SA Churches and Community Cricket Association 2010/11

[Keefy]

Hi all. Have read the name Craig Balneaves mentioned on here a bit lately and was wondering what he's bowling like these days? I played a lot of cricket with him many moons ago when Tea Tree Gully were around and again when we moved to Glenunga after TTGs unfortunate demise. He was frightening on his day.... especially when he came straight to cricket after working the night shift!

He'd be creeping up on 40 now so just wondering if his bionic shoulder still whips the ball down at scary speeds or has he mellowed a bit?

Sutts or Copes??

Copes didn't stick it out till the bitter end of TTG. He jumped ship a couple of years earlier.

Good the hear Crackers is still going ok. I catch up with him regularly but it's hard to get an honest appraisal of his own performance from the big guy.

Thanks for the input guys. I've been trying to get him back out to Glenunga to play LOAs but so far no luck. Maybe next season....

What's Copes doing with himself now? Is he still having a hit anywhere at all?

[puppet arms]

Copes is still out at Glenunga but doesn't get to play too often anymore. He's a busy man these days with a young family. Same as a lot of us, cricket slips down the priority list a fair way

[Keefy]

Copes is still out at Glenunga but doesn't get to play too often anymore. He's a busy man these days with a young family. Same as a lot of us, cricket slips down the priority list a fair way

Doing better than me then. The closest i get to picking up a bat now is when coaching the kids at school. Haven't donned the whites in about 10 years now.

[Phantom Gossiper]

Ask PHANTOM how Craig Balneaves is..i heard he admitted himself to Glenside straight after the match and i also heard that the breaking point was when Hutchy's lover blew the ball a kiss and waved it Goodbye as it went sailing back over Crackers head for a six such was the arrogance of the man

oh they were the good ol days werent they! .. oh and it was twice in two balls i did it, sparking McKenzie to start losing his sh!t telling me to show some respect to crackers etc blah blah blah.

Meh i had to sit there and listen to those cocky spastics all afternoon, ill do what i want

[auto]

Ask PHANTOM how Craig Balneaves is..i heard he admitted himself to Glenside straight after the match and i also heard that the breaking point was when Hutchy's lover blew the ball a kiss and waved it Goodbye as it went sailing back over Crackers head for a six such was the arrogance of the man

oh they were the good ol days werent they! .. oh and it was twice in two balls i did it, sparking McKenzie to start losing his sh!t telling me to show some respect to crackers etc blah blah blah.

Meh i had to sit there and listen to those cocky spastics all afternoon, ill do what i want :P

That it the greatest quote ive read on this forum

[Hutchy Churches]

Ask PHANTOM how Craig Balneaves is..i heard he admitted himself to Glenside straight after the match and i also heard that the breaking point was when Hutchy's lover blew the ball a kiss and waved it Goodbye as it went sailing back over Crackers head for a six such was the arrogance of the man

oh they were the good ol days werent they! .. oh and it was twice in two balls i did it, sparking McKenzie to start losing his sh!t telling me to show some respect to crackers etc blah blah blah.

Meh i had to sit there and listen to those cocky spastics all afternoon, ill do what i want :P

That it the greatest quote ive read on this forum

so the "clowns at fitzroy" one wasn't funny enough for you?

[Hutchy Churches]

Ask PHANTOM how Craig Balneaves is..i heard he admitted himself to Glenside straight after the match and i also heard that the breaking point was when Hutchy's lover blew the ball a kiss and waved it Goodbye as it went sailing back over Crackers head for a six such was the arrogance of the man

oh they were the good ol days werent they! .. oh and it was twice in two balls i did it, sparking McKenzie to start losing his sh!t telling me to show some respect to crackers etc blah blah blah.

Meh i had to sit there and listen to those cocky spastics all afternoon, ill do what i want :P

That it the greatest quote ive read on this forum

so the "clowns at fitzroy" one wasn't funny enough for you?

anyways while were talking about spastics, phantAm thinks that i am richie. hahahahahahahaha!

