2018-19 HORNSBY-KU-RING-GAI AND HILLS DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION INC. Showcase of Emerging Local Cricket Talent

HORNSBY-KU-RING-GAI AND HILLS DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION INC.

                       21st Annual Match

      Showcase of Emerging Local Cricket Talent

Sunday, 16th September 2018 – Rosewood Oval, Barker College

           RTC Captains – Oliver Jennings & Alistair Weston

                                                              2018-19

What is the Ross Turner Cup?
                             The HK&HDCA Ross Turner Cup (RTC) was inaugurated in 1998-99 to provide
                             an opportunity for our best U/15 players to appear in a ‘showcase’ game of high
                             level representative cricket. The Cup is named in honour of Ross Turner
                             (pictured left), one of our Association’s most famous products. As a young
                             player, Ross was a brilliant all-rounder who bowled leg-spin, batted beautifully
                             (left-handed) and was without peer in the field. He played for Pennant Hills CC,
                             HK&HDCA rep. teams and later became a specialist batsman and Northern
                             District’s most successful captain, winning two First Grade premierships.
                             Ross worked for Cricket NSW and Cricket Australia, pioneering development
                             activities, before continuing his magnificent contribution to cricket by working for
                             the International Cricket Council (ICC) in the development of cricket in overseas
                             countries such as Bangladesh, China, Malaysia, Afghanistan and India. He is
now the Convenor of GPS cricket in Sydney. We are hopeful that Ross can join us today.
The RTC and Glenn Hourigan Cup (GHC) matches were the brainchild of Tom Richmond OAM, who passed
the responsibility after 12 years of sterling service to Bruce Wood, President of the Coaches’ Association
(HKHDCCA) in 2010-11, who has maintained the fine tradition and introduced some new initiatives, including
appointing some impressive young RTC and GHC coaches, and organising annual GHC T20 matches.

Graduates from Ross Turner Cup to First Grade
The organisers of the annual U/15 Ross Turner Cup match are proud that 29 players have graduated to
play First Grade cricket in Sydney, as follows:
         •   Greg Marks                     •   David Lowery                •   Daniel Anderson
         •   Michael Friedrich              •   James Kerr                  •   James Shepherd
         •   Matthew Code                   •   Scott Copperfield           •   Anjan Oberai
         •   David Ball                     •   Neil Kimberley              •   Daniel Nicotra
         •   Kieran Lahey                   •   Shaun Eaton                 •   Clayton Waters
         •   Scott Rodgie                   •   Chris Thorburn              •   Justin Rodgie
         •   Matthew Phillips               •   Guy Seymour                 •   Connor Jackson
         •   Timm van der Gugten            •   Lachlan Ford                •   John Anderson
         •   Jon Whealing                   •   Matthew Taylor              •   Josh Miller
         •   Robert Watts                   •   Ben Phillips

Thornleigh Cricket Club
A feature of today’s RTC match is the fact that Thornleigh C.C. has four representatives, including both
captains, Alistair Weston and Oliver Jennings (see cover photo).
The Thornleigh Club has had a remarkable resurgence in recent years, thanks mostly to the efforts of
Mrs Carolyn Ball and Mrs Veryan McAllister. After a lean period, the Club now has a solid representation of
boys and girls teams in the HK&HDCA Junior Competitions.
In the 1970s and 1980s, taking advantage of the growth in the Westleigh area, the Club regularly entered
over ten junior teams each season and won many premierships which included four in the U/16 competition.
This naturally led to a growth in the number of senior players and regular teams in the A and A Reserve
Grade competitions.
Thornleigh Cricket Club was actually formed in August 1894 and
celebrates its 125th anniversary this season. It is the longest-
standing affiliate of the HK&HDCA, having entered teams every
season since 1929-30. It has won the A Grade competition seven
times since WWII, including four years in succession in the late
1950s.
It is very much to be hoped that this revival of the junior division will
produce many representative players and a strong follow-on to the
senior division of the Club.

Alf James OAM
(HK&HDCA Life Member and Historian)

RTC East team – 2018/19
       Back row: Matthew Brown, Marcus Ridley, Josh Bayliss, Nilesh Nadanapatham, Blake Davenport (w-k)
       Front row: Elijah Stead, Will McCarroll, Alistair Weston (Captain), William McFadden, Anthony Bartlett

                                           RTC West team – 2017/18
Back row: Ben Elliot (w-k), Manas Bansal, Ben Fisher, Andrew Harvey (Coach), Cameron Hay, Jack Nati, Blake Harris
       Front row: Cameron Tunks, Sean McAllister, Oliver Jennings (Captain), Kyal Cruikshank, Vansh Bhatia

Teams for today’s contest
Today’s Ross Turner Cup match is shaping as another high standard contest
with two strong teams, roughly representing the East and West sides of our
Association. The players have been selected from the HK&HDCA 2018-19
Weblin Shield, Moore Shield and U/15 IDCA teams.
The cover photo shows Oliver Jennings (West captain) and Alistair Weston
(East captain) holding the historic Ross Turner Cup.
Experienced umpires, Bruce Wood and Simon Moore, have been appointed
to officiate this 21st RTC match today at Rosewood Oval, Barker College.
The Coaches’ Association has appointed two emerging young coaches to
take charge of this year’s RTC teams – Aaron Crofts and Andrew Harvey.
Unfortunately, this year the RTC and GHC matches will not be played on
adjacent ovals, with the GHC taking place at Karuah Park, Turramurra.
The Coaches’ Association is partnering Northern District CC on another
amazing U/15 overseas tour in April 2019. A number of RTC players in
action today will be selected for this once-in-a-lifetime Indian cricket tour, led by Rod Hokin, Bruce Wood
and Josh Miller.

                 EAST
                 Name                                Club                   Rep. team (2018-19)
             Aaron Crofts                          (Coach)
           Alistair Weston (C)                    Thornleigh                    Weblin Shield
              Marcus Ridley                        Berowra                      Weblin Shield
         Blake Davenport (w-k)                     Berowra                      Weblin Shield
               Elliot Gaskell                    Kissing Point                  Weblin Shield
              Will McCarroll                     Kissing Point                  Weblin Shield
             Matthew Brown                       Kissing Point                  Weblin Shield
         Nilesh Nadanapatham                       Hornsby
               Josh Bayliss                        Berowra
                  Avi Lath                       Pennant Hills                 Moore Shield
           William McFadden                      Pennant Hills                 Moore Shield
            Anthony Bartlett                     Kissing Point                 Moore Shield
               Elijah Stead                      Pennant Hills               U14 Presidents Cup

                 WEST
                 Name                                Club                   Rep. team (2018-19)
            Andrew Harvey                          (Coach)
          Oliver Jennings (C)                     Thornleigh                    Weblin Shield
            Sean McAllister                        Beecroft                     Weblin Shield
             Cameron Hay                           Hornsby                      Weblin Shield
              Ben Fisher                           Hornsby                      Weblin Shield
           Kyal Cruikshank                         Hornsby                      Weblin Shield
              Blake Harris                        Thornleigh                    Weblin Shield
            Ben Elliot (w-k)                      Thornleigh
             Shaan Bakshi                           WPHC
             Vansh Bhatia                          Hornsby                      Moore Shield
             Manas Bansal                          Hornsby                      Moore Shield
               Jack Nati                     Kenthurst Upper-Hills              Moore Shield
           Cameron Tunks                            WPHC                        Moore Shield