New Era 2007-2011

2007-08

A NEW ERA BEGINS

Club Officials:

  • President John Ipsen 1st year 
  • Senior Vice President Ron McDonald 1st year
  • Junior Vice President Sean Wright 4th year
  • Secretary Shannon Davies 1st year
  • Treasurer Craig Pereira 2nd year

After a mammoth three terms as President over 26 seasons Brian Waterer handed over the reins to incoming President John Ipsen. During his stewardship of the Club Brian saw the teams numbers go from one to six and our Premiership count rise dramatically, especially over  the past fifteen years. Off the field the Club enjoyed a bumper season, with increased sponsorship , the addition of a new team, bringing to seven our on field strength and upgrading of the popular “players tea” function. On field success was mixed and although we didn’t win a premiership considerable development of young players and good recruiting will stand us in good stead for the future. Three sides finished in the finals. Life Memberships were awarded to Mick Bennett and Jim Leinasars for outstanding long term service to the club.

1st Grade Wayne Fontana started as defending Premiership captain, however due to increased family and business commitments relinquished the job mid season and Mark Atkinson took over. Although our bowling was consistent throughout our batting let us down and even though we made the finals lost to East Fremantle in Semi Final. Mark Atikinson continued to lead from the front with 423 runs (including 11no) and 27 wickets, supported in the batting by newcomer Dale Meyer 344, Craig Pereira 330 (despite missing games with a  broken hand) and Jason Cunningham 325. Bowling wise Wayne Fontana has an outstanding season, taking 47 wickets @ 10.1. Recruit Will Badger chipped in with 23 wickets.

2nd Grade Graeme Bond [Captain]  Finished the season as Minor Premiers and defeated Hilton/Palmyra in the semi final, with Chris Wright taking 6/18 to rout the opposition for a low score. Lost the Grand Final to Phoenix. An up and down season with some very good cricket mixed with indifferent results. Once again Andrew Walker (no Walks, no 2nd grade !) led the batting with 369 runs, assisted by Braeme Bond, Andrew Gibbs and Brad Mant who were all in excess of 200. Chris Wright took the bowling honours with 31 wickets @ 11.3, ably assisted by Andrew Gibbs who finished with 30.

3rd Grade Shannon Davies [Captain]  After a slow start stormed home to just miss the finals. The mid season recruitment of experienced player John  McGuire lifted their stocks considerably. John finished the season with 315 runs (including 145). Glen Hack put in a good all round performance scoring 190 runs and taking 19 wickets. Captain Shannon Davies led the bowling with 27 wickets, assisted by Ryan McKinlay.

4th Grade [SMCA 5th Grade]  Bill Greenshields [Captain] Unfortunately became the “chopping block” with an ever changing side, churning through thiry four players in the season. We never able to get a consistent team and struggled a bit. Good personal performances from Jay O’Neill – 280 runs and 17 wickets, Steve Hinchcliffe and Mark Scarterfield made over 200 runs. Recovering from injury didn’t prevent Ian Murfitt from leading the bowling with 27 wickets, assisted by Captain Bill Greenshields on 16.

5th Grade [SMCA 6th Grade] Gary Boyes [Captain] After many years playing together as a one day side Gary’s troups ventured back into the world of two day cricket with mixed results. They scored plenty of runs but struggled to contain opposition sides and had a rare finish outside the “four”. Dave Hodgettes led the way with the bat, scoring 372 runs, well assisted by perennial performers Craig Moncrieff (324), Jim Leinasars 249 and 20 wickets) and Phil Flavell (240). Dave Abercrombie took 17 wickets, despite missing the last part of the season through injury.

6th Grade [SMCA OD’A’ Grade] Last year’s Premiership one day side started the season in this grade, with Paul Petkovich as Captain, however part way through the season they sustained a metamorphosis when most of the team stopped playing and others moved to the OD ‘C’ team. Blake Carter took up the challenge of Captaining the new look side and they performed very well in the latter part of the season.  Recruit Ray Thompson 362 runs  and Beau Carter 324 runs (including 123no) were the stars with the bat. Paul Petkovich scoring 224 (with 107) before moving to the OD ‘C’ team. Keith Davis took 20 wickets in half a season, assisted by Ray Thompson with 11. Another recruit from Bunbury Graeme Tysoe did a great job as the new wicket keeper, taking six catches and making five excellent stumpings. In all fourty three players make their way through this grade during the season.

