Weekend Wrap Round 7 (Day 2) vs Campbelltown-Camden + Women’s 2s, Brewer Shield & Men’s T20 Quarter Final

The Styleness Manly Warringah Waratahs resumed their tussles with the Campbelltown-Camden Ghosts on Saturday, resulting in a near-dominant performance for the Tahs to conclude Round 7. First Grade unforunately fell agonisingly short at Manly Oval, however Third Grade, Fourth Grade and Fifth Grade took all ten points home with outright victories. Second Grade were also victorious, however were limited at their push for all ten points due to the quality of air and their game being abandoned just after lunch.

First Grade resumed 4/85 chasing the Ghosts 236 however could not get over the line falling four runs short at home. Jay Lenton showed his class with 83, whilst Joel Foster (39) continued his strong form with the bat, adding valuable runs to the lower order. At 9/213 Mickey Edwards (35) partnered with Ryan Hadley to almost get the Tahs across the line, however it wasn’t meant to be as the Ghosts took home the points. Second Grade were chasing an outright victory, however were forced to abandon their match at Raby with the Ghosts 4/70. Third Grade were outstanding in the field, taking 17 wickets in a day to claim all ten points. Resuming at 3/73, the Tahs crumbled the Ghosts to 10/113, Nick McLachlan taking 5/21. Enforcing the follow on proved a great success, with the Tahs bowling the Ghosts out for 104, wickets shared. Fourth Grade proved too strong for a young Ghosts side, bowling the Ghosts out for 56 with Alex Bain taking 5/14 and other wickets shared. The Tahs chased the outright total of 35 down without loss just before tea. Fifth Grade continued the success of the day, declaring on 7/202 with a 57 run lead. The Tahs then went to business and bowled the Ghosts out for 107, Rhoop Dhillon the pick of the bowlers claiming 3/21. The Tahs then chased the required 56 runs for the loss of zero wickets to claim another outright victory.

On Sunday our Brewer Shield Girls began their campaign against Gordon away. Unfortunately the girls didn’t start the campaign how they wanted falling to 8/50 chasing 180 for victory. Some late lower order fight saw the girls get to 86. Chelsea McLerie, Kate Salmon and Jessica Manning with two wickets each with the ball, whilst only five girls managed past 10 with the bat, Annabelle Fegan top socring with 12*. Our Women’s Second Grade side also played Gordon on Sunday. The Tahs bowling first, restricted Gordon to 146 with Robyn Medley the pick of the bowlers with 4/19 off her 10 overs and Kristie Crawford taking 3/18. With the bat the girls were down and out of it at 8/94, however no one told Paige Bailey that. Paige played some quality cricket shots to get the Tahs over the line 9 wickets down, finishing 49* with Natalie Jonkers not out at the other end. Congratulations girls!

Our men’s T20 side played their quarter final on Sunday against Sydney at Drummoyne Oval. The Tahs lost the toss and batted first. Losing two quick qickets early, Chris Green and Ahillen Beadle combined to take the Tahs innings deep, with some late hitting getting the Tahs to 3/134 with Chris Green finishing 70*. With the ball the Tahs struggled to break through early, however fought back hard ultimately falling short. Sam Gainsford and Ryan Hadley both taking two wickets each.

Next weekend the Tahs take on Hawkesbury in a two-day game across all grades, whilst our PG’s side is back in action at home on Sunday. Our Women’s Second Grade take on Northern Districts away on Sunday, whilst our Brewer Shield girls also face Northen Districts at home.

Go the Tahs!

This week’s 4 Pines Player of the Week is Alex Bain for his devastating spell in Fourth Grades huge outright victory over the Ghosts. After coming down from Third Grade the week before, Bain opened the attack and combined with Ryan Bishop-Perrett to leave the Ghosts realing at 8/39 before bowling the Ghosts out for 56. Bain finished with figures of 5/14 off 10 overs with six maidens including three wicket maidens. It is Alex’s first grade 5-wicket haul with the red ball, previously only taking two in limited-overs PGs and Green Shield cricket. Congratulations Alex on the haul and hopefully more to come before and after the Christmas period! 

