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100 Moments in 100 Years of St George First Grade 1981-82 to 1990-91

Here is Part 4 of our 10 part series compiled by Club Historian, Nathan Anderson

1. Ray Gonella and Jon Jobson put together 209 against Petersham to establish a new club record partnership for the third wicket. (1981-82). Jobson was also involved in a 204 run partnership with Greg Matchett against Waverley earlier in the season.

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Michael Cant - Gordon District Cricket Club Team of the 1990s

I have selected my best Gordon team from players I played with in the 1990s. The team has been selected primarily on performances for Gordon. We had some fantastic players in that era and won 2 premierships. Picking the team has brought back some great memories.

1. Greg Hayne. Imposing opening bat whose record in Sydney premier cricket is phenomenal. Also a superb pair of hands.

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Penrith Cricket Club

Sutherland District Cricket Club

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Penrith Cricket Club 2022-23 Women's First Grade Premiers

After a heart-breaking loss in the 2021-22 Grand Final, Penrith’s Lady Cats were determined to get the job done in 2022-23. Strong performances throughout the regular season saw them finish in second position on the ladder and, after knocking off Parramatta in the semi-final, they went into the Grand Final against Northern District as favourites.

For the first time, the Grand Final was held at Cricket Central, Cricket NSW’s new purpose-built facility.

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Sylvania, Australia

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Progression of Sutherland's Club Record Bowling Figures

Devlin Malone celebrates taking his 10th wicket of the innings at Glenn McGrath Oval.

Wickets continued to roll for Malone, eventually ending up with remarkable figures of 10-115 to bowl Sydney Uni out himself for 268

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Randwick Petersham Cricket Club

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Riley Ayre is Randwick Petersham’s Player of the 2024-25 Season. It is the third time he has won the award while he has been runner-up, three times as well. He is one of the best all-rounders to have played with Randwick Petersham and after the season he has just had, he is quickly carving a reputation, through weight of performances, to be one of the top 80 or so, to have played Sydney 1st Grade cricket.

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St George Cricket Club

Sutherland District Cricket Club

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St George DCC First Grade Player No.78 - Ray Little

Raymond Cecil James Little was born in Uralla (between Armidale and Tamworth) on the 7th of October 1914.

It is stated that he moved from Newcastle to St George where he made his first debut in the season of 1933/34. No doubt he would have gained the attention of the cricketing folk in Sydney when in February of 1932 he scored a century against a touring Marylebone Cricket Club (The MCC) team featuring many English greats such as Jack Hobbs, The Nawab of Pataudi, Bill Voce, Maurice Leyland and was captained by Bob Wyatt.

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Sylvania, Australia

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Progression of Sutherland's Club Record Scores

St.George 5/366 dec. (Brian Booth 103, John Rogers 95, Graham James 54, Billy Watson 52, Rod Luckman 45 no, Grant Le Huray 2-35, Ted Cotton 1-38, Norm O’Neill 1-58, Stan Gilchrist 1-91) d. Sutherland 280 (Norm O’Neill 168, Don Harkness 30, Bob Bain 25, Vic Cristofani 2-39, Rod Luckman 1-0, Brian Booth 1-13, John Martin 1-43, Keith Francis 1-65, John O’Reilly 1-79).

Norm O’Neill’s innings of 168 was made in 197 minutes with 27 fours and 1 six. It remained the club record score until 7 January, 1984 when Phil Weatherall scored 173 n.o.

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Queensland Country Cricket

Townsville, Australia

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Queensland Country Cricket team - Australian Country Championships in Mildura 2007

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Penrith Cricket Club

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Tyran Liddiard is Penrith Cricket Club first grade player number 212. A very stylish premiership winning wicket keeper batter Tyran has played NSW 2ndXI and a is also a proud member of the Australian Indigenous having had the good fortune to tour England with the team in 2018.

When Penrith won the first-grade premiership in 2018/19 Tyran was awarded the Benaud Medal for player of the match scoring 97 and taking four catches behind the stumps.

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In celebration of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War 2 the following is a story about the Gordon District Cricket Club’s own Flying Ace, Jack Quigley, who later became one of its highest scoring batsman.

While being a late entry to the war, having arrived in the UK in mid 1944, Jack certainly made up for it by making over 50 raids into enemy territory in his single engine aircraft including his last one only two days before the German surrender.

After arriving in the UK following over a year of training in Australia and the USA, his first job was to learn how to fly the RAF designated single engine aircraft for which he was posted in July 1944 to the RAF base at Heston near London.

