Players of Note in the Shadows (Part 1)

When the Gordon District Cricket Club entered the Sydney Grade cricket competition in the 1905-06 season it was the 20th club in the competition and the 16th in First Grade. There was obviously a level of expectation and a sense of anticipation that the club would develop, as it was the only club on the North Shore after the North Sydney DCC.

In those formative years there were cricketers who had already made their mark. Dr Gother Clarke and Bob Hickson needed no introduction. Clarke, a left-arm slow bowler, and Hickson, an opening bat, had both played for New South Wales. During the season Frank Iredale, a former Australian player, along with Keith McPhillamy and Gordon Black, both former NSW players, joined the club.

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