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Re: Adelaide Hills Cricket (HCA, TVCA & A&EH)

Postby jackpot jim » Tue Jan 01, 2019 9:48 pm

A&EHCA Mid Year Review
The 1st half of the season has certainly brought plenty of surprises with it which is great for the comp even tho the Premiership race may be already down to 4 teams tho L Creek currently 5th could still challenge if they get their act together on a more consistent basis but that's a BIG IF.

1/ Strath 30 pts Strath have been a BIG mover this season, currently sitting on top of the table. Having missed the finals the previous 2 seasons, they'd be desperate to return to Finals action and are on track to do so. Fielding much the same team as previous seasons, they've produced a lot more consistent effort so far and are certainly a genuine contender.
Highlight - Their 9 wicket demolition over fellow ladder leader Hahndorf
Lowlight - Nothing of note as their only 2 losses to Nairne & Woodside were narrow defeats

Rating - 9

2/ Hahndorf 30 Pts Hahndorf on returning to A Grade cricket last season with only 2 wins have taken the A Grade by storm this season on the back of some aggressive recruiting, namely the Tait brothers whose miserly bowling performances week in week out have been a key component of their success so far. With some added depth to their batting line up they are certainly a genuine chance of going from bottom to Top in i year.
Highlight - Becoming the Hunted rather than easybeats
Lowlight - Their 9 wicket loss to Strathalbyn certainly was a reality check for them along with another miserable batting performance in their last game against Woodside. Both losses to potential fellow finalists but they were hammerings

Rating - 8.5

3/ Nairne 28 Pts The Goliath of A&EHCA over the past 10 seasons (9 Flags) are certainly very vulnerable this season on the back of losing plenty of experienced players. Having said that they're still a handy team and have done well to be in the top group of contenders. Few tipsters would be picking them for the Flag but they have overcome the odds a few times in those 9 flags so would be dangerous to count them out.
Highlight - Their Incredible win over Woodside just 2 rounds ago. Defending 1 run with 3 balls to be bowled they took a team Hat Trick to deny Woodside the win
Lowlight - Their last Round loss to Strath. With top spot up for grabs, Nairne crumbled with the bat and suffered a comprehensive 9 wicket flogging to Strath.

Rating - 7.5

4/ Woodside 28 Pts A perennial finalist (never missed so far in their 8th season in A&EHCA) are on track again to have a crack for the flag. A shock loss to B/C and a choke against Nairne have cost them being clear leaders on Top
Highlight - Bouncing back from a shock loss against B/C when the next week they grinded out 133 against the Creeks on a touch pitch then embarrassed the Tigers, skittling them for 33
Lowlight - Their humiliating loss to new comers Bremer Callington at Woodside where they were hammered by 8 wickets.

Rating - 7

5/ Lang Creek 22 Pts The only team from outside the current 4 with a chance to make the Finals. A regular finalist in recent seasons, the Creeks are paying the price in not being able to field a consistent side which have cost them dearly on several occasions. Are certainly capable of challenging for the flag but need to make the Finals 1st which will be a challenge for them
Highlight - Their narrow 2 run win over Lobethal 2 rounds ago which has kept their season alive
Lowlight - There are 2 Major ones. Their loss to new comers Mt Barker after seemingly having the game wrapped up and then their embarrassing effort with the bat against Woodside in being bowled out for 33 :oops:

Rating - 5

6/ Bremer Callington 18 Pts - Have had a bit of a roller coaster return to A Grade but overall would have to be reasonably happy. Need to find some more consistent efforts with the bat to support their bowling which has been relatively impressive.
Highlight - Their 8 wicket DEMOLITION of Woodside was one of the biggest upsets in recent memory
Lowlight - After working hard to restrict L Creek to 203 on a road at the Creek last round, B/Cally capitulated for only 18 in less than 12 overs :shock: :oops:

Rating - 7.5

7/ Wistow 16 Pts Having been cellar dwellers in recent years , there have been signs of improvement in recent times. 4 wins so far have been a reasonable return and whilst they wont be a finals contender this year, they'd be desperate to cause and upset or 2 before seasons end to build on some momentum in coming years
Highlight - A very solid win over Lobethal earlier in the season who at the time would have been expected to be a major player come finals time
Lowlight - Nothing of note. Have been pretty competitive in all their losses.

