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Round 1 Round Up 2008/09

 

A Grade - Hope Valley has stamped itself as a genuine finals contender following a commanding victory in its A2 Adelaide Turf match against Walkerville on Saturday. Fielding first in the one-day game at Walkerville Oval, Hope Valley took consistent wickets to roll the Cats out in just 32 overs for a paltry 107.Medium pacer Troy Chapman returned the economical figures of 4/10 from his 10 overs while Brett Madigan took 4/30.The Demons chased down the meagre target with ease thanks to a century opening stand between Alex Gentile (44) and former State 2nd XI player Darren Reeves (80).Ashley Sykes (27), Simon McPhee (22) , Madigan (18 not out) and Jeff Vaughan (17) joined all got starts as Hope Valley reached ... at stumps. .Demons skipper Simon McPhee said it was encouraging to kick the season off with a win. ‘’We are looking forward to bringing that sort of form into the two-day games,’’ he said

 

B Grade - Lost to Adelaide High after not making enough runs.

 

C Grade -A great start for the C grade lads with a convincing 88 run victory in a one dayer against SPOC. After losing the toss & being sent in on a slowish track, Hope Valley got off to a good start with a 50 run partnership between Andrew Murray (23) & Adam Gourlay (33) in his Valley debut. After a bit of a collapse to see us 4/78, Wattsy & Skiddy had a good partnership of 63 with Wattsy (64no) & Wisha (11no) brought it home with 29 runs from the last 3 overs to post a very competitive 6/185 off the allotted 40 overs.

SPOC were in early trouble at 2/2 thanks to the young opening attack of Matt Heading & Matt Benger taking a wicket a piece. The Valley’s were on top all the way with the ball & in the field to bowl out SPOC for 97. Best with the ball were Matt Benger with a man of the match 4/17, Richard Holt (pommy) fresh off the boat from England with 3/13 & Matt Heading 2/40

LOB Grade - No Game

Round 2 Round Up 2008/09

 

A Grade -In the first innings after the farmers were 5/165 at tea looking at a big total we knocked them over for 234 Vanders with 4/40 was our best apart from an unlucky Troy chapman who bowled well all day ,Chasing Farmers’ 234, Hope Valley made a solid start and was 3/189 thanks largely to a century by Demons skipper Simon McPhee (111) and contributions from Ashley Sykes (44) and Heath Weber (39). But without star batsmen Jeff Vaughan and Darren Reeves Hope Valley lacked depth and lost its last seven wickets for 40 runs to be all out for 229 – just six runs short of victory.

A jubilant Ingle farm faced 16 overs in its second innings and crashed to be 5/34 at stumps with 1st gamer Nick Greening taking 3/4 in his best return yet giving us a boost into the next game.

 

B Grade - Fulham won the toss on a very good batting deck and started shakily. Early wickets to Trav Rio and Butch put us on the front foot and looking to rip through quickly however, the second session told a different story with Fulham putting on 120 in the hour before tea, mostly off Skidy's few overs of spin. After tea a good effort resulted in bowling Fulham out for a gettable 260. We batted for 10 overs to be 37 for the loss of 1 wicket.

A very good start by Barty & Butch gave us a very good platform with Butch hitting 4 after 4 and Barty blocking ball after ball. A big collapse started with Barty going for 19 and then it was one after the other through the middle order as the young fellas struggled to come to terms with the pressure. Butch eventually was run out for a very well made 83. We fell well short and look forward to making some more runs next week.

C Grade -After losing the toss against Woodville South & being sent out into the field the Valleys struck early with Matt Benger getting the snick in the 1st over to have Woodville South 1/4. The visitors consolidated to reach 2/85 before a middle order collapse had them 8/115. A late flourish from their tailenders saw them end up with a respectable 205. Young off-spinner Nick Massacci took 3/21. The Valley chase got under way in fine style with Adam Gourlay & Dan Seljan cut into the deficit reaching 0/40 at stumps.
Dan the Man & the Big Fella continued on to set a great base for the innings with a 72 partnership, Dan being dismissed for 28. Adam kept going to make his first ton for the club finishing up with 103. Matt Selvanera came in at 3 and batted beautifully to make 49, Mark Wishart ended up 54 not out, Matt Heading made a useful 19 & young Nick Massacci (12) hang around with Wisha to put on 48 for the last wicket. A highlight of the day was a 2nd consecutive duck to Rich "The Master" Mellors which certainly proved a crowd pleaser! The Valleys finishing with an imposing 316. 2 wins out of 2 for the C grade!

