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WEST TORRENS DISTRICT CRICKET CLUB

EAGLE EYE

February 2017 Issue

2 | P a g e w e s t e r n e a g l e s . c o m

WTDCC Directory of Officials 2016-17

Board of Management

President Denis Brien Chairman Scott Jones

Secretary Amy Agnew Treasurer Gary Rennie

Elected Members Andrew Capel, Leigh Drennan, Jack Dugan, Marty Edmunds (Junior Co-

odinator) Josh Foulis, Sharon Harris (Women’s Co-ordinator), Allan Hutton, Peter Hutton, Tony

Jones (SACA Proxy Delegate), Kent Sendy (Sponsorship Co-ordinator) Greg Stanford (SACA

Delegate), Brenton Woolford and Tom Woolford.

Junior Committee

Daryl Marshall (Chairman) Julie Brown (Secretary) Marty Edmunds (Junior Coordinator, WSJCA

Delegate) Amy Agnew (YP Rep) David Crouch (Child Safety Officer) Emily Smith (U16 Liaison) Karen

Zunic, Tracy Croft, Benjy Paolo and Junior Coaches.

Senior Cricket Committee

Brenton Woolford (Chairman – Cricket Director), David Bourn, Andrew Capel and Jack Dugan

Cricket Director Brenton Woolford Women’s Cricket Co-ordinator Sharon Harris

Junior Co-ordinator Marty Edmunds Practice Co-ordinator Richard Williams

Senior Men’s Coaching Panel

Mark Harrity (Senior Coach) Dan Cullen (Assistant Coach) David Bourn (Assistant Coach) Leigh

Drennan (Assistant Coach) Brenton Woolford (Cricket Director)

Senior Women’s Coach Leigh Drennan (Senior Coach)

Senior Team Managers Richard Williams (Men’s 1st Grade)

Greg Stanford (Men’s 2nd Grade) Mark Harris (Women’s 1st Grade)


Men’s Selection Panel Brenton Woolford (Chairman) Mark Harrity and the Captains

Women’s Selection Panel Leigh Drennan and the Captains

Junior Coaching Panel

Tom Maegraith (U.16) Jack Dugan (U.16 Assistant and RSS Assistant) Nick Maegraith (U.14 and U.12)

Tom Cousins (U14 Assistant) Darren Joseph (Ray Sutton Shield) Jarrad Hoskin (U.13 Red) Jason Stott

(U.13 Yellow) Daniel Joseph (U.13 White) Denis Brien, Eric Freeman and David Mundy (Young

Eagles Development squad - Boys) Lauren Ebsary and Jess Joseph (Young Eagles Development squad -

Girls) Simon Krieg (U11).

Junior Managers

Lawrence Joseph (U16 Red) Matt Gammon (U.16 White) Daryl Marshall (U14 Red) Glen Brown (U14

White) Greg Hawke (RSS) Andrew Boeyen (U.13 Red) Peter Hill (U.11)

Captains (Men) 1st Grade Kelvin Smith (c) Leigh Drennan (vc) 2nd Grade Nick Maegraith

3rd Grade Simon Kreig 4th Grade Darren Joseph

Captains (Women) 1st Grade Jess Joseph 2nd Grade Caroline Ward

In2Cricket Blair Wickham (Head Coach), Liam Dorward, Adam Dorward and Jordy Capel plus

Colin Cocks (Admin)

Editorial Eagle Eye Denis Brien (editor) and Tim Allen (Formatting/Printing)

Fortnightly Newsletter Charlie Rumbelow and Scott Jones

Web Master Blair Wickham

Non-Playing Membership Co-ordinators Noaline and Denis Brien Historian/Archivist Denis Brien

Fund Raising/Sponsorship Co-ordinators Kent Sendy, Alan Hutton and Julie Brown


Canteen/Catering Committee Latisha Polkinghorne (convenor) Michelle Capel, Alan Hutton, Peter

Hutton, Jenny and Richard Williams

Social and Events Committee Tyson Negerman (convenor) Jordan Capel, Darren Joseph, Jess Joseph,

Sean O'Dwyer, Blair Wickham and Tom Woolford

Henley Football Club Liaison Denis Brien and Scott Jones Henley High School Liaison Alan Hutton

Grounds/Facilities Coordinator Trent Kelly

SACA Cricket Development Officer Lachlan Tosh (Metropolitan) Ben Brown (Country)

CLUB CONTACTS

President Denis Brien 8356 7132 [email protected]

Chairman Scott Jones 0403 439 193 [email protected]

Secretary Amy Agnew 0408 890 983 [email protected]

Treasurer Gary Rennie 0403 339 267 [email protected]

Membership Noaline Brien 8356 7132 [email protected]

Women’s Co-ordinator Sharon Harris 8355 2793 / 0408 155 095 [email protected]

Junior Chairman Daryl Marshall 0414 378 177 [email protected]

Junior Secretary Julie Brown 0431 713 417 [email protected]

Junior Co-ordinator Marty Edmunds 0408 120 470 [email protected]

Bank Transfers BSB 105 900 ACCT 145 274 840 Bank SA

Receivers of Handballs Rocka and Scott


LIFE MEMBERS

Tim Allen Don Beitz Thomas Bishop + Rex Blundell

David Bourn Marlene Bourn Max Bourn Hugh Bridgman +

Denis Brien Noaline Brien Jack Carr David Cassidy

Ron Cassidy + Charles Chittleborough + James Chittleborough + Max Conroy

Percy Coombe + H.J. (Bert) Day + Keith DeBoar Geoff Delbridge

Roger Dugan Ian Edgley Brian Flaherty Bob Hank +

Ron Hamence + Andrew Haslett Bert Heairfield + Ben Higgins

Bob Hitchcox + David Hookes + Pat Hookes + Malcolm Howell

Brian Isaac Arthur (Affie) Jarvis + Scott Jones Frank Kennedy +

Brian Kerr Norm King + Helen Lewis Kevin Lewis

Malcolm Lewis Daniel Lynch John Lynch Don Manson +

Ray McCormick+ Chris Miles Matt Minagall Daniel Murdoch

Rick Niehuus + Tim Nielsen Chris O’Reilly Ivor Paech +

Logan Pastyn James Pyke Ian Ravenscroft Chris Read

David Rex Dean Rex + Neil Richardson Sid Ridings +

Phil Ridings + Adam Rumbelow Fred Shaw + Alan Smith +

Andy Smith + Ben Smith Brian Smith Dean Smith

Kevin Smith + B.S.C. (Wally) Smith + Graham Stanford Ross Stanford +

Maurie Sykes + Jarrad Taylor H.W. (Dick) Tomkins + Lloyd Turner

Hiram Varley + Daniel Voyzey Aub Webster + Steven Weinmann

John Wilde + Peter Wiles Daryl Wood Angus Woolcock +

Doug Wyman Grant Wyman Murray Yates

Hindmarsh C.C. A.J.Barnes + G.H.Tolley +


NON-PLAYING MEMBERS

Blue and Gold Eagle (24)

Rex Blundell Dr Peter Byrne AM (Mil) Paul Caica MP Jack Carr

Keith DeBoar Ian Edgley Steve Georganas MP Andrew Haslett

Brian Isaac John Jarvis Kym Laslett Brian LeCornu

John Lynch Ian McPhee Hayden Murray Chris Reid

Adam Rumbelow Charlie Rumbelow Greg Stanford Lloyd Turner

Annabelle Waugh Michael Waugh Daryl Wood Murray Yates

Golden Eagle (24)

‘Chook’ Barratt Denis Brien Michael Brien Noaline Brien

Geoff Delbridge Roger Dugan Josh Foulis Barry Fry OAM

John Gazzola MLC Jenny Haslett Alan Hitchcox Alan Hutton

Anita Lynch Greg Mahoney Mary McCormick Kym Mickan

Jim Parrington Gary Rennie Des Rowe Gerard Treloar

Joan Turner John Voyzey Kym Wallent Tom Wallent

Blue Eagle (30)

Rex Adams Amy Agnew James Agnew Lola Blundell

Graham Bullard Les Burdett Andrew & Michelle Capel Betty Cassidy

Chris Cunningham Bill Dow Megan Folland Murray Heinecke

Rod Hill Malcolm House Dean Hoskin Joylene Hoskin

John Humphries Michael Humphries Tony Jarvis Annette Johnson

Soo Jones Peter Kelly Brendan Maguire Andrew Muirhead

Robert Manning John Nielsen Gayleen Richardson Murray Richardson

Brenton Woolford Sue Woolford


PRESIDENT’S REPORT

My apologies about the delay to this Eagle Eye but I thought it better to wait until the SACA

announcement regarding our position re merger or relegation. See separate article.

