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3 years ago
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Paul Fitzgerald has a particular record which any sport-minded person would expect will never be surpassed. He won a cricket premiership, was named man-of-the-match in the Grand Final, celebrated with his premiership team-mates and got married. All in the same weekend!! His wife Suzanne was a very understanding bride.

The occasion was the 1990-91 3rd Grade Grand Final between Randwick and Penrith at Raby Oval, Campbelltown played over both days of the March weekend. With opponent Penrith finishing higher up the points table, Randwick needed to win the match to take the premiership. But disaster struck when the first day’s play was washed out.

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3 years ago
Joe Maiorana
Joe Maiorana
Sydney, Australia
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Born November 11, 1942 in Blairmont, East Bank, Berbice, Guyana (then British Guiana), Roy Fredericks was a former West Indies opening batsman who played between 1968 and 1977.

Standing at just five feet six inches, Fredericks was considered one of the most destructive left-handed batsmen of his time. He often annihilated the best pace bowlers of his generation. He was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1974.

This Guyanese accumulated 4,334 runs in 59 Tests at an average of 42.49 with 8 hundreds and 26 fifties. Fredericks played only 12 ODIs in which he averaged 25.91. On his birth anniversary, Bhaskar Narayan takes a look at 15 lesser known facts of this cricketer who passed away 15 years ago.

1. Born in British Guiana

Roy Fredericks was born in 1942 in what was then British Guiana, South America. The country was a British colony at that time until it became a sovereign nation on May 26, 1966. Roy made his Test debut two-and-a-half years later against Australia on December 26, 1968.

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3 years ago
Warren Buttigieg
Warren Buttigieg
Business Development Manager
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Warren Buttigieg - my best captain

Neil Maxwell was the best captain I played with.

Playing with Balmain in Sydney Grade Cricket Maxi was hard as nails cricketer, who expected the same from everyone in his team. He created a fantastic training environment that brought out the best in each and every player. I walked onto the field 10 feet tall knowing that Maxie was our leader.

Neil instilled belief into you as a player, he had a way of ensuring that you were the best player you could be. He created the win from any position mantra that is so important in successful teams. He created teams that were always tough to play against.

I remember a wet training day on the footy field next to Drummoyne, we worked out backsides off for 2 hours in the rain and mud. Maxie’s message, training is always on!

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3 years ago
Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney
Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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At the start of the 2021-22 NSW Premier Cricket Season Western Suburbs first grade batter Callum Hotham launched his career as an artist and his first project was the Western Suburbs dressing room at Pratten Park in Sydney.

Today there are 4 magnificent murals of Western Suburbs international players Michael Clarke, Phillip Hughes, Alan Davidson and Bob Simpson holding pride and place in the dressing room.

Pictured are Australian first-class umpires Gerard Abood and Greg Davidson in Western Suburbs home dressing room in front of the Michael Clarke mural. Greg Abood played NSW Premier Cricket for Western Suburbs and Greg Davidson took 333 first grade wickets for Parramatta.

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3 years ago
Victorian Country Cricket League
Victorian Country Cricket League
Victoria, Australia
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The following fourteen players for both the Women’s and Men’s Victorian Country Cricket teams have been selected to play in the 2024 Australian Country Cricket Championships in Newcastle.

Teams from NSW, Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory, Queensland will play at grounds in the Newcastle area.

The men’s competition commences on Wednesday 3rd January and the Women’s competition on Thursday 4th January with both finishing on Wednesday 10th January.

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3 years ago
Jarrod Bird
Jarrod Bird
TradesPerson
Brisbane, Australia
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Jarrod Bird – my best captain

The best captain I played with was Brad Ruddell at South Brisbane District Cricket Club.

Brad learned how to get inside my head and make me focus on what our team needed. As an angry fast bowler, I could be a bit loose at times but he taught me to direct my anger and focus on what the team needed.

He also trusted me and when I told him my plan for a particular batsman, he would set fields to support that plan and always congratulate me when my plan resulted in a dismissal.

Brad always led from the front and always set a good example for all team mates. He was supportive and authoritative when he needed to be. He backed everyone in the team because we had all earned our stripes to be given a chance to play first grade cricket in Brisbane.

Humility was his second-best trait. He never had an ego and when he performed as an individual, he would find a way to include the whole team as part of his success. He is a model human being and someone I will always hold a place in my heart for.

2000/2001 season he led us to a Grand Final Victory by instilling the belief in us all that we could win. We entered the semi-finals in 4th spot and played the minor premiers who were chasing their fourth consecutive premiership. We all played to a plan and beat them convincingly with a great all round effort from everyone.

We played University of Queensland in the final at Allan Border Field. They had Martin Love, Geoff Foley, Michael Kasprowicz and other Qld shield players.

What we accomplished in this final is still one of the proudest moments I have ever experienced in cricket.

The reason we beat this team was because of the ethos that our skipper instilled in is. We won because of the strength of the team and not any one individual. Literally one of the best experiences I have ever had on a cricket field.

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3 years ago
Smiley Toohey
Smiley Toohey
Teacher
Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
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Damian Toohey – my best captain.

John Colwell from Dubbo captained our Western Zone team to a NSW Country final in 1994/95.

John was a brave cricketer, backed himself and his players above all else and had the ability to make you feel you could get the job done. He was a smart cricketer and wanted his teams to play aggressive cricket.

He would've loved batting in T20's and that is exactly what he brought to the 50 over game. That season he was incredible with the bat, and we bowled second in all three games, with his bowling changes and field placements working perfectly to get the result we required. Two wins and a loss on the third day but a carnival win on quotient.

Going into the final the Western Zone committee wanted to bring back two players who had made themselves unavailable for the preliminary competition. John stood his ground for an unchanged line up. We lost the final but we did it with the team that got us there. That is representative cricket in the country, Western Zone style!

Great Western cricketer and even better bloke.

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