LOB Grade - No Game

Round 3 Round Up 2008/09

 

A Grade-

Hope Valley is in a strong position to take the points in its match against Woodville South on Saturday.

Fielding first, Hope Valley let the home side get off to a solid start as the Cats moved to 0/48 before a dismissal sparked a collapse as the home side slumped to 5/57. Wickets continued to tumble as

Demons medium pacers Troy Chapman (6/48) and Craig Vandervlag (3/26) took control of the match as the Cats were eventually dismissed for 147.

Hope Valley tightened its grip on the match with the bat, cruising to 2/109 at stumps with Ashley Sykes unbeaten on 51.Resuming on 2/109 in pursuit of 148 to win, the Demons passed the Cats total three down and went on to post 5/236 before declaring at afternoon tea. Night watchman/Batsman Brett Madigan led the way with 80 while Heath Weber made 48 and Ashley Sykes 54. Great Win to the A's

 

B Grade - Looking for revenge after narrowly losing a controversial game last season to Woody Rechs, we won the toss and elected to bat on a decent looking pitch. A usual solid start from Barty at one end and first time opener Micheal Neal who put on nearly 100 for the first wicket. After Neal went for a very good 48, Nick Greening took control for an agressive 36. After playing the anchor role for the start of the innings Barty was eventually dismissed for 70. At 4 for 192 off 60 overs, the platform was set up for a big total. Muzza joined Dave Pregarc and after a controlled start and a little bit of luck we ended up 4 for 336 at the end of the 80 overs with Pregarc not out 49 and Muzza not out 94.

Unfortunately another B grade against Woody Rech ends with controversy as Woody Rech refused to play on a perfectly safe wicket and the game was called a draw.

 

C Grade -

Hope Valley
9/287(cc) R Mellors 64 AR Gourlay 43 M Collyer 31 M Selvanera 28 S Haggett 27
def Unley
9/196(cc) J Grimes 3/34 M Heading 2/43

The master does some of his best work well played Ritchie

 

LOB Grade - Kensington
5/110 KP Chinnery 3/26
def Hope Valley
105 S Anderson 31

Round 4 Round Up 2008/09

 

A Grade - Washed out

B Grade Washed out again. 96 for Wes Lipsett was the highlight, caught whilst the ball was heading for a certain boundary to bring up his ton. Good contributions from Mick NEal and the rest of the batters took us over 300 for the second game in a row. No play on the second day due to another captain not wanting to face our attack.

C Grade - A trip to Findon to play Woodville Rechabites is not usually much fun but going there undefeated gives plenty of confidence. After a slow start and a few early wickets we were 3 down with 3 'experienced' players back in the shed for not many. Youngster Matty Selvenera escaped an early chance or two to then blossom and look quite good in making 39 before being dismissed. The rest of the day turned out to be a little better with most guys making a contribution on the way to a respectable score of 230. Muzz scoring his first club ton to go on to make 124. On a day when a number of games were called off or affected by overnight rain the Woody Rechs pitch was hard and dry and looked good to bat on. Some good bowling by young Matty Benger and Jason Grimes as well as old man Richie, allowed us to roll Woody Rechs in the over after tea and avoid any chance of oncoming rain. Another good win brings it to 4 in a row.

LOB Grade

Adelaide University
8/176(cc) JE Sykes 3/35 JA Gallina 2/21 KP Chinnery 2/32
def by Hope Valley
3/178 BJ Crowhurst 79* B Tombs 37 JA Gallina 27

Round 5 Round Up 2008/09

 

A Grade - Unley cemented its spot in the top four with an easy win over Hope Valley at home on Sayurday.

Fielding first in the one-day match, Unley took steady wickets to have the Demons out for 129 in 35.1 overs. Paul Eckermann was the best of the Gunners’ bowlers, taking 4/28 while left-arm orthodox Mark Perry took 2/5.

