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Sean Pope was the best captain in my cricket career.

His open and transparent approach to captaincy made you feel at ease within the team environment and he was a great man manager and treated us all equally and that is all you can ask from a captain.

His was a very aggressive player and captain and set fields that captains wouldn’t dare set in a game situation. Fields like 3 or 4 short covers, just very different that wouldn’t only confuse the batsman, but sometimes even his own teammates
Sean had a great ability to bring players together in social settings and this helps win on the field in tough situations, we never felt beaten in a game and this was born about by the closeness of our team.

I remember Peter Burkhart come up to me at the races one day (we were washed out) and said “you guys will win the comp this year, I have never seen a team as close as mates as you are” Peter was a good judge, as we won the grand final pretty easily over North Sydney six months later.

Sean led from the front, he was a funky captain, but one I wouldn’t swap and I played with some very handy other captains along the way.

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Peter Charles affectionately known as "Sting" was the best Captain I played under, or more correctly with. Sting never set himself as being above any team member in ability or importance. In the Queensland Cricket Premier Competition, back in the day, there were 9 District Clubs and to avoid a Bye in First Grade Qld Cricket would field a "Colts XI". QC would appointment a Captain/Coach and the 9 clubs would each nominate 2 players under the age of 21 as the squad for selection. The side would train together, and our home ground was The Gabba.

You could not play for more than 2 seasons for Colts, and it was originally used to give exposure to fringe first grade players that may not play at the home club

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Graham Spring debuted for North Sydney against Sutherland in 1979/80 and holds North Sydney 1st Grade Cap No 469. Over the next dozen years, Graham Spring was to become one of Sydney Grade Cricket’s finest all-rounders. He finished with 5,809 1st Grade runs and 260 1st Grade wickets.

Graham was a superb, elegant right-handed batsman, wonderful right-arm seam bowler and exquisite slip fieldsman. On the 3rd of December 1982, at the age of 21, Graham Spring was selected in the NSW Sheffield Shield team to play against South Australia at the SCG. He batted at Number 6 and bowled first change behind the Test pacemen, Len Pascoe and Mike Whitney. As testament to the strength of this NSW XI, which went on to win the inaugural Sheffield Shield Final that season, the other 10 members of this team all played Test Cricket for Australia.

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Love him or whatever your opinion is of David Warner, he’s undoubtedly one of Australia’s greatest ever cricketers.

In the scheme of things does it really matter he said he’d like to finish his test career at the SCG test in January 2024. His contribution to Australian cricket would suggest he’s earned the right to say how he’d like to finish his career but like every other cricketer his selection has and always should be up to the selectors.

Ian Healy wanted to finish his career in the first test in Brisbane in 1999, the selectors denied him a farewell test.

Prior to the 4 test series against India in 2003-04 Steve Waugh announced he’d be retiring after the 4th test at the SCG.

The selectors picked Waugh as captain in each test and in his last test he scored 40 and 80 in front of a packed 5th day SCG crowd in an emotional farewell.

Today Warner scored his 26th test century in the first test against Pakistan in Perth. He is now only one test century behind Allan Border’s 27 test centuries.

He’s played more tests than Mark Taylor, David Boon and Justin Langer.

He has a higher test average than Mark Waugh.

As an opening batter he has a strike rate of 70 runs per hundred balls. He 2nd behind Adam Gilchrist who had a strike rate of 80.

David Warner is now within 100 runs of passing Matthew Hayden and Michael Clarke to become Australia’s 5th highest run scorer in Test cricket.

He sits comfortably with all Australian cricketing greats and he did it his way. Good luck to him.

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Vale Brian Ferguson 1943-2023

NSWCUSA mourns the passing of long-serving member Brian Ferguson.