With 6 wickets in hand and 150 runs to win the Tahs got off to a great start with Jay and Faz coming together for a 54 run stand. Jay batted beautifully then was dismissed caught behind for 83 off 110 balls. Jay and Faz looked great together before both being out caught behind which started a batting collapse of losing 4/11 and we looked in trouble at 8/150. Joel and Mickey worked hard. Some tight bowling from Campbelltown had us going at a slow rate for a little period. After lunch a quick burst of runs came and our target seemed a little closer. Mickey and Joel’s partnership was finished with us needing 213 before Joel being ran out with us needing 24 runs to win with one wicket in hand. Mickey and Hads then toiled hard and with 5 runs to get Mickey unfortunately was caught behind. In patches we were very good and showed very promising signs for the coming weeks but Campbelltown were able to win the big moments which in the end lead to them winning the game. Ready for a big game this weekend against Hawkesbury!

3 points – TBA

2 points – TBA

1 point – TBA

Joel Foster

The two’s boys came into the second week again Campbelltown hungry for 10 points. The warm up gave us great momentum into the first over of the day, inviting Michael Visser into two’s alongside Jake Carden with the new ball (which we love). These two began a high caliber opening spell placing the ball on a gross length which the Campbelltown batsmen didn’t have an answer two. Viss got the first wicket of the day taken by Taylor-love-Beatty at second slip to begin proceedings. Taylor and Jamo also picked up a wicket each LBW and it was great to see Tays hamstring firmly attached to his bone. LOVE. However after lunch, feeling like an outright was particularly close, some unfortunate events followed. Two of the Campbelltown batsmen were sent to hospital with asthma related problems and the game was abruptly called off for the safety players. It was however a good win by the twos boys none the less.

3 points – Jake Carden

2 points – Matt Brewster

1 point – Tom Kaye

Fielding – Jacob O’Sullivan

Jacob O’Sullivan

Time is an Interesting Construct, Isn’t It

Young Tahs turn tight contest into convincing innings victory on Day 2 at Fortress Grahams

1. Prelude: Sam Hole’s Quiet Friday, Mohan’s Quiet Saturday
2. Prelude II: Counsell finds a home, Starr rides his luck
3. Prelude III: White Collar Teaches Blue Collar a Lesson
4. Preludel IIII: An Early Breakthrough! Caught Time, Bowled Spit Bridge
5. The Skipper Spins a Web
6. Chicken for Hoju
7. The Follow On, Hole Starts to Quiver
8. Interval: News from 4th Grade, Mayo Everywhere, A Pistachio Less Tea, Daly gets his Buckets Examined
9. WigKnee is on a Hatrick, on His Birthday!
10. From Hero to Zero, Wiggly Stops a Young Tah’s Rise to the Top. Bread and Butter Everywhere
11. A Win and Handshakes All Around
12. Sunday Wrap: Starr Checks Bank Account, Counsell and Chicken Boy prepare to Join Shack Chat, N. Hole Rues His Mistakes

1. Prelude: Sam Hole’s Quiet Friday, Mohan’s Quiet Saturday

Young Qantas Graduate Sam Hole looked at his watch, 3:01 PM. He felt a sense of calm roll over him as he no longer had to pretend he had any work to attend to. More importantly, 3rd Grade were bowling on Saturday, so he was readying for a night without dreams of kicking straight ones. An added bonus, the upcoming Christmas break and a lighter workload meant his carpal tunnel, which had mysteriously put him out of two games earlier in the year, had resided. The young man had a quiet couple of ales and plotted his ascent back into first slip.

Meanwhile, Campbelltown’s opener, fresh from his dismissal in week one to a tall red headed left hander, sent a quick message to his side wishing them well in their chase at a flat Graham’s reserve and went back to planning a nice relaxing, cricket free Saturday. His job was done.

