TWO BLUE TRIBUNE The official organ of the Newtown and Chilwell Cricket Club Inc.

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1 Newtown & Chilwell Cricket Club Inc. TWO BLUE TRIBUNE The official organ of the Newtown and Chilwell Cricket Club Inc. March 5, 2008 Vol.35 No.12 Be there! Congratulations to the Thirds and Fourths on making their finals. It's very important that the rest of us get along and support Col, Frankie and the rest of their boys this weekend, particularly if you are a turf player. The honour of wearing creams and sprigs also comes with responsibilities. It's no so much commiserations to the other sides not playing finals, but a hearty well done for persevering through what, at the start, could have turned out to be a disastrous summer of plagues, pestilences and drought. Without the superstars of last summer, the First XI under Fleetie and Clarkie still managed to finish better than second last, the only real goal that was set for them. Everything else was to be a bonus. There have been plenty. Promising youngster Devon Royce finished off the season in scintillating form. And before you all starting screaming "promising youngster, you're kidding!" he's the same age as the bloke about to make his Test debut, Bryce McGain. And probably better looking too, if only by a close shave. All year, as the Twos resembled a creche as much as a cricket team - there were as many nappy changes as bowling changes - Damien O'Loughlin met all the challenges with a steadfast smile. Well done Lochos! And Gags getting wickets in the final game, now there's something to savour. Well done R. Bennett on joining that horrible club, out in the 90s, no free beer! Well done, too, the cockroach for making a half-century on grass. You should have been smoking it all season! After a bit of a pounding the previous week against St Peters, the 5ths showed Newtown Two Blue grit on day two, bowling and catching well, especially the Slade Stanley screamer, then displaying a bit of spine with the bat. Apparently some old bloke with now just one game left in his ailing body managed to scrape together enough runs to join the 1000 runs/100 wickets club. Specs in the 300 games club, Morgo in the 6000 runs club, it hasn't been all that bad a year at all. In the 6ths, another even more important land mark, one the club can really celebrate and take joy in - David and Josh Barnes playing together. As anyone knows who has got to play with their son or sons, whether in one game, or a premiership, it is a mighty special thing. And for Barnso, this great, untiring servant of N&CCC, it must have been right up there in Bruce McAvaney territory as spppppeccccccial. Well done Mark Turnley for providing all these opportunities for the new generations of Newtown players. We're not sure whether congratulations are in order for Donna Sheahan, winner of the Platypus Award. Thanks should go though to the Sheahans, and big Ange, for helping Jaikie get all his gear back home after Emirates or someone else cocked up his baggage allowance. An interesting experience, having our Pom, but a rewarding one. Because N&CCC is the club it is, we didn't get a hack from Harwich or a no-hoper from Northampton; we got a county player, and one with a bright future in front of him, both there and in Australia it seems:) By the time this thing s all over, Donna is going to know enough about getting people and stuff back and forth from England to become a travel agent so long as you only want to make the trip from Lovely Banks to lovely Bungay. At the start of the season, there were some things we wanted to do on and off the field, and some things we wanted to avoid. With the finals featuring the Fourths and the Thirds still to be played, we have managed to achieve a lot of our goals, while some are so close you can taste them. We have gone from survival to - if people do the right thing next summer, or next winter, actually, when pre-season starts - the potential for a great revival. It starts this weekend at the Thirds and Fourths - be there.

