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Belmont District Cricket Club- Presidents and First Grade Captains Report 1986/87
Belmont District Cricket Club
Newcastle, Australia
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Belmont District Cricket Club- Presidents and First Grade Captains Report 1986/87
As Club Coach it has been another successful season. The Club once again produced a very good allround season with all sides performing to the Club's satisfaction. To the First XI, we almost availed ourselves another premiership, playing average cricket. If we all play to our ability in 1987/88 maybe Major and Minor Premierships could be our reward.
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I’d like to see cricket’s governing body reconsider the rule that automatically deems a ball bowled by a spinner down the leg side as a wide in limited over and T20 cricket. Instead, the interpretation of a wide for spinners should align with the standards used in Test, first-class, and other red-ball cricket formats.
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I’d like to see cricket’s governing body reconsider the rule that automatically deems a ball bowled by a spinner down the leg side as a wide in limited over and T20 cricket. Instead, the interpretation of a wide for spinners should align with the standards used in Test, first-class, and other red-ball cricket formats.
If a spinner bowls a delivery that spins past the batter’s pads without making contact, it’s in my opinion poor or lazy batting. Penalising the bowler and fielding team in such cases seems unjustified.
If a spinner chooses to bowl down the leg side, trusting their skill and the keeper’s ability to cleanly collect the ball, all kudos to the bowler.
It’s particularly unfair when a spinner lands the ball on off or middle stump, and it turns sharply past the batter’s bat and pads only to be called a wide. In such scenarios, the onus should be on the batter to be better.
This rule adjustment would encourage spinners to keep spinning the ball (which is what we all want) and encourage batters rather than unfairly penalising bowlers.
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Merilyn Fowler (née Earle) is considered cricket royalty at Hawkesbury Cricket Club.
Hawkesbury Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Merilyn Fowler (née Earle) is considered cricket royalty at Hawkesbury Cricket Club.
For over 25 years, Merilyn served as a scorer for the club, and her dedication was recognized with Life Membership in 2000.
In 2018, the NSW Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (NSWCUSA) acknowledged Merilyn’s outstanding contributions by awarding her Life Membership—the first scorer ever to receive this honor. This recognition was well-deserved, as Merilyn was a driving force behind the inclusion of scorers in the NSWCUSA and has been instrumental in pioneering scorer development and training throughout her remarkable career.
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Led by Graham Howlett, Petersham-Marrickville won the 1961-62 under 21 years Poidevin-Gray competition for the second time in 11 years. The side contained many players who would form the nucleus of the club’s future 1st XI. Contrary to the team’s form the previous season when it failed to win a match, in a major turnaround, it won four of the five rounds to head the Southern Division with almost the same side.
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Led by Graham Howlett, Petersham-Marrickville won the 1961-62 under 21 years Poidevin-Gray competition for the second time in 11 years. The side contained many players who would form the nucleus of the club’s future 1st XI. Contrary to the team’s form the previous season when it failed to win a match, in a major turnaround, it won four of the five rounds to head the Southern Division with almost the same side.
Alan Staunton was the star with the bat hitting 209 runs with 94 in just 106 minutes against Cumberland his top score.
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Mark Lewis is the fifth-grade captain for Western Suburbs District Cricket Club, who, through sharing his extensive cricket experience and knowledge, has been able to progress a large number of talented young cricketers up the grades.
Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Mark Lewis is the fifth-grade captain for Western Suburbs District Cricket Club, who, through sharing his extensive cricket experience and knowledge, has been able to progress a large number of talented young cricketers up the grades.
Also, in his role of captaincy, Mark has been instrumental in developing some of the young fast bowlers at Western Suburbs through his tactical insight into the art of swing bowling.
https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/161/western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-sydney/blog/2663/pocket-profile-mark-lewis-western-suburbs-district-cricket-club
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Pocket Profile - Ben Bliss - Belmont District Cricket Club
Belmont District Cricket Club
Newcastle, Australia
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Pocket Profile - Ben Bliss - Belmont District Cricket Club
I played all my junior cricket at Valentine Eleebana Cricket Club. During my later years of junior cricket played seniors for VECC on my dad’s side for the mighty Greens and then moved across to Belmont in 2021.
