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Q: Take a seat and get comfortable folks!!
This is Blake Macdonald and this was his season....
Award for most runs Grades 1 to 3 - 952 runs (Belvidere Cup)
2nd Highest Ever Runs in STGDCC 1st Grade Season (All Formats) - 1266
NSW Premier Cricket Team Of The Year
NSW Premier Cricket Equal Most 1st Grade Centuries - 5
NSW Premier Cricket Equal Most 1st Grade Half Centuries - 7
Highest Ever St George Limited Overs Score - 182
Most Boundaries in the NSW Premier Cricket Season - 181
Most Sixes in the NSW Premier Cricket - 54
Most Sixes in an Innings - 14
1st Grade Premiership
Congrats and thank you Blake. Absolutely legendary!!!
A: Surely he’s earned the right to spend more time in the middle at that level.
Why are we so fickle these days….
St George Cricket Club
last week
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Q: My son is 15 and loves cricket. During the off-season last year, he worked really hard on his batting.
He was opening the batting and really enjoyed it and wanted to get a lot better. But after two games and he scored 33 and 41 the coach said he batted too slow and for the rest of the season he was batting down the order and didn’t get many chances.
No, he says what’s the point of training this off season. It’s sad as he really does love batting and the game. What advice could anyone offer?
A: First of all, what a great cricketing community offering some awesome advice to Drew and his boy who just loves the game.
Hey Drew, I would love to see your son for a pro bono batting session (1-1.5 hours), obviously with some distance from Newcastle to the Northshore there is no need to continue with me. I’m here to help!
I absolutely LOVE the game, which still gives me so much joy from being an ex 1st Grade Player, UK Overseas Professional and Jnr Cricket Coach to this day.
He needs a confidence boost and building a love for enjoying the process (training). I have some technical drills on turning the strike over and feeling free to hit the loose ball as Dirk mentioned above.
Call me in need on M. 0414 442 024
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Q: Bankstown v Gordon in my first grade debut at Bankstown Oval and I was opening the batting with Garry Crowfoot.
Crowie did the right thing and took strike the first ball of the game. Second ball he nudged one behind square for a single, which brought me down on strike to face the 3rd ball of the over (my first ball in 1st grade cricket).
I was facing up to Richard Stobo, who happened to be the opening bowler for the NSW shield team at the time (so he was no mug). First ball he put it on good length just outside off stump which I tried to play a forward defensive shot too but luckily it missed everything (including the outside edge of my bat). The big Sheriff wasn’t overly impressed. He gave me a stare and trudged back to his bowling mark.
Next ball, carbon copy of the previous ball – another play and miss. This time the stare was slightly longer, accompanied with some muttering under his breath.
Next ball was an action replay of previous 2 balls, another perfectly pitched outswinger which I wasn’t good enough to lay bat on. At this stage I could see smoke coming out of the Sheriffs ears, he was getting shitty, and was probably wondering who this bloke is.
Final ball of the over, the Sheriff is now steaming in, I’m thinking to myself for Christ’s sake just get some bat on ball. Anyhow he bowls a ball that nips back off the pitch (unlike the previous 3 outswingers) which I manage to get an inside edge and the ball goes down to fine leg. Finally managed to lay bat on ball, and I’m off the mark (though not very convincing).
As I’m running to non-strikers end, the Sheriff is standing mid pitch with teapot stance shaking his head turns to me and says…” for f*ck sake mate you must have been adopted”
A: Know this story well. Nice one Stobes
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Q: Who is the one player from Sydney Grade Cricket who played between 1980 and 2000 you’d want as the first player selected if you had the opportunity to start your own NSW Premier first grade cricket team?
A: Shane Lee for sure. He was a hard hitting batting allrounder, who could also move the ball both ways. Great safe hands to match.
Shane was a game changer, whereby I witnessed that first hand.
CricConnect Fans
3 months ago
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Q: Bob Simpson, who was a major force in the success of Australian cricket in the late 1980s and 1990s, used to say to a young group of players at Western Suburbs many years ago that a second-grade batter is only eight consecutive hundred away from playing Test cricket for Australia.
Simpson created hope by sharing two consecutive hundreds in 2nd grade, which should warrant a promotion to first grade. 3 consecutive first grade hundreds would bring you into calculations for NSW, and if you followed it up with 3 consecutive hundreds in first class cricket, you could be selected to make your debut for Australia in Test cricket.
It’s never been done, but gee, I’d love the theory to be tested. You never know how any player will perform until they are given an opportunity.
Can NSW Selectors ignore the form of Gordon District Cricket Club first grade captain Tym Crawford?
Tym has scored over 6,000 first grade runs and is only 30 years of age and look at his six innings for Gordon in NSW Premier Cricket.
• 101 off 116 balls in Round 7 vs. UTS North Sydney
• 205 off 140 balls in Round 8 vs. Penrith.
• 119 off 92 balls in Round 9 vs. Northern District.
• 48 off 42 balls in Round 10 vs. Sydney
• 164 off 121 balls in Round 11 vs. Sydney University
• 94 off 113 balls in Round 12 vs. Mosman
He’s in form and has created the currency of performances we’ve been assured are most worthy.
A: Give the Staggie a fair go. That is scintillating form.
Backing you Timmy Crawford 💪🏼🏏
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Q: Junior Cricket Coaching Clinic with Robert Radley - Sydney North Shore
Robert Radley
4 months ago
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Q: Old Gordon Poidevin Gray team from the early to mid 90s and who all played 1st Grade and some much higher honours 🦘
(Back L-R) Matt Kelly, Craig McGregor, Rob Radley, Adam Gilchrist, Richard Dixon, Mark Taber, Ed Howitt and Paul McLean
(Front L-R) Stef Hutton and Warwick Adlam
Robert Radley
7 months ago
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Q: WP Connect Golf Day at North Ryde Golf Club on Friday 3rd November 2023
It’s Robert Radley former cricketer at Gordon and Mosman Cricket Clubs in Sydney.
I wanted to share some details around a little community we’ve created called WP Connect
WP Connect first came about in 2016, beginning as The Hope Challenge after a friend in our community lost their battle with mental health. While a shared loss initially brought a bunch of mates together, many shared our experience and felt the same drive to do something about it.
WP Connect hosts various events including The Hope Challenge and an annual golf tournament in hopes of raising awareness of mental health within the community. As of 2023 it has raised over $100,000 in donations to the Black Dog Institute; a proud result from a small community.
Black Dog invests in research, education, clinical services, and digital tools to discover new solutions and create genuine change.
https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/795/robert-radley/blog/1569/wp-connect-golf-day-at-north-ryde-golf-club-on-friday-3rd-november-2023
Robert Radley
7 months ago
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Hi AllIt’s Robert Radley former cricketer at Gordon and Mosman Cricket Clubs in Sydney. ...
Robert Radley
7 months ago
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Q: I'd love to get people's feedback on the coin toss in Test cricket. With all the discussion about pitch preparation and local captains requesting preferable home team pitch conditions what if they did away with the coin toss and allowed the away team to choose whether they wanted to bat or bowl first?
Robert Radley
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