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Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Jason Young played all his junior cricket in Wagga Wagga in the Riverina region of NSW.

A prodigious young batter with enormous talent and a thirst for runs and it wasn’t long before Jason sparked the interest of NSW underage selectors and Sydney talent scouts.

Jason played 3 seasons of Green Shield for Balmain and after leaving school he joined the St George District Cricket Club. He made his Sydney Grade Cricket first grade debut at St George and is the proud owner of first grade cap number 317.

A successful Under 19 National Championships saw Jason moved to Adelaide with the Australian Cricket Academy and he played Adelaide Grade Cricket for Prospect Cricket Club.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/32/paul-ryan/blog/588/jason-young-you-only-need-to-hit-it-to-the-fence
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NSW Premier Cricket
NSW Premier Cricket
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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The 1997-98 first grade final was played between North Sydney Cricket Club and Sutherland District Cricket Club at Bankstown Oval.
Sutherland defeated North Sydney by 43 runs on the first innings to win the Belvidere Cup and the 1997-98 first grade premiership
Pictured – Sutherland District Cricket Club first grade premiership winning captain Jason Young with long term Sutherland DCC sponsor Harry Peters.
Benaud Medal for the player of the final was awarded to Jason Holley

First Grade Premiers – Sutherland
Second Grade Premiers – Bankstown
Third Grade Premiers – Sydney University
Fourth Grade Premiers – Randwick
Fifth Grade Premiers – Randwick
Club Championship – Sutherland

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1191/nsw-premier-cricket/blog/2221/sydney-grade-cricket-finals-1997-98
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The 1998-99 first grade final was played between Balmain (Sydney Cricket Club) and Randwick Cricket Club at Bankstown Oval.

The final was significantly impacted by rain with only 149 overs bowled.

Balmain were the higher placed team going into the final so in a drawn game Balmain were the 1998-99 Belvidere Cup premiers

Pictured – Jeff Thorpe and Neil Maxwell with the Belvidere Cup

Benaud Medal for the player of the final was awarded to Andrew Sargent

First Grade Premiers – Balmain
Second Grade Premiers – Penrith
Third Grade Premiers – Sutherland
Fourth Grade Premiers – Eastern Suburbs
Fifth Grade Premiers – Sydney University
Club Championship – Northern District

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Victorian Premier Cricket
Victorian Premier Cricket
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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The 1998-99 Victorian Premier Cricket first grade final was played between Melbourne University Cricket Club and Hawthorn Waverley Cricket Club at the Albert Ground.

Hawthorn Waverley won outright by 5 wickets to win the 1998-99 premiership.

Pictured – Former Victoria wicket keeper Peter Roach who was Hawthorn Waverley first grade premiership winning captain.

First Grade Premiers – Hawthorn Waverley
Second Grade Premiers – Essendon
Third Grade Premiers – Richmond
Fourth Grade Premiers – Melbourne University

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Dennis Hourn
Dennis Hourn
Sydney, Australia
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Ken Thorpe had dreams of his son Ian treading in his first grade cricket footsteps. Ken, who played for Bankstown in the Sydney competition with fiery Test speedsters Jeff Thomson and Lenny Pascoe, was a middle order batsman who took a ton of shifting, his defence was so tight.

I played against him for years.

He was known as a “nurdler”, hardly knocking the ball off the square. When the scoreboard showed he had 40 runs against his name, you wondered how he got there.

He was a prize scalp.

Ian was six when Ken took him to renowned cricket coach David Hourne, better known as “Cracker”.

It took just seconds to “Cracker’s” discerning eye that Ian had precious little ball sense, and wasn’t well co-ordinated: two vital necessities to make it in cricket.

Wondering how he was going to break the bad news to his cricket-mad Dad, “Cracker” asked if Ian played any other sports.

“Oh, he’s showing some interest in swimming,” was Ken’s reply.

Quick as a flash “Cracker” suggested to Ken it would be a good idea to foster that interest.

Fostering a swimming interest in Ian Thorpe had to be the understatement of a lifetime.

The rest, as we all know, is history.

Originally published on The Roar by David Lord former Mosman Cricket Club first grade cricketer -
https://www.theroar.com.au/2011/11/03/how-thorpey-swapped-a-baggy-green-for-some-swimming-trunks
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NSW Premier Cricket
NSW Premier Cricket
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Sydney Grade Cricket Finals 1999-2000.

The 1999-2000 first grade final was played between Bankstown District Cricket Club and St George District Cricket Club at Bankstown Oval.

Bankstown defeated St George by 168 runs to win the Belvidere Cup and be the 1999-2000 premiers.

Pictured - Matthew Betsey won the Benaud medal as man of the match in the final

First Grade Premiers – Bankstown
Second Grade Premiers – Northern District
Third Grade Premiers – St George
Fourth Grade Premiers - Sutherland
Fifth Grade Premiers – Sutherland

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1191/nsw-premier-cricket/blog/2215/sydney-grade-cricket-finals-1999-2000
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Ken Jacobs
Ken Jacobs
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In the lead up to the 1992 Benson & Hedges World Cup there were two "warm up " matches played in regional Victoria at Bendigo and Benalla.

The first match at Bendigo was a three-day fixture between Victoria and Pakistan and ended in a draw but there were some fine performances from players of both sides.

One of interest was that of Victorian wicketkeeper Darren Berry who made 49 in Victoria's second innings and snared eight victims behind the stumps including what I imagine to be quite unusual in stumping the great Wasim Akram in both innings off the same bowler left arm spinner Paul Jackson.

The second match at Benalla was a one day match between Victoria and India , won by Victoria by 33 runs.

This match also featured a number of big names in Australian and Indian cricket and two giants of the sport who were still in the relatively early stages of their careers in Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar.

Interestingly it was that man again Darren Berry who featured in the dismissal of Tendulkar with another beautiful stumping off his great friend in Warne but not before Tendulkar had top scored for India with 59.

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Peter Samuels
Peter Samuels
I.T Manager
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Ian Chappell tells a story about Garry Sobers and Geoff Boycott

They were playing in England and Geoff Boycott went to Garry Sobers and said, "Garry, you seem to get me out lbw a lot. I don't understand it."

Garry was quite good psychologically as well. He said to Boycott, "Unlike a lot of people, Geoffrey, I don't think your technique is that good."

That would have cut Boycott to the core because he prided himself on his technique. "Your front foot is too far across. You can't get your bat around your pad and my inswinger gets you lbw. That's what is happening."

They go out on the field next day and Boycott is batting. Sobers runs up, bowls the first ball, and angles it across Boycott and he edges it to slip.

As he is walking off, Sobey says to him, "Geoffrey, you didn't ask me about the other one."... 😂😂

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