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2 years ago
Nathan Pilon
Nathan Pilon
Business Owner
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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My Best Grade team - Nathan Pilon 1998 to 2015

I started my first grade career for St George Cricket Club in 1998 and in the season 2004/05 I moved to Melbourne to play with Carlton Cricket Club until my retirement at the end of the 2014/15 season.

There are so many great players and people that I have played with over the years and in picking my best grade team it would’ve have been nice to pick a squad rather than a team.

Here’s my team in batting order:

1. Brett Van Dinesen - St George
What a player, had an awkward presence but when he was on he was one of the most destructive batsman! Very skillful and cagey with the ball in hand.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/846/nathan-pilon/blog/1634/my-best-grade-team-nathan-pilon-1998-to-2015
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2 years ago
Joe Maiorana
Joe Maiorana
Sydney, Australia
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Happy birthday legendary Australian Cricketer Bill Ponsford 🎂

One of the greatest Australian batsmen of all time ✌

Despite being heavily built, Ponsford was quick on his feet and renowned as one of the finest players of spin bowling.

Test career: 2122 runs @48.22 with 7 hundreds and 6 fifties (29 matches).

FC career: 13819 runs @65.18 with 47 hundreds and 43 fifties (162 matches).

* 5th best batting average in FC Cricket (minimum 50 innings).

* One of the two players to score 2 quadruple centuries in FC Cricket, other being Brian Lara.

* One of the four players to score 2 triple hundreds in FC Cricket in the same season.

* Only player to score centuries in his first two and last two Tests.

* 6th best Test batting average as opener- 54.18 (minimum 30 innings).

* 5th best 50/100 conversion rate in Test Cricket- 53.85% (minimum 2k runs).

* Ponsford holds the Australian record for a partnership in Test cricket , set in 1934 in combination with Donald Bradman (451 for 2nd wicket)—the man who broke many of Ponsford's other individual records. In fact, he along with DonnBradman set the record for the highest partnership ever for any wicket in Test cricket history when playing on away soil (451 runs for the second wicket).

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2 years ago
St George Cricket Club
St George Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Kerry O’Keeffe’s celebrity status as “Skull”, the Australian leg-spinner turned radio commentator, does not always do justice to his amazing teenage bowling performances for St George.

By the time he turned 20, Kerry would have 200 first grade wickets if playing for NSW had not caused him to miss so many grade games. In his first season of first grade, 1966-67, when he was 16 turning 17, he took 33 wickets at 18. Everyone was amazed, including the legendary Neil Harvey who faced Kerry’s first over in first grade, and after play he told Captain Warren Saunders he found it hard to believe a 16 year old could bowl leg spin that well. In the following two seasons, he took 65 and 74 wickets, including 5-29 in the 68-69 final. Then in limited appearances over the next two tears of the premiership hat-trick, he took 30 wickets in each at an average of 12, and also 29 at 16 in the last season of the Saunders era.

Yes, many teenage batsman do well in Sydney grade cricket, and occasionally pace bowlers but teenage leg spinners? Kerry was indeed a prodigy. Statisticians at Cricket NSW can find no other bowler – pace or spin – who has taken so many wickets by the age of 20.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/275/st-george-cricket-club/blog/145/kerry-okeeffe-boy-wonder
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2 years ago
Cricket NSW
Cricket NSW
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NSW Under 19 Cricket team 1983-84

Back Row – Jack Wilson (Manager), Justin Kenny, Jason Horn, Steve Liggins, Richard Stobo, Gavin Robertson, Stephen Funnell, Glenn Tobin, Ted Cotton (Coach)

Front Row – Mark Patterson, Mark Taylor, Steve Waugh, Mark England (Captain), Brad McNamara, David Moore, Mark Waugh

Comment from Brad McNamara

Great memories! Some characters in that outfit.
Has there ever been a better U/19 team in terms of senior representation?
9 of 14 went on to play Sheffield Shield Cricket
4 Captained NSW
4 Played Test cricket for Australia, 3 over 100 Tests - 404 Tests in total (your 4 made all the difference Riddler!)
2 long time Captains of Australia
A West Indies Head Coach!
Notwithstanding countless grade Cricket honours.

Special mention to our old mate Glen Tobin who is no longer with us.

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2 years ago
Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club Sydney
Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club Sydney
Sydney, Australia
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The 2020-21 season marked the 125th anniversary of Eastern Suburbs (Waverley) Cricket Club. It also marked the hundredth year of the famous Eastern Suburbs cricket coaching class.

The coaching class was established by Dr Les Poidevin in the 1921-22 season, the year after Easts won its second 1st grade premiership. The “Flying Doctor”, as he was known, joined the Waverley club at the age of 44 in 1920, scored a century in his first game at the SCG against Paddington. Dr. Poidevin was to go on and lift Waverley Cricket Club out of the doldrums, captaining the first grade to 3 premierships in a row, one of only two clubs to achieve such a feat in the competition’s history. In his second season, due to his agitation, the committee agreed to establish a coaching class, the first of its type in Sydney.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/319/eastern-suburbs-cricket-club-sydney/blog/1616/dr-poidevin-and-the-100th-anniversary-of-the-eastern-suburbs-coaching-class
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2 years ago
Dean Tuckwell
Dean Tuckwell
Travel Agent
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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John Loxton virtually had two careers - one up until July 1969 and one after. In the former he was a hard-hitting opening batsman for Queensland who scored 100 in his first Shield innings against a test-strength Western Australian attack in 1966. He scored a second in 1968 against a NSW side brimming with test players but was then struck a devastating blow to the head whilst batting in a match at Old Trafford the following year. That he was able to work his way back into the Queensland side for another 5 matches is testament to his skill & determination

The near-death experience prompted John to reassess his priorities and whilst he continued playing first grade until 1978, cricket never had quite the same importance as he focussed on family and forging a successful business career. His is a great story from a time before helmets & big pay-packets.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/69/dean-tuckwell/blog/388/john-loxton-hundreds-are-worth-fighting-for
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2 years ago
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Peter Devlin first captained a Randwick team in 1973-74, his second season in AW Green Shield. He went on to captain the side for four years ending up playing an amazing 35 matches over five seasons in Green Shield. He was also selected in the representative Combined Green Shield team.

He made his Grade debut in 1973-74 and within two seasons he was one of the better performed players in that team. In 1975-76 he had returns of 5-57 v Sydney and 7-44 the following match v Mosman. He was the leading bat with 427 in 3rd Grade in 1976-77 in a team which lost the Grand Final. Three seasons later he was the leading bowler in 2nd Grade returning 26 wickets with his right-arm medium pacers which included a 5-29 performance against NDs.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/258/randwick-petersham-cricket-club/blog/437/peter-devlin-randwick-petersham-cricket-club-heroes-of-the-ages
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2 years ago
Baxter Cricket Club
Baxter Cricket Club
Mornington, Victoria, Australia
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Adrian Gallagher is a 2nd generation player at Baxter Cricket Club after his father played for the club during the 1980s.

Adrian has won premierships at Baxter, he captained many teams and has a long association with Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association. He continues to contribute to cricket in the region as an umpire in the Association.

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

Darren Uccello - Baxter - An absolutely fierce competitor who set really high standards when he came to Baxter from Frankston. Wished I played more games with him.

Most young blokes always look up to their old man and I was no different. I always wanted to be as good as he was.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1253/baxter-cricket-club/blog/1613/adrian-gallagher-to-be-a-good-cricketer-look-like-a-cricketer
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