Highs and Lows of Wistow Cricket

The following honour board celebrates both the highs, when players have achieved significant feats and the lows, when things didn’t quite go to plan!

06/01/1979	Highest Team ‘A’ Grade Score T. Thring 103, R.B. “Sting” Nettle 107	8/465	Vs. Played at Wistow	Echunga	122
21/02/2009	Highest Team Lower Grade Score – ‘B’ Grade S. Nunan 260, R. Brooks 73, M.T. Hein 66, L.T. Bentley 49	6/594	Vs. Played at Davenport Square	Macclesfield	243
13/10/1962	Wistow	129 & 34	Vs.	Mt Barker White	178
15/01/1994	Highest Opposition ‘A’ Grade Score Against Langhorne Creek – T.J. Potts 102, D.E. Aworth 97	412	Vs. Played at Wistow	Wistow	213
11/03/2000	Highest Opposition Lower Grade Score Against – ‘C’ Grade Langhorne Creek – P.E. Pike 163*, D.A. Hull 141	9/382	Vs. Played at Strath Primary School	Wistow	216
14/11/1964	Lowest Opposition ‘A’ Grade Score Against 1st Inn: Ian Croft 6-5-5-1, R.B. “Sting” Nettle 6-1-5-12	Mt Barker White15 & 59	Vs.	Wistow	87
07/11/2020	Lowest Opposition Lower Grade Score Against – ‘C’ Grade J. Baltman 4-2-3-3, C.L. Smith 4-2-4-10, B. Wilson 2-0-1-5 (opposition only had 9 players)	19	Vs. Played at Mt Barker High School	Lobethal
16/02/2008	Lowest Opposition Lower Grade Score Against (full strength side) – ‘C’ Grade J. Baltman 5-0-5-21, H. Bulluss 4.2-4-5-0 NB: Wistow made 6/265 in reply	21	Vs. Played at Echunga No. 2	Hahndorf
06/03/1982	Highest Team ‘A’ Grade Score in Finals R.B. “Sting” Nettle 78*, M. Prokopec 77, G.E. Brentson 59, J. Mahomet 48	384	Vs. Played at Echunga	Mt Barker
14/03/2009	Highest Team Lower Grade Score in Finals – ‘B’ Grade D. Murphy 230, M.J. “Pickle” Paech 72, J.D. Stratfold 43	5/448	Vs. Played at Echunga	Echunga	146
1975/76	WISTOW undefeated in minor round (Jim Thring captain) lost semi-final to Mt. Barker (‘A’ Grade)
22/11/1997	Highest Individual ‘A’ Grade Score Wayne A. Willis	228	Vs. Played at Wistow	Hahndorf
21/02/2009	Highest Individual Lower Grade Score Simon Nunan – ‘B’ Grade	260	Vs. Played at Davenport Square	Macclesfield
31/01/1987	Lloyd “Bing” Bilney 200 not out (in a one dayer) 26 runs from one over, was also dropped on 0		Vs. Played at Dunn Park	Mt. Barker
31/10/1987	Highest Individual ‘A’ Grade Score Against Randall Pitt – out of a total of 7/331	206*	Vs. Played at Wistow	Milang
16/11/1974	10 Wickets in an Inning Mark Thring 11 overs, 10/68	Mt Barker 219	Vs.	Wistow	136
‘A’ GRADE HAT TRICKS
05/02/2011	Hayden Bolto – 5/73 off 9 overs		Vs. Played at Wistow	Echunga
20/10/1979	Lloyd “Bing” Bilney – 3/22 off 9 overs		Vs. Played at Balhannah	Onkaparinga
19/11/1966	Brian F. Blight – 4/22 off 2 overs – 4 wickets in a row		Vs. Played at Hahndorf	Hahndorf
11/03/1961	Brian F. Blight – 6/4 off 4 overs		Vs. Played at Callington	Callington
