100 Club Raffle - Three Prizes - Win up to $5,000

To all of the players, supporters and friends of the Gordon District Cricket Club, the 100 Club Raffle is a fundraising initiative to help finance the running of our Club.

There are 100 tickets at $100 each to be sold and there is a chance of winning up to $5000, whilst at the same time supporting your club.

First Prize is $3,500 - Second Prize is $1,000 - Third Prize is $500

Not bad prizes, at pretty good odds! Far better than backing a rank outsider at the races. You could purchase multiple tickets to improve your odds of winning. Or even get a group of friends together to share a ticket between them - say 5 friends at $20 each - and stand to win $700 each!

To get your ticket(s), it is a simple two step process:

1) Download the "GDCC 100 Club Ticket Request Form" and fill in the details - return by:

• Email - president@gordoncricket.com
• Fax - 02 9983 0875
• Mail - GDCC, PO Box 379, Roseville, NSW, 2069

 

2) Choose on a form of payment that suits you:

• Credit Card - Via our secure online payment process, with the Ticket Request Form returned as per above
• Cheque (made out to GDCC) - Mailed with the Ticket Request Form to GDCC, PO Box 379, Roseville, NSW, 2069
• Direct Deposit - Include "100C - Your Name" in the details -
  BSB: 032 090 A/C: 411 845 - with the Ticket Request Form returned as per above
• Contact Andy Falk - 0418 208 532

Your tickets will be posted to the mailing address provided immediately on processing of your payment.

If all tickets are sold, the 100 Club Raffle Draw will take place at the Club's Golf Day and Dinner at Killara Golf Club on 16th February 2012.

We look forward to your continued support of our Club.

Andy Falk - on behalf of the Gordon District Cricket Club Inc.

First and fourth grade need a miracle to make the finals with losses against Parramatta, while wins to seconds, thirds, fifths and Colts put them in strong positions.

Overall 66 Club championship points leaves us in fifth spot and 17 points behind St. George.

Justin Avendano celebrates his century.

The highlights of the weekend in the batting were undoubtedly the century to Justin Avendano (134) in a high scoring second grade innings as well as a 99 to Ian Higgins in the third grade game which helped the side to pull itself out of a dire position. Andrew Coleman scored a breathtaking 90 in Colts while Jack Colley also scored an excellent 84 in fours. In firsts, Cam Eccles collected 70 while wickets fell around him and Brett Rosen 69, Blair Lindsay 63 and Iain Beverley (54) also scored more than 50 in their grades.

In the bowling Toddy has done it again with 6 wickets to take his season tally to 46 wickets, while Kurt Roughley and Ed Howitt picked up 4 wickets each, in seconds and thirds respectively.  

First Grade

James Packman won the toss and decided to bat on a very good looking wicket at Old Kings. The text messages were soon flying at 3 for 11 with Greg Lewis, Reece Bombas and Harry Evans all “nicking off” to the keeper and slips. Most people were expecting their representative bowler Sean Abbott to be the wicket taker; however it was James Parkinson at the other end who was doing the damage with some excellent swing bowling.

Cam Eccles and Steve Colley readied the ship with some good batting to take the score to 75 when Steve, just as he was starting to punish the bowling, scooped one back to left arm orthodox “veteran” Michael Wood. There was conjecture that it was a dump ball but the umps conferred and he was out.

Two more wickets either side of lunch with James Packman and Dan Smith out and Cam was joined by Iain Beverley who decided he was going to be there as long as he could.

Cam Eccles pushes one through the covers.

Just as this partnership was starting to blossom Cam Eccles was out for a well-made 70 and Bevo was joined by Chad Soper. Again these two developed another partnership before Chad was out for 27 trying to lift the very cagy Michael Wood.

With Bevo then out for a patient (except for the sweeps) 54 deceived by a ball that dropped from Wood it was left to Jules Stephenson and Scott Heaney to bring the score to 231 with some lusty hitting.

Interestingly all of our bats were out caught and I guess that says something about our batting. Sir Donald Bradman used to famously say that you can’t get caught if you hit the ball along the ground. Could it be that our bats haven’t as yet elevated to that status?

With the sun fully drying the good wicket, the four quicks and Greg Lewis were unable to break the opening partnership and after 17 overs Parramatta were 0 for 43 at the end of play.

An early wicket to Jules Stephenson on Sunday got the hopes up for a while, however we were creating chances with tight bowling but they were just not going to hand. As the day progressed the wicket got flatter and flatter and the Parra bats knowing they had all day ground out a solid win. In the end we had them 4 down when they passed us with Greg Lewis picking up 2 wickets while Harry Evans got his customary pole.

 

     

Jules Stephenson, Harry Evans and Greg Lewis at Old Kings

There were just not enough runs on the board on this wicket and the loss now puts us in 12^th position and 9 points out of the finals race. We need to finish with wins in the last two rounds and results go our way.     

First Grade Scores

Gordon 231 (Cam Eccles 70, Iain Beverley 54, Steve Colley 39, Chad Soper 27) were defeated by Parramatta 4 for 232 (Greg Lewis 2 for 50 (14) Harry Evans 1 for 20 (12), Jules Stephenson 1 for 34 (15)

Second Grade

The tradition at Chatswood most of the summer has been to send in teams with generally some moisture in the wicket from rain during the past week.

Justin hits the six to pass his 100

This track however, while it had a good covering of grass was very hard and Blair Lindsay in his first game as skipper decided he would allow his bats to have a go first. Groundsman Glenn had also said this was the best track he had produced this year and that was enough for Blair.

Brett Rosen and Jordan Liddle batted very sensibly and laid the platform for a big score.  They added 57 for the first wicket which was just what was needed.  Brett and Blair Lindsay added another 66 before Brett was dismissed for an excellent 69.  After he departed, Blair Lindsay and Justin Avendano took the bowling to task.

Justin was particularly severe on the bowling, playing many exciting strokes, while Blair played in his normal calm, efficient style.  A century partnership from those two was followed by a very stylish 42 from Elliott Richtor and it was going to be a big total for Gordon.

Before long Justin Avendano had reached his century at better than a run a ball and it was made up of some wonderful drives and strokes through mid-on and mid-wicket. His hitting was so strong there was no concern to hit a big six over the Charlie Macartney scoreboard to bring up his 100.  

This was Justin’ s second ton for the year (the other in Poidevin-Gray) and he went on to score 134.

Parramatta came back strongly in the final session with the second new ball, taking 6 wickets.  However, some lusty blows from Adair Durie and Pat Effeney saw the total over 400.

 

Brett Rosen, Blair Lindsay and Elliot Richtor at Chatswood against Parramatta

The next morning saw a start the team was definitely not looking for and with some either side of the wicket bowling before long it was lunch with Parramatta on 1 for 158 and looking like they would reach the target of 406 in a canter.

