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 Well Done boys, 2 Premierships including our first 1ST GRADE PREMIERSHIP!

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& 7TH GRADE PREMIERSHIP

Match Results

All grades updated with matches including Grand Final ( 28th & 29th March )

Complete Season Statistics

All grades updated with matches including Grand Final ( 28th & 29th March )

Did you knows – Grand Final

Scott “ Keg” Codyre took 6/45 in the tops which is his 7^th “5 wicket in an innings” haul for the club and 1^st this season.

The tops are the first Scarborough/Doubleview/Lake Monger team to win a 1^st Grade Premiership ever – this has taken 32 seasons!!  The tops record in Grand Finals now stands at 3 wins from 5 appearances.

The top side 6 seasons ago finished 2^nd last in 2^nd grade (and would have finished last if not for a century by Graham “Linford” Knowles in the last game that season to starve off relegation) and have steadily improved each season since to now win 1^st Grade.

The 3rds won 10 of their last 11 games of the season to claim the 7^th Grade Premiership.  The 3rds Grand Final record now stands at 2 wins from 6 appearances.

Garry “Chocko” Powell lined up in his club record 9^th Grand Final.  Chocko has now won 3 premierships.

Keith “Lucky Charm” Manea has played in a grand final every year since joining the club in 02/03 (ie 7 appearances), now claiming 4 premiership wins - all in a row!!

Keith “Lucky Charm” Manea with 4 premiership wins breaks Andrew “Atko” Atkins, Steve “Locky” Lockwood, Garry “Chocko” Powell and Andrew “Billy” Billington’s record of 3 premiership wins for Scarborough.

Many players went ‘back to back’ this season winning premierships the past 2 season including Jason ‘JT’ Jeffrey (1sts 08/09 & 2nds 07/08), Dave Spencer (1sts-12^th man & 2nds), Roger “Big Boy” Smith (2nds & 3rds), Keith “Lucky Charm” Manea (2nds & 3rds), Matty “Rowdy” McDermott (2nds-12^th man & 3rds), Joel Budge Norman (3rds & 4ths), Garry “Chocko” Powell (3rds & 4ths), Tom “The moth” Haines (3rds & 4ths), Ian “Treacle” Jones (3rds & 4ths), Ross “Rossco” Terry(3rds & 4ths).

Mark “Junior” Senior holds the records of 253 games since his last premiership, which was in 91/92.  Mark “Jaws” Woods holds the record of 181 games without ever winning a premiership.

Shane “Bubba” Edwards (9^th game) and Kris “the Fat Kiwi” McDonald (10^th game) narrowly missed the fewest number of games played for a premiership, with Troy Steven on 8 games for his premiership on 2006/07.

Ray “the good brother” Smith was the club leading run scorer in finals with 131 runs (record still is 145 with Chris Wood in 93/94).

Roger “Big Boy” Smith was the club leading wicket taker far with 17 wickets (breaking the old record of 15 with Dave “Huge Arse” Hughes in 01/02).

Alan “Syd” Bland, Garry “Chocko” Powell, Mark “Bruiser” Steven and Greg “Grinners” Dimery were the clubs leading fielders in the finals with 4 dismissals (record still is 9 with Garry “Choco” Powell in 90/91)

Roger “Big Boy” Smith was the clubs leading all rounder in the finals with 294 points (breaking the old record of 210 with Rob McCready in 90/91).

Did you knows – Semi Finals

Roger “Big Boy” Smith took 6/16 in the 3rds which is his 9^th “5 wicket in an innings” haul for the club and 2^nd this season.

Paul “Lockwood” Connolly batted an amazing 57 overs for his 22 runs in the 3rds to put the game out of reach for Leederville.

The 5ths won their first finals game in the history of the club.  The 5ths finals record is now 1 win from 3 games.

Jack "Jill" Joy is the club leading run scorer in finals so far with 53 runs (record is 145 with Chris Wood in 93/94).

Roger “Big Boy” Smith is the club leading wicket taker in finals so far with 6 wickets (record is 15 with Dave “Huge Arse” Hughes in 01/02).

