This competition has grown substantially since its formation and by 1985 the Sydney Grade Cricket Competition encompassed 20 clubs. Website by. Now that youve found Stump to stump why not join in on
Teams are divided into a Sixers Conference and a Thunder Conference. While modern day cricketers have few breaks outside the international calendar, when they do NSW players often return to play in the first-grade competition. Join the cricket network to promote your business and expertise. Number of matches played - not including matches where
I do sort of. It includes statistics from the two day competition under it's various guises, limited overs competitions under various names (including the Rothman's Cup) and the Twenty20 Competiton under it's various . Legends of the game like Christina Matthews, Belinda Clark, Lisa Keightley and Lisa Sthalekar, as well as current players Alex Blackwell, Rene Farrell, Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner and Alyssa Healy have all spent regular time in the NSW Women's Premier Cricket competition. Probability And Statistics For Engineering And The Sciences Jay Devore, an award-winning professor and internationally recognized author and Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences. Players for the NSW team are selected from the first-grade competition. [1] JFIF ,, C Finally in 2002 Blacktown were promoted from the second-tier shires competition to bring the number of clubs back up to 20. l!~U?C.&^w,*tpm+5mcf: This may have cost him the chance of a Test against England in 1928-29 and, very probably, a tour in 1930. All of the current NSW first-class cricket players are selected from their performances in Premier Cricket. But his figures have to be judged by the fact that all but one of his Tests came in the 1930s, when other bowlers were dominated by batsmen to an unprecedented extent. I like to spend time with my mates, my wife, my little boy Ted, and my family. endstream
The competition began in 1893 when a number of clubs that had been playing for many years on an ad hoc basis voted to create a formal competition structure. He used to go to Lane Cove library as a kid and read cricket books, and I think he passed a lot of that on to me. Cricket, Push-ups, Squats. , , Fonbet He has also acted as an International and First-Class scorer both in New South Wales and the ACT as well as a contributor to Wisden Australia, ABC Radio/TV and Foxtel. Cogent point. Business Services - Group Chief Financial Officer | Chartered Accountant. I remember sitting on the couch at home before the game in my full whites, very nervous. HS. Hendren and Leyland recaptured the initiative and England declared at 627 for nine but O'Reilly finished with seven for 189. The Grade Cricketer latest book - click to buy now. You enjoy it and make the most of it. Aitken played his first game in the top grade in November 1992, when Australias new Test captain Pat Cummins was still five months away from being born, Paul Keating had only recently replaced Bob Hawke as Australias prime minister, the median house price in Sydney was $183,300 and the host city for the 2000 Olympics was yet to be decided. I seem to recall Mum and Dad taking some polaroid shots of me (these have since been lost). But he was consistent, loved quality and hated one-day cricket (hit-and-giggle) which he generally refused to watch. NSW Premier Cricket First Grade: Bets on championship matches with Fonbet Betting Company. Nathan Ball (Balmain) and Will Mottram (UK guy, came to the Tigers). Sydney First Grade Cricket Grounds Ground Name Suburb/Town First Match Last Match Matches Alan Davidson Oval Alexandria 2001/02 2016/17 9 What or who would you sacrifice your life for? Team Grade Gender Age Group. All points received in this competition go towards the Club Championship. . Known as Sydney Cricket Ground No. Feb 3. All genders. While the ball is still a four-piece ball, its seam is less pronounced and more difficult to swing. Australia. Cricket longevity is in Aitkens blood. He took a wicket every 49 balls in his first-class career and it was said he never bowled a wide. 2. In the 1st Grade competition, each side plays every other side over a total of 19 rounds. x]o0#?0 -4&0"~6c*6% +sq2C>7pq+Y/)wI|YlrS8u]FWg`G He essentially taught me the methods, mechanics and mindset of batting and playing generally that I think helped me play my best cricket. His cricket was proof that spin bowling was not necessarily a gentle art. The 2010/11 season, for all grades, included 10 two-day matches (generally played on two consecutive Saturdays), 4 one-day matches and 1 Twenty-20 match. My Dads family all lived in the area and we were around the corner in Hunters Hill, so it made sense. Playing for Lane Cove meant I played underage reps for Gordon. Sydney Cricket Club pays our respects to the Traditional Owners of the lands on which we work and play, and acknowledges that these lands were never ceded. While Sir Donald walked the corridors of cricketing power O'Reilly was the rumbustious backbencher. The sun shone, the birds sang sweetly and the flowers bloomed as never before. Australian Test cricketer Warren Bardsley played 35 seasons in the early 1900s, while Monty Noble, Greg Matthews and Anthony Clark all featured in 31 seasons. Winners include former NSW and Australia great Bob Simpson, who claimed the first O'Reilly Medal in 1968 and again in 1973, as well some of the Blues finest servants like Greg Mail, Dominic Thornely, Trent Copeland, Grant Lambert and Gavin Robertson. Did you have any cricketing superstitions? ",#(7),01444'9=82. The Aitken brothers at Coogee Oval in a match for North Sydney. Cricket Sydney will receive 80% of all funds contributed. Highest score. endobj