The new captain Blair Lindsay had a job on his hands to bring his side back into the reckoning and whatever was in the rolls at lunch we should find out quick because the team came out with a resolve to bowl one side of the wicket and to put pressure on in the field. A slowing of the run rate and a realisation 400 is a big score saw wickets start to fall and before long Parra were 6 for 220 and we had regained the momentum.

During this time Kurt Roughley and Elliot Richtor picked up wickets while Blair contributed himself with some tight spin bowling.

The Parra middle order kept working hard to get the total, however two run outss with some brilliant fielding by James Kidd and Justin Avendano put the skids on the Parra chase. In the end another wicket each to Kurt and Elliot and Parra were all out for 325.

 

James Kidd runs toward his team mates after a briliant run out just when it was needed

“It was a great team effort” was the immediate comment of Blair Lindsay and no doubt Ben Garratt will be happy to return next week with the momentum still going towards a finals birth.

Second Grade Scores

Gordon 9-406 (Justin Avendano 134, Brett Rosen 69, Blair Lindsay 63, Elliott Richtor 42, Jordan Liddle 28) defeated Parramatta 325 (Kurt Roughley 4 for 68, Elliot Richtor 2 for 53, James Kidd 1 for 41, Blair Lindsay 1 for 57)

Third Grade

Thirds won the toss. Sorry that must have been a typo on the score sheet. I will check again. It says that thirds won the toss, but maybe Ed senior had too many Forbidden fruit by then and was affected when he wrote that in the book.

Ed Howitt is on his way

Either way Gordon were batting and like in first grade our top order couldn’t hold out early and before long we were 3 for 52 and in trouble with only Ed Howitt scoring some runs. If 3 for 52 was in trouble then 6 for 52 was a disaster as Clem Bromwich, Kris Colley and Tjaard Tait were the victims of a hat trick. Fortunately Ian Higgins was at the other end and he decided they were not going to get him out and he sought the assistance of the tail to re-build our innings.

And this is just what they did, first Tom Beverley and Ian put on 74, before Tom was out and then Alex Lines joined the party to help Ian. Missy was batting very well with some good bowling keeping up the pressure and his century was only a glide away, when he hit a short ball straight to mid-wicket and finished on 99. While this was a great score, if ever a century was deserved it was this one.

Charlie Bangs showed his style at the close of our innings with 22 not out and we finished with 222, a great score considering our start.

As so often can be the case the momentum of the game had been turned around and Parra lost two wickets in the 3 overs before stumps with Ed bringing on the spinner Tjaard Tait to get a wicket in the final over.

Ian Higgins did a lot of early defending to get us back on track 

The next day saw a real tussle up to tea with Parra fighting all the way to be 5 for 104 and looking to chase our total. The experience of Ed Howitt really came to the fore after tea, however and with himself and Alex Lines tightening the screws they only allowed 2 runs over a 47 ball period to frustrate the Parra bats. Wickets started to fall and Hoppa gratefully collected 4 while Tjaard Tait finished with 3 and Charlie Bangs and Will Sweeney one each.

Parra were all out for 132 and the thirds were very pleased to get a win after being 6 for 52 in their innings.  No doubt Ian Higgins was the man of the match however Tom Beverley did well to stay with Ian when the chips were down as well as taking two good catches, a stumping and a very quick bail removal for a run out to play his part for the team.

The win consolidates our third position with two matches to play.

Third Grade Scores

Gordon 222 (Ian Higgins 99, Alex Lines 24, Tom Beverley 22, Charlie Bangs 22 not out) defeated Parramatta 132 (Ed Howitt 4 for 32, Tjaard Tait 3 for 23, Will Sweeney 1 for 25, Charlie Bangs 1 for 27)

Fourth Grade

Another toss won but another early collapse with a run out mix up in the second over and two more wickets, we were 3 for 23 and in need of a partnership. There was a feeling it was going to be Jack Colley’s day as he gradually built the score with the assistance of Chris Retallick.

Jack Colley clears the fence against Parra

Both of these players started to take to the bowling on a good wicket and before long they had added 125. Jack was batting beautifully however was out on 84, just when that elusive 100 was there for the taking. It won’t be long Jack, keep it going.

Unfortunately Chris was out the next over and from a position of strength we were only able to add another 50 and we were all out for 188, which was going to be tough to defend on this good wicket.

The Parra opener was determined to hang around and while we took two wickets the stumps score of 2 for 52 was a good start for the Parra team.

The next day we couldn’t seem to get the momentum to take the wickets and at tea Parra were 5 for 140 and looking to get home with ease. As he has been known to do Adam Cubbage came to the party with two quick wickets and one to Michael Perry and suddenly Parra were 8 down and still needing 27 runs. From here it was simply a case of the Parra bats taking their chances which came off and they got home 8 down.

The match was lost with the batting when we went from 3 for 140 to be all out for 188.

Fourth Grade Scores

Gordon 188 (Jack Colley 84, Chris Retallick 42, Adam Cubbage 33) were defeated by Parramatta 8 for 189 (Adam Cubbage 3 for 51, Tom Gooch 2 for 27)

Fifth Grade

Fifth Grade travelled to Mona Park 3 in Auburn for their match and a venue Gordon had not played at before with the normal 5^th grade Parramatta ground Princess Park being turned into a soccer complex. As Missy Higgins in his new website podcast asked “who is playing on Mona 1 and 2, it was left to the webmaster to travel there camera in hand to find out.

Tom Carruthers at Mona Park

Mona Park is the Auburn Sub Districts home ground and they have provided Parra with their ground while they seek out a new venue.

Gordon were sent in on a damp wicket that must have got some of Friday afternoon’s rain as the ball was popping and making things difficult for the bats. Again like the other grades (other than 2’s) we were in trouble and at 4 for 40 were looking for a saviour or two.

About this time in the day we were 5 for 90 in firsts, 6 for 52 in thirds and 3 for 30 in thirds so there weren’t many positive texts. It isn’t pleasant batting in the top 5 grades as the “beep beep” generally meant another wicket…somewhere!!

The saviours, as in the other matches, arrived at Mona and Andrew Crosland, Tristan Cooper and Can Richtor set about getting us a total was could have a go at defending, knowing the wicket would still be tricky later in the day. They got us to 159 with the master Toddy licking his lips for a bowl. Andrew Crosland did well to fight his way out of a slump and hopefully his 37 will start a run for him.

Soon Dan Stickland had a wicket and without much delay Tom Cockburn had Matt Todd in the attack and his leggies were soon too difficult for the Parra bats. Three quick wickets to Toddy and one to Tom Cockburn in the final over had Parra 5 for 36 at stumps.

