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Another fantastic fortnight included all 4 teams winning as well as some more great news to Highett West Cricket Club. Tony Corr was recently rewarded by Cricket Victoria for 50 years of outstanding services to cricket. Other clubs may have their stories (and some won’t), but we have ours and it was extremely gratifying as a life-long member of the Highett West family to see Tony recognised by the wider cricketing community. Tony attended a function at the MCG yesterday to receive his due recognition and, as always, was supported by his lovely wife Frances. Following this newsletter is a reminder of what Tony has done in his time as the greatest figure in our club’s history. Once again the club continues to experience more success on-field. As mentioned earlier, we had 4 wins last round including a forfeit result for the 3rds. Last weekend couldn’t have started any better than our T20 Blast team having their first win of the season. Full credit must go to Sean, the parents, but most importantly to the players themselves. They’ve been working extremely hard and deserved this result. No doubt the first of many in what we hope is an exciting journey for these

young cricketers. We have also welcomed back to Highett West Aidan Holland and Rioghan Rodrigues whom both played in the T20 Blast success on Saturday. Whilst we have gained in the T20 Blast, sadly we lose Ewan & Maggie Harrison from the In2Cricket until the New Year as they head to the UK & Europe for a family holiday. Their father, Peter, has been a great asset to our sessions taking charge of activities and assisting Michael Pavlich. He kindly nominated Paul Hillman to fill the void; however, Paul himself has already been one of the many dads that have embraced these sessions as active participants. We wish the Harrison family all the best on their holiday.

Whilst on our junior cricketers, congratulations to Declan Adams who has been selected to play Hatch Shield cricket with Brighton. Hatch Shield is U/15 representative cricket and the first major milestone in junior cricket beyond our Association representative teams. Declan has been an outstanding cricketer at Senior level representing Highett West and we look forward hearing about more success as he continues to excel in the junior ranks.

Don’t forget we have a big night on Saturday with our Trivia Night. It’s been a pet project for Ned & Kristen who have done an outstanding job and have been ably supported by the social team. A reminder too, that our social memberships are still on sale. 53 members in 53 years is in sight, but we need you to jump on board to receive your Burra Brigade cap, membership card containing 1st XI fixture, personalised stubby holder and a bottle opener key ring. Of course you also receive one standard drink every Saturday afternoon as well as entry to one club function (Trivia Night included!) of choice (Presentation Night not included). Finally, I’d like to extend our thoughts and well wishes to fellow committeeman Avi Wekselman and his family as they deal with the unfortunate news of Avi’s father having to once again battle through a cancer which has returned. We hope he continues to show the fighting spirit that saw him through the first time and look forward to hearing the good news of his triumphant return to good health.

Michael Flahive

President

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1st XI vs Kingston Heath Home (1:30pm start)

2nd XI vs Chelsea Heights Aspendale Gardens Memorial Oval, Edithvale Rd, Edithvale (1:30pm start)

3rd XI vs Cheltenham Park

Balcombe Park Reserve, Balcombe Rd, Beaumaris (1:30pm start)

T20 BLAST vs Hampton Central Nov 29th - Boss James Reserve, David St. Hampton (9am start)

T20 BLAST vs Brighton Dec 6th - Boss James Reserve, David St. Hampton (9am start)

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Peterson Reserve, Main Oval (10:30am start)

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TRIVIA NIGHT – Saturday, November 29th

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Round 4 HWCC vs Bentleigh Uniting CC; Quiney Shield

Week 9 of the season saw the 1st XI

facing off against Bentleigh Uniting and

the boys were very keen to bounce back

from their first loss the week prior. It

wasn't the ideal start to the day with

skipper Jiggy Jasani losing the toss (again)

and the opposition sending us into the

field. As it turned out, this worked to our

advantage as Jig soon bowled their

opener for a single run in the fourth over

after some tight bowling from both ends.

Runs were hard to come by and LBW

shouts were aplenty when the Pres caught

the other opener in front for 10 to have

the score 2/17 after 11 overs. Disciplined

bowling continued but wasn't backed up in

the field with a number of chances going

to ground (most off Jig), but we kept our

heads up and runs were still tight. This

was clearly creating frustration in the

opposition captain when he took offence

to the amount of plumb LBW's he was

getting away with and snapped that the

old Crowbar was washed up and past it.

Flahive smugly responded by sending his

castle flying and two balls later hitting the

pads, sending the number 5 back for a

duck. 4/30 and we were right on top. This

brought an ex-AFL footballer to the crease

and in Mick's next over he smashed an

outswinger over the top for 4 before

promptly learning that they go both ways

when his middle peg was cartwheeling out

behind him. The biggest partnership of

the day so far (17) followed with a young

kid playing some nice drives before his

partner nicked one to Winton, giving the

Pres his fifth wicket of the day and the

Units a lot to think about at 6/55 from just

23 overs. I came into the attack in the

28th with immediate effect, squaring up

the kid with a fierce cutter before a loose

delivery next ball saw a loose shot edged

straight to Winnie. At 1/1, that's probably

where my spell should have ended, with

my next six overs going for 32 and the

score getting away from us despite

Robbie's tight spell at the other end. The

batsmen put on 72 in 22 overs before

Sash was able to break the partnership,

bowling the slogger for a 37 that included

a lot of across the line shots and plenty of

very slow singles. After three unsuccessful

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overs at the new batsman, Jig finally gave

up the ball back to Flahive who took the

last two wickets in as many overs to finish

them off, all out for 168.

