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3 years ago
Cricket ACT Community
Cricket ACT Community
Canberra, ACT, Australia
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The debut of Queanbeyan offspinner Zac Beveridge and a switch of the team leadership headlines the 12-player squad ACT Comets Head Coach Jono Dean has named for next week’s Toyota National Second XI Competition match against Tasmania in Canberra.

The Tigers’ 2nd XI will arrive in the Nation’s Capital over the weekend, ahead of the match at EPC Solar Park in Phillip from next Monday, 22 January.

Replacing Weston Creek-Molonglo legspinner Blake Faunce, former Queensland Premier Cricket player Beveridge comes into the side on the back of some impressive form for the Bluebags in his debut season in ACT Premier Cricket, including a hat-trick back in Round 3.

https://www.cricketact.com.au/news/3861403/act-comets-ready-to-welcome-tasmania-to-canberra


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3 years ago
St George Cricket Club
St George Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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At St George District Cricket Club in September 2022 Centenary of First Grade Dinner, one of the greats of our club Jon Jobson was inducted into the St George DCC Hall Of Fame. Unfortunately, Jon was unable to attend the function but team mate and friend Paul Bourke accepted the honour on his behalf.

Here is what Paul had to say on Jon Jobson

Jon Jobson, known as Jobbo, joined St George at the beginning of the 1974/75 season. He was a 17 year old Taree schoolboy and was immediately selected in First Grade as Cap Number 251. His first three innings of duck, duck, and 7 meant he was almost known as “007 Jobbo”.

By the time he retired from First Grade Jon had scored 5950 runs at over 30 to be the sixth highest First Grade run scorer for the Club.

His maiden century occurred during a 211 run partnership with Brian Booth vs Nth Sydney when scored Brian scored his 23rd century. Jon’s top score of 194 not out was against a pretty good Waverley attack led by Tony Greig and David Hourn, and only ended when rain washed out play about an hour before stumps.

Jon was a very determined top order bat and a forceful stroke player. He often thrived under pressure situations.

Jon was named in the Teams of the Decade for both the 1970s and 1980s, and captained teams to Premierships in PGs and First Grade. He also coached the Green Shield team to two Premierships and winners of the State Challenge.

Furthermore, he gave over 20 years of outstanding service as President then CEO of the Club.

Jobbo has a made a huge contribution to St George over many years and richly deserves this recognition in the Hall of Fame.

He now lives in Tasmania and unfortunately was not able to attend tonight. I recently spoke to Jon, who is greatly honoured to receive this award, as the Hall of Fame includes so many outstanding players.

As his friend and former teammate, I am very pleased to accept this award on his behalf.

Paul Bourke Cap No 246.

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3 years ago
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Saturday was an historic one for Sydney 1st Grade cricket. When Anthony Sams held a sharp leg-side catch for Randwick Petersham in the clash against Manly-Warringah at Manly Oval, he wrote his name into the history books of Sydney Grade Cricket/NSW Premier Cricket. That snare gave him a career total of 500 1st Grade wicketkeeping dismissals–only the second player to achieve the feat since the competition began in 1893 and the first in 68 years. The only wicketkeeper to reach such a remarkable milestone prior to Saturday, was Ernie Laidler who played with St George between 1928 and 1958 and brought up the number towards the end of the 1955-56 season. Anthony’s 500 dismissals comprise 448 catches and 52 dismissals and include 5 catches to took with Bankstown before joining Randwick Petersham in 2010-11. He currently has 495 dismissals with the club.

And to make the day a more memorable one for the brilliant wicketkeeper-batsman, just hours before achieving his historic milestone, he scored his 13th century for Randwick Petersham. Coming in to bat with the score a precarious 3-5, he was the sixth batter out at 188 having scored 103 from 150 balls with 12 fours and a six. It was a simply outstanding performance by any measure.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/258/randwick-petersham-cricket-club/blog/1938/anthony-sams-creates-history-after-taking-his-500th-first-grade-wicketkeeping-dismissal
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3 years ago
Rob Thornton
Rob Thornton
Finance Manager
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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Captaincy is such a massive part of our game, more so than any other sport I can think of.

It’s one thing you recognise pretty quickly when coaching junior teams. You have to prepare alongside your captains and then it’s all over to them on the park. It is not just bowling changes and field placements but lifting energy, reading conditions, getting through the overs in time and being focussed on your own role in the team.

As a player I had some brilliant captains in Australia and Scotland and have also been captain of a number of teams, starting with two Northern NSW Emus tours in the early 1990s.

When I think about the very best captains I played under, who really have had a massive influence on me as a captain and coach, I have to go back to my two captains at City United in Tamworth.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/316/rob-thornton/blog/1937/rob-thornton-my-best-captain
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3 years ago
University of Queensland Cricket Club
University of Queensland Cricket Club
Brisbane, Australia
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Uni Bookworms with Martin Love

Alumni Edition 7 - August 2013

One of UQ’s favourite sons is no doubt Martin Love. His balance at the crease made him one of the truly great batsmen to watch. What better person to provide this edition’s Uni bookworms 20 questions?

Your first memory of UQCC?

My first memory was WEP coming up to Toowoomba Grammar School to talk to me when I was in Grade 12, prior to me playing the Metway Cup preseason competition as the country player for Uni. I remember walking away after that conversation hoping not everyone at the club was like WEP.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/503/university-of-queensland-cricket-club/blog/449/uni-bookworms-with-martin-love
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3 years ago
Cricket NSW Masters
Cricket NSW Masters
New South Wales, Australia
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Mark Tranter plays Veterans Cricket for Newcastle and recently was the successful captain of the NSW Over 55s Kangaroos in the National Championships held in New Zealand.