Tom started the next day with Dan Stickland and Tom Carruthers who stuck to the plan and kept Parra on the back foot. It was time then to unleash Toddy again and before long he was taking wickets again and with the wicket still fresh he soon had another 6 wicket haul. The Parra team was dismissed for 127 and the fives find themselves on the winning track again and back in second place   

Fifth Grade Scores

Gordon 159 (Andrew Crosland 37, Tristan Cooper 31, Dan Richtor 23) defeated Parramatta 127 (Matt Todd 6 for 52, Dan Stickland 1 for 30, Tom Carruthers 1 for 22, Tom Cockburn 1 for 0)

The great man Falky shows his skills

Colts

Forget about Warnie, MacGill and Hogg making comebacks, the “real” show was at Beauchamp Park where the legend of left arm orthodox bowler Michael Falk was called into the fray when a player called in sick before the Colts match against Western Suburbs. The match was almost delayed as a contract was drawn up with conjecture as to whether Falky would play on a match by match fee or negotiate a 5 match contract to the end of the season. With his lawyer present, he finally agreed to his normal match fee on the condition he would also paint the lines at the afternoon tea break. With the ink on the contract still wet, he happened to have his creams ready in the car and the young Colts prepared for the return of the great man.    

Gordon lost the toss and bowled first on an excellent Beauchamp wicket.

 

Michael Falk leaves the field for tea to the rupturous applause of the spectators at Beauchamp and then goes out to meet his contractural playing terms.

 

Western Suburbs started solidly and after an early wicket to Deva Nirthankumaran it was clear that it was going to be hard work on such a good deck.  At 3-97, a big score loomed but the Magpies were tied down by some accurate bowling with Adam Aarons and Iqbal Ahmed bowling really good spells. 

Then the moment had arrived, Falky was summoned to the bowling crease to mesmerise his inexperienced opponents with 58 years of bowling expertise. (He was bowling before he turned 1).  The microphone was attached to the shirt and he was away. “Geez, that was hard” after the first delivery, then “I think I will bowl him a nothing ball next one to see if he thinks it will spin” was heard for the second delivery.

The Wests batsman didn’t know what to think of this dart exponent from yesteryear showing them all how to not flight the ball and bowl straight.

Over after over went by and singles were being squeezed while two wickets fell to the legendary Falky “arm ball”. 10 overs later and Falky had 2 for 17 and the stretcher was being called to assist him off. There wasn’t going to be a stretcher for Falky however as the lines had to be re-painted at the tea break and he wouldn’t want to break his contract.

The batsmen started to become frustrated due to the accurate bowling and good fielding and wickets began to fall.  In the middle 20 overs, only 41 runs were added and, in trying to lift the rate, the middle order struggled.  Dave Monaghan picked up 3 wickets and at the end of 50 overs, Wests had only scored 164 – well below par on a belter.

Skipper Dave Millar sends one down against Wests

It was important that early wickets weren’t lost if the Stags were going to win.  They weren’t lost.  Andrew Coleman and Tim Van Zuylen went out with all guns blazing and the score moved into the 60s after only 6-7 overs.  They added 105 before Tim was dismissed for a good 42 in the 15th over.  Another wicket, but Andrew kept on scoring quickly and the issue was, could the Stags get to the total in 25 overs which (in the Metro Cup) meant 2 bonus points.  Hugh Selby, making a guest appearance after a time away from the side, also kept the score moving until, with one ball remaining in the 25th over, one run was needed for the win.  AND…Andrew was dismissed.

However, a really good bonus point win.  A feature was the fielding and the way the side really stuck to their guns.  Andrew Coleman’s 90 was also an excellent knock and featured many great strokes, particularly straight down the ground.  The Colts caravan moves on.

Colts scores

Gordon Colts 3-165 (Andrew Coleman 90, Tim Van Zuylen 42, Hugh Selby 10*) defeated Western Suburbs 9-164 (Dave Monaghan 3-30, Michael Falk 2-17, Jack Skilbeck 1-12, Deva Nirthankumaran 1-20, Iqbal Ahmed 1-23, Adam Aarons 1-37) with one bonus point.

The webmaster  

The full wrap of matches against Parramatta will be posted after the matches conclude on Sunday 19th February.

The highlight of the day was undoubtedly the century to Justin Avendano (134) in a high scoring seconds innings as well as a 99 to Ian Higgins in the third grade game which helped the side to pull itself out of a dire position. Andrew Coleman scored a breathtaking 90in Colts while Jack Colley also scored an excellent 84 in fours. In first Cam Eccles collected 70 while wickets fell around him and Brett Rosen 69, Blair Lindsay 63 and Iain Beverley (54) also scored more than 50 in their grades.

The scores for each grade to date are:

First Grade Scores

Gordon 231 (Cam Eccles 70, Iain Beverley 54, Steve Colley 39, Chad Soper 27) vs Parramatta 0 for 43

Second Grade Scores

Gordon 9-406 (Justin Avendano 134, Brett Rosen 69, Blair Lindsay 63, Elliott Richtor 42, Jordan Liddle 28) vs Parramatta.

Third Grade Scores

Gordon 222 (Ian Higgins 99, Alex Lines 24, Tom Beverley 22, Charlie Bangs 22 not out) vs Parramatta 2 for 4 (Charlie Bangs 1 for 2, Tjaard Tait 1 for 0)

Fourth Grade Scores

Gordon 188 (Jack Colley 84, Chris Retallick 42, Adam Cubbage 33) vs Parramatta 2 for 52

Fifth Grade Scores

Gordon 159 (Andrew Crosland 37, Tristan Cooper 31, Dan Richtor 23) vs Parramatta 5 for 36 (Matt Todd 3 for 20, Dan Stickland 1 for 10, Tom Cockburn 1 for 0)

Gordon Colts Scores

Gordon 3-165 (Andrew Coleman 90, Tim Van Zuylen 42, Hugh Selby 10*) defeated Western Suburbs 9-164 (Dave Monaghan 3-30, Michael Falk 2-17, Jack Skilbeck 1-12, Deva Nirthankumaran 1-20, Iqbal Ahmed 1-23, Adam Aarons 1-37) with one bonus point.  

The webmaster

The GDCC selectors have named the teams for the Round 13 matches vs Parramatta and the Colts vs Western Suburbs.

The round is a two match over the one weekend, Saturday 18^th and Sunday 19^th February. First and second grade start at 10.30am  while thirds, fourths and fifths start at 12.15. The Colts play a one day match on the Saturday only from 10am.

First grade is away at Old Kings, seconds are at Chatswood, thirds at Merrylands, fourths at Killara fifths at Mona Park 3 and Colts are at Beauchamp.

James Campbell's hard hitting batting will be missed 

There is one change in the first grade team with James Campbell initially being selected in firsts to show his variety as a left arm seamer after performing well throughout the season, however then withdrawing after having his hand diagnosed as broken and needing 4 weeks minimum recovery. This is disappointing for James who has bowled well all year. In his place Julian Stephenson has been selected to make a return to first grade after a two year absence. Jules was first selected in fifths at the start of the year and will have played in every grade this season after this weekend. Elliot Richtor moves into seconds to give him a better opportunity with the bat as well as his very effective mediums.

