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To be presented at the 28th Annual General Meeting
of the Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club, to be held at
the Kilbirnie Park Clubrooms on Monday
30th August 2021, at 7pm.
BUSINESS
1. Apologies
2. Last year’s minutes
3. Presentation of Annual Report and Financial Statement
4. Election of Officers
5. Notices of Motion
6. General Business
Annual Report Editor : Ronnie Nathu
Cover designed by Haines Recruitment Advertising
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Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club - Officers 2020/2021
Patron: D.O. (Don) Neely MBE, MNZM
President: Todd Foster
Immediate Past President: Ronnie Nathu
Vice Presidents: G.S. Allen, C.G.D. Austin, P.T. Barton, G.P. Bilby,
T.A. Boyer, D. Clifford, M.J. Coles, R.O. Collinge, G.
Cowan, B.W. Darroch, M.F. Dawson, J. Dobbs, B.A.
Edgar, C.H.T. Ellis, A.F. Ewart, B.T. Frederikson, C.
Gill, M.M. Graham, D.M. Gray, N.J. Grimstone, D.J.
Hornblow, M.A.Horsley, Sean Joseph, W.G.N. Kerr,
D.M. Lynn, K. McGrath, C.A.J. McMahon,
H.J.McMorran, H.A. Morgan, J.G. O’Brien, B. Patel,
C.J. Pearce, J.C. Perkins, M. Pettit, D.J. Phillips, D.J.
Pollock, G.L. Reeves, N.W. Simpson, B.W. Sinclair, V.
Slack, J. Sutherland, P. Terry, P. Tindill, P.A. Tolley,
J.Turner, S. Watt, A.P. White, L.J. Worley, S. Zavos
Life Members: B. Borman, D. Colvin, Carl Gill, G.A.
Dry, A. Johnston, D.J. Kelly, J.G. Lamason, D. Millar,
D.O. Neely MBE, MNZM, C Shields, R Nathu.
Club Chairman: Clinton Johns
Club Manager ) Gordon Dry/Ronnie Nathu (part year)
Hon. Treasurer )
Senior Club Captain: Vacant
Junior Club Convenors: Brian Gardner & Paul Bracewell
Assistant Clubrooms Managers: Ankur Bassi and Vena Niutao
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Hon. Secretary: Andy Burt
Hon. Solicitor: Ollie Frederikson LLB
Hon. Auditor: Robert Marshall BCA, CA
Executive Cttee: Lance Dry, Mark Pettit, Matt Toft, Dave Corry, Ben
Arcus, Jamie Gibson, Catharine Shields, Tom
Lancaster.
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Team Captains
Premier: Luke Georgeson
Premier Reserve: Haseeb Quazi
First Grade (Division 5) Roosters: Brian Gardner
First Grade (Division 5) Cougars: Ollie Frederikson
Third Grade (Division 7) Tamils: Thileepan Gunaratnaraja
Third Grade (Division 7) Scorpions: A J Moochikkal
Third Grade (Division 7) Bulldogs: Patrick Arnold
Intercity One Day Grade,
Division 1 The Shoe Clinic: Sam Hyde
Division 1 Masters: Urmit Patel
Division 1 Desi Boys: Roshan Patel
Division 2 Leopards: Pargat Pannu Singh
Division 2 Shepherds: Cullum Jones
Division 3 Thumbs Up: Shailesh Patel
Division 3 Evergreens: Bhavesh Patel
T20 Division 2 Prematures: Adrian Brown
T20 Division 2 Smoking Pineapples: Jordan Delaney
T20 Division 3 The Tossers: Sam Rees
T20 Division 3 Cobras: Clinton Parkes
T20 Division 3 Goons: Robin Yates
T20 Division 3 Shondy’s: Nathan Gardner
Womens T20 Wildcats: Tessa Ure-Bowman
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DONATIONS
Our thanks go to the following people for their kind donations:
Pat Baker
Kilbirnie Sports
Ronnie Nathu
Gordon Dry
Southern Cross Cables
LOOK AFTER OUR SPONSORS
We are grateful to receive such wonderful support from our major
sponsors:
Pat & Jane Baker, El Cheapo Cars
New Zealand Community Trust
The Lion Foundation
Four Winds Foundation
Infinity Foundation
One Foundation
N Z Racing Board
Eastern Suburbs Sports Trust/Pak ‘N Save, Kilbirnie
Actrix Networks Ltd
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LOOK AFTER OUR SPONSORS (cont.)
Kilbirnie Sports
Hells Pizza
Southern Cross Cables
Coherent Digital Printing
Floorcourt Porirua
WE THANK THEM ALL WHOLEHEARTEDLY!
PLEASE GIVE THEM YOUR SUPPORT IN RETURN!
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SUBS DEFAULTERS
I am pleased to be able to report that there were no subs defaulters for
the 2020/21 season. Well done guys!!
7REPRESENTATIVE HONOURS 2020/21
Wellington Firebirds Michael Bracewell (c)
Fraser Colson
Jamie Gibson
Lauchie Johns
Luke Georgeson
Wellington Provincial A Luke Georgeson (c)
Adam Leonard
Jed Wiggins
Wellington Under 19’s Jacob Madigan
New Zealand A Michael Bracewell (c)
8TROPHY LIST
Premier Winder Cup Best Fielder Lauchie Johns
Men G F Harris Cup Best Bowler Jed Wiggins
Amalgamation Cup Best Batsman Luke Georgeson
Hannah Trophy MVP Luke Georgeson
Premier Reserves Tucker Cup Best Fielder Henry Wells
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To 4 Grade Allen Pengelly Cup Best Bowler Dimitri Goumas
Monckhouse/ Best Batsman Janakan Karunaharan
Kershaw Cup
Kelly Cup MVP Dilakshan Dila
Intercity
One Day to Donoghue Cup Best Fielder Nick Singh
T20 Grades Chapman Cup Best Bowler Pankaj Kumar
Gaudin Cup Best Batsman Karl Grove
Cameron Cup MVP Dimitri Goumas
Club W J R Christopherson Best/Most Corey Lawrence
Trophy Enterprising Capt
Pearl Assurance Trophy Best Male U20 Jacob Logan
Walker Cup Most Useful Ankur Bassi
On/Off Field
McKeown Trophy Highest Club Lauchie Johns 176
Innings
Ward Trophy Best Batsman Luke Georgeson
Committee Cup Best Bowler Jed Wiggins
Tyler McKnight Cup Best bowling Adam Leonard 7-48
figures
Coles/Hotter Trophy Best Allrounder Luke Georgeson
J G Ashenden Most Improved Dilakshan Dila
Trophy Batsman
Duthie Cup Most Improved Jed Wiggins
Bowler
O G Hearne Shield Best Team I/city 1 Easts Prematures
9Borman Johnston Personality of Sone Finai
Cup the Year
Crown Finance Cup Player of the Luke Georgeson
Year
10CRICKET WELLINGTON INC.
