SUCC 1st - 5th Grade v St.George.
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Ian Moran
Day One:
The day started marvellously with a superior performance by the old guys at Nash showing that you cannot buy experience. Crowley has a lot to do to lift his boys above the old firm. Play was delayed somewhat, however our new skipper Tom “the shadow” formerly known as Adro, Kierath won the toss. Something Theo struggles with. Nevertheless the blue and glods elected to bowl.
Josh Toyer ran in with inspirational steam and fire. Taking a couple of early wickets, one to remove St. George’s number 3 batsmen looking like he was trying to imitate a reverse pear. However the saints got away to be 2 for 70 as rain halted the first days play. Dunford had gone down limp for the second time in as many weeks with a sore thigh muscle, so things were looking tough.
Day Two: J Ryan 8/29, C Withers 31*
Just doing enough!
Quick mention to Adam I will soon have shares in a hair extension shop Theo’bald’ congrats on the wedding, your lovely wife who is far too good for you looked memorable, and the wine was delicious.
The old guys yet again held out and did not lose nash. Some of us still have some miles left in our legs yet. The ground was up ready for play only 30 mins late a great result looking around at all other the other draws, mention must go to our groundsmen Ray and his team for preparing the ground and deck. Although you may find out later I thought it was a batting paradise.
The start of play would see me have no idea it would be such a memorable game. Josh ‘ milkers’ Toyer once again bounced in like a young boy in milk bar. Showing great energy and consistency, JT ended up with 2 for 46 off 14. However it was the guy at the other end that was just doing enough. Tom Kierath took some memorable catches off my bowling and there were a few freeby wickets thrown in there. However I did end up snaring 8 wickets for 29 runs off ten overs, as St.George batsmen were making me look like an unplayable bowler. Perhaps a little aggression helps when you’re bowling to young guys. Also food for thought. Myabe I might get all-rounder status in Dave Jessop’s fantasy team next year. A few ridiculous quotes did arise from my extremely intense and excited vocabulary.
- “Oh my this is too easy”’;
- “ haha this is ridiculous”.
The most memorable moment for me was remembering that I had jokingly told my good friend Greg Mail “Maileee’ as he sometimes gets referred to when I see him after a few quite drops of red, at Theo’s wedding that I would take 7 wickets tomorrow and he would bloody have to pick me soon.
Chasing 140 we knew that this would be a tough target. Fara's and Suda got us to 30 before Suda was cleaned up with a good rock from the St. George skip. Fara’s had just recently got melloned and sporting a lovely new black eye as I came to the crease. However Fara’s, myself and TK unfortunately did not last long as our aggressive plan was ceasing to come apart. At 4 for 40 we were looking in trouble, until Jack Hill began the recovery. He ended up with 25 until bounced out by a guy sporting a similar hair style to Theo, well done to Jack the new kid on the block. The Uni boys were just about always behind the eight ball continuing to lose wickets in untimely fashion. Although Nick “I hurt my toe nail I cant bowl’ Dunford and Josh ‘I love twins’ Toyer managed to get us closer to the mark. We still required 12 runs when Sashi and Chris Withers joined at the crease. Many of us were unfortunately anticipating a gentle, polite and upset Chris, however Chris showed many of the batsmen how to play. Playing some elegant stroke play with inspirational determination and showing remarkable maturity. The smiling assassin Sash and Chris put on 50 for the last stand.
The win was one of the most thrilling and exciting victories that I have been involved with. It was really a team building win. Our season is well alight now, and with some big names and big ships on the return, we must be looking ominous to our opponents in upcoming weeks. Well done to the boys!
Josh Ryan
The Big Cat Diaries – Day 1.
I woke Saturday morning from dreams of a previous life chasing polar bears around the arctic circle and took a prowl around the Camperdown enclosure, a peek outside the perimeter revealed somewhat Arctic conditions, some would suggest conditions best suited for a snow leopard, but having been removed many years ago from my natural surroundings I have come to prefer the dry dusty summer days.
So we arrived at the ground, many of us by 1030, minus BJ (case of lager) smith and Luke (case of Powerade) Truashiem. The customary game of nash saw the young cubs take on the old cats, the young cubs set the standard for the weekend by failing to register a single point. The old cats prevailed in the 15th ‘last minute’ of the game following a controversial interpretation of the below the waist rule from captain bus driver D Ward. Cats 1 – Cubs 0.
It became evident pretty early in the warm-up that many of us weren’t expecting a full days play. It wasn’t until the road was revealed from under the covers that we realised that the game was on and if given the choice would prefer to stick first. Fairly unusual given the prevailing weather conditions but the track looked a belter.
The coin fell the way of the home side and the nerds were sent out into the field. Steady opening efforts from BJ ‘Methuselah’ Smith and Luke ‘LT Smash’ Truashiem were followed up by AJ ‘hey mate has your chest shrunk a bit this week’ Grant and Mark ‘ Thorpy’ Hackett. Unfortunately the soaking wet outfield saw the pill sponge up a heap of water and turn into something mostly round and vaguely resembling a cricket ball. There were really only two moments of note in the first hour, a cut shot was bravely fielded by a small bird who gave his/her life in a bid to stop the flow of runs. (Inspiring stuff). Stu ‘captain obvious’ Mclean was quick to point out “uh, mate, you just killed a bird” and Jack ‘ranger Stacey’ Benson took care of the situation in a relatively humane manner, some of you may recall the story involving the eastern suburbs veterinarian and a small pet mammal, if you do you will be familiar with how this story plays out, those not familiar with that story are best not knowing. Thorpy created the only real chance of the hour, an edge to the cordon that made its way to the ground. The heavens opened and that was that.
