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Stockton and Northern Districts Cricket Club

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UTS North Sydney's 2023/24 Clubman of the year, Jimmy Greenslade, is more than just a classy First Grade batsman. The 23-year-old is known for driving standards and taking ownership of the club's culture, using all his knowledge from his background in rugby union.

We sat down with the Mosman-raised New Zealander and learned more about the person behind the bat. Scratch the surface, and you'll discover a determined hard worker who doesn't take himself too seriously, loves his rugby and believes nothing is bigger than the team.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/380/uts-north-sydney-district-cricket-club/blog/2467/jimmy-greenslade-nothing-is-bigger-than-the-badge

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Newcastle, NSW, Australia

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Stockton & Northern Districts Cricket Club is pleased to announce that David Redden has been awarded Life Membership at our annual presentation dinner for the 2023-24 Season

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/477/stockton-and-northern-districts-cricket-club/blog/2466/david-redden-awarded-life-membership-in-2023-24

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Penrith Cricket Club

Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney

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Cooper McLean is a young leg-spinner who has applied his craft in various grades at Penrith. He has also played Green Shield and made his debut in Poidevin-Gray Shield last season. Even at a young age, he is a role model to younger players because of the way he trains and his willingness to help others around him become better.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/330/penrith-cricket-club/blog/2465/cooper-mclean-penrith-cricket-club

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After the excitement of the centenary season, Western Suburbs endured five lean seasons. In the five years from 1995-96, Wests never reached the top half of the Club Championship, and First Grade's position on the table hovered between tenth and sixteenth. The fact that Second Grade spent these five seasons anchored near the foot of the competition table suggested that the Club's greatest problem was a lack of depth in its First Grade squad.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/161/western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-sydney/blog/2462/a-western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-tale-lean-seasons

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St George Cricket Club

Belmont District Cricket Club

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With the new season upon we take a moment to countdown our top 11 moments from a very memorable 2023-24 season. Here's our top 7-11.

7. Steve Warks award winning season

So many clichés we could use. Let’s run with “Just like a fine wine”. Warky took down the best club in the competition with mind-blowing figures of 8-16 from 17.2 overs. He then claimed a further four more 5 wicket hauls to become the highest wicket taker for the season his his 41 wickets.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/275/st-george-cricket-club/blog/2463/st-george-district-cricket-club-2023-24-first-xi-part-1

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Newcastle, Australia

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Belmont District Cricket Club were awarded their first club championship for the season of 1961-1962.

A newspaper extract from 1962: Championship pennants awarded for the 1961-62 season were displayed at the annual meeting of Belmont Sportsman's Club. From left to right: The President of Belmont District Cricket Club (Mr. W. Sanders), Mr. D. Lennox, winner of Newcastle district bowling aggregate and co-cricketer of the year (with Mr. J. Smyth), President of Newcastle District Cricket Association (Mr. R.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1608/belmont-district-cricket-club/blog/2464/championship-pennants

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Penrith Cricket Club

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Kim Butler, Penrith Cricket Club First Grade cap No 16

Tell us briefly about your cricketing journey?

I started at Penrith for a few years then we were told they had to move into first grade but with all the older players not wanting to, the team eventually folded. I went to Bankstown being the next closest team and captained the first grade side in their second year back. I came back again when Penrith were accepted in first grade side for the very first time. I wanted one more shot at playing outdoor and have been there ever since, now with second grade to captain the younger girls coming through.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/330/penrith-cricket-club/blog/2460/kim-butler-penrith-cricket-club-first-grade-cap-no-16

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Randwick Petersham Cricket Club

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The 2005/06 season was an enormously successful one for the Manly Warringah Waratahs. 1st Grade Limited Overs Premiers, Club Champions, 1st Grade 2-day runners up, 3rd Grade Minor Premiers and Semi Finalists, and 2nd Grade Qualifying FInalists

Here are our Team Captains from the season with the silverware from the season.

L to R: Mike Pawley (Coaching Directory), Pete Jacka (5th Grade Captain), Craig Glassock (2nd Grade Captain and Club Coach), John Warn (3rd Grade Captain), Shawn Bradstreet (1st Grade Captain), Andrew Kemmis (4th Grade Captain), Andrew Fraser (Club President).

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The Randwick Petersham 1st Grade 10th wicket record partnership of 93, established in 2013-14 by Jake Scicluna and Jake Wilson, has stood for 14 years. And while both players shared the credit for that outstanding performance, the innings of Scicluna in particular, remains in the memory of many Coogee Oval old-timers as one of the best they had witnessed. The context of the game and the struggles of the 19-year-old leading up to that match added great weight to his performance.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/258/randwick-petersham-cricket-club/blog/2451/jake-scicluna

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There have been a large amount of Newsletters created in the clubs history of all shapes and sizes. Here is the November version of the Manly Cricketers Chronicle. The newsletter was put together by the grade club but supported all levels of cricket in the Manly Warringah area.

It was sponsored by the John G Stephenson Group.

In this version you can see an intro from Club President and life member Jim Stewart

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/338/manly-warringah-district-cricket-club/blog/2425/manly-cricket-chronicles-november-1984

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After a successful 1957-58 season, Bruce Cook led a powerful side into the first-grade final at the Sydney Cricket Ground against an experienced Western Suburbs side captained by Stan Simsey.

