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Introducing Our New Club Captain !!!

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AUCC AGM Notice & Election of Officers



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In accordance with the Constitution of the Adelaide University Cricket Club, we hereby give 14 days notice of the clubs' Annual General Meeting.

Date: Thursday, 6th October 2022
Time: 
6:30 pm
Location: The Cathedral Hotel, 45 Kermode St, North Adelaide, 5006

Links to relevant policies for endorsement:


Nomination of Officers
  1. All nominations for positions on the Executive Committee must be received by the Club Secretary in writing at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the  scheduled commencement time of an AGM. 
  2. In the event that there is only one nomination duly received by the Club Secretary for any position on the Executive Committee within the stipulated time frame, that person shall be  elected to the position for which they have been nominated at the AGM without the need for a vote to be taken.
  3. In the event that there are two or more nominations duly received by the Club Secretary for any position on the Executive Committee within the stipulated time frame, the nominee that attracts a simple majority of votes at the AGM shall be duly elected to the position for which they have been nominated.
To nominate a member for a position on AUCC executive committee please click the link below.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XLCF7FF

All Nominations must be proposed and seconded by club members.

ADELAIDE UNI TO ENTER SACA WOMEN'S 1ST GRADE IN 2021/22

                                                                                                                                                                                                


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Adelaide University Sport and Fitness (AUSF) and the Adelaide University Cricket Club (AUCC) are excited to announce that AUCC has been accepted into the SACA Women’s 1st Grade competition for the 2021/2022 season. 

Please click below to read the full press release:

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AUCC adds to strong fast bowling stocks with the return of Wes Agar

 


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The club is excited to announce the return of one of Australia’s most promising young fast bowlers, Wesley Agar. At just 23, Wes has already achieved a great deal. Wes dominated the first class cricket scene last year representing South Australia in all forms of the game and was awarded the 2020 Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year. This award puts him amongst a list of greats including the likes of Brett Lee, Shaun Tait, Nathan Bracken, David Warner and others! Destined for big things, Wes is hardworking, confident and team orientated as well as being terrifying to bat against!


Welcome back Wes, we look forward to helping you grow your career even further!





Sam Kerber Breaks 99 year old record with 5th century of 2019-20

Sam Kerber breaks 99 year old AUCC record held by Gilbert Jose

By Rob O'Shannassy

Saturday 22nd February 2020

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Late in the day at beautiful University Oval 

(acting skipper) Sam Kerber completed his fifth century in the 2019/2020

SACA Premier 1st Grade competition. Coming in when the 1st wicket fell after a 126 run opening partnership by young guns Cooper Luke and Kyle Brazell, Sam complied 105 runs against a very strong Adelaide bowling attack. Falling when the total had reached 320, his critical and patient 211 minute innings included eight fours and three sixes off 160 balls faced.

Until today Gilbert Jose held the AUCC record of four 1st Grade centuries in a season way back in 1920/21. Gilbert Jose's great season back in 1920/21 gave him the SACA batting aggregate trophy with 807 runs at an average of 115.28 (from only 7 innings). It included consecutive scores of 251, 203, 123 and 152.

While making the two double tons he also amazingly figured in all-time record partnerships for AUCC of both over 300 for the 3rd and 4th wicket. So these two partnership records will have their 100 year anniversary next season, as will his score of 251 which is also the highest score recorded by a AUCC player in 1st Grade cricket!

Gilbert Jose played twice for South Australia without success, however further opportunity was not forthcoming and his cricket career was cut short anyway because of his pursuit of specialist surgical qualifications in London and Edinburgh after graduation from the Adelaide University Medical School in 1922. Altogether, he only played four seasons of 1st Grade cricket (1919/20 - 1922/23).

As a medical student, Gilbert Edgar Jose had enlisted as an 18 year old towards the end of WW1. He also served in the Australian Army Medical Corps in Malaya during WW2. Sadly he became a Japanese prisoner of war and was one of the many who perished in the notorious Changi Prison. Two brothers Wilfrid Oswald Jose and Ivan Bede Jose also played 1st Grade with our Club before WW1. Wilfrid was killed in action in WW1 in France (April 1917).

