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Tony Goodfellow
Tony Goodfellow
Ballina, New South Wales, Australia
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When I first started playing grade cricket for my old club Northern Suburbs, back in Canberra, during the seventies, this infamous match from March 4, 1967, was mentioned quite a lot.

Northern Suburbs were vying for a place in the semi-finals and in the last game of the regular season they had to beat Kingston, outright, over the four innings to squeeze the Australian National University (ANU) out of the top four.

Kingston was all out for 150 runs in reply to Norths first innings of 194 and batting for a second time, Norths declared at 5 for 59, leaving Kingston 71 minutes to score 104 runs for outright victory.

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Northern District Cricket Club Sydney
Northern District Cricket Club Sydney
Sydney, Australia
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Tim Ebbeck was a wicket keeper who made his first grade debut for Northern District Cricket Club in 1979/80 at the age of 19.

For 11 seasons Tim was the first grade wicket keeper and he was as they say about keepers “the drummer in the band” through one of the club’s most successful eras when they won back to back premierships in 1985/86 and 1986/87.

He finished playing at the age of 30 and has carved out a very successful career in business.

Tim has made an enormous contribution to the club both on and off the field so let’s find out about Tim’s journey in the game.

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Tony Goodfellow
Tony Goodfellow
Ballina, New South Wales, Australia
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Ian Canney was regarded as one of the finest batsmen in ACT cricket in the sixties and seventies.
In my early years at Norths, I was in awe of him in the nets, thinking how you would get a ball past that front pad and bat, that appeared to be glued together.
On practice nights, if the turf nets at Majura or Dickson were a bit dodgy, which was most of the time, Ian Canney would look decidedly uncomfortable against the short stuff from quick bowlers like the aptly named, Randal Strongman. Generally speaking, Canney wasn’t on his ‘Pat Malone’ there.
However, it was a completely different story when the spinners were on, and Norths did have some very fine spinners in Graeme Smith and Graham Read.
Ian Canney had sublime footwork to spin bowling of any kind, so it was no surprise to learn that on February 1, 1968, the tall right-handed ‘John Newcombe’ lookalike, playing for the Southern NSW XI against the touring Indians, peeled of a magnificent unbeaten century at Manuka Oval.
In severe heat, watched by a reported 2,000 spectators, Canney took full toll of a typical Manuka batting pitch and a lightning-fast outfield, to punish a near Test bowling lineup, which included the great Bishan Bedi. Canney stroked 15 fours to run the Indians ragged in the dry Canberra heat.
On reaching his century, the Southern XI captain, Kevin McCarty, retired Canney and after his departure, the locals batting fell away.
Remarkably, Canney’s unbeaten 101 which took only 128 minutes, was his first century in either First grade or representative cricket.
The star-studded Indian batting lineup chased down the local team’s total with five wickets in hand, but, the talking point for many years was Ian Canney’s batting on that hot Thursday in February 1968.

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Mosman Cricket Club
Mosman Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Mosman Wales on a roll – October 2001

The Mosman Cricket Club is enjoying one of its most successful starts to a season for some years now.

The Whales passed the hefty Northern Districts total of 377 runs with sixteen overs still up their sleeve.

Mosman had two centurions on the day, Michael Gerits and the prolific Martin Haywood. They were backed up by Shane Lee who completed a handsome 82, while Herman Schliebs finished unbeaten on 47.

Haywood was generous in his praise for Gerits.

“Michael is clearly one of the competition’s most under-rated cricketers, and week-in, week-out performs outstanding feats with both bat and ball,” Haywod said.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/340/mosman-cricket-club/blog/1283/mosman-wales-on-a-roll-ndash-october-2001
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John Rogers
John Rogers
Melbourne, Australia
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A golden era in Australian club cricket

As most cricket experts will tell you, comparing standards and statistics of different eras is pretty pointless. Comparisons across eras are unfair because too many things change over time. Fair enough, but there is much evidence that backs the assertion that the 1950s and 60s were the heyday of first-grade cricket in Australia.

These days, premier league cricket, as first grade is called now, is played with great intensity by players who are much bigger, stronger and fitter than ever before. But today’s compétitions lack two things that characterised club cricket in the 50s and 60s.

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Redlands Tigers Cricket Club
Redlands Tigers Cricket Club
Brisbane, Australia
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Redlands Tigers Cricket Tales - One Fine Day in 1999

Two former Easts/Redlands players share their recollections about the team that won the One Day premiership against University of Queensland in 1998/99.

Paul Stenhouse (first-grade cap #497)

A great mix of experience and youth on that side and some seriously good players. I think six guys played first-class cricket with two representing Australia.

This was the first trophy in the top grade for Easts-Redlands. It was very special because I was a member of the 1989-90 First Grade premiership side, which was the last trophy for Easts top grade before the merger.

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Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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David Somerville was a fast bowler with a good turn of pace. “Speed-gun” measurements weren’t available in his day, but good judges claimed he would have nudged 140 km if timed. Certainly Bankstown felt the full force of his thunderbolts in 1989-90 when he took 7-68 off 25 overs on an unresponsive Coogee wicket to set up a solid win for his team. Four of his wickets were clean bowled with a fifth caught and bowled.

In 1988-89, a work move to Sydney and a desire to test himself in Sydney Grade Cricket, brought Somerville to Randwick. The opportunity to perform under the watchful eye of former Test fast bowler Mike Whitney, was another attraction for the young quick.