Bowling them out in 60 overs required us to face 12 balls at the end of the day. Never an easy task for the openers and unfortunately this was proven when OB1 copped a jaffer and edged to 3rd slip in the second over to leave us 1/1 overnight. Despite this setback we were all confident that we would chase it down. We began well on day 2 with Ned and Itchy forming a solid partnership, waiting for the right ball and ticking it over in the meantime to take us to 1/56 at the first drinks break. We lost Itch a few overs later for a beautifully crafted 41, bringing Sash to the crease where he looked right at home. With a solid platform to build from, he and Ned put their woes between the wickets behind them as they ran a number of 2s and 3s in a 30 over stand. They saw us to a comfortable 3/125 when Ned tried to turn one too square off the spinner and

popped it up for a great knock of 46 from a whopping 53 overs. Sash took his next over for 14 before Winton 'just missed one' at the other end to be knocked over for 1. Sash was caught next over to be out for 44 which saw two old ducks in Az Hammond and Mick Flahive combine in the middle. There were ten overs to go, 26 runs to get, and all of a sudden it was looking closer than we would have liked. The two experienced heads soon showed why we had nothing to worry about as they took every opportunity to sneak a run, including a couple of overthrows which demoralised the opposition, before Azza smashed a 6 then a 4 to finish it off with 4.4 overs to spare. All in all it was a solid all round batting performance to back up Flahive's efforts with the ball the week before. It sees us to 4-1 and top of the table, if only on percentage. The real test lies ahead with the next three fixtures against other teams on 4 wins and lots of improvement still to be found.

Pat ‘Hulk’ Donlen Partnership destroyer

Bentleigh Uniting 168 def by Highett West 5/172

Michael Flahive 7/32

Ned Strain 46

Sash Danilovic 44

Daniel Higginbotham 41

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Round 5 Highett West CC vs Oakleigh District Footballers CC; F Grade

After s has become accustomed at the club

this year and in the 2’s we lost the toss and

were sent in. The opening partnership of Paul

Mullenger and Ryan Bradbury again started off

well before the first wicket fell in the 16th over

when Paul was run out with the score on 34.

We then began to lose steady wickets with lots

of batsmen getting starts, but not being able

to go on and post a score. At tea we found

ourselves in a trouble at 5/97, but to the lads

credit we fought back through the skilful

batting of our acting captain, Ted Deal (27),

and Brendan Streager (25) – both were able

to add quick runs before Teddy was stumped.

Enter Mark Theobald, whose innings got the

lower order going with nice stroke play and

along with Brenden’s job was to bat time as

we didn’t want to lose all 10 wickets and not

see out the full 65 overs. The two batted out

10 overs and were able to add 40 valuable

runs. The aim for the rest of the lower order

was to bat normally until the last two overs

which we did to the boy’s credit. Shannon and

I managed to put on a few late runs and saw

the boys reach the full 65 overs with a very

competitive 10/195 with my wicket falling on

the last ball.

The second week saw the boys really excited

we had runs on the board and knew we had a

strong bowling line-up to defend the runs. The

day started well as ted opened with himself

and Shannon. They both bowled tight and in

the fifth over Shannon had the batsmen

defending with the ball bouncing of the bat

and rolling onto the stumps. After the drinks

interval we claimed steady wickets with Avi

and myself taking 6 wickets in the space of 12

overs. Avi bowled a very tight line and put the

pressure on the batsmen which allowed me to

take a few wickets in consecutive overs and

also calming a few for himself. The boys

struggled after tea with Oakleigh making a

fight back with a partnership of 64 runs for the

ninth wicket which was broken only because

of some excellent fielding by Avi who through

down the non-strikers stumps from deep cover

which gave us the breakthrough we were

after. Soon after, Mark took his first wicket for

the day bowling the number 11 batsman to

giving us the win by only 15 runs.

This win puts the 2s in a very strong position

giving Oakleigh their first loss and we are now

sitting in 4th at 4-1 as we sit clear of the rest

of the competition by 2 wins.

Highett West 195 def Oakleigh District Footballers 104

Michael Pavlich 4/38

Avi Wekselman 2/30 AND the all-important run out!

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Tony Corr:

Total Games: 500+ games (club record) Highest Score: 129 not out versus East Bentleigh "C" Grade 1974/75 1962/63 Inaugural Highett West Cricket Club team 1965/66 CMCA Fielding Award "D" Grade 1974/75 CMCA Best Batting Average "C" Grade 1981/82 CMCA Twilight Competition Premiership Player HWCC Batting Award (Aggregate): 6 times HWCC Batting Award (Average): 5 times HWCC Senior Club Champion: 3 times HWCC Junior Coach over 20 years HWCC Premiership Coach: 3 times HWCC Life Member (1981) HWCC 1st XI Captain (1987-89) HWCC Member Team of the Decade (1962-1972) HWCC President 1995 – 2000 (5 Years) HWCC Vice President 1988/89 & 1994/95 (2 Years) HWCC Secretary 2000 – 2005 (5 Years) HWCC Treasurer 2005 – 2007 (2 Years) HWCC delegate to CMCA 1995-2005 (5 Years) CMCA Under 14 Representative Coach 2004-2007 (3 Years)

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