The Club is in a fine position both on and off the field at this stage of the season. We have been very well

managed for many years but the crisis inflicted upon us by the SACA has seen past players and

supporters return to the Club in droves. With them they have brought their support in the form of

labour, finance or taking responsibility for an area of management. Some cook a ‘Barbie’, some score,

some umpire the kids’ matches, some run the finances, some plan the future management strategies for

our juniors, others just do whatever is asked but ALL contribute. There is an extra vibrancy and

enthusiasm about the Club. The players, as young as the senior cohort is, have stuck by the Club through

the crisis, while others have been attracted to West Torrens as a most suitable place to call home. The

contribution of the players OFF the field is a good as it is ON the field. The resultant culture is one of

family, co-operation and inclusion. Players and Officials have worked together to create a motto which

truly represents the Club

Proud, Resilient, United

On the field the ‘Firsts’ have played outstanding cricket and are undefeated in the three forms of the

game at this stage. We remain on top of the ‘normal’ Premiership ladder having recently defeated the

only other previously unbeaten team, Kensington.

In the T20 Semi-final the 1st Graders continued their march towards silverware with a convincing win

over Tea Tree Gully at Henley Oval on Tuesday 10th January. A crowd of about 250 witnessed an

exciting encounter. ‘Gullies’ batted first and were dismissed on the penultimate ball for 141. Chief

destroyer was Spencer Johnson with 4/15 and was ably supported by Ben Williams with 2/15. Daniel

Drew, who is in outstanding form with the bat, held the innings together with 66 from 49 balls. He was

capably assisted by Kane Richardson with 24 and Spencer’s brother Isaac, with 23 n.o. The target was

achieved with the loss of 6 wickets and 9 balls to spare. The Grand Final will be played at Adelaide Oval

on Sunday March 5th at 5.20 p.m. Keep it free!

In the One Day Cup Quarter Final we were drawn to meet Adelaide at Henley Oval on Sunday January

29th. Before a large crowd, the team scored a convincing win. Adelaide batted first and were restricted to

168/7 from their 50 overs due to the tight bowling of spinners Dom Best and Daniel Drew who

conceded just 53 runs from their 20 overs. The target was reached with13 overs to spare thanks to an


unbeaten 115 runs 2nd wicket partnership from the captain (Kelvin) and vice-captain (Lethal) leading

from the front. In an ironical twist we met Port Adelaide in the semi-final, the two who were meant to be

put to the sword. Brilliant performances by Kelvin Smith 110 (105b.) and Daniel Drew 82 n.o. (66b.)

and 4/62 was backed up by a miserly 2/25 from quick Braedon Renshaw who bowled 10 overs ‘on the

trot’ into the wind saw a comfortable victory - 5/271 against Port’s 202 (all out). We now move into this

Grand Final on Sunday 26th February at Henley Oval. Try to keep this date free also!

The Women’s First Grade is extremely young this season having lost five key and experienced players to

employment (transfers) or injury, while the ‘Seconds’ which are even younger (most are Under 14) sit

comfortably in third spot. Many of the other Grades are in the four or on the brink of breaking in –

remembering we have had our bye while some of our challengers haven’t. Premiership ladders are

available on the Club web site www.westerneagles.com . Go to Match Centre and follow the prompts.

Last season we recorded our best financial return ever. This year that figure has been surpassed and at

the January Board of Management meeting Treasurer Garry Rennie reported that the current cash at

Bank was $91,104.94. There is a substantial amount now ear-marked for a new Curator’s Machinery

Storage facility cum Club store. This will show as a long term valuable asset in the end of season Balance

sheet. We have achieved the strong financial position despite the Clubrooms being out of action for a

number of weeks due to the large scale renovations being delayed with unforeseen problems and thus

behind schedule. Consequently trading has been affected but Latisha Polkinghorne, Michelle Capel,

Alan Hutton, Peter Hutton and Richard Williams have struggled on using a caravan kindly supplied by

Lion Nathan Brewing.

Our capital advantage is undoubtedly due to the efforts of Kent Sendy in securing so many valuable

sponsors. Please support them.

In addition we are very grateful to our many Non-playing members who continue to renew their

Membership. If you haven’t done so yet it is not too late.

Eagle Day 2017


Despite the fact that we were unable to use the Clubrooms Eagle Day was again a great success. An

estimated 200 plus people attended with many Sponsors and V.I.P.s among them. Great to welcome past

players Peter Barty over from Melbourne and Mick Brien who came down from Gawler. The Women’s

1st Grade T20 match in progress provided a great spectacle with the result in the balance until the end -

the Browns defeating the Eagles with two balls to spare. Former Test player Caroline Ward steadied the

ship while young teenagers Ellie Falconer and Brooke Harris batted superbly at better than a run a ball.

Ellie was also the pick of the attack. There was a village green atmosphere with numerous marquees

encroaching the boundary, beer and wine tasting and a constant Bar-B-Q. After the Women’s match the

Juniors put on an entertaining T20 display also. The day was well supported by our present players also.

Thanks to the myriad of volunteers from the non-playing and playing ranks who made the day a

success. Special thanks to Josh Foulis, Scott Jones and Kent Sendy who took on the organisation of the

event.

On Friday 27th December I was privileged to watch another of our Junior Day/Night matches when our

Under 11s took on Fulham at Gleneagles Reserve. The Oval was in magnificent condition and the

Woodville Rugby Club generously operated the bar. Peter Crouch and ‘Chook’ Barratt manned the

‘Barbie’ while Rebecca Booth and Cathy Barratt served the charred remains of Crouchy’s and Chook’s

pretentious masquerade as chefs. Well over 100 spectators watched as floodlights fully blazed, the pink

ball was in trajectory, zinger bails danced under the stars, seven 7-10 year olds all padded up in case of a

batting collapse. 8 and 9 year olds of both teams playing pull shots, cut shots and drives, albeit the ball

following a devious unintended path, two batsmen at one end, confusion in the field, two batsmen race

for the other end, further confusion in the field, rapturous enjoyment for both the spectators and the

players! 8 year old Levi Barratt playing his second ever game of cricket hits a boundary (much more

talented than his Dad), 7 year old James Turner playing his first ever game strides to the wicket with the

combined assurance of Glen Maxwell and Kevin Pietersen and 9 year old newcomer from Bundooran

(near Bowral) Frazer Tooth lives up to his name as he beams a huge smile after his zinger bails were sent

flashing. Then there were ‘Kriegy’ and Peter Hill mentoring their charges in the subtle arts of the game.

One parent said to me:

“What a lovely, family friendly Club. I’m glad we chose this Club.”

Another remarked:

“This is better than Adelaide Oval last night.”

Special thanks to Marty and Daryl and the Junior Committee for continuing this marvellous innovation.

Thanks to all the volunteers and a particular thank you to the Fulham Club for playing their part. The

SACA wants us to abandon our U.13 and U.11 teams next season or we will lose some of our funding.


Could I say to whoever it concerns at the SACA please reconsider. Marty Edmunds has done the

research and estimates that we stand to lose 45-50 young players from the game.

Jack Carr, captain of the 1961-62 A Grade Premiership team had a big health scare in August. As he was

getting dressed for the day his heart stopped beating. He fell forward and cracked his head on the floor

and severely gashed his head and face. That was the bad news – the good news was that the heavy blow

to his head caused CPR to click in and his heart re-started (must be related to Mary McKillop). On the

way to hospital in an ambulance the heart stopped again but again he was resuscitated by the ‘ambos’.

He has had a pacemaker inserted and is backed to full health again. So much so that he won the Portsea

Golf Club C Grade Championship for the second consecutive year in October and in the second week of

January had an 85 ‘off the stick’. Jack is 87.

Denis Brien (aka Rocka)


SACA ABANDONS MERGER

It is with great pleasure and relief that we can formally inform you that on Monday 6th February the

SACA announced that the merger ultimatum has been withdrawn and West Torrens DCC and Port

Adelaide DCC will remain as stand-alone clubs!

