Burnside West Christchurch University Cricket Club

The Press – 13th October 1936 – M.Johnstone and Jack Burton  will join the RNZAF. The “Umpires Pavilion” as it now is in the background behind the seating.

ANZAC day gives us an opportunity to pause and to honour and remember those men and women who have served their country. Our club, established in 1905 has had many members who have gone off to battle and some who made the ultimate sacrifice.

At this year’s ANZAC dawn service in Cranmer Square two of our members, Scott Inglis and Jeff Roy, will present the wreath on behalf of our club. You are most welcome to join them at the service. It is recommended that you arrive prior to 6am as it’s a busy service.

Jeff and Scott will be on the Chester Street West area of Cranmer Square and they will go up at the end of the service with other groups. Information on this years service can be found here: ANZAC service 2017.

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We have managed to provide some further information around some of the Members who have served, and thanks to Jane Teal the Historian at Christ’s College Christchurch for her assistance to confirming those old boys who also played for the West Christchurch Club. The following link has the revised BWCUCC Roll of Honour with names and additional reading material.

Last year there was a request from several members to have the Roll of Honour placed in the club and there will be sufficient detail in the research to allow us to do this.

Welcome to the weekly BWCUCC newsletter.

In this edition:

• Seniors playing for the two-day championship
• Cricket round-up
• Prizegiving details
• Last game dates
• Draws for the weekend
• Al Brown MVP update

Seniors playing for the two-day championship

The final round of the Christchurch Metro premier two-day competition begins on Saturday, and BWU are in the hunt for the silverware.

Our men are currently placed second, and kept our title chances alive on the weekend by toppling leaders Old Boys Collegians by six wickets before the rain arrived on Saturday afternoon.  Should OBC (who hold a 12 point lead) stumble against St Albans in the final round, we will be ready to pounce.

Led by a five-wicket bag in the second innings from Scott Inglis, OBC were rolled for just 100 inside 33.2 overs. OBC lost their last eight wickets for 53 runs as the reliable pace attack of Inglis and Matt Farrant rolled through their line-up. Inglis recorded the outstanding match figures of 9-70.

Needing 107 to win, BWCU beat the impending wet weather with Cam Hawkins, who hit an unbeaten 50 from 46 balls, guiding them home.

Canterbury quick Ed Nuttall made his first appearance from a shoulder injury suffered in early January, taking 2-41 from nine overs for OBC.

Senior & Junior cricket round-up

A summary of matches from the weekend is available on CricHQ.

Senior prizegiving – Saturday 25th March @ 7pm

All senior club members and supporters are invited to the end of season prizegiving, to be held at the Burnside clubrooms on the last Saturday of the season – Saturday March 25th from 7pm to 11pm. More details to follow soon. Come and celebrate the season with your club, and look back on the season’s successes. It is sure to be a big night.

Junior prizegiving – Sunday 19th March @ 4pm

All junior club members, parents, coaches and supporters are warmly invited to the Junior club prizegiving,  to be held at the Burnside clubrooms on Sunday 19th March at 4pm. Food and light refreshments will be provided, and trophies for teams and players will be awarded.

Junior team photos

A photographer will be at the junior team prizegiving, and team photos will be available. Check with your coach for your team’s timeslot for a team photo; team photos will be taken the prizegiving (between 3.10 and 3.45pm) . Team photos will be available to order ($20 each, optional).

Last game dates

The final playing days for the BWU 2016/2017 season are as follows.

• Senior cricket: Saturday 25th March
• Junior Saturday morning cricket: Saturday 25th March
• Junior Friday night cricket: Friday 24th March

Draws for this weekend:

The full draw for all Burnside junior and senior teams for this weekend is also available on CricHQ. Check it out!

Al Brown MVP Update

View this season’s complete Al Brown points table here. If you are not in list, make sure you captain (or the person designated by your captain) is filling a full scorecard on CricHQ each weekend. No scorecard = No points = No questions. If you are not sure please ask Shane Young, Arun, or Gareth).

