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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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North West NSW Combined High Schools Cricket team 1985 - NSW CHS Carnival in Wagga Wagga
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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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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.
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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Greg Geise was an incredible batter.
Brad Bannister
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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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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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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.
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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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Part 4 - The history of St George District Cricket Club 1951-52 to 1960-61
St George Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Part 4 - The history of St George District Cricket Club 1951-52 to 1960-61
The St George District Cricket Club boasts a proud history which has now extended beyond a century.
When the club entered the first-grade competition in 1921-22, few could have predicted the success and prestige that would accompany it in the ensuing century. As the club celebrates its centenary of first grade across the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons there is an opportunity to celebrate many of the outstanding performances and moments that have occurred.
With this in view, it was decided to compile a list of 100 moments in 100 years.
Here's Part 4
https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/275/st-george-cricket-club/blog/1992/part-4-the-history-of-st-george-district-cricket-club-1951-52-to-1960-61
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Congratulations to the following players who have been selected to represent Queensland and help defend the Cooper-Finlay Cup in Maitland, NSW on March 25 & 26, 2024.
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Congratulations to the following players who have been selected to represent Queensland and help defend the Cooper-Finlay Cup in Maitland, NSW on March 25 & 26, 2024.
Once again, I would like to thank the selectors, Mark Kratzmann, Craig Sweet and Andrew Knight for their time and deliberation’s selecting these teams.
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Manly Warringah Waratahs First Grade team in 1954/55.
Manly Warringah District Cricket Club
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Manly Warringah Waratahs First Grade team in 1954/55.
You may be able to see the grass bike track around the oval.
The Team: Brooks, Walker, Robertson (Captain), Hayson, Verity, Brown, Taylor, Davey, C Demonfort, P Philpott, A Demonfort
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Who is the one player from Sydney 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 NSW Premier first grade cricket team?
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Chris MacDougal is a former St George District Cricket Club first grade captain. Chris is the clubs first grade player number 409 and was a member of the 2012/13 first grade premiership winning team skippered by Kevin Pillay.
St George Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Chris MacDougal is a former St George District Cricket Club first grade captain. Chris is the clubs first grade player number 409 and was a member of the 2012/13 first grade premiership winning team skippered by Kevin Pillay.
Chris was also the captain of the St George DCC premiership winning Poidevin Gray team in 2007/08
https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/275/st-george-cricket-club/blog/606/st-george-ldquoin-between-ballsrdquo-with-chris-macdougal
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Gavin Fitness a stalwart of Queensland Premier Cricket played 25 seasons of First Grade after making his debut as an 18-year-old in 1986.
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Gavin Fitness a stalwart of Queensland Premier Cricket played 25 seasons of First Grade after making his debut as an 18-year-old in 1986.
Being a wicket keeper in Queensland in an era with the likes of Peter Anderson, Ian Healy, Peter Drinnen and Wade Seccombe was tough but Gavin was resolute in his desire.
He played 3 Sheffield Shield games for Queensland and was desperately unlucky not to be keeping in the final when Queensland won their first ever Shield in 1994/95 after Wade Seccombe return from injury.
Gavin is a premiership winning player and highly regarded by his peers.
https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/32/paul-ryan/blog/1991/gavin-fitness-always-be-ready
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Waratahs in History – Matt Cranney
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Waratahs in History – Matt Cranney
This fortnight Howzat Building Waratahs in History Q & A is with Matt Cranney. Matt (“Son of Errol”/Loose) played 19 seasons for the Tahs from 1992/1993 to 2011/2012. A local junior who started his career at the club when he was only 14. In the clubs 146-year history Matt sits in the top 20 of the highest run scorers for the club with over 6000 runs. He is also a top bloke!
How did your love of cricket come about as a child?