This was a momentous victory for both Clubs. The stressful and tortuous ordeal lasted 61 weeks and

initially had adverse effects on the senior playing group and the health of a number of non-players. On

7th December 2015 I received the ultimatum that West Torrens, Port Adelaide and Woodville had been

targeted for relegation or a forced merger to reduce the number of 1st Grade Clubs to 12. The reasons

given were :

- the poor standard of the 1st Grade competition was responsible for the Redbacks being cellar dwellers

in the national competitions

- to eliminate the bye which many players accept and enjoy

- there were too many Clubs in the western suburbs for the population to support

We argued the case that none of these reasons were correct and eventually succeeded in that approach

although the road was extremely arduous and time consuming. The evidence provided to the Clubs was

flimsy at best while we discovered that there was further undisclosed information taken into account.

Initially we went down the merger path as requested. Firstly it was with Woodville. This began

productively but Woodville withdrew from discussions when the SACA promise of compensation and

assistance for infrastructure was reduced by $250,000.

On February 29th the three Clubs each were invited to make a Presentation to the SACA Board of

Management demonstrating why our Clubs should remain in the 1st Grade competition. Scott Jones

prepared this which went very well. On 1st April I received a letter from the SACA indicating that we

must merge with Port Adelaide or face relegation due to “strategic weaknesses within the West Torrens

District Cricket Club”. We fought and gained an extra season to remain independent and in that time

were able to prove that the alleged weaknesses not only did not exist but that the West Torrens DCC was

a strong, viable and vibrant entity.

The West Torrens and Port Adelaide Clubs were then forced into merger discussions when Woodville

was given safe passage, for undisclosed reasons. Genuine and cordial discussions began under the


chairmanship of Ken Horsnell, an eminently qualified and independent choice. Even outside of meeting

Ken was available for advice and support. However both Clubs and Ken eventually agreed that there

were just too many stumbling blocks to attain a suitable merger, not the least being Geography, dealing

with different local Government organisations and the reduction of the number of Women’s Clubs. We

had taken legal advice which suggested that we follow a conciliatory path and seek an alternative

solution.

From the end of May until mid October Maurie Vast (Port Adelaide President) and I met with the

SACA CEO Keith Bradshaw on a fortnightly basis and then less frequently. Keith helped us along the

merger path but when an impasse was reached he assisted the two Clubs to find an alternative solution

to the dilemma. His co-operation and conciliation were of great benefit to both Clubs reaching the best

possible result and endeavoured to get the best outcome for cricket.

I would particularly like to thank and compliment Keith for his assistance. He could understand the

perils of the original decision and the need for an alternative solution. His fair minded approach helped

us to a favourable result. Keith stands out as an extremely astute administrator and a very genuine

human being.

There are a myriad of others to thank. Our Patron the Hon. Paul Caica M.P. threw himself into the fray

from the outset. After the break down in merger talks he was determined that West Torrens would stand

alone and remain at Henley Oval. He was instrumental in the implementation of a Parliamentary Select

Committee to investigate the SACA decision. I’m certain this was beneficial to our cause as it disclosed

some clandestine evidence.

Our Merger/Salvation working party of Scott Jones, Brenton Woolford, Andrew Capel and myself put in

an immense amount of time, attended numerous meetings and answered 100’s of phone calls and

emails. They all deserve a huge amount of praise and gratitude. To the Club Board of Management and

many other Club volunteers did whatever was necessary to get us over the line, I say thank you. Former

Secretary Charlie Rumbelow and Adam assisted greatly with our Presentation to the SACA on February

29th.

The Club owes a huge debt of gratitude to Life Member and former President Ian Edgley, who worked as

our legal advisor (pro bono) for the entire 14 months. ‘Edge’ guided us through the obstacles with deft

dexterity and without him our working party would have hit many hurdles.


The Port Adelaide CC, led by Maurie Vast, was a wonderful and co-operative ally. Thank you to their

working party which included Kate Rush and Colin Murray.

I received numerous offers of support from parents of current players, past players and people outside of

the Club. An old mate who played for Adelaide offered financial assistance should we have to consider

legal proceedings. The vast majority of the cricket community was behind the two Clubs.

We achieved the desired result to remain independent, albeit over 14 months, such time could have been

put into much more productive work for West Torrens and cricket in general. Personally I spent in

excess of 600 hours and attended about 35 meetings. The meeting attendance, responding to phone calls

and emails, writing Submissions and Presentations were tasks extended to our working party and to that

of Port Adelaide, so in excess of 2000 volunteer hours of both Clubs were used up in addition the

amount of paid time by SACA employees. Really an inefficient use of volunteer time.

Finally a huge thank you to my wife Noaline, who despite her illness, was a tower of strength in support

of what we were doing, particularly vetting and ameliorating emails and submissions which I wrote. And

a great big hug and thanks to the wives, partners and families of all involved in achieving the end result.

Denis Brien (aka Rocka)


STAN the STATISTICIAN

Sophie Devine, the Strikers New Zealand guest player who plays for West Torrens if in Adelaide when

the WBBL is not on, scored an amazing 103 n.o. from 48 balls against the Hobart Hurricanes at Glenelg

Oval on Boxing Day. Sophie hit 8 sixes and 10 fours in her total.

Ben Williams’ 5/47 and 5/27 in the outright victory over Woodville is only the sixth occasion that an

Eagle bowler has taken 10 wickets for the match (1st Grade) this century. The others are :

Peter George (12) 5/56 and 7/33 v. East Torrens at Henley Oval, March 2014

Trent Kelly (10) 4/50 and 6/35 v. Glenelg at Glenelg Oval, February 2011

Aaron Zrim (10) 5/45 and 5/39 v. Port Adelaide at Port Adelaide Reserve, October 2004

Mark Harrity (10) 5/35 and 5/68 v. Prospect at Adelaide #2, February 2003

Best ever was:

David Hookes (15) 7/46 and 8/35 v. Glenelg at Adelaide #2, November 1981

Bailey Capel (100) and Murphy Short (91) created a new Opening partnership record for the Eagles in

the Under 17 competition when they compiled 181 v. Adelaide at Glandore Oval during the first week

of the carnival. This broke the existing record of 171 set by Nathan Fielder (112) and Michael Hancock

v. Woodville at Kings Reserve in January 1993.

A few days later Lachie Pointon (82) and Nick Crouch (81) established a new 4th wicket record v.

Glenelg at Henley Oval when they put on 137 to break the previous best of 125 set by James Smith (79)

and Michael Humphries (49) v. Woodville at Henley Oval in January 2005.

Annette Johnson (89 ret.), Hannah Waters (49) and Teagan Fry (25) set a new Women’s 2nd Grade

record for the opening partnership when they put on 136 v. Glenelg at Glenelg Oval on January 22nd.

Annette (‘Guppy’) a former 1st Grader kindly fills in when the ‘Twos’ may be short when state players

are away. ‘Guppy’ is unable to play regularly due to her job as an Outdoor Education lecturer at TAFE

but always maintains her Non-playing Membership.


A further partnership record was broken when Kadina recruit Ben Davies (103) and Ryan Nikoleaff

(81) put on 162 for the 3rd wicket in Under 16 Reds against East Torrens at Roma Mitchell H.S. in

December. They edged past the previous best of 161 by Daniel DuPlooy (48) and Michael Humphries

(109) also against East Torrens at Grange P.S. in October 2003.

Jack Carr, captain of the 1961-62 A Grade Premiership team ‘broke his age’ for the second time on the

Portsea (Victoria) Golf course in the second week of January. Jack had an 85 ‘off the stick’. Jack is 87.

His old Premiership team mate ‘Banga’ Flaherty did it last year. Jack also won the C Grade

Championships for the second successive year. Another former team mate Brian Isaac claims that Jack

is ‘a burglar’ if he is playing ‘C’ Grade and can ‘break his age’. Can any other older players beat that?

Stan noticed Janelle Drennan (Leigh’s Mum) enjoying the ambience of the Bendigo Bank marquee at

the One Day quarter-final against Adelaide. Janelle, who flew down from Brisbane for the game, also

took a keen interest in Leigh’s other charges the 1st Grade women. She explained that it was really a

quick working holiday as she was required to clean up the squalor of ‘Lethal’ and Fish’s’ flat. Lethal had

a huge fan club on the day with his victorious Women’s T20 girls plus his Touch Football team all

lending great support.