Hope Valley skipper Simon McPhee top-scored with 36 while Heath Weber made 20. Unley past the target four wickets down beforE going on to post 5/168. Andy Steuart led the way for the Gunners with 55, Hayden Daley made 33, Mike Watson 26 not out and Jason McNally 23. James Nash took two wickets for Hope Valley

 

B Grade - At home against Brighton and as per usual the rain was around again. Barty lost the toss and Brighton sent us in on a deck that was a little soft and awith light rain making it difficult for bat an ball. Good solid batting from Neal, Pregarc and Selvenera in his first game with 20's from Lippy and Muzz produced quite reasonable score in the conditions. After tea the sun was out and the pitch fgetting better and better. With about a dozen overs until the pitch becam a road we had to take early wickets. A dolly and then a hanger to Barty in the slips got us going but that was about it. Trav Rio bowled ok and Frick was better than his figures showed but the bowling wasn't good enough overall. a win would be nice before Barty retires a psychological mess!!!

 

C Grade - Looking for 5 wins on the trot against a lower team in Modbury at Banksia High. Batting first on a wicket that had seen some rain and with more to come can be difficult but another big score of 95 (after being dropped on 0) from the big fella Adam Gourley set up a very good score of 200 in the 40 overs. Modbury struggled to get close with generally good bowling and win number 5 was in the bank.

 

LOB Grade-Hope Valley
8/124 JE Sykes 31
def Brighton
118 KP Chinnery 3/25 R Holt 2/17 JE Sykes 2/35

Round 6 Round Up 2008/09

 

A Grade

A RETURN to form by high profile Hope Valley batsmen Jeff Vaughan and Darren Reeves was instrumental in the Demons win over Para Hills on Saturday.

Reeves hit 95 while Vaughan added 52 as the home side reached 4/253 from their 50 overs. Veteran off-spinner Peter Box was the best of the Para Hills Bowlers, taking 2/58.

The Hornets looked on-track for victory during the chase, helped by 30 wides, reaching 4/191 at one point before collapsing to be all out for 206. Robertson was the best of the batsmen, making 57, Carlo Manno hit 48 and Sean O’Connor 37. Nick Greening led the way with the ball for Hope Valley, taking 4/49 while James Nash, Craig Vandervlag and Troy Chapman took two wickets apiece

 

Great win

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B Grade

The B grade has finally got something to smile about following a confidence building win over Pembroke on the weekend!
Barty won the toss and didn't hesitate choosing to bat first on a rock-hard Pembroke deck. The batting order was changed around for the 50 over format with Dave Pregark promoted to open up with Mick Neale. The two pushed the ball around early on before Dave ran himself out, bringing Wes Lipsett to the crease at first drop. Mick went not long after that and Heath Weber strode to the crease and starting swinging but his method failed this time around, caught on the fence for not many. Scotty Dobson was in next and he did well, rotating the strike as Wes began to open up on the Pembroke attack. After hitting 5 consecutive 4's, he raced to 50 and the pair put on over 100 before Scotty (31) was dismissed and the partnership broken. Wes went on to smash his way to 87 before he was caught & bowled. Captain and Vice, Barty and Butch both came and went for not many but by this time the score had moved well past the 200 mark. Ribba (20*) and Trav Rio(18*) then came together at the end and finished the innings in style smashing 37 from the final 3 overs to see the final score rest at a respectable 9/261.

With the runs on the board, we set about defending them. Fricky's good form was rewarded as he was thrown the new ball, opening up with Trav Rio. We got off to a shakey start as the home side piled on the runs early, a dropped catch in gully (2 bucks heath) didn't help. Ribba eventually got the opening wicket, well caught at 2nd slip by Barty. Scotty Dobson was given a chance to bowl and did very well, taking 3/20 from 6 overs. Fricky was probably the pick of the bowlers though, his consistent line and length and deceptive pace showing up the weaknesses in the Pembroke batting. Heath finally got his way too, getting a bowl later in the innings and bowled his leggies quite well to take 3/23 from his 10, wrapping up the tail and the match with a ball that trickled back off the batters foot and disturbed a bail.

