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ABERDEENSHIRE
CRICKET
ASSOCIATION
GRADES
2018
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CONTENTS Page
ABERDEENSHIRE CRICKE T ASSOCIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 MEET YOUR ACA MANAGE MENT COMMITTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 OTHER ACA CONTACTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 ANNUAL FEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
ANNUAL PRESENTATION OF GRADES TROPHIES & DINNER . . . . . 10 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 CLUB CONTACTS 2018 S EASON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 CLUB SPONSORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 PLAYING CONDITIONS AND RULES OF COMPETIT ION . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1. TITLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2. OBJECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3. MEMBERSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4. THE EXECUTIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 5. MEETINGS OF THE EXEC UTIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
6. MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 7. CHAIRMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 8. UMPIRES ASSOCIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 9. FINANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 10. RULES SUB-COMMITTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 11. REGISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
12. PLAYER ELIGIBILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 13. PLAYERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 14. FINANCIAL STATUS OF PLAYERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
15. PROTESTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 16. FIXTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 17. SENIOR LEAGUE COMPET ITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 18. SENIOR CUP TIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 19. TEA INTERVALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 20. RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 21. CUPS AND TROPHIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
22. INDIVIDUAL PRIZES AN D AVERAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 23. INDISCIPLINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 24. BOWLERS ATTIRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 25. STANDARD BALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 26. RULES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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WET WEATHER GUIDELIN ES AND CRITERIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 GUIDELINES ON USE OF THE INTERNET & SOCIAL MEDIA . . . . . . . 64 COMPOSITION OF GRADE S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 COMPETITION RULES FO R THE TURRIFF CUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
COMPETITION RULES FO R THE P&J & DUNCAN C UPS (7’S) . . . . . 70 ACA DATA PROTECTION POLICY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 PITCH/GROUND MARKIN GS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
GRADES FIXTURES - SAT 28TH APRIL 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 ACSCDG JUNIOR SECTIO N COMMITTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 JUNIOR SECTION CLUB CONTACTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 ACSCDG LEAGUE NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 NATIONAL PRIMARY SCH OOL KWIK CRICKET RULES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 JUNIOR PITCH LAYOUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR JUNIOR CRICKET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
SAFETY GUIDANCE FOR YOUNG PLAYERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 NEW CRICKET HEAD PRO TECTOR TESTING STANDARD . . . . . . . . . . 118 ABERDEEN CITY CLUBS JUNIOR FIXTURES 2018 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
TEAM “FAIR PLAY" AWARD 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 MAN OF THE MATCH 201 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 JACK NIXON AWARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 ALAN FORBES AWARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 LEAGUE TABLES 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 INDIVIDUAL BATTING AVERAGES 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
INDIVIDUAL BOWLING AVERAGES 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 INDIVIDUAL WICKET -KEEPING AVERAGES 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 INDIVIDUAL CENTURIES 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 INDIVIDUAL 5 WICKETS AND 50 RUNS 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 INDIVIDUAL HAT-TRICKS 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 INDIVIDUAL 5 PLUS WI CKETS 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 PAST ACA GUEST SPEAK ERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 ABERDEENSHIRE CUP G1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 BON ACCORD CUP G2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 REID CUP G3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 TURRIFF CUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 P&J AND DUNCAN CUPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 CLUB GROUNDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
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FOREWORD FROM ACA PRESIDENT
It is an honour to have been re-elected as your President and I shall seek
to carry out the role to the best of my abilities.
Cricket is about passion, the laws and rules. I was brought up to do my
best, be passionate about sport, to play hard but play well. I hope you
will all do the same this year.
It is encouraging to see so many people wanting to play the game in the
North East. However, Cricket needs to develop if it is to survive. We
owe it to coming generations to ensure development of cricket and
access to it for new and enthusiastic players. I, along with your
management team will work through the coming year to create a new
and stable structure for Grades cricket in the North East - The North
East Scotland Cricket SCIO.
I hope the weather is kind to us all this year and if not you all become
enthusiastic users of the ‘rain calculator’ so that more games are played
and results obtained, allowing more people to participate and have fun. I
also hope you find CricketStats helps, cuts down the bureaucracy and
allows for quick and accurate recording of match statistics.
I should like to thank your management team for their efforts and all
supporters in the area for their continued nurturing of cricket.
Best wishes for 2018
Martin Auld
ACA President
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ABERDEENSHIRE CRICKET ASSOCIATION
Hon. President – R. S. COPE
Hon. Vice-Presidents
Lord Provost of Aberdeen Lord Aberdeen (Methlick)
J. Hodgson (Banchory) N. Cooper (Umpires)
A. Reid (Boddam) G.B. Duncan (Artisans)
J. Hitchen (Crathie) J. Edrich (Surrey & England)
G. Burnett (Thistle Sports)
ACA President – Martin Auld
07718 066918(M), 01467 620135(H)
Email: [email protected]
ACA Vice-President – Andy Win
07718 066918(M), 01467 620135(H)
Email: [email protected]
ACA Hon. Secretary – David Jones
01224 822835(H), 07778 546940(M)
Email: [email protected]
ACA Treasurer – Ian C. Stephen
07775 817753(M), 01224 664605(W), 01224 317594(H)
Email: [email protected]
ACA Hon. Auditor – Alistair McNair C.A., IPFA
Other ACA Management Committee
Paul Gray (Gordonians), Tariq Butt (Stoneywood-Dyce),
Thomas Bashyam (Knight Riders), Ben Webb (Ellon Gordon),
Ronnie Falconer (Portcullis), Shahid Muhammad (Siyapa)
Grades Select Team Selection Committee
Rob Swiergon (AGSFPs), Syd Stephen (Bon Accord) and
Grades Select Captain
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MEET YOUR ACA MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
Martin Auld (President) Andy Win (Vice-President)
David Jones (Hon. Secretary) Ian Stephen (Treasurer)
Paul Gray (Rep) Tariq Butt (Rep + WEB)
Thomas Bashyam (Rep) Ben Webb (Rep)
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Mohammad Shahid (Rep) Ronnie Falconer (Rep)
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Past Presidents
D. Low (Kintore)……………………………………………… ……………………. 1976-1978
R. Cope (St. Ronald)………………………………………. ……………………. 1978-1980
I. Brown (Gordonians)……………………………………. ……………………. 1980-1982
W. Clubb (Crescent)………………………………………. ……………………. 1982-1984
D. Cohen (Stoneywood-Dyce)……………………….. ……………………. 1984-1986
E. Mackie (Ellon Gordon)…………...…………..……. ……….…………… 1986-1988
D. Paton (Westburn-Stoneywood)….………….…. ……….…………… 1988-1990
A. Shinie (Balmoral)……….…………..……….….……. ……….…………… 1990-1992
W. Low (Westburn)…………………………….………….. ……….…………… 1992-1994
B. Stephen (Cults)………….…………………………..…. ……….…………… 1994-1996
D. Bowie (Portcullis)……………….……………………… ……….…………… 1996-1998
I. Jamieson (Queens Cross)………….………….…… ……….…………… 1998-2001
P. Walker (Kintore)…………………….…………………… ……….…………… 2001-2003
I. Latta (Mannofield)…………………………….………… ……….…………… 2003-2005
H. Morrison (AGSFP’s)…………….…….………………. ……….…………… 2005-2008
J. Hitchen (Crathie)………………………….………...... ……….…………… 2008-2011
R. Taylor (Queens Cross/S’wood-Dyce)………… …………….……… 2011-2014
P. Gill (Cults-Artisans-SR).…………………………… ……………………. 2014-2015
V. Bode (Cults-Artisans-SR).………………………… ……………………. 2015-2017
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OTHER ACA CONTACTS
ACA Disciplinary Committee Panel (2017 - 2020)
Ean Mackie (Ellon Gordon) – Convener
Harvey Morrison (AGSFPs) (2016-2019),
Blair Thomson, Stephen Hall (Portcullis),
Somu Kumarasamy (Knight Riders),
Ian McCallum (Fraserburgh),
Stuart Anderson (Methlick)
ACA Competitions Sub-Committee (2017 - 2020)
Robin Taylor (Stoneywood-Dyce) – (Convener),
Ean Mackie (Ellon Gordon),
Keith Milne (Dunecht) (2015-2018),
Veera Annamalai (Knight Riders),
Fraser Lawrence (Fraserburgh),
Callum Findlay (Stonehaven),
Tanweer Khan (Siyapa)
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ACSCDG Section Committee Contacts,
Club Contact and Fixtures
(See ACSCDG Section)
This Book is the sole property of the Aberdeenshire Cricket Association and may be downloaded by its members, but under no circumstances
may it be altered or reproduced or for commercial gain without written permission of the ACA Management Committee
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ANNUAL FEES
Clubs with 1 league team (Inc. 2 Dinner tickets) £320.00
Clubs with 2 or more league teams (Inc. 2 Dinner tickets) £420.00
Dinner (Adults) £40.00
Dinner (Under 18’s) £20.00
The above fees include £20 for unlimited downloads of the
Association Handbook, and a notional contribution of £20 towards
the cost of Class 3 affiliation to Cricket Scotland of all clubs
whose first eleven play in the Grades.
Annual Presentation of Grades Trophies & Dinner
Friday 9th November 2018
Annual General Meeting
Sunday 2nd December 2018
All ACA Correspondence to be addressed to [email protected]
All Results and Player Registrations to be submitted on CRICKETSTATS http://www.cricketstats.org.uk/login.php?orc=yes&source=aca
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CLUB CONTACTS 2018 SEASON
AGSFPs www.aberdeencricket.com Home Ground: (Artificial Wkt) Rubislaw, Harlaw Road Secretary Chris Clelland M 07711 889155 H 01224 310986 1st X1 Contact: Rob Swiergon M 07592 464481 2nd X1 Contact: Mike Nattrass M 07712 509209 3rd X1 Contact: Ian Johnston M 07796 814254 Match Secretary: Chris Clelland M 07711 889155 H 01224 310986
Aberdeen Super Kings Home Ground: (Artificial Wkt) Kings College. Aberdeen Secretary Vishal Desai M 07740 241054 1st X1 Contact: Magesh Devendran M 07449 477167 Match Secretary: Rama Mouli M 07515 111438 Other Contact: Sandeep Dhanamani M 07789 264570
Academy www.academy.play-cricket.com Home Ground: Bogbeth Park, Kemnay Secretary: Ashin Valsan M 07419 835575 1st X1 Contact: Abhinav Kache M 07402 342602 Match Secretary: Abhinav Kache M 07402 342602 Other Contact: Uday Reddy M 07889 082224
Banchory www.banchorycricketclub.co.uk Home Ground: Burnett Park, Banchory Secretary: Carl Counsell M 07762 069455 H 01330 820681 1st X1 Contact: Josh Crawley M 07702 815171 Other Contact: Chad Abbott M 07851 703137
Bon Accord www.facebook.com/BonAccordCC Home Ground: Links 4, Aberdeen Secretary: Andrew Win M 07748 930511 H 01224 783430 1st X1 Contact: Tauqeer Malik M 077321 72225 H 01224 735431 Match Secretary: Syd Stephen M 07484 618467 H 01224 212474
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Crathie www.crathiecricketclub.ning.com Home Ground: Balmoral Estate, Balmoral Secretary: Chris Bell M 07900 807453 H 01339 886997 1st X1 Contact: Peter Cunningham M 07739 806208 Match Secretary: Chris Bell M 07900 807453 Other Contact: Mike Baldry M 07946 028546
Crescent www.pitchero.com/clubs/crescentcricketclub Home Ground: Links 4, Aberdeen Secretary: Nick Birch M 07736 961238 1st X1 Contact: Nathan Thangaraj M 07899 978971 Match Secretary: Steve Lings M 07769 606679 Other Contact: Taimur Suri M 07712 163381
Cults www.pitchero.com/clubs/cults/ Home Ground: Allan Park, Cults Secretary: Brian Lynas M 07887 767277 1st X1 Contact: Aqeel Ajazi M 07956 825673 Match Secretary: Aqeel Ajazi M 07956 825673 Other Contact: Alastair Mudie M 07821 254596
Dunecht www.dunecht.play-cricket.com/ Home Ground: Cowdray Park Estate, Dunecht Secretary: Alan Burnett M 07818 565632 1st X1 Contact: Alan Burnett M 07818 565632 Other Contact: Matt Witz M 07932 078538
Ellon Gordon www.pitchero.com/clubs/ellongordoncricketclub/ Home Ground: Gordon Park, Ellon Secretary: Huw Owen H 01358 722431 W 01358 724433 1st X1 Contact: Ben Webb M 07475 737477 Match Secretary: Ben Webb M 07475 737477 Other Contact: Ean Mackie H 01224 633706
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Fraserburgh www.fraserburgh.play-cricket.com Home Ground: East Links, Fraserburgh Secretary: Ian McCallum W 01224 595440 H 01224 575486 1st X1 Contact: Liam Bowie M 07825 768631 Match Secretary Andrew Gairns M 07977 040147 Other Contact: Cory Bowie M 07582 298300
Gordonians www.gordonians.hitssports.com Home Ground: (Grass & Artificial) Countesswells Road, Aberdeen Secretary: Paul Gray M 07743 699695 H 01358 701770 1st X1 Contact: Indy Pandit M 07962 055294 Match Secretary Paul Gray M 07743 699695 H 01358 701770 Other Contact: Andy Lowden M 07807 349810
Grampian http://grampiancricketclub.co.uk/index.html Home Ground: Sheddocksley, Aberdeen Secretary: Seby Babu M 07446 960179 1st X1 Contact: Jeby George M 07881 293072 2nd X1 Contact: Kannan Vishwambharan M 07737 746473 Match Secretary Gibson Gilbert M 07577 788565 Other Contact: Bijil Jacob M 07447 519732 Inverurie www.pitchero/com/clubs/inveruriecricketclub/ Home Ground: Kellands Park, Inverurie Secretary: George Hadden M 07920 097510 W 01467 629919 1st X1 Contact: George Hadden M 07920 097510 W 01467 629919 Match Secretary: Andrew Stalker M 07917 571502 Other Contact: Calum Ruxton M 07907 595956 Kemnay-Kintore www.kemnaycc.weebly.com Home Ground: Bogbeth Park, Kemnay Secretary: Andrew Morrison M 07972 923703 1st X1 Contact: Frank Summers M 07802 503606 Match Secretary: Andrew Morrison M 07972 923703 Other Contact: Amar Mirashi M 07912 977743
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Knight Riders www.krcc.co.uk Home Ground: (Artificial Wkt) Hazlehead, Groats Road, Aberdeen Secretary: Thomas Bashyam M 07786 829717 H 01467 625824 1st X1 Contact: Somu Kumarasamy M 07587 415718 2nd X1 Contact: Premnath Ballal M 07590 396998 Match Secretary: Thomas Bashyam M 07786 829717 H 01467 625824 Other Contact: Mohan Vallatharasu M 07545 631501
Mannofield www.aberdeenshirecc.org.uk/ Home Ground: (Artificial Wkt) Harlaw Road, Harlaw Playing Fields Secretary: TBA M 1st X1 Contact: Clark Cameron M 07932 756381 Match Secretary: Indika Yahathugoda M 07775 333504 Other Contact: Dale de Neef M 07795 962853
Methlick www.methlickcricketclub.co.uk Home Ground: (Grass & Artificial) Lairds, Methlick Secretary: Brian Anderson M 07802 191533 1st X1 Contact: Tim Duffy M 07929 071383 H 01651 806235 2nd X1 Contact: Rob Fryer M 07599 350836 H 01651 851340 Match Secretary: Jay Allan H 01651 806235 Other Contact: Stuart Anderson M 07795 490987
Portcullis www.portculliscc.co.uk/ Home Ground: Duthie Park. Aberdeen Secretary: Ronnie Falconer M 07881 347136 H 01224 494415 Match Secretary: As above W 01224 423133 1st X1 Contact: Shovon Mostofa M 07832 921562 W 01224 538370 Other Contact: David Forbes M 07872 173234 H 01224 644968 W 01224 423129
Siyapa Home Ground: Duthie Park. Aberdeen Secretary: Tanweer Khan M 07707 557186 1st X1 Contact: Salman Bedar M 07402 908040 Match Secretary: Tanweer Khan M 07707 557186 Other Contact: Zafar Khan M 07912 845176
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Stoneywood-Dyce www.facebook.com/StoneywoodDyceCricket Home Ground: Peoples Park. Aberdeen Secretary: Lily Cartwright M 07857 754411 1st XI Contact: Andrew Rayner M 07830 155287 Match Secretary: Andrew Rayner M 07830 155287 Other Contact: Robin Taylor M 07773 037450 H 01224 705241
Stonehaven Thistle www.stonehavencricketclub.co.uk/ Home Ground: Mineralwell Park, Stonehaven Secretary: Andy Gale M 07531 284154 1st X1 Contact: Callum Findlay M 07930 830525 2nd X1 Contact: Dave Long (Snr.) M 07704 834255 Match Secretary: Callum Findlay M 07930 830525 Other Contact: Graham Bonds M 07973 814612
Turriff www.http://turriffcc.blogspot.co.uk/ Home Ground: The Haughs, Turriff Secretary: Craig Peters M 07599 724261 W 01888 563589 H 01888 506181 1st X1 Contact: David Laing M 07791 978264 Match Secretary: David Laing M 07791 978264 Other Contact: George Duncan M 07766 694422
Club Sponsors
Bon Accord cc Culter Curry House
Crescent cc Arnold Clark
Gordonians cc ASI
Inverurie cc Don Valley Ltd
Kemnay-Kintore cc Centrifuges Unlimited
Mannofield cc ACE
Stonehaven Thistle cc The Station Hotel
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PLAYING CONDITIONS AND RULES OF COMPETITION
(ABSTRACTED FROM THE ASSOCIATION CONSTITUTION)
Changes for 2017 highlighted in red
Spring Meeting 2017 changes in green
AGM 2018 changes in blue
1. Title The Association shall be called the "Aberdeenshire Cricket
Association".
2. Object The object of the Association shall be the general
improvement and control of cricket in the district.
3. Membership All properly constituted Clubs within the former Grampian
Region shall be eligible for admission subject to the approval
of the Executive. Applications for admission must be made in
writing to the Secretary of the Association before 1st
November.
Clubs which are already members of the Association and
which do not desire to take part in any of the Association
competitions must give notice to the Secretary by 1st
November. Such Clubs shall then become affiliated members
of the Association and shall pay a fee as per Rule 5(b) (v)
but such Clubs shall have no vote at Executive meetings.
Affiliated member Clubs desiring to resume full membership
of the Association shall give notice to the Secretary by 1st
November.
Clubs wishing to enter a team (whether singly or jointly) into
junior age-group competitions shall do so through a sub-
committee of the Association known as the Aberdeen
City/Shire Cricket Development Group.
All new member teams shall automatically be required to
apply formally for re-election at the two Annual General
Meetings next following their initial election. Continued
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membership will be by a majority vote; and, if approved, the
team will play the next season in whichever Grade they are
eligible to compete in by right of their league position at the
end of the previous season
4. The Executive The business of the Association shall be managed by the
Executive consisting of a President, Vice President,
representatives from each Club (one from each team
entered), a Secretary and Treasurer and two members
appointed by the Umpires' Association.
5. Meetings of the Executive There shall be two annual meetings of the Executive.
(a) The Annual General Meeting of the Association shall
be held before 31st December. The business at this
meeting shall include the following:-
(i) A report of the proceedings of the Association,
together with a copy of all the financial statements
for that year shall be submitted for approval at this
meeting, copies of the report and financial
statements having been forwarded to each Club at
least fourteen days before the meeting.
(ii) A report of the Aberdeen City/Shire Cricket
Development Group, together with a copy of all it
financial statements for the last completed financial
year shall also be available at this meeting, copies
of the report and accounts having been forwarded
to each Club at least fourteen days before the
meeting.
(iii) The annual report of the Umpires' Association shall
be submitted.
(iv) The competitions which are to take place during the
following season and the terms and conditions of
entry thereto shall be determined, and provision
shall be made for promotion and relegation
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between grades. The draws for the Knock-Out Cup
Competitions shall be made.
(v) All matters relating to the past season shall be
disposed of.
(vi) A Secretary and Treasurer for the following year
shall be appointed.
(b) The Spring General Meeting shall be held before 28th
February. The business at this meeting shall include
the following:-
(i) A President, Vice President, Honorary President and
Vice Presidents shall be elected.
(ii) An Auditor shall be appointed.
(iii) Six persons shall be chosen by open election, to
serve for three years, two retiring each year, who
together with the President, Vice President,
Secretary, Treasurer, and a representative
nominated by the Aberdeen City/Shire Cricket
Development Group, shall constitute the
Management Committee of the Association (See
Rule 6).
(iv) A Selection Committee shall be elected. (see Rule
6(d)).
(v) Fees payable for membership of the Association
and for entry to the various competitions shall be
determined. (See Rule 9).
(vi) Umpire's travelling and tea expenses shall be
determined. (See Rule 8).
The Management Committee shall have powers to
postpone the date of this meeting if necessary, but the
reasons for the postponement shall be explained at the
meeting.
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(c) An Extraordinary General Meeting may be called by
the President or the Secretary or at the instance of
the Management Committee or within seven days of
receiving a requisition from not fewer than five Clubs
in the Association. Such a requisition must be signed
by the Secretary and two Committee Members of
each Club. At such an extraordinary meeting, twenty
members of the Executive shall form a quorum. The
business at an Extraordinary General Meeting shall be
restricted to that specified in the Notice convening
that Meeting.
(d) Any Club unrepresented at a General Meeting of
which due notice has been given shall be liable to a
deduction of 15 league points from each of its teams
in the immediately following playing season in respect
of each Meeting at which the Club was unrepresented,
subject to the power of the Management Committee
to waive the penalty on good cause shown.
(e) The Management Committee shall have the power at
its sole discretion, before or during each season, to
hold Captains’ Meetings, non-attendance at which
shall be liable to a deduction of 5 league points for
any team unrepresented without good cause, of which
the Management Committee shall be the sole judge.
6. Management Committee The functions of this Committee shall be as follows:-
(a) To manage all the Association's Competitions. (See
Rules 11 to 24)
(b) To consider and decide all protests and disputes
between Clubs. In all such cases the Management
Committee's decision shall be final. (See Rule 14).
(c) To investigate and act upon any matter which may be
detrimental to the Association.
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(d) To arrange representative matches under the auspices
of the Association; The selection of teams for such
matches to be the responsibility of the Selection
Committee.
(e) To arrange a social gathering to be held in the Autumn
at which the Cups, Prizes and other Trophies shall be
presented.
