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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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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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Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club Sydney

Sydney, Australia

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Dennis Hourn made his First grade debut for Waverley Cricket Club on 23 March 1968 and the proud owner of First Grade Cap number 409.

Waverley Cricket Club is now known as Easts Cricket Club and Dennis is a Life Member and took 555 wickets for the club over a career spanning 25 years.

Dennis is a storyteller, is passionate about the game of cricket and its traditions and has a keen eye for talent.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/319/eastern-suburbs-cricket-club-sydney/blog/851/dennis-hourn-respect-and-an-eye-for-talent

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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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NSW Veterans Cricket

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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Cricket NSW

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NSW Sheffield Shield Cricket team v Western Australia - December 1988

Back Row - Greg Dyer, Gavin Robertson, Peter Taylor, Mark Waugh, Trevor Bayliss, Mark Taylor, Andrew Jones, Mike Whitney, Steve Smith

Front Row - John Dyson, Greg Matthews, Richard Stobo

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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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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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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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Toombul District Cricket Club

Brisbane, Australia

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Photo of the 1998-99 Toombul District Cricket Club 2nd Grade Premiership winning team

Back Row – Michael Patterson, Brad Pilon, Chris Pascoe, Darren Hartley, Craig Boal, Brendon Smith

Front Row – Martin Raadschelders, Brad Frischkorn, Andrew Knight (Captain), Jim Holding (President), Chris Holding, Dean Morrison, Craig Oldfield

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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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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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St George Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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St George District Cricket Club 2nd Grade premiers 2002-03

Back Row – Stewart McCabe, Moises Henriques, Steven Green, Tim Lang, Pat Rosser, Anthony O’Sullivan, Tim Laws, Chadd Porter, Hamish Solomons, Murray Bennett (President)

Front Row – Jon Dean, Steve Wark, Dean Burke, David Thompson (Captain), Kevin Pillay, Ed Zelma, Chris Johnstone

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/275/st-george-cricket-club/blog/1924/st-george-district-cricket-club-2nd-grade-premiers-2002-03

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St George Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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The legendary cricket exploits of W. J. “Tiger” O’Reilly are very well known. Club records show, that Bill took an amazing 766 wickets at an average of 8.7 runs in his years playing first grade cricket for St George.

Those same records show that another O’Reilly - John William (St George Player No 186) and no relation to Tiger Bill – played 9 successful seasons with St. George. At the end of his time with St George in 1965-66, this “Other O’Reilly” ranked among the club’s top wicket-takers after Bill, having taken 304 wickets at an average of 18.4.

In 7 of his 9 seasons at St George, John took out the club’s aggregate and/or average bowling honours. John was among the leading Sydney First Grade wicket takers in many of these years being the top wicket taker in 1958-59 and 1962-63.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/275/st-george-cricket-club/blog/270/the-st-george-cricket-story-of-john-william-orsquoreilly-the-ldquoother-orsquoreillyrdquo

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Foundation of Goodness

Colombo, Sri Lanka

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International Sports Tours are a unique activity that makes the Foundation of Goodness Sports Academy stand out. Sports teams from around the world visit our Sports Academy to engage in friendly tournaments ranging from cricket to netball, to test their skills against our rural but talented players, opening up a whole new world of experiences for both the visiting and home teams.

Malvern College UK visited us in April 2023 with their U15 and U18 cricket teams to test out their skills in friendly matches against our Academy Cricket Teams. The U18 team even had the wonderful opportunity to play against the FoG Academy U17 Team who have just returned victorious following the ICAL Tournament in India.

https://unconditionalcompassion.org/malvern-college-uk-visits-the-sports-academy
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Foundation of Goodness

Colombo, Sri Lanka

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The Foundation of Goodness was established in 1999 and has worked extensively to develop a one of a kind holistic rural community development model over the past 25 years, completing humanitarian initiatives to the value of USD 24 million. In 2023 alone, despite struggles brought on by the Sri Lankan Economic Crisis, the Foundation of Goodness was able to deliver a wide range of programmes to over 135,000 beneficiaries from 854 villages across Sri Lanka, free of charge, via our 10 empowerment divisions: Business Skills and Enterprise, Women’s Empowerment, Special Needs, Language and Arts, Sports Development, Medical, Dental and Psychosocial Support, Children and Youth Development, Environment and Water, Rural Welfare & Development and Village Heartbeat Empowerment Centres. The Foundation of Goodness also provides opportunities for volunteerism and has established its own Sustainable Income Generation avenues.

In addition to its flagship venue and project headquarters, the OYOB Centre of Excellence and Sports Academy in Seenigama, the Foundation of Goodness has also branched out to offer its key courses and resources to distant rural villages via Village Heartbeat Empowerment Centres. These centres strive to empower disadvantaged communities so that they may have equal opportunities to excel in life. As the nerve centre of the village, the Village Heartbeat concept works to give underprivileged villagers access to skills that will enable them to develop to their full potential and offer courses in areas such as IT, children’s educational classes, women’s empowerment, life values and life skills development.