Gilbert's son, Tony Jose also played for Adelaide University, South Australia, Oxford University and Kent (29 1st Class games). Another son Geoffrey also played 1st Grade for University.


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Ethan Lee's 8/25 - Is it the best ever in 4th Grade?

from Rob O'Shannassy

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While on the hot topic of AUCC Club Records, Scott Greber has asked me if Ethan Lee's 8 wicket haul for 25 runs against Northern Districts last Saturday was a 4th Grade record. 

Well,  I'll need some help on this one because the AUCC's documentation of record performances over all grades has been pretty slack over the years. For the teams other than 1st Grade, all we really have are the statistics from 2008/09 season onwards thanks to the advent of MyCricket's online resource.

The good news for Ethan is that it is the best 4th Grade bowling performance "on record".  It eclipses Jacob Roth's 8 wickets for 32 runs taken against Sturt during season 2011/12. Jacob also took another 4 wickets in Sturt's 2nd innings to give him match figures of 12 wickets for 57 runs.

SACA 4th Grade (formerly D Grade) has only been around since 1975/76 so there will be many past players (including D Grade captains) who will be still well and truly alive and with intact explicit memories of outstanding past performances. Club stalwarts like Club Secretaries Greg "Legal" Howe, David Penn and our current President Stephen Dickinson  were all former D Grade skippers may be able to shed some light on this topic as will other past players of the pre MyCricket era.

As long as I can remember at our end of season function trophies are presented for individual batting and bowling performances in all grades so there will be some trophies out there gathering dust that hold the key to checking if Ethan's figures are the best ever.







Here are some AUCC 1st Grade Bowling Records

All Time

Highest number of wickets in an Innings: (9) David David 9/35 (1966/67 AUCC v West Torrens)

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Others who have taken 9 wickets in an innings are: Douglas McKay, Kevin Griffiths, Graham Winter & Mike Smith

Highest in a match: (14) Brian Quigley 7/21 & 7/46 (1959/60 AUCC v West Torrens)

Others who have taken 10 wickets in a match are: Patrick Ohlstrom (twice 14 & 13), Tim Pellen (11), Chris Owen (10) & Gordon Morrison (10)


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1st Grade Since 2008/9 (MyCricket Era)

Highest number of wickets in an Innings: (8) Nick Winter 8/33 (2016/17 v Port Adelaide).

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Current First Grade coach Ben Hilliard took 8/40 v Prospect 2008/09

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Special mention: Leanne Murray took 8/6 v Glenelg (Womens 2nd Grade 2016/17)

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Highest in a match:

No 1st Grade player has taken 10 or more wickets in a match

Note:

 I will circulate this article far and wide to our past players to hopefully fill in some gaps in our recorded history of Club Performance Records.

So if any past players (from the pre-MyCricket era) have memories of their own great performances in any grade (both batting or bowling) that are worthy of documenting (8 wickets plus or 150 plus runs or better) please contact me by email at:

roboshan@bigpond.net.au

If you still have your trophy, send me a picture of it as the perfect way to validate the performance.

 

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Will's Triple Ton Treat

By Rob O'Shannassy

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With Will Bosisto's great innings recently against Northern Districts (his 3rd consecutive century), the question was raised today whether this feat had been accomplished by any other Adelaide University batsman in consecutively played 1st Grade matches or innings. My initial thought was that it probably had not. I was wrong!

I knew of Gilbert Jose's great season back in 1920/21 when he took out the SACA batting aggregate with 807 runs at an average of 115.28 (from only 7 innings). I was also aware that he had made consecutive scores of 251 (Round 5 v West Torrens) & 203  (Rd 8 v Adelaide) - apparently it seems that Round 6 was abandoned and then he was unavailable to play in Round 7 -  but to my astonishment in Round 9 v West Torrens he scored 123 and in Round 10 v Glenelg he scored 152.

