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| 1. | Who is the only player to play in a Premiership ‘A’ Grade, ‘B’ Grade and ‘C’ Grade? |
Matt Hutchinson
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| 2. | The original “Hill” playing field was a sheep paddock – no fences – it had a plough furrow for a boundary line. There was a noticeable crest of the hill, midway to the eastern boundary. There was also a real slope towards the Wistow Church and also a slope to the western wing (where the tanks are now). Fielders on one side of the oval could not see the play on the other side, just their heads moving as they chased the ball. This was to change with the levelling done in what year(s) and by whom? |
1981 – Jack Stanton Earthmovers and 1983 to do the Western side.
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| 3. | Which cricketer in his football career played AFL, and for which club? |
Neil Hein – Brisbane Bears
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| 4. | Who is the cricketer(s) to have played in the most ‘A’ Grade Premierships? |
Doug Blight, Brian Blight, Lloyd Paech, Ken Nettle (7 each)
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| 5. | The 24 pop-up sprinkler system was planned by whom and entrenched when? |
Graham Brentson, 1990
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| 6. | How many players have been tragically killed in their private life; and who were they? |
3 Brett Junken, Gary Irving and Wayne Paterson
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| 7. | Who is the present cricketer that during his football career, won an ‘A’ Grade Mail Medal and who did he play for then? Secondly, are there other former cricketers who did likewise? |
Brett Heinrich – Langhorne Creek
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| 8. | Which cricketer(s) while playing in the SACA played at ‘A’ Grade District Level, prior to Wistow? |
Three, Daniel Jenner, Jim Thring and Wayne Willis
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| 9. | In what year was the present concrete cricket pitch laid and by whom, replacing the 30 year old malthoid pitch |
1983 Dale Liebelt (voluntary)
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| 10. | In what year was the first oval boundary fence erected? And when was it replaced? |
1983 replaced in 1998
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| 11. | In which year was the mower shed erected and by whom? |
1995, Mount Barker Steel
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| 12. | In what premiership season did Wistow ‘A’s bat first; making the modest total of 128? Who was their opponent, making 5/106 at stumps? They resumed the next Saturday they added 5 runs and 3 wides to be skittled for 114, with a remarkable five batsmen failing to score!! One of our best victories. |
1958/59 Mount Barker Blue
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| 13. | Who is the only Premiership captain(s) (in all grades) who did not bat or bowl in the grand final(s)? |
Billy Pizimolas 1983/84, Ean Turner 1997/98 and Michael Paech 2015/16
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| 14. | Which was the only finals series played in 40°C heat. |
2007/08
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| 15. | In which year was the first of the two practice pitches laid and by whom? |
1994 Dave Liebelt (voluntary), second pitch 1996
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| 16. | In which premiership season was the grand final won with a 6 struck over the small grandstand (as existed then) at Mount Barker oval. Who was the batsman and who was the opponent? |
Ken Nettle, Hahndorf
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| 17. | How wide is the Wistow Cricket ground from pitch to boundary on either side of the wicket? |
54 metres
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| 18. | Cricket is a “funny game”. In a grand final at Milang played against Bremer/Callington; Wistow slumped to 4/3. Who was the incoming batsman to add 150 runs in partnerships with D. Murphy and A. Kleeman? – He made 106 runs. What season was it? And the final score? |
Ben Judd 1999/2000, Wistow 9/211 Bremmer/Callington 91
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| 19. | In what year was the carpark “gravelled” by Neil Hein? |
2005
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| 20. | Ben Warren of Langhorne Creek is the only batsman to have hit a 6 over the church and beyond the main road, in a match. Who was the unlucky Wistow bowler? |
Damien Nettle, Brian Blight did land several balls on the Church/Sunday school roof!! (1960’s)
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| 21. | The family names of Blight, Stokes, Paech and Nettle have been in many premierships in all grades. Collectively how many? Individually how many? |
75 total, Blight 16, Stokes 10, Paech 23, Nettle 26
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| 22. | In the 21st Century (i.e. since 2000) who; taking an average of 41 wickets at 7.91 runs average, had the best bowling figures of 8/19 in one innings and 7/15 in another? |
Brayden Leckie 2003/04
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| 23. | Victory snatched from the jaws of defeat. When and against which team was Wistow 8/87, chasing 124 at stumps? The following Saturday a “backs to the wall” last wicket stand scored the 41 runs needed. Who was the not out batsman and who was the number 11 partner to bat his best ever? |
1966/67 Mount Barker Red, Malcolm Paech 22 not out, Stephen Paech 14
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| 24. | Who is Wistow’s only player to have won the Association Cricketer of the Year (now the Shaun Tait Trophy)? and when? |
Steven Nettle
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| 25. | What is Wistow’s highest run score in a grand final victory? and when was it? |
229 1951/52 vs Mount Barker White
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| 26. | What is Wistow’s highest run score in a lost grand final? and when was it? |
215 1978/79 vs Lenswood/Ranges
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| 27. | On 22nd November 1997 Wayne Willis scored 228 at Wistow against which opponent? Including how many sixes and fours? |
Hahndorf, 12 sixes; 29 fours
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| 28. | A cliff hanger: In which premiership season and against whom, did Wistow dismiss the old foe as they got to within 2 runs of (124) – our score? |
1963/64 Hahndorf
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| 29. | How many men have been awarded life membership of the Wistow Cricket Club? and how many are still living? |
30, 16 living
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| 30. | There has been 14 ‘A’ Grade Premierships won, so how many times was the captain capable of making double figures batting? and who were they? |
Brian Blight 16 and 30, Doug Blight 26, Bill Klaebsch 11, Brett Lynn 10, 25
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| 31. | Could this be the most costly dropped catch ever? In a match on 31st January 1987 against Mount Barker played at Dunn Park, “Stumpy” Billings dropped Lloyd Bilney before he had scored. Lloyd went on to make 200 not out. |
Could be!
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| 32. | When were the current chain mesh nets completed – “driven” by which president? |
2006, Paul Heinrich
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| 33. | In the Grand Final of 1982/83 against Echunga, Wistow used only 2 bowlers to dismiss them. Who were they? and how many wickets did each take? |
L. Bilney 5/44 and Mark Paech 5/24
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