Jim05 wrote:Watson LBW second over ffs!
Reckon he was a bit stiff though

Ordinary team selection
Ordinary delivery
Ordinary shot
Ordinary umpiring

HW 17-13 [115]
FR 6-7 [43]

Well done to this champion team
They play attractive football
A pleasure to watch, hope they win Grand Finals if my team is not playing them

Ali survives a referral
When there is a referral , SHOULD we forget what the umpire adjudicates ?
If the ball hits the stumps whether it be middle stump or by a bees dick it should be
OUT

Cook OUT B Marsh 96
7/266

The Dark Knight wrote:

mal wrote:For Australia to make a cert of this game they needed to demand the commander wicket of Cook
EG 2/28

Still 8 wickets to go Mal, don't get too ahead of yourself at the moment.

England all out 103

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Want no ashes = Shane Watson

As I understand things
Th WB V AC game has been transferred to the MCG to maximise crowd attendance ?

This being the case the question must be asked
If AC were playing CO this weekend at Adelaide Oval, would they transfer it to the MCG were perhaps 75000+ would attend ?

Western Bulldogs have been disadvantaged

Should have been a draw
The Frampton non free kick appeared to be a very poor decision
Frampton would have almost certainly scored a goal with about 30 seconds left

Half Time
7-4 WWT
4-2 WA

WWT goalscorers
2 Wundke
2 Boyd
2 Ainger
1 Rowntree

6 of the 7 WWT goals scored by ex Southee Adelaide footballers

Going to be a close finish
WA might be too quick in the 2nd half
WA should still win from here

11-13 WT
9-11 WA

Great effort by WWT to hang on, I thought Westies had them about the middle of the last quarter

This makes me sick!! We come from 5th last year and run into Port in a Prelim while Centrals get a normal SANFL side that the Panthers beat by 6 goals a few weeks ago. **** the SANFL

Umm, so the team/club you couldn't beat on Prelim final day last year but they did on 1st Semi Final Day (coming from 5th) this year makes you sick how??

:shock: :shock:

What WCP is posting is that his team South were eliminated by an AFL reserves club last season
The same team South Adelaide voted NO against joining the SANFL


Had Port Reserves eliminated Centrals last week , Im sure there would be some Centrals posters feeling like WCP is
Same applies to West Adelaide the week before

Imagine this Ambays
Glenelg have a goods season in 2016
They meet Port Reserves in a Prelim Final, and are eliminated
How would you feel about that ?

About time an attacking team won a Grand Final
Godden , should not give up on the defensive style
It won flags for Bassett and Warren
Took Bassett a loss to CD in a GF before the legs got the 3pete

The irony of todays game is I reckon WA made more mistakes and turnovers than the other finals they played in and won
The overwhelming possessions they had was enough to win

Best team on the day beat the best team of the season

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez
baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack

Chad Sayers son of Dean 3/21
WA 4/56
Klinger OUT 4

We have missed Sayers so much, he adds a great deal to our attack - suddenly we look dangerous... WA 4/57 and the top order decimated.. really need to run through them from here!

Chuck a fit Putland in there too and we have a formidable bowling attack.

Putland yes
But dunno about Chuck, he has not kept for several years

Congratulations on Cosgrove on being the only SA player to make a half ton this match

At 5:30pm Sunday it was South Aussie with Cossie twice

Heres a few batters who I reckon have made a ton before they were 21 in the SS
If over 21, prob not by much ?

BRADMAN
CHAPPELL G
CHAPPELL I
CLARKE
CRAIG
HANDRICKAN
HARVEY N
HUGHES P
JACKSON
LEHMANN
MADDINSON
MORRIS A
PATTERSON
SHEAHAN
SHIELL
SILK
SLEEP
WALTERS
WATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTO ??????

