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11 months ago
Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club
Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club
Brisbane, Australia
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Luke Rowing is a budding young leg spinner who is part of Wynnum Manly's Lord's Taverners U17 Squad this season, alongside continuing his Grade cricket career having debuted at just 14 years of age.

Luke comes from a family with a rich history of cricket - his dad Ashley being a previous premiership winner at Wynnum Manly - whilst his grandad Ron holds a storied cricket career. In more recent seasons, Luke has had the opportunity to compete alongside his uncle, former 1st Grade player Mitchell Rowing.

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11 months ago
Gordon District Cricket Club
Gordon District Cricket Club
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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The history of Gordon District Cricket Club – August 1915 – The Prior brothers

On August 5, 1915, William Prior enlisted in the AIF to fight in World War 1. While this event was very similar to the more than 400,000 enlistments of Australians in the war it was a very traumatic one for the Prior family. William was the first of three brothers to enter the war.

The three brothers were the sons of William Prior (Senior) and Selina Prior who lived at a property by the name of “Trewinnia” in Broughton Road Artarmon, just a short walk down to Chatswood Oval.

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11 months ago
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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The Ken Devlin / Luke Grimmond Memorial Cup was first contested in November 2019 to honour the unmatched contributions of both gentleman to Navy Cricket with Navy the inaugural winners.

COVID-19 postponed this fixture before it reconvened in 2022-23 with Irish Under 19 skipper Tim Tector leading the Randy Petes to their first win over Navy. On November 16, 2023 Navy Cricket was not impacted by deployments and key players were on shore and a strong and well drilled side took to the field in the 3rd T20 fixture.

Asked to bat first Navy were in early trouble as batsman struggled with variable bounce early on with Hayden Fox (2-7 off 2)

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11 months ago
Stockton and Northern Districts Cricket Club
Stockton and Northern Districts Cricket Club
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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Saturday 16th October 2010 saw one of the great first grade debuts in the long history of Stockton & Northern Districts Cricket Club and it was a debut that nearly didn't happen.
The debutant was Benn West and his teammates didn’t know what was happening when the former Randwick-Petersham bowler rushed to his car and left the ground before the start of play against Merewether on Saturday.
It was West’s first appearance for the club.
Captain Terry Crittenden explained that West had snapped a knee brace and had to buy another one.
He returned 40 minutes later and took a match-turning 7-52 from 16 overs, including the big scalps of Simon Moore (47) and Troy Goodwin (11).
Not a bad effort for a man with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. The injury forced the 33-year-old to sit out last season, but, with the aid of the brace, he is now able to bowl.
‘‘The brace really helps,’’ said West, who works as an exercise physiologist.
‘‘Some people function fine without an ACL, depending on the hamstring strength they have.
‘‘I spent a year or more strengthening my hamstring, my quadriceps and all the muscles surrounding the knee. At some stage I will get a reconstruction but not this year.’’
West played four seasons in Sydney, working his way up from fifth grade, and has taken up a role as bowling coach at Stockton, mainly working with the young quicks.
‘‘Coaching is something I enjoy,’’ he said.
‘‘Through my background in exercise physiology I can help with strength training, conditioning
and core strength which is exactly what you need to do as a bowler in preparation for a game.
‘‘After missing last season it is just good to be back involved.’’

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11 months ago
Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney
Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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This is an extract from "Cricket in Black and White: 110 Not Out: The history of Western Suburbs District Cricket Club. Published in 2006.

In 1989, the Sydney Cricket Association Committee of Management was charged with producing a report that would recommend the number of clubs that should compete in Grade cricket, and the areas in which those clubs should be located. That report recommended that there should be sixteen clubs, and that only one should come from the inner-western suburbs where Wests and Petersham-Marrickville were based.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/161/western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-sydney/blog/2310/clubs-are-going-to-go-sydney-cricket-association
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11 months ago
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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While in the summers of 2015 and 2022 Randwick Petersham hosted Cricket Ireland prior to the 50 overs and T20 World Cups in Australia.

In late January 2015 Cricket Ireland landed at Kingsford Smith Airport kickstarting one of Randwick Petersham’s most historic weeks. In the lead up to the match, the Irish team stayed in Coogee and trained at Coogee Oval, while integrating with the community by holding clinics for local children and giving Randwick Petersham players a chance to train against an international team.

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11 months ago
Hawkesbury Cricket Club
Hawkesbury Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Neil Eldridge - Life Member of Hawkesbury Cricket Club

Hawkesbury Cricket Club has been blessed with several long term scorers in its 40 year history. Merilyn Fowler (née Earle) was our first great scorer. The daughter of the Hawks first great man Owen Earle, Merilyn scored for the Hawks 1st grade side for 25 years, from the inaugural season 1985 until 2010. She also achieved many representative honours at all levels, culminating in a Test Match at Lords.

Joan Lalor was the club’s next scoring legend. Joan began scoring her son Kevin’s games in 1993, before going on to score for all Hawks lower grades for the next 27 years until finally calling time in 2019.

