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Warwickshire all rounder arrives at Easts
Fresh off the big bird from England, 22 year old Steffan Piolet made an immediate impact in his first game for Easts in the Pearce Cup Twenty20 game on the 23 October bowling 3 overs, one maiden and two wickets for 3 runs. He also showed his all round talent with the bat 2 days later in a one dayer making 54 runs and a partnership of 113 runs with Jeremy Dean.
Steffan Piolet is an English cricketer, a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who plays for Warwickshire. He was born in Redhill and is also of Norwegian descent.
Having represented Sussex, Worcestershire, and Warwickshire in Second XI cricket, Steffan made his List A debut during the 2009 season, against Somerset, during the 2009 Friends Provident Trophy. He was named the county’s second XI player of the year and appeared for the top side.
Steffan’s first-class debut came in June against Durham UCCE and he had an excellent game with the ball, taking ten wickets: 6-17 in the first innings and 4-26 in the second.
After his first performances with Easts, Steffan is shaping up to be a fine acquisition for the club.
The Passing of Eric Tindill OBE
It is with tremendous regret that we learned of the passing of Eric at the age of 99. Eric was a legend in this Club - most people will be familiar with his extraordinary sporting feats - a double "All Black" in rugby and cricket and an international referee and umpire.
Eric was Patron and a Life Member of this club since the inception of the Club in 1993. His passing is a huge loss to sport in general and to this Club.
We offer our heartfelt condolences to the family.
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Obituary - Bryan John McKeown 13 Nov 1922 - 29 Jan 2010
It has been with deep regret that we learned of the passing of Bryan. A stalwart and a life member of the old Kilbirnie Club - Bryan threw his support behind the new Easts club following the amalgamation in 1993.
Bryan was well known as a dedicated player and established an outstanding record as a long term administrator.
A few years back he was often seen around the Club on a Saturday afternoon - unmistakably dapper in his collar and tie and tweed jacket - usually accompanied by a jaunty trilby or sometimes stylish cheesecutter. He liked nothing better than to corner a member in the clubrooms and relate a detailed tale of his playing days! Always with good humour and close attention to detail! Failing health meant that in recent years Bryan was not quite as regular at Kilbirnie Park.
A long time member of Wellington Cricket, Bryan was also something of a fixture in the Long Room at the Basin Reserve.
The Club has lost a dedicated club man and a true supporter - all members wish his family our heartfelt condolences.
Josh Brodie eyes a strong end to the season with the Firebirds
Josh was pleased to have a good bat last Saturday and score a century [118] for the Premier Men Easts El Cheapo Cars side.
Now the time in the middle is ticked off everything feels good and I’m ready for the re-start of the Plunket Shield.
To read more - Wellington Cricket Report
Wellington Cricket Awards for 2009/2010
Another outstanding year for the Eastern Surburbs Cricket Club by winning five trophies, four East teams in first place in competitions and retention of the Cook Shield by the Premier Men’s team for another season.
The Dominion Post Premier Competition (awarded the Pearce Cup) - Eastern Suburbs
Easts Grade Award Winners - Senior2 (Promotion to Hazlett Trophy), 2B Giants & 20/20 East Indies
Royal Visit Cup (Awarded to the Wellington club with the highest aggregate points) - Easts first with 1,053.56 points
Norwood Championship (Awarded to the Wellington club with the highest average number of points per team. To be eligible for this award, clubs must have a minimum of 5 teams) - Easts first with average 81.04 points per team with 13 teams
Arthur Dick Cup (Awarded to the person who scores the most runs in Premier men’s grade) - Scott Golder
J Atkin Cup (Awarded for the best bowling performance in Premier men’s grade) - Danny Evans
Cook Shield The Premier Men’s competition that runs much like rugby’s Ranfurly Shield with clubs having to beat the holders outright over two days to win it. We have successfully defended this 14 times now.
2010 Pearce Cup Final WON by EASTS for the 9th successive year!!!
Yes the game is over and the outstanding Easts Premier Team have won the Pearce Cup for the 9th successive year.
First day was a day for wickets with (28) falling. Karori won the toss and elected to bat first. In their 1st innings Karori were all out for (67) with Ricky Joseph getting (6-14) and Nathan Cameron (4-22). Easts were (37-7) at one stage in their 1st innings but recovered somewhat and were all out for (112), a lead of (45). Josh McLauchlan opened the innings and was (31) not out at the end and captain Lance Dry made the highest score (44) runs.