1. Prelude II: Counsell finds a home, Starr rides his luck

Rumour has it Michael Counsell loves his park cricket roots so much he joins centre wicket practices and ever sleeps most nights at his favourite northern beaches ovals. The young man had spent all week submitting complaints to the SCA after the new helmet policy had robbed him of his first ever grade hundred, blinded by a ball tossed above the eyes by his unfamiliar headwear. But Saturday morning was very special for him. Taken in by a fellow Cromer Squid, young Counsell woke up fresh in a king sized bed overlooking Freshwater. Today, was his day.

Meanwhile, Hamish Starr was keen to secure the $100 Hugo’s Match Winning Performance of the Round Voucher so he could sell it and put some more multi’s on. He is that lucky, with just $100 in capital the man could dine at Hugo’s for a year. Before taking off for Day 2, the man put a 74 leg, $0.05 multi on after mashing some keys in his Ladbrokes account.

1. Prelude III: White Collar Teaches Blue Collar a Lesson

The touch football rivalry that often splits the side into their occupation fired up again as the Blue Collar side came out typically aggressive in the opening minutes. However, after gradually wearing them down, the White Collar side applied some smart planning and some creative accounting to come away 8 – 0 winners in a runaway result.

1. Prelude IIII: An early breakthrough! Caught Time, Bowled Spit Bridge

While the young Tah’s slogged it out in touch football, there was another contest going on. A mere few kilometres away, the not out Campbelltown batsman was fighting an enemy that has claimed many a grade cricketer over the years. Most notably, the Spit Bridge recently claimed 4 cocky young tahs who thought they could dip in for a quick eggs benedict before an away game, only to find themselves paralyzed by the mountains of traffic that had built up solely around them.

The not out Campbelltown batsman had dreamed of knocking the runs off with a quick ton, to be home by 4:30 PM. However, the Spit Bridge applied a good opening spell, building pressure and the batsman was found out of his ground, arriving at the oval at 12:16 PM to find himself out of his ground. Rumours he had stopped for an eggs benedict, have yet to be confirmed.

The Tah’s had an early wicket and were rewarded for executing on the key 1%’ers that Skid always talks about at training, such as turning up an hour before the game, ensuring that you are at the crease when you are supposed to be and most importantly not parking in the wrong car park at Graham’s.

2. The Skipper Spins a Web

Finally, a ball can be bowled. With so many young fast bowlers to choose from, Skipper McLachlan looked at the green deck and saw something in it no-one else did, prodigious turn. Whirling away from the Fairlight end, he was put on the back foot early by an incredibly HOT six, that smashed into the sightscreen. The contest was on. However, the Campbelltown players started to become undone by the intense lack of turn that was on offer, and McLachlan tore through the Campbelltown middle order with his variation of arm balls, slower arm balls and straight ones. He would finish with 5/23 off 19 in the first innings.

3. Chicken for Hoju

Young prodigy Joel Davies has always been known for his batting and bowling talents. However, the introduction of a new award at the club in the 19/20 season has provided him with the motivation he needed to add the crucial third string to his bow. The man’s love of chicken is so great that since the introduction of the Shack award, he’s been rumoured to be catching high balls during his school breaks and has set up a stump in his living room to throw at whenever he has a free moment.

Finally, the young man got his chance. A back foot cut to his left. A swift pick up and throw. Akhurst safely takes it and removes the bails. A crucial wicket for the Tahs, but more importantly $15 more dollars worth of chicken to the man they call Hoju. The Tah’s cruised to a first innings victory with just 9 runs to spare to allow them to enforce the follow on.

4. The Follow On, Hole Starts to Quiver

The Waratah’s were stoked, a close game had turned into an opportunity for a very rare 10 point weekend. Young Sam Hole, sensing the opportunity to stamp his authority in a leadership role, implored the side to “switch on” and to “focus on us” and the 10 points would be ours. Many of the boys could barely make sense of the speech, his lip was quivering so much, but not wanting to upset their future captain, the boys let it go.

