Onslow’s Renee Moffitt, Jess McFadyen, Liam Chrisp and Stew Rhodes were all winners at the Cricket Wellington Norwood Awards Evening held at the Basin Reserve last night. 

The prestigious awards bring together top cricketers from both the men’s and women’s competition, from club to First Class level and recognise excellence in all facets of the game.

Moffitt picked up the Marjorie Sweetman Cup for bowling with her 25 wickets edging out team-mate Amanda Cooper who finished the season with 24. Cooper was also a runner-up in the Women’s Club Cricketer of the Year. Jess McFadyen also picked up best under-20 female cricketer.

Liam Chrisp of the Senior Men’s team was awarded the Bruce Murray Medal, an award contested in the Pearce Cup & Hazlett Trophy competitions and is based on opposition captains awarding points to members of the opposition after each game to decide the “Best and Fairest” player.

Chrisp’s award capped a good season with the all-rounder coming runner-up in the Pearce Cup Cricketer of the Year award and the prestigious Best All-Rounder Cup which was won by team-mate Stewart Rhodes who excelled in his debut first-class season for Wellington.

Onslow's Senior Women, 2D Originals and 1B Kollapse were also recognised for their achievements in winning their respective grades and the Onslow Senior side were recognised as being joint winners of the Pearce Cup Twenty20 competition

Northern Courier article profiling Niki Zivkovic’s selection in the Wellington Under-16 team that will be touring India during May.

Niki is the younger brother of Jared who plays in the Men’s 2ndXI side and is currently a Year 12 student at Onslow College. and The side, coached by Rhys Morgan also includes Sam Keegan and Kieran Butler who have turned out for the Senior Club this season in the 1^st XI and 2^nd XI respectively.

The boys have received funding from the Onslow Cricket Foundation to contribute to the cost of their trip.

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Onslow’s Neal Parlane appears to be relishing the caretaker role of the Wellington Firebirds captaincy with another solid batting performance in his second full game in charge. Not only is Parlane scoring runs at the top of the order but he has guided Wellington to a commanding position in the last game of the 2009/10 season.

Wellington, currently playing against the Otago Volts at the Basin Reserve in a Plunket Shield fixture, are looking to finish a disappointing season on a high and appear well-placed after Otago were dismissed for just 189 in reply to Wellington’s first innings of 389.

Today, Parlane scored a career-best  193 runs in Wellington’s second innings assault of 402-3 declared coming in 74 overs at an impressive run-rate of 5.40.

Parlane’s century came off 143 balls before he  upped the ante, needing only 23 more balls to reach 150 runs. In total, Parlane faced 195 balls and hit 24 “fours” and six “sixes” with the innings eclipsing his previous best of 165.

Parlane was not alone in destroying the Otago bowling, sharing in a 138-run opening partnership with Stephen Murdoch (88) and then a 251-run partnership for the second-wicket with Cameron Merchant (101 not out). Wellington’s dominance of the match has seen Otago set a mammoth 600 run target to win the match in three and a half sessions.

After scoring 17 runs in Wellington’s first innings, Parlane’s century continued a good run of form in the last three games that has seen him achieve second innings scores of 90 against Central Districts in Napier and 137 against Canterbury in Rangiora the following week.

Following a slow start to the season, Parlane has been able to finish on a high with runs seeming coming at ease in 2010.

The turnaround in personal batting fortunes occurred in the HRV Twenty20 Cup held over January where Parlane was by far the pick of the Wellington batting in scoring 315 runs. Last week, in the match against Canterbury, Parlane scored his ninth first-class century and in the process shared in 100-run partnerships with Stephen Murdoch and James Franklin.

Parlane finished the first-class season having scored 763 runs at an average of 40.15 featuring two centuries and two half-centuries.

Onslow’s Stewart Rhodes, who has now returned to Australia, scored two centuries en route to a season tally of 391 runs at an average of 43.44 in his debut first-class season. Rhodes also managed 186 runs at an average of 46.50 in six limited-overs matches for Wellington.