[Phantom Gossiper]

anyways while were talking about spastics, phantAm thinks that i am richie. hahahahahahahaha!

mate TBH i dont give a **** who you are .....

your a nobody...

[Goat Herder]

Copes didn't stick it out till the bitter end of TTG. He jumped ship a couple of years earlier.

Good the hear Crackers is still going ok. I catch up with him regularly but it's hard to get an honest appraisal of his own performance from the big guy.

Thanks for the input guys. I've been trying to get him back out to Glenunga to play LOAs but so far no luck. Maybe next season....

It's gotta be Bart' then??

Used to love the old PV vs TTG days when we were bitter arch-rivals. Plenty of sledging and some great contests. Just a shame half of those matches were played at Ardtornish Primary School. Remember trying to flick one off my pads towards mid-wicket off Crackers at Ardtornish, getting a leading edge, which duly sailed the 35m over his head required to clear the boundary. He was most pleased.

I remember the 97/98 GF at Modbury Heights where TTG & PV were so far ahead of Plympton & Methos after the completion of the minor round that the Assoc scrapped the semi-final and we played the GF when all the other divisions played their semis.

Fiercely fought, Copes and I watched the B Grade GF together over the next 2wks and had a good yarn. That B Grade GF was an amazing game in itself, with Modbury getting done by Dernancourt outright, by the barest of margins - played across both days and 2 innings per side. Some of the most ridiculous sledging and player behaviour I've ever seen on a cricket field in this comp too. Very entertaining stuff..

Some 'luminaries' from that game included our Forum buddies spintwin and reggie05, Matty "I have an oval named after me now" Schmidt, Danny & Richard Fox for Dernancourt and Lee & Scott Hill and Brad "FIGJAM" Horsell for Modbury.

[dark & stormy]

hey hutchy, mate you would want to pray nobody finds out who you are
and phantom , I wouldnt even answer his posts mate,

[Phantom Gossiper]

Ah herder names like Plympton, Dernancourt, TTG, Modbury.. back when the comp was a lot stronger!

When i started playing in ths comp there were 6 divisions and clubs including TTG, Concordia, Blackwood, Happy Valley, Pedare, St. Matthews, Croydon, Hampstead, Modbury, Marion, St. Pauls...

oh the glory days

Poses the question, is there any chance of getting back some of these old scholar sides? i.e St Pauls, St. Matthews etc?

[Keefy]

Ah herder names like Plympton, Dernancourt, TTG, Modbury.. back when the comp was a lot stronger!

When i started playing in ths comp there were 6 divisions and clubs including TTG, Concordia, Blackwood, Happy Valley, Pedare, St. Matthews, Croydon, Hampstead, Modbury, Marion, St. Pauls...

oh the glory days

Poses the question, is there any chance of getting back some of these old scholar sides? i.e St Pauls, St. Matthews etc?

Not sure when you started playing in the comp PG, but if you go back further throw in the likes of Edwardstown Baptist/Plympton, Seacome Gardens, Somerton Park Baptist, certainly bringing back a few memories

[Phantom Gossiper]

Not sure when you started playing in the comp PG, but if you go back further throw in the likes of Edwardstown Baptist/Plympton, Seacome Gardens, Somerton Park Baptist, certainly bringing back a few memories

Im only a young pup come on! :'(

[Keefy]

Not sure when you started playing in the comp PG, but if you go back further throw in the likes of Edwardstown Baptist/Plympton, Seacome Gardens, Somerton Park Baptist, certainly bringing back a few memories

Im only a young pup come on! :'(

I'll forgive you then

[Keefy]

Copes didn't stick it out till the bitter end of TTG. He jumped ship a couple of years earlier.

Good the hear Crackers is still going ok. I catch up with him regularly but it's hard to get an honest appraisal of his own performance from the big guy.