FINAL GRADE POINTS 2020/2021
Premier 2 Men
Hazlett Trophy Third Grade (Div 7)
Eastn Suburbs 141.53 Wainui 134.77
Vic Uni 100.00 Stokes Valley 95.23
North City 82.44 Easts Scorpions 86.20
Petone Riv 60.62 Sri Lankan 75.44
Wgton Collegians 56.93 Easts Tamils 75.13
Naenae 39.99 Onslow 65.09
North City 53.53 Easts Bulldogs 56.20
Wgton Collegians 32.89
Premier 3 Men Upper Hutt 29.64
Alan IsaacTrophy (Prem Reserve) North City 14.52
Petone Riv 85.00
J’ville 73.00 Womens T20
Wainui 65.00 Naenae Nuggets 50.00
Taita 65.00 Stokes Valley 1 36.00
Vic Uni 62.00 Petone-Riv 32.00
Hutt Dist 60.00 University 28.00
Eastn Suburbs 45.00 Upper Hutt 24.00
Karori 44.00 ` Easts Wildcats 16.00
Wgton Collegians 4.00
First Grade (Div 5)
Petone Riv 130.98
Eastbourne 120.12
Easts Cougars 93.65
Hutt Districts 86.66
East Roosters 86.62
Hutt Districts 56.63
J’ville 53.77
Naenae 43.86
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FINAL GRADE POINTS 2020/2021
(continued)
Intercity 1 Day Div 1 T20 Div2
Easts Masters 52.00 Easts Prematures 65.00
Taita Yodhas 52.00 Vic Uni 56.00
Easts Shoe Clinic 52.00 Sri Lankan Tuskers 52.00
Petone-Riv 36.00 J’ville Record setters 52.00
Taita Fireblades 34.00 North City 45.00
Easts Desi 32.00 Easts Pineapples 36.00
Taita Rowdies 24.00 Vic Uni Stubbies 24.00
Onslow Raging Stags 18.00 Brooklyn 24.00
Karori 20.00
Intercity 1 Day Div 2 Vic Uni 16.00
Easts Leopards 52.00 Easts Lads 8.00
Naenae Stiflers 36.00
Onslow Rassics 32.00 T20 Div3
Naenae 1A 32.00 North City Taniwha 56.00
Easts Shepherds 30.00 Easts Goons 52.00
Upper Hutt Piwaka 24.00 Vic Uni 44.00
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North City 3 XI 10.00 Brooklyn Beekeepers 36.00
Brooklyn Highwaymen 32.00
Intercity 1 Day Div 3 J’Ville 30.00
Brooklyn Might Ducks 48.00 Karori 28.00
Easts Evergreens 42.00 Wellington Collegians 28.00
Upper Hutt 40.00 Brooklyn Tingers 28.00
Stokes Valley 36.00 Easts Cobras 21.00
Wainui 36.00 Easts Tossers 20.00
Easts Thumbs Up 18.00 Easts Shondys 18.00
12MILESTONES
Club Centuries
Lauchie Johns, Premiers 176, 120 and 120
Jithu George, 4th Gr Shepherds 174
Xavier Aspell, Premier Reserves 158
Jeremy Dean, T20 Div 2 Prematures 148*
Patrick Howes, Premiers 148*
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Janakan Karunaharan, 3 Grade Div 7 Tamils 148
Matt Rowe, Premier Reserves 139
Christian Bonnevie, 1st Gr Roosters 130, 103*
Luke Georgeson, Premiers 130
Yatesh Maisuria, 1 Day Div 1 Masters 125*
Kishan Patel, 1 Day Div 3 Evergreens 125
Fraser Colson, Premiers 119
Vishesh Jain, Third grade Div 7 Scorpions 116
Indra Visatiya, Third grade Div 7 Scorpions 116, 115
Ollie Fredrickson, 1st Gr Div 5 Cougars 115, 105
Dilakshan Dila, Premier Reserves 111*, 110, 106
Bhupinder Gill, 1 Day Div 2 Leopards 111
Steve Paki Paki, 4th Gr Shepherds 110*
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Dominic Thorn, 1 Gr Roosters 109
Janakan Karunaharan, Third grade Div 7 Tamils 108, 105*
Ben Arcus, T20 Div 2 Prematures 108*
Robin Singh,1 Day Div 2 Leopards 108*
Shane Johnston, 1 Day Div 1 Shoe Clinic 106*
Haseeb Quazi, Premier Reserves 104*
RD
Jacob Warren, 3 Grade Div 7 Bulldogs 104
135+ Wickets in an Innings
Adam Leonard, Premiers 7-48
Ili Tugaga, Premiers 6-25
Manish Patel, 1 Day Div 1 Desi Boys 6-28
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Christian Bonnevie1 Gr Roosters 6-40
st
Andrew Peden1 Gr Cougars 6-72
Shailesh Patel, 1 Day Div 1 Desi Boys 5-18
Rameese Jalal, Third grade Div 7 Scorpions 5-23
st
Rob McDonald1 Gr Roosters 5-24
Jed Wiggins, Premiers 5-30
Vivek Patel, 1 Day Div 3 Evergreens 5-31
Robert Shanks 4th Gr Shepherds 5-31
Kaleb Gilhooly, Premier Reserve 5-32
Adam Leonard. Premiers 5-33
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Aidan Collin, 1 Gr Roosters 5-40
Adam Leonard, Premiers 5-46
Maninder Gill, Leopards 5-51
Patrick Howes, Premiers 5-53
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Maran Kumarasamy, 3 Grade Div 7 Tamils 5-53
Jacob Madigan, Prem Reserves 5-55
Jed Wiggins, Premiers 5-63
Dimitri Goumas, Bulldogs 5-76
Hattricks
Ajith Moochikkal Third grade Div 7 Scorpions 4-24
Charan Sandhu 1st Gr Div 5 Cougars 3-84
14ANKUR BASSI - SENIOR PLAYER, COACH
Ankur has made Wellington his “ home away from home “ and has been a
resident coach and player to the Mighty Easts Cricket Club since 2012.
During this time he has played many fine innings for the Club including
some outstanding centuries including a personal high of 177. He has fitted
into the Club culture here well and has become a popular member of the
Premier squad and a personable coach and mentor. He has also been
known to knock up a very tasty curry for some of the boys to enjoy!
Ankur has previously played First Class cricket in India, has played in the
Essex County Cricket League, and was a member of the Rajasthan Royals
IPL wider training squad.
Ankur has earned a lot of respect for his integrity, excellent temperament
and solid work ethic. He has undertaken a serious coaching role within the
Club, both within the Junior ranks and with more senior players seeking
individual coaching and tuition. He holds a New Zealand Cricket Qualified
Level 2 Coaching accreditation and is building a good reputation in this
area.
15Some of Ankur’s students have attained high honours during the season
past, with a couple of guys who were receiving his tutelage featuring in
Wellington Firebirds representation. Quite a few others to benefit from his
tuition have reached Wellington age group representative teams.
Ankur is available to take on new coaching roles within the Club, both at
Senior and Junior levels. Seek him out if you want to engage Ankur for
one-on-one, groups, or team coaching.
Contact Ankur : 022 0350661 bassi.ankur@yahoo.com
16List of Members (Continued)
Andrew Adamson Johnny Blonde
Ha'amea Ahio Gerard Bond
Rahul Al Ghul Christian Bonnevie
Bob Alagh Chengappa Boppanda
Tarun Anand Michael Bracewell
Conor Ansell Sean Bridge
Puvin Anthony Lewis Brock
Ben Arcus Callum Bron
Patrick Arnold Adrian Brown
Mac Ashby Rob Bruns
Xavier Aspell Matt Bull
Prasanto Babuji Brad Bulman
Gurinder Bains Andrew Burt
Benjamin Baker Gavin Byford
Tim Banks Phoebe Caldeiro
Finn Barker Nathan Cameron
Scott Barnett Jundas Capone
Ankur Bassi Davros Carline
Taine Bayly Aidan Cassidy
Ben Beardsworth Ben Chadwick
Kanwarjit Singh Bedi Tom Chambers
Ben Hill Kaushik Chandiran
Rajeev Benedict Paul Churchman
Nishad Bhatt Anthonie Clement
Harjeet Bhullar Aidan Collin
Tim Bignall Fraser Colson
Navneet Birla Luciano Colucci
Raghuveer Bisht Justin Cook
17List of Members (Continued)
Erin Cooksley Dugan Flannery
David Corry Jack Forrester
Will Cosgriff Todd Foster
Lisa Crawford Ollie Fredrickson
Rob Cullen Hamish French
Sanjay Dahya Kerry Friday
Stu Davenport Brian Gardner
Jeremy Dean Ganga Gauda
Alex Deane Graeme Geale
Gordon Delaney Jithu George
Jordan Delaney Riju George
Mehul Desai Luke Georgeson
Bobby Dhaliwal Fiu Gibbons
Sumit Dhull Jamie Gibson
Sam Dick Kaleb Gilhooly
Tim Dick Richard Gilhooly
Dilakshan Dila Carl Gill
Luthra Dines Bhupinder Gill
Oliver Dinnan Maninder Gill
Brad Dobson Kirsty Gill
Lance Dry Geoff Glynan
Gordon Dry Matt Godfrey
James Eder Zac Gornall
Tim Ellis Dimitri Goumas
Andy Ellis Peter Grace
Jimmy Fastier Victor Groom
Truman Filipo Karl Grove
Sone Finai Thileepan Gunaratnarajah
18List of Members (Continued)
Nikkitesh Gurnani Vishal Kamboj
Jeff Haigh Pinkesh Kansara
Jayden Hall Sanjay Kansara
Alexander Hann Janakan Karunaharan
Albert Hanson Peter Kerr
Stephen Harris Jimad Khan
Matt Hickey Harry Kidd