Karori’s 2nd innings was similar to their first and at stumps were (32-8). Lance Dry had (3-1).
Day 2 and Karori were dismissed for (70) - Lance Dry (3-21)Nathan Cameron (3-27) leaving Easts (27) runs to get for victory. Easts achieved this in losing just (2) wickets.
DominionPost - Day 1
DominionPost - Day 2
Scorecard
Wellington Cricket
What a terrific boost the boys got from seeing the mob of Club supporters who turned out on Friday and Saturday to cheer on the team! And the guys responded in the best possible way but comprehensively dicking the "pretenders" from Karori and putting the prized trophy away for another year!! A huge thank you to Suz and Stacey for organising the support and the pikelets, crackers and cheese and pate, and cake, not to mention numerous other bitties!! A big thanks also to Pykey, Josh Stevens and others for their very vocal support, which I have no doubt was instrumental in reducing the guys from the soggy suburb to quivering wrecks, unable to cope with the stresses and pressures from the Mighty Easts machine!!
I was particularly impressed by Pykey’s sideline rendition of the Rod Stewart classic - "I don’t want to talk about it, how we broke Karori’s heart, won’t you stay here just a little bit longer, won’t you listen to my heaaarrrrt, to my heaaarrrt............."!
I also loved the verse that goes - "I can tell by your eyes that you’ve probably been crying for ever"!
It was a truly moving experience and one that brought a tear to many an eye!!!
What a wonderful occasion - go the Mighty Easts - I’ve got a lazy tenner on the next one!!
Gordie
Easts Premier Team qualify for 2010 Pearce Cup Final
DominionPost - 1 April 2010 Lance Dry said he was more relaxed than in previous years and piled the pressure on Karori. "The trophy is in Karori’s cabinet and we've got a chance to nick it back out," Dry said. "That's how we're approaching it, it is theirs to lose now."
Premier Men Competition Points Top 3
Karori - 140.51
Easts - 139.49
Naenae - 82.80
The Mighty Easts and Karori have both booked their Wellington club cricket Premier final berths with two full rounds remaining. Easts and Karori are virtually level pegging at the top of the table on 99.84 and 98.95 points respectively, both more than 35 points clear of nearest challenger Onslow and assured of meeting in the three-day season finale from 2-4 April.
Lance Dry’s comments on proposed venue for Final
Easts take very handy lead into Xmas
The Mighty Easts have a 14 point lead in the Pearce Cup championship after a complete demolition of the hapless Onslow in the first two dayer of the season, and the last game before the Xmas break.
After skittling Onslow for 59 on day one (Ricky Joseph 7-28), Easts amassed 240-8 (Scott "Speed" Golder 103 n.o. off 81 balls). Onslow fared marginally better in their second dig but ultimately fell over for a miserable 63 off only 19 overs (Danny Evans 8-24)
.Middlesex quick arrives at Easts
Fresh off the big bird from England, Danny Evans made an immediate impact for Easts in the Pearce Cup with a return of 4-25 off 9 overs in the victory over Taita on November 14.
22 year old Evans is a 6ft 5 pace bowler who in combination with the 6ft 7 Josh Stuart and 6ft 7 Richard Gilhooly will make for the tallest and possibly quickest pace attack in Wellington club cricket.
Evans is a former England Under 19 Rep who has picked up 38 first-class wickets in 15 appearances for Middlesex, with a best of 6-35 against Essex. Playing alongside Andrew Strauss and Chaminda Vaas at Middlesex, Evans will have a lot of experience to impart on his new teammates and after his first performance is shaping up to be a fine acquisition for the club.
Dominion Post - Middlesex Speedster boosts Easts
Jeetan Patel scores his first 1st class Century for Warwickshire
Easts Black Cap Jeetan Patel posted his first 1st class century at the weekend. Playing for Warwickshire against Yorkshire Jeets posted 120 off 155 balls including 16 fours and 2 sixes. It was his first innings for his new side, with a career best of 58* and just two previous scores in excess of fifty behind him in first-class cricket.
It was also the first century on debut for Warwickshire since Kumar Sangakarra in 2007.
Heartiest congratulations to Jeets - we all knew he could bat and this chanceless innings was always on the cards.
Keep it up mate!" Match Report
Click here to follow his progress
DomPost 12 May 2009
Other Easts man overseas is Ricky Joseph at the Clevedon Cricket Club in Somerset
Click here to follow his progress
Easts Pearce Cup winners for record 8th successive year!!!
