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Cricket coaching clinic for Sydney’s North Shore Junior Cricketers

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2 months ago

Belmont District Cricket Club

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First-grade cricket at Manly in the 1920s was dominated by one player, Les Gwynne.

Les Gwynne started his first-grade career at the age of 17 with the Glebe Club in 1913, and when World War I broke out he went overseas where he became one of the Services Sports Board of Control in London, and assisted in the formation of the now famous A.I.F. cricket team, first captained by Charlie Kelleway and later by Herbie Collins.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/338/manly-warringah-district-cricket-club/blog/2706/les-gwynne-dominates-the-1920s

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2 months ago

Newcastle, Australia

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Pocket Profile - Jordan Pitt - Belmont District Cricket Club

Started playing cricket for Charlestown juniors, also played representative cricket for Newcastle and lake Macquarie then moved to grade cricket for Belmont and continue to play for them.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1608/belmont-district-cricket-club/blog/2712/pocket-profile-jordan-pitt-belmont-district-cricket-club

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2 months ago

UTS North Sydney District Cricket Club

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TS North Sydney's Jimmy Greenslade was at his destructive best during the First Grade T20 campaign in which the Bears made the Quarter Finals before getting tipped over by a classy Bankstown outfit. Greenslade has since travelled to Christchurch, New Zealand, to ply his trade for Burnside West Christchurch University CC, where he helped the club to their maiden T20 premiership before Christmas.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/380/uts-north-sydney-district-cricket-club/blog/2710/magic-moment-nz-bound-greenslade-goes-gangbusters-at-pratten-park

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2 months ago

St George Cricket Club

UTS North Sydney District Cricket Club

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Born during the Second World War on 8 May 1942 in Alton, Hampshire, of the United Kingdom Martin went on to become an important member of the St George District Cricket Club during one of its most successful periods in its 110 year history to date.

During his career, Martin was given the nickname of “Big Fave” took 365 First Grade wickets at an average of 18.22 across 12 fine seasons.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/275/st-george-cricket-club/blog/2711/st-george-dcc-first-grade-player-no-206-john-martin

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2 months ago

South Brisbane District Cricket Club

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Australia's most recent recipient of a Baggy Green, Sam Konstas, showed he was made for the big occasions when he stared adversity in the eyes and took down the best bowler on the planet in Jasprit Bumrah in his first test innings. But that wasn't the case when he arrived at North Sydney Oval wearing Sutherland colours in the 2022/23 season.

Olly Knight is one of the more senior bowlers in the UTS North Sydney attack, and thanks to an excellent catch by Timothy Reynolds at point, Knight had Konstas in his back pocket without troubling the scorers, as you will see below.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/380/uts-north-sydney-district-cricket-club/blog/2709/magic-moment-knight-pockets-konstas-at-north-sydney-oval

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2 months ago

Brisbane, Australia

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South Brisbane District cricket Club - Reserve Grade Premiers 1977-78

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2 months ago

Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney

Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney

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Malcolm Gorham was a scorer more in the Len Davis mould. At the age of 13, "Pencil" began scoring for Western Suburbs' AW Green Shield and Poidevin-Gray Shield teams, and he graduated to First Grade in the premiership season of 1972-73, taking over the role from Anderson.

Gorham soon abandoned the constraints of traditional scorebooks, devising his own format for a scoresheet that enabled him to record the progress of a game in a far more detailed way. Like most scorers, he had his idiosyncrasies, including a habit of leaving the Pratten Park scorebox a couple of times a day to walk a lap of the ground

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/161/western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-sydney/blog/2708/flair-for-figures-a-western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-tale

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2 months ago

UTS North Sydney District Cricket Club

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Rajveer Masrani is a top-order batsman and fast bowler who joined Western Suburbs District Cricket Club at the beginning of the 2024-25 season.

At 15 years of age, Rajveer has already progressed up the ranks into 3rd grade and has shown great skill, control and maturity with his cricketing abilities.

In Round 5 of the 2024-25 season, Rajveer scored a blistering 71 runs off 69 balls in a convincing win against Sydney in fourth grade.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/161/western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-sydney/blog/2705/pocket-profile-rajveer-masrani-western-suburbs-district-cricket-club

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3 months ago

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UTS North Sydney stamped their authority on the match from the very start, as captain Glenn Aitken won the toss and confidently chose to bat first.

His decision was vindicated with a commanding performance that saw North Sydney dominate with both bat and ball to secure a clinical victory over Western Suburbs.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/380/uts-north-sydney-district-cricket-club/blog/2703/match-report-uts-north-sydney-vs-western-suburbs-second-grade-t20

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3 months ago

St George Cricket Club

Sutherland District Cricket Club

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On this his 75th birthday (December 28th) it’s an appropriate opportunity to recognise the outstanding career of St George Hall of Fame member, Steve Bernard.

