkin 22 T Panecasio 14.70

J Lupton 24 P Gale 14.00 1984-85 B Pat 35 M Mathews 19.90

S Pal 24 P Gale 14.06 1985-86 B Thompson 17 B Thompson 13.10

J Lupton 12 S Pal 19.54 1986-87 T McMahon 26 S Murphy 1.80

D Hooper 40 I Brown 12.56 1987-88 C Jackson 18 D McCoy 12.50

W Heathcote 29 R Yamine 13.65 1988-89 G McFadden 14 D Gainsford 13.40

R Withers 25 R Withers 13.04 1989-90 K McKenna 26 G McFadden 28.30

D Hinds 45 D Hinds 14.89 1990-91 K McKenna 23 K McKenna 13.50

M Dart 31 D Hinds 13.21 1991-92 D Harrison 22 D Harrison 11.90

D Hinds 21 D Hinds 17.81 1992-93 D Wright 15 R Hanzek 16.60

D Hinds 29 I Brown 14.73 1993-94 D Rojo/ B Lampier 15 D Rojo 22.50

P Richardson 21 S Obey 10.73 1994-95 B Lampier 17 M Chatto 20.90

R Montedoro 34 S Obey 13.50 1995-96 A Meakin 15 R Mear 21.40

D Hinds 44 A Hildred 9.70 1996-97 S Penrose 35 S Penrose 11.90

M Singh 24 M Singh 14.42 1997-98 P Buckley 24 T Payne 19.00

D Willis 26 A Myers 13.79 1998-99 B Croker 12 B Croker 15.80

G Rimmer 289 G Rimmer 12.82 1999-00 A Marsh 15 J Kalagzis 9.10

D Hinds 21 S Sampson 14.74 2000-01 A Marsh 24 A Harrison 6.40

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PLAYER RUNS PLAYER AVE PLAYER RUNS PLAYER AVE

N Zografakis 344 D Downing 52.00 1981-82 no team no team

B Jones 304 R Scott 44.00 1982-83 no team no team

A Birimac 251 P Homann 159.00 1983-84 no team no team

P Wright 602 P Smith 43.66 1984-85 no team no team

P Homann 291 A Harris 63.50 1985-86 B Pat 289 B Pat 32.10

S Condon 405 P Foster 43.55 1986-87 M Harrison 268 M Harrison 44.70

A Russell 230 P Smith 30.67 1987-88 D Wood 250 D Wood 25.00

O Hodges 338 D Hodges 37.55 1988-89 B Pearce 115 D Redden 28.70

O Hodges 212 A Duffy 44.75 1989-90 J Bray 162 D Harrison 34.60

C York 585 C York 58.50 1990-91 C Eckersley 402 P Geftakis 44.30

A Williams 529 A Williams 75.57 1991-92 G Flint 260 D McClatchley 25.80

D Cashin 261 A Duffy 54.00 1992-93 C Halliday 215 C Halliday 43.00

M Parker 404 D Cashin 46.50 1993-94 J Crain 191 B Harris 31.00

G Hodgkinson 605 G Hodgkinson 75.63 1994-95 A Staunton 228 A Staunton 22.70

T Jay 341 M Parker 40.40 1995-96 T Shipp 462 T Wright 36.90

S Blacker 403 R Betteridge 85.00 1996-97 D Smith 249 D Marsh 29.70

P Lyons 327 A Bridge 24.42 1997-98 P McKenna 449 P McKenna 26.40

T Griffiths 262 T Griffiths 23.82 1998-99 A Sciascia 228 M Robinson 32.60

J Boyle 395 J Boyle 49.38 1999-00 P McKenna 107 P McKenna 26.30

F Heaton 238 S Clarke 69.00 2000-01 M Masters 322 M Masters 32.20

PLAYER WICKETS PLAYER AVE PLAYER WICKETS PLAYER AVE

G Thompson / R Ingle 18 G Owen 16.00 1981-82 no team no team

G Owen 23 P Homann 9.07 1982-83 no team no team

G Koufis 33 P Gale 15.35 1983-84 no team no team

S Pal 35 G Koufis 11.04 1984-85 no team no team

D Simpson 34 S McInnes 11.88 1985-86 R Roberts 21 D McClatchley 13.10

C York 27 D Carroll 10.90 1986-87 J Stone 16 R Hardy 17.70

G Owen / M Griffith 26 G Owen 9.92 1987-88 J Stone 18 D Parker 16.00

R Withers 29 M Griffith 11.86 1988-89 N Sterry 14 D Kelly 10.90

J LeHuray 15 J LeHuray 16.67 1989-90 D Harrison 18 A Chinnery 10.90

A Ramsay 29 A Ramsay 11.00 1990-91 J Helm 24 G Stafford 14.20

A Warren 33 P Barnes 8.93 1991-92 S Stone 15 T Dein 22.20