The sanctions available to the Management Committee, in
disposing of matters under this Rule which do not fall within
the remit of the Disciplinary Committee, shall be the same
as those available to that Committee under Rule 23 –
Indiscipline.
The Management Committee shall have the power to co-opt
up to 3 additional members.
The quorum at Management Committee meetings shall be
50% of its total membership.
Any member of the Management Committee absent without
reasonable cause from more than two successive meetings,
of which the Committee itself shall be the sole judge, shall
be deemed to have resigned and may be replaced by
another member in the relevant category co-opted until the
next Spring Meeting of the Executive.
ANNEX TO RULE 6 COMPETITIONS SUB-COMMITTEE
(Guidelines Approved at the Spring Meeting 2015)
1. The expression ‘Competitions Sub-Committee’ shall
mean a Committee comprising a maximum of seven
persons elected by the Executive of the Association at
the Spring Meeting of the Association, each from
different clubs and serving for three years, with any or
all of its members being eligible for re-election. At least
two of the members must come from clubs whose
senior Grade team, at the time of their election, is not in
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Grade 1. In the event of any member being unable to
act in any case due to previous involvement or club
affiliation s/he may be replaced by an alternate co-
opted by the remaining members of the Sub-Committee
for consideration of that matter only. A quorum of the
Committee shall be three members. Any vacancies
arising through resignation may be filled by co-option,
subject to ratification at the following Spring Meeting.
The Committee shall appoint its own Convener and
Secretary.
2. The remit of the Competitions Sub-Committee shall be
to investigate if necessary, consider, and reach an initial
determination on any alleged breach of the Rules of
Association Competition (including Rules for player
registration) which may either be referred to it by the
elected President, Vice-President or Secretary of the
Association, or of which notice has been submitted by
any member club within the provisions of Association
Rule 15 (Protests). The Committee shall not however
deal with matters of indiscipline, falling within the scope
of Rule 23. Clubs or individuals wishing to draw any
matter to the attention to the Sub-Committee must
submit this in the first instance to the Secretary of the
Association in writing, making clear to which Rules the
alleged breach or Protest relates, and should use the
form provided on the Web site for this purpose. The
Sub-Committee shall transmit this in written form to the
club or individual under investigation.
3. Unless with the written agreement of the Club or
individual under investigation, or both parties in event
of a protest, a meeting of the Sub-Committee must be
convened, where possible within ten days of reference
or receipt of any allegation. However, if it is considered
that an alleged breach of Rule or Protest may also
constitute grounds for disciplinary action, then that
action shall be disposed of first, and the timescales
contained in subsequent provisions of these guidelines
shall run from the date of the conclusion of disciplinary
hearings, including any appeal. The Convener of the
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Sub-Committee shall also have summary power to
dismiss any allegation or protest s/he considers
frivolous, or with agreement of all parties to impose a
sanction of Reprimand or a deduction of not more than
ten league points, subject always to the right of any
Club or individual under investigation, or which has
submitted a Protest, to request a personal hearing. For
the avoidance of doubt, the sub-Committee shall be
entitled, if it considers it appropriate to do so, to
determine any procedural matters by electronic or
telephone discussion/communication between/among its
members.
4. Any club or individual against whom an allegation has
been made will be entitled to be present or to have a
representative present to speak on her/his behalf at the
meeting of the sub-Committee to answer the allegation
and put forward any mitigation before a decision is
reached and any sanction imposed. If the allegation
relates to a particular match, the sub-Committee may
require the captains on the day of that match to attend
any meeting held to consider that allegation.
5. Any club or player found by the Competitions Sub-
Committee to have committed an breach of Rules under
paragraph (2) above will have a right of appeal [but on
grounds of competence, bias, procedural irregularity,
perversity, or a point of law only] to the Management
Committee provided that a written notice setting out the
grounds of appeal is received by the Secretary of the
Association within seven days of the notification of the
decision of the Sub-Committee and is accompanied by a
deposit of £50. An appeal hearing will be convened
within ten days of receipt of any such written appeal,
with the player or club having the same rights of
attendance or representation as were available at the
original hearing. The Management Committee may
confirm, vary or reverse the decision of the
Competitions Sub-Committee but will have no power to
increase any penalty imposed. The Management
Committee will also be empowered to order the £50
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deposit to be forfeited should it consider an appeal to be
frivolous, as to which it shall be the sole judge. The
decision of the Management Committee on the appeal
will be final. Any penalty imposed by the Competitions
Sub-Committee will be suspended pending the outcome
of any appeal. If a decision of the Competitions Sub-
Committee is set aside on legal grounds the
Management Committee shall be empowered, if in its
absolute discretion it considers this to be in the interests
of a timely resolution, then to re-hear the original
allegation or protest itself; but in that case may impose
no penalty greater than that imposed previously by the
Competitions Sub-Committee.
6. A member of the Competitions Sub-Committee or of the
Management Committee will not be permitted to
participate in the hearing of any case involving a player
from the Club of which s/he is a member or which arises
from a game in which her/his Club was involved.
7. The sanctions available under this Rule shall be one of
more of the following: oral or written reprimand;
suspension of a player, players, or of a team from
Association competitions for a specified period; a fine on
a club (but not on individuals) not exceeding £50;
deduction of not more than 30 league points; or award
of a match to the opposition.
8. The standard of proof in proceedings under this Rule
shall be the civil standard – “more likely than not”.
9. In interpreting and applying these Guidelines, regard
shall be had to the status of the Association as a
voluntary organisation controlled by its member clubs.
Actions or decisions taken under these Guidelines shall
therefore not be invalidated by defects in procedure
which are of a minor technical nature, where in the
opinion of the Committee concerned these do not result
in any disadvantage to the legitimate interests or rights
of the Association, its members clubs, or any individual.
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7. Chairman
The Chairman of the meetings shall have a casting vote
only. When business of a contentious nature comes before
any meeting of the Executive or Committee relating to the
Club of which the President or the Chairman of the said
Committee is a member, he shall vacate the Chair until the
said business is disposed of, and the Vice President shall
preside or another Chairman shall be appointed by the
meeting. 8. Umpires Association
There shall be an Umpires' Association which shall elect its
own Office Bearers but the President and Secretary of the
Aberdeenshire Cricket Association shall be ex-officio
members of the Committee. The appointment of Umpires
shall rest with the Umpires' Association with the approval of
the East of Scotland Cricket Officials Association who shall as
far as possible appoint Umpires for all matches under the
jurisdiction of the Aberdeenshire Cricket Association.
Travelling and tea expenses incurred by the Umpires shall be
borne equally by the competing Clubs. Currently £30 for one
umpire and £40 [£20 each] for two umpires
9. Finance The Bank Accounts of the Association shall be operated by
the President or Vice President and the Treasurer jointly, all
cheques being signed by the President or the Vice President
and the Treasurer. The Treasurer shall be allowed to retain
in his hands in any one year, a sum not exceeding £40 to
meet current expenses. All Association entrance fees shall be
payable by 1st June. Clubs in arrears after that date may be
excluded from all the Association's Competitions.
10. Rules Sub-Committee
There shall be a Rules Sub-Committee of the Association,
comprising five persons elected by the Executive of the
Association with the Secretary of the Association in
attendance. The Rules Sub-Committee shall be elected at
the Spring Meeting of the Association and shall serve for
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three years, with any or all of its members being eligible for
re-election. The Rules Sub-Committee shall appoint its own
Convener, and any casual vacancy shall be filled by co-
option, subject to ratification by the next Spring Meeting.
The remit of the Sub-Committee shall be to keep under
review the Rules of Competition of the Association (as
defined in Rule 6a of the Association) and Structure of the
Grades, and to make recommendations for amendment
thereto to the Executive via the Management Committee at
the AGM. [Final sentence deleted]
11. Registration
It is the responsibility of clubs to ensure that all players
[including triallists, guest players, transferees and juniors]
are input to the Registration module of the Association’s
online management system [CricketStats.org] not later than
11:30pm on the day on which they first play for any of their
teams; and that all applicable Rules governing eligibility to
play are satisfied. Within this, where specific reference is
made in the Association’s Rules to an individual player’s
current or previous registered Club, except where Rule 13(c)
applies, that shall be interpreted as a reference to the Club
for which they first played in the relevant season. No
professional, that is any person who has received payment
in cash or kind as an inducement to, or to facilitate, her/his
playing cricket, and/or who has appeared in First Class
Cricket or a List A One Day International, in each case in
either the current or the two preceding calendar years, as
evidenced by the Association of Cricket Statisticians
Yearbook, or Overseas Amateur registered with the Cricket
Scotland League or any of its recognised Feeder Leagues
shall take part in any of the competitions. Any team playing
an unqualified player, shall, on protest, be adjudged to have
lost the match.
The names under which players are identified in any official
scoring record must be those under which they have been
registered with the Association for the purpose of this Rule.
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Note: While players do not require to be registered in
CricketStats.org prior to playing, the requirement in the
Laws of Cricket that their names be included on the team
lists exchanged before the toss for innings continues to
apply in all Grades.
ANNEX TO RULE 11 PLAYER REGISTRATION PROCESS 2016 AND ASSOCIATED DATA PROTECTION NOTICE (Approved at the Spring Meeting on 28th February 2016)
Purpose – The Aberdeenshire Cricket Association administers
a database of registered players. The purpose of this is to
ensure in accordance with the Rules of the Association (a)
that all players are registered; (b) no person can be
registered at any time for more than one club.
Content – The content of the register is the legal
family/surname, preferred forename, and contact address of
each player, and the club for which they are registered. For
those who have entered the EEA in the past 180 days, or
who are under 21 on 20th April preceding the relevant
season the date of entry/date of birth are also recorded.
Source – The source of data is member clubs, each of whom
shall be required prior to each season to nominate to the
Association a Registration Officer and alternate for each team
entered, and to enter into an undertaking to the Association
that the attention of all players is drawn to the existence and
substance of this processing notice, and to confirm that their
own registration records comply with the Data Protection
Principles. Players may be registered by text or e-mail
provided this is done before they play, but to be added to the
master database their details must be officially confirmed by
a designated Registration Officer using the form available on
the Association website.
Disclosures – Data from the database may be disclosed only
to
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a) Members of the Management Committee in their capacity
as such
b) Members of the Competitions Sub-Committee in respect of
cases referred to it
c) On written request to the Association’s designated
Registrations Co-Ordinator the Registration Officer(s) of each
club in respect of the players registered for that club only.
Additionally, on written request to the Association’s
designated Co-ordinator of Registrations the Association may
confirm to the Secretary of a member club whether a named
individual is registered for a club which has played against
her/his club within the previous 72 hours and may publish on
its web site retrospectively a list of the names [but not
contact details] of the players previously registered to each
club; but will disclose no data to any other club or individual
beyond these provisions.
Committee members and others to whom data is disclosed
are expected to treat this with appropriate confidence and
not to disclose it to third parties. Any breach may be treated
as a disciplinary offence under Association Rule 23.
Accuracy & Retention – The Association will take all
reasonable steps to ensure that data is kept up to date, is
held only until 31st October following the relevant season,
and to fund technical adequate back-up arrangements.
This policy/statement of purpose shall be published in the
Association Handbook and be placed on the Association Web
Site.”
12. Player Eligibility
In any game, no team may field any player who has not
been ordinarily resident in the European Economic Area for
the 183 days (six months) prior to the match concerned.
This restriction does not apply to:
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(a) students registered on a full-time course of education
in Scotland
(b) individuals in full-time employment in Scotland for
which a Work Permit is required and has been granted
(c) players eligible to represent Scotland, but abroad
temporarily
(d) the spouse, civil partner or dependent relative of any
of (a) to (c) above.
Consideration may be given by the Committee to waive this
rule, but only in “exceptional circumstances”.
13. Players
A player may be registered in CricketStats.org for multiple
Clubs; though – if they have not played in the Grades in the
season then current – they may cancel and transfer their
registration at any time, provided that they have no financial
commitments outstanding to their previous club. However, a
player may only play for one club in Association competitions
in any one season with the exceptions that:-
(a) In League Competitions only, a lower Grade player
may play as a guest in two matches for a higher Grade
club provided s/he has permission from his/her Club;
that the Association Secretary has been previously
notified; and provided that the Club for which s/he is
primarily registered also has a game on that day. No
Club will be able to field more than two guest players
in any one game. Before s/he may play a third time
the player must, if eligible, apply for transfer under
Rule 13(c). Clubs may not field any guest players in
cup matches. Any team contravening this Rule shall,
on protest be adjudged to have lost the match. For the
more relaxed requirements applicable to matches in
Grades 3 and 4 see Rule 13 (f).
(b) If, during the season, a Club withdraws from all
Association fixtures, a player who had been registered
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with that Club may re-register for any Grade Club, but
for whom s/he may not play in Cup-tie Competitions if
s/he has already done so with her/his previous Club. If
during a season, a Club withdraws its second or third
eleven from all Association fixtures then, with the
consent of that Club, players may be released to play
for another Club in a lower Grade than their registered
club’s senior grade eleven, provided that both lending
and borrowing clubs have scheduled Association
fixtures on the date concerned, and that both clubs
notify the Association Secretary before any such
arrangement is activated.
(c) If for any reason during a season a player wishes to
change Clubs s/he may be allowed to do so provided
s/he has permission from the Management Committee
after having forwarded written statements to them
from both Clubs explaining the reasons why; provided
no more than six weeks have elapsed from the
scheduled start of the season; and provided also that
the previous club has confirmed in writing that s/he
has settled all debits to her/his previous Club and
returned all property of that Club. The player in
question has also to pay to the Association a £25 fee,
and this has to be paid and receipted before s/he can
play for the new Club.
(d) Where a Club’s first team within the Grades is that
club’s recognised Third or Fourth Eleven, no player
over the age of 21 on 1st September of the previous
season who in the current season has played in more
than two games for the Club’s recognised First Eleven
(in league competition only) shall thereafter be allowed
to play in any fixture under the aegis of the Association
for the remainder of that season.
(e) In junior age-group competitions, a player may play
for a team run by a Club or Clubs other than that for
which s/he plays at senior level, provided that s/he
plays for only one such team in any competition in any
season. The requirements of rule 13 shall not apply to
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players who are under the age of 16 on April 20th
preceding the current season, provided they have not
played in the CSL Eastern or Western Premier leagues,
who may play for any side within the league
competitions of the ACA. They may however play for
only one club in cup competitions. Clubs willing to
permit junior players falling within this Rule who have
previously played for them to appear for other Clubs in
senior competition in the same season will be afforded
the opportunity to provide a named contact for
facilitating this in the Association WEB site. The actual
basis, including provisions for child protection and any
playing restrictions, under which such arrangements
are made are for the relevant Clubs to agree; and the
Association can accept no legal responsibility for them.
(f) In Grades 3 and 4, if both captains agree, a club may
loan up to three players to its opponents, in order that
a fixture may be fulfilled which otherwise may have
been scratched. Where this is not possible and a team
in Grade 3 or 4 finds it cannot field a full side for an
upcoming game then, with consent of the opposition,
to prevent the game having to be scratched, they may
contact other Grade sides to borrow up to three
players registered for but not selected by their
registered Clubs to play for them, provided that any
lending Club is also involved in a full programme of
fixtures on that day, and that the Association Secretary
is notified before any such arrangement is activated.
(g) In the event that any Club has two teams in the same
Grade in the same season, that Club will be required to
notify the Secretary of the Association and the other
teams in the Grade that they are about to participate
in, of the names of a number of members regularly
participating in the Grades the previous year and
expected to be doing so in the forthcoming season to
be determined by the Executive at its Annual General
Meeting from time to time [currently 6] who will be
allowed to play only for the Club’s recognised 1st XI
during that season. With that exception, Clubs with
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1st and 2nd XI may play their members in either XI as
often as they wish.
(h) Any of sub-sections (a) to (g) notwithstanding, no
player may play for more than one team in any given
cup competition in the same season.
(i) No player who in the current season has played in a
higher Grade/level of cricket, or in a senior Saturday
league outside of the Grades, can play in a cup
competition at semi-final or final level unless s/he
has played at least three times (or in the case of
Grades 3 and 4 at semi-final level twice) during the
season for that team prior to the cup match
concerned. This restriction shall not apply to any player
aged under 18 on 20th April preceding the season
concerned.
14. Financial Status of Players
No player may take part in any competition unless s/he is
clear financially with any Club of which s/he was a member
previously. Any Club knowingly fielding such a player, shall
on protest, be adjudged if found guilty to have lost the
match and receive no points.
15. Protests
Protests must be intimated in writing to the Secretary of the
Association, to reach him not later than five days, including
Sunday, following the date on which the match was played,
and must be accompanied by a fee of £25. In addition, a
protest, except in regard to the eligibility of any players,
must be intimated to both Umpires and to the Captain of the
opposing team either before or during the progress of the
game, but a protesting team must play out the match
although under protest. Should the protest be judged
frivolous, the £25 shall be forfeit. Should the protest be
upheld, the opposing team should pay a fine of £25.
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16. Fixtures
Fixtures and venues for the ensuing season shall be
arranged by the Management Committee and promulgated
to Clubs as soon as practicable after the Annual General
Meeting. They shall thereafter be published in the
Association WEB site and no alterations shall be made
without the sanction of the Management Committee. The
Management Committee themselves shall have powers to
make alterations should circumstances arise to make such a
course necessary. In the event of any Club refusing or
failing to fulfil its engagement on the date and ground fixed
or to continue to play out the fixture without reasonable
cause for so doing the match may be awarded to the
opposing Club. In this context a League fixture re-arranged
by the Committee, provided that two weeks notice is given
to both Clubs, is as binding as a fixture published in the
Association WEB site.
For the purposes of this Rule, “notification” shall be
considered to include one or more of the following: verbal
communication with an official of the club or clubs
concerned; an e-mail, receipt of which has been
acknowledged by the addressee; or official notification on
the Association Web Site.
Notes: (1) A Club normally fielding two or more elevens in the
Grades, and which has two or more fixtures on the same
day, must (if unable to fulfil all its fixtures) scratch (or by
agreement with its opponents and the consent of the
Management committee, postpone) its scheduled fixtures
from the lowest division of the Grades, working upwards.
*(2) In the event of a game being called off for whatever
reason, the message of the cancellation must be passed
onto an official of the opposition by word of mouth – not by
fax or answering systems.
*(3) Any Club scratching a fixture must do so and both
teams must inform the Association Secretary by 7.00p.m.
the night before at the very latest. Any Club failing to
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comply shall incur a 10 points penalty. Sport Aberdeen will,
and other pitch providers [including Clubs with their own
grounds] may, charge for the marking of pitches which are
not cancelled at least 48 hours beforehand. Where such
costs are levied it is the policy of the Association that such
costs should be met by the Club scratching a fixture up to
the figure (£30 or £60, dependent on facilities) set annually
to be paid by clubs for pitches hired by the Association
within the City of Aberdeen.
(4) Fixtures in Grade 4, which involve second or third
elevens, may be re-arranged from Saturday to Sunday, if
both clubs agree.
(5) In determining whether a team has failed to fulfil or play
out any fixture the Management Committee shall have
regard to clubs’ adherence to the Association’s “Wet
Weather Rules and Procedures”, as approved and issued by
it from time to time.
*Failure to abide by these rules may be taken by the
Management Committee as evidence of failing to fulfil a
fixture “without reasonable cause” in the event of a protest.
Provision has been made for publication of additional
contacts in the Association WEB site for this purpose.
All competition matches shall take place on Saturdays and
Sundays and all matches shall be decided by a single
innings. Except in cases where the Management Committee
shall fix a different hour, all matches shall start at
1:00p.m., subject to the right to the away team to request
a postponement to 1:30p.m. where the fixture is more than
25 miles distant, or of either team to request such a
postponement should players from their club be involved in
junior or schools cricket on that day. Teams may however
elect to start earlier by agreement. Any unreasonable delay
in the commencement of a match being reported to the
Association, the Management Committee shall have powers
to impose a points deduction on the offending Club and/or
to award the match to their opponents. In order to start a
game there must be a minimum of six players present from
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both sides at the stipulated start time of the game in order
to do so. Should there be less than that the opposition
have the right to claim the game.
Notes: (1) The attention of Clubs is drawn to the fact that by Law
12 the Captains, in the presence of one or both umpires
where these have been appointed, shall toss for the choice
of innings on the field of play not earlier than 30 minutes
and not later than 15 minutes before the time scheduled for
the match to start. Any Club failing to be available to toss
the coin shall be adjudged to have lost the toss. Clubs are
reminded that it is also the responsibility of the captain of
the home team, before the toss of the innings for each
game, to agree with the umpires – or failing such, the
opposition captain – if any obstacles within the field of play
are to be classified as boundaries/constituting a “dead ball”
if hit. Such arrangements are valid only if made before the
toss for innings.
(2) In the event of any match [or, where appropriate,
match in the group stage of a league cup competition] not
having been played or completed on account of weather or
state of ground or for any other reason, such match shall
automatically be null and void, unless it is the second such
match scheduled and the first match has previously been
null and void; in which circumstances the match must be
played or replayed on the first date that is available to both
teams. However, where a league fixture cannot take place
on the originally scheduled date for genuine reasons other
than weather/state of ground [e.g. a tour, ground non-
availability, priority of a cup fixture, or other reasonable
circumstances acceptable to the Management Committee],
or a team elects not to enforce a walkover, a match may be
re-scheduled; but only on a joint application of both clubs to
the Management Committee submitted within seven days of
the originally scheduled date, and provided that the game is
arranged for the first date available to both teams, including
being brought forward if circumstances permit. Fixtures may
not be rescheduled for league points unless application for
approval is submitted within this period. Once approval has
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been given by the Management Committee to a fixture
being re-scheduled, such fixture then has the same status
as the originally scheduled fixture, which it has replaced.
For the purposes of this Rule:-
(a) “first available date that is available to both teams”
shall mean the first Saturday or Sunday, other than the day
immediately following, on which:
The club of neither team has a Grades-level fixture in a
national competition or a 40-over knockout cup;
The ground of either team is available. In the event of
insufficient Council pitches being available on that day,
pitches will be allocated to teams from the highest Grade
downwards.
(b) If the application of (a) above means that a Club would
have multiple re-arranged league games on any Sunday
then the game involving the senior team shall take
precedence & must be fulfilled on that date, the first
available date for re-scheduled fixtures involving other
teams of that Club being re-calculated accordingly.
(3) It is the expectation of the Association that in all
competitions a rate of 15 overs per hour should be
maintained – i.e. that the final over of a 45 over innings
should commence with 3 hours of the start of play [ignoring
any interruptions for rain or player injury], and pro rata for
innings where the maximum permitted duration is less [e.g.