Alan “Syd” Bland is the clubs leading fielder in finals so far with 3 dismissals (record is 9 with Garry “Choco” Powell in 90/91)

Roger “Big Boy” Smith is the clubs leading all rounder in the finals so far with 80 points (record is 210 with Rob McCready in 90/91).

Did you knows – Preliminary Final

Greg “Grinners” Dimery took 6/42 in the tops which is his 3^rd “5 wicket in an innings” haul for the club and 1^st this season.

Roger “Big Boy” Smith took 7/23 in the 3rds which is his 10^th “5 wicket in an innings” haul for the club and 3^rd this season.  This was Big Boy’s 3^rd “5 wickets in an innings” in his last 3 final games played!  It was also the 2^nd best bowling figures in a final for Scarborough behind Scott “Keg” Codyre’s 8/18 in 03/04.

Keith “Lucky Charm” Manea score of 85no in the 3rds was the 4th highest score for Scarborough in a final.  Mark Steven holds the record with 111 in 06/07.

The tops are the first Scarborough/Doubleview/Lake Monger team to be playing in a 1^st Grade Grand Final.  The tops record in Grand Finals is 2 wins from 4 appearances with the last victory being in 04/05.

The 3rds scored the highest score for Scarborough in a final with 9/263 in the Preliminary Final.  The 3rds have won 9 of their last 10 games of the season.  The 3rds Grand Final record is 1 win from 5 appearances with the last victory being in 05/06.

Garry “Chocko” Powell will be lining up for his club record 9^th grand final.  Incidentally Chocko has won just 2 premierships!!

Keith “Lucky Charm” Manea has played in a grand final every year since joining the club in 02/03 and is line for his 7^th appearance in a row, with a record of 3 premiership wins and 3 losses !!

Keith “Lucky Charm” Manea will be trying to break, Andrew “Atko” Atkins, Steve “Locky” Lockwood and Andrew “Billy” Billington’s record of 3 premiership wins for Scarborough.

Mark “Junior” Senior holds the records of 253 games since his last premiership, which was in 91/92.  Mark “Jaws” Woods holds the record of 181 games without ever winning a premiership.

Ray “the good brother” Smith is the club leading run scorer in finals so far with 96 runs (record is 145 with Chris Wood in 93/94).

Match Results

All grades updated with matches including Round 14 ( 28th Feb & 7th Mar 09 )

Complete Season Statistics

All grades updated with matches including Round 14 ( 28th Feb & 7th Mar 09 )

Did you knows – Rd 14

Scott “Keg” Codyre scored his third century for the club this season with 113 in the 1sts.  This is his 6^th century for the club and equals Garry “Choco” Powell who also scored 6 centuries for Scarborough.

Ian “Treacle” Jones took his 3^rd 5 wicket haul this season and 5^th overall for the club with 5/17 in the 3rds.

The 5ths lost to Karrinyup by 1 run the previous weekend, this is the 3^rd time that a Scarborough v Karrinyup game has been decided by 1 run, with Karrinyup winning 2 games and Scarborough 1.  We got the last laugh though by replacing Karrinyup in the finals with a win on the weekend!!

Greg “Grinners” Dimery scored his first century for the club this season with 101 in the 5ths.  This is his 4^th century for the club.

Scott “Keg” Codyre was the club leading run scorer with 845 runs (Record still is Dixie Joy with 883 runs in 04/05).

Dave “Huge Arse” Hughes was the clubs leading wicket taker with 42 wickets (Record still is Sam Ward with 49 wickets in 04/05).

Steve “Flo Jo” Florance and Steve “Locky” Lockwood are the clubs leading fielders with 23 dismissals (Record still is Steve “Locky” Lockwood 37 dismissals in 03/04).

Stuart “Spotty” Connolly claimed the duck trophy with 5 quackers.

Scott “Keg” Codyre was the clubs leading all rounder with 1115 points this season (Record still is Greg “Grinners” Dimery 1157pts in 07/08).

