Scarborough Mercantile Cricket Club

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Roger “Big Boy” Smith took 5/27 in the 2nds, this is his 7^th “5 wicket in an innings” haul for the club and 3^rd this season.

Micky “I’m getting married” Taylor took 5/39 in the 4ths, this is his 2^nd “5 wicket in an innings” haul for the club and 1^st this season.

The 2nds won their 11^th game in a row, and have continued breaking the record of 8 wins in a row achieved in 92/93.

The 4ths team on the weekend was the most experienced premiership team for the club with an average age of 41.5 years and 126 games played!

The 2nds record in grand finals now stand at 3 wins from 6 appearances and the 4ths grand final record is now 4 wins from 6 appearances.

The 4ths made history by becoming the first Scarborough team to win a premiership from 4^th on the ladder.

Garry “Chocko” Powell played in his club record 8^th grand final with Steve “Locky” Lockwood 2^nd in line after making his 7^th Grand Final appearance to equal Haywood “H” Lewis also with 7. Keith Manea has played in a grand final every year since joining the club in 02/03 with a record of 3 premiership wins and 3 losses!!

Keith Manea, Andrew “Atko” Atkins and Steve “Locky: Lockwood have now joined Andrew “Billy” Billington as the premiership leaders for Scarborough with 3 each.

There were plenty of premierships droughts broken over the weekend with club stalwarts Garry “Choco” Powell having played 206 games since his last premiership and Chris Gray 199 games. Choco narrowly passed Mark “Bero” Berich’s record of 205 games between premierships. Roger “Big Boy” Smith 163 games and Joel “El presidento” Norman 155 games both played in their first premierships for the club. Big Boy narrowly missed Adam “Quokka” Quinn’s record of 164 games before his first premiership!!

Mark “Junior” Senior continues to hold the records of 230 games since his last premiership, which was in 91/92. Mark “Jaws” Woods holds the record of 177 games without ever winning a premiership.

James "JC" Cornish finished as the club leading run scorer in finals with 95 runs (record was 145 with Chris Wood in 93/94).

Ian “I really can bat” Jones was the club leading wicket taker in finals with 13 wickets (record was 15 with Dave “Huge Arse” Hughes in 01/02).

Garry “Choco” Powell was the clubs leading fielder in finals with 6 dismissals (record was 9 also with Garry “Choco” Powell in 90/91)

Ian “I really can bat” Jones finished as the clubs leading all rounder in the finals with 154 points (record is 210 with Rob McCready in 90/91).

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Ian “I really can bat” Jones took 5/46 in the 4ths, this is his 2^nd “5 wicket in an innings” haul for the club and 2^nd this season.

The 4ths team on the weekend is what you call very experienced with an average age of 42.5 years and 156 games played, including 3 players who have played over 350 games!

The 1sts overall finals record now stands at 10 wins from 21 games played. The 4ths records is now 10 wins from 18 games.

The 2nds record in grand finals is 2 wins from 5 appearances with the last victory being in 06/07. The 4ths grand final record is 3 wins from 5 appearances with the last victory being in 04/05.

The 4ths will have their work cut this weekend as no Scarborough team has ever won a premiership from 3^rd or 4^th on the ladder.

Garry “Chocko” Powell will be lining up for his club record 8^th grand final with Mark “Bero” Berich and Steve “Locky” Lockwood in line for their 7^th Grand Final appearance. Incidentally Chocko has won only 1 premiership and that was with the 2nds way back in 92/93!!

Keith Manea, Andrew “Atko” Atkins, Locky and Bero will be trying to equal Andrew “Billy” Billington’s record of 3 premierships for Scarborough.

Mark “Junior” Senior holds the records of 240 games since his last premiership, which was in 91/92. Mark “Jaws” Woods holds the record of 177 games without ever winning a premiership.

James "JC" Cornish is the club leading run scorer in finals so far with 95 runs (record is 145 with Chris Wood in 93/94).

Ian “I really can bat” Jones is the club leading wicket taker in finals so far with 10 wickets (record is 15 with Dave “Huge Arse” Hughes in 01/02).