Welcome to the latest BWCUCC newsletter. As we draw closer to the last weeks of the season, there is plenty going on . Plans are underway for end of season events, competition prizes and club awards are being decided – and there is plenty to play for.

In this edition:

• Senior & Junior cricket round-up
• Happy Birthday Graham Dowling
• Prizegiving details
• Last game dates
• Draws for the weekend
• Al Brown MVP update

Senior & Junior cricket round-up

BWU Premiers took on Old Boys in a two day match on Saturday. Batting first, OBC scored 148/9 declared, while evergreen Scott Inglis took 4/31.  In reply our boys fell 6 runs short on the first innings chase, and were dismissed for 142. Tinus Huyser scored, but when he was out at 98/5, the final five wickets fell for 44 runs. In their second innings OBC were 51/3 at stumps.

In Presidents grade, The Foxes were playing in their second ‘grade day’ of the season, and celebrated a fine win against Sydenham Cardinals. The highlight of the day was the team dentist Chris “Arkle” Kennedy, carrying his bat with an unbeaten 106*. The Foxes scored 276 in their 40 overs, with the wiry Kennedy combining with the somewhat-less-wiry Jared Croft (70 off 45, including 5 sixes) like Jack Sprat and his wife.  Between the two of them, they licked the Sydenham Cardinal platter of medium and slow bowlers clean. The match was cleaned up quickly by the BWU bowlers, dismissing Cardinals for 121 and returning the ‘Fail Bail’ to the Sydenham mantelpiece for the winter.

Arkle celebrates his unbeaten century with team amateur videographer Shane Young. In the background, Foxes captain David Robertson rehydrates. 

A summary of matches from the weekend is available on CricHQ:

• BWU Premiers vs Old Boys Collegians (two-day match, day two this weekend)
• BWU 2A vs St Albans (two-day match, day two this weekend)
• BWU 2B vs Riccarton (two-day match, day two this weekend)
• BWU Cannons (160/5) vs Predators CC (156/8) – BWU won by 5 wickets
• BWU Daredevils (175) vs Lancaster Park Vipers – BWU won by 73 runs
• BWU Presidents Foxes (276/3) vs Cardinals (121/10) – BWU won by 155 runs
• BWU T2o DDT (106/2) vs Hornby Rats (103/8)  – BWU won by 8 wickets
• BWU T20 Strikers (200/5) vs St Albans (161/3) – BWU won by 39 runs
• BWU T20 Boomers (145/7) vs Sydenham Goats (144/9) – BWU won by 3 wickets
• BWU T20 Ghetto Hustlers  vs Team Boon – Team Boon won
• BWU 2 (132/2) vs Marist Harewood (131/7) – BWU won by 6 wickets
• BWU 3 (51/4 & 65/4) vs Halswell (126/3 & 122/3) – Halswell won by 132 runs
• BWU 4 (68/0 & 61/5) vs Sydenham (99/3 & 35/0) Sydenham won
• BWU 5 (150/9) vs Sumner (167/2) – Sumner won by  17 runs
• BWU 9 (85/4) vs Tai Tapu (84/8) – BWU won by 6 wickets
• BWU 10 (107/8) vs Halswell (172/2) – Halswell won by 65 runs

Happy 80th Birthday Graham Dowling

BWU legend Graham Dowling celebrated his 80th birthday this week. Dowling served the club for over 60 years, and was a leading BWU player and administrator, and served as club patron for many years. Graham is widely known for his achievements as firstly a cricketer with BWU, Canterbury and New Zealand, and his further service as CEO of NZ Cricket and as an International Test Referee.

Graham Dowling

Graham had an extremely impressive first class and international cricketing career, and an almost unmatched (by any country) batting record against India through the 1960’s. His profile on Cricinfo reads: Graham Dowling, an accomplished opener and superb fielder, was a regular in the New Zealand side throughout the 1960s and a capable captain who led his country 19 times. He made three Test hundreds, all against India, with the highlights being when he scored 143 at Dunedin in 1967-68 and followed with 239 in 556 minutes at Christchurch to lead his side to their first win over the Indians (it was also his first game as captain). He finished the series with 471 runs at 58.87 and the season with 966 runs, at the time a New Zealand domestic record. 

