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One of the great “quiet achievers” of St George DCC, Keith Francis, was awarded a Life Membership recently. He becomes Life Member No.57 in the clubs 108 year history.

Keith was a mainstay of the St George First Grade bowling attack for the best part of 16 seasons taking a jaw dropping 508 wickets. This is the 3rd most behind Australian legend Bill O’Reilly and Ross Longbottom.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/275/st-george-cricket-club/blog/2784/st-george-dcc-first-grade-player-no165-keith-francis

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9 months ago

St George Cricket Club

Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney

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It was a dry hot summer. Few games were lost to inclement weather, but a hurricane came across Hurstville Oval during that season. The hurricane was in the form of Trevor Michael Osborne, born 1948, a 6ft 2½ inch tall, 13½ stone fast bowler who took all before him that summer. For captain Warren Saunders there was a dilemma. How do I fit in the former Sydney CC and Sydney University law student wearing size 12½ cricket boots into the team ? Already in the powerful St George side were state bowlers Peter Leslie and John Martin. There was also Kerry O’Keeffe and Ray Davies to ply their trade as leg spin bowlers.

It was an embarrassment of riches for the captain. Osborne had arrived with a solid reputation.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/275/st-george-cricket-club/blog/2783/the-summer-of-1969-70-trevor-osborne

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9 months ago

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Martis Johri is a top-order batsman and off-spinning all-rounder who joined Western Suburbs Districts cricket club at the beginning of the 2023-24 season.

Martis has made a name for himself as a cricketer who has great skill in all facets of the game and has demonstrated great patience and temperament whether batting or bowling.

This season, Martis has been a valuable member of the Western Suburbs AW Green Shield side which made it to the semi-finals. Notably, he recently captained the Green Shield side in a convincing win against UNSW in the quarterfinals taking 5 for 28 off 10 overs.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/161/western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-sydney/blog/2781/pocket-profile-martis-johri-western-suburbs-district-cricket-club

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9 months ago

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Sydney Premier cricket headed to the country with the closing rounds of 2024. With UTS North Sydney taking on Sydney Uni on the Sunday following a tough loss to a classy West's outfit in Dubbo.

Due to injuries and travel, there was a rare dispensation passed to allow the four sides to select two overseas players in their XI, meaning Surrey's Harry Gardner played his second game in Sydney's top flight, taking 4-54 in North's loss.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/380/uts-north-sydney-district-cricket-club/blog/2779/magic-moment-harry-gardners-first-grade-4fa-in-dubbo

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9 months ago

Sutherland District Cricket Club

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Imagine making a first grade grand final and coming up against a team that contained six current first class players. The North Sydney team from the 1994-95 season did just that when they arrived at Bankstown Oval for the three day match commencing April 7th.

Norths themselves had three first class players in Phil Marks, Scott Hookey and Warwick Adlam but this opposition, on their home ground would prove to be a supreme test. Bankstown players to wear the state cap were current CA chief Kevin Roberts, Scott Thompson, Dean Waugh, Steve Small, David Freedman and Wayne Holdsworth.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/380/uts-north-sydney-district-cricket-club/blog/2777/from-the-vault-199495-first-grade-final

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9 months ago

Sylvania, Australia

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Steve Smith became the 4th Australian and 15th player overall to reach 10000 Test runs. He did it in his 115th Test, behind only Brian Lara (111 Tests) and equal with Kumar Sangakkara (115 Tests). He was the fifth fastest in terms of innings taken to reach the milestone in his 205th innings, behind Brian Lara, Kumar Sangakkara & Sachin Tendulkar (all 195 innings) and Ricky Ponting (196 innings).

Steve Smith batting average on day 1 of Tests is now 89.59.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/294/sutherland-district-cricket-club/blog/2778/steve-smith-reaches-10000-test-runs-and-scores-his-35th-test-century

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9 months ago

Randwick Petersham Cricket Club

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Oswald Colin Blackman was born on 9 March 1942 in Griffith, NSW. A keen cricketer and left-hand bat, he moved to Sydney to pursue university studies shortly after completing his schooling at Griffith High. Having met State selector Dudley Seddon at a rep. cricket match in the Murrumbidgee area, he followed his advice and joined Petersham-Marrickville DCC prior to the start of the 1960-61 season. The 18-year-old impressed good judges and was immediately selected in 1st Grade for the opening match against Gordon at Marrickville. Batting no.7, he made a rather inauspicious start being stumped by future Australian wicketkeeper, Brian Taber, off future NSW leg-spinner, Dick Guy, for 4.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/258/randwick-petersham-cricket-club/blog/2776/col-blackman

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9 months ago

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Sutherland District Cricket Club

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Since 1980, 29 Australian men's Test batters have scored centuries. Listed are their names and total centuries as of 28 January 2025.

Can you name all 29 players?

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1500/cricconnect-quizzes/blog/2775/can-you-name-the-australian-left-hand-batters-who-have-scored-test-centuries-since-1980

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9 months ago

Sylvania, Australia

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Chad Gilmour was, it’s fair to say, a rabbit with the bat. At the end of the 2009-10 season, his career stats for SDCC stood at 190 runs (average 4.75) scored and 192 wickets taken (average 22.99). In the space of six rounds in the 2010-11 season, he was part of two record-breaking 10th wicket partnerships, in 2nd Grade and then 1st Grade.

