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Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Brisbane
Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Brisbane
Brisbane, Australia
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Nev Paulsen connection with Western Suburbs District Cricket Club dates back 40 odd years, firstly as a player and then as a supporter of his 3 sons who have played for the club.

What’s been your most memorable moment in cricket so far?

Being involved in the selection and development of young cricketers in Queensland who have gone on to represent at state and national level as well as the establishment of the Eddie Gilbert Cricket Program to find and develop Indigenous Cricketers. (After my retirement from Queensland Cricket unfortunately the program was discontinued).

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Glenorchy Cricket Club
Glenorchy Cricket Club
Hobart, Australia
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Roger Hughes made his first grade debut at Glenorchy Cricket Club during the 1989/90 to be become Glenorchy first grade player number 232.

Roger came to the club with a significant reputation having played a number of years for Burnie Cricket Club in the North West Tasmania Cricket Association competition as well as representing Tasmania in the Under National Championships in 1982/83.

A highly skilled all-rounder Roger was named in the in the Tasmania Premier Cricket team of the decade from 1986/87 to 1995/96 when he had played 116 games for Glenorchy and Lindisfarne and scored 3,060 runs at 30.30 and taken 244 wickets at 18.56.

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2 years ago
Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Brisbane
Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Brisbane
Brisbane, Australia
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Western Suburbs District Cricket Club turned 100 in May 2021 and over 250 players and friends of the club commemorated the milestone with a lunch for the ages at Graceville Memorial Park. A marquee was erected in front of the iconic 85 year old grandstand and the crowd included a great contingent of players from the 1960s & '70s, many of whom hadn't seen each other for decades. Without doubt the star of the show was 91 year old former Queensland batsman Jack McLaughlin who has lived in Graceville for over 80 years and first played for the club in 1947. Not even a broken rib could prevent him from topping the bill in a panel of former club captains comprising John Loxton, Carl Rackemann & Jon Dooley. Wests is also one of the strongest women's clubs in world cricket and the ladies were well represented by its international players including Jodie Fields & Melissa Bulow.

Celebrations continued long into the night and the event showcased the importance of club cricket. 15 May 2021 will go down as yet another superb day in the 100 year history of a great cricket club.

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2 years ago
Steve Paulsen
Steve Paulsen
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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My Best Grade team – Steve Paulsen 1998 to 2020

I started playing 1st Grade for Western Suburbs as a 17 year-old in 1998 and still playing today in the shorter forms of the game. I have been lucky enough to play in a number finals and win a few over the years as well.

Over the past 21 seasons I have been lucky enough to play with some great players and it was extremely hard to come up with my Best Grade team but here goes.

In batting order:
1. Andrew Bailey
Left hand batter who scored in different areas and was very disciplined when he trained and batted in the middle

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2 years ago
UTS North Sydney District Cricket Club
UTS North Sydney District Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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David Rodgie made his first grade debut for North Sydney in the 1976/77 season.

Over 16 seasons David scored in excess of 6,000 for the club, 1,188 in 1st Grade and 4,455 runs in 2nd Grade including 6 centuries.

David’s family has a unique history in Sydney Grade Cricket (NSW Premier Cricket). David’s father Keith played Grade Cricket from 1950 to 1975 and played 9 first grade games and he two sons Scott and Justin have also played first grade premier cricket.

Three generations of first grade cricketers and David’s journey continues in the game as he is now an Umpire in NSW Premier Cricket. In Round 14 of the 2018/2019 season David made his first grade umpiring debut.

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2 years ago
Bathurst and Orange Inter District Cricket - BOIDC
Bathurst and Orange Inter District Cricket - BOIDC
Bathurst, NSW, Australia
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As Bathurst-Orange competition has been reinvigorated, we sat down with past players that competed in the Bathurst Orange Inter District Competition.

Our guest today was former Centennials All-Rounder Adam Webber. Adam was a part of the dominant Centennials team of the 1990s.

Who was the best individual opponent you played against?

Tough question because every team had a couple of really excellent players. Kirk Yates from St Pats, Paul Toole from Rugby Union, Craig Howard and Bruce Webb from ORC, Paul Clancy from City Colts just to name a few.

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2 years ago
Neil Evans
Neil Evans
Sydney, Australia
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My top 6 performances from opposition players in Sydney grade Cricket – Neil Evans

As a 1st grade top order player for North Sydney from 1987 to 1994, here's the 6 stand-out performances from opposition players that still stick in my mind...

Michael Bevan (Campbelltown)
His first game in Sydney for Campbelltown in 1990/9. We won the game, but he made 70 with his eyes shut. If we hadn't run him out with a direct hit, he would have made 370.

Dean Waugh (Bankstown)
Early season game at Bankstown in 1988/89 Dean made 99 and nothing missed the middle of the bat. It was so majestic that in a team with many good players that made runs that day, his innings was easily the best.

Glenn McGrath (Sutherland)
You know it, off the fence under bad light with a southerly buster at his back he was ruthless and quick. In 1991/92 season he took a bag of 7 wickets. For a moment I thought I was on top reaching 30 until the middle pole was sent cartwheeling

Graeme Smith (St George)
We had them struggling at Hurstville in 1990/91 until Smithy peeled off a delightful tonne batting 6

Ron Davis (Fairfield)
I had some great battles with Ronny, and it was probably all square at the end but one early season clash at home he bowled the most delightful spell of aggressive fast medium seam stuff. He only ended up with 2 or 3 wickets, but he deserved 7 for that day

Paul Pritchard (Waverley
We had them 2 down for nothing until PP carved out a wonderful 170. Shots to every point in the ground but we did drop him on 11.

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2 years ago
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Ron Saggers could be regarded as Marrickville DCC greatest cricketer. An excellent batsman and wicket-keeper of exceptional skill he played for Australia, NSW and Marrickville with outstanding success.

While he was a classy batsman, it was his polish as a wicket-keeper with an amazing ability to effect stumping’s which was on regular display during his international playing career between 1939 and 1951. Sagger’s record shows that of his 221 first-class career dismissals, no less than an amazing 75…or 34%…were stumped.

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2 years ago
RSL Colts Cricket Club Dubbo
RSL Colts Cricket Club Dubbo
Dubbo, NSW, Australia
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Tim Cox started his cricket journey in Dubbo with the RSL Colts Cricket Club and with great delight the club has watched his career progress to from first grade cricket in Dubbo to first grade premier cricket in Sydney, NSW Country and to cricket in Newcastle.

At what age did you make your first grade debut in grade cricket and can you remember how you performed in debut?

In premier cricket in Sydney I was 20 and UNSW played Gordon. I batted number 7 and got 88 not out after a top order collapse on day one. That was my highest score in 1st Grade in Sydney. It was a great initiation to 1st grade spending time in the middle facing Matthew Nicholson. I think we went on to win the game.

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