Jacob Hodson Odele Kingsford
Serge Hollis Paula Kinikinilau
Whetu Hopkins Nathan Kirikino
Helen Howell Tim Klyen
Patrick Howes Gokul Krishnan
Alan Hughes Samarth Kulkani
Tino Hughes Omkar Kulkarni
Oliver Hunt Ananth Kumar
Matt Hunt Pankaj Kumar
Sam Hyde Ajith Kumar
Mark Innes Maran Kumarasamy
Vishesh Jain Raj Lakhani
Rameese Jalal Arun Laks
Lauchie Johns Harry Lancaster
Clinton Johns Corey Lawrence
Shane Johnston Jamie Lawton-McKenzie
Julie Johnstone Ben Leary
Nick Jolly Adam Leonard
Cullum Jones Dan Leone
Joel Kajendraseelan Penny Lewis
Vinayak Kalia Sammy Lewis
19List of Members (Continued)
Scott Lindsay Jack Mills
Jacob Logan Jordan Mills
Erick Lui Ishvar Mistry
Dinesh Luthra ji Abhinav Mittal
Drew Macgregor Tejas Modi
Jacob Madigan Pasan Mohotti
Sameer Magan Ajith Moochikkal
Gopikannan Maheswaran Paresh Morar
Craig Mahoney Hayden Mourits
Abhishek Maisuria Marco Muollo
Yatesh Maisuria Whetu Muraahi Martin
Nikhil Maisuria Dean Napier
Ashwin Maisuria Ronnie Nathu
Pravik Maisuria Josh Naylor
Nikhil Maisuria Adrian Naylor
Joe Marsters Josh Newport
Johnathan Maulder Troy Newton
Justin Maxwell Blair Nicholson
Scott McCallum Vena Niutao
Sean McCleary Tulima Nonu
Rob McDonald Isaac O'Connor
Andrew McGee Sean O'Connor
Duncan McIntyre Mick O'Malley
Steffan McIvor Vishnu Padikkal
James McLaughlan Steve Paki Paki
Andrew McLean Nick Palmer
Joey Mears Mark Palmer
Alastair Meehan Roshan Pancha
Chintan Mehta Pargat Pannu
Louis Metson Dhushyanthan Para
20List of Members (Continued)
Clinton Parkes Hemant Patel
Krishna Patel VM Patel
Akhil Patel Nitin Patel
Ronak Patel Yogesh B Patel
Roshan Patel Aditya Patel
Pratik Patel Sanjay Patel
Hiren Patel Mohan Patel
Manish Patel Dharmesh Patel
Dipesh Patel Kishan Patel
Dharmesh Patel Vivek Patel
Ketan Patel Nilesh Patel
Shailesh Patel Bharat Patel
Himanshu Patel Bhavesh Patel
Jayesh Patel Dhanesh Patel
Janeel Patel Atul Patel
Hitesh Patel Mahendra Patel
Jatin Patel Anil Patel
Nilesh Patel Tristan Patterson
Indrajit Patel Andrew Peden
Kishan Patel Scott Pender
Tarang Patel Adam Pope
Urmit Patel Martin Powell
Bhavesh Patel Haseeb Quazi
Hemant Patel Rakesh Raghunandan
Vinod Patel Prasanna Rags
Sailesh Patel Sunny Raheja
Hiral Patel Roshan Rai
Shailesh Patel Naresh Rajendran
Bipin Patel Yudi Rajput
Maksud Patel Sid Raman
Kalpesh Patel Rajanikant Raman
21List of Members (Continued)
Sandeep Rana Gurjeet Singh
Kieran Ray Mankawal Singh
Sam Ready Thujan Sivananthan
Sam Rees Daniel Smith
Nicky Rees Rajesh Sreekumar
Gerrard Rendel Fred Strickland
Josh Riley Jack Taulapapa
Sam Rixon Shubham Thapar
Cam Ross Bavisanth Thayarooban
Matt Rowe Shane Thomas
Steffa Roy Brent Thompson
Regan Ryan Chris Thompson
Sahil Saini Bart Thompson
Sarangan Sakthivel Caleb Thompson-Harding
Charan Sandhu Dominic Thorn
Prakash Sasikumar Petaia Tiai
George Scandlyn Guri Tiwana
Vinnie Schumacher Bernie Troke
Greg Scobie Ili Tugaga
Jack Shadbolt Tui Tulili
Robert Shanks Jadrah Tupai
Dylan Sharma Sokhom Un
Ashish Sharma Tessa Ure-Bowman
Avinash Shastri Kunal Verma
Richard Sheehan Indra Visatiya
Catherine Shields Darren Ward
Jared Simpson Jacob Warren
Gurpreet Singh Jonny Waters
Gurwinder Singh Kieran Weller-chew
Robin Singh Henry Wells
Nick Singh George Wells
22List of Members (Continued)
Jason Wells
George Wells
Andy White
James White
Nate Wiggins
Jed Wiggins
Chris Williams
Ben Williamson
Steve Wilson
Mark Wilson
Shane Winter
James Wintringham
Rachael Wohlers
Nicola Wood
Robin Yates
Paul Young
23Club Manager’s Season Report 2021-22 by Ronnie Nathu
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After the disappointments of the abrupt end to last season due to Covid
resulting in the Easts Premiers being relegated to the Hazlett Trophy, Easts
started the Premier season determined to regain Pearce Cup status and
achieved this in emphatic style winning all its matches except for one two-
day game which was drawn after enforcing the follow on. As a result, the
Hazlett Trophy was secured with 41 points clear of second place. A good
run in the T20 competition saw Easts progress to the semi-finals. The
Premiers also regained the Cook Shield and look forward to defending the
shield in the Pearce Cup two-dayers next season.
The club boosted 20 men teams and 1 women’s team, resulting in 4 grade
winners with Premiers (Hazlett), Masters (I Day Div 1), Leopards (1 Day
Div 2), Goons (T20 Div 3) winning their respective grades. It secured the
Royal Visit Cup at the Cricket Wellington Awards for the club with the most
Aggregate points.
The Club is extremely proud of the representative selection of 5 firebirds
(Michael Bracewell, Fraser Colson, Lauchie Johns, Jamie Gibson and
Luke Georgeson) during the season, three list A selections (Adam
Leonard, Jed Wiggins and Josh Newport (CD)) and Jacob Madigan’s
selection for the Wellington under 19s from the club.
The following Easts players were recognised at the Wellington Cricket
Awards
• Luke Georgeson on being awarded the men’s fair play Bruce
Murray medal.
• Michael Bracewell on being awarded the Ford Trophy Player’s
Player of the Year, Overall Players Player of the Year and the
Kapura Men’s Allrounder of the Year.
• Adam Leonard on being awarded the J Atkin Cup (best bowling in
premier club cricket).
24A particular highlight for the season was the celebration of club stalwart
and life member Carl Gill’s 80th Birthday with an invitation cricket match
made up of players current and past who have played with Carl. National
television crews were also on hand (thanks to Andy Burt) to showcase this
achievement. Carl continues to regularly turn out for the Easts Bulldogs in
the 3rd Grade Div 7. Well done to the Bulldogs team for organising this
event, it was a great night at the clubrooms.
The junior club was pleased to see an increase in numbers, which saw
Easts able to field 36 teams. This is the second year in a row we have seen
an increase to our numbers. The club also saw an increase in the number
of kids keen to attend the Riverbend camps in Hawkes Bay over summer
with 7 teams attending at various times.
The Easts junior committee with Paul Bracewell and Brian Gardner as co-
convenors have done an outstanding of managing the junior section of the
club. Sadly, this represents the last year of Paul’s involvement as co-
convenor after 5 years in the role. We thank Paul and Sarah for their
involvement and commitment to the role.
The Club is appreciative of the Cricket Wellington’s Initiative to waive all
affiliation fees this year in response to the Covid pandemic and as a result
the Junior Club also waived all junior subscriptions for this season.
We look forward to the 2021/22 season.
The sudden ill health of Gordie mid-season created a number of immediate
operational issues for the club, given Gordie has been running the club as
a well-oiled machine for the last 27 years almost single-handedly and there
was no ability to have a proper hand-over. As a result, there have been
several administrative issues like ball collection, team selections and
reporting of scores that have suffered this season, which the club will look
to rectify in the new season.
The Club is heartened by the offers of support for the club and concern
for the well-being of Gordie from various past and current club members
and the general Wellington cricket community.
25Doug Pollock discusses the impact that Gordie has had on the club further
in this report. Due to Gordie’s health he has decided to step down as Club
Manager, but we are pleased that Gordie is keen and willing to be on the
committee.