2 The Platypus This year s Platypus was a close run race with the eventual winner Donna Sheahan winning by a single vote from Fourths XI skipper Frank Tuskes who polled strongly due mainly to his antics on the field. In my belief this award recognizes outstanding efforts on the behalf of superior clubman in a humorous manner, past winners include a cacophony of past presidents and life members (yes cacophony is the correct collective noun for this group). This years recipient is a tremendously club orientated person, two kids and a husband playing with the club and her daughter an ardent supporter of the First XI. Donna is the type of person we love to have around the club, fun and vibrant prepared to roll her sleeves up and work around the club but most importantly a joy to be around. Donna is in fact the first woman to win this award but am sure with her mate Julie Del Rio around the club will not be the last. Congratulations to all social Award winners. Now the real stuff starts lets get along and support the sides representing this great club in finals action. N&CCC 2008 SOCIAL AWARDS PISTON AWARD: Scott Mullen (winner) NOMINATIONS ADAM O CONNOR FOUND ASLEEP ON FLOOR OF 7/11 SCOTT MULLEN ASLEEP IN TOILET AT THE CREMONE HOTEL WITH PANTS AROUND ANKLES CHUCKY DOUBLE WICKET DAY ANGIE STANLEY PRESIDENTS DINNER STEWIE LIEGH REVERSE RAFFLE 7 POTS AND SPEWING EVERYWHERE LISA MARRA RESERVE RAFFLE DAY WORST BAT TO MAKE A SCORE: PEZZY 231 FOLLOWED BY AND THE WORST 50 INJ HISTORY IN THE 6THS NOMINATIONS Brett Bentley 52 on the grass Blighty makes a 100 in the 5ths follows up with consequetive 0 s in the under 17 s GOLF CHAMPION: James SARGEY Lewis SUNK A 20FT CURLING PUTT DOUBLE WICKET DAY FIRST GO TO WIN THE PRIZE POOL, WATERARSE HAD 15 ATTEMPTS WITH NO JOY DUCK AWARD: EVYES Rossette SCORES OF 1,0,0,0, PROMOTE TO 1 ST 0 HAD OF KEPT GOING WOULD BE PLAYING TEST CRICKET NOMINATIONS RICHO 3 IN 2 GAMES INCLUDING A PAIR SAM EASTON JACKO DAVIS PAIR vs GROVEDALE STINKER WHITESIDE PAIR vs GROVEDALE JAIK GOLDEN ON DEBUT NICK BOYO 4 IN THE 3RDS WRESTLING BELT; Adam Patching PATCHY WHIPPED LOATES FOUR FROM FOUR GLC AND GRUBBY RAFFLE DAY BJ THE IMMOVEABLE OBJECT AND BOYO GREENY, LOATESY AND PATCH NUDE WRESTLING IN FRONT OF A GEELONG MAGISTRATES HOUSE AT 4AM Budget and knackers knackers recapture his title of worlds best pissed wrestler, budget ended up with carpet burns on forehead had to attend a family function the next day trying to explain these burns. WORST BOWLER: Nick Richardson B Bentley 1 ball 1 wicket NOODLES FOR HIS 8 FOR B NEVILLE 2 FOR AGAINST NEWCOMBE REECE BENNETT DARCY DEL RIO KNOCKING BACK A BOWL HAD TO BE CONVINCED BY SKIPPER THEN CLEANS UP THE TAIL IRON GLOVES: SCOTT MULLEN 3 RD XI DROPPING JASON PEOPLES 3 TIMES 1 ST XI DROPING ALF CLARK, BRAD STACEY AND EVERY OTHER DECENT BATSMAN IN THE GCA RAT SHIT CUP: MATT SAV ( PRESEIDENTS DINNER ESCORTED OUT OF ROOMS VIA A PRESIDENTIAL HEADLOCK) ANGIE STANLEY ( PRESIDENTS DINNER) JESS GREEN GOING OUT WITH SPARROW 3 RD XI ALL OUT FOR 25 GREENY