In Round 6 in 2nd Grade vs Bankstown at Bankstown Oval, Chad joined Grant Davies with the score on 9/172. Grant was not out on 47. The other nine members of the team started getting dressed in their creams, anticipating that they would soon be in the field.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/294/sutherland-district-cricket-club/blog/2774/chad-gilmour-the-10th-wicket-specialist

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9 months ago

Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney

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When Saturday afternoon came, the Western Suburbs First Grade side played respectably without often challenging the competition leaders. The exception occurred in 1936-37, when Wests finished a point behind the premiers, Balmain. The season began terribly - on the very first afternoon, Western Suburbs was routed for 49 by Mosman, losing the game outright.

But the side rallied to win ten of its next eleven matches, and eventually needed to defeat North Sydney in the final round to take the premiership. The bowlers did all that could be expected of them, dismissing North Sydney for only 136; but the batsmen crumbled for only 103 and hopes of a title evaporated.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/161/western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-sydney/blog/2773/the-fury-of-western-suburbs-batting-a-western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-tale

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9 months ago

Penrith Cricket Club

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On the 4th of September 2011, Howell Oval played host to a trial match between a NSW XI and Penrith XI featuring a few guest players in their XI.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/330/penrith-cricket-club/blog/2769/new-south-wales-v-penrith-trial-match-4th-september-2011

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9 months ago

Randwick Petersham Cricket Club

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Georgia Macdonald (G-Mac), pace bowler for UTS North Sydney’s Women’s Second Grade side, has hit the ground running this season with a new sense of grit and determination to her game and is excelling rapidly.

G-Mac known around the program for her contagious laugh and excellent taste in cricket sunnies not only strives for her own personal best but is the first one to congratulate and loudly cheer on teammates when they succeed, it’s what makes her such a cherished part of our women’s program.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/380/uts-north-sydney-district-cricket-club/blog/2768/get-to-know-the-bears-georgia-macdonald-g-mac

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9 months ago

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In Beijing, cricket is maintained by an expat population while Shanghai and Hangzhou is home to the CCA. With the International Olympic Committee approving cricket for the next Olympics in LA, the CCA have set a course to grow cricket and enter the international stage. Therefore, in late December a touring squad of 50 male and female cricketers and coaches arrived in Sydney for a training camp. As a result, a Randwick Petersham XI was selected for a T20 match against the men’s side at their training base, St Andrew’s College, Sydney University.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/258/randwick-petersham-cricket-club/blog/2767/randwick-petersham-international-t20-match-v-china-at-st-andrews-college-23-january-2025

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9 months ago

Belmont District Cricket Club

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Jordy Netto had a different introduction than most to Sydney First Grade cricket. The then-18-year-old was strapping his pads on at Bon Andrews, playing Third Grade against Northern District.

UTS North Sydney Opening batsman, Tim Reynolds, had just been flattened by a Charlie Anderson bouncer, and required a concussion sub. North Sydney captain at the time, Nic Bills, knocked on the door and told Netto to stop padding up here, you need to come pad up at North Sydney Oval. He became First Grade cap 699 and hit his first ball through the covers for four, and is now an established player in Sydney's top flight.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/380/uts-north-sydney-district-cricket-club/blog/2766/jordan-netto-getting-thrown-in-the-deep-end

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9 months ago

Newcastle, Australia

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Pocket Profile - Riley Urquhart- Belmont District Cricket-Club

Tell us about your cricket journey. Where did you start junior cricket and the clubs you’ve played for in senior cricket?

Had a year of Milo cricket when I was 8, then straight to Belmont District Cricket Club for under 9s. Started playing grade at 15 and have stayed since

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9 months ago

Randwick Petersham Cricket Club

Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney

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In the Round 2, 2 Day match v Eastern Suburbs on 12 & 19 Oct 2013 1st Grade won by 3 wickets at Waverley Oval.

David Warner (1st Grade cap #90) and Nathan Ellis (1st Grade cap #91) made their debuts in 1st Grade for Randwick Petersham and were presented their baggy greens by Bill Anderson (Director of Cricket) and 1st Grade skipper Adam Semple.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/258/randwick-petersham-cricket-club/blog/2764/then-and-now-bbl-14-final

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9 months ago

Brad Murphy

Cricket Coach

Brisbane, Australia

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A long, long time ago ----------------------

Reflecting on memories many decades ago from the old Greg Chappell Cricket Centre (GCCC) on Dover Street at Albion, just a few numbers down the road from where the shop is situated today. In the 70s and 80s, it was set up primarily as a 4 lane indoor net facility with a little cricket shop at the front.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/173/brad-murphy/blog/764/greg-chappell-cricket-centre-remember-when

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9 months ago

Gordon District Cricket Club

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Baldip Singh is a right-hand top-order batsman for Western Suburbs District Cricket Club.

So far this season, Baldip has shown great maturity and skill at the crease, having scored three scores of fifty plus. This includes his recent innings of 78 runs off 93 balls against UNSW in the AW Green Shield quarterfinal.

Here's our quick player profile with Baldip.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/161/western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-sydney/blog/2760/pocket-profile-baldip-singh-western-suburbs-district-cricket-club

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9 months ago

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As seasons pass, many young players perform brilliantly in the AW Green Shield competition. It’s a wonderful experience for 14-15 year olds to test their skills against their peers in probably their first seasons with a senior Grade club.

There was one Gordon player, however, whose statistics stand out far beyond those of any other boy who has played in the Green Shield competition.

In 1951-52, Ken Eastwood was playing his fourth year of Green Shield for Gordon

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/297/gordon-district-cricket-club/blog/2762/ken-eastwoods-green-shield-season-to-remember

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9 months ago

Penrith Cricket Club