OSCA B Grade - C2 Premiers

OSCA successfully defended their 131 total, bowling Kilburn out for 124 at Montrose today. After being asked to bat again, OSCA were 3 down and well over 100 runs ahead when the match was called at 4.30 pm. Key figures in the match were Tucker (1st innings batting), Miller (6 wickets) and Niederer (2nd innings batting).

Grand Final Coverage

Real time coverage & photos will be available for this weekend's Grand Finals.

The updates will be available at:

www.scotchoc.com.au/grandfinal

B Grade & C Grade storm into Grand Finals!

For the first time since 1979/90 Old Scotch has two teams competing in Adelaide Turf grand Finals. A fantastic effort by both teams who will go into the Final full of confidence.

The news gets better as due to SANFL at Kilburn Oval & One Table event at Scotch the B grade will play Kilburn at OSCA’s spiritual home and original ground, Montrose. The C’s will venture to Marion Oval on Saturday.

In a great team effort the B’s accounted for Flinders Park last weekend in a game that was much closer than the scoreboard indicates. Winning the toss & batting Anthony Tucker combined with Tom Kidman for an 87 run opening partnership against some good bowling. Tom Grundy then took the game away from Flinders Park, making a hard hitting 87 including 4 sixes. Justin Wight, Andrew Dow & Harry White then made sure OSCA posted a large total, finishing at 7/296 off the 72 overs. Flinders Park batted well to get to 4/130 at tea on Day 2,  but some great bowling from Nick Blight & finals specialist Michael Ashforth with 5 wickets helped OSCA to a 136 run victory.

The C’s trekked to Mawson Lakes to take on the top side. Peter Feeney finally won a toss & duly batted. After losing an early wicket Kym Ryder & Jody Tucker combined for a 61 run partnership that would prove match winning. Once Tucker was dismissed for 47 the rest followed quickly & OSCA’s total finished at a tricky target of 123. Mawson Lakes came out all guns blazing and quickly got to 29 before Parsons Jnr, claimed the first 2 wickets. At 2/66 the Lakers were cruising until Stephen Parsons & Chris Rogers entered the attack. 4 wickets each and Mawson Lakes had lost 8/28, dismissed for 94 in only the 23 over. A superb bowling & fielding effort was highlighted by two classic catches from keeper Craig Phillips. 

B GRADE (C2) GRAND FINAL

SATURDAY 24^TH & SUNDAY 25^TH OF MARCH

OLD SCOTCH vs. KILBURN

MONTROSE OVAL (JUNIOR SCHOOL)

1.00PM – 5.30PM (72 OVER GAME)

(BYO CHAIR)

C GRADE (LOB) GRAND FINAL

SATURDAY 24^TH OF MARCH

OLD SCOTCH vs. MARION

MARION OVAL (STURT ROAD, MARION)

12.30PM – 5.30PM (40 OVER GAME)

March Newsletter

A GRADE AVOIDS EXTENDED RELEGATION ZONE

Convincing wins in 2 out of the 3 final games saw the A’s finish 7th  & narrowly avoid the extended relegation zone by only 1.5 points. An added bonus

was the final round thrashing of SPOC  at Caterer Oval, sending them down to A3 for the first time. Ending the season with 5 wins from the 11 games is a significant improvement on the past few  seasons and a credit to the work undertaken by Anthony Tucker in his role as club coach. Significantly contributions in the last  game came from  every team member including vital performances from  youngsters Andrew Dow  & Cam Thorpe to compliment the great seasons of Peter Harvey, Stewart Lovie & John Clifford.  Jared Schmidt’s bowling, on loan from  the UK was a huge bonus & Ed Weaver’s batting started to match the great season he had behind the stumps.

B GRADE INTO SEMI FINALS

Despite losing the final round game to top side Kilburn the B’s finished 2nd on the ladder & host a semi-final this weekend. After being sent in & at 6/60 on week 1 against Kilburn it was discovered they were using a 2-piece ball!.  This will only give added motivation to Tucker’s team to win the semi & exact

the ultimate revenge. Led by Anthony Tucker the B’s have made some massive scores & with Allan Miller peaking at the right  end of the season should start favourites in the semi  against Flinders  Park.

C GRADE ALSO INTO SEMI FINALS

The C’s pulled off a ‘Steve Bradbury’ and slipped into 4th  spot despite making scores of 66 & 81 in the last  2 weeks. Sent in on some ordinary wickets the C’s almost pulled off wins in both those games and will go into the Semi  knowing they can beat any side in the competition. The lesser known Parsons, Charlie has been in great form with the ball.  Captain Feeney along with Jody Tucker, Kym Ryder & Tony Scott will be looking to set a good score this weekend at Mawson Lakes  & progress to the GF.

