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2nds: CACC 'A'					5ths: CACC 'B'
Round	Date	Opponents	Location	Result	Round	Date	Opponents	Location	Result
1	April 21	Glebe	Moore Park 11	WIN	1	April 28	SP Hotel Apaches A	Moore Park 11	RAINED OFF
2	May 5	Allstars	Parkes Drive, Centennial Park	WIN	2	May 12	GSNDS	Gladesville Hospital	WIN
3	May 19	Bandits	Gough Whitlam, Tempe	WIN	3	SUN May 27	Summer Hill	Moore Park 12	LOSS
4	SUN June 3	Tamils B	Gough Whitlam, Tempe	LOSS	4	SUN June 17	Red Sun	Moore Park 12	RAINED OFF
5	June 23	Troopers	Waterworth Park, Tempe	LOSS	5	June 30	MP Massif	Moore Park 12	WIN
6	July 7	Glebe	Scarborough 3	WIN	6	July 14	Mighty Ducks	Henly 3, Enfield	WIN
7	July 21	AllStars	Gladesville Hosp.	WIN	7	July 28	Regulators	Artarmon Rec. Res.	WIN
Semi	Aug 4	Troopers	Moore Park 11	LOSS	Semi	Aug 11	SP Hotel Apaches A	Moore Park 10	WIN
FINAL	Aug 18	knocked out	.	.	FINAL	Aug 25	Regulators	Scarborough 3	WIN

ROUND 1

2nds v Glebe at MP11, April 21. WIN - CACC 6 for 167 v GLEBE all out 98.

 

Winter 2007 Div 2 started well with an emphatic win over old foes Glebe. Local hero of the day was Boom Boom Tulloch with a classy 67no, a key outfield catch that touched the clouds on its way to sure hands, and a few overs of fire and lightning - an inspiring outing. StickyMan won the toss and took the game up to Glebe by deciding to bat. Ben and Deaks were sent out with orders not to come back but Muddy was a bit rusty today and didn't trouble the scorers as they say. Backseat was next and for a while looked the new Gilchrist with a stunning cameo of 2-6-4-6-1 in about as many balls before falling to an lbw that had to be at least a touch iffy. Ando was then up to the plate but it wasn't to be his day either and it was 3 for 43 - not bad, but a stand was needed and it came with a fine workout between Deaks, playing with deft touch and as safe as houses and Bram finding his way more confidently with every over to go to drinks after 18 overs with the book at 3 for 87 and the Tulloch on a couple of drives less than 40.

 

This target was reached quickly after the break with the partnership standing at a very handy 65. Dave the 3rd took his place and felt his way cautiously with a first outing for some weeks. Deaks finally yielded for an important 25 holding the innings together. HarveyJ and Mr Chin got into a bit of slump with tight line and length stuff from the Glebe mediums and instructions came out to get a move on as Bram was itching to get back into the action. Some hit and giggle stuff followed with Dave III, Dave IV, and HarveyJ with each more or less having a less than spectacular thrash but with HunterR in company Bram got a go again and they added an invaluable 32 off nothing to take the Arms to a fighting 167.

 

The Glebe reply faced Hunter in full express mode from ball 1 and two balls later got just what he was fishing for with a nick to the keeper. A further two balls later saw a hard chance dropped in the covers by Ando - definitely not his day - but a great start all the same. Backseat and Bram then unsettled all with cutbacks and in-dippers. The Sticky One pressed the attack home by switching about his bowlers not allowing any batsman to settle and although there were a couple of stands it increasingly felt like the day was ours with resistance petering away to see Glebe all out for 98 in 29 overs. Deaks complemented his knock with a neat 1-1 off 2. Ando experimented with a couple of overs of spin and the King-Anderson combo looks good for future games. And Slem is waiting in the wings. Handy.

 

A notable stat, perhaps a first for CACC, was that each of the seven bowlers Dave used snared a wicket apiece, and two run-outs completed the nine.

 

DK of course put it all down to his Henry V (or was it Homeric) motivational entreaties in the build up - maybe it was - this reporter is not going to argue anyway. It was a good win.

 

Batting: MudaliarB c 0, DeakerG b 25, NealeD lbw 19, AndersonD c 6, TullochB no 67, ChinD b 5, HarveyJ c 10, KingD (c) lbw 8, HunterR no 5, BeachA dnb. CACC TOTAL 6 for 167 off 36.

Bowling: HunterR 5-1-18, TullochB 5-1-16, NealeD 5-1-14, KingD 4-1-13, DeakerG 2-1-1, AndersonD 4-1-21, MudaliarB 3-1-10. GLEBE TOTAL: 9 for 98 off 29 overs.

Fielding: HarveyJ (wkr) 2 catches, ChinD 1 catch, TullochB 1 catch, KingD 1 catch.

 

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5ths v Kingsgrove Apaches at MP11, April 29. - Wash Out.

 

The drought could have held on for just one more day but it was not to be and today's match v the Apaches was declared off due to rain before a ball was bowled.

The team: Tom O'Sullivan (c), Dave Chin, Meng Lee, Slem, Rob Hunter, Aaron Beach, Craig Illot, Nick Dare, John Harvey.

 

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ROUND 2

2nds v Allstars, May 5 at Parkes Drive, Centennial Park WIN - ALLSTARS all out 180 v CACC 4 for 183.

 

Bowling: Slem 6-4-36, Bram 6-4-5, Neale 6-1-42, Mudaliar 5-0-16, Deaker 3-0-17, King 5-0-44, O'Sullivan 3-0-14. ALLSTARS TOTAL: 9 for 180 off 36 overs.

Batting: Neale c2, Mudaliar 41no, Deaker c7, Illot b37, Tulloch 45no, Chin c12, O'Sullivan 29no, King 5no, Selm dnb, Beach dnb. CACC TOTAL: 4 for 183 off 32 overs.

Fielding: TullochB 1 catch, ChinD 2 catches.

 

Tom's report:

 

On a perfect day for cricket Arms lost the toss and were given the ball first up, handy with Slem's "blokey, sincere and troubled" (Sun-Herald) matinee having him leave early. Bram got rid of both openers cheaply and after three overs had figures 2 for 0. Dave Neale took the ball and trapped their number 3 plumb (from deep long-on, anyway) LBW, and Ben and Deaks bowled tightly as ALLSTARS!' numbers 4 and 5 consolidated to be 3 for 80ish at drinks. Both batsmen made their 40 with some big hitting, and their replacements carried on to have the ALLSTARS! 3 for 150 before Slem took back the ball and bowled W, 1, 1, W, W, 1 and Bram cleaned up the returning bats to finish with figures of 4 for 5 off 6. ALLSTARS! all out for 180.

 

Neale and Ben opened the Arms' chase, Dave mistimed a pull-shot and was caught and Deaks followed shortly after, before Craig and Ben steadied things, Ben reaching his 40 on drinks to see us 2 for 86. Game poised. Craig's stumps exploded just short of his 40, before Bram "Yeah, but can he bat?" Tulloch smashed the bowling and the ALLSTARS! spirits, supported by Dave Chin then yours truly. Dave King came in when Bram reached his 40 and the Arms reached the total comfortably in the 32nd over. Beachy, after feilding and umpiring amicably, was left padded-up in the sheds, still yet to face a ball for CACC. What a team-man.

