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Gordon District Cricket Club
Gordon District Cricket Club
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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In the writing of my book “A Cricket Club at War”, many of the facts of the war were provided by Gordon cricketer Clifford Mervyn Geddes. The main reason for this was that Cliff kept a record of events in his diary which is available to download from the State Library.

Cliff’s story was one of the exceptional ones during the First World War as he was one of the first to enlist, landed on April 25 at Gallipoli after his boat was sunk, was sent home with a heart problem in January 1916 and returned to the Western front in October 1917, where he saw out the war until his return home in June 1919.

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Gordon District Cricket Club
Gordon District Cricket Club
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Richard Stobo made his first grade debut for Gordon Cricket Club during the 1983/84 season and went onto take 396 first grade wickets at an average of 21.18. His best figures was 7 for 20 and he took 5 wickets or more in an innings on an incredible 24 occasions.

Richard made his first class debut for NSW during the 1989/90 season and played 6 first class games and two one day games for the Baggy Blues.

A highly skilled and tireless fast bowler Richard thrived on the competitive battle and played in an incredibly strong era of cricket in NSW.

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St George Cricket Club
St George Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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When Charlie Crispo and Allen Cooper walked onto Hurstville Oval on 27 September 1919, the warm greeting they received from the crowd was not simply for the beginning of a cricket match. The “Diggers”, led by Wally Louden, were an XI made up of members and ex-members of the St George DCC who had been on active service during the First World War. At 4pm, play was adjourned for the unveiling of the St George DCC roll of honour. The roll contained the names of members of the club who had served their country in the terrible conflict. Not all of them had returned home. The honour roll has since been lost, however, efforts are now being made by the club to produce an honour roll to commemorate the service of these men, as well as those who served in other conflicts whilst playing with the club.

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South Brisbane District Cricket Club
South Brisbane District Cricket Club
Brisbane, Australia
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Alan MARSHAL

Born – 12/06/1883, Warwick

Enlisted – 19/10/1914 (30 years of Age)

Service number 163

First Grade Number 14

Served with the 15th Battalion in Gallipoli as a Private.The Club’s first premiership came in 1900-1901 when the Club won the First Grade Premiership.

No doubt the most outstanding player for South Brisbane in the early years was Alan Marshal who in 1904/05 scored 221 runs for South Brisbane against Nundah. This score stood as the highest individual score until it was surpassed by Glenn Trimble who scored 230 n.o. against Wynnum-Manly in 1986-87. He was a tall man, standing at 6ft 3.

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Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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When wicketkeeper Alan Campbell completed a massive 58 1st Grade dismissals behind the stumps in 1981-82 he broke his own record set the previous year by an impressive 17 wickets. And while the official Sydney Grade Cricket record was 64 set by Bill Englefield from Northern District in 1942-43, it was recognised that that feat was established in a season of one-day matches. The Randwick club claimed that Campbell’s performance had never been matched before in predominantly two-day match competitions and should be considered the new record. It was a claim beyond argument.

Alan Campbell came to Randwick in 1979-80 after six seasons with Sutherland.

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Valley District Cricket Club
Valley District Cricket Club
Brisbane, Australia
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Chris Lanagan made his first-grade debut for Valley District Cricket Club in 19894-95 and is the proud owner of first grade cap number 621.

A right arm swing bowler Chris took 210 first grade wickets at an average of 24.24. He took 138 wickets at 27.16 in two-day cricket and 72 wickets at 18.65 in one day cricket.

In all formats Chris took 395 wickets for Valley DCC.

Chris plays veterans’ cricket in Queensland and was a member of the successful Queensland team that won the Over 50s Division One national Championships in Melbourne in December 2023.

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Phil Marks
Phil Marks
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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My Best Grade team - Phil Marks 1979 to 2000

I played first grade from 1979 to 2000 across three clubs, Manly, Balmain and North Sydney. I played with some wonderful cricketers and had real trouble narrowing it down to eleven. Starting my career as an allrounder I’ve picked 4 of them in this side for variety to cover all conditions. Plenty of runs in the top and middle order, fire power and subtlety with the ball and natural talent in the field.

1. Greg Hayne - Balmain

Boris was an opening bowlers nightmare, very organised with an uncomplicated technique. Punished the new ball bowlers if they missed their spots and loved batting for long periods. Amazing Premier cricket batting numbers.

2. Scott Hookey – North Sydney

Devastating hard hitting batter with an attitude to match. Loved a scrap with the bowlers and started many, most of which he won.