In the absence of any further cricket on day 1, the boys set about prowling the familiar stomping ground of the sponsor’s establishment before relocating to Bungalow 8 for the evenings activities. One nerd was last seen handing over 115 sheets to a cabbie somewhere near Erskine park. Having determined earlier in the evening that a trip to Bondi was out of the question, he took the much better option of the outer western suburbs...despite the free cab ride home the lass in question has been heard complaining about the aversion this particular nerd has to ‘manscaping’.
I retired back to the Camperdown enclosure for a well earned kip.
The Big Cat Diaries Day 2
The 645 am alarm on a holiday Monday... heavy rain Saturday and Sunday and a music festival...the perfect combination for a Pepsi challenge. I’m not entirely across the rules of the challenge though I’m told if you still have to turn up to the game on time you lose. So Pepsi Challenge 1, nerds 0.
The removal of the covers revealed only that the efforts from the lads Saturday putting the covers on was a dismal failure when compared to the efforts from the ground staff on Friday. Half the track was flooded and experienced campaigners recognised early that there was no chance of play save for a snap heatwave... The valiant efforts of the groundsman on duty standing in the puddles with his blower-vac are to be commended.
In what turned out to be the pattern for the afternoon 5 nerds got involved in a game of poker, with the leopard bullying some of the younger cubs out of the contest before succumbing to the experience of BJ ‘the wizard’ Smith.
Once the pot was split nash resumed, in what would prove to be an epic encounter of old v young , the young cubs again failed to trouble the scorer. No one is quite sure if it was the presence of the snow leopard in goals that intimidated the youngsters or the fact they just never saw him lurking there between the uprights... either way the wise heads won out and managed to keep the cubs scoreless through an hour and 15 minutes of nash.
A quick fines session saw the adoption of ‘pork’ as the nickname of choice for newbie Ken Huckle, and a few dollars issued out, mainly to fines master Leunig, who’s attempts at marlins are becoming so frequent even serious questions from the youngster are being met with stone cold silence.
So it was, match abandoned, 21 overs 0-55.
We relocated to more familiar surrounds of uni 2, where the proceeds of Bj’s late case were gratefully accepted. Turning up at no2 with the Rig steaming in is always worth watching, seeing him take his 8th wicket was unheard of... with news that Hector had amassed 50 odd in 1s and Trent Withers punching his way to 30 odd it seemed that the world had turned upside down. Great news for any managers with those 3 boys in their fantasy league teams...
Right, back to the Arctic tundra for another week... stay tuned later in the summer for episode 3 of the Big Cat Diaries
Snow Leopard.
Matt Skinner
St George 8(dec) for 170 off 52 overs
Wickets S Khalko 3/26, J Kazaglis 3/38 and C Cull 2/26
The undefeated 4’s were at Paul’s for their second round clash against the Dragons.
The usual game of Nash delivered a much-improved performance obviously inspired by the break up of teams. The “breast vs bottom men”, was an interesting selection with some very passionate exponents. However some participants (read: Chuck and The Sandman) were unable to muster enough numbers for the “inner beauty” team and were made honouree bottom man. The breasts may have won the initial divide but lost the battle as age and gravity took hold and the bottom men’s confidence grew and secured a comfortable victory.
Captain Daniel “My GF does not eat carbs because she is a model” Bragg lost the toss and the Dragons elected to bat. The openers got the early breakthrough and the Students had the upper hand as St George were left sitting precariously at 2 for 19 and wondering if their choice to bat was a wise one. But unfortunately rain only allowed 10 overs on day one, with St George finishing day one at 2/30. This regretfully enabled an early start to Saturday night’s proceedings (for namely Burke and Kazaglis!).
Day Two
A wet patch under the covers saw a late start to day two. With 82 scheduled overs remaining and rain forecast, it was going to be a difficult task to secure a result for either the Students or the Dragons.
After a delayed start St George nudged their way to 3/133, with a special mention to a tight first game 13 over spell by Ben Joy (0/43). Overall we bowled and fielded well but on a docile Paul’s wicket, it was the best that we could ask for.
After tea a not so subtle message was sent out with a change of gloves and saw a complete change in tactics. Like a light switch the Dragons went from first to top gear, obviously hearing the forecast of lightning from Jim Bailey. It did not quite go to plan as St Geoerge fell to 8/170 of 52 overs. With Sanjiv “The Sandman” Khalko picking up three valuable wickets. St George then surprised us and declared with 41 overs remaining and a RRR of just over 4.
With bad weather approaching the Students lost two early wickets but a draw was going to be the only outcome as lightning then rain stopped what possibly could have been an exciting run chase.
Jim Kazaglis
Game washed out.
Game washed out
Game washed out
This week:
1st Grade: no report, no points. Was the report assigned to a batsman who couldn't bring himself to describe Marty Paskal's innings?
2nd Grade 3.8 - it's never easy describing how you just took 8-29.
3rd Grade 3.6 - did a lot with a little.
4th Grade 3.6 - solid.
5th Grade no play, no report, no points.
6th Grade no play, no report, no points.
So Josh Ryan gets this week.
Max Bonnell
Match Report Competition- Donation to the End of Year Kitty for the winning Grade on offer.
Score out of 5 for the report.
Bonus 5 points to the winner of the round
Winner out the round goes into the final for the Max Bonnell Golden Pen Award.
Running Totals
First Grade 3.5
Second Grade 8.8
Third Grade 12.3
Fourth Grade 7.1
Fifth Grade 0
Sixth Grade 3.5