Good win.

 

Gonna give division 2 a shake.

 

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5ths v GSNDS, May 12 at Gladesville Hospital WIN - CACC all out 89 v GSNDS all out 72.

 

Batting: Ilott, C c 15, HarveyJ b 9, WrightR b 9, WheelerC stmp 16, O'Sullivan(c) T b 21, BeachA b 0, HarveyP c 7, VilenskyR c 0, DareN lbw 0, JosephJ DNB CACC TOTAL all out for 89 off 32 overs

Bowling: JosephJ 6 - 0 - 4, O'SullivanT 5 - 3 - 4, IllotC 6 - 0 - 22, WheelerC 6 - 1 - 7, VilenskyR 6 - 0 - 21, DareN 1 - 0 -8, HarveyP 1 - 1 - 2, HarveyJ 1.2 - 1 - 2.

Fielding: HarveyJ 1 catch (wkr), WrightR 1 catch (wkr).

 

PJ's match report: Arms prevail in J-Time madness

 

The Battle of Bedlam Bay will go down in the annals of Arms history as one of the best and cricketers asleep their beds will think themselves accursed they did not take the field that day…..well they may have, if they could have found the field.

 

The east coast may be in El Nino's dusty grip but our very own Agincourt was more Mekong Delta than playing field of Eton and there were some anxious moments as the first to arrive set off into the forbidding forest to inspect the pitch and quickly disappeared into the stygian gloom. Returning some hours later the intrepid explorers reported that the pitch itself was fine but the infield a trifle "heavy" underfoot.

 

Skipper O'Sullivan won an important toss and felt that runs on the board early doors would count for much and, despite the Ancient Briton running late sent an advance party of Illot and Harvey J to establish base camp from which the lower orders could push on through to the source of the Nile. Illot responded as only he knows how and crashed a scorching cover drive that absolutely flew off the acting opener's blade. Unfortunately the dense undergrowth meant it pulled up about 2 meters from the bat, dot ball the result. Despite these difficulties the openers found some gaps in the scrub before Illot fell for 15 sampling the aerial route. This brought Rob Wright to the crease, another graduate of the Mallesons academy system which has produced such success stories as Anderson and Ferris, the weight of expectation heavy on the tyros shoulders as all asked if Rob really was the Right Stuff.

 

The Debutant didn't disappoint and played some lovely shots both straight and square albeit that piercing the infield was hard and the Wagon Wheel proving that he had gone to all parts of the circle within a 40 cm radius of the stumps. Unfortunately the Rock and Wright fell for 9 apiece bringing Proud Mary and Dream Boat to the crease. The odd couple set about the bowling with gay abandon, the Skipper even finding the fence with an outrageous flick off his pads - the young actor realising that the conditions called for improvisation rather than rigid adherence to the script - although such flamboyance was DB's own Downfall after 21 valuable runs….which brought the Beach to the crease.

 

With what can best be described as fairly agricultural shot selection, AB got bat on ball but in the cruellest of dramatic ironies, a thickish inside edge flew no further than middle stump and brought the most anticipated batting debut in Arms history to a somewhat premature close.

 

Harvey PJ, Vilensky and Dare brought up the tail and were able to stick around long enough to milk a few extras and cobble a couple together but the scoreboard revealed a rather sad 89 as lunch was taken 4 overs early.

 

The Tempe Express opened from the Melbourne end. Given that it was difficulty to see much beyond the cut-square, what the opening bats felt at the sight of Scary Spice bursting from the Great Southern Thicket mid delivery stride is anyone's guess. What was fact was that they couldn't get JJ away as three maidens on the trot kept the worm where we wanted it.

 

O'Sullivan took the new ball from the Brisbane end and with Tempe hard to get away the openers decided to target the Skipper. Error. Dream Boat struck Rock pouched the catch. 1 for 0. then 2 for 0 with a plum LBW and the Arms were looking good, Vilensky in particular sporting a tasteful wrist band nicely complimenting his 5 O'Clock three weeks ago shadow.

 

Illot, Proud Mary, Dare and Vilensky took up the cudgels and didn't give much away. Having developed the thousand yard stare, Mary in particular was looking dangerous and justly rewarded with a pole. Vilensky chipping in with a pole of his own as wickets fell at regular intervals. The Skipper kept the field up and rang the bowling changes, bringing JJ back to tighten the screws just when it looked like the oppo had a roll on and then stepped up himself with another wicket as Wright deputising behind the timber after drinks took an excellent leg side chance. Super Sub Jake (also on debut) effected two brilliant run-outs and suddenly it was game on.

 

However, 89 is not a lot to defend and at 7 fer 72 and only Harvey J and Harvey PJ to bowl out the last 5 overs, the smart money was with the GSNDS to complete the formalities. Harvey Senior, in a rare foray from his usual position, took over 32 and that one over was enough to suggest that Warnie at a mere 37 years of age had perhaps hung up the boots about 31 years early.

Harvey Junior had over 33 and the mentally fragile trundler was, at best, a nervous wreck at the top of his mark. Unbeknownst to Skipper O'Sullivan this was his first over in anger since June 2004 and one can only suggest that a rather large question mark remained. The first couple seemed to come out of the hand OK and if not back to his best then PJ seemed at least to be able to get it from one end of the pitch to the other with something approximating the right line and length. As if sending the bowlers vulnerability, number 8 took a swipe, somehow missed and PJ captured his first scalp since August 2003 to great relief. Whether it was enough to exorcise the demons only time can tell. At 8 down, the pendulum swung back to the Arms and Harvey Senior, with so much experience under the cap, remained calm under pressure to wrap up number 9 in the very next over - Victory to the Arms by 17 runs.

 

Debut Jake, Rob.

 

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ROUND 3

 

2nds v Bandits, May 19 at Gough Whitlam: WIN to CACC by 7 wkts, Bandits all out 135, CACC 2 - 136.

 

Bowling: LeMarquandS 6 - 2 - 18, TullochB 6 - 0 - 25, HunterR 6 - 1 - 18, MudaliarB (c) 2.1 - 1 - 4, BrockM 6 - 1 - 16, O'SullivanT 6 - 2 - 29, WheelerC 3 - 1 - 20

Batting: MudaliarB (c) 40 no, WheelerC c 33, DeakerG c 5, BrockM 25 no, TullochB 24 no, O'SullivanT dnb, NashJ dnb, HarveyJ dnb, HunterR dnb, LeMarquandS (bowl only).

Fielding: HarveyJ (wkr) 1 catch, NashJ 2 catches, TullochB 1 catch.

 

The Bandits were still in hiding when 10.30am rolled by so Ben standing in as skipper for Mr Sticky claimed the toss and decided to bowl on a top winter day at Gough Whitlam. Bit by bit the Bandits drifted in but for a while it was the openers as the only representatives and they did a good job holding out until the main posse arrived. The first indent was made with a tickle to JH off the Hunter bowling his usual tidy line and length on off stump. Bram, Slem, and the Knife made life difficult with pretty aggressive stuff and runs were hard to come by. Tom came on and picked up where he left off from the 5ths last week with big swing and cleaned up their No. 3 and No. 4. Slem came back with another, then Wheels trundled one down to have it blasted back at high speed and then caught it by not be able to remove himself out of the way quickly enough. Brocky cleaned up another, then Slem again and Ben knocked off the last-man carry wicket.

