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2 years ago



The Leyland Brothers have got nothing on Lee Watts

How far would you travel for a game of cricket?

Would a 29 hour round trip every weekend be out of the question?

Not for Lee Watts from Guthalungra in North Queensland which is in between the townships of Home Hill and Bowen. Guthalungra is where he and his mum Joanne run the family’s Brahman cattle station along with their earthmoving business.

Now Lee is not your average cricket fanatic. He is a full-on committed disciple of the game whose late father Harold sparked his interest in the sport from an early age and must indeed be watching from a clubhouse in the sky very proud of his son’s commitment.

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2 years ago



Best keeper you’ve seen or best keeper ever

Wade – Heals was the best keeper I have seen and probably the best ever. The other I really liked was Jack Russell. I remember playing against him in my first game for Queensland. It was at Roy Henzell Oval at Caloundra against England A, and he kept very well. I also remember that game because, in one of the rain breaks, I got a phone call from you (pointing at Lew). I don’t know if you remember this, but the first thing you said to me was, ‘From one Uni keeper to another Uni keeper, congratulations on playing for Queensland and well done.’ I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned that to you since, but thank-you, it stuck Lew, and I appreciated it.

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2 years ago



Anthony Barranca - play hard, never give up

Anthony Barranca is a stalwart for Perth Cricket Club having played all his juniors and came through the grades to make his first-grade debut at the age of 20 in 1992-93.

Anthony played 136 first grade games for Perth Cricket Club in Western Australia Premier Cricket as a wicket keeping opening batter and he scored 3,246 first grade runs for the club.

Recently after a successful Over 50s Australian National Championships for Western Australia in Adelaide in November 2022, Anthony was selected in the Australian Over 50s World Cup team to play in the Over 50s World Cup in South Africa in March 2023.

Let’s find out more about Anthony’s journey in the game

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2 years ago



Andrew Reddich - my debut for Queensland Over 50's Cricket team

Back Row – Lachlan Donavan, John Francis, Kent Officer, Brian Brix, Michael Dan, Alan Bougoure
Front Row – Michael Frame, Andrew Reddich, Paul Stenhouse (Captain), Geoff Doyle (Vice Captain), Wayne Miles, Mark Brady

At the 2017 National Championships in Sydney I made my debut for Queensland Over 50s cricket team. QLD Cap number 43.

It was quite an emotionally powerful day for to represent Queensland and also play on the hallowed field of Old Kings at Parramatta where the original Aboriginal Cricket team trained in preparation for their the very first Ashes series. So much history at Old Kings with many legends playing for Cumberland Cricket Club now Parramatta including Doug Walters.

We won on the day, but couldn’t retain the trophy for the National Championships. In the big picture, it didn’t matter, cricket was the winner

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2 years ago



The Magic of Cricket - Andrew Reddich

I was born in 1968 and my first game of cricket was in primary school 1976/77. I practiced so hard at home and I was ready to go.

I was handed the little red cork ball that friday afternoon when I was asked to bowl and I rubbed the ball all over my white stubbie shorts, which gave me the red stain of honour, just like on the legends on the ABC. As I looked at the mat covered concrete pitch in front of me, it meant this was the real thing, I was ready for business.

Unfortunately I bowled everywhere except on the mat, ten minutes of wides later, I thought, why is this so hard?

Later that year my team went on to walk around the Gabba, when the Aussies were playing West Indies. I’ll never forget the incredible aww of this experience, including a tour of the indoor nets, alongside the Sam Trimble cricket shop.

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2 years ago



Meeting Harold Larwood and Keith Miller - what an honour

This photo was taken in Rockhampton at the conclusion of the Central Queensland Schoolboys trial in 1980 when I was 12

I was captain of the Mackay Schoolboys team playing against Rockhampton, Gladstone, Biloela and Emerald.

From the trials I have the good fortune of being named captain of the Central Queensland Schoolboys to play in Brisbane at the Queensland Schoolboys Carnival in Brisbane.

For most of the boys it was our first trip to Brisbane. We didn’t have a McDonalds in Mackay in 1980 and from memory we had a Big Mac just about every day in Brisbane.

When selected as captain it was a very proud moment to be given the opportunity to have a photo taken with two legends and gentleman of cricket, and they were true gentleman.

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2 years ago



NSW Imparja Cup team for National Indigenous Cricket Championships - 2011

Back Row - Peter Cooley (Manager), Aaron Muir (WK), Andrew Julian (Sydney), Daniel Caldwell (Sydney), Tyrone Thomas (Eden), Kris Halloran (Tamworth), Adam Honeysett (Gulgong), Jake Turner (Glen Innes), Tim Croft (Team Physiotherapist)
Front Row - Tyson Jolly (Newcastle), Patrick Rosser (Parkes), Jeff Cook (Tamworth), Damien Duroux (Sydney) and Andrew Gordon (Wee Waa/Ballina)

Team was the 2011 NSW Team that played in the National Indigenous Cricket Championships (went through undefeated). This was the second Aboriginal Cricket team to ever play on the SCG.

2 years earlier we played on the SCG against a Sydney XI. Also, every cricketer in this team played in Sydney Grade cricket during their careers, including the Country players

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2 years ago



Michael Hall - hard work creates opportunity

I’m lucky enough to have played a few years with Gary Bensley at Epping after he finished his grade career. Gary’s batting, bowling, fielding and captaincy were second to none. His competitiveness was there to see and whenever a game was on the line he could always make that difference. I also learnt that dropping a catch of Gary’s bowling wasn’t a good thing, especially if he was driving you home after cricket.

Jack Moran who was my 2nd Grade Captain at ND’s was a relatively quiet character but taught me to never give my wicket away cheaply and to think about your shot selection. By looking at him you knew whether you had done well or not – he didn’t need to say anything. Watching him work hard in the tough times with the bat created the respect he had from his team.

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