7th Grade {SMCA OD ‘C’ Grade] Todd Lavender [Captain] – Our newest team – predominantly a side of mates from Success who just wanted to have a game of cricket together. Gelled very well and took all before them – until the Grand Final !! Five players scored in excess of 300 runs and they finished the season Minor Premiers. Easilty defeated Southern Districts in the Semi Final, with Paul Petkovich scoring 99 and Paul Phillips taking 5/27. Unfortunately the wheels fell off the all conquering batting in the Grand Final and they were well beaten by Southern River. Despite this stumble at the final hurdle a most successful season, set to be repeated in the coming year. Captain Todd Lavender led the batting onslaught with 538 runs (including 172 and 123), with great efforts from Dale Putland (384), Paul Phillips (333), Damian Halden (327) and Glen Parise (308 – including 148). A good all round performance from Robert Blazevich with 287 runs and 23 wickets. Others amongst the wickets were Paul Phillips 27 and Todd Lavender 19.

2008-09

OUR 90TH YEAR

Club Officials:

  • President John Ipsen 2nd year 
  • Senior Vice President Ron McDonald 2nd year
  • Junior Vice President Adam Seaward 1st year
  • Secretary Shannon Davies 2nd year
  • Treasurer Craig Pereira 3rd year

After four successful years as Club Coach (including two First Grade Premierships) Matthew Smith decided not to continue and we recruited the services of former WACA Willetton 1st grade player  Paul Kalleske to fill the role. A mixed season on the field – unavailability of many senior players stretched our resources to the limit in the lower grades, but we still managed to field seven sides each match. In the end four sides [1st, 3rd, 6th and OD ‘C’s] made the four, with the 1sts and 6ths making Grand finals and becoming Premiers. Season highlights included Gary Boyes becoming the seventh player to play three hundred games and Mick Bennett became the leading “5 for” taker for the Club. A total of eighteen century partnerships were scored across the grades during the season. Nineteen hundreds were scored and twenty one “5 fors” were taken. Glenn Parise broke the batting club record [948] and Brad Mant broke the individual club batting record [194].

Off the field we celebrated our ninetieth year in grand style with a formal Gala Dinner at the Sheraton Hotel. One hundred and eighty current and former players/supporters attended a fantastic night. Finances continued to be strong as support from sponsors remained extremely good.

1st grade PREMIERS Mark Atkinson [Captain] Completed a great season by winning the Premiership. Started the season the wiih a hiccup by losing to a depleated East Fremantle side, but didn’t drop another game after that. Five batsmen scored in exess of three hundred runs, with Todd Lavender a stand out who opened the batting and got us off to a good start most games. Others over three hundred runs were Craig Periera, Mark Atkinson {including two centuries} , Paul Kalleske and Matt Smith. Captain Mark Atkinson again led the bowling attack with 34 wickets, ably assisted by newcomer Anand Mavani (33), Will Badger (21) and another newcoming in Brett White (18).  

  • The Premiership: Defeated Armadale in a final worthy of its 1st grade status. Spartans batted first and were in immediate trouble, losing Todd Lavender to the second ball of the day and Darren Rose soon after to be at a precarious 2/2. Steady batting by Matt Smith (39) and Craig Pereira (27) got things back on track and a good partnership between Smith and Paul Kalleske (35) followed by some good hitting at the end by Dale Meyer (35) and Mark Atkinson (39no) – and a great six by Shane Thompson ! saw us make a very competitive 6/196. Although Armadale applied themselves to the run chase and ensured the final was a closer affair than some might have thought they lost wickets at regular intervals and were eventually out for 121. Will Badger took the bowling figures with 4/42, assisted by Mark Atkinson 3/28. In all a great team effort all season and the 1st grade are well deserving Premiers for the 2008/09 season. 
  • The team: {in batting order}: T.Lavender, D.Rose. M.Smith, C.Pereira, P.Kalleske, D.Meyer, M.Atkinson [Captain], S.Thompson, W.Badger, B.White, A.Mavani