BAD SANTA LEWIE AND SARGEY HAVING A SNOOZE ON THE COUCH MIG DEL RIO SNOOZING ON COUCH DURING SPEECES PRESIDENTS DINNER ANGE FATONE RUNNING HIMSELF OUT ON A NO BALL THE COACH PLAYING EVERY XI EXCEPT THE FIRSTS COL CUNLIFFEE TAKING HOLIDAYS DURING CRICKET SEASON EVEN THOUGH HE IS A TEACHER AND GETS 26 WEEKS ANNUAL LEAVE PER YEAR, THEN COMING HOME EALRY FROM HOLIDAY BECAUSE THE WEATHER WAS SHIT HOUSE IN QLD PATCH WHINGING AND WHINNING ABOUT NOT BE THE 2 ND KEPER IN THE 4THS FINALLY GETS HIS OPPORTUNITY THEN SPENDS FOUR WEEK COMPLAING ABOUT HIS SORE HANDS AND LEGS ROO DRIVING AWARD: LUCAS Friend FOR LOSING HIS CAR FOR 3 DAYS FOUND AT THE EUREKA GREENY FOR DRIVING INTO HOSSES ROLLER DOOR KNOCKING IT OFF RAILS THUS RENDERING IT UNABLE TO BE OPEN FOR 3 MONTHS. Marra for driving one into jess jess super chest JAIKY FOR DRIVING SHIFTY TO DRINK IN HIS RELENTESS PURSUIT OF DEMI GOLDEN ED FOR OUTSTANDING THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE: JAMES PURCELL SARGEY FOR HIS REDINTION OF MY DADS FAT AND GETTING FATTER

3 FLOATSOM AND JETTSOM: LUCAS FRIEND BRETT GOGGIN TONY JEFFERIES POOL CHAMPION: COL CUNCLIFFE (HOSTING AN ALL MALE NUDE POOL PARTY) Get in early for the 08 season! Major Raffle Congratulations to Andy Bishop and Stuart Hoss Day who shared the major prize. Other winners were Scott Mullen, Adam Lavars, Gil Gordon, Artie and Di Fleet and Graeme and James Taylor.

4 Honour roll 708 Win/Loss ratio Played won lost drawn Ladder position First XI # 1 10 th of 14 Second XI # - 13 th of 14 Third XI th of 14 Fourth XI 13 10* 3-3rd of 14 Fifth XI th of 9 Sixth XI th of 10 TOTAL club championship points Centuries (8) 42.86% won 54.55% lost * won outright #lost outright 5 or more wickets in an inning (6) Paul Sheahan 112 not out in the 4ths versus North Geelong round 3 Dave Boyanton 5/39 in the 1sts versus North Geelong round 3 Steve Lewis 124 ret hurt in the 4ths versus Bell Post Hill round 8 Dev Royce 5/26 in the 3rds versus Newcomb round 6 Jamie Pescott 231 in the 4ths versus Bell Post Hill round 8 Scott Mullen 5/40 in the 1sts versus Bell Post Hill round 8 Andy Garrigan 119 in the 2nds versus Manifold Heights round 9 Matt Jackson 8/47 in the 2nds versus Torquay round 12 Frank Tuskes 138 not out in the 4ths versus Manifold Hts in round 9 Brett Loats 5/30 in the 4ths versus Torquay round 12 James Blight 101 in the 5ths versus Highton in round 8 Cam Russell 6/50 in the 4ths versus Geelong City round 13 Luke Wierzbowski 172 not out in the 4ths versus Leopold in round 11 Paul Sheahan 108 not out in the 4ths versus Torquay in round 12. Partnership 106 runs for the 1st wicket by Frank Tuskes (51) & Andrew Green (56) versus Geelong West 4ths on 13/10/ runs for the 1 st wicket by Russell Mitchell (59) & Sam Clark (48) versus Grovedale 2nds on 10/11/ runs for the 3 rd wicket by Matt Suvoltos (87) & Jimmy Bottomley (58) versus Grovedale 3rds on 10/11/ runs for the 4 th wicket by Steve Lewis (124rh) & Jamie Pescott (231) versus Bell Post Hill 4ths on 8/12/07 new record 4ths partnership. 