Also in seconds James Kidd comes in to the team with the unavailability this round of skipper Ben Garratt. Pat Effeney comes into seconds to replace Julian while Blair Lindsay gets an opportunity to show his captaincy skills with Ben away.  

In thirds we see the return of Will Sweeney from injury, while Kris Colley has been promoted from fourths. Charlie Bangs comes in for Pat Effeney.

The fourths see the return of Beau Sadler, who has been out for most of the season with back trouble and we welcome him back with the semis approaching. Tom Bangs also comes into fours for Charlie.

Tom Carruthers plays in fifths this week as a top order bat as well as using his medium pacer skills and Saahil Turki also comes into fifths from Colts.   

1st Grade	2nd Grade	3rd Grade
Old Kings Oval	Chatswood Oval	Merrylands Oval
Start 10:30 am	Start 10:30 am	Start 12:15 pm
James Packman (c)	Blair Lindsay (c)	Ed Howitt (c)
Iain Beverley	Justin Avendano	Charlie Bangs
Reece Bombas	Adair Durie	Tom Beverley
Steve Colley	Pat Effeney	Clem Bromwich
Cameron Eccles	James Kidd	Kris Colley
Harry Evans	Jordan Liddle	Ian Higgins
Scott Heaney	Elliot Richtor	Alex Lines
Greg Lewis	Brett Rosen	Damon Livermore
Daniel Smith	Kurt Roughley	Will Sweeney
Chad Soper	Craig Thornborough	Tjaard Tait
Julian Stephenson	Logan Weston	Harry Turner
Match Report	Match Report	Match Report
Cameron Eccles	Kurt Roughley	Will Sweeney

4th Grade	5th Grade	Colts
Killara Oval	Mona Park 3	Beauchamp Oval
Start 12:15 pm	Start 12:15 pm	Start 10:00 am
Shayne Lin (c)	Tom Cockburn (c)	Dave Millar (c)
Tom Bangs	Ben Armstrong	TBA
Adam Cubbage	Tom Carruthers	Adam Aarons
Jack Colley	Tristan Cooper	Iqbal Ahmed
Tom Gooch	Andrew Crosland	Andrew Coleman
Alex Jackson	Carl Kinghorne	Jason Leiboff
Mitchell Kleem	Max Newman	Dave Monaghan
Michael Perry	Dan Richtor	Deva Nirthankumaran
Chris Retallick	Dan Stickland	Hugh Selby
Beau Sadler	Matt Todd	Tim Van Zuylen
Anthony Sherman	Saahil Turki	TBA
Match Report	Match Report	Match Report
Michael Perry	Carl Kinghorne	Jason Leiboff

Unavailable: Henry Carmichael, James Campbell, Andrew Chapman, Nick Dowsley, Mark Fonseka, Adam Fleming, Ben Garratt, James Kennedy, Dave Leiboff, Jack Skilbeck, Sam Mart

The Webmaster

 

The GDCC/Mortgageport Golf Day, dinner and auction was held on Thursday 16th February and two items, the Queenstown Holiday and the DeepSea Fishing Trip were not sold as they didn't reach the minimum. 

So this is your chance. It simple! Review the details and make a bid. You have up until Tuesday night February 21 at 7pm. to send an email to paulscricket@gmail.com with your offer for the prize. The highest bidder will win the trip.

These are great value offers and possibly the audience were not prepared to arrange their friends or family to join them

Here are the details:

Item 1

• Queenstown, New Zealand. Holiday for up to 6 guests for 7 nights in PEAK PERIOD.

This is a remarkable 3 level Super Luxurious Villa: 3 bedrooms ALL with luxury en-suites and the best views anywhere in New Zealand. The offer includes Concierge services and your choice of airport transfers or a fine dining dinner. Available December - January (Christmas Holidays), April (Easter) and June to September Ski Season.

Villa is in Queenstown and overlooks the amazing Lake Wakatipu. If during the summer months, enjoy a game of golf at the famous Jack’s Point Golf Club.

Subject to availability with a 12 month travel validity. You have 2 months to make contact and secure your travel dates.

The starting bid is $5,500.

Item 2

• Half Day Deep Sea Fishing Charter for 10 people

Any time is a good time for this style of fishing. Fish some of the best deep sea fishing grounds in the Sydney region, departing from Cronulla, where you might catch some Snapper, Morwong, Trevelly, Wrasse or Flathead. All equipment and tackle is provided along with your own personal deckhand to prepare your bait and take care of the fish you catch! Subject to availability with a 6 month validity.

Starting Bid: $1,800

All you have to do is send an email to paulscricket@gmail.com with your offer. You need to provide your contact details so we are sure it is a genuine bid. If the sender is not identified the offer will be void.

The Webmaster

The selectors have decided to leave the teams the same for this week's one day round vs Randwick Petersham after the first week was cancelled.

The firsts are away at Coogee, seconds at Chatswood, thirds at Peterhsam Oval, fourths at Killara, fifths at Kensington and Colts at Beauchamp. All matches will now start at the normal one day time of 10am.

It is a rare event to see James Kennedy in the unavailable list as he has been one of the most enduring players for the club over the last 5 years in all grades. Unfortunately James has injured his foot during the match against Bankstown last Sunday and is waiting on specialist advice. The injury may be season ending for our number 1 bowler, but we certainly hope the news is better.

Elliot Richtor returns to first grade in place of James, while Julian Stephenson returns to his old stamping ground at Chatswood in seconds. In thirds both Adam Fleming and Will Sweeney return after unavailability and injury and Pat Effeney goes into fours this round.

In fifths we welcome back captain Tom Cockburn from his extended trip to the USA, while Tom Gooch returns to fifths with the two quick returning in thirds. Andrew Chapman also returns from unavailability and Reagan Klemt returns to School commitment s after his excellent performances during the summer break.

With the shuffles in the higher grades, Colts have an extended squad with three extra players ready to come in if required during the week.

It was also good to see Jack Skilbeck back bowling at training and we hope to see him return soon after his back injury.  

