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Mornington Cricket Club
Mornington Cricket Club
Mornington, Victoria, Australia
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Peter Buchanan started his career playing in the Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association for Mornington Cricket Club. He’s a local junior who has made a tremendous impact on the teams and clubs he’s played and coached.

From Mornington to District Premier Cricket at St Kilda Cricket Club and a first grade premiership. Premierships at Mornington and Frankston Peninsula CC along with many years playing for Victoria Country Peter Buchanan has carved out a celebrated career in the game.

Let’s find out more about his journey in the game.

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Mosman Cricket Club
Mosman Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Whales take the points in local derby - Mosman Cricket Club 7 January 2022

The Mosman first grade team celebrated the New Year with a convincing victory in a one-day match against local rivals Manly Warringah.

The victory ensured Mosman’s position in the finals of the one-day competition, and also consolidated the team’s position at the top of the overall table.
The star of the day was Brett Erickson, who has just returned from a successful stint with the NSW Under 19 team.
Brett picked up three wickets with his leg spinners and compiled a handy 60 runs with the bat.
Mosman skipper Martin Haywood was full of praise for his young charge.
“Brett has come on in leaps and bounds over the last few months,

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Carlton Cricket Club
Carlton Cricket Club
Melbourne, Australia
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Bill Woodfull - Champion of Carlton Cricket Club

Born- 22.8.1897
Died - 11.8.1965
Played 51 1XI games 1924/5 - 1935/6
Carlton Cap No. 319
Victorian Cap No. 371
Australian Cap No. 123
1927 - Wisden Cricketer of the Year
Elected Life Member 1941

In 1924/25 he joined the Carlton CC as Captain, but his services were often required at State level where he scored so heavily that he ultimately gained selection in Herbie Collins’s 1926 Australian team for England. Starting that tour with a score of 201 against Essex, followed by 118 against Surrey, Woodfull continued in such fine form that he headed the Australian first-class batting figures with 1672 runs at an average of 57.65 (eight centuries) and was named one of Wisden’s five cricketers of the year. No Australian had previously averaged 50 on his first tour of England. Upon returning to Carlton, Woodfull was given a complimentary smoke night to celebrate his great deeds in England.

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Lyall Gardner
Lyall Gardner
Sydney, Australia
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RECORD: 310*runs in 1936-37 by Richard Taylor (173*) / Hugh Chilvers (154*) for Northern District 6-402 declared against Marrickville 250 & 3-82 at Waitara Oval (now Mark Taylor Oval) in round 5, 31 Oct.-7 Nov. 1936.

On a sunny October afternoon at Waitara in 1936, Marrickville’s fast bowlers, NSW Sheffield Shield player Les O’Brien and Goulburn representative Harold McQuirk, made early inroads into the Northern District batting line-up to have them struggling at 6-92. That brought NSW leg-spinner Hughie Chilvers to the crease to join no 4 bat, Richard “Dick” Taylor. Over the following 140 minutes, the pair flayed the powerful attack to all parts of the oval as they rattled up an unconquered 310. The innings was declared at the stumps score of 6-402 with Taylor 173* and Chilvers 154*. They hit 45 fours between them–Taylor 23 and Chilvers 22. It was by far the highest 7th wicket partnership in Sydney 1st Grade, smashing the previous mark of 218* established 16 years earlier. On the second day’s play, Marrickville could only manage 250 and 3-82 with Chilvers taking 4-101 and NSW off-spinner Tim Caldwell, who later became Chairman of the Australian Cricket Board, finishing with 5-80.

The Taylor-Chilvers record has stood the test of time and has never been bettered. In the 89 years to 2023 since it was created, it is the only 7th wicket partnership to have passed the 300 runs milestone. It is also the highest partnership by a Northern District team in any grade.

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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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On the 21st August 1986 Sir Ian Botham became the highest wicket taker in test history when he trapped New Zealand batter Jeff Crowe LBW for 8 on the first day of the 3rd test between England and New Zealand at the Oval.
The record was held by Australian Dennis Lillee who took 355 test wickets.
Botham went on to take 383 test wickets in 102 test matches and held the record until passed by New Zealand paceman Sir Richard Hadlee.
In the first innings of the third test Botham took the wicket of Bruce Edgar to equal Lillee’s record of 355, Jeff Crowe to pass the record and then dismissed Jeremy Coney to finish the innings with 3 wickets. It was Botham first test back after being suspended by the England test and County Cricket Board.

