Grade Cricket

[ferret]

Just watched a batting master class at Henley Oval from Ryan Gibson. Opened for the Western Eagles didn't open his account until the 19th ball he faced then proceeded to hit 205 off 118 balls, 20 x 4 and 10 x 6. Could be destined for higher honours, we will just have to wait and see.

Did you stay til the end?

Yes and cried all the way home. Unfortunately The Western Eagles attack is very, very thin. With a limit of six overs for Spencer Johnson it further reduced the effectiveness of the attack. It was most probably a case of who ever won the toss was in the best position. The winner of the toss was always going to send the opposition in. There was a little bit in the wicket early but then settled down to the normal road. It was good to see the Redback's coach come out and watch a fair bit of the match..........most probably the first R'backs coach to come and watch a match at Henley for about five years.

[bulldogproud]

Just watched a batting master class at Henley Oval from Ryan Gibson. Opened for the Western Eagles didn't open his account until the 19th ball he faced then proceeded to hit 205 off 118 balls, 20 x 4 and 10 x 6. Could be destined for higher honours, we will just have to wait and see.

Did you stay til the end?

Yes and cried all the way home. Unfortunately The Western Eagles attack is very, very thin. With a limit of six overs for Spencer Johnson it further reduced the effectiveness of the attack. It was most probably a case of who ever won the toss was in the best position. The winner of the toss was always going to send the opposition in. There was a little bit in the wicket early but then settled down to the normal road. It was good to see the Redback's coach come out and watch a fair bit of the match..........most probably the first R'backs coach to come and watch a match at Henley for about five years.

Right from the word go, Sturt set out confidently in their run chase. They knew the target, knew the pitch was a road and the outfield was extremely quick. Full credit to them for their approach.

[Tony Clifton]

Henley Oval used to be fast, bouncy and green. One of the best and fairest tracks going around. Incentive to bend your back for the bowlers, true bounce and coming onto the bat for the batsmen.

Seems to have become a batsman's paradise

[Tony Clifton]

Any surprises first up?

Kensington with a couple of their state guys win over Glenelg. Probably expected
Port a good win down at Bice Oval. Port were probably slight favourites there.
Uni winning over Adelaide not a surprise as such but perhaps the ease with which they did it was
East Torrens over a competitive Prospect expected

West Torrens vs Sturt was probably a 50/50 game so a good pick up for the Blues

Woodville the big winners of the round for mine at TTG. Look to have recruited well.

Round 2
Northern Districts vs Glenelg. Have the Jets picked up anyone of note?
Kensington vs Tea Tree Gully. Expect the Browns to win at home I guess but I assume Worrall and Pope both out?
Woodville vs Southern District. Peckers should win here
Port Adelaide vs West Torrens. Always spicy. Would be huge for Port to start 2-0. Another ton+ to get Gibson in the Shield team?
Sturt vs Prospect. Blues should win here
East Torrens vs Adelaide. Evenly matched. Will Lehmann/Valente be available? Could be the decisive factor.

[Minimum Chips]

Just watched a batting master class at Henley Oval from Ryan Gibson. Opened for the Western Eagles didn't open his account until the 19th ball he faced then proceeded to hit 205 off 118 balls, 20 x 4 and 10 x 6. Could be destined for higher honours, we will just have to wait and see.

Did you stay til the end?

Yes and cried all the way home. Unfortunately The Western Eagles attack is very, very thin. With a limit of six overs for Spencer Johnson it further reduced the effectiveness of the attack. It was most probably a case of who ever won the toss was in the best position. The winner of the toss was always going to send the opposition in. There was a little bit in the wicket early but then settled down to the normal road. It was good to see the Redback's coach come out and watch a fair bit of the match..........most probably the first R'backs coach to come and watch a match at Henley for about five years.

Watched more Grade Cricket in one session than the previous coach would have done in the last 5 years!!

[Lightning McQueen]

The Ellicott family have moved from Prospect to West Torrens, with Sam and Oliver being named in West Torrens 4ths.
Matt Hayden has been named for Sturt's 4ths
On another note, Matt Kelly made a brilliant 93 off 63 balls to help St Ignatius' defeat PAC last night.
Cheers

Doesn't surprise me.

