Rothbury Wilkinson Premier Season Release 2015/16
Contents Page 2. Season Release Overview 3. Season Dates 4. U19 vs Club Schedule 5. Representative Cricket 6. Notable Rule Changes 7. Rothbury Wilkinson Ewen Chatfield Cup Draw * * The Premier Reserve One-Day draw will mirror that of the Premier draw with venues still to be confirmed.
Season Release Overview Another exciting season of cricket is upon us and with it a clean slate and a chance for the 12 premier sides to battle it out for supremacy. All sides will first focus on getting to the top of the one-day standings attempting to remove the Ewen Chatfield Trophy from Onslow s hands and with it gain themselves an invitation to Auckland and a chance to claim national honours at the National Club Champs Pearce Cup qualification is always hotly contested and this season should be no different with only 6 teams gaining the chance to play for Cricket Wellingtons historic Pearce Cup. The cup has again spent the winter in Eastern Suburbs hands and there will be no shortage of sides looking to grasp it out of the firm grip they have on it. The season starts one weekend early for one side as they will face off against the Wellington U19 side due to their national competition starting earlier in 2015. Again the U19 s will face off against all clubs which provides both great development and gripping competition. Last season the 19 s has a few upset victories and will be looking to do the same this season. The games can have huge implications for the Premier sides and can prove to be the difference in qualifying for the Pearce Cup or missing out. The T/20 competition faces a revamp for the 2015/16 season with details to be released shortly. An exciting change is in store so watch this space. The round robin aspect of the Ewen Chatfield Trophy will finish on the 9 th of January with the final being played on Sunday the 17 th. The Pearce Cup and Hazlett Trophy will wrap up on the 19 th of March with the final being played on the 25 th, 26 th and 27 th of March. The venue of the Pearce Cup will be the leader of the Pearce Cup at the end of the round robin Rivalry round was seen as a good innovative last season but was unfortunately affected by rain. This round has been reintroduced for the 2015/16 season with a little bit of tweaking to a couple of games. Taita will take on Naenae in what has been a long stretching rivalry. The season kicks off with some mouth-watering clashes; Taita will take on Petone-Eastbourne, Johnsonville will battle it out with Karori, Reigning Pearce Cup champions will take on Collegians while Ewen Chatfield Trophy holders Onslow will meet Naenae.
Season Dates First Game U19s 11 th October 2015 First Full Round Premier & Premier Reserve 17 th October 2015 Final Round before Christmas Break 19 th December 2015 First Round after Christmas & Final Round of Ewen Chatfield Trophy 9 th January 2016 Ewen Chatfield Trophy Final/ Reserve Grade Final Sunday 17 th January 2016 Pearce Cup/ Hazlett Trophy Round 1 Saturday 16 th & 23 rd January 2016 Last Pearce Cup/Hazlett Trophy Round Saturday 12 th & 19 th March 2016 Pearce Cup Final Friday 25 th, Saturday 26 th, Sunday 27 th March 2016
U19 Schedule Round Date Opposition Venue 1 Sunday October 11 Johnsonville To Be Confirmed 2 Sunday October 17 Eastern Suburbs Kilbirnie Park 3 Sunday October 25 North City Linden Park 4 Monday October 26 Naenae Naenae Park 5 Sunday November 1 Petone Petone Rec 6 Sunday November 8 Wellington Collegians Anderson Park 7 Sunday November 15 Taita Fraser Park 8 Sunday November 22 Hutt District Hutt Rec 9 Sunday November 29 Karori Karori Park 10 Sunday December 6 Upper Hutt Barton Oval 11 Sunday December 13 Onslow Nairnville 12 Sunday January 10 University Kelburn Park
Representative Cricket An overhaul of the representative cricket programme will now see Wellington City and Hutt Valley face off in 5 games over the course of the summer. These games provide perfect lead up to the selection of the Provincial A s. These dates are subject to change pending Firebirds and NZC confirmed schedules. Venues to be confirmed closer to the time. Wellington vs Hutt Valley 1day Series Game 1 29 th November Game 2 6 th December Game 3 20 th December Demspter Shield Game 1 January 24 th, 25 th, 26 th Game 2 February 7 th, 8 th, 9 th Provincial A s Nearest Neighbour vs Central Districts 16 th, 17 th December Away Tararua Shield National Tournament Lincoln 2 nd January 9 th January 3day Fixture vs Canterbury - Away Early March (Date TBC)
