ACC Yearbook 2020/21 by Applecross Cricket Club

Acknowledgements This Yearbook is the result of hard work and dedication by the Applecross Captains and Committee. We would like to take this time to thank them for everything they have done both on and off the field. This year, over 150 Men and Women have played for Applecross Cricket Club and we had great success both on and off-field. The Yearbook is the continuation of new direction for the ACC and we look forward to everyone enjoying it. I would like to personally thank Russell Kingdon for all his hard work over the years in creating and publishing the ACC yearbook and Tristram Fletcher for his recent efforts in updating old yearbooks. It's a huge job keeping the history of the ACC alive and without them we would not have such fantastic historical records If there are any errors, please let us know so we can correct them for future purposes.

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IN THIS YEARBOOK: 4 5 9 13 14 16 37 43 46 48 55 56 57 59 60

Sponsors Presidents Report Treasurers Report Committee 20/21 Coach Report Team Reports Womens Reports T20 Reports Milestones Statistics Hullett Medal Count Team of the Year Award Winners Hall of Fame Photos

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Presidents Report

Another year down and one of the busiest years the ACC has had in recent memory. It’s been an absolute pleasure once again to lead the club as President and it’s time again to recap another year in the life of the ACC. On the field the club had another good year and we fell a handful of wins short of what could have been a superb season. Our best performances came from the 2nd XI, led by James Birbeck, who had a great season but were soundly beaten by a very strong Fremantle Mosman Park in the Grand Final. Extra recognition must be given to this side too as the majority of the line-up played for the 3rd XI last season and worked hard through pre-season and in training to be one of the best sides in their grade. The development of these players will be integral to our success over the next few years. The OD3 XI had a superb season and lost to a very strong Swan Athletic Caversham in the Semi Finals. Captain James Dockery led by example with his best season of his career with both ball and bat which led to him deservedly taking home the Mark Hullett Medal at the end of the season. The 1st XI had a solid season and would be disappointed not to make the Top 4, missing out by just a handful of points. Josh Petersen led the team well throughout the season and the club will do all it can to keep this group of players together. The 3rd XI were skippered by Ryan Carmody who took the side to the brink of finals, missing out by just a single game. If not for the COVID disruption this season the 3s most likely would have made finals and had the talent to have a real tilt at a flag. The OD1 XI led by Angus Castley were disappointed to be playing in a higher grade this season after being promoted from OD2 but showed that they were up to the task by finishing the season in 6th, narrowly missing out on a finals berth. If not for a handful of injuries to key players through the season, this side would have definitely made a challenge for a flag.

The 4th XI were always going to be a tough side to skipper this year but Lenny Blakey did a fantastic job leading a young and at times inexperienced side throughout the season. These players will all benefit from playing under Lenny this year and will hopefully come back stronger next year. Our Colts and T20 sides both made finals and will look to go 1 better next year, hopefully bringing home some more flags in the future. Our Women’s teams led by Sam Kershaw and Vic Matthews both had good seasons and Red took home the Minor Premiership. Both teams saw a good retention of our experienced players and a great injection of new players who made their debuts this season. Although it was disappointing to not bring home another flag this year, the quality of the competition has improved significantly and the Women’s teams will look to take it a step further next season. One of the most pleasing outcomes of this year has been the superb retention of the playing group across all grades whilst seeing several talented new faces join the club. We are a club full of young players and to retain the core group is a great achievement by the club. Off the field it’s always busy at the ACC but this last 12 months has been especially frenetic. We had another successful year financially which was a great result considering the interruptions brought about by COVID. Achieving a profit in a season where sponsorship was halved and the club reduced player fees was especially impressive and Chris Thomas as Treasurer must be commended for his hard work ensuring the club made a profit. The club once again held multiple events throughout the year and I’d like to just make a special mention of a couple of them that were particularly memorable. The Women’s team took full charge of Bogan Bingo at the start of the season as their main fundraiser and ran a great event that we hope will become a staple of the ACC Event Calendar. The Auction Night was a great success with the club raising around $10,000 on the night. A huge thanks to all who were involved with the organisation of the evening, the money raised went a huge way towards the club making a profit in 20/21. Past Players Day was a particular highlight for the season with a great showing from those associated with the ACC over the last 46 years. It was great to see players who participated in the first season of the club’s history turn up on the day and an honour to have family of those inducted into the ACC Hall of Fame present to accept on behalf of their loved ones who are no longer with us. It was also great to see the OD1’s playing alongside their son’s and daughter’s, in some cases for the first time ever, as the ACC Sixes was played for a second successive year.

We had great progress with the facilities at the ACC with the completion of the changerooms at Bert Jeffrey Park and the commencement of the works at Shirley Strickland Reserve which will be completed during the 21/22 season. These facilities will give the ACC a superb foundation to build on in the future and help to attract new players to the club. The merger with the Ardross Junior Cricket Club is close to being finalised and the pathway for junior boys and girls will be far clearer, allowing the ACC to continue to grow and giving the club a much more certain future. More will be confirmed during the offseason but we expect everything to be in place for the 21/22 season. Finally, a few thankyou’s to some people who have made the 20/21 season such a success: Tristram Fletcher who is the most incredible Vice President anyone could hope for. There is so much that goes on behind the scenes that no-one knows about and his dedication to preserving the club history by entering old scorecards into MyCricket is one of the largest jobs undertaken in the club’s history. A huge thanks for everything Rowdy has done for the club this year and in the past. To the outgoing Treasurer Chris “Mad Dog” Thomas, a huge thank you for keeping the clubs finances tight over the last 3 years. The strong financial position the club has now found itself in is down to your tireless work and keeping me in check. We hope to have you back in the position in the future To Sam Macnamara, our outgoing Secretary, a big thank you for your continued efforts of the last few years and likewise we look forward to having you back on the committee sooner rather than later. To the committee who continually support both me and the club in everything it does and always puts the best interests of the club first. To Murray “Muzz” Sutherland for his continued efforts at the BBQ on a Thursday, at the club on a Saturday and for all ours events. Your tireless efforts are the epitome of what it means to be a volunteer. To James Birbeck, Tegan Barendse, Shaylyn Johnson and everyone else who have helped run and organise he bar this season. To Josh Petersen and Dixie Joy for their efforts curating Bert Jeffrey over the last year and making it one of the best grounds in the competition.

To Al Field and Mark Matthews for their coaching efforts for the Mens and Womens teams respectively. Their continued efforts to improve our club have not gone unnoticed. To everyone who has got involved doing the smallest things like carrying items from the changeroom to the clubhouse or packing away stumps at the end of training. This is a club run by volunteers and every little helps when it comes to keeping this club running smoothly. I am thankful to all who have helped out and supported the club and me personally throughout the season. And finally to my family, especially my wife Tegan who has allowed me to be President all whilst we have our newborn Alfie at home and to my father Elton who has always there to give me advice when times have been tough. It’s a huge honour to lead the ACC as President, one that gives me so much pride and joy and I’m hugely excited for the year ahead with the ACC.

Treasurers Report

The Applecross Cricket Club would like to thank the following sponsors for their continued support throughout the year: -

Bradford Legal Salt Property Group Kyalami Lawns Panchos Mexican Restaurant Clancy’s Fish Pub Canning Bridge.

On behalf of the committee and the club, we would like to say a big thank you to the above sponsors. Without them, we simply would not be able to operate as a club. 2020/21 was a tough year for small businesses and shown by the reduction in sponsorship income. As per normal, I would firstly like to thank Murray Sutherland for his tireless efforts throughout the year, once again. “Muzz” is a huge asset to our club and once again paid dividends in excess of $1,200 for his efforts in the kitchen. The 2020-21 year was another profitable year for the club and second in succession. We recorded a net profit of $8,864 (2019/20 - $25,050) for the 2020-21 financial year. It was still a tough year given the pandemic, restrictions and the odd snap lockdowns imposed. Given the abrupt closure to the 2019-20 season, there were reduction in WASTCA fees and other Government grants available. As a committee, we decided to pass on the stimulus and reduce player and membership fees.