On the final day, Parlane claimed two catches including the one to dismiss Greg Todd off the bowling of Lee Edwards in what was his 100^th first class catch. The match ended in a draw with Otago 344-7 when stumps were drawn.

The Alan Henderson Memorial Cup is named after a young fellow from the club who died at a tragically young age, and it rewards the most consistent performer throughout the year. It is traditionally the most sought after award at the end of season prize giving evening.

All players regardless of the grade they play in are eligible for this award with points awarded throughout the season based on batting, bowling, fielding and team performaces.

Batting Points are comprised of one point per run scored if the batter scores 30 runs or more with additional bonus points added for reaching 50 (20 points) and 100 (150 points).

If a batter scores less than 30 runs in an innings, no points are allocated. If a batter scores between 30 and 49 runs in an innings, the batter will receive one point per run. If a batter scores between 50 and 99 runs, the batter will receive one point per run as well as 20 bonus points. If a batter scores 100 runs or more, the batter will receive one point per run as well as 150 bonus points.

For example, scoring 39 runs will result in 39 points; scoring 75 runs will result in 95 points; and scoring 125 points will result in 275 points being awared.

Bowling points are comprised of points being awarded for wickets taken and in limited overs games, low economy rates are also rewarded. To qualify for points, a bowler needs to take at least two wickets in an innings which will result in 20 points with points increasing as more wickets are taken.

A three wicket haul will result in 35 points; four wickets will result in 75 points; and five wickets will result in 100 points with a further wicket on top of five bringing in 100 additional points to a maximum of 600 being awarded for a 10-wicket haul in an innings.

In addition to points being awarded for wickets taken in an innings, bowlers are rewarded for low economy rates in limited over fixtures. To qualify for economy rate points, a minimum of four overs must be bowled. An economy rate of under three runs per over will result in 25 points; under two runs an over will result in 50 points; and an economy rate of under one run an over will result in 100 points being awarded.

Fielding points are given out for each catch taken as well as run-outs or stumpings made. One catch or run-out will result in 10 points being awarded; two fielding dismissals will result in 25 points; three dismissals will result in 40 points; four dismissals will result in 100 points; five dismissals will result in 150 points; and six or more dismissals will result in 200 points being awarded.

For wicket-keepers, a stumping is worth 20 points with three or more stumpings resulting in 100 points being awarded.

Points for team victories are also awarded with a one-day win resulting in 15 points being awarded to each player that participated in the match and a two-day victory earning players 40 points each.

At the end of the season, all points awarded to players are tallied up with the player having the highest aggregate total being awarded the Alan Henderson Cup.

The 2009-10 season has been wrapped up with an end of season function held at Nairnville Park where John Morrison was the MC.

The club enjoyed championship wins in the Senior Women, 2D and 1B grades while the Senior Reserves and 1B Rassics finished runners-up in their grades.
 

The big winner of the night was Liam Chrisp who picked up five awards, including the prestigious Allan Henderson Cup which rewards the most consistent performer throughout the season with points awarded for batting, bowling and fielding.

The season statistics and career statistics will be updated over the coming weeks so please check back the site.

2009-10 End of Season Award winners:

Onslow’s Neal Parlane scored a century today against Canterbury in Wellington’s second innings on the third morning of the four-day fixture.

Resuming the day on his overnight score at 78, Parlane, who is captaining the side in the absence of Matthew Bell, needed 35 minutes to bring up the ninth century of his career. During his innings, Parlane, who made 137, shared in an opening stand of 124 with Simon Murdoch (59) and followed that up with a 176-run partnership for the third wicket James Franklin who scored 162. Parlane's Onslow team-mate Stewart Rhodes scored four runs in the second innings with Wellington all out for 447, setting Canterbury 306 runs for victory.

After a slow start to the season, Parlane has hit his straps after the New Year break by leading the HRV Twenty20 cup run-aggregates at the end of the round-robin with 315 runs at an average of 39.37 and high score of 85. In the Plunkett Shield four-day competition, Parlane has now scored over 553 runs with a century and two 50’s to his name.