Merilyn and Joan are two of our most worthy Life Members. Their contributions to the Club will live long.

When Merilyn retired, the Hawks were uncertain that she could be replaced. Little did everyone know that player Lachlan Eldridge’s dad Neil had quietly coveted the position, waiting for the opportunity when Merilyn finished up. Neil jumped at the opening and has made the position his for the last 15 years. As well as his scoring prowess, Neil has gained a reputation for his entertaining and amusing card tricks. Any new scorer or player to come to Bensons Lane is a potential addition to Neil’s long list of card-trick pupils. Many a new “victim” has been put through Neil’s repertoire.

A retired secondary PE teacher, Neil also enjoys competing in lawn bowls competitions and local poker tournaments.
In recognition of his wonderful contribution to the Club over many years, Neil was recently inducted as the 20th Life Member of Hawkesbury Cricket Club.

Our collective thanks to Neil for all his efforts and commitment to the Club. We all look forward to having you “on deck” for many more years to come.

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11 months ago
Stockton and Northern Districts Cricket Club
Stockton and Northern Districts Cricket Club
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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A Moment in Time!
On Sunday, January 18, 2009, the Stockton & Northern Districts Cricket Club faced Tamworth in the SCG Cup Final. This match was a significant event for the Stockton community and in particular for the Stockton & Northern Districts Cricket Club. Numerous members and supporters filled buses and made the journey down the F3.

Despite the presence of future test cricketers Josh Hazelwood and Graham Onions, as well as several former and future NSW Country representatives, the on-field action wasn't enough to keep some young members of the Stockton Junior Cricket Club from playing their own game behind the members stand at the SCG.

Several of the kids in the photo went on to play First Grade for the Seagulls. Can you name them?

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Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club
Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club
Brisbane, Australia
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Connor Rudman is a young top order batter for Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club,

In 2023–24, Connor played through the grades from 5th grade through to 2nd grade, as well as the clubs under-19 team and Taverners QLD under-17s. He also represented his school’s first XI.

He scored 861 runs with an average of 29.69, including a terrific 151 for Wynnum Manly 4th grade against Redlands at EGW Wood Reserve.

Connor Rudman won the Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club Humphries-Simon Lower Grade Cricketer of the Year in 2023–24.

Here’s our pocket profile with Connor Rudman.

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11 months ago
CricConnect Stories
CricConnect Stories
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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NSW Combined High Schools 1sts cricket team – 2019

Back Row – Timothy Laws (Coach, Endeavour Sports high School), Josh Baraba (Westfields Sports High School), Oliver Cronin (Mullumbimby High School), Hunar Verma (Sydney Boys High School), Will Fort (Maitland Grossman High School), Matthew Drinnan (Northmead High School), Jeremy Moors (Manager, The Jannali High School)

Front Row – Arvin Niranjan (Sydney Boys High School), Brock Larance (Dubbo South High School), Ethan Jamieson (Westfields Sports High School), Josh Moors (captain, Kirrawee High School), Corey Miller (Asquith Boys High School), Nivethan Radhakrishnan (Homebush Boys high School), Dhruv Kant (Penrith High School)

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11 months ago
Gordon District Cricket Club
Gordon District Cricket Club
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Tony Wilson (Tids) has been associated with the Gordon Cricket Club for many years, first as a player and then as a committeeman, a team manager, a selector and a photographer. He played through the late 60s into the 70s as a leg spin bowler and he has never lost his enthusiasm for that mode of delivery. He has always been willing to talk about leg spin and if possible, he would have about 5 of them in every team. Tony played 1st Grade for a number of years and faced many a first class batsman. In those days, Leg spinners were more prevalent. Gordon had three – Dick Guy, John Todd and Tony – and there would always be two of them in the side. These days, that would be a very rare occurrence.
Interestingly, of the hundred odd wickets Tony took in 1st Grade, a solid proportion of them were either Shield or Test players. (At the time, first class players played grade regularly as there were only 8 Shield games and a few Tests to make them unavailable).

One of his most prized wickets was Neil Harvey. Neil, playing for Northern District, had previously played for Gordon. Tony bowled him the perfect leg break, pitched outside the left-hander’s off stump, and spinning back sharply to hit the stumps. Euphoria, as the top batsman (who averaged over 50 in each of his four seasons with NDs and has always been considered one of Australia’s greatest batsmen) was heading back to the pavilion. Tony walked jauntily down the wicket, expectant of the hearty congratulations from his team mates. The glory, the poetry of the dismissal, something to be discussed, AT LENGTH, for many years to come. And the delivery would get better, spin more violently and drift further as time passed.

Marshall Rosen, the wicketkeeper, was the first to speak to Tony.

“Jeez, that was lucky!” was his only comment. Pfffssssssss. The sound of the balloon deflating.

(Footnote. The following season, the tables were turned. Neil played a dominant innings and Tony’s figures were not so flattering).

Author: Michael Falk - Gordon District Cricket Club

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