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| 1. | Who is the only player to play in ‘A’ Grade, ‘B’ Grade and ‘C’ Grade Premierships? |
Matthew Hutchinson – although Ken Nettle won premierships in ‘A’ Grade, ‘C’ Grade and ‘D’ Grade
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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 heads moving as they chased the ball. This was to change with the levelling done in what year(s) and by whom? |
1981 by Jack Stanton Earthmovers and 1983 to do the Western side.
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| 3. | Which former ‘A’ Grade cricketer in his football career played AFL, and for which club? |
Neil Hein – Played 15 games for the Brisbane Bears in 1988 and 1989
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| 4. | Who are the cricketer(s) to have played in the most ‘A’ Grade Premierships? |
Doug Blight, Brian Blight, Lloyd Paech and Ken Nettle (7 each)
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| 5. | The original 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. | Which cricketers during their football careers, won an ‘A’ Grade Mail Medal and who did they play for? |
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? |
Joshua Fidler, Daniel Jenner, Brayden Leckie, Wayne Willis and Jim Thring
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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 by Dale Liebelt
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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 by 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? When 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 are the only Premiership captain(s) (in all grades) who did not bat or bowl in the grand final(s)? |
Billy Pizimolas ‘B’ Grade 1983/84, Ean Turner ‘B’ Grade 1997/98 and Michael Paech ‘C’ Grade 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 original training nets laid and by whom? |
1994 Dave Liebelt, second pitch added in 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? |
1964/65, 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 an ‘A’ Grade grand final at Milang played against Bremer/Callington, Wistow slumped to 4/3. Who was the incoming batsman to make 106, adding 150 runs in partnerships with D. Murphy and A. Kleeman? What season was it? And the final score? |
Ben Judd, 1999/2000, Wistow 9/211 def. Bremer/Callington 91 all out
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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 in the 1960’s
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| 21. | The family names of Stokes, Blight, Paech and Nettle have been in many premierships in all grades. Collectively how many? Individually how many? |
75 total – Stokes 10, Blight 16, Paech 23, Nettle 26
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| 22. | In the 21st Century (i.e. since 2000) who, taking 46 wickets at 8.20, including figures of 8/19 in one innings and 7/15 in another, has the best individual bowling season? |
Brayden Leckie in 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, 2007/08
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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 and 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 our score (124)? |
1963/64, Hahndorf
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| 29. | How many people have been awarded life membership of the Wistow Cricket Club? and how many are still living? |
32; 16 living
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| 30. | There have 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 and 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 of Mt Barker dropped a Wistow batter before he had scored. The batter went on to make 200 not out. Who was he? |
Lloyd Bilney
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| 32. | When were the (replaced in 2021) 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. Who were they? and how many wickets did each take? |
Lloyd Bilney 5/44 and Mark Paech 5/24
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