Our bar traded at a profit of $19,263 (2019/20 $20,278) which was very similar to the previous year bar income. The auction night was again an incredible night and well organised by the committee, in particular Jack B and Rowdy. A special mention to all of the donations made by members and associates. We drew a total of $10,922 (2019/20 $8,155) during the night, which was an astounding effort. Our other events included the bogan bingo, AFL grand final day, beer pong and the quiz nights continue to be a success and a great night for all. Thanks too all involved in the organisation of these events. A special mention to our bar staff for all your work throughout the year including, Yarbs, Tegan B, Jack B and Shaylyn along with others who helped with the bar. Player/member fees were slightly lower this year at $27,831, in comparison to $35,481. This was to be expected due to the reduction in player fees (as mentioned above) and there was also 1 less men’s side compared to last year. Our process of weekly fees continues to be a success and assists with the clubs cashflow. Albeit, it is an onerous task for captains but we thank you for your patience and assistance in collecting fees. As always, there are a few minority of members who still do not fulfill their fee obligations. Other income sources to note and certainly a worthy mention, is the WA recycling incentive. Jimmy Cresswell instigated the scheme and as you would see, plenty of recycling bins around the club. We received $374 and also recycled hundreds of cans/bottles which is a great effort by the club – great work Jimmy! As mentioned above, there were more grants available to sporting clubs due to COVID and we received a total of $11,772 in grants, which was certainly a great help for the club financially. Our major costs were equipment ($12,038) such as playing and training balls, which are always a major outlay. Player uniforms were far less at $3,934 (2019/20 - $7,813) due to importing from overseas, and a thanks to Cheese and Jack for organising. Turf hire and curation was $18,810 compared to $12,500 in 2019/20. This was due to a handover from the exiting Dixie to Josh Petersen and was expected to increase. As we are now responsible for cutting the outfield, there are additional costs such as fuel and other ongoing repairs and maintenance costs, that were not incurred in previous years. A big thank you to Josh and Dixie for preparing the grounds at Bert Jeffrey, the outfield was one of the best in the association!

There was a purchase of a new mower for $5,500 at the tail end of the 2019/20 season, which was also funded from retained profits. WASTCA fees were lowered slightly this season due to COVID etc. and certainly helped all clubs financially. It was looking like a tough year with a lot of uncertainty around playing and complying with restrictions, scanning in etc. Although it was another successful year financially and good reflection on the hard work the committee does. This is my last year as treasurer due to other commitments and I would like to give a big thank you to all committee members (past and present) who have assisted me during my three-year term. It was an enjoyable experience, and I am sure I will be back in the future. I would like to give a special mention to Jack and Rowdy who were acting president’s during my time as treasurer. The amount of work they do behind the scenes as incredible and it is a thankless, stressful and big task, which often goes unnoticed. Thank you to everyone and good luck to the income treasurer! Christopher Thomas Treasurer

Profit & Loss

Committee EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Jack Barendse PRESIDENT

Tristram Fletcher VICE PRESIDENT

Chris Thomas TREASURER

Sam McNamara SECRETARY

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Cam Burrage

James Birbeck

Dylan Frearson

Sam Kershaw

Victoria Matthews

Seb Woods

Murray Sutherland

Liam Whipp

Jayden Matthews

James Cresswell

Coaches Report

Alastair Field

Firstly I would like to thank Jack Barendse & the committee for giving me the opportunity to coach the club this season. The 20-21 season started waaaaay back in July 2020 when I started chatting with Daggy about getting him to bowl over his front foot & in the process bowl with more pace & accuracy. Those conversations moved to nets down at Shirley Strickland. We would have had 6 or 7 quality sessions with the likes of Will Dagg, James Birbeck, Seb Woods, Matt Edwards, Josh Brennan, James Cresswell,, Josh Petersen & Reid Klopper all working on little improvements from the previous season. We had pretty good numbers at our 4 weeks of Leeming indoor sessions with a number of new faces down at the club. We then moved down to the home of Cricket “Shirley Strickland” for our regular Tuesday & Thursday sessions. Early numbers were quite good, which gave us the opportunity to do some extended fielding sessions & some fitness work at the end of the night. People were up and about which is great. I will say though from that point numbers dropped off pretty quickly. To the extent we never had enough numbers to comfortably drop people off for fielding drills during the session. I really had a clear vision of having 3-4 bowlers max in the nets at any given time. Rotating the bowlers (giving them a rest) & also allowing the batsman to do extended fielding sessions, in turn working on a really important element of the game. Unfortunately numbers dictated that was rarely possible. In turns of coaching, we put a lot of work into whoever was willing to learn & try improve their technique. We have an abundance of knowledge at our disposal & was happy to see people not afraid to help out their fellow clubman / mate with issues they could see. Long may that continue.

I’d like to firstly thank Josh Brick (Bread) Brennan for being the rock all season. It wasn’t an easy task coordinating the nets & coaching. Yet at the same time working on his own game, next Guava is on me mate… I’d also like to thank the following guys who gave me a hand throughout the year & showed great initiative in doing so. Josh Petersen, Will Dagg, James "Yarbs" Birbeck, Matt Edwards & Cam Burrage. Really appreciate the help. As he club moves forward to the upcoming season & beyond I have a few comments that may help the club’s training. I would implore the committee to discuss the following when possible. Try to change the Wednesday turf training to a Tuesday. The demands on guys trying to train 3 nights in a row is too much. Also I believe it’s important our top cricketers are involved on the Thursday night, heading into a game. Upgrading the nets. I know the club is working towards doing this. I would say the major factor would be the light. A heavy emphasis is to have the best natural light possible. Numbers at training. Never easy to change this. It does historically change from season to season. But the importance of training needs to be made clear to everyone. Thanks again for the opportunity afforded to me Al Field

1st XI Report

Games Played Wins Draws Losses Final Position

12 7 1 4 5th

Captain: Josh Petersen

This 20/21 season began with plenty of hope and excitement for the 1st XI squad. A key bonding session held at the Cooper household during preseason set standards and outcomes together we wanted to achieve. These included training standards, adding to an already positive club culture presence and performing on game day. Making finals was going to be a par finish, with playing in a grand final regarded as a pretty good season. Fortunately, during the off season some senior Applecross men in Al Field and Chris Cooper played massive parts in creating a team environment in which a host of experienced players wanted to be a part of, including senior statesmen in Jayden “Big Hands” Gaudieri and Lachlan “Boss” Hogg. Preseason training started wonderfully with Josh Brennan and Cheeso taking the coaching reigns for the year. The usual preseason feel of excitement was easy to see with Will Dagg coming in with 5 months of training under his belt, sending down thunderbolts from 14 yards to Matt Edwards who effortlessly put them through midwicket. Impressive from Will was his field setting. An 8 – 1 field and Matt put it down the fieldsman’s throat every time. Reid Klopper again looking the business with and impressive score in the scratch match, followed by the downing of a crisp craft ale in an even crisper corduroy long sleeve. Signs were promising with a win against Halls Head in a preseason T20 match and a gallant defeat against Western Suburbs (L.Hogg 1 over 0/13). As we approached round 1 we knew that chat wasn’t going to cut it, performances is what we needed. Fielding an extremely strong line up against Kalamunda resulted in a 9 wicket victory thanks largely to a Matt Edwards 6fa. Some say it reminded them of the 1982 David Lynch film “The Elephant Man”, by how quickly Matt’s head had swollen after bowling 6.1 overs of half trackers. At the halfway point of the season, we were 4 – 2, losing to teams far beneath us due to poor application.