Happy Birthday Graham.

Senior prizegiving – Saturday 25th March @ 7pm

All senior club members and supporters are invited to the end of season prizegiving, to be held at the Burnside clubrooms on the last Saturday of the season – Saturday March 25th from 7pm to 11pm. More details to follow soon. Come and celebrate the season with your club, and look back on the season’s successes. It is sure to be a big night.

Junior prizegiving – Sunday 19th March @ 4pm

All junior club members, parents, coaches and supporters are warmly invited to the Junior club prizegiving,  to be held at the Burnside clubrooms on Sunday 19th March at 4pm. Food and light refreshments will be provided, and trophies for teams and players will be awarded.

Last game dates

The final playing days for the BWU 2016/2017 season are as follows.

• Senior cricket: Saturday 25th March
• Junior Saturday morning cricket: Saturday 25th March
• Junior Friday night cricket: Friday 24th March

Draws for this weekend:

The full draw for all Burnside junior and senior teams for this weekend is also available on CricHQ. Check it out!

Al Brown MVP Update

The Premiers still have a stranglehold on the top 10 in this years Al Brown (Arun, their scorer should probably take out the trophy since the main reason for this is that each of their games is fully documented in CricHQ, which =  maximum points are available to players)…

View this season’s complete Al Brown points table here. If you are not in list, make sure you captain (or the person designated by your captain) is filling a full scorecard on CricHQ each weekend. No scorecard = No points = No questions. If you are not sure please ask Shane Young, Arun, or Gareth).

Welcome to the latest BWCUCC newsletter. First of all, apologies to all for now newsletter last week. The events of the week took everyone’s attention away, and Thursday came and went. I hope that this newsletter finds all club members, and their families and homes safe from the Port Hills fires.

In this edition:

• Senior & Junior cricket round-up
• Valley of Peace survives the Port Hills fires
• Draws for the weekend
• Al Brown MVP update
• Senior Player Profile:Edward Wright

Senior & Junior cricket round-up

There wasn’t a lot of cricket last weekend with steady drizzle setting in on Friday  that lasted through most of Saturday. Although the emergency services workers will have welcomed the rain, it was a shame to miss out on yet another Saturday, in what has become (for most teams) a very stop-start season. The weather forecast is looking much better this weekend.

Valley of Peace survives the fire

Many players at the club will have played at some time or another at the magnificent Valley of Peace cricket club on Hoon Hay Valley road. The VOP club are delighted to advise that the club made it through the fires virtually unscathed, after things were looking very desperate after the first 24-48 hours of the fires. A number of homes on Hoon Hay Valley Road were destroyed in the blaze, but some how the valley itself stayed virtually untouched. Check out the image below for the extent of the surrounding damage, and just how lucky the Valley of Peace ground was to survive the fire.

Hoon Hay Valley showing the extent of the fire boundary, and the relative location of the Valley of Peac cricket club. Photo credit Chris Lynch 2017.

Draws for this weekend:

The full draw for all Burnside junior and senior teams for this weekend is also available on CricHQ. Check it out!

Al Brown MVP Update

A strong showing from Matt Farrant for the Premier Men in their last match has seen him cement his lead at the top of the table. Farrant blasted through the 100-point barrier to jump to a 25 point lead on the chasing pack…

View this season’s complete Al Brown points table here. If you are not in list, make sure you captain (or the person designated by your captain) is filling a full scorecard on CricHQ each weekend. No scorecard = No points = No questions. If you are not sure please ask Shane Young, Arun, or Gareth).

Senior Player Profile: Edward Wright

Welcome to the latest BWCUCC newsletter.

