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Welcome to the 5th World Vintage Cricket Carnival, Cape Town

The 5th World Vintage Cricket Carnival will be staged in Cape Town, South Africa between 21 and 27 March, 2010.

To be hosted by the Western Province Cricket Club, the Carnival will offer 3 games of cricket, an opening cocktail party and a closing dine and dance. Numerous excursions are planned for teams, players, officials and supporters to enjoy their visit to Cape Town and its surrounds. A good number of cricket clubs have already expressed interest in hosting games.

Clive van Ryneveld - Carnival Patron

"I feel very honoured to have been invited to be Patron of the Cape Town Vintage Cricket Carnival and have pleasure in issuing a very warm welcome to participants both on my own behalf and as a Vice-President of the Western Province Cricket Club, your hosts. The WPCC is surely the best-known cricket club in South Africa (though the Wanderers Club in Johannesburg might wish to challenge that!). Until recently it owned the famous Newlands test match ground and although in the new South Africa the ground has been taken over by the provincial cricket association, the club has retained its impressive clubhouse there, while developing new-state-of-the-art facilities not far away.
The Carnival games will be played on attractive grounds, including the new WPCC Sports Centre; the Vineyard; and Oude Libertas at historic Stellenbosch, all in the beautiful surroundings which make Cape Town the most popular tourist destination in South Africa. With luck, depending on the first class fixture list still to be finalised, the test match ground will also be available for the opening Charity match.
I look forward to meeting you."

Cricket Career reproduced from Cricinfo
Widely considered one of the greatest allround sportsmen produced by South Africa, by the time Clive van Ryneveld left Oxford University, where he was a double Blue, he had already been capped at cricket and rugby (the latter as a three-quarter for England). He was a talented batsman, useful legspinner and outstanding fielder. He toured England in 1951 making 983 runs at 29.78, which included a career-best 150 against Yorkshire, and also enjoyed a good series against New Zealand in 1953-54. But as the demands of his career as a barrister began to take more of his time, his cricketing outings grew less frequent, but he was still able to captain South Africa against England in 1956-57 and Australia the following summer. He retired from cricket and subsequently became a member of the House of Assembly.
Martin Williamson
Batting and fielding averages

Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 6s Ct St

Tests 19 33 6 724 83 26.81 0 3 0 14 0

First-class 101 171 12 4803 150 30.20 4 29 71 0

Bowling averages

Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10

Tests 19 20 1554 671 17 4/67 4/82 39.47 2.59 91.4 1 0 0

First-class 101 13329 6230 206 8/48 30.24 2.80 64.7 9 0

Welcome from Andre Odendaal, Chief Executive, Western Province Cricket Association

Cape Town has the oldest cricket tradition in South Africa and the continent as a whole. On 5 January 2008 - Day four of the traditional New Year's test match against the West Indies - we celebrated 200 years since the first recorded game at Green Point Common. Cricket has been played continuously on the Common since that time, making it even older than Lords, which moved to its current venue in 1814. During the test match, we also celebrated the 120th anniversary of the famous Sahara Park Newlands ground with its princely backdrop of Table Mountain.

On behalf of the Western Province Cricket Association, the controlling body for cricket in this City and Province, I would like to say to the vintage cricketers from all over the world that we look forward to seeing you here in 2010. Not only will you be able to engage with a rich (albeit complex and often divisive) cricket legacy, but you will also be able to sample the dynamic changes for the better since the advent of cricket unity and democracy in South Africa in the 1990s. And, as you will be coming here a few months before South Africa hosts the FIFA Football World Cup for the first time, following on the rugby and cricket World Cups in 1995 and 2003 and the successful inaugural ICC World Twenty 20 tournament last year, you can be assured of a good welcome for your 40 vintage teams from all over the world. Not only from us cricketers but from the country as a whole.

Finally, at a time when cricket is taking off in unprecedented ways at the top commercial levels, your presence here will remind us that the soul of cricket still resides in the hundreds of thousands of players from many different backgrounds in many different places who play the game socially for the love of it promoting respect and understanding amongst people in the process.

Andre Odendaal

Chief Executive

Western Province Cricket Association

Neil Watson, made a smart presentation at the Finale of the Stratford-upon-Avon Carnival and assured all present of warm, fine weather and an equally warm welcome.

“It will be a great time to visit South Africa and Cape Town in particular as it is the year of the World Cup Football in South Africa. The country will be geared to ensuring the visitors experience will be truly world class. In sports mad CapeTown, Vintage Cricket will fit in perfectly” said Neil, an experienced cricket host who has welcomed many dozens of overseas teams in the past 25 years.

Barry Richards, greeted the news with delight and has committed to promoting the Carnival in his home country. “Great news and I know that the locals will go out of their way to ensure a true Vintage Cricket experience in Cape Town” said Barry who hopes to attend the Carnival.

The Cape Town Vintage Cricket Carnival is very fortunate to have the active support and encouragement of one of the greatest cricketers of all time, Barry Richards. Indeed it was Barry’s encouragement and enthusiasm that swayed the decision to select Cape Town to be the venue for the fifth World Vintage Cricket Carnival. An elegant right handed batsman, his characteristic high backlift, full flow of the bat an almost distracted air, made him instantly recognisable to followers of the game in three countries. The banning of South Africa from Test cricket left Richards with a paltry four tests and many commentators and fans lamenting what might have been.

After his retirement as a player Barry became involved in cricket administration as Director of Cricket for Natal. He moved to Australia with his family in 1988 to coach the South Australian Sheffield Shield team who reached the Shield Final that year. Barry then moved to Queensland as Chief Executive Officer in 1989 and in his eight years at the helm Queensland became a leader in all aspects of cricket in Australia.

Barry served as the Patron of the 2nd World Vintage Cricket Carnival in Perth, Western Australia in 2005 and gladly accepted the position of President of the Vintage Cricket Movement subsequent to the Carnival. Barry remains an enthusiastic supporter of Vintage Cricket and its objectives and has been a strong advocate for a Carnival to be staged in Cape Town.

What an opportunity to play cricket in this amazing country.
The following are reasons why you and you team should join us in Cape Town.

As a nation interest in Cricket in South Africa is growing strongly
Western Province and Newlands is steeped in history and achievement
Neil Watson our Committee Chairman is from the powerful Western Province Cricket Club-organisation will be second to none.
Cape Town attracts around 2million foreign visitors a year, and as a consequence has tremendous infrastructure to support the demands and expectations of us all.
The Cape Town region has provided Vintage Cricket with tremendous support over the years.
The average temperature will be a balmy 20-24 degrees.
Cape Town and its surrounds are ranked as Africa’s family friendly city.
With World Cup Soccer 2010 being staged a few months after our Carnival , FIFA and The South African Government are injecting millions of Rand into the area, and we will be the first to experience the benefit.
A small investment in a diamond could subsidise your Carnival experience!!
The Cape Region will meet all of our needs.
Table Mountain will always be in our sights; therefore there will no excuse for lateness by getting lost both to and from games!!!
Cape Town- rated as the 8th Top City in the World

Vintage Cricket are pleased to announce that former New Zealand International, Vaughan Brown will be assisting with the management of the Carnival.

Vaughan who had his first experience of Vintage Cricket in Stratford-upon-Avon has an extensive background in travel and obviously has retained his strong interest in cricket at all levels.

Vaughan is extremely enthusiastic about his involvement and looking forward to his role in ensuring the success of the Cape Town Vintage Cricket Carnival, March 2010.