A highlight though was a very complete game against Curtin Vic Park which saw Cameron Burrage, after a Mark Hullett winning medal season last year, score his season high score of 71 in an opening partnership of 171 with Josh Petersen. Chris Cooper collected 7 wickets across our 2 bowling innings to have us fall narrowly short of an outright win. Thoroughly recharged after the Christmas break, we took on North Beach Carine in what is now known as the Chris Thomas straight drive/straight boi/ “Hey remember when I took that catch off Jaydo!” day. Coming into the last 3 games we were in the top four and our fate was in our hands. A huge victory against top of the table Swanbourne sparked by a Cam Burrage 5fa and a blistering half century to 1st team debutant Saad Afridi. It came down to the last game of the home and away season. We needed to win. Against a solid Bassendean side, we faltered and ultimately a season’s worth of hard work would go unrewarded… on field. Off field however was a better reflection of how I enjoyed captaining the 1st XI side this year. Cuppa clubs and post-game VB long necks made my year. We created an enjoyable team environment that carried one another when we were going well, and more importantly when we weren’t. I received constant support from all of the players with special mentions to my Vice Captain Chris Cooper, Coach Al Field, James Birbeck, Cameron Burrage and Chris Thomas, all of whom provided honest feedback and assistance when I needed it. It’s been an honour to fill this role for a club with such a proud history and even better, a promising future. Josh Petersen

2nd XI Report

Games Played 13 Wins 7 Draws 2 Losses 3 Final Position 2nd Lost Grand Final

Captain: James Birbeck

The 2nd XI saw a great deal of changes in the 2020/21 season with almost all of last seasons players leaving to the Scarborough Sharks. This meant relying on new players and players making the step up from last years 3rd XI. Fortunately, this is exactly what happened. Newcomer Saad Afridi was the batting highlight of the season, scoring 238 runs @ 34 and a ridiculous strike rate of 127 before his promotion and similar success in the 1st XI. Another newcomer Joel Evans provided a very steady presence with 183 runs @ 37 before being similarly dropped to the 1s. Long term 3rd XI players Seb Woods, Chris Thomas, Ian Cooper, Jayden Matthews and Liam McGarrigal all stepped up to have successful seasons in the higher grade. 2s stalwarts Joel Davies, Josh "Brick Bread" Brennan and David Scheffer had usual great contributions to the side. Adam Hankin was my favourite player of the season, his hard work and determination to improve bringing him a very successful year with the bat and ball. Adam is someone all club members should look up to and find inspiration from. Simon Shub returned from a season off to provide steady trustworthy performances on his way to winning the bowling award, taking 23 wickets @ 18. Dylan Smith made the most of being temporarily promoted from the 1s, scoring 304 runs @ 50.67 including a 150 against Kalamunda.

Sheamus Byrne was the 2nd XI’s best and fairest player, repeatedly bringing match winning performances with bat and ball. Sheamus took 21 wickets @ 20 with the ball and scored 120 runs at 17 with the bat. We posted an incredible semi-final win over Bassendean lead by Sheamus’s 6/54 and Saad’s 91 off 79 after coming in at 4/30. In the grand final we fell for Applecross’s 6th lowest total in any game ever, being dismissed for 32 chasing 101. What a FUNNY sport. All in all this was a very fun year of cricket and one to be proud of. Loads of guys made the jump to full time turf cricket and stood up to bring wins any time a game was on the line. I’d take losing in a grand final every year if it means hanging out with the great group of fellas I got to spend approximately 270 hours with. All the best, James Birbeck

3rd XI Report

Games Played Wins Draws Losses Final Position

12 5 2 5 5th

Captain: Ryan Carmody

Season 2020-21 was very much a tale of two halves. Our best was good enough to win the flag, our worst was terrible. We missed out on finals by the skin of our teeth. Knowing after Xmas in the two-day format we comfortably had the measure on the eventual grand finalists, it left a disappointed feeling know it was a lost opportunity. The weather and covid God’s were not too kind to us, with two games being called a draw when we had significant totals on the board. At the end of the day we have ourselves to blame for not making it to finals, we did not capitalise on things we could control. If nothing else hopefully lessons were learnt, and we are all better cricketers for the experience. Overall, the season was very enjoyable and a pleasure to captain group. It was a cross section of blokes who came together well. One thing that was consistent was the vibe and off field side of things. I got to know a number of blokes who I other hadn’t played or had too much to do with. It would great to see them all go around in a red cap again next season. Due to a plethora of injuries and unavailability from the top sides it meant that it was a revolving door of players coming and going. In total had more than 40 players come through the team during the season. At stages we had half of the eventual 2nd XI finals team, at other stages we were blooding new players and giving them an opportunity. It brought about the emergence of several particularly good players including our eventual fairest and best Shabab Minhas, Prashant Madan, Chris Tweedie. It was a delight to play with guys I haven’t much before, Michael Grainger, Michael Matthews, Richie Connell. As well as a delight to see the stalwarts go about their business, the likes of Antonio Sujeevan and David Scheffer who had very good seasons with the ball.

Season Performance: Round 1 – vs Western Suburbs (1D) We opened the season in a narrow seesawing loss to the eventual premiers. They scored an impressive 219 off 40. We were our own worst enemy bowling 24 wides. We gave it a real tilt. Shabab gave us a fleeting hop scoring 75 off not many.

Round 2 – vs Murdoch Melville (1D) We came up against our cross town rival, bowling first we conceded 8-192 on what looked to be a good batting deck. The wickets were spread but again sundries hurting with 20. In the chase we were always behind the 8-ball, eventually getting bowled out in the 38th over. Round 3 – vs High Wycombe (2D) This game as declared a draw with day two being called off due to rain. It was unfortunate as our game was the only one in our grade that didn’t get on. Week one we posted a 173, very respectable out there, lead by Casey with 66. Round 4 – vs Ocean Ridge (2D) Although not the strongest opposition, the job still had to be done. Desperate to notch our first win of the year I won the toss and elected to bat. We made an imposing 332 for 5 on Stricko, which we all know is a slow outfield. Everyone got in the runs this day with 50’s from Jamie, Grudge, Seb a great century by Hanks and impressive 7 by the President. We bowled them out for 66 with Farbio being a bully and taking 6 for 24 of 19. We enforced follow on and had them 4-78 before running out of time. Round 5 – vs Subi Marist (2D) Back at the home of cricket they won the toss and posted 179. Dave Scheffer bowling an impressive 26 overs 6-46. In the chase we were in all sorts and 3-14. Enter the great PJ, teaming with Scheffer to put on a century partnership. With us still behind the run rate and losing wickets the new bloke to the club Tweedie (not to be confused with Teedie) got us home clubbing some huge sixes into the construction site. Round 6 – vs Wembley Districts Playing against the undesirables from Wembley is always an interesting game. This would be no different. With both sides losing about 5 players from the week before it wasn’t one for the spectators. Getting bowled for 105 and then both opening bowlers being injured it was an up hill battle. Whippy, Yoda and JB gave us a chance, but 8 dropped catches cost us dearly. They stumbled across the line 8-109 with a couple balls to spare. Round 7 – vs High Wycombe (1D) Batting first we lost 3 for not many. Number 4,5 & 6 saved the day; JB 50, Matthews 54 and Scheff 27, and a quick fire 32* from Tweedie we ended up with a nice 7-223. In reply they were never really in the hunt, succumbing for 151 with the poles spread. Round 8 – Murdoch Uni Melville (2D) Losing the toss and getting sent in on a pitch that traditional is beautiful to bat on was a bit of concern. And in early trouble it looked a good move. We steadied the ship and led by Matthews with 72 we posted a very defendable 8-206. Good supporting acts from Shan and Tweedie with 30 and 39 respectively. Day two was very much about two guys. Hanks opened the bowling and I could not pry the ball out of his hands. He bowled a whopping 32 overs 6-90. At the other end Shan came on and cleaned up the tail with 4-35.