Mark is a Senior Account Manager with O-Tech.

Can you tell us a little more about O-Tech and what the business does?

Since Year 2000 OTECH has been an IT managed services company that provides comprehensive IT support and solutions to other organizations on a proactive and ongoing basis. OTech is hired by our clients to manage their IT infrastructure, systems, and technology needs, allowing the client to focus on their core business activities. These services are provided on a monthly invoice to our customers.

Finally, trust and flexibility will determine how far a relationship between both parties will last. We aim for long term relationships.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/168/nsw-veterans-cricket/blog/1934/mark-tranter-senior-account-manager-at-o-tech
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3 years ago
Cricket NSW
Cricket NSW
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Vale George Richards

Cricket NSW is saddened to hear of the passing this week of long-serving Sydney Shires Cricket Umpires Association (SSCUA) Life Member, George Richards.

Richards had a long-lasting and distinguished umpiring career that encompassed 149 NSW Premier Cricket matches, before transitioning to SSCUA where he would officiate a further 136 matches in the Shires competition.

His significant impact within the SSCUA extended on and off the field. Richards was active on the Executive Committee, and was elected Association President in season 2005/06, a role he undertook for three years.

During the SSCUA Annual General Meeting in July 2012, Richards achieved the distinction of becoming the first member in history to be awarded life membership.

In early 2020, the SCCUA Management Committee introduced an annual award in Richards’ honour – The George Richards Member of the Year Award – which celebrates the best all-round member each season.

Cricket NSW extends its condolences to George’s family and friends and thank him for his immense contribution to our game.

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3 years ago
Queensland Cricket
Queensland Cricket
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Peter Allan, born 31 December 1935 in Brisbane is Australian Test Cricketer No. 236 after making his Test debut in the first test of the 1965-66 Ashes series against England.

Having made his first class debut for Queensland during the 1959/60 season Allan toured the West Indies in 1964-65 however fell ill during the tour and didn’t play any of the Test matches.

In the first Test in Brisbane against England Peter Allan bowled 21 overs and took 2 for 58. Australia batted first and declared at 6 for 443 and then bowled England out for 280. Australia enforced the follow England and in England 2nd innings Peter Allan only bowled 3 overs, 0 for 25 as England reached 3 for 186 and the Test match was drawn.

Allan was dropped for the 2nd Test with Alan Connolly coming into the team. He was recalled to the Test team for the 4th Test after taking 10 for 61 for Queensland against Victoria at the MCG in January 1996. Unfortunately Peter Allan was injured before the Test and replaced by Graham McKenzie. He did not play Test cricket again.

In 57 first class games Peter Allan took 206 wickets at an average of 26.10 and took 5 wickets in an innings on 12 occasions.

His best bowling figures – 10 for 61

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/267/queensland-cricket/blog/1933/peter-allan-10-wickets-for-61-runs-for-queensland-v-victoria-in-january-1966
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3 years ago
Toombul District Cricket Club
Toombul District Cricket Club
Brisbane, Australia
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Peter Clifford played first class cricket for NSW and Queensland scoring 2,864 runs in 48 first class games. He scored 6 centuries and 14 half centuries averaging 38.70.

Peter left home in Bellingen NSW to join Randwick Cricket Club in Sydney and played during one on the most successful eras of the clubs history.

On moving to Queensland Peter joined Toombul Cricket Club in 1986 and was the captain of the First Grade Premiership winning team in 1991/92. He was also awarded the Peter Burge medalist in the same year for being the best and fairest player in Brisbane premier grade cricket.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/371/toombul-district-cricket-club/blog/232/peter-clifford-a-game-to-enjoy
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3 years ago
Manly Warringah District Cricket Club
Manly Warringah District Cricket Club
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Our Manly Car and Truck Rentals Waratah in History Q&A is with the popular Ken Pitcher our first target. Ken was a great clubman in the 80’s and early 90’s and is commonly remembered as one of the nicest men to ever come out of the Peninsula. We really enjoyed the catch up. Moving forward we’ll release a Q&A every fortnight.

Today we are pleased to release the first Waratahs in History Q&A that we will be doing in the back half of the 2021/22 season. Every 2 weeks a new wrinkled Waratah will be interviewed with the results published on our website.

First up is Ken Pitcher, a long term and popular clubman who is as Manly as Manly Beach itself. We hope you enjoy the read.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/338/manly-warringah-district-cricket-club/blog/760/waratahs-in-history-ken-pitcher
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3 years ago
South Brisbane District Cricket Club
South Brisbane District Cricket Club
Brisbane, Australia
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To celebrate the club centenary, the author has chosen the following twelve players to comprise the team of the century. It is obviously impossible to compare players from different eras due to varying conditions and changing rules, however I feel that these players would more than hold their own against any other club combination. Some players were not considered either because they played few matches for Souths or because their representative careers were played with other clubs. Players not considered due to the above criteria include- WA Brown, D Tallon, AW Grout, KA Archer, SC Trimble, and CJ McDermott. The team is lodged in chronological order.

Alan MARSHAL Played for Souths at the age of 14 in 1897 and finished his career in 1912. A right-handed batsman and medium paced bowler, he played one season in Sydney in 1902/03. He played 11 times for Queensland. His career figures for Souths were 3289 runs at 32.56 and 146 wickets at 11.93.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/317/south-brisbane-district-cricket-club/blog/1926/south-brisbane-district-cricket-club-ldquoteam-of-the-centuryrdquo-1987-1997
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