The most recent player to debut in 1st Grade was Zac Bess (Dominic’s cousin) who took Test cap

Callum Ferguson’s spot in the second week against Northern Districts when ‘Ferg’ was required for the

Redbacks. The Devonshire Demon (or the Exeter Express) is cap # 539 and deserved his call up after

good performances in the ‘2s’. The Club would like to thank one of our Sponsors, Glenys Grindlay of

West Side Sewing Centre, who embroidered the cap at very short notice because the President had had

a ‘senior moment’ and had forgot to do so over the Christmas break.

If you find sewing a menace - just call Glenys.

Stan says that Peter Kelly said that Charlie Drew told him that the President was seen rummaging

through rubbish bins in West Lakes Shopping Centre on one Thursday evening. The last statistics show

that he had two Solo cans, half a ham sandwich and some cold chips. [The President claims that there is

absolutely no truth in the rumour which was perpetrated by the two biggest gossip mongers in the

Club. Ed]


Best with the Bat – Up to January 25th

50 runs plus or 30 plus (T20s, Women’s Grades, RSS, U.13s, U.12s, U11s)

Kelvin Smith 114 Futures League v. Tasmania

Sophie Devine 103*(48) WBBL Adelaide Strikers

Bailey Capel 103 U.17 Shield v. Southern Districts

Bailey Capel 100 U.17 Shield v. Adelaide

Murphy Short 91 U.17 Shield v. Adelaide

Annette Johnson 89 ret. Women’s 2nd Grade v. Glenelg

Kelvin Smith 84* Men’s 1st Grade O.D.Cup v. Adelaide

Daniel Drew 82 1st Grade v. Woodville

Lachlan Pointon 82 U.17 Shield v. Glenelg

Lachlan Pointon 81 U.16 Red v. Port Adelaide

Nick Crouch 81 U.17 Shield v. Glenelg

Dylan Clark 75 2nd Grade v. Woodville

Leigh Drennan 73* 1st Grade v. Port Adelaide

Daniel Drew 66 Men’s T.20 Cup (S/F) v. Tea Tree Gully

Daniel Voyzey 62 3rd Grade v. Sturt

Leigh Drennan 61* Men’s 1st Grade O.D.Cup v. Adelaide

Harry Clark-Burnham 57 U.17 Shield v. Southern Districts

Trent Kelly 56 1st Grade v. Kensington

Brandyn Galletti 56 4th Grade v. Kensington

Ben Cheesman 55 U.16 White v. East Torrens

Ben Davies 54* U.16 Red v. Sturt

Carl Mickan 54 1st Grade v. Sturt

Zac Bess 53* 2nd Grade v. Sturt

Hannah Waters 53* Women’s 2nd Grade T20 v. Southern Districts

Patrick Fisher 53 1st Grade v. Sturt

Lachie Russell 52 4th Grade v. Kensington

Ash Clark 51*(45) 3rd Grade v. Kensington

Tamsin Jones 51* Women’s 2nd Grade T20 v. Southern Districts

Tom Brown 51 ret. U.12 Shield V. Glenelg

Daniel Drew 51 Futures League v. Tasmania

Hannah Waters 49 Women’s 2nd Grade v. Glenelg


Tom Brown 46 U.12 Shield v. Woodville

Lauren Ebsary 45* WBBL Perth Scorchers

Sophie Devine 43 (33) WBBL Adelaide Strikers

Sophie Devine 43 (38) WBBL Adelaide Strikers

Sophie Devine 41* (27) WBBL Adelaide Strikers

Callum Ferguson 39 BBL Melbourne Renegades

Callum Ferguson 38 BBL Melbourne Renegades

Caroline Ward 38 (38) Women’s 1st Grade T20 v. Kensington

Lauren Ebsary 36 (28) WBBL Perth Scorchers

Angela Treloar 32 Women’s 1st Grade v. Northern Districts

Callum Ferguson 31* BBL Melbourne Renegades

Daniel Drew 31 Men’s T20 Cup v. Prospect

Caroline Ward 30 Women’s 1st Grade v. Northern Districts

Best with Ball – Up to January 25th

4 Wkts. Plus or 3 Wkts. Plus (T20s, Women’s Grades, RSS, U.13s, U.12s, U.11s)

Bradley Cocks 6/20 4th Grade v. Port Adelaide

Bradley Cocks 6/26 4th Grade v. Kensington

Matt Ferraro 6/32 3rd Grade v. Kensington

Matt Ferraro 5/10 3rd Grade v. Port Adelaide

James Reuther 5/10 U.14 Red v. Port Adelaide

Ben Williams 5/47 &

5/27

1st Grade v. Woodville

Zac Best 5/56 2nd Grade v. Woodville

Lachlan Hodder-

Trenwith

4/13 U.14 Red v. Port Adelaide

Spencer Johnson 4/15 Men’s T.20 Cup (S/F) v. Tea Tree Gully

Matt Ferraro 4/15 3rd Grade v. Woodville

Josh Joseph 4/22 U.16 White v. East Torrens

Ben Davies 4/23 U.16 Red v. East Torrens

Harry Russell 4/30 U.17 Shield v. Woodville

Dominic Bess 4/43 1st Grade v. Kensington

Dominic Bess 4/45 1st Grade v. Port Adelaide

Max Parsons 4/49 U.14 White v. Sturt

Daniel Drew 4/52 Futures League v. Tasmania


Lanni Winsome 3/0 Women’s 2nd Grade v. Prospect

Teagan Fry 3/1 Women’s 2nd Grade T20 v. Southern Districts

Sam Turner 3/11 U.12 Shield v. Prospect

Billy Hawke 3/12 U.13 Red v. Grange White

Laura Niejalke 3/13 Women’s T20 1st Grade v. Sturt

Lanni Winson 3/13 Women’s T20 1st Grade v. Northern Districts

Harrison Cook 3/14 U.12 Shield v. Country Black

Ben Williams 3/18 T.20 Cup v. Prospect

Best in the Field – Up to January 25th (3 + Dismissals)

Leigh Drennan 5c. 1st Grade v. Kensington

Caroline Ward # 5c. Women’s 1st Grade v. Sturt

Tyson Negerman 5c. 4th Grade v. Port Adelaide

Leigh Drennan 2c & 2c 1st Grade v. Woodville

Patrick Fisher # 4c 1st Grade v. Port Adelaide

Nick Maegraith # 3c 2nd Grade v. Woodville

Eric Carrington 3c U.17 Shield v. Southern Districts

# Non wicketkeeper

EAGLES STATE & ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVES

Congratulations to further State and Association representation of West Torrens players.

Adelaide Strikers - Sophie Devine (WBBL)

Melbourne Renegades - Callum Ferguson (BBL)

Perth Scorchers - Lauren Ebsary (WBBL)

S.A. U.15 Girls - Jess Cufone, Emily Hinze and Tamsin Jones

U.17 SACA Team of the Year - Bailey Capel

U.14 Premier League Western Grit- Fergus Agnew, Dylan Branson, Nathan

Marshal, James Reuther, Lachlan Trenwith-Hodder, Jared Zunic and Luke Terry

(Reserve)


MEN’S FIRST GRADE

Rounds 6-9 results have continued to strengthen our position as a serious contender in the First-Grade

competition this season. We have won all four of these games and sit at the top of the two-day

premiership; with a one day quarter semi-final and a T20 Final berth also coming up.

The Round 6 battle against Sturt was a huge character defining moment in our season. Our backs were

the wall at two separate stages throughout the game. At 3/12 in the first five overs things were looking

rough for the Eagles but we regrouped to scrap our way to 192 thanks to fighting half centuries from

Carl Mickan and Pat Fisher. Sturt were then 0/91 in reply before being bundled out for 185 thanks to an

incredible Ben Williams performance.

The next few games also threw their fair share of challenges at us but we have managed to find a way to

keep winning games even when we have been given a serious shake up. In Round 7 we secured our place

in the top two of the 50 over competition with a successful run chase against Port Adelaide. In round 8

we achieved a rare outright result against arch rivals Woodville (Rigid was over the moon). Whilst in

round 9 we were saved by an unbelievable partnership by number 8, Trent Kelly, and number 9, Spencer

Johnson after being 7/104 chasing 167 for victory.