B GRADE (C2) SEMI FINAL

  SATURDAY 17TH  & SUNDAY 18TH  OF MARCH

OLD SCOTCH vs FLINDERS PARK SCOTCH No. 2 OVAL

1.00PM  – 5.30PM 

C GRADE  (LOB)  SEMI FINAL

SATURDAY 17TH  OF MARCH

OLD SCOTCH vs MAWSON LAKES

UNI OF SA OVAL (MAWSON LAKES)

12.30PM – 5.30PM

2011/12 OSCA PRESENTATION EVENING

FRIDAY 20TH  OF APRIL 2012

EDINBURGH HOTEL – HIGH  ST BAR

COCKTAIL FOOD PROVIDED & BAR FACILTIES AVAILABLE

7.30PM START - $25/HEAD

RSVP to John Clifford or Sean Macgregor by Monday16th April

TUCKER & NIEDERER BREAK OSCA PARTNERSHIP RECORD

Adam Niederer 178* & Anthony Tucker 183 have broken the all time OSCA  partnership record. Their 4th wicket partnership of 315 was part of OSCA  B Grade’s total of 4/444 against Marion at Scotch in round 10. Tuck was dismissed on the last ball of the day having batted the entire 72 overs, while Neddy didn’t start his innings until tea!

Tucker’s century brings him level with Tony Fuller’s record of 11 OSCA  centuries.

Congratulations also to Max Collett who scored his maiden OSCA  century in round 11 against Kilburn. His innings was even more noteworthy considering he was ‘filling in’ while still recovering from  a serious foot operation.

SCORERS / COACHES

Special thanks to both Ron Thomas (A’s) & Murray Tippett (B’s) for their  efforts as club scorers this season. Also to Jeff  Schmidt in his role  as assistant coach, his help & input at trainings & on Saturday’s has been invaluable. The efforts of these guys week in & week out were outstanding and definitely made life easy for both captains & players. Last, but not least a huge thanks to Anthony Tucker in his role as Club Coach. 2 teams in the finals & the A’s staying in A2 with a 5 wins is a great result  & reward for Tuck’s efforts.

RESULTS For full scorecards, results  & tables visit the ATCA web site at  atca.sa.cricket.com.au

ROUND 9

OSCA A GRADE 280 (John Clifford  63, Peter Harvey 59, Ed Weaver 54 & Sean MacGregor 32) Defeated

Modbury  124 (Peter Harvey 3/16) & 5/75 (Jared Schmidt 3/14)

OSCA B GRADE 209 (Lloyd McKenzie 54, Michael Ashforth 32, A.Tucker 32 & Tom Grundy 30) Defeated

Penfield 106 (Allan  Miller 6/19)

OSCA C GRADE 6/159 (Craig Phillips 43* & Jason Hayes 32) Lost to Flinders Park 9/162 (Matt Oates 3/35)

ROUND 10

OSCA A GRADE 110 & 2/64 (John Clifford  34*) Lost to Marion 251 (Cam Thomas 4/64)

OSCA B GRADE 4/444 (Anthony Tucker 183, Adam Niederer 178* & Lloyd McKenzie 33) Defeated Marion 69

(Chris Landau 3/0  & Nick Blight 3/31) & 5/196

OSCA C GRADE 8/163 (Stephen Parsons 43* & Kym Ryder 41) Defeated ICC 162 (Charlie Parsons 4/29 & Damian Leonard 3/37)

OSCA C GRADE 2/191 (J.Tucker 76*, Tony Scott 54 & Stewart Lovie 53*) Def Marion 187 (Chris Rogers 3/44)

ROUND 11

OSCA A GRADE 296 (Sean MacGregor 59, Ed Weaver 49, John Clifford  40, Stewart Lovie 33 & Cameron Thorpe 27) Defeated SPOC 129 (Andrew Dow  3/21 & Peter Harvey 3/32) & 8/228 (Jared Schmidt 3/62) OSCA B GRADE 114 (Michael Ashforth 32) & 3/201 (Max  Collett 108 & Nick Blight 37*) Lost to Kilburn 188 (Allan  Miller 4/57)

OSCA C GRADE 66 Lost to Mawson Lakes 7/68 (Charlie Parsons 4/31 & Toby Rogers 3/22)

OSCA C GRADE 81 (Tony Scott 35) Lost to Goodwood 6/83 (Charlie Parsons 4/14)

Newsletter - Edition 2

The new cricket season gets underway this weekend (weather permitting). John Clifford will captain what is shaping as a youthful & talented A grade team. Anthony Tucker takes over as B grade captain in the C2 (two day) competition. The C grade will remain in the LOB one day competition.