The Foundation of Goodness has already established 19 Village Heartbeat Empowerment Centres across the island; Ahangama (Galle District), Jayanthipura (Polonnaruwa District), China Bay (Trincomalee District), Mahiyangana (Badulla District), Maskeliya (Nuwara Eliya District), Ragala (Nuwara Eliya District), Kothmalae (Nuwara Eliya District) , Hatton (Nuwara Eliya District), Mathagal (Jaffna District), Pallai (Kilinochchi District), Oddusuddan (Mullaitivu District), Puthiyanagar (Mullaitivu District), Eravur (Batticaloa District), Thirukkovil (Ampara District), Dambulla (Matale District), Bandarawela (Badulla District, Central Region), Hingurukaduwa (Monaragala District), Udumulla (Galle Districtand Rathgama (Galle District) with plans currently underway to construct more Centres.

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Bankstown District Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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Grahame Thomas had the honour of being the first Bankstown player to represent Australia in Test cricket. He was a magnificent hooker of the ball, loved the straight drive and was very speedy between the wickets.

Grahame formed a dynamic opening partnership with Bankstown Legend Dion Bourne and together they tore opposing bowlers apart. The scourge of fast bowlers and an absolute delight for spectators. Grahame also teamed with Alan Kelly for a record 246 run stand vs Paddington. Kelly sensibly turned the strike over to the rampaging Thomas who took full advantage.

One fine day at Memorial Oval Dion and Grahame hammered the Cumberland attack which contained a youthful Richie Benaud. Grahame pounded 143 that day and the leggie must have been impressed as years later he said that Thomas had played some of the most brilliant innings he had ever seen.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/356/bankstown-district-cricket-club/blog/1452/grahame-thomas-a-history-of-bankstown-players

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Randwick Petersham Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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The Cricket NSW Foundation creates opportunities for girls to thrive in cricket!

The CNSW Foundation and Cranbrook School invite junior girls to a special free skills morning at Dangar Oval on Sunday January 28 from 11am - 1pm with the experienced Cranbrook cricket coaching team.

An extra special T20 Charity Match will follow between the Cranbrook XI and a Cricket NSW Foundation Invitational XI featuring Australian legend Shane Watson!

Cricket NSW look forward to seeing you for a great family day!

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The Golden Age of Cricket Podcast

London, United Kingdom

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Bill Murdoch – Part 1 – Richard Cassman and Ric Sissons

Billy Murdoch was a colossus of Australian cricket in the 19th century. He captained Australia in its first victory on English soil giving rise to the Ashes, and as a stylish but determined batsman, he scored the first triple century in Australia and the first Test double century. He’s often been called Australia’s answer to W.G. Grace. But he courted controversy too. Bankrupted in his 20s, he secretly married the daughter of Victoria’s wealthiest gold miner without his permission. He emigrated to England in 1890, as he and his wife aspired to make it in Edwardian society, often living beyond their means. He even played a solitary Test for England in South Africa. But what do we make of Murdoch’s cricketing legacy today, and is he unfairly forgotten?

In this episode, we look at the backend of Murdoch's life & career as it falls within the 'Golden Age', and for the first time on this podcast I welcome two guests to discuss a subject:

Richard Cashman is a sports historian based at the University of Technology Sydney. He is the author of 12 cricket books as well as his memoirs, Cackyhander: Writing on Cricket, Sports History and the Olympic Games. He has won the Australian Cricket Society Literary Award on three occasions: for his book on Australian cricket crowds, and his biographies of Fred Spofforth & Billy Murdoch, the latter co-written with my other guest.

Ric Sissons grew up in England, playing and watching cricket in Derbyshire. He is the author of eleven cricket books including The Players, which won the English Cricket Society’s Silver Jubilee Literary Award in 1988. His most recent books are: The Glory & The Dream: The 1903-04 MCC Tour of Australia and the so-called Golden Age; J T Tyldesley in Australia; And – with Peter Schofield – When the Kangaroo met the Eagle. The 1913 Australian tour of Canada and the United States.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5uPCBgOgkZLkVEZ7T5tNuH

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The Great Coaches Podcast

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Mike Hesson is New Zealand cricket coach.

He started his coaching career in his early 20’s while playing in the UK. From there he progressed through Assistant coaching before accepting the role as Argentina’s head coach in 2003. He returned to New Zealand and became Head Coach of Otago and leading them to the 2008 one-day trophy and the 2009 T20 championship.

In 2011 he took on the job of Head Coach of Kenya before being appointed the Head Coach of the New Zealand national team, the Black Caps in 2012. He went on to take them from a One-Day international ranking of 8th to 2nd by the time he left the role in 2018. He finished his tenure as one of the most successful coaches in the nation’s history with highlights including a record breaking 13 game winning streak. He has gone on to coach the Kings in the IPL and Islamabad in the Pakistan Super League

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1425/the-great-coaches-podcast/blog/1923/the-great-coaches-leadership-and-life-ndash-mike-hesson

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Back Row - Greg Dyer, Gavin Robertson, Peter Taylor, Mark Waugh, Trevor Bayliss, Mark Taylor, Andrew Jones, Mike Whitney, Steve Smith

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