Rating - 7

8/ Lobethal 4 Pts Without a shadow of doubt the biggest loser for the season so far as they have plummeted down the ratings. Being a semi finalist the last 2 seasons and with a young and improving list, they would have expected to be a major player this season but instead have had a season from hell so far and cant take a trick. Playing for pride the next few months
Highlight - Bowled Mt Barker out for 34 in their only win
Lowlight - Having their win against B/Cally taken away from them on an administration technicality :oops:

Rating - 2

9/ Mt Barker 4 Pts Was always going to be a tough gig for them coming back into A Grade. Have copped a few hammerings in amongst some competitive performances. will be interesting to see how they finish off the season.
Highlight - Their only win against the Creeks. Chasing 262 and being in trouble at 5/137, they took advantage of a depleted Creek bowling attack that day to cruise in for the victory by 4 wickets
Lowlight - There are 3 . Bowled out for 34 v Lobey. Conceded 4/356 against Hahndorf. And losing to B/Cally on the last ball of the match after Cally put on 48 for the last wicket to steal the win from the jaws of defeat

Rating - 4.5
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Re: Adelaide Hills Cricket (HCA, TVCA & A&EH)

Postby FlyingHigh » Wed Jan 09, 2019 5:14 pm

Birdwood A Grade finally got up ov Mt Torrens
How many years since they've won a game saintal?
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Re: Adelaide Hills Cricket (HCA, TVCA & A&EH)

Postby Lightning McQueen » Thu Jan 10, 2019 8:39 am

Nice write up @Jackpot Jim.

Does Tait still bowl with a full set of wheels?
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Re: Adelaide Hills Cricket (HCA, TVCA & A&EH)

Postby saintal » Thu Jan 10, 2019 8:56 am

FlyingHigh wrote:Birdwood A Grade finally got up ov Mt Torrens
How many years since they've won a game saintal?


November 2014 was their last win. Approx 60-65 matches have passed since. :shock:

They came close last season against us with a tie.

Pleasing to see them break the drought, especially for the handful of guys who have stuck with the club during those years.
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Re: Adelaide Hills Cricket (HCA, TVCA & A&EH)

Postby jackpot jim » Thu Jan 10, 2019 12:56 pm

Lightning McQueen wrote:Nice write up @Jackpot Jim.

Does Tait still bowl with a full set of wheels?


Nah, just bowls meds off a short run and keeps things tight.
His batting is probably more of a danger to the opposition these days as hits a Big Ball.
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Re: Adelaide Hills Cricket (HCA, TVCA & A&EH)

Postby FlyingHigh » Thu Jan 10, 2019 5:09 pm

saintal wrote:
FlyingHigh wrote:Birdwood A Grade finally got up ov Mt Torrens
How many years since they've won a game saintal?


November 2014 was their last win. Approx 60-65 matches have passed since. :shock:

They came close last season against us with a tie.

Pleasing to see them break the drought, especially for the handful of guys who have stuck with the club during those years.


Wow, that's pretty incredible that those blokes and the club have stuck it out for 4 1/2 years with the way cricket isn't as popular as it used to be.
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Re: Adelaide Hills Cricket (HCA, TVCA & A&EH)

Postby saintal » Fri Jan 11, 2019 1:53 pm

Yeah, it’s mainly the older guys that have stuck around. They have certainly churned through plenty of 15-30yos during the past half dozen years. They had the nucleus of a reasonable team around 2013/14 but most of the younger guys moved on for various reasons.

It's a good comp this year, 6 teams can win it while Mt Torrens and Birdwood have had their moments. ie Rose Park slipped from 1st to 4th on the back of a loss last week.
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Re: Adelaide Hills Cricket (HCA, TVCA & A&EH)

Postby Dutchy » Mon Jan 21, 2019 11:19 am

Stirling A grade bowled out for 17 chasing 111
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Re: Adelaide Hills Cricket (HCA, TVCA & A&EH)

Postby Tony Clifton » Mon Jan 21, 2019 5:18 pm

Dutchy wrote:Stirling A grade bowled out for 17 chasing 111

Wicket had some juice in it?!
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Re: Adelaide Hills Cricket (HCA, TVCA & A&EH)

Postby Dutchy » Tue Jan 22, 2019 9:22 am

Tony Clifton wrote:
Dutchy wrote:Stirling A grade bowled out for 17 chasing 111

Wicket had some juice in it?!


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Re: Adelaide Hills Cricket (HCA, TVCA & A&EH)

Postby saintal » Tue Jan 22, 2019 10:17 am

Any idea why Basket Range started the season with -9 points in both A2 and A3 Dutchy?
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Re: Adelaide Hills Cricket (HCA, TVCA & A&EH)

Postby Dutchy » Tue Jan 22, 2019 10:25 am

saintal wrote:Any idea why Basket Range started the season with -9 points in both A2 and A3 Dutchy?


Forfeits I was told for A3's, not sure about A4's.
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Re: Adelaide Hills Cricket (HCA, TVCA & A&EH)

Postby batmanbegins » Tue Jan 22, 2019 8:12 pm

Dutchy wrote:
saintal wrote:Any idea why Basket Range started the season with -9 points in both A2 and A3 Dutchy?