D Willis 20 W Tilley 11.60 1992-93 A Harrison 26 S Penrose 12.10

D Hooper 22 L Morris 15.89. 1993-94 C Staunton 20 C Staunton 19.40

J LeHuray 66 J LeHuray 8.58 1994-95 S Green 19 P Buckley 17.30

T Jay 38 T Jay 10.00 1995-96 S Green 28 S Green 13.90

K Staples 25 T Jay 8.47 1996-97 A Marsh 17 S McCabe 18.00

R Stafford 41 R Stafford 14.51 1997-98 G Joyce 20 G Joyce 19.30

G Rimmer 37 S Bright 10.40 1998-99 M Milosavljevic 25 S Marsh 12.50

M Devlin 20 N Singh 11.27 1999-00 C Staunton 16 G Greenburg 17.10

C Kruit 28 C Kruit 10.21 2000-01 C Johnston 13 B Murphy 11.50

PAST 20 SEASONS : 5TH GRADE

CLUB RECORDS AND STATISTICS

RANDWICKSEASON

BATTING

SEASON

BOWLING

RANDWICK

OF FOUNDING CLUBS

PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE

PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE

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Name

Test

Cap

No.

TestsYears

PlayedName

Test

Cap

No.

TestsYears

Played

Geoff Davies 12th Man 1 1968-69 John Dyson 289 30 1977-85

John Benaud 261 3 1972-73 Michael Whitney 313 12 1981-94

Alan Turner 273 14 1975-77

Name

Test

Cap

No.

TestsYears

PlayedName

Test

Cap

No.

TestsYears

Played

Sidney Emery 102 4 1911-12 P Ernie Toshack 170 12 1945-48 M

Johnny Taylor 112 20 1920-26 P Ron Saggers 182 6 1948-50 M

Tommy Andrews 115 16 1921-26 P Jack Moroney 183 7 1949-52 M

Bill Brown 150 22 1934-48 M Pat Crawford 202 4 1955-56

Sid Barnes 163 13 1938-46 P Johnny Martin 216 8 1960-67

Note: Petersham Marrickville since 1951/52. P = Petersham, M = Marrickville

Name

ODI

Cap

No.

ODI'sYears

PlayedName

ODI

Cap

No.

ODI'sYears

Played

Alan Turner 30 6 1975-76 Michael Whitney 77 38 1982-93

John Dyson 60 29 1980-83 Anthony Stuart 131 3 1996-97

Name Debut Year Name Debut Year

John Dyson 1979-80 Martin Haywood 1993-94

Gary Bensley 1981-82 Richard CheeQuee 1993-94

Evan Gordon 1981-82 Rodney Davison 1993-94

Michael Whitney 1981-82 Anthony Stuart 1995-96

Peter Clifford 1983-84

Name

NSW

Cap

No.

First

Played at

Club

Name

NSW

Cap

No.

First

Played at

ClubClaude Achurch 315 1921-22 Geoff Davies 532 1964-65

Norbert Phillips 324 1922-23 Alan Turner 548 1968-69

Hunter Hendry 289 1923-24 John Benaud 537 1969-70

Ray McNamee 349 1926-28 Ron Crippin 556 1970-71

Jack Carter 366 1928-29 John Dyson 573 1977-78

Alex Marks 374 1928-29 Michael Whitney 595 1980-81

Greg Ryan 408 1934-35 Evan Gordon 600 1981-82

Max Ward 420 1936-37 Gary Bensley 606 1983-84

Bede McCauley 425 1937-38 Peter Clifford 610 1983-84

Bill Beath 460 1946-47 Richard CheeQuee 646 1992-93

George Powell 450 1946-47 Rodney Davison 647 1993-94

Len Livingston 449 1946-47 Martin Haywood 641 1993-94

Bill Donaldson 452 1948-49 Anthony Stuart 657 1994-95

Ernie Toshack 455 1949-50

REPRESENTATIVE RECORDS OF FOUNDING CLUBS

TEST CRICKET - RANDWICK

TEST CRICKET - PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE

NSW 1ST CLASS CRICKET - RANDWICK

ONE DAY INTERNATIONALS - RANDWICK

NSW LIMITED OVERS - RANDWICK

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REPRESENTATIVE RECORDS OF FOUNDING CLUBS

TEST CRICKET - RANDWICK

Name

NSW

Cap

No.

First

Played at

Club

Name

NSW

Cap

No.