144 runs for the 5 th wicket by Jamie Pescott (231) & Scott Sanderson (19) versus Bell Post Hill 4ths on 8/12/ runs for the 4 th wicket by Neville Crane (62) & Dean Turnley (28no) versus Bell Post Hill 6ths on 8/12/07 new record 6ths partnership. 100 runs for the 6 th wicket by Frank Tuskes(138no) & Steve Lewis (37) versus Manifold Heights 4ths on 12/01/ runs for the 5 th wicket by James Blight (101) & Tim Snaderson (96) versus Highton 5ths on 26/01/ runs for the 2 nd wicket by Alex Stanley (77) & Russell Mitchell (64) versus Leopold 2nds on 2/02/ runs for the 6 th wicket by Luke Wierzbowski (172 not out) & Matt Sheridan (68) versus Leopold 4ths on 2/02/08 new record 4ths partnership. 149 runs unbeaten for the 1 st wicket by Paul Sheahan (108 not out) & Tim Sanderson (32 not out) versus Torquay 4ths on 9/02/ runs for the 5 th wicket by Jordie Lewis (67) & Ian Hastie (72) versus Torquay 3rds on 16/02/ runs for the 3 rd wicket by Ash McHarry (74) & Jamie Pescott (59) versus Geelong City 3rds on 1/03/08. Milestones Paul Sheahan 100 th match in round 1 Matt Suvoltos 150 th match in round 3 Warwick Hadfield 200 th wicket in round 4 Phil Morgan 150 th catch in round 4 Anthony Devlin 300 th match in round 5 Brett Goggin 3000 th run in round 5 Frank Tuskes 100 th match in round 5 Luke Sharry 100 th match in round 5 Luke Sharry 100 th wicket in round 7 Russell Mitchell 8000 th run in round 9 Grant Whiteside 300 th catch and 50 th stumping in round 9 Frank Tuskes 2000 th run in round 9 Paul Sheahan 2000 th run in round 12 Matt Jackson 100 th wicket in round 12 Ben Jackson 100 th wicket in round 12 Warwick Hadfield 1000 th run in round 13 Phil Morgan 6000 th run in round 13 Outstanding performance Brad Petter took 3 for 24 including a hat trick in the 2nds versus North Geelong on 21/10/07. All batsmen dismissed LBW. The 4 th XI set a new record innings score of 6/477 against Bell Post Hill in round 8 2 nd highest team score in the Club s history. Jamie Pescott s 231 against Bell Post Hill in round 8 was a record 4 th XI individual score and the second highest Club individual score. Grant Whiteside took his 300 th catch and his 50 th stumping with the Club in round 9 (Jan 12, 2008) against Manifold Heights Mark Turnley opened the batting and remained 56 not out in the 6th XI s total of 134 all out against Geelong City on 19/01/08. However, he did not carry his bat as under competition rules he had to retire at 50 runs but was later able to resume his innings. Coincidently it was his 50 th birthday. The Fourth XI defeated Torquay outright without losing a wicket in round 12 (Feb, 2008). Torquay 104 and 105 lost the N&CCC 0/149 declared (in 16 overs, Paul Sheahan 108 not out) and 0/72. Ash McHarry took four catches in an innings (5 for the match) as fieldsman versus Geelong City 3rds in round 13. The Pair Jackson Davis versus Grovedale 2nds in round 4, October/November 2007 Nick Richardson versus Grovedale 1sts in round 5, November Grant Whiteside versus Grovedale 2nds in round 5, November 2007.

