Junior boys
The standings after Round 5 are:
• U16s – White (= 1st ), Blue (= 3rd )
• U15s – Blue (3rd ), Red (7th)
• U14s – White (=1st), Blue (3rd ), Red (= 4th )
• U13s – Gold (1st ) Blue (9th ), White (10th ), Green (14th )
• U12s – Red (=1st), Blue (= 4th ), Green (9th), White (10th)
• U11s – Gold (=1st), White (= 2nd ), Green (= 4th ), Blue (12th ), Red (13th )

Girls
Competition started on Saturday 13th October but with recent rain we have been struggling to get on. Fingers crossed that this weekend is the one. The Competition runs through to the 15th December. Games then re-commence on the 2nd February until 1st March with Semi Finals / Finals played over 8th and 15th March 2008.

Seniors
At last a dry weekend. The results from Day 1 of Round 6 follow:

A1 5/20 Vs Hornsby 189. After doing well to restrict Hornsby to a moderate score we had 11 overs to bat and the rest is history. Peter Stott bowled beautifully to take 5 wickets and Smokey Dawson also did well with 3. A bit of work to do next week but we just need someone to ‘put their hand up’ for a big one.

A2 9/237Vs CHRSL. After being 5/95 we fought back well with a couple of quick fire innings - Nick Bennett starring with 60* and Tim Rae 44. We are now in a good position to win the game. How good is steve Quanborough who also registered his first runs of the season, 9 not out and a cracking pull shot for 4 as well.

Colts 160 defeated Hornsby 79. With both teams reduced to 10 plares with HSC and Schoolies we smashed Hornsby. Batting first we scored 160 with Nick Bennett doing it again with 77* following on from his 61* in A2's the day before. Our turn to bat with Dylan Brogan 4 for 18 and Mark Bennett 3 for 22 destroying the Hornsby top order. Great effort fellas.

B1 Blue 279 Vs Mt Colah 1/15. A powerful performance against 3rd placed Mt Colah. Dane Moye just keeps scoring runs with 73, Alistair raiment 71 and Andrew Joyce 56 all made an impact and finished the day with an important breakthrough. The boys are showing that they are going to be a force when the big games start.

B1 Red Vs St Ives – scores to come.

C1 White 197 Vs CHRSL White 1/10. While the Holland Road Oval is very short square it is also equally as slow so 197 is a more than competitive score. Michael McDowell continues his great form with 88 (worth a lot more), with John Steel also getting a quick 31. Having 8 overs to bat at the end of the day, they lost an important wicket. Our score will be hard to get unless they have players who can hit over the field.

C1 Red 232 Vs Galston-Glenorie. Another good performance after coming back from the brink at 5/69. Enter Duncan Moore (82) and Michael Hobern (56) who put on 120 runs for the 6th wicket over 2.5 hours. This is looming as a battle of the 2 WPHC sides – both with very deep batting orders who have a lot of fight. Well done boys.

C2 2/38 Vs Mt Colah 190. A good result for the premiership front runners. With Jacques Visser and Magpie Singh each taking 3 wickets we had a moderate target to – very gettable. With Steve Baker still there and a strong batting order we need only to bat sensible to get the result.

D2 145 Vs Hornsby 4/37. After waiting a while our top order clicked and gave us a good platform. Well done to Bruce Caldwell (39) and John Fraser (20) with good support from Kedar with 20 gave us a reasonable platform. Our bowlers did the real damage though with Bran Ramachandran taking 3/16 to put us in the driver’s seat. Good stuff also by Steve Keevy who took 2 good slips catches in quick succession. With a bit of luck / good fielding this could be the one.

“Hey dad, don’t forget the bat”
So far we have had batsmen go out without a pad, protector, helmet and so on but Greg Bell (C1 Red) did the ultimate. Emulating the deeds of a former English Captain, Greg strode on to the field all set to do battle after waiting for 2.5 hours to get his chance to bat after a long partnership. .As Greg strode confidently out to bat he got about half way out to the middle before his son (Mark) called out "Hey dad, what are you going to hit it with, you're left leg?"

Sure enough, Greg had walked out without a bat in hand!!! His excuse; "I was too busy putting my helmet on..." This story may well get even better over the years in the Bell household.

Nappy power
Michael McDowell (C1 White) is in a rich run of form. Now we know his secret. He wears 2 pairs of undies with tape holding both sets up. This isn’t because of his fear of fast bowling but an innovative way of holding the protector. There were a couple of kids at the ground and they were amazed the process for taking it all off after the big fella got out. We kept the kids at a safe distance to comply with Michael's legal restrictions (just joking).

Points table
Just a reminder that you can get this info from www.cricketnsw.com.au/hkhdca - the table as at the end of Round 5 is:

• A1 – 16 points (= 3rd)
• Colts – 15 points (4th )
• A2 – 21points (2nd)
• B1 Red – 16 points (= 4th)
• B1 Blue – 21 points (= 1st )
• C1 Red – 26 points (2nd)
• C1 White – 33 points (1st)
• C2 – 30 points (1st )
• D2 – 5 points (7th)

Personal achievements

Watch the following big ones coming up:
• Matt Dawson – 2 wickets off his 200 wickets
• Roger Friend 4 off his 100 wickets
• Kishore Rampersad – 1 to 250 wickets

Name Grade Achievement
Sean Doohan A2 100 wickets Vs Kenthurst Semi Final 17/3/2007

Nathan Fathers C1 1,000 runs Vs Hornsby @ Montview West 27/1/2007

Jacques Visser C2 50 wickets Vs Hornsby

Ross Anderson C1 7,000 runs Vs ARL

Ryan Cherrie B1 150 wickets Vs Mt Colah

Andrew Mills B1 2,000 runs Vs Normanhurst-Warrawee

Simon Smyth A1 200 wickets – Vs Berowra

Adam Walter A1 100 wickets Vs Berowra

James Makin
A2 • 3,000 runs Vs Kenthurst
• 339 wickets – 11 wickets to 350
Steve Baker C2 909 runs – 81 to 1,000

Matt Dawson A1 • 2,897 runs – 103 off 3,000

• 198 wickets – 2 off to 200
Roger Friend D2 96 wickets – 4 to 100

Lachlan Gill B1 Blue 963 runs – 37 to 1,000

Chandana Jayasekera B1 Red 960 runs – 40 to 1,000

David Meizis
C1 946 runs – 54 to 1,000

Bruce Poehlsen B1 Blue 874 runs – 126 to 1,000

Kishore Rampersad
C1 • 3,853 runs – 147 to 4,000 runs

• 249 wickets – 1 from 250 wickets
Alistair Rayment
B1 Blue • 187 wickets – 13 off 200

Iain Ryan B1 139 wickets – 11 off 150 career wickets

Peter Whitehead A1 47 wickets – 3 to 50 career wickets

Craig Willmott C1 1,919 – 81 to 2,000 career runs

DCA website – points table
Now that the season is well underway anyone can track how their teams are going in the Competition in Both Seniors, Juniors and Girls by accessing the following website: www.cricketnsw.com.au/hkhdca and then just go to WPHCCC and then your team.

Alternatively, just go to Links on our website and it is the first entry.

Probably worth locking this into your favourites and checking after each game for the standings.

Website developers and graphic artists
We are privileged to have Peter Lees do all the website work for our Club. However, it is run by volunteers and we always need to involve others to share the fun.

If you have abilities in Perl scripting, graphic design or other web-related skills, and would like to contribute to your Club, please contact Peter (AT) wphccc.org

Posted by Ross Anderson on November 18, 2007 06:06 AM