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St George Cricket Club
St George Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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By popular demand we return with our "In Between Balls" feature where we delve into the minds and history of our players. We kick off with our returning Welsh International Ollie Rayner. Ollie recently was capped as St George DCC First Grade Player No.479

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8 hours ago
UTS North Sydney District Cricket Club
UTS North Sydney District Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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During round two of Second Grade's Albert Cup UTS North Sydney's Finn Nixon-Tomko made history, blasting 207 not out off 153 balls.

Surprisingly, Norths still fell short of Gordon's 385-5. But an unbelievable achievement for a precocious talent who deservingly made his First Grade debut the following week.

Here is the scorecard from Finn's epic knock and a video of him bringing up his double ton at Bon Andrews.

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8 hours ago
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
Founder
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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I read with great interest the following quotes from George Bailey as the Chief of the Australian Cricket selectors in the Sydney Morning Herald today.

Bailey was also open in calling for more Australian players to develop as left-arm spinners, after New Zealand’s Mitchell Santner was instrumental in engineering India’s first home series loss since 2012.

“I’m happy to very much throw it out there that it is an incredible skill set in the subcontinent and we’ve seen that for many years,” Bailey said. “Realistically there’s not a huge amount of players in domestic cricket that are doing it, so it’s something we’re looking to expose.

George, Josh Clarke is your man.

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10 hours ago
Sydney Cricket Club
Sydney Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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A dynamic young player at the Tigers who is well respected by his team mates and has a marvellous future ahead.

I started playing backyard cricket with my family in Ireland. Joined my first team Waterford CC as an 8-year-old. Later played for Cork Harlequins CC and Rush CC. Then moved to Australia and played in Wollongong and now Sydney Cricket Club.

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14 hours ago
Manly Warringah District Cricket Club
Manly Warringah District Cricket Club
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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The Australian Cricketer magazine, published every Friday in the 1940s from it's Chatswood offices and available to be purchased through Dymocks, published the previous weekends Grade results. Take a look at all the updated ladders, latest stats and the weekends scorecards from Saturday 30th November 1947.

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15 hours ago
Peter Langston
Peter Langston
Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
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Those discussions are all a distraction from what happens after the first wicket falls. Australia's real problems lie at three and four, where the Brothers Caffeine, with their once extravagant leaves and unconventional movements at the wicket now exposed as their confidence has plummeted and their missing off stumps can no longer be found.

Despite their spectacularly incongruous nomenclature - the syllable and vowel expansive Marnus Labuschagne and the dialectally sparse Steve Smith - and their outstanding records up until and including the West Indies series nearly two years ago, they are now the weakest link in the Australian batting.

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15 hours ago
Nathan Hauritz
Nathan Hauritz
Cricket Coach
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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I always find it so fascinating with cricket selections before a series. So much speculation around a player/s and whether or not they cash in on the very last opportunity to be picked.

The debate around the opening position at the moment is interesting because the selectors really have built a rod for their own back with giving Smithy a crack up there. But at the time, who was the best option????

Let’s be honest. 5 of those 6 batters are not going to change at the top of the order, well they will through injury. The selectors have showed their hand with the amount of faith and patience they are willing to give the current squad. So why not Konstas then?

Who cares if it’s against India. 🤷‍♂️Yes an incredible challenge but you have to make your debut eventually and if he is good enough then let him do it. He has been mentored by one of our greatest all rounders (just make sure he is careful with drs😂😂). I think give him a go and let the senior players look after him and pick up the slack if he is struggling.

Australian kids need their next hero playing for the baggy green. Let’s start now👍👍

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1 days ago
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Gordon Roy Asprey, who was born at Petersham on 23 August 1890 was commonly known by his middle name Roy, throughout his life. And while the Church of England railway clerk had a successful cricket career with Marrickville, he was a “late starter”, not joining the club until the 1911-12 season when he was 21.

A left-arm spin bowler, he began with a match in the Marrickville third team playing in the City and Suburban competition. Taking 1-22 at the bowling crease and hitting 32 with the bat, he was immediately promoted to the Second XI playing in the NSW Cricket Association’s 3rd Grade competition.