2 hours 40 minutes for 40 overs, 1 hour 20 for 20 overs,
etc.). The case of any team failing to adhere to this
guideline should be reported to, and a written explanation
may be requested by, the Competitions Sub-Committee of
the Association. To avoid unnecessary disputes, where there
is no independent umpire, captains should agree on the
timepiece to be used prior to the toss for innings.
17. Senior League Competitions
(a) In all grades matches will be played on a 45 over a
side, win/lose format. The winning side will be awarded 30
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points. For losing sides, or in the event of a tie, bonus
points for batting and bowling will apply as noted in Section
(b) of this Rule, plus 5 further points to each side in the
event of a tie. The result decision shall be made by the
normal Laws of Cricket.
(b) One bonus point shall be awarded to the bowling side
for each wicket taken, while one bonus point shall be
awarded to the batting side on scoring 40 runs and one
additional point for each additional 15 runs, up to a
maximum of ten bonus points. Where under Rule 17 (h)
usage of the Association’s Rain Calculator applies, bonus
points for non-winning sides shall be based on a prediction
of runs they would have scored, or wickets they would have
taken, had the maximum duration of the second innings
[including any reduction approved under that Rule prior to
commencement of the match] been completed; or a winning
total achieved, if sooner.
(c) The declaration of a team's innings is not permitted.
(d) In Grade 1 only, it is the responsibility of the home side
to lay out a fielding circle, and fielding restrictions will apply
as detailed in the playing condition annex appended.
PLAYING CONDITION ANNEX (1) Prior to play, the home side will put in place outer
fielding circles which shall have as their centre the middle
stump at either end of the pitch. The radius of each of the
semi-circles shall be 27.45 metres (30 yards). The semi-
circles shall be linked by 2 parallel straight lines. The outer
fielding circle shall be marked by white dots approximately
4.5 metres (5 yards) apart, covered by circular white plastic
or rubber (but not metal) discs approximately 180
millimetres (7 inches) in diameter.
(2) Throughout an innings, at the instant of delivery, a
maximum of 5 fielders can be placed outside the fielding
circle area.
(3) In the event of an infringement of (2) above, the
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striker's end umpire shall call and signal 'no ball'. Where a
sole independent umpire has been appointed, they shall
also be able to call and signal 'no ball' for this infringement.
(4) In the event of the striker's end umpire failing to call
and signal 'no ball' when this fielding restriction has been
breached, immediately the ball becomes dead, the striker
may draw the matter to that umpire's attention. If the
striker's end umpire (or a sole independent umpire if
appointed) is able to verify the breach then they shall call
and signal 'no ball'. If the umpire is unable to verify the
breach then they shall confirm that the events of the
delivery are unchanged.
(e) The Captains must provide the Umpires (or, in the event
of there being no official Umpires, the opposing Captain)
with a team list prior to the toss for innings.
(f) In the event of a nominated player failing to appear to
bat, her/his team’s innings shall be considered to be
completed when the last batsman available is dismissed or
retires.
(g) In games in Grade 1 or in Grade 2 no bowler may bowl
more than 10 overs, and in other grades more than 12
overs. More restrictive advisory guidelines apply to the
number of overs, which may be bowled by junior players.
(h) The Umpires, or failing appointed officials, the two
Captains, must satisfy themselves on the correctness of the
scores and the Captains must sign each scorebook or sheet.
(i) In the event of a match being unfinished due to weather
conditions, provided 20 overs have been completed in the
second innings, a projected score shall be computed for the
side batting second using the Association’s approved Rain
Calculator with points awarded according to Rules 17(a) and
17(b); but if fewer overs have been completed then it shall
be null and void and no points shall be awarded unless a re-
match is required under the provisions of the final
paragraph of Rule 16. Where however the start of a match
is delayed, or it envisaged prior to commencement that, due
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to prevailing weather conditions, a full duration game is
unlikely to be possible the umpire(s) if such have been
officially appointed, failing which both captains by
agreement, may determine prior to the toss for innings,
that the maximum duration of each innings should be
reduced by not more than 3 multiples of 5 overs, to 40, 35
or 30 overs. In this event, then for each 5 over reduction in
innings duration the maximum overs permitted per bowler
under Rule 17(f) shall each be reduced by 1 over.
(j) The Clubs that, during the season, shall have obtained
the greatest number of points expressed as a percentage of
the points (including bonus points) available for a win shall
be the Champions of their respective Grades. In the event
of a tie, placing will be decided by a figure calculated by
dividing the average runs per wicket for by the average runs
per wicket against, the higher such figure shall win.
(k) A team scratching a fixture shall have ten wickets added
to their total of wickets lost for the purpose of assessing
average. In a declared innings only those wickets actually
fallen shall be counted.
(l) If during the season a club should withdraw from all
remaining league fixtures the matches it has already played
shall be deemed null and void. If during a season a Club
fails to fulfil at least two-thirds of its fixtures all matches
played by that Club shall be null and void and the Club or
Team in question shall be required to apply for re-admission
for the following season (see Rule 3).
(m) The Laws of Cricket (Current Code) will apply
generally to all games played under the auspices of the
Association unless specifically modified by the above or
other Special Local Regulations.
ANNEX TO RULE 17 (M)
UMPIRING LBW & WIDE GUIDELINES Disputes often arise when there are no neutral umpires
available, and some of those sent out to umpire are not too
sure of the rules, so to aid these umpires, below are some
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guidelines for the LBW and WIDE rules that may help, as
published by Lord’s MCC Laws of Cricket
LBW LAW 36
1. OUT LBW
The striker is out LBW in the circumstances set out below.
(a) The bowler delivers a ball, not being a No ball,
and (b) the ball, if it is not intercepted full pitch, pitches in
line between wicket and wicket or on the off side of the
striker’s wicket,
and (c) the ball not having previously touched his bat, the
striker intercepts the ball, either full pitch or after pitching,
with any part of his person,
and (d) the point of impact, even if above the level of the
bails,
either
(i) is between wicket and wicket, or
(ii) if the striker has made no genuine attempt to play
the ball with his bat, is either between wicket and
wicket or outside the line of the off stump.
and (e) but for the interception, the ball would have hit the
wicket.
2. INTERCEPTION OF THE BALL
(a) In assessing points (c), (d) and (e) in 1 above, only the
first interception is to be considered.
(b) In assessing point (e) in 1 above, it is to be assumed
that the path of the ball before interception would have
continued after interception, irrespective of whether the ball
might have pitched subsequently or not.
3. OFF SIDE OF WICKET
The off side of the striker’s wicket shall be determined by
the striker’s stance at the moment the ball comes into play
for that delivery.
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WIDE LAW 22
1. JUDGING A WIDE
(a) If the bowler bowls a ball, not being a No ball, the
umpire shall adjudge it a Wide if, according to the definition
in (b) below, in his opinion the ball passes wide of the
striker where he is and which also would have passed wide
of him standing in a normal guard position.
(b) The ball will be considered as passing wide of the striker
unless it is sufficiently within his reach for him to be able to
hit it with his bat by means of a normal cricket stroke.
2. DELIVERY NOT A WIDE
The umpire shall not adjudge a delivery as being a Wide,
(a) if the striker, by moving,
either (i) causes the ball to pass wide of him, as defined
in 1(b) above
or (ii) brings the ball sufficiently within his reach to be
able to hit it by means of a normal cricket stroke.
(b) if the ball touches the striker’s bat or person.
3. CALL AND SIGNAL OF WIDE BALL
(a) If the umpire adjudges a delivery to be a Wide he shall
call and signal Wide ball as soon as the ball passes the
striker’s wicket. It shall, however, be considered to have
been a Wide from the instant of delivery, even though it
cannot be called Wide until it passes the striker’s wicket.
(b) The umpire shall revoke the call of Wide ball if there is
then any contact between the ball and the striker’s bat or
person.
(c) The umpire shall revoke the call of Wide ball if a delivery
is called a No ball. See Law 24.11 (No ball to over-ride
Wide).
4. BALL NOT DEAD
The ball does not become dead on the call of Wide ball.
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5. PENALTY FOR A WIDE
A penalty of one run shall be awarded instantly on the call
of Wide ball. Unless the call is revoked (see 3(b) and (c)
above), this penalty shall stand even if a batsman is
dismissed and shall be in addition to any other runs scored,
any boundary allowance and any other runs awarded for
penalties.
6. RUNS RESULTING FROM A WIDE - HOW SCORED
All runs completed by the batsmen or a boundary
allowance, together with the penalty for the Wide, shall be
scored as Wide balls. Apart from any award of 5 penalty
runs, all runs resulting from a Wide shall be debited against
the bowler.
7. WIDE NOT TO COUNT
A Wide shall not count as one of the over. See Law 22.3
(Validity of balls).
8. OUT FROM A WIDE
When Wide ball has been called, neither batsman shall be
out under any of the Laws except 35 (Hit wicket), 37
(Obstructing the field), 38 (Run out) or 39 (Stumped).
LAW CHANGES - 2017 CODE The sanction of the award of penalty runs under the
following Laws shall apply only where an umpire appointed
by ESCOA is standing:
Law 18.5 (Deliberate short runs)
Law 24.4 (Player returning without permission)
Law 26.2 (Practice on the outfield)
Law 28.2 (Fielding the ball)
Law 41 (Unfair play)
Additionally, on-field sanctions under Law 42 (Players
conduct) shall apply only where an umpire appointed by
ESCOA is standing. Where this is not the case, the
provisions for report by captains continues to apply.
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For the avoidance of doubt penalty runs may continue to be
applied under Law 28.3.2 (Ball striking fielding helmet on
the ground).
18. Senior Cup Ties
All Cup-tie Competitions shall be conducted on the knock-
out principle with each side being limited to 40 overs each
in the Aberdeenshire Cup (20 over each in the Bon Accord
and Reid Cups) and each bowler being limited to a
maximum of 10 overs in the Aberdeenshire Cup (5 overs in
the Bon Accord and Reid Cups). All byes shall be drawn in
the first round of each competition. The Club first drawn
shall be the home Club. If less than seven wickets have
fallen, the game shall be null and void and replayed if
possible on the same ground. If for any other reason a
replay is necessary, the other Club shall become the home
Club. In the event of the scores finishing level in a cup tie,
that team shall be deemed the winners which has lost fewer
wickets, or if both sides have lost the same number of
wickets, that side which scored its runs in the lesser number
of overs, including part overs. Only if the game is still a tie
thereafter shall it be replayed, with the other side becoming
the home team.
The Management Committee shall specify the initial and one
reserve date for each round of each cup competition. On
either date, if due to actual or anticipated weather
conditions a game cannot start on time, or it is anticipated a
full duration game may not be possible, it may by
agreement be reduced prior to commencement by up to
four multiples of 5 overs per side to not less than 20 overs
per side, with a pro rata reduction (to 9, 8, 7 or 5) in the
overs permitted to each bowler, or – if rain intervenes in the
second innings after 20 overs have been bowled but before
completion the result shall be determined by use of the
Association’s approved Rain Calculator. Should no result be
achieved on the reserve date after application of these
provisions teams should either on that date or within five
days thereafter – using remote access technology where
appropriate – undertake the following form of contest to
achieve a result: five players from each team, will bowl
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overarm, alternately, two consecutive deliveries each, at
three stumps at a distance of 22 yards. The team scoring
the greater number of “hits” shall be the winner. If the
scores are equal the same cricketers in the same order will
bowl one ball each alternately to achieve a result on a
“sudden death” basis. If circumstances make the above
impossible, or a bowl out is not completed within five days,
the Association shall determine the result of the match by
the toss of a coin. [Sentence deleted.] Cup-tie Finals shall
be played on grounds to be fixed by the Management
Committee. Initial and reserve dates for the Bon Accord and
Reid Cups shall be scheduled for Sundays, but where both
clubs agree may be re-scheduled for a weekday evening not
later than Friday of the week immediately following,
provided that any such arrangements are submitted for
Management Committee approval no later than 7 days
before the Sunday date originally fixed.
In all cups, it is the responsibility of the home side to lay
out a fielding circle, and fielding restrictions will apply as
detailed in the playing condition annex appended to Rule 17
(d).
19. Tea Intervals
The tea interval in any competition match shall not exceed
20 minutes.
20. Results
Following each match, it is the responsibility of the home
team, or in the event of a cup final the winning team, to
report firstly, on the day, a summary of the result, and
within three days thereafter a full scorecard, into the
Association’s on-line results reporting system
[CricketStats.org]; and of the other team to check and raise
any issues with that. Both teams must also within five days
submit a captain’s report. In the event of fixture being
scratched both teams must phone the Association Secretary
(01224 822835) to confirm.
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The details to be included in all reports, and deadlines for
submission of them, shall be specified from time to time at
the Association Spring Meeting; and annexed to this Rule.
Clubs failing to comply with these requirements shall be
liable to a deduction of 5 league points for each
infringement. Persistent failure will be referred to the
Competitions Sub-Committee and may result in increased
sanctions.
Pending full implementation of CricketStats the above
guidelines for submission of results apply to league games
only. For cup games results, including details of best batting
and bowling performances should be texted to 07910
279627 with a photographic image of full scorecards and
captains reports emailed by both teams to
[email protected]. The same time requirements apply.
ANNEX TO RULE 20 TIMELINES FOR COMPLETION OF INPUTS TO CRICKET
STATS
Short score results to be input by 20:15 on day of play
[22:15 for evening fixtures]
1. On the Summary Tab
Indication of team winning toss
Indication of Team batting first
Runs, wickets, and overs for each team’s innings
[overs to include balls for overs uncompleted]
Comment if match un-started
Max over per innings as agreed prior to toss [30-45
for league games for: 20–40 cup games]
Fixture venue
Whether Rain Calculator applicable
2. At the foot of Home and Away tabs
Best two individual batting performances indicating if
Not Out
Best two individual bowling performances where 2 or
more wickets taken
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NB. The match result and allocation of league points
calculates automatically.
Any new player details to be input by 23:30 on the day of
play.
Full scorecards and Captain’s Reports to be completed by
18:00 on Wednesday evening
21. Cups and Trophies
The Association may present a Cup or other Trophy or prize
to the winners of the various competitions. The Cups or
trophies so presented will be held for one year only and
must be returned to the Secretary of the Association by
1st August in each year. A document in the following terms
shall be granted on behalf of each winning Club:-
“We, the Secretary and two Members of the <……………….…>
Club, winners for Season 20xx of the Cup called the
<…….…> And which we have now received, do hereby, on
behalf of our said Club and individually and collectively,
undertake to return the said Cup in good order and
condition, to the Secretary of the Aberdeenshire Cricket
Association for the time being on or before the First day of
August, 20xx”.
A Club failing to hand over the Cup by the 1st of August
shall be fined £2, which must be paid before 31st December
in that year.
22. Individual Prizes and Averages
To be eligible for any cup, trophy or prize given under the
auspices of the Association, players will be required to have
batted in at least 2/3 of the completed matches played
under league conditions by their team or to have taken an
aggregate number of wickets in their respective grades
which is not less than 1.5 times the number of completed
matches played under league conditions by their team.
Victories obtained by walkover shall not be regarded as
completed matches for the purpose of this calculation:
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defeats as a result of scratching however shall be so
regarded. Runs scored after the winning hit has been made
shall not be included in the Association Batting and Bowling
Averages.
A player, re-registered as per Rule 13 may not use her/his
combined performances when calculating her/his Grade
averages. The allocation of prizes shall be in the hands of
the Management Committee but they shall be under no
obligation to find prizes. Data for the calculation of averages
and award of individual prizes shall be derived exclusively
from the CricketStats.org results reporting system.
23. Indiscipline
(a) Any player behaving in an un-gentlemanly manner or
insulting any Umpire in either a visible or verbal manner
during the course of or in connection with a match, or
otherwise breaching the Laws of Cricket [including the
Preamble thereto, entitled “The Spirit of Cricket”] or bringing
the game into disrepute, or the captain of such a player,
shall be liable to disciplinary action at the instance of the
Disciplinary Committee of the Association.
(b) For the purposes of this rule:-
(i) the expression ‘player’ shall be deemed to include any
player, member, or official of any Club;
(ii) the expression ‘Disciplinary Committee’ shall mean a
Committee comprising a maximum of seven persons
elected by the Executive of the Association at the
Spring Meeting of the Association and serving for
three years, with any or all of its members being
eligible for re-election. A quorum of the Disciplinary
Committee shall be three members and any
vacancies may be filled by co-option, subject to
ratification at the following Spring Meeting. The
Committee shall appoint its own Convener and
Secretary.
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(c) The Disciplinary Committee will not consider any
complaint against a player unless written notice of any such
complaint is received by the Secretary of the Association
from any Club or member of the Umpires Association within
five days after the date of the alleged offence. A meeting of
the Disciplinary Committee shall be convened within ten
days of receipt of any such written complaint.
The player against whom the complaint has been made will
be entitled to be present at the meeting in order to answer
the complaint or to have a representative present to speak
on her/his behalf before a decision is reached. Unless
specifically exempted, both captains on the day of any
match in respect of which indiscipline is reported, must also
attend any disciplinary hearing. The captain of a player
reported may also where appropriate be disciplined,
irrespective of whether directly involved in any
ungentlemanly behaviour reported, if in the opinion of the
Disciplinary Committee s/he failed to take reasonable steps
to prevent the behaviour concerned, as may the captain of
the opposing side if, in the opinion of the Disciplinary
Committee, actions by her/his players contributed materially
to the incident of indiscipline reported.
(d) Any player found by the Disciplinary Committee to have
committed an offence under paragraph (a) above will have a
right of appeal to the Management Committee provided that
a written notice setting out the grounds of appeal is received
by the Secretary of the Association within seven days of the
notification of the decision of the Disciplinary Committee and
is accompanied by a deposit of £50.
An appeal hearing will be convened within ten days of
receipt of any such written appeal, with the player having
the same rights of attendance or representation as were
available to him at the original hearing. The Management
Committee may confirm, vary or reverse the decision of the
Disciplinary Committee but will have no power to increase
any penalty imposed. The Management Committee will also
be empowered to order the £50 deposit to be forfeited
should it consider an appeal to be frivolous, as to which it
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shall be the sole judge. The decision of the Management
Committee on the appeal will be final. Any penalty imposed
by the Disciplinary Committee will be suspended pending
the outcome of any appeal.
(e) A member of the Disciplinary Committee or of the
Management Committee will not be permitted to participate
in the hearing of any case involving a player from the Club
of which s/he is a member or which arises from a game in
which her/his Club was involved.
(f) The sanctions available under this Rule shall be one of
more of the following: oral or written reprimand; suspension
of a player, players, or of a team from Association
competitions for a specified period; a fine on a club (but not
on individuals) not exceeding £50; deduction of not more
than 30 league points; or award of a match to the
opposition.
(g) The standard of proof in proceedings under this Rule
shall be the civil standard – “more likely than not”.
ANNEX TO RULE 23 [Indiscipline]
CODE OF PRACTICE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF DISCIPLINARY PROCESSES (Approved by the Association Management Committee 12th
September 2017)
PRELIMINARY
While, in common with other sporting bodies, the
Association has its own disciplinary committee, it is
important to note that, under the Laws of Cricket,
responsibility for regulation of player behaviour is also a
matter for member clubs, and specifically during play rests
with the captain of each team on the day in question. Both
clubs and captains may therefore be subject to sanctions if
in the opinion of the Association they fail to take sufficient
steps to regulate the behaviour of their players, and to
respond robustly to reports of misbehaviour, even if not
themselves personally involved in any misconduct.
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Under the Laws of the game the prime function of the
disciplinary process is to determine the further action at
Association level which the Laws require should follow any
report by umpires or others of unfair play or player
misconduct. It follows that, subject to the required
procedures under the Laws having been followed, umpires’
reports will normally be accepted as conclusive regarding
the facts of any case. Furthermore, if in the opinion of a
disciplinary panel any evidence presented in a hearing is
deliberately designed to mislead them with a view to
minimising any sanction imposed, this may result in an
increased sanction for the individual, or for further
proceedings to be raised against any witness who falls
under the jurisdiction of the ACA, for bringing the game in
to disrepute.
In applying its disciplinary procedures, the Association will
follow the Code of Discipline and sanctions laid down for
players from time to time by Cricket Scotland, and the
categorisation of offences embodied in the 2017 Code of
Laws.
ACTION REQUIRED OF THE ASSOCIATION SECRETARY
ON RECEIPT OF A DISCIPLINARY REPORT
To forward a copy of the report, and the registered address
of any player cited, to the designated secretary of the
Disciplinary Committee panel, as advised by the Convener
of that panel.
ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY THE CONVENER/SECRETARY
OF THE DISCIPLINARY PANEL
On receipt of a disciplinary report, the Convener, or an
appointed deputy for that specific case, will make an initial
assessment of the disciplinary report, and if they feel the
report falls within the range of a level 1 offence, they
should, after getting agreement from two others on the
disciplinary panel, write to the club and the player,
forwarding a copy of any complaint, and offering them the
opportunity to accept an official reprimand as detailed
under the list of level 1 offences, also accepting that this
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will remain on file for a 12 month period. If the
individual/club does not accept the offer of an official
reprimand, they are entitled to request a hearing as laid
down in the ACA Code of Practice for Disciplinary Processes.
However, if a hearing is requested, it should be noted that
the disciplinary panel may decide, that in light of the
evidence presented, that the offence falls in a category
higher than level 1.
For any offence that the Convener feels is likely to be
covered by a category higher than level 1, they should
forward a copy of any complaint to the Secretary of the
relevant club(s), requesting that they forward this to the
player cited, arranging for her/him, plus if desired a
representative – and unless exempted the captains of both
teams - to attend a quorate meeting of the Disciplinary
Committee on a date and at a location specified. Under
Rule 23 this meeting should be held within 10 days of
receipt but may be adjourned to a later date if a quorum
cannot be obtained, or for good reason a player is unable to
attend within that period.
For offences at level 3 or level 4 the Convener may
designate a member of the Disciplinary Committee Panel to
present the case to be answered. Any such individual shall
however then be required to withdraw following the taking
of evidence and have no role in determining the decision of
the Committee in regard to that case.
CONDUCT OF DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS
The Chair of any disciplinary hearing shall open proceedings
by reminding all present of the underlying purpose of the
disciplinary process and, if necessary, of the Committee’s
powers, as outlined under “Preliminary” above. S/he shall
then ascertain if any player cited is represented, and if so
by whom, before inviting them formally to respond to any
complaint made.
Unless excluded for disruptive behaviour, any player whose
conduct is under investigation, and their identified
representative, shall be entitled to remain present
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throughout the hearing of their case; and be entitled to
pose questions through the Chair to witnesses. Members of
the Committee shall also be entitled to question witnesses
on their evidence. At the discretion of the Committee other
individuals may also be permitted to observe proceedings,
but shall not be allowed to speak, unless formally called as
witnesses.