Simple, my Dad Errol. We were always a cricketing family. My two older brothers and I would play backyard cricket all year round. We had a great backyard for cricket and would have friends over for backyard competitions. Future club legends like David Gainsford, Geoff Tucker and Dave Gardiner who were my eldest brothers age would terrorise me with a half-taped tennis ball, but this put me in good stead for when I came down to grade as a 14-yo and would face them in the old Grahams reserve nets.
https://manlycricket.com/waratahs-in-history-matt-cranney/
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I was bowling to former Queenslander batting allrounder Glenn Trimble who played 2 one day games for Australia at Bottomley Oval in the 80s.
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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I was bowling to former Queenslander batting allrounder Glenn Trimble who played 2 one day games for Australia at Bottomley Oval in the 80s.
Glenn was one of the hardest hitters ever of a cricket ball and started one with 6, 6, 4, 6 before our captain Mal Freeman yells out “Banger pull a hammy.”
Next ball I knock his stumps over and walked him off all the way to the dressing room, sat next to him as he took his pads off.
Years later we were drinking in a bar together in Melbourne and some bloke asked him “was bowling those wides in the one day international in Perth, the most embarrassing moment of your career.
Glenn replied with “No, 2nd most, this prick here getting me out was the most embarrassing.”
Glenn was such a great player. If he was playing in the modern era of T20 cricket he would’ve been an absolute superstar.
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Who is the one player from Brisbane 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 Queensland Premier first grade cricket team?
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OK you’ve seen the batsmen now it’s time for fast bowlers. Let’s qualify first. They have to have played in Dubbo while I was here, and I have to have seen them live in a Dubbo team. So just for the record Don Nash is out. He came along in Dubbo after me.
Mick Davis
Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
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OK you’ve seen the batsmen now it’s time for fast bowlers. Let’s qualify first. They have to have played in Dubbo while I was here, and I have to have seen them live in a Dubbo team. So just for the record Don Nash is out. He came along in Dubbo after me.
I’m not doing spinners. I’ve not seen too many good ones. Most of them are part timers who don’t really turn the ball that much. Bowling slow to wait for a miss-hit for a catch at cow is not my idea of clever bowling. Glen Shepherd was probably the best I saw. Jame Patterson for Cyms and RSL back in the 80s was pretty good. Nick Duffy was phenomenal given his age. But this article is for the quicks.
https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1449/mick-davis/blog/1990/the-top-fast-bowlers-of-my-time-in-dubbo-mick-davis
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All-time cricketing great Ricky Ponting has today been unveiled as the new head coach of Cricket NSW partner, Washington Freedom, ahead of the second season of Major League Cricket (MLC) in the United States.
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All-time cricketing great Ricky Ponting has today been unveiled as the new head coach of Cricket NSW partner, Washington Freedom, ahead of the second season of Major League Cricket (MLC) in the United States.
Ponting is considered by many to be one of world’s greatest ever players and is now one of the most sought-after off-field properties on the global T20 circuit.
Ponting paid tribute to Shipperd and the work that Cricket NSW had done with Washington Freedom.
“I’m extremely excited to be joining the Washington Freedom in 2024,” Ponting said.
https://www.cricketnsw.com.au/news/3884531/cricket-great-ricky-ponting-appointed-head-coach-of-washington-freedom
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Nathan Pilon made his first class debut for New South Wales in the 2000/01 cricket season before moving to Melbourne and making his debut for the Victoria Sheffield Shield team in February 2006.
St George Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Nathan Pilon made his first class debut for New South Wales in the 2000/01 cricket season before moving to Melbourne and making his debut for the Victoria Sheffield Shield team in February 2006.
Pilon played 10 first class games taking 42 catches and 1 stumping and scored 338 runs at 19.88 with his highest score being 78.
In Sydney, Nathan Pilon playing for St George took 218 dismissals, 183 catches and 35 stumpings and scored 3,899 runs at an average of 33.
Playing for Carlton CC in Melbourne Pilon holds the clubs wicket keeping record with 278 dismissals, 247 catches and 31 stumpings. With the bat he scored 7,107 runs at an average of 36.63.
https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/275/st-george-cricket-club/blog/418/nathan-pilon-st-george-district-cricket-club-wicket-keeper-of-the-century
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