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1 days ago
St George Cricket Club
St George Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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When Don Bradman made his debut in 1st Grade at Petersham Oval on Saturday 27 November 1926, walking to the crease with the score at 4 for 104, I’m certain no one in the crowd could have imagined the impact this young man would have on, not only that match, but cricket itself.

Dick Jones, the Club Assistant Secretary, and inaugural first grade captain, who opened the batting that day, sadly dismissed for a duck, thought the boy from Bowral had more potential than most.

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1 days ago
Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney
Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Western Suburbs District Cricket Club 2nd Grade team to play Manly Warringah District Cricket Club at Pratten Park on Saturday 6 January 2018.

Manly won the toss and sent Western Suburbs into bat and Western Suburbs were bowled out for 127 off 41.1 overs.
In reply Manly were bowled out for 80 with Pakistan and BBL fast bowler Harris Rauf taking 4 for 12 off 9 overs. He took all 4 wickets in one over bowling each batter. He took a wicket on the first ball, third ball, fifth ball and again with his sixth ball.

Back Row - Liam Sparke, Michael Tudehope, John Rush, Darren Bourke, Lee Maggs, Connor Jackson, Connor Blaxall Hill.
Front row - Haris Rauf, Daniel Hayes, Sam Pararajasingham, Tom Burt

Match scorecard -
https://play.cricket.com.au/match/3b642998-ea96-4493-8380-01af5ddefe6c?tab=scorecard
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1 days ago
UTS North Sydney District Cricket Club
UTS North Sydney District Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Nic Bills: My Greatest Grade XI

Nic Bills has had fantastic Grade Cricket career which still has plenty of tomorrows. Over 15 years, he’s been involved in some fierce battles. He’s racked up more than 500 wickets and lifted eight premiership trophies across all formats. North Sydney, Manly, Mosman, Sydney – he’s worn the colours of them all, adding a bit of his own history to each club along the way.

With all those experiences fresh in his memory, Bills now shares his best XI from the ranks of Sydney grade cricket – a team shaped by years of gritty competition.

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1 days ago
Sutherland District Cricket Club
Sutherland District Cricket Club
Sylvania, Australia
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In the winter of 2015, Daniel Rixon broke his thumb playing Aussie Rules for St.George. As a result, he missed the start of the 2015-16 season as he waited for the injury to recover. In order to prove his fitness to resume in 1st Grade, he came back through 2nd Grade in Round 6 vs Hawkesbury at Owen Earle Oval. At the time, he had played 261 matches for Sutherland, including 221 in 1sts, with a highest score of 95, made in 1sts the previous season.

He certainly proved that he had fully recovered from his thumb injury, opening the batting and smashing a club record score for 2nd Grade with 272 off 248 balls

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2 days ago
Country Cricket NSW
Country Cricket NSW
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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A Milestone in NSW Cricket: Steve Rixon and Peter Toohey Celebrating 50 Years

Two great mates, born just 55 days and 417 kilometres apart in regional NSW, made their first-class debut for New South Wales on this day, 50 years ago—October 25, 1974.

Steve Rixon, hailing from Albury, and Peter Toohey, from Blayney, donned the iconic NSW Baggy Blue for the first time, facing Queensland at the Gabba. Though NSW fell short, losing by 9 wickets, the game marked the beginning of two remarkable careers that would soon rise above the early setback. Both Rixon and Toohey went on to represent Australia at the highest level—Test cricket.

Their shared journey extended beyond state cricket, as both men played together at Western Suburbs District Cricket Club in Sydney. In an extraordinary twist, they even made their Test debuts side by side, both taking the field for Australia against India at the Gabba during the first Test of the 1977-78 series.

This time, their fortunes were much brighter. Rixon (Australian player number 287) made his mark behind the stumps with 5 catches, while Toohey (Australian player number 288) impressed with the bat, scoring 82 and 57, helping Australia to a 16-run victory.

Cricket brought Rixon and Toohey together and fifty years later, we look back with admiration on the achievements of these two great mates.

