Castlemaine and District Cricket Association

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gocolts;341405 said:
1)L.Maltby
2) A Code
3) R Fisher ( to keep )
4) B Walter
5) D . Schmit
6) B. Deppler
7) D Smith
8)T Plumbridge
9) A Butcher ( m ford)
10) G. Wybar
11) L Walker

Proberly gone abit batting heavy. But Code, Deppler, Schmit and Walter can bowl if needed. Walker to bowl spin.
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butcher from muckleford??? saw his semi finals figures, didnt deliver when required. walker is not the best spinner but il prob find room for him cos his fielding is better than fraser. b deppler is over rated and done nothing in big games. cant believe u couldnt find room for ross hall. dont rate fishers glove work but could deff play as batter only
 
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Dot.Com;341711 said:
butcher from muckleford??? saw his semi finals figures, didnt deliver when required. walker is not the best spinner but il prob find room for him cos his fielding is better than fraser. b deppler is over rated and done nothing in big games. cant believe u couldnt find room for ross hall. dont rate fishers glove work but could deff play as batter only
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Didnt see his figures from the finals not really even sure he got many wickets during the year but I found him difficult to face when we played them, mainly because of his height i think. Yeah on second thoughts I would proberly have Rosco Hall in the team in front of reggie. Walker didnt get any bags of wickets during the year think his best was 3 far. Rosco had a few big games and delivered in the final where it count. Samuel Grimes was abit unlucky to miss out too, had a great year, first year with the colts. Do u rate grimey as a bowler?
 
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Been watching this forum for a while now; some interesting stuff, some insightful stuff and a lot of crap.

Time to put my prediction on the GF that starts today, so here is what I think will happen in A Res - which is really the only grade I have a lot of interest in.

Result - Barkers by 30 runs if they bat first, or 2 wickets if they bat second.

I think Taradale have a better bowling lineup with Dean at the front and a couple of good young kids, but they fall away after that. Barkers have a far stronger batting lineup, as someone said, they bat all the way down. Very hard to bowl to, and on a slow pitch, I would expect them to bat out the overs at a reasonable rate. Hard to see a weak player in the lineup and a couple of guys there that would go OK in A Grade if they needed them up there.


Taradale are pretty much 5 out all out. The big question is whether Dean can get in and get a bit of help from the likes of Maltby and Waters. I think that the way these 2 guys play, one of them could turn the game on its head, but more than likely they will both go cheaply. I haven't seen a lot of Taradale, so went back and had a look at their results. Waters has really only made the score last week, other than that he has gone cheap. Maltby has made a few good scores, but he has gone cheaply a lot as well as can be seen from his average of around 30 - he always looks like you can get him out because he lacks patience and just counts on bullying bowlers. I see they had one of the kids batting at 3 last week with a good result. From what I hear he was dropped a few times early and as we all know, runs are twice as hard to get at the top of the order in a GF. The only other guys that can bat are Docherty, who is an OK A Res player, but only just OK - hard to see him making a lot of runs. Also they have Anderson who they have been batting way down the order to protect him. He hits the ball a long way and is hard to bowl to, but he is not going to stay around which is what you need in a final. I think the game will be decided before he comes in. The rest wouldn't get in the top players at Muckleford B Grade.

On the bowling side, Leitch has slowed right down from a few years ago and it is hard to see him getting any wickets. Vearing was a dud in A grade and looks even worse this year. He appparently has a sore elbow and can't throw the ball as much, so has slowed right down. They don't have any real spinner although they have a couple of people that bowl slow and slower. I think if Barkers can get through Dean's overs, and bat sensibly to Hood and Stone, they will be able to make some good runs the longer the day goes.

There it is. Of course the bueauty of sport is anything can happen. So it maybe Taradale by a street, but I think if they played a best out of 3, Barkers would win at least 2.
 
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Well it appers as though I might be wrong on my prediction. Had a look at the A Res game and it looks like Barkers might win by 100. I have excuses though, Dean didn't get a wicket and looked like he was injured - struggled through his overs. The other one was the weirdest decision by a captain I have seen in a final of any grade of cricket. 3 overs to go and the opposition having the runs on the board and looking to hit out, what does he do? He brings on Maltby to bowl out the last 2 fom one end. Why would they want to give Barkers bonus runs? 2 overs of the worst tripe you will ever see and an extra 25 runs in the book - thank you very much. Actually, Maltby could have had 1 for 24 of Vearing could catch, so maybe not all his fault.

Other than that, the game went much as you would expect it. Barkers way too strong for a mediocre Taradale attack. Vearing got 1 for a truck load (I can't believe how slow he has become - not good when you have little control and don't move the ball around). The wicket he got was a little lucky, even some of the Taradale fans nearby thought that hitting someone on the thigh pad usually sees the LBW appeal turned down.

Probably the only bowler that looked like getting wickets was Anderson, and that was because he bowled a mixture of very good balls and some crap, so kept the batsmen guessing.

Anyway, it will ether be an interesting or a short day there tomorrow. If Maltby, Waters and Schmidt can get in and stay around, the runs are there for the taking. Loose 1 of them cheaply and it will be probably be too big a target. Loose 2 cheaply and they won't need to set up afternoon tea.
 