 

Jake hauled in two catches, one to Bram, and HarveyJ was lucky to hold onto his snicker with thumb and one finger.

 

135 to chase and Ben and Wheels would have done it without loss in a 50-over game as they put on 80 without a hint of a chance. At drinks Ben was on 39 and Mary not far behind. Ben got his single and retired but Chris holed out chasing runs with his only slip-up to gully. Deaks also holed out having a run at the ball but the result never looked in much doubt and Brocky and Bram teed off with one thing in mind to finish it off in 25 overs.

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5ths v Summer Hill, May 27 at MP12: ..... Loss: Summer Hill all out 141 - CACC a few less.

 

The Seven Plagues of Egypt struck our batting today after the Arm's leathermen had toiled mightily to have Summer Hill out for 141.

 

Bowling: LeMarquandS 5 - 2 - 10, HunterR 3 - 0 -13, O'SullivanT 5 - 1 - 34, NealeD 6 - 2 - 27, VilenskyR 6 - 2 - 30, LeeM 3 - 1 - 12, WheelerC 2 - 0 - 15. Summer Hill all out 141.

Batting: WheelerC c 0, NealeD b 6, HarveyJ c 0, WrightR b 18, O'SullivanT c 0, HunterR c 6, LeeM lbw 0, LeMarquandS c 0, VilenskyR c 23. CACC all out 60.

Fielding: HarveyJ (wkr) 2 catches, HunterR 1 catch, LeMarquandS 1 catch, WrightR (wkr) 1 stumping.

 

Match report classified!

 

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ROUND 4

2nds v Sydney Tamils, Sunday June 3 at Gough Whitlam: LOSS - Tamils 8-241 v CACC all out 148.

 

Bowling: MuduliarB 5 - 3 - 46, ChinD 2 - 0 - 16, LeMarquandS 6 - 1 - 24, TullochB 6 - 2 - 24, O'SullivanT 5 - 0 - 49, AndersonD 6 - 1 - 51, HunterR 6 - 0 - 27.

Batting: MuduliarB c 21, ChinD c 2, IllotC c 6, LeMarquandS c 4, TullochB b 3, O'SullivanT c 56, AndersonD b 11, WrightR dnb, HunterR c 3.

Fielding: 1 x catches to Slem, Bram, RobH.

 

Match report to come but Tommy had a hot day with a half-ton and Ben was in there with a 3-for.

 

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5ths v Red Sun at MP12, Sunday June 17. WASHOUT

 

Team: HarveyP, O'SullivanT, LeeM, DareN, BeachA, HunterR, VilenskyR, JosephJ, SimonsT

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ROUND 5

 2nds v Troopers at Waterworth Park Tempe, June 23. ..Troopers 8 for 220, CACC 6 (all out) for 79.

 

Bowling: KingD (c) 6 - 2- 32, O'SullivanT 3 - 1 - 33, AndersonD 6 - 1 - 44, TullochB 6 - 0 - 35, HunterR 6 - 2 -28, HarveyP 3 - 1- 17, LeMarquandS 6 - 1 - 17

Batting: KingD c 18, O'SullivanT c+b 0, AndersonD b 23, TullochB c 11, HunterR b 6, HarveyJ c 6, LeMarquandS DNB.

Fielding: O'SullivanT 2 catches, AndersonD 2 catches, HarveyP (wkr) 1 catch.

 

PJ's report:

Leonidas and his 300, Henry V and his archers, Crockett, Bowie and Travis at the Alamo, Chard and Bromhead. The few have done deeds that live in history and so at Waterworth Park, Tempe Saturday 23 June 2007 a day on which 7 from the CACC took on an army of Troopers........

 

But just as all Leonidas could do was buy time, just as the Legionnaires at Dien Bien Phu fought a battle that the politicians at home had already sold out on then so too the Arms, asked to go forth, under strength, out gunned, with nothing but raw courage and hope.

 

The ground was not of their choosing, for lads brought up North of the Harbour, Balmain, Lilyfield and the East - the flat lands of Tempe were a shock, not helped by the fact that the Troopers had arrived first and were busily digging in, making the swamp-lands their own as the depleted CACC could do little but watch as the Troopers pulled out brooms, brushes and even a supa-sopa to sweep the low lying pitch free of water.

 

A good toss win was duly lost and the 5 CACC present looked north for reinforcements after being asked to take the field first.

 

First Anderson showed up, late but like Blucher at Waterloo, in the nick of time and we were 6. And then a Sliver-Top was spied and Le Marquand rode into sight like the 7th Cavalry in a bad 50s flick.

 

Opening from the Airport end, Le Marquand's first ball kicked like an angry mule and went for 4 byes, thankfully a maiden 5 followed and the Arms rearguard action began in earnest. Tulloch from the West, his inspirational words of Friday night ringing in the ears of all, was quick, was angry and was hostile. Le Marquand again, then Tulloch and the Troopers were on the back foot. The Candyman was brought in and it was a double breakthrough, first Slem forced the false shot for wicket number one then King and PJ combined for a stumping.

 

Le Marquand finished with an excellent 1-17 from 6 but other crises called the Cavalry and the Arms were back to 6. Hunter into the attack and another breakthrough as Anderson in Gully took a screamer. Setting a 4-0 field King worked some magic it was 4 for 70 at drinks.

 

Six against the World and the Arms were on top and when O'Sullivan struck immediately after the break it was Long Tan and the Battle of Britain rolled into one. But the few can hold back the tide for only so long and the post drinks dawn was the high water mark. PJ came on for a toad and snaffled a C+B, Anderson picked up another and Hunter a second as the Troopers managed to pick out the few fielders around. But three C+B tells it's own tale. The Arms took 8 scalps but Tony Campey at 93 not out stood firm. Add that to 51 extras and the Troopers 220 was a pretty average score. Another 3 in the field and we had them for under 100. But I guess that is another story.

 

O'Sullivan and King strode out chasing 227 with only 4 in the sheds, O'S fell early (in fact as early as is feasibly possible), the middle order offered some resistance and the tail (consisting of yours truly) failed dismally to single-handedly chase the 150 needed for victory. At the end of the day, a few for King, Tulloch and Anderson but not much else. We had the game won at drinks and lost it as the Arms tired and sheet weight of numbers told. It was a big ask and the CACC at least provided a game of it and at one stage had the Troopers staring at the biggest upset since Cetsawayo bundled Chelmsford out of Natal and Crazy Horse showed Custer what bravery was all about.

 

Full stats on the web in due course, A big thanks to those who put in for the club and as part of the new name and shame policy, I was going to list below all those who failed to show when needed but there were too many........................

 

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 5ths v MP Massif at MP12, June 30. ...CACC batted first to knock up 256 - Massifs all out 130. WIN to CACC.