So in four consecutive matches and innings for AUCC in the 1920/21 season he scored; Round 5 - 251, Round 8 - 203, Round 9 - 123 & Round 10 - 152

While making the two double tons he also amazingly figured in all-time record partnerships for AUCC of both over 300 for the 3rd and 4th wicket. So these two partnership records will have their 100 year anniversary next season, as will his score of 251 which is also the highest score recorded by a AUCC player in 1st Grade cricket!

Record partnership for the 3rd Wicket - 345 - (18th December 1920)

Gilbert E Jose (251) & H Gordon Prest (129) v West Torrens @ University Oval

 

Record partnership for the 4th Wicket - 328  (26th Feb 1921)

Lance T Gun (214no) & Gilbert E Jose (208) v Adelaide @ University Oval

 

Gilbert Jose played twice for South Australia without success, however further opportunity was not forthcoming and his cricket career was cut short anyway because of his pursuit of specialist surgical qualifications in London and Edinburgh after graduation from the Adelaide University Medical School in 1922. Altogether, he only played four seasons of 1st Grade cricket (1919/20 - 1922/23).

As a medical student, Gilbert Edgar Jose had enlisted as an 18 year old towards the end of WW1. He also served in the Australian Army Medical Corps in Malaya during WW2. Sadly he became a Japanese prisoner of war and was one of the many who perished in the notorious Changi Prison. Two brothers Wilfrid Oswald Jose and Ivan Bede Jose also played 1st Grade with our Club before WW1. Wilfrid was killed in action in WW1 in France (April 1917).

Gilbert's  son, Tony Jose also played for Adelaide University, South Australia, Oxford University and Kent (29 1st Class games). Another son Geoffrey also played 1st Grade for University.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Jose

Ben Wakim passes the 2000 run mark

from Rob O'Shannassy

During his innings of 158 in the Round 4 match against Woodville Ben Wakim became only the nineteenth Adelaide University batsman to reach the 2000 run mark in 1st Grade of the SACA Premier Competition* matches. By the end of the Round 5 match against Kensington he had accumulated 2079 runs  at the splendid average of 50.71 in 43 games with the Club.

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It is noteworthy that Ben is the only AUCC player to have amassed 2000 runs or more and have a career average with the AUCC of over 50 runs per innings. The next best are 1990s legend Darren Webber who made 3846 runs at 46.9 and Brian Hone (our 1930 Rhodes Scholar), a great University opening batsman from the late 1920's, who compiled 2012 runs at 46.79. 

Darren played 44 First Class (2053 runs at 34.28 ) and 27 List A games for South Australia while Brian played 44 First Class games, 11 with South Australia and 33 for Oxford University (2768 runs at 40.11). Hone was the Captain of the Oxford University CC in 1933.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Hone

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hone-sir-brian-william-10532

*excludes one day and T20 fixtures that are not included as part of the SACA Premier 1st Grade Premiership Competition

Vale - Kevin Raymond Griffiths

Doctor of Education (EdD); MA; BA (Hons); Dip Phys Ed; Dip T.

Western Michigan University, Adelaide University, Adelaide Teachers College

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It is with sadness we write to advise of the recent sudden passing of our fellow “Black” Dr Kevin Raymond Griffiths. We have lost a truly outstanding man who made a significant contribution to the Adelaide University Cricket Club as a player, coach and was an ongoing supporter of the Club, regularly attending past player and other functions. He was an all-round sportsman, excelling at high levels in both cricket and football and after establishing a successful business gave back to cricket in administrative roles. The following is a brief summary of his sporting life covering his A-Grade cricket, football, professional careers and involvement with the SACA.

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Griff’s cricket career  started with West Torrens in 1964/64 towards the end of the season as a 17 year old just out of Secondary School. After the 1965/66 season he then played with Teachers College from 1966/67 until 1972/3. In those days it was compulsory to play for the college team while enrolled as a student


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Our cricket careers overlapped for the best part of 14 seasons and for all but one season he was a great opponent. Griff was an extremely competitive medium/fast bowler and lower order batsman who prized his wicket. Fit, tall and strongly built and bowling off a relatively short run up for an opening bowler and he could go most of the day if needed. He bowled an impeccable line and length and with perhaps a slight round arm slinging action moved the ball predominantly away from the right hander but had a very useful off cutter and slower ball.