Onslow also benefited by having Neal on board with two unbeaten innings of 73 & 68 against University and Hutt Districts. In five innings for Onslow this season, Parlane has scored 223 runs at an average of 74.33

Extracted from Dompost Article written by Sam Worthington:

They can't win the Pearce Cup, but Onslow are going to have some fun along the way. The Khandallah-based club batted all day against North City at Linden Park on Saturday and racked up a phenomenal 494-9.

Blair Parlane (133) and Liam Chrisp (147) set a club record with their 276-run stand for the fourth wicket as Norths' off-spinner Ben Jansen wheeled down 41 overs for 5-176.

"I've been playing club cricket for a long time and I've never seen anything like that," Onslow captain Glynn Howell said.

"It was an incredibly good batting wicket, the guys were dropped early on and they certainly capitalised."

Onslow are third behind guaranteed finalists Eastern Suburbs and Karori. 

Howell defended the decision to bat all day. "We want to get first-innings points and cement ourselves in third. We might bat on for 500 next week."

The Statistics:

LJ Chrisp & BJ Parlane came together in the 26^th over with the score 117-2. Their partnership of 276 lasted 62 overs in 210 minutes, comprising of 374 balls.

When Chrisp fell for 147 from 175 balls, the Onslow total was 393-3 in the 88^th over.

BJ Parlane came to the crease at 12:49, departing at 17:44. Parlane faced 210 balls in 225 minutes striking 14 “fours” and one “six” before being caught by Joe Austin-Smellie off the bowling of Fraser Quartermann. His first 50 came from 117 balls and the 100 from 171 balls.

LJ Chrisp came to the crease at 12:55, departing at 17:37. Chrisp faced 175 balls in 210 minutes striking 19 “fours” and three “sixes” before being bowled by Ben Jansen. His first 50 came fro 89 balls and the 100 from 132 balls.
 

BJ Parlane Wagon Wheel



LJ Chrisp Wagon Wheel

Onslow’s Stewart Rhodes has continued a fine representative season by notching his second first-class century in just his third match for the Wellington Firebirds.

The domestic first-class season resumed yesterday with the Firebirds taking on Auckland at Colin Maiden Park. Batting first, Wellington lost both openers Matt Bell and Cameron Merchant for 12 while Onslow’s Neal Parlane made 32.

Rhodes, who averages 69 in first-class matches, arrived at the crease with the score at 154-4 and together with Luke Woodcock (97), the pair put on 163-runs. Having resumed the second day on 74 not out, Rhodes brought up his century from 160 balls shortly after the first hour of play.

Rhodes was eventually dismissed on 124 from 196 balls during a 277 minute stay at the crease featuring 13 "fours" and one six.

On the second day, Wellington were dimissed for 477 in their first innings.

Rhodes’ form this summer has included an impressive 142 not out on his first-class debut against Otago backed up by a half-century against Central Districts.

After being ineligible for the domestic Twenty20 and most of the 50-over competitions due to Owais Shah taking the overseas import slot, Rhodes returned to the representative fold in the final round of the limited overs competition with a 36-ball  half century against a Canterbury attack featuring Black Caps Chris Martin and Shane Bond.

Meanwhile, after a slow start to the season, Rhodes’ Onslow team-mate Neal Parlane, has been firing on all cylinders in 2010, topping the domestic Twenty20 batting aggregates with 315 runs and averaging 74.33 with the bat for the Onslow 1stXI

The Onslow Cricket Club celebrated the 2010 Old Timers Day in style by honouring retiring Patron Wally Heatherwick as well as making current Club President Denis Lander a Life Member.

Newly appointed Patron Bruce Heather spoke to honour Wally Heatherwick who was the Club’s patron from 1983 until 2009. As part of the presentation, the Onslow Cricket Club re-erected the “Heatherwick Hall” sign at the Nairnville Park Clubrooms. The sign, which sits underneath the honours board was originally erected in recognition of the work that Wally Heatherwick and Les Hall (an Onslow Rugby Club member) put into building the shared clubrooms at Nairnville Park however, the sign went ‘missing’ during renovations many years ago.