In this edition:

• Senior cricket round-up
• Junior cricket restarts
• Scott Inglis 551 wickets
• Latham stars behind the stumps for Black Caps
• Latham re-signs for Durham
• Al Brown MVP update
• Senior Player Profile: Tinus Huyser

Senior cricket round-up

The weather played its part on the weekend and despite a howling gale, games were played across all senior grades last weekend, with the continuation of the T20 competition for morning grades. A summary of the weekends results is below:

• Premiers (T20) 65/9 lost to LPW 132/4 by 67 runs
• Premiers (T20) 163/7 lost to Sydenham 164/5 by 5 wickets
• 2A (T20) 140/8 lost to Riccarton 141/3 by 7 wickets
• 2A(T20) 148/6 beat OBC 138/6 by 10 runs
• 2B (T20) 59/9) lost to Sydenham (60/3) by 7 wickets
• 2B (T20) 142/7 lost to Halswell Red Vets 158/4 by 16 runs
• Presidents 169/9 lost to Merivale Papanui 180/6 by 11 runs
• Cannons 180/2 beat Sumner 3A 179/7 by 8 wickets
• Boomers 83/9 beat Halswell 81/10 by 1 wicket
• Punjab Daredevils 75/10 lost to Marist Harewood 76/2 by 8 wickets
• Strikers 142/8 lost to Halswell 158/4 by 16 runs

Full results from the weekend are available at CricHQ. The full draw for Burnside teams  for this weekend is also available on CricHQ. Check it out!

Saturday morning junior cricket re-starts this weekend.

Saturday morning junior cricket resumes for the year this weekend. Be sure for check CricHQ for the draw!

Friday night cricket starts next week.

The first evening of Friday night cricket will be next Friday (10th February). See you there!

Scott Inglis 551*

Scott Inglis with the ball that took the record. 551 premier wickets for the club.

Premier stalwart Scott Inglis achieved an incredible milestone last weekend, becoming the clubs all-time leading wicket-taker across all formats. Inglis, who debuted for the Premiers in 1999-2000, reached 551 senior wickets on Saturday courtesy of his 1/21 in a T20 match against LPW. Scott lifts the crown from the Canterbury offspinner, cricket administrator and commentator Peter Sharp (1939- 2012) who represented the BWU Premiers between 1962 and 1980. With the next nearest active premier bowler tallying in the low 100’s, Inglis’ record is likely to stand for many years. Congratulations Scott on your amazing performance and thank you for your immense contribution to the club.

Tom Latham stars for the Black Caps

Tom Latham continues a prolific summer for the Black Caps in the opening Chappell Hadlee ODI match vs. Australia at Eden Park. Although Latham didn’t really come off with the bat, he starred in the field capturing five dismissals behind the stumps, a record for a New Zealand wicket-keeper in ODIs.

Tom Latham stumps Shaun Marsh, New Zealand v Australia.

It was a game of freakish stats and facts. Here are my two favourites:

• 11 – Stoinis’ sixes in his 146 – the second most in an innings for Australia and joint second while chasing in an ODI. Stoinis’ 11 were the most sixes by a batsman in defeat.
• 0 – The number of runs scored by Hazlewood in his 54 run stand with Stoinis for the tenth wicket. Batted Josh.

Marcus Stoinis and Josh Hazlewood stand dejectedly while the New Zealand team celebrates.

Latham re-signs for Durham

In another exciting day for the Tom Latham news desk, English county side Durham have announced that Tom has signed to return for the second-half of the English summer in 2017. Latham will head to England at the conclusion of the Champions Trophy ODI tournament.

Al Brown MVP Update

The Cannons’ Kyle Knowles continues his charge up the Al Brown leaderboard having taken 18 wickets at 9.31 so far this year.  Premier allrounder Matt Farrant retains a tight grip on the trophy but his lead has been halved to less than 9 points, and the chasing pack are now in striking distance.

View this season’s complete Al Brown points table here. If you are not in list, make sure you captain (or the person designated by your captain) is filling a full scorecard on CricHQ each weekend. No scorecard = No points = No questions. If you are not sure please ask Shanezx, Arun, or Gareth).

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Sporting fixtures are always showing on one of our 20 screens. Entertainment is provided by state of the art TAB and Gaming facilities.

Senior Player Profile: Tinus Huyser

Welcome to the latest BWCUCC newsletter.