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After transitioning from a teaching career he commenced further studies at Adelaide University. With Michael David as captain and Allen Greer was coach, he joined the AUCC and played 87 A Grade matches for the Blacks over the next 7 seasons from 1973/74 until 1979/80. He took over the captaincy in 1976/77 and then became captain coach from 1977/78 – 1979/80. For University he took 266 wickets (2nd on all time list) at an average of 19.46 and was the 1976/77 season Bradman Medallist. He retired from cricket following the 1979/80 season.

 

I had the pleasure of playing alongside him for a single season; that being when I returned to Uni in 1979/80, forming a very competitive opening bowling combination.  I had also played in a SA Colts game with him in 1967-68 Season against a WA side that included Lillie, Marsh, Yardley and Massie. SA Won, with former AUCC player Ian Edgley as skipper.


South Australian Colts Team 1968/69

1968- 69 SA Colts

Back: Jeff Hammond, Rick Niehuus, Jeff Kowalik. Chester Bennett (Coach), Robert O’Shannassy, Mal McLachlan, Dick Angove

Front: Kevin Griffiths, Jeff Langley, Ian Edgely, Steve Howe, Peter Curtin, Peter Herbert.


Football - Courtesy of  Egils Olekalns & Janne Filmer (AUFC)

Griff was a well established league* and amateur league footballer, enjoying outstanding success at Teachers College before coming to play and coach the Adelaide University Football Club.

1967 - from Teachers College, representing SA in a carnival year

1968 -  from Teachers College, representing SA against Victoria

1969 - from Teachers College, representing SA against Victoria

1970 - from Teachers College, representing SA in a carnival year – all Australian, best player in Carnival

1973 - from Teachers College, representing SA in a carnival year

1974 - from Adelaide University, representing SA against Victoria – all Australian

1976 - from Adelaide University, representing SA in a carnival year and captain

Details from “History of the Amateur League” - Fred Bloch

After his final season with Teachers College, Griff became the A1 captain and coach of the Blacks and was our playing captain coach 1974, 75, 76 – winning A1 premierships in 74 and 75 and a losing grand final in 1976. He always lived at Myrtle Bank and I recall celebrating a grand final win at his place in 1974. Griff retired from football at the end of the1976 season.

He was awarded a Blue for football in 1974

 He had accomplishments in football and cricket – he was on the SACA board for quite a few years.

Interestingly he never touched alcohol – this came in handy for us in later years when he was a regular on a golf trip that we had each year to the south east (Coonawarra) and driving was needed. He was a more than capable golfer.

*From 1971 until late in the 1973 season in between his time with Teachers College and AUFC he played league football with South Adelaide (30 games)


Professional Career

In addition to his teaching qualifications (Dip Phys Ed; Dip T), in the early 1970s he completed further studies at Adelaide University (BA (Hons); MA). In the early 1980s the family travelled to the USA where he completed a Doctor of Philosophy in Education at Western Michigan University. His career then followed in the logical path of  leadership management skills and team building in the Corporate world and in 1988 established the successful firm KRG Consulting. He was much sought after as consultant, presenter at conference and created important practical management tools.

 

Cricket Administration

In the early 2000s, Kevin for a time put his own business activities to the side and was for several years was the Chief Executive Officer of the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA). Then returning to run his own business, he later returned to the SACA as a Board Member and later was on the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee of the Stadium Management Authority. He was also appointed to the Board of Cricket Australia as a member of the Audit Committee

Family

Kevin had just turned 72 years of age, was married to Allyson and they had 2 children – Belinda and David.

Funeral Arrangements

For those of you who knew ‘Griff’ well, his funeral will be held in the Heysen Chapel, Centennial Park on Friday (8/11) at 12.45 p.m.

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New Regulations for Helmets in 2019-20

HELMETS
Please see below the regulation this season regarding to compliant helmets.