2nd Grade Chris Geers [Captain] – Started with a blaze of glory but unfortunately faded in the second half to miss out of the finals. Played some good cricket but were not able to sustain it throughout the season. Captain Chris Geers led the batting with 392 runs {including a century}. Others over two hundred runs were Stuart Hennessey, Graeme Bond, “Mr Second Grade” Andrew Walker and Sean Wright {including his first century for the Club}. The bowling honours went to Nick Leavy with 25 wickets, assisted by Sean Wrrght and the ever reliable Andrew Wragg. 

3rd Grade Minor Premiers Shannon Davies [Captain] Had a great season, finishing on top of the ladder and winning the One Day Premiership.  Unfortunately couldn’t take their winning form into the finals and lost the semi final to Cockburn. Andrew Gibbs had a fantastic season with 792 runs {including two centuries} and 22 wickets. Others in the runs were John McGuire (521) {including two centuries}, with Kevin  Poller, Adam Seaward and Glenn Hack all over 200 runs. Captain Shannon Davies led the bowling with 26 wickets. Ben Rushton, Kevin Poller and Andrew Gibbs all took over twenty wickets.

  • One Day Premiership: We won the toss and batted first. Glen Hack got us off to a flying start and we lost our first wicket at 33 in the third over. John McGuire then accumulated a great fifty, having good partnerships with Andrew Gibbs, and Kevin and Gavin Poller. Unfortunately the tail didn’t wag and we were bowled out for a competitive 163. Cockburn started well , but then three wickets in quick succession, with Gavin Poller snaring two wickets, turned things back in our favour. After another good partnership Kevin Poller came on and bowled really well to take 4/41 and tighten the screws. Cockburn were eventually out for 145 and a well deserved victory obtained. Andrew Gibbs made 25 and took 2/24 in a good all round performance. 
  • The team: {in batting order}: G.Hack, A.Seaward, J.McGuire, A.Gibbs, K.Poller, G.Poller, L.O’Dea, B.Rushton, J.Hewitt, R.McKinlay, S.Davies [Captain]

4th Grade {SMCA 5th Grade} Bill Greenshields/John Ipsen [Captain/s] Remained competitive throughout the season but absences in higher grades robbed this side of any chance of finals glory. Were often fighting “above their weight”, playing the higher sides from other clubs. Eventual captain John  Ipsen had a good season opening the batting and scored 374 runs, with super recruit Sam Vellios getting over two hundred, along with Jeremy Gibson. Seve Murfitt and new player Chris Rajandra shared the bowling honours.

5th Grade {SMCA 6th Grade} PREMIERS Gary Boyes [Captain] Although sometimes a bit inconsistent they made the final four and went on to defeat Phoenix, who had gone through the season undefeated. Sweet revenge, as Phoenix had won the One Day Final by a narrow margin. Some great individual performances – Brad Mant broke the individual club batting record in scoring 194 and Wayne Fontana won the Read/Waterer Club Champion Medal.

  • Wayne Fontana had a dominant season scoring 857 runs {including three hundreds} and taking 53 wickets {including 7/53}. Brad Mant scored 672 {including two hundreds}and Peter Ferguson and Dave Abercrombie were over three hundred runs. Dave Abercrombie and Mick Bennett ably assisted Fontana with the bowling. Mick Bennett took 3 “5 fors” and became the leading “5 for” taker for the Club.
  • The Premiership: Phoenix won the toss and batted. Two great bowling spells by perennial finals performers in Mick Bennett 25 overs – 5/47 and Wayne Fontana 27 overs – 4/29 meant that Phoenix didn’t get into the game at any stage. A twenty eight run partnership was not enough to provide a substantial total and they were bowled out for 86. We were 1/20 over night, looking to come back Sunday and complete a victory.  Drama ensued on Sunday as the pitch at Enright Res was damaged and made unplayable overnight. Quick negotiations resulted on the match continuing at Davilak Oval. We resumed on 1/20 and lost both overnight batsmen without addition to the score. Peter Ferguson and Brad Mant took the score to 53, and Brad continued to bat well in making 37. With his dismissal Tim Brent and Jim Leinasars got us over the line to beat the previously undefeated Phoenix side.
  • The team: {in batting order}: W.Fontana, D.Abercrombie, P.Phillips, P.Ferguson, B.Mant, D,Hodgettes, T.Brent, J.Leinasars, G.Boyes [Captain], M.Bennett, K.Boyes.