10/10/1959	R.B. “Sting” Nettle – 5/21 off 6.5 overs – 4 wickets in one over		Vs. Played at Echunga	Echunga
06/01/1940	J. Thring (Snr) – 4/23		Vs.	Hahndorf
1980’s	Lloyd Bilney took another hat-trick
1950’s	Brian F. Blight one other career hat-trick; Doug G. Blight also took 4 wickets in a row on one occasion
RECORD PARTNERSHIPS
05/02/1977	Highest ‘A’ Grade Partnership – Any Wicket R.B. “Sting” Nettle 133, Terry Rule 122	270*	Vs. Played at Wistow	Flaxley/Macclesfield
17/02/1962	Highest ‘A’ Grade Partnership – 1st Wicket Doug G. Blight 120 ret, Lloyd M. Paech 109	226	Vs. Played at Kanmantoo	Bremer
06/03/1982	Highest ‘A’ Grade Partnership – 10th Wicket R.B. “Sting” Nettle 78*, Roger Falk 22	99	Vs. Played at Echunga (SF)	Mt Barker
21/02/2009	Highest Lower Grade Partnership – Any Wicket Simon Nunan 260, Liam T. Bentley 49	244	Vs. Played at Davenport Square	Macclesfield
21/12/2024	Highest Lower Grade Partnership – 1st Wicket Connor Burgess 111, Jordan Grooby 91*	211	Vs. Played at Wistow	Hahndorf
25/11/1995	Highest Lower Grade Partnership – 10th Wicket R.S. “Pud” Crompton 112, Darryl “Milky” Donaldson 38*	86	Vs. Played at Mt Barker Prim. Sch.	Langhorne Creek
YOUNGEST ‘A’ GRADE CENTURY MAKER
11/02/1961	R.B. “Sting” Nettle 124 at age 16 years 1 month against Nairne at Wistow
OLDEST ‘A’ GRADE CENTURY MAKER
14/02/1987	R.B. “Sting” Nettle 141* at age 42 years 2 months against Bremer/Callington at Dunn Park
GRAND FINAL CENTURY MAKERS
25/03/2000	Ben Judd (‘A’ Grade)	106	Vs. Played at Milang	Bremer/Callington
23/03/2002	Ken J. Nettle (‘C’ Grade – Lost GF)	109	Vs. Played at Wistow	Mt Barker
15/03/2003	Brett “Barrel” Lynn (‘A’ Grade)	110	Vs. Played at Hahndorf	Hahndorf
20/03/2005	Ben Judd (‘A’ Grade)	120*	Vs. Played at L. Creek	Hahndorf
GRAND FINAL FIVE WICKET HAULS
28/03/1992	Paul Marston (‘B’ Grade)	5/25	Vs. Played at Callington	Langhorne Creek
27/03/1983	Lloyd “Bing” Bilney (‘A’ Grade)	5/44(16)	Vs. Played at Nairne	Echunga
27/03/1983	Mark Paech (‘A’ Grade)	5/24(15)	Vs. Played at Nairne	Echunga
27/03/1982	Lloyd “Bing” Bilney (‘A’ Grade – Lost GF)	6/57(22.1)	Vs. Played at Echunga	Lenswood
26/03/1966	Ian Slade (‘A’ Grade)	5/46(12)	Vs.	Mt Barker Red
3/04/1965	R.B. “Sting” Nettle (‘A’ Grade)	7/29(18)	Vs. Played at Mt Barker Showgrounds	Hahndorf
21/03/1964	R.B. “Sting” Nettle (‘A’ Grade)	5/34(8)	Vs. Played at Mt Barker Showgrounds	Hahndorf
04/04/1952	Brian F. Blight (‘A’ Grade)	5/89	Vs. Played at Dunn Park	Mt Barker White
UNIQUE ACHIEVEMENTS
20/11/1954	Brothers dismiss Echunga outright: 1^st Innings: Doug G. Blight 3/8, Brian F. Blight 7/14 2^nd Innings: Doug G. Blight 4/20, Brian F. Blight 6/34
Late 1950’s	Ron Potts took a catch – ‘no hands or arms’ Struck on the bum while ducking for cover at Silly Mid On. The ball lodged between rear upper thighs!!