Helmets
  • Wearing the helmet - Helmets must be a specifically-designed, properly-fitted cricket helmet with a face guard. Current ‘best of breed’ helmets are those that are compliant with the British Standard for helmet safety (BS7928:2013 Specification for head protectors for cricketers).This Standard has been described by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as the de facto international standard for helmets and now supersedes the existing Australian/New Zealand Standard for cricket helmets, which dates from 1997. Consistent with Cricket Australia’s commitment to player safety and an ICC directive in 2015, it is mandatory for Cricket Australia, State Contracted cricketers and players in CA Pathway competitions in Australia to wear helmets that are compliant with British Standard 7928:2013 when batting, wicket-keeping up to the stumps and fielding in close to the batter.

In practice it is up to each player to ensure that they have a compliant helmet. The Umpires will will make sure that the players are wearing helmets that are compliant with the British Standard. If the umpires notes that a player isn't wearing a BS compliant helmet that will be reported to SACA and action will be taken on a case-by-case basis.
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For further info and a list of compliant helmets please visit the link below.

Cricket Australia Premier Cricket Club of the Year 2018


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At a star-studded ceremony in Melbourne AUCC won the Award of 2018 Premier Cricket Club of the Year at the Cricket Australia A Sport for All Awards.  

 

Club Chairman Stephen Dickinson and Club Head Coach Ben Hilliard were both on hand to collect the award that was presented for our commitment to establishing a strong women’s program focused on learning, improving and retention. The club has a firm focus on inclusion demonstrated by their commitment to introducing international students from non-traditional cricket countries to the game.

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SACA who nominated us for the award commented, " It's great to see Adelaide Uni getting the gong here – well done! Deserved recognition for the mountains of work you and your team have undertaken over the years". 

 

AUCC has created sustainable participation in cricket through the ongoing development of its players and its facilities. 

 

The introduction of a women’s development team in the newly established ATCA Women’s competition has now established an internal pathway for female players. The side has offered more opportunities for beginners to get involved in the game and some of these players have already been selected for matches in the higher SACA side.

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 AUCC Representatives David Penn, Rosemary Penn, Joleen Hall, Bonny Miller and Joanne Hedges receive the SACA  Club of the Year Award

The club encourages its players to undertake coaching accreditation courses so they can provide coaching to other players at AUCC and other clubs.  Members of the SACA Women’s side have who have undertaken coaching courses have taken coaching roles within the club.  They are also the key drivers behind the club working to establish a Strikers Girls League from within the University community, providing opportunities for girls to learn to play the game.

 

The club also continues to invest in its facilities.  This season the hardwicket practice facility at University Oval has been upgraded.  This facility is heavily used by the wider community, including school and residential college groups as well as by local residents.

 

University has shown a firm commitment to inclusion especially since re-establishing women’s cricket at the club in 2011.  Since that time the club has had players from non-traditional cricket countries such as Germany, Austria and Venezuela.  These have been international students who have seen cricket on television and have wanted to ‘have a go’ as part of their experience of living in Australia.  This season a current player represented SA in the state aboriginal women’s team at the National Indigenous Championships. 

 

In recent years, the men’s senior sides have also experienced a significant change in their demographics.  With the increase in numbers of international students, University attracts players from a range of countries including India, Pakistan and Nepal.

The club continues to develop its relationship with Blind Cricket SA, playing an annual game against BCSA for the last few years.  BCSA regularly train and play at the University Oval grounds.


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At SACA’s Community Awards, with AUCC members: Deepak Chetry (recognized for his work in the Nepalese community ), Jo Hedges (State Aboriginal Women’s team), Rosemary Penn OAM (Cricket Australia Fifty Year Service award for service to Blind Cricket and AUCC), and Joleen Hall and Bonny Miller (captains of our Women’s teams that have introduced international students from non-traditional cricket countries to the game).

 

The club has ensured a high-quality experience for everyone, regardless of their background in cricket.  This season after promoting the Strikers Girls League two high school aged Chinese students have come out to the club to learn to play cricket.  They have absolutely loved being a part of the club, regularly attending training and playing a few games in our development side.  They have already started to contribute to the club, volunteering at O’Week promotions and helping with the club’s Pink Stumps Day.  The Club also has a program of past player lunches and other social events to keep past players engaged with the club.