 

Batting: NealeD c 74, KingD c 9, AndersonD b 39, O'SullivanT (wkr) b 53, NashJ c 0, DareN b 8, LeeM lbw 0, VilenskyR b 39, LeMarquandS dnb

Bowling: NealeD 5 - 3 -17, KingD 0.4 - 1 - 5, AndersonD 4 - 0 - 3, NashJ 4 - 2 - 36, DareN 2 - 1 - 20, LeMarquandS 6 - 1 - 31, LeeM 2 - 0 - 14

Fielding: 2 catches to O'SullivanT, 1 to KingD

 

report to come

 

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ROUND 6

2nds v Glebe at Scarborough, July 7. ..CACC 8 for 122, Glebe 6 for 112 - win to CACC by 10.

 

Batting: MudaliarB c 21, NashJ b 24, WrightR ro 19, AndersonD b 3, TullochB b 5, O'SullivanT c 14, BeachA c 0, DareN c 0, HunterR no 23, LeMarquandS dnb.

Bowling: MudaliarB 6 - 0 - 14, AndersonD 6 - 3 - 23, TullochB 6 - 1 - 20, O'SullivanT 6 - 1 - 23, HunterR 6 - 0 - 18, LeMarquandS 6 - 1 - 8.

Fielding: 2 catches to AndersonD, 1 to TullochB.

 

It was a classic victory to the 2nds over Glebe and will go down in history as one of the grittiest wins of all time. After winning the toss, O'Sullivan elected to bat and sent in Nash and Mudaliar who opened gallantly to see out the first 10 overs and got the run rate off to a solid start before Mudaliar was out to one of the better deliveries of the day. Nash and Wright saw out the next few overs before Nash fell before the drinks break. Tulloch and Anderson both got off to starts but were unlucky with inside edges going after some slow bowling. Wright's batting on a heavy hangover showed in the second spell and a direct hit taking on the arm of the outfielder sent him running straight to the pavilion. With only three scores in the 20s or thereabouts to Nash, Mudaliar and Wright, it was up to captain O'Sullivan to see out the next 15 overs and hope the tail would wag. Dare offered some resistance, but was out quickly. Beech was out to make amends for his last innings with the CACC, but managed a second quacker to break some kind of CACC record. Nash's top score before drinks meant runs had to come from somewhere. Hunter and O'Sullivan were the last pair standing. O'Sullivan batted gallantly but went out to a loose ball for another score in the 20s, and it was up to Hunter to make a stand, and make a stand he did, seeing out the remaining overs to give the CACC bowlers something to work with, and a total score of 120.

Some great line and length from Slem, Tulloch, Hunter and Anderson, backed up by world class fielding performances saw the Glebe batting order severely restricted in the first 18 overs with 2/39 going into the drinks break. The "Dot Ballers" from Glebe couldn't seem to get passed the infield (if they connected at all). The pressure started to tell in the second session. Wickets in hand were all that was going Glebe's way, as the required run rate hit 6.5 an over mid way through the second session. Some more great tight bowling from Anderson, O'Sullivan and Mudaliar in the second spell broke through the middle order of the Glebe team as the pressure mounted.

It came down to the last 6 overs with a required run rate of over 7.5 an over. The opening bowlers returned to tighten up the pressure. Tulloch, Anderson and Hunter had a magnet for the off stump, but somehow the Glebe tail held it together and managed to get a few away to the boundary. Anderson finished with figures of 3/20. Tulloch snared the last of the recognised batsman with a big knick to see the last two standing. Glebe now required 14 in the last two overs. Some tight bowling and great field pressure restricted the runs to 2 in the second last over, and meant Glebe needed 12 in the last Hunter over. True to form, Hunter maintained his match winning presence, and bowled consistently outside off stump to see a lot of "big swings" and "no dings" to see out the last over with Glebe 9 short of the total.

Forget the great historic battles, the battle of Ramsgate, Saturday 7, July 2007 was a CACC performance that should be memorialised in stone.

 

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 5ths v Mighty Ducks at Henly 3, Enfield, July 14. CACC 6 for 230 , Mighty Ducks 7 for 213 - win to CACC by 17.

 

Batting: NashJ b 41, O'SullivanT lbw 6, DareN, b 0, LeMarquandS not out 48, IllotC c 11, BeachA b 2, VilenskyR b 6, NixG not out 49, HunterR not out 40.

Bowling: NashJ 5 - 2 - 27, O'SullivanT 6 - 0 - 35, LeMarquandS 6 - 0 - 34, IllotC 4 - 0 - 13, BeachA 2 - 0 - 14, VilenskyR 4 - 1 - 39, NixG 4 - 0 - 29, HunterR 6 - 1 -19.

Fielding: O'SullivanT 1 stumping, IllotC 2 catches, VilenskyR 1 catch.

 

INDOOR SOCCER TEAM MASQUERADING AS CACC TRIUMPH OVER DUCKS

A bright, sunny but cool winters day greeted the Cricketers Arms for their important 5th Grade fixture against the Mighty Ducks.

It was with a tentative 9 that would be reduced to 8 at 12.30 and then 7 at 2pm that took the field &endash; a side more suitable in number for various indoor sports such as basketball or volleyball.

 

But no matter…. yours truly promptly lost a critical toss (making it 0/2 as captain) and was sent in to bat on a small and fast ground with a pitch offering little of interest to the bowlers. Jake Nash and Tommy O were sent in to open the innings with Jake promptly smashing 16 off the first over. The tempo remained strong until Tommy O was judged LBW for 6 in a close decision. The earlier wayward bowling improved considerably at this point, with Al Barratt of the Ducks entering the attack bowling a line and length that was both threatening and difficult to score off. With the retirement of Jacob after scoring a ferocious 40, the Ducks (especially O’Connor) at the other end picked up their game and in a difficult sequence of overs the wickets of Dare and Beach were lost.

 

In an interesting lead up to taking the crease, Craig (Hamlet) Illott managed to forget his whites, go to Rebel to fix this situation, and still rock up without a shirt. Upon seeing that the situation was in hand and there was no immediate prospect of batting, Mr Illott decided to grace the nearby garden centre with the said doyen of theatre’s idea of mulch. Captain Coverdrive then entered the fray and set about playing himself back into that familiar offside flourish. Slem at the other end was looking more and more ominous and the scoring rate began to lift again. The Ducks, however, continued with their improved line and length and snared the prized wicket of Illott for 11 courtesy of a great catch at square leg from a shot that normally would have meant runs. With the in-form Rob Vilensky at the crease holding down one end, Slem began to batter the bowling from the other end. Rob V’s departure for 6 saw Geoff Nix to the crease in his debut for the Arms. With Slem nearing the 40, Geoff set to work playing himself into his debut knock and by the time Slem retired, Geoff was beginning to find the middle.

 

Before long Geoff was in full flight and the already wavering Ducks were being slaughtered at a speed that would have made Chatswood Chinese BBQ Kitchen beg Mr Nix to sign an AWA for an immediate start. Six after six (5 in all) was blasted by the now confident debutant and the roasted Ducks bowling completely lost the plot and soon yours truly at the other end began to find the rarely used middle of his bat on his way to 40 courtesy of multiple leg side full tosses. Geoff’s retirement saw Jacob return to the crease for a brief flurry is it was now ‘swing at anything’ time. His dismissal for an excellent 41 saw the return of Slem who in the final over needed 4 runs for a well deserved 50. A cracking shot with 4 all over it was miraculously stopped by a diving fielder and it was not to be with Geoff seeing out the final couple of balls and was also deprived of a deserving 50, being stranded on 49 at the close of the innings.