As we can see a lot of these players went on to play for Australia
When players make tons at an early age , often enough it means they have a real ability to play International cricket

I estimate there would be about 100+ cricketers who have achieved the make a ton b4 21 ???????????????????
Ive not posted accurately saying that Head might be one of youngest ever at 21
But b4 21 is still an outstanding effort by any first cricketer

mal wrote:Alan Davidson
Bruce Reid
LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
Mitchell Johnson
Mitchell Starc

Generations of great left hand fast bowlers

Edited for accuracy

Its all about $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ at times
Not always about the players , the guys that create the entertainment
Whats the reason for playing pink ball day/night tests , is it about swelling up crowd attendances in Test Cricket ?

" Every now and then you get a ball you dont see and that puts a bit of doubt in your mind."
Thats what Chris Rogers has said in todays press

Mark Cosgrove said he couldnt see/or had trouble seeing some deliveries by Mitchell Starc in the night time SA V NSW Shield match this season

So there is 2 opinions more or less on the safety of playing at night

For every action there might be reaction
What will happen if a batsman gets hit , and then claims he had trouble seeing the ball ?
Then we might have reaction


As for me, I really enjoyed the pink ball day night test , but the players safety are my concerns

Gout - agony.

GOUT
Agony
I remember the first time I got Gout in my BIG toe
Getting a good nights sleep was difficult
Just having a blanket resting on my toe was excruciating

I visited the Doctor , who explained to me it was Gout
The Doctor prescribed me pain killers and Viagra
I understood about the pain killers , but had to ask why the Viagra ?
He explained , the pain killers for pain , Viagra to keep the blanket of my toe

Global Storm unplaced
I am a consistently terrible thoroughbred tipster on this site

locky801 wrote::shock: talking about snow in Tas tomorrow

John averaged 25.61 per wicket against Australia
If he bowled tomorrow , he probably would not do any better than todays West Indian attack
But then again John is 74 years old

That requires a reconstruction.

Gone for the season, probably the end of his career, pretty pissed off over this, this big bash is a farce, SA lose one of their top batsman and you can imagine other sides will lose players for the shield comp during the comp and no compensation

Imagine the disappointment for Sydney Sixers fans when Mitchell Starc got injured playing Test Cricket

1970
SA V AU

It was the 2nd test between the teams
South Africa led 1-0 , and ultimately won the series 4-0

Ali Bacher the South African skipper had asked the Australian skipper Bill Lawry for an earlier than norMAL toss
South Africa won the toss and elected to bat
Then it happened
Bill Lawry and the boys saw the grounds people mowing the pitch
By mowing the lawn , the green green grass of home was cut off
Bill Lawry was mad as, came out to the pitch area and remonstrated with the grounds people

According to the South African rules though , the pitch can be mowed , prior to the commencement of play , as long as it was done 30 minutes before the start of the match
DEAR OH DEAR OH ME
It would appear that the South Africans had tricked the Australians


SA 9/622 DEC
AU 157
AU 336
The South Africans annihilated Australia

This is speculative
Did the South Africans pre meditate the EARLY toss , with the view to mowing the pitch , if they elected to bat ?
Would the South African ground peoples have mowed the pitch, if Australia won the toss and elected to bat ?

For an impartial view , I will be interested in Jim05s opinion

The Big Blush !

Kapunda Trots today
R4-4 Is Life On Mars , won the race

Entertainment plus tonight
Djokovic with the raquet
Kohli with the bat
Watson with the ball

India won the last 2 games against Australia, an ODI and a T20
Just goes to show how important Flash Max is to the Australian team
No MAxwelL no Australia !

An example of why the win market should not relate to a place market
Horsham Race 7-5 Eumerilla Donny
Oaksy has this dog at $17-30 , and the 7th rated dog in a win 0nly assessment
Dog has not the speed to win this and would need interference to the others to win, but the dog is as strong as an ox, given some luck can run a place
It simply cant be the 7th rated place chance , but could be close to the top pick for a place

An example of why the win market should not relate to a place market
Horsham Race 7-5 Eumerilla Donny
Oaksy has this dog at $17-30 , and the 7th rated dog in a win 0nly assessment
Dog has not the speed to win this and would need interference to the others to win, but the dog is as strong as an ox, given some luck can run a place
It simply cant be the 7th rated place chance , but could be close to the top pick for a place

The Oaksy top rater won the race Silverdust [1]
Well done the top rating pick got up
My place tip Eumerilla Donny [5] ran 2nd
Lovely place div
Lovely trifecta div

Bounce of the ball wrote:

am Bays wrote:

Doesn't look like you am bays ?