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gocolts;341725 said:
Didnt see his figures from the finals not really even sure he got many wickets during the year but I found him difficult to face when we played them, mainly because of his height i think. Yeah on second thoughts I would proberly have Rosco Hall in the team in front of reggie. Walker didnt get any bags of wickets during the year think his best was 3 far. Rosco had a few big games and delivered in the final where it count. Samuel Grimes was abit unlucky to miss out too, had a great year, first year with the colts. Do u rate grimey as a bowler?
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nope...unlucky to miss out?? ur kidding. id put kenners from barkers on b4 i bowled grimes
 
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Dot.Com;342206 said:
nope...unlucky to miss out?? ur kidding. id put kenners from barkers on b4 i bowled grimes
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Ha ha fair enough. Kenners bowls pretty interesting, throws it up, people try and slap him and he gets wickets. think taradale will go up to a grade next year? who is going to come up from b gradE?
 
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gocolts;342284 said:
Ha ha fair enough. Kenners bowls pretty interesting, throws it up, people try and slap him and he gets wickets. think taradale will go up to a grade next year? who is going to come up from b gradE?
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i know how much the league hates byes in a grade so id put money on malmsberry dropping back cos lets face it, they were an embarassment to the league in a grade, that leaves 8 teams in a grade which wil suit the league, lets teams play each other twice...if they need sum1 to go up to a res from b it will be maldon
 
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gocolts;342284 said:
think taradale will go up to a grade next year? who is going to come up from b gradE?
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Not a hope of Taradale going up. Had a look at them on the weekend and they are about 5 players short of a good side. Wouldn't do any better than Malmsbury. They might expect the 3 kids to get better but the rest are only going to get worse or stay as bad as they are now, so they will probably make the A Res finals again next year without winning it.

I heard Muckleford are talking about a 4th team next year, perhaps they may field 2 at A Res?
 
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benaround;342550 said:
Not a hope of Taradale going up. Had a look at them on the weekend and they are about 5 players short of a good side. Wouldn't do any better than Malmsbury. They might expect the 3 kids to get better but the rest are only going to get worse or stay as bad as they are now, so they will probably make the A Res finals again next year without winning it.

I heard Muckleford are talking about a 4th team next year, perhaps they may field 2 at A Res?
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Muckleford need to work on putting a half decent A grade team together. For the amount of players who play out muckelford surely they can put a competetive team on the park. Going places off the field and in the juniors. I think they may put 2 b grade teams in next year, talk of alot of older guys coming back to the club.

yeah i think taradale will stay down aswell, shilly and schmit are getting alittle old or injured and wont go as well as they did this yeat next year. Malmsbury will drop down i think and be more competetive than they were in A grade at least. I think the both creeks, barkers and campbells will be strong again in A grade and A res.
 
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gocolts;342619 said:
Muckleford need to work on putting a half decent A grade team together. For the amount of players who play out muckelford surely they can put a competetive team on the park. Going places off the field and in the juniors. I think they may put 2 b grade teams in next year, talk of alot of older guys coming back to the club.

yeah i think taradale will stay down aswell, shilly and schmit are getting alittle old or injured and wont go as well as they did this yeat next year. Malmsbury will drop down i think and be more competetive than they were in A grade at least. I think the both creeks, barkers and campbells will be strong again in A grade and A res.
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Its taken close to a week after the grandfinal but somethin sensible has finally been spoken about on here.
 
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G'Day Fellas,
With the press pass finally put away in the cupboard after another long season of exciting football, its now finally fast approaching the time of year when i get out the old wide-brim cap and get the lenses out to take some shots of the local boys having a bat or bowl on a Saturday. Exciting stuff!
Whats everyones thoughts on the upcoming season? Who are the sides to beat? Will Christmas finally make a run? And the question of all questions, Is Shmed finally past his prime? All interesting questions which should be answered in the coming weeks as the season gets underway.
I am really looking forward to playing the roll of local celebrity again this year, as i get a kick out of all the young fellas in town knowing my name, and idolising my solid 10inch piece of facial grooming. I will once again take on the roll of filling the local papers with all the highlights of the weekends cricket, in some high quality (not to mention high resolution) photos.
Can't wait to get back into it.
Look forward to seeing you all over the next couple of weeks as the season gets going.

Thats all for now,
Cheers,
Your friend,
Max
 
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**** the colts **** north castlemaine **** muckleford and **** barkers


hazaa for another day

yours truly
bill lawry
 
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How has everyone started this season?

Only played two games cause of work and made 3 and 0/18 then 8 and 2/20.
 
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resist u r an absolute mother fcuk is ur name by any way paul the obese fat man wicks
 
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I'm with Sahid, I'm still tring to work out the English translation...
 
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Hi, I'm not from the Castlemaine DCA, however I do have some interest in the league's going ons as I have some mates that play in the league.

Could someone please post what clubs are in A-Grade and A-Reserve please?
 
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Yeah Sure

A Grade:
Newstead
Barkers Creek
Castlemaine United
Campbells Creek
Kyneton
North Castlemaine
Muckleford
Guildford

A Reserve:
Malmsbury
Castlemaine United
Barkers Creek
Muckleford
Guildford
Harcourt
Campbells Creek
Taradale
 
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