6th Grade {SMCA OD ‘A’ Grade} Blake Carter [Captain] Played a very competitive season, eventually just missing the finals. Had a great victory over nemisis Kenwick and were consistent in most games, whilst not quite matching it with the top sides. Graeme Tysoe opened the batting with distinction and made 367 runs, with Matt Scarterfield and Captain Blake Carter over three hundred runs. Beau Carter was the best performed bowler with 26 wickets, assisted by Kyle Salzmann and Blake Carter.

7th Grade {SMCA OD ‘C Grade} Damian Halden [Captain] Undefeated during the season, but unfortunately once again the finals proved their undoing, losing to Thornlie in the semi-final. Despite this loss a great season and some excellent individual performances. Glenn Parise scored 804 runs {including three hundreds} and took 37 wickets. Rob Blazevich got 433 runs and took 39 wickets. Dale Putland made 405 runs {including his first century for the Club}. Captain Damian Halden and newcomer Travis Fryers scored over three hundred runs. Paul Petkovich scored the fifth hundred in the team. The bowling was dominated by Blazevich and Parise, assisted by Paul Phillips and Darren Humble.

2009-10

MORE EXPANSION

Club Officials:

  • President John Ipsen 3rd  year
  • Senior Vice President Ron McDonald 3rd  year
  • Junior Vice President Adam Seaward 2nd  year
  • Secretary Sandy Boyes 1st  year
  • Treasurer Kylie Atkinson 1st  year

An historic eighth side was entered into the SMCA competition for the new season. A great season in every aspect except for premiership wins. Five sides made the finals, with those missing out finishing in fifth place. Two new initiatives for the club were providing a host venue for country week cricket and  hosting the SMCA Wind Up. Both of these ventures increased our standing in the general cricket community.  Todd Lavender broke the 1st grade batting aggregate record,  thirteen centuries were scoring for the season and there were seventeen century partnerships. Ben Carter took a double hat trick for the Ond Day B’s. A record fifty new players took the field and total player registrations for the club went over the 1000 mark. 

1st Grade Minor Premiers Mark Atkinson [Captain] A fantastic season, culminating in an epic grand final battle with CBC where we came within one ball of being premiers. Started the season in great fashion with a record score (8/431) against East Fremantle. Todd Lavender scored a century and six fifties in breaking the batting aggregate, Paul Kalleske scored a maiden Spartan century. Six players scored over 330 runs. Bowling honours were shared by Anand Mavani (30) and Mark Atkinson and Will Badger (27). Todd Lavender scored 90 and took 6/55 against East Fremantle. Todd completed a wonderful season by also breaking the record for catches for the season by a non keeper.

2nd Grade Brett White/Kevin Poller [Captain] Had a mixed season, finally finishing fifth. New captain Brett White was forced to relinquish to position due to work commitments and Kevin Poller took over the role. Stuart Hennessey had a good year with the bat and finished with over 300 runs. Graeme Bond, Kane Mitsopolous and Kevin Poller got over 200 runs. Gavin Poller was the standout bowler, with assistance from Andrew Gibbs. Steve Kirk had a good year with the gloves, taking 24 dismissals.

3rd Grade Runners Up Andrew Walker [Captain] A great first up season as captain by Andrew Walker, who led from the front with 544 runs and a record 15 catches as a non keeper. Eventually came runner up to Cockburn after defeating top side Riverton/Rostrata in a had fought semi final. A good even season dominated in the batting by Walker and John McGuire (432 runs). Ben Rushton (32 wickets) and Shannon Davies (29 wickets) had great seasons with the ball, assisted by first year player Luke Hanrahan (20) and Ryan McKinlay (16).  Adam Seaward had another good year with the gloves with 25 dismissals.