Garry “Choco” Powell is the clubs leading fielder in finals so far with 6 dismissals (record is 9 also with Garry “Choco” Powell in 90/91)

Blasts from the Past are back for another finals campaign. Send your support to the boys!

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Roger “Bad Man” Smith got reported in the 2nds for ‘Man Handling’ another player. He is the first SMCC Player to be reported in a Final. Well Done Rog. On a side note he got ‘reprimanded’ and is free to play in the 2^nds Grand Final.

Dave ' I've got a convertible and young chicks dig it ' Spencer hates his nickname

The 2nds won their 10^th game in a row, and have continued breaking the record of 8 wins in a row achieved in 92/93.

Andrew “Atko” Atkins took 5/63 in the 2nds which is his 8^th “5 wicket in an innings” haul for the club and 4^th this season.

Ian “I really can bat” Jones took 5/20 in the 4ths, this is his 1^st “5 wicket in an innings” haul for the club and this season.

The 1sts and 2nds have now both improved their overall finals record to 10 wins from 20 games played. The 4ths records is 9 wins from 17 games and the 5ths are yet to record a win in both of their finals appearances.

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

Andrew “Atko” Atkins and Ian “I really can bat” Jones are the club leading wicket takers in finals so far with 5 wickets each (record is 15 with Dave “Huge Arse” Hughes in 01/02).

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

James "JC" Cornish is the clubs leading all rounder in the finals so far with 63 points (record is 210 with Rob McCready in 90/91).

The 2nds won their 9^th game in a row, and have now broken the record of 8 wins in a row achieved in 92/93.

Dave ' I've got a convertible and young chicks dig it' Spencer smashed his 1^st century for the season with 126 in the 2nds. This is his 2^nd century in just his 23^rd game for the club. In some of the best clean hitting seen in a long time, ' I've got a convertible and young chicks dig it' hit a record equalling 12 sixes in his innings to equal Shane Exell’s record from 99/00 and also equalled Gordon Bowman’s record of 30 runs in an over from 95/96. Dave hit the first 5 balls of the over for six before the bowler sent the last ball miles down legside to deny him a unique record. This is also his highest score for the club beating the 101 he scored last season.

Shane Scott scored 69 in the 2nds which is his highest score for the club beating his previous best of 54 scored last season.

Andrew “Atko” Atkins took 6/54 in the 2nds which is his 7^th “5 wicket in an innings” haul for the club and 3^rd this season.

Peter “Slippery” Blanch took 6/51 in the 3rds, this is his 5^th “5 wicket in an innings” haul for the club and 3^rd this season.

Steve Jones scored his first “pair” for the club scoring a duck in both innings for the 3rds.

Greg "Grinners" Dimery finished as the club leading run scorer with 797 runs (record is 883 with Dixie Joy in 04/05).

Andrew “Atko” Atkins has equaled Roger “Big Boy” Smith as the club leading wicket takers with 35 wickets each (record is 49 with Sam “I quit” Ward in 04/05).

Greg “Blossom” Davis finished as the clubs leading fielder with 22 dismissals (record is 37 with Steve “Locky” Lockwood in 03/04)

Greg "Grinners" Dimery finished as the clubs leading all rounder with 1137 points this season breaking the previous record of 1133 with Dixie Joy in 04/05.

Ian “I really can bat” Jones finished leading the duck tally with 5 ducks (record is 7 with Barry Brooks in 99/00).

Dave ' I've got a convertible and young chicks dig it' Spencer has overtaken James “JC” Cornish as the clubs leading six hitter with 18 this season.

James “JC” Cornish scored his 1^st century for the season with 114 in the tops. This is his 3^rd century for the club in just his 33^rd game and has taken his season tally to 487 runs.

Greg “Grinners” Dimery scored 97 in the tops, this is the 2^nd time he has been dismissed in 90’s this season.

“JC” and “Grinners” also made 191 for the 2^nd wicket which is a 1^st team record. The previous 1^st team record was 168 between Keith Kreibich and Justin Baker in 92/93. The club record is 193 between Garry “Choco” Powell and Troy “Banjo” Brown in 06/07.

Stuart Gaby took 5/92 in the tops which is his first “5 wicket in an innings” haul for the club.

The 2nds won their 8^th game in a row, and have now equalled the record of 8 in a row achieved in 92/93.