Thanks for the input guys. I've been trying to get him back out to Glenunga to play LOAs but so far no luck. Maybe next season....

It's gotta be Bart' then??

Used to love the old PV vs TTG days when we were bitter arch-rivals. Plenty of sledging and some great contests. Just a shame half of those matches were played at Ardtornish Primary School. Remember trying to flick one off my pads towards mid-wicket off Crackers at Ardtornish, getting a leading edge, which duly sailed the 35m over his head required to clear the boundary. He was most pleased.

I remember the 97/98 GF at Modbury Heights where TTG & PV were so far ahead of Plympton & Methos after the completion of the minor round that the Assoc scrapped the semi-final and we played the GF when all the other divisions played their semis.

Fiercely fought, Copes and I watched the B Grade GF together over the next 2wks and had a good yarn. That B Grade GF was an amazing game in itself, with Modbury getting done by Dernancourt outright, by the barest of margins - played across both days and 2 innings per side. Some of the most ridiculous sledging and player behaviour I've ever seen on a cricket field in this comp too. Very entertaining stuff..

Some 'luminaries' from that game included our Forum buddies spintwin and reggie05, Matty "I have an oval named after me now" Schmidt, Danny & Richard Fox for Dernancourt and Lee & Scott Hill and Brad "FIGJAM" Horsell for Modbury.

And couldn't Matty Schmidt talk and talk. Would bloody talk underwater with a mouthful of marbles

[auto]

anyways while were talking about spastics, phantAm thinks that i am richie. hahahahahahahaha!

mate TBH i dont give a **** who you are .....

your a nobody...

Here Here

[Ecky]

Definitely some good talent out at Under 21s soo far.

Jarrad from Enfield will be a very good bowler in years to come. I believe he took 6fa on the weekend.
Matt Sandford will be a quality A Grade Cricketer in a few years time too.

Good to see an Adelaide Lutheran player out last night. Hopefully he can spread the word to some of his teammates and get them keen to play.

That my friend, would be Jarrad McLeod. 17 years old, got plenty of growth to spirt yet and boy can he hit the spot. Im told bowled 20+ overs straight Saturday. I only got to see 7 of them though of which 5 were maidens Wish I was 17 again

Yes, his control was very impressive on Saturday over such a long spell (about 25 overs straight I think!)
Although he did bowl about half those overs to probably the most defensive batsman in the association (me ) which made his figures look a little more economical than they would otherwise be!

[Goat Herder]

And couldn't Matty Schmidt talk and talk. Would bloody talk underwater with a mouthful of marbles

Never had much time at all for the dude. Utter goose on the field.

Although Schmidty's antics in this semi paled in comparison to Danny Fox, who celebrated every wicket he took by pulling his shirt over his head and getting in the dismissed bastman's face. After the first 10 wickets he took in the match, the practice wore a bit thin.. He would've needed surgery to remove the bat from his cranium if it were me he was doing it to.

It was during this match that confirmed it for me that we used to play the game hard in Div 1, but still had respect for our opposition and the game itself. This match was just a free-for-all and not what cricket is about.

[Keefy]

And couldn't Matty Schmidt talk and talk. Would bloody talk underwater with a mouthful of marbles

Never had much time at all for the dude. Utter goose on the field.

Although Schmidty's antics in this semi paled in comparison to Danny Fox, who celebrated every wicket he took by pulling his shirt over his head and getting in the dismissed bastman's face. After the first 10 wickets he took in the match, the practice wore a bit thin.. He would've needed surgery to remove the bat from his cranium if it were me he was doing it to.

It was during this match that confirmed it for me that we used to play the game hard in Div 1, but still had respect for our opposition and the game itself. This match was just a free-for-all and not what cricket is about.

I still see Matty around town at times and he keeps trying to get me to go play at Concordia with him. How many times can one person say no.

I can remember most people I played against but don't recall ever playing against Danny, i reckon I played a few games against Richard though

[carey]

you blokes heading out to training tonight????