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St George Cricket Club

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100 Moments in 100 Years of St George First Grade - Part 3 - 1991/92 - 2001/02

Thanks to St George DCC Historian and Published Author, Nathan Anderson here is part 3 of his 100 moments in 100 years of 1st Grade Cricket. Another wonderful decade of cricket between 1991-92 and 2001-02.

1. Craig McComb (153) and R Trewartha (119) combine for a record-breaking 6th wicket partnership. The pair compile 284 runs against Western suburbs, which is a club record first grade partnership at the time. (1991-92)

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Sutherland District Cricket Club

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Players of Note in the Shadows (Part 2)

The club has had three Test wicketkeepers. Phil Emery, another loyal clubman and outstanding NSW captain, has certainly left his mark on the club. There was his leadership, wicketkeeping, batting and most noticeably his ability to bring together players from different occupations and skill sets to become members of Gordon premiership teams. We should not forget Adam Gilchrist, who learnt his early cricket at Gordon before moving to Western Australia and becoming a wonderful batsman and wicketkeeper for Australia.

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Sylvania, Australia

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Sutherland DCC 2015-16 Poidevin-Gray Shield Premiers

Back row: Riley Ayre, Luke Hawksworth, Kyle Brockley, Sibghat Khan, Josh Horner, Jayden Brown, James Arnold, Paul Brockley (Captain).

Front row: Tom Doyle, Jamie Brown (Captain), Jarryd Biviano, Devlin Malone, Daniel Fallins.

This is an extract from the PG team report in the annual report:

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Players of Note in the Shadows (Part 1)

When the Gordon District Cricket Club entered the Sydney Grade cricket competition in the 1905-06 season it was the 20th club in the competition and the 16th in First Grade. There was obviously a level of expectation and a sense of anticipation that the club would develop, as it was the only club on the North Shore after the North Sydney DCC.

In those formative years there were cricketers who had already made their mark. Dr Gother Clarke and Bob Hickson needed no introduction. Clarke, a left-arm slow bowler, and Hickson, an opening bat, had both played for New South Wales. During the season Frank Iredale, a former Australian player, along with Keith McPhillamy and Gordon Black, both former NSW players, joined the club.

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Penrith Cricket Club

Belmont District Cricket Club

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Pocket Profile - Ray Dent - Penrith Cricket Club

I started my junior career playing for Glenmore Park in (U8’s), where I played 8 seasons for the Redbacks. In (U15’s) I then started my senior career for Glenmore park playing alongside my dad and uncle. I then moved to Panthers cricket club to continue playing seniors with my dad and uncle. During this time I also played representative cricket for the Penrith Junior Cricket Association from U12’s to U15’s and U17’s where I was given the privilege to captain in my final junior rep season. I also represented Penrith in various cricket carnivals including Ballina, Newcastle, Orange and Canberra. I made my Grade debut for Penrith on the 13th of November in 2021 against Gordon in the Metro cup. This is now my third year of Grade cricket with the club after missing last year to an acl reconstruction. I had surgery in February and was cleared to return halfway through this season in November and enjoyed every second of it with the club.

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Pocket Profile - Thor Harradine - Belmont District Cricket Club

Tell us about your cricket journey.

I started at Yamba cricket club at the age of 6 playing in an under 8s comp then when we moved to Newcastle I’ve played at Belmont ever since.

If you can share with our readers how you would describe yourself as a cricketer?

I would describe myself as a batting all rounder who bowls mean offies.

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UTS North Sydney District Cricket Club

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From The Vault: Norths defeat Gordon late on Sunday in December 2023

The first Saturday / Sunday 2-day game of the 2023-24 season also brought the first home game at Bon Andrews Oval. With a few injuries and rep duty, there were a few changes to the side, with Nihal Desai (695) and Callum Hill (696) making their debuts and Jamieson Hedges and Harri Lee-Young also coming into the team for their first red ball First Grade fixture of the season.

Another loss at the coin flip saw the Bears sent in again. Gordon bowlers started well and used the conditions nicely to take 2 early wickets, but Mares and Reynolds steadied the ship to get us to 2/80 and set the platform for the rest of the day

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UTS North Sydney District Cricket Club

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With the growth of club cricket in Sydney suitable grounds and adequate seating accommodation were issues facing all clubs. The Gordon DCC was not alone in the matter with the original pavilion that was built in 1902 and 1903 proving inadequate by 1913. It was around this time that the club began investigating with the Municipality of Willoughby the building of a new pavilion.1 Preliminary steps were undertaken but the outbreak of war in 1914 halted any progress.

On 15 December 1920, a public meeting, presided over by the Mayor of Willoughby, Alderman RT Forsyth, was held in the Willoughby Town Hall at Chatswood. The meeting heard that the objectives were “the improvement of the oval and the erection of a more modern pavilion”.

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