4th Grade {SMCA 6th Grade}  John Ipsen [Captain] A very competitive season, finally finishing fifth. Dale Putland made a great transition from one day cricket with 447 runs, Jeremy Gibson had very good season scoring 384 runs and making 12 dismissals. Matt Hosking (258), John Ipsen (221) and Travis Fryers (214) also contributed to the batting. Bowling honours were evenly shared with Matt Hosking, Travis Fryers, Michael Roberts and Jordan McArdle, returning to the playing field.

5th Grade (SMCA OD ‘A’ Grade} Runners Up Damian Halden [Captain] Had good consistent season, only beaten in the Grand Final by a very good Thornlie side. Stand out performer was undoubtedly newcomer Dallas Epariama, who dominated with bat and ball, winning all team trophies and the Read/Waterer Club Champion Medal. Dallas scored 744 runs, with two centuries and five fifties and took 30 wickets as well. He was well supported in the batting by Brad Mant with 644. The pair shared a grade record 5th wicket partnership of 171. Rob Blazevich scored 469, with Craig Aitken (439) and Oliver Stacey (364). Rob Blazevich made it a double with 30 wickets, Paul Phillips, Dave McKay and Damian Halden being the others to contribute with the ball. 

6th Grade (SMCA OD ‘B’ Grade} Minor Premiers/Runners Up Blake Carter [Captain] Had a fantastic season, taking on all comers and finishing well on top at the end of the qualifying rounds. Unfortunately stumbled at the final hurdle and lost to East Fremantle in the Grand Final. Highlights were Ben Carter’s double hat trick against Southern River and Blake Carter’s 7/22 against Murdoch Uni. A very even performance with the bat, eight players getting over 200 runs. Best of the batsmen was Matt Scarterfield (641), ably assisted by Steve Foster (467), Michael Grice and Beau Carter (351) and Ben Carter (327). Beau Carter took the bowling honours with 30 wickets, with good support from Blake Carter (28), Josh Foster (24), Steve Foster (23) and Mal McGivern (20). A special mention to Graeme Tysoe, who did an 1500km round trip from Meekatharra both weeks of the finals to play.

7th Grade (SMCA OD ‘C’ Grade) Gary Boyes [Captain] Started slowly and became very competitive as the season went on. Unfortunately gave the other sides too much head start and had be satisfied with a fifth placing.

  • Peter Ferguson had a great season with the bat, scoring 682 runs, with two hundreds and five fifties. He got good support from Dave Hodgetts (386) and evergreen Jim Leinasars (300). Dave Blight and Justin Parsons were over 200 as well. The bowling was very even over the season. Tim Brent led the way with 23, assisted by Ken Boyes and new player Geoff Burgess, while Mick Bennett got 19 wickets from 9 games, including a “5 for”.

8th Grade (SMCA OD ‘E’) Simon Hird [Captain] A new team for the club this season who had a chequered start with three captains in the first few games. Eventually things settled down and the side was well led by Simon Hird. The nucleus of the team was made up from young guys from the Bullcreek Football Club, who proved to be a very enthusiastic group of players. Probably the highlight was Rex Miller taking three catches in one game one handed because his other hand was injured !! If they had been able to field a full side every week would have challenged for the finals and in the end came a very creditable fifth. Jamie McNamara led the batting after scoring a century, well supported by Rex Miller. Andrew Johnston also scored a century from nowhere and Simon Carrick showed he is a more than capable batsman. Resx led the bowling with support from Manish Ankleshwaria and Mark Gannaway.

2010-11  
                                       1st GRADE PREMIERSHIP

Club Officials:

  • President John Ipsen 4 th year
  • Senior Vice President Ron McDonald 4 th year
  • Junior Vice President Adam Seaward 3rd year
  • Secretary Sandy Boyes 2nd year
  • Treasurer Kylie Atkinson 2nd year

A very successful season on and off the field. The 1st grade won their fourth Premiership in seven years and the ODBs also won a Premiership. The 6th grade won the One Day Premiership. There were numerous highlights during the season: Dave Blight broke Brian Waterer’s long standing games record and was also awarded Club Legend Status. Brad Mant broke Peter Read’s batting aggregate record. Matt Smith, in being a member of the winning 1st grade won his fifth 1st grade Premiership, Steve Murfitt took a hat trick in the process of taking an “8 for”. Six players won Association trophies for batting or bowling.