Huge mentions need to go to Daniel Drew who is currently 7th in the run scorers for the competition

with 419 runs @ 52.38 whilst Ben Williams is the leading wicket taker in the competition with 22

wickets. Dom Bess is currently 7th after taking 16. We will keep making strides to improve with every

game so that we are firing on all cylinders for the pointy end of the season.

Leigh Drennan Vice Captain


WOMEN’S FIRST GRADE

Round 4 in the One Day competition saw us claim our first win of the season against Sturt. The

experienced hands of Annette Johnson and Caroline Ward saw even the half chance of a catch being

taken and helping us roll the home side for 106. Our top order paced themselves for the run chase

claiming the much-needed win in the 35th over. Round 6 of our T20 season we were able to defeat Sturt

again for our first win of the T20 season, after only posting 93 in the first innings, the girls responded

with the best team bowling effort rolling the opposition for 52.

During this period of our season we have been graced with the experience of Caroline Ward in the First

Grade. After a few seasons mentoring the young B graders ‘Wardy’ has looked more than comfortable

in the A’s taking 5 outstanding catches in her first game and holding up the batting order including an

impressive 38 off 38 against Kensington on Eagle day.

Our most recent game saw us go down in the last few balls to first placed Kensington in front of the

spirited crowd at Eagle day, although a narrow loss and some questionable wide calls in the last overs, it

was a great showcase of women’s cricket and a great batting performances, Brooke Harris 27 of 20, Ellie

Falconer 22 of 17 and Caroline Ward 38 of 38. With 2 more rounds left in the T20 season we hope to

turn our luck around in the 50 over competition to give us a chance be in contention for finals.

Jess Joseph Captain

MENS SECOND GRADE

Rounds 6-9 have proved highly successful for the second grade. Most pleasing has been the ability of the

team to translate early season good form into results, which has seen us climb to third on the ladder with

four rounds to play. Again there has been a number of good contributors, with the even spread with the


bat a feature of three wins in a row against Sturt, Port Adelaide and Woodville. Although middle order

batting is a slight concern, leading to multiple occasions where we have lost a number of wickets in

quick succession, what is most pleasing is the willingness of every team member to step up when

required to rescue these situations. This was never more evident than when Englishmen Zac Bess, in his

first game for the club, and Lachie Russell combined for an unbroken 89 run stand to see us over the line

after slumping the 6/121 chasing 210.

The addition of Zac has been critical to the team’s success. In addition to his batting, he has also

provided a crucial seaming option, and took a well-deserved five wicket haul against Woodville. The

bowling attack has been consistent and is gelling well, with the contributions of seasoned contributor

Logan Pastyn adding serious variety to an already dangerous attack to the point where we have built, in

my biased opinion, the best attack in the second grade competition.

With the table exceptionally tight, good results in the last 4 rounds will be critical if we are to attain our

goal of making the top 4. However if the batsman can continue the good form and alleviate the dreaded

collapses, and the bowling and fielding remain at the high level we have set ourselves, I am confident we

can achieve this.

Nick Maegraith Captain

WOMEN’S SECOND GRADE

Before Xmas, the women’s 2nd grade team (mostly aged between 10 and 14) played their last T20 match

and had a big win. All players did well and it was a great finish to our T20 matches. The team finished

4th in the competition, albeit with only one loss but unfortunately four games abandoned due to the

weather.


The team has now played rounds 1 to 4 of the 40 over competition with 3 wins and one loss. One of the

wins was due to a forfeit by Sturt so in order to still get a game in, we played an unofficial 7-a-side 30

over match between the available Sturt players and some of our players. This was a good chance for all

to bat and bowl, with “early outs” not allowed and some players getting two innings with the bat.

Switching to the 40 over matches has been good as the players have been able to bowl more overs each

and all have more chance of getting a bat.

Caroline Ward Captain

MEN’S THIRD GRADE

Between rounds 6-9, the third grade side has made some inroads to the season. A narrow loss to Sturt,

big wins against Port Adelaide and Woodville, and a near outright win result after losing on the first

innings to Kensington have occurred since the last Eagle Eye report. The result against Kensington was a

massive eye opener, especially to our younger guys. It just goes to show you never ever give up in a game

of sport, especially the game of Cricket.

The side is now sitting in 10th spot as we head into the Round 10 clash with Northern Districts at

Henley High School. Matthew Ferraro has been a wicket-taking machine and now leads the bowling in

the third grade. Murphy Short and Lucas Gammon have both bowled really well. Spinners Callum

Agnew and Alex Hutton have played a part when required, and since debuting for the club, Harry Clark-

Burnham has shown his maturity and capabilities with the bat. Matthew Ferraro and Jarrad Hoskin’s

assistance to me as captain has been first-class and made the job much easier, cheers lads! I look forward

to seeing the third grade side finishing the season positively, and who knows, maybe finals could be on

the cards.

Simon Krieg Captain


MEN’S FOURTH GRADE

Four in a row! The fourth grade boys have bounced back well after a slow start to the season to now be

sitting a game out from the top four. Round 6 saw the return of club legend and all round funny man

Mickey D. We batted first with English import Ash Clark making a brisk 42. Little DJ (Daniel), Old DJ

(Darren) and Mickey D put on a few down the order to see us reach 182. All the bowlers then put the

clamps on Sturt with economy rates below 2. Daniel Joseph and Jordy Capel the standouts with 3 each.

After being sent into bat against Port the boys could only make 129, Brandyn “BG” Galletti top scored

with 32. Brad Cocks was outstanding with the ball claiming 6/20 of ten to see the Eagles skittle Port for

70.

The local Derby against Woodville saw the Eagles bowl out the old enemy for 125, Little DJ (2), Blair

Wickham (3). We chased down the total in 24 overs, Ash Clark making 30 and Blair Wickham 27.

Against the Browns, we got sent in and got bowled out for a miserly 104. Brad Cocks making a hard

fought 42 on possibly the slowest outfield Henley High has ever seen. With 20 odd overs left in the day,

our fast bowling Cartel (Morgan Cocks, Daniel Joseph and Liam Dorward) along with Brad Cocks

ripped through Kensington’s top order to have them 5/53 overnight. Morgan Cocks taking a wicket on

the last ball of the day to have The Eagles on top. Day 2 was Brad Cocks’ day, the big man taking 6/26 to

see us win by 23 runs. Lachie “Bali” Russell and BG both made 50 each in the second dig.

Darren Joseph (aka DJ the Elder) Captain

UNDER 17 SHIELD

The West Torrens BankSA Under 17 team coached by Tom Woolford put in an outstanding

performance during the carnival. This year our club played a very young group where there were four

Under 15 players and four Under 16 players. The team won two games against Woodville and Southern

District, tied the game against Glenelg and lost by one run to Adelaide who went through as the top

team in our zone and played against Kensington in the grand final on Wednesday.


The games against Glenelg and Adelaide were decided on the last ball of the game and there was some

outstanding talent on display from all of these clubs.

Our batsman during the carnival put in some outstanding performances with Bailey Capel making 2

centuries and he was ably supported by Murphy Short, Nick Crouch and Lachlan Pointon who all

showed great potential for the future. Ben Davies, an under 15 lad from the Yorke Peninsula also

showed great talent and we were very pleased to have 2 very talented lads who are 14, Sam Potter and

Aiden Turner also play during the carnival. Our wicketkeeper, 15 year old Erik Carrington also put in

some solid performances during the carnival. It was pleasing to see the consistent performances from

the bowlers with Leyhton Hann ,Charlie Potter, Murphy Short and Lachie Pointon doing well, it was

also good to see developing young spinners Callum Agnew and Harry Russell do well at different stages

during the carnival together with the very talented 14 year old bowler Samuel Potter.

We look forward to seeing these names coming through into senior ranks over the coming years, 8 of

these lads have already played at senior level and we will continue to work on improving our coaching

programs to ensure that we maximize the potential of these young lads.

The club would like to thank the legendary Alan ‘The Wimp” Hutton for his efforts as the scorer during

many Under 17 carnivals. Alan is a fantastic helper at our club and his efforts are sincerely appreciated.

Brenton Woolford WTDCC Cricket Director/Under 17 Manager

UNDER 16 RED

Round 5 – 2 Day game v East Torrens at Roma Mitchell Secondary school. East Torrens won the toss

and put us in on a soft green looking deck. We had an average start and were 2/26 when Ryan Nikoleaff

and Ben Davies got together and put on a 162 run partnership. Ben scored his first 100 and ably assisted

by Ryan with 81. WT was 8/287 at stumps. Second week - an excellent effort bowling saw ET rolled for

114 and thought an outside chance for an outright but after a hot day our fielding game fizzled to a draw

with ET 2nd innings at 1/59.

