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About Me

Rob Wilson

Sales Manager
TimePet
https://www.timepet.com.au/
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Field Team Manager - Australia at TimePet

Played for Eastern Suburbs and Randwick Petersham in Sydney Grade Cricket

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Q: My cricket caps, my journey - Rob Wilson

Whether it was my first ever cricket cap, a Waverley District Cricket Club hat I received as a 12-year-old in 1994, or my Waverley College 1st XI cap I would earn a few years later, they both represent different stages for me. One where I had no idea what I was doing and the other, where I thought I knew what I was doing. Just ask some old coaches haha.

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Q: Can you name the three first grade premiership winning Life Members of Eastern Suburbs District Cricket Club?
A: The great M.W. Patterson, P.M. Lovitt and K. Thompson. Legends
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Like many cricketers, I have collected, received, accumulated and earned many caps along my cricketing journey. Some mean more than others, but all provide memories that come flooding back the minu ...
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Q: NSW Schoolboys cricket team - 2000
Back Row – Robert Wilson, Evan Dix, Julian Stephenson
Middle Row – Paul Milgate (Coach), Graeme Batty, Nick Connolly, Pat Rosser, Craig O’Shannessy, Mark McGinnity (Manager)
Front Row – Luke Bower, Matthew Foreman, William Gell (Captain), Rob Fisher (Vice-Captain), Chris Johnston
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Q: I can’t quite put my finger on how I came to love cricket. Growing up in Enmore a predominantly Portuguese community, cricket wasn’t the main game. Dad would tell me that I used to like bowling to the painted stumps on a wall in Enmore High. My sisters would say that my love of the game drove them nuts, I would bounce a ball all day and hit things, anything. We had a prolific grapefruit tree in the back yard, and I once managed to hook an unripened grapefruit right off the tree through the very large lounge room window with a broom stick. I broke a lot of windows and learned to replace them sometimes managing to do so without mum and dad noticing. Having spent a big chunk of life on a cricket field, I don’t have a lot of handyman skills but replace a window yes, I can do that.

My favourite players growing up were Dean Jones and Allan Border. Deano’s 210 in Madras just about says everything about Australian cricket. I absolutely loved the Test matches against the West Indies. I remember feeling so nervous for the Australian batsmen as they would go out to bat and would ride their innings with them.

I loved all aspects of the game, bowling, batting, and fielding. I was a small kid, so as the other kids around me grew and I didn’t, my bowling seemed a bit pedestrian. Small kids can bat though, and I took to being a gritty opening batsman modelled on Geoff Marsh and David Boon. For most of my early playing days I was an opening batsman, handy with the ball but not overly penetrative. I played in the local Gladesville District, we were a tiny association, and my memory of those representative junior days were one of defeat, probably compounded by being the captain for most of those matches.

A: Great story Ed. A terrific competitor. Had the good fortune of playing with and against Ed. Thankfully more games with him 😀