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Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Vale John Pearson

It is with extreme sadness, I report the passing of Life Member no. 26, John Pearson. John passed away in respite care on Monday evening 8 July. The dialysis treatment he had been receiving eventually got too much for his heart. He was 76.

John Pearson played just two seasons, 13 years apart, with Petersham-Marrickville, yet he was one of the most influential members of the club in the 1980s and through to its merger with Randwick in 2001. After beginning his cricket career with Balmain, he joined Petes in 1968-69 but was forced to transfer to the new Sydney club the following season when residential boundaries were changed. Some 12 years later, he was back in Petersham-Marrickville’s colours.

Increasing family and work commitments, however, saw him retire as a player at the end of the 1981-82 season. But he was not lost to the club and later served as Club Coach and Hon Treasurer. He was also a Delegate to the NSWCA and Sydney Cricket Association for 10 years before taking over as President of the club until December 1995.

During his time as President, he provided outstanding leadership when the club was under continual threat for amalgamation or exclusion from the 1st Grade competition. He and Hon Secretary Tim Dein formed a formidable duo in seeing off many such threats. His contribution to the Petersham-Marrickville club was formally recognised in 1996 when he was elected a Life Member. Four years later in the year 2000, he was awarded the Australian Sports Medal by the Governor-General.

John Pearson was a very successful Sydney Grade cricketer scoring 5,080 1st Grade runs with four centuries and 23 fifties in a career spanning 13 seasons. All but 46 of those were with the Sydney club. With his lower grade performances, his overall tally exceeds 6,000 runs. He also took close to 100 wickets across all competitions.

John was a great supporter of the merger with Randwick to form Randwick Petersham Cricket. He maintained his involvement as a valued Director of the Randwick Petersham Cricket Foundation and a committee member of the club supporter’s group, known as the Randwick Petersham Cricket Legends Society. He and son Corey are also the joint sponsors of the “Clive Johnston Memorial Award”, an annual presentation to the club’s best under 21 Poidevin-Gray player.
Funeral details will be advised when known.

RIP John Pearson. One of the greats and a club legend in every respect.

Lyall Gardner OAM

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Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney
Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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In early 2006, The Committee of Western Suburbs invited a group of former players and administrators to advise the Cricket Committee of the greatest players to represent the Club in the period from 1895 to 2000. Alan Davidson, Stan Sismey, Tom Brown and Bernie O'Neil sorted through the Club's records and player performances and produced their list of the Club's finest players.

The Committee then applied the criterion that each player, to be eligible for the "Team of the Millennium". must have been available to play for Western Suburbs for five full seasons. The Committee took into account lavers' performances not only for Western Suburbs, but also at higher levels of the game.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/161/western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-sydney/blog/2259/western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-team-of-the-millennium
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Stuart Cope
Stuart Cope
London, United Kingdom
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Did you know that before T20's inception in 2003, New Zealand Cricket invented a new format of the game back in 1996 called 'Cricket Max'.

It was the brainchild of Martin Crowe who claimed "I Invented and designed Cricket Max because I felt it was time to provide to our spectators and TV viewers a game of cricket that was short in duration, very colourful, kept some old traditions and highlighted the best skills in the game."

Rules of the format;

The format of the game involved two teams playing two innings of ten-overs each. It was played on traditional grounds but with one subtle difference. Both sides of the ground had a special ‘Super-Max’ carved out covering the region between long-off and long-on. Basically, every shot that the batter would hit in the Max-zone, they were rewarded with double-returns. If they hit a four in the Max zone, it was considered as ‘eight’ or if they had stroked a six, it was considered as ‘twelve’.

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Belmont District Cricket Club
Belmont District Cricket Club
Newcastle, Australia
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Jake Short is a former leg spin bowler who plied his trade at multiple cricket clubs including Belmont District Cricket Club. Jake was a fantastic teammate who always had time for others.

Can you remember your first game of cricket?

I remember my first game of club cricket. I think my first actual game was for my school but in my first club game I was asked to open because I'm a left handed bat, I scored 49 and was on 49 for quite some time ha-ha, got nervous and got out. I think I took three wickets; I was a leg spinner when no one else other than the great man Shane Warne was so no one knew what to do, I was the boy who saw Warne bowl Gatting and said I want to do that to my dad.

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Hawkesbury Cricket Club
Hawkesbury Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Hawkesbury Cricket Club was very excited to recently announce Trent Johnston as the club's Director of Cricket and Head Coach.

Trent is a high performance coach and former international cricketer, and everyone at Hawkesbury is heading into the 2024–25 season with an extra spring in their step.

Trent Johnston played all his junior cricket in the Illawarra region before beginning his journey in NSW Premier Cricket with Campbelltown-Camden, North Sydney, and Mosman Cricket Clubs.

In 10 seasons of NSW Premier Cricket, Trent took 349 wickets at an average of 20.50, with the best figures of 6 for 17.

Trent made his first class debut for NSW against Tasmania in March 1999, when he opened the bowling with former Australian fast bowler Brett Lee. He played five first class games for NSW.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/466/hawkesbury-cricket-club/blog/2255/trent-johnston-train-hard-play-easy
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Andre Burger
Andre Burger
Cricket Coach
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Neuro Batting- Enhancing Batting Performance Under Pressure: The Neuroscience Behind Effective Cricket Training

The Brain on the Cricket Field: Training vs. Game Conditions

Understanding how the brain operates under different conditions can revolutionise how we train athletes, especially batters in cricket. By tailoring training methods to activate and optimise specific brain areas, we can significantly enhance a player's ability to remain calm, focused, and effective when it matters most.

In a relaxed training environment, several brain regions are primarily engaged

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Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney
Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Greg Edwards made his first grade debut for Western Suburbs on 31 March 1984 against the old Sydney Cricket Club to become the clubs first grade player number 502.

A very talented and stylish batsman Greg had made the move to Wests from Gordon were he’d already played first grade. A measure of Greg’s ability was the quality of the players in Wests first grade team, Dirk Wellham, Greg Matthews, Greg Dyer, David Gilbert, Brad McNamara, Peter O’Reilly, Murray Radcliffe, Peter McLay, Andrew Jones, Tony Dwyer all Australian, NSW or NSW 2nd XI players.

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