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2 years ago

Andrew King

Real Estate Agent

Mornington, Victoria, Australia

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Michael Flahive played most of his cricket in the South East Cricket Association competition with Highett West Cricket Club where he is a life member.

For 5 seasons he’s been playing in the Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association competition with Carrum Downs Cricket club.

Who has been your funniest teammate?

Josh Rowe. He was an ice hockey goalkeeper for Australia. Was the toughest and funniest bloke I’ve known. Not sure the humour was intentional, but geez we got a good laugh from him. Had his teeth knocked out from a dirty full toss while he was at short leg. Refused to go to hospital.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/900/andrew-king/blog/1365/michael-flahive-create-your-own-destiny

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2 years ago

University of Queensland Cricket Club

Brisbane, Australia

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UQCC players have the distinction of most runs, most wickets and most dismissals for Queensland (Martin Love, Michael Kasprowicz and Wade Seccombe respectively). In this edition of Uni Bookworms we hear from Chuck Seccombe, one of legendary wicketkeepers that Uni have produced!

Your first memory of UQCC?

Turning up to my very first training session and before I got out of the car I could hear WEP barking directions at the nets!

Your best Uni cricket memory?

Hard to nominate just one. Probably the end of season trips to Byron are up there along with the celebrations that followed our first grade win back in 92–93.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/503/university-of-queensland-cricket-club/blog/1362/uni-bookworms-with-wade-seccombe

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2 years ago

Daniel McLauchlan

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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My best grade teams - Daniel McLauchlan 1994 to 2018

I made my first grade debut for Sutherland District Cricket Club at the beginning of the 1994/95 season and played for a number of NSW Premier Cricket clubs as well as in Western Australia for Scarborough Cricket Club.
When I decided to pick my best grade team I thought about all the good players and thought why not recognise a team without Australian players and then choose one with Australian and first class players available
So here goes in batting order my best grade teams from 1994 to 2018

My best grade team
1. Rod Davison – Sutherland
2. Clint Heron – Scarborough

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1160/daniel-mclauchlan/blog/1361/my-best-grade-teams-daniel-mclauchlan-1994-to-2018

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2 years ago

Lyall Gardner

Sydney, Australia

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RECORD: 370*runs in 2015-16 by Damian Bourke (170*) / Ashton May (203*) for St George 3-391 declared against Sydney 8-393 at Hurstville Oval in round 4, 24-31 October 2015.

Both the St George and Sydney clubs had won their first three matches that 2015-16 summer, to be equal leaders with Bankstown. Saints skipper, Trent Copeland, won the toss and elected to bat in perfect conditions on their home ground. But early inroads saw star bats Stewart McCabe, Steven Cazzulino and Kurtis Patterson, who would go on to become the leading bat for NSW that season, back in the shed with just 21 runs on the board. That brought Damian Bourke and Ashton May together. Over the following 280 minutes, they would write their names into the NSW Premier Cricket history books.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/227/lyall-gardner/blog/1360/nsw-premier-cricket-the-record-partnerships-from-1893-to-2023-the-fourth-wicket-record

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2 years ago

Manly Warringah Cricket Association

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Mat Meers is the Manly Warringah Cricket Association Competition Secretary and Umpires Coordinator and is a a tremendous and generous contributor to the game.

He’s also one of the hosts on Triple H 100.1FM Sports who through their radio station and Splinters Podcast make a valuable contribution to NSW Premier Cricket.

Who are the three people in the world you’d love to have a chat to in person?

In any era? Sir Donald Bradman, Richie Benaud and WG Grace.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1159/manly-warringah-cricket-association/blog/1359/mat-meers-player-administrator-and-commentator

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2 years ago

Paul Bourke

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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NSW Schoolboys team 1973-74

Back Row - Wayne Turnbull, Tim Gow (w/k), Murray Bennett, Phil Antman, Allan Border.
Middle Row - Neil Warden, Mark Sargent, Craig Evans, Paul Bourke, Peter Taylor, Ken Clifford (Manager).
Front Row - Andrew Hilditch, Jon Jobson (vice-captain), Graeme Hughes (captain), Gordon McLeod (w/k), Michael Ryan

Bennett, Border, Taylor, Hilditch played Test cricket for Australia
Border Australian Cricket captain
Hughes played first class cricket for NSW and Rugby League for Canterbury Bankstown
Gordon (Gordie) McLeod - played Basketball for Australia and represented Australia at 3 Olympics

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/413/paul-bourke/blog/1358/nsw-schoolboys-team-1973-74

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2 years ago

CricConnect Stories

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Sydney Grade Cricket scores - 14th and 21st January 1989

Sydney Grade Cricket scores. Round 11 on 14th and 21st January 1989. Pictured - Brad McNamara scored 116 for Western Suburbs v Waverley

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/56/cricconnect-fans/blog/1357/sydney-grade-cricket-scores-14th-and-21st-january-1989