[Gosaints]

good to see Jake Winter continuing where he left off

muppets at saca would not know talent if it fell over them

[thevoice]

Looking through the teams on Mycricket a few things of note

Glenelg - Jake Winter back and captain, recruited Huw Stone, Damon Kerr back
Kensington - Worrall and Pope in this week

Southern District - Andrew Staunton playing
Port Adelaide - Umpherston captain, Ben Cooper back, names I don't know I Conway and Medew-Ewan in 1s, Tom Cooper playing

Adelaide - kids Gill and Patton on debut, Sam Darling back, Nobes playing (thought he retired?), Nick Patterson back
University - Winter playing, Tom Plant playing 3rds

Prospect - Ben Wyman back, 2 x Hatzoglou (whoever they are), Izaac Boylan captain
East Torrens - new player Billington

Tea Tree Gully - Page & Oakley back, Isaiah Borgas playing 2nds, Cooper McKenzie (talented Prospect kid?) playing 3rds
Woodville - H Martin in (is that the NT bloke who was at Uni?), Harvey Brennan, Pinson, new player J Blain

West Torrens - Ryan Gibson in, Spencer Johnson fit (!)
Sturt - Keagan English from PAOC in, Zyggy captain, Lachie Francis back from Uni (in 3rds)

I Conway for Port is from Melbourne (Essendon / Canterbury), but has been making a bucketload of runs for Waratah in the NT last few winters and skippered their flag this year. Fair debut from him. H. Martin had a crack at Uni few years back. Bowls (left arm offie) better than he bats, had a lean run with Palmerston and batted 7 most the year in the NT winter. Handy cricketer tho, time will tell at this level.

[Eagles2014]

Henley Oval used to be fast, bouncy and green. One of the best and fairest tracks going around. Incentive to bend your back for the bowlers, true bounce and coming onto the bat for the batsmen.

Seems to have become a batsman's paradise

All changed once Trent Kelly retired and he stopped doing the pitch, he always made sure it had something in it to help him

Is a disgraceful pitch these days, absolute road, and without being able to the shine the ball teams will make 500 on it. Who would want to be a pace bowler anymore, kids will be spinners or batters

[cokadonkeytoo]

The Ellicott family have moved from Prospect to West Torrens, with Sam and Oliver being named in West Torrens 4ths.
Matt Hayden has been named for Sturt's 4ths
On another note, Matt Kelly made a brilliant 93 off 63 balls to help St Ignatius' defeat PAC last night.
Cheers

Doesn't surprise me.

Why's that LM??

[Tony Clifton]

Heard a rumour that one club has effectively "outsourced" their 4th Grade team this season. Handed it over for someone to look after, organise players etc. Club provides the venue. They play under the club name.

[heater31]

Heard a rumour that one club has effectively "outsourced" their 4th Grade team this season. Handed it over for someone to look after, organise players etc. Club provides the venue. They play under the club name.

Didn't happen to be bowled out for less than 50 in round 1???

[Corona Man]

Heard a rumour that one club has effectively "outsourced" their 4th Grade team this season. Handed it over for someone to look after, organise players etc. Club provides the venue. They play under the club name.

Didn't happen to be bowled out for less than 50 in round 1???

I wonder which club that wood be?

[Minimum Chips]

Heard a rumour that one club has effectively "outsourced" their 4th Grade team this season. Handed it over for someone to look after, organise players etc. Club provides the venue. They play under the club name.

Didn't happen to be bowled out for less than 50 in round 1???

I wonder which club that wood be?

"Wood" it be fair to say this club may be one in contention to be part of a merger with the reduction of clubs supposed to happen after this season?

[Eagles2014]

Heard a rumour that one club has effectively "outsourced" their 4th Grade team this season. Handed it over for someone to look after, organise players etc. Club provides the venue. They play under the club name.

Didn't happen to be bowled out for less than 50 in round 1???

I wonder which club that wood be?

