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2 years ago
Ken Jacobs
Ken Jacobs
Business Advisor
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With the cricket season now done and dusted it is worth recognising that 50 years ago Victoria won the Sheffield Shield from Queensland by just five points in an era when top of the table at the end of the home and away season won the Shield.

This was undoubtedly a very strong Victorian team with a good blend of youth and experience under skipper Keith Stackpole but it was also a bitter sweet season because it also saw the end of the very talented sporting career of Robert Rose which was abruptly curtailed in February 1974 by a motor vehicle accident that saw him become a quadriplegic.

Robert's last innings for Victoria was against NSW in Sydney in January 1974 when he made 23 not out in Victoria's second innings as they defeated NSW by 7 wickets.

Sadly, along with Robert, three other greats of Victorian cricket in Max "Tangles" Walker , Alan " Froggy " Thompson and John " Barrell " Scholes are no longer with us.

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2 years ago
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
Founder
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Cricket is a statistical game, and while statistics don’t always paint the full picture, they’re a pretty good place to start.

Hundreds are the treasure, the gold nuggets we all strive for, but you can’t score a century without first passing 50 or worse, still sitting in the sheds watching your team mates out in the middle.

The very best in Australia since the 1990s has been Ricky Ponting, who scored 50 or more in every 2.63 innings of first-class cricket (including test innings).

Young Ollie Davies from NSW has only played 16 first innings but is a shining light, scoring 50 or more every 2.67 innings.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/32/paul-ryan/blog/2088/how-regularly-do-you-need-to-be-scoring-50-or-more-runs
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2 years ago
Stuart Cope
Stuart Cope
London, United Kingdom
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On Saturday I took a little drive into Birmingham to pick out a new cricket bat for the season (the 20 mile drive took me nearly two hours!) and it got me thinking......

I'm just a club cricketer but I'm very picky. I couldn't care less about the brand, all I'm bothered about is the feel of the bat, the way it picks up, is the sweet spot generous and slightly low on the blade as we tend to play on slow decks in Warwickshire.

I went to three different bat makers in Birmingham, the first place only had 10 bats to look at, none felt right, so onto the next place. It said it was open, but I turned up and it was shut, so third time was the charm. I met Abid at A7 Cricket, and I was with him for nearly two hours, I picked up at least 50 blades before falling in love with one particular bit of wood.

When I was younger and a better player I would get bats for free but now I'm older and sh*tter, I don't have that luxury. If I'm to spend £300+ on willow, I'm not doing this online and risk getting something that doesn't feel right.

In February, March & April why don't bat makers go on the road in a van and book appointments with clubs and players? If a bat maker booked in an appointment at my club (Kenilworth CC) at preseason training they would have access to 40 senior players and over 100 junior players, I have no doubt they would sell a good number of blades in one hit. Go one step further, could appointments be booked in for at home visits and the van is essentially a showroom? The batmaker could do visits in the evenings and weekends when customers are actually available..

Maker&Son do this with sofa's coming directly to your door and it works.

This is hardly the most innovative idea but I've never heard of a bat maker doing this, yes there would be overheads but if you used a free booking software tool such as Calendly or Square then plugged it into your website and socials you're off. The bat maker then just needs to market effectively to their local audience and do outbound calls/emails with local clubs, you could even offer the club a group discount if they purchase a minimum order of bats.

Anyways, this is a ramble but for all the cricket badgers out there, would you use this type of service....... 🤔

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2 years ago
Carlton Cricket Club
Carlton Cricket Club
Melbourne, Australia
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Carlton Cricket Club First Grade Premiers 2023-24

What a game!
Casey South Melbourne set a total of 212 in the first innings, and we couldn’t chase it down, getting bowled out for 171.
Casey South Melbourne added another 209 runs almost batting out the whole day which left them a lead of 250 runs.
Carlton had 36 overs to chase down 250 and wow was it a thriller!
Evan Gulbis and Mackenzie Harvey set the boys off to a flyer which set them up to continue throughout the innings. Evan finished on 62 off 37, Tom Smyth 61* off 46 and Connor Rutland hit the winning runs finishing on 43* off 27.
Carlton chased down 250 with 5 overs to spare in what was one of the most incredible grand finals ever played in Premier Cricket history!

Back Row - Kev O’Neill (scorer), Nick Ross, Cam Stevenson, Dom Sullivan, Mackenzie Harvey, Andrew Poppa, Jai Lemire, Bruce Waldron (Ass Coach), Connor Rutland, Neville Box (President), Jack Atkinson, Harrison Smyth
Front Row - Mick Connop (Team Manager), Xavier Crone, Michael Archer, Evan Gulbis (Captain Coach), Tom Smyth

Match Scorecard -
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2 years ago
Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club
Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club
Brisbane, Australia
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A powerful batsman, particularly off the back foot, Justin Poole had the ability to take the game away from the opposition in a short period. Teammate Adam Dale recalls a highly skilled and talented cricketer, a batsman who was adept anywhere in the order, excellent fielder and handy bowler. A very good team man who could dominate a game and did so over many seasons and a key player when Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club won the 1995/96 first grade premiership.

At the completion of the 2023-24 season Justin is the leading run scorer in the rich history of Wynnum Manly District Cricket club with 11,707 runs. Justin has scored 7,603 runs in first grade.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/462/wynnum-manly-district-cricket-club/blog/2084/justin-poole-make-the-bowler-bowl-to-you
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2 years ago
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
Founder
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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The travelling scorer is happy in the Valley

When an elite sportsperson retires from their sport they’ll often say, “One of the things I’m most grateful for is that I got to travel the world and visit places I may not have otherwise been able to do. “

Would you consider a cricket scorer an elite athlete? Probably not but in the case of Pat Culpan, he scored cricket games at the elite level and travelled all over the world doing so.

Pat Culpan is the Executive Chairman and Life Member of Valley Cricket Club and has been the first-grade scorer for 23 years seasons. Pat started with Valley in 2000-01 and as a scorer and volunteer the game that has taken him all over the world.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/32/paul-ryan/blog/1083/the-travelling-scorer-is-happy-in-the-valley
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2 years ago
Darren Shaw
Darren Shaw
Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia
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Blacktown District Cricket Club - Sydney Shires First Grade Premiers 1997-98

In Blacktown District Cricket Club 3rd year in Sydney Shires competition we won the first grade competition.

It was pretty amazing considering 70% of players were straight out of park cricket and all from the Blacktown area and we actually got the wooden spoon in our 2nd year.

From left to right - Craig Wildman, Malcolm Serplet, Shannon Lane, Alan Berry, Ismail Kaba (standing), Darren Shaw. Neil Bray (standing), Peter Shredovicz (Captain and hands up sitting at the front), Brett Leonard (face obscured by Shredo), Ray Clarence (sitting), Mal Madsen, and Craig Philbin.

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