The Club is now at a major crossroad and will need to consider the best
operating model going forward to ensure the legacy that Gordie has
established continues to develop. It is clear that Gordie is irreplaceable as
a single club manager and that a new structure needs to be put in place to
operate the club going forward.
There are four distinct areas of the club operations that need to be
addressed, with a number of tasks comprising each area, covering
• Risk and Finance
• Communication and Events
• Facilities and Gear
• Cricket Management
The club will need to consider how best to resource these areas,
particularly facilities and gear and cricket management.
Whilst there are no immediate answers on how to address all the above
areas, the Club will need greater engagement from its members. There
will be specific tasks that members will need be involved with, to spread
the load by breaking tasks into discreet jobs that do not become overly
onerous for any one individual/group of individuals.
The club is looking for skills that could assist in database management,
statistics, CricHQ scoring, IT support, managing the bar, social media
support, gear management and general admin assistance. This could be
a commitment as little as one hour or one day a season. Talk to any
committee member about how you can help if you have any of the above
skills to offer.
26The Clubrooms and bar were not well patronised during the season, and
improvement is needed. The bar is largely breakeven in the current year.
We need to explore more inventive ways to attract teams back to the Club
after their game on a Saturday. (Work in progress!!)
The Club is extremely disappointed with the attitude of the Wellington City
Council and their insistence that all signage, which has been in place for
the last 10 years, now be removed from the clubrooms and the nets, as a
condition of renewing our lease on the Park. This will have implications on
our current sponsorship arrangements. This year marks the final year of
the El Cheapo sponsorship as the main sponsor, and we thank Pat and
Jane Baker for their generous sponsorship over the years.
The Club’s financial results for the year were satisfactory overall, however
prudent management will be necessary in these uncertain times.
Big thankyous for huge contributions –
• Many thanks also to Cath and Clinton Johns for stepping into the
breach when necessary, to cover vital activities such as lunches,
premier scoring and generally helping out wherever they could.
• To Hells Pizza (Hataitai, Island Bay and Strathmore) for the
sponsorship of lunches for the Prem home games
• To Cath and Clinton Johns, Susan McDiarmid and John Wiggins,
Jeremy Dean, Robyn and Gordon Dry, Cath Shields, Paul and
Audrey Madigan and Jimad Khan – who all pitched in from time
to time and demonstrated their culinary skills by turning on
lunches for the Prem boys on a Saturday. Much appreciated by
one and all!!
• To Pat & Jane Baker for their wonderful sponsorship support.
• to Rob Macdonald, our Webmaster/Statistician
• to Cath Shields – the Club’s official Premier scorer and luncheon
assistant - always prepared to step up. Well done Cath – the
baking is delish and always well received!!
• to all the captains and team organisers for fronting up and
carrying the clubs banner throughout the season. Good one!
27We look forward to the 2021-22 season with a little trepidation. The
Covid19 fiasco continues to create a lot of uncertainty around what the
season will look like. Revenue avenues will be affected, and we will have
to be watchful and prudent in managing our financial resources in the
coming year.
I expect to see you all back on deck next season – and bring all your mates
with you, so that they too can experience first- hand the phenomenon that
is the Mighty Easts!
Obituaries
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Sadly, during the year, we had two club stalwarts pass away.
Dan Kelly
Life Member Dan Kelly passed away on 14 December 2020, aged 92
years. Dan was always a keen supporter of Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club
and its predecessor club Midland St Pats and his presence at Kilbirnie
Park will be sorely missed.
Trevor Malloch (2 December 1928 – 2 November 2020)
Former Kilbirnie Cricket Club opening bowler Trevor Malloch, quietly
passed away early last month at a Feilding rest home. He was exactly one
month short of his 92nd birthday, and at the time of his death was
Wellington's oldest surviving first-class player.
A fine medium-fast right-arm bowler who Don Neely described as ‘very
accurate and attacked the stumps’, Trevor played 90 games for Kilbirnie,
taking 370 wickets at 17.11. A modest tail ender, his top score was an
unbeaten 36, while he made 625 runs at an average of 7.9.
28From his childhood home in Wellington Road, Trevor attended Kilbirnie
School, going on to Wellington Technical College between 1943 and 1946,
with engineering as his main trade subject. There he played in the First XI
alongside future New Zealand player Trevor McMahon.
He joined Kilbirnie in 1948, and in the 1953/54 season helped the club to
Cook Shield success with a competition-high 59 wickets at 12.71 each. He
also took most wickets in 1957/58 with 51 at 13.03, while in 1954/55 he
secured 43 wickets at 14.90. The following season he took 48 wickets at
15.31 and in 1956/57 40 wickets at 19.45. Trevor’s best bowling figures
came in December 1957, when he took 8-39. Other impressive returns
came in November 1954 with 8-54, and in October 1956 with 7-60.
Despite his outstanding club performances Trevor played just twice for
Wellington, against Central Districts and Otago in 1953/54, scoring 19 runs
and capturing six wickets.
Trevor moved to Palmerston North in 1958 and joined the Old Boys Cricket
Club, which also had New Zealand players Ian Colquhoun and Bryan Yuile
in its ranks.
A keen and able golfer he became a Life Member of both the New Zealand
Golf Association and the New Zealand Sports Turf Institute. After being an
engineer and later a company manager, Trevor became active in
community affairs and chaired both the Central Power Electricity Trust and
the Palmerston North Hospital Board. He was awarded a Queen’s Service
Medal in the 2004 Queen’s Birthday Honours for public services.
He is survived by his wife of more than 60 years, Souter, along with their
children Karen and Tony.
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30The Legendary Gordon Dry by Doug Pollock
One word has been synonymous with Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club since
its inception in 1993 when Midland St Pats and Kilbirnie amalgamated.
‘Gordie’ has been omniscient throughout the club in that time. The only
constant in the last 27 years, Gordon Dry has stepped down as Club
Manager due to current ill health.
21 senior teams and 36 junior teams now represent the mighty Easts!
Gordie has built and managed the largest adult cricket club in New
Zealand. Allied to that, Easts are the second largest Junior Club in the
country. Gordie’s faultless administration, management and leadership is
the primary reason we are the envy of all. There is not a role that Gordie
has not performed at Easts. I state that advisedly, as he’s never sought
title. Similar to the great Easts teams, he just gets the job done.
31The financial viability of the club is much due to Gordie’s treasury skills.
The club rooms are so well presented thanks to Gordie’s attention to detail.
The bar prices we all enjoy courtesy of his commercial and economic
acumen. As we all know, Gordon Dry is the hardest man on earth to say
‘No’ to… this is reflected in the team selections every Saturday. Cricket
Wellington and Wellington City Council understand well Gordie’s
capabilities. The will of the man ensures Easts are represented and our
position protected.
We have all shared in the glory of 16 Pearce Cup triumphs in the last 20
years. The pivot on which that success has been derived is Gordon Dry.
He has an astute cricket brain. He cuts through nonsense to get to the
core. He has always been a great selector. He can see what others can’t
when selecting cricketers. Gradually, Gordie compiled a Premier team so
well rounded their success was inevitable. In the late 1990’s and early
2000’s Gordie managed the Premier team along with his other club
responsibilities. Players wanted for nothing. He catered for every
eventuality. Any player that has been lucky enough to play in one of
Gordie’s teams has been so grateful for his duty and service.
Gordie will still be involved with the club as his health allows. It is advisable
for all to pay their subs on time! You all know that phone call will be coming
if not… But for now, I’m sure the entire club and wider cricket fraternity will
join us in making a simple, heartfelt statement to Gordon Dry. “Thank you.”
32Premier Men’s team Season Report 2020-21 by Ronnie Nathu
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After the disappointing end to last season due to COVID, resulting in the
Prems being relegated to Hazlett Trophy, the team’s main objective was
to win the Hazlett Trophy and get back to its rightful place in the Pearce
Cup.
In what could potentially have been a difficult season the Prems
resoundingly won the Hazlett Trophy being clear at the top by 44 points
and having remained unbeaten in the one day and two-day competition.
The team’s dominance was underlined by beating the three teams below
them by outright victories.
The season started with an unbeaten run in the one dayers with two low
scoring nail biting victories against University and North City, with the lower
order coming to the rescue. Against University Ill Tugaga and the Wiggins
Boys put on 64 runs for the last two wickets to get home. Against North
City Kaleb Gilhooly, Jed Wiggins and Jacob Madigan (on debut) put on 93
runs for the last two wickets to get home.