Captain Lance Dry scored the winning runs to ensure that Easts secured the Pearce Cup for the 8th successive year.
Lance stated after the game that it was the "sweetest victory of all the wins" after all the tension leading up to the final.
This had definitely inspired his team to retain the Pearce Cup.
An outstanding bowling effort by Ricky Joseph kept Karori runs to a minimum with his 5-70 & 7-42.
However, Karori had also bowled well in a tense final capturing eight 2nd innings Easts wickets for 121.
It ended up being a low scoring match with only 499 runs scored in 4 innings.
Karori 154 & 94 ( Ricky Joseph 5-70 & 7-42, Lance Dry 3-15 )
Easts 131 & 121-8 (Jeremy Dean 56, Josh MacLachlan 47 )
Karori bounce back - The Dominion Post 29 Mar 2009
Easts savour victory - The Dominion Post 30 Mar 2009
Cricket Wellington Report of the final
2009 Final Scorecard
Back (l to r):- Steven Spoljaric, Richard Gilhooly, Ricky Joseph, Josh MacLauchlan, Jeremy Dean,
Sean Joseph ( Team Manager )
Front (l to r):- Roger Fouhy, Brad Edwards, Scott Golder, Lance Dry(c), Phil Parker, Josh Stuart
Absent (Josh Brodie, Richard Pryah, Joe Consedine, Nick Gloag, Matt Harvey, Tom Jamieson)
Wellington Cricket Awards for 2008/2009
The Dominion Post Premier Competition (awarded the Pearce Cup) - Eastern Suburbs
Easts Grade Award Winners - 2C Tigers & 1B Crickets
Royal Visit Cup (Awarded to the Wellington club with the highest aggregate points) - Easts were second with 874.96 points
Norwood Championship (Awarded to the Wellington club with the highest average number of points per team. To be eligible for this award, clubs must have a minimum of 5 teams) - Easts second with average 72.83 points per team with 12 teams
Men’s outstanding fielder - Josh Brodie in taking five catches in one innings against Otago in round seven, Brodie equalled the mark of five catches in an innings by a Wellington fielder, set by Jack Lamason in 1938/38 and John Morrison in 1980/81.
Sir Walter Nash Trophy (Presented to the most outstanding male cricketer U23) - Josh Brodie
Club Prize Giving Awards Summary 2008/2009
Full list of the awards at the Club Prize Giving - click for more
Josh Brodie stars for New Zealand Emerging Team
East’s and Wellington’s Josh Brodie starred as New Zealand Emerging Players enjoyed a solid first day of a two-day match against England A at Lincoln on 22 Feb 2009. The left-handed opener hit 124 off 216 balls in a near six hour vigil as Emerging Players reached 321-7 at stumps.
Century NZ Emerging Team .......
Easts Premier team top qualifiers for Pearce Cup 2008/2009 final
In a dramatic final round Easts have finished as top qualifers for the 2008/2009 three day final against Karori.
Easts had a slender lead against Upper Hutt going into the last day but plundered 273-8 in the second innings,
with Steven Spoljaric scoing an unbeaten 157 and Ricky Joseph 49. Upper Hutt were then dismissed for 34 runs with captain Lance Dry
taking 4-5, Roger Fouhy 3-2, Spoljaric 2-8, Ricky Joseph 1-13 and Scott Golder 5 catches at first slip.
Season points ended up with Easts 106.89, Karori 105.49 and Taita 104.64.
The 3 day final will be played at Petone Rec. starting on Friday 27th March 2009, so get along to support the team with their defence of the Pearce Cup for what will be a record 8th time.
Easts also defended the Cook Shield and retain it for the first 2 day challenge next season.
Josh Brodie selected for New Zealand Emerging Players Team
Josh Brodie has been named in the New Zealand Emerging Players team for the first of two two-day games
against England A on 22 – 23 February, at Lincoln.
Brodie has been selected for the Emerging Players team from
his strong performances in January’s National Provincial A Tournament.
21-year old Eastern Suburbs opening
batsman Brodie made his State Wellington Firebirds State Championship debut in March last year and scored his
maiden first class century against the State Northern Knights in December, making 110 after being unbeaten on
99 at stumps on the previous day.
He was Wellington’s leading run scorer in the Provincial A tournament,
making 282 runs in four innings with one century, also 110.
