2006/07 Annual Report - Melbourne Cricket Club

MCC XXIX CLUB v BENDIGO CCPlayed at: Albert Ground on November 22, 2006MCC XXIX CLUB6/234 CC (40 OVERS)DEFEATEDBENDIGO CC6/176 CC (40 OVERS)BATTING BOWLING BATTING BOWLINGP Petricola 0 1/19 G Franzi 20R Strongman 11 n.o. 1/41 R Trickey 75 n.o. 1/15N Quinn 2 0/14 J Naughton 5 3/66A Mansale 102 1/38 D Trickey 3 1/14S Berak 17 0/3 P Munro 16 1/6W Sawyer 17 S Graham 14 0/22T Jones 26 Ret A Sheehan 9 n.o. 0/25H Jones 4 C Kleine DNB 0/48T Hamilton 30 D Elliott 23J McCormick 2 n.o. 1/23 L Wust DNB 0/33P White DNB 1/27 L Gaskill DNB 0/1Sundries 15 Sundries 11Umpires:Scorer:Andrew MansaleIan Aitken, Mike SlatteryTony RyanThe strong MCC side put together a respectable score of 6/234, withVanuatu import Andrew Mansale making his debut in the XXIX clubwith a fine 102. Most players got amongst the runs with Will Sawyer,Trevor Hamilton and Tim Jones getting into the 20’s. The ever reliableRandall Strongman who, after his first 100 in more than 45 years ofcricket earlier this season now claims ‘batsman’ status, contributed a fine11 not out. It was a good batting performance against the strongBendigo attack with Justin Naughton taking the Bendigo bowlinghonours with 3/66.Bendigo started well with a good solid opening stand between Franzi and Ryan Trickey (75n.o.), son offormer district player Darren, against some very spirited bowling by MCC 1 st XI players Peter Petricolaand Nick Quinn.However the rest of the batting failed to emulate past performances and the normally strong line up wascontained to 6/176 at the close of the 40 overs.The off-spin bowling of Andrew Mansale (1/38) was a great to watch however the highlight of the gamewas the Paul Munro dismissal; caught with a great running catch on the boundary by Huw Jones bowledby Randall Strongman for 16. This was history in the making as Munro has scored heavily to say the leastover the past 10 years or so. Randall gave him the traditional send off however Munro replied ‘that’s 1 for500 or so’ – a fitting end to some great battles between these two.The XXIX Club, following a long series of defeats at the hands of Bendigo, now have had decisive wins inthe last two encounters.As usual, drinks and a BBQ were enjoyed well into the evening by both teams. Thanks go to Ian and Mikefor their officiating and Tony Ryan for the scoringJohn McCormickManager10