Peter “Slippery” Blanch had a weekend out in the 3rds, he scored 102 which is his 2^nd century for the club and 2^nd this season. As well “Slippery” took 5/28, this is his 4^th “5 wicket in an innings” haul for the club and 2^nd this season. This also included a hat trick, which is only the 5^th time this has occurred for the club. Incidentally this is not the first time someone has scored a hundred, taken 5 for, and a hat trick in the same game, with Andrew “Akko” Atkins achieving the feat in 05/06.

The 4ths lost by 1 run against Ferndale, the previous time this happens was the 4ths in 04/05 against Karrinyup.

Greg "Grinners" Dimery is the club leading run scorer with 749 runs (record is 883 with Dixie Joy in 04/05).

Roger “Big Boy” Smith is the clubs leading wicket takers with 34 wickets (record is 49 with Sam “I quit” Ward in 04/05).

Greg “Blossom” Davis is the clubs leading fielder with 21 dismissals (record is 37 with Steve “Locky” Lockwood in 03/04)

Greg "Grinners" Dimery is the clubs leading all rounder with 1049 points this season (record is 1133 with Dixie Joy in 04/05).

Ian “I really can bat” Jones is leading the duck tally with 5 ducks (record is 7 with Barry Brooks in 99/00).

Jack “Jill” Joy, Daniel “SOC” Powell and Steve “Flo Jo” Florance were involved in John Bakers Hat trick in the tops.

The 2nds won their 7^th game in a row, they are now chasing the record of 8 in a row achieved in 92/93.

Dwaine “Danger” Miru took 5 catches keeping for the 4ths on the weekend. Vince “Sundries” Del Prete has the club record with 7 catches in the 4ths in 98/99.

Greg "Grinners" Dimery is the club leading run scorer with 652 runs (record is 883 with Dixie Joy in 04/05).

Roger “Big Boy” Smith is the clubs leading wicket takers with 29 wickets (record is 49 with Sam “I quit” Ward in 04/05).

Greg “Drug runner ” Davis is the clubs leading fielder with 20 dismissals (record is 37 with Steve “Locky” Lockwood in 03/04)

Greg "Grinners" Dimery is the clubs leading all rounder with 912 points this season (record is 1133 with Dixie Joy in 04/05).

Ian “I really can bat” Jones is leading the duck tally with 5 ducks (record is 7 with Barry Brooks in 99/00).

James “JC” Cornish is the clubs leading six hitter with 8 this season. He has now shot past Adam “Axe Murderer” Ballucci who is still on 7, followed by Roger "Big Boy" Smith & Dave ' I've got a convertible and young chicks dig it' Spencer are both on 6

Adam “Axe Murder” Ballucci scored his 2^nd century for the season with 114 in the 2nds and has taken his season tally to 452 runs.

Andrew “Akko” Atkins took his 2^nd “5 for” this season with 5/45 in the 2nds. This is Akko’s 6^th “5 for” at the club.

The 2nds won their 6^th game in a row, they are now chasing the record of 8 in a row achieved in 92/93.

Andrew “Akko” Atkins as captain is currently on winning streak of 21 games. He last lost as captain in Round 13, 05/06 (11&18/2/06) and since then he has Captained 21 wins without a loss.

With the “Greengrocer” umpiring the 5ths on the weekend, an amazing 72 wides were recorded. 34 were bowled by Scarborough and 38 bowled by Coolbinia-WP!!! This was the most wides since 62 wides were bowled in the 5ths between Scarborough and Perth Greens in 91/92.

Greg "Grinners" Dimery is the club leading run scorer with 643 runs (record is 883 with Dixie Joy in 04/05).

Roger “Big Boy” Smith is the clubs leading wicket takers with 28 wickets (record is 49 with Sam “I quit” Ward in 04/05).

Greg “Drug runner ” Davis is the clubs leading fielder with 17 dismissals (record is 37 with Steve “Locky” Lockwood in 03/04).

Greg "Grinners" Dimery is the clubs leading all rounder with 893 points this season (record is 1133 with Dixie Joy in 04/05).

Ian “I really can bat” Jones is leading the duck tally with 5 ducks (record is 7 with Barry Brooks in 99/00).

