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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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On the 15 August 1964 England fast bowler Fred Trueman became the first bowler in test cricket history to take 300 test wickets.

His 300th test wicket was Australia’s number 10 batter Neil Hawke caught at 2nd slip by Colin Cowdrey for 14 on the 3rd day of the 5th Test between England and Australia in the 1964 Ashes series.

The test match was drawn after the 5th days play was washed.

England first innings – 182
Australia first innings – 379
England second innings – 4 for 381 at stumps on day 4.

In 67 tests Fred Trueman took 307 wickets at an average of 21.57 and took 5 wickets in an innings on 17 occasions and in 3 test matches he took 10 wickets.

Trueman is acknowledged as one of the greatest bowlers in cricket's history.

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Frankston Peninsula Cricket Club

Melbourne, Australia

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David Nankervis made his first grade debut for Frankston Peninsula Cricket Club during the 1998-99 season. He is FPCC first grade player number 50.

For the next 15 seasons and 210 first grade games David made wicket keeping his own. A stylish and hardworking keeper David took 389 dismissals including 354 catches and 35 stumping’s.

With the bat David scored 2,614 runs including one century and 9 half centuries.

David played in two first grade grand finals and is a Life Member of the club.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/405/frankston-peninsula-cricket-club/blog/303/david-nankervis-the-harder-you-work-the-luckier-you-get

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Neil Marks

Sydney, Australia

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Ernie Toshack still possessed a humorous glint in his eye but he was greyer and thinner than his playing days. Days, long past, when he was part of a golden era of cricket.

“G’day, young “Marksy,”he grinned. “Tosh” used the word “young” only to distinguish me from my father with whom he had played before the war. Nevertheless, it’s nice to have the adjective prefix my name, whatever the reason. We talked for a while about the old days, of my father and of mutual friends. Then he made a request.

“Young Marksy, I have never met Sir Garfield Sobers and I was hoping you’d be kind enough to introduce me.”

“Don’t go away, mate,” I said and walked back to the main table where Sobers was busy signing autographs. Between signatures I asked him if he would mind coming across to meet an old friend of mine. Gary Sobers is an easy going sort of man and in a few moments he wandered over to where Toshack and I were talking.

“Gary Sobers, I’d like you to meet Ernie Toshack. Ernie this is Gary Sobers.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/542/neil-marks/blog/503/a-couple-of-southpaws

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Sutherland District Cricket Club

Sylvania, Australia

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Justin Kenny made his first grade debut for Sutherland Cricket Club on 18 December 1982 at just 16 years and 86 days to become first grade cap number 114.

In 271 games for Sutherland Justin scored 8,350 runs across the grades he played in. He scored 6,235 runs in first grade from 1982 to 1999 at an average of 31.48 including 10 centuries and 29 half centuries.

Justin made his first class debut for NSW during the 1988/89 season and played 4 Shield games scoring 173 runs at 30.66 with a highest score of 73.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/294/sutherland-district-cricket-club/blog/222/justin-kenny-never-look-back

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Rod Bower

Business Development Manager

Sydney, Australia

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My Best Grade team - Rod Bower 1977 to 1998

I was fortunate to have played for a long time and played with many fine cricketers. All different but excellent players in their own right.

Here's my best 11 players that I played with in my time playing for Bankstown, Penrith and Balmain from 1977 to 1998.

In batting order.

1. Ian Davis – Penrith
A fine stoke player, superb timer of the ball.

2. Steve Small – Bankstown and Penrith
A fine attacking opening batsman particularly savage through cover and mid-off and also had a very good cut shot. Jack had the ability to lift himself in the big moments, tough and a great competitor.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/582/rod-bower/blog/1406/my-best-grade-team-rod-bower-1977-to-1998

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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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On the 14 August 1948 Ray Lindwall took the new ball in the 5th test of the Australian and England Ashes series at The Oval and was instrumental in setting up Australia’s victory by an innings and 149 runs.
Lindwall bowled 16.1 overs including 5 maidens and took 6 for 20 as England were bowled out for 52.