5 Two Blue Scoreboard 708 round 13 Go to for full scoreboards. FIRSTS lost to Geelong City on Stinton Oval RESULT lost by 129 runs Umpire W Richards Newtown & Chilwell 131 Tim Clark lbw T Agg 9 Yves Roussety c Ridout b K Agg 16 Darren Fleet c Toass b Ellioi 15 Corey Mathieson b K Agg 16 Sam Eason c Jarvis b Elliot 0 Nick Richardson c Ridout b Marsland 14 James Bottomley lbw T Agg 3 Dev Royce c Marsland b Crellin 26 Scott Mullen c Down b Marsland 12 Matt Jackson b Marsland 6 Dave Boyanton not out 6 Extras overs TOTAL all out 131 FOW: 17, 40, 46, 46, 67, 75, 83, 114, 121, 131. Bowling; A Marsland , T Agg , D Elliot , K Agg , C Millard , A Crellin Geelong City 260 N Jarvis lbw Royce 5 K Agg b Royce 0 C Millard c Roussety b Richardson 107 B Joass c Mathieson b Mullen 15 M Robb lbw Royce 18 T Agg c & b Mullen 31 A Marsland st Roussety b Richardson 29 D Elliot c Royce b Richardson 5 P Ridout not out 17 A Crellin c eason b Fleet 24 T Down lbw Royce 0 Extras overs TOTAL all out 260 FOW: 2, 9, 50, 86, 134, 211, 212, 218, 260, 260. Bowling; Scott Mullen Dev Royce Darren Fleet Dave Boyanton Matt Jackson Tim Clark Sam Eason Corey Mathieson Nick Richardson SECONDS lost to Geelong City at Richmond Crescent RESULT lost by 10 runs Newtown & Chilwell 267 Damien O Loughlin 21 Andy Garrigan 9 Brad Petter 5 Rhys Bennett 95 Matt Suvoltos 0 Lucas Friend 22 Brett Bentley 52 Grant Whiteside 34 Jai Sheahan 1 Nick Boyanton 3 James Blight not out 2 Extras overs TOTAL all out 267 FOW: 26, 32, 37, 37, 110, 198, 248, 253, 260, 267. Geelong City 9/277 Bowling; Jai Sheahan Lucas Friend Damien O Loughlin Nick Boyanton Brad Petter James Blight Andy Garrigan Extras overs TOTAL 9 for 277 FOW: 34, 114, 126, 187, 223, 241, 274, 277, 277. THIRDS defeated Geelong City on Shaw Oval RESULT won by 5 wickets Geelong City 159 Bowling; Matt Treloar Edward Gribble Anthony Wilson Jordie Lewis Jamie Pescott Col Cunliffe Ash Mc Harry Extras overs TOTAL all out 159 FOW: 29, 33, 59, 85, 97, 98, 117, 146, 146, 159. Newtown & Chilwell 5/227 dec Paul Sheahan 46 Darcy Delrio 6 Jamie Pescott 59 Ash McHarry 74 Col Cunliffe 13 Adam O Connor not out 11 Jordie Lewis not out runs for the 3 rd wicket by Ash McHarry & Jamie Pescott. Extras 9 35 overs TOTAL 5 (dec) for 227 FOW: 26, 61, 190, 194, 207. Geelong City Second Inning 5/72 Bowling; Matt Treloar Edward Gribble Anthony Wilson Jamie Pescott Jordie Lewis Adam O Connor Stuart Day Extras 5 40 overs TOTAL 5 for 72 FOW: 11, 16, 59, 59, 68. FOURTHS defeated Geelong City at Eastern Park no 5 RESULT won by 52 runs Newtown & Chilwell 8/189 dec Andrew Green 36 Tim Sanderson 20 Steve Lewis 18 Adam Patching 54 Luke Wierzbowski 14 James Ratcliffe 4 Frank Tuskes 4 Matt Sheridan not out 13 Cam Russell 11 Jacob Simonsen not out 10 Extras overs TOTAL 8 (dec)for 189 FOW: 41, 64, 118, 136, 140, 148, 156, 174. Geelong City 137 Bowling; Cam Russell James Ratcliffe Matt Sheridan Brett Loats Adam Patching Jacob Simonsen Frank Tuskes Extras overs TOTAL all out 137 FOW: 20, 41, 43, 49, 66, 97, 98, 135, 137, 137.