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Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Cricket can be the loneliest of all team sports. Yes, you’re part of a team but when you break it down it’s simply one bowler against one batter surrounded by 10 others whose sole objective is to remove the batter from his cherished position.

The batter job is to blunt the bowler, preserve their wicket and score runs on behalf of their batting partner at the other end and 9 team mates watching from the sidelines.

For cricket fans, it’s theatre and can be a show you don’t dare miss.

I asked a cricket fan to choose the one bowler from any era they’d like to see take on one batter from any era.

Their answer was – Allan Donald v Steve Smith.

What a match up that would be, and there’s been so many memorable match ups throughout the years

In asking others the same question, there are some fascinating responses. Let’s take a look.

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Mitch Bourke
Mitch Bourke
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Bathiya Perera arrived onto the Sri Lankan first class scene as a young 19 year old leg spinning all rounder. As his career progressed he would mature into a dominant top order batsman scoring 8254 first class runs with a high score of 220 not out. Bathiya put in many dominant performances for Sri Lanka A against world class lineups but could never break into the test side.

Bathiya has since moved to Australia where he had a short stint playing at Berwick, before he spent time as the coach of Upper Beaconsfield and Frankston Peninsula and skills development coach of various junior clubs.

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Bankstown District Cricket Club
Bankstown District Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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David Thompson made his first grade debut for Bankstown during the 1981/82 and is first grade cap number 144.

In 1985/86 David became the inaugural first grade captain of Fairfield Cricket Club where he spent one year and has the honour of Fairfield Liverpool Cricket Club Player of the Year Award named after him.

In first grade David scored 3,336 runs at 24.35 including one century and 21 half centuries. He took 58 wickets with his best figures 5 for 53.

In all grades David scored over 7,000 and continued to play into his 40s and became a tremendous influence and mentor to many younger players.

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St Kilda Cricket Club
St Kilda Cricket Club
Melbourne, Australia
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Matt Chasemore joined St Kilda for the 2013/14 season and made a tremendous contribution in his 2 seasons with the Saints.

He scored 1,207 first grade runs for the club at an average of 44.70 including 5 centuries and 5 fifties. With the ball he took 43 wickets at an incredible 14.18.

Matt made his first grade debut in Victoria Premier Cricket in 2001/02 when playing for Dandenong.

In 15 seasons of first grade cricket with Dandenong, Frankston Peninsula and St Kilda, Matt scored 7,377 first grade runs at 32.93 including 12 centuries and 37 fifties. He took 219 wickets at 19.77 and took 5 wickets or more in an innings on 7 occasions. He also took 107 catches.

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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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On the 19 August 1992 Sri Lanka wicket keeper batter Romesh Kaluwitharana scored 132 not out on day 3 of his test debut in the first test between Sri Lanka and Australia in Colombo.
In the test match Sri Lanka won the toss and sent Australia into bat and Australia were bowled out for 256.
Sri Lanak declared their first innings 8 for 547 and along with Kaluwitharana, Asanka Gurisinha and Arjuna Ranatunga also made centuries.
Australia scored 471 in their 2nd innings setting Sri Lanka 180 to win.
Kaluwitharana test debut century was in the same test match Australian spin legend Shane Warne bowled Australia to victory with 5.1 overs and took 3 wickets for 11 runs as Australia bowled sri Lanka out for 164 to win by 16 runs.
Kaluwitharana played 49 tests for Sri Lanka taking 119 dismissals, 93 catches and 26 stumpings and scored 1,933 runs at an average of 26.12. He ht 2 centuries and 9 half centuries and his highest score was 132 not out.
In 189 one day internationals Kaluwitharana took 207 dismissals, 132 catches and 75 stumpings and scored 3,711 runs at an average of 22.22. He scored 3 centuries and 23 half centuries in ODI and his highest score was 102.

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