Passionate about cricket and umpiring, Brian was always available to umpire and willing to share his vast experience and knowledge to benefit less experienced colleagues. So many members over the years can say they enjoyed a day umpiring with and learning from Brian Ferguson. He was a popular and respected figure in the Sydney Cricket Association (SCA) for more than 25 years. Brian was also in more recent times a committed and respected member of the Sydney Shires Cricket Umpires’ Association.

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The Australia–India Women's Cricket Association (AIWCA) Inc. is an innovative, not-for-profit sporting organisation that provides opportunities for Australian female cricketers of Indian descent (and others) to play high level representative cricket in Australia and on overseas tours.

AIWCA provides exemplary leadership and networking in the Australia–India women’s cricket community, and fosters cricket development, especially at the more advanced levels of the female game.

AIWCA is run by a dedicated committee of volunteers and experienced coaches, led by Bruce Wood (OAM) [President]; and Ron Woods [Head Coach – ICC High Performance Level 3 accredited].

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QLD Colts v NSW Colts 1972-73

BackRow: David Falkenmire, David Ellis, Scott Ledger, Peter Donaldson, Ray Sippel, Neville James, Ian Gallagher

Front: Harold Crowton (scorer), Trevor Hohns, Graham Whyte, David Ogilvie (Captain), Kelvin Symons, Jeff Bell, Roger Harris (Manager)

This humble game marked the arrival of Jeff Thomson but few could have predicted the heights this unorthodox speedster would reach. All I can recall is that he was bloody quick and cleaned me up. No helmets of course. The late Peter Donaldson bowled brilliantly for Qld.

Match scorecard -

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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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My other life in volunteering is as President of Bankstown District Cricket Club, a club steeped in tradition from Thomson and Pascoe to the Waugh twins and many more first-class players. As a Club we have supporting the development and growth of cricket in Uganda for well over a decade through providing them, on annual basis, a container load of new and used cricket gear from suppliers, other clubs and individuals from all around the State. We could not have done this without the support of our extraordinary volunteer group and sponsors such as the Bankstown District Sports Club.
As a Club we were overwhelmed with joy when we recently learned that Uganda had qualified for the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup. We can proudly say that we had some small part in creating that success and growing the game, that I and many others love so much, in emerging cricket nations like Uganda.

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Vale Alan Griffiths

It is with great regret that we advise that Alan Griffiths, 1st Grade player #40, passed away on 5th December 2023 after a battle with cancer. He was aged 75. Alan played six seasons for the Club, being a foundation player in 1965-66. He played 97 matches between 1965-66 and 1970-71, scoring 3071 runs at an average of 24.2, with four centuries. He also took 69 catches. In first grade, he scored 820 runs in 31 matches at an average of 21.0, with a highest score of 102. His century was scored opening the batting against Bankstown, whose opening bowlers were Jeff Thomson and Len Pascoe! He was a member of the 4th Grade premiership team in 1967-68 and the 1st Grade Rothmans Limited Overs Knockout premiership team in 1969-70. Some comments in annual reports about Alan included:
1965-66 “B” Shires (6th Grade):
“Outstanding features of the season’s play included the aggressive right-handed batting of Alan Griffiths, who scored 392 runs” (including his highest score for the Club of 146no).
1967-68 4th Grade:
“Alan Griffiths’ aggregate of 431 runs was a fitting reward for consistent batting, while his energy and anticipation in the field saved many runs.”
1968-69 3rd Grade:
“Alan Griffiths, who scored a fine century, showed much improved technique and earned promotion.”
1969-70 1st Grade:
“Opener Alan Griffiths showed determination of high order and was a most consistent runmaker in his first season in the major grade. He was also an inspiration in the field with superb exhibitions at times.”
Alan was an outstanding sportsman. He finished his career with SDCC at the age of 22 to pursue his soccer career. He played for Sutherland and then Marconi in the National Soccer League. His three sons, Adam, Joel & Ryan, all played for the Socceroos.
We extend our sincere condolences to his wife Leonie, his sons Adam, Joel & Ryan and daughter Ranae, and their families.

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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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