6 Newtown & Chilwell Second Inning 1/119 dec Andrew Green not out 50 Frank Tuskes 51 Steve Lewis not out 14 Extras 4 11 overs TOTAL one (dec)for 119 FOW: 64 Geelong City Second Inning 6/119 Bowling; Cam Russell Jacob Simonsen James Ratcliffe Matt Sheridan Adam Patching Brett Loats Frank Tuskes Extras overs TOTAL 6 for 119 FOW: 12, 36, 36, 42, 85, 98. FIFTHS lost to St Peters at Elderslie West RESULT lost by 5 wickets Newtown & Chilwell 89 Anthony Devlin 0 Tony Marinelli 15 Tom Bates 17 Phil Morgan 23 Slade Stanley 8 Jesse Thomas 1 Olly Theobald 7 Zac Stokes 1 James Hadfield 2 Zac Sheahan 0 Warwick Hadfield not out 3 Extras overs TOTAL all out 89 FOW: 2, 40, 59, 62, 74, 83, 83, 83, 89. St Peters 5/170 dec Bowling; James Hadfield Zac Stokes Olly Theobald Tom Bates Zac Sheahan Extras overs TOTAL 5 (dec) for 170 FOW: 60, 67, 130, 132, 157. Newtown & Chilwell Second Inning 6/130 Anthony Devlin 21 Warwick Hadfield 39 Tom Bates 1 Tony Marinelli 37 James Hadfield 2 Zac Stokes 0 Slade Stanley not out 17 Olly Theobald not out 1 Phil Morgan dnb Jesse Thomas dnb Zac Sheahan dnb Extras overs TOTAL 6 for 130 FOW: 31, 35, 93, 109, 110, 128. SIXTHS round 15 lost to East Belmont at Eastern Park 2 RESULT lost by 7 wickets Newtown & Chilwell 130 Mark Turnley 13 Pat Eastman 21 Harvey Davis 2 Jack Thackeray 26 David McPherson 4 Mitch Davis 1 Al McPherson 3 James Purcell 16 Andy Bishop 10 Andrew Wilson not out 12 Tom Gribble 6 Extras overs TOTAL all out 130 FOW: 19, 39, 45, 50, 64, 78, 94, 104, 115, 130. East Belmont 3/152 Bowling; Andy Bishop James Thackeray Pat Eastman Al McPherson Mitch Davis Andrew Wilson Tom Gribble Extras overs TOTAL 3 for 152 FOW: 27, 84, 91 SIXTHS round 16 lost to Geelong City at Eastern Park no 3 RESULT lost by 7 wickets Newtown & Chilwell 61 Mark Turnley 4 Pat Eastman 0 David Barnes 7 David Boyle 2 David McPherson 27 Al McPherson 0 Andy Bishop 1 Ned Clonan 4 James Purcell 6 Josh Barnes not out 3 Nathan Clark 0 Extras overs TOTAL all out 61 FOW: 4, 8, 11, 18, 36, 45, 50, 57, 58, 61. Geelong City 3/98 Bowling; Andy Bishop Al McPherson Ned Clonan David Boyle Pat Eastman David McPherson Josh Barnes Extras overs TOTAL 3 for 98 FOW: 11, 12, Top 10 after round 13 sponsored by Batting Paul SHEAHAN 58 Steven LEWIS Jamie PESCOTT Russell MITCHELL Frank TUSKES Mark TURNLEY Matt SUVOLTOS Ian HASTIE 29.9 Damien O LOUGHLIN Patrick EASTMAN 26.5 Bowling Scott MULLEN Devon ROYCE 11 Darren FLEET Ben JACKSON 15 Andrew BISHOP 18 Terry HICKEY Matthew JACKSON Cam RUSSELL Brad PETTER Warwick HADFIELD Jackson DAVIS Anthony WILSON Catches Grant WHITESIDE 21 Steven LEWIS 16 Corey MATHIESON 16 Ashley McHARRY 8 Frank TUSKES 7 Brett BENTLEY 7 Luke WIERZBOWSKI 7 Terry HICKEY 7 Darren FLEET 6 Jorden LEWIS 6 Nick RICHARDSON 6 Stumpings Steven LEWIS 8 Chris HADFIELD 5 James BOTTOMLEY 2 Grant WHITESIDE 1 Tony MARINELLI 1 Yves ROUSSETY 1 Darcy DELRIO 1 Patrick EASTMAN 1 Player of the Season Steven LEWIS 714 Scott MULLEN 704 Devon ROYCE 692 Paul SHEAHAN 642 Jamie PESCOTT 593 Darren FLEET 584 Frank TUSKES 572 Warwick HADFIELD 513 Mark TURNLEY 482 Damien O LOUGHLIN 481