A total of 230. A lot of runs, but on such a small ground with a friendly wicket, every one of them would be needed.

 

The Ducks threw themselves into the task of chasing the large total with considerable skill, especially some cracking strokes from their opener Robertson and belied their name by not losing a wicket by the halfway point. This is despite some great bowling from Slem at the start and a particularly frugal and intelligent 4 overs from Hamlet before drinks. 4 overs from Geoff and 2 from Jacob kept the score to 90 off the first session leaving the ducks with a fairly gettable chase of 140 from the final 18 with no wickets down on a batsman’s paradise with only 7 men in the field.

 

After drinks, Tommy O, until now doing a stellar job behind the stumps, stepped up to bowl 6 tight overs (considering the conditions). At the other end, Rob Vilensky made a vital breakthrough courtesy of a brilliant stumping by Craig Illott (having taken over wicketkeeping duties from Tommy). Aaron Beech then took over Rob’s end and managed to keep a lid on the run rate before Jake Nash and the yours truly kept the lid on the pressure cooker in the final 7 overs. An implausible run out by Capt’n Coverdrive and some excellent catching resulted in the Ducks requiring 22 runs from the last 2 overs. Only 5 were scored providing a memorable victory for a second successive week.

 

A great effort by all and sundry &endash; no one person can be singled out in a true team effort.

 

The return of The Sticky Moment: Without taking away from the excellent batting performances, the key difference were our 1st change and part time bowlers that never let the run rate get out of hand. It wasn’t apparent at the time when we were going for 7 an over but with Beechy, Illott, Geoff, Rob V and Tommy stuck to their guns whereas the Ducks bowlers in the same position lost the plot and conceded 10 an over at one stage. Jake’s elevation to bowl out the difficult last overs was also a highlight. (RH - July 16)

 

Scorebook

Player Stats.

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ROUND 7

2nds v AllStars at Gladesville Hospital, July 21. - WIN to CACC by forfeit from AllStars

 

CACC: Jake, Rob W., Dave C., Ando, Bram, Tom, Mr Sticky, PJ, Slembo.

 

Player Stats.

 

 

5ths v Regulators at Artarmon Reserve, July 28. - WIN to CACC by 10 wkts: Regulators all out 49, CACC 0 for 50.

 

Bowling: NealeD 3 - 0 - 9, AndersonD 2 - 0 - 7, O'SullivanT 5 - 0 - 7, LeMarquandS 4 - 1 - 12, VilenskyR 2 - 1 - 5, HunterR 6 - 6 - 7.

Batting: NealeD 22 not out, NashJ 21 not out, DNB: AndersonD, ChinD, O'SullivanT, LeMarquandS, BeachA, VilenskyR, HunterR.

Fielding: ChinD 2 catches, AndersonD and O'SullivanT 1 catch each.

 

From RH: CRICKETERS ARMS POWER INTO THE 5th GRADE SEMIS

 

The scene for the weekend clash with the undefeated Regulators was Artarmon Recreation Reserve. Contrary to past years where it has been described as 'the Somme 1916' and 'Any Pacific Island after global warming', the ground was moderately dry with only a few soft patches here and there. A fresh breeze combined with a newly repaired pitch with some interesting lines of grout at convenient lengths for the bowlers promised an interesting match.

And interesting it was, not due to any nail biting drama, but more because its duration would have been within the attention span of even the most hyperactive 7 year old. As per tradition, your 'permanent stand in' captain, R Hunter, lost the toss and the Regulators elected to bat. Somewhat untraditionally, Cpt Hunter had a full side of 9 players as opposed to the more usual 6-7. The resulting debacles and misplacement of fielders was testament to his limited ability to manage more than 7, as well as providing Dave Neale with further evidence of his divine right to rule over the CACC.

Apparently (since we didn't get to see much of them), the cornerstone of the Regulators success was the gun batting of Dadswell, Nilon and Heffernan. Slem duly had Nilon in severe trouble from ball number 1 with a massive shout for LBW denied. Subsequent near misses and a streaky boundary from Dadswell saw Slem's expletive count at the conclusion of the over hit triple figures. His second over saw justice served with Andrew Dadswell on his way back to the sheds, stumps shattered. The following over saw yours truly have Messrs Nilon and Jennings taking the long walk off on successive balls although the hat-trick was denied.

Further lousy luck for Slem (who was denied what appeared to be a caught behind and a dropped catch) seemed to be repaid at the other end with a skied catch and a controversial caught behind going the way of your long winded author. Two more wickets fell in subsequent Hunter overs and by the end of over number 10, the Regulators were 7 for 23 and the contest was over. Rob Vilensky bowled a now characteristic short, wicket-taking spell, whilst Tommy O exerted extreme pressure at the other end to force the Regs into a runout, effectively snuffing out a rear guard action that got them just shy of 50 and 22 overs.

Dave Neale and Jacob Nash set about completing the kill with a cracking opening stand and passed the required 50 runs in 7 overs with no loss. A brace of 20s for the CACC openers against one of the better bowling attacks in the comp provided the perfect preparation for the upcoming semis.

Well done all. Let's keep this momentum up for the semis. Scoresheet attached. Can't remember who did the run out, so I gave it to Rob V.

 

Scorebook

Player Stats.

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SEMI-FINALS

 2nds v Troopers at Moore Park 11, Aug 4. CACC 2nds go down by one wicket in a nail-biter: CACC 7 for 150 of 50 lose to the Troopers 8 for 151 off 35 .

 

Batting: MudaliarB c 36, NealeD c 5, NashJ b 0, AndersonD b 14, TullochB b 11, ChinD b 5, O'SullivanT not out 42, BeachA c 8, LeMarquandS not out 12, HunterR DNB.

Bowling: LeMarquandS 6 - 0 - 18, HunterR 6 - 2 - 7, MudaliarB 3 - 0 - 14, AndersonD 6 - 4 - 35, TullochB 6 - 1 - 10, O'SullivanT 6 - 1 - 26, NealeD 2 - 0 -26

Fielding: 2 catches to ChinD (wkr), 1 each to AndersonD, LeMarquandS, NealeD

 

In a heart-stopper of semi, Troopers got up by a single wicket via a 9th wicket knock of 21 despite every effort from the Arms. A desperately close appeal for caught behind that was turned down with Troopers still a handful short added to the drama played out on a bitingly chilly MP11.