Classic reply !

Focus
Ditto Booney
Brilliant flick

am Bays wrote:Who else is joining me at the Bay for the Shield final in March?

Posted 27/11

Has anyone heard from mal in recent times?

Have reset his password 1,000 times, but he still can't seem to log in :lol:

:oops:
My password is now reset
:oops:


How did I stumble on this site ?
I used to read mainly The Gambling Room posts for months b4 joining
Posters such as Punk Rooster, Bayman , Ecky, Dutchy, and Mighty_Tiger_79 provided some good reading in the embryonic days of this site
I knew most of the posters and was encouraged to join by some of them
i joined on this day 12 years ago 4/4/2006

RIG
i reckon this might be North Adelaide highest score ?

Round 6
Norwood v North Adelaide
Adelaide Oval ,Saturday , June the 2nd in 1934


The winner of the this match, North Adelaide, ended up in the top 4 at the completion of the round
North Adelaide climbed to 2nd spot
Norwood dropped to 5th spot
Birks had their 70th anniversary sale
John Martins had Joma bikes out at 5 and a half pounds
The weather forecast was fine at first and unsettled later

NA 7-7...13-10...22-13...26.16 [172]
NW 2-7...7-12....11.14...14-21 [105]

I reckon North Adelaides Ken Farmer , Sydney Burton, Jack Mackay , Rex Walter all had good form during the season
Alos reckon Norwoods Lavington Chinnery and Tom Woodroofe had good form during the season

As for this match
Made no difference at seasons end both sides missed the finals
NA with 9.5 season wins did better than Norwoods 5 wins
Glenelg won its first ever Premiership the year of 1934, after being in bottom spot at the end of round 6

They didnt play any South Australian football from 5/8/1934 until 18/8/1934
It was probably because Adelaide hosted the Claxton Shield and South Australia won

North scored 23-14 against Norwood later in the 1934 season at Prospect Oval

Apologies if any of this post is incorrect
It was such a long time ago

johntheclaret wrote:Is Bayman still around. He’d be 108 today

Yes he is a round , very round
Still eating lots , gambling lots, purving lots, still attending the SANFL
I reckon he has not missed a Glenelg SANFL match for about 40 years

Greyhound Results 26/6/2018
Winners in 2 of the races

The Gardens R4-8 LIGHTNING Paws
Gawler...........R3-1 Midnight MCQUEEN

What the ....
Lightning does strike twice

Been told a Gold Coast observer watched this game
Should he be recommending to draft number 16 for Norwood ?

Port losing streaks at Alberton
2010 rounds 7-11-13-15-17[5]
2011 rounds 14-17-21-23 [4]

In 2012 they lost their first 2 Alberton games in rounds 4 +5
So if we count the end of 2011 and the start of 2012 that is 6 losses in a row at Alberton

NA brilliant in the first half of the 2Q
6 quick goals, were on track to kick about 13 goals ....
NA tackled well, dominated in the air looked brilliant, played some of the very best football of the season, that Ive seen
Robbie Youngs tackling a feature, Mitch Harvey kicked what might be 4 match winning goals
NA 7-3, SA 3-4 half way through the qtr, it looked like NA might finish off the match at that stage

Give credit to SA in the 2nd half of the quarter they stopped the roosters from scoring another goal , and got one late
SA 4-5
NA 7-4

What Ive noticed is a lot of effort by NA in that qtr
Will they be able to maintain that intensity in the 2nd half ?
SA might be able to run and spread and make up the leeway

The move?
I think Jordan Sweet will be a star player
But late in the 2nd quarter Brooksby took a few marks and kicked a late goal
Should NA consider playing Alex Barns more n the ruck in the 2nd half ?
Or do you trust the talented Sweet from here on ?