First

Played at

ClubJohn Scott 236 1908-09 P James Murphy 430 1938-39 M

Sidney Emery 237 1908-09 P Francis Gilmore 433 1938-39 M

Andrew Farnsworth 239 1908-09 P Cyril Solomon 390 1938-39 M

George Harvey 242 1909-10 P Ron Saggers 438 1939-40 M

Tommy Andrews 271 1912-13 P Arthur Roper 435 1939-40 P

Cecil McKew 260 1912-13 P Ken Grieves 458 1945-46 P

Johnny Taylor 280 1914-15 P Ernie Toshack 455 1945-46 M

Edward Adams 300 1919-20 P Jack Moroney 453 1946-47 M

Charles Everett 317 1921-22 P Fred Johnston 465 1948-49 M

Albert Scanes 318 1921-22 P Robert Madden 478 1949-50 P

Bernard Russell 313 1921-22 M Robert Simpson 488 1952-53

Robert Osborne 331 1924-25 M Clive Johnston 475 1952-53

Ernest Tweeddale 340 1925-26 M Pat Crawford 495 1954-55

Leslie Campbell 342 1925-26 P Johnny Martin 501 1956-57

Dudley Seddon 350 1926-27 P Bruce Livingston 500 1956-57

Harry Steele 351 1926-27 M Russell Waugh 518 1960-61

Gordon Amos 346 1926-27 M Peter Anderson 534 1966-67

Norman Morris 370 1928-29 P Colin Blackman 538 1966-67

Bill Brown 393 1932-33 M David Chardon 574 1975-76

Frank Easton 400 1933-34 P Graeme Hughes 575 1975-76

Sid Barnes 422 1936-37 P Peter Maloney 581 1976-77

Leslie O'Brien 423 1937-38 M Wayne Mulherin 609 1983-84

Cec Pepper 431 1938-39 P

Note: Petersham Marrickville since 1951/52. P = Petersham, M = Marrickville

Name Debut Year Name Debut Year

B Smith 1928-29 Peter Clifford 1979-80

Jack Carter 1928-29 Gary Bensley 1979-80

Bede McCauley 1934-35 Evan Gordon 1981-82

John Bolster 1964-65 Richard CheeQuee 1991-92

Geoff Davies 1965-66 Darren Quint 1991-92

Ron Crippin 1969-70 Andrew Downton 1997-98

Trevor Jay 1972-73

Name Debut Year Name Debut Year

Albert Scanes 1920-21 P Colin Hollingsworth 1963-64

Edward Adams 1920-21 P David Martin 1964-65

Allen Thatcher 1920-21 P David Martin 1964-65

J Yeates 1934-35 P David Chardon 1971-72

Leslie O'Brien 1934-35 M Bill Anderson 1972-73

Ron Saggers 1937-38 M Brian Riley 1973-74

Arthur Roper 1938-39 P Graeme Hughes 1974-75

Robert Madden 1948-49 P Ray Rhillips 1976-77

Ronald Briggs 1948-49 M Greg Hartshorne 1976-77

Noel Hughes 1951-52 Mark Atkinson 1987-88

Johnny Martin 1953-54 Jamie Bray 1992-93

Richard Tovey 1953-54 Matthew Whitby 1992-93

Pat Crawford 1954-55 Matthew Cassar 1993-94

Russell Waugh 1960-61 Corey Pearson 1993-94

Arthur Elvy 1962-63 Graham Cunningham 1994-95

NSW COLTS - PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE

NSW 1ST CLASS CRICKET - PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE

NSW COLTS - RANDWICK

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REPRESENTATIVE RECORDS OF FOUNDING CLUBS

TEST CRICKET - RANDWICKName Debut Year Name Debut Year

Alex Marks 1929-30 Gary Bensley 1984-85

Bede McCauley 1933-34 Richard CheeQuee 1991-92

Greg Ryan 1937-38 Rodney Davison 1992-93

Charles McLaughlin 1939-40 Martin Hayward 1993-94

Len Livingston 1947-48 Anthony Stuart 1994-95

Bill Beath 1948-49 Grant Parmenter 1994-95

George Powell 1954-55 Andrew Downton 1998-99

Alan Campbell 1983-84

Name Debut Year Name Debut Year

Allen Thatcher 1923-24 M Charles Price 1938-39 M

Bernard Russell 1923-24 M Jack Moroney 1946-47 M

Robert Osborne 1924-25 M Clive Johnston 1947-48 P

Dudley Seddon 1925-26 P W Yeates 1947-48 P

Gordon Amos 1926-27 M Ronald Briggs 1948-49 M

Harry Steele 1927-28 M Clive Johnston 1956-57

A J Cleary 1928-29 M Bruce Livingston 1956-57

J C Armstrong 1935-36 M Brett Patman 1987-88

Ron Saggers 1938-39 M Mark Atkinson 1989-90

Name Debut Year Name Debut Year

Andrew Ledger 1980-81 Richard CheeQuee 1989-90

David Knox 1980-81 Heath Muller 1992-93

Craig Pentecost 1988-89 Andrew Downton 1994-95

Andrew Millican 1985-86