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An interesting exercise is to troll back into the Club’s past and randomly select a few matches to provide current players and members with a glimpse into what has gone by in the past:
Parramatta District Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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An interesting exercise is to troll back into the Club’s past and randomly select a few matches to provide current players and members with a glimpse into what has gone by in the past:
1983/84 First Grade v. Sutherland at Caringbah Oval – Parramatta enjoyed an overwhelming outright victory over a shell-shocked ‘Shire Team’ – Parramatta started proceedings with a rousing total of 326 that was built on the aggressive batting efforts of Kenny Gentles 93, John Affleck 75, Mark Sargent 53, and former State player Len Richardson 30.
https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/406/parramatta-district-cricket-club/blog/2660/parramatta-district-cricket-club-ndash-a-glimpse-into-the-past-part-1
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Randwick’s 1909-10 season was notable for reasons other than cricket. The 2nd Grade team ran foul of the NSW Cricket Association’s Grade Committee with damaging results. In an incident which strangely is not mentioned in any way in the club’s annual report of that season, an umpire reported adversely on the behaviour of certain unnamed players in the side.
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Randwick’s 1909-10 season was notable for reasons other than cricket. The 2nd Grade team ran foul of the NSW Cricket Association’s Grade Committee with damaging results. In an incident which strangely is not mentioned in any way in the club’s annual report of that season, an umpire reported adversely on the behaviour of certain unnamed players in the side.
It was reported in The Sydney Morning Herald of 22 February 1910 that umpire Mr. Newman, who stood in the match Randwick v North Sydney on 11 and 18 December 1909, was the subject of “insinuating remarks” and continued “harping” from the whole of the Randwick team (except the captain Charles Patrick) during the remainder of the match after he had given a batsman out.
https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/258/randwick-petersham-cricket-club/blog/2659/itrsquos-just-not-crickethelliphellip
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Parramatta District Cricket Club – Bowlers who’ve captured 10 wickets in an innings
Parramatta District Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Parramatta District Cricket Club – Bowlers who’ve captured 10 wickets in an innings
The bowlers’ nirvana is to capture all ten of an opponent’s wickets in a single innings of a match. Throughout its long history the Parramatta District Cricket Club has had three bowlers perform this wonderful and rare feat.
The first Parramatta bowler to dismiss all ten was the highly regarded colonial era fast bowler Percy Maybury who routed the Arundell Cricket Club in the 1883/84 season when he snared 10 / 21 (all clean bowled). In 1884 Maybury also starred for Parramatta in a match against the touring England International team claiming an impressive 9 / 81 in the visitors first innings.
In the 1943/44 season former Test and Victorian all-rounder Morrie Sievers, who was stationed in Sydney during World War II, grabbed 10 / 42 versus Western Suburbs – which remains the best bowling performance in the NSW Premier Cricket 1st Grade competition since its inception in 1893/94. In fact, only two other bowlers have taken ten wickets in an innings in the First Grade competition – Balmain’s Bill Hunt 10 / 55 in 1930/31 and Waverley’s Vic Jackson 10 / 78 in 1937/38.
Hard working medium-paced swing bowler Scott Philipson added this deed to his portfolio in a NSW Premier Cricket Third Grade match at Merrylands Oval against Macquarie University during the 1984/85 season. Scott seized a useful 10 / 43.
(By Tom Wood – Club Historian)
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We continue our series on St George DCC First Grade Players - Roy Gray Player No.94.
St George Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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We continue our series on St George DCC First Grade Players - Roy Gray Player No.94.
In the scheme of things Rev. Canon Roy Gray just might be one of the more important cricketers to represent St George DCC. We all know the impact that Brian Booth had on our club over his magnificent life. What many of us would not know is that Brian considered Roy Gray to be one the most influential figures in his life.
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Six & Out: Second Innings EP 1 | Brought to you by Macca's
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Six & Out: Second Innings EP 1 | Brought to you by Macca's
Brad McNamara, Gavin Robertson, Richard Chee Quee and the Lee brothers, Shane and Brett, crack their way into a legendary NSW cricket side - and start to put together the band that would become Six & Out.
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Rishabh Asher is one of Sydney Cricket Clubs outstanding young cricketers. He has assumed a captaincy role at the Tigers and his leadership skills are admired by club officials, players and umpires
Sydney Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Rishabh Asher is one of Sydney Cricket Clubs outstanding young cricketers. He has assumed a captaincy role at the Tigers and his leadership skills are admired by club officials, players and umpires
Tell us about your cricket journey.
I first played at Wenty Leagues when I moved to Australia. I then played U15 and U16 at Hills Barbarian. In senior cricket I played with North West Hurricanes for 2 years before moving to Sydney Cricket Club.
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All you need to know: Australian 2024-25 Male U19 National Championships
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Melbourne, Australia
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All you need to know: Australian 2024-25 Male U19 National Championships
The players to watch and all the state squads.
ACT: Ansh Tiwary, Nick Allen, Akshay Joseph, Raakin Rahman, Jake Smith, Tom Hogan, Lukas Boorer, Nick Kent, Dylan Shillington, Jeet Mehta, Kai Brunker (c), Hugh Taylor, Jos McIntyre, Sineth Herath
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Kent Cricket is delighted to announce that Adam Hollioake is Kent Men’s new Head Coach until at least the end of the 2027 season.
