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Anecdotes One-man bands
The record contribution of an individual score to a Team total is 100% of the Team total when Wally Howard (brother of our former Prime Minister John Howard) scored 4 runs! He hit the only runs of the innings – an edged boundary. This game was the B1 Grand Final played at Campbell Park in 1967/68 and we were all, out for 4!
On Day 1 of the T20’s we had 2 big personal contributions:
• Daniel Anderson (1st Grade T20) scored 89 not out of our total of 6/133 which is 66.9% of the total score. This is the 7th highest individual contribution to an innings in our history. DA also has the 4th highest personal contribution – 81 not out of a D2 total score of 81 (72.3%) as a 13 year old
• Harry Whitehouse (4th Grade T20) and just 14 years & 4 months old, scored 78 not out of a Team total of 5/124 which is 62.9% of the Team total. This is the 12th highest contribution to an innings total in our history.
For interest, the 2nd player on the all-time list is current day player, Raynaldo Howard (C4 Red) who last season scored 131* of a C4 Red Team total of 7/170 in a one-dayer – 77.1% of the Team total runs.
Quote of the week
Bill Peterkin, one of our all-time greats, has registered to play the occasional game as a fill-in player. He was going to play the opening T20 and got a great response from his wife about bringing along their son, Harry, to watch Dad play:
“It’s been a long, long while between games that’s for sure :)
I asked my wife if she’d bring Harry to come watch and basically told me I’m going to be really shit and probably not!!!!”
Photo: Bill Peterkin (centre) with Daniel Anderson (left) and James Makin at the 1st Grade T20 Semi Final @ Mt Ku-ring-gai Oval – 13/10/2024
Space Cadet
A2 Grade
A rare nomination for our revered Space Cadet Award. This time it goes to an entire Team – the mighty A2 Blues (Ryan). The nomination follows: