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Joe Maiorana
Joe Maiorana
Sydney, Australia
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The late Ashley Mallett who took 132 Tests wickets in 38 Tests for Australia and authored over 25 books including biographies of Clarrie Grimmett, Doug Walters, Jeff Thomson and Ian Chappell on the incredible Sir Garfield Sobers (from 2012):
When I first saw film of Sobers carving up a good Australian attack in the tied Test match at the Gabba in 1960-61, I couldn't think of a better batsman I had seen after Harvey. Undoubtedly the greatest all-round cricketer to draw breath, his batting alone places him in exalted company. His shot selection was terrific, and he played all the strokes imaginable, plus a few of his own.
The way he played Richie Benaud's leg spin had me confused, because seeming half volleys from Benaud were either blasted to the cover boundary or blocked. I first thought Sobers was "resting" between hitting boundaries, but no, it had to do with how the ball arrived. He defended a hard-spun ball just above the eyes and smashed to the fence a delivery that was a little flatter, a ball with a trajectory below eye level.
In 1971-72, Sobers led a Rest of the World Xl Down Under, and the 254 he hit against Australia at the MCG prompted Bradman to declare that Sobers' knock was the best innings he had seen from anyone in Australia.
I was among the Australians who attended a rum punch night put on by Garry Sobers' West Indian team on the eve of the Adelaide Test in 1968-69. .
Sobers surprised everyone by telling the gathering that he would only be partaking in a few drinks that night, "... because tomorrow I am going to score 100". And he did. As Australia's 12th man I could sit back and watch.
I played a few matches against Sobers but bowled just two balls to him. Playing for West Indies against South Australia in, he caressed a ball from me through the covers for two runs; then in the Test match at the Gabba I bowled one ball to him, which he swept for one.
Sadly, he got out up the other end on both occasions, and I didn't get the chance to bowl to him again. I did get an idea of how Clarrie Grimmett felt when he bowled just the one over to Victor Trumper at the Basin Reserve when playing for Wellington against the visiting Australians.

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Hamilton Wickham District Cricket Club
Hamilton Wickham District Cricket Club
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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Todd Campbell is Hamilton Wickham District Cricket Club first grade player number 146 and a former first grade captain.

Todd has the impressive record of being the premiership winning captain in Ham Wicks 4 first grade premierships.

Who were the best three fast bowlers you have played against?

Easily Brett Lee when coming through the junior NSW ranks. He was something else and before any of his injuries he was the fastest bowler I still have ever seen.

Locally, I always really rated Chad White (Merewether) and Tony Parker (Southern Lakes) as two of the better fast bowlers I came up against over a long period of time.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/463/hamilton-wickham-district-cricket-club/blog/392/todd-campbell-leader
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Michael Beer
Michael Beer
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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My best grade team - Michael Beer 2003 to 2020

Picking my best grade team was a challenging exercise.

I started my grade or district cricket journey in 2003 with St Kilda before moving in 2010 across the Nullabor to play with South Perth and Willeton. After the 2015/16 season I moved back to Victoria and resumed playing with St Kilda.

This is my best grade team from players I played with over the past 17 years. In batting order

1. Graeme Rummans – St Kilda

2. Shawn Craig – St Kilda

3. Michael Klinger - St Kilda

4. Rob Quiney – St Kilda

5. Peter Handscomb – St Kilda

6. Hilton Cartwright – South Perth

7. Glen Lalor – St Kilda

8. Shane Warne – St Kilda

9. Damon Rowan – St Kilda and Wicket Keeper

10. Adam Warren – St Kilda

11. Adrian Jones – St Kilda

12th man Brad Hogg - Willeton

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Flinders Cricket Club
Flinders Cricket Club
Mornington, Victoria, Australia
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Dwayne Field is a multiple premiership winning player with 3 flags at Flinders Cricket Club and 2 at Heatherhill CC.

A tremendous ambassador for the club on and off the field Dwayne is a very proud Life Member of Flinders Cricket club.

Who are the two players you admired most in terms of skills and competitive spirit in the competitions you played?

Shane Beggs (Flinders) – most competitive I’ve played with or against. Hardest trainer I’ve seen (still now at 50). It’s no fluke why he has been one of the all-time MPCA greats!!

Matt Gale (Flinders) – for a guy to come back and play at this standard and just give his all every game shows great character. Makes his teammates better by just backing them in. Love his aggressive attitude on the field!!

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1246/flinders-cricket-club/blog/1586/dwayne-field-be-yourself-and-have-fun
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Flinders Cricket Club
Flinders Cricket Club
Mornington, Victoria, Australia
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Clint Munday epitomises the Australian spirit of getting back up and having a go.