At the conclusion of the hearing of any evidence, any
individual whose conduct is under investigation shall have
the right to make a closing statement, on which no further
questions shall be permitted. All persons other than the
members of the Committee shall then withdraw for the
Committee to reach its determination of fact and of any
sanction to be applied. It is for the Committee to
determine whether intimation of these is delivered in
person, or [more usually] reserved and communicated in
writing.
COMMUNICATION OF OUTCOME/ RIGHTS OF APPEAL
The Chair of any Disciplinary Hearing shall be responsible
for communicating the outcome of any hearing to the
Secretary of the club(s) concerning, including the
procedures and deadline for any appeal, copying this also to
the Secretary of the Association.
In the event of any appeal to the Management Committee,
the possible grounds and timelines for which are detailed in
Association Rule 23, the procedures for conduct of that shall
be as for the original disciplinary hearing.
PUBLICITY
In the event of any complaint being proved, a summary of
this - detailing the name & club of the player, the offence
and sanction imposed - will normally be published on the
Association web site, but only after any appeal process has
been exhausted.
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24. Bowlers Attire
No bowler shall be allowed to bowl in dark clothes in any of
the competitions without the consent of the Captain of the
opposing team.
25. Standard Ball The ball to be used in all senior games played under the
auspices of the Association shall be specified from time to
time by the Management Committee subject to endorsement
by the Annual General Meeting. The Standard Ball specified
for 2018 is the “Dukes Special Crown Match A” 5½oz
(DT054), available from Thistle Sports at the concessionary
price of £105.00 per box, plus a £1 levy per ball to the
Association funds. Existing stocks of the Grade 1 ball
approved in previous seasons may however also be used at
that level while these remain available. Where under Law
5(5) if a ball is lost or becomes unfit for play during an
innings it may be replaced by any ball which is agreed by
both captains and umpires to have had wear comparable
with that which the previous ball had received before the
need for replacement.
26. Rules
No alteration shall be made in the foregoing Constitution and
Rules without a majority of the Executive present voting in
favour of the proposed alterations at the Annual General
Meeting. Notice of any such alterations must be in the
Secretary’s hands by 1st November, in order that Clubs may
get twenty-eight days notice of same.
Amendments to the alterations must be in the Secretary’s
hands in time for Clubs to get fourteen days notice of same.
Any proposed alteration to rules (other than one proposed
by the Management Committee [words deleted] or
amendment thereto (whether to a proposal made by the
Management Committee [words deleted] or otherwise) must
be proposed by a minimum of three Clubs.
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Exceptionally, with the consent of two-thirds of those
present and voting, Rule Changes may be considered at the
Spring or a Special Meeting, where necessary to respond to
factors unknown at the time of the Annual General Meeting
[e.g. reconstruction of national or other leagues].
Furthermore, if circumstances arise during a season which in
the opinion of the Management Committee (a) could not
reasonably have been foreseen but (b) where it is
considered that immediate temporary additional provision or
suspension of the Rules may be appropriate to further the
stated Objects of the Association, then that Committee by a
two-thirds majority of its total membership shall have power
to make such temporary provision, provided that any action
taken under this provision and the reasons for it are
publicised on the Association Web site within 7 days of the
approval of such provision; and any such provision shall last
only until the next meeting of the Executive, including an
Extraordinary Meeting if such is requisitioned.
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WET WEATHER GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA
Disputes as to the fitness of the ground or weather for play
are inevitable from time to time and on the rare occasions
when a protest is made as a result of such a dispute the
Management Committee has the almost impossible task of
determining the rights and wrongs of the case without
having been present at the time of the dispute and with
only the verbal accounts of the protagonists upon which to
base their decision.
At the request of the Committee of Inquiry held in 1988, the
Management Committee drew up, and has revised, the
following set of guidelines, which attempt to set out the
procedures to be followed and the criteria to be used in
cases of doubt over the fitness of the ground or weather for
play. It is hoped that by following these guidelines, Captains
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can come to an amicable agreement and protests will not be
necessary at all.
However, where there are no officially appointed Umpires
and the Captains cannot agree, then a protest can be made
where one Captain considers that the other is refusing to
start, resume or to continue play without good reason.
Captains should bear in mind that a protest should only be
made as a last resort and only after exhausting the
procedures set out in the guidelines. If a protest is made for
this reason then both Captains must follow the procedure as
set out under "Making a Protest.”
While the following guidelines are just that - guidelines, the
Committee earnestly hopes that Captains will bear them in
mind in their discussions with their opposite number. The
Committee gives notice that where protests do come before
the Committee, failure by either or both Captains to adhere
to these guidelines may be taken into account in making a
decision.
WET WEATHER GUIDELINES
1. INDEPENDENT GROUNDS-PERSON
Where an independent grounds-person refuses to allow play
to start or insists that play is suspended then her/his
decision must be accepted as final.
2. INDEPENDENT UMPIRES
Where Umpires have been appointed then Laws 2.7 and 2.8
of the 2017 Code of Laws - “Fitness for Play” and
“Suspension of play in dangerous or unreasonable
conditions” - shall apply, and in particular:-
(a) Fitness for Play
(i) It is solely for the umpires together to decide
whether either condition of ground, weather or
light or exceptional circumstances mean that it
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would be dangerous or unreasonable for play
to take place.
Conditions shall not be regarded as either
dangerous or unreasonable merely because
they are not ideal.
(ii) Conditions shall be regarded as dangerous if
there is actual and foreseeable risk to the
safety of any player or umpire.
(iii) Conditions shall be regarded as unreasonable
if, although posing no risk to safety, it would
not be sensible for play to proceed.
(b) Suspension of play in dangerous or
unreasonable conditions
(i) All references to ground include the pitch. See
Law 6.1 (Area of pitch).
(ii) If at any time the umpires together agree that
the conditions of ground, weather or light, or
any other circumstances are dangerous or
unreasonable, they shall immediately suspend
play, or not allow play to start or to
recommence.
(iii) When there is a suspension of play it is the
responsibility of the umpires to monitor
conditions. They shall make inspections as
often as appropriate, unaccompanied by any
players or officials. Immediately the umpires
together agree that the conditions are no
longer dangerous or unreasonable they shall
call upon the players to resume play.
Note: where only one Umpire has been appointed, then
her/his decision shall apply as above.
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3. BEFORE THE TOSS FOR INNINGS
(a) No match should be postponed prior to the morning of
the match.
(b) If, during the morning of the match, the Captain of
the "Home" side is of the opinion that the ground is unfit
for play he should advise the Secretary or Captain of the
"Away" side at the latest before 11.30 a.m. (11:00 a.m.
if more than 25 miles distance)
The "Away" club should then have the option of agreeing
to the postponement of the fixture, or, of insisting on a
pitch inspection 30 minutes before the scheduled starting
time. In this case, both teams and umpires, if appointed,
should attend at the ground in time to start the match at
the scheduled time if play is possible.
(c) On no account may the "Home" club postpone the
fixture without the agreement of the "Away" club. In the
event of an agreed postponement the "Home" club
should
i) advise the Umpires (if appointed)
ii) advise the association Secretary
4. WHERE NO UMPIRES HAVE BEEN APPOINTED
It is IMPORTANT that the following guidelines as set out
under part 4 are only to be considered where there are NO
officially appointed UMPIRES. Where UMPIRES have been
officially appointed then part 4 must be disregarded and
parts. 1, 2 & 3 only shall apply.
4.1 GENERAL PRINCIPLES
i) Any decision concerning the fitness of the ground or
weather for play shall rest with the two Captains and
with the aid of the attached criteria; they shall decide
on the fitness of the ground or weather for play.
ii) For this purpose, the batsmen at the wicket may
deputise for their Captain but only as long as there is
no dispute. Should there be disagreement between the
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batsmen at the wicket and the Fielding Captain then
the Batting Captain should be called upon to confer
with the Fielding Captain.
iii) Players and Captains should be aware that this is a
matter for Captains to decide and that players should
refrain from trying to influence the decision. For this
reason, it is IMPORTANT that the Captains confer
ALONE and that they make every effort to reach an
agreement.
4.2 WHEN PLAY IS IN PROGRESS
i) If, at any time during play, conditions deteriorate to
such an extent that continuing would be
"unreasonable" (see attached criteria), then the
batsmen at the wicket or the Fielding Captain may ask
for a suspension of play. The Batting Captain cannot
ask for a suspension of play unless s/he is one of the
batsman at the wicket.
ii) If it agreed that play should be suspended then the
Captains must agree the time at which they will review
the situation. If it is close to tea-time the Captains may
agree to take an early tea interval.
iii) Should there be disagreement between the
batsmen at the wicket and the Fielding Captain the
Batting Captain shall be called upon to confer with the
Fielding Captain.
iv) The Captains, with reference to the attached
criteria, must make every effort to come to an
agreement. They have the following options:-
a. agreeing to continue play
b. agreeing to suspend play subject to review at
an agreed time.
c. agreeing to continue play subject to a review
after an agreed number of overs have
elapsed.*
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d. take an early tea-interval if appropriate.
*an over in progress shall count as a completed over
v) If the Captains cannot agree on one of these
options, they must record the reason for the
disagreement and the time, overs and score in both
scorebooks. Play will then be suspended subject to a
review after 15 minutes. At this stage it is hoped that
the weather will either improve or deteriorate to such
an extent that there is no further dispute or in any
event that the 15 minute suspension of play will act as
a "cooling off" period and that reason will prevail.
Players should at all times refrain from aggravating the
situation and the Captains especially should set a good
example in this regard.
4.3 WHEN PLAY IS NOT IN PROGRESS
(That is before the start of the match, during an
interval, during the change of innings or where play
has been suspended for any reason.)
i) If, while play is not in progress, weather or ground
conditions are such that to start or resume play would
be "unreasonable" (see criteria) then either Captain
may ask that the start or resumption of play be
delayed. Note that should conditions delay the
scheduled start then the toss may be delayed to 15
minutes before the agreed starting time as under Law
12.4 the Toss.
ii) The Captains, with reference to the attached
criteria, must make every effort to come to an
agreement. They have the following options:-
a. Agreeing to start or resume play.
b. Agreeing to stay off subject to review at an
agreed time.
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c. Agreeing to start or resume play subject to a
review after an agreed number of overs have
elapsed.
d. Take an early tea-interval if appropriate.
e. Agree to abandon the match.
iii) If the Captains agree to delay the start or
resumption of play then they must agree a time at
which they will review the situation. This delay should
not be more than 30 minutes.
iv) If the Captains cannot agree on one of these
options, they must record the reason for the
disagreement and the time, overs and score in both
scorebooks. Play will then remain suspended subject to
a review after 15 minutes. At this stage it is hoped that
the weather will either improve or deteriorate to such
an extent that there is no further dispute or in any
event that the 15 minutes further suspension of play
will act as a "cooling off" period and that reason will
prevail. Players should at all times refrain from
aggravating the situation and the Captains especially
should set a good example in this regard.
4.4 WHAT HAPPENS IF THE CAPTAINS STILL CANNOT
AGREE?
i) In nearly all cases the above procedures should, if
common sense prevails, produce an 'agreement of some
sort. To get to the stage of recording one "official"
disagreement in the scorebook should be a rare
occurrence and two recorded disagreements should be
rarer still.
ii) The Management Committee hopes that the process
of recording the disagreement will concentrate the
Captains minds and that protests will therefore be
unnecessary but should the situation arise that there
have been THREE recorded disagreements, and that after
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the latest period of 15 minutes, agreement is still not
possible then the match shall be abandoned.
iii) The options open to the Captains at this point are as
follows:-
a. Both Captains may agree to let the result stand,
(i.e. match abandoned as void, subject to Rule
16 if a replay is required).
b. Either Captain may lodge a protest with the
Management Committee if s/he considers that
the opposition Captain has consistently refused
to start, continue or resume play without good
reason.
5. MAKING A PROTEST
If either Captain wishes to claim the match by lodging a
formal protest to the Management Committee s/he must:-
a. Inform the opposition Captain there and then - i.e.
before leaving the ground.
b. Make sure that both scorebooks are signed by both
Captains as they should be in any case.
c. Intimate the protest in "writing to the Secretary of
the Association, to reach him no later than five days,
including Sunday, following the date on which the
match was played." The protest "must be
accompanied by a fee of £25."
6. ACTION OF MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ON RECEIPT
OF PROTEST
On receipt of a protest from a Club claiming the match as in
5 the Management Committee shall:
a. Arrange a meeting of the Management Committee
and
b. Invite both the Captains (or persons acting as
Captain on the day in question) to attend and to
bring with them a written account of the events as
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they saw them, their scorebook and any other
evidence they see fit.
The Management Committee may view the protest as
"frivolous" (under Rule 15 of the Constitution) if the
procedures in part 4 of these guidelines have not been
observed by the Captain of the protesting Club, or if the
Captain of the protesting Club fails to attend the meeting or
to bring with him the scorebook or a written account, or if
the fee has not been paid.
Similarly, if the Captain of the club defending the protest
has failed to observe part 4 of these guidelines or fails to
attend the meeting or bring with him the scorebook and a
written account this may be taken into account by the
Committee in reaching its decision.
The Management Committee, under the Constitution, is only
allowed to make one of two decisions, namely:-
i) they can uphold the protest and award the match to
the protesting Club.
ii) they can turn down the protest. In this event the
match shall be void unless Rule 16 applies and a
replay is required.
WET WEATHER CRITERIA
"UNREASONABLE" CONDITIONS:
The following ground or weather conditions are to be
considered "unreasonable" for starting, continuing, or
resuming play:-
1. Heavy rain, which wets players through.
2. Lighter rain driven by a strong wind.
3. Water pooling on the pitch or on the outfield within 25
yards of the pitch.
4. Wet ground on the pitch or bowlers run-ups such that
the batsmen or bowlers cannot run or turn with safety.
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A slight restriction in foothold is not however
"unreasonable".
5. Water rising round ones feet when the pitch is subject
to foot pressure.
6. Water splashing up when the ball pitches.
7. Foggy or misty conditions where the pitch is not visible
from the boundary.
8. Where, the bowler or either batsman normally plays in
spectacles and their vision is being seriously affected by
rain obscuring the lenses. Wearing a cap 'can often help
in this situation.
NOT "UNREASONABLE" CONDITIONS:
The following ground or weather conditions should not be
considered as "unreasonable" and are therefore not sufficient
reasons for suspending, not starting or not resuming play:
1. Light rain which may be unpleasant but does not wet
through or seriously affect the wicket but which may
make the ball slippery or difficult to control.
2. Wet slippery grass or small pools of water out with 25
yards of the pitch.
3. Light mist or fog where visibility is such as to allow the
pitch to seen from the boundary. The scorers may
have to take up their position at the boundary if
necessary.
4. Soft wet pitches which may make batting difficult but
are not so bad that they are "unreasonable" under
points 3 to 6 above.
5. Players who cannot obtain sufficient footholds in wet
conditions because they are wearing unsuitable
footwear. (But see Note below).
NOTE: (Where the match is being played on an artificial
wicket however and bowlers and batsmen are compelled to
wear non-spiked footwear then the condition of the bowler's
run up may well make play impossible if the bowler's run up
is dangerous in non-spiked footwear).
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GUIDELINES ON USE OF THE INTERNET & SOCIAL
MEDIA
What this policy covers
This policy sets out the Aberdeenshire Cricket Association
(ACA)’s position on all member clubs’, individual club
members’, players’, officials’ and umpires’ use of social
networking sites and blogs, whether conducted on ACA
media, Club media and in your own private media in your
own time.
Your responsibilities
Social networking sites, the internet and blogs offer a useful
means of keeping in touch with friends and colleagues, and
they can be used to exchange views and thoughts on shared
interests, both personal and work related. ACA does not
object to you setting up personal accounts on social
networking sites or blogs on the internet.
You must not link your personal social networking accounts
or blogs to the ACA or Clubs website. Any such links require
the ACA and Clubs prior consent.
You must not disclose ACA and Club secrets, breach
copyright, defame the ACA or a Club or its members,
officials, players, umpires or employees, or disclose personal
data or information about any individual that could breach
the Data Protection Act 1998 on your blog or on your social
networking site.
Social networking site posts or blogs should not be insulting
or abusive to the ACA or Club or its members, officials,
players, umpires or employees.
References to the ACA, Individual Clubs & Members
You should include a notice such as the following:-
‘The views expressed on this website/blog/post/tweet etc,
are mine alone and do not reflect the views of my Club or
the ACA’.
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You should always be conscious of your duty as a member to
act in good faith and in the best interests of the ACA and
Club under UK law. The ACA will not tolerate abuse posted
in messages in the public domain or on blogs about the ACA
or any other person connected to the ACA, officials, umpires
an individual Club or its members.
You must not bring the ACA or your Club into disrepute
through the content of your website entries or blogs.
Any misuse of social networking sites or blogs as mentioned
above may be regarded as a disciplinary offence and may
result in disciplinary action.
You should be aware that any information contained in social
networking sites may be used in evidence, if relevant, to any
disciplinary or legal proceedings.
You should be aware that the account holder for any social
networking site, blogs, posts and tweets will be held solely
responsible for the content.
Bullying and Harassment
Bullying and Harassment can be experienced by a group of
people as well as by individuals. This policy recognises this
and where the singular is used, it is accepted that the
circumstances may also be applicable to a group of people.
Bullying and Harassment can also be carried out by a group
of people against an individual.
Bullying and Harassment in any form is unacceptable
behaviour and will not be permitted or condoned. Sexual,
sectarian and racial harassment and harassment on the
grounds of disability or sexual orientation constitute
discrimination and are unlawful under the sex discrimination,
fair employment, race relations, disability, sexual orientation
and age legislation.
If communication(s) sent via social media target a specific
individual or individuals they will fall to be considered under
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the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 and the Malicious
Communications Act 1988.
There is no excuse for Bullying and Harassment within
the ACA It is inappropriate behaviour and it will be treated
by the ACA as a disciplinary offence. All Clubs and members
must comply with this policy.
Breach of Policy
Breaches of this policy will be dealt with under the ACA
disciplinary procedure; however, it may also be considered a
criminal offence and passed on to the relevant authority for
action.
You should be aware that the ACA regards breach of any part
of this policy as gross misconduct that may result in
disciplinary action. This may include suspension of a player,
players or club from Association competitions for a stated
period or indefinitely -, including, where warranted,
suspension without notice, pending formal disciplinary
proceedings.
If you become aware of information relating to the ACA
posted on the internet, you should bring this to the attention
of the Committee.
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COMPOSITION OF GRADES
Grade 1 – shall consist of ten teams who shall compete for the
Aberdeenshire and Bain Cups. In League Competition, each team
shall play two matches with every other team. At the end of the
season, the two bottom teams shall be relegated to Grade 2.
Grade 2 – shall consist of ten teams who shall compete for the
Bon Accord and Junior League Cups. In League Competition, each
team shall play two matches with every other team. At the end of
the season, the two top teams shall be promoted to Grade 1, and
the two bottom teams shall be relegated to Grade 3.
Grade 3 – shall consist of the remaining teams who shall
compete for the Ross and Reid Cups. If there are eight or fewer
teams in Grade 3, in League Competition each team shall be
scheduled to play two matches with every other team; otherwise
each team shall be scheduled to play each other team once. The
games in the Ross Cup prior to the semi-final stage shall be
either on a knockout or league cup basis in two groups, as
determined at the previous year’s AGM in the light of the number
of teams in the Grade for that season. At the end of the season,
the top two teams shall be promoted to Grade 2.
The foregoing composition of grades may be approved at any
time up to the start of any season, by or on the recommendation
of the Management Committee, where required to reflect entry or
withdrawal of teams; provided always that any change which
reduces the size of any grade other than splitting the lowest
division, and hence would result in the relegation of additional
teams, shall take effect only at the end of the following season.
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COMPETITION RULES FOR THE TURRIFF CUP
Rule 1. The Trophy to be named “Turriff C.C. Trophy”.
Rule 2. The Trophy to be competed for annually on a knock-out
basis with all Grade Clubs being eligible to enter the competition.
All players taking part must be registered as per Rule 11 of the
Association. Clubs whose First Eleven is not in Grade 1 may enter
joint teams comprising players registered for any of the clubs
concerned. A player may however appear for only one side in the
competition in any season.
Rule 3. Ties prior to the semi-final round shall normally take
place on a weekday evening, limited to 20 overs per team with
each individual bowler being limited to a maximum of 4 overs;
but may be scheduled for a Sunday provided both clubs agree
and the use of such dates are not disruptive to the Association’s
other League, Cup & Representative fixtures.
Rule 4. In the event of two teams, scoring the same number of
runs after the 20 overs each, the team losing the fewer wickets to
go forward to the next round.
Rule 5. If for any reason a tie is postponed or abandoned with
less than seven wickets down, the tie shall be null and void and
replayed if possible on the same ground. If for any reason, a
replay is necessary the other Club shall become the home Club.
Replays of cup-ties will take place seven days after the date of
the original fixtures; any exceptions to this will be permissible
only with the agreement of the Management Committee (and
both Clubs concerned).
Rule 6. Draws for various rounds, entry fees and fixture dates to
be arranged by the Aberdeenshire Cricket Association.
Rule 7. In the event of any match not having been completed on
the scheduled date, it must be re-arranged to take place within
the ensuing 21 days [remainder of sentence deleted]. The date
for the re-arranged fixture must be notified to the Association
Secretary not later than noon on Friday following the date
originally set, failing which the date shall be determined by the
Management Committee. If a match is called off on a second
occasion the result shall be determined by a bowl out or coin
toss, as specified under Rule 18 of the Association. Where
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conditions of weather or light require, either original or re-
scheduled fixtures may, by agreement of both captains, be
reduced to not less than 10 overs per side, with bowling
allocations being reduced pro rata.
Rule 8. It is the responsibility of the home side to lay out a
fielding circle, and fielding restrictions will apply as detailed in the
playing condition annex appended.
PLAYING CONDITION ANNEX
(a) Prior to play, the home side will put in place outer fielding
circles which shall have as their centre the middle stump
at either end of the pitch. The radius of each of the semi-
circles shall be 27.45 metres (30 yards). The semi-circles
shall be linked by 2 parallel straight lines. The outer
fielding circle shall be marked by white dots
approximately 4.5 metres (5 yards) apart, covered by
circular white plastic or rubber (but not metal) discs
approximately 180 millimetres (7 inches) in diameter.