On the field eight sides competed in the SMCA competition. We were the only club to win more than one end of season Grand Final. We competed for the first time in the SMCA Twenty/twenty comp, finishing runner up to Kardinya-Lakes. Six of the eight sides made the top four at the end of the qualifying season.

1st Grade Todd Lavender [Captain] PREMIERS A season that never really got going due to injury, player absence and other factors. We were always competitive, but lost a couple of matches we probably should have won. Mark Atkinson again proved our most influencial player with 499 runs and 25 wickets. Paul Kalleske’s move up the batting order proved successful and he scored 421 runs. Todd Lavender, Matt Smith and Greg Lathwell got over 300 runs. Andrew Gibbs led the bowling with 29 wickets – including 5 fors against CBC in the first match and the Grand Final. Other bowlers over 20 wickets were Greg Lathwell, Anand Mavani, Mark Atkinson and Will Badger. Pommie import Scott McKechnie kept wickets and made 37 dismissals.

After an exciting final qualifying round match where we fluctuated between second and fifth position during course of the match, we finally settled in third place and played Armadale in the semi final. The defeat of Armadale set up a return Grand Final with CBC. We lost the toss and CBC batted first. They got off to a good start but a great recovery saw them lose 10 for 65 to be all out for 116. Andrew Gibbs took 5 for 33 and Anand Mavani 3 for 26. Scott McKechnie took 6 catches. We were 5 for 104 and seemingly on the way to victory after Todd Lavender got us off to a good start with 37. However wickets fell in quick succession and it was left to Anand Mavani to score the final three runs to achieve a hard fought victory.

The team (in batting order): T.Lavender [C], P.Brown, P.Kalleske, M.Smith, G.Lathwell, M.Atkinson, G.Parise, S.McKechnie, W.Bagder, A.Gibbs, A.Mavani.

2nd Grade (SMCA 3rd grade) Kevin Poller [Captain] (Minor Premiers). A fluctuating season which eventually led to a successful campaign and top spot at the end of the qualifying rounds. Unfortunately we could not get past Hilton-Palmyra in the semi final. Dallas Eparaima had a great season with the bat, scoring 401 runs (including a century) and also winning the Association batting trophy. Other contributors were Craig Aitkin 329, Lewis O’Dea 293 and Graeme Bond 223 runs. Captain Kevin Poller led the bowling with 34 wickets. Gavin Poller took 29 wickets and won the Association bowling trophy. Ian Murfitt also took 19 wickets for the season.

3rd Grade (SMCA 4th grade) Shayne Hersey [Captain] Shayne Hersey returned from Tom Price to lead a side with a mixture of experienced players and some youngsters. After an exciting outright victory in the final match made the top four, but lost the Semi Final to Cockburn. An encouraging season which saw some new players come through the grade, destined for higher duties in years to come. Evergreen batsman Andrew Walker again led the batting with 435 runs, Mitch Lane scored a century amongst 404 runs and won the Association batting trophy. Captain Shayne Hersey had a great all round season with 338 runs and 24 wickets as well. A welcome return to the club by Sean Wright saw him top the bowling with 30 wickets. Rex Miller continues to improve and took 14 wickets and former Leeming junior Ben Meek impressed in his first full season with 14 wickets also.

4th Grade (SMCA 6th grade) Dale Putland [Captain] Under new captain Dale Putland this side had a very successful season, winning the One Day Final and just losing to Kardinya-Lakes in the Grand Final. They finished in second spot to Kardinya overall and were minor premiers and PREMIERS in the One Day Competition. Russell Lee led the batting with a century and 596 runs, also winning the Association batting trophy. Captain Dale Putland scored 516 runs, assisted by Rob Blazevich 353, with Matt Hosking, Travis Fryers and Ben Rushton getting over 200 runs. Matt Hosking led the bowling with 39 wickets. Others to assist with the ball were Ben Rushton, Jayden Putland and Shannon Davies.