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Paul Ryan

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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Clint Keble started his cricket journey in Frankston as an 8-year-old and some 45 years later he still loves the game and contributes greatly on and off the field.

He played first grade premier cricket in Victoria for Frankston Peninsula Cricket Club and Hawthorn Waverley Cricket Club. In 22 first grade games for the two clubs, he scored 399 runs at an average of 21with the highest score of 56 not out. He also took 4 wickets at 26.50.

We’ll learn more about where Clint has played throughout his journey but it’s important to acknowledge his terrific contribution to Toombul District Cricket Club in Queensland Premier Cricket. Clint is Toombul DCC 4th grade captain and his experience, knowledge, communication skills and competitiveness is so important to the development of younger players.

Clint also plays Veterans Cricket for Queensland.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/32/paul-ryan/blog/1403/clint-keble-back-yourself

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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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On the 13 August 1981 Mike Whitney made his test debut for Australian to become Australian Test cricketer number 313.
Whitney made his debut in the 5th test of the 1981 Ashes series at Old Trafford in Manchester.
Originally not selected in the Ashes squad Whitney was playing for Fleetwood in the Northern League in Lancashire and had played some country cricket for Gloucester when he was called into the test team after injuries to Rodney Hogg and Geoff Lawson.
Whitney first test wicket was David Gower for 23 and he also dismissed Chris Tavare for 69 in the first innings. 17 overs 2 for 50.
In the 2nd innings Whiney dismissed Ian Botham for 118 and John Emburey for 57. 27 overs 2 for 74.
Mike Whitney played 12 tests for Australia taking 39 wickets at an average of 33.97. His best figures were 7 for 27 and he took 5 wickets in an innings on 2 occasions and once took 10 wickets in a test.

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Peter Langston

Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia

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Having just read “Auntie’s Season”, an exquisite recount of holiday cricket with family in Devon by Raymond “Crusoe” Robertson-Glasgow, it’s remarkable similarities to the Australian backyard game surprised me. One thinks only of the origins of English cricket to be either proper school boys at Eaton or Harrow or grubby monosyllabics after a ‘day at pit’.

Crusoe was famous for his writings about the grassroots of the game and this familial battle with his Aunt, in teams of two as Hobbs battles the Australians at Lords, is delicious. A contemporary of Neville Cardus, he chose to emphasise wit over dour descriptions of play. Cricket was always to be fun, a relief from the battles of life, not a reflection of them.

Dubbed by Gideon Haigh as possessing “torentual eloquence and concealed sadness”, he frequently inverted the game’s triangle, making its pinnacle face the bottom of the page and highlighting a boy, his Auntie and cousins as the most important participants of the game. Haigh would know, himself being among the best writers to have illuminated cricket and its characters and events. However, he rarely ventured where dogs roamed, alert at cover point.

Crusoe was a first class cricketer for Oxford and Somerset and was spoken of as potentially an England cap all the way to Bodyline but mental ill-health and his sense of fun and integrity prevented it. The desperate depressive episodes of bipolar saw several complete breakdowns and departures from public life. In 1953, his permanent self-imposed departure from the press box was lamented intently by John Arlott.

He released his best book, “46 Not Out” in 1948 and for those who harbour the twin love of words and cricket which border on the obsessive, it is compulsory.

In 1965, he took an overdose of barbiturates, ending a life of colouring the dreariness for others whilst surviving often in empty blackness himself.

A blueprint for another famous Somerset player, well credentialed with bat and pen, to unfortunately follow. Their like is gone, never to return and whilst we can be grateful for the time they gave us, we would be less than human to not want for what was lost.

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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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St. Joseph College in Sydney First XI in 1925. Former Australian Test batter Stan McCabe is on the left in the front row aged 15 after making his debut for the firsts at 14 the previous season.