 

The day started with Tom calling tops and deciding to bat. CACC opened with Muddy and Backseat and they faced some very lively stuff with a a gale blowing from the south and the ball lifting disconcertingly. Dave was the first to go when he got one of the lifters and short-jabbed it to square leg. Nasho was in and out before he had woken up - knocked off by a fine yorker. Ando and Bram were looking the real thing but line and length got them both, Ando looking like he just stuffed up a billion-dollar deal and Bram complaining to the gods that he couldn't get his feet moving. Meanwhile Ben was watching all this mayhem while stroking some fine shots and waiting patiently for a partner to hang about for a while. At the break it something like 5 for 75 and not looking too crash hot, but Mr Chin was looking resolute and hopes were still up for 180 or so. Catastrophe struck on 79 when Ben holed out via a hard-struck drive that was a boundary all the way (and his 40) had not a well placed mid-off fielder spoiled the party. Out of the despair however, strode young Lochinvar 0'Sullivan who wasn't putting up with any more nonsense and set about putting a respectable score on the board. Consolidation was the first task - successfully - as first Dave and then Beachy when Dave copped an lbw, refused to cave in with overs in hand. With 10 to go the foot went down and a couple of successive sixes and fours had Tom back for a rest and Slem took over. Aaron holed out after 8 but it was a key knock and he had stayed long enough for the lesser lights to have a bowl. With Tom back in and Slem rampaging the score at 50 overs was 150 with Tom on 42 and Slem on 12 and the Arms weren't out of this semi just yet.

 

The Troopers batting followed much the same pattern - it was a day for the leathermen rather than the willow-wielders - and some fine stuff from our attack saw the Troopers also travelling poorly at drinks with again around 5 for 75 or so. Immediately after the pattern struck again with Ando and Tom cleaning up but one of the Troopers was indulging in some heavy whacking and reached 40. When he got back in again it was 7 for 103 - the equation was now 2 wickets to fall, 48 to get, a big ask. But the heavy-hitter was not daunted and things turned the Trooper's way but just in the nick Backseat took a fine catch in the outfield to swing the game back - 21 to get, 1 wicket to get, 5 overs to go. Things got a touch hairy shortly after this point with ChinD and associates appealing long and hard for a gloved touch down leg caught a millimetre off the turf - but the jury came back with Not Guilty! (arrgh!!!!!!!)!@#$%#$#!!!!^%$%). Casting around for a match winner Tom whistled up Deadly Nealey but a couple of loose balls (from their perspective) or simply lucky swipes (from ours) saw boundaries and the Troopers had a hand on the pot. A couple of tickles later and both hands were on it.

 

Ando was the pick with a fine 4 for 35 off his 6 and Hunter was unplayable with just 7 runs off 6 for 2 wickets as was Bram with 1 for 10 of his 6. But every Arms bowler turned in a great effort and it was a depressed mob who realised that the game was lost. Dave Chin had a top day with a gloves with two catches and many great saves. (JH).

 

That's cricket!

 

Scoresheet.

Player Stats.

 

That's it for Winter 2007 for the 2nds. Here's the wrap:

 

We finished with 5 wins from 8 games.

 

Superb team support came from Bram (who turned out for all 8 games), Ben (6), Ando (6), Rob (6), Tom (7) , Slem (7).

 

King of the kids with the bat was Bram with 166 from 7 knocks, 3 not outs, for a fine ave. of 41.5. Ben was right up there with 159 from 6 digs, no luck with any not outs for an ave a single run shy of 40. Tom lead from the front with 141 for the top average of 47.0 from 5 knocks with 2 not outs.

 

Ando nudged in front with the ball with his last match 4 - 35 to give him 10 wickets for 174 off 28 overs for an ave. of 17.4. Slem and Bram were only a wicket behind with 9 apiece at 13.4 and 16.6 resp. Deaks cleaned up the strike rate with 12.0 by cunningly bowling just 2 overs for 1 wkt, but Ando put in seriously with his 10 wickets coming every 16.8 balls. Mr Mean was taken out by the Knife with a ER of 2.67 off 6, but of the heavies it was a blanket finish for top economy with Rob on 3.23 per over, Slem 3.36 and Bram 3.41.

 

Catches were shared between Ando, Bram, and DaveC with 5 each.

 

Top knock went to Bram's 67not out.

 

Ando and Slem couldn't be separated with best spells of 4 for 35 and 4 for 36 resp.

 

 

5ths v SP Hotel Apaches at Moore Park 10, Aug 11...... A great win to CACC by 33 runs: CACC 8 for 250 - Apaches all out 217.

 

Batting: NashJ b 2, WrightR (wkr) c 13, O'SullivanT lbw 49, AndersonD b 32, BeachA b 0, HarveyP b 16, LeMarquandS 116 no, VilenskyR b 1, HunterR (c) lbw 0, JosephJ dnb.

Bowling: HunterR 5 - 2 - 26, JosephJ 4 - 1 - 25, AndersonD 6 - 0 - 41, LeMarquandS 5 - 1 - 42, VilenskyR 5 - 1 - 42, HarveyP 4 - 2 - 13, NashJ 3 - 0 -14, BeachA 2 - 1 -14

Fielding: Catches each to Rob Wright (wkr), Dave Anderson, Phil Harvey, and 3 to Jake Nash.

 

ARMS WRESTLE VICTORY IN SEMI-FINAL THRILLER

 

Some say that a knight-in-shining armour should be just that. A Knight (Sir Galahad) in Shining (i.e., polished or burnished) Armour (e.g, protective steel). Well, sometimes they come in a different guise and for someone trained (or not) in the dramatic arts then a Hero-in-waiting is nothing compared to "The Dane" or perhaps, at least, our very own Don - and who hates a party? Khe Sanh, the Fields of Athenry, Moore Park 10 - each rolls off the tongue as easily as truffle oil from a Pop Diva's Labradoodle's latest wax and polish. But come Semi-final time it's all hands to the pumps and don't spare the horses. So too last Saturday when the Arms set-to with the so called Apaches, masquerading as Plains Indians when it was quite clear that they were primarily Bangladeshi or possibly Tamil depending on who you listened to. Skipper Hunter duly lost the toss but the Apaches inserted. Nash, so long the backbone of a generally spineless middle order fell early doors (10) to gasps of disbelief but O'Sullivan steadied, ably supported by the doughty Wright (Dubai bound but grafting as if his seventeen figure tax-free salary depended on it). O'Sullivan made hay whilst the Sun shone, Wright (13) fell, Anderson spanked, pulled and cracked through the covers for 30. The middle order (Beach (0), Harvey PJ (16), Vilensky (1), Hunter (0), patchy like a moth eaten quilt, came and went, O'Sullivan retired to the sheds for a breather....and all the while a sleeper woke. The statistician reveals the following: Anderson was out when the score was 4 for 117 Harvey PJ out at 5 - 123 Vilensky out at 6-127 Hunter out at 7 for 127 O'Sullivan out at 8 - 138, Only one name still with red ink in the book - Le Marquand. As the erstwhile cabbie strolled to the crease the punters said that 150 would be something to bowl at; At 160 Hunter was starting to think that he might give Beach an over or two; At 170 Nash was pencilled in for two; At 180 even Harvey PJ was up for a toad; At 190 Le Marquand cracked his maiden half century and the crowd erupted like a nasty dose of the Mt Etna's;

At 200 passers-by started to become stoppers;

 

At 210 the bench were in fits of laughter;

 

At 220 the bench were in fits;

 

At 230 the bench were like death warmed up;

 

At 240 it was like proof of God revealed in all its splendour. The Le Marquand had 100 to his name and nary a chance given.