"Wood" it be fair to say this club may be one in contention to be part of a merger with the reduction of clubs supposed to happen after this season?

Family team, 5 "Safi's" with a couple more still to come

[Lightning McQueen]

Heard a rumour that one club has effectively "outsourced" their 4th Grade team this season. Handed it over for someone to look after, organise players etc. Club provides the venue. They play under the club name.

Didn't happen to be bowled out for less than 50 in round 1???

TTG 1/52 (4.3)
Webb 49 not out
Extras 2



Reminds me of big former CDFC Gary Jones, seen him bring up his ton and the teams 100 in the same hit, was about the 7th over.

[the smokey]

Heard a rumour that one club has effectively "outsourced" their 4th Grade team this season. Handed it over for someone to look after, organise players etc. Club provides the venue. They play under the club name.

Didn't happen to be bowled out for less than 50 in round 1???

I wonder which club that wood be?

This is the exact reason that there should have been no 4th-grade comp this year.... At least as of next there will be a forced overhaul of the grade cricket structure

[Eagles2014]

Heard a rumour that one club has effectively "outsourced" their 4th Grade team this season. Handed it over for someone to look after, organise players etc. Club provides the venue. They play under the club name.

Didn't happen to be bowled out for less than 50 in round 1???

I wonder which club that wood be?

This is the exact reason that there should have been no 4th-grade comp this year.... At least as of next there will be a forced overhaul of the grade cricket structure

I agree, the 4th Grade should have gone. But in hindsight, will be needed next year.

However it happens, there will only be 10 teams, so will be lots of leftover players.

Consensus seems to be Clubs don't like the two Division proposal, which leaves either three mergers take place or SACA form a new comp with 10 teams and clubs need to apply to play in it. But will definitely be happening in 2021/22!!

[Aerie]

I agree, the 4th Grade should have gone. But in hindsight, will be needed next year.

However it happens, there will only be 10 teams, so will be lots of leftover players.

Consensus seems to be Clubs don't like the two Division proposal, which leaves either three mergers take place or SACA form a new comp with 10 teams and clubs need to apply to play in it. But will definitely be happening in 2021/22!!

What are the details of the 2 Division proposal?

[Aerie]

To rehash an old post and to limit the need to go through the whole scenario of choosing teams to merge or cull - let performance dictate as below.

Keeping in the October-March time-frame, I reckon you could do something like:

Premier Grade - 8 Teams - Three Trophies
- 3-day comp (Sat + Sat/Sun) 7 Rounds plus 4-day Final (Sat/Sun + Sat/Sun) to finish season
- 1-day comp 7 Rounds (Saturdays) plus Final done by January
- T20 comp 7 Rounds (mid week evenings) Final done by February
- All senior state level players or players aspiring to play state level for that season or the next would play for Premier Grade clubs

A combination of the three competitions above to determine who would have a possibility of being relegated by finishing bottom.

Players playing Premier Grade would play 7 Sunday's, plus Sunday Finals for all 3 competitions over the course of a season.

District Grade - 14 Teams - One Trophy
- Combination of 1-day and 2-day games, 13 Rounds, all played on Saturday's, except for Sat/Sun Semi Final and Final.
- I would add a new team at Mt Barker with the new facilities being currently built - servicing the Hills/Strathalbyn/Murray Bridge etc.
- The 8 Premier Grade teams to field their 2nd Grade in this competition.
- If a 1st Grade team won the premiership, they would be promoted to Premier Grade to replace the bottom team.

Reserve Grade A - Optional Entry to be determined before start of season by each club
- Essentially 3rd Grade/2nd Grade teams, up to clubs if they want to submit a team or their Reserve Grade players play for local clubs.

Reserve Grade B - Optional Entry to be determined before start of season by each club
- Essentially 4th/3rd Grade teams, up to clubs if they want to submit a team or their Reserve Grade players play for local clubs.

Every club to also have a Womens team in a similar set-up.

Juniors, just one U17, U15 and U13 team playing each weekend with fluid player movement between local clubs and grade clubs to ensure everyone is getting a game and the most committed and talented are playing in the Grade teams.