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SACA's Premier Cricket League resources, competitions, teams and awards. My Mum was exceptionally supportive too constantly taking me to training and games, getting me ready, making lunch and tea, and never short of advice to toss it up as I bowled leggies in juniors. I reckon I must have spent at least 100 Saturdays doing that. He toured South Africa in 1935-36 and took 27 wickets again, 25 in the great series against England in 1936-37 and 22 back in England in 1938, despite the unforgiving wickets ( dosed up to the eyeballs, said O'Reilly) of Trent Bridge and The Oval. The biggest cricket field in Sydney to share stories, news, interviews, profiles, scores and results, from past and present. He imbued me with a great joy for the game that extended beyond playing. KINGSGROVE SPORTS WOMEN'S FIRST GRADE TEAM OF THE YEAR 2021/22 (statistics include runs scored, wickets taken and wicketkeeping dismissals in preliminary One-Day & T20 matches excluding Finals) . Get the latest scores, news, highlights, live radio and live video streaming. During the run-up, a sort of fierce galumph, the right forearm worked like a piston; at delivery the head was ducked low as if to butt the batsman on to his stumps. Sydney Cricket Ground Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com Tweet By default, the shading indicates records from the past week, or failing that, the most recent entry. It was the 11th time he had taken five in an innings in Tests. In his career he took 774 wickets at 16.60 and was successful at every level: playing for North Sydney and St George, he topped the Sydney Grade averages 12 times and took 962 wickets at 9.44. 1 0 obj
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Change selections (Season, Grade, Grade Type, Match Format) Click a row to view that player's statistics. My next memory is of batting I think I was down the order and sweeping a ball to the boundary. All Rights Reserved. As mentioned above, I think life throws a number of adversarial people and scenarios at you and I think grade cricket has helped my ability to avoid taking it personally, to focus on whats important, and to stay on even keel when people want to play a shot or two at you! 2023 Gains. Which ground in Sydney club cricket did you enjoy playing at the most? In 2015/16, there were over 10 players in the competition plying their trade in the first-grade competition. I dont think time is an issue. The club is taking some significant steps to attract players with first class and first grade premier cricket experience to provide not only greater playing depth, but also to provide our young players the support they need to be successful cricketers while we will also be starting a girls and a womens team in the near future. Opting out is easy, so give it a try. I was in year 11 at school, which would have made me 16 at the time. My communications work is with a small firm called Character and Distinction a group of extremely smart women who provide PR and Corporate Communications consulting to a range of clients across Australia. Batting average: Total runs scored/total number of
The club boasts an abundance of young, talented players, some of who have begun the process of becoming first grade cricketers after having come through the grades, in some cases all the way from 6th grade. Steve Waugh Profile - Cricket Player Australia | Stats, Records, Video Matches (9) IND v AUS (1) BAN v ENG (1) PSL 2023 (1) Irani Cup (1) CWC League 2 (1) Shield (3) SA v WI (1) RESULT 3rd. In 73 matches, she has notched up 1,093 runs at an average of 21.86 and a strike rate of 122.2,. Cricket is such a brutal game that we develop all manner of habits, probably in a futile bid to control the chaos around us. Wom. Honestly, I dont know. }&Bl? 10 0 obj