The teams are: 

1st Grade	2nd Grade	3rd Grade
Coogee Oval	Chatswood Oval	Petersham Oval
Start 10:00 am	Start 10:00 am	Start 10:00 am
James Packman (c)	Ben Garratt (c)	Ed Howitt (c)
Iain Beverley	Justin Avendano	Tom Beverley
Reece Bombas	James Campbell	Clem Bromwich
Steve Colley	Adair Durie	Adam Cubbage
Cameron Eccles	Jordan Liddle	Adam Fleming
Harry Evans	Blair Lindsay	Ian Higgins
Scott Heaney	Brett Rosen	James Kidd
Greg Lewis	Kurt Roughley	Damon Livermore
Elliot Richtor	Julian Stephenson	Will Sweeney
Daniel Smith	Craig Thornborough	Tjaard Tait
Chad Soper	Logan Weston	Harry Turner
Match Report	Match Report	Match Report
Scott Heaney	Adair Durie	Damon Livermore

 

4th Grade	5th Grade	Colts
Killara Oval	Kensington Oval	Beauchamp Oval
Start 10.00am	Start 10.00am	Start 10.00am
Shayne Lin (c)	Tom Cockburn (c)	Dave Millar (c)
Charlie Bangs	Ben Armstrong	Adam Aarons
Tom Carruthers	Andrew Chapman	Iqbal Ahmed
Jack Colley	Tristan Cooper	Tom Bangs
Kris Colley	Andrew Crosland	Andrew Coleman
Pat Effeney	Tom Gooch	Mark Fonseka
Alex Jackson	Carl Kinghorne	Dave Leiboff
Mitchell Kleem	Dave Monaghan	Deva Nirthankumaran
Alex Lines	Max Newman	James Partridge
Michael Perry	Dan Richtor	Dan Stickland
Chris Retallick	Matt Todd	Saahil Turki
		Jason Leiboff (12th)
		Tom Stobo (13th)
		Sam Mart (14th)
Match Report	Match Report	Match Report
Chris Retallick	Tristan Cooper	James Partridge

Unavailable: Henry Carmichael, Nick Dowsley, James Kennedy, Beau Sadler, Anthony Sherman, Jack Skilbeck, Tim Van Zuylen

Train On: Richard Allchurch, Alex Crawford, James Hand

Team Captains Dominate Player of the Year Standings

The captains of our grade sides have one of the toughest jobs within the club and often provide a great link between the “administrators” and “players” to help ensure the success of our club.

On the field they have to make the critical decisions that can mean the difference between winning and losing. They also have a say in who gets the opportunity to perform during a game. Looking at this year’s Player of the Year Award after the completion of 11 rounds (1^st grade .v. Penrith yet to be included) they clearly back their ability to perform, as 4 of the 6 captains are currently in the Top 10, in fact they hold the top 3 positions.

In 1^st place is 5^th grade stand-in captain Matt Todd. Toddy has had a tremendous season to date taking 36 wickets at 8.0 including 6/31 against Blacktown off 8.3 overs. He is one of the key reasons 5^th grade are performing so well this season.

Toddy in action at Penrith

In 2^nd place is 2^nd grade captain Ben Garratt, who has starred with the ball over the past 3 rounds, with figures of 6/13, 6/28 & 3/12 including a hat-trick. This gives him a total of 23 wickets this season and along with 302 runs at 25.2 pushes him right up the ladder. He is hot on Toddy’s heels and in brillant form with the ball at the present time.

In 3^rd place is 3^rd grade captain Ed Howitt and last year’s Player of the Year winner. Hoppa has taken 27 wickets at 11.4 as well as scoring 194 runs this season and as always is leading from the front for his team’s run into the semi finals.

In 4^th place is Adam Cubbage who has had a great all-round season, with 18 wickets and 158 runs and deserved promotion to 3^rd grade. Cubby, now knows why Hoppa didn’t give him a bowl on the weekend (just joking, Hoppa).

Rounding out the top 5 is 5^th grade all-rounder Dave “Joel” Monaghan. Dave has played some great match winning innings for his team, scoring 250 runs at 41.7 and 16 wickets at 15.4.

Other players in the top 10 are Blair Lindsay, Michael Perry (the early season leader), 4^th grade captain Shayne Lin, Harry Evans & James Kennedy all with great performances.

 

Ben Garratt, Ed Howitt, Adam Cubbage and Dave Monaghan in action

There is a big gap between the top 3 and the rest of the field so the challenge is out for all players to catch their captains over the remainder of the season. Good luck to all the teams in the run into the semi’s.

A listing of all players points are included below, with the adjustment column representing the 1^st grade T20 matches being taken out of the point scores. 

Position	Player	Points	Adjust	Net Points
1	Todd, Matt	836		836
2	Garratt, Ben	807	2	805
3	Howitt, Ed	764		764
4	Cubbage, Adam	638		638
5	Monaghan, David	630		630
6	Lindsay, Blair	629		629
7	Perry, Michael	574		574
8	Lin, Shayne	549		549
9	Evans, Harry	627	83	544
10	Kennedy, James	627	105	522
11	Soper, Chad	516		516
12	Smith, Daniel	587	75	512
13	Liddle, Jordan	478		478
14	Lines, Alex	477		477
15	Sherman, Anthony	460		460
16	Newman, Max A	459		459
17	Coleman, Andrew	453		453
18	Ahmed, Iqbal	448		448
19	Campbell, James	445		445
20	Lewis, Greg	493	54	439
21	Kidd, James	429		429
22	Bangs, Thomas	414		414
23	Roughley, Kurt	553	140	413
24	Aarons, Adam	412		412
25	Carruthers, Thomas	410		410
26	Stephenson, Julian	408		408
27	Livermore, Damon	400		400
28	Heaney, Scott M	452	55	397
29	Turner, Harry	390		390
30	Gooch, Tom	387		387
31	Rosen, Brett	382		382
32	Durie, Adair	381		381
33	Leiboff, David	366		366
34	Colley, Steve	454	108	346
35	Fleming, Adam G	346		346
36	Tait, Tjaard	338		338
37	Effeney, Patrick	328		328
38	Thornborough, Craig	327		327
39	Eccles, Cameron	376	53	323
40	Armstrong, Ben	322		322
41	Weston, Logan	320		320
42	Bombas, Reece	338	22	316
43	Packman, James	353	38	315
44	Richtor, Elliot	370	61	309
45	Beverley, Thomas	306		306
46	Klemt, Reagan	296		296
47	Cooper, Tristan	295		295
48	Bangs, Charlie	293		293
49	Dowsley, Nick	288		288
50	Avendano, Justin	285		285
51	Kinghorne, Carl	276		276
52	Retallick, Christopher	262		262
53	Fonseka, Mark	254		254
54	Carmichael, Henry	253		253
55	Turki, Saahil	246		246
56	Colley, Jack	211		211
57	Edgar, Corbin	205		205
58	Richtor, Dan	199		199
59	Beverley, Iain	285	97	188
60	Sadler, Beau	184		184
61	Higgins, Ian	174		174
62	Leiboff, Jason	172		172
63	Colley, Kris	170		170
64	Sweeney, Will	168		168
65	Nirthanakumaran, Deva	162		162
66	Jackson, Alex	156		156
67	Millar, David	154		154
68	Kleem, Mitchell	146		146
69	Crosland, Andrew	133		133
70	Chapman, Andrew	133		133
71	Rathnayake, Danuka	120		120
72	Dalrymple, Michael	116		116
73	Hand, James	103		103
74	Woodford, Paul	100		100
75	Bromwich, Clem	97		97
76	Van Zuylen, Timothy	93		93
77	Cockburn, Tom J	91		91
78	Leighton, Benjamin I	91		91
79	Stickland, Daniel	90		90
80	Weragama, Teshan	85		85
81	Stobo, Charlie	77		77
82	de l'Epine, Pascal	65		65
83	Partridge, James	64		64
84	Selby, Hugh	59		59
85	Allchurch, Richard	48		48
86	Kasthuriarachchi, Samira	40		40
87	Dedman, James	23		23
88	Jackson, Connor	22		22
89	Stobo, Tom	20		20
90	Ham, Jim	17		17
91	Skilbeck, Jack	17		17
92	Thomson, Dominic	14		14
93	Mart, Samuel	11		11
94	Borg, Lachlan	1		1

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Five wins and a very frustrating draw is a good result, however one of the three possible outrights and a win in fourths would have made it a great weekend.