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Player Profile: Jeetan Patel
Wellington Cricket News - more .....
Maiden 1st Class Century for Josh Brodie
Spare a thought for State Wellington Firebirds opener Josh Brodie who went to stumps last night at the Allied Nationwide Finance Basin Reserve against the State Northern Knights on 99 not out and a tantalising one short of his maiden first class century more.....
Tribute to Josh Brodie from Lindrum Cricket Club - England
Josh is on his way back home after another Northern summer. The club he played for in England have made a special tribute to him as a player and a friend - tribute to Josh Brodie
JOSH STEPS UP TO BIG TIME!
Heartiest congratulations to 21 year old Easts left-handed opening bat Josh Brodie on scoring a Firebirds contract for the upcoming season.
It came as no surprise to Josh’s supporters and followers in the club. Not only did he have a terrific season last year, but some of us have seen this coming ever since Josh was first "discovered" and "groomed" whilst playing for the Club’s Under 15 Colts six years ago.
Josh has both the technique and the temperament to grasp the opportunity and prove to be an absolute success for this season and the years ahead.
Easts Players in Northern Summer - 2008
Easts have 4 players playing for English clubs this northern summer...... more >>
Cricket Wellington Awards 2008
On Wednesday 16 April 2008 the Cricket Wellington Awards Evening was held in the Norwood Room, RA Vance Stand, Allied Prime Basin Reserve...... more >>
Easts Social Calendar - Quiz evening
Okay the first “event” up in the Easts Social Calendar is a quiz evening!
This will be held at the clubrooms on Thursday the 13th of December, from 7.30pm on.
This is a good time because everyone can come down to practice and then get stuck into the quiz.
There will be various prizes along with bragging rights for the club! There could even be a trophy awarded at the prize giving for the “smartest” team in the club!
All we need from you is numbers that will be attending, so can you get on to the people in your team and get numbers to us! Just let everyone know!
Cricket Wellington’s twilight Twenty/20 competition
The Club has entered a team in Cricket Wellington’s twilight Twenty/20 competition. The Club’s first game is next Wednesday 14th Nov commencing at 5.30pm at Kilbirnie 1.
Get down to the park next Wednesday and take in the action, enjoy a drink or three, and we’ll stoke up the barbie!
The Club’s team is up against Stokes Valley in Cricket Wellington’s twilight Twenty/20 competition on Wednesday 5th Dec commencing at 5.30pm at Kilbirnie 1A.
Get down to the park on Wednesday and take in the action, enjoy a drink or three, and we’ll stoke up the barbie!
See you there!
"The Wellington Cricketer"
Four East players chalk up 1,000 runs in 2007 Northern Summer
Congratulations are the order to the four Easts players who chalked up 1,000 runs in the English Northern Summer.
18 year old Ricky Joseph 1,875 average 60.48
Stephen Fleming 1,431 average 43.36
20 year old Josh Brodie 1,158 average 77.20 and
18 year old Josh McLauchlan 1,094 average 42.08.
Well done !!!!
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Contract for Deano
Congratulations are the order of the day for outstanding Easts 21 year old Jeremy Dean. The stylish left-handed opener has been awarded a Wellington Firebirds contract for the upcoming 2007-08 season.
This is just reward for a prolific 2006-07 season in club cricket with over 700 runs and the mantle of top run scorer in Intercity cricket.
Well done Deano!!
Stephen Fleming - Wellington Sportsman of the Year
Stephen Fleming has won the Wellington "Sportsman of the Year Award" for 2007.
Other Easts club members that received nominations were :-
Personality of the Year – Jeetan Patel (a finalist)
Adminstrator of the Year – Gordon Dry (a finalist)
Club Team of the Year – Premier Men but missed out on the final
To read all about the nominations :- Wellington Sportsperson of the Year Awards
Easts Players in Northern Summer - 2007
Easts have 6 players playing for English clubs this northern summer...... more >>
Cricket Wellington Awards 2007
On Wednesday 18 April 2007 the Cricket Wellington Awards Evening was held in the Norwood Room, RA Vance Stand, Allied Prime Basin Reserve...... more >>
"World Cup 2007"
Patel deja-vu as spinner takes a shine to Aussies (The Sunday Times) 22 Apr 2007
Patel sends coach a message (The Dominion Post - Sport) 16 Apr 2007
Patel rebounds with tight spell against SA (Sport - Cricket) 16 Apr 2007