(b) Throughout an innings, at the instant of delivery, a
maximum of 5 fielders can be placed outside the fielding
circle area
(c) In the event of an infringement of (b) above, the striker's
end umpire shall call and signal 'no ball'. Where a sole
independent umpire has been appointed, they shall also
be able to call and signal 'no ball' for this infringement.
(d) In the event of the striker's end umpire failing to call and
signal 'no ball' when this fielding restriction has been
breached, immediately the ball becomes dead, the striker
may draw the matter to that umpire's attention. If the
striker's end umpire (or a sole independent umpire if
appointed) is able to verify the breach then they shall call
and signal 'no ball'. If the umpire is unable to verify the
breach then they shall confirm that the events of the
delivery are unchanged.
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COMPETITION RULES FOR THE P&J & DUNCAN CUPS (7’s)
Rule 1. Open to all clubs in membership of the Association.
Rule 2. Clubs may enter as many Sevens as they so desire.
Clubs may enter joint Sevens. No player can play for more than
one Seven during the course of the competition.
Rule 3. Entry fee for the competition shall be arranged by the
Association.
Rule 4. Each Seven shall be allowed SIX by EIGHT ball overs in
all rounds.
Rule 5. Six members of the team shall bowl in succession, the
Wicket-Keeper being excepted, and only six wickets shall fall. In
the event of a nominated player failing to appear in time to bowl
her/his over, or being unable through injury to bowl her/his over
the opposing Captain shall nominate any of the other bowlers to
bowl her/his over. The Wicket-Keeper shall not bowl under any
circumstances.
Rule 6. The first matches each evening shall commence at
6.30p.m., and the second matches at 7.45p.m.
Rule 7. In the event of the Tie ending in equal number of runs,
one over shall be bowled by each team. Any member of the seven
to bat or bowl.
Rule 8. The Management Committee of the Aberdeenshire
Cricket Association shall exercise full control over the Tournament
and may amend the Rules of the Competition as may be deemed
necessary.
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JUNIOR COMPETITION RULES
All rules for junior age-group competitions shall be as set by the
Junior Cricket Development Organisation at its Annual General
Meeting.
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ACA DATA PROTECTION POLICY
1. About this Policy
1.1 This policy explains when and why we collect
personal information about our members, clubs, and
committee members, how we use it, how we keep it
secure, and your rights in relation to it.
1.2 We may collect, use and store your personal data, as
described in this Data Privacy Policy and as described
when we collect data from you.
1.3 We reserve the right to amend this Data Privacy
Policy from time to time without prior notice. You are
advised to check our website www.acagrades.org.uk
regularly for any amendments (but amendments will
not be made retrospectively).
1.4 We will always comply with the General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR) when dealing with
your personal data. Further details on the GDPR can
be found at the website for the Information
Commissioner (www.ico.gov.uk). For the purposes of
the GDPR, we will be the “controller” of all personal
data we hold about you.
2. Who are we?
2.1 We are the Aberdeenshire Cricket Association (ACA).
We can be contacted by email at
[email protected] or by post to The Hon
Secretary, Aberdeenshire Cricket Association, 10
Ellon Road, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen AB23 8EA, who
is also contactable by phone on 01224 822835.
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3. What information we collect and why
Type of information
Purposes Legal basis of processing
Committee
members and
Club contacts
names,
addresses,
telephone
numbers, e-mail
address(es).
Managing the
functions and
activities of the
Association, and
in our wider
obligation to the
administration of
cricket within
Scotland. It
would not be
possible to
administer the
activities of the
Association, or
cricket within
Scotland,
without being
able to contact,
or publicly
publish the
contact details
for individuals
responsible for
the
administration of
member clubs,
and those on the
Association
committee.
Consent.
Performing the
Association’s
constitutional
undertaking with
the Member
clubs and
individuals
therein.
For the purposes
of our legitimate
interests in
administering
the game of
cricket in the
North-East of
Scotland area,
and the
furtherance and
administration
of cricket within
Scotland which
may involve
contact with
other
association
bodies or Cricket
Scotland
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Photos and
videos of those
involved in the
administration of
the functions of
the Association,
and nominated
contacts from
member clubs,
where the photo
or video is
obtained
specifically for
the purposes as
noted.
Publicising or the
reporting of
Association
events.
Allowing public
identification of
elected
Committee
members and
nominated club
contacts.
Maintenance of
historical
pictorial records.
These may also
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website, in the
Association
handbook, and
in any other
publication the
Association may
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videos of those
involved in
match situations,
posed team
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and the
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may also be
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any other
publication the
Association may
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sport generally.
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It is an accepted part of the game
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matches, and individual performances
therein, be publicly
available. The retention of this information is
also required for the purposes of
awarding trophies and compiling
historical records of individual and
team performances.
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Names, email
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members, or
spectators.
The use and
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Association) that
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necessary
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30 Yard Inner Circle Ground Marking
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GRADES FIXTURES - Sat 28th April 2018
Home Team Away Team Ground Match Type Game Type
Academy Grampian Bogbeth Park (Kemnay) Grade 1 Grade
Inverurie Crescent Kellands Park (Inverurie) Grade 1 Grade
Bon Accord Stoneywood-Dyce Links #4 Grade 1 Grade
AGSFPs Mannofield Rubislaw (AGSFPs) Grade 1 Grade
Cults Knight Riders Allan Park (Cults) Grade 1 Grade
Methlick Stonehaven Lairds (Methlick) Grade 2 Grade
Fraserburgh Aberdeen Super Kings East Links (Fraserburgh) Grade 2 Grade
Siyapa No Game n/a Grade 2 Grade
Knight Riders 2 Ellon Gordon Groats Rd/Hazlehead Ave Grade 2 Grade
Gordonians AGSFPs 2 Countesswells 2 (Gordonians) Grade 2 Grade
Stonehaven 2 Methlick 2 Mineralwell Park (Stonehaven) Grade 3 Grade
Banchory Turriff Burnett Park (Banchory) Grade 3 Grade
Crathie Dunecht Balmoral Estate (Crathie) Grade 3 Grade
Portcullis Grampian 2 Duthie Park #1 Grade 3 Grade
AGSFPs 3 No Game n/a Grade 3 Grade
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GRADES FIXTURES - Sat 5th May 2018
Home Team Away Team Ground Match Type Game Type
Crescent Academy Links #4 Grade 1 Grade
Grampian Bon Accord Sheddocksley #1 Upper Grade 1 Grade
Mannofield Inverurie Harlaw Road Grade 1 Grade
Stoneywood-Dyce Knight Riders Peoples Park (Stoneywood-Dyce) Grade 1 Grade
AGSFPs Cults Rubislaw (AGSFPs) Grade 1 Grade
Aberdeen Super Kings Methlick Kings College Pavilion (AUC) Grade 2 Grade
Stonehaven Siyapa Mineralwell Park (Stonehaven) Grade 2 Grade
Ellon Gordon Fraserburgh Gordon Park (Ellon) Grade 2 Grade
No Game AGSFPs 2 n/a Grade 2 Grade
Knight Riders 2 Gordonians Groats Rd/Hazlehead Ave Grade 2 Grade
Turriff Stonehaven 2 The Haughs (Turriff) Grade 3 Grade
Methlick 2 Crathie Lairds (Methlick) Grade 3 Grade
Grampian 2 Banchory Sheddocksley #2 Lower Grade 3 Grade
Dunecht No Game n/a Grade 3 Grade
Portcullis AGSFPs 3 Duthie Park #1 Grade 3 Grade
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GRADES FIXTURES - Sat 12th May 2018
Home Team Away Team Ground Match Type Game Type
Inverurie Stoneywood-Dyce Kellands Park (Inverurie) Grade 1 Grade
AGSFPs Grampian Rubislaw (AGSFPs) Grade 1 Grade
Academy Knight Riders Bogbeth Park (Kemnay) Grade 1 Grade
Mannofield Crescent Harlaw Road Grade 1 Grade
Bon Accord Cults Links #4 Grade 1 Grade
Fraserburgh No Game n/a Grade 2 Grade
Knight Riders 2 Stonehaven Groats Rd/Hazlehead Ave Grade 2 Grade
Methlick AGSFPs 2 Lairds (Methlick) Grade 2 Grade
Ellon Gordon Aberdeen Super Kings Gordon Park (Ellon) Grade 2 Grade
Gordonians Siyapa Countesswells 2 (Gordonians) Grade 2 Grade
Portcullis Dunecht Duthie Park #1 Grade 3 Grade
Banchory No Game n/a Grade 3 Grade
Grampian 2 Methlick 2 Sheddocksley #1 Upper Grade 3 Grade
Stonehaven 2 Crathie Mineralwell Park (Stonehaven) Grade 3 Grade
Turriff AGSFPs 3 The Haughs (Turriff) Grade 3 Grade
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OTHER CUP FIXTURES - Sun 13th May 2018 (Reserve Sun 20th May) Aberdeenshire Clydesdale Mannofield (Aberdeenshire) Scottish Cup
Stoneywood-Dyce Corstorphine Peoples Park (Stoneywood-Dyce) Scottish Cup
AGSFPs St. Michael Rubislaw (AGSFPs) CS Challenge Cup
Kilmarnock Gordonians Kilmarnock (Kilmarnock) CS Challenge Cup
Victoria Bon Accord Bellahouston, Glasgow (Victoria) CS Challenge Cup
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GRADES FIXTURES - Sat 19th May 2018
Home Team Away Team Ground Match Type Game Type
AGSFPs Knight Riders Rubislaw (AGSFPs) Grade 1 Grade
Mannofield Stoneywood-Dyce Harlaw Road Grade 1 Grade
Inverurie Bon Accord Kellands Park (Inverurie) Grade 1 Grade
Crescent Grampian Links #4 Grade 1 Grade
Academy Cults Bogbeth Park (Kemnay) Grade 1 Grade
Knight Riders 2 AGSFPs 2 Groats Rd/Hazlehead Ave Grade 2 Grade
Ellon Gordon No Game n/a Grade 2 Grade
Fraserburgh Siyapa East Links (Fraserburgh) Grade 2 Grade
Aberdeen Super Kings Stonehaven Duthie Park #1 Grade 2 Grade
Methlick Gordonians Lairds (Methlick) Grade 2 Grade
Portcullis No Game n/a Grade 3 Grade
Grampian 2 Dunecht Sheddocksley #1 Upper Grade 3 Grade
Banchory Crathie Burnett Park (Banchory) Grade 3 Grade
Turriff Methlick 2 The Haughs (Turriff) Grade 3 Grade
Stonehaven 2 AGSFPs 3 Mineralwell Park (Stonehaven) Grade 3 Grade
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GRADES CUP FIXTURES (Round 1) - Sun 20th May 2018 (Reserve Sun 3rd June) Academy Stoneywood-Dyce Bogbeth Park (Kemnay) A AB Cup Cup Tie
Grampian AGSFPs Sheddocksley #1 Upper B AB Cup Cup Tie
Gordonians Aberdeen Super Kings To Be Advised A BA Cup Cup Tie
Dunecht Portcullis Cowdray Estate (Dunecht) A R Cup Cup Tie
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GRADES FIXTURES - Sat 26th May 2018
Home Team Away Team Ground Match Type Game Type
Stoneywood-Dyce AGSFPs Peoples Park (Stoneywood-Dyce) Grade 1 Grade
Knight Riders Inverurie Kellands Park (Inverurie) Grade 1 Grade
Grampian Mannofield Sheddocksley #1 Upper Grade 1 Grade
Bon Accord Academy Links #4 Grade 1 Grade
Cults Crescent Allan Park (Cults) Grade 1 Grade
No Game Knight Riders 2 n/a Grade 2 Grade
AGSFPs 2 Fraserburgh Rubislaw (AGSFPs) Grade 2 Grade
Stonehaven Ellon Gordon Mineralwell Park (Stonehaven) Grade 2 Grade
Siyapa Methlick Groats Rd/Hazlehead Ave Grade 2 Grade
Gordonians Aberdeen Super Kings Countesswells 2 (Gordonians) Grade 2 Grade
Dunecht Portcullis Cowdray Estate (Dunecht) Grade 3 Grade
No Game Banchory n/a Grade 3 Grade
Methlick 2 Grampian 2 Lairds (Methlick) Grade 3 Grade
Crathie Stonehaven 2 Balmoral Estate (Crathie) Grade 3 Grade
AGSFPs 3 Turriff Harlaw Road Grade 3 Grade
OTHER CUP FIXTURES - Sun 27th May 2018 Grades Select NOSCA Duffus, Elgin (Gordonstoun)
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GRADES FIXTURES - Sat 2nd June 2018
Home Team Away Team Ground Match Type Game Type
Knight Riders Mannofield Groats Rd/Hazlehead Ave Grade 1 Grade
Bon Accord AGSFPs Links #4 Grade 1 Grade
Stoneywood-Dyce Crescent Peoples Park (Stoneywood-Dyce) Grade 1 Grade
Academy Inverurie Bogbeth Park (Kemnay) Grade 1 Grade
Cults Grampian Allan Park (Cults) Grade 1 Grade
AGSFPs 2 Ellon Gordon Rubislaw (AGSFPs) Grade 2 Grade
Siyapa Knight Riders 2 Sheddocksley #1 Upper Grade 2 Grade
No Game Aberdeen Super Kings n/a Grade 2 Grade
Methlick Fraserburgh Lairds (Methlick) Grade 2 Grade
Gordonians Stonehaven Countesswells (Gordonians) Grade 2 Grade
No Game Grampian 2 n/a Grade 3 Grade
Crathie Portcullis Balmoral Estate (Crathie) Grade 3 Grade
Dunecht Turriff Cowdray Estate (Dunecht) Grade 3 Grade
Stonehaven 2 Banchory Mineralwell Park (Stonehaven) Grade 3 Grade
AGSFPs 3 Methlick 2 Harlaw Road Grade 3 Grade
OTHER CUP FIXTURES - Sun 3rd June 2018 Aberdeenshire/Clydesdale Ferguslie/Stewarts Melville TBA Scottish Cup
Poloc/East Kilbride Stoneywood-Dyce/Corstorphine TBA Scottish Cup
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GRADES FIXTURES - Sat 9th June 2018
Home Team Away Team Ground Match Type Game Type
Mannofield Bon Accord Harlaw Road Grade 1 Grade
Crescent Knight Riders Links #4 Grade 1 Grade
AGSFPs Academy Rubislaw (AGSFPs) Grade 1 Grade
Grampian Stoneywood-Dyce Sheddocksley #1 Upper Grade 1 Grade
Inverurie Cults Kellands Park (Inverurie) Grade 1 Grade
Ellon Gordon Siyapa Gordon Park (Ellon) Grade 2 Grade
Aberdeen Super Kings AGSFPs 2 Kings College Pavilion (AUC) Grade 2 Grade
Knight Riders 2 Methlick Groats Rd/Hazlehead Ave Grade 2 Grade
Stonehaven No Game n/a Grade 2 Grade
Fraserburgh Gordonians East Links (Fraserburgh) Grade 2 Grade
Grampian 2 Crathie Sheddocksley #2 Lower Grade 3 Grade
Turriff No Game n/a Grade 3 Grade
Portcullis Stonehaven 2 Duthie Park #1 Grade 3 Grade
Methlick 2 Dunecht Lairds (Methlick) Grade 3 Grade
Banchory AGSFPs 3 Burnett Park (Banchory) Grade 3 Grade
OTHER CUP FIXTURES - Sun 10th June 2018 Scotland England Edinburgh (Grange)
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GRADES FIXTURES - Sat 16th June 2018
Home Team Away Team Ground Match Type Game Type
Bon Accord Crescent Links #4 Grade 1 Grade
Academy Mannofield Bogbeth Park (Kemnay) Grade 1 Grade
Knight Riders Grampian Groats Rd/Hazlehead Ave Grade 1 Grade
Inverurie AGSFPs Kellands Park (Inverurie) Grade 1 Grade
Cults Stoneywood-Dyce Allan Park (Cults) Grade 1 Grade
Siyapa Aberdeen Super Kings Duthie Park #1 Grade 2 Grade
Methlick Ellon Gordon Lairds (Methlick) Grade 2 Grade
AGSFPs 2 Stonehaven Rubislaw (AGSFPs) Grade 2 Grade
Fraserburgh Knight Riders 2 East Links (Fraserburgh) Grade 2 Grade
Gordonians No Game n/a Grade 2 Grade
Turriff Crathie The Haughs (Turriff) Grade 3 Grade
Stonehaven 2 Grampian 2 Mineralwell Park (Stonehaven) Grade 3 Grade
No Game Methlick 2 n/a Grade 3 Grade
Banchory Portcullis Burnett Park (Banchory) Grade 3 Grade
AGSFPs 3 Dunecht Harlaw Road Grade 3 Grade
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GRADES CUP FIXTURES (Quarter-Finals) - Sun 17th June 2018 (Reserve Sun 8th July) Winner A Bon Accord To Be Advised C AB Cup Cup Tie
Mannofield Knight Riders Harlaw Road D AB Cup Cup Tie
Cults Winner B Allan Park (Cults) E AB Cup Cup Tie
Crescent Inverurie Links #4 F AB Cup Cup Tie
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GRADES FIXTURES - Sat 23rd June 2018
Home Team Away Team Ground Match Type Game Type
Grampian Inverurie Sheddocksley #1 Upper Grade 1 Grade
Stoneywood-Dyce Academy Peoples Park (Stoneywood-Dyce) Grade 1 Grade
Crescent AGSFPs Links #4 Grade 1 Grade
Knight Riders Bon Accord Groats Rd/Hazlehead Ave Grade 1 Grade
Cults Mannofield Allan Park (Cults) Grade 1 Grade
Stonehaven Fraserburgh Mineralwell Park (Stonehaven) Grade 2 Grade
No Game Methlick n/a Grade 2 Grade
Aberdeen Super Kings Knight Riders 2 Kings College Pavilion (AUC) Grade 2 Grade
AGSFPs 2 Siyapa Rubislaw (AGSFPs) Grade 2 Grade
Gordonians Ellon Gordon Countesswells (Gordonians) Grade 2 Grade
Methlick 2 Banchory Lairds (Methlick) Grade 3 Grade
Dunecht Stonehaven 2 Cowdray Estate (Dunecht) Grade 3 Grade
Turriff Portcullis The Haughs (Turriff) Grade 3 Grade
No Game Crathie n/a Grade 3 Grade
AGSFPs 3 Grampian 2 Harlaw Road Grade 3 Grade
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GRADES CUP FIXTURES (Quarter-Finals) - Sun 24th June 2018 (Reserve Sun 15th July) Crathie Banchory Balmoral Estate (Crathie) B R Cup Cup Tie
AGSFPs 3 Turriff Harlaw Road C R Cup Cup Tie
Winner A Methlick 2 To Be Advised D R Cup Cup Tie
Stonehaven 2 Grampian 2 Mineralwell Park (Stonehaven) E R Cup Cup Tie
OTHER CUP FIXTURES - Sun 24th June 2018 AGSFPs/St. Michael Falkland/Morton TBA CS Challenge Cup
Gordonians/Kilmarnock DHSFP/Stenhousemuir TBA CS Challenge Cup
Perth Doocot/Helenburgh Victoria/Bon Accord TBA CS Challenge Cup
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GRADES FIXTURES - Sat 30th June 2018
Home Team Away Team Ground Match Type Game Type
Grampian Academy Sheddocksley #1 Upper Grade 1 Grade
Crescent Inverurie Links #4 Grade 1 Grade
Stoneywood-Dyce Bon Accord Peoples Park (Stoneywood-Dyce) Grade 1 Grade
Mannofield AGSFPs Harlaw Road Grade 1 Grade
Knight Riders Cults Groats Rd/Hazlehead Ave Grade 1 Grade
Stonehaven Methlick Mineralwell Park (Stonehaven) Grade 2 Grade
Aberdeen Super Kings Fraserburgh Kings College Pavilion (AUC) Grade 2 Grade
No Game Siyapa n/a Grade 2 Grade
Ellon Gordon Knight Riders 2 Gordon Park (Ellon) Grade 2 Grade
AGSFPs 2 Gordonians Rubislaw (AGSFPs) Grade 2 Grade
Methlick 2 Stonehaven 2 Lairds (Methlick) Grade 3 Grade
Turriff Banchory The Haughs (Turriff) Grade 3 Grade
Dunecht Crathie Cowdray Estate (Dunecht) Grade 3 Grade
Grampian 2 Portcullis Sheddocksley #2 Lower Grade 3 Grade
No Game AGSFPs 3 n/a Grade 3 Grade
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GRADES CUP FIXTURES (Quarter-Finals) - Sun 1st July 2018 (Reserve Sun 8th July) Siyapa Methlick TBA B BA Cup Cup Tie
Fraserburgh Stonehaven Thistle East Links (Fraserburgh) C BA Cup Cup Tie
AGSFPs 2 Knight Riders Rubislaw (AGSFPs) D BA Cup Cup Tie
Ellon Gordon Winner A Gordon Park (Ellon) E BA Cup Cup Tie
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GRADES FIXTURES - Sat 7th July 2018
Home Team Away Team Ground Match Type Game Type
Mannofield Knight Riders Harlaw Road Grade 1 Grade
AGSFPs Bon Accord Rubislaw (AGSFPs) Grade 1 Grade
Crescent Stoneywood-Dyce Links #4 Grade 1 Grade
Inverurie Academy Kellands Park (Inverurie) Grade 1 Grade
Grampian Cults Sheddocksley #1 Upper Grade 1 Grade
Ellon Gordon AGSFPs 2 Gordon Park (Ellon) Grade 2 Grade
Knight Riders 2 Siyapa Groats Rd/Hazlehead Ave Grade 2 Grade
Aberdeen Super Kings No Game n/a Grade 2 Grade
Fraserburgh Methlick East Links (Fraserburgh) Grade 2 Grade
Stonehaven Gordonians Mineralwell Park (Stonehaven) Grade 2 Grade
Grampian 2 No Game n/a Grade 3 Grade
Portcullis Crathie Duthie Park #1 Grade 3 Grade
Turriff Dunecht The Haughs (Turriff) Grade 3 Grade
Banchory Stonehaven 2 Burnett Park (Banchory) Grade 3 Grade
Methlick 2 AGSFPs 3 Lairds (Methlick) Grade 3 Grade
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GRADES FIXTURES - Sat 14th July 2018
Home Team Away Team Ground Match Type Game Type
Stoneywood-Dyce Inverurie Peoples Park (Stoneywood-Dyce) Grade 1 Grade
Grampian AGSFPs Sheddocksley #1 Upper Grade 1 Grade
Knight Riders Academy Groats Rd/Hazlehead Ave Grade 1 Grade
Crescent Mannofield Links #4 Grade 1 Grade
Cults Bon Accord Allan Park (Cults) Grade 1 Grade
No Game Fraserburgh n/a Grade 2 Grade
Stonehaven Knight Riders 2 Mineralwell Park (Stonehaven) Grade 2 Grade
AGSFPs 2 Methlick Rubislaw (AGSFPs) Grade 2 Grade
Aberdeen Super Kings Ellon Gordon Kings College Pavilion (AUC) Grade 2 Grade
Siyapa Gordonians Duthie Park #1 Grade 2 Grade
Dunecht Banchory Cowdray Estate (Dunecht) Grade 3 Grade
Methlick 2 Portcullis Lairds (Methlick) Grade 3 Grade
No Game Stonehaven 2 n/a Grade 3 Grade
Turriff Grampian 2 The Haughs (Turriff) Grade 3 Grade
AGSFPs 3 Crathie Harlaw Road Grade 3 Grade
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GRADES FIXTURES - Sat 21st July 2018
Home Team Away Team Ground Match Type Game Type
