Steve Edmonds, popular Cronulla Sharks player in the 1970s, was also a very handy cricketer!

Sutherland District Cricket Club | October 30, 2024

Steve Edmonds is best known for playing 113 first grade matches for Cronulla-Sutherland between 1972 and 1981, mostly as a winger, including the 1978 grand final and grand final replay against Manly-Warringah. One of his best matches was at the SCG in 1977 when he scored 3 tries on the wing in a 37-10 win against Newtown..

 As a junior cricketer, Steve accumulated an outstanding record as a pace bowler for Sutherland, taking 234 wickets in 81 matches between 1966-67 and 1970-71, when he stopped playing cricket to concentrate on his rugby league career. In 1966-67, he took 6-28 in “B” Shires (6th Grade) vs Canterbury at Tonkin Oval, at the age of 13 years 309 days – still the youngest player to take five wickets in an innings for the Club. In 1967-68, he took 69 wickets at an average of 13.58 in 23 matches in 4ths, “A” Shires, “B” Shires and AW Green Shield – a total that stood as the club record for most wickets in all grades in one season until Anthony Hale’s all-conquering season in 1986-87, when he took 105 wickets. Steve backed that effort up in 1969-70 with 60 wickets at 12.85 in 20 matches in 3rds, 4ths, 5ths & P-G Shield. He dominated in 3rd Grade in 1969-70 & 1970-71, taking 65 wickets at 12.20 in 20 matches and played one match in 2nd Grade in his last season.