All in all it was a very impressive performance from the B's and we go in to the second half of the season feeling a lot better than we have done so far!

C Grade

Hope Valley
9/227(cc) CT Melville 74 AD Murray 27 M Collyer 26* KJ Broadbridge 4/39 M Davoren-Searcy 2/80
def Grange
7/153(cc) AD Murray 3/20 M Benger 2/32
Great win to the Cs

 

LOB Grade-Pembroke OS
82 JA Gallina 3/13 N Massacci 3/18 KP Chinnery 2/7
def by Hope Valley
1/217(cc) BJ Crowhurst 97* JE Sykes 65* AJ Dykstra 31
LOB's keep rolling

Round 7 Round Up 2008/09

 

A Grade

SHOC
288 T Chapman 5/45 JE Sykes 3/54 CA Vandervlag 2/50
and 2/32
def Hope Valley
224 AR Gentile 105* CA Vandervlag 33
Great Innings Alex Gentile but a loss still

 

B Grade

Hope Valley
236 AD Murray 80 PJ Butcher 44 AR Gourlay 32
def Gepps Cross
197 PJ Butcher 5/24 H Weber 2/34
and 2/68 MD Ribbans 2/11

Following last weeks win, the boys were feeling good again and looking forward to performing well again, especially considering it was a home game and was Mick Barton's 250th for the club (which is no small feat!)

We lost the todd and were predictably asked to field. We got off to an average start with the ball, bowling without a great deal of penetration and the visitors ambled to 0/48 at the first break. Ribba got the opening wicket with the first ball back after drinks, well caught by Barton at 2nd. Pete Bucth then trapped the other opener in front (albeit dubiously) and the wickets started coming. Heath got a roll and picked up two valueable wickets before Matt Benger was brought in to the attack and bowled very well taking 1/23 from his 11 overs. Pete Butch was the destroyer though, eventually nabbing a 5 fa as the visitors were rolled for 197 in the 68th over. We had a quick hit and the end of the day and were 0/25 over night.
The following week we started the run chase with Barty on 1 and Adam on 24. Adam went reasonably early for a quick 32,Matty Selvanera got a blob, Heath was bowled around his legs for 22 and barty followed after a stint at the crease for 17. This brought Butch and Muz to the crease. The pair put on a 96 run partenership before Muzz was caught for a well made 80, but not before we'd beaten the visitor score with a few wickets left in the bank. We batted on to see Skiddy get a shocker LBW, almost shaking hands with the ump as his finger went up. Butch was eventually fired for a well made 44, Matt Benger was bowled for 9, Rio promoted Frick only to see him get another blob and when Trav was fired LB for 4 Ribba (9*) was left stranded again - another ton nipped in the bud. All in all it was a great win, the club song was sung with vigour and we still retain some small hope of making the finals..
The complete match card is here

 

C Grade

Trinity College Old Scholars
169
def Hope Valley
103
Loss

 

LOB Grade-SPOC
6/142 JA Gallina 3/33 KP Chinnery 2/49
def Hope Valley
140 A Ellershaw 26

Loss

Round 8 Round Up 2008/09

 

A Grade -Hope Valley
7/352(cc) SR McPhee 114 JM Vaughan 79 W Lipsett 59 AR Gentile 40 BJ Madigan 28*
def Kilburn
193 T Chapman 4/48 SR McPhee 2/4

Macca great captains knock and wickets with his door knobs

 

B Grade

PAOC
8/225(cc) SK Dobson 4/50 PJ Butcher 2/16
drew Hope Valley

Unlucky

C Grade

Hope Valley
1/268(cc) AR Gourlay 136 S Haggett 118*
def Hectorville
64 CT Melville 3/7 M Heading 3/9 J Grimes 2/16

Destroyed them twin centuries did the job

 

LOB Grade- no game round nine instead

Mercedes International
7/217(cc) JA Gallina 2/31
def Hope Valley
109 N O'Dell 46

Loss

Round 9 Round Up 2008/09

 

A Grade -Flinders University
173 J Nash 4/21
and 1/179
def by Hope Valley
228 JM Vaughan 79 AD Sykes 43 JE Sykes 43