A good run in the T20 competition with good wins against Taita, Karori and
Wellington Collegians saw the team progress to the semi-final against Hutt
Districts, unfortunately the team came up short to the eventual winners.
The team came to the fore in the two-day competition winning 4 of the 5
games with bonus point victories and enforcing the follow on in the other
game without being able to force the win.
The team was well led by Luke Georgeson and ably supported by Jimad
Khan.
There were many highlights throughout the season such as
• Three hundred’s from Lauchie Johns, displaying some sublime ball
striking and shot making during these innings. Lauchie ended the
season with 615 runs at an average of 55.91.
33• The highlight of the T20 competitions was a high-quality innings of
119 runs from Fraser Colson that saw some clean hitting with 8 x
4s and 9 x 6s against a quality Karori bowling attack. Fraser also
scored 84 against Naenae (sacrificing a century to ensure a timely
declaration), during this innings he shared a 204-run partnership
nd
in 28 overs with Patrick Howes (148), which is a Easts 3 wicket
record partnership. Fraser’s experience on and off the field in the
limited games played has been a significant factor in the team’s
success.
• Luke Georgeson one day century of 130 against Petone. Luke
was the leading run scorer with an impressive 712 runs at an
average of 44.50. Together with his bowling which continued to
develop this season and returned 29 wickets at an average of
16.00. It was just reward for Luke for the hard work he has put into
his cricket and the form shown that he was called up to the
Firebirds in the later part of the season. He performed with
distinction and has been rewarded with a contract for the 2021/22
season.
• Adam Leonard was a great addition to the team and lead the
bowling attack and tirelessly continued to charge in with the new
ball ending with 40 wickets at 15.43, with 7-48 against Collegians
on a reasonably flat wicket his best return. Adam also scored some
important runs at key moments during the season.
• Jimad Khan provided the team with the leadership and experience
needed and batted for the team and scored runs at key moments.
• Jed Wiggins continued to develop as a seasoned senior cricketer
and was the team’s leading wicket taker with 44 wickets at an
average of 14.52. Jed’s batting come on leaps and bounds and he
played some crucial innings in the lower order and showed a great
deal of maturity and calmness to see the team home on a number
of occasions. He will be pushing for a greater level of responsibility
and promotion up the order.
34• Newcomer Patrick Howes, once he settled into the playing cricket
in Wellington conditions showed his talents cumulating in his
innings of 148 not out against Naenae and a key match winning
innings against Petone of 42 not out. His left spinners returned 34
wickets at 16.62. He managed to keep fielders focussed with his
ability to rip through his over in next to no time. With Pat’s
departure to Wanaka, his presence will be missed.
• Jacob Logan continued his development in the top order scoring
499 runs at 26.26. He consistently made good starts and will be
looking to convert these to bigger scores next season in the
Pearce Cup.
• Xavier Aspell had a solid start in premier cricket and shows a lot of
potential to be one of the mainstays in the team for years to come
and the Prems look forward to his continued development.
• Nate Wiggins also demonstrated he is capable of playing Prem
cricket and will look to capitalise on this solid start next season.
• Jacob Madigan had limited opportunities for the Prems but is a
bowler with a lot of promise and will have plenty of more
opportunities next season.
• Ill Tugaga is a steadying influence in the team on and off the field
and his 6-40 against Naenae and hitting the winning runs in a nail-
biting finish against University in a one-day game were memorable
highlights.
• A welcome mid-season addition to the team, Josh Newport added
some firepower to the bowling attack and was rewarded with 10
wickets at 11.6 in the limited games played.
• Henry Wells made his senior debut and showed a tidy display
behind the stumps in the limited games played and will look to build
on this going forward.
• Kaleb Gilhooly opportunities were also limited, however his innings
of 41 against North City was a match winning knock. Taine
Bayley’s opportunities were also limited before his departure back
to Dunedin, but he made some useful contributions with bat and
ball.
35The Prems have the nucleus of a good side with youth and experience
and look forward to the season ahead in the Pearce Cup, defending the
Cook Shield and challenging for another title.
Batting Statistics
----------------------- Ings NO Runs HS Ave
Luke Georgeson 19 3 712 130 44.50
Lauchie Johns 11 0 615 176 55.91
Jacob Logan 21 2 499 93 26.26
Patrick Howes 16 2 356 148* 25.43
Fraser Colson 10 0 350 119 35.00
Jimad Khan 16 2 278 64 19.86
Adam Leonard 15 5 238 65 23.80
Xavier Aspell 12 3 212 31 23.55
Nate Wiggins 10 2 136 40 17.00
Jed Wiggins 12 9 121 39* 40.33
Kaleb Gilhooly 3 0 53 41 17.67
Connor Ansell 3 0 49 35 16.33
Taine Bayly 4 1 48 27 16.00
Ili Tugaga 4 3 34 18* 34.00
Michael Bracewell 1 0 34 34 34.00
Jamie Gibson 2 0 32 27 16.00
Jack Forrester 6 1 29 10 5.80
Henry Wells 3 1 18 9 6.00
Ankur Bassi 1 0 14 14 14.00
Jacob Madigan 2 1 12* 12 12.00
36Bowling Statistics
------------------------ Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BB Avge
Jed Wiggins 193 40 639 44 5-30 14.52
Adam Leonard 179 35 617 40 7-48 15.43
Patrick Howes 164 28 531 34 5-53 15.62
Luke Georgeson 129 17 464 29 3-5 16.00
Ili Tugaga 89 23 233 19 6-25 12.26
Taine Bayly 18 0 86 8 3-14 10.75
Josh Newport 43 9 116 10 4-38 11.60
Jacob Logan 35 3 143 5 1-4 28.60
Nathan Cameron 10 3 15 4 4-15 3.75
Nate Wiggins 17 0 92 4 2-9 23.00
Jacob Madigan 38 5 160 4 2-33 40.00
Fraser Colson 3 0 4 3 1-0 5.67
Avinesh Shastri 7 0 42 2 1-4 21.00
Jimad Khan 3 0 29 1 1-29 29.00
Jamie Gibson 15 2 54 1 1-36 54.00
Michael Bracewell 5 0 41 0 - -
Premier Reserves team season report 2020-21 by Ronnie Nathu
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Sixth placing in the Alan Isaac Trophy Premier 3 championship was a
disappointing result for the Reserves. The inability to field a consistent
team hampered the side. Whilst there were 6 centuries scored during the
season the team lacked consistency to score competitive totals throughout
the season.
The club will need to focus on ensuring the Reserves are a competitive
side and challenges for the top half of the table and provides a pathway for
players to play Prems cricket, as it is a competitive level of cricket. It will
be critical for the Premier Reserves cement their place in this grade next
season.
37Some of the highlights –
• Dilakshan Dila posted three centuries in a break-out season and
was rewarded with a senior debut in the last game of the season.
Unfortunately, due to the one-sided game he did not get the
opportunity to showcase his talent. Dilakshan scored 582 runs at
an average of 44.77. He will be challenging for a senior spot next
season.
• Centuries where also scored by Matt Rowe (137), Xavier Aspell
(159*) and Haseeb Quazi (104*). Strong batting efforts came from
Matt Rowe, Jared Simpson, Avinash Shastri and Nate Wiggins.
• Guri Tiwana for the second year running was the leading wicket
taker with 21 scalps with his left arm orthodox and was generally
economical throughout the season. There were other very handy
wicket taking contributions from Haseeb Quazi, Jared Simpson,
Matt Rowe.
• It was disappointing to lose all-rounder Avinash Shastri mid-
season, he left a hole in the side as he was making a valuable
contribution up to that stage with bat and ball.
• Some college lads on the horizon, played a few games in the 2nds
and 3rds and looked pretty useful – namely Joel Kajendraseelan,
Harry Lancaster and Marco Muollo. They’ll definitely give things a
boost in the seasons ahead.
