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St George DCC First Grade Player No.49 - Albert "Mick" Scanes.

Mick Scanes started playing for St George in the 1926-27 season which just happened to be the same season Sir Donald Bradman started with The Saints. Subsequently Scanes is now immortalized as the player one before Bradman in our list of First Grade Players.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/275/st-george-cricket-club/blog/2813/albert-mick-scanes-one-before-bradman

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On Sunday 9th February 2025 Parramatta’s prolific scoring batsman and two-times Belvidere Cup winning captain Nick Bertus became the fourth player to compile 10,000+ runs (all grades) for the two-blues. He joins club icons Ray Rowe, Bert Alderson and Stan Teale as the achievers of this substantial milestone.

A brief statistical outline of these fine cricketer’s careers is shown below, uniquely all four were left-handed batsmen.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/406/parramatta-district-cricket-club/blog/2812/parramatta-district-cricket-club-ndash-new-addition-to-the-10000-runs-club

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Penrith Cricket Club

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Murray Staines is in his second year playing with Penrith Cricket Club in the NSW Premier Cricket competition after playing all his cricket from an early age in Lithgow.

If you could change one thing about cricket, what would it be?

You should get a second chance when you’re batting. The amount of unlucky ways you can get out in cricket they should give you another crack

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/330/penrith-cricket-club/blog/2810/pocket-profile-murray-staines-penrith-cricket-club

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The highlight of the Randwick Petersham Cricket Social Calendar is back once again.
Michael Whitney AM invites you to join him at the event of the season - The 2025 President's Lunch along with Australian film and television actor, writer, sports commentator and former professional rugby league player Matt Nable and the comic stylings of Rob Shehadie at Souths Juniors 558A ANZAC Parade, Kingsford, on Friday April 4, 2025.
Tickets $175 per person or $1750 for a table of 10 (Note: Ticket Price on Square includes surcharge).
So don't miss out and book early to secure your seat - seats are going fast! Contact Chris Sullivan (sullochris1@gmail.com or 0451 039 594) TODAY!
Dress code Gentlemen Smart Casual - Tie and Collar preferred.

To purchase a ticket visit -
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A conversation at training lit a spark which went on to see Randwick Petersham become the first Club side to form a partnership with an International team. In the subsequent seasons 9 Irish players have called 'County Coogee' home every summer through the Official Overseas Scholarship Programme.

Today also marks 10 years since that historic day at Coogee Oval when Randwick Petersham hosted Cricket Ireland in a 50 over warm up match for the 2015 Cricket World Cup and 2024-25 marks the Scholarship's 10th Anniversary. In 2017 the club toured Ireland and again in October 2022 hosted Ireland at Coogee prior to the T20 World Cup.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/258/randwick-petersham-cricket-club/blog/2811/randwick-petersham-cricket-club-and-cricket-ireland-10-year-anniversary

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Newcastle District Cricket Association

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Off-spinning allrounder Bobby ‘RA’ Aitken was a gifted cricketer.

Between 1960 and 1988 Bob Aitken was one of the most well-known players on the Sydney First grade cricket stage – punctuating 26 seasons at Parramatta with a 2-season stint at the Sydney club. Throughout that period, he proved himself to be an outstanding player, but also won a reputation as a cantankerous, fierce and ultra-competitive opponent, especially when he had his fingers wrapped around a cricket ball plotting the downfall of the bloke holding the bat at the other end of the pitch.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/406/parramatta-district-cricket-club/blog/2809/parramatta-district-cricket-club-icon-robert-lsquobobbyrsquo-aitken

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Newcastle, NSW, Australia

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The Newcastle District Cricket Association (NDCA) and the Newcastle Junior Cricket Association (NJCA) have passed a motion to join forces to establish the Newcastle Cricket Board (NCB) as the leading cricket organisation in country NSW. This initiative aims to drive strategy and excellence in community sport outcomes through one professional administrative function that embraces the entire cricket ecosystem and leverages partners to execute ambitious outcomes for Newcastle Cricket and the community. The motion includes;

· A defined path to create an entity known as 'Newcastle Cricket Board'

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Gordon District Cricket Club

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Joey Gillard is Gordon District Cricket Club first grade wicket keeper and high order batter and the proud owner of first grade cap number 618.

Joey represented NSW Country Under 19s at the Australian National Championships in 2022-23.

Lets find out more about Joey's journey in the game so far.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/297/gordon-district-cricket-club/blog/2807/pocket-profile-joey-gillard-gordon-district-cricket-club

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Leslie Walter Pye was an iconic cricketer with the Parramatta District Cricket Club, in a First Grade career that stretched from 1894/95 to 1918/19 (although he filled in for the firsts in a game during the 1921/22 at the age of 51 years scoring 21 runs and claiming 5/44 v. St George). The brilliant allrounder a skilful and stylish top-order batsman, a crafty leg-spinner and outstanding slips fieldsman – one of only two players to score 7,000+ runs and capture 300+ wickets in NSW Premier First Grade Cricket for the Parramatta Club (M.A. Wood was the other player).