Adam “Axe Murderer” Ballucci is the clubs leading six hitter with 7 this season.

After his 95 on the 5th Jan in the tops Greg “Grinners” Dimery has taken his season tally to 506 runs and is now chasing the season record of 883 runs achieved by Dixie Joy in 04/05.

The 2nds won their 5^th game in a row, they are now chasing the record of 8 in a row achieved in 92/93.

Steve “Sticks” Templeton has now played in all 5 teams for the club this season after his first game for the 3rds on the weekend!!

Stu “The Gov” Green scored his highest score for the club with 43no when he filled in for the 5ths on the weekend.

Roger “Big Boy” Smith is the clubs leading wicket takers with 28 wickets.

Greg “Drug runner” Davis is the clubs leading fielder with 16 dismissals.

Greg "Grinners" Dimery is the clubs leading all rounder with 746 points this season.

Mark Steven scored his 3^rd hundred for the club with 127 in the tops, this was achieved in just his 18^th game for the club.

Mark Steven and Greg “Grinners” Dimery had a partnership of 173 for the 1^st wicket in the tops, this broke the previous record for the tops of 169 scored in 94/95 by Brad Michaelides and Justin “JB” Baker. The overall club record is 240 runs achieved by David “Normy” Stoate and Steve “Locky” Lockwood in the 2nds in 91/92. Incidentally “Normy” Stoate was at the tops on the weekend watching this great partnership.

Andrew “Billy” Billington has scored consecutive 50’s with 62 runs in the 3rds.

Dave “Huge Arse” Hughes almost suffered a nose bleed when he batted at no 6 in the 3rds, the perennial No 11 has not batted that high since 04/05 when he batted no 5 in the 2^nd innings of a game.

Chris Kane scored his first 50 for the club with 62 runs in the 5ths, this was achieved in his 65^th game for the club and beat his previous best of 44 runs.

Roger “Big Boy” Smith is the clubs leading wicket takers with 26 wickets.

Chris “Louisville Slugger” Bodycoat and Greg “Drug runner ” Davis are the clubs leading fielders with 12 dismissals each.

Greg "Grinners" Dimery is the clubs leading all rounder with 641 points this season.

Jason “JT” Jeffery scored his highest score for the club with 90 in the 2nds.

Peter “Slippery” Blanch scored 101no for the 3rds on the weekend. This is his first hundred for the club and first in his career.

Steve Jones took 6/5 in the 3rds on the weekend. This is his 3^rd “5 wicket in an innings” haul for the club. He took 9/37 for the match. This is his career best bowling figures.

Daniel “SOC” Powell hit 14 boundaries in his score of 60 in the 3rds, he managed to jog thru for 4 singles though!!

Andrew “Billy” Billington scored 64 in the 3rds which is the first time he has passed 50 since hitting 101no against Karrinyup in the tops in 2001/02.

Matt “Mr Cricket” Scales scored his highest score for the club with 17 runs in the 5ths.

Scotty “G Train” Granville score his highest score for the club the previous week with 37 runs in the 5ths.

Mick “Fish” Fisher had bowled 6 overs for 27 runs in the 5ths the previous week when his last 2 overs went for 46 runs to end up with 8 overs for 73 runs!! One over went for 27 runs and included 3 sixes!! Hitting like that hadn’t been experienced since Sammy “I Quit” Ward was spanked by Leederville in 03/04 to the tune of 48 runs in his last 2 overs.

The club won all 5 games on the weekend which is the 2^nd time this has happened this season and the 17^th time overall. This is also the first time this happened in consecutive weeks!!

Greg "Grinners" Dimery is the club leading run scorer with 355 runs.

Roger “Big Boy” Smith is the clubs leading wicket takers with 26 wickets.

Chris “Louisville Slugger” Bodycoat and Greg “Drug runner ” Davis are the clubs leading fielders with 11 dismissals each.

Greg "Grinners" Dimery is the clubs leading all rounder with 555 points this season.

Sam “I Quit” Ward and Ian Jones are leading the duck tally with 4 ducks each.

Adam “Axe Murderer” Ballucci is the clubs leading six hitter with 7.