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St George Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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We continue our series on St George DCC First Grade Players - Roy Gray Player No.94.

In the scheme of things Rev. Canon Roy Gray just might be one of the more important cricketers to represent St George DCC. We all know the impact that Brian Booth had on our club over his magnificent life. What many of us would not know is that Brian considered Roy Gray to be one the most influential figures in his life.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/275/st-george-cricket-club/blog/2658/first-grade-player-no94-roy-gray

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CricConnect Fans

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Six & Out: Second Innings EP 1 | Brought to you by Macca's

Brad McNamara, Gavin Robertson, Richard Chee Quee and the Lee brothers, Shane and Brett, crack their way into a legendary NSW cricket side - and start to put together the band that would become Six & Out.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/56/cricconnect-fans/blog/2657/six-amp-out-second-innings-ep-1-brought-to-you-by-maccas

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Sydney Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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Rishabh Asher is one of Sydney Cricket Clubs outstanding young cricketers. He has assumed a captaincy role at the Tigers and his leadership skills are admired by club officials, players and umpires

Tell us about your cricket journey.

I first played at Wenty Leagues when I moved to Australia. I then played U15 and U16 at Hills Barbarian. In senior cricket I played with North West Hurricanes for 2 years before moving to Sydney Cricket Club.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/375/sydney-cricket-club/blog/2656/pocket-profile-rishabh-asher-sydney-cricket-club

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Manly Warringah District Cricket Club

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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The Manly Warringah Waratahs finished the 1976-77 2nd grade regular season as high-flying minor-Premiers, but were unable to take out the final against North Sydney. Still, it was a memorable season.

See below Captains Ian Howell’s summary in our 1976-77 Annual Report.

Season 1976/77 was an unforgettable one for the Second Eleven. Manly "Streaked" the opposition in the Minor Premiership Stakes, only to go down after a gallant fight to North Sydney in the Final.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/338/manly-warringah-district-cricket-club/blog/2654/manly-warringah-2nd-grade-side-1976-77

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Parramatta District Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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Albert ‘Bert’ Alderson, who in his playing days was an outstandingly productive left-handed batsman for both the Parramatta District Cricket Club and the Sydney University Cricket Club, on Saturday 14th December 2024 celebrates his 100th birthday – thus becoming the fourth former Parramatta player to reach that milestone, the others were Jack Anthony, Bill Smith and Alan Cramond.

Bert Alderson was literally a run machine – one of only a handful of batsmen to top 14,000 runs in grade cricket – of which 10,731 were made in 1st Grade with Central Cumberland and Sydney University.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/406/parramatta-district-cricket-club/blog/2655/a-tribute-to-bert-alderson-celebrating-his-100th-birthday

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UTS North Sydney District Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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Arriving at Drummoyne Oval on a humid, overcast morning with rain hanging in the air, there were some (the writer included) who were unsure that any cricket would be played at all – but in the end it was a humdinger that finished with the First Grade Bears singing the song for the first time since Round 3.

The umpires ambitiously targeted an on-time start (much to my surprise – the scorebook and team list were still in the car at 9.27 when I was told we were tossing at 9.30), which was kiboshed by rain at 9.29. When the coin eventually came down an hour later, Sydney won it and made the fastest call of “we’ll bowl” ever recorded. We got underway at 10.45, losing just a single over per side.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/380/uts-north-sydney-district-cricket-club/blog/2653/dls-thriller-sydney-vs-uts-north-sydney-round-8-30-november-2024

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Belmont District Cricket Club

Newcastle, Australia

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Pocket Profile - Jack Donovan-Schultz - Belmont District Cricket Club

Started off playing at Newcastle City for juniors and then into Grade Cricket, had a season over in England for Tarleton CC and now playing for Belmont District Cricket Club.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1608/belmont-district-cricket-club/blog/2652/pocket-profile-jack-donovan-schultz-belmont-district-cricket-club

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2 weeks ago

Dennis Hourn

Sydney, Australia

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It's Waverley Oval 1979 and Waverley is pitched against UNSW. Brian Riley is playing for Waverley having decamped from Petersham. He's had a pretty lean season with 220 runs from 11 digs for his new club and finds himself in second grade for the first time in a decade. It's the second last game of the season and the Waverley second grade team too has had a lean season.