Roger “Big Boy” Smith was the clubs leading six hitter with 13

Match Results

All grades updated with matches including Round 13 ( 14th Feb & 21st Feb 09 )

Complete Season Statistics

All grades updated with matches including Round 13 ( 14th Feb & 21st Feb 09 )

Did you knows – Rd 13

The tops scored the highest score for the club with 407 runs surpassing the old mark of 2/377 set in 04/05 by the 4ths.

The tops also continued their recent great record against Belmont after winning on the weekend.  They have now won their last 6 games against Belmont.

Scott “Keg” Codyre and Steve “the Pro” Templeton hit 101 runs for the 8th wicket in the tops which surpasses the old 1^st team partnership record of 70 runs by Matt “The Faz” De Fazio and Shane “Bag o Bones” Exell in 99/00 and equals the club record of 101 runs by Matty Davis and Dave “Cougar” Smith in 05/06 scored in the 2nds.

Scott “Keg” Codyre scored his second century for the club this season with 140 in the 1sts.  This is his 5^th century for the club and equals his highest score.  He now only trails Garry “Choco” Powell who leads the Scarborough century count with 6.

Ross “Rossco” Fraser hit his first century for the club with 111 runs in the 2nds, this was achieved in his 38^th game for the club.

Duncan “Drunks” Charteris took his 1st 5 wicket haul this season and 4th overall for the club with 5/55 in the 2nds.

Dave “Huge Arse” Hughes took his 3rd 5 wicket haul this season and 16th overall for the club with 5/35 in the 4ths.  This now places him 2nd behind Mark “Junior” Senior with 18 “5 wickets in an innings”.

Steve “Diggla” Chapman hit his highest score for the club with 65no in the 4ths, this was achieved in his 83^rd game.  This surpasses his previous high of 64 runs.

It was Kiwi national day on the weekend with 3 sheep shaggers awarded Man of the Match honours, Scott “Keg” Codyre in the tops, Ross “Rossco” Fraser in the 2nds, and Steve “Diggla” Chapman in the 4ths.

Scott “Keg” Codyre is the club leading run scorer with 732 runs (Record is Dixie Joy with 883 runs in 04/05).

Match Results

All grades updated with matches including Round 12 ( 31st Jan & 7th Feb 09 )

Complete Season Statistics

All grades updated with matches including Round 11 ( 31st Jan & 7th Feb 09 )

Did you knows – Rd 12

The tops continued their recent poor record against Dianella after losing on the weekend.  They have now lost 6 of their last 8 games against Dianella.

Since the start of the 2006/07 season the 2nds won 31 from 37 games, but now they have not won a game in 7 rounds!

Matt “Germaine” Sandford achieved his “Audi Rings” after scoring his 4^th consecutive duck in the 2nds.  Germaine will now be chasing his “Olympic Dream” this weekend  – Good Luck!

Roger “Big Boy” Smith hit his highest score for the club with 95 runs in the 3rds, this was achieved in his 175^th game.

Chris “Undies” Kane hit his highest score for the club with 66 runs in the 5ths, this was achieved in his 83^rd game.  This surpasses his previous high of 62 runs.

Scott “Keg” Codyre is the club leading run scorer with 592 runs (Record is Dixie Joy with 883 runs in 04/05).

Dave “Huge Arse” Hughes is the clubs leading wicket taker with 35 wickets (Record is Sam Ward with 49 wickets in 04/05).

Steve “Locky” Lockwood is the clubs leading fielder with 20 dismissals (Record is Steve “Locky” Lockwood 37 dismissals in 03/04).

Andrew “Atko” Atkins, Mark “Bero” Berich & Matt “Germaine” Sandford are leading the duck tally with 4 quackers each.

Scott “Keg” Codyre is the clubs leading all rounder with 802 points this season (Record is Greg “Grinners” Dimery 1157pts in 07/08).

Roger “Big Boy” Smith is the clubs leading six hitter with 13.

Match Results

All grades updated with matches including Round 11 ( 24th Jan 09 )

Complete Season Statistics

All grades updated with matches including Round 11 ( 24th Jan 09 )

Did you knows – Rd 11

The tops have not lost a game in 9 rounds which equals their record from Rd 11 in 03/04 to Rd 5 in 04/05.  The current streak does include a draw.