Wally has been a fantastic servant of Onslow Cricket, scoring over 8500 career runs and taking 600 wickets. Wally’s innings of 236, scored during the 1953-54 season remains the highest score made by an Onslow batsman. Outside of cricket, Wally was also involved in the Onslow Rugby Club and is a past-president of the Wellington Rugby Union.

Denis Lander became the most recent club member to be honoured with a Life Membership. Denis played in the Senior 1stXI that won the Club Championship in 1979-80, with fellow opening batsman and Life Member Andy Wilson, recalling an average opening stand of 38 during a season which both batsmen scored 400 runs each. Denis is also the Club’s highest run scorer with 15,001 career runs.

Old Timers Day 2010


Life Members (L-R) - Kevin Haines ,Ian Patterson, Bruce Heather, Wally Heatherwick, Denis Lander and Andy Wilson together under the "Heatherwick Hall Sign" at Old Timers Day 2010.

A new initiative by Cricket Wellington for the 2009-10 season is to allow teams in the Pearce Cup and Hazlett Trophy competition to wear coloured clothing for Twenty20 and 50 Over Matches.

Onslow’s coloured is Green and White in colour and has been made possible by sponsorship of Jamie Wilson at Chameleon Event Management – the sponsor of the Onslow 1^stXI side,

The club wishes to thank Jamie for his continued generosity and support of the club.

 
Established in 1995 by Jamie Wilson, Chameleon Events has overseen the production of some of the largest events to date in both NZ and the UK. Chameleon and Jamie are proud to be associated with Onslow Cricket Club having personal connections with many of its senior members.

Chameleon has organized and constructed numerous flawlessly executed events such as the Lord of the Rings Return of the King World Premiere, King Kong New Zealand Premiere and the outstanding World of WearableArt show in Wellington.

With over ten years of experience and an 'A' list of clients , Chameleon understands exactly what makes a successful day.

With any important event, it’s your reputation, and Chameleon makes it theirs too.

Contact Jamie Wilson if you require the services of an event management company that also specialises in logistics in any role and VIP services.

Your guests will never forget your event, you will remember you made the right choice to use Chameleon Events.

The 1stXI Celebrate another wicket against University


Scott Rasmussen bowling against University

Following the 78^th Annual General Meeting of the Onslow Cricket Club on Saturday, 5^th December 2009, Bruce Heather was elected as Club Patron following Wally Heatherwick’s retirement.

Wally has been the patron since 1983, is a life member, previous president and a true Onslow man having been involved with both the cricket and rugby club.  Wally even contributed to building what is now the Nairnville Park Recreation Centre.

Wally played for the seniors, scoring just under 3000 runs and taking 164 wickets. He scored 118 in 1952 and is the record holder for the highest score in the club – 236 recorded in 1949-50. In total, Wally has scored 5000 runs and taken over 500 wickets for the club.

Wally will be appropriately acknowledged at our Old Timers Day which will be held on the 20^th of February 2010. The management committee would like to thank Wally for what has been an outstanding contribution for over 60 years at the Onslow Cricket Club.

Bruce is another Onslow legend having taken a record 1500 wickets and scored over 5000 runs. Bruce has served on the management committee in numerous roles – club captain, chairman, and president.

Bruce is a life member and has been instrumental in developing players through all ranks at the club.

Bruce celebrate 1500 Wickets in 2008

The new FARNBORO CRICKET CENTRE at Onslow College has been opened and is now being used by the senior men for pre-season training.

The centre, a joint venture between Onslow College, Onslow Cricket Club and the Johnsonville Cricket Club is a three lane facility solely dedicated to cricket. It enables the Senior Squad to train in all weather throughout the season

Pre-season training is now under way with the Senior 1^st & 2^nd XI’s training at Onslow College at 1.30pm every Sunday.