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Parramatta District Cricket Club
Parramatta District Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Alex Murphy made his first grade debut for Parramatta District Cricket Club during the 1999/2000 NSW Premier Cricket season.

Alex is Parramatta First grade player number 523.

Who are the two players you admired most in terms of skills and competitive spirit in the competitions you played?

Daniel Jackson enormous heart and a willingness to play injured. Was still playing 1st grade for Parramatta in his mid 40’s and causing plenty of trouble for opposing batsmen.

Nick Bertus - has been a big part of turning Parramatta District Cricket Club into a competitive force. One of the best batsmen in the competition for at least the last 6 years and has won many games off his own bat. Gives back to the game by looking after the Parramatta Junior Development program with Luke Dempsey another long-term Parramatta First Grader.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/406/parramatta-district-cricket-club/blog/917/alex-murphy-put-a-high-price-on-your-wicket
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Veterans Cricket NSW
Veterans Cricket NSW
New South Wales, Australia
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A Legspinners Diary - NSW Over 55s Kangaroos - Division Two Champions

A magnificent week of cricket & camaraderie at the National O55s Championships, Christchurch NZ, Nov 23-27, 2023. The tournament included 16 teams in two Divisions, with NSW and Qld each sending 3 teams, Victoria, WA, SA and New Zealand two teams each, and one team from each of ACT and Tasmania. Each Division was divided into two Pools of four teams for the initial round-robin format, with the top teams in each pool to play off for the chocolates. I was a member of the triumphant NSW Kangaroos, who came through Pool B undefeated and claimed the Division 2 title by trouncing the highly fancied NSW Waratahs in the final. Yes, yes, I know we were all a squad and “your triumph is my triumph” etc, but we all knew we were in 3rds and they (the 2s) were expecting to put us in our place, so it was pretty sweet!

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Joe Maiorana
Joe Maiorana
Sydney, Australia
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Archie MacLaren (1871 – 1944) was an English cricketer who captained the England cricket team at various times between 1898 and 1909. A right-handed batsman, he played 35 Test matches for England.
An amateur, MacLaren played first-class cricket for Lancashire, captaining that county for most of his career. As a batsman, MacLaren was one of the leading cricketers of his time and had a reputation as a fast-scoring stylist. In 1895, he scored 424 runs in an innings against Somerset which was the highest individual score in first-class cricket until 1923 and remained a record in English cricket until 1994. Opinions were divided over his captaincy. He was a deep thinker on the game and critics believed him to be tactically advanced, but his pessimism, clashes with the selectors and inability to get the best out of his players led most commentators to rate him an average leader.
No one has captained England against Australia more often than Archie MacLaren
He did it 22 times (Mike Brearley is next with 18). MacLaren hit 109 in his first Test as captain (Sydney, 1897-98), and a match-winning 140 at Trent Bridge in 1905.
At county level his 424 for Lancashire v Somerset at Taunton in 1895 was a record until Brian Lara's 501 not out in 1994.
He was very prominent in cricket during a long career lasting altogether from 1887 to 1923, passing away on the 17th of November 1944, aged 72
Archibald Campbell MacLaren was born on 1 December 1871.

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Peter Langston
Peter Langston
Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
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Now you'd think that Dad, sandwiched into a car with four First Grade cricketers, some of which had already answered a higher calling, might have minded his p's and q's but as he was providing the transport and felt comfortable in the company of Lindwall and Morris, I guess he felt entitled to comment. In general, Dad was never shy in giving an opinion, even then.

After a series of comments about selection and certain players, the new bloke in the back chipped in with a question just as they left Sydney's famous Coathanger, on the Miller's Point side.

"So Les. What do you think about Keith Miller?"

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Hamish Solomons
Hamish Solomons
Cricket Coach
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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It with great satisfaction and pride I put forward this (roast) nomination for Trent Copeland to be considered for Life Membership of St George DCC.

The St George Chapter in Trent’s life began in the season of the 2003-04 where in Rd 14 he played his first game and wasn’t it a cracker.

Day 1 - He debuts in 2nd Grade and takes a catch as a WK. Yep.

A bit of artistic license on my part but I’m going to say that he gets dropped mid game to 3rd Grade and on day 2 you guessed it, he’s in the field again … all day …and takes a catch at WK.

First game done and dusted, a very skinny newcomer to the club has no runs, no wickets, 2 catches and has already played 2 grades …and thus starts the incredible senior career of Trent Copeland for the mighty Saints.

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