Jeremy Bray; St George 1st Grade Player No. 337 inducted into the Irish Cricket Writers Hall of Fame.
St George Cricket Club | June 02, 2026
Jeremy Bray was born in Newtown in 1973 and was educated at Christian Brothers Lewisham, the same high School attended by Kurtis Patterson many years later.
A prodigious talent the hard hitting left handed batsman was lured to St George from Petersham-Marrickville DCC in the 1994-95 season. Prior to that in the 1992-93 season, Bray was the Player of the Championships at the Australian Under-19 Cricket Championships in Brisbane and was selected for the Australian Under-19 side, playing two Youth Tests and one Youth ODI.
In 1996-97 Jeremy broke a 25 year record held by the great Warren Saunders (1024 runs in 1971-72) for the most runs in a First Grade season when he scored 1061 in a single season. This included two scores of 159 including the now legendary 159* in the 2nd innings of the Grand Final against Mosman at Hurstville Oval to bring home an unforgettable premiership.
The following season in 97/98 Jeremy made his List A debut for NSW.
All up for St George in 80 innings Jeremy finished with 2998 runs at 39.97 including 5 centuries.
Jeremy then made the huge decision to move to Ireland where he launched a wonderful cricketing career and was recently included in the Irish Cricket Writers Hall Of Fame.
His higher level statistics include -
- 998 First Class runs at 52.52 including highest score of 190.
- 962 List A runs at 22.37 including a highest score of 116
- 401 One Day International runs at 28.64 including HS of 116
Here are more details on his induction to the Irish Cricket Hall Of Fame
The Australian born left-hander was one of the most prolific run scorers in Irish domestic and international cricket.
In Leinster, he scored 10597 runs at an average of 60.21 with a number of clubs, including Phoenix, Clontarf, The Hills, YMCA and Rush.
He also won cups in the NW with Eglinton and in the NCU with CIYMS, where he also averaged over 60.
Bray scored 30 centuries in local cricket, but it was a hundred for Ireland that was the most memorable - his ton against Zimbabwe the first by an Irish player at the 2007 World Cup.
He won 83 caps, scoring 2812 runs including 12 fifties and seven hundreds - his average of 31.95 is bettered only by three Irish players - Ed Joyce, Eoin Morgan and Ivan Anderson which tells you about the exalted company he's operating in.
Since retiring, he's forged a successful coaching career within Ireland and beyond, and is currently Head Coach for the Munster region.
"It was a real honour and a privilege to be inducted into the Hall of Fame," said Bray.
"Whilst there are many great memories, the biggest highlight was being involved with such a great group of players and a brilliant coach in Adi Birrell throughout most of my playing career for Ireland."