 

At 250 the bowlers gave up and that Oscar that slipped away last year faded into nothingness compared with the glory that shall liveth for evermore in the annals of CACC (as such name may be amended or changed from time to time) history. Le Marquand played a flawless, chanceless, game saving innings - 116* - the bradmanesque words of a "top knock" don't do justice........

 

In recognition of a fairly heroic effort, Le Marquand took a breather at fine leg as Skips Hunter and Joseph, J took the hard red pill. As he has done for over upon over, game after game, season after seasons, Joseph (4 overs 1-25) snared scalp one in the opening over and proceeded to keep the lid on while fielding restrictions still bit . With the dangerous Barkat back in the pavilion the Arms sniffed something......

 

The oppo realised the size of the mountain and proceeded with a mixture of caution and aggression (in the words of Oliver Stone - "it's a Jungian thing").

 

The batting hero came on and laid down a challenge for M-of-the-M award with an early scalp, combining with Nash in the old one-two.

 

With inspired captaincy Hunter brought on Beach (2 overs 1-14) who struck immediately.

 

Fresh from another catch Nash (3 overs 0-14) kept it tight from the Paddington end when runs were at a premium.

 

Dealing his bowling deck like a Las Vegas pro, Hunter shuffled Vilensky (5 overs 1-42) into the attack with immediate results as Nash took catch three for the day. Harvey Pj (4 overs 2-13) was introduced from the Randwick end and, with a run-up that started in Surry Hills but ended up in Botany, negotiated his way to a tidy two fer.

 

All the while Anderson (6 overs 0-41) wheeled away to keep things tighter than the tax lawayer's indemnity policy.

 

PJ took a pearler at wide mid-on from Le Marquand, Anderson pouched one on the fence from PJ, Wright grabbed another behind the timber and Beach as usual kept to the entire leg side and let diddly squat through. But hands like magnets Nash with three for the day was irrepressible in the field.

 

By the time PJ made a mid-wicket confession to Le Marquand (5-2-40) that he spoke fluent Tamil and could understand that the oppo's game plan was in disarray the game was in the bag. At 8 for 138 the ARMS were box seat favourites...........................well...............until Aslam (a somewhat shortened anagram of Le Marquand) came to the crease.......could the Arms choke hold and grapple tackle their way to defeat from the verge of certain victory. Well of course they could.

 

Catches suddenly didn't stick, the in-field was pierced and the outfield made a pin-cushion look like a watertight seal.

 

Even PJ admitted sheepishly that it he thought that it might actually be Urdu they were speaking and that perhaps the game plan they had was victory (in Urdu) and not defeat (in Tamil) as he actually had first thought.

 

All the while Aslam marched onward.

 

With three overs to go the Anagram Aslam passed 100 to a standing ovation from all involved and the Arms were looking decidedly sheepish as the equation came down to 33 from 14 balls (and this from a bloke on 100+ scoring at 4+ a ball.

 

Skipper Hunter (5 overs 2-26) clean bowled him.

 

Grand final here we come.

 

A special congratulations to Steve Le Marquand with 116 (Not Out) and also to Anciis Aslam (112). The game was enlivened by their contributions.

  

Scorebook

 

Player Stats.

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FINALS

The 2nds were knocked out by losing their semi by a cat's whisker.

 

The 5ths had a resounding win v the Regulators at Scarborough 3 to take out the Grand Final.

Regulators won the toss and batted to be all out for 75. CACC cruised in at 2 for 81.

 

Bowling: HunterR (c) 6 - 0 - 11, JosephJ 5 - 0 -17, NealeD 6 - 2 - 11, AndersonD 4 - 1 - 6, BeachA 1 - 0 - 3, O'SullivanT 6 - 3 -12, ValenskiR, 4 - 1 - 7, HarveyP 3 - 1 - 3.

Batting: NashJ ro 28, NealeD c 1, WrightR (wkr) no 24, AndersonD no 17, BeachA dnb, HarveyP dnb, JosephJ dnb, HunterR dnb, O'SullivanT, dnb, VilenskyR dnb.

Fielding: AndersonD (2 catches), and one each to NashJ, BeachA, VilenskyR, HarveyP, O'SullivanT, plus NealeD 1 run out.

 

ARMS ROLL SLEEVES UP AND GET JOB DONE

The smell of linseed on willow, fresh cut grass, sweaty jock straps - it can mean only one thing - the end of a great Summer of Cricket at Eton. Fortunately, on the other side of the globe, it also means that another Winter season is coming to an end and it was "GFF" or Grand Final Fever as Big Rabs refers to it for the lads of the CACC. It may be 1989 since the Bunnies tasted the sweet smell of September football but the Arms had some prize of their own that they had their orbs on and the light fingered folk of Redfern had better watch out when the boys from Fitzroy Street have spotted some Silverware that deserves a better home.

The Regulators had been comprehensively outplayed last time these two met in the regular season but it was no surprises that the the GF was a top of the table clash as the Regulators easily dispatched their semi-final oppo and the Arms ground out a classic in the other SF.

At 10.25 am the Arms were a strong 6 but lacking skipper, tweaker, opening bowler and at least one pair of shoes. The toss was duly lost, the Regulators inserted and the Arms asked to toad with a slippery outfield and a ball that was soon to be sponge than pill.

Skipper Hunter arrived just in time to lead the lads onto Scarborough 3 and asked the Tempe Express (inexplicably running late) to open from the Wollongong End. Jakey J responded as he has all season with a suitably tight spell as the Skipper strode forth from his very own Roseville end.

The Regulators (fresh from humiliation against the very same attack a fortnight before) began watchfully - just like a blind man in dark glasses - and the dangerous Nilon was promptly run out by a direct throw from Neale D lurking at backward point, the sometime driver thinking of the more flashy bowlers end before pausing, steadying and then throwing down middle stump - making it look easy.

As if a superb run-out was not enough, the big man then came on from the Roseville end to snaffle a couple of quick wickets as the Regulators started to struggle, Neale ending with a tidy 6 overs, 2 for 11.

In the absence of the Frenchman, holidaying in the Northern Territory, looking for something to claim for la Gloire de la France so they say, O'Sullivan was left to carry the flame for the acting fraternity and did so with a panache that La Perouse would have described as "Je n'sais Pas" and Le Marquand as "just poncy" but Dream Boat (6, 3-12) had "le derriere laugh" ending with 3 scalps to leave the Regulators reeling.

Vilensky was next in to the attack as Hunter used every weapon in the armoury to prize out the last three wickets. The V-Bomb didn't disappoint, striking early and conceding little (4, 1-7). Harvey PJ was brought on at the other end, perhaps more in hope than faith, but the fragile trundler rewarded (3, 1-3) and the Arms were looking at a chase of under 50.

Beach, A (1, 0-3) was called in to mix things up and Joseph (5, 0-17) brought back into the attack and although no wickets fell, the runs were non-existent. The Skipper (6, 0-11) brought himself back to try and dislodge the last but it was Anderson (4, 1-6) in the second last over of regulation time who clean bowled the dogged opener Carman who had denied for 35 overs and ended on a deserved 40 from a team total of 76, it was a worthy effort. But at a tick over 2 an over the chase was something even the Arms felt was within reach.