The weather was always going to be a major factor in last weekend’s matches against Bankstown, however considering we only won half of the tosses, the results represent some very good cricket played at times in difficult conditions.

There is no doubt firsts and seconds bowled in friendly conditions, however they had to still bowl good lines, which they did. In thirds and fourths we were sent in on soft wickets and our batsman really excelled to put us in good positions.

Bevo shows his agility at Chatswood

The four wins to firsts, seconds, thirds, fifths and Colts and the draw to fourths meant we collected 102 Club Championship points to put us in fifth spot with 1043 points and now only 23 from St. George in fourth.

First grade have now moved to eighth and only 3 points from the top 6, seconds have moved into 6^th spot, thirds into 4^th spot, fourths with their draw unfortunately now in 11^th but still only 9 points from the 6 and fifths have consolidated 2^nd spot. Colts have returned to near the top of the table.

The stars of the weekend were three bowlers Chad Soper and Adair Durie with 5 wickets hauls and Dan Smith with 7 for the match, while Tom Carruthers (95) and Jordan Liddle (75) were the top scorers with the bat. There were also a number of solid 50’s from the batsman.

Greg Lewis takes the catch at Chatswood off Dan Smith

First Grade

With all the rain over the past week, winning tosses was going to be vitally important.  James Packman duly did this and invited Bankstown to bat on a deck that certainly offered the bowlers some assistance.  Dan Smith was the first to take advantage of the conditions as he took the first three wickets.

Chad Soper then continued his excellent run of form, immediately taking two more for the addition of no runs, leaving Bankstown sitting precariously on 5-43.  He continued to trouble the batsmen and there was no chance of a rear guard action.  The innings concluded at 76 with Chad securing a fantastic 5-21.  He was well supported by the other quicks who all had success.

It was important that the openers got off to a good start and Cam Eccles and Greg Lewis did just that.  They added 43 in good time with Cam being very aggressive.  Reece Bombas also made a good contribution and he and Greg took the score almost to the target.   

The slips are in unison in first grade

A couple of wickets but Steve Colley also batted very well and overnight the Stags were well ahead and in search of more points. On Sunday, it was a matter of quick runs, a good lead and the bowlers to strike early.

It was clear that the wicket had settled down a lot and Iain Beverley and James Packman both pushed the score along very effectively.  Once the partnership was broken the rest of the batsmen fell quickly but Gordon had established a very handy lead of 153.   

Chad Soper, Steve Colley and Dan Smith against Bankstown on the weekend

Unfortunately, they were unable to capitalise on it before lunch with Bankstown adding 36 for the loss of no wickets.  Immediately after the break, Dan Smith again took three quick wickets and, with another from Scott Heaney, the score sat at 4-64 and the Stags were on top.

From there, a good fight back ensued as the batsmen dug in and pushed the score along.  An outright was not to be as Bankstown finished on 9-307.  Hence, Gordon had to be satisfied with a very convincing first innings win and a continuation of their good form.

First Grade Scores

Gordon 229 (Steve Colley 49, Greg Lewis 43, Iain Beverley 38, James Packman 35, Cam Eccles 29, Reece Bombas 22) defeated Bankstown 76 (Chad Soper 5-21, Dan Smith 3-16) and 9-307 (Dan Smith 4-61) on first innings.

Second Grade

The seconds were delayed for an hour and won the toss on a wicket that needed some sun to harden up. Adair Durie and James Campbell will always be dangerous in good bowling conditions, due to their experience and with excellent line and length they got on top of the Bankstown bats and dismissed them for 78.

Ben Garratt Bankstown Oval

Adair finished with his first five wicket haul for the season and James his first 4 wickets which augers well for the run to the semis and hopefully beyond. The fielding was also good with Craig Thornborough taking two nice catches.

From here it was still going to be hard and wickets started to fall and at 4 for 48, we were starting to get the wobbles. Justin Avendano showed great skills however to get through the difficult stage with some aggressive batting and we passed the Bankstown score five wicket down. Unfortunately after the good work was done Justin was out for 46 with the score on 82.

Another wicket fell and with the score on 7 for 87, it was looking like we were not going to take advantage of the low score by Bankstown. Craig Thornborough (24) and Kurt Roughley (41 no) then got their heads down and with some late hitting from Kurt took the score to 175. 

Outrights are always difficult to get and in the end this proved the case, however with two quick wickets on Saturday night and the dogs at 2 for 22 at stumps there was a strong hope of taking 10 points.

The issue on the Sunday morning was going to be how well the wicket would fully dry out and become the normal good batting wicket at Bankstown Oval. 

With a couple of tough dropped catches and our bowlers working hard on a track that had now flattened out well, the Bankstown bats started to recover and a long day in the field was ahead of us.

Kurt Roughley in action at Bankstown

The team kept at it but wickets were not coming quickly enough and a solid century from young batsman Daniel Solway allowed Bankstown to get to 6 for 256 with 19 overs left in the day and a lead of 159.

At this point they decided to give Gordon a go at getting the runs needed for an outright, however 8.3 an over was going to be hard. Jordan Liddle (75) and Brett Rosen (32) gave it a good shot but we could only get to 2 for 129 at stumps. Outrights are tough to get, particularly against good sides.     

Second Grade Scores

Bankstown 78 (Adair 5 for 14, James Campbell 4 for 47) and 6 dec for 256 (Ben Garratt 2 for 37, Elliot Richtor 1 wkt, Kurt Roughley 1 wkt, Adair Durie 1 wkt, James Campbell 1 wkt) were defeated on the first innings by Gordon 175 (Justin Avendano 46, Kurt Roughley 41 not out, Craig Thornborough 24) and 2 for 129 (Jordan Liddle 75, Brett Rosen 32)

Third Grade

The Thirds batted first on a Killara deck that had a bit of life in it.  Having lost the toss (now there’s a surprise!!) skipper Howitt opened with Harry Turner and decided the slow outfield would not affect the ball as much if it was hit in the air.  He smacked a quick fire 32 and Gordon was on the way.  The score mounted slowly but wickets in hand were a priority.

