Grammar98 C.C.
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[edit] Overview
Grammar98 Cricket Club (often referred to as Grammar98 or simply G98) is a recently formed cricket club based in Aberdeen, Scotland. The club competes in the Aberdeen Evening Cricket League [1], whose matches take place on Tuesday evenings at a number of locations in Aberdeen. The vast majority of Grammar98 players hail from the Aberdeen Grammar School[2], and the vast majority of those began their school careers as part of the 1998 intake of students.
The AECL is made up of 2 components. The first half of the season consists of a league format competition, which is followed by a knock-out cup competition, known as 'The Oxy Cup'. The AECL has close links to the Aberdeenshire Cricket Association [3], indeed most of the players in the AECL also play in the ACA.
[edit] History
[edit] 2005
The club was established in the Easter period of 2005 and became members of the AECL in the spring of that year. The club was established in order to provide a opportunity for those people who had played cricket at the Aberdeen Grammar School between 1999 and 2004 to continue doing so after they had left school. The team name represents the year the majority of team players started school.
In its maiden season of play Grammar98 finished 5th in the league, winning four and losing five of their nine games. The team scored exactly 1,000 runs and took 57 wickets. In the Oxy Cup the team reached the quarterfinal before being beaten by ATSCC.
[edit] Statistics
Top Runs Scorer: Kieran Findlay 223 runs @ 58.25 Top Wicket Taker: Kieran Findlay 12 wickets @ 19.00 Most Catches: Rory Annand 3 Most Sixes: Kieran Findlay 8
[edit] 2006
Following on from its sub .500 season in 2005, the club improved its record but not its league position in the 2006 season. Despite winning six and losing only three matches the club finished fifth again. Performances were clearly improved, the team scored 1,111 runs, took 60 wickets and conceded less than 1,000 runs.
In the Oxy Cup, success again eluded the team as they were beaten at the quarterfinal stage by league newcomers Methlick.
[edit] Statistics
Top Runs Scorer: Grant Jamieson 194 runs @ 32.33 Top Wicket Taker: Kieran Findlay 14 wickets @ 17.57 Most Catches: 5 Players 3 Most Sixes: Scott Anderson 5
[edit] Office Bearers
Executives
President: Michael Ingram (2007- )
Treasurer: Andrew Russell (2006-2007), Christopher Law (2007- )
Secretary: Grant Jamieson (2006- )
Director of Stash: Michael Lloyd (2006- )
Social Committee: Alan Majury (2007- ), Michael Lloyd (2007- ), Andrew Philips (2007- )
Honourary Vice-Presidents
Mr. Alan Smith (2006)
Mr. Simon Jones MBE^ (2007)
Mr. Brett Lee^ (2007)
^ awaiting confirmation
Captains
2007 Captain: Andrew Russell
2006 Captain: Michael Lloyd
2005 Captain: Philip Grant
[edit] Current squad
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[edit] 'The Hundred Run Club'
When a player scores one hundred runs for Grammar98 he is entitled to sign the club bat. The bat was purchased on eBay by club member Andrew Russell for £20. In addition to signing the bat tradition requires the player to play his next innings with the bat.
In order of who first achieved the feat, the following players are in the hundred run club:
- Grant Jamieson (2005)
- Kieran Findlay (2005)
- Andrew Russell (2005)
- Philip Grant (2006)
- Joe Garner (2006)
- Greg Anderson (2006)
[edit] Grammar98 Trivia
- Grant Jamieson chose his shirt number, 58, after his cricketing hero Brett Lee
- Philip "Wifebeater" Grant chose his shirt number 20 after his footballing hero Alvaro Recoba. He aquired his nickname following a number of convictions.
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