From The Coach

Where did the last six months go? I hope you’re all excited and ready for season 2011-12. Pre-season started way back on 7th of August and has been well attended. A special mention to Nick Blight who was the only person to attend all the sessions. Well done Blighty!

Training now reverts to Tuesday & Thursday from 6-7.30pm. Training will start with running and stretching followed by some catching drills. If you are late to training and miss the group warm-up, then I expect you to at least do a lap of the Oval and a stretching routine.

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Sean MacGregor and the OSCA committee for giving me the chance to be senior coach again this season. I would also like to thank Jeff Schmidt for his work as Assistant Coach. We are very lucky to have someone as committed as Schmidty at OSCA.
If you are unable to train could you please let either myself or Schmidty (0409 417 100) know with a phone call or text message. This didn’t happen much last season and it’s not hard to do. Please wear an OSCA training top or white Cricket shirt to training also.

Let’s have a couple of wins on Saturday to start the season!

Anthony Tucker (0408 841 621)

PROGRAMME SEASON 2011/12

Up-Coming games are;

Saturday 8th October
A GRADE vs. REYNELLA @ SCOTCH – 12pm start
B GRADE vs. MARION @ MARION # 2 – 12.30pm start

Saturday 15th & 22nd October
A GRADE vs. INGLE FARM @ SCOTCH
B GRADE vs. KILBURN @ KILBURN

Saturday 15th October
C GRADE vs. Unley OS @ Cabra West
Saturday 22nd October
C GRADE vs. Goodwood @ Montrose

OSCA BUSINESS LUNCH – FRIDAY OCTOBER 21ST 2011

OSCA’s business lunch is now only just over Two weeks away. If you have not already indicated you would like to attend what promises to be a great lunch with Damien Fleming as guest speaker please do so ASAP.  Tickets are $100 for Lunch, Drinks & Flemo – see the enclosed Flyer or contact the club for details.

NEW PLAYERS

OSCA welcomes back Brett Scragg (Prospect) & Max Collett to the club. Both are talented players & will make a huge impact this season. Also great to see young Old Collegians Nick Harrington & Sam Tolley at training adding depth to the squad. Rumour also has it that Chris Arnold is back in the country & keen to add to his OSCA trophy list.

Even though numbers have been excellent we encourage everyone to continue recruited players for all teams. If you are or know of anyone who is interested in playing at any level please contact John Clifford or Anthony Tucker.

OSCA PLAYING & TRAINING MERCHANDISE

Playing caps, Training caps, Training Polo’s & Playing Shirts are available thanks to Sandy Nelson Teamwear;
· OSCA Playing Hats are $20 each.
· OSCA Training Hats are $10 each.
· OSCA Playing shirts are $35 each.
· OSCA Training Tops are $40 each.
· OSCA Polo Top are $50 each.

SPONSORS

OSCA will be in contact with all current sponsors in the next few weeks, hopefully your tremendous support will be able to continue in 2011/12.

With 3 teams to put on the field each week your support is needed more than ever. If you are past player or just a supporter of OSCA & are not a current sponsor but would like to come on board please contact club as it makes a huge difference!

ATCA WEB SITE & MY CRICKET ON-LINE SYSTEM

The turf website is part of Cricket Australia’s MyCricket on-line results system.
The website address is; atca.sa.cricket.com.au
Visit this web-site for full programmes, results, scorecards & premiership tables
You can also customise mycricket to Old Scotch for all OSCA information – go to mycricket.cricket.com.au & customize for ‘Old Scotch’.

OSCA WEB SITE

The OSCA website will be updated shortly. Results, programmes, statistics & match reports will also be updated during the season.

SUBSCRIPTIONS

This season Full Subscriptions will be $200 for employed players & $100 for students.
Subs for C grade and “part-time” players will be collected based on $10 per Saturday of cricket for full time employed players & $5 per Saturday for students.
Details to Direct debit on-line are as follows (just make sure you put your name with the deposit);

Sean MacGregor
President

From the Coach

It's just 18 days until season 2011-12 kicks off. Can you please let me know if you are not available for the first game on Saturday 8 October.

Pre-season training started back on the 7th of August and to the guys that have been out, well done. Those who train will get greater consideration during selection than those that do not.