One Day Final: We won the toss and batted first. Were in a bit of trouble at 2/20, but great partnerships between Russell Lee and Andy Walton and then Russell Lee and Dale Putland saw us to a very competitive 8/220. Russell Lee scored 88, Andy Walton got 55 and Dale Putland made 30. Kardinya were very well restricted due to some tight bowling and at no stage challenged our score. Andy Walton 3/14 and Matt Hosking 3/41 were the chief destroyers, with Shannon Davies and Jayden Putland lending support.

The team (in batting order): R.Blazevich, T.Fryers, R.Lee, A.Walton, B.Mant, D.Putland, B.Rushton, J.Putland, M.Hosking, S.Davies, P.Phillips.

5th Grade (SMCA OD ‘A’ grade) Kyle Salzmann [Captain] Had a consistent season under new Captain Kyle Salzmann, but in the end just fell short and finished in fifth position. Beau Carter again was a very consistent performer and finished with 405 runs and 20 wickets, whilst also having a stint with the wicket-keeper’s gloves. Josh Foster scored 337 runs, with Steve Foster and Blake Carter over 200 runs. Steve Foster and Kyle Salzmann led the bowling with 25 wickets each, with solid contributions from Blake Carter, Andrew Ballantyne and Josh Foster. Considering at times they played short a very commendable effort for the season.

6th Grade (SMCA OD ‘B’ grade) Ron McDonald [Captain] Minor Premiers PREMIERS. A great season culminating in a Premiership. Star recruit Andy Walton capped a fantastic season with not only a Premiership, but also being named Read/Waterer Club Champion. Andy scored 736 runs and took 23 wickets. Steve Murfitt had a stand out season, equalling the grade bowling record of 44 wickets, whilst taking an 8 for (including a hat trick) and a 6 for. Brad Mant broke the grade record for dismissals (30 dismissals). Others to contribute with the bat were Brad Mant 614 (including a century), Tyson Vickery 392 (including a century), Oliver Stacey 276 (including a century) and Dave McKay 243. Bowling was dominated by Steve Murfitt with assistance from Geoff Burgess and Michael Roberts with 28 wickets and also Andy Walton.

Grand Final: Cockburn batted first and were very well restricted to 9/112 with consistent bowling by all bowlers. Tyson Vickery, Andy Walton, Dave McKay and Steve Murfitt all took two wickets in a very even performance. In reply Tyson Vickery scored a valuable 40 which set up a platform for victory.

The team (in batting order): R.McDonald [C], T.Vickery, O.Stacey, A.Walton, B.Mant, B.Greenshields, D.McKay, C.Thomas, S.Murfitt, G.Burgess, M.Roberts.

7th Grade (SMCA OD ‘C’ grade) Peter Ferguson (Captain) Although this team was always “there abouts” could not quite make it into the top four. Some great performances during the season but could not sustain this for all games that mattered in the end. Dave Hodgetts had another great season with the bat, scoring 713 runs (including a century), Captain Peter Ferguson again contributed with the bat with 612 runs(including a century), in the process winning the Association batting trophy, veteran Dave Blight got 444 with solid contributions from Jason Sweetman and Tim Brent.

Andrew Wragg returned to the fold and took the bowling honours with 35 wickets, evergreen Mick Bennett made some camio performances when available and finished with 27 wickets. Others to contribute were Tim Brent, Ken Boyes, Jason Sweetman and Brad Jones.

8th Grade (SMCA OD ‘E’ grade) Minor Premiers Cameron Lucy [Captain] Burst out of the blocks and were well on top until player absences after Christmas effected their performances. Still managed to finish on top and defeated arch rivals Southern River in the semi final. Lost the Grand Final to Willetton. Jamie McNamara again starred with the bat, scoring 523 runs (including a century) from only twelve games – Jamie also won the Association batting trophy. Newcomer Steve McGuire proved to be a very handy all rounder with 423 runs (including a century) and 10 wickets. Sheldon Carrick scored 321 runs (including a century) and Jason Hardie also had a good year with the bat. Mark Gannaway took the honours with the ball, taking 28 wickets, including a 6 for. Others to assist were James Dockery, Jarrad McEwan and Steve McGuire.

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