Round 9 – vs Western Suburbs (2D) We won toss and without hesitation chose the have a hit. It was a warm day and the confidence was sky high. I copped an absolute jaffa in the first over, from there the runs flowed, every other bat reaching double figures including Casey 50, Elliot Ireland 31, Shabab 47 and my favourite Eddie Swan 57. We made an enormous 9-295 on what is general a slow outfield. Winning this game, and how the other matches in the grade were set at the end of day one would most likely have meant the top 4 was locked away, with us in 4th and the next closest side almost out of reach. Enter blundered hotel quarantine and a covid outbreak, the game was declared a draw. This is where the train derails. Round 10 – vs Wembley Districts We chose to bat, shit the bed and got rolled for 133. In reply they chased it down easily. Round 11 – Bassendean (2D) I was away for this game so cannot comment to how it went. The score book will suggest that Suj took 5-32 and having the bottom side 6-49 would mean things are going well. They battled to 138. In the chase it was not off to a flier losing an opener with the score on 0. Enter night watchman Suj. Day 2 he faced 102 balls for 17. The wheels fell off and they were all out for 108 including losing 3-4. Season over Round 12 – Ocean Ridge (1D) With finals out of the question now, and few unavailable we mixed things up a bit. Shabab opened the batting making 85. There is nothing else to mention in this game except Suj taking one of the most spectacular catches I’ve seen on the field at 3rd slip. Our fielding and bowling for the most part was great across the year. Except two standout scores, (one against an inept side) we really didn’t set the world on fire with the bat. There were brilliant individual performances but not smart team batting. I very much encourage players to bat freely and to their strengths, but also play to the situation. If we lose a wicket be sensible, if we lose two quickly dig in to stop the opposition momentum. On too many occasions we lost 3 for not many, allowing the opposition to pile the pressure on in every aspect.

Individual Performance Summary: The batting leader board was led by Shabab, Michael Matthews, JB, Casey and Grainger. Michael Matthews was impressive making some big scores from the top order, on one leg (waiting for his knee reconstruction). Early on I threw Michael Grainger to the top of the order, he got us off to a few fliers with some 50’s. Bowling this year was dominated by the wise old dogs, the tally lead by Scheffer, Farbio, Shan and Suj. They would often take the lions share of the load, holding up an end for half the day, taking wickets at a stingy run rate. JB and Hanks were exceptional with both bat and ball throughout the season, the latter making a huge tonne and a six fa. Fielding was generally speaking very good both on the ground and in the air. The standouts, Grudge patrolling the covers, sure hands of Matthews and Swanny talking rubbish and holding everything in the grippers. Our best & fairest was Shabab Minhas. He averaged 40 with the bat, getting us out of trouble a few times. He was also a handy change bowler taking a few poles and is exceptional outfielder. All in all, I was disappointed how we ended the season blowing a good chance of playing for a flag. When that subsided I again realised that the season for all other aspects was very much a success, and that was for all the other reasons we play cricket: for the club, for your team mates, for the laughs, the comradery, a beer and laugh after.

4th XI Report

Games Played Wins Draws Losses Final Position

11 1 0 10 7th

Captain: Lenny Blakey

After a good pre-season and the arrival of some new players to the ACC, it was with high hopes and palpable excitement that we took to the field at Stricko for the first game of the season. A nice blend of youth, experience, fun and positivity was unfortunately not enough, as we posted only a modest total with the bat. We defended well right to the end, but they passed us nine down. We continued to compete well through the subsequent rounds, especially in the first half of the season, with some close losses and a win. However, it was our batting that remained susceptible throughout the season. We had some useful contributions, including 50s to Craig Fletcher, Cam Atkin and Geoff Swingler, but no one dominated and we couldn’t keep up any real consistency, failing to make any 200+ totals. Our bowling and fielding efforts were solid throughout, but we only bowled out the opposition on one occasion. Nick Edwards (13), Ieuan O’Donohue (11) and Amit Verma (9) led our wicket-taking, but we had plenty of other contributors. Amit was also our best fielder in the team and could consistently be relied on across the season. Being the 4th XI, you always have a good mix of players come through the grade (upwards on their way to glory, or downwards on their way back from it !). This encouraged some great social interaction and ACC networking as players moved into different teams. However, we probably lacked a bit of stability with 39 players through the team across the season.

Although our overall performances meant we didn’t finish well on the ladder, we always seemed to have good morale and banter on the field and I thoroughly enjoyed playing with all of the other players to grace the team. I would especially like to thank Nick Edwards, who was my vice-captain for the season. Nick has a very good cricket brain and can always be relied on for a word or three of advice. It helps that he’s also a very handy cricketer, being an exciting middle order bat and quality bowler, pace or spin. I would expect Nick to push for higher honours at the ACC in years to come. Lenny Blakey #65

One Day 1 Report Games Played Wins Drawn/Tied Losses Final Position

18 8 3 7 5th

Captain: Angus Castley

Season 20/21 started full of promise but unfortunately ended in disappointment. After a disappointing end to last season where we had finished second in the OD2s but had not been given the opportunity to play finals due to the initial impact of Covid-19 in a season where we felt we were a good chance to win the felt, we were elevated back to division one. The one-day division one competition is a very strong competition, littered with high quality players. The competition has become very high scoring so that these days scores of below 200 are often difficult to defend in the 40 over format. We started the season by welcoming to our squad the titanium – kneed, Andy Walton, club stalwart Chris Teede and the returning prodigal son, Leigh Wardell-Johnson. We started with a home game at Shirley Strickland Reserve against Wembley Districts. Batting first on what we all know as a very slow deck we made 7 / 148 from our 40 overs. We felt this was a little bit light on as Wembley Districts are notoriously a very strong side. They were littered with ex-high grade players. A brilliant opening spell from Matt Campbell saw us take the initiative defending the score as we had them in trouble with Matt dismissing both of their opening bats cheaply. He finished with 2 / 10. In what was a very tight game we managed to bowl them out in the 38th over for 139 runs with Rocket starring with the ball (3/38) and Walts tidying up the tail with figures of 3 / 14. We held all our catches including some brilliant catching by Hack and Leroy and solid keeping by Rich. It was a fantastic win to start off our season.

Our next game was a loss to Western Suburbs where we made a score of 180 with Hack top scoring with 50. We were blown away by Western Suburbs who have some very good bats and who chased down our score in the 33rd over. This was a reminder of just how tough this comp can be. A game in the wet for shared points against Subi- Marist with Darren Monument making a fine 52 and Hully scoring 33 off 32 balls in a score of 7/159 was then followed by a big win against Freo-Mossie Park. Bowling first we kept them to 5/186 when their opening batsman hit a ton. None of their other bats could make any headway. For this game we were lucky to have the services of AB who had a very interrupted season which was tragically curtailed by injury (more on that later) and he finished with 2/24. We had a cameo appearance from Michael Gaynor who bowled an excellent 7 over spell of figures of 1 / 22. Batting wise we chased the score down in the 34th over with seven wickets to spare. Scores of 64 for myself and 40 from Matt Campbell (in an opening partnership of 97) and 40 from Hack sealed the deal. Mono chimed in with a handy undefeated 22 from 17 balls. At this point we were comfortably sitting in the top 4. We followed that with a smashing of Nollamara who we bowled out for 146. Jonno had the fine figures of 4/27 from 8 overs. It is a phenomenal feat to take 4 wickets in a oneday game and he was also on a hat-trick at one stage. Damien O’Hara chimed in with 2/19 with Rocket and Mono also taking wickets. The run chase was handled easily from 29 overs with 9 wickets in hand. Hully top scoring with 79 not out and Robbie Wilton contributing 38 not out. By this stage we were well and truly up and about but unfortunately, we received a wake-up call playing against Murdoch Melville only making 9/124 off 40 overs. Matt Campbell played a lone hand with 40, the rest of us coughing up our wickets to a lefthanded finger spinner in what was a soft and poor display of batting. Apart from the almost comical barbecuing run out of Rocket I think all other wickets were caught forward of the wicket. Very poor batting indeed.