Name Debut Year Name Debut Year

Bronco D'Jura 1981-82 Matthew Whitby 1991-92

John Rose 1981-82 Jamie Bray 1991-92

Michael Herbert 1981-82 Graham Cunningham 1993-94

Mark England 1982-83 Craig Eckersley 1994-95

Mark Atkinson 1987-88 Daniel Smith 1999-00

Corey Pearson 1990-91

Name Debut Year Name Debut Year

Andrew Ledger 1980-81 David Knox 1980-81

Name Debut Year Name Debut Year

Bronco D'Jura 1981-82 Jamie Bray 1991-92

Mark England 1982-83

NSW 2ND X1 - PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE

NSW UNDER 19 - PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE

AUST UNDER 19 - RANDWICK

NSW 2ND X1 - RANDWICK

NSW UNDER 19 - RANDWICK

AUST UNDER 19 - PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE

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DECEASED LIFE MEMBERS

The following are deceased Life Members of the founding clubs.

They are recorded here as a tribute to their contribution to Randwick Petersham, through their involvement with the Randwick and Petersham Marrickville clubs.

Their memory will always remain.

DECEASED RANDWICK LIFE MEMBERS (The year represents when Life Membership was awarded)

I Earnshaw (1905) S Brown (1912) P Beveridge (1912) H Parker (1924) W Dowd (1973)

O A Taylor (1931) F Merchant (1946) A Marks (1947) W Byrne (1952) J Chegwyn (1952)

D Sherwood (1961) N R Beath (1967) F Snell (1967) W Ellison (1970)

DECEASED PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE LIFE MEMBERS (The year represents when Life Membership was awarded)

E Tyler (1916) S Smith (1917) U Mallett (1921) TJ Andrews (1924) H Russell (1925) S Emery (1931) D Veron (1931) R Crane (1935)

D Seddon (1940) C Graham (1948) W Henson (1935) F Banfield (1936) E Tyler (1936) A Wright (1949) A Gee (1949) B Bicknell (1951)

E Russell (1951) S Bain (1959) J Ross (1959) C Johnston (1965) R Toogood (1966) J Martin (1972) S Gardner (1991)

As the proud major sponsor of Randwick Petersham Cricket Club,

Petersham RSL Club would like to extend its appreciation to all the teams for their on-going support throughout the season.

7 Regent Street, Petersham NSW 2049. Ph No. 9560 8355

www.petershamrsl.com.au

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PAST OFFICIALS OF FOUNDING CLUBS (PAST 50 SEASONS)

RANDWICK

PRESIDENT 1951-58 W Byrne 1958-60 A Brennan 1960-64 S Donnan 1964-78 N Beath 1978-89 A Turner 1989-91 L Gardner 1991-01 P Tresidder

SECRETARY/CHIEF EXECUTIVE 1947-58 S Donnan 1958-70 F Snell 1970-72 J Corcoran 1972-74 J Letson 1974-75 F Snell 1975-89 L Gardner 1989-91 M Drew 1991-92 S Devlin 1992-95 M Drew 1995-96 S Beal 1996-97 R Kelleher 1997-98 S Beal 1998-01 L Heil

TREASURER / FINANCIAL CONTROLLER 1948-64 G Simpson 1964-91 J Hayward 1991-01 S Devlin

PETERSHAM MARRICKVILLE PRESIDENT 1951-59 S Bain 1959-68 D Seddon 1968-88 J Ross 1988-91 C Johnston 1991-95 J Pearson 1995-96 N Anderson 1996-97 A Staunton 1997-98 J Greenberg 1998-01 W Mulherin

SECRETARY 1951-68 J Ross 1968-70 J Crossley 1970-79 B Hughes 1979-80 G Hancock 1980-86 A Nelson 1986-98 T Dein 1998-01 J King

TREASURER 1951-53 W Single 1953-78 A Debnam 1978-86 R Brown 1986-88 J Pearson 1988-90 J King 1990-91 S McIntyre 1991-93 B Turpin 1993-97 J Kelly 1997-98 J Brewster 1998-99 G Burt 1999-01 B Dagg

RANDWICK PETERSHAM SENIOR OFFICIALS

PRESIDENT 2001-02 M Whitney

CHIEF EXECUTIVE 2001-02 L Heil

ASSISTANT CEO 2001-02 R Stafford

FINANCIAL CONTROLLER 2001-02 S Devlin

ASST. FIN. CONTROLLER 2001-02 A Wright

NSWCA DELEGATE 2001-02 P Wright

SCA DELEGATE 2001-02 P Wright

SCA DELEGATE 2001-02 C Sullivan

CLUB COACH 2001-02 P Devlin

1ST GRADE CAPTAIN 2001-02 P Toole

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