Bon Accord Mannofield Links #4 Grade 1 Grade
Knight Riders Crescent Groats Rd/Hazlehead Ave Grade 1 Grade
Academy AGSFPs Bogbeth Park (Kemnay) Grade 1 Grade
Stoneywood-Dyce Grampian Peoples Park (Stoneywood-Dyce) Grade 1 Grade
Cults Inverurie Allan Park (Cults) Grade 1 Grade
Siyapa Ellon Gordon Duthie Park #1 Grade 2 Grade
AGSFPs 2 Aberdeen Super Kings Rubislaw (AGSFPs) Grade 2 Grade
Methlick Knight Riders 2 Lairds (Methlick) Grade 2 Grade
No Game Stonehaven n/a Grade 2 Grade
Gordonians Fraserburgh Countesswells 2 (Gordonians) Grade 2 Grade
Crathie Grampian 2 Balmoral Estate (Crathie) Grade 3 Grade
No Game Turriff n/a Grade 3 Grade
Stonehaven 2 Portcullis Mineralwell Park (Stonehaven) Grade 3 Grade
Dunecht Methlick 2 Cowdray Estate (Dunecht) Grade 3 Grade
AGSFPs 3 Banchory Harlaw Road Grade 3 Grade
GRADES CUP FIXTURES (Semi-Finals) - Sun 22nd July 2018 (Reserve Sun 5th August) Winner F Winner C To Be Advised G AB Cup Cup Tie
Winner E Winner D To Be Advised H AB Cup Cup Tie
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GRADES FIXTURES - Sat 28th July 2018
Home Team Away Team Ground Match Type Game Type
Academy Crescent Bogbeth Park (Kemnay) Grade 1 Grade
Bon Accord Grampian Links #4 Grade 1 Grade
Inverurie Mannofield Kellands Park (Inverurie) Grade 1 Grade
Knight Riders Stoneywood-Dyce Groats Rd/Hazlehead Ave Grade 1 Grade
Cults AGSFPs Allan Park (Cults) Grade 1 Grade
Methlick Aberdeen Super Kings Lairds (Methlick) Grade 2 Grade
Siyapa Stonehaven Duthie Park #1 Grade 2 Grade
Fraserburgh Ellon Gordon East Links (Fraserburgh) Grade 2 Grade
AGSFPs 2 No Game n/a Grade 2 Grade
Gordonians Knight Riders 2 Countesswells (Gordonians) Grade 2 Grade
Stonehaven 2 Turriff Mineralwell Park (Stonehaven) Grade 3 Grade
Crathie Methlick 2 Balmoral Estate (Crathie) Grade 3 Grade
Banchory Grampian 2 Burnett Park (Banchory) Grade 3 Grade
No Game Dunecht n/a Grade 3 Grade
AGSFPs 3 Portcullis Harlaw Road Grade 3 Grade
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GRADES CUP FIXTURES (Semi-Finals) - Sun 29th July 2018 (Reserve Sun 5th August) Winner B Winner E To Be Advised F BA Cup Cup Tie
Winner C Winner D To Be Advised G BA Cup Cup Tie
Winner D Winner E To Be Advised F R Cup Cup Tie
Winner C Winner B To Be Advised G R Cup Cup Tie
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GRADES FIXTURES - Sat 4th August 2018
Home Team Away Team Ground Match Type Game Type
AGSFPs Stoneywood-Dyce Rubislaw (AGSFPs) Grade 1 Grade
Inverurie Knight Riders Kellands Park (Inverurie) Grade 1 Grade
Mannofield Grampian Harlaw Road Grade 1 Grade
Academy Bon Accord Bogbeth Park (Kemnay) Grade 1 Grade
Crescent Cults Links #4 Grade 1 Grade
Knight Riders 2 No Game n/a Grade 2 Grade
Fraserburgh AGSFPs 2 East Links (Fraserburgh) Grade 2 Grade
Ellon Gordon Stonehaven Gordon Park (Ellon) Grade 2 Grade
Methlick Siyapa Lairds (Methlick) Grade 2 Grade
Aberdeen Super Kings Gordonians Groats Rd/Hazlehead Ave Grade 2 Grade
Banchory Dunecht Burnett Park (Banchory) Grade 3 Grade
Portcullis Methlick 2 Duthie Park #1 Grade 3 Grade
Stonehaven 2 No Game n/a Grade 3 Grade
Grampian 2 Turriff Sheddocksley #1 Upper Grade 3 Grade
Crathie AGSFPs 3 Balmoral Estate (Crathie) Grade 3 Grade
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GRADES FIXTURES - Sat 11th August 2018
Home Team Away Team Ground Match Type Game Type
Knight Riders AGSFPs Groats Rd/Hazlehead Ave Grade 1 Grade
Stoneywood-Dyce Mannofield Peoples Park (Stoneywood-Dyce) Grade 1 Grade
Bon Accord Inverurie Links #4 Grade 1 Grade
Grampian Crescent Sheddocksley #1 Upper Grade 1 Grade
Cults Academy Allan Park (Cults) Grade 1 Grade
AGSFPs 2 Knight Riders 2 Rubislaw (AGSFPs) Grade 2 Grade
No Game Ellon Gordon n/a Grade 2 Grade
Siyapa Fraserburgh Duthie Park #1 Grade 2 Grade
Stonehaven Aberdeen Super Kings Mineralwell Park (Stonehaven) Grade 2 Grade
Gordonians Methlick Countesswells (Gordonians) Grade 2 Grade
No Game Portcullis n/a Grade 3 Grade
Dunecht Grampian 2 Cowdray Estate (Dunecht) Grade 3 Grade
Crathie Banchory Balmoral Estate (Crathie) Grade 3 Grade
Methlick 2 Turriff Lairds (Methlick) Grade 3 Grade
AGSFPs 3 Stonehaven 2 Harlaw Road Grade 3 Grade
OTHER CUP FIXTURES - Sun 12th August 2018 (Reserve 19th August) Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow CS Challenge Cup (Final)
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GRADES FIXTURES - 18th August 2018
Home Team Away Team Ground Match Type Game Type
Crescent Bon Accord Links #4 Grade 1 Grade
Mannofield Academy Harlaw Road Grade 1 Grade
Grampian Knight Riders Sheddocksley #1 Upper Grade 1 Grade
AGSFPs Inverurie Rubislaw (AGSFPs) Grade 1 Grade
Stoneywood-Dyce Cults Peoples Park (Stoneywood-Dyce) Grade 1 Grade
Aberdeen Super Kings Siyapa Kings College Pavilion (AUC) TBC Grade 2 Grade
Ellon Gordon Methlick Gordon Park (Ellon) Grade 2 Grade
Stonehaven AGSFPs 2 Mineralwell Park (Stonehaven) Grade 2 Grade
Knight Riders 2 Fraserburgh Groats Rd/Hazlehead Ave Grade 2 Grade
No Game Gordonians n/a Grade 2 Grade
Crathie Turriff Balmoral Estate (Crathie) Grade 3 Grade
Grampian 2 Stonehaven 2 Sheddocksley #2 Lower Grade 3 Grade
Methlick 2 No Game Lairds (Methlick) Grade 3 Grade
Portcullis Banchory Duthie Park #1 Grade 3 Grade
Dunecht AGSFPs 3 Cowdray Estate (Dunecht) Grade 3 Grade
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GRADES CUP FIXTURES (Finals) - Sun 19th August 2018 (Reserve TBA) Winner F Winner G Mannofield BA Cup Cup Tie
Winner F Winner G Mannofield R Cup Cup Tie
OTHER CUP FIXTURES - Sun 19th August 2018 (Reserve 26th August) Meikleriggs, Paisley Scottish Cup (Final)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All Results and Player Registrations to be submitted on CRICKETSTATS
http://www.cricketstats.org.uk/login.php?orc=yes&source=aca
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GRADES FIXTURES - 25th August 2018
Home Team Away Team Ground Match Type Game Type
Inverurie Grampian Kellands Park (Inverurie) Grade 1 Grade
Academy Stoneywood-Dyce Bogbeth Park (Kemnay) Grade 1 Grade
AGSFPs Crescent Rubislaw (AGSFPs) Grade 1 Grade
Bon Accord Knight Riders Links #4 Grade 1 Grade
Mannofield Cults Harlaw Road Grade 1 Grade
Fraserburgh Stonehaven East Links (Fraserburgh) Grade 2 Grade
Methlick No Game n/a Grade 2 Grade
Knight Riders 2 Aberdeen Super Kings Groats Rd/Hazlehead Ave Grade 2 Grade
Siyapa AGSFPs 2 Kings College Pavilion (AUC) Grade 2 Grade
Ellon Gordon Gordonians Gordon Park (Ellon) Grade 2 Grade
Banchory Methlick 2 Burnett Park (Banchory) Grade 3 Grade
Stonehaven 2 Dunecht Mineralwell Park (Stonehaven) Grade 3 Grade
Portcullis Turriff Sheddocksley #1 Upper Grade 3 Grade
Crathie No Game n/a Grade 3 Grade
Grampian 2 AGSFPs 3 Sheddocksley #2 Lower Grade 3 Grade
GRADES CUP FIXTURES (Final) - Sun 26th August 2018 (Reserve TBA) Winner G Winner H Mannofield AB Cup Cup Tie
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Founded 1884
ACA GRADES DINNER
Guest Speaker
Ronnie Irani (England, Essex & Lancashire)
at the
Holiday Inn Aberdeen West, Westhill, Aberdeenshire, AB32 6TT
on
Friday 9th November 2018
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Aberdeen City Shire Cricket Development Group
(ACSCDG)
ACSCDG JUNIOR SECTION COMMITTEE
ACSCDG CHAIRMAN:
Alan Barron, Tel.: 07768 361641(M)
NB This Group is now being wound up but existing Funds are still
available for appropriate use and can be applied for by contacting
the above
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JUNIOR SECTION CLUB CONTACTS
ABERDEEN GRAMMAR:
Ian Johnston 07796 814254(M)
ELLON GORDON:
Ian Duncan 07733 212957(M), 01358 789698(H)
FRASERBURGH:
Michael Watson 07725 208514(M)
GORDONIANS:
Stuart Dalgarno 07540 750371(M)
MANNOFIELD:
Calum Howard 07425 605213(M)
METHLICK:
Mark Colley-Davies 07826 844036(M)
STONEHAVEN:
Andy Wilson 07831 576718(M)
STONEYWOOD-DYCE:
Quentin Freeman 07985125574(M)
Bob Condor 07749 818553(M)
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ACSCDG LEAGUE NOTES
NATIONAL PRIMARY SCHOOL KWIK CRICKET RULES
The Network Rail National Primary Schools’ Cup is a Kwik Cricket
(8-a-side) pair’s tournament for boys and girls who are in P6
(and/or below) at the commencement of the tournament. The
rules & regulations are adopted for all regional qualifying
competitions including the Finals.
ORGANISATION
1. Teams will consist of 8 players, with a minimum of 3 girls
per team. (A school may use a squad of up to 10 at any
event.)
2. Teams will consist of players from P6 and below.
3. Unless stated otherwise in this document the Laws of
Cricket will apply – and the MCC Spirit of Cricket should be
upheld.
4. The pitch (please see the pitch layout diagram for further
assistance) :
a. is 16 yards in length
b. The following markings will be made on the pitch:
i. Two parallel ‘bowling’ creases at each end of the
pitch (i.e. 16 yards apart) extending 1 metre either
side of middle stump, with the position of middle
stump marked with a cross on the line.
ii. A ‘batting’ crease parallel to the ‘bowling’ crease
(known as the ‘popping’ crease), shall be marked at
each end of the pitch. This ‘batting’ crease shall be
the same length as the ‘bowling’ crease and will be
marked 1.22 metres (4 feet) away from the
‘bowling’ crease, towards the middle of the pitch.
iii. A cross, 0.3 metres (1 foot) in front of the ‘batting’
crease and directly on the imaginary line between
the two middle stumps, shall be marked at the end
of the pitch where the batters strike the ball.
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JUNIOR PITCH LAYOUT
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BATTING AND SCORING
1. Both teams begin with a score of 200
2. Both teams will bat for 8 overs
a. Batters will bat for 2 overs in pairs
b. They are not replaced by another batter when
dismissed
3. Runs are added as they are scored in the conventional way
and also when No Balls and Wide deliveries are bowled
(see 6. below)
4. If a batter is dismissed they must not face the next
delivery and
a. Five (5) runs will be taken from the total
b. NB: Batters may have to swap ends to ensure the
dismissed batter does not face the next delivery
5. Batters can be out by being
a. bowled
b. caught
c. hit wicket
d. run out ( for the purposes of simplicity in introducing
the game there is no distinction between stumping and
run out, i.e. whatever the circumstance if a batter is
out of his/her ground when the wicket is broken the
will be deemed to be run out).
e. A batter can still be out on a free hit
6. No Balls and Wide deliveries
a. Either umpire will call and signal No ball for a delivery
i. that does not bounce and is above the batter’s
shoulder-height or
ii. for a delivery that bounces more than twice before
it reaches the crease line at the batter’s end.
b. A delivery is deemed to be Wide if, in the opinion of
the striker’s end umpire, it is not within reach of the
striker.
c. When a No Ball or Wide delivery is bowled the batter is
entitled to a ‘Free ‘hit or a ‘T-ball’
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i. The free hit will be made from the batting tee.
ii. The ball must be hit in front of the crease line at
the striker’s stumps (i.e. ‘in front of square’)
iii. The batter only has one chance to swing.
iv. The ‘T’ ball is a free hit and not counted as the next
delivery.
v. The ‘T’ is placed by the square leg umpire on the
cross marked in front of the crease at the strikers
end (it must be placed behind the stumps before
the next ball is bowled).
vi. The scoring for these ‘T’ ball deliveries includes 2
for the Wide/No Ball + any runs + score made on
the free hit. (The striker can still be dismissed from
the free hit too.)
BOWLING AND FIELDING
1. Each fielder must bowl once.
2. Bowlers will bowl over arm.
3. Fielders
a. Are only allowed to stand within 8 yards/10 metres of
the striker if they are fielding behind the stumps at the
strikers end
b. Are not allowed to move on a free hit unless the
batter’s have changed ends (i.e. completed a run)
THE RESULT
1. The team with the most runs at the completion of both
innings will be the winner.
2. In the event of the runs scored is tied:
a. the team that has lost fewer wickets will be adjudged
the winners,
b. If the teams cannot be separated then the team
scoring the most boundaries (i.e. 4s and 6s) will be the
3. winners,
c. If still equal then the team scoring the most boundary
6s will be the winners.
d. A tie will only be declared when all of the above are
equal.
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Recommendations for Junior Cricket
AGE GROUP
HARD BALL SOFT BALL
BALL
WEIGHT STUMPS PITCH BALL TYPE STUMPS
PITCH can be varied
depending on ball type and space available
Under 7
Boys &
Girls
4.75 oz 27” x 8” 16 yards Kwik Kwik Max 14 yards
Under 9 4.75 oz 27” x 8” 18 yards Kwik Kwik 15 yards
Under 10 4.75 oz 27” x 8” 19 yards Kwik Kwik 16 yards
Under 11 4.75 oz 27” x 8” 20 yards Kwik Kwik 17 yards
Under 12 4.75 oz 27” x 8” 21 yards Inter Cricket Inter Cricket Max 20 yards
Under 13 4.75 oz 27” x 8” 21 yards Inter Cricket Inter Cricket Max 21 yards
Under 14 Boys 5.50 oz
28” x 9” 22 yards
Inter Cricket Inter Cricket 22 yards Girls 5.00 oz
Under 15 Boys 5.50 oz
28” x 9” 22 yards Girls 5.00 oz
Conforming to the Laws of Cricket (2000 Code) published by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)
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JUNIOR BAT SIZE GUIDELINES
Bat
Size
Approx.
Age
Height of
Batsman
Bat
Length
Bat
Width
1 4-5 to 4’3” 25 ¼” 3 ½”
2 6-7 4’3 to 4’6” 27 ¾” 3 ½”
3 8 4’6” to 4’9” 28 ¾” 3 ¾”
4 9-11 4’9” to 4’11” 29 ¾” 3 ¾”
5 10-12 4’11” to 5’2” 30 ¾” 4”
6 11-13 5’2” to 5’6” 31 ¾” 4”
Harrow 12-14 5’6” to 5’9” 32 ¾” 4 ⅙”
Full SH 15+ 5’9” to 6’2” 33 ½” 4 ¼”
Full LH 15+ over 6’2” 34 ⅜” 4 ¼”
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SAFETY GUIDANCE FOR YOUNG PLAYERS
The England and Wales Cricket Board has issued new safety
guidance on the wearing of cricket helmets by young players
• It is recommended that a helmet be worn by young players
when batting and when standing up to the stumps when keeping
wicket against a hard cricket ball in matches and practice.
• A young player should not be able to bat or stand up to the
stumps when keeping wicket without a helmet against a hard
ball except with written parental consent. Coaches, teachers,
managers and umpires should always ensure that a young
player wears a helmet if this written parental consent has not
been received.
• Players should regard a helmet with a faceguard as a normal
item of protective equipment when batting against a hard ball,
together with pads, gloves and for boys, an abdominal protector
(box)
• There is a British Standard (BS7928:1998) for cricket helmets
and it is in the best interest of players to ensure that their
helmet conforms to this standard.
The ECB has also extended the existing regulations covering the
minimum fielding distances for young players in all matches
where a hard ball is used.
• No young player in the under 15 age group or younger shall be
allowed to field closer than 8 yards (7.3 metres) from the
middle stump, except behind the wicket on the off side, until the
batsman has played the ball.
• For players in the under 13 age group and below the distance is
11 yards (10 metres)
• These minimum distances apply even if the player is wearing a
helmet.
• Should a young player in these age groups come within the
restricted distance the umpire must stop the game immediately
and instruct the fielder to move back.
• In addition, any young player in the under 16 to under 18 age
groups, who has not reached the age of 18, must wear a helmet
and, for boys, an abdominal protector (box) when fielding within
6 yards (5.5 meters) of the bat, except behind the stumps on
the offside. Players should wear appropriate protective
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equipment whenever they are fielding in a position where they
feel at risk.
• These fielding restrictions are applicable to all cricketers in
England and Wales. Age groups are based on the age of the
player at midnight on the 31st August in the year proceeding the
current season.
OVERBOWLING
This is an important consideration especially for young bowlers
whose bodies are not fully developed. Recent studies have
revealed that over-bowling is the most common cause of back
injuries in this country.
Evidence suggests that much of the damage occurs early in the
playing career, and especially during growth spurts, though the
effects do not often show themselves until the late teens. The
more talented and more physically mature youngsters are
generally most at risk, as they tend to play at more than one age
group level.
To ensure that young fast* bowlers do not place undue stress on
their bodies, every attempt must be made to keep the amount of
bowling within reasonable limits. The following Directives provide
sensible playing and training levels.
DIRECTIVES FOR JUNIOR MATCHES
Age Max overs
per spell
Max overs
per day
Up to 13 5 overs 10 overs
U-14, U-15 6 overs 12 overs
U-16, U-17 7 overs 18 overs
U-18, U-19 7 overs 18 overs
DIRECTIVES FOR JUNIOR PRACTICE SESSIONS
Age Max overs
per spell
Max overs
per day
Up to 13 30 balls 2 sessions
U-14, U-15 36 balls 2 sessions
U-16, U-17 36 balls 3 sessions
U-18, U-19 42 balls 3 sessions
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These figures are based on players bowling in no more than 3
matches or practice sessions per week for age groups up to and
including U-15, and 4 matches or practice sessions per week for
age groups up to and including U-19. Players can play in other
matches provided they do not bowl.
Having completed a spell the bowler cannot bowl again, from
either end, until the equivalent numbers of overs to the length of
her/his spell have been bowled from the same end. If play is
interrupted, for any reason, for less than 40 minutes any spell in
progress at the time of the interruption up to the maximum
number of overs per spell for the appropriate age groups.
If the spell is not continued after the interruption the bowler
cannot bowl again, from either end, until the equivalent number
of overs the length of her/his spell before interruption have been
bowled from the same end. If the interruption is of 40 minutes or
more whether scheduled or not, the bowler can commence a new
spell immediately.
Once a bowler covered by these directives has bowled in a match,
s/he cannot exceed the maximum number of overs per day for
her/his age group even if s/he subsequently bowls spin. S/he can
exceed the maximum overs per spell if bowling spin, but cannot
then revert to bowling fast until an equivalent number of overs to
the length of her/his spell have been bowled from the same end.
If s/he bowls spin without exceeding the maximum number of
overs in a spell the maximum will apply as soon as s/he reverts
to bowling fast.
* For the purpose of these guidelines a fast bowler should be defined as a bowler to whom a wicket keeper in the same age group would in normal circumstances stand back to take the ball.
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NEW CRICKET HEAD PROTECTOR TESTING STANDARD
(More commonly known as the Helmet testing standard)
The ECB, PCA and the ICC have worked with BSi and head
protector manufacturers to develop a new specification for the
testing of head protection for cricketers. This specification has
recently been approved by BSi Group, which is the national body
responsible for producing appropriate safety standards in the UK.
With cricketers and bowling machines able to deliver cricket balls
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at high speeds and given the obvious importance of protecting
against head injuries wherever possible, head protectors are an
essential part of a cricketer’s kit.
It is important that individuals understand how the new
specification will apply to head protectors on sale from
Spring/Summer 2014.
The key features of the new specification, BS7928:2013, are:
1 it now includes a facial contact projectile test that assesses for
penetration of the ball through the faceguard, and contact of the
faceguard onto the face, using realistic ball impact speeds and
conditions; and
2. head protectors have been tested separately against men’s and
junior sized cricket balls (a five-and-a-half ounce ball and a four-
and-three-quarter ounce ball, respectively).
