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2 years ago
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
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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2 years ago
Cricket NSW
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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2 years ago
Sydney University Cricket Club
Sydney University Cricket Club
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Five things we learned from Round 11 - NSW Premier Cricket 2023-24

New year, same old stuff

We’re a couple of weeks into the new year, which means that most of those earnest resolutions made late on 31 December are now receding into the distance. Not much has changed in Premier Cricket, either. On Saturday, St George won and Blake McDonald scored 184. Chatswood Oval had a road where its pitch should be, and Tym Crawford (pictured) smashed 164. It’s just like 2023.

Will Salzmann hits it cleanly

Sydney University went down to Gordon at Chatswood Oval, after the inevitable (but still impressive) Tym Crawford century. But they went down fighting, thanks in part to an exceptional all-round effort from Will Salzmann, who backed up his four wickets with a spectacular innings. Opening the Students’ innings with Jack Attenborough, Salzmann played circumspectly for a couple of overs, and then put his foot down.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/260/sydney-university-cricket-club/blog/1922/five-things-we-learned-from-round-11-nsw-premier-cricket-2023-24
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2 years ago
Cricket NSW
Cricket NSW
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Week 15 – ‘The Opening Spell’

First ball – Back with a BANG!

St George’s Blake Macdonald struck 182 runs from just 128 deliveries against a host UNSW bowling attack at David Phillips South. Macdonald registered 14 sixes to reach his 10th and highest first-grade ton, and propel the Saints to 10-0 for the season.

Gordon 1’s skipper, Tym Crawford, made it FOUR centuries in his last FIVE innings with 164 runs (121 balls) against Sydney University at Chatswood Oval. Crawford, who has 892 runs at an average of 59.46, leads the top division of Men’s NSW Premier Cricket in runs-scored throughout the 23-24 campaign.

https://www.cricketnsw.com.au/news/3858671/week-15-the-opening-spell
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2 years ago
NSW Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association
NSW Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association
Sydney, Australia
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The opening days of 2024 saw some of Australia’s best regional cricketers converge on Newcastle for the Toyota Australian Country Championships – with 15 NSWCUSA members involved as match officials.

Seven umpires officiated across both the men’s and women’s divisions of the tournament, with a majority being NSWCUSA members.

The umpire panel that oversaw the men’s competition featured Country Panel members Dave Cullen, Graeme Glazebrook, Murray Le Lievre, Phil Rainger; NSW Premier Cricket umpire Rod Porter; Western Australian-based NSWCUSA member Gary Crombie.

The women’s competition panel included regionally-based umpires Lauren McGill and Kate Rowlands, NSW Premier Cricket umpires Katie Collins, Sue Gregory, Leone Mizzi and Elizabeth O’Dwyer.

https://nswcusa.cricketnsw.com.au/nswcusa-strongly-represented-at-australian-country-championships
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2 years ago
Country Cricket NSW
Country Cricket NSW
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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An exciting last day of the Bradman Cup saw the competition winner determined by bonus points. Newcastle and Nth Coastal both secured bonus point wins which saw Nth Coastal emerge triumphant with a late innings surge in their victory over Southern Districts. This sees North Coastal take on the winner of the A W Green Shield competition winner in February to be played in Sydney.
There were some amazing performances at well - Blake Cattle (Greater Illawarra) with an unbeaten 123, Jackson Taylor (Greater Illawarra) 5-10 both against Central Coast and Cooper Townsend with 70 and Cooper Pullen with 50 for Western against Central Northern.
Round 7 match summary
Greater Illawarra 3/254 (B Cattle 123no, S Harwood 61) defeated Central Coast 149 (R Sharma 30, K Smith 25, C McKee 23., J Taylor 5-10, L Kay 2-27) with 1 bonus point
Western 3/160 (C Townsend 70no, C Pullen 50no, T Long 2-42) defeated Central Northern 157 (S Davis 35, K Botha 30, S Holz 26, F Macleod 3-34, H Griffith 2-26, B Burke 2-32) with 1 bonus point
Newcastle 5-113 (L Vincent 45, A Berry 38, B Gain 2-14) defeated Riverina 110 (J Cameron 29, N Westcott 2-14, T McInnes 2-14) with 1 bonus point
Final Ladder: North Coastal 33, Newcastle 32, Greater Illawarra 25, Central Northern 19 (0.413), Riverina 19 (-0.253), Western 13, Central Coast 12, Southern Districts 0
North Coastal 7/161 (D Craig 35, T Gilbert 34no, B Felton 28, Q Cooper 23, P Bruckshaw 2-18, J Cosgrove 2-34) defeated Southern Districts 9/159 (M Millar 21no, I Roxburgh 21, R Weir 2-23, L Barnes 2-25, J Dawes 2-32)