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Second Grade: Parramatta CC. What did you like most about playing grade cricket in Sydney? KINGSGROVE SPORTS MENS FIRST GRADE TEAM OF THE YEAR - 2021/22, Scott Rodgie (Northern District); 813 runs & 32 wickets, Justin Avendano (UTS North Sydney); 836 runs, Joshua Clarke (Western Suburbs); 826 runs, Raveesh Srivastava (Fairfield-Liverpool); 652 runs, Tim Cummins (Sydney University); 28 dismissals and 486 runs, Devlin Malone (Sydney University); 35 wickets, Hunar Verma (Blacktown Mounties); 33 wickets, Kingsgrove Sports T20 Cup: Randwick Petersham CC, Third Grade (Mitchell Cup): Northern District CC, Fourth Grade (Reid Cup): Manly Warringah CC, Fifth Grade (David Sherwood Cup): Eastern Suburbs CC, Under 21 Poidevin-Gray Shield: Sutherland DCC, Bob Simpson Award Mens Coach of the Year: Peter Forrest (Mosman), Ground of the Year 1st Place: Pratten Park (Western Suburbs), Ground of the Year Runner-Up: Waverley Oval (Eastern Suburbs), Ground of the Year 3rd Place: Allan Border Oval (Mosman), Lower Grades Ground of the Year: Tunks Park (UTS North Sydney), Spirit of Cricket Award: Northern District CC, 1st Grade Captain of the Year: Josh Clarke (Western Suburbs), 2nd Grade Captain of the Year: Andrew Jamieson (Manly-Warringah), 3rd Grade Captain of the Year: Daniel Stickland(Northern District), 4th Grade Captain of the Year: Stephen Wark (St George), 5th Grade Captain of the Year: Trevor Whittall (Campbelltown-Camden), 2023 Cricket New South Wales.All rights reserved. - 18/03 Sat 2:00AM suns - swans - 18/03 Sat 7:10PM giants - crows - 18/03 Sat 9:20PM hawks - Bombers - 18/03 Sat 10:40PM saints - dockers - 23/03 Thu 1:20AM blues - cats - 24/03 Fri 1:50AM lions - demons - 24/03 Fri 7:45PM magpies - power - 24/03 Fri 10:35PM crows - tigers - 25/03 Sat 1:25AM bulldogs - saints - 25/03 Sat 1:30AM dockers - kangaroos O'Reilly then began writing on cricket for the Sydney Morning Herald with a muscular, very Australian prose style flavoured with wit and imagery (You can smell the gum-leaves off him, he wrote of one country boy just starting with Queensland). A stalwart of the side throughout the decade, he scored the second most runs and took the second most wickets for the Bears during the 2010s. He took 109 wickets on the tour, including nine for 38 against Somerset. "One of the greats, one of the legends, one of the Club's most loyal and staunch supporters, one of our fondest friends, is with us no more.MOS played for our Club from 1968 until 1995 mostly in 1st Grade where his 622 wickets is surely an unassailable record. endobj
Thats hard to say, there seemed to be so many quick bowlers in the mid 2000s. He played 27 Test matches and took 144 wickets - 102 of them Englishmen and the vital wicket of Walter Hammond ten times - averaging 22.59. Credit:Cricket NSW, Turning up to watch it rain, Aitken says. Venue description: One of the oldest Test venues, Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) hosted its first Test an Ashes encounter between Australia and England, way back in 1882. Clearly, Aitken loves cricket, although there is one thing about the game he cant stand. India's young wristspinners are reminiscent of the Aussie duo of Bill O' Reilly and Clarrie Grimmett. The winner of the Sixers conference then plays the winner of the Thunder conference for the Kingsgrove Sports T20 Cup. Committee of Management. In the summer of 1925-26, the young O'Reilly, by now an undergraduate at the teachers' college in Sydney University, met the man whose destiny was to be linked with his for ever. New South Wales and Barbados have had two of the strongest first-class teams in the world. However, consistency across the top 3 grades in particular is important. Sports writer and presenter primarily. Men's Club Championships: 1982/83, 2008/09 & 2015/16 First Grade Belvidere Cup: 1978/79, 1982/83 & 2018/19 Limited Overs Cup: 1998/99, 2001/02 & 2016/17 Second Grade Albert Cup: 1992/93 & 1998/99 Third Grade Mitchell Cup: 2002/03 Fourth Grade Reid Cup: 1984/85 & 2014/15 Fifth Grade David Sherwood Cup: 1996/97, 2013/14 Metros/Colts Cricket is a game of statistics and endurance but Rob Aitken has taken it to new levels. Blacktown Mounties Cricket Club has enjoyed a short history in grade cricket but it has set itself up to become a dominant force in the Sydney Premier Cricket Competition. AVE. Batting average: Total runs scored/total number of dismissals. But teachers in New South Wales work for the state rather than an individual school and the newly-qualified O'Reilly was despatched to three different bush towns. 7 0 obj
Each team plays six preliminary round matches with the top four teams in each conference playing Semi Finals, followed by a Conference Final. The brothers also cuffed him a lot, possibly because he was starting to show them up. In 1926-27 O'Reilly was chosen for the New South Wales state practice squad on the strength of one match for North Sydney. He was 6ft 2in tall, gripped the ball in his enormous right hand and released it at a pace that could be almost fast-medium. Since the 1940s there had been a number of club mergers (Mosman with Middle Harbour, Petersham with Marrickville and Glebe with South Sydney followed in 1965 by the forced merger of Paddington with Glebe-South Sydney to form Sydney District CC). A breeding ground for future NSW and Australian representatives, McDonald's NSW Premier Cricket competition is regarded as the strongest in Australia. The list of award winners includes NSW greats Belinda Clark, Bronwyn Calver, Michelle Goszko, Sarah Aley and current Australian allrounder Ashleigh Gardner, who won her first Player of the