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Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Martin Bedkober 1952-75

In 1974-75, Petersham-Marrickville won the 1st Grade premiership with Martin Bedkober at the forefront with many outstanding performances. He scored 541 runs with 118 against Nepean (now Penrith) his best while recording another 36 dismissals behind the stumps. And while he won selection in the Metropolitan Colts team for the second year, there remained a sense of frustration in not being able to further his career at the State level.

To assist him fulfil his burning ambition to play first-class cricket, Martin moved to Brisbane prior to the start of the 1975-76 season. He left Petersham-Marrickville with a Grade Cricket record of 2,752 runs and 261 wicket-keeping dismissals

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Len Pascoe
Len Pascoe
Business Owner
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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I was asked what’s the best sledge I ever received.

Incredibly it was from one of my own players. I was playing for Sutherland District Cricket Club in Sydney and the senior professional with a team of young players.

The game was against St George who’d won the competition the year before and we came last.

We had them on the ropes and needed 5 runs to win and I’m at the non-strikers end when our young wicket keeper Evan Atkins came to the crease.

We had a mid-wicket conference and I said ‘don’t panic, leave it up to me” and I go back to the non-strikers end with one ball to go in the over.

Murray Bennett, the Australian spinner, was bowling and he wanted to change the ball, I said "no"

Then there was issues with close in fieldsman and shadows and after what seemed like15 minutes Murray bowled the ball and Evan hit it straight to cover and started running.

I was run out by the length of the wicket.

In the dressing room it was sullen and I asked Evan “what possessed you to run”

He hit straight back, “if you slid your nose in you would’ve made it by a yard.’

We all laughed and I knew I had a good team and the loss was not an issue.

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Dean Tuckwell
Dean Tuckwell
Travel Agent
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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Paul Henricks was an integral member of the Sunshine Coast Scorchers teams in the club’s first 7 seasons. Having been a dominant player in the strong Sunshine Coast competition for many years he soon adapted his game and found his niche in Brisbane Premier Cricket. Eternally positive & upbeat he could always be relied upon to lift the team’s spirits with a brilliant piece of fielding, a tight spell or vital breakthrough or even tripping over in the outfield or being dismissed in a farcical manner.

Beneath this easygoing exterior however lurked a serious competitor who was not averse to gamesmanship. Perhaps most notable was the night before an away game at Graceville, the Wests captain was forced to search Brisbane’s inner Western suburbs until 3am, Henricks cynically having fallen asleep in a garden near the Toowong restaurant at which they had been dining earlier in the evening. Having been suspected of consuming alcohol, Henricks later claimed to have been weary after having unpacked an unusually large shipment of Grippo earlier in the day.

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Campbelltown Camden District Cricket Club
Campbelltown Camden District Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Paul Bourke hailed from Dubbo and made his way to Sydney to make his first grade debut for St George at the age of 19.

He has made a tremendous contribution to the game on and off the field. As a left hand batsman he scored 5,791 runs at an average of 27.94 including 4 centuries and 29 half centuries. He coached NSW under age representative teams and was the cricket coach at Newington College for 40 years.

Paul also has the honour of being the first 1st grade captain at Campbelltown Cricket Club to hold a premiership trophy

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/418/campbelltown-camden-district-cricket-club/blog/958/paul-bourke-campbelltown-camden-first-premiership-winning-captain
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Campbelltown Camden District Cricket Club
Campbelltown Camden District Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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The 1986/7 season was Campbelltown’s second in Sydney Grade Cricket. It was also the season that proved to be one the most successful in the Club’s 36 year history. The club finished fourth in the Club Championship, Runners up in Fourth Grade, Runners up in First Grade, Premiers in First Grade Limited Overs Competition and NSW Limited Overs Champions. There were many outstanding performances but the “Fabulous Five” were incredible. All clubs at different times will have a special group of bowlers and this group set a very high standard for the years that followed at Campbelltown.

Who Were the Fabulous Five?

They were the First Grade bowling attack that were unique and brilliant as a group. The players were:

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Joe Maiorana
Joe Maiorana
Sydney, Australia
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A former Australian cricketer, Richard Bede McCosker was born on this day in 1946.

One of Australian cricket stars before the World Series came into being, he was a fine opening batsman who had plenty of spunk about himself. He had a solid all-round game and was particularly strong on the leg-side. Apart from having a fine array of shots, McCosker had a primitive openers' quality - temperament.

From northern NSW (Inverell), it was his decision to shift to Sydney that helped him spike his cricketing fortunes.
A former bank employee, Rick soon found out that breaking into the State team was no piece of cake. Hours of hard work and preparation coupled with some good fortune finally led to him getting a breakthrough opportunity and he never really looked back since then. A phenomenal run of form that included four successive First-class tons saw him earn an Australia call up for the Ashes series in 1974-75. Rick had a moderately successful debut series, and his composure impressed all those who saw him bat.