Wests won the toss and batted, but their side collapsed in the face of persistent Manly attack. Tom Brooks got us off to a great start with 3 wickets in his opening spell, aided by 2 fine slip catches by seventeen year old Terry Lee, and the good work was carried on by the naggingly accurate Ross Taylor and by Peter Philpott who kept a good length and turned his wrong 'ún sharply to end up with 4 wickets. Eddie Robinson chipped in with an important wicket, and Wests were all out for 145.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/338/manly-warringah-district-cricket-club/blog/2408/manly-warringah-first-grade-premiers-1957-58

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Penrith Cricket Club

Randwick Petersham Cricket Club

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Josh Lalor is First Grade Cap number 168 for Penrith Cricket Club and also captained the club in First Grade. He was involved in the 2016/17 Limited Overs Premiership and has featured for various T20 Franchises around the world. As well as representing New South Wales in both List A and First Class formats.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/330/penrith-cricket-club/blog/2447/josh-lalor-penrith-cricket-club-first-grade-cap-168

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Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney

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Randwick Petersham Cricket fielded its first 1st Grade team on 29 September 2001 just three months after Randwick and Petersham-Marrickville, two clubs with a century of tradition behind them, merged to form Sydney’s newest Grade Cricket Club. With the merger forcing a bye in the then 19 team 2001-02 competition, Randwick Petersham was permitted to take the bye in round one as part of its “settling”

The first team comprised eight players from the former Randwick club and three from Petersham-Marrickville. While both of the former clubs’ captains, Andrew Millican and Graham Doig were in the side, Paul Toole from Randwick was selected to be the captain of the new team.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/258/randwick-petersham-cricket-club/blog/2446/randwick-petersham-cricket-club-first-1st-grade-team-september-2001

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Sutherland District Cricket Club

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Flynn Nicholls is a stylish up-and-coming top-order batsman for Western Suburbs District Cricket Club and is known for being one of the best fielders at the club.

Last season, Flynn top-scored with 81 in a 205-run opening stand against Fairfield-Liverpool in Round 3. He was also a part of the Western Suburbs fourth-grade side which made it through to the semi-finals, and also made his debut in third grade.

Here's our quick pocket profile with Flynn.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/161/western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-sydney/blog/2442/pocket-profile-flynn-nicholls-western-suburbs-district-cricket-club

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Sylvania, Australia

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Shane Watson played a quite extraordinary innings at Allan Border Oval in the Sixers Conference T20 semi-final today. Chasing Mosman’s 8/150 off 20 overs, Sutherland cruised to victory with 22 balls to spare, as they made 2/156 off 16.2 overs. Shane spearheaded the run-chase with 114 not out off 53 balls, with a remarkable 16 sixes and one four – 100 runs in boundaries. He shared a first wicket partnership of 149 with Jarryd Biviano, who was unluckily out for 36 off 35 balls with only two runs needed for victory. Shane hit the first ball of the innings for four and was 4 runs off his first 7 balls. He then scored 110 runs off his next 46 balls, including the 16 sixes, meaning he averaged a six every three balls!

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/294/sutherland-district-cricket-club/blog/2443/shane-watson-scores-extraordinary-t20-century

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Gordon District Cricket Club

Gordon District Cricket Club

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Sunday 22 September 2024 is the first round of the Poidevin Gray Competition for 2024. This is a very important competition for the club and in recent seasons we have performed very well with a joint premiership in 2021.

The Poidevin Gray competition started in 1926 under the guidance of two senior Waverley (now Eastern Suburbs) Cricket Club administrators Dr. Leslie Poidevin and Frank Gray.

Playing in the Gordon Poidevin Gray (PG) team is always seen as an important steppingstone in the careers of our young cricketers, but who in our history can we nominate as our best performing PG’s representative? Is it a close call or is there a standout?

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/297/gordon-district-cricket-club/blog/2439/this-week-in-the-history-of-gordon-cricket-ndash-22nd-september-2024

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A group of Sydney cricketers, led by Test batsmen Jim Burke from Manly and Norm O’Neill from St. George, decided that Grade teams could also play on Sundays, and they launched, with the help of the tobacco company Rothmans, a limited-overs knockout tournament.

With the lack of availability of many of the grade club grounds on a Sunday, it was left to the clubs to find a ground and with Manly Oval available Gordon were invited to play the first one day match against Manly at the Oval on 3 December 1967.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/297/gordon-district-cricket-club/blog/2437/this-week-in-history-of-gordon-district-cricket-club-ndash-september-21-2024

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Sydney Cricket Club

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Damian Rapisarda is a longer standing Tigers player who has made major contributions to the culture of the club. Damian is a great club man and respected by all.

Tell us about your cricket journey?

I started playing with Five Dock cricket club a tick over 20 years ago now. When I went off to high school I started playing cricket for my school and bounced around a few clubs outside of school cricket to try and get more out of summer. At 16 I got introduced to Sydney Cricket Club and haven’t looked back.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/375/sydney-cricket-club/blog/2436/pocket-profile-damian-rapisarda-sydney-cricket-club

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UTS North Sydney District Cricket Club

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This is the photo of Mike Pawley bowling the first ball at Mike Pawley Oval.

Opened in the last round of the 2007/08 season, it was a culmination of many years of hard slog from the club, and was a huge part of making sure our pathways were well taken care of of.

See below from President Andrew Fraser in the 2007/08 Annual Report.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/338/manly-warringah-district-cricket-club/blog/2423/waratahs-open-mike-pawley-oval

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