3 years ago

St George Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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Nick Stapleton is St George Cricket Club first grade player number 424 and the current first grade captain.

Joining the Dragons from Randwick Petersham for the 2015/16 season Nick Stapleton has carved out a tremendous contribution to the club so far.

He has won the Kerry O’Keeffe Medal for the Club Player of the Year in 4 consecutive seasons and for the 2020/21 season Nick was the joint winner of the Bill O’Reilly Medal along with UTS North Sydney Tom Jagot for the best and fairest in the NSW Premier Cricket.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/275/st-george-cricket-club/blog/169/nick-stapleton-its-an-honour

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3 years ago

Peter Langston

Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia

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How is it that Australia goes to the Land of the Long White Cloud this week and plays only two Test matches against those highly competent Kiwis, when a third game could easily have been fitted in the program?

Instead, three pointless T20 games will be played.

So much for the pious outrage, by both nations, directed at the Sarth Efrikans about their cricket priorities. Test match cricket isn’t dying of exhaustion … it’s being slowly strangled by a greedy corporate culture intent on swelling coffers.

If you are going to throw stones, you shouldn’t live in a glass house.

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3 years ago

Gavin Dovey

CEO

Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

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Ever travelled 1350km in a car to play a game of cricket...?

Not one but two (!) teams did this to participate in our Remote Cricket Carnivals which have been taking place across the #northernterritory in Timber Creek (Dingo Cup), Borroloola (Barra Cup), Katherine (Nitmiluk Cup) and Tennant Creek (Rossy Williams Shield).

Big shout out to the 28 Teams and 175 players, match officials and volunteers who travelled extraordinary distances and across plenty of red dirt between October and February for nothing but a love of the game.

Huge respect to the OGs Marcus Rosas Rossy Williams who started these unique events 20 years ago and much love to the incredible people, teachers, schools, councils and communities that make up the wonderful Northern Territory and who helped and supported.

Next up ... Imparja Cup!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3W5gcnrunY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D

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3 years ago

Michelle Lang

Business Owner

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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3 years ago

Camberwell Magpies Cricket Club

Melbourne, Australia

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Sean Pietersz made his first grade debut for Prahran Cricket Club in 1996. He had 4 seasons with Prahran, 8 for Camberwell Magpies and played 2 games for Fitzroy Doncaster in 2011/2012.

For Prahran he took 56 wickets in 38 games from 1996 to 2000 at an average of 26.16 with best figures of 5 for 44.

In 126 games for Camberwell Magpies Sean took 237 wickets at 21.38 with best figures of 7 for 25.

In Sean 2 games for Fitzroy Doncaster he picked up one wicket at 56.

In Victoria Premier Cricket Career Sean played 166 games and took 294 wickets at 22.41. He took 5 or more wickets in an innings on 6 occasions and 10 or more in 3 games.

With the bat Sean’s highest score was 60 not out in his career total of 880 runs.

Sean also spent two seasons playing for South Launceston Cricket Club in Tasmania Premier Cricket for the 2008/09 and 2009/10 seasons. He took 56 wickets in 29 games at an average of 14.75 with best figures of 6 for 44.

In first grade premier cricket Sean took 350 first grade wickets in 195 games at an average of 21.19.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/453/camberwell-magpies-cricket-club/blog/2006/sean-pietersz-know-your-strengths

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3 years ago

Cricket NSW

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102 Followers

Week 19 – ‘The Opening Spell’

First ball – Historic, memorable, remarkable!

UTS North Sydney took on Sydney University in the Brewer Shield at St Andrew’s Oval on Sunday.

Sharon Julien opened the batting for the Bears, and some 50 overs later, held two new club records.

Julien became the first ever Bear to score a Brewer Shield century, adding 107 runs from 158 deliveries.
She also now holds the highest ever score for the UTS North Sydney women’s program.
Just moments later, teammate Sameeksha Kuncham collected only the second hat-trick in the history of the Bears’ women’s program. Two bowled, one caught and bowled. Kuncham finished with figures of 3-13 and the Bears claimed a 153-run victory.

Second ball – The Students are learning!

Just three weeks after Ira Patel notched Sydney University’s first ever century in a second-grade clash against Northern District, Frankie Nicklin has raised the bat after striking the program’s maiden first-grade ton!

https://www.cricketnsw.com.au/news/3893879/week-19-the-opening-spell

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3 years ago

Steve Thomlinson

Teacher

Sydney, Australia

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1 Followers

The scorecards for the Sydney Grade Cricket game between Sydney Cricket Club and Gordon District Cricket Club in February 1985. Sydney won by 5 runs

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/318/steve-thomlinson/blog/2003/february-1985-sydney-cricket-club-v-gordon-district-cricket-club

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3 years ago

UNSW Cricket Club

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9 Followers

UNSW Cricket Club First Grade Premiers 1976-77

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/230/unsw-cricket-club/blog/108/unsw-cricket-club-first-grade-premiers-1976-77

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3 years ago

CricConnect Stories

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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257 Followers

Who is the one player from Grade Cricket in Tasmania who played between 1980 and 2000 you’d want as the first player selected if you had the opportunity to start your own Tasmania Premier Cricket first grade cricket team?

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3 years ago

Cricket NSW

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102 Followers

Cricket NSW (CNSW) extends its congratulations to the Australian U19 World Cup winning side, including our six NSW players and CNSW Development Coach and Australian U19 Head Coach, Anthony Clark.

Australia secured the ICC Men’s Under 19 World Cup after beating India by 79 runs in the final in Benoni, South Africa. NSW’s Charlie Anderson, Ryan Hicks, Sam Konstas, Rafael MacMillan, Harjas Singh and Tom Straker were all part of the playing eleven coached by Clark.

https://www.cricketnsw.com.au/news/3892648/cricket-nsw-congratulates-u19-mens-world-cup-winning-australian-squad

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3 years ago

Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Congratulations to Harjas Singh on winning the U19's ICC World Cup.

