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Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney
Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Murray Radcliffe love of cricket crosses all aspects of the game. He’s been a player, selector, administrator and coach and has and continues to make a tremendous contribution.

He is a life member of Australian National University Cricket Club and Cricket ACT.

Murray arrived at Western Suburbs in Sydney in 1984 and in 5 seasons with Wests and one at St George he took 245 wickets at an average of 18.79. Best figures of 7 for 43 and he took 5 wickets in an innings 10 times. Murray was incredibly unluckily not to have been selected to play for NSW

In Canberra playing for ANU Murray took 257 wickets at an average of 16.5.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/161/western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-sydney/blog/512/murray-radcliffe-working-class
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2 years ago
Tony Goodfellow
Tony Goodfellow
Ballina, New South Wales, Australia
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In March of 1979, Western District, who were leading the first grade competition, played Northern Suburbs in the penultimate match before the semi-finals.

Norths, who were having a poor season, blooded some young players with a view to the future and realistically were given no chance against the powerful Wests lineup.

On a typical Majura wicket, that did no batsman any favours, Norths were sent in and bowled out in their first innings for 101, with Wests one for 22 in reply at stumps on the first day.

Rain during the week did nothing to settle the Majura wicket down, however, Wests Bruce Willett and Greg Beacroft on resuming their innings, safely commandeered the first 30 minutes taking the score to 41 before Willett was dismissed.

As the wicket dried out, the ball started playing more tricks than a magicians convention and in particular the decidedly quick Randall Strongman, was making the odd delivery rear from a good length.

Wests strong batting lineup were good enough to reach 6-98, only four runs from victory, when the wheels fell off and four wickets fell for no runs including three to Strongman in his last over.

Norths, having prised victory from the jaws of defeat, celebrated as if they had won the premiership, while Wests despondently headed to their dressing shed where their captain, Dene Moore, tore strips off them for losing to a bottom placed side.

Only a thin brick wall divided the two change rooms and Moore’s dressing down of his team provided wonderful entertainment to the young victorious Norths players.

However, there was still a couple of hours of playing time remaining, so Norths with one player absent, prepared to get in some extended batting practice for the next season.

The Wests captain Dene Moore was one of the great medium pace bowlers in the history of Canberra cricket and his competitive streak and pride, had not been factored into the equation.

Moore ripped through the opposition top order batting to have Norths 4-0 and eventually all out for 28, with Wests winning the match outright by nine wickets.

The Wests captain ended up with figures of 5-10 off ten overs and, in what must be a Canberra first grade record, an astonishing 8 wickets fell for no runs, Wests last four and Norths top four.

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2 years ago
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
Founder
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Barry Everingham has made a lifetime contribution to sport especially in regional NSW.

In his prime he was a wicket keeper batter representing NSW Country and the Northern NSW Emu’s and he was the No 10 for NSW Country in Rugby Union.

In recent years Barry has been one of the greatest advocates for Veterans Cricket. He has encouraged, enticed, and inspired many to join the “Men’s Shed” and play Veterans Cricket.

Those who know Barry will know how much he’ll treasure this wonderful gift presented to him by his good mate Steve Gray

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/32/paul-ryan/blog/1869/a-christmas-gift-we-know-baz-will-treasure
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2 years ago
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Ray McNamee - 1895-1949

“Ray McNamee has my admiration and respect for, of all the medium pace bowlers it has been my good fortune to play with or against, I regard Ray as the best”. These are the words of the Randwick champion batsman and 1st Grade captain Alec Marks following McNamee’s retirement at the conclusion of the 1936-37 season when aged 41.

Ray McNamee was one of Randwick’s greatest bowlers. He headed the bowling honours in 10 of his 14 seasons in 1st Grade producing some magnificent performances. He was also a successful bowler at first-class level taking five wickets in an innings five times for NSW.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/258/randwick-petersham-cricket-club/blog/1867/ray-mcnamee-1895-1949
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2 years ago
Cricket NSW
Cricket NSW
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Steve Rixon, Brian Taber and Mark Taylor share their favourite moments with NSW Blues

Steve Rixon – Wicket Keeper

Steve Rixon made his first class debut for NSW in the 1974/75 season and went on to play 94 Shield games for NSW and took 259 dismissals, 218 catches and 41 stumping’s. Steve scored 6 centuries for NSW.

Rixon played 13 Tests for Australia


Brian Taber – Wicket Keeper

Brian Taber made his first class debut for NSW in the 1964/65 season and played 64 Shield games for NSW taking 211 dismissals, 179 catches and 32 stumping’s. Brian scored 1 century for NSW.

Taber played 16 Tests for Australia


Mark Taylor – Opening Batsman

Mark Taylor made his first class debut for NSW in the 1985/86 season and played 85 Shield games scoring 6,090 runs at an average of 42.29 including 15 centuries.

