2006/07 Annual Report - Melbourne Cricket Club

MCC XXIX CLUB v HONG KONG CRICKET CLUBPlayed at: Albert Ground on February 13, 2007MCC XXIX CLUB8/160 CC (40 OVERS)LOST TOHONG KONG CC6/280 CC (40 OVERS)BATTING BOWLING BATTING BOWLINGW Sawyer 27 S Sibraa 74C Stockdale 10 1/44 (8) R Bettridge 0M Scholten 38 S Snell 75K Wallace 11 0/35 (7) N Gaven-Brown 39 0/10 (4)P Barker 10 C Box 43M Dunstan 0 2/55 (8) M Winstanley 8 3/12 (4)G Fidler 13 0/52 (5) R Shell 5T Hickey 11 n.o. R Bettridge 16 29/1 (8)T Norton 15 0/26 (4) B McDonald DNB 1/31 (8)A Pritchard 9 n.o. 1/27 (4) F Bettridge DNB 1/51 (8)H Scurrah DNB 0/28 (4) A Waters DNB 1/24 (8)Sundries 16 20Umpires: Adrian Crawley, David D’Altera.Scorer: Barry Hopkins (MCC) Graeme Stilwell (HKCC)The Hong Kong CC arrived in Melbourne in the middle of the longest dry spell on record and needlessto say the day dawned bright and hot. The Albert was looking dry as the toss was made and HKCCchoose to bat giving members of their team time to recuperate from what, by all accounts, had been abig night at Southbank.The MCC XXIX Club team was an enticing mixture of the youth and experience, which had the visitorson the ropes early 1/1, but the success was short-lived as Shane Sibraa (74) and Stephen Snell (75 retired)took control. The bowlers toiled hard, with a numerous combinations of the youth and experiencetested, but to no avail as HKCC went on to score 6/280.In reply, MCC XXIX Club started well but were no match for HKCC, finishing with 8/160. Will Sawyer(27) and Matthew Scholten (38) were the pick of the batsmen.The post match BBQ was enjoyed by all and the HKCC tourists left the Albert with a decisive win undertheir belts and the rest of their tour ahead of them.Many thanks to umpires Adrian Crawley and David D’Altera, scorer Barrie Hopkins and theredoubtable Jack Huxtable.Paul BarkerManager16