Ian Higgins his first wicket in grade cricket 

Harry and Ian Higgins shared an excellent partnership of 113 and the day finished at 204 for the loss of 6 wickets – a very pleasing result considering the conditions.

Day two saw Tjaard Tait, who had also batted really well the previous evening, taking to the bowling.  With Tom Beverley, he added a further 49 and Bankstown was set an imposing 254 to win.

The experienced bowlers were always going to make it difficult and so it was.  Julian Stephenson and Ed Howitt struck early and often and in no time the score was 5-18!  Wickets continued as the young Bankstown team struggled against the tight attack and the tea score of 8-70 meant it was just a matter of time. 

Despite a last wicket partnership which lasted for half an hour, the innings finished at 104 – a really good bowling display by the Stags.

Hoppa invited Bankstown to bat again hoping for early wickets and some panic.  The first 20 minutes were full of plays and misses, snicks, appeals and other assorted near things but wickets proved hard to come by. 

Jules Stephenson returns to Killara after 6 years and takes an edge while Tjaard Tait and Harry Turner  batted very well.

Julian finally separated the openers but over fifty more runs were added before Harry Turner got into the act.  He took 4 wickets in quick time to give Gordon a glimmer.  A feature of his wickets was some of the catches – spectacular to say the least!  Adam Cubbage’s running and diving snare on the fence would have found its way comfortably onto any Channel 9 Best of Classic Catches – absolutely brilliant!

Unfortunately, the allotted overs were used up and, it was left to Ian Higgins to bowl the final over (just proving that if you badger a captain for long enough he will finally weaken).  Tragically, Missy then proceeded to take a wicket immediately!  I won’t go into any more details – he will!  Incessantly! So, a good first innings win and the Thirds move into the top six – keep it going! 

Ok here it is again, the Ian Higgins delivery, the approval of Adam Cubbage and Ian leads Harry Turner off the field

Third Grade Scores

Gordon 6-253 dec (Harry Turner 65, Ian Higgins 58, Tjaard Tait 58*) defeated Bankstown 104 (Julian Stephenson 3-8, Ed Howitt 3-19, Pat Effeney 2-39) and 6-108 (Harry Turner 4-25, Julian Stephenson 1 for 30, Ian Higgins 1 for 1) on first innings.  

Fourth Grade

This was a game you could probably write a book about, but it doesn’t have a positive ending so I won’t try. Just the facts and you can make your own conclusions.

Charlie Bangs trying his hardest at Grahame Thomas

To set the scene Bankstown fourths at the start of the game were in 7^th position and 3 points from the top six with 5 matches to play. Gordon were in 8^th spot and six points from the top six. It has been wet all week, but the outfield is fast and Grahame Thomas Oval is one of the smallest in Sydney. The start is delayed till 1pm.

The toss is won by Bankstown and on a damp wicket Gordon is sent in. The ball is doing a bit, but the bowlers seem to be bowling a bit short and not taking full advantage. The Gordon fourth grade side is not known well for its defending. The batsman decide attack is the best form of defence and first Mitch Kleem with 56 off 35 balls and then Jack Colley with a quick 50 get the score moving. A few more cameos and then Tom Carruthers continues the attack and is the last batsman out for 95. A fantastic innings under difficult conditions. The Fourths are all out for 277 off just 48 overs. There is still about 30 overs to bowl in the day and 80 on Sunday, plenty of time for both sides to win.

The Gordon bowlers are on top early as there is still some movement in the track and at the end of 29 overs Bankstown are 3 for 45.

If the Bankstown bats had been slow on Saturday night, they even got slower on Sunday. It was simply a matter of blocking everything and taking the odd single. The wicket was now bone dry.

So far fair enough, they would work toward the total and then accelerate for a victory. The Bankstown stalwart Mark Grant had been at the crease from 4.50pm the night before and except for 6 or 7 unsuccessful LBW appeals nothing was going to get past him. The score moved slowly as a few wickets fell and by tea having bowled 70 overs of which 60 had been while Mark was batting, he had moved to 20 not out.  

Alex Jackson, Alex Lines and Tom Gooch against Bankstown

If the plan was to frustrate the Gordon team it was working. The run rate started to pick up as the final session continued and with 10 overs left 60 runs were needed. Then it was 38 off 5, still OK as Bankstown still had three wickets in hand.

With two overs left 12 runs were needed and still three wickets in hand. Remember the ground is very small and by now the outfield lightning fast and the wicket a road.

The decision by the batsman was to block out the last two overs for a draw finishing at 268 and 10 runs short. Mark Grant finished 82 not out over 326 minutes and 101 overs.

The end result means Gordon moved down to 11^th and 9 points from the 6 and Bankstown went down to 10^th and now 6 points out of the top six.

What was the point? Why would you come back next week?

Fourth Grade Scores

Gordon 277 Tom Carruthers 95, Jack Colley 50, Mitch Kleem 56) drew with Bankstown 8 for 268 (Charlie Bangs 3 for 59 (31) Tom Gooch 2 for 54 (16) Alex Lines 2 for 56 (31), Michael Perry 1 for 12 (9))

Fifth Grade

A very damp Beauchamp meant no play on Saturday.  So, the Fifths had an early Sunday start and a 120 over game.  Matt Todd won the toss and the bowlers had the opposition in trouble from the beginning. 

Max Newman during his 58 on Sunday

A couple of dropped catches did not help but the lush outfield meant quick runs were difficult.  Dave Monaghan, Tom Bangs and Ben Armstrong were very miserly and the wickets finally started to come. 

Some good catches (finally) and a run out and the Stags were on top.  Just before lunch, Tristan Cooper took two wickets and with Toddy also strangling the batsmen (12 overs for 10 runs), 5-70 looked good.  Shortly after lunch, Dave Monaghan came on again and struck immediately with a couple more wickets.

 A newcomer to the bowling crease, Carl Kinghorne, also chipped in with a couple and Bankstown were all out for 106 – a good result for the Stags. In reply, a wicket fell early but Carl Kinghorne and Max Newman batted very sensibly against quite a good opening attack and took the game right away from Bankstown. 

They added 70 before Carl was dismissed.  Reagan Klemt then joined Max, who played some excellent shots and they comfortably moved past the required score.  Reagan completed his holiday stint with the club with more runs and we look forward to seeing him again next season.  An excellent win and the Fifths sit in second place on the ladder – well done! 

Carl Kinghorne, Max Newman and Ben Armstrong at Beauchamp

Fifth Grade Scores

Gordon 3-119 (Max Newman 58, Carl Kinghorne 30, Reagan Klemt 28*) defeated Bankstown 106 (Dave Monaghan 3-29, Carl Kinghorne 2-9, Tristan Cooper 2-10).

