Upper Hutt United

Cricket Club
Newsletter No. 3, December 2010
Remember to get your
Clubcard from the bar or Club
your captain for use at Christmas
Mitre 10 Mega. Party
Every purchase gets us Saturday
closer to more funding.
December 11,
7pm.
Going to be a great
night!! Be there!!

Player Profile: Brian Best

Nickname: Bestie
How long have you been playing for the Club: Joined the Club in
1973
Fondest Cricket Memory: Winning the Cricket Wellington Norwood
Award in 1981/82 as the outstanding fielder in Wellington
Favourite Cricket Ground: Maidstone Park
Best Player you have played with - batsman: Robert SMITH (“RW”)
Best player you have played with - bowler: Bruce SMITH (“BD”)
Most difficult opponent: There has been a few, however Reg Alexan-
der (recently deceased) was always “challenging” as a player and
then as an umpire
Favourite food: Thai
Favourite Music: All types really, some of the latest stuff is alright
What I enjoy most about Upper Hutt United Cricket Club: Having a
cold beer with fellow cricketers.
Biggest change you have seen in cricket during your career with the
Club: It is a young person’s game and no stayers now, as previously
the second team of any club was always very strong.
 Hutt Valley Twenty 20—Mitre 10 Mega 3
One of the 3 Upper Hutt teams in this grade, coming 2nd
out of 13 teams, they had a win last week with a stunning
62* off 30 balls by captain Shaun Cook. Another notable
effort was that of Grant Parker with the ball, 3 for 5.

HAZLETT TROPHY
The guys are doing great with some
fantastic performances from Leighton
Morgan, Jason McKenzie, Daniel Van
der Hayden and Matt Taylor.
All the hard work is paying off, with www.cricketwellington.co.nz
Mitre 10 Mega Upper Hutt sitting at
for draws, results and the
the top of the Hazlett Trophy table, 11
points clear of Johnsonville. all important points table!

Results for 4/5 December:

Wilkinson Hazlett Trophy Mitre 10 Mega Upper Hutt 189/4,
Petone-Riverside 186/10; Hutt Valley 1A Mitre 10 Mega Upper Hutt 2 117/5(H Murdoch 36), Mitre 10
Mega Upper Hutt 1 230/6 (J Attewell 60, J Brown 53,P Brodie 3 - 33); Hutt Valley Twenty 20 East-
bourne 131/8, Mitre 10 Mega Upper Hutt 3174/7 (O.Hough 30 V.Parker 30 S.Cook 62no, G.Parker 3-5
Cam 2-6); Taita Legends 130/10, Mitre 10 Mega Upper Hutt Danny 180/2(T.Petersen 99no B.Patel
41); Super 8s FourKingsUniversity 86/5, Mitre 10 Mega Upper Hutt 1 93/1 (K Rodgers 33no)

Captains/managers : In addition to adding your results to the Cricket

Wellington website, can you please email your results to
wendypooh@paradise.net.nz by 9am Monday morning so that we can
get our results into the leader, and make us all a little bit famous!

*SUBS*SUBS*SUBS*SUBS*SUBS*SUBS*SUBS*
Reminder to get your subs into the bar— they are due NOW!
Senior $240
Student $180
One day teams—please see your captains
 We are after Team profiles,
Player profiles, stellar perfor-
mances, not-so-stellar perfor-
mances and pics for the
newsletter, so drop me a
line :
wendypooh@paradise.net.nz

Upcoming fixtures—18th December 2010

Wilkinson Hazlett Trophy

Mitre 10 MEGA Upper Hutt vs North City Tulsi Barton Oval 11:00 am
Senior 2
Onslow vs Mitre 10 MEGA Upper Hutt Ngatitoa 1 11:30 am
Super 8s
Mitre 10 MEGA Upper Hutt 1 vs Easts T M P 2 2:00 pm
Johnsonville vs Mitre 10 MEGA Upper Hutt 2 Churton 2:00 pm
Hutt Valley 2A
Northern Park vs Mitre 10 MEGA Upper Hutt Petone 3 12:30 pm
Hutt Valley 1A
Mitre 10 MEGA Upper Hutt 1 vs Stokes Valley CDC Ltd T M P 1 1:00 pm
The Meat House Naenae Old Boys vs Mitre 10 MEGA Upper Hutt 2
Naenae 2 1:00 pm
Hutt Valley Twenty 20
Petone-Riverside P W M C vs Mitre 10 MEGA Upper Hutt Santhosh
Te Whiti 4 2:00 pm
Te Aroha vs Mitre 10 MEGA Upper Hutt 3 T M P 6 2:00 pm
Mitre 10 MEGA Upper Hutt Danny Bye

A little Dickie Bird tells

me that :
Llewy Davidson-Powell
popped the question to
Frances, and they are
getting MARRIED!!!
www.facebook.com/UpperHuttUnitedCricketCLub
Congrats!!!