Scott “Keg” Codyre achieved his 4^th Man of the Match award for the season after scoring 48no and taking 2/14 off 8 overs in the tops.

Andrew “Billy” Billington achieved his 4^th Man of the Match award for the season in after scoring 68runs and taking 0/22 off 8 overs in the 2nds.

Kris “the Farm” McDonald made his highest score and first fifty for the club with 59no in the 3rds.

Scott “Keg” Codyre is the club leading run scorer with 520 runs.

Dave “Huge Arse” Hughes is the clubs leading wicket taker with 32 wickets.

Steve “Flo Jo” Florance & Steve “Locky” Lockwood are the clubs leading fielders with 18 dismissals each.

Andrew “Atko” Atkins & Mark “Bero” Berich are leading the duck tally with 4 quackers each.

Scott “Keg” Codyre is the clubs leading all rounder with 710 points this season.

Roger “Big boy” Smith is the clubs leading six hitter with 7.

Did you knows – Rd 10

Scott “Keg” Codyre scored his 2^nd score in the 90’s for the season with 98 in the tops.

Tom “the Moth” Haines took his 2^nd 5 wicket haul for the club with 5/86 off 26 overs in the 3rds.  The Moth also managed a run out to have a hand in 6 out of the 7 wickets to fall!

Chrissie Gray scored his highest score since Nov 2003 when he hit 61 in the 4ths.  He had only scored over 31 once in the 74 matches in between.

Shane “Bubba” Edwards after scoring 53no in the 5ths has continued his great start at Scarborough, he is still yet to score less than 43 in his first 5 games.

Scott “Keg” Codyre is the club leading run scorer with 472 runs.

Dave “Huge Arse” Hughes & Steve “The Pro” Templeton are the clubs leading wicket taker with 31 wickets each.

Steve “Flo Jo” Florance is the clubs leading fielder with 18 dismissals.

Andrew “Atko” Atkins is leading the duck tally with 4 quackers.

Scott “Keg” Codyre is the clubs leading all rounder with 632 points this season.

Shane “Bubba” Edwards, Ray “the good brother” Smith & Roger “Big boy” Smith are the clubs leading six hitters with 6 each.

Match Results

All grades updated with matches including Round 9 ( 3rd Jan 09 )

Complete Season Statistics

All grades updated with matches including Round 9 ( 3rd Jan 09 )

Did you knows

Shane “Bubba” Edwards has continued his great start at Scarborough, he is yet to score less than 43 in his first 4 games.

Dave "DUCKIE" Spencer loves his new nickname

Ray “the good brother” Smith scored his first century for the club with 124 in the 3rds. He scored the runs in about 66 balls.  In his holiday run Ray the good brother has managed to hit 231 runs in just 3 games!

The 3rds hit the 5^th highest one day score for the club with 295 runs, this was achieved against Ascot the top team in the grade who had yet to lose a game!

Tony “the Painter” Parkinson scored his highest score for the club with 46no in the 4ths, this was the Painters 127^th game for the club and passes his previous best of 34 runs.

Scott “Keg” Codyre is the club leading run scorer with 365 runs.

Dave “Huge Arse” Hughes is the clubs leading wicket taker with 28 wickets.

Steve “Flo Jo” Florance is the clubs leading fielder with 17 dismissals.

Andrew “Atko” Atkins & Mark “Bero” Berich are leading the duck tally with 3 each.

Scott “Keg” Codyre is the clubs leading all rounder with 475 points this season.

Shane “Bubba” Edwards & Ray “the good brother” Smith are the clubs leading six hitters with 6.

Did you knows – Rd 8

Shane “Bubba” Edwards had been named Man of the Match in each of his first 3 games for the club.

Ian “Treacle” Jones took 5/34 in the 3rds last weekend, this is his 3^rd 5wicket haul for the club.

Did you knows - Rd 6 

Steve “Tempo” Templeton took 7/67 in the 1sts last weekend, this is his 1^st 5wicket haul for the club.  This is also the best bowling figures in 1^st Grade since Scarborough has playing in the top tier of the PCA.