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South Launceston Cricket Club
South Launceston Cricket Club
Launceston, Australia
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Shaun Young made his Test debut for Australia in the 6th Test of the 1997 Ashes Tour against England.

As Australian Test cricket player 372 Shaun played the 6th Test which England won by 19 runs.

In a very successful first class career from 1991 to 2002 Shaun played 138 first class games and scored 7,212 runs at an average of 37.95. He scored 14 hundreds and 44 half centuries.

With the ball he took 274 first class wickets at 35.82 with best figures of 7 for 64. He took 5 wickets or more in an innings on 8 occasions and took one ten wicket haul in a game.

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Mosman Cricket Club
Mosman Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Mosman Cricket Club enjoyed one of its most successful weekends this season with four of the club’s five teams claiming victory over their Parramatta rivals.

Most importantly, Mosman’s first XI enjoyed a 10 point outright victory, which pushed them into outright fourth position on the table.

From an individual viewpoint, there were many outstanding performers in the first XI victory.

Big Martin Hayward enjoyed a return to form with a polished century. He was well supported by a cavalier innings of 72 from Peter Schliebs, and a steady half-century from Ben Sullivan.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/340/mosman-cricket-club/blog/1278/mosman-whales-hold-spell-over-parramatta-eels
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Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
Founder
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Ranbir Singh was born into a family of cricket fans in India before moving to the United Kingdom firstly as a player but now as an accredited umpire with the England and Wales Cricket Board.

He’s an Automotive Engineer by profession but has a deep love of cricket, it’s tradition and the many of life lessons he’s learned from being involved in the game.

Cricket is an incredible game and teaches us lessons that help us prepare for life's challenges. Stay calm, the game of cricket is full of pressure moments stay calm and execute your skills. When everyone's losing their head, keep yours. Take It one ball at a time, don't get ahead of yourself in cricket or in life. Complacency there is no place for it, never underestimate your competition

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Mosman Cricket Club
Mosman Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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‘This article was produced by Mosman Cricket Club and published by the Mosman Daily newspaper in 2000-01

Saturday’s results against the University of NSW proved that Mosman’s top order batsmen are gradually overcoming their reputation of susceptibility.

There were two big centuries and six half-centuries scored across the grades, with the 153 scored by first grader Andy Strauss a highlight of the round.

Equally impressive was new recruit Rex Sellers who continued his giant killing run with an unbeaten 132 in third grade.

Equally prolific at the moment is new recruit, Rishad Contractor, who shared a massive partnership with Sellers and along the way helped himself to 97 runs. Contractor has taken the club by storm this year and, at his current rate, will be in first grade by Christmas.

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Rob Wilson
Rob Wilson
Sales Manager
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Like many cricketers, I have collected, received, accumulated and earned many caps along my cricketing journey. Some mean more than others, but all provide memories that come flooding back the minute you lay eyes on them. In some cases, 20 plus years, but the memories are as vivid as ever.

Whether it was my first ever cricket cap, a Waverley District Cricket Club hat I received as a 12-year-old in 1994, or my Waverley College 1st XI cap I would earn a few years later, they both represent different stages for me. One where I had no idea what I was doing and the other, where I thought I knew what I was doing. Just ask some old coaches haha.

The caps I no doubt cherish greatest, though for different reasons, are my Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club 1st grade cap and Randwick-Petersham Cricket Club 1st grade cap

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NSW Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association
NSW Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association
Sydney, Australia
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Geoff Garland first involvement with senior cricket in New South Wales began in 1961 and he’s been a players, umpire and mentor.

Geoff is a very proud Life Member of NSW Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association

Are there any lessons from your time in cricket that you take into work or life in general?

As a High School Principal for 15 years I took lessons into the game. Communication, individual differences in personality, importance of empathy, management skills, ability to let players have their say but know when to draw the line. Cricket is a just a microcosm of life. It does not build character but reveals it!!

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Chris Muldoon
Chris Muldoon
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Mosman Cricket Club in the mid-1990s wasn’t quite in the same league but it but it did have a broad spectrum of personalities and talents who came together as part of a well-funded recruiting blitz. Players from many corners of Sydney were encouraged to join the club as it aimed to end a long-time stint as a competition cellar dweller.

But at the start, the big recruit was Shane Lee. He was on the cusp of Australian selection, there were high expectations, and the club immediately appointed him First XI captain and charged him with bringing a new level of professionalism and competitiveness to the playing group. He performed extremely well from the get-go, was a great captain, trained hard and was big on recovery, including enormous amounts of rest.

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Lyall Gardner
Lyall Gardner
Sydney, Australia
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Batting first in front of a large crowd at Redfern Oval, this performance may best be summed up by the report which appeared in The Sunday Times newspaper on 1 February 1903. It read: “At Redfern, Victor Trumper provided 7,000 people with a display which even his greatest admirers were not prepared. In 2 ¾ hours, he compiled 335 runs off his own bat, his cricket and rate of scoring outclassing anything ever before seen on a ground noted for fast rungetting. Prior to Trumper, Redfern bowlers had been performing in fine style, but he simply annihilated them yesterday. He hit 22 fives and 39 fours, which made 266 runs by boundary hits. He sent the ball out of the ground and over the heads of the people in all directions, into the streets, the park, and the bowling green. Such hitting was never before seen here, and probably in the world. Trumper’s 335 is the record score for Senior cricket in Sydney and the first wicket partnership of 423 by him and D. Gee, who made 172, is also a record here. It may be mentioned that E. Hume, Redfern’s crack bowler, bowled ten overs from which 120 runs were hit.”

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