Batting: B.Davies 103 (90balls), R. Nikoleaff 81

Bowling: B.Davies 4/25, R.Nikoleaff 3/12, C.Gammon 2/25


Round 6 - One day game at Gleneagles v Sturt . We batted first Nick Crouch and Ben Hoy getting us off

to a good start with a 62 run 1st wicket partnership, Ben Davies continued with his great form and

posted 54 n.o. and we ended up 7/160 after our 40 overs which we thought was around par. Sturt then

batted and we fielded and bowled well. Boys just couldn’t get a wicket at the right time to put enough

pressure on and Sturt managed to stay ahead in the chase finishing 7/162 at the end of the 37th over.

Batting: B.Davies 54 n.o, N. Crouch 41, S. Grindlay 26, B.Hoy 21.

Bowling: B.Davies 3/31, C. Groves 2/41.

Round 7 – Scheduled to play Tea Tree Gully in one day game. Match abandoned due to heat.

Round 8 – Two day game v Port Adelaide at Eric Sutton oval. Won toss and batted first. After a

questionable early decision against us boys batted well with Lachie Pointon in his first game for the

season for the 16 Reds making a well-made 81. Port Adelaide seemed deliberately bowl very slow as they

sensed that we going to put them in late in the day. They had only bowled 48 overs by 5:00 with the

declaration seeing WT at 9/236. We had 8 overs at them and they were 2/18 at stumps on first day. Had

hopes of an outright but Port batted slowly and we bowled them out for 102 in 52 overs. We were left 24

overs to bowl them out in second innings. A good attempt at the outright win but Port finished 6/48.

Batting: L.Pointon 81 n.o, B.Hoy 42, B.Davies 27

Bowling: L.Pointon 3/22, C. Gammon 2/17, N.Crouch 2/19. 2nd Innings: C.Grove 3/18, N.Crouch 2/18

The 16 Reds season has turned around since last Newsletter, we are currently sitting 9th but with a very

even competition and some results going our way there is still an opportunity for finals.

UNDER 16 WHITE

So far it has been a good season for the whites with 4 wins and 2 loses. Since round 5 we have had a good

win against East Torrens with multiple top scorers and a good bowling performances, a disappointing

loss against Sturt and a forfeit win against Port Adelaide straight back after the Christmas break.


Round 5 saw a good win over East Torrens with a good display of batting by the boys. Getting sent in on

a road the boys were able to capitalize on the good conditions making a solid 10/249 with 50’s from

Lewis Sharland and Ben Cheesman and some handy contributions from Jared Adamson, Sam

Chambers, and Riley Williams. The next week East Torrens put up a good fight but couldn’t make the

runs getting bowled out in the 60th over for 10/183. Some good bowling from Josh Joseph 4/22 and Cam

Wood 2/13.

Round 6 against Sturt was one not to remember with West Torrens getting bowled out for 70 with no

one making over 20. Sturt passed the score only 3 down. So a disappointing end to the first half of the

season but hopefully some good wins after the Christmas break.

The first game after the Christmas break was a forfeit win over Port Adelaide who struggled to fill in a

team.

With 4 wins and 2 loses so far this season hopefully the boys can string together a couple more wins to

get us into a good position on the ladder.

Lawrence Joseph Team Manager

UNDER 14 RED

As I type this summary we are sitting equal 4th (5th on %) and the destiny is in our own hands to make

the finals by playing the 2nd and 4th sides in the last 2 rounds. After starting the year with 3 straight

wins, Rounds 5-8 created mixed results with 2 losses, an abandoned game with heat and an outright win

against Port Adelaide.

Round 5 against East Torrens. We batted 1st and made 174 which was competitive but unfortunately

not enough runs. Highlights were Fraser Agnew making 54 off 108 balls and Nathan Marshall 54 off 79

balls. In reply East Torrens made 5/207 with Bradley Lewis pick of the bowlers with 2/20 off 11 overs.


Round 6 A 1 day game, saw Sturt make 8/196 with Max Parsons taking 4/48 off 8 overs. Unfortunately

we fell behind the required run rate very early and needed nearly 8 an over off the last 20 overs and

despite our strong batting line up the target proved to be beyond our reach. Something for us to work on

in 1 day games going forward. Best with the bat were Dylan Branford with 35, Jared Zunic 29 off 31 balls

and Jack Hawke with 22 no.

Round 7 abandoned

Round 8 v Port Adelaide, Port was all out for 49 in the 1st innings with all bowlers doing the job they

had to do with L Hodder–Trenwith having the best return of 4/13 off 10 overs. The request to the boys

was to not only score the required runs ASAP but also build the biggest lead possible in the 16 overs

remaining so we could declare overnight and chase the outright the following week. James Reuther 33,

Fraser Agnew 28 and Nathan Marshall 21 no, all helped us to score over a run a ball and we made 3/103

off the 16 overs. The weather was kind to us the next week. We declared overnight with a 54 run lead

and then got Port out for 52 in their second innings to win by an innings and 2 runs therefore not

having to bat the 2nd time. Once again all bowlers did the job they had to do with James Reuther the

best of the bowlers taking 5/10 off 6 overs. To dismiss sides for these amounts bowlers need the support

of the fieldsmen and we only dropped 2 catches over the 2 innings and took some excellent catches over

both weeks. Outright wins are rare in junior cricket, well done to the group as all players contributed.

From an individual perspective, congratulations to the boys who have had solid performances with bat

and / or ball all year who made the Western Grit Junior Redbacks carnival team (Agnew, Branford,

Hodder-Trenwith, Marshall, Reuther and Zunic) with L Terry named an emergency. The focus for this

talented team for the rest of the year is to bat and bowl in partnerships, continue to field well each week

by creating run outs and taking catches, then the results will take care of themselves and by the time the

next Eagle Eye issues hopefully we can be discussing finals performances. Many thanks to all parents for

their ongoing efforts every week in setting up grounds, packing up and scoring.

Daryl Marshall Team Manager


UNDER 14 WHITE

No report as no matches were played in January due to abandonment due to weather or forfeits.

UNDER 13 RED

The U13 Reds are one-and-one since the last report to still be sitting in second position on the ladder,

well placed to claim a spot in the Grand Final.

With a number of players unavailable in the first week of Round 5, the team took the field with 8 and

bowled well to restrict Grange White to 114. Harry Cook and Luca Paolo were successful and

economical, picking up a wicket and going for just 5 and 9 runs respectively off their 7 overs. Billy

Hawke did the most damage taking 3/12.

With a full side in week 2, the boys just couldn’t quite get the job done. After a strong start from Billy

Hawke and Tom Brown the batting fell away and we were all out for 85 in the 42nd over.

In the Round 6 one-dayer to get us going after Christmas the boys secured a hard-fought victory against

top ranked Fulham in the penultimate over. What looked like being an imposing total was cut short

when Fulham lost their last 5 wickets for just 4 runs to be all out for 79 in the 23rd over. Harry Cook and

Charlie Edmunds both took two, while all fielded well. Fulham then showed why they are top and put in

a great bowling display, pressuring us all the way. While Luca Paolo and Jack Hawke top scored, special

mention must go to Hayden Welsh, Nick Boeyen and Sammy Turner who did the team thing and

sacrificed their wicket looking for quick runs when the game got tight.

Andrew Boeyen Manager


UNDER 12 SHIELD

12 Statewide Cup ran during the last week before Christmas, bringing together members of our Ray

Sutton Shield team with players selected in our Young Eagles development squad and boys who play

U11 and U13 cricket for us on a Sunday morning. What resulted was a young and inexperienced group

of boys who played some good cricket and developed greatly throughout the week. The format of the

carnival was 4 x T20 fixtures and 2 x 40 over fixtures. Whilst the raw results of the week (2 wins, 4

losses) may look underwhelming at a glance, the improvement of every player through the week is hard

to measure. As a team they improved considerably, and were very impressive in beating Prospect on the

Wednesday, the first time many of them had played a 40 over fixture, and taking a much older and more

hardened Glenelg team to the last over on the Thursday, where they left myself as coach and all the

parents extremely proud of their efforts in an ultimately narrow loss.