Kris “yet another Kiwi” McDonald made a duck on debut in the 2nds.

The 3rds hit the highest losing total for the club with 276 runs.  Mt Lawley managed to reply with 407 runs!!

The 4ths managed to win outright on the weekend after losing on the 1^st innings with a paltry 1^st innings score of just 41 runs!!

Dave “Huge Arse” Hughes achieved the match figures of 11/52 in the 4ths which is his 2^nd “10 wicket” haul for the club.  He now joins Sam Ward and Roger “Big Boy” Smith has the only other bowlers with 2 “10 wicket” hauls for SMCC.  He took 5/21 and 6/31 which takes his “5 wickets in an innings” hauls to 15, this now moves him to 2^nd spot behind Mark “Junior” Senior on 18 for the overall SMCC record.

Mark “Bero” Berich took 5/24 and 3/37 in the 4ths which was his 6^th “5 wickets in an innings” for the club.

Shane “Bubba” Edwards scored 65 runs in the 5ths which is the 9^th highest score on debut for the club.

Match Results

All grades updated with matches including Round 5 ( 22nd Nov 08 )

Complete Season Statistics

All grades updated with matches including Round 5 ( 22nd Nov 08 )

Did you knows

Dave “DUCKIE’ Spencer made his first duck for the club after playing his 30th game for the club. We are led to believe from Dave “DUCKIE’ Spencer that he had never got a duck in his illustrious cricket career, before Saturday.

As a side note Greg “Grinners” Dimery has played 30 games without scoring a duck, and Paul “Hosky” Hosking played 32 games before scoring his first duck.

Roger “Big Boy” Smith took his 8^th “5 wicket haul” for the club with 6/24 in the 3rds last weekend.

Colin Williams is the club leading run scorer with 248 runs.

Andrew “Billy Billington and Roger “Big Boy” Smith are the clubs leading wicket taker with 15 wickets each.

Paul “Tatts” Connolly is the clubs leading fielders with 12 dismissals.

Paul Crooke, Roger “Big Boy” Smith, Andrew “Atko” Atkins and Adam “Axe Murderer” Ballucci are leading the duck tally with 2 each.

Colin Williams is the clubs leading all rounder with 298 points this season.

Scott “Keg” Codyre is the clubs leading six hitter with 3.

Previous Did you knows

From Round 4

Ian “Treacle” Jones took his 3^rd “5 wicket haul” for the club with 5/24 off 23 overs in the 3rds last weekend.

Mark “Jaws” Woods conceded the second highest number of runs for the club after taking 1/137 off 29 overs with 1 maiden in the 4ths on the weekend, this is the 4^th time Jaws has brought up the ton!!  Sam “Mudguts” Ward holds the dubious record of most runs conceded with 3/151 against Leederville in 2005/06

Shane “6PR” Younger took 5/22 in the 5ths which was his 6^th “5 wicket haul” for the club.

Colin Williams is the club leading run scorer with 248 runs.

Andrew “Billy Billington and Andrew “Atko” Atkins are the clubs leading wicket taker with 14 wickets each.

Paul “Tatts” Connolly and Steve “Flo Jo” Florance are the clubs leading fielders with 10 dismissals each.

Paul Crooke, Roger “Big Boy” Smith, Andrew “Atko” Atkins and Adam “Axe Murderer” Ballucci are leading the duck tally with 2 each.

Colin Williams is the clubs leading all rounder with 298 points this season.

Steve “Tempo” Templeton and Rory Carson are the clubs leading six hitters with 2.

From Round 3

The 2nds lost their first game since Round 4 last season.  In the end they won 13 games in a row, breaking the record of 8 wins in a row achieved in 92/93.

Colin Williams is the club leading run scorer with 178 runs.

Andrew “Billy Billington is the clubs leading wicket taker with 14 wickets.

Paul “Tatts” Connolly is the clubs leading fielder with 9 dismissals.