Rick cemented his spot over the coming years, having great success especially in Ashes contests. It appeared as if Rick was primed for representing Australia over a really long period of time but that wasn't to be. The World Series caravan lured him and once he retured from that, he was never the same player. It must also be said that the struggles started slightly before the WSC move, ironically during the Ashes tour in 1977. Nevertheless, he was a strong performer for Australia during his brief career. His spot was often under the scanner post WSC with plenty of competition for spots during that period. His form started dipping drastically and found himself out of the side though he did play a couple of ODIs in 1981.

After a few more seasons with New South Wales as captain, he retired after a successful career. One of the most memorable moments about Rick is his gutsy knock against England after being felled by a Bob Willis bouncer that broke his jaw.

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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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Peter Burkhart is the highest run scorer in the history of Western Suburbs District Cricket Club.

In total Peter scored 10,512 runs for the club, of which 8,850 were scored in First Grade at an average of 31.83 and 12 centuries.

Peter is the proud owner of Western Suburbs First Grade cap number 532 and a Life Member of the club

Peter was also regarded as one of the best fieldsman in Sydney Grade Cricket. So good was his fielding it prompted former Australian Cricket captain Michael Clarke to say “he’s one of the best fieldsman I’ve ever played with”

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UNSW Cricket Club
UNSW Cricket Club
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Wagga Wagga in the Riverina region of New South Wales has been the breeding ground of many Australian sporting champions and Geoff Lawson is a proud member of the Wagga Wagga sporting cohort.

From concrete pitches and cork balls, Geoff’s love of the game spans many decades and he’s made a tremendous contribution to the game on and off the field.

Geoff Lawson left Wagga Wagga and made his way to the University of NSW where he made his first-grade debut in 1975 and went on to take 215 first grade wickets for UNSW at an average of 17.66.

At 20 years of age in 1977/78 Geoff made his first-class debut for NSW and on 28 November 1980, he became Australian Test Cricketer No 309 when he made his Test debut against New Zealand at the Gabba.

In 46 Tests for Australia, Geoff Lawson took 180 wickets at 30.56 with best figures of 8 for 112. He scored 894 runs with the highest score of 74.

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Queensland Veterans Cricket
Queensland Veterans Cricket
Brisbane, Australia
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Queensland Over 50s Division One National Champions

Queensland Over 50s defeated Victoria by 11 runs to win the Division One Grand Final of the Over 50s National Championships held in Melbourne 3 December to 7 December 2023.

Back Row – Mark Horswill (Manager and Scorer), Simon Milton, Chris Lanagan, John Short, Jason Simmons, Damien Meek, Chris Holding (Vice Captain) Craig Trindall

Front Row – Ashley Sippel, Andrew Kratzmann, Clint Keble (Captain) Mark Kratzmann, Shane Riley

Grand Final Scorecard -
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Armidale District Cricket Association
Armidale District Cricket Association
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St Peters Cricket Club Armidale 1959-2000

The early history of the Club is yet to be researched as there is evidence that the Club played, as an Anglican Church team in Armidale, in the early 1900’s. The church association continued in the latter half of the century. The Rev Colin Wellard and Verger, Walter Gerken as a benefactor contributing ten pounds, were instrumental in supporting the club's re-emergence after a meeting instigated by Peter Poggioli in the Cathedral vestry following a pre summer Sunday service. In acknowledgement of the sensitivity of the arrangement the first "unofficial" commercial sponsor of the club was Cyril Fitzgerald, licensee of Tattersalls Hotel.

In 1959, St Peters competed in the B Grade of the New England Cricket Association (later Armidale) and in 1960 nominated to play A Reserve, as the second grade competition was then called. Peter Poggioli, later mayor of Armidale, was the team captain in the inaugural years and was succeeded as team leader by Peter Hutchinson.

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Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Randwick District Cricket Club 3rd Grade Minor Premiers and Finalists 1977-78

Youth overcomes experience; 3rd Grade lose Grand Final in surprise result.

It was felt that 3rd Grade was the most likely of all the grades to take out the premiership. Ending as minor premiers and with a team comprising nine players with 1st Grade experience, they were expected to have too many guns for the young Western Suburbs team in the Grand Final, especially having beaten them in the preliminary rounds. Not to be, with the inexperienced Wests running out convincing winners.

Minor premiers

Captained by the experienced 33 year old, John Johnson, who was returning to the club after a gap of four years due to family illness, the side had two outright victories among its 10 wins. It won the last six matches to take the minor premiership by a clear margin, with eight points to spare over Wests.

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