With 9 overs until tea and eager to make a breakthrough. The self-focus was immediately broken by the very man who had asked for it himself as Hole (who had mysteriously returned himself and his tiny hands to the slips cordon to the dismay of the side) began to yell out non-sensical sledges about time and the importance of the second innings.

Meanwhile, for the second time in the day, the Tah’s had claimed a wicket before a ball had been bowled. Mohan had decided to enjoy some solace and leave his phone at home for the day while he enjoyed a cricket free saturday, missing the urgent texts from his team mates that he would be required to bat in the second innings. Campbelltown would bat with 10.

A lucky LBW to Starr and a peach from Counsell put the boys on top at tea with 2 wickets.

5. Interval: News from 4th Grade, Mayo Everywhere, A Pistachio Less Tea, Daly gets his Buckets Examined

Tea hit and the boys were hit with fantastic news. Campbelltown had been hit by a mayonnaise overload in 4th Grade as Alex Bain had ripped through the top order to claim his first 5 wicket haul in grade cricket. Free from the intimidating gaze of Counsell, Bain had been able to land his entire first over on a good length and had gone on to lead the 4th grade Tah’s to a convincing outright victory. Well done Bain, handshakes all around.

Meanwhile, the boys walked up to the tea table ready to put in some hard yards of peeling back a couple of Daly’s precious pistachios. Not to be however, the young red head had purchased some cheaper, more sugary banana chips instead, much to the annoyance of Will Akhurst, who is currently watching what he eats. Daly was not to be found however, as he was examining the two rather large holes in his hands that had stopped the Tah’s from taking a few extra poles before the break.

6. WigKnee is on a Hatrick, on His Birthday!

After the break, the Tah’s went from strength to strength as Counsell claimed the Ghost’s skipper as the final bit of fight started to leave the opposing side. Then young Joshua Vigley entered the scene, in just his second game of third grade cricket for the season and had an immediate impact, claiming an immediate breakthrough, then another next ball. The large crowd that had assembled all had similar flash backs, reminded of a time when another great australian quick was also on a hat trick, on his birthday!

The crowd stopped, 4 slips, 3 gullies waited. Wigggggly steams in and delivered a ball that failed to connect with anything and he left disappointed, but with great figures of 3/9.

7. From Hero to Zero, Wiggly Stops a Young Tah’s Rise to the Top. Bread and Butter Everywhere

Then Young Joel Davies took over, immediately claiming two wickets as the Tah’s sped towards victory. The last remaining batsman was looking to give it the long handle, so a trap in the deep was set. Davies threw it up beautifully, maxing out the revs that couple be placed on the Kookaburra. The batsman fell for the trap and top edged a sweep into the deep. Wiglee ran in, and settled under the high ball. Davies embraced his team mates, sure that Josh would not drop this. He doesn’t drop these!

Then silence. Viglee had dropped the chance. The ball hit the ground, as did Sam Hole’s wide brim, last seen occurring when Beatty shelled a dolly in the 18/19 semi final. Wigney was immediately replaced in the deep by Michael Counsell, who had caught 300 balls during the week and in all honestly, should’ve been out there in the first place.

Rumours Wigney had an eye on a five fer and did so intentionally are unconfirmed, but widely believed.

8. A Win and Handshakes All Around

Before the melee could ensue at the selfishness just witness, Davies and McLachlan cleaned up the tail and the Tah’s had 10 points in the bag, winning by an innings and 5 runs. Fortress Graham’s would go 2 years unbeaten and the Cowboy’s would stay comfortably in second with one game to go before the break.

9. Afterlude: Sunday Wrap: Starr Checks Bank Account, Counsell and Chicken Boy prepare to Join Shack Chat, N. Hole Rues His Mistakes

As the Tah’s woke up, reminiscing after taking 17 wickets in a day, a few things happened.

Hamish Starr checked his bank account. What do you know it, his 74 leg multi was a success. The man doesn’t need a Hugo’s voucher, because he makes his own damn luck. He immediately punted it away.