Batting Statistics
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Ings NO Runs HS Ave
Dilakshan Dila 16 3 582 111* 44.77
Matt Rowe 10 2 345 139 43.13
Jared Simpson 15 7 217 70* 43.40
Henry Wells 13 0 216 59 16.62
Ankur Bassi 12 1 195 42 17.73
Avinash Shastri 10 2 189 69 31.50
Xavier Aspell 2 1 186 159* 186.00
Kaleb Gilhooly 12 0 184 38 15.33
Haseeb Quazi 15 2 167 104* 18.86
Jack Forrester 5 0 161 77 32.20
38Dylan Sharma 9 1 117 45 16.71
Nate Wiggins 5 0 138 47 27.00
Guri Tiwana 18 2 108 57 12.00
Tom Chambers 17 2 79 22 8.78
Nick Palmer 5 0 71 20 14.20
Joel Kajendraseelan 5 2 49 17 16.33
Marco Muollo 2 1 41 32 41.00
Anthonie Clement 4 0 32 26 10.67
Nishad Bhatt 2 1 19* 19 19.00
Ollie Fredrickson 1 0 17 17 17.00
Harry Lancaster 1 0 6 6 6.00
Sandeep Rana 1 0 5 5 5.00
Jacob Madigan 1 0 4 4 4.00
(also batted Sameer Magan, Tim Banks, George Wells, Charan Sandhu,
Raghuveer Bisht)
Bowling Statistics
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Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave
Guri Tiwana 106 7 415 21 4-46 19.76
Avinash Shastri 105 16 373 18 4-15 20.72
Jared Simpson 91 11 307 17 4-29 18.06
Matt Rowe 84 11 306 16 4-30 19.13
Haseeb Quazi 85 8 347 15 3-27 23.13
Kaleb Gilhooly 65 4 297 14 5-32 21.21
Tom Chambers 96 11 404 14 4-23 28.86
Jacob Madigan 26 3 144 6 5-55 24.00
Ankur Bassi 32 0 167 6 2-12 27.83
Dylan Sharma 17 1 95 4 2-20 23.75
Anthonie Clement 16 3 59 3 2-11 19.67
Nate Wiggins 45 2 189 3 2-43 63.00
Dilakshan Dila 2 0 7 1 1-7 7.00
Charan Sandhu 3 0 13 1 1-13 13.00
Sameer Magan 3 0 16 1 1-16 16.00
Jack Forrester 5 0 33 1 1-33 33.00
39(also bowled George Wells 3-19-0, Joel Kajendraseelan 8-1-27-1)
There was a disappointing response to our request for team reports
and statistics. We have included reports received. Where teams have
recorded a majority of their games on the Crichq scoring platform,
then team statistics have been extracted and included below,
however we note these may not be complete, where games have not
used Crichq. Team reports will be a work on for next season for
Captains or a suitably appointed team scribe/statistician.
Premier 4 (Cougars) team season report 2020-21 by Ronnie Nathu
The Cougars finished a very creditable third in the grade (Div 5) winning 5
one day games out of 7 and also winning 2 2-day games. This is a great
effort considering the side typically lack stability of personnel throughout
the season.
The side was led by Oli Frederickson who scored two centuries he was
supported by Nishad Bhatt and Roshan Rai in the batting. A feature of the
bowling was a 6-wicket bag by Andrew Peden.
Batting Statistics
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Ings NO Runs HS Ave
Ollie Fredrickson 9 2 432 115 61.71
Nishad Bhatt 9 3 308 86* 51.33
Roshan Rai 4 0 167 83 41.75
Charan Sandhu 8 1 165 52 23.57
Raghuveer Bisht 8 0 117 44 14.63
Anthonie Clement 4 1 76 43 25.33
Harry Kidd 1 0 62 62 62.00
Harry Lancaster 2 0 55 39 27.50
Kanwarjit Singh Bedi 3 0 22 15 7.33
Tim Banks 4 0 19 13 4.75
Sahil Saini 4 0 19 13 4.75
Marco Muollo 2 0 18 12 9.00
40Ankur Bassi 1 0 17 17 17.00
Abhishek Maisuria 1 1 15 15* -
Andrew Peden 3 1 13 12 6.50
Gurpreet Singh 2 0 10 10 5.00
David Corry 1 0 10 10 10.00
Jacob Hodson 1 0 7 7 7.00
Sam McCleary 2 1 7 4 7.00
Sandeep Rana 2 2 7 4* -
Gurwinder Singh 2 2 4 3 2.00
Tim Bignall 1 0 3 3* -
Oliver Hunt 1 0 3 3 3.00
Raj Lakhani 1 0 3 3 3.00
George Wells 1 0 1 1 1.00
Finn Barker 1 0 0 0 -
Benjamin Barker 1 0 0 0 -
Bowling Statistics
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Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave
Andrew Peden 51 9 202 11 6-72 18.36
Charan Sandhu 53 4 242 11 4-42 22.00
Tim Banks 34 2 99 6 2-21 16.50
Sandeep Rana 23 0 128 6 4-31 21.33
Raghuveer Bisht 11 0 53 4 2-22 13.25
Finn Barker 17 0 80 3 2-37 26.67
Gurwinder Singh 18 4 61 3 3-36 20.33
Anthonie Clement 25 4 75 3 3-28 25.00
Raj Lakhani 22 2 103 3 1-15 34.33
Tim Bignall 6 3 3 2 2-3 1.50
Benjamin Barker 10 0 45 2 2-45 22.50
Marco Muollo 18 0 105 2 1-38 52.50
Jacob Hodson 8 2 24 1 1-24 24.00
George Anderson 7 0 24 1 1-24 24.00
Gurpreet Singh 8 1 27 1 1-27 27.00
Finn Diedrichs-Farnan 10 0 48 1 1-48 48.00
George Wells 6 0 49 1 1-49 49.00
Harry Kidd 4 0 10 0 - -
41First Grade Roosters (Div 5) season report 2020/21 by The 12th Man
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Those who have perused previous accounts of the Roosters' season
exploits will be familiar with the classic lament that they are notoriously
poor starters. The good news is the abysmal Wellington weather washed
out the first two games, so the lads only had to endure an 0 and 3 opening.
You'd have struggled to see more balls dropping in the nation's entire Year
9 cohort. And the top 7 might as well have walked out to bat with a 5 iron.
At least a couple of the bowlers had some reasons to smile, with Jimmy
Bignall and Marnus McDonald snaring some early poles.
The single moment's joy pre-Christmas came when Shaddy cut Jville up,
Sags took the greatest gully catch ever seen and the batsmen threw
caution to the wind with Stud Mullet Bron pumping his guns before the
Pancha and Squid Magan broke the fitty mark. As they say, the season
only really starts in January. At this point it must be noted the Roosters
remain unbeaten in 2021.
Much of this form reversal can be attributed to some quality recruiting that
saw ER Collins, Aussie Dom and Babyface Rixon join the squad. Not only
could they all catch and field, but they had also had previous coaching
(clearly not from Bassi) on how to knock the leather around.
Stokes Valley and Hutt Districts got dispatched before the Belv emerged
from hibernation to notch a ton in the opening 2-dayer, ably supported by
the talisman Doc, on family day at KP3. It ended up a draw, but not before
some life emerged in the final hour as the Roosters discovered they did
have hands, only running out of time to polish off the Collegians tail.
42You could write books about the next two games. The first would be
titled Peaches: Tales of a Giant Bell-End, in honour of Richard Petrie
refusing to walk after smashing the cover off one that would've been
pouched (50/50) at first slip but for Dom moving sharply to swallow it with
the gloves. The incident gained such notoriety it featured on an episode of
the Grade Cricketer Podcast (true story). Good ol Peaches then blocked
out 20 overs to lose the first innings rather than risk his wicket. It's possible
he was put in a bad mood by the legendary Magic Legs' monstrous six
followed by the blasting of his theme song with a sing-along from the
boundary.
Cougars strutted up next full of confidence they could end the Roosters
streak. They couldn't, technically. The Roosters looked set for a first
innings lead when Dom notched his maiden ton, only for the inevitable
collapse thanks to nemesis Peden ripping the sacks out of the bottom
order. Then Ollie settled in for his own bar tab, before deciding to set the
modest target of 270 off 30 overs. Next thing you know, the Roosters are
229/1 with 3 overs to go and both Ollie and Peden are squatting bricks.
Unfortunately, Belv got castled off his pads for a belligerent 130 and when
Squid fell for 60 it was all over.
The Roosters finished up by ruthlessly spanking Stokes Valley by an
innings. Special mentions to team Grabone, who added banter to the
cause, old dog Winter who scored more runs on one leg than he's achieved
with two in a loooooooong time, and the Skip who might've shown up a
couple of times after managing to manufacture a 10-year gap between
offspring. Another season dusted. Bring on the next season.