Colts

The Colts won the toss and Snape Park in a one day match against Randwick Petersham Gold and they will be the first to admit, the conditions were the reason they got a victory, rather than their better play.  

James Partridge and Mark Fonseka go out to start the Gordon Colts innings, while we show off our new "Umpcam" with Dave Leiboff hitting one to leg at Snape.

While our bowlers were getting wickets on the soft track, they were also bowling plenty of wides and were making the job easier for Randwick. In the end they bowled them out for 100 with both Dave Millar and Deva getting three wickets and Iqbal 2.

The run chase was hard on the improving wicket and Randwick Petersham bowled well to have us 6 for 80 in reply with Brendan Gray (24) and Mark Fonseka (16) scoring the runs . The batting was getting easier, but we were making it hard against a good attack. Eventually a few good blows and we passed the score 6 down and chalked up the 6 points. Not our best performance, but we will improve from here.

Colts Scores

Randwick Petersham 100 (Deva Nirthanakumaran 3 for 11, Dave Millar 3 for 23, Iqbal Ahmed 2 for 2, Dave Leiboff 1 for 17 were defeated by Gordon 6 for 101 (Brendan Gray 24, Mark Fonseka 16) 

Just to conclude can anyone tell me what ian Higgins and Tjaard tait are doing at cover late in the second innings on Sunday? 

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Five wicket hauls to Chad Soper and Adair Durie and 95 to Tom Carruthers set up their sides to push for victories today

With this weekend’s two day grade round being played on Saturday 28^th January and Sunday 29^th January, this wrap is very short and will be expanded after conclusion of the round today.

Chad Soper is happy about his five wickets at Chatswood.

First and second grade go into today’s second day both with leads on the first innings, thirds are on the way to completing a competitive total at Killara, fourths have set a commanding target, fifths will have a full day today and Colts had a win against Randwick in the their one day match.

With the rain during the week, each of the games were effected with late starts and credit must go Michael Michael and this week’s cover team Third Grade for their work in getting covers down on both Thursday and Friday at each of our grounds.

First Grade

Bankstown 76 (Chad Soper 5 for 21, Dan Smith 3 for 16, James Kennedy 1 for 19, Scott Heaney 1 for 12 vs Gordon 4 for 122 (Greg Lewis 43, Cam Eccles 29, Reece Bombas 22, Steve Colley 26 not out)

Dan Smith and his mates appeal successfully for the first wicket at Chatswood

 

Second Grade

Bankstown 78 (Adair 5 for 14, James Campbell 4 for 47) and 2 for 22 vs Gordon  175 (Justin Avendano 46, Kurt Roughley 41 not out, Craig Thornborough 24)

Third Grade

Gordon 6 for 203 (Harry Turner 65, Ian Higgins 58, Ed Howitt 33) vs Bankstown.

Harry Turner during his 65 at Killara

Fourth Grade

Gordon 277 Tom Carruthers 95, Jack Colley 50, Mitch Kleem 56) vs Bankstown 3 for 44

Fifth Grade

No play on Saturday (120 overs on Sunday)

Colts

Randwick Petersham 100 (Deva Nirthanakumaran 3 for 11, Dave Millar 3 for 23, Iqbal Ahmed 2 for 2, Dave Leiboff 1 for 17 were defeated by Gordon 6 for 101 (Brendan Gray 24, Mark Fonseka 16)  

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The selectors have named the sides for the Saturday/Sunday January 28 and 29 grade round against Bankstown and the Colts in a one day match vs Randwick Petersham at Snape Park.

The 1st and 2nd grade sides are unchanged and all sides are now more settled, as we head towards possible semi places in all grades.

Paddy Effeney comes into 3rd grade to replace Adam Fleming who has work commitments.

James Partridge in action for the Green Shield

Charlie Bangs takes his place in 4's while Anthony Sherman is a late withdrawal with a shoulder injury that may need an operation. Tom Carruthers take his place in fours.

Tom Bangs replaces his brother in 5's. Reagan Klemt replaces the now unavailable Corbin Edgar and Andrew Crosland returns for Andrew Chapman, who is also out for work reasons. Carl Kinghorne also comes in for Tom Carruthers.

James Partridge returns to Colts after a successful Green Shield campaign and is now available for the rest of the season. Tom Stobo who had come in for Tom Bangs is now unavailable and Sam Mart takes his place. With more players becoming available, the selectors have decided that we will need to rotate a core of approximately 15 players in the extremely strong Colts squad.

Attendance at practice will be the major factor in determining who plays or not in the roster.

The teams are:  

1st Grade	2nd Grade	3rd Grade
Chatswood Oval	Bankstown Memorial	Killara Oval
Start 10:30 am	Start 10:30 am	Start 12:15 pm
James Packman (c)	Ben Garratt (c)	Ed Howitt (c)
Iain Beverley	Justin Avendano	Tom Beverley
Reece Bombas	James Campbell	Clem Bromwich
Steve Colley	Adair Durie	Adam Cubbage
Cameron Eccles	Jordan Liddle	Pat Effeney
Harry Evans	Blair Lindsay	Ian Higgins
Scott Heaney	Elliot Richtor	James Kidd
James Kennedy	Brett Rosen	Damon Livermore
Greg Lewis	Kurt Roughley	Julian Stephenson
Daniel Smith	Craig Thornborough	Tjaard Tait
Chad Soper	Logan Weston	Harry Turner
Match Report	Match Report	Match Report
Reece Bombas	James Campbell	Ian Higgins

4th Grade	5th Grade	Colts
Grahame Thomas	Beauchamp Oval	Snape Park
Start 12:15 pm	Start 12:15 pm	Start 10:00 am
Shayne Lin (c)	Matt Todd (c)	Dave Millar (c)
Charlie Bangs	Ben Armstrong	Adam Aarons
Tom Carruthers	Tom Bangs	Iqbal Ahmed
Jack Colley	Tristan Cooper	Andrew Coleman
Kris Colley	Andrew Crosland	Mark Fonseka
Tom Gooch	Carl Kinghorne	Dave Leiboff
Alex Jackson	Reagan Klemt	Sam Mart
Mitchell Kleem	Dave Monaghan	Deva Nirthankumaran
Alex Lines	Max Newman	James Partridge
Michael Perry	Dan Richtor	Dan Stickland
Chris Retallick	Saahil Turki	Dom Thompson
Match Report	Match Report	Match Report
Mitchell Kleem	Andrew Crosland	Dom Thompson

Unavailable: Henry Carmichael, Andrew Chapman, Tom Cockburn, Nick Dowsley, Adam Fleming, Jason Leiboff, Beau Sadler, Jack Skilbeck, Will Sweeney, Tim Van Zuylen, Anthony Sherman, Tom Stobo

Train On: Richard Allchurch, Alex Crawford, James Hand,