# 2002 International Baseball League of Australia season

The 2001-02 International Baseball League of Australia was played exclusively at the Melbourne Ballpark. The championship reverted to its 1999-2000 format using 6 state teams, however New South Wales Country was replaced by an Australian Provincial Team with a mix of players from the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.

## Match results
### Game 1: Feb 02, 2002

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| NSW Patriots | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| Victoria Aces | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| WP: Matthew WILKINSON (1-0) LP: Phillip ARDILL (0-1) Sv: - Home runs: Patriots: 0 Aces: 0 Attendance: 359 |||||||||||||

### Game 2: Feb 03, 2002

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Australia Provincial | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 1 |
| South Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| WP: Simon BORLACE (1-0) LP: Steven CAMM (0-1) Sv: - Home runs: Provincial: 0 SA: 0 Attendance: - |||||||||||||

### Game 3: Feb 03, 2002

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New South Wales Patriots | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
| Queensland Rams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
| WP: Josh HILL (1-0) LP: Phil STOCKMAN (0-1) Sv: - Home runs: Patriots: 0 Rams: 0 Attendance: 128 |||||||||||||

### Game 4: Feb 03, 2002

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Western Heelers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
| Victoria Aces | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| WP: David McWATTERS (1-0) LP: Duane ROCHFORD (0-1) Sv: - Home runs: Heelers: 0 Aces: 0 Attendance: - |||||||||||||

### Game 5: Feb 04, 2002

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| South Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
| New South Wales Patriots | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| WP: Darren FIDGE (1-0) LP: David BOYTON (0-1) Sv: - Home runs: SA: 0 Patriots: 0 Attendance: 34 |||||||||||||

### Game 6: Feb 04, 2002

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Western Heelers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| Australian Provincial | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 |
| WP: Simon EISSENS (1-0) LP: Brett RAMSEY (0-1) Sv: Shane TONKIN Home runs: Heelers: 0 Provincial: 0 Attendance: - |||||||||||||

### Game 7: Feb 04, 2002

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Victoria Aces | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 1 |
| Queensland Rams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| WP: Greg WILTSHIRE (1-0) LP: Blake KEARNEY (0-1) Sv: - Home runs: Aces: 0 Rams: 0 Attendance: - |||||||||||||

### Game 8: Feb 05, 2002

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Queensland Rams | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 1 |
| Australia Provincial | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 4 |
| WP: John VEITCH (1-0) LP: Adam BERWICK (0-1) Sv: - Home runs: Rams: 0 Provincial: 0 Attendance: 38 |||||||||||||

### Game 9: Feb 05, 2002

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| South Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| Western Heelers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | X | 10 | 10 | 2 |
| WP: Brendan THOMAS (1-0) LP: Calvin CHIPPERFIELD (0-1) Sv: - Home runs: SA: 0 Heelers: 0 Attendance: - |||||||||||||

### Game 10: Feb 06, 2002

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New South Wales Patriots | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Western Heelers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| WP: Shane TONKIN (1-0) LP: Chris BRADLEY (0-1) Sv: - Home runs: Patriots: 0 Heelers: 0 Attendance: - |||||||||||||

### Game 11: Feb 06, 2002 at Napier Park

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Australia Provincial | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| Victoria Aces | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | X | 10 | 13 | 2 |
| WP: Adam BLACKLEY (1-0) LP: Chad ROBERTS (0-1) Sv: - Home runs: Provincial: 0 Aces: 0 Attendance: 800 |||||||||||||

### Game 12: Feb 06, 2002

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Queensland Rams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| South Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| WP: John VEITCH (1-0) LP: Dylan MARTIN (0-1) Sv: - Home runs: Rams: 0 SA: 0 Attendance: - |||||||||||||

### Game 13: Feb 07, 2002

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Australia Provincial | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| New South Wales Patriots | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: David THORNE (1-0) LP: Simon FLYNN (0-1) Sv: - Home runs: Provincial: 0 Patriots: 0 Attendance: - |||||||||||||

### Game 14: Feb 07, 2002

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Western Heelers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 2 |
| Queensland Rams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 5 |
| WP: - (1-0) LP: - (0-1) Sv: - Home runs: Heelers: 0 Rams: 0 Attendance: 76 |||||||||||||

## Ladder

| Team | Played | Wins | Loss | Draw | Win % |
| Victorian Aces | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Western Heelers | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .700 |
| Queensland Rams | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 |
| South Australia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 |
| New South Wales Patriots | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 |
| Australian Provincial | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 |

## Championship series
### Game 15: Feb 08, 2002 - Playoff 1st v 4th

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| South Australia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Victoria Aces | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| WP: David McWATTERS (1-0) LP: Darren FIDGE (0-1) Sv: - Home runs: SA: 0 Aces: 0 Attendance: 400 |||||||||||||

### Game 16: Feb 08, 2002 - Playoff 2nd v 3rd

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Queensland Rams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| Western Heelers | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 | 12 | 0 |
| WP: Brendan THOMAS (1-0) LP: Phil STOCKMAN (0-1) Sv: - Home runs: Rams: 0 Heelers: 0 Attendance: 83 |||||||||||||

### Game 17: Feb 09, 2002 - Championship Game - Winner Game 15 Vs Winner Game 16

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Western Heelers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 3 |
| Victorian Aces | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
| WP: Greg WILTSHIRE (1-0) LP: Shane TONKIN (0-1) Sv: - Home runs: Heelers: 0 Aces: 0 Attendance: 578 |||||||||||||
::*Box Score

## Awards

| Award | Person | Team |
| Batting Champion | Paul Gonzalez | Queensland Rams |
| Golden Glove | Mark Dries | Australian Provincial |
| Most Valuable Player | Rod Van Buizen | New South Wales Patriots |
| Championship M.V.P. | Brett Tamburrino | Victorian Aces |
| Pitcher of the Year | Shane Tonkin | Western Heelers |

## All-Star Team

| Position | Name | Team |
| Catcher | Scott Dawes | Victoria Aces |
| 1st Base | Paul Gonzalez | Queensland Rams |
| 2nd Base | Luke Hughes | Western Heelers |
| 3rd Base | Mark Dries | Australian Provincial |
| Short Stop | Rod Van Buizen | New South Wales Patriots |
| Out Field | Scott Peace | Australian Provincial |
| Out Field | John Edwards | Victoria Aces |
| Out Field | Adam Burton | Victoria Aces |
| Designated Hitter | Ben Wigmore | South Australia |
| Starting Pitcher | Shane Tonkin | Western Heelers |
| Relief Pitcher | David White | Victoria Aces |
| Manager | Phil Allen | Victoria Aces |