43Batting Statistics
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Inngs NO Runs HS Ave
Christian Bonnevie 7 1 303 130 50.50
Dominic Thorn 9 1 292 109 36.50
Roshan Pancha 10 0 252 63 25.20
Sameer Magan 9 1 238 62 29.75
Andy Burt 8 0 185 70 23.13
Sam Rixon 9 2 148 46 21.14
Callum Bron 8 0 105 37 13.13
Tim Klyen 7 0 103 41 14.71
Aidan Collin 6 1 102 48 20.40
Jack Shadbolt 6 1 71 32 14.20
Daniel Smith 7 2 70 34 14.00
Tim Bignall 7 2 62 17* 12.40
Sarangan Sakthivel 5 2 46 22 15.33
Brian Gardner 3 0 40 21 13.33
Alex Deane 6 0 37 11 6.17
Shane Winter 3 2 24 23* 24.00
Rob Cullen 1 0 20 20 20.00
Rob McDonald 6 3 12 10* 4.00
Richard Gilhooly 2 0 6 6 3.00
Will Cosgriff 2 0 2 2 2.00
Bowling Statistics
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Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave
Christian Bonnevie 50 7 212 14 6-40 15.14
Andy Burt 30 2 133 13 3-8 10.23
Aidan Collin 44 5 175 13 5-40 13.46
Tim Bignall 90 20 282 13 3-17 21.69
Rob McDonald 65 6 327 12 5-24 27.25
Jack Shadbolt 64 8 327 10 4-66 32.70
Callum Bron 40 7 131 6 3-34 21.83
Brian Gardner 8 0 41 4 3-29 10.25
Roshan Pancha 11 1 81 4 2-26 20.25
44Sarangan Sakthivel 44 5 222 4 1-13 55.50
Sameer Magan 19 1 122 3 1-23 40.67
Shane Winter 17 1 79 2 2-39 39.50
Dominic Thorn 5 0 21 1 1-21 21.00
Kerry Friday 10 4 27 1 1-27 27.00
Tim Klyen 15 3 96 1 1-42 90.00
Also Bowled Sam Rixon 7-0-18-0 and Richard Gilhooly 5-0-18-0
3rd Grade (Division 7) Scorpions team season report 2020/21 by
Ronnie Nathu
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rd
The Scorpions finished a credible 3 with 2 wins, 2 losses and a draw in
the two-day games and 3 wins and 2 losses in the one-day rounds.
Notable performances where from
Indra Visatiya who was the mainstay of the batting with 518 runs at an
average of 47.09, including 2 centuries.
Arun Laks and Ajith Moochikkal led the bowling with 17 wickets apiece ,
with support from Chengappa Boppanda with 13 Wickets.
Ajith Moochikkal also had the distinction of a hat-trick, against the Easts
Bulldogs with all three wickets bowled!.
Batting Statistics
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Ings NO Runs HS Ave
Indra Visatiya 12 1 518 116 47.09
Vishesh Jain 12 0 290 116 24.17
Ananth Kumar 12 4 278 87* 34.75
Prasanto Babuji 9 0 186 55 20.67
Tarun Anand 6 1 149 61* 29.80
Rakesh Raghunandan 6 0 142 54 23.67
45Arun Laks 9 0 137 37 15.22
Sid Raman 11 1 136 41 13.60
Jonny Waters 12 1 120 36 10.91
Prasanna Rags 2 0 97 53 48.50
Yudi Rajput 5 0 89 59 17.80
Chengappa Boppanda 10 1 85 26 9.44
Shubham Thapar 1 0 57 57 57.00
Oliver Dinnan 1 0 39 39 39.00
Vishnu Padikkal 2 0 19 15 9.50
Ajith Moochikkal 9 5 16 5 4.00
Kaushik Chandiran 3 1 12 8 6.00
Rajesh Sreekumar 3 0 8 8 2.67
Rameese Jalal 6 5 3 2 3.00
Samarth Kulkani 1 1 0 0* -
Ganga Gauda 1 0 0 0 -
Bowling Statistics
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Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave
Arun Laks 90 8 349 17 4-9 20.53
Ajith Moochikkal 92 9 359 17 4-24 21.12
Chengappa Boppanda 80 25 230 13 3-8 17.69
Tarun Anand 48 9 198 10 4-27 19.80
Rameese Jalal 54 4 267 10 5-23 26.70
Ananth Kumar 50 5 229 9 3-31 25.44
Vishesh Jain 36 5 184 7 2-24 26.29
Sid Raman 53 5 256 7 2-24 36.57
Jonny Waters 21 2 105 5 3-17 21.00
Rajesh Sreekumar 14 1 77 3 3-56 25.67
Oliver Dinnan 4 0 8 2 2-8 4.00
Ganga Gauda 3 0 37 0 - -
Kaushik Chandiran 3 0 24 0 - -
Yudi Rajput 7 0 44 0 - -
Indra Visatiya 8 1 36 0 - -
Prasanto Babuji 19 2 83 0 - -
Vishnu Padikkal 1 0 0 0 - -
Shubham Thapar 2 2 0 0 - -
46The Easts Bulldogs The Easts Goons
Carl Gill
Gordie
Premiers - Cook-Shield and Hazlett Trophy
rd
3 Grade (Division 7) Tamils team season report 2020-21 by
Ronnie Nathu
The Tamils finished mid table in fifth place registering 5 wins and 1 loss in
the one day games and 1 win, 1 loss, a draw and draw loss in the two day
games.
Notable performances came from Janakan Karunaharan who led the
batting and scored 461 runs at an average of 46.10 including two centuries.
Janakan was supported Thileepan Gunaratnarajah, Prakash Sasikumar,
Maran Kumarasamy, Naresh Rajendran and Rajeev Benedict.
Janakan Karunaharan also picked up the club award with the Monckhouse/
Kershaw cup for the best batsman between Premier Reserve and the 4 th
grade.
The bowling was led by Rajeev Benedict (19 wickets), Maran Kumarasamy
(13 wickets) and Thileepan Gunaratnarajah (9 wickets), with Maran picking
up a 5 wicket bag.
Batting Statistics
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Ings NO Runs HS Ave
Janakan Karunaharan 10 0 461 148 46.10
Thileepan Gunaratnarajah 10 0 280 89 28.00
Prakash Sasikumar 10 0 227 84 22.70
Maran Kumarasamy 7 2 188 66 37.60
Naresh Rajendran 9 1 175 40 21.88
Rajeev Benedict 10 0 147 35 14.70
Harry 2 0 59 47 29.50
Akhil Patel 3 0 48 20 16.00
Manjoj 1 0 42 42 42.00
Bavisanth Thayarooban 6 2 37 15 9.25
Ronak Patel 3 1 33 15* 16.50
Dilakshan 1 0 21 21 21.00
Abhinav Mittal 1 0 2 2 2.00
Gopikannan Maheswaran 2 0 1 1 0.50
47Bowling Statistics
Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave
Rajeev Benedict 93 7 425 19 4-65 22.37
Maran Kumarasamy 42 11 124 13 5-53 9.54
Thileepan Gunaratnarajah 36 2 252 9 3-19 28.00
Bavisanth Thayarooban 40 11 141 7 4-34 20.14
Gopikannan Maheswaran 14 1 59 6 3-24 9.83
Ronak Patel 12 0 86 6 2-13 14.33
Prakash Sasikumar 36 8 138 5 2-18 27.60
Abhinav Mittal 8 2 22 3 3-22 7.33
Harry 11 2 46 3 2-13 15.33
Akhil Patel 18 4 88 3 2-5 29.33
Dhrushyanthan Para 5 0 33 2 2-33 16.50
Dilakshan 3 0 22 1 1-22 22.00
Manjoj 2 0 33 0 0-33 -
Janakan Karunaharan 3 0 28 0 0-10 -
Vital 5 2 15 0 0-15 -
Thujan Sivananthan 6 2 9 0 0-9 -
Inter- City One Day (Division 2) Shepherds team season report 2020-
21 by Ronnie Nathu
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th
The Shepherds finished 6 in their grade with a 7 win and 7 loss record.
The batting was led by the usual suspects with Jithu George and Steve
Paki Pake lead the batting and both scoring centuries. They were both
ably supported by Ajith Kumar, Cullum Jones, Robert Shanks, Blair
Nicholson and Nikkitesh Gumani.
The bowling mainstays were Cullum Jones and Nikkitesh Gumani.