Harjas scored a crucial 55 from 64 balls in the final, which helped the Aussie's set what would be a defendable total of 253.

This is the first time Australia have won the tournament since 2010 and is a massive achievement.

Congratulations Harj, we are all so proud of you and are looking forward to having you back in time for the One Day Semi.

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3 years ago

LBW Trust

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Recently crowned ICC Men’s Player of the Year, Pat Cummins has steered Australia’s men’s cricket team to unprecedented success. 🏏

But that's not all - did you know Pat is a passionate advocate for The LBW Trust, supporting education, champions backyard cricket and funding libraries in rural, regional, and remote Australia?

Here’s Pat with the Chairman of National Backyard Cricket and Director of The LBW Trust, Marek Ristwej.
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Learning for a Better World -

https://www.lbwtrust.com.au

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3 years ago

Peter Langston

Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia

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Andrew McNeill's 201 First grade wickets place him among the greats of the grade and although fifth in aggregate (Cooke, Smith, Joice, MacKenzie), his strike rate/season of 29 is only topped among the quicks by only by Tom Cooke (34).

He was deadly.

Among the comments pasted on the Waratahs Facebook page calling out his birthday was this, from a then very young lad in short pants, upon whom Rattler made a deep impression.

"I still remember as a youngster one day at training watching him bowl from the long run to some poor victim, that I have never seen a bowler as fast as him. And that includes watching test matches etc. Frighteningly quick..." The fact Martin Hadfield went on to be an Paramedic gives the comment even greater gravitas!

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/194/peter-langston/blog/2001/andrew-mcneill-the-angry-man

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3 years ago

Damien Trott

Student

Melbourne, Australia

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7 Followers

If two spinners are bowling in tandem why can a batter not wear a helmet but a keeper has to?

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3 years ago

CricConnect Stories

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Who is the one player from Melbourne District Cricket who played between 1980 and 2000 you’d want as the first player selected if you had the opportunity to start your own Victorian Premier Cricket first grade cricket team?

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3 years ago

Phil Melville

TradesPerson

Gosford, Australia

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North West NSW Combined High Schools Cricket team 1985 - NSW CHS Carnival in Wagga Wagga

Back Row – Phil Gregson, Michael O’Neill, Scott Barclay, Dave Geyer, Derek Jenkins, Phillip Melville, Doug Trigg (Coach)

Front Row – Davin Hobday, John Rainger, Darren Taylor (Captain), Andrew Dart, Peter Annis Brown

Absent – Chet Simms

Future first class players Michael Slater, Neil Maxwell, Wayne Holdsworth and Jason Young all played in the carnival and it rained most of the week so the games were played on coir matting - frightening.

The teams from the carnival -

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/279/phil-melville/blog/585/north-west-nsw-combined-high-schools-cricket-team-1985-nsw-chs-carnival-in-wagga-wagga

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3 years ago

Bankstown District Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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One of the most elegant Bulldogs to grace Memorial Oval was the very, very stylish Steve Smith. He debuted in John Bull’s Premiership winning third grade side at the tender age of 15. Bully attributes the greying of his hair to the frustrating attempts to get the youngster playing sensible cricket.

Steve would inevitably get a start but then throw his dig away after 20 or 30. He dreaded the clatter of the skipper and his spikes thundering down the grandstand at Punchbowl Oval after another dig was thrown away. Smith knew he was about to be the recipient of another blast from the frustrated skipper.

Steve Sydes and Mick Stephenson were part of the planning with Bull at the helm. In desperation Bull asked Stepho to have a word to the wayward youngster. Smith was told to pick up Stepho at Punchbowl station and the pair did indeed have a chat. It was stressed on the youngster that he was harming the team by not carrying on with the job. In most innings Mick said a couple of batsmen inevitably fail and it is up to those who get a start to build a big total.

That day Smith got 48

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/356/bankstown-district-cricket-club/blog/990/steve-barry-smith-a-history-of-bankstown-players

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3 years ago

Brad Bannister

Teacher

Corrowong, NSW, Australia

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Greg Geise was an incredible batter.

I played with him for a season in Newcastle and he scored back-to-back double hundreds and in a mid-week game for Northern NSW he scored a ton v India.

He scored 600 runs in ten days in three innings.

When he came back from playing India, we were sitting in the dressing room and I was picking his brain.

He said India opened the bowling with Kapil Dev and Manoj Prabakha.

Prabakha took the first over and got a wicket first ball of the match and Giesey was batting three. He said the following:

“He bowled me a massive outswinger first ball, so I just blocked it. Then second ball was a massive inswinger, so I blocked that. As he walked back to his mark I thought, that’s all this blokes got, so I ran at him and hit him back over his head”

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3 years ago

CricConnect Stories

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Who is the one player from Newcastle 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 Newcastle Premier first grade cricket team?

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3 years ago

Cricket Australia Community

Melbourne, Australia

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21 Followers

As he returns to the Marsh Cup, batting dynamo Jake Fraser-McGurk has received a ringing endorsement from Australia's best Australian cricket legend Ricky Ponting has earmarked Jake Fraser-McGurk as a future Test star, believing the 21-year-old blaster has as much talent as a young David Warner.

The Victorian, who crossed to South Australia ahead of the current domestic season – and will play for the Redbacks against the Vics in Thursday's Marsh Cup clash – is the talk of the cricket world for his fearless and cavalier approach to opening.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/3884811/ricky-ponting-earmarks-jake-fraser-mcgurk-as-future-test-player-david-warner-comparison

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