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Jason Arnberger was a local Penrith junior who played all grades at Penrith Cricket Club, becoming First Grade Cap #102. Jason also represented New South Wales and Victoria at First-Class and List-A levels.

As seen in the scorecard above, at his home ground, Howell Oval. Arnberger would amass 319* off 439 balls including 51 x 4s and a single 6 in his 478-minute stay at the crease.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/330/penrith-cricket-club/blog/2566/penrith-cricket-club-jason-arnberger-319-for-nsw-2nd-xi-at-howell-oval

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A nice little article from the Manly Daily, written by it's historian John Morcombe, on some history of Manly Oval. Article was published on the 10th November, 2017

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Belmont District Cricket Club

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Manly Warringah District Cricket Club first Grade side promoting major sponsor The Communications Depot in September 1995.

Standing L to R: Ross Trewartha, Geoff Tucker, Richard Fry, Rowley Alexander (c), Paul Hoffman

Sitting/kneeling L to R: Michael Bevan, Craig Glassock, David Ford, Shawn Bradstreet, Glenn Evans, Mark Taylor

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Newcastle, Australia

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Pocket Profile - Kyle Munns - Belmont District Cricket Club

I started at Lake Macquarie Junior Cricket Club. I tried Cardiff Boolaroo and couldn’t hack it, so I went and played for the NTO(Newcastle tax office ) Googlies for a couple of years. Then moved to Newcastle City second grade from a call from an old coach, then to Belmont with the lads.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1608/belmont-district-cricket-club/blog/2560/pocket-profile-kyle-munns-belmont-district-cricket-club

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Sydney Cricket Club

Sutherland District Cricket Club

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Sammy-Jo Johnson has represented several domestic and international T20 franchises and performed with distinction. She has had the honour of Captaining the NSW breakers.

Sammy-Jo is a superb club member and mentor to the junior players at Sydney CC

My senior women's club debut in Brisbane for Western Suburbs District Cricket Club where I played a few seasons until I moved to the Gold Coast Dolphins. I also debut in Sydney Premier Grade Cricket in high school for Northern Districts but since coming down to NSW full time I've been with the Tigers since.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/375/sydney-cricket-club/blog/2559/sammy-jo-johnson-seize-the-day

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Sylvania, Australia

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Steve Edmonds is best known for playing 113 first grade matches for Cronulla-Sutherland between 1972 and 1981, mostly as a winger, including the 1978 grand final and grand final replay against Manly-Warringah. One of his best matches was at the SCG in 1977 when he scored 3 tries on the wing in a 37-10 win against Newtown..

As a junior cricketer, Steve accumulated an outstanding record as a pace bowler for Sutherland, taking 234 wickets in 81 matches between 1966-67 and 1970-71, when he stopped playing cricket to concentrate on his rugby league career.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/294/sutherland-district-cricket-club/blog/2558/steve-edmonds-popular-cronulla-sharks-player-in-the-1970s-was-also-a-very-handy-cricketer

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Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney

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Tom Marriott is an established top-order batsman for Western Suburbs District Cricket Club, known for sharing his cricketing experience to help young players improve their own craft.

This season, Tom returns to grade cricket and was appointed captain of the Western Suburbs fourth-grade side, which made it through to the semi-finals last season.

In the 2022/23 season, Tom made three fifty-plus scores for the club, top-scoring with 77 against Sydney Cricket Club.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/161/western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-sydney/blog/2557/pocket-profile-tom-marriott-western-suburbs-district-cricket-club

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St George Cricket Club

UTS North Sydney District Cricket Club

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By popular demand we return with our "In Between Balls" feature where we delve into the minds and history of our players. We kick off with our returning Welsh International Ollie Rayner. Ollie recently was capped as St George DCC First Grade Player No.479

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/275/st-george-cricket-club/blog/2556/in-between-balls-with-ollie-rayner

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During round two of Second Grade's Albert Cup UTS North Sydney's Finn Nixon-Tomko made history, blasting 207 not out off 153 balls.

Surprisingly, Norths still fell short of Gordon's 385-5. But an unbelievable achievement for a precocious talent who deservingly made his First Grade debut the following week.

Here is the scorecard from Finn's epic knock and a video of him bringing up his double ton at Bon Andrews.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/380/uts-north-sydney-district-cricket-club/blog/2555/finn-nixon-tomko-207-not-out-for-uts-north-sydney-vs-gordon

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Sydney Cricket Club

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A dynamic young player at the Tigers who is well respected by his team mates and has a marvellous future ahead.

I started playing backyard cricket with my family in Ireland. Joined my first team Waterford CC as an 8-year-old. Later played for Cork Harlequins CC and Rush CC. Then moved to Australia and played in Wollongong and now Sydney Cricket Club.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/375/sydney-cricket-club/blog/2552/pocket-profile-cain-egerton-sydney-cricket-club

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Randwick Petersham Cricket Club

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The Australian Cricketer magazine, published every Friday in the 1940s from it's Chatswood offices and available to be purchased through Dymocks, published the previous weekends Grade results. Take a look at all the updated ladders, latest stats and the weekends scorecards from Saturday 30th November 1947.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/338/manly-warringah-district-cricket-club/blog/2551/the-australian-cricketer-1947-48-grade-results

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Gordon Roy Asprey, who was born at Petersham on 23 August 1890 was commonly known by his middle name Roy, throughout his life. And while the Church of England railway clerk had a successful cricket career with Marrickville, he was a “late starter”, not joining the club until the 1911-12 season when he was 21.