Batting Statistics
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Ings NO Runs HS Ave
Jithu George 12 0 391 174 32.58
Steve Paki Paki 12 1 358 110* 32.55
48Ajith Kumar 12 1 220 63 20.00
Cullum Jones 9 4 198 50 39.60
Robert Shanks 9 2 189 59 27.00
Blair Nicholson 12 2 181 34* 18.10
Nikkitesh Gumani 13 0 179 29 13.77
Andrew McGhee 8 3 107 38 21.40
Ben Leary 9 1 104 30 13.00
Mark Innes 10 1 96 34 10.67
Andrew McLean 11 0 93 55 8.45
Greg Scobie 5 0 81 44 16.20
Alexander Hann 6 1 73 31 14.60
Peter Kerr 12 2 72 16 7.20
Riju George 2 0 69 50 34.50
Adam Pope 6 3 46 33 15.33
Bowling Statistics
Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave
Cullum Jones 73 10 286 22 4-15 13.00
Nikkitesh Gumani 67 1 394 21 4-35 18.76
Robert Shanks 55 5 258 15 5-31 17.20
Ajith Kumar 51 1 316 14 4-38 22.57
Andrew McGhee 53 2 282 10 2-24 28.20
Adam Pope 51 8 243 9 3-29 27.00
Mark Innes 27 1 151 5 2-28 30.20
Steve Paki Paki 34 3 174 5 2-32 34.80
Blair Nicholson 25 1 185 5 2-38 37.00
Riju George 16 4 47 3 2-36 15.67
Jithu George 26 2 133 3 2-14 44.33
Ben Leary 26 1 165 3 2-36 55.00
Alexander Hann 1 0 20 2 2-20 10.00
Peter Kerr 15 0 108 2 2-21 54.00
Andy White 4 3 9 - - -
49(Division 7) Bulldogs team season report 2020-21 by Ronnie Nathu
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The Bulldogs finished 7 in the grade. They registered a one day win and
a 2-day win doing the double over the Wellington Collegians Axeman.
Karl Grove once again led the batting with 556 runs at an average of 46.33.
He was well supported by Dimitri Goumas, David Corry, George Scandlyn,
Ben Hill and Jacob Warren. Jacob Warren scored a century on the last
day of the season during a run chase where the Bulldogs run out of time
and fell 17 runs short after being set 357 in the fourth innings.
Karl picked up Gaudin Cup for best batsman at the club awards.
The bowling was primarily led by Dimitri Goumas with 32 wickets at 17.72.
Dimitri picked up the club award of the Cameron Cup for M V P.
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A notable highlight of the season was the celebration of Carl Gill’s 80
birthday with a game organised of past and current players ( with television
coverage), a great celebration at the clubrooms and a team dinner. I wish
to thank the Bulldogs team and Johnny Blonde for doing a lot of the
organisation for this.
Batting Statistics
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Ings NO Runs HS Ave
Karl Grove 15 3 556 70 46.33
Dimitri Goumas 13 1 327 88* 27.25
David Corry 9 1 324 66* 40.50
George Scandlyn 10 0 206 66 20.60
Ben Hill 9 4 185 60 37.00
Jacob Warren 5 1 125 104 31.25
Kieran Ray 6 0 118 57 19.67
Patrick Arnold 8 1 102 35 14.57
Pasan Mohotti 8 0 82 34 10.25
Martin Powell 2 0 58 49 29.00
50Darren Ward 3 0 53 30 17.67
Fred Strickland 6 1 41 13* 8.20
Brent Thompson 7 1 32 12 5.33
Jundas Capone 2 1 30 27 30.00
Carl Gill 7 1 26 9* 4.33
Rahul Al Ghul 9 2 21 6 3.00
Zac Gornall 2 1 15 9* 15.00
Johnny Blonde 9 3 14 10 2.33
Sandeep Rana 3 0 11 6 3.67
Ben Chadwick 1 0 10 10 10.00
Ben Beardsworth 1 0 7 7 7.00
Jamie Lawton-McKenzie 5 1 6 4 1.50
Chris Thompson 3 0 6 6 2.00
Steve Wilson 3 0 3 3 1.00
Bowling Statistics
Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave
Dimitri Goumas 123 15 567 32 5-76 17.72
Brent Thompson 76 6 389 15 3-31 25.93
Pasan Mohotti 37 2 204 11 3-35 18.55
Ben Hill 74 6 358 10 3-54 35.80
Sandeep Rana 34 0 183 9 3-36 20.33
Kieran Ray 59 5 305 9 3-53 33.89
Fred Strickland 29 6 142 6 3-28 23.67
Carl Gill 35 0 210 5 2-50 42.00
Jundas Capone 15 0 92 4 3-52 23.00
Ben Beardsworth 13 1 66 3 2-35 22.00
Rahul Al Ghul 36 0 233 3 1-27 77.67
Karl Grove 2 0 18 2 2-18 9.00
Mark Hambleton 9 0 39 2 2-39 19.50
Johnny Blonde 7 0 63 2 1-5 31.50
Steve Wilson 6 0 60 0 0-12 -
Darren Ward 8 0 48 0 0-9 -
51Intercity 1 Day Grade, Division 1 The Shoe Clinic team season report
2020-21 by Ronnie Nathu
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This team is a team stacked of cricket pedigree and talent. They
will be a bit disappointed with their third place finish with 9 wins
and 7 losses.
The batting was spearheaded by Shane Johnston, Geoff Glynan,
Steffan McIvor Stu Davenport, Peter Grace and Regan Ryan, with
Shane Johnston registering the only century for the season.
The bowling was carried by a solid group of regulars in Pankaj
Kumar, Scott McCallum, Stefan McIvor, Sam Dick and Regan
Ryan.
Batting Statistics
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Ings NO Runs HS Ave
Shane Johnston 12 2 406 106* 40.60
Geoff Glynan 13 2 315 99* 28.64
Steffan McIvor 8 2 280 57 46.67
Stu Davenport 10 0 220 65 22.00
Peter Grace 10 2 215 51* 26.88
Regan Ryan 9 2 173 57 24.71
Sam Hyde 10 3 114 32 16.29
Scott McCallum 7 2 81 24 16.20
Troy Newton 5 0 77 65 15.40
Hamish French 2 1 77 55 77.00
Jack Mills 7 2 76 29 15.20
Richard Sheehan 7 0 64 24 9.14
Sam Dick 7 3 64 28 16.00
Matt Hunt 3 1 63 49* 31.50
Scott Pender 3 0 57 37 19.00
Tim Dick 7 1 53 21 8.83
52Pankaj Kumar 8 5 32 13* 10.67
Rob Bruns 6 0 29 16 4.83
Justin Cook 1 0 28 28 28.00
Aidan Cassidy 1 0 19 19 19.00
Vena Niutao 1 1 16 16 16.00
Paul Young 2 0 4 4 2.00
Bowling Statistics
Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave
Pankaj Kumar 88 17 322 26 4-30 12.38
Sam Dick 70 7 297 16 4-38 18.56
Steffan McIvor 79 5 381 16 3-38 23.81
Regan Ryan 59 6 263 12 3-25 21.92
Scott McCallum 71 6 357 10 2-27 35.70
Sam Hyde 42 0 246 9 3-26 27.33
Mike Jensen 21 1 86 6 3-24 14.33
Jack Mills 35 3 172 6 3-15 28.67
Troy Newton 36 3 115 5 2-4 23.00
Peter Grace 31 2 208 5 2-42 41.60
Vena Niutao 8 1 40 3 3-40 13.33
Matt Hunt 11 0 72 3 3-51 24.00
Paul Young 4 0 40 2 2-40 20.00
Richard Sheehan 10 0 56 2 2-28 28.00
Scott Pender 2 0 18 1 1-18 18.00
Shane Johnston 5 0 47 - 0-47 -
53Intercity 1 Day Grade, Division 1 - Masters team season report 2020- 2021 by Ronnie Nathu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Masters won the 1-day grade Div 1 with 12 wins and 4 losses. They were tied at the top of the table with the Taita Yodhas in regular season and beat them in a gripping close fought final on Kilbirnie No 1. Chasing Taita’s total of 207, the Masters got home 9 wickets down and a over to spare with the final pair putting on 17 run partnership. Yatesh Maisurua scored a century. T20, Division 2 Smoking Pineapples team season report 2020-21 by Ronnie Nathu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Pineapples finished mid table in the T20 Division 2 grade, with 8 wins and 8 losses.
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