About Me
Rob Thornton
Finance ManagerNewcastle Permanent and Greater Bank
https://www.greater.com.au
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Financial Crime Compliance Manager in the Risk and Compliance team - NGM Group (Newcastle Permanent and Greater Bank)
Played cricket in Parkes, Tamworth, Sydney, Scotland and Newcastle.
Played cricket in Parkes, Tamworth, Sydney, Scotland and Newcastle.
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Q: Captaincy is such a massive part of our game, more so than any other sport I can think of.
It’s one thing you recognise pretty quickly when coaching junior teams. You have to prepare alongside your captains and then it’s all over to them on the park. It is not just bowling changes and field placements but lifting energy, reading conditions, getting through the overs in time and being focussed on your own role in the team.
As a player I had some brilliant captains in Australia and Scotland and have also been captain of a number of teams, starting with two Northern NSW Emus tours in the early 1990s.
When I think about the very best captains I played under, who really have had a massive influence on me as a captain and coach, I have to go back to my two captains at City United in Tamworth.
It’s one thing you recognise pretty quickly when coaching junior teams. You have to prepare alongside your captains and then it’s all over to them on the park. It is not just bowling changes and field placements but lifting energy, reading conditions, getting through the overs in time and being focussed on your own role in the team.
As a player I had some brilliant captains in Australia and Scotland and have also been captain of a number of teams, starting with two Northern NSW Emus tours in the early 1990s.
When I think about the very best captains I played under, who really have had a massive influence on me as a captain and coach, I have to go back to my two captains at City United in Tamworth.
https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/316/rob-thornton/blog/1937/rob-thornton-my-best-captain
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Captaincy is such a massive part of our game, more so than any other sport I can think of. It’s one thing you recognise pretty quickly when coaching junior teams. You have to prepare along ...
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Q: Northern NSW Emu Cricket team - 1994 New Zealand tour
Back Row – G.L Rose (Manager), S.K Grosser, R.S Mayton, P.B Taylor, M.J.P Wilks, S. J Lockart, I.J Hinton (Manager)
Front Row – J.R Fuller, A.J Sainsbury, G. L Potter, R.B Thornton (Captain), R. Grieves, T.J Bettington, J.R Haling
Back Row – G.L Rose (Manager), S.K Grosser, R.S Mayton, P.B Taylor, M.J.P Wilks, S. J Lockart, I.J Hinton (Manager)
Front Row – J.R Fuller, A.J Sainsbury, G. L Potter, R.B Thornton (Captain), R. Grieves, T.J Bettington, J.R Haling
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Back Row – G.L Rose (Manager), S.K Grosser, R.S Mayton, P.B Taylor, M.J.P Wilks, S. J Lockart, I.J Hinton (Manager)Front Row – J.R Fuller, A.J Sainsbury, G. L Potter, R.B Thornton (Capta ...
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Q: What is the most surreal moment you've experienced in cricket?
A: Playing Reschs Cup for Tamworth as an 18 year old, batting with Mark Waugh, being asked to sign hundreds of autographs for kids because I was fielding at deep mid wicket and he was at square leg and getting a mouthful from Gavin Robertson for not holding the catch after saving a Shane Lee missile off his bowling from going for six by diving on the cycle track at No1 Oval