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2 years ago

Greg Briggs

Gosford, NSW, Australia

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Northern District Cricket Club Poidevin Gray Shield winners 1979/80

Back Row – Reg Grimble (Scorer), Tim Ebbeck, Tony Ford, Andrew Shore, Ross Henry, Gordon Morgan, Graham Reece, Stephen Day, Chris Haviland (Manager)

Front Row – Paul Grimble, Greg Briggs, Randal Green, Phil Voysey (Captain), John Grimble, Peter Coyle

Match scorecard -

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/451/greg-briggs/blog/1356/northern-district-cricket-club-poidevin-gray-shield-winners-197980

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2 years ago

Fairfield Liverpool Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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Brett Lack - a whole lot of fun

Brett Lack has played all his cricket with a simple motto, “to have fun and entertain” and he's done so wherever he's played.

He’s played first grade in Sydney and is the proud owner of First Grade Cap# 38 for Fairfield Liverpool Cricket Club. Brett has also spent time playing in the UK and USA and last season he made a comeback, “it’s important to give something back to the game.”

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

Grant Lambert just coz he is a freak and Bill York, without this bloke I wouldn’t have kept playing. Bill is the best person I have met through cricket.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/397/fairfield-liverpool-cricket-club/blog/1353/brett-lack-a-whole-lot-of-fun

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2 years ago

Steve Frances

Brisbane, Australia

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In February 1978, a team of cricketers from the Campbelltown area, undertook a 17-day tour of New Zealand. The team included 5 players with Sydney grade experience, and most came from the local Campbelltown competition. The team and matches were organised during weekly “meetings” at the Campbelltown Tennis Club (now Wests Tigers Tennis Club).

The tour was 7 matches played against working men’s clubs, as well as matches against the Wellington and Northern Districts B sides.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/207/steve-frances/blog/1352/packer-poohrsquos-1978-cricket-tour-of-new-zealand

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2 years ago

Pembroke Cricket Club Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

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Pembroke Cricket Club celebrated their 50 year anniversary win over Malahide Cricket Club in the 1972 Leinster Senior Cup

Back Row L to R: M. Moriarty, R.O. Byrne, A.V. Smith, J.G. Byrne, R. Young, G. Mellon

Front Row L to R: G. Powell (12th man), R.A. Moulton, W.H. Hill, T.A. Parker (Captain), D.H. Byrne, K.W. Hope

In July 2022 Pembroke Cricket Club, Dublin celebrated the 50 year anniversary of their 1972 Leinster Senior Cup win against Malahide Cricket Club.

In one of the most thrilling low scoring affairs in history, Pembroke scraped home by just one wicket.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/305/pembroke-cricket-club-dublin/blog/161/pembroke-cricket-club-celebrated-their-50-year-anniversary-win-over-malahide-cricket-club-in-the-1972-leinster-senior-cup

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2 years ago

Veterans Cricket NSW

New South Wales, Australia

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“I wished I’d been a little more patient”.

These are the words of Matt Lewis who was selected in the Australian Over 50s Cricket team to play at the Over 50s Cricket World Cup in South Africa in March 2020. Sadly for Matt and all participants Covid cut short the World Cup after just 2 games.

Growing up in Chullora, Matt had plenty of sporting talent. He was playing cricket for Bankstown Cricket club in the Sydney Grade Cricket Competition and had been spotted by Rugby League Coach Warren Ryan and his school’s sports master as a talented number 6.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/168/nsw-veterans-cricket/blog/1350/matt-lewis-be-patient

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2 years ago

Tony Goodfellow

Ballina, New South Wales, Australia

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Leading all-rounders in the history of ACT Cricket

The list of statistically the best all-rounders in ACT first grade cricket highlights, what a wonderful player Greg ‘G.I’ Irvine was. (Greg Irvine pictured)

On his day Greg Irvine’s batting could tear an attack apart and his bowling was pretty handy as his five wickets in a PM XI match is testimony to that.

Three names in the top five in Lyle Maloney, Lorne Lees and Bill Tickner dominated Canberra cricket in the early days.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/212/tony-goodfellow/blog/1349/leading-all-rounders-in-the-history-of-act-cricket

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2 years ago

Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club Sydney

Sydney, Australia

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Record Run Chase Sets Up Easts Cricket Record Season

In 2003 the greatest run chase in the history of Premier Cricket was achieved by the Eastern Suburbs (Waverley) Cricket Club and became the launch pad for the club’s most successful first grade season.

