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Q: Who is the fastest bowler you’ve ever faced in a game of cricket?
A: Thommo at Bankstown in 1971.
Pre helmets.
Lenny Pascoe got six fer that day so there was no relief.
I survived by being bowled by offie, Thebridge for a duck.
Denis Lynch
ND 1967 -1983
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Q: Balmain District Cricket Club First Grade Premiers 1967-68
Back Row – John Sands (Scorer), Tony Steele, John Renneberg, Ross Collins, Dave Renneberg, John Gleeson, John Heiler, Fred Gallie (Treasurer)
Front Row – Derek Yeung, Peter Millington, Cliff Winning (President), Keith Stimson (Captain), Fred Bennett (Secretary), Keith Herron, Graham McKinnon
Insert – Tim Grosser, John Parkinson
A: Very handy team
Sydney Cricket Club
8 months ago
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Q: Manly Warringah defeat Northern District by 15 runs in the 1973-74 Sydney Grade Cricket First Grade Final
A: Mick Pawley bowled magnificently.
Check his figures.
Still have nightmares.
Manly Warringah District Cricket Club
9 months ago
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Q: Recently I found my dad’s (Alan Davidson) 1st Grade Premiers Cap of 1948-49 for Northern District Cricket Club and the letter from the club Secretary advising him of his selection in the First Grade Team at the start of the season.
Dad was working at the Commonwealth Bank in Gosford at the time and living in Lisarow.
The letter dated 19 September 1948 goes like this.
Dear Mr Davidson,
Tonight the selectors chose you in our First Grade Eleven for the match at Waitara on Saturday, 25/9/48, subject to your being able to be on the ground at the correct starting time, viz 1-30pm. This applies every Saturday during the season.
You have also been chosen in our First Eleven for the Eight Hour Day Match at Waitara commencing at 10am sharp.
Much as we would be pleased to have your services, I am sure that you will appreciate the fact that your attendance on time is very necessary and in view of your discussion with Mr Caldwell on the difficulties of your transport, the selectors have requested that you make your position known to me at the earliest possible moment so as we can make any adjustments necessary.
With Kind Regards
Yours faithfully
Hon Sec
Apparently, Dad’s father Keith would wait outside the Bank in Gosford where dad worked on Saturday mornings until 10am, with the engine of his old Ford Model, a crank start car running, so as to get to Waitara on time.
He finished the first season, winning the competition and winning the clubs and Sydney bowling averages with 38 wickets at 14.2 apiece and becoming the youngest person in history to do it.
A: Neil
My Dad, Greg Lynch was 2nd Grade Captain and on the selection committee that selected your Dad. Your Dad and my Dad ofter spoke about it
I followed my Dad and had 15 wonderful years at that great club, including 12 seasons as Ist Grade Keeper.
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Q: Carey stumps Bairstow and the Spirit of Cricket
In almost every game of cricket at any level around the world, you will see a wicket keeper standing back to the fast and medium pace bowlers. At some stage during an innings, the wicket keeper will take the ball the batter either let's go or misses and, in the same motion under arm it back towards the stumps in the hope the batter is out of their crease.
It's been happening since the game began and every wicket keeper, including all our favourite test keepers, have done it at some stage.
Why now, when Alex Carey, in the same motion, does it in a test match for Australia against England and Jonny Bairstow strangely walks out of his crease and is run out are some people so upset and screaming from the rooftops?
https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/32/paul-ryan/blog/1241/carey-stumps-bairstow-and-the-spirit-of-cricket
A: I kept for Northern District 1sts for 12 years and must have tried it about 100 times but missed.
Perfectly legit. It is now coming out about Bairstow. The moral high ground is a very slippery place.
And as for those chinless MCC members, with their breakfast on their ties, I won't say anything.
Don't say anything, if you can't say anything nice.
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