He’s played all his cricket at Flinders Cricket Club. He’s played, he’s been an administrator and he’s an inspiration to many.

I became Flinders CC president in 2015/16 season and spent five seasons in that position, before I moved away from the area and it became too much of an effort to get to the club. From 1991 to 2020 I spent 27 years as either player or on the committee holding different positions. Also spent nine seasons on the MPCA board and coaching numerous junior representative sides and manager of the second Country Week side for six seasons.

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St George Cricket Club
St George Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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On Saturday 17 September 2022 St George District Cricket Club celebrated their “Centenary of First Grade”

During the day St George First Grade hosted a NSW XI at Hurstville Oval.

Batting first NSW scored 238 and after losing two early wickets St George seemed to be cruising to victory with Blake Nikitaras scoring a century and Moises Henriques finishing with 91 not out.

However a big batting collapse saw the game go to the wire with St George scoring the winning runs at the death 9 wickets down.

During the lunch break the club unveiled a section of the boundary pickets where plaques commemorate all 467 first grade representatives in the clubs 100 years of 1st Grade.

Former Australian Test cricketer Murray Bennett and former St George District Cricket Club President proudly displays his First Grade Player No 247

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/275/st-george-cricket-club/blog/1584/st-george-district-cricket-club-centenary-of-first-grade-celebrations
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Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Dominic Thornley made his first class cricket debut for New South Wales in December 2003.

In a tremendous career Dominic played 83 first class and 100 one day games for NSW and must have been very close to Australian selection in both formats.

In the 2005/05 season Dominic scored 1,065 first-class runs at an average of 62.65 including 4 centuries.

In first-class cricket Dominic scored 5,166 runs at an average of 42.69 and hit 10 centuries and 29 half centuries. In one day cricket he scored 2,406 runs at 29.34 with 2 centuries and 15 half centuries.

With the ball Dominic took 56 wickets in first-class cricket and 52 in one-day cricket.

In NSW Premier Cricket from 1996 to 2013 Dominic scored 7,407 runs at 44.89 including 15 centuries and 43 half centuries. He also took 262 wickets.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/32/paul-ryan/blog/522/dominic-thornley-test-the-boundaries
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St Kilda Cricket Club
St Kilda Cricket Club
Melbourne, Australia
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Shaun Graf made his first grade debut for St Kilda Cricket Club during the 1976/77 and for the next 24 seasons forged a tremendous career playing first grade district cricket in Victoria and Western Australia, first class cricket in both states and played 11 one day international for Australia. He was named in the Australian Test team for the 2nd Test Australia v New Zealand and the 1st Test Australia v India in 1980/81 but was 12th man for both Tests

A highly talented all-rounder Shaun played 243 first grade games scoring 4,200 runs at 32.06 including 3 centuries and 17 half centuries. With the ball he took 382 wickets for Saints at 21.03 and took 5 wickets or more in an innings on 13 occasions.

Shaun had three seasons with Frankston Peninsula CC and took 52 wickets at 26.73 and scored 891 runs at 24.08.

All up in first grade cricket in Victoria Shaun took 434 wickets at 21.72 including 15 five wicket hauls, scored 5,091 runs at 30.30 and hit 3 centuries and 21 half centuries. He also took 147 catches.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/282/st-kilda-cricket-club/blog/148/shaun-graf-be-in-the-game
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Joe Maiorana
Joe Maiorana
Sydney, Australia
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Heavenly birthday legendary Richie Benaud
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He was an Australian cricketer who, after his retirement from international cricket in 1964, became a highly regarded commentator on the game.
Test career: 2201 runs @24.45 with 3 hundreds and 9 fifties & 248 wickets @27.03 with 16 five wicket hauls and 1 ten wicket haul, strike rate 77.0 (63 matches).
FC career: 11719 runs @36.50 with 23 hundreds and 61 fifties & 945 wickets @24.73 with 56 five wicket hauls and 9ten wicket hauls, strike rate 64.0 (259 matches).
Benaud was a Test cricket all-rounder ,
blending leg spin bowling with lower-order batting aggression. Along with fellow bowling all-rounder Alan Davidson , he helped restore Australia to the top of world cricket in the late 1950s and early 1960s after a slump in the early 1950s. In 1958 he became Australia's Test captain until his retirement in 1964.
* Best Test bowling average for an overseas spinner in Asia- 19.32 (minimum 30 wickets).
* First player reach 200 wickets and 2000 runs in Test Cricket, achieved this feat in 1963.
* Joint 4th best win/loss ratio as captain in Test Cricket- 3.00 (minimum 25 Tests as captain).

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