In his early career Bernard was known for his pace and venom, at St George he developed greater wile and cunning while still possessing the ability to put the batsman on the back foot. These skills saw him finish his six seasons at St George with 212 first grade wickets at 14.58. Remarkably he captured these wickets at a rate of one wicket every seven overs, any wonder he was the ‘go to’ for his captain.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/275/st-george-cricket-club/blog/2704/steve-bernard-oam-first-grade-player-no277

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3 months ago

Sylvania, Australia

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Steve Smith scored his 34th Test century today at the MCG. He is now level on 34 with Sunil Gavaskar, Mahela Jayawardene, Brian Lara and Younis Khan and behind only Sachin Tendulkar (51), Jacques Kallis (45), Ricky Ponting (41), Kumar Sangakkara (38), Rahul Dravid (36) and Joe Root (36).

It was scored in his 201st innings. The only players to score their 34th Test century in less innings were Sachin Tendulkar (192 inns) and Ricky Ponting (194 inns).

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/294/sutherland-district-cricket-club/blog/2701/steve-smith-scores-his-34th-test-century

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3 months ago

Shane Lee

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My best grade team - Shane Lee 1990 to 2005

This was actually a lot harder than I first thought.

I played 5 years with Campbelltown in first grade from the age of 15 years to 20 and then moved to Mosman Cricket Club and played 10 seasons

I decided to include all players, despite their state or international duties. This team would beat most international sides on their day!

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/538/shane-lee/blog/858/my-best-grade-team-shane-lee-1990-to-2005

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3 months ago

St George Cricket Club

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In 2023 at the St George DCC Annual Dinner, two more St George legends, this time from the 1980's, were inducted to the Hall of Fame which is located at the Norm O'Neill Cricket Training Facility in Penshurst.

St George DCC First Grade Player No.285 - Geoff Milliken and St George DCC First Grade Player No.295 - Warwick Hayes, were both inducted to the St George DCC Hall Of Fame in 2023.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/275/st-george-cricket-club/blog/2700/st-george-district-cricket-club-2023-hall-of-fame-inductees

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3 months ago

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The Manly Daily 1973/74 Final Preview

As long as anyone could remember, the Manly Daily was a big supporter of local cricket, and the Waratahs in particular.

Here they ran the front page of the paper in support of our premiership seeking 1973/74 side.

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3 months ago

Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney

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The 2006/07 Green Shield season was one of immense success. This is both looking at the season itself, as well as its production of some of the clubs best future talent.

Club stalwarts such as Adam Gummer, Logan Weston and Jarrod Walter came out of the side, as well as successful Grade players such as Matt Mee, Nick McCallum-Toomey and Ed Burgess.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/338/manly-warringah-district-cricket-club/blog/2698/manly-warringah-200607-green-shield

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3 months ago

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Sydney Grade Cricket was saddened to hear of the passing of Jim Hadley, Western Suburbs first grade player #504, during the holiday period.

Wests Test pace bowler, Dave Gilbert, recalls Jim Hadley as “a good bloke, quite a character around the team, well-liked by players and supporters alike. He was a quality right arm leg spinner”.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/161/western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-sydney/blog/2697/vale-jim-hadley

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3 months ago

Paul Ryan

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Ballina, New South Wales, Australia

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The International Cricket Council handling of Virat Kohli’s recent incident could have significant ramifications for the game of cricket. It raises an important question: What’s worse on the cricket field—physical contact and intimidation or verbal abuse and intimidation?

If you believe that physical actions are more severe, the International Cricket Council has set a troubling precedent. By imposing only a 20% match fee fine and one demerit point on Kohli for his physical contact and intimidation of Sam Konstas on day one of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG, the ICC risks undermining the standards of conduct expected in the sport.

What kind of message does this send to the wider cricketing community, which relies on the game’s integrity, rules, and code of conduct?

From Premier Cricket and Club competitions to Park, Regional, Veterans, and School cricket, this decision sets a dangerous precedent. How are players and officials at all levels expected to maintain discipline when the governing body appears to downplay physical intimidation on the field?

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3 months ago

Tony Goodfellow

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I would be hypocritical in the eyes of English cricket supporters, if I didn’t comment on the Sam Konstas ‘Bazball’ Boxing Day innings.

The Konstas innings was fuelled by adrenaline, youthful exuberance and wonderful hand eye coordination, however, for all its flashiness, there will come a time where the young opener will have to knuckle down and grind out the runs.

As I have posted previously, the ‘Bazball’ style of play displayed by Konstas on debut, as exciting as it was to watch, cannot be sustained successfully across all Test match conditions.

What makes me especially nervous is the premeditation of the Konstas ramp shot. When this shot comes off it can look spectacular, as it did early in his innings, however, the batsman can be made to look silly, especially in a Test match, if it doesn’t come off.

Konstas is a rare talent and a breath of fresh to the Australian cricket team and his aggressive style of play, certainly had Virat Kohli and the Indians as rattled, as he had the MCG crowd and TV viewers entertained.

Whether or not Konstas can sustain his ultra aggressive style of play long term in Test cricket is the burning question, however, in the meantime, it will be fun to watch

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3 months ago