Michael Counsell and Joel Davies finally found the time. Combined, they now possessed paper worth over $100 worth of chicken. Young Davies hopped on the back of the moped and off they went to Newport to work their way through the menu, talking about life, fielding and chicken. A new video is rumoured to be in production documenting their trip after Christmas.

One thing is for certain though, Ned Hole won’t be editing said video. After his woeful editing of Hamish Starr’s hundred, Ned moved onto his next task, avoiding the match report. After promising a copy for the boys to review on Sunday, Hole instead plowed hour after hour into Call of Duty, shirking his responsibility to the boys again. What a disappointing human being.

10 Points, until next week.

3 points – Hamish Starr

2 points – Josh Wigney

1 point – Michael Counsell

Shack Award – Joel Davies

Nick McLachlan

Having already secured 6 points last week thanks to a strong all-round performance, Fourth Grade were well aware that an outright win was on the cards. Knowing the importance that securing ten points would have on the rest of the season, the boys entered the field confident that if we were patient and stuck to our plans, we could get it done.

The bowling attack was boosted by the inclusion of gun bowler Alex Bain (5-14), who took the new ball with fellow opener Ryan Bishop-Perrett (2-23). Ryan managed to snag the first wicket of the day with a neat catch to Wheeler with the gloves. From then on it was the Alex Bain show, he bowled a quality line and length and did not drop his pace for the entire 14 over spell. Bain’s economy was below 1 for the most part of, producing plays and misses off the majority of his deliveries. Alex ran through the middle order by repeatedly finding the outside edge of the bat and some quality catching behind the stumps. A screamer at second slip from Jake Osborne also deserves a special mention. Hobson (1-11) and Trewartha (2-4) were then introduced into the attack to find a breakthrough. Lachie grabbed a couple of quick wickets and Hobbo finished off the innings after some well executed slower balls removed the Campbelltown skipper.

After dismissing the ghosts for 56 in their second dig, we required 35 runs to secure the outright win. Alec Duly (14*) and Nick Cohen (17*) were tasked with opening up for the run chase. They did so perfectly, not providing any chances to the opposition and striking some beautiful shots back down the ground. The pair managed to chase down the target within six overs and probably would have been even quicker if not for a surprisingly slow outfield.

The big win has taken the boys into 7^th on the ladder and hopefully is the start of some serious momentum heading into the second half of the season.

Go Manly!

3 points – Alex Bain

2 points – Alec Duly

1 point – Ryan Bishop-Perrett

Fielding – Jake Osborne

Ryan Biship-Perrett

Andrew Rochford and Oscar Lucius walked out to bat to start the morning and from ball one they peppered the Campbelltown attack to all parts of the ground. Captain Rochford taking 2 boundaries and a single off the first over before snicking off to start the second. However, he was replaced by John Warne who put on a classy 21 off 9 balls and by the time he was dismissed Manly had passed Campbelltown score and looked to set a score for the second innings points. Lachy Kerr and Oscar added some late fireworks as the boys put on 87 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 9 overs to start the morning.

Manly came out into the field and 2 quick wickets but Campbelltown put up some resistance until consistent bowling from Lachy Kerr found the breakthrough. Rhoop was always a chance of wickets with their plan off attack against him and he proved this right with a wicket before tea and they went in 4 down for 87. Rochford snared the fifth to Oscar followed by another Rhoop over consisting of two wickets and the innings was wrapped up quickly manly needing 53 to win.

Manly came out and instantly showed their intent taking 3 off the first ball. The stand had its fair share of “sketchy” moments put after 8 overs Campbelltown turned to the rarely used bowlers to end the game. A manly bucks party couldn’t stop the boys as a delay of 5 minutes for an apparent honey soy chicken delivery. A boundary brought up the win and the boys move onto Hawkesbury next week.

3 points – TBA

2 points – TBA

1 point – TBA

Ky Broome