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/406/parramatta-district-cricket-club/blog/2806/leslie-walter-pye-ndash-an-unsurpassed-performance

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Fred Snell was a Randwick man through and through. He was the most loyal of clubmen, the most reliable of players and the best of administrators. He was also Randwick’s oldest 1st Grade debutant.

Almost as a mark of respect, on 23 December 1962, Fred was selected in 1st Grade for the one-day match against Mosman at Mosman Oval. Fred batted no. 10 but was bowled after scoring 4 runs. Randwick won the match 191 to 144. Fred Snell may well have been one of Sydney Grade Cricket’s oldest 1st Grade debutants at age 49 years and 209 days.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/258/randwick-petersham-cricket-club/blog/2805/fred-snell-1913-83

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The Parramatta District Club’s former champion opening bowler Billy Lothian, passed away at age 72, in April 2018 whilst residing in Mossman North Queensland.

Bill’s outstanding career with Parramatta (Cumberland) extended from 1963/64 to 1979/80 after which he retired and relocated to the Central Coast. On his 1st grade debut in 1965/66 he claimed 6/71 against Petersham and continued to play at that level until 1979/80, along the way establishing himself to be one of the club’s best ever fast bowlers, being the first paceman to capture ‘400+ Wickets’ in 1st grade for Parramatta.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/406/parramatta-district-cricket-club/blog/2804/william-lsquobillyrsquo-lothian-a-bowler-of-skill

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Belmont District Cricket Club

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Barry Holland had the rare distinction of not only taking most wickets for Petersham-Marrickville in his first season but also achieving what many Grade players failed to do in a full career—take a hat-trick. While his 49 wickets across three grades was the club’s top, that 1963-64 summer, his hat-trick came in 4th Grade in just his fourth match. Playing Gordon at Turramurra, Holland’s three wickets in three balls to finish with 3-15, helped bowl his team to victory.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/258/randwick-petersham-cricket-club/blog/2803/barry-holland

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Newcastle, Australia

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Pocket Profile - Andrew Quick - Belmont District Cricket Club

Tell us about your cricket journey.

I started playing for Belmont when I was 14, and then at 16, I roped my dad into coming out of retirement and went to play grade cricket with him at Belmont.

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Gordon District Cricket Club

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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On the weekend of 8-9 February, 2025, a group of former Gordon players got together at Chatswood Oval to celebrate exactly (to the day!!) fifty years since they won the Poidevin-Gray competition.

In 1974-75, Gordon won the Northern Division of the comp.
Names under the 2025 photo:

Back row: Peter Olsen Dick Huey (scorer), Piet Baird, David Meagher

Front row: Steve McDowell, John Dedman (captain), Jim Cattlin (coach), Michael Falk, Jim Cameron, John Crawford.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/297/gordon-district-cricket-club/blog/2800/gordon-1974-75-pgs-reunion

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Sutherland District Cricket Club

Sylvania, Australia

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Steve Smith has now scored 10271 runs in 206 innings, at an average of 56.75. The only player to have averaged more in his first 206 innings is Ricky Ponting (10365 runs at 57.58). The only player to have scored more than 10000 runs with a higher average is Kumar Sangakkara, with 12400 runs at 57.41.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/294/sutherland-district-cricket-club/blog/2801/steve-smith-update-batting-and-fielding

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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Wayne Andrews on WA’s Golden Era – Sandgroper Sports Podcast

Wayne Andrews is a celebrated cricketer who played a key role in one of Western Australia’s most successful eras during the 1980s and 1990s.

Originally from Melbourne (not that we hold it against him), Wayne moved to WA in his late teens with ambitions of securing a WAFL league game. However, it was cricket where he truly made his mark. A dynamic batsman and skilled spin bowler, he played 91 first-class matches and 47 one-day games for WA, captaining his state on 10 occasions.

Wayne shares fascinating stories about the legendary players he played alongside and competed against, offering insights into WA’s golden era of success. He also recounts entertaining anecdotes about some of the game’s most colourful characters and reflects on memorable matches from a time before the rise of Twenty20 cricket.

A must-listen for cricket lovers.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/11DVxkL19iOy3TVYMKIEjk

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Penrith Cricket Club

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AW Green Shield success led to my selection in the NSW U/17 team. I was very honoured to play twice, even more in the second year when made captain. In the first year I was the young one, the ‘newbie’ on the block, given the job of short leg—under the lid and in the firing line!—and batting at Nos. 7 or 8, and bowling the odd over. It was an awesome experience, kitted up with Blues gear, boarding the plane to Brisbane, staying together as a team at a local University.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/330/penrith-cricket-club/blog/2799/that-winning-feeling-geoff-sullivan

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A first-class cricket all-rounder, who learnt his early cricket with Petersham-Marrickville, Damien Wright had the distinction of playing a major role in the winning of a Sheffield Shield competition. And while he was born and bred in NSW, his performance was not for his home State but for Tasmania. It was the 2006-07 season, with Tasmania playing NSW at Hobart. After top-scoring with 67 in the first innings, he demolished the NSW middle order in the second, taking a brilliant 5-13 to give Tasmania its first win in the competition.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/258/randwick-petersham-cricket-club/blog/2798/damien-wright

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