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4 days ago
Manly Warringah District Cricket Club
Manly Warringah District Cricket Club
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Glenn Evans "Trunk" One of the greatest characters in our Club's history.

More stories have been told about Trunk than any other cricketer in the last 40 years. From falling asleep at Gully, to finishing the KFC in his bag that had been there since the end of last season, to his tricks on the field and at the bar, Trunk was special.

He could also play. A left-arm wrist spinner who hit the ball hard, Trunk took 394 wickets for the club between 1983 and 2002 and sits 17th on our all-time wicket takers list.

He was also a dynamic, if inconsistent, left-hand batter. Having said that, his 135 against Mosman in Round 1 of 1994/95 will still go down as one of the most gritty innings seen at Manly.

He and brother Warren are the only set of brothers to have taken 300 wickets for the club.

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5 days ago
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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With the change in residential boundaries following Marrickville DCC’s admission to 1st Grade in 1921-22, a number of players were forced to change clubs. One of those was 22 year-old right-hand batsman and leg-break bowler, Allen Thatcher who had played the previous two seasons with Petersham 1st Grade. He had previously made his debut in the top grade with Western Suburbs when he was aged 19. He moved to the Marrickville club and was a member of its first 1st Grade team.

Born in Sydney on 17 April 1899, Allen Norman Thatcher had shown great promise as a cricketer at a young age. However when he was 17, he enlisted in the World War I effort and was posted to France where he was badly injured and gassed a year later. When he recovered, he played for a team of overseas cricketers against a strong Public Schools XI at Lord’s in 1918, taking 13 wickets for only 38 runs to emphasise his undoubted ability.

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5 days ago
Queensland Veterans Cricket
Queensland Veterans Cricket
Brisbane, Australia
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Sean Kruger is the team mate every want to play with. He brings energy, fun and an infectious competitive spirit.

Sean has represented Queensland Veterans Over 50s cricket for a number of years now and is a proud Queenslander and team mate.

"The more I wear the Maroon colours the more it hurts when we lose. But when we win the feeling becomes more addictive."

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Gordon District Cricket Club
Gordon District Cricket Club
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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October 12, 1917, The Gordon cricketers at the First battle of Passchendaele

The First Battle of Passchendaele on 12 October 1917 was one of the most tragic events in Australian military history and the most likely of all Australian engagements that could have been avoided.

Incredibly, the 3rd and 4th Divisions at Passchendaele contained four Gordon cricketers: Johnnie Moyes, who was following on after Polygon Wood as the Major in charge of the 48th Battalion within the 4th Division, Harry Watts, who was backing up for a second innings after Broodseinde with the artillery, Dr Gother Clarke, who had opened his innings at the Battle of Messines and a newcomer, Harold Lilja, making his debut.

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Penrith Cricket Club
Penrith Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Penrith Cricket Club - Glenn Bradley #141

I played my junior cricket for Colyton-St Clair Colts and then St Clair Hawks when they were established in the early 90s. Despite trialling each year, I only made my first rep team in U13s in what was a very strong team. I started at Penrith CC in Greenies and 5s and managed to work my way up to my 1st grade debut in 1998/99. In 2005, I was lucky enough to have a season for Broxbourne CC in Hertfordshire, UK, which was bloody fantastic. I came back to Sydney and moved clubs to Blacktown CC and played a season of 1s there before joining the NSW Police and had to give up playing at 26 because of roster issues and working weekends.

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Gordon District Cricket Club
Gordon District Cricket Club
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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It was the last weekend in October 1905 and the fledgling Gordon First Grade side were playing their 4th match since their entry into the competition against North Sydney at Chatswood Oval.

Joining the Gordon team for the first time in this match was the former Test cricketer Frank Iredale who at the age of 38 had come over to Gordon from Norths along with the 19 year old Charlie Macartney. North Sydney scored 136 with Charlie taking 6 for 36 and Dr. Gother Clarke, who tragically died 12 years later in the Battle of Passchendaele in World War 1, taking 3 for 43. Gordon replied with 187 with Robert Hickson scoring 77. All three players and the rivalry had begun.

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