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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.

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3 months ago

UTS North Sydney District Cricket Club

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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:

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3 months ago

Manly Warringah District Cricket Club

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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.

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3 months ago

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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 months ago

Randwick Petersham Cricket Club

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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 months ago

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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.

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3 months ago

CricConnect Stories

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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 months ago

Randwick Petersham Cricket Club

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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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3 months ago

Corrowong, NSW, Australia

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Billy Ellison joined Randwick as an 18 year old in 1931-32. A left-arm over-the-wrist spinner and hard hitting batsman, he was to become Randwick’s most successful bowler with more than 1,000 wickets as well as one of the greatest of his type, ever to play Sydney Grade cricket.

Bill’s ability was apparent from his first season when he was the star of the “A” Shires team which won the competition, taking 38 wickets at 9.50 runs each. But for an appendicitis operation which cut short his season, he would have taken many more. In a remarkable transition, the very next summer of 1932-33, Ellison was in 1st Grade where he won the bowling average with 19 wickets at 13.05. He was to play the majority of his cricket in that team over the next 30 seasons.

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3 months ago

Brad Bannister

Teacher

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After Greg's heroics of his 272 not out. We then travelled to the beautiful Newcastle Number 1 Sportsground for our next fixture versus University of Newcastle.

However, the week before in a mid-week fixture versus the Touring Indian team, Greg represented Norther NSW from memory and made a stella 100 in this tour fixture. We batted first in the NDCA fixture against Uni, and unlike the round before their were no quick wickets, no toilet issues and a much more settled start to our innings. As we sat in the grandstand, all of us young fellas hung off every word as Greg regaled his innings against the Indian test attack.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/209/brad-bannister/blog/2632/greg-geise-golden-1991-92-part-two-and-three

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3 months ago

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In 1967-68, Paul McCann, a young tearaway pace bowler from the Illawarra area, joined Sutherland and experienced an amazing performance in his first match for the Club. Playing “B” Shires (6th Grade) at Sutherland Oval, he took one wicket as Geoff Glover finished with match figures of 8-6 & 7-34. Paul went on to take 22 wickets at 11.6 in four matches in “A” Shires after that match.

The following season, 1968-69, he was graded in 2nd Grade and he showed what he was capable of with 40 wickets at 17.8 in 13 matches, as 2nds made the final. The annual report read:

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/294/sutherland-district-cricket-club/blog/2631/paul-mccann-tearaway-paceman-from-illawarra

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4 months ago

UTS North Sydney District Cricket Club

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Anthony Hale played 58 matches for Sutherland and took 201 wickets at an average of 14.3, the second-best average of the 56 players who have taken at least 200 wickets for the Club.

At the start of the 1988-89 season, Anthony was studying for and then sitting his HSC exams. He filled in for 5th Grade in round 5 in mid-November, taking 3-62 off 16 overs, and then he was gone. Anthony Hale had retired – two months before he turned 18!

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/294/sutherland-district-cricket-club/blog/2630/anthony-hale-a-remarkable-career-that-was-over-in-a-flash

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4 months ago

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From the Vault: 2020 PG Shield Preliminary Final vs Gordon

The baby Bears turned up to Chatswood Oval full of energy and keen to get on the field, while it appeared that their opposition were hoping for more rain.

The ground looked wet and the covers had accumulated plenty of water from overnight showers. This led to a delay in the start of proceedings. With the covers finally removed, the pitch looked hard and dry, but light rain threatened to derail our campaign and the covers were returned. Once the rain finally stopped (again), the umpires reduced the game to 44 overs per side and scheduled the start of play for 12:15. Gordon won the toss and elected to bat.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/380/uts-north-sydney-district-cricket-club/blog/2628/from-the-vault-2020-pg-shield-preliminary-final-vs-gordon

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4 months ago

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Renowned batting coach and Wests first grader of the 1990s, Neil D’Costa (Wests #545), brought Phillip Hughes to Sydney for the last match of the 2005-2006 season, to see if the 17 year old from Macksville on the far north coast of NSW could adjust to city life.

Hughes arrived to play the last game of the 2005-06 season in Seconds, versus St. George at Pratten Park, instantly indicating that he could adjust to cricket in the ‘big smoke’, in the process impressing with his distinctive attacking flair and a score of 141 not out.

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4 months ago

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Adam Pengilly is a former West players and a sports columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald. Adam has kindly allowed the Club to share his personal tribute to the late Phillip Hughes first published in the Sydney Morning Herald November 28, 2014.

The kid was Macksville's Phil Hughes, playing his first Sydney grade game for Western Suburbs' second XI in the last fixture of the 2005-06 season, and hitting a six off the last ball to endear himself to his new teammates.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/161/western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-sydney/blog/1779/the-day-western-suburbs-met-phillip-hughes

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4 months ago

Parramatta District Cricket Club

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"One thing about playing for Wests", says Alan Davidson, "was that there were always great people around, helping out. When we played at Pratten Park, there'd always be Mrs Muller, and the Kelleards, doing all sorts of jobs for us. And the afternoon teas they put on! We'd get back to the rooms at tea-time and you soon found out who was there to play cricket and who was there to eat!"

Grade cricket clubs only exist because of the volunteers who perform the dozens of small tasks that make it possible to prepare for, and stage, matches. The economics of Grade cricket make it necessary for clubs to rely on unpaid labour and the goodwill of their supporters

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/161/western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-sydney/blog/2626/always-great-people-around-a-western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-story

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4 months ago

Randwick Petersham Cricket Club

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Parramatta’s Third Grade team produced an amazing Finals series campaign to capture the 2009/10 Premiership. They ran roughshod over their opponents in the Qualifying Final (Easts), Semi-Final (Manly) and Grand Final (St. George) along the way only bowling a mere 25.3 overs – all matches were played at Old Kings Oval.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/406/parramatta-district-cricket-club/blog/2625/parramattarsquos-rampaging-charge-to-the-200910-third-grade-premiership

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4 months ago

East Albury Cricket Club

Albury, NSW, Australia

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East Albury Cricket Club A Grade cricket team 1953-54

Back Row - Bruce Seale, Allan Hunter, Terry O'Shaughnessy, Arthur Allen

Front Row - Geoff Bray, Kevin Hunter, J McDonald, Col Richardson, J O'Connell, Arthur Larkin, Ron Richardson

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Over 8,000 spectators had crammed into Marrickville Oval on Saturday 1 April 1944 for the clash between defending four-time premiers St George and the hopeful Marrickville First XI, attempting to win the 1st Grade competition for the first time. Chasing Saints’ 9-150 declared, Wally Horne, listed at no. 7, came in to bat with the score a shaky 5-115. He skied the second ball he received from the St George champion and Australian Test spin-bowler Bill O’Reilly but was dropped in a fielding mix-up

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4 months ago

St George Cricket Club