Nonetheless we made them work hard for their victory. They were 8 down when they eventually passed our score thanks to great bowling from Jonno (none for 17 from 6 overs), Robbie (2/25), Walts (2/29), Rocket (1/23 from 6.2) and a fine 2 over spell from Hack who took 2/11. Had there been a decent wicket keeper (Rich missed this game) he probably would have had 3 for and we would have had them in all sorts of trouble and possibly would have won the game. Nonetheless we were reminded that blokes of our age need to put decent scores on the board because we concede too many runs in the field to younger opposition. The following week we played Swanbourne making 184. This was a watershed game because we started to see Andy Walton hit some form and we gained the services for the first time of Paul Holtham who will become a valuable member of our squad, is a great bloke and is looking forward to a big season coming up. I (Angus Castley) was lucky enough to top score with 104 with Walts making 31. With the ball we were all over them from the outset. I believe Rocket took a wicket with his first ball finishing with figures of 2/18 from 6 overs. Jonno once again taking 2 wickets and Shooter chiming in with 2 /19. Damo was almost unplayable taking 3/5 from 3.1 overs and Walts chipped in with a wicket. We caught extremely well. We had the services with our super sub, Oakley Monument (son of Darren) who took 2 fantastic catches on the day and mowed down runs all over the field making us almost look young again. We then had a tough game against North Beach Carine who were an excellent side who bowled us out for 115. Once again Leroy batted well in the middle order but with the biggest partnership for the day being the opening stand of 32 and only 2 batsmen reaching 20, we were always going to be up against it. Unfortunately, they passed us 5 wickets down with approximately 5 overs to spare. Round 9 was another close victory for us. Playing down at RA Cook Reserve on what is undoubtedly the best out field in one day cricket, we made a score of 9 /194. Andy Walton top scored with a brilliant 99. Unfortunately, he didn’t have enough support to push our score over 200 but it was a very defendable score even on a quick outfield. Bowling wise our bowlers did the job when required. We took wickets when necessary, with Damo engaging in a bit of his usual umpire whispering to get figures of 3/42 dismissing some very dangerous batsmen in the process including obtaining an LBW which is a rare feat for someone who bowls left arm away swingers. Hack also bowled tightly with figures 1/28 from 8 overs.

This was also the day that Rocket Eade came of age as a bowler when he was required to bowl at the death and in particular the last over of the game. He bowled brilliantly taking the final wicket and finishing with figures of 3/36. The game also memorable for the “unacceptable” behavior of one of their players eating all our team lollies and Damo’s Dick Tracy watch threatening to call him an ambulance. Another good win against Fremantle Mossie Park with Hack top scoring with 67 in a score of 8/180 from 40 overs was next. We bowled them out for 120 in 32 overs. This game was a sad occasion as one of the Fremantle Mossie Park players had recently passed away. The game was played in great spirt and with great respect for guys that we have played against for many years. Bowling wise this was the beginning of the Chris Teede show. Chris when he’s on bowls inswingers at good pace with good accuracy. This day he took 3/12 from 5 overs. He was blowing like he had run a double marathon. Shooter also took 2/11 with his handy offies, other bowlers sharing the wickets around in a strong victory. It was about this time that disaster struck. Having lost Mono (one of the best players in the comp) due to hammy damage and a broken finger after round 4 and AB (one of the best bowlers in the comp) having limited availability, a fateful training night on the Thursday before round 11 was a disaster. I copped one due to poor batting resulting in a broken arm and the end of my season. AB severely damaged his bowling shoulder and we lost him for the season. Hully had undergone a hip replacement by this stage and was already out for the season. Robbie Wilton was complaining of soreness and was about to tear his bicep tendon after being sconed in the nets early in the season by Walts whilst bowling. Our next game was against Melville. We made 6/163, Walts top scoring with 49. Once again, a lack of partnerships hurting us. Holths who looked a million bucks opening the batting with Cambo went down with a hamstring tear and had to retire hurt. This was followed in the field by Leroy also tearing his hamstring in a magnificent effort to save a boundary. We were trying to qualify both blokes for what we thought was going to be finals assault later in the year. Once again this was an extremely tight game. Hack captained the game beautifully and they only passed us with an over to spare and 3 wickets in hand. There was some fantastic bowling and fielding. Rocket 8 overs, 2/24 was brilliant with Hack taking 1/29 from 8 overs and Damo 2/32 from his 8 overs.

Adrian Hackett had taken over the captaincy and did a fantastic job for the rest of the season. It is not an easy job to captain so many opinionated players, many of them having high level experience as well as captaincy experience. Hack took on the job and did it with aplomb. He took a huge amount of responsibility with the bat and ball and remains the best fielder at the club. A forfeit in round 12 against Nollamara and then a Covid abandonment in round 13 against Western Suburbs had us still sitting comfortably in the 4. Round 14 was the beginning of the end. We only made 149 of 35 overs with Hack top scoring with 32. Our opposition (SM) were never really in the game but somehow managed to win it (an 80-run partnership for the 7th wicket doing the damage) passing our score 9 wickets down off the second ball of the final over. Teede with figures of 2/9 and Rocket with figures of 2/10 from 8 overs were outstanding with the ball. Purse who had been working hard in the nets got a trundle and responded magnificently with 6 overs 3/16. Our best victory of the year probably occurred in round 15 once again against Wembley Districts. Bowling first we dismissed them for 90 of 31.4 overs on their deck which is easily a 220 plus ground. Although I didn’t see it, I’m led to believe that Purse took an absolute blinder of a catch off a ball that was absolutely smeared at his head off Jonno’s bowling. Jonno once again ran amok with figures of 4/17 in an unbelievable display of high-quality bowling. Teede chimed in with 3/21 from 7 overs, Rocket with a customary wicket and Damo with 2/10 from 8 was outstanding. The fielding was second to none, Rich’s keeping was on fire and to bowl them out for 90 on that deck was an achievement in itself. Solid batting by our two middle order stalwarts, Walts and Hack got us safely over the line in the 20th over. Unfortunately, from there we had some horror results losing to North Beach Carine who hit 204 on a slow outfield. Walts took 4/43 with Rocket, Mono and Shooter chiming in for a wicket each. Amazingly Leroy had returned notwithstanding his hamstring tear but was hobbling. With the bat we put up a good fight but could only manage 7/166 off 40 overs. Walts and Hack once again providing the backbone of the innings with the ever-consistent Matt Campbell putting another 20 odd on the board opening the batting. The partnership between Hack and Walts was worth 88, Walts scoring 55 and Hack scoring 30.

At this stage we were still well in the hunt for finals but a couple of disastrous results towards the end of the year killed that off. In the penultimate game of the season, we played Swanbourne at Winthrop. We have not lost to Swanbourne for many years and with a score of 8/236 from 40 overs we did not look like losing this game either. Top scoring was Mono with 76 from 61 balls, an absolute gem of an innings. Walts again made a handy contribution of 46. Walts was batting very consistently by this stage of the season and he together with Hack and Matt Campbell were the backbone of our batting line up. Mono had returned and was also batting extremely well. After 20 overs our opposition were 2 for about 70, pretty much needing 8 runs an over for the balance of the innings. Unfortunately, they managed to stick around with one of their blokes hitting a fine 100 and another one hitting a 6 off the very last ball of the game to tie it. Pick of the bowlers was Walts with 4/48 and Yarbs Birbeck with 2/40. Yarbs also contributed a fine 37 with the bat, although managed to cramp in the calf after about 2 balls into his first spell. He had instantly become an old man just by breathing in the fumes. The costly draw meant that the final round game against Bedford Morley was for fourth spot and a finals position. Bedford Morley had not lost a game since Christmas. We welcomed back Leroy and Holths and put a score of 9/154 on the board, Mono once again batting well with 34 from 30 and Walts contributing 31. Purse also mad a handy 20 in the middle order. Unfortunately, we were just not quite good enough with the ball although, had a caught behind decision gone our way things might have been different. They managed to pass our score with 10 balls to spare and 6 wickets down and that was the end of our season. Having said that it was still a wonderful year of cricket. We have added some talent to our squad with Andy Walton, Paul Holtham, Chris Teede and Leigh WardellJohnson.