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Joe Maiorana

Sydney, Australia

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To many West Indians, Alvin Kallicharran was a protege of Rohan Kanhai, and so, in the early part of his career, although left-handed, Kallicharran was known as "Little Kanhai". But while Kanhai was sometimes flashy in his stroke play, Kallicharran was reserved. He was a tough competitor, a man who, if the necessity arose, would lock away his attacking strokes in a determined effort to protect his wicket. He scored centuries in his first two Tests, but two of his best came in 1974: 158 v England at the Queen's Park Oval, and 124 in Bangalore on a rain-affected pitch against Chandrasekhar, Prasanna and Venkataraghavan. In 66 Tests, he scored 4339 runs with 12 centuries at an average of 44.43.

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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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On the 12 August 1991 Viv Richards, Jeffrey Dujon and Malcolm Marshall played their last day of test cricket. It was the 5th test West Indies v England at The Oval.

Viv Richards played 121 test matches and scored 8,540 runs at an average of 50.23 including 24 centuries. His highest score was 291 and in 2000, Richards was named one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century.

Jeffrey Dujon played 81 test matches and as a wicket keeper took 272 dismissals, 267 catches and 5 stumps. He scored 3,322 runs at an average of 31.894 including 5 centuries. His highest score was 139.

Malcolm Marshall played 81 test matches and is regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time. He took 376 wickets at an average of 20.94 and his best figures were 7 for 22. He took 5 wickets in an innings on 22 occasions and 10 wickets in a match four times. He scored 1,810 runs at an average of 18.85 with a highest score of 92.

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B3 Cricket

Cricket Coach

Nottingham, United Kingdom

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Ben Trevor Jones feel in love with cricket playing and following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather in Bathurst 200 kilometers west of Sydney.

He played all his junior cricket in Bathurst before moving to Sydney to play grade cricket for Hawkesbury. Ben progressed through the grades at Hawkesbury to make his first grade debut at the age of 21.

In 2014/15 Ben transferred to Sydney University Cricket Club and became first grade player number 742 for Sydney University.

Now playing in the United Kingdon Ben continues to enjoy the game and has fond memories of playing grade cricket in Sydney.

Let’s find out more about Ben’s journey and insights into the game.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/472/b3-cricket/blog/523/ben-trevor-jones-focus-on-being-the-best-version-of-yourself

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Dean Tuckwell

Travel Agent

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

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Steve Magoffin Sheffield Shield record is also excellent - he is among Western Australia's top 10 leading wicket takers despite only playing 6 seasons with 190 wickets @27.08 and belatedly played one season for Queensland taking 23 wickets @ 16.6 from only 6 games. Perhaps he took more wickets in England because the cricket wasn't as intense or perhaps, like a fine wine Magoffin simply got better with age. Remembering how keen he was to learn and improve I'm going to say that there was a fair bit of the latter. In the history of Australian cricket there can't be many quick bowlers with better records who haven't played test cricket. There is always talk of the terrific batsmen like Law, Siddons, Love and Hodge who couldn't crack the Australian team, conceivably Mags is their fast bowling equivalent?

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/69/dean-tuckwell/blog/140/steve-magoffin-the-top-of-off-never-moves

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St George Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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The St George District Cricket Club in Sydney boasts an incredible history in terms of club achievements and the cricketing legends who have graced Hurstville Oval.

In 2011 the club proudly announced the following players in the St George team of the century

1. Arthur Morris
2. Les Favell
3.Donald Bradman

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/275/st-george-cricket-club/blog/143/st-george-district-cricket-club-team-of-the-century

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Paul Ryan

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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Michael Nalesnyik is a Mortgage Broker and the Director of Loan Market at Bendigo and Macedon Ranges in Victoria.

Michael played Premier Cricket in Victoria for South Melbourne (3 seasons), Melbourne University (5 seasons) and Footscray (2 seasons).

From 2003-04 to 2014-15, Michael played 87 first grade games across the 3 clubs scoring 967 runs at an average of 13.43 with his highest score 69.