A left-arm spin bowler, he began with a match in the Marrickville third team playing in the City and Suburban competition. Taking 1-22 at the bowling crease and hitting 32 with the bat, he was immediately promoted to the Second XI playing in the NSW Cricket Association’s 3rd Grade competition.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/258/randwick-petersham-cricket-club/blog/2549/gordon-roy-asprey-dcm-1890-1969

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St George Cricket Club

Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney

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When Don Bradman made his debut in 1st Grade at Petersham Oval on Saturday 27 November 1926, walking to the crease with the score at 4 for 104, I’m certain no one in the crowd could have imagined the impact this young man would have on, not only that match, but cricket itself.

Dick Jones, the Club Assistant Secretary, and inaugural first grade captain, who opened the batting that day, sadly dismissed for a duck, thought the boy from Bowral had more potential than most.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/275/st-george-cricket-club/blog/2548/from-the-vault-bradmans-saints-debut

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UTS North Sydney District Cricket Club

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Western Suburbs District Cricket Club 2nd Grade team to play Manly Warringah District Cricket Club at Pratten Park on Saturday 6 January 2018.

Manly won the toss and sent Western Suburbs into bat and Western Suburbs were bowled out for 127 off 41.1 overs.
In reply Manly were bowled out for 80 with Pakistan and BBL fast bowler Harris Rauf taking 4 for 12 off 9 overs. He took all 4 wickets in one over bowling each batter. He took a wicket on the first ball, third ball, fifth ball and again with his sixth ball.

Back Row - Liam Sparke, Michael Tudehope, John Rush, Darren Bourke, Lee Maggs, Connor Jackson, Connor Blaxall Hill.
Front row - Haris Rauf, Daniel Hayes, Sam Pararajasingham, Tom Burt

Match scorecard -
https://play.cricket.com.au/match/3b642998-ea96-4493-8380-01af5ddefe6c?tab=scorecard

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Sutherland District Cricket Club

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Nic Bills: My Greatest Grade XI

Nic Bills has had fantastic Grade Cricket career which still has plenty of tomorrows. Over 15 years, he’s been involved in some fierce battles. He’s racked up more than 500 wickets and lifted eight premiership trophies across all formats. North Sydney, Manly, Mosman, Sydney – he’s worn the colours of them all, adding a bit of his own history to each club along the way.

With all those experiences fresh in his memory, Bills now shares his best XI from the ranks of Sydney grade cricket – a team shaped by years of gritty competition.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/380/uts-north-sydney-district-cricket-club/blog/2547/nic-bills-my-greatest-grade-xi

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Sylvania, Australia

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In the winter of 2015, Daniel Rixon broke his thumb playing Aussie Rules for St.George. As a result, he missed the start of the 2015-16 season as he waited for the injury to recover. In order to prove his fitness to resume in 1st Grade, he came back through 2nd Grade in Round 6 vs Hawkesbury at Owen Earle Oval. At the time, he had played 261 matches for Sutherland, including 221 in 1sts, with a highest score of 95, made in 1sts the previous season.

He certainly proved that he had fully recovered from his thumb injury, opening the batting and smashing a club record score for 2nd Grade with 272 off 248 balls

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/294/sutherland-district-cricket-club/blog/2544/daniel-rixon-sets-2nd-grade-record-score

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Country Cricket NSW

Newcastle, NSW, Australia

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A Milestone in NSW Cricket: Steve Rixon and Peter Toohey Celebrating 50 Years

Two great mates, born just 55 days and 417 kilometres apart in regional NSW, made their first-class debut for New South Wales on this day, 50 years ago—October 25, 1974.

Steve Rixon, hailing from Albury, and Peter Toohey, from Blayney, donned the iconic NSW Baggy Blue for the first time, facing Queensland at the Gabba. Though NSW fell short, losing by 9 wickets, the game marked the beginning of two remarkable careers that would soon rise above the early setback. Both Rixon and Toohey went on to represent Australia at the highest level—Test cricket.

Their shared journey extended beyond state cricket, as both men played together at Western Suburbs District Cricket Club in Sydney. In an extraordinary twist, they even made their Test debuts side by side, both taking the field for Australia against India at the Gabba during the first Test of the 1977-78 series.

This time, their fortunes were much brighter. Rixon (Australian player number 287) made his mark behind the stumps with 5 catches, while Toohey (Australian player number 288) impressed with the bat, scoring 82 and 57, helping Australia to a 16-run victory.

Cricket brought Rixon and Toohey together and fifty years later, we look back with admiration on the achievements of these two great mates.

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Randwick Petersham Cricket Club

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Glenn Evans "Trunk" One of the greatest characters in our Club's history.

More stories have been told about Trunk than any other cricketer in the last 40 years. From falling asleep at Gully, to finishing the KFC in his bag that had been there since the end of last season, to his tricks on the field and at the bar, Trunk was special.

He could also play. A left-arm wrist spinner who hit the ball hard, Trunk took 394 wickets for the club between 1983 and 2002 and sits 17th on our all-time wicket takers list.

He was also a dynamic, if inconsistent, left-hand batter. Having said that, his 135 against Mosman in Round 1 of 1994/95 will still go down as one of the most gritty innings seen at Manly.

He and brother Warren are the only set of brothers to have taken 300 wickets for the club.

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