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Camden Cricket Club

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Simon Neich played all his junior and senior cricket with Camden Cricket Club and is a very proud Life Member of the Club.

A very talented cricketer with both the bat, ball and in the field, Simon was the first grade captain for many years and awarded Club Person of the Year in 2011/12 and has won the Most Outstanding Player of the Year four times. In 1998-99, 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2019-20.

Now playing veterans cricket Simon has represented Sydney through Port Jackson Veterans Cricket Club and the NSW Over 50s Blues in the Australian Over 50s National Championships.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1506/camden-cricket-club/blog/2046/simon-neich-believe-in-yourself

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Joe Maiorana

Sydney, Australia

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Except for his debut, Jack Russell wore the same white hat throughout his first-class career while keeping wicket, often with his collar up and sunglasses on. "It's washed twice a season, and to dry it,

I use a glass biscuit jar, a tea cosy and a tea towel," Russell wrote in his autobiography. "The hat fits on top of all three, and is then, after starching, placed in the airing cupboard, thereby keeping its shape."

But in 1994 in Barbados, in an attempt to dry it faster, Russell put his hat in an oven, ending up charring it.

Two years later, the organising committee of the 1996 World Cup decreed that Russell wear coloured headgear to go with England's blue jersey. He refused and threatened to walk out of the tournament. After frantic fax exchanges between Calcutta and London, headed "Jack Russell Hat Crisis", the World Cup technical committee allowed Russell to wear his white floppy.

When Russell retired in 2006, his former captain Mike Atherton described his hat as a "dirty, smelly, grubby, patched-up, stitched-up, upside-down-flowerpot-of-a-thing". Atherton had reason to loathe it as it was the cause of many confrontations with the suits.

In 1998, then ECB chairman Ian MacLaurin asked the players to wear the blue England cap for every game of the West Indies tour, but Russell would not budge. After multiple meetings, it was agreed that Russell would trim the issued hat to his comfort.

For his final ODI, however, Russell did manage to pull off a hat-trick. He stitched a blue hat over his original and said goodbye to international cricket on his own terms.
(Vintage Cricket)

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South Brisbane District Cricket Club

Brisbane, Australia

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Michael Sippel made his first grade debut for South Brisbane District Cricket Club during the 1995/96 and is the proud owner of first grade player number 548.

In 107 innings for the club he scored 2,799 runs at an average of 27.71 with a highest score of 141.

2001/02 was Michael most productive season when he scored 675 runs and hit 3 centuries in the season 141, 131, 121.

Michael was a valuable member of South Brisbane 2000/01 first grade premiership winning team.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/317/south-brisbane-district-cricket-club/blog/662/michael-sippel-watch-the-ball

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Northern District Cricket Club Sydney

Sydney, Australia

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Northern District Cricket Club First Grade Premiers 1986-87

Back Row – David Brookes (Manager), Neil Maxwell, Michael Coote, Peter Vilimaa, Stephen Whitfield, Bruce Mills, Ross Collins (Coach)

Middle Row – Mark Taylor, Peter Taylor, Austen Hughes (President), Ross turner (captain), Bill Woods (Scorer), Ian Moore, Neil Howlett

Front Row – Angus Farncomb, Randal Green, Brad Patterson, Timothy Ebbeck

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Northern District Cricket Club Sydney

Sydney, Australia

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Northern District Cricket Club First Grade Premiers 1985-86

Back Row – Peter Dernikovic (Coach), Brad Patterson, Neil Howlett, Stephen Whitfield, Michael Coote, Peter Vilimaa, Neil Maxwell, David Brookes (Manager)

Front Row – Paul Grimble, Angus Farncomb, Timothy Ebbeck, Bill Woods (Scorer), Ross Turner (captain), Austen Hughes (President), Ian Moore, Randal Green

Insert Left – Peter Taylor

Insert Right – Mark Taylor

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Sydney University Cricket Club

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Alan Crompton - Sydney University Cricket Club Hall of Fame Article

Many people cannot think of the Club without thinking of Alan Crompton.

He has been one of the giants of the Club, often holding positions of deeply symbolic significance and often representing the Club in much wider fields. He has been able to mirror the Club to itself; to give expression to its soul; to bring all his considerable influence to benefit all who have been associated with the Club.

By the time he was elected President of the Club in 1978, he had already served in various positions for 17 years, as a player, Social Secretary, Honorary Secretary, a Vice President and a widely respected delegate to the NSWCA. For the next 22 years (and beyond, when he served another 20 years as Patron before typically standing down to allow another to succeed him), Alan was to help shape and guide the Club to its current position of pre-eminence in Sydney Grade (Premier) cricket.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/260/sydney-university-cricket-club/blog/2044/alan-crompton-sydney-university-cricket-club-hall-of-fame-article

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Sydney Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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Balmain District Cricket Club First Grade Premiers 1967-68

Back Row – John Sands (Scorer), Tony Steele, John Renneberg, Ross Collins, Dave Renneberg, John Gleeson, John Heiler, Fred Gallie (Treasurer)

Front Row – Derek Yeung, Peter Millington, Cliff Winning (President), Keith Stimson (Captain), Fred Bennett (Secretary), Keith Herron, Graham McKinnon

Insert – Tim Grosser, John Parkinson

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Michelle Lang

Business Owner

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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WHERE IN THE WORLD IS HOWZATTT?

