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About Me

Matthew Betsey

Wests Tigers Rugby League Football
https://www.weststigers.com.au
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
General Manager, Women's & PathwaysGeneral Manager, Women's & Pathways
Wests Tigers Rugby League Football Pty Ltd

Played NSW Premier Cricket for Fairfield, Western Suburbs and Bankstown

My Activity

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Q: NSW Combined Catholic Colleges cricket team - 1994

Back Row – M. McGinnity (Coach), C. Graham, P. Keene, G. Lambert, R. Barnes, B. Carter, T. Power, C. Browne (Manager)

Front Row – B. Woolford, K. O’Toole, B. Schultz (Vice – Captain), M. Betsey (Captain), S. Renneberg, S. McKiernan, M. Menniti
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Q: 1999-2000, the year of the Bulldogs

I was fortunate to start my 1st grade career on Australia Day in 1994 with Fairfield-Liverpool after Corey Doyle (RIP) was selected in the Australian Under 19 team. I went on to play three seasons with Western Suburbs (1996-1999) and then for Bankstown (including the 1999/2000 premiership) until 2005. I finished with a season back at Fairfield-Liverpool playing in the 2006 Grand Final against Bankstown.

To celebrate the mighty Bankstown Bulldogs winning the 1st grade Premiership in 1999-2000, I want to acknowledge my great Bankstown team-mates (see below) and in the absence of singling any out in ‘my best grade team’, I thought I would select a Sydney Grade Cricket XI based on the performances of our opposition in our 1999/2000 premiership season!

1. Brett van Deinsen (St George) – what a talent, but anyone who witnessed VD taking on Wayne Holdsworth in the Final

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I was fortunate to start my 1st grade career on Australia Day in 1994 with Fairfield-Liverpool after Corey Doyle (RIP) was selected in the Australian Under 19 team. I went ...
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Q: NSW Under 14 Metropolitan Cricket team 1990

Back row: Steve Thomlinson (Coach), Michael Lee, Paul Schofield, Shane Burgoyne, Graeme Rummans, Gaeton Juul, Mark Owens, Stephen Morgans
Front Row: Richie Brown, Matthew Daykin, Matthew Betsey, Anthony Guido, Darren MacKay
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Q: NSW Women's 2004 Championship winning cricket team

Back Row - Jacqui Hoban (Manager), Lisa Keightley, Sharon Millanta, , Sarah Andrews, Leah Poulton, Bronwyn Calver, Matthew Betsey (Assistant coach)
Middle Row - Kerry Marshall (Coach), Alex Blackwell, Shannon Cunneen, Martha Winch
Front Row - Lisa Sthalekar, Leonie Coleman, Julie Hayes (Captain), Emma Liddell, Kate Blackwell
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Q: NSW Combined Catholic Colleges cricket team - 1993

Back Row – Simon Breen (Manager), Matthew Betsey, Brett McKiernan, Peter Francis, Michael Phillips, John Boulous, Andrew Northridge, Mark McGinnity (Coach)

Front Row – Christopher Ashenden, David Dykes, Luke Mason (Vice-Captain), Anthony Nicey (Captain), Jason Denton, Richard Dickson, Kieron O’Toole
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Q: NSW Colts Cricket team v QLD Colts - 1998

Back Row – Trevor Bayliss (coach), Daniel McLauchlan, Michael Goldsmith, Greg Mail, Dominic Thornley, Paul Sutherland, David Patterson (Coach)

Front Row – Brett Van Deinsen, Matthew Daykin, Matthew Betsey, Graeme Rummans (Captain), Don Nash, Mark McInnes, Dean Burke