Riles arrives late. We are fielding in a few minutes. He is frantically rooting around in his kit bag and then lets out a flurry of expletives. Manages to cover just about every expletive known to the English language. "I've left my f...... cricket trousers at home" he screams. Inquires of his new team mates if we have any spares. No luck.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/239/dennis-hourn/blog/2651/brian-riley-the-quotenfant-terriblequot-of-sydney-grade-cricket-in-the-1970s

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2 weeks ago

Dennis Hourn

Sydney, Australia

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A stunning video has just been released on the history and use of Sydney's Waverley Park which includes Waverley Oval, the grandstand and its facilities, the all weather playing fields, children's playground and the imposing water reservoir tower.

Waverley Oval is home to the Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club formerly known as Waverley District Cricket Club. The club has a rich 150 year history as club president Jim Maxwell AM outlines in the video. Past players include test players and former Australian test captain Syd Gregory, Alan Kippax, former England test captain Tony Greig, Geoff Boycott, Malcolm Marshall, Greg Matthews, Brad Haddin, Peter Nevill and David Warner.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/239/dennis-hourn/blog/2650/our-park-waverley-park

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2 weeks ago

Parramatta District Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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The Parramatta District Cricket Club has had many accomplished sportsmen pass through its ranks over the course of time, but the multitalented Charlie Leabeater – elder sibling of former State batsman Len Leabeater – takes a bit of beating.

He was adept at a wide range of sports as illustrated:

· As a cricketer he played for Central Cumberland from 1918/19 to 1944/45, this included three years in retirement, but as a veteran he answered call to overcome player shortages during World War II.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/406/parramatta-district-cricket-club/blog/2649/parramatta-dcc-ndash-charlie-leabeater-an-all-round-sportsman

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2 weeks ago

Randwick Petersham Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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The greatest father-son combination in the history of the old Randwick club was Stan and Rhys Banwell. And while they played in different eras and never played together, the contribution each made to Randwick over an extended period, emphasised their ability as highly talented and at times, brilliant cricketers.

Stanley Joseph Banwell was born at Broken Hill on 3 December 1932. That was also the day Australia’s Stanley Joseph McCabe made 187* against Harold Larwood and England at the SCG. It was therefore no co-incidence baby Banwell should bear the name, Stanley Joseph. There had always been cricket blood in the Banwell family with Stan’s father, Jesse James Banwell, a 2nd Grade cricketer with St George.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/258/randwick-petersham-cricket-club/blog/2648/like-father-like-son-stan-and-rhys-banwell

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2 weeks ago

Parramatta District Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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Throughout its long history the Parramatta District Cricket Club has had a multitude of intriguing tales to tell, and the story of Tom Vernon Garrett certainly fits that classification.

Between 1904 and 1911 Tom, a busy all-rounder (right-hand middle order batsman and medium-pace bowler), took the field for the Parramatta club (then known as Central Cumberland), in both First and Second grade – some of his playing contemporaries were club legends like Les Pye, ‘Mudgee Cranney’, E.L. ‘Gar’ Waddy, and internationals W.P. Howell and G. Hazlitt.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/406/parramatta-district-cricket-club/blog/2646/the-tom-vernon-garrett-story

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2 weeks ago

St George Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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Clive Kable, in participating in the first season of first grade cricket for the St George District Cricket Club, continued a family tradition of firsts. His great-great grandfather, Henry Kable married Susannah Holmes on 10 February 1788. Their wedding was one of five to take place on the same day, marking the first marriages in the new British colony of New South Wales. Of the five marriages, only the Kable family bore children that lived into adulthood meaning that the Kable family can boast the longest continuing European family line in Australia.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/275/st-george-cricket-club/blog/2643/clive-kable-first-grade-player-no15

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3 weeks ago

Sutherland District Cricket Club

Sylvania, Australia

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Sutherland won the Poidevin-Gray Shield in 2014-15

Back row: Matthew Bradley (coach), Jamie Brown, Riley Ayre, Trent Smith, Tom Pinson, Shayne Smith.

Front row: Daniel Fallins, Tom Doyle, Lachlan Maddinson, Jack Leaning (captain), Adam Whatley, Ben Dwarshuis, Jonathan Rose.