Best from what Ive seen include :
NA : Harvey, Young , Clisby
SA : Brooksby, Liddle , Fields

Who will win?
I think SA can make a run at NA and it will be decided by a kick
Its a good lead to NA at present
Maybe
NA 11-10
SA 10-12

What a game !
Some good skill levels for the first 3 quarters
SA made a few costly boo boos in the last quarter, NA made less , pressure of an elimination final an excuse

SA had an excellent season, if they aint raped by the AFL , can be a BIG flag hope next season

Thring, Spina, Barns , Smith did enough when needed
Hender amazes with what he can do on a football field

Loved the umpiring style
Less charity free kicks, ala AFL

Loved the umpiring style
Less charity free kicks, ala AFL
Must have been watching a different game to me, the one I watched had 36 frees to North and 27 to South.
Was ridiculously over umpired and they even managed to give frees to the wrong sides sometimes, some in front of goal. ******* horrific umpiring.


Special emphasis on STYLE not interpretation
None of this asking for permission as to who is allowed to go up for the ruck
None of this infringing on the protected area
Less of the red hot holding the ball

I would regularly get on my pushbike as a young lad, and ride to Alberton Oval to watch the great PA teams in action in the 1970s
I would secretly half barrack for PA , but not admit to it

Of the players i would seek out to watch included these 4 players Russell Ebert , Johnny Cahill, Andy Porplycia and Randall Gerlach
Randall Gerlach was a BIG man , fantastic mark, really stood out as he played with a beard
He played up forward and rucked as well
PA was unfortunate to lose Randall Gerlach , but fortunate another bearded star, Timmy Evans , could replace Randall Gerlach in the forward line

There was some shattering news in the 70s
Star Hawthorn VFL rover Peter Crimmins passed away with cancer
Neil Sasche was crippled whilst playing for Footscray in the VFL
Randall Gerlach had to retire due to a kidney ailment in the SANFL

Randall Gerlach
R.I.P.

NA scored 1-2 with 19 players
Lets put things in another perspective
If, If , If , If
WWT had 19 on the ground and scored 1-2 instead

NA scored 1-2 to bring it from 20 points to 12 points down
If, If If , WT scored 1-2 with an extra they go from 20 points up to 28 points up

Ive changed my mind umpteen times about who should have been awarded this match
Im still undecided
The only thing now is, if you are a WWT barracker , you prob should feel hard done by

mal wrote:Port Mcquarie
Race1
Saturday 6/10/2018
Heres an interesting quinella
1 Jumper Leads
4 Charging Clear

Jumper leads wins
Charging Clear didnt start , was scratched

Also a special mention to JK
A: For setting up the comp
B : For his ultra consistent tipping

1945
Some parts of the world was in recovery mode , the SANFL resumed to a full league competition
The actions of WW2 made an impact in the SANFL in the season of 45

The 1945 Minor round finish
PA
NW
WT
NA
ST
WA
GL
SA


1945
FIRST SEMI FINAL 3/4 time
WT 6-10....8-12....10-14
NA 1-0.......8.4........10-7

2018
PRELIM FINAL final scores
WWT 4-1...7-4...10-7....14-10
NA....1-3...2-5....7-6......15-10

Some similarities in both finals
In both finals WT + WWT had BIG leads of 40+ points
In both finals NA fought back

Heres how the 1945 prelim final panned out
WT held a commanding 40 point lead at qtr time having 16 scoring shots to 1
WT 6-10
NA 1-0
It was a tight last quarter, when the electric bell rang to signal the end of the match, the scores were level
WT 13-22
NA 15-10
A crowd of 21,167 at that stage , had seen a draw in the resumption of SANFL finals after WW2
Most players had heard the electric bell , and stopped playing
Umpire Ken Aplin , one of the greatest SANFL umpires of all time, did not hear the electric bell
Jim Thoms , picked up the ball and took off bouncing the ball and eventually goaled
It was then that Ken Aplin realised the electric bell had rung and then signalled the end of the game
WT 14-22
NA 15-10
WT win controversially by 6 points , with a goal scored after the electric bell had sounded , instead of a drawn game

So that means 73 years ago NA were very very unlucky to be eliminated, as was WWT arguably unlucky with the 19 man controversy in 2018
One wonders whether NA protested to the SANFL or not ?
Should the game have been replayed ?
The result stood in 1945 as it did in 2018
NA barrackers could consider the 2018 win a payback for what happened in 1945 !