We at Howzattt are so thrilled to see just where our Howzattt guides have landed. Here is Fiji Cricket CEO Sitiveni Rokoro engrossed in his copy of our Howzattt - A Beginner's Guide to the Game of Cricket.

Howzattt's aim is educate, inspire and ignite the cricketing spark wherever we can. We are passionate about giving those who never played cricket before, the chance to do so, to aim for the stars, and dream big.

We look forward to seeing cricket in Fiji soaring to new heights and onto the international cricket scene with new Fijian cricket stars lighting up the skies!


#FijianCricket #NewStarsonthehorizon #newfrontiers #HowzatttInspiration

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Sutherland District Cricket Club

Sylvania, Australia

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Sutherland District Cricket Club First Grade Premiers 1995-96

Back Row – Matt Bradley, Daniel McLachlan, Evan Atkins, Mark Carroll, Mark Chapman, Tim Brennan, Darren Holley, Linton Ball

Middle Row – Steve Rixon (Coach), Matthew O’Brien, Daniel Godkin, Jason Packer, Geoff Baron, Stuart Clark, Darrell Mann, Kevin Tuite, Barry Davison (Assistant Coach), Julie Coote (Scorer)

Front Row – Jason Holley, Phil Weatherall, Glenn McGrath, Rodney Davison (Captain), Darren Mitchell, Tony Clark, Stuart MacGill

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/294/sutherland-district-cricket-club/blog/155/sutherland-district-cricket-club-first-grade-premiers-1995-96

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CricConnect Stories

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Dennis Lillee 8-29 v Rest of the World 1971

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/56/cricconnect-fans/video/24/dennis-lillee-8-29-v-rest-of-the-world-1971

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Randwick Petersham Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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Martin Haywood - Randwick Petersham Cricket Club - Heroes of the Ages

Martin Haywood joined Randwick in 1993-94 from Campbelltown. A powerful right-hand stroke maker who hit the ball hard and often had already debuted for NSW in 1991-92.

Marty had quite a spectacular first season with Randwick. He scored 53 in his first game against St George at Coogee to get him away to a season which netted 845 runs–798 at 72.55 in Belvidere Cup matches and 47 in the Reschs Cup Limited Overs competition which Randwick won.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/258/randwick-petersham-cricket-club/blog/1144/martin-haywood-randwick-petersham-cricket-club-heroes-of-the-ages

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Joe Maiorana

Sydney, Australia

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On 7 March 2004, the Waugh brothers represented New South Wales for the final time, retiring with 50,907 first-class runs, 160 centuries and 457 wickets between them.

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Ken Jacobs

Business Advisor

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It is finals time in Premier cricket in most states around the country and over the years there have been some wonderful performances by batsmen and here in Melbourne most notably Bill Lawry's 282 not out for Northcote in the 1965/66 Final against Essendon is one that goes down in folklore with cricket enthusiasts.

However almost seventy-two years ago, 23-year-old Neil Harvey did something that is also quite remarkable for Fitzroy CC in a semi-final in 1951/52 against St Kilda CC.

He scored 254 in the first innings in just 255 minutes and followed up with 126 in the second innings in 152 minutes as Fitzroy won outright by 436 runs.

In doing so Harvey became the first batsman in the history of District cricket to score a century in each innings of the same match and he did so against a pretty fair St Kilda attack that included John Edwards, Jack Hill, and Norm Lynch all of whom took in excess of 500 plus wickets in their career.

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Manly Warringah District Cricket Club

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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This fortnight Howzat Building Waratahs in History Q & A is with Nathan Dodd. Nathan played 8 seasons for the Tahs from 1998/1999 to 2005/2006 scoring over 3000 runs for the club. Nathan moved into the world of coaching with his most recent position being the Senior Assistant/Batting coach for the Australian Intellectually Impaired men’s cricket team. The team competed in the Tri-Nations series in November 2023 losing to the “Poms” in the final.

How did your love of cricket come about as a child?

Like most guys I expect, playing in the backyard with your brother(s) and your dad.

Who were your cricket heroes growing up?

