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The Cumberland Connection - Volume 1 History of Penrith Cricket Club

Geographically, it was always a given that there would be some movement of players between the western Sydney ‘counties’ of Nepean and Cumberland, especially in view of the early Howell family history.

In a later era, the Benaud family had links with the Nepean District. In 1922/23, a young Lou Benaud (father of Richie and John) was playing in a B Grade match, Penrith Waratahs v St Marys, and took all 20 wickets to fall

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11 months ago

Manly Warringah District Cricket Club

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The start of play on October 12 in the First Test Match between Pakistan and South Africa at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore saw Rod Tucker standing in his 96th Test, going past Daryl Harper for the most test matches officiated by an Australian umpire.

A left-handed batsman and right-arm medium pacer, Rod was a fine cricketer before he began his umpiring career. He debuted (Cap #499) for Gordon on 22/9/2001 at Killara Oval vs UNSW

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11 months ago

Dustin Gaskell

Managing Director

Brisbane, Australia

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A Landmark Moment for Cricket

We’re thrilled to celebrate the historic opening match of the Canada Super60 at the iconic BC Place in Vancouver.

The Gabba H3 Hybrid Pitch — the world’s first drop-in hybrid of its kind!

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11 months ago

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Legacy of 1st Grade Wicketkeepers 1999-2014

Over the years, the Manly Warringah District Cricket Club has been home to numerous players with first-class experience. However, a particularly unique statistic stands out: between 1999 and 2014, the club had five first-class wicketkeepers don the gloves at various stages.

The first in this distinguished line was club legend Craig Glassock, who served as both captain and wicketkeeper throughout the 1990s and was a cornerstone of Manly’s first-grade side

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11 months ago

Penrith Cricket Club

Manly Warringah District Cricket Club

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My Darling Penrith Cricket Club - Michael Wholohan

As we look back on our 50th anniversary, we look at the poem created by Michael Wholohan for our 50th anniversary.
My Darling
Penrith Cricket Club

The mighty Penrith Cricket Club has made it to 50 years.

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11 months ago

Manly Warringah District Cricket Club

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Matthew Phelps Runs Record

In the 1999/2000 season, Matthew Phelps set a new benchmark in Manly first-grade cricket history by scoring an unbeaten 233 - the highest individual score ever recorded at that level for the club.

The innings took place at Manly Oval during an early-season match against local rivals North Sydney, who were captained at the time by former Waratahs legend and future Manly coach, Phil Marks.

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Between the 1996/97 and 2005/06 seasons, the Manly 1st Grade team—one of the strongest on paper in the club’s history—epitomised the adage that premierships are hard to win.

Over that 10-year period, the team secured the minor premiership three times and reached the finals on three other occasions. However, despite consistently strong performances, they were unable to capture the ultimate prize, with a number of heartbreaking finals losses marking the era.

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11 months ago

LBW Trust

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Here at The LBW Trust, we’re counting down to Friday, 24 October, the date of our 19th Annual LBW Trust Dinner!

Join Australian Test cricket great Nathan Lyon and other special guests in the Noble Room at the Sydney Cricket Ground for an unforgettable evening celebrating community, generosity, and education.

✨ Inspired by Diwali – the Festival of Lights✨

This year’s dinner honours the joy of sharing and the spirit of giving, with vibrant cultural performances, inspiring stories, and a three-course dinner among friends of the LBW Trust.

Your attendance helps light the way for young people across Australia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Nepal, South Africa, and Sri Lanka, supporting access to tertiary education and opportunity.

Because education is the light that changes the world.

🎟️ Tickets close soon -->
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11 months ago

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Lloyd Wilson: Reflections on Playing for Gordon

My best memories of Chatswood Oval and Trumper Pavilion were many renditions of the Gordon song in the dressing-room, with the opposition and sometimes even umpire Fred Tilley – he loved it! Also, many nights at committee and selection meetings in the pavilion.

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11 months ago

Armidale Waratahs (The Tahs)

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EDITORS NOTE: Fergus Munro first played for Gordon in Green Shield 1955-56 and PoidevinGray Shield 1956-58. He then played for Sydney University before returning to Gordon for the 1964-65 season in First Grade then moving to London where he played for Hampstead CC for many seasons.

My first recollection of Chatswood Oval and Trumper Pavilion was in about 1954 when I was selected to play in Gordon’s AW Green Shield side, managed by Ray Jones, and ‘required to practice there’.

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11 months ago

Founder

Armidale, Australia

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Waratahs Cricket Club of Armidale - now The Tahs Inc - has an interesting and very accessible history.
With one of the most extensive set of club records of any Australian sporting club, our history is revered and often looked over. It always informed each new group of custodians and linked players over the ages, revering with great equity each member of the Waratahs family.
One of the reasons this ethos was developed and maintained were its leaders, on and off the field. Another was the creation of the Yearbook, issued annually at the Presentation Dinner since 1972. After the speeches were finished and the trophies handed out, a quiet would always descend over the room as everyone first checked their stats, then read the reports and finally thumbed through the records section to see what performances had joined the pantheon of the greats.
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11 months ago

Burnside West Christchurch University Cricket Club

Christchurch, New Zealand

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120th AGM 2025 - Burnside West Christchurch University Cricket Club

he 120th Annual General Meeting opened at 7.30pm on Tuesday the 23rd September with an extended agenda due to the new constitution needing to be adopted.