7 Junior Scores Under 17 N&CCC Just 216 Darcy Delrio 48, Justin Andrews 42, Cam Bishop 32 defeated St Josephs 153 Jai Sheahan 5/14 N&CCC Crane 145 D French 50, T Fowler 65 lost to Grovedale Hovey 4/200 Under 15 N&CCC Chisholm 136 lost to St Josephs 8/144 The loss that we had to have!!!!! NEVER. Day 1 we won the toss and batted with a very firm resolve amongst the group that we would bat the 55 overs out and put the game beyond the boys from up the hill. After the initial set back of losing our in form player "the rat" for a duck and us being 1/6 in the 3rd over George Chis and Hatchy settled down and played some very bright and entertaining cricket that saw us through to 1/80 in the 22nd over. For reasons unknown to this author a suicidal single was attempted with the result being George (38) caught short of his ground by 8 metres. From that point on the innings folded like a pack of cards and we were all out for 136 in the 39th over. Hatchy 34 and Cammo 19 were the only other 2 batsmen to show any fight at all.i will never use bad decisions as an excuse for getting beaten but it did appear to this scribe that Hugo and Tommy Gee should probably have been given the benefit of the doubt in their decisions as the laws of cricket dictate. What looked like being a score of in excess of 200 at one stage turned out to be our most feeble performance of the season so far.still we had runs on the board and they had to get them. Jamie and Hugo opened the bowling and had the Joeys openers hopping all over the place.our enthusiasm in the field was taking its toll on the batters and when the Rat came in to bowl a couple of overs at the end of the day we grabbed a couple of wickets to get us back in the game.2/29 at stumps. Day 2 and we had the job in front of us. Line and length bowling was what I asked for and that is what was delivered. Eddy and Tom Chis started the day with 5 maidens in the 1st 6 overs and the pressure was mounting on The Holy Ones. Tom snared a caught and bowled and we had them 3/40.We needed to start taking wickets consistently but whilst we were maintaining the pressure we couldn't grab wickets when we needed them. Jamie, Huggy and George Chis all bowled tightly but wickets eluded us. Snicks and edges into gaps were the norm for tha batsmen who seemed to be getting a little help from someone up above. Eddy came back on for his 3rd spell and chimed in beautifully with another 2 wickets and at 5/82 we are back in the game big time. Once again we struck a lull and that next important wicket just wouldn't fall. Jamie reappeared at the bowling crease and put the fear of God into the Joeys no 8 finally removing him at 6/111.When Jamie snatched a blinder at 1st slip of Tom Chis and the skipper got one through their no 10 we had them 8/133 and needing 4 to win.four byes from a leg side full toss sealed the deal for Joeys and they had recorded a very hard fought victory. There was a lot to like about our efforts in the field today.excellent bowling backed up by at the most times good fielding ensured that we made them fight all the way for a win. We had batted 39 overs for our 136 yet we had made them labour through 64 overs before they passed our score. As I often tell my players if you can bat your allocated overs in junior cricket it is not very often you lose. George Chisholm 38 11/5/1/18 Eddy Ratcliffe 0 12/6/4/13 Damien Hatch 34 2/0/0/15 Josh Carr 10 1/0/0/6 George Cameron 19 3/1/0/3 Jamie Harrison 4 12/2/1/31 2 catches Tom Goodear 3 Hugo Steinfort 6 12/4/0/24 Bernie Chomley 5* 1/1/0/0 Tom Chisholm 1 12/3/2/20 1 catch Ted McDonald 0 1/0/0/1 1 catch N&CCC Barnes 9/205 defeated Geelong City 8/186 at Eastern Park #3 Josh Barnes 18 1/9 