"The Champions"

The Champions - The Popped Collars indoor cricket team. Left (front to back): Julian, Gareth, Andy. Right (front to back): Jake, Xavier, Rian, Brad. Background: The non-champion team.

"The Champions"
A tribute by B.Lockley & F.Mercury

 I've paid my dues -
Time after time -
I've done my sentence
But committed no crime -
And bad mistakes
I've made a few
I've had my share of sand kicked in my face -
But I've come through

We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fighting - till the end -
We are the champions -
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions - of the Weston Creek Indoor Cricket Centre -

I've taken my bows
And my curtain calls -
You brought me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it -

I thank you all -

But it's been no bed of roses
No pleasure cruise -
I consider it a challenge before the whole human race -
And I ain't gonna lose -

We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fighting - till the end -
We are the champions -
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions - of the Weston Creek Indoor Cricket Centre –



Grand Final Glory

In an absolute thriller of a grand final, it was the Popped Collars who prevailed by 2 runs over ASG to clinch their second premiership from the last three seasons.

Semi Finals, and Fielding Stats

On the bottom left of the main page of the blog is the oft-neglected "Stat of the Week". It currently contains the player performances from this week's big semi-final win. And now, for the first time, is included... the fielding stats. Number of catches and run-outs are featured next to each player (there were no stumpings in the game). I have, since the start of the season, been noting the number of wickets each player has achieved as a fielder, but this is the first time they have made a public appearance.

With only one match to go this season - The Grand Final! - you don't have long to wait until the end-of-season stats which will contain the first major report of players' fielding achievements.

But before that of course, next Monday, April 18, will see the grand final between Popped Collars and ASG. The two teams who have won the previous two competitions go head-to-head. 4Skins, after losing two consecutive minor premierships, and two consecutive grand final losses, failed to make the big game this year.

Biggest Chokes - Batting

After a super effort in the field, and then an opening partnership of 71 from Julian and Xavier, Popped Collars were in a position from which they surely should have stormed home for a comfortable win. But things fell apart. Badly. Rather than the remaining batting pairs putting on the required 35 runs, they instead totaled -1. Was this the biggest ever choke by the Collars?