Notable Rule Changes FIELDING RESTRICTIONS A. No more compulsory catchers required in Overs 1-10 B. No more batting Powerplay C. 5 fielders allowed outside the circle in overs 41-50 Powerplay 1 Overs 1-10 2 fielders allowed outside the circle Powerplay 2 Overs 11-40 4 fielders allowed outside the circle Powerplay 3 Overs 41-50 5 fielders allowed outside the circle When overs are reduced in an interrupted match, the overs in each Powerplay will be reduced in the same proportions: o Powerplay 1 = 20% of overs o Powerplay 2 = 60% of overs o Powerplay 3 = 20% of overs FREE HIT FROM ALL NO BALLS a) A Free Hit is to be awarded after all modes of No ball. b) If the No ball was called for having too many fielders outside the circle, the field can be changed for the Free Hit even if there is no change in striker, but only to the extent of correcting the breach. Cricket Wellington Conditions 8:4 Defaulting Any club who defaults their Premier or Premier Reserve grade team will incur an instant $100 fine. The team defaulting will receive no competition points. The other team associated to the club (i.e. Premier if Premier Reserve default) team will continue play for points in the competition round but will be deducted 2 competition points in the One Day rounds and 6 points in the Two Day rounds. In addition to this Cricket Wellington reserve the right to review a clubs Premier Grade status if a default is received in these grades. Law 11 Covering the pitch Any Club that fails to cover the pitch without the consent of the opposing captain will be deducted 4 competition points. This applies at both Premier and Premier Reserve grade. When both Premier and Premier Reserve teams are playing at home the club must apply to Cricket Wellington for exemption if they don t have appropriate covers for both wickets.
Rothbury Wilkinson Ewen Chatfield Cup Draw Round 1 17-Oct-2015 Eastern Suburbs VS Wellington Collegians Johnsonville VS Karori Taita VS Petone-Eastbourne Naenae VS Onslow North City VS Hutt District Upper Hutt VS University Round 2 24-Oct-2015 Eastern Suburbs VS Petone-Eastbourne Johnsonville VS Naenae North City VS Karori Onslow VS University Taita VS Hutt District Upper Hutt VS Wellington Collegians Round 3 31-Oct-2015 Wellington Collegians VS Taita Petone-Eastbourne VS North City Hutt District VS Eastern Suburbs Karori VS Naenae Onslow VS Upper Hutt University VS Johnsonville Round 4 07-Nov-2015 Hutt District VS Onslow Naenae VS North City Wellington Collegians VS Johnsonville Petone-Eastbourne VS Karori University VS Taita Eastern Suburbs VS Upper Hutt Round 5 14-Nov-2015 Karori VS Wellington Collegians North City VS University Naenae VS Hutt District Taita VS Upper Hutt Onslow VS Petone-Eastbourne Johnsonville VS Eastern Suburbs Round 6 21-Nov-2015 Upper Hutt VS Petone-Eastbourne Taita VS North City Hutt District VS Johnsonville Karori VS University Wellington Collegians VS Naenae Onslow VS Eastern Suburbs
Round 7 28-Nov-2015 University VS Wellington Collegians Upper Hutt VS North City Naenae VS Taita Petone-Eastbourne VS Hutt District Eastern Suburbs VS Karori Johnsonville VS Onslow Round 8 05-Dec-2015 Naenae VS Upper Hutt University VS Petone-Eastbourne Wellington Collegians VS Hutt District Karori VS Onslow North City VS Eastern Suburbs Johnsonville VS Taita Round 9 12-Dec-2015 Petone-Eastbourne VS Naenae Eastern Suburbs VS University Hutt District VS Upper Hutt North City VS Johnsonville Onslow VS Wellington Collegians Karori VS Taita Round 10 19-Dec-2015 Petone-Eastbourne VS Wellington Collegians North City VS Onslow Hutt District VS Karori Taita VS Eastern Suburbs Upper Hutt VS Johnsonville University VS Naenae Round 11 09-Jan-2016 Naenae VS Eastern Suburbs Karori VS Upper Hutt Taita VS Onslow Wellington Collegians VS North City Hutt District VS University Johnsonville VS Petone-Eastbourne