Coach keeps his form going

 

B Grade

Hope Valley
114 M Barton 33 S Trenorden 4/7 R Ward 2/14
def by Reynella
128 MD Ribbans 3/26 AI Frick 2/16
and 4/50 M Neal 3/6

Disappointing loss

C Grade

Pooraka
78 M Heading 3/20 R Mellors 2/10 CT Melville 2/13
def by Hope Valley
163 M Collyer 70*
Smashed them

 

LOB Grade Round 10

Hope Valley
7/139 S Dykstra 62 N O'Dell 30
def PAOC
134 N O'Dell 3/39 N Dennis 2/5 KP Chinnery 2/20

Great win

 

LOB Round 11

Hope Valley
109
def Old Scotch
82 SR McPhee 5/15 JA Gallina 3/39 CT Melville 2/9
Great result well done Macca

Round 10 Round Up 2008/09

 

A Grade- Hope Valley
5/359 JM Vaughan 147* AD Sykes 63 M Neal 56 SR McPhee 25
def Marion
132 CA Vandervlag 3/27 BJ Madigan 3/30 AI Frick 2/37
Coach loves playing Marion last time he did 176

 

B Grade

Grange
192 AR Fry 52 DJ Moss 46 B Smith 32 J Nash 4/57 N Massacci 2/29 TD Rio 2/37
def Hope Valley
166 M Selvanera 58 D Pregarc 43 AJ Dykstra 28 W Bahnisch 7/39 SJ Hardy 3/28

looking good for the future with youngsters amongst it

C Grade

PAOC
337 DM Reed 100 JA Dalwood 70* NL Schumann 60 MC Siciliano 44 CT Melville 4/33 M Heading 2/50 R Holt 2/72 J Grimes 2/88
def Hope Valley
8/255(cc) AR Gourlay 58 MJ Wishart 50* R Holt 34 DJ Seljan 31 JA Dalwood 3/45 DM Reed 3/111

Fortunes of Cricket

 

LOB Grade- Round 12 no game

LOB Grade-Round 13 no game

LOB Grade-Round 14

Brighton
5/226(cc) SD Pearson 3/43
def by Hope Valley
9/229 S Anderson 60 KP Chinnery 54 R Holt 36* DJ Seljan 25

Scotty Anderson saves the day

 

LOB Grade-Round 15

Hope Valley
4/216(cc) H Weber 92* BJ Crowhurst 64
def Pembroke OS
143 H Weber 5/15 JA Gallina 3/14

Heath Weber stars

LOB Grade-Round 16

Hope Valley
5/228(cc) N O'Dell 102 MC Riddle 32
def SPOC
152 KP Chinnery 3/28 BJ Crowhurst 2/5 N O'Dell 2/16 JA Gallina 2/33
Nick Odell the Legend of the club wins it for us

LOB Grade-Round 17

Marion
126 N Dennis 3/13 JR Harney 3/27 JA Gallina 3/49
def by Hope Valley
6/133 JR Harney 61* KP Chinnery 26

Finals here we come

Round 11 Round Up 2008/09

 

A Grade Hope Valley vs Port District

Hope Valley 278 Vaughan 160 Lipsett 34 & 6 for 110 Madigan 50*

Def Port District 178 Frick 4/36 Vandervlag 4/46

Coach destroys any chance they had of making finals

Into the semis we go

 

B Grade Hope valley vs Pooraka

Hope Valley
362 AJ Dykstra 113 H Weber 72 J Nash 41 MD Ribbans 38* M Selvanera 28
def Pooraka
128 TD Rio 4/45 PJ Butcher 3/10
Well done Azza first club century

C Grade-

Hope Valley
8/416(cc) AD Murray 219 AR Gourlay 56 MJ Wishart 28*
def Golden Grove
217 CT Melville 3/36 AR Gourlay 3/52 R Holt 2/31

A golden innings from a club stalwart well played Andrew Murray(Club Record)

 

LOB Grade Final Round Hope Valley vs Mercedes College

A loss but we have finished 4th which means we play scotch college

we have had the wood on them all year