Full credit to the Arms attack (an oppo score of 76) and to the field - a scorecard of 7 catches (Nash, Beach, Vilensky, Harvey PJ, O'Sullivan and Anderson (2)) plus a run out to Neale and the usual tidy work behind from Wright says it all.

The chase started well, Nash spanking ball one for four and by the third ball of the opening over more boundaries had been scored than in the oppo's entire innings. Neale fell early (1) to a nasty riser, the tall man not quite on top of it as a top edge was snaffled in the deep. Nash ploughed on and Wright (in possibly his last game for the Arms before taking up his post as Cricketing Aide De Camp to the Emir of Dubai) obviously wanted to end on a high. Yours truly missed most of the rest of the innings as feeling that it was in the bag dozed off on the boundary - content that all was in hand until the frenzied yelling of the Regulators signalled the start of the usual Arms choke, Nash cut down for a bullish 28, Beach padded up ready to go and Anderson striding forth to stem the rot.

The two lawyers didn't disappoint and negotiated there way to victory - Anderson dispensing with the usual niceties of M'Lud to bludgeon his way to 17*, Wright, the more diplomatic of the pair (perhaps his role as middle-east peacekeeper beckoning) anchoring the Arms in to port with a solid 24*.

All in all a good solid win. Perhaps something on an anticlimax after the heart-stopping, bowel-loosening, bladder-tightening semi-final of the week before and it was clear from ball one that the Arms had the psychological edge over the Regulators (and with at least one PhD in the field thanks to Harvey J, a Masters and years of experience to JJ and at least four WAGs working in the field of Psych or health sciences it was no wonder).

So Winter '07 ended on a high for the Club. Big thanks to Nick and Dave who came down to support at GF time and another to all who played contributed over the season. Without the continuing dedication of everyone there is no Arms. Special thanks to Robbie H, Tommy O, Dave K, John H and Dave N - each of whom took on the role of organising, skippering, collecting cash, dealing with the association and keeping us all up to date with the website, at some point this season for 2nds or 5ths.

Summer starts this weekend - all welcome to be part of Summer 07/08. Please let me know for this weekend - we need numbers.

See you all at the association dinner for the Winter Awards or before for the Summer season.

PJ.

 

Scoreboard.

 

Player Stats.

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CACC WINTER 2006 PLAYER STATS. 

 

2nds CACC 'A' - final for the season.

 

Player	Mat	Inns	n.o	Agg	Ave	HS	40+	Overs	Wkts	Runs	Ave	3+	Best	SR	ER	c/st/ro
Mudaliar, Ben (c)	6	6	2	159	39.75	41no	2	24.1	5	104	20.8	1	3-46	29.0	4.32	.
Deaker, Graeme (wkr)	3	3	0	37	12.33	25	.	2	1	1	1.0	.	1-1	12.0	0.5	.
Neale, Dave	3	3	0	26	8.67	19	.	13	2	82	41.0	.	1-14	39.0	6.31	1
Anderson, Dave	6	5	0	57	11.4	23	.	28	10	174	17.4	2	4-35	16.8	6.21	5
Tulloch, Bram	8	7	3	166	41.5	67no	2	41	9	140	16.56	1	4-5	27.33	3.41	5
Chin, Dave (wkr)	5	4	0	24	6.0	12	.	2	0	16	.	.	0-16	.	8.0	5
Harvey, John (wkr)	2	1	0	10	10.0	10	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3
King, Dave (c)	4	3	1	31	15.5	18	.	15	3	89	29.67	.	2-33	30.0	5.9	1
Hunter, Robert	6	4	2	37	18.5	23no	.	35	6	113	18.83	.	2-7	35.0	3.23	1
Beach, Aaron	4	2	.	8	4.0	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Illot, Craig	2	2	0	43	21.5	37	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
O'Sullivan, Tom (c)	7	5	2	141	47.0	56	2	29	5	174	34.8	.	2-29	34.8	6.0	2
Dare, Nick	1	1	0	0	0.0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
LeMarquand, Steve	7	2	1	16	16.0	12no	.	36	9	121	13.44	1	4-36	24.0	3.36	2
Nash, Jake	4	2	0	24	12.0	24	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2
Wheeler, Chris	1	1	0	33	33.0	33	.	3	1	20	20.0	.	1-20	18.0	6.67	.
Brock, Matt	1	1	1	25	-	25	.	6	1	16	16.0	.	1-16	36.0	2.67	.
Wright, Rob	3	1	0	19	19.0	19	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Harvey, Phil (wkr)	2	1	0	6	6.0	6	.	3	1	17	17.0	.	1-17	18.0	5.67	1

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5ths CACC 'B'   final for the season.

 

Player	Mat	Inns	n.o	Agg	Ave	HS	40+	Overs	Wkts	Runs	Ave	3+	Best	SR	ER	c/st/ro
Beach, Aaron	8	3	0	2	0.67	2	.	5	1	31	31.0	.	1-14	30.0	6.2	1
Chin, Dave	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2
Dare, Nick	5	3	0	8	2.67	8	.	3	1	28	28.0	.	1-20	18.0	9.33	.
Harvey, John (wkr)	3	2	0	9	4.5	9	.	1.2	1	2	2.0	.	1-2	8.0	0.6	2
Hunter, Rob (c)	7	3	1	46	23.0	40 no	1	26	9	76	8.44	1	6-7	17.33	2.92	1
Illot, Craig (wkr)	3	2	0	26	13.0	15	.	10	0	35	-	.	0-22	.	3.5	2
Lee, Meng	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	.	4	1	26	26.0	.	1-12	24.0	6.5	.
LeMarquand, Steve	7	4	2	165	82.5	116 no	2	26	6	127	21.17	.	2-10	26.0	4.88	1
O'Sullivan, Tom (c)	9	5	0	129	25.8	53	2	27	7	92	13.14	2	3-4	23.14	3.40	4/1/-
Harvey, Phil (c), (wkr)	4	2	0	23	11.5	16	.	8	4	18	4.5	.	2-13	12.0	2.25	2
Wright, Rob (wkr)	4	4	1	64	21.33	24 no	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2
Vilensky, Rob	8	4	0	69	17.25	39	.	27	6	144	24.0	.	2-30	27.0	5.33	2/-/1
Wheeler, Chris	2	2	0	16	8.0	16	.	6	1	7	7.0	.	1-7	36.0	1.17	.
Joseph, Jacob	4	.	.	.	.	.	.	17	1	61	61.0	.	1-25	102.0	3.59	.
Neale, Dave	4	4	1	102	34.0	74	1	20	7	64	9.14	1	3-17	17.14	3.2	-/-/1
Simons, Tim	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
King, Dave	1	1	0	9	9.0	9	.	0.4	1	5	5.0	.	1-5	4.0	4	1
Anderson, Dave	4	3	1	86	43.0	39	.	16	1	57	57.9	.	1-6	96.0	3.56	4
Nash, Jake	5	5	1	92	23.0	41	1	8	2	41	20.5	-	2-27	24.0	5.13	4
Nix, Geoff	1	1	1	49	-	49 no	1	4	0	29	.	-	0-29	-	7.25	.
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