Taylor played 104 Tests for Australia and is renowned as one of Australia’s greatest ever captains.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/154/cricket-nsw/blog/630/steve-rixon-brian-taber-and-mark-taylor-share-their-favourite-moments-with-nsw-blues
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2 years ago
Penrith Cricket Club
Penrith Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Officially, he was Ralph James Clough MLA, but it was a rarity to find anyone who preferred Ralph to the more knockabout ‘Mick’. It was a throwback to his father, Michael Roland Gordon Clough—‘little Mick’. Mick Clough was a cricket lover from a cricket-loving family. His next greatest love was the Australian Labor Party. Those with ‘an eye for a cricketer’ thought him an enormous talent, a seriously dangerous right-hand batsman, but his early cricket career was limited because he lacked the discipline to make the most of his talent. “I preferred to go in search of good times,” he confessed to his sons Peter and David, when advising them on the best way forward in the game. A commonly-told family story recounts an offer from a Perth Grade Club “to come and play with our Second Grade team”. Mick rejected it to play Park cricket with the team from the Telegraphist’s Office—because they had a keg after every game.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/330/penrith-cricket-club/blog/1863/mick-clough
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2 years ago
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Paul Fitzgerald has a particular record which any sport-minded person would expect will never be surpassed. He won a cricket premiership, was named man-of-the-match in the Grand Final, celebrated with his premiership team-mates and got married. All in the same weekend!! His wife Suzanne was a very understanding bride.

The occasion was the 1990-91 3rd Grade Grand Final between Randwick and Penrith at Raby Oval, Campbelltown played over both days of the March weekend. With opponent Penrith finishing higher up the points table, Randwick needed to win the match to take the premiership. But disaster struck when the first day’s play was washed out.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/258/randwick-petersham-cricket-club/blog/1862/paul-fitzgerald
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2 years ago
Joe Maiorana
Joe Maiorana
Sydney, Australia
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Born November 11, 1942 in Blairmont, East Bank, Berbice, Guyana (then British Guiana), Roy Fredericks was a former West Indies opening batsman who played between 1968 and 1977.

Standing at just five feet six inches, Fredericks was considered one of the most destructive left-handed batsmen of his time. He often annihilated the best pace bowlers of his generation. He was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1974.

This Guyanese accumulated 4,334 runs in 59 Tests at an average of 42.49 with 8 hundreds and 26 fifties. Fredericks played only 12 ODIs in which he averaged 25.91. On his birth anniversary, Bhaskar Narayan takes a look at 15 lesser known facts of this cricketer who passed away 15 years ago.

1. Born in British Guiana

Roy Fredericks was born in 1942 in what was then British Guiana, South America. The country was a British colony at that time until it became a sovereign nation on May 26, 1966. Roy made his Test debut two-and-a-half years later against Australia on December 26, 1968.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/325/joe-maiorana/blog/277/roy-fredericks-15-little-known-facts-to-know-about-the-former-west-indies-opening-batter
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2 years ago
Peter Clifford
Peter Clifford
Insurance Manager
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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In the 1980s New South Wales used to stay at the Hilton Hotel in Melbourne during Sheffield Shield games against Victoria.

The Hilton Hotel is only walking distance to the MCG and being from Sydney we just needed to navigate the tram tracks that we weren’t obviously used to.

It was only my second game so I decided to walk back with Steve Rixon and another player so I could get to know them better.

This particular afternoon we were all knackered as we chased leather all days in the field

We walked across the tram tracks and halfway across Rixon yelled out “watch out (other players name) get off the tracks as you will be electrocuted “.

The other player responded “Don’t worry Stumper I’ve got rubber soled shoes on “.

Unfortunately he wasn’t joking and we pissed ourselves laughing!

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2 years ago
Shane Lee
Shane Lee
Founder
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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"Roll on with your head held high" - The first line to the Living End song 'Roll on' and a moment in Simon Cook's life he’d rather forget.

Simon Hewitt Cook the former Victorian and NSW fast bowler, made his Test debut against New Zealand in 1997 taking an amazing seven wickets for the match as Glenn McGrath’s replacement. What followed next is beyond belief!

Simon known to his mates as ‘Cooky' is a product of the Mornington Peninsula - Crib Point to be exact. And is probably the most laid back person ever to slowly walk the face of this earth. He is so laconic that it is often hard to know if he is asleep or awake sometimes.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/538/shane-lee/blog/889/cooky-you-just-electrocuted-me
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2 years ago
Brad Murphy
Brad Murphy
Cricket Coach
Brisbane, Australia
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Damien Mackenzie was a fast bowler originally from Easts - Redlands who played for Australia in Under 19s alongside his great mate Nathan Hauritz. He played 5 First Class and 10 one day games for the Queensland Bulls. A very sharp right arm quick and powerful striker of the ball with a First Grade century to his name, his career was dogged by injury – significantly major knee and elbow surgeries curtailing his playing career, hence we never saw the best of him at the next level however across his 5 matches for Queensland he had the very creditable average of 23 with the ball.

He debuted for the Tigers whilst still in year 12 at Iona College and was also a decent rugby union footballer. In my first season as captain-coach of Redlands in 1998/99 we had the great fortune to have Macca along with a host of other fantastic young cricketers in Shane Watson, Matt Petrie, Danny Payne, Ryan Poole and Wes Aspeling so it augured well for the club into the future. Add to those young blokes Jimmy Maher, Matt Hayward, Paul Hutchison, Paul Stenhouse, Craig Stone and Steve Hood it is little wonder we grabbed the “One Day” title that season.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/173/brad-murphy/blog/848/damien-mackenzie-bowl-fast-hit-long
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