Freyberg Cricket Club News

Freyberg man hits milestone

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:55:00 +1300

Freyberg's Dave Fulton passed a milestone at the weekend, which is not likely to be reached in Manawatu club cricket any time soon.

The 44-year-old all-rounder passed 10,000 premier-one runs across one-day and two-day games.

Fulton, who recently stood down as chief groundsman for Manawaroa and Ongley parks, began the season needing 101 runs and after a slow start to the summer passed the milestone with a boundary during his innings of 83.

The number excludes runs made in Twenty20 competitions and any appearances for the reserve team.

It has taken 24 seasons to tick off the mark and Fulton said it was in the back of his mind all summer.

"I suppose it was a bit of a relief. I didn't mind too much," he said.

"It worried my young fella more because he kept reminding me each week."

Freyberg has an extensive statistics database which includes all their players who have had a run for the senior side since their establishment in 1971.

The statistics were first compiled by Dan Reddix in the early 1990s after he researched the old scorebooks and have been continued since, with the hope of getting them on to a website soon.

"We try to keep it so guys know when they are coming up to 100 wickets or 1000 runs," Fulton explained.

He is a veteran of the Manawatu club scene and his 10,000 runs included 16 hundreds, with a best of 140 not out against United.

He also has more than 5000 runs for Manawatu and it's unlikely the 10,000 run mark will be passed at club level because top players are called in to Central Districts duty or would have to play close to 20 seasons.

To put it into perspective, Palmerston Cricket Club is one of the other clubs who keep detailed records and their top scorer is Red Norris with 7018 runs.

Norris was a curious case himself and played around the time of World War II and made the runs from 292 innings during a 25-year span which ended in 1960.

Fulton is from the old school when it comes to his attitude to dedicating his time to playing the game, rather than missing games regularly to attend weddings, 21sts or other events.

"People don't stay in the sport that long now. They probably aren't as committed as we were.

"When you play, you play."

As for how many seasons he has left in him, Fulton said he would be happy to play for the reserve side if it meant giving the youngsters a go in the premier competition.

"Things seem to be going well at the moment," he said of his batting, but added he wanted to be able to watch his sons play too.

Freyberg retain T20 Cup!

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:26:00 +1300

By Daniel Richardson, Manawatu Standard

http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/sport/cricket/3219536/Freyberg-see-off-United-to-retain-crown

Freyberg defended their Twenty20 premier crown with a 44-run victory over United yesterday.

After batting first and putting on 161 for eight on the back of 50 from Hayden Madsen, 38 from Will Murrie and 35 from Dom Rayner, Freyberg restricted United to 117 for nine.

Nine United batsman made single figures with only Andy Mackay (59) providing the scorers with work to do.

Grayson Harwood (3-30) and Murrie (3-25) put the brakes on the United batting lineup, which was missing Scott Larsen.

Earlier, United leg-spinner Nick Grieve took four for 28, including a hat-trick, to ensure his side had a total that was in their grasp to chase.

Freyberg captain Luke Murray said it was a good effort.

"We were pretty rapt. I think we bat quite low, we've got good batting depth and we managed to set a good total. Our fielding was pretty top-notch as well."

Putting 161 on the board wouldn't fill most captains with confidence in a Twenty20 match, but Murray had faith in his side.

"I was confident it was enough. The pitches are still moving around a bit and they're a bit slow."

Freyberg emerged from the group stages with wins over Palmerston North Boys' High School and Old Boys, while United beat Marist and Palmerston on their way to the final.

Club Practises

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:41:00 +1200

Club practises are 7.00pm-8.30pm Ongley Park indoor training facility every Tuesday night starting 22nd September. Any body keen to train before hand you can go down on Saturdays at 3 o'clock for an informal net.

All players welcome in all grades.