We were greatly heartened by the return of our team favorite, Bruce Calder from a near death experience the year before. Dogsey handled the bat well at times during the season but unfortunately injured his knee in about round 5 which put him out for the balance of the season. His courage, perseverance, Thursday night stamina and good humour were an inspiration. We lost many players over the course of the season with significant injuries including Darren Monument who is one of the best players in the comp. He only managed 7 games for the season but was still our 5th highest run scorer with the highest batting average of 51.25. Mark Hullett will be back next year with his new hip; Robbie Wilton is already teeing off golf balls so he will be right next year and I’m confident my arm will be healed. We are expecting a big comeback from AB and with the addition of Walts, Holths and Leroy things look good for next year. I’d like to mention Rich Campbell. He flies beneath the radar. He is a fantastic keeper who is often having to dive full length down the leg side to try and prevent wides from turning from 1 run into 5 runs. He comes up to the stumps to bowlers of all paces putting pressure on the batsmen. He rarely concedes sundries and is a most reliable wicket keeper. He’s also a hell of a good bloke. Thanks to Jonno Seen who took 2 bags of 4 fa and handles all our financial and other administration for the team. He’s extremely well organized, a great bowler and a great pair of hands in the field. He’s also very handy bat who I think is just starting to realize his ability with the bat. Thanks for all you do for our side Jonno. To Hack I’m sorry that you got dropped into the captaincy role. I know it’s not the easiest role, but you handled it beautifully. You took the change to the situation in your stride and batted solidly throughout the season. Your fielding is unsurpassed in the competition and the club for that matter. Special congratulations to Shooter who played his 400th senior game for the club this year. He is an extremely talented player in all areas of the game and is only the second player from the ACC to reach such a significant milestone. Hopefully you have a few more in you yet Shoot!

To the rest of you blokes as always it was a pleasure playing with such a great bunch of blokes and Dunsborough was a hoot as always. Thanks BC for your generosity. Congratulations to our award winners; Adrian Hackett for his Fairest and Best as voted for by his peers; Andy Walton for winning the batting award with an aggregate of 408 runs at 31.38 and a highest score of 99 John Eade who rarely fails to take a wicket and finished with 22 wickets at an average of 18.18 and an economy rate of 4.3. Rocket is also great in the field always putting in maximum effort. Thanks to the club and Jack Barendse for a great job this year and thanks to my teammates for once again affording me the honour of leading the side.

One Day 3 Report Games Played Wins Draws Losses Final Position

19 9 1 8 4th

Lost Semi Final Captain: James Dockery

After the abrupt end to season 19/20 and the possibility of a flag cruelly taken away from the OD3 side, the start of the 20/21 season was much awaited and the team hit the ground running from game 1 with every intention of going one better than last years 2nd place finish. With Tristram "Rowdy" Fletcher at the helm to start the season, we won our first 3 games of the year with some great team wide performances, highlighted by a 78 run partnership between Dangerous Dan Rogers & Rowdy in game 1, 49* in a chase of 125 by Geoff Swingler in game 2 and a 119 run partnership between Jack Barendse & Rowdy in game 3 - with Jack scoring 69 off just 59 balls. Unfortunatly the next 5 rounds leading up to christmas saw us win only 1 and lose 4, although we saw plenty of excellent personal performances in those rounds with myself taking 5/35 against Bedford-Morley in round 5, new to the club Joe Covic & James Dockery putting on an unbeaten 77 for the 6th wicket against North Perth in round 7 to secure a crucial victory, with Covic making 49* on debut and Aamir Abbas making his first career ton with a firework filled 113 against Bassendean in round 8. We entered the christmas break 4-4, sitting just inside the top 4 mainly owing to our win in round 3 against Swan Athletic where every other team had been rained out for the weekend. Before round 7 Rowdy approached me and asked if I would like to take over the captaincy - an opportunity that i wholeheartadly agreed to take on and am extremely grateful for. Rowdy has been an excellent skipper over the past few years & it left huge, almost impossible boots to fill. I am extremely thankful for the way the team accepted the change of captaincy, it was a very smooth transition and we soon started to put the wins on the board that would lead to us eventually playing finals cricket.

Rounds 9 through 13 bought with them 2 wins, 2 losses and a covid related draw and more solid team & personal performances throughout. The team really started to gel as a group and we found a never say die attitude which led to us often taking large clumps of wickets at points in games where it seemed like the game was getting away from us.

Case in point being against North Perth in round 12, when they were 1/89 just after drinks & looking like piling on a huge score, until we took 7/30 including 4/1 in the space of 18 balls and eventually restricted them to a score of just 158 which we chased with relative ease. Belief was building in the team and the push for finals was on. Rounds 14 through 18 arrived and it was a fairly simple equation for us - win 3 out of 5 and beat Bedford Morley in that and we would be in the finals. We started the last batch of 5 rounds with a clinical performance against top side High Wycombe out at Scott Reserve, with James Dockery & Jimmy Cresswell combining for 16 overs 4/20 opening the bowling, and Joe "The ice man" Covic seeing us home yet again with a superb 35* in a small chase. Round 15 saw a tight win against Kalamunda with Covic & Dockers once again seeing the team home from a tight position of 5/73 chasing 123. Heading into round 16 against Bedford Morley we knew that if we won we were in the finals, and it was an incredibly spiteful game. With several Bedford Morley players having to visit the tribunal afterwards, I was extremely proud of every single Applecross player that day for not overstepping the line & playing our cricket hard but fair. It was a very tight game, with Bedford making only 104, before we slumped to 7/78, however some brilliant late order hitting got us home 7 down with plenty of time to spare. With finals secured, we dished up a fairly lackluster performance in round 17, although it was highlighted by a brilliant 4/14 from 8 overs by Richie Connell. Last game arrived and we knew we would likely be playing our opponents Swan Athletic the week after in the semi final. We piled on our best team batting performance of the year, making 8/195 against a bowling attack that head been regularly dismissing teams for under 80 all season, however we once again delivered a sub par effort in the field and couldnt quite do the job with the ball. We had finished the regular season in 4th spot with a record of 9-8 and 1 draw. This lead to a semi final showdown with Swan Athletic out at Lilac Hill. The team was full of confidence after the previous weeks tight loss and it certainly showed with our bowling & fielding effort. We managed to keep Swan Ath to a score of 142 which was outstanding, the highlight being Fillip Ranieri's 3/20. We had a great start with the bat, being 3/106 after 27 overs, however we were unable to capitalize on our start and ended up collapsing badly to finish 119 all out. Rowdy batted almost the whole innings to be 3rd last out in the 34th over, having opened, with a marathon innings of 39. Not the greatest way to finish what was a great fighting season, we had to fight all year to stay inside the 4 and to almost steal a victory in the semi final against the eventual premiers and clear strongest team all year in Swan Athletic, it was a season to be proud of for every single player that played a game for us. We will be back with the strong desire and fire in the belly to have another tilt at the flag in 2021/22, and can only be stronger for our efforts this season.