Paul Crooke, Roger “Big Boy” Smith and Adam “Axe Murderer” Ballucci are leading the duck tally with 2 each.

Colin Williams is the clubs leading all rounder with 208 points this season.

Steve “Tempo” Templeton and Rory Carson are the clubs leading six hitters with 2.

From Round 2

The 2nds won their 13^th game in a row, and have continued breaking the record of 8 wins in a row achieved in 92/93.

Neil Britton made 79 on debut for the 2nds, this is the 5^th highest score on debut for the club.  Neil also managed 49 in the 2^nd innings!!

Jason “JT” Jefferey scored 108 in the 3rds.  This is his 1^st century for the club in just his 17^th game.

Andrew Billy Billington took his first 10 wicket haul for the club in his 281^st game in the 3rds.  He managed to take 5/8 in the 1^st innings and 5/23 in the 2^nd innings.

Rory Carson scored his highest score for the club with 88 in the 4ths.

Scott “Keg Codyre made 102 no in the 5ths.  This is his 4^th century for the club in his 82^nd game.  He is now equal 2^nd on the Most Centuries list behind Garry “Choco” Powell with 6.

Scott “Keg Codyre and Steve Timbrell made a partnership of 135 for the 3^rd wicket in the 5ths which broke the previous record of 130runs.

Rory Carson is the club leading run scorer with 130 runs.

Andrew “Billy Billington is the clubs leading wicket taker with 10 wickets.

Paul “Tatts” Connolly is the clubs leading fielder with 8 dismissals.

Colin Williams is the clubs leading all rounder with 105 points this season.

Steve “Tempo” Templeton is the clubs leading six hitter with 2.

Roger's 40th Birthday

Match Results

All grades updated with matches from 11th October 2008

Complete Season Statistics

All grades updated with matches from 11th October 2008

Did you Know

The tops continued their typical bad start to the season with a loss, they have now won just 3 first round games in the last 13 seasons.

The 2nds won their 12th game in a row, and have continued breaking the record of 8 wins in a row achieved in 92/93.

Brad “the Wookie” Kull scored his highest score for the club with 47 runs in the 3rds, this was his 54th club game.  Brad came in with team reeling at 7-24 and hit 31 runs from 1 over breaking Gordon Bowman’s (95/96) and Dave Spencer’s (07/08) record of 30 runs in an over.

Chrissy Gray while umpiring in the 3rds managed to fire Dwaine “Danger” Miru lbw to give the opposition player a hat trick!!

Colin Williams smashed his 1st century for the season with 105no in the 5th.  This is his 1st century in just his 2nd game for the club.  Incidentally he managed a duck on debut back in 00/01.

Colin Williams is the club leading run scorer with 105 runs.

Stuart Gaby is the clubs leading wicket taker with 4 wickets.

Paul “Tatts” Connolly is the clubs leading fielder with 3 dismissals.

Colin Williams is the clubs leading all rounder with 105 points this season.

Steve “Tempo” Templeton is the clubs leading six hitter with 2.

Career Stats updated

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Thursday Training

This Thursday night is the 1st selection night for the year with “Entertainment” provided.  A BBQ will be also available for your eating pleasure.

Saturday 11th October

The Regular season commences this weekend with the First game starting time at 12.45pm and then from round 2 all games will commence at 1.00pm.  

We will be back to the Bennett Park Clubrooms for Presentations straight after the games and the after match food will be hot roast meat rolls.

1st Grade – Playing Ferndale @ Bennett Park

4th Grade – Playing Ferndale @ Ferndale Lower Res

7th grade – playing Leederville @ Woodlands Res

8th Grade – Playing Green range @ City Beach Upper Res

One Day – Playing Osy Park @ Empire Ave Res

Regards

Joel Norman

President

Scarborough MCC

Duncan "Druncs" "Webmaster"  Charteris gets married in May 08 to his sweetheart Erin.

Dave Hughes is delighted to announce the birth of Harriet Ann Hughes on 10/4/08 at 2.01 pm.

 
She weighed in at 3450 gms (7lb 9oz) and 52 cm in length. Everyone here is all healthy and doing well.
 

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