Patrick Eastman 24 3/25 Harry Andrews 0 0/14 Andrew Wilson 29 0/16 Jack Thackeray 0 2/4 Alex McPherson 0 0/43 Ned Clonan 62no 0/9 Lachlan Simpson 14 DNB Isaac Cato 9 0/27 Andrew Henderson 6 2/19 A great way to end the year with a sensational come-from-behind victory. Losing our seventh toss of eight for the year, we once again found ourselves in the field, Ned and Patrick bowling tight opening spells. Hendo and a fired up Jack followed them up with 2 good wickets each as the home team struggled to break the shackles of an enthusiastic Two Blue outfit, with only a spate of late hitting bringing about a useful score of 186 on the lightning fast Eastern Park #3. Getting the runs was never going to a problem if we could bat our overs out on day two and at 0/53 after nine overs with Easty and Barnso going great guns things looked well on track. Enter City s Barwon Rockets representative player, Tom Driver, to change all that, as five wickets fell in the next seven overs to leave us in all sorts of trouble at 5/56 (as good as 6 down, as we were once again down to just 10 men in this match). Ned got off the mark with a streaky four and from there never look back, he and Andrew seeing off the danger man and taking us to break at 5/88. Just play each ball on its merits was the instruction and to the boys credit they did exactly that, with Andrew digging in while Ned played the shots, their stand reaching 92 in 20 overs before Ned reached his 50 and headed off for a rest.

8 Andrew s great innings ended soon after, 6/148, us still longish odds of pulling it off. Lachlan and Isaac added 26 before Lachlan missed a booming drive and was bowled 7/174. Hendo s well placed edge sped past the keeper to the boundary, one went down the legside and beat the keeper for another four, two or three singles were gleaned and that was it - great cheers from the team as we reached an improbable win, the last two wickets falling to young Tom to give him figures of 6/26 and a well earned pat on the back from all the Newtown boys as we shook hands. A fantastic match to end the season, played in terrific spirit and with all the skills on show, Ned s innings right up with anything achieved over the course of our season. Every match we played was a real contest in what has proven to be a very closely fought division. Some we won, some we lost, but along the way all the boys chipped in and helped out in what was a very enjoyable year. Well done to you all. Thanks to all involved especially Bretto and Jeffers for their efforts at U15 training, as well as Russell Thackeray, Dave McPherson and David Barnes on game day. You blokes make my life easy thanks! Good luck to all N&CCC teams both junior and senior in finals in coming weeks. Gary Simpson Under 13 Venues Qualifying finals Finals - Times of Play: 3 rd & 4ths to 5pm 75 Overs Tea 2.35 to 2.55pm 3rds versus East Belmont at Winter Reserve no 2 4ths versus Newcomb at Myers Reserve no 3 Last round 5ths versus Grovedale on Elderslie Reserve West 6ths versus South Barwon on South Barwon no 6 Semi finals Under 17 Crane versus Inverleigh at Inverleigh Under 15 Chisholm versus Lara Gillett on Shaw Oval Under 13 Royce versus Lara Bell at Lara no 2 Under 13 Pearce versus Bannockburn at Bannockburn 1 N&CCC Pearce 3/102 M Payne 21 not out, S Whitworth 16 not out defeated Modewarre 6/101

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