Congratulations must go to Charlie Edumunds, who led the team exceptionally well, and Thomas

Brown, who with 134 runs @ 26.8, including his first 50 (51* vs Glenelg) was amongst the carnivals

leading run scorers. Thanks to all players and parents for their support throughout the week,

particularly team manager Glen Brown and Greg Hawke, who scored the entire competition.

Nick Maegraith Coach

SAMCA U11 & U13 CUPS

The SAMCA U11 and U13 Cups were held during the 1st week of January.

Representative Teams from WSJCA, NEJCA, SCJCA and PDJCA competed in the carnival and our West

Torrens under age teams form part of the WSJCA (Western Suburbs Junior Cricket Association).

Matthew Loveder: 0401 654 800


In the U11 WSJCA team, WTDCC had 3 boys selected: Ryan Paul, Jack Gray and Charlie Croft-Speake.

All performed soundly during the week with the team making the grand final but unfortunately had a

close loss. Congratulations to the 3 boys for making the team.

In the U13 WSJCA team WTDCC had 5 boys selected: Charlie Edmunds, Billy Hawke, Jack Hawke,

Rhys Kozned and Nathan Marshall. Another WTDCC Junior, Luke Terry was also in the team

representing Flinders Park also Mitchell, one of our Young Eagles squad, who represents Fulham.

Nathan Marshall’s performance in the U13 SAMCA competition has been outstanding. Playing a

previously unbeaten side (SCJCA) that had only lost 6 wickets as a team in 2 days, Nathan bowling his

left arm off spin, took 6/15 off 7 overs with 2 maidens and had 4 of them clean bowled. Another WT

player, Rhys Kozned, also took 3/35, so the WTDCC spinners took 9 wickets between them for the

match bowling in tandem to help WSJCA win the game and have a home grand final. Nathan had a

competition total of 8/28 off 22 overs with 9 maidens along with a score of 35 earlier in the week.

Then in the grand final chasing a score of 202 off 40 overs, Nathan Marshall and Mitchell Kennedy each

made 50 retired not out batting in the top order and Luke Terry also made 41 not out, to help WSCJA

reach the target with 4 overs to spare. A great week for Nathan, Rhys, Mitchell Kennedy and Luke and

congratulations to all the boys for making the team.


HISTORY CORNER

HOOKESY, WORLD SERIES CRICKET and WEST TORRENS

By Michael Sexton

In the summer of 1977 Kerry Packer’s fracturing of cricket led to a clandestine meeting at Football Park

in Adelaide. Richie Benaud and Austin Robertson flew over to nut out a deal with administrators of the

West Torrens Cricket Club. The pair carried with them the approval of their boss to use his legal muscle.

No notes were taken. No evidence of the meeting formally exists. At the conclusion only handshakes

committed everyone to a plan that could see them all in court and West Torrens ostracised from the

South Australian Cricket Association.

Why? “We did it,” says club President Denis Brien “out of loyalty to Hookesy.”

Denis first met David Hookes when the boy’s mother Pat brought him to a junior net session he was

running.

“This is my son David and he wants to play cricket,” she told Denis. The coach looked at the kid’s blond

hair and then his bare feet. This could be a problem. The arches of his feet tilted from inside to the

outside while one leg was shorter than the other. Consequently his legs were severely bowed. The

orthopaedic specialist gave the family two options – leg irons or going barefoot. They chose the latter

and so the boy’s first day of school was the first time he wore shoes.

He did have his own bat (which was smaller than the other kids). He then produced a pair of spikes from

his little bag and put them on, assuming he was now ready. Denis kept spare gear and so kitted him out

with pads, gloves and a box. He liked him and encouraged him to follow his instincts and use his gift.

“He had an eye like a dead fish.”


As Hookes advanced people wanted Denis to correct his style especially his footwork. His reply was

“God knows more than me and he put it in so I am not taking it out.” Hookes played as a teenager at

West Torrens in the B grade where Denis was captain.

“I think if we had corrected him more he would have been a very, very good A- grader but allowing him

to have flair he became a charismatic player. “He proved how well he hit the ball in the Centenary Test.

He should have had six boundaries in a row if Derek Randall hadn’t stopped one.”

Away from cricket, things were not always easy at David’s home as his parents’ divorce played out

bitterly. Denis became a surrogate father and Hookes became a surrogate big brother to the Brien

children. One Friday night Hookes rang Denis to tell him of his engagement. After congratulations were

passed, he asked if he and his fiancée could come over because he feared his home would be swamped

when the announcement appeared in the morning newspaper.

“So we hid him here,” says Denis. It didn’t take long for Advertiser journalist Mike Coward to join the

dots. With no one home at Hookes’ house he called Denis enquiring “is the eminent left hander at your

home?’ “Not sure I will have a look,” he replied. Hookes agreed to talk to Coward and a photographer

snapped the happy couple by the mantel piece in Brien’s lounge room. Denis tells the story pointing to

the spot.

His knowledge of the game and its people gathered as a player, coach, administrator and historian

stretches from 1857. The only piece of cricket memorabilia in his sitting room though is a wagon wheel

of the record breaking 462-run partnership of Hookes and Wayne Phillips against Tasmania in 1987.


Watching the freedom Brien gave Hookes was a remarkable sight – the flashing blade bruising the

pickets square of the wicket at Adelaide. He bought into the Favell-Chappell ethos of entertaining

cricket that included risking defeat to claim victory. In his second season for South Australia Hookes led

all Sheffield Shield batsmen by averaging 79. In February 1977 his scores were (v Victoria) 163 & 9 (v

Queensland) 185 & 105 and (against NSW) 135 & 156. Then came his debut against England in the

Centenary Test. Hookes became the bright young face of World Series Cricket but in agreeing to sign,

more than any other, he mortgaged his future.

Most stars in WSC had already had big careers but Hookes was just starting at international level. The

Packer players were banned from any form of establishment cricket. Forget ever playing at the MCG or

Adelaide Oval again. The players had to train at school grounds. “We allowed David to practice [at West

Torrens] but the others wouldn’t,” says Denis. “Glenelg wouldn’t even talk to Ian Chappell. Ian made

contact asking if I could get him a clearance to West Torrens which I did.” This is how we get to Richie

Benaud and Austin Robertson sitting at Football Park with senior West Torrens officials.

The SACA told its district clubs they were not to include any WSC players. If they did they would be

stripped of their points. It was in line with grade clubs around the country. Packer’s people didn’t

believe the ban would stand up in court and wanted to challenge it under restraint of trade laws. If

successful it would allow all WSC players back into their clubs. Trouble was they needed a club willing

to risk its season for them. West Torrens took the risk.


“We agreed we would pick David whenever available from WSC, likely be stripped of all points as a

result and then let the case work its way through court,” says Denis. It was a huge wager on a principle.

“I think that was the culture of the club. We were all close. We are all in this together,” says Denis.

What happened? That week of selection Andy Roberts dug one in short at the Sydney Showgrounds.

David Hookes mistimed his shot and his jaw was shattered. The test case fell through. In 1978

rapprochement with the establishment began allowing WSC players back at district level.

This week Denis Brien held a net session for junior boys and girls at West Torrens. The 76 year old still

has spare gear in case any kids turn up short of something. He is club President but says he has seven

jobs.

At one of the grounds he will visit this weekend there are sightscreens that were built for WSC matches

at Football Park. There is a Hookes memorial. It is for both David and his mother Pat who served as a

volunteer administrator at the club for more than two decades.

[The article originally appeared in footyalmanac.com.au on 11th November 2016 and is reprinted with

author Michael Sexton’s kind permission. Michael is an ABC journalist with an avid interest in sports

history. His ‘scribblings’ include ‘1964 a Game, a Season, a State’; ‘Fos Williams on Football’ and

‘Playing On’ a biography of Neil Sachse, a former SANFL and VFL Australian Rules footballer, who was

left a quadriplegic after an on-field accident in a 1975 VFL game.]

PAST PLAYER PROFILE

SWAIN Brett Andrew LHB - LAMF

b. Stirling 14 Feb 1974

West Torrens 1990-91 to 2001-02 (57 A grade games) SA 1995-96 to 2001-02 (22 games)

23 first class matches Debut No. SA 536 WT 427


WT Debut v. Sturt at Hawthorn, February 1992 aged 17y. 351d.