 

Adelaide Uni has ensured cricket is a sport for all Australians by offering a wide range of opportunities to be involved in the game.  This season the club has established an Over 50s side, providing a new chance to play for the club.  As a result, the club is now providing the opportunity to be involved in cricket to all Australians; young and old, male and female, and from a wide range of backgrounds.

AUCC Annual Presentation Dinner 2023



At the conclusion of each season, AUCC hosts its Annual Presentation Dinner celebrating outstanding performances from players from all teams in the club.  This years dinner was held at the the National Wine Centre on the 30th of April and a big congratulations goes to the following award winners.

Chester Bennett Cricketer of the Year Liam Greber
The Patrons Trophy Samuel Kerber
1st Grade Fielding Samuel Kerber
Most Improved Player  Daniel Byrne
Attendance and Attention at Practice Malay Doshi
Best Performance in More than One Grade Nandan Yadav 
Best Performance in 1st Grade LO Comps Miles Hammond
1st Grade Best Team Man Liam Greber
Best Team Woman Gemma Blake
Best Individual Performance - Men Liam Greber
Best Individual Performance - Women Lauren Christensen
Like 'em There Andrew Warner
Wicket Keeping Daniel Kerber
Captain of the Year Deepak Chetry
Best Finals Performance Bailey Wightman
Best Intervarsity Performance Sam Elder
Service to the Club Award Katharine Da Silva
Luke McAlister

Men's SACA 1st Grade Bowling Liam Greber 42 wickets @ 21.14
Men's SACA 1st Grade All-Rounder Sam Kerber 491 runs @ 44.64, 13 wickets @ 21.85
Men's SACA 1st Grade Batting Sam Kerber 491 runs @ 44.64
Women's 2nd Grade Batting Rachel Banham 123 runs @ 20.50
Women's 2nd Grade Bowling Rachel Banham 10 wickets @ 9.90
Men's SACA 2nd Grade Batting Sourav Sahoo 316 runs @ 26.33
Men's SACA 2nd Grade Bowling Deepak Chetry 29 wickets @ 14.86
Men's SACA 2nd Grade all-Rounder Chris Beaty 181 runs @ 25.86, 17 wickts @ 18.18
Men's SACA 3rd Grade Batting Daniel Byrne 251 runs @ 50.20
Men's SACA 3rd Grade Bowling Joshua Van Den Broeke 15 wickets @ 20.20
Men's SACA 3rd Grade all-Rounder Daniel Byrne 251 runs @ 50.20, 10 wickets @ 13.20
Men's SACA 4th Grade Batting Ashish Negi 429 runs @ 61.29
Men's SACA 4th Grade Bowling Ashish Negi 19 wickets @ 12.63
Men's SACA 4th Grade All-Rounder Ashish Negi 429 runs @ 61.29, 19 wickets @ 12.63
Men's ATCA B2 Batting Ameya Bhome 179 runs @ 25.57
Men's ATCA B2 Bowling Tejpal Randhawa 19 wickets @ 14.79
Men's ATCA B3 Batting Pratap Aruldas 256 runs @ 51.20
Men's ATCA B3 Bowling Mike Riley 22 wickets @ 9.73
Men's ATCA LO1 Batting Andrew Warner 416 runs @ 34.67
Men's ATCA LO1 Bowling Jason Turnbull 26 wickets @ 17.62
Men's ATCA LO4 Batting Marty Ryan 298 runs @ 37.25
Men's ATCA LO4 Bowling Brock Niemann 11 wickets @ 10.91
Men's SAVCA Batting Graham Crawford 237 runs @ 79.00
Men's SAVCA Bowling Ilham Jaufer 13 wickets @ 4.46

AUCC Team of the Year
Graham Crawford
Nathan Adcock
Lauren Christensen
Pratap Aruldas
Ashish Negi
Daniel Byrne
Ameya Bhome
Heather Westwood
Rachel Banham
Liam Greber
Deepak Chetry (C)
Sam Kerber
Marty Ryan

AUCC Life Members
Ben Hilliard

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