The relevance of WW2 is significant
Jim Thoms kicked the 'official' winning goal
Thoms had also played for Footscray 1937-1946
Footscray missed playing in the 1945 finals by 1 game
Carlton beat Footscray in the last minor round game of 1945 to take 4th spot in front of Footscray
With Footscray missing finals, and due to war service rules of the times, Thoms lined up and debuted for WT
So in effect Thomas played a VFL minor round season for Footscray and the 3 major round games for WT in the year of 1945
Had it not been for the war, he may never have played for West Torrens at all , hence the significance of WW2 on the 1945 SANFL finals series

So there we have it NA a bit stiff with he electric bell and then what you might call a RING in playing for WT !

A postscript to that first semi final was that on the Saturday night , disgruntled NA supporters broke into the Adelaide Oval and destroyed the bell
History now shows that from that ' time on' , a siren was used to signal the end of SANFL games

Simon Phillips announced his retirement, been a great servant for Norwood

Very true. A hard opponent who gave his all,

Just read his letter on the Norwood web page, That is how to do it.


A quality person, Simon Phillips. One evening four years ago, about an hour and a half after the end of a Sturt vs Norwood (which we'd been pumped in!) League match at Unley, I ventured down into the opposition rooms to see what the state of the rooms were in and there was Simon Phillips, by himself, no-one else around, picking up all the tape/rubbish off the floor! I said, "Mate. You don't have to do that!" "Go and celebrate the win with your mates." He said, "No. It should be left as we found it." Stuck with me. Clearly a quality human being.

You hear and read so many bad things about elite sporting players.
It is refreshing to hear about someone who must be as good a person and he was an outstanding footballer
It is also great to read when opposition supporters commend such players

Great post

He averages 50 + with the bat this season
He averages about 30 with the ball this season
He was in the squad that played Pakistan last series

His batting this Sheffield Shield season
13
57*
56
62
17
4
27
76*

Good numbers with the bat
One might ask, yeah but he does not convert his starts
But this Queensland player bats mainly at 8


Is he close to national selection ...

Corona Man wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:

Jim05 wrote:I’d rather see us winning personally.

So would I, gracefully.

Warner never does anything with grace.

Correct
David was born in 1986, William died 71 years earlier

Its that time of the month

Current odds Unitab
5-00 PERTH SCORCHERS
5-50 ADELAIDE STRIKERS
6-00 BRISBANE HEAT
7-00 HOBART HURRICANES
7-50 MELBOURNE STARS
8-00 MELBOURNE RENEGADES
9-00 SYDNEY SIXERS
10-00 SYDNEY THUNDER

Can Adelaide strikers go back to back winners in the BBL ?


For me , a great time of the Australian cricket season
I can watch Test cricket during the day and focus on what I consider the greatest form of cricket
Then switch on relax and marvel at the great 20/20 entertainment at night
They have hit the jackpot with 20/20 , a real cash 'boon'

Will be unchanged or M.Marsh for Handscomb
With the lack of movement and any other deviations/ variations, Handscomb's dodgy technique will not be exposed as easily at the MCG.

Having said that he CANNOT be in the Ashes squad to go to England, can you imagine what Anderson and co will do to him on a seamers wicket?


Imagine what Jimmy would do to the rest of the team then !
Here are the current averages of the 6 batsman who played in the second test
33.37 FINCH
34,82 S MARSH
35-50 HARRIS
35.62 HEAD
39;00 HANDSCOMBE
42.80 KHAWAJA

Yes he averages more than 4 others in Test cricket !
Averages can be deceptive at times
Handscombes average was 50 for long enough, but has taken a dive since then
Yes he is iffy, but he is arguably the best fieldsman of the above