The game took place at Waverley Oval on 11 and 18 October against the powerful Western Suburbs Cricket Club led by future Australian test captain, Michael Clarke. Both sides were brimming with talent. The Easts team included three players who were to go on to represent their country with distinction. James Marshall for New Zealand, Brad Haddin for Australia and a 16 year old tyro, David Warner. There were also three other players with first class experience. To add to the international flavour the flamboyant “crooked finger of doom” Billy Bowden, test umpire, officiated.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/319/eastern-suburbs-cricket-club-sydney/blog/1347/record-run-chase-sets-up-easts-cricket-record-season

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2 years ago

St George Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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St George “in between balls” with Jeremy Bray

We take this opportunity to catch up with some of our esteemed former first grade legends to find out more about them and their time with The Saints.

Its the charismatic Jeremy Bray, a true cricketing journeyman who went from winning a premiership with St George to playing in the 2007 Cricket World Cup for Ireland

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/275/st-george-cricket-club/blog/554/st-george-ldquoin-between-ballsrdquo-with-jeremy-bray

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2 years ago

John Rogers

Melbourne, Australia

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Until Brian Taber arrived, Australian wicket keepers might have been best in the world, but by no stretch of the imagination were they pretty.

His predecessors mostly had been short and squat, some balding, and often quite rotund practitioners, disinterested in how they looked - think Don Tallon, Gil Langley, Wally Grout, Barry Jarman. My goodness they were good - and when he joined their company, Brian Taber was every bit as good. Known as "Herby" to a select few, he beat many renowned keepers to be named in the NSW team of the Millennium.

Yet without being showy, Tabbsy brought style and grace to the art of wicket-keeping. What he added to that dark art was that he personified Australia of the swinging sixties.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/531/john-rogers/blog/1345/brian-taber-quotswinging-sixtiesquot-keeper

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2 years ago

Mosman Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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Lower Grades keep the Faith – Mosman Cricket Club 3 December 2001

A diabolical weekend for Mosman’s first XI was somewhat offset by continuing improvement from the club’s lower grades.

The addition of The Rawalpindi Express – Shoaib Akhtar – to the Mosman attack was not enough, although Shoaib has impressed in his first two games for the Whales.

Shoaib has fitted in well and is enjoying his time at the Mosman Club.

“I am also learning more about Australian conditions, which is important for me” he said. “Only on Sunday, one of the lower grade bowlers, James Sinclair, showed me some balls I had never seen before.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/340/mosman-cricket-club/blog/1344/lower-grades-keep-the-faith-ndash-mosman-cricket-club-3-december-2001

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2 years ago

Kim Evetts

Financial Planner

Mackay, Queensland, Australia

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Is it time to revamp the Sheffield Shield and first class cricket in Australia

Being passionate about cricket and in particular the ongoing production of quality cricketers to represent Australia I think it is time to reconsider the Sheffield Shield format.

I personally still believe Shield Cricket should be the only selection ground for future Australian test players.

My observation is the public have also lost all interest in attending Sheffield Shield matches.

Getting backsides on seats again will obviously be good for the game financially and motivating for our players and perhaps possibly less incentive for players to target franchise cricket.

First class cricket in Australia needs to be escalated back to its previous heights as the production factory for future high quality Australian Cricketers and as a spectacle of choice for supporters. (I don’t believe we should say it is too hard to achieve)

It also must be more motivating for First Class Cricketers to be playing in front of a large crowd then nobody at all.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/545/kim-evetts/blog/1343/is-it-time-to-revamp-the-sheffield-shield-and-first-class-cricket-in-australia

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2 years ago

Paul Ryan

Founder

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Phil Melville arrived in Sydney from Armidale in Northern NSW in 1989 to play Sydney Grade Cricket for Mosman Cricket Club. 34 years on and Phil continues to take wickets in both grade and veteran’s cricket.

Leading into the 2023/24 Phil has taken 710 grade wickets in Sydney. He took 440 wickets for Mosman Cricket Club and so far, has taken 270 wickets for Northern District Cricket Club.

Phil is a prominent member of Over 50s cricket in Australia and the very proud owner of NSW Blues cap number 30 and Australian Over 50s cap number 49.

Phil was selected in the Australian Over 50s World Cup team to your South Africa that was sadly cut short after a couple of games due to Covid.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/32/paul-ryan/blog/1342/phil-melville-keep-on-keeping-on

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2 years ago

Shane Duff

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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My Best Grade team - Shane Duff 1989 to 2002

I have selected the best grade team of players I played with. I did not consider my first 6 games at Sutherland in 1989/90 which included players such as Glenn McGrath, John Dyson, Rod Davison, Justin Kenny or players that I played a handful of games with later such as Steve Waugh, Stuart McGill, Stuart Clark, Daniel McLauchlan and Daryl Tuffey.

I also left out my 5th grade game with a 15-year-old kid named Steve Smith that yielded a 280 run partnership!

In batting order:

1. Phil Jaques (Sutherland)....

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1151/shane-duff/blog/1340/my-best-grade-team-shane-duff-1989-to-2002

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1151/shane-duff/blog/1340/my-best-grade-team-shane-duff-1989-to-2002

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