With the ball Michael bowled 1,852 overs taking 61 wickets at 30.36 with best figures of 4 for 8.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/32/paul-ryan/blog/1399/michael-nalesnyik-train-hard-fight-easy

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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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On the 11 August 1884 Billy Murdoch (211) and Tup Scott (102) scored the first double century partnership in Test cricket playing for Australia in the 3rd test v England in London.
Their partnership yielded 207 runs and Australia scored 551 runs in the first innings off 311 overs.
England were bowled out for 346 off 198 overs in their first innings and were 2 for 86 off 26 over and the match was drawn.
The test match was a 3-day test match from 11 -13 August 1884. Declarations were not permitted in test cricket until 1889.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-tour-of-england-1884-61343/england-vs-australia-3rd-test-62411/full-scorecard

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Barry Everingham

Teacher

Forster, NSW, Australia

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Wright College First XI Cricket team 1977 – University of New England

Back Row – Mark Holcombe, Peter Perfrement, Peter Baillee, Barry O’Loughlin, Gary Rudder, Joe Matthews, Dave Parnell
Front Row – Bruce Richards, Peter Burge, Barry Everingham, John McFadyen, Sam Howard

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Macquarie University Cricket Club

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Macquarie University Cricket Club UK Touring Squad 1990

Back Row - Steve Le Bas, Craig Edwards, Warrick Folkard, Alan Davies, Ken Dixon (Captain), Paul Notaras, Ivan Blyth, Shane Vella, David Folkard, Steve O'Reilly
Front Row - Frank Edwards (Manager), Steve Jurd, Craig Anderson, Greg Hobbs, Colin Kendall, Ian Wright (Umpire), Mark Schaafsma

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Macquarie University Cricket Club

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Macquarie University Cricket Club Intervarsity Squad 1973

Back Row - Michael Redden, Graham Hargreaves, John Guiffre, Peter Miller, Frank Alley, Graeme Bleus, Alan Walker, Brian Croke, Paul Smith, Malcolm Prentis
Front Row - Geoff Frankish, Phil Flynn, Trevor Imer, Bernie Clifton

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St. Joseph College in Sydney First XI in 1925. Former Australian Test batter Stan McCabe is on the left in the front row aged 15 after making his debut for the firsts at 14 the previous season.

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Wright College First XI Cricket team 1977 – University of New England

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St. Joseph College in Sydney First XI in 1925. Former Australian Test batter Stan McCabe is on the left in the front row aged 15 after making his debut for the firsts at 14 the previous season.

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Wright College First XI Cricket team 1977 – University of New England Back Row – Mark Holcombe, Peter Perfrement, Peter Baillee, Barry O’Loughlin, Gary Rudder, Joe Matthews, Dave Parnell Front Row – Bruce Richards, Peter Burge, Barry Everingham, John McFadyen, Sam Howard

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Macquarie University Cricket Club Intervarsity Squad 1973 Back Row - Michael Redden, Graham Hargreaves, John Guiffre, Peter Miller, Frank Alley, Graeme Bleus, Alan Walker, Brian Croke, Paul Smith, Malcolm Prentis Front Row - Geoff Frankish, Phil Flynn, Trevor Imer, Bernie Clifton

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Wright College First XI Cricket team 1977 – University of New England

Back Row – Mark Holcombe, Peter Perfrement, Peter Baillee, Barry O’Loughlin, Gary Rudder, Joe Matthews, Dave Parnell
Front Row – Bruce Richards, Peter Burge, Barry Everingham, John McFadyen, Sam Howard

Macquarie University Cricket Club Intervarsity Squad 1973

Back Row - Michael Redden, Graham Hargreaves, John Guiffre, Peter Miller, Frank Alley, Graeme Bleus, Alan Walker, Brian Croke, Paul Smith, Malcolm Prentis
Front Row - Geoff Frankish, Phil Flynn, Trevor Imer, Bernie Clifton