Head protectors that have been tested against the new standard
will be clearly labelled with “BS7928:2013” and will contain clear
labelling setting out whether a head protector has been tested
against (i) men’s standard ball size of 5 ½ ounces, (ii) junior
standard ball size of 4 ¾ ounces, or (iii) both men’s and junior
size balls.
The manufacturers have advised that there is currently no specific
women’s head protector and so there is no specific standard for
women’s cricket head protectors. As the size of the standard
women’s cricket ball is between the standard men and junior
balls, it is recommended that women use head protectors that
have been tested against both the men’s and junior sized ball or
at least against the junior size ball (as the smaller ball could
potentially get through the gap above the face guard on a men’s
head protector).
From 30 June 2014, the old BSI standard for cricket head
protectors (BS7928:1998) will be withdrawn and the ECB
therefore recommends that all new head protectors brought to
market are tested against the new standard. However, head
protectors which have already been tested against the old
standard can and will continue to be available for sale and will not
be withdrawn from the market.
In light of this, the ECB has issued this guidance to ensure that
the public understands the meaning and merits of the new
specification (and consequent labelling that will soon be
introduced) and therefore to enable the public to make an
informed decision as to which head protector to use.
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Finally, whilst the ECB considers that head protectors are an
essential part of a cricketer’s kit to mitigate the risk of injury, it
must be remembered that wearing a head protector and
faceguard (whether or not it has been tested against the new
standard) cannot always prevent death, injury or disability
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ABERDEEN CITY CLUBS JUNIOR FIXTURES 2018
Mon 30/04 U14 Aberdeenshire v Gordonians M’Field
Wed 02/05 U16 Stoneywood v Aberdeenshire P’Park
Mon 07/05 U14 Gordonians v Aberdeenshire C’Wells
Wed 09/05 U16 Aberdeenshire v Gordonians M’Field
Mon 14/05 U14 Aberdeenshire v Gordonians M’Field
Wed 16/05 U16 Gordonians v Stoneywood C’Wells
Mon 21/05 U14 Gordonians V Aberdeenshire C’Wells
Wed 23/05 U16 Aberdeenshire v Stoneywood M’Field
Mon 28/05 U14 Aberdeenshire v Gordonians M’Field
Wed 30/05 U16 Gordonians v Aberdeenshire C’Wells
Mon 04/06 U14 Gordonians v Aberdeenshire C’Wells
Wed 06/06 U16 Stoneywood v Gordonians P’Park
Mon 11/06 U14 Aberdeenshire v Gordonians M’Field
Wed 13/06 U16 Aberdeenshire v Gordonians M’Field
Mon 18/06 U14 Gordonians v Aberdeenshire C’Wells
Wed 20/06 U16 Stoneywood v Aberdeenshire P’Park
Mon 25/06 U14 Aberdeenshire v Gordonians M’Field
Wed 27/06 U16 Gordonians v Stoneywood C’Wells
NOTES – Under 14 matches are 8 a side pairs unless clubs agree
to play 10 a side. Matches in June are to be played as T20.
Under 16 matches are 11 a side T20 with batsmen retiring at 30
and able to resume innings in retiring order if the rest of the team
are out.
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TROPHY WINNERS 2017
Aberdeenshire Cup (G1) ------ Bon Accord Bon Accord Cup (G2) ------ Gordonians Reid Cup (G3) ------ Stonehaven Johnston Rose Bowl (G4) ------ 2nd Cults Bain Cup (G1 League) ------ AGSFPs Junior League Cup (G2 League) ------ Grampian Ross Cup (G3 League) ------ Stonehaven Cannon Cup (G4 League) ------ 2nd Methlick Thompson Shield (Double) ------ Stonehaven Thistle Sports Trophy (7’s) ------ Not Played 2017 Season Duncan Cup (7’s) ------ Not Played 2017 Season Turriff Cup (T20) 2016 ------ Knight Riders Walker Cup (G1 Batting) ------ I. Yahathugoda (Mannofield) Urquhart Cup (G1 Bowling) ------ R. Knudson (AGSFPs) Dor Nor Cup (G2 Batting) ------ L. Bowie (Fraserburgh) Porter Cup (G2 Bowling) ------ C. Perera (Gordonians) Donald Cup (G3 Batting) ------ L. Fenton (Stonehaven) Morrison Cup (G3 Bowling) ------ C. Findlay (Stonehaven) Cope Cup (G4 Batting) ------ L. D’Costa (3rd AGSFPs) Castles Cup (G4 Bowling) ------ N. Smith (Turriff) Wilson Cup (wkt-keeping) ------ P. Tenneti (Academy) Abdul Hayee Cup (u18 Batting) ------ L. D’Costa (2nd AGSFPs) Jamila Akhtar Cup (u18 Bowling) ------ C. Abbott (Banchory)
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TEAM “FAIR PLAY" AWARD 2017
Grade 1 -------- Ellon Gordon
Grade 2 -------- Banchory
Grade 3 -------- Portcullis
Grade 4 -------- 2nd Methlick
MAN OF THE MATCH 2017
Aberdeenshire Cup (G1) ------- T. Malik (Bon Accord)
Bon Accord Cup (G2) ------- S. Dalgarno (Gordonians)
Reid Cup (G3) ------- D. Wathern (Stonehaven)
Johnston Rose Bowl (G4) ------- n/a
Turriff Cup (T20) ------- B. Vijayaraj (Knightriders)
Thistle Sports Trophy (7’s) ------- Not played in 2017 Season
Duncan Cup (7’s) ------- Not played in 2017 Season
JACK NIXON AWARD
R. Swiergon (AGSFPs) 2017
F. Awan (Bon Accord) 2016
Methlick Cricket Club 2015
S. White (Ellon Gordon) 2014
T. Malik (Bon Accord) 2013
E. Mackie (Ellon Gordon) 2012
J. Barrett (Ellon Gordon) 2011
W. Ali (Banchory) 2010
F. Awan (Bon Accord) 2009
ALAN FORBES AWARD
D. Gibson (Crescent) 2017
R. Falconer (Portcullis) 2016
E. Mackie (Ellon Gordon) 2015
I. Sutherland (Cults-Artisans-SR) 2014
S. Stephen (Bon Accord) 2013
S. Clark (Academy) 2012
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AGSFPs CC WINNERS OF THE 2017 GRADE 1 LEAGUE CUP
Back Row: G. Morrison, A. Senthil, K. Anand, C. Herd, H. Mapplebeck, S. Knudson
Front Row: R. Knudson, M. Nattrass, R. Swiergon (Capt.), C. Clelland (Wkt.), A. Keith
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BON ACCORD CC WINNERS OF THE 2017 GRADE 1 ABERDEENSHIRE CUP
Back Row: V. Sood, P. Gopinathan, M. Choudry, A. Starling, R. Shaffique, R. Haider (Wkt.)
Front Row: H. Ahmed, F. Awan, T. Malik (Capt.) & (MoM), A. Win, J. Bhalani
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LEAGUE TABLES 2017
GRADE 1 Team P
(*) W T L WO Scr V Runs
For Wkts
Lost (**) Runs
Against Wkts Taken
Pts R/W Ratio (***)
%
AGSFPs 14 12 0 2 0 0 4 2444 104 1850 130 391 1.651 93.095
Bon Accord 17 13 0 4 0 0 1 3046 145 2183 148 440 1.424 86.275
Knight Riders 13 8 0 5 0 0 4 2096 108 1920 121 323 1.223 82.821
Academy 16 10 0 6 0 0 2 2378 117 2446 135 385 1.122 80.208
Inverurie 14 6 0 8 0 0 4 2123 94 2118 121 304 1.290 72.381
Cults 14 6 0 8 0 0 4 1823 123 1791 126 279 1.043 66.429
Crescent 14 5 1 8 0 0 4 1834 120 2161 96 262 0.679 62.381
Mannofield 15 6 0 9 0 0 3 2382 125 2327 107 280 0.876 62.222
Kemnay-Kintore 14 4 1 9 0 0 3 1680 118 2422 105 251 0.617 59.762
Ellon Gordon 15 2 0 13 0 0 3 1880 145 2468 110 226 0.578 50.222
GRADE 2 Team P
(*) W T L WO Scr V Runs
For Wkts
Lost (**) Runs
Against Wkts Taken
Pts R/W Ratio (***)
%
Grampian 12 9 0 3 0 0 2 1586 86 1449 108 304 1.375 84.444
Stoneywood-Dyce 12 7 0 5 0 0 2 1951 80 1976 98 280 1.210 77.778
Siyapa 13 8 0 5 0 0 1 2090 114 1862 100 300 0.985 76.923
2nd Knight Riders 13 7 0 6 0 0 1 1843 101 1724 92 288 0.974 73.846
Gordonians 12 4 0 6 2 0 2 1215 80 1158 85 255 1.115 70.833
Methlick 13 7 0 6 0 0 1 1529 85 1412 100 271 1.274 69.487
Fraserburgh 12 5 0 6 0 1 2 1540 99 1561 90 234 0.897 65.000
Banchory 13 1 0 11 0 1 1 1250 124 1862 76 146 0.411 37.436
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LEAGUE TABLES 2017
GRADE 3 Team P
(*) W T L WO Scr V Runs
For Wkts
Lost (**) Runs
Against Wkts Taken
Pts R/W Ratio (***)
%
Stonehaven Thistle 10 9 0 1 0 0 2 1512 58 953 92 285 2.517 95.000
2nd AGSFPs 11 7 0 3 1 0 1 1322 79 1175 84 267 1.196 80.909
Aberdeen Super Kings 11 7 0 4 0 0 1 1539 98 1173 95 250 1.272 75.758
Portcullis 11 4 0 7 0 0 1 1175 89 1282 87 201 0.896 60.909
2nd Grampian 11 5 0 5 0 1 1 1304 104 1255 66 198 0.659 60.000
Crathie 10 3 0 7 0 0 2 1084 82 1546 87 175 0.744 58.333
Dunecht 12 2 0 10 0 0 0 1239 99 1791 88 182 0.615 50.556
GRADE 4 Team P
(*) W T L WO Scr V Runs
For Wkts
Lost (**) Runs
Against Wkts Taken
Pts R/W Ratio (***)
%
2nd Methlick 4 3 0 1 0 0 8 638 21 539 26 103 1.466 85.833
Turriff 6 1 0 2 2 1 6 387 31 389 17 111 0.546 61.667
3rd AGSFPs 5 1 0 1 1 2 7 354 30 353 13 75 0.435 50.000
2nd Stonehaven Thistle 5 0 0 1 2 2 7 103 28 201 4 69 0.073 46.000
2nd Cults 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 - -
2nd Ellon Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 - -
2nd Kemnay-Kintore 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 - -
(*) "Played" includes walkovers and scratches. (**) "Wickets lost" includes those deemed to have been lost as a result of scratched games. (***) (Runs For / Wickets Lost) / (Runs Against / Wickets Taken).
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INDIVIDUAL BATTING AVERAGES 2017 GRADE 1
NAME CLUB INN N.O. RUNS H.S. AVE
WINNER
I. Yahathugoda Mannofield 14 0 672 170 48.00
OTHERS
F. Awan Bon Accord 17 1 749 106 46.81
N. Thangaraj Crescent 10 2 334 *97 41.75
S. Palaniappan Knight Riders 11 2 339 83 37.67
A. Keith AGSFPs 13 1 434 79 36.17
K. Anand AGSFPs 13 3 322 61 32.20
V. Amirtharaj Knight Riders 11 1 302 76 30.20
T. Norval Inverurie 14 1 386 118 29.69
N. Mirza Bon Accord 14 1 371 115 28.54
S. Ahmed Bon Accord 13 0 345 126 26.54
C. Watson Inverurie 13 0 323 75 24.85
M. Mohan Knight Riders 13 2 272 86 24.73
G. Coutts Inverurie 10 2 195 42 24.38
R. Swiergon AGSFPs 12 0 276 77 23.00
S. Kumarasamy Knight Riders 12 2 203 52 20.30
S. Murrison Inverurie 12 3 181 40 20.11
A. Sharma Crescent 13 1 204 *57 17.00
A. Senthil AGSFPs 10 2 118 32 14.75
C. Herd AGSFPs 10 1 111 34 12.33 Continued
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INDIVIDUAL BATTING AVERAGES 2017 (Continued)
GRADE 1
NAME CLUB INN N.O. RUNS H.S. AVE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - G. Hadden Inverurie 9 4 360 65 72.00
E. Steinson AGSFPs 8 2 312 100 52.00
H. Doley Mannofield 9 2 309 *103 44.14
V. Khanna Crescent 9 2 179 67 25.57
G. Morrison AGSFPs 9 1 170 40 21.25
C. Clelland AGSFPs 8 2 127 41 21.17
S. Tahseen Crescent 9 1 153 *57 19.13
*Not Out
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INDIVIDUAL BATTING AVERAGES 2017
GRADE 2
NAME CLUB INN N.O. RUNS H.S. AVE
WINNER
L. Bowie Fraserburgh 10 3 333 *62 47.57
OTHERS
J. George Grampian 12 4 354 *60 44.25
C. Bowie Fraserburgh 9 0 306 89 34.00
V. Punia Knight Riders 12 3 298 54 33.11
S. Bedar Siyapa 9 1 238 74 29.75
C. Perera Gordonians 9 1 235 *117 29.38
S. Rizvi Knight Riders 9 2 200 64 28.57
A. Ali Siyapa 11 0 223 59 28.27
J. Akhtar Stoneywood-Dyce 10 1 243 68 27.00
P. Ballal Knight Riders 11 2 218 52 24.22
J. Varghese Grampian 11 0 236 137 21.45
S. Babu Grampian 9 2 141 *49 20.14
J. Crawley Banchory 8 1 140 *76 20.00
M. Khosla Gordonians 9 0 149 40 16.56
C. Counsell Banchory 8 0 122 50 15.25
Z. Crawley Banchory 11 1 141 *31 14.10
T. Wilkinson Banchory 12 2 132 34 13.20
J. Shaikh Gordonians 9 0 103 40 11.44
Continued
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INDIVIDUAL BATTING AVERAGES 2017 (Continued)
GRADE 2
NAME CLUB INN N.O. RUNS H.S. AVE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - J. Squire Stoneywood-Dyce 4 1 207 71 69.00
M. Watson Fraserburgh 6 4 108 *42 54.00
B. Jacob Grampian 5 0 186 126 37.20
B. Chinnayan Knight Riders 8 1 126 43 18.00
*Not Out
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INDIVIDUAL BATTING AVERAGES 2017
GRADE 3
NAME CLUB INN N.O. RUNS H.S. AVE
WINNER
L. Fenton Stonehaven 9 2 341 *105 48.71
OTHERS
J. Matthews Stonehaven 7 3 128 41 32.00
A. Wilson Stonehaven 8 1 220 66 31.43
D. Mitchell Portcullis 8 2 179 68 29.83
M. Witz Dunecht 10 2 232 73 29.00
J. Eagles 2nd AGSFPs 7 1 166 *90 27.67
K. Vijayakrishnan Portcullis 9 2 164 *76 23.43
T. De Gabriele Dunecht 11 2 191 *40 21.22
A. Sood 2nd AGSFPs 7 1 119 *33 19.83
B. Campbell Stonehaven 7 2 73 32 14.60
A. Gale Stonehaven 9 2 86 25 12.29
C. Owens Portcullis 11 1 89 32 8.90
R. McKenzie Portcullis 8 2 45 *15 7.50
R. Falconer Portcullis 8 1 52 22 7.43 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - K. Whyte 2nd AGSFPs 3 2 116 *84 116.00
V. Desai Aberdeen SK 7 1 281 105 46.83
C. Aggrawal Aberdeen SK 8 0 357 134 44.63
L. D’Costa 2nd AGSFPs 3 1 67 *33 33.50
M. Nattrass 2nd AGSFPs 4 0 103 52 25.75 Continued
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INDIVIDUAL BATTING AVERAGES 2017 (Continued)
GRADE 3
NAME CLUB INN N.O. RUNS H.S. AVE
R. Devlin Stonehaven 6 0 135 77 22.50
E. Gubbala 2nd AGSFPs 5 0 103 58 20.60
O. Thorpe Portcullis 7 1 103 *56 17.17
R. Mantha Aberdeen SK 10 0 165 78 16.50
A. MacDonald 2nd AGSFPs 5 1 63 *50 15.75
S. Mostofa Portcullis 7 1 76 24 12.67
R. Collinson Portcullis 7 0 54 20 7.71
J. Dawson Portcullis 7 1 31 *19 5.17
*Not Out
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INDIVIDUAL BATTING AVERAGES 2017
GRADE 4
NAME CLUB INN N.O. RUNS H.S. AVE
WINNER
L. D’Costa 3rd AGSFPs 2 1 150 83 150.00
OTHERS
S. Gordon 2nd Methlick 3 2 62 *38 62.00
R. Fryer 2nd Methlick 4 1 152 66 50.67
A. Smith 2nd Methlick 3 0 125 80 41.67
B. Anderson 2nd Methlick 4 0 82 44 20.50
A. Campbell 2nd Methlick 3 1 34 *23 17.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - J. Alexander 3rd AGSFPs 1 0 42 42 42.00
A. MacDonald 3rd AGSFPs 1 0 41 41 41.00
M. Soper Turriff 2 0 42 27 21.00
D. Russell 3rd AGSFPs 1 1 20 *20 -
*Not Out
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INDIVIDUAL BATTING AVERAGES 2017
UNDER 18
NAME CLUB INN N.O. RUNS H.S. AVE
WINNER
L. D’Costa 3rd AGSFPs 2 1 150 83 150.00
OTHERS
D. Abbott Banchory 10 1 53 10 5.89
C. Abbott Banchory 12 1 61 13 5.55 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - J. Alexander 3rd AGSFPs 1 0 42 42 42.00
L. D’Costa 2nd AGSFPs 3 1 67 *33 33.50
J. Lambley Stoneywood-Dyce 4 0 54 38 13.50
L. D’Costa AGSFPs 3 0 36 22 12.00
T. Samuel Stoneywood-Dyce 5 1 45 17 11.25
S. Lister Stoneywood-Dyce 5 1 44 *25 11.00
A. Das Gordonians 2 0 22 14 11.00
N. Elliott Mannofield 9 1 65 *24 8.13
*Not Out
Note: Winner is not determined by average alone
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INDIVIDUAL BOWLING AVERAGES 2017
GRADE 1
NAME CLUB OVERS M R W AVE
WINNER
R. Knudson AGSFPs 76.2 5 191 22 8.68
OTHERS
P. Prattipati Academy 126.2 17 388 38 10.21
T. Malik Bon Accord 143.0 30 438 41 10.68
P. Cook Inverurie 96.0 13 319 29 11.00
B. Vijayaraj Knight Riders 114.3 15 397 36 11.03
J. Jessiman Inverurie 69.2 10 275 21 13.10
K. Anand AGSFPs 98.3 17 354 27 13.11
P. Mallireddy Knight Riders 77.1 8 277 20 13.85
R. Swiergon AGSFPs 108.3 19 322 23 14.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A. Toor Crescent 56.0 15 158 16 9.88
D. Gibson Crescent 80.3 18 236 20 11.80
S. White Inverurie 88.2 15 252 20 12.60
R. Chandu Mannofield 56.0 6 192 15 12.80
J. Bhalani Bon Accord 69.0 15 224 17 13.18
F. Awan Bon Accord 102.0 20 306 22 13.91
G. Morrison AGSFPs 44.0 3 129 9 14.33
V. Amirtharaj Knight Riders 41.0 3 145 9 16.11
C. Clelland AGSFPs 49.0 3 250 15 16.67
N. Mirza Bon Accord 86.0 12 278 16 17.38 Continued
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INDIVIDUAL BOWLING AVERAGES 2017 (Continued)
GRADE 1
NAME CLUB OVERS M R W AVE
S. Kumarasamy Knight Riders 108.5 20 326 18 18.11
A. Senthil AGSFPs 37.0 6 130 7 18.57
H. Doley Mannofield 55.3 2 303 14 21.64
C. Herd AGSFPs 67.2 6 273 11 24.82
T. Suri Crescent 83.2 6 386 14 27.57
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INDIVIDUAL BOWLING AVERAGES 2017
GRADE 2
NAME CLUB OVERS M R W AVE
WINNER
C. Perera Gordonians 76.1 22 178 19 9.37
OTHERS
M. Shahid Siyapa 102.0 16 281 27 10.41
C. George Grampian 99.0 18 270 24 11.25
J. Varghese Grampian 86.0 12 269 22 12.23
A. Nisar Siyapa 95.3 16 283 23 12.30
C. Gospel Fraserburgh 87.5 13 291 23 12.65
Rb. Taylor Stoneywood-Dyce 85.1 10 289 21 13.76 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - V. Punia Knight Riders 79.1 15 233 16 14.56
A. Vinod Knight Riders 91.2 8 302 17 17.76
P. Ballal Knight Riders 80.1 8 248 12 20.67
T. Wilkinson Banchory 81.0 8 286 13 22.00
V. Annamalai Knight Riders 69.0 9 234 10 23.40
Z. Crawley Banchory 93.0 19 307 11 27.91
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INDIVIDUAL BOWLING AVERAGES 2017
GRADE 3
NAME CLUB OVERS M R W AVE
WINNER
C. Findlay Stonehaven 91.0 35 138 23 6.00
OTHERS
C. Hinchcliffe Stonehaven 76.0 23 156 17 9.18
D. Mitchell Portcullis 87.0 23 168 18 9.33
R. McKenzie Portcullis 93.1 19 296 30 9.87
S. Derrett Dunecht 106.0 35 238 22 10.82 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - R. Knudson 2nd AGSFPs 29.3 10 52 9 5.78
V. Desai Aberdeen SK 75.0 15 152 25 6.08
B. Snelling Stonehaven 30.0 10 52 8 6.50
H. Chovatiya Aberdeen SK 95.0 21 227 31 7.32
J. Matthews Stonehaven 38.0 9 95 11 8.64
R. Monnapillai 2nd AGSFPs 15.3 3 35 4 8.75
A. Haider 2nd AGSFPs 11.0 1 55 5 11.00
G. Shaem Aberdeen SK 66.0 11 211 18 11.72
L. Fenton Stonehaven 31.0 5 97 8 12.13
J. Eagles 2nd AGSFPs 63.0 9 180 13 13.85
G. Steward Portcullis 30.0 4 99 7 14.14
K. Whyte 2nd AGSFPs 22.0 3 79 5 15.80
A. Sood 2nd AGSFPs 56.0 8 148 8 18.50
S. Mostofa Portcullis 56.0 7 209 9 23.22 Continued
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INDIVIDUAL BOWLING AVERAGES 2017 (Continued)
GRADE 3
NAME CLUB OVERS M R W AVE
K. Vijayakrishnan Portcullis 39.0 8 126 5 25.2
V. Karimilla 2nd AGSFPs 27.0 4 129 5 25.80
C. Owens Portcullis 21.8 2 106 4 26.5
C. Poolman Portcullis 13.0 0 88 2 44.0
O. Thorpe Portcullis 17.0 2 93 2 46.5
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INDIVIDUAL BOWLING AVERAGES 2017
GRADE 4
NAME CLUB OVERS M R W AVE
WINNER
N. Smith Turriff 20.0 6 39 6 6.50
OTHERS
B. Anderson 2nd Methlick 31.0 3 109 7 15.57 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Q. Farhan 3rd AGSFPs 9.0 2 17 3 5.67
L. D’Costa 3rd AGSFPs 13.0 2 53 5 10.60
V. Mani 2nd Methlick 19.0 4 42 3 14.00
D. Selvaraj 3rd AGSFPs 9.0 0 45 2 22.50
R. Kennedy 2nd Methlick 26.0 6 76 3 25.33
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INDIVIDUAL BOWLING AVERAGES 2017
UNDER 18
NAME CLUB OVERS M R W AVE
WINNER
C. Abbott Banchory 103.1 14 361 23 15.70
OTHERS
N. Balment Turriff 23.0 1 66 7 9.43 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Q. Farhan 3rd AGSFPs 9.0 2 17 3 5.67
L. D’Costa 3rd AGSFPs 13.0 2 53 5 10.60
R. Kennard Stoneywood-Dyce 22.0 3 70 4 17.50
F. Monnapillai 2nd AGSFPs 10.1 3 36 2 18.00
A. Ali 2nd AGSFPs 14.0 1 67 3 22.33
D. Selvaraj 3rd AGSFPs 9.0 0 45 2 22.50
M. McCaughtrie 2nd AGSFPs 3.0 0 25 1 25.00
R. Kennedy 2nd Methlick 26.0 6 76 3 25.33
G. Robertson Stoneywood-Dyce 16.0 0 108 4 27.00
F. McLean Stoneywood-Dyce 40.0 1 207 7 29.57
D. Abbott Banchory 29.0 1 161 5 32.20
E. Milne Stoneywood-Dyce 31.0 2 138 4 34.50
N. Elliott Mannofield 72.5 6 335 9 37.22
M. Elliott Mannofield 57.0 6 280 6 46.67
J. Alexander 3rd AGSFPs 9.4 0 49 1 49.00
A. Das Gordonians 12.0 1 53 1 53.00
D. Selvaraj 2nd AGSFPs 23.0 1 112 1 112.00
Note: Winner is not determined by average alone
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INDIVIDUAL WICKET-KEEPING AVERAGES 2017
NAME CLUB CATCHES STUMPINGS TOTAL
WINNER
P. Tenneti Academy 23 4 27
OTHERS
R. Majeed Knight Riders 23 1 24
C. Clelland AGSFPs 11 3 14
S. Murrison Inverurie 7 2 9
Sa. Bedar Siyapa 8 0 8
M. Witz Dunecht 5 3 8
S. Derrett Dunecht 5 3 8
N. Thangaraj Crescent 7 0 7
J. George Grampian 7 0 7
A. Mahmood Bon Accord 5 1 6
B. Chinnayan Knight Riders 6 0 6
M. Thapa Knight Riders 6 0 6
D. Russell AGSFPs 3 3 6
M. Nattrass AGSFPs 1 1 2
R. Collinson Portcullis 2 0 2
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S. Paul Aberdeen Super Kings 16 1 17
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INDIVIDUAL CENTURIES 2017
Name Score For Against Date Competition
I. Yahathugoda 170 ACE Mannofield Ellon Gordon Sat 17 Jun Grade 1
G. Grover 143 Cults Kemnay-Kintore Sat 17 Jun Grade 1
J. Varghese 137 Grampian Fraserburgh Sat 27 May Grade 2
C. Aggrawal 134 Aberdeen Super Kings Dunecht Sat 17 Jun Grade 3
I. Yahathugoda 127 ACE Mannofield Crescent Sat 27 May Grade 1
S. Ahmed 126 Culter Curry Bon Accord Kemnay-Kintore Sat 01 Jul Grade 1
B. Jacob 126 Grampian Banchory Sat 22 Jul Grade 2
T. Norval 118 Inverurie Don Valley Kemnay-Kintore Sat 13 May Grade 1
C. Perera 117* Gordonians Stoneywood-Dyce Sat 22 Jul Grade 2
N. Mirza 115 Culter Curry Bon Accord Ellon Gordon Sat 10 Jun Grade 1
B. Webb 114 Ellon Gordon Inverurie Don Valley Sat 24 Jun Grade 1
R. Fryer 109 Methlick Banchory Sat 27 May Grade 2
B. Webb 108 Ellon Gordon ACE Mannofield Sat 19 Aug Grade 1
F. Awan 106 Culter Curry Bon Accord Kemnay-Kintore Sat 06 May Grade 1
L. Fenton 105* Stonehaven Thistle 2nd Grampian Sat 12 Aug Grade 3
V. Desai 105 Aberdeen Super Kings Crathie Sat 27 May Grade 3
H. Doley 103* ACE Mannofield Culter Curry Bon Accord Sat 03 Jun Grade 1
M. Lambley 103 Stoneywood-Dyce Grampian Sat 06 May Grade 2
S. Lawson 103 2nd Cults 3rd AGSFPs Sat 03 Jun J Rose Bowl
Continued ....