Forfeits I was told for A3's, not sure about A4's.


Played blokes under the wrong name last year in the A3s as they hadnt been cleared from there previous clubs. There A3 flag got taken away from them.
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Re: Adelaide Hills Cricket (HCA, TVCA & A&EH)

Postby saintal » Wed Jan 23, 2019 8:42 am

Wow, ok. One of the guys who played in that GF was cleared from us earlier in the season, but it was all above board. I’m sure all clubs have played an uncleared player under an alias for a week or two on occasion, but to persist with it all the way through to a GF is dumb.

I wonder how they’d got stung. Presumably Aldgate was awarded the flag? From memory it was their only loss for the season while BR snuck into finals with a pretty poor record.

Perhaps has impacted BR this season as they are having a stinker. We used to have pre-season scratch matches against them, so I have a bit of an interest in how they go.
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Re: Adelaide Hills Cricket (HCA, TVCA & A&EH)

Postby jackpot jim » Wed Jan 23, 2019 10:27 am

saintal wrote: I’m sure all clubs have played an uncleared player under an alias for a week or two on occasion .


:shock:

Im sure some clubs have but certainly not ALL surely ????

And for the integrity of any competition the penalties for breaches need to be harsh to deter clubs from what is effectively cheating.
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Re: Adelaide Hills Cricket (HCA, TVCA & A&EH)

Postby caleb777 » Wed Jan 23, 2019 11:40 am

Last year in the Adelaide Suburban association Kenilworth got burnt for playing players not named on the team sheet. From memory it also happened in a GF and they got severely punished for it. I reckon its all up on the ASCA forum but for this season they had to produce photos of their players for every round and send them to the association secretary.

Very heavy punishment but it fit the crime for sure.
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Re: Adelaide Hills Cricket (HCA, TVCA & A&EH)

Postby Corona Man » Wed Jan 23, 2019 11:43 am

FWIW, I’m playing suburban cricket here in Melbourne and every week you have to sign the team sheet. I guess someone goes over it at Association HQ to make sure there is no funny business going on?!?
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Re: Adelaide Hills Cricket (HCA, TVCA & A&EH)

Postby saintal » Wed Jan 23, 2019 12:15 pm

jackpot jim wrote:
saintal wrote: I’m sure all clubs have played an uncleared player under an alias for a week or two on occasion .


:shock:

Im sure some clubs have but certainly not ALL surely ????

And for the integrity of any competition the penalties for breaches need to be harsh to deter clubs from what is effectively cheating.


Okay yes, probably should have written ‘some’ rather than all!

4 TVCA clubs in recent years have lost points for playing unregistered players in the B Grade (usually happens once a season). The TVCA executive keep a pretty close eye on things but obviously the use of aliases for guys who aren’t known within the hills area can be difficult to track.

We’ve had guys who were cleared to us from AEHCA/HCA clubs go back and later play a one-off game for their original clubs in a subsequent season without getting a clearance back and nothing has come of it. (presumably they used the transfer function on mycricket?).
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Re: Adelaide Hills Cricket (HCA, TVCA & A&EH)

Postby batmanbegins » Wed Jan 23, 2019 1:01 pm

saintal wrote:Wow, ok. One of the guys who played in that GF was cleared from us earlier in the season, but it was all above board. I’m sure all clubs have played an uncleared player under an alias for a week or two on occasion, but to persist with it all the way through to a GF is dumb.

I wonder how they’d got stung. Presumably Aldgate was awarded the flag? From memory it was their only loss for the season while BR snuck into finals with a pretty poor record.

Perhaps has impacted BR this season as they are having a stinker. We used to have pre-season scratch matches against them, so I have a bit of an interest in how they go.


Got noticed on facebook I believe, one of the uncleared players posted something on facebook after they won and a player at his old club said something. The HCA was notified of the comments and then found out they were true so stripped them off the GF win and banned the players for 8 games plus giving them -9 points in both grades to start the year.

Nobody won the C grade in the end as it wasn't awarded to Aldgate, Baskets had come 3rd and beat our C grade in the Semis to make the GF.

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Re: Adelaide Hills Cricket (HCA, TVCA & A&EH)

Postby saintal » Thu Jan 24, 2019 11:36 am

Facebook, lol, yes need to careful what you post on there.

Probably the right decision to not award the C Grade flag. It's a tough one though.

Meyer Shield this weekend. As is usually the case TVCA missing some of its better cricketers (ie Rathjen. S. Barnes, Woollard, Medlow, Ali) but should be competitive on home soil. Games to be played at Birdwood, Gumeracha and Cambrai.
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