Just a reminder that we have a 'white shirt' and 'no boardshort' policy at training. Let's make an effort to train hard and with purpose so that we can take a good attitude in on match day. We play for fun but it's a hell of a lot more fun when you win! While I'm on the bandwagon about 'dress code', can we all make an effort to wear OSCA playing gear, i.e. Cap, playing shirt, jumper and training shirt. This will make us look like a 'united' club and will also put some money back into the club.

We only have five more sessions before the first game so let's get out to training and work hard towards being well prepared for two wins on 8 October.

Tuck

B Grade (LOA) Grand Final

Saturday 26th March

Grange vs Old Scotch

Grange Oval

Military Road, Grange (Corner Fort Street)

12.30 pm - 5.30 pm

Live score updates will be available here (www.scotchoc.com.au/osca)

B Grade Grand Final Team

1. Tom Kidman (c)

2. Tom Emmett

3. Justin Wight

4. Julian Farkas

5. Adam Niederer

6. Cameron Nelson

7. Kym Ryder

8. Cameron Thorpe

9. Allan Miller (vc)

10. Scott Lavis

11. Chris Landau

12. Harry White

Emg: Andrew Smith, Michael Ashforth

OSCA Newsletter Grand Final Edition

OSCA is close to achieving a 2nd Premiership in two years – this time the B grade will play Grange for the A Grade Limited Overs premiership.

In an amazing game against Rostrevor last week OSCA started well after losing the toss, reducing ROC’s to 2/0 in the 3rd over. In a great all round bowling effort Adam Niederer was the standout, taking 4/18 to help restrict ROC’s to 8/110 off their 40 overs.

OSCA looked to be cruising at 0/25, but quickly stumbled to be 6/47, with 64 runs left for victory. Tom Kidman then combined with Cam Thorpe for a vital partnership before Thorpe was dismissed for 20. Kidman stayed with the lower order but more wickets fell leaving OSCA 12 runs to win & only 1 wicket in hand. 18y.o. 2010 school leaver Chris Landau joined his skipper & the two got the score to within 4 runs with 1 over remaining. Kidman took & single off the first ball & Landau hit the winning boundary with 3 balls to spare. Tom Kidman remained 36n.o. to carry his team into the Grand Final.

Semi-Final

OSCA B Grade (Tom Kidman 36* & Cameron Thorpe 20) Defeated Rostrevor OC 110 (Adam Niederer 4/18)

ATCA Awards

Congratulations to Scott Lavis for taking out the ATCA LOA bowling award for season 2010/11 by 5 wickets. Scott collected his award at the ATCA Presentation dinner last night. 

20 Year Premiership Reunion

It’s been 20 years since OSCA won the 1990/91 A grade premiership against Hope Valley at Payneham Oval. The team is gathering at the Ed on April 1st to celebrate. The winning side was; Peter Thompson, Peter Feeney, Rob Brice, Tim Binks, Anthony Tucker, Stephen Parsons, Anthony Barnett, Damian Leonard, Todd Roberts, Paul Tippett, Nick Roberts & scorer Julie Anne.

OSCA B Grade into Grand Final

The OSCA B Grade made their way into the Grand Final today with recent school leaver Chris Landau hitting the winning runs in the last over with only 1 wicket remaining. A longer recap will follow soon.

At this stage it looks like OSCA will take on Grange at Grange for the Premiership next Saturday (26th March).

OSCA March Newsletter

B GRADE INTO SEMI FINAL AFTER WINNING 8 IN A ROW

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Semi-Final A Grade Limited Overs (OSCA B Grade)

The OSCA B Grade will be playing off for an A Grade Limited Overs Grand Final spot against Rostrevor OC at Scotch College this Saturday (19 March 2011) from 12.30 pm.

The winner will play either Grange or Pulteney OS in the Grand Final the following Saturday.

OSCA v SOCFC Twenty20 - Sunday March 20

Once again OSCA will be taking on SOCFC in a Twenty20 cricket match. Ryan Phillips will be leading the cricket club and the football will be ably led by Jono Buck. More details will be made available soon.

OSCA February Newsletter

 

Only a month of cricket remains in the minor round and all three OSCA teams still have plenty to play for.

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OSCA January Newsletter

At the print time of the last newsletter Old Scotch A Grade had only won a single game in over 12 months. It is pleasing to be able to print this edition with 4 wins from the last 4 fixtures. OSCA’s fortunes have turned around ever since the start of the Twenty20 competition. Solid victories over MSCC & PAOC in the first two rounds means OSCA only needs to defeat International CC next Tuesday night to progress to the final 8.

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OSCA November Newsletter

Despite wet weather playing havoc with cricket schedule four rounds have been completed.

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OSCA October Newsletter

The new cricket season is underway with some positive signs coming from the only game played thus far.

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