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Name Score For Against Date Competition
J. Thom 102 Kemnay-Kintore Inverurie Don Valley Sat 13 May Grade 1
F. Awan 101* Culter Curry Bon Accord Crescent Sat 13 May Grade 1
E. Steinson 100 AGSFPs Academy Sat 17 Jun Grade 1
*Not Out
INDIVIDUAL 5 WICKETS and 50 RUNS 2017
Name Bowling Batting For Against Date Competition
K. Anand 5-12 55 AGSFPs Kemnay-Kintore Sat 26 Aug Grade 1
*Not Out
INDIVIDUAL HAT-TRICKS 2017
Name For Against Bowling Date Competition
C. Findlay Stonehaven Thistle Portcullis 5-21 Sat 13 May Grade 3
A. Nisar Siyapa Gordonians 5-31 Sat 27 May Grade 2
I. Yahathugoda ACE Mannofield Culter Curry Bon Accord 5-61 Sat 03 Jun Grade 1
P. Prattipati Academy Cults 4-0 Sat 24 Jun Grade 1
K. Anand AGSFPs Cults 3-5 Sat 06 May Grade 1
S. Tahseen Crescent Ellon Gordon 3-8 Sat 06 May Grade 1
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INDIVIDUAL 5 PLUS WICKETS 2017
Name Score For Against Date Competition
L. Rahman 7-26 Dunecht Aberdeen Super Kings Sat 03 Jun Reid Cup
D. Russell 7-30 Crathie 2nd Grampian Sat 24 Jun Grade 3
A. Shoaib 7-32 Cults AGSFPs Sat 01 Jul Grade 1
T. Malik 7-52 Culter Curry Bon Accord Knight Riders Sun 27 Aug Abd Cup
G. Ninan 6-2 Stoneywood-Dyce Crescent Tue 22 Aug Turriff Cup
C. Hinchcliffe 6-8 Stonehaven Thistle Aberdeen Super Kings Sat 22 Jul Grade 3
T. Malik 6-11 Culter Curry Bon Accord Cults Sat 22 Jul Grade 1
T. Malik 6-17 Culter Curry Bon Accord Ellon Gordon Sat 10 Jun Grade 1
B. Vijayaraj 6-17 Knight Riders AGSFPs Sun 30 Jul Abd Cup
P. Prattipati 6-17 Academy Cults Sat 05 Aug Grade 1
V. Desai 6-21 Aberdeen Super Kings 2nd Grampian Sat 13 May Grade 3
H. Chovatiya 6-21 Aberdeen Super Kings Crathie Sat 27 May Grade 3
N. Shivakumar 6-25 ACE Mannofield Knight Riders Sat 06 May Grade 1
R. Greenfield 6-25 Ellon Gordon Cults Sat 08 Jul Grade 1
R. Fourie 6-35 Stoneywood-Dyce Methlick Sat 13 May Grade 2
V. Kannan 6-35 2nd Grampian Crathie Sat 24 Jun Grade 3
R. Wade 6-40 Ellon Gordon ACE Mannofield Sat 17 Jun Grade 1
C. George 6-45 Grampian Stoneywood-Dyce Sat 06 May Grade 2
C. Abbott 5-8 Banchory 2nd Knight Riders Sat 01 Jul Grade 2
V. Amirtharaj 5-10 2nd Knight Riders Grampian Sat 12 Aug Grade 2
Continued ....
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Name Score For Against Date Competition
C. Gospel 5-11 Fraserburgh Banchory Sat 13 May Grade 2
D. Mitchell 5-11 Portcullis 2nd Grampian Sat 01 Jul Grade 3
K. Anand 5-12 AGSFPs Kemnay-Kintore Sat 26 Aug Grade 1
V. Sood 5-13 Culter Curry Bon Accord AGSFPs Sat 27 May Grade 1
S. Ali 5-13 Cults Academy Sat 05 Aug Grade 1
B. Vijayaraj 5-15 Knight Riders Crescent Sat 17 Jun Grade 1
J. Bhalani 5-15 Culter Curry Bon Accord Kemnay-Kintore Sat 01 Jul Grade 1
A. Toot 5-15 Crescent Kemnay-Kintore Sat 05 Aug Grade 1
A. Nisar 5-17 Siyapa Grampian Sat 08 Jul Grade 2
J. Thom 5-17 Kemnay-Kintore Academy Sat 29 Jul Grade 1
A. Nisar 5-18 Siyapa Gordonians Sun 30 Jul BA Cup
H. Chovatiya 5-18 Aberdeen Super Kings Portcullis Sat 24 Jun Grade 3
R. Devlin 5-19 Stonehaven Thistle Dunecht Sat 05 Aug Grade 3
C. Gospel 5-19 Fraserburgh Gordonians Sat 05 Aug Grade 2
D. Mitchell 5-20 Portcullis Aberdeen Super Kings Sat 05 Aug Grade 3
R. McKenzie 5-20 Portcullis 2nd Grampian Sat 06 May Grade 3
P. Cook 5-20 Inverurie Don Valley Culter Curry Bon Accord Sat 19 Aug Grade 1
C. Findlay 5-21 inc. hat-trick Stonehaven Thistle Portcullis Sat 13 May Grade 3
H. Paterson 5-21 Ellon Gordon Culter Curry Bon Accord Sat 12 Aug Grade 1
K. Whyte 5-21 2nd AGSFPs Crathie Sat 12 Aug Grade 3
M. Shahid 5-22 Siyapa Gordonians Sat 29 Jul Grade 2
J. Jessiman 5-24 Inverurie Don Valley Culter Curry Bon Accord Sat 17 Jun Grade 1
Continued ….
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Name Score For Against Date Competition
Z. Rabbani 5-24 Aberdeen Super Kings Crathie Sat 29 Jul Grade 3
J. Varghese Jnr 5-25 2nd Grampian Aberdeen Super Kings Sat 08 Jul Grade 3
B. Vijayaraj 5-26 Knight Riders ACE Mannofield Sat 06 May Grade 1
N. Balment 5-26 Turriff 2nd Methlick Sat 06 May Grade 4
S. Knudson 5-26 AGSFPs Cults Sat 01 Jul Grade 1
G. Thompson 5-29 ACE Mannofield Crescent Sat 27 May Grade 1
T. Suri 5-30 Crescent Ellon Gordon Sat 01 Jul Grade 1
A. Nisar 5-31 inc. hat-trick Siyapa Gordonians Sat 27 May Grade 2
M. Shahid 5-31 Siyapa 2nd Knight Riders Sat 24 Jun Grade 2
R. Meghani 5-33 Cults Ellon Gordon Sat 13 May Grade 1
B. Vijayaraj 5-33 Knight Riders Ellon Gordon Sat 27 May Grade 1
H. Owen 5-34 Ellon Gordon Culter Curry Bon Accord Sat 10 Jun Grade 1
R. McKenzie 5-40 Portcullis Dunecht Sat 10 Jun Grade 3
M. Baldry 5-42 Crathie 2nd Grampian Sun 13 Aug Grade 3
M. Baldry 5-44 Crathie Portcullis Sat 22 Jul Grade 3
N. Bhavsar 5-46 Cults AGSFPs Sat 06 May Grade 1
J. Paul 5-46 Grampian Stoneywood-Dyce Sat 01 Jul Grade 2
G. Satyamuurthy 5-46 Kemnay-Kintore ACE Mannofield Sat 22 Jul Grade 1
V. Vijapur 5-46 Academy Culter Curry Bon Accord Sun 03 Sep Grade 1
I. Yahathugoda 5-61 inc. hat-trick ACE Mannofield Culter Curry Bon Accord Sat 03 Jun Grade 1
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PAST ACA GUEST SPEAKERS
NAME REPRESENTED YEAR AS
GUEST
Simon Mann BBC Radio Commentator (Test Match Special Team) 2017
Graham Thorpe England, Surrey 2016
Matthew Hoggard England, Free State, Leicestershire & Yorkshire 2015
Graham Gooch England, Essex & Western Province 2014
Angus Fraser England, Middlesex & Newspaper Commentator 2013
Shaun Udal England, Hampshire & Middlesex 2012
Mike Watkinson England, Cheshire & Lancashire 2011
Jeremy Coney New Zealand Capt. & Sky Commentator 2010
Christopher Martin-Jenkins Cricket Journalist & Radio 4 Commentator 2009
Gladstone Small England & Warwickshire 2008
Graeme Fowler England & Lancashire 2007
Ronnie Irani England, Essex & Lancashire 2006
Steve Rhodes England & Worchester 2005
Angus Fraser England, Middlesex & Newspaper Commentator 2004
Harry Howden Comedian 2003
Sandy Strang Teacher 2002
Jim McColl TV Presenter – Beach Grove Garden 2001
Bob Crampsey Teacher/Author/Journalist/Reporter 2000
John Edrich England & Surrey 1999
Continued
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PAST ACA GUEST SPEAKERS (Continued)
NAME REPRESENTED YEAR AS
GUEST
Bill Frindall Scorer, Statistician & Radio 4 1998
Geoff Miller England, Cheshire & Derbyshire 1997
Mark Nicholas Hampshire & TV Presenter 1996
Gordon Greenidge West Indies & Hants 1995
Dickie Bird International Umpire 1994
Bob Taylor England & Derbyshire 1993
Derek Randall England & Nottingham 1992
Brian Close England, Somerset & Yorkshire 1991
Ian Brown Gordonians CC 1990
Bob Crampsey Teacher/Author/Journalist/Reporter 1989
Bill Hope Head Teacher & Umpire 1988
David Christie Captain of Freuchie CC 1987
Jackie Knight Scotland 1986
David Wilson England & Durham 1985
Basil D’Oliveria England & Worcestershire 1984
James MacMorran Director of Span Construction 1983
Iain Sproat Member of Parliament 1982
Dickie Bird International Umpire 1981
Basil B Parrish President of Aberdeenshire CC 1980
B. A. Henderson Captain Aberdeenshire CC 1979
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"Aberdeenshire Cricket Association" to Ian Stephen,
18 Beechill Gardens, Aberdeen, AB15 7QH. Further information
can be obtained by contacting Ian Stephen on 07775 817753 or
Also available is a very limited quantity of full colour booklets
(£5) containing numerous photographs and score sheets of the
matches played in celebration of 125 years cricket in the North
East. This booklet includes City u17s v Country u17s;
Aberdeenshire v Grades Select; Scotland XI v Rest of the World
XI; City Select v County Select; President's XI v Vice-President's
XI; u30's Select v o30's Select and Scottish President's XI v
Grades Select.
Discounts for bulk orders. All proceeds from the sale of this book
will go back into the Grades to help keep costs down.
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ABERDEENSHIRE CUP G1
Date Home Team Away Team Venue Notes Sun 20 May 13:00 A Academy v Stoneywood-Dyce Bogbeth Park (Kemnay) res date 03 Jun
(First Round) B Grampian v AGSFPs Sheddocksley #1 Upper res date 03 Jun
Sun 17 Jun 13:00 C Winner A v Bon Accord To Be Advised res date 08 Jul
(Quarter-Finals) D Mannofield v Knight Riders Harlaw Road res date 08 Jul
E Cults v Winner B Allan Park (Cults) res date 08 Jul
F Crescent v Inverurie Links #4 res date 08 Jul
Sun 22 Jul 13:00 G Winner F v Winner C To Be Advised res date 05 Aug
(Semi-Finals) H Winner E v Winner D To Be Advised res date 05 Aug
Sun 26 Aug 13:00 Winner G v Winner H Mannofield res date TBA
(Final)
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BON ACCORD CUP G2
Date Home Team Away Team Venue Notes Sun 20 May 13:00 A Gordonians v Aberdeen Super Kings To Be Advised res date 03 Jun
(First Round)
Sun 1 Jul 13:00 B Siyapa v Methlick TBA res date 08 Jul
(Quarter-Finals) C Fraserburgh v Stonehaven East Links (Fraserburgh) res date 08 Jul
D AGSFPs 2 v Knight Riders Rubislaw (AGSFPs) res date 08 Jul
E Ellon Gordon v Winner A Gordon Park (Ellon) res date 08 Jul
Sun 22 Jul 13:00 F Winner B v Winner E To Be Advised res date 05 Aug
(Semi-Finals) G Winner C v Winner D To Be Advised res date 05 Aug
Sun 19 Aug 13:00 Winner F v Winner G Mannofield res date TBA
(Final)
Note that dates for the Bon Accord Cup may by agreement be amended to not later than Friday of the week immediately following, provided that any such arrangements are submitted for Management Committee approval no later than 7 days before the Sunday date
originally fixed.
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REID CUP G3
Date Home Team Away Team Venue Notes Sun 20 May 13:00 A Dunecht v Portcullis Cowdray Estate (Dunecht) res date 03 Jun
(First Round) v
Sun 24 Jun 13:00 B Crathie v Banchory Balmoral Estate (Crathie) res date 15 Jul
(Quarter-Finals) C AGSFPs 3 v Turriff Harlaw Road res date 15 Jul
D Winner A v Methlick 2 To Be Advised res date 15 Jul
E Stonehaven 2 v Grampian 2 Mineralwell Park (Stonehaven) res date 15 Jul
Sun 29 Jul 13:00 F Winner D v Winner E To Be Advised res date 05 Aug
(Semi-Finals) G Winner C v Winner B To Be Advised res date 05 Aug
Sun 19 Aug 13:00 Winner F v Winner G Mannofield res date TBA
(Final)
Note that dates for the Reid Cup may by agreement be amended to not later than Friday of the week immediately following, provided that any such arrangements are submitted for Management Committee approval no later than 7 days before the Sunday date originally fixed.
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TURRIFF CUP
Date Home Team Away Team Venue Notes TBA A Cults v Grampian To Be Advised res date TBA
(Quarter-Finals) B Mannofield v Inverurie To Be Advised res date TBA
C Knight Riders v AGSFPs To Be Advised res date TBA
D Bon Accord v Stoneywood-Dyce To Be Advised res date TBA
TBA E Winner D v Winner C To Be Advised res date TBA
(Semi-Finals) F Winner B v Winner A To Be Advised res date TBA
TBA Winner E v Winner F res date TBA
(Final)
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P&J AND DUNCAN CUPS
GROUP A GROUP B
Bon Accord AGSFPs
Cults Knight Riders
Mannofield Crescent
Date Home Team Away Team Venue Notes TBA A1 Bon Accord v Cults To Be Advised res date TBA
A2 Cults v Mannofield To Be Advised res date TBA
A3 Mannofield v Bon Accord To Be Advised res date TBA
B1 AGSFPs v Knight Riders To Be Advised res date TBA
B2 Knight Riders v Crescent To Be Advised res date TBA
B3 Crescent v AGSFPs To Be Advised res date TBA
Duncan Cup (Final) Runner Up Group A v Runner Up Group B To Be Advised res date TBA
P&J Cup (Final) Winner Group A v Winner Group B To Be Advised res date TBA
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RESULTS HOTLINE
07910 279627
For 2018 Season ONLY CUP MATCHES TO BE TEXTED TO THIS HOTLINE NUMBER (including a
Photograph of the Score Books or/and a Photograph emailed to [email protected]). All Other
results must be entered into CricketStats latest by 8.15pm on the day of the match concerned.
The following details should be given:
1. Name, Club, and Phone Number for contact in event of any queries.
2. Fixture (home team first), Cup Type and Date.
3. Score of team batting first - top two batsmen (indicating if not out), best two bowlers (in order
of wickets taken, and specifying any hat-tricks).
4. Score of team batting second - top two batsmen (indicating if not out), best two bowlers (in
order of wickets taken, and specifying any hat-tricks).
5. Result and allocation of points.
If desired, a note may also be left of any highlights - major partnerships, collapses, recoveries,
junior achievement etc.
If a Match/Fixture is:
Postponed the HOME club must phone in to confirm
Scratched BOTH clubs must phone in to confirm
NB Please phone/text in ASAP and not wait until the 8:15pm deadline
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CLUB GROUNDS
AGSFPs (Rubislaw) [Artificial Wicket]
AGSFPs 3rd (Harlaw Playing Fields) [Artificial Wicket]
Aberdeen Super Kings (Kings College) [Artificial Wicket]
Academy (Bogbeth Park)
Banchory (Burnett Park)
Bon Accord (Aberdeen Beach Links 4)
Crathie (Balmoral Estate)
Crescent (Aberdeen Beach Links 4)
Cults (Allan Park)
Dunecht (Cowdry Estate)
Ellon Gordon (Gordon Park)
Fraserburgh (East Links)
Gordonians (Countesswells 1 and 2) [Grass and Artificial Wicket]
Grampian (Sheddocksley)
Inverurie (Kellands Park)
Kemnay-Kintore (Bogbeth Park)
Knight Riders (Groats Road/Hazlehead Avenue) [Artificial Wicket]
Mannofield (Harlaw) [Artificial Wicket]
Methlick (Lairds) [Grass and Artificial Wicket]
Portcullis (Duthie Park 1)
Stoneywood-Dyce (Peoples Park) [Grass and Artificial Wicket]
Siyapa (Duthie Park 1)
Stonehaven Thistle (Mineralwell Park)
Turriff (The Haughs)
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