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2 years ago
Patrick Skene
Patrick Skene
Marketing Director
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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A salute to the Pakistan cricket team for providing an unexpectedly compelling series & playing in the true spirit of Test cricket. With limited preparation and missing a number of their key players, they fought tooth and nail in every Test and were a revelation on and off the field, proving that hard test cricket can be played without the aggro.

“The respect shown by the opposition throughout this series has been second-to-none,” Adam Gilchrist said on Fox Cricket.

“This series has been played in terrific spirit.” Mark Waugh added.

Captain Pat Cummins noted the sense of fraternity: "Out in the middle I think both teams play quite similarly, play hard but everyone's ready to joke with each other and have a bit of a laugh and not take it too seriously if the moment doesn't require it to be."

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/505/patrick-skene/blog/1897/a-salute-to-the-pakistan-cricket-team
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2 years ago
Dean Tuckwell
Dean Tuckwell
Travel Agent
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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Life is rarely black and white and there are few saints and Dave Warner is clearly no saint but he has reformed and Australian cricket is far richer for his career even if it contains lots of grey.

He does so many things right on a cricket field. Hands down he is the best runner between wickets I have ever seen. He always runs hard and looks to put the fielder under pressure, never turning blind (unlike Dean Jones) and always holds his bat in the correct hand. This coupled with his aggressive stroke play means that things can get away from the bowling side very quickly indeed.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/69/dean-tuckwell/blog/1892/david-warner-just-a-suburban-boy
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2 years ago
Manly Warringah District Cricket Club
Manly Warringah District Cricket Club
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Vale Alan Wright - 1951-2024.

Our entire club is deeply saddened at the passing of club stalwart Alan Wright.

Wrighty passed away on the morning of 3 January surrounded by loved ones. He was a huge part of our club over many years, winning the 2012/13 Clubman of the Year as well as a premiership with his beloved main grade. He was well remembered for his net captaincy, as well as being Craig Little’s right hand main in M3s for many years.

He continued his support of the club, often seen at Manly Oval of late supporting the Manly boys and girls.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and all of our club members that loved him so much.

We will provide information about his funeral when it comes to hand.

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2 years ago
Peter Langston
Peter Langston
Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
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“The only difference between being uninformed and misinformed is that one is your choice and the other is theirs.”

Frank Sonnenberg, Listen to Your Conscience

Like all journeymen cricketers, the media space splashed about David Warner - whether it be main stream print or electronic media or the more insidious social media platforms - has only increased as his last appearance in Test matches has approached.

His runs, his media gaffs, his outspoken wife, the abhorrence of his role in the "sandpaper gate" crisis of faith ... they have all been blasted at anyone who would listen and even those who chose to turn away. The majority of it is popularist bullshit, written not to express an opinion but to mimic pub talk and please potential consumers of the modern world version of pulp fiction. Many who write, do so for approval and what better way than to avoid your own opinion - if indeed you are capable of such - and simply pile the steaming stuff on a soon to be extinct carcass.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/194/peter-langston/blog/1888/warners-inconvenient-truth
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