Stats wise the contributions were spread far throughout the season, with Aamir Abbas topping the run scoring, making a club leading 466 (439 regular season) runs at the top of the order, James Dockery coming in 2nd with 223 and Joe Covic making 181 at an average of 45.25 in his first half season for the club. With the ball Dockers topped the wicket taking with a club leading 34 wickets (32 regular season), Paul Slack-Smith was second with 14 and Jimmy Cresswell rounded up the top 3 taking 13 wickets, with the superb average of just 10.54. Aamir Abbas also took out the fielding with 10 catches, whilst Joe Covic lead the club in stumpings with 4 for the OD3's (5 overall). We had a few milestones throughout the year - In round 4 Rowdy played game number 250 for the club , in round 6 Paul Slack-Smith hit his 2000th run for the club, Rowdy took wicket number 200 for the club in round 14 and in the semi final I played my 100th game. Dockers also took out the association bowling agregate award. Whilst there are too many people to thank, I would like to single out Tristram " Rowdy" Fletcher for his captaincy in the first 6 rounds and immense support and advice given to myself thereafter, Paul "Slacky" Slack-Smith for taking up the vice captaincy role once i took over the side & his invaluable advice throughout the season one and off field, Jack Barendse, for the mountain of work he does for the club as president, but also the support & advice he offered me throughout the season and of course Alastair "Cheese" Field & Joshua "Bread" Brennan for running training all season. I re-iterate that all the players that represented the OD3's this season should be incredibly proud of their efforts. It was an absolute pleasure rocking up to play cricket with all of you every saturday & I absolutely cannot wait to do it again next year and for many more seasons into the future. Dockers

Womens Coaches Report

Mark Matthews

"It was the best of times. It was the worst of times” 2020/21 was truly a tale of two seasons for the ladies’ red and pink teams. The Red team, captained by Sam Kershaw, completed a strong campaign ending in a semi-final loss to near neighbours Kardinya Lakes. This success was facilitated by the team managing to maintain a strong presence of experienced players throughout the season with minimal disruption to the list of available personnel. Victoria Matthews’ Pinks endured a very different set of circumstances. Quite early in the season key players became unavailable for various reasons and, as if that was not enough, the fates had further suffering in store for them. Covid, (God stiffen it!), caused disruption in many ways including the abandoning of two scheduled games against opposition from whom they would have expected to take maximum points. That fortune was not smiling on them was reinforced when the game against Cockburn, being played in Hamilton Hill and in which they were in a very strong position, was washed out. At the same time the Red team, playing at home, experienced a few light showers and went on to win. It was not all bad news however; valuable contributions were made to both teams by new players, some of whom joined at the beginning of the season and some after the Christmas break. I will not go into great detail as there are too many deserving of mention, (also there are too many surnames that I stand a good chance of mis-spelling) but a good showing was made by not only our Australian women but also our international imports from Britain, South Africa and Sri Lanka.

The skills of the players, many of whom had little or no cricketing experience prior to coming to ACC, continue to improve. Several games throughout the season highlighted areas where even greater strides need to be taken. The number of extras given away remains far too high, 36 in one 20 over match is too many. The main problem is with wides and no-balls, byes are becoming less of a worry as the wicket keepers gain in experience. James Dockery is to be thanked for his continued efforts to improve the ladies’ bowling abilities and also attending games in order to act as scorer. Unlike the other teams at the club, players in the women’s competition are not allowed to score at a match in which they are playing. It has been difficult to obtain volunteers willing to either stand at square leg or score and thanks are due to those people who, often at short notice, have given their time to help. You know who you are! The Perth Scorchers Women’s league is in a state of flux and it is not currently known exactly what form the games will take next season. Whatever the changes to rules or formats the playing skills required remain the same. Any help that can be given to assist the girls to develop their abilities will be welcome. It would be good if during training, particularly on Tuesday evenings, some of the bowlers from the men’s teams could bowl a few overs at the girls. This would help immensely in providing some consistency in the balls faced by the batters. As evidenced by the number of extras, the girls bowling can become a little erratic at times and it is rather counter-productive if, after me having given some advice and batting technique, the next two balls land in an adjacent net. Perhaps some of the women who feel competent enough could be included in some of the general fielding drills, as this is another area in which we need to improve. So far ACC women’s teams have consistently been the strongest in the competition but the opposition is improving and so must we. Although this is classed as “Community Cricket or Participation Cricket” make no mistake about it these girls want to “participate” in a competitive manner. Any assistance to enable them to do so is more than welcome. ACC women are becoming more and more involved in the development of female cricket in Western Australia and are regarded as leaders in the field, as evidence the fact of Sam Kershaw becoming a member of the board of CricketWest. (Well done her!). I will leave it to the captains to sing the praises of their players but I do want to thank them all for their efforts throughout the season. I am also extremely grateful for the support given by the club president and vice-president during the season as well as all those others who have helped out from time to time. In conclusion I would urge all the girls to work towards putting the teams back where they belong, at the very top.

Women's Pink Report Games Played Wins Drawn/Tied Losses Final Position

11 3 2 6 5th

Captain: Victoria Matthews

This season saw both Women’s teams start off with an ACC women’s derby. Unfortunately for Pink it wasn't the best start to the season and gave us a taste of things to come. Despite really strong performances throughout the season, results never seemed to go our way and we were on the wrong end of a number of close loses meaning the side never quite got firing. Despite results not going our way, there were some real positives throughout the season and each game Pink played against the eventual Top 4 sides ended in very narrow defeats so there is a lot for the team to be positive about going in to next year. Everyone bought their A-game this season with Hannah Appleyard and Hannah Innes both having an amazing season with the bat, passing 25 on 4 separate occasions each and both finishing inside the Top 10 batters for the whole competition. These two players consistently bring it on the field and have improved year on year to become the most feared batters in the whole PSWL. There was some great new talent joining the club with special mentions having to go to Catlin Sweeney who donned the keeper’s glove for the first time whilst also playing her first game of cricket ever for the ACC. We also had Lily Gresele join the ACC, following in her father Brett's footsteps (who played 100 games for the ACC) and she immediately impressed with both bat and ball. There were also some really positive contributions from some new players late in the season with Kerryn O’Brien who impressed with the bat from the outset, Simone Grogan who improved so much in such a short time and Anusha Manickam adding some real talent to the side.

It was also great to see Amy Townson's hard work in training pay off as she recorded her best season with the ball and consistently took wickets throughout the whole season culminating in her taking home the Best Bowler award for Pink. Finally, it was great to see some many players return to the club, put in huge efforts at training and reap the rewards. This team will bounce back harder and stronger next season if we stick together and work hard to improve. That extra 5-10% would have made all the difference this year and seen us finish in the Finals spots! Pink had some great wins and some very close hard fought games, unfortunately even with giving it our all this season was not to be. Due to COVID and rain cancelling some of our games as well as a few injuries our efforts were not reflected on the ladder. Hats off to all who played on the Pink team this year, onwards and upwards from here. We can only get stronger. Victoria Matthews

Women's Red Report Games Played Wins Drawn/Tied Losses Final Position

12 9 1 2 1st Minor Premiers

Lost Semi Final Captain: Sam Kershaw

The Reds had some new talent to take the side this year, and we welcomed Lily Gresele who was our frequent opener of the batting lineup, Rebecca Hay with her stellar bowling in the side, Bella Welsh who was a gun all rounder alongside friend Lily. We saw Amber Allen venture over to Perth after Covid-19 hit in Victoria we were lucky to have Amber for majority of the season. The Reds were unbeatable in some absolutely challenging games with really tight wins against all clubs, unfortunately Covid-19 denied us of a few games so we were unable to play our friends over the road at Kardinya Lakes, but a row of games travelling to Cross Park to take on rivals Roleystone-Karragullen proved some really great games for both clubs. Early mentions for our first few rounds are the bowling efforts of Isuri Wijesinghe with some handy wickets in place taking out key players. Lily Gresele wearing the reds for the first time retiring most games so unable to get an average but proving she was super handy wiht the bat. Hosting Cockburn Blue at home gave the opportunity for Bella Welsh to debut for the club opening the batting lineup and taking a ripper run out alongside Amber Allen. Isuri, Sam and Amber to take home a handy 3 wickets each, huge stats against the club who ended up taking home the felt. Massive swing half way through the season when Jelena Sostaric decided she wanted to become a left handed batter, and ended up retiring every game after that big change, that is what we like to call the secret weapon. Hannah Francis with another mention taking a few games to get in the swing of smashing the bat during her time on the pitch, with a big game against Cockburn gold where she smashed a couple of boundaries fast and retired comfortably. Round 6 was a great game for the reds with taking on Roleystone Green at home, the reds all retired with not a wicket lost which boosted our percentage to sit nicely at the top of the table which was well deserved by the hard work and determination by each player.