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Cricket NSW
Cricket NSW
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Photo of the NSW Sheffield Shield that defeated South Australian in January 1929 outright by 60 runs.

NSW v South Australia at Adelaide Oval 11- 16 January 1929


NSW First Innings – all out 402. Archie Jackson 162, Alan Kippax 107, Tom Carlton 4 for 95

South Australia Fist Innings - all out 304. Clarrie Grimmett 71 not out, Alan Fairfax 4 for 54

NSW 2nd innings – all out 313. Archie Jackson 90, Cassie Andrew 87, Tim Wall 4 for 78.

South Australian 2nd innings – all out 351. Colin Alexander 79, Douglas Mackay 74, Alan Fairfax 3 for 82.


NSW won outright by 60 runs

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Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Burt Cockley played first class cricket for NSW and Western Australia. He played T20 Cricket for the Perth Scorchers in the BBL and for Kings XI Punjab in the IPL.

He played NSW Premier Cricket for Randwick Petersham

In first class cricket Burt took 44 wickets in 14 games at an average of 28.40 with best figures of 5 for 76.

As a fast bowler Burt had speed (over 140km) and muscle and he loved nothing more than the freedom of bowling as fact as he could. Unfortunately consistent injuries curtailed his career.

Despite the setbacks and frustrations Burt has found a new path and there are no limits.

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Parramatta District Cricket Club
Parramatta District Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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The 1950’s stands as one of the great eras of the Parramatta (Central Cumberland) District Cricket Club, throughout this period the club stood amongst the vanguard teams in the prestigious Sydney First grade competition and was represented on the field by a multitude of gifted players (including Richie Benaud, Ron James and Jack Treanor).

The quality of the first grade team’s performance during this decade is illustrated by the following record – runners-up in 1952/53, 1953/54 and 1955/56 –fourth place in 1951/52 and 1958/59.

The club was also honoured in 1958/59 by its first grade skipper Richie Benaud being appointed captain of the Australian Test team against the old enemy England.

Here’s the Parramatta District Cricket Club team of the 1960’s

In batting order:

1. Bert Alderson
2. Bruce Ritchie
3. Wilfred Ewens
4. Richie Benaud
5. Ron James (Captain)
6. Norm Lockhart
7. Walter Cornock
8. Greg Beisler
9. Colin Barr
10. Jack Treanor
11. Ron Mulock
12. Leo Smith

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Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Brisbane
Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Brisbane
Brisbane, Australia
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Dan Maroske - Western Suburbs District Cricket Club

I started playing grade cricket in 3rds for University Queensland Cricket Club at the turn of the century. I played my first game of 1st grade in 2003 before moving to Wests in 2006 after a stint at Challow & Childrey CC in Oxfordshire. At 25, I disappeared to the UK for 5 years where I played for Richmond in the Middlesex County Cricket League before returning to Wests for the twilight of my career. My last 1sts game was in 2017 and I have been descending the grades at pace since then. I’ve been lucky enough to win 1sts, 2nds, 3rds premierships in my time, as well as a couple UK league titles and 3 “world cups” for the Australian Lawyers Team.

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Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Bronko Djura was one of the best all-round sportsmen to play cricket for Petersham-Marrickville. He was an outstanding junior player in both cricket and rugby league. In 1980 he played under 16s cricket for NSW and made the Australian under 16s team. He later played under 19s cricket for NSW and Australia touring England in 1983. He played in all three Youth Tests completing 31 dismissals including 10 catches in one match. He was selected on the tour as the preferred ‘keeper ahead of Queensland’s Ian Healy who later became one of the great Australian wicket-keepers.

In 1982 Bronko played Australian Schoolboys rugby league touring New Zealand with the likes of Paul Langmack and Andrew Ettingshausen. A Newtown Jets rugby league junior, he went on to be graded with South Sydney at age 19 when the Jets were eliminated from the competition at the end of 1983.

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Carlton Cricket Club
Carlton Cricket Club
Melbourne, Australia
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Jai Lemire is Carlton Cricket Club first grade wicket keeping batter.

Jai made his first grade debut for the club during the 2020-21 Victoria Premier Cricket season and in 2021-22 he played for Victoria in the Australian Under 19 national Championships.

In 2022-23 Jai made his debut for the Victoria 2nd XI against ACT and in 2023-24 he played 2ndXI games against Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania and NSW.

During the 2023-24 Premier cricket season Jai scored two centuries and hit 675 runs at an average of 42.19. He is also a first grade premiership winning player after Carlton defeated Casey South Melbourne in a remarkable grand final.

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