OSCA February Newsletter

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

The A grade can’t take a trick and now have to win one of the last two games against Reynella & Hope valley to avoid relegation. Against Modbury in round 8 a 56 last run partnership by Modbury and losing 4 wickets in 4 balls late on day 1 (3 of which were LBW) proved costly - in a 37 run loss. While in the latest game against Gepps Cross, defending a total of 91 OSCA looked set for victory when Geppy’s were 5/12 & 6/22.
Unfortunately their No. 8 batsmen (whose previous highest score was 11) smashed 102 out of 151!. Angus Hogben has performed well with the bat while Stewart Lovie, Peter Harvey & Cam Thomas have all been amongst the wickets in recent weeks.

Just to rub salt in, OSCA also were knocked out in the quarter finals of the 20/20 competition, only able to make 97 in reply to Fulham’s 4/157 on the Main Oval at Scotch.

Tom Kidman’s B grade side have now won 5 games in a row & have jumped to 3rd on the premiership table. After defending a total of 90 runs 3 weeks ago at Glenunga OSCA then easily won the return match & also demolished 2nd side Grange last weekend. They are now in a great
position leading into finals. Julian Farkas has had made 185 runs in his last hits, while the real success story has been 19y.o. Scott Lavis who leads the LOA competition bowling with his ‘wobblers’. Veterans’ Allan Miller, Tom Kidman & Tom Emmett have also played some good cricket over the last few games.

The C grade’s finals chances looked lost at 6/60 chasing 2nd side Hope Valley’s 194 at Montrose last weekend. Enter Nick Kidman (85n.o.) & skipper Peter Feeney (40n.o.) who calmly guided the team home with 2 overs to spare thanks to a terrific 136 run partnership. The C’s still need to
win at least 3 of the last 4 games to participate in finals but are coming good at the right time of the season. Phil Lavis was outstanding the previous week at Marion, while Anthony Tucker’s return to the side will help their finals chances – as long as he doesn’t run out Jody Tucker
again!.

TEAM PHOTOS
A Grade team photo’s will be held Thursday night 3rd of March – at Practice
B & C Grade team photos will be held at Scotch on Saturday 5th of March
C Grade 12.15pm
B Grade 12.30pm
Thanks to Geoff Heard who once again has given up his time to produce these photos.

UPCOMING GAMES

Saturday 19th & 26th of February
A GRADE vs. REYNELLA at Reynella Oval
Saturday 5th & 12th of March
A GRADEvs. HOPE VALLEY at Hope Valley

Saturday 19TH February
B GRADE vs. ATHELSTONE at MONTROSE
C GRADE vs. PEMBROKE at PARK 17

Saturday 26TH February
B GRADE vs. ROSTREVOR OC at SCOTCH No. 2
C GRADE vs. BRIGHTON at Brighton PS

Saturday 5TH March
B GRADE vs. ADELAIDE ROCKETS at SCOTCH No. 2
C GRADE vs. UNLEY OS at Montrose

Saturday 12TH March
B GRADE vs. ATHELSTONE at SCOTCH No. 2
C GRADE vs. BRIGHTON at Brighton PS

FINES DINNER
REMINDER TO ALL PLAYERS - KEEP SATURDAY NIGHT THE 12TH OF MARCH FREE FOR THE ‘FINES DINNER’
VENUE & DETAILS WILL BE CONFIRMED SOON!

PRINCIPAL’S XI GAME
Anthony Tucker, Sean MacGregor, Nick Roberts & a host of recent school leavers including Alex Decesare,Harry White, Chris Landau & Jono Lagonik took part in the Principal’s XI taking on the College First XI in a 20/20 last Thursday night. The Principal’s XI won convincingly. Thanks to Stephen White for coordinating the game.

SUBSCRIPTIONS
Full Subscriptions are $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.
Please arrange payment to John Clifford or Sean Macgregor ASAP

SPONSORS
Thank you to all of our current sponsors & supporters. 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!

RESULTS For full scorecards, results & tables visit the ATCA web site

ROUND 8
OSCA A GRADE 128 (Angus Hogben 48* & Peter Harvey 30) & 4/38 Lost to Modbury 165 (Stewart Lovie 4/39, Cam Thorpe 3/22 & Cam Thomas 3/33) & 147 (Harvey 4/25 & Thomas 4/27)
OSCA B GRADE 90 (Tom Emmett 44) Defeated Glenunga 88 (Henry Treloar 4/27, Michael Ashforth 3/9 & Allan Miller 3/20)
OSCA C GRADE 104 (Jono Lagonik 60 & Rick Woolford 29) Lost to Hope Valley 5/108 (Mike Taylor 2/19 & Charlie Parsons 2/35)
ROUND 9
OSCA A GRADE 91 & 128 (Stewart Lovie 41) Lost to Gepps Cross 151 (Lovie 5/49 & Harvey 3/68) & 6/48
OSCA B GRADE 1/117 (Julian Farkas 71*) Defeated Glenunga 114 (Scott Lavis 4/34 & Cam Thorpe 2/18)
OSCA C GRADE 9/156 (Phil Lavis 57 & Anthony Tucker 50) Lost to Marion 5/157 (Lavis 4/24)
OSCA B GRADE 2/80 (Julian Farkas 50*) Defeated Grange 79 (Scott Lavis 4/18, Farkas 2/9 & Miller 2/10)
OSCA C GRADE 6/196 (Nick Kidman 85* & Peter Feeney 40*) Defeated Hope Valley 9/194 (Anthony Tucker 3/65, Chris Rogers 2/13 & Lloyd McKenzie 2/30)

ATCA Twenty20 COMP – EAST DIVISION
Round 3: OSCA A GRADE 4/168 (John Clifford 78 & Ryan Phillips 35) Defeated International CC 9/144 (Sean MacGregor 3/11, Lachlan Giles 2/12 & Stuart Claringbould 2/28)

Quarter Final : OSCA A GRADE 97 (John Clifford 27 ) Lost to Fulham 4/157 (Claringbould 2/17, Stewart Lovie 2/39)

Sean MacGregor
President