In this edition:

• Results from the weekend
• Tom Latham stars for the Black Caps
• Black Caps playing at Hagley Oval (no club cricket this weekend)
• NWYC Cricket Camp
• Al Brown MVP update
• Senior Player Profile: JJ Naude

Results from the weekend

Adult grade teams were back in action with mostly T20 games at the weekend. The Premiers had a dominant weekend with two good victories against OBC and Heathcote CC.

Summary scorecards from all Burnside teams:

• Premiers (119/7) beat OBC (117/7) by 3 wickets
• Premiers (173/3) beat Heathcote CC (136/7) by 37 runs
• BWC 2A (110/10) lost to Lancaster Park CC (160/9) by 50 runs
• BWC 2B (122/10) lost to Marist Harewood (175/6) by 53 runs
• BWC 2B (103/10) lost to OBC (161/6) by 58 runs
• BWC Cannons (117/10) lost to Richmond CC (128/10) by 11 runs
• BWC Believers (100/6) lost to Southern Districts (138/4) by 38 runs
• BWC DDT (121/5) beat Richmond (120/6) by 5 wickets
• BWC Strikers (122/7) beat Heathcote Bangers (121/8)  by 3 wickets
• BWC Presidents Foxes (203/7) lost to East Shirley Gold (206/7) by 3 wickets
• BWC Punjab Daredevils (83/10) lost to New Brighton (139/9) by 56 runs
• BWC Boomers (125/10) beat Hornby (95/10) by 30 runs
• BWC TMF (184/8) beat New Brighton (118/8) by 66 runs

Full results from the weekend are available at CricHQ.

Tom Latham stars for the Black Caps

Burnside’s Tom Latham played a starring role in the incredible come-from-behind  victory against Bangladesh at the Basin Reserve in Wellington.

Tom Latham taps one behind square on day three of the first test against Bangladesh at the Basin Reserve.

After scoring 595-8 in their first innings, Bangladesh suffered the embarrassment of becoming the team to score the highest first innings total to result in a defeat in the history of test cricket. It was Tom’s man-of-the match winning 177 in NZ’s first innings that turned the tide of the test. The previous highest was Australia’s 586 vs England at SCG In 1894-95!

Black Caps at Hagley Oval this weekend

The Black Caps are in Christchurch this weekend for the second test against Bangladesh, and hoping (weather permitting) for a home series sweep. Tickets for the test are available at Ticketek. Remember – no club cricket on Saturday, so get down to the oval to support Tom Latham and his mates!

The Black Caps slippers getting in some last minute fielding drills on Thursday.

NWYC Cricket Camp

Despite the threat of rain from the weather bomb this week, the NWYC Cricket Camp went ahead under mostly sunny skies. Thanks to all the players and coaches and helpers involved.

The sun was shining at Burnside Oval for the NWYC Cricket Camp

Al Brown MVP Update

There has been a bit of movement outside the top ten in the Al Brown competition with Premiers in top 10 spots starting to coming under fire as the rest of the club gathers momentum (and game time). A string of regular contributions from the Presidents Foxes’ Jeff Roy has seen him climb four spots into 6th. Newcomers from the Boomers’ Regan Wilson and Cannons’ Kyle Knowles round out the top 10. Premier allrounder Matt Farrant has a tight grip on the trophy at the season half-way point with his bowling performances alone enough to fend off the chasing pack.

View this season’s complete Al Brown points table here. If you are not in list, make sure you captain (or the person designated by your captain) is filling a full scorecard on CricHQ each weekend. No scorecard = No points = No questions. If you are not sure please ask Shane , Arun , or Gareth).

The Avonhead Tavern is Christchurch’s newest redeveloped sports bar. Proudly serving the communities in the west of the city it is a modern take on the tried and trusted. The Avonhead Tavern decor is earthy, warm & welcoming with lots of natural timber finishes and a great outdoor area.

Sporting fixtures are always showing on one of our 20 screens. Entertainment is provided by state of the art TAB and Gaming facilities.

Senior Player Profile: JJ  Naude