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St George Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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Nick Stapleton is St George Cricket Club first grade player number 424 and the current first grade captain.

Joining the Dragons from Randwick Petersham for the 2015/16 season Nick Stapleton has carved out a tremendous contribution to the club so far.

He has won the Kerry O’Keeffe Medal for the Club Player of the Year in 4 consecutive seasons and for the 2020/21 season Nick was the joint winner of the Bill O’Reilly Medal along with UTS North Sydney Tom Jagot for the best and fairest in the NSW Premier Cricket.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/275/st-george-cricket-club/blog/169/nick-stapleton-its-an-honour

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Camberwell Magpies Cricket Club

Melbourne, Australia

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Sean Pietersz made his first grade debut for Prahran Cricket Club in 1996. He had 4 seasons with Prahran, 8 for Camberwell Magpies and played 2 games for Fitzroy Doncaster in 2011/2012.

For Prahran he took 56 wickets in 38 games from 1996 to 2000 at an average of 26.16 with best figures of 5 for 44.

In 126 games for Camberwell Magpies Sean took 237 wickets at 21.38 with best figures of 7 for 25.

In Sean 2 games for Fitzroy Doncaster he picked up one wicket at 56.

In Victoria Premier Cricket Career Sean played 166 games and took 294 wickets at 22.41. He took 5 or more wickets in an innings on 6 occasions and 10 or more in 3 games.

With the bat Sean’s highest score was 60 not out in his career total of 880 runs.

Sean also spent two seasons playing for South Launceston Cricket Club in Tasmania Premier Cricket for the 2008/09 and 2009/10 seasons. He took 56 wickets in 29 games at an average of 14.75 with best figures of 6 for 44.

In first grade premier cricket Sean took 350 first grade wickets in 195 games at an average of 21.19.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/453/camberwell-magpies-cricket-club/blog/2006/sean-pietersz-know-your-strengths

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Steve Thomlinson

Teacher

Sydney, Australia

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The scorecards for the Sydney Grade Cricket game between Sydney Cricket Club and Gordon District Cricket Club in February 1985. Sydney won by 5 runs

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/318/steve-thomlinson/blog/2003/february-1985-sydney-cricket-club-v-gordon-district-cricket-club

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UNSW Cricket Club

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UNSW Cricket Club First Grade Premiers 1976-77

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/230/unsw-cricket-club/blog/108/unsw-cricket-club-first-grade-premiers-1976-77

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Peter Langston

Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia

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Andrew McNeill's 201 First grade wickets place him among the greats of the grade and although fifth in aggregate (Cooke, Smith, Joice, MacKenzie), his strike rate/season of 29 is only topped among the quicks by only by Tom Cooke (34).

He was deadly.

Among the comments pasted on the Waratahs Facebook page calling out his birthday was this, from a then very young lad in short pants, upon whom Rattler made a deep impression.

"I still remember as a youngster one day at training watching him bowl from the long run to some poor victim, that I have never seen a bowler as fast as him. And that includes watching test matches etc. Frighteningly quick..." The fact Martin Hadfield went on to be an Paramedic gives the comment even greater gravitas!

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/194/peter-langston/blog/2001/andrew-mcneill-the-angry-man

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Phil Melville

TradesPerson

Gosford, Australia

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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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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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last year

Brad Bannister

Teacher

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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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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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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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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Paul Ryan

Founder

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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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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Manly Warringah District Cricket Club

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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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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Evan Bancroft

Business Owner

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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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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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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Mick Davis

Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia

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The top batsman of my time in Dubbo - Mick Davis

By popular demand (well really just one reader but I still think it’s pretty cool) I have been asked to rate the best batsmen of my time. So, let’s qualify this. I must have seen them live; they have to have had an impact on me and they had to play cricket in Dubbo. Those three criteria get them a look. After that I am picking on who made a great impression on me. Not just who might have had the best stats. So, I am looking at things like stats, technique, attitude, their impact on the game and reputation.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1449/mick-davis/blog/1988/the-top-batsman-of-my-time-in-dubbo-mick-davis

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Penrith Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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Murray Rayner made his first grade debut for Penrith Cricket Club during the 1990/91 season and is the proud owner of the clubs first grade player number 111.

Murray was awarded the A.W Green Shield Player of the year award along with Geoff Sullivan in 1989/90 and in the same year won the Trevor Wholohan Fielding Award.

In 1991/92 Murray won the clubs Poidevin Gray player of the series award.

In all grades for Penrith Murray scored 3,080 runs and still holds the record for the most number of runs in a 2nd Grade season when he scored 899 runs in the 1992/93 season.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/330/penrith-cricket-club/blog/1987/murray-rayner-itrsquos-never-as-hard-as-it-seems-play-every-ball-and-it-will-get-easier

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Penrith Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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Paul Thomas - Penrith first grade cap No 79

When he retired Paul Thomas had taken 687 wickets for Penrith, the Club’s highest wicket-taker. We can add to that: took five-wickets-in-an-innings 28 times. But, these are just a beautiful set of numbers. It’s the character of the cricketer, and the patient manner in which he negotiated his career path, that makes ‘Thommo’ an ideal role model for aspiring young cricketers, especially spin bowlers. It was a pathway with the occasional bump. As a young boy he idolised the left-arm swing bowling of the great Australian all-rounder Gary Gilmour, and bowled it for St Dominics. “There was not a lot of power in my slight frame and Bob and I soon realised there was no future in it.”

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/330/penrith-cricket-club/blog/528/paul-thomas-penrith-first-grade-cap-no-79

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Cricket NSW

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Week 18 – ‘The Opening Spell’

First ball – If at first you don’t succeed!

The old saying “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” was taken to the extreme on Saturday, when Jordan Daly made his first-grade debut for Manly-Warringah against Sydney University.

The 29-year-old had made his first appearance in NSW Premier Cricket in fifth-grade in January 2009, scoring 19 (not out) against Mosman. In the intervening 15 years, Jordan had played a further 179 games in all grades, mostly in second (69 games) and third grade (87 games).

He has scored six centuries, five in third-grade and one in second-grade. His highest score was the first of these, 150 (not out) in third-grade against UNSW in the opening round of 2012-13.

https://www.cricketnsw.com.au/news/3882769/week-18-the-opening-spell

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