Brian Lara for his pure batsmanship and Justin Langer for his doggedness.
But also looked up to most guys playing for NSW as a kid.

https://manlycricket.com/waratahs-in-history-nathan-dodd

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Paul Ryan

Founder

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Photo and scorecard of the NSW Under 19 cricket team that played India Youth in a 2 day game in November 1986

Back Row – Jack Wilson (Manager), Andrew Fitzhenry, Nigel Brooks, Brett Williams, Paul Calvert, Ross Toohey, Ted Cotton (Coach)

Front Row – Adrian Tucker, Chris Fox, Garry Lovett (Vice Captain), Paul Ryan (Captain), Scott Prestwidge, Wayne Holdsworth, Rodney Davison

2 day game - 8, 9 November 1986 at North Sydney Oval

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/32/paul-ryan/blog/2033/nsw-under-19-cricket-team-v-india-youth-november-1986

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Graham Mackie

Yamba, NSW, Australia

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Photo and scorecard of the 1984-84 Lismore Interdistrict Cricket Premiers when they defeated casino by 102 runs at Oakes Oval

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/192/graham-mackie/blog/153/lismore-defeat-casino-to-be-lismore-interdistrict-premiers-1984-85

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Randwick Petersham Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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Tommy Andrews was Petersham DCCs greatest cricketer.

While claims of this nature generally raise issues for debate, in the case of T J Andrews, there is no argument. He played his first game for Petersham in 1909 aged 19 and his last in 1944 aged 54. He retired in 1936 but made a comeback in 1941 at the request of the club. He was a powerful right hand batsman and leg break bowler who excelled as a close-to-the wicket fieldsman.

He was immediately inserted into the 1st Grade team when he played his first match for Petersham in 1909-10. He made a half-century among his 125 runs but it was his performance in the Wednesday “Half-Holiday” competition which indicted his undoubted ability. He batted 12 times for 468 runs with a top-score of 201*.

The following season, after making a duck batting no. 10, another duck batting at 6 and 21 after opening the innings, Tommy was in at no. 8 against Redfern at the SCG. With the score 6-155 chasing 313, Andrews got together with Ernie Newton and the pair put on a club record 138 for the seventh wicket to take the match with a final total of 402. Tommy made his first century for Petersham that day scoring 108 with 14 fours in 115 minutes. He made 297 runs for the season and took 19 wickets with his leg-spinners.

1912-13 brought with it the start of an outstanding first-class cricket career when he was selected to play for NSW. Nine seasons later after WWI he made his Test Match debut for Australia on the 1921 Ashes tour of England.

In 30 seasons with Petersham he scored 11,719 runs at 36.73 in 1st Grade (28 centuries). His aggregate remains the fifth highest in the history of Sydney 1st Grade. With his leg breaks, he took 503 wickets at 20.84 with 8-72 his best. He took eight wickets in an innings four times and five in an innings 30 times.

TJ Andrews #trustrespecthumilty

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Scott Jacobson

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Playing for Mosman v Manly at Manly Oval, it could have been a Poidevin Gray game. I was bowling my rolling offies to, I think I got this right, Steve Colby, big unit, really good player that opened or was top order batsman for Manly. If it wasn’t you Steve it’s a good story anyway.

As I could from time to time, I offered my opinion about Steve’s ability to hit the ball off the square. The next ball disappeared out of the Manly Oval bounced into the intersection at the Raglan Street end and rolled across the road into the tackle shop on the corner. Steve responded with “Is that f#%king far enough for ya” I think my response was “Yup”

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Bradman Museum

Bowral, New South Wales, Australia

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On June 15th, 1948. Bradman’s ‘Invincibles’ arrived.

Standing: Neil Harvey, Sid Barnes, Ray Lindwall, Ron Saggers, Doug Ring, Bill Johnston, Ernie Toshack, Keith Miller, Don Tallon, Sam Loxton. Seated: Keith Johnson (Team Manager), Ron Hamence, Ian Johnson, Lindsay Hassett (Vice Captain), Don Bradman (Captain), Bill Brown, Arthur Morris, Colin McCool, Bill Ferguson (Scorer).

His fourth and final tour to England, Bradman led Australia to victory in the first Test over England at Trent Bridge. A commanding display in which the Don himself made 138, it heralded the arrival of a dominant Australian team; the Invincibles.

The Australians, determined to exhibit “bright and attractive” cricket to a war-weary England public, were a mixture of both experienced and precociously talented young players on this tour. From Bradman – the captain and greatest player of all time – to Neil Harvey, the youngest of the squad and one of the most exciting players in the world, the Australians had talent on every line.

Claiming victory in the Ashes 4-0, only persistent rain in the third Test enough to prevent a rampant Australian team from a whitewash result. Unperturbed, they continued in fine form after the Ashes; a further 27 first-class fixtures – through all of which they remained undefeated.

The result has never been bettered and the feat forever enshrined in the team's name 'Invincibles'.

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Randwick Petersham Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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John Benaud was Randwick’s first Test cricketer. Disappointingly his career was brief, spanning just three matches and robbing the cricketing public from one of the more dashing and entertaining batsmen of his time.

He ventured to Coogee Oval in the spring of 1969 as an established State player who became captain of the NSW Sheffield Shield team that season, Benaud’s presence in the Randwick 1st XI as captain and punishing batsman did wonders for the spirit and morale of the team. He instilled in the players a purpose for a more aggressive brand of cricket which was a feature of his leadership at the first-class level.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/258/randwick-petersham-cricket-club/blog/367/john-benaud-randwick-petersham-cricket-club-heroes-of-the-ages

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