631 runs @ 17.53 H.S. 54 v. Adelaide at Kings Reserve West, November 1995

178 wickets @ 16.55 Best 7/38 v. Woodville at Woodville Oval, December 1999

(Hat tricks x 4, 10WM x 2, 5WI x 11)

SA Debut v. New South Wales at Adelaide Oval, January 1996

255 runs @ 9.80 H.S. 36 n.o. v. Queensland at the Gabba, January 1999 8 catches

71 wkts. @ 27.98 Best 5/59 v. Queensland at the Gabba, January 1999 (5WI x 1)

All First Class Debut AIS Cricket Academy v. N.Z. Cricket Academy at Trust Bank Park, Hamilton

N.Z. April 1995

264 runs @ 9.42 H.S. 36 n.o. v. Queensland as above 8 catches

72 wkts. @ 28.47 Best 5/59 v. Queensland as above (5WI x 1)

DLO Debut v. Victoria at Adelaide Oval, February 1998 19 matches

84 runs @ 16.80 H.S. 35 n.o. v. A.C.T. at Manuka Oval, Canberra, January 2000 4 catches

13 wkts. @ 48.46 Best 2/16 v. Western Australia at the WACA, February 2000

S.R. 78 E.R. 3.69

Tours Australian Under 19 team to NZ 1992-93 Australian Youth Team to New Zealand 1994

Achievements: AIS Cricket Academy scholarship holder 1994 and 1996, SA Young Cricketer of the

Year, SACA Club Bowling Average and Aggregate 1997-98, Sheffield Shield Winners 1995-96, Only

player to take four hat tricks in SACA, A Grade Cricket Premiership player 1992-93 (University)

Other Clubs University (1992-93 to 1994-95 conscript) and Woodville (2002-03).

Cricketing Family Twin brother Scott (West Torrens) Grandfather Tim Wall


A genial left handed medium fast bowler who had the capacity to move the ball considerably in the air,

both into and away from the batter, Brett Swain played a little of his early cricket with Port Adelaide but

transferred (with twin brother Scott) to West Torrens and played his first senior cricket in 1990-91. The

following season he began in C grade but made a meteoric rise to A grade. Unfortunately he was lost to

University under the SACA residential by-laws for the next three seasons while he completed his degree.

Possessing deep repositories of stamina he had somewhat of a penchant for hat tricks. On his return to

West Torrens from University Brett took his first hat trick at Adelaide # 2 on 7/10/95 in the first match

of the season, against Woodville. He began by having Geoff Parker caught by Ben Smith, then bowled

Denis Hickey and Michael Lawton and finished with 7/48 from his 19 overs. Unfortunately for the

Eagles Denis Hickey decided later that afternoon to emulate Swainy’s feat removing James Pyke, Jason

Foster and Matt Minagall, sending the team sliding to defeat. Brett’s twin Scott, opened the innings for

Torrens and was removed by Hickey for a duck.

Two years later he repeated the feat in the inaugural Quinn-Isaac Cup match at Adelaide Oval (8/11/97)

against East Torrens when he bowled each of his victims Twomey, Polkinghorne and Urban. He

finished with the fine figures of 7/53 from 19.5 overs but again the side lost. On Sunday 19 December

2000 at Woodville Oval Brett Swain not only rattled the Peckers with an outstanding 7/38 but became

the first player since the S.A.C.A. competition began in 1873-74 to take three A Grade hat tricks. In that

performance Brett had Mark Holton caught by Mal Howell at second slip, then had Michael Munn l.b.w.

and wrapped up the hat trick by bowling Ian Redpath with an unplayable ball. This time the side won.

On 19 January 2002 Brett wrote himself into the S.A.C.A. annals as the only player in the 129 years of

S.A.C.A. grade cricket to take four A grade hat tricks in a career - already the only person to have taken

three ! With Prospect needing eighteen runs to win from the last four overs with four wickets in hand,

he showed why he was often called upon to bowl ‘at the death’. Brett then began his nineteenth over. Off

the second ball he bowled Stuart Williss, the third went to third man for a single, the fourth had Peter


Richardson l.b.w., with the fifth Brett bowled Mick Harden and he trapped John Worthley l.b.w. with

the final ball of the over. Four wickets in five balls to finish with 4/58.

Seven of the twelve hat trick wickets were bowled, three l.b.w. and the other two caught in the slips

cordon, showing the immense value of bowling line and length. The unique quality of all four hat tricks

was that in each case the ultimate wicket was bowled or l.b.w. Brett had an excellent pedigree as a new

ball bowler as his grandfather Tim Wall (who played for Port Adelaide and Prospect) opened the

bowling for Australia, once took all 10 wickets in an innings against N.S.W. but never took a hat trick in

district cricket. When his contract with the South Australian team was not renewed for the 2002-3

season he contemplated retiring, but with encouragement from some West Torrens people decided to

continue. Unfortunately he didn’t see fit to play with the Club which had supported him, but transferred

to Woodville.

Brett’s best performance in 1st class cricket with the bat was 36 n.o. v. Queensland at the Gabba in

January 1999 and in the same match had bowling analyses of and 4/63 (29 ov) and 5/59 (21.4 ov)

including Australian representatives Ian Healy (2x), Jimmy Maher, Andrew Symonds and Martin Love.

While conscripted to University Brett played in their A Grade Premiership of 1992-93 when he took

5/62 from 20 overs against East Torrens. Brett and Scott are one of the only two pairs of twins to play A

Grade for West Torrens. The others were Leslie (debut 17 Oct 1914) and Reginald Lanyon (debut 23 Oct

1915) who were born at Truro on 11 October 1888.


OBITUARIES & ANNIVERSARY

It is with sadness that we report the Deaths of

Istvan ( AKA ‘Steve’) JUHASZ, father of former Test representative and West Torrens Premiership

player Tunde Juhasz. ‘Steve’ passed away suddenly on 14 Dec 2016. The sympathy of everyone at the

Club is extended to Tunde, her children Elliott and Darcy and her mother and also to her partner

Michelle.

Mavis Clara POINTON grandmother of promising Junior player Lachlan (Lachie) and mother and

mother-in-law of Simon and Ashlynne. Mavis died in Minlaton on January 14th aged 93. Our sincere

sympathy is extended to the whole Pointon family.

The Club sincerely hopes that the families can work through the grieving process with great support

from extended family and friends and the West Torrens District Cricket Club.

Anniversary David William Hookes – b. 3rd May 1955 d.19th January 2004

David is arguably the most talented player produced by our Club and played more tests (23) and first

class matches (178) than any other locally reared son. He played his first A grade game on 11 November

1972 against Woodville at Woodville Oval. He was aged seventeen and went on to state cricket at twenty

and Test cricket at twenty one.

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In the 1976-77 Sheffield Shield season he played consecutive innings of 163, 9, 185, 101, 135 and 156,

which included four centuries in eleven days, and became only the second player (after Surrey’s Tom

Hayward in 1906) to score a century in each innings in consecutive first class matches. This led to his

selection in the Centenary Test and then the 1977 England tour with the Australian team when he was

second on the Test and first-class averages to Greg Chappell. The boy from Clifford St, Torrensville was

suddenly a name on every cricket fan’s lips when he became a pawn in the struggle between the

Australian Cricket Board (now CA) and Kerry Packer. Packer eventually won and Hookes became the

youngest of the World Series Cricket players and one of its draw cards during 1977-78 and 1978-79

seasons. Unfortunately an Andy Roberts bouncer crashed into his jaw at the Sydney Showground on 16

December 1977 and inflicted the worst injury that he suffered in a long and fruitful career.

‘Hookesy’ died after being assaulted at St. Kilda when celebrating with some of his Victorian team mates

(he was Victoria’s Coach at the time) and Redback mates after a Domestic One Day game at the MCG.

About 10,000 people attended his funeral at the Adelaide Oval on 27 January 2004. They arrived from

England, Germany, New Zealand, all Australian states and of course Torrensville. His life, talent and

mateship were saluted by politicians and parkland cricketers, the elite of the sporting world and captains

of industry, pensioners and school students, media and mates - anyone who appreciated what he had

given to sport.

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to or former stalwart Peter and Suzy George on the birth of Hugo Mitchell George in

Queensland on February 6th. A Brother for Zara Adela who was born on 28th May 2015.


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