Round 11 was an honourable mention when Nuwani Jayaweera debuted for Applecross and retired off a healthy 20 balls and took a wicket home under her belt. in the last round the reds took their first loss against Kardy, a tight game but a worthy loss with Kardys efforts. Shay Johnson taking a couple of wickets alongside Isuri, Caitlin and Hannah Francis. Bec Hay and Nuwani with 3 handy wickets. The end of the 13th round saw Applecross Red as worthy winners, we worked really hard to go into the first round of finals against Cockburn Blue, a tough team to match as they looked fit Batting first. We took some early wickets with a couple of ducks, but some great batting really set us back, Cockburn took a lot of our extras as bonus points, and in reply we just weren't able to return the batting as we went down by 7 runs in the end. Honourable mentions to each player that took the field this game, we couldn't have made the totals we made without each and every single player. Thank you to Mark Matthews who gave up countless hours weekly and Sundays, Also to Carol Waters who gave up her Sundays to learn the scoring and do it so well, without Carol we would have not had the ability of perfect live scoring. We are a team and win, lose or draw we do it all together. It has been great playing alongside my reds, and i wouldn't have it any other way. Thank you for making my role as the captain so easy

T20 Div 1 Report Games Played Wins Draws Losses Final Position

4 2 0 2 Lost EF

Captain: Matt Edwards

20/21 was a hard fought out year this season but we managed to work our way into finals with excellent bowling performances by all especially at the death where we clawed our way back into some games where they could’ve easily blown out to large totals to chase. Unfortunately we fell agonisingly close to another semi final berth this year falling one run short against Bassendean in the elimination final, who we also defeated us in the semi final last year. It was a good year all round with some good personal highlights for a few of the guys, Dylan “Smooth” Smith making it onto Channel 7 with an overrated caught and bowled effort, Cam Burrage with a more than run a ball 67 in round 1 to get us over the line against a newly promoted and strong Western Suburbs as well as almost carrying his bat in the elimination final to almost get us over the line. And Matt Edwards with a very classy skippers knock in the wet to win comfortably on Duckworth Lewis to get us into another finals berth for the 3rd year Running. Another good season of T20 gcricket giving the boys at the ACC a chance to unleash on a Sunday.

T20 Div 2 Report Games Played Wins Draws Losses Final Position

3 0 0 3 Lost EF

Captain: James Birbeck

The T20 Div 2 side had a strange little season, losing all three games and eventually being knocked out in the Elimination Final Unfortunately there were very few highlights for the year with no players scoring more than 26 with the bat and only Simon Shub standing out with the ball, taking 7 wickets at an average on 9.86. It was a good year to see the introduction of players who usually wouldn't play T20's for the ACC with James Dockery and James Cresswell both taking 3fas and Ieuan O'Donohue also taking wickets in his only game. Hopefully this season can be used as experience for coming years and the club continues to field a T20 Div 2 side in the future James Birbeck

Colts Report

Games Played Wins Draws Losses Final Position

4 1 0 3 Lost EF

Captain: Seb Woods

The 2020/21 Colts season was the start of a new era of young colts players. With the colts age dropping from 23 to 21 we lost nine of our eleven from last years team which left us with some big gaps to fill. The boys that played this season you should be very proud with your efforts managing to make it to the quarter finals losing against the eventual runners up Western Suburbs. Some key performances were Tom McGrath’s 35 against Subiaco Marist in a low scoring contest and Sam Pitkethley with 3/4 off 2 overs against Western Suburbs. I’d like to thank everyone who came down to support we hope to go better next season with the same group of young men. Seb Woods

Milestones Games Played Doug Stirling Matt Campbell Tristram Fletcher Vince Stackpole Stephen Wilson James Dockery Seb Woods

400 Games 350 Games 250 Games 250 Games 150 Games 100 Games 50 Games

Runs Len Blakey Tristram Fletcher Paul Slack-Smith Aamir Abbas Cam Burrage Matt Edwards Josh Petersen

50 Games 50 Games 50 Games

Wickets 4000 Runs 4000 Runs 2000 Runs 1000 Runs 1000 Runs 1000 Runs 1000 Runs

Hall of Fame Fred "Rocky"Grasso Aubrey King

Chris Thomas Matt Edwards Liam Whipp

Rob Wilton Chris Cooper Simon Shub David Scheffer Paul Slack-Smith Suj Shanmuganathan Tristram Fletcher Sheamus Byrne Jayden Gaudieri

450 Wickets 300 Wickets 250 Wickets 250 Wickets 200 Wickets 200 Wickets 200 Wickets 100 Wickets 100 Wickets

1st XI Caps #30 #31

Chris Thomas Carson O'Dell Ian Cooper James Birbeck Cameron Lucas Joel Evans Saad Afridi

#290 #291 #292 #293 #294 #295 #296

Association Awards Spirit of Cricket Award James Dockery

Applecross Cricket Club One Day Division 3 - East Bowling Aggregate

Milestones Centurions Dylan Smith Adam Hankin Aamir Abbas Angus Castley Josh Petersen

150 vs Kalamunda 127* vs Ocean Ridge 113 vs Bassendean 104 vs Swanbourne 100 vs Curtin Vic Park

4th Grade 5th Grade One Day 3 - East One Day 1 2nd Grade

6/12 vs Kalamunda 6/24 vs Ocean Ridge 6/26 vs Kalamunda 6/35 vs Curtin Vic Park 6/39 vs Swanbourne 6/46 vs Subiaco Marist 6/54 vs Bassendean 6/90 vs MUMCC 5/26 vs Swanbourne 5/32 vs Bassendean 5/35 vs Bedford Morley 5/40 vs Bentley

2nd Grade 5th Grade 2nd Grade 4th Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 4th Grade (Semi Final) 5th Grade 2nd Grade 5th Grade One Day 3 - East 7th Grade

vs Western Suburbs

T20 Div 2 - Semi Final

5 Wicket Haul Matt Edwards Ramon Fletcher Will Dagg Sheamus Byrne Adam Hankin David Scheffer Sheamus Byrne Adam Hankin Cameron Burrage Antonio Shanmuganathan James Dockery Ieuan O'Donohue

Hat Tricks Seb Woods

Statistics Batting

Statistics Bowling

Hullett Medal Count

Team of the Year

Awards Best Clubman

Russell Kingdon Presidents Trophy

Mark Hullett Medal

James Cresswell

Tristram Fletcher

James Dockery

Most Improved

Best Future Prospect

Tom Morgan Fielding Award

Adam Hankin

Saad Afridi

Adrian Hackett

Brett McGregor Most Determined to Succeed

Rob Wilton Batting Award

Ramon Fletcher Bowling Award

Seb Woods

Josh Petersen

Chris Cooper

Awards

Coaches Award

Most Improved Women's XI

Coaches Award Women's XI

Josh Brennan

Caitlin Sweeney

Aimee Clark

Spirit of Cricket Women's XI

Best All-Round Cricketer Women's XI

Shaylyn Johnson

Hannah Francis

Hall of Fame FRED GRASSO Rocky was one of the founding fathers of the ACC and held the position of Treasurer from 1977 and Secretary from 1978 until 1981. Fred has the distinction of opening the batting in the ACC’s first ever team to play finals, a great honour. Rocky was one of the important figures in the early years of the ACC and built a strong foundation for the club to continue to grow upon. Rocky sadly passed in 2008 but his legacy lives on.

AUBREY KING Aubs spent a relatively short time at the ACC before moving back to the UK but his influence on the club in that era was life changing for all involved. Aubrey is one of a select group who have perpetual trophies named after them and he regularly came back to Perth to visit the ACC and sit at the bar at Striko to have a drink and a chat with anyone he met. Aubrey sadly passed away in 2018 and is dearly missed by all who knew him

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