Peter Hay opened the meeting with a welcome address and then we observed a minutes silence in respect of the members who has passed during the season.

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11 months ago

Burnside West Christchurch University Cricket Club

Christchurch, New Zealand

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The Burnside West Christchurch University Premiers head into 2025/26 looking to build on one of the most successful campaigns in club history. Last season, the side claimed two trophies and reached the final in the third competition — a testament to their consistency and depth across formats.

Rather than a complete overhaul, the focus this summer is on fine-tuning and giving opportunities to the next generation. With key players moving on to higher honours or time away, the stage is set for fresh faces to step into bigger roles.

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11 months ago

Burnside West Christchurch University Cricket Club

Christchurch, New Zealand

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Burnside West Claim Mud Cup Crown in Blenheim

Twelve months on from falling just short, Burnside West Christchurch went one better at Horton Park, lifting the 2025 Mud Cup after an unbeaten campaign capped by a tense 12-run win over hosts Marlborough in Sunday’s final.

The campaign began on tricky footing in a low-scoring arm wrestle with Marlborough. Burnside’s innings looked in danger of collapsing before Tim Seeto, fresh off a winter on the hockey turf, steadied and counter-punched his way to an unbeaten 40.

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11 months ago

Penrith Cricket Club

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Emergence of a Future Captain in a Winning Campaign: 2009/2010

A quote from the youngest (Ryan Gibson): "Blakey, it's taken you over 50 games in PG'd to win this comp, I've won it in 5 games."

Right off the bat, I'm going to say, this season the boys deserved to win this competition. The achieved victory was a culmination of a few seasons' work/preparation. Led beautifully through 2 different skippers over the past 2 seasons, the lads this season slowly warmed into the comp, before blowing away 3 strong teams in the Finals.

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12 months ago

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Neil Harvey at Gordon District Cricket Club

Much has been written about Neil Harvey since his arrival on the cricketing world scene with the 1948 Bradman Invincibles team.

What is not talked about much are the five seasons Neil played for the Gordon club from 1958-59 to 1962-63.

Neil Harvey was a senior figure in the Australian team when he came to Sydney from Melbourne in 1958-59 and joined Gordon, aged almost 30.

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12 months ago

St George Cricket Club

Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia

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The Annual O’Reilly Oration was held in the Booth Saunders Pavilion on Friday 19 September. A full house of 126 heard from guest speaker, St George Life Member, Moises Henriques. He was later joined in a panel discussion by Cricket Australia Chair, Mike Baird AO and Cricket NSW Chair, John Knox.

The O’Reilly Oration was inaugurated in 2005 as a way of remembering the enormous contribution that Bill O’Reilly made to St George DCC and indeed the game across Australia and the world. Speakers have always been encouraged to follow in the O’Reilly tradition of providing forthright, considered opinions that challenge the status quo. That tradition continued in 2025.

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12 months ago

Peter Langston

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Happy birthday Ian Michael Chappell.
Thank you.
For many of us, those 70’s punks who undid their top three buttons and grew a moustache, this guy was our hero. He gave Australian cricket a rock ‘n roll backbeat it still thumps along to today. Still able to deliver a two fingered salute in sausage gloves, his was the take no prisoners attitude which transformed Australian cricket, finally stood up to the Australian version of the conservative, self-serving control of what Botham called the “pink gin brigade” and fought for the game, his country and his players … even in the face of the deity of Bradman.
His batting average might be considered only reasonable by the lofty standards of today’s game, played as it is on drop in tame pitches and shortened boundaries with high tech bats as thick as his was wide and helmets and bowling restrictions. Sure, the modern superstars might well have been successful against Wes Hall, Charlie Griffith, John Snow etc … but they wouldn’t be skiting of averages in the fifties. Reverse the time slip. What would Chappell have done today?
To judge him by his batting average would be to entirely miss the point.
He made a career out of the fight, batting in the heat of the engine room, after the ship had hit an iceberg and the band had started playing the first chords of Auld Lang Syne. So many times in at 1 for not much.
It was then the shit in his eye sparkled strongest, dazzling the quickest bowlers into doubt, taming opposition captains with a resilience we all hoped we could garnish into our own game on suburban parks, with our copycat Grey Nicks.
It was a legacy he would expand into words spoken and written in commentary of those who followed, always forthright, not always agreeable but undeniably consistent of the man.
He once said all current players should get down on one knee at the mention of Kerry Packer’s name. If that be so, it’s the Mecca job for “the fecking cowboy!”
All hail Chappell

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12 months ago

St George Cricket Club

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23 September 1911, Mayor Blackshaw bowled the first cricket ball at the official opening of Hurstville Oval, with St George XV playing a First Grade X1. Les Blackshaw worked tirelessly to have a suitable first grade cricket oval in the district, not only as an Alderman but also through fundraising and volunteering to tend the soil and plant fifty trees, mainly along the Dora Street boundary.

This was the beginning of a lifetime association with St George District Cricket for Blackshaw. Spanning 61 years until 1968, Blackshaw became known as “Father of Cricket in the District”, according to St George District Cricket Club.

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