About Me
Rob Wilson
Sales ManagerTimePet
https://www.timepet.com.au/
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Field Team Manager - Australia at TimePet
Played for Eastern Suburbs and Randwick Petersham in Sydney Grade Cricket
Played for Eastern Suburbs and Randwick Petersham in Sydney Grade Cricket
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Q: Can you name the three first grade premiership winning Life Members of Eastern Suburbs District Cricket Club?
A: The great M.W. Patterson, P.M. Lovitt and K. Thompson. Legends
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Q: Like many cricketers, I have collected, received, accumulated and earned many caps along my cricketing journey. Some mean more than others, but all provide memories that come flooding back the minute you lay eyes on them. In some cases, 20 plus years, but the memories are as vivid as ever.
Whether it was my first ever cricket cap, a Waverley District Cricket Club hat I received as a 12-year-old in 1994, or my Waverley College 1st XI cap I would earn a few years later, they both represent different stages for me. One where I had no idea what I was doing and the other, where I thought I knew what I was doing. Just ask some old coaches haha.
The caps I no doubt cherish greatest, though for different reasons, are my Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club 1st grade cap and Randwick-Petersham Cricket Club 1st grade cap
Whether it was my first ever cricket cap, a Waverley District Cricket Club hat I received as a 12-year-old in 1994, or my Waverley College 1st XI cap I would earn a few years later, they both represent different stages for me. One where I had no idea what I was doing and the other, where I thought I knew what I was doing. Just ask some old coaches haha.
The caps I no doubt cherish greatest, though for different reasons, are my Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club 1st grade cap and Randwick-Petersham Cricket Club 1st grade cap
https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/970/rob-wilson/blog/1272/my-cricket-caps-my-journey-rob-wilson
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Like many cricketers, I have collected, received, accumulated and earned many caps along my cricketing journey. Some mean more than others, but all provide memories that come flooding back the minu ...
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Q: NSW Schoolboys cricket team - 2000
Back Row – Robert Wilson, Evan Dix, Julian Stephenson
Middle Row – Paul Milgate (Coach), Graeme Batty, Nick Connolly, Pat Rosser, Craig O’Shannessy, Mark McGinnity (Manager)
Front Row – Luke Bower, Matthew Foreman, William Gell (Captain), Rob Fisher (Vice-Captain), Chris Johnston
Back Row – Robert Wilson, Evan Dix, Julian Stephenson
Middle Row – Paul Milgate (Coach), Graeme Batty, Nick Connolly, Pat Rosser, Craig O’Shannessy, Mark McGinnity (Manager)
Front Row – Luke Bower, Matthew Foreman, William Gell (Captain), Rob Fisher (Vice-Captain), Chris Johnston
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Q: I can’t quite put my finger on how I came to love cricket. Growing up in Enmore a predominantly Portuguese community, cricket wasn’t the main game. Dad would tell me that I used to like bowling to the painted stumps on a wall in Enmore High. My sisters would say that my love of the game drove them nuts, I would bounce a ball all day and hit things, anything. We had a prolific grapefruit tree in the back yard, and I once managed to hook an unripened grapefruit right off the tree through the very large lounge room window with a broom stick. I broke a lot of windows and learned to replace them sometimes managing to do so without mum and dad noticing. Having spent a big chunk of life on a cricket field, I don’t have a lot of handyman skills but replace a window yes, I can do that.
My favourite players growing up were Dean Jones and Allan Border. Deano’s 210 in Madras just about says everything about Australian cricket. I absolutely loved the Test matches against the West Indies. I remember feeling so nervous for the Australian batsmen as they would go out to bat and would ride their innings with them.
I loved all aspects of the game, bowling, batting, and fielding. I was a small kid, so as the other kids around me grew and I didn’t, my bowling seemed a bit pedestrian. Small kids can bat though, and I took to being a gritty opening batsman modelled on Geoff Marsh and David Boon. For most of my early playing days I was an opening batsman, handy with the ball but not overly penetrative. I played in the local Gladesville District, we were a tiny association, and my memory of those representative junior days were one of defeat, probably compounded by being the captain for most of those matches.
My favourite players growing up were Dean Jones and Allan Border. Deano’s 210 in Madras just about says everything about Australian cricket. I absolutely loved the Test matches against the West Indies. I remember feeling so nervous for the Australian batsmen as they would go out to bat and would ride their innings with them.
I loved all aspects of the game, bowling, batting, and fielding. I was a small kid, so as the other kids around me grew and I didn’t, my bowling seemed a bit pedestrian. Small kids can bat though, and I took to being a gritty opening batsman modelled on Geoff Marsh and David Boon. For most of my early playing days I was an opening batsman, handy with the ball but not overly penetrative. I played in the local Gladesville District, we were a tiny association, and my memory of those representative junior days were one of defeat, probably compounded by being the captain for most of those matches.
https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/914/edmund-zelma/blog/1020/ed-zelma-hit-the-wicket-keeper-gloves-hard-all-day
A: Great story Ed. A terrific competitor. Had the good fortune of playing with and against Ed. Thankfully more games with him 😀