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Kent Cricket is delighted to announce that Adam Hollioake is Kent Men’s new Head Coach until at least the end of the 2027 season.
The 53-year-old enjoyed a stellar playing career spanning 16 years, captaining Surrey to nine trophies, leading England in ODI cricket, and being named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2003.
https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/adam-hollioake-appointed-mens-head-coach/
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Popular cricket identity Greg Davidson has been made the 38th Life Member of the Sydney Cricket Association following their Ordinary General Meeting last month.
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Popular cricket identity Greg Davidson has been made the 38th Life Member of the Sydney Cricket Association following their Ordinary General Meeting last month.
Known throughout the cricket community as ‘Davo’, Davidson has been well renowned in Premier Cricket circles for decades, have played first grade for almost 20 years at Parramatta, before forging a decorated career as an umpire.
As a player, Davidson was a Parramatta stalwart, featuring in 242 top grade matches, captaining the side for five seasons and taking 315 wickets at 27.51. He also scored 2935 runs at 17.06 and took 121 catches. He is a Life member of the Parramatta District Cricket Club.
Davidson is now in his 17th season as an umpire, having commenced in 2008/09 before making his first class debut in Hobart in December 2013 when he officiated the match between Tasmania and Western Australia.
In 16 years in charge of first grade fixtures Davidson has stood in 160 matches, including nine Belvidere Cup finals, seven First Grade L/O Cup finals and a pair of Kingsgrove Sports T20 Cup finals.
Domestically Davidson has featured in 43 first class matches, 42 men’s List A matches and 108 BBL games, while internationally he’s served in two women’s Ashes Tests, six women’s ODIs and five women’s T20Is.
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The Manly Warringah Waratahs finished the 1976-77 2nd grade regular season as high-flying minor-Premiers, but were unable to take out the final against North Sydney. Still, it was a memorable season.
Manly Warringah District Cricket Club
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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The Manly Warringah Waratahs finished the 1976-77 2nd grade regular season as high-flying minor-Premiers, but were unable to take out the final against North Sydney. Still, it was a memorable season.
See below Captains Ian Howell’s summary in our 1976-77 Annual Report.
Season 1976/77 was an unforgettable one for the Second Eleven. Manly "Streaked" the opposition in the Minor Premiership Stakes, only to go down after a gallant fight to North Sydney in the Final.
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Albert ‘Bert’ Alderson, who in his playing days was an outstandingly productive left-handed batsman for both the Parramatta District Cricket Club and the Sydney University Cricket Club, on Saturday 14th December 2024 celebrates his 100th birthday – thus becoming the fourth former Parramatta player to reach that milestone, the others were Jack Anthony, Bill Smith and Alan Cramond.
Parramatta District Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Albert ‘Bert’ Alderson, who in his playing days was an outstandingly productive left-handed batsman for both the Parramatta District Cricket Club and the Sydney University Cricket Club, on Saturday 14th December 2024 celebrates his 100th birthday – thus becoming the fourth former Parramatta player to reach that milestone, the others were Jack Anthony, Bill Smith and Alan Cramond.
Bert Alderson was literally a run machine – one of only a handful of batsmen to top 14,000 runs in grade cricket – of which 10,731 were made in 1st Grade with Central Cumberland and Sydney University.
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If Jack Edwards can convert 20s and 30s into hundreds and average 40 plus in Sheffield Shield cricket he could become a valuable no 6 or 7 in the test team.
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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If Jack Edwards can convert 20s and 30s into hundreds and average 40 plus in Sheffield Shield cricket he could become a valuable no 6 or 7 in the test team.
Genuine swing bowling allrounder and still only 24 - but please Jack tuck your shirt in
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Arriving at Drummoyne Oval on a humid, overcast morning with rain hanging in the air, there were some (the writer included) who were unsure that any cricket would be played at all – but in the end it was a humdinger that finished with the First Grade Bears singing the song for the first time since Round 3.
UTS North Sydney District Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Arriving at Drummoyne Oval on a humid, overcast morning with rain hanging in the air, there were some (the writer included) who were unsure that any cricket would be played at all – but in the end it was a humdinger that finished with the First Grade Bears singing the song for the first time since Round 3.
The umpires ambitiously targeted an on-time start (much to my surprise – the scorebook and team list were still in the car at 9.27 when I was told we were tossing at 9.30), which was kiboshed by rain at 9.29. When the coin eventually came down an hour later, Sydney won it and made the fastest call of “we’ll bowl” ever recorded. We got underway at 10.45, losing just a single over per side.
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