Extract from Matthew Bradley’s team report in Annual Report:

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/294/sutherland-district-cricket-club/blog/2641/sutherland-won-the-poidevin-gray-shield-in-2014-15

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3 weeks ago

UTS North Sydney District Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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2013 was the last time UTS North Sydney tasted success in Sydney's top flight. Here is a HOTSHOT of legendary off spinner Glenn Aitken in action during the victory over Northern District at Bankstown Oval.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/380/uts-north-sydney-district-cricket-club/blog/2642/hotshot-glenn-aitken-2013-one-day-premiership

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3 weeks ago

Manly Warringah District Cricket Club

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Manly Warringah DCC 1st Grade Premiers 1949-50

After 44 years of 1st Grade cricket, Manly won the premiership for the first time on Saturday, 5th April 1950, finishing on top of the competition ladder with 81 points, there being no finals or semi-finals at that time

Pictures: Keith Miller, Dudley Frazer, Doug Dives, Jim Burke

Back Row: Taylor, George Lowe (President), Jim Kennedy

Middle Row: Ewart Smith, Geoff Morrow, Eddie Robinson, Bruce Adrian

Seated: Col Graham, John Gwynne, Bruce Cook (Captain), Tom Brooks, Vic Brown

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/338/manly-warringah-district-cricket-club/blog/2639/manly-warringah-dcc-1st-grade-premiers-1949-50

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3 weeks ago

Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Keshav Krishnan is a promising all-rounder in the making who joined Western Suburbs District Cricket Club at the beginning of the 2024-25 season.

Keshav has already made a name for himself at Western Suburbs, through his consistency, patience and relentless effort.

This season so far, Keshav has already taken 17 wickets in 7 games at an average of 9.88, including taking 5 for 11 off 10 overs against Randwick Petersham in Round 4 and, more recently, taking 6 for 23 off 17 overs against Mosman in Round 6.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/161/western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-sydney/blog/2638/pocket-profile-keshav-krishnan-western-suburbs-district-cricket-club

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3 weeks ago

Randwick Petersham Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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The Oxenham Shield annual cricket matches between neighbouring boroughs, Randwick and Waverley, were first played in 1883. Some 12 years later in 1895, Humphrey Oxenham, a 41-year-old bookmaker and gambler, presented a handsome trophy for competition between the boroughs. A colourful character, as a youth, Oxenham won a bet of £100 to one shilling that he could ride the two miles (3.2 km) between Bathurst and Kelso within a certain time—with a pumpkin on his head.

The trophy was presented at a public meeting on 14 December 1895 presided over by the Waverley mayor. The arrangements for the competition were established for the first match scheduled for Boxing Day and New Year’s Day at Waverley Oval.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/258/randwick-petersham-cricket-club/blog/2637/the-oxenham-shield

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3 weeks ago

CricConnect Fans

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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A heads-up about something a little different. Cricconnect member, James Knight, has written a fictitiou kids' story that aims to promote relationships between Australia and India through the beauty of cricket.

The story is told through the eyes of a drought- affected farm boy, Jack, and an Indian boy, Ajeet, who has just arrived to live with his family in an Aussie bush town. They don't always see eye-to eye, but in the end, this is a beautiful story about the strength of human spirit.

Although it is aimed at upper primary school and early secondary school readers, there are messages in it for all of us. As part of the book, the boys write their own diaries. Here's a sample Chapter.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/56/cricconnect-fans/blog/2636/spirit-of-the-warriors-by-james-knight

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3 weeks ago

Sutherland District Cricket Club

Sylvania, Australia

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Sutherland DCC 3rd Grade Premiers 2011-12

Insets: Liam Casey, Scott Dawes, Michael Kelly, Nick Sharman, Dylan Smith

Back row: Shane Duff (Coach), Josh Zywietz, Adam Whatley, Aaron Phillips (Captain), Grant Davies, Jarrad Roy, Nathan Whittingham.

Front row: Mark Rice, Kurt Brown, Matt Manton, Sam Newman, Nathan Loder.

Extract from Aaron Phillips’ 3rd Grade report in 2011-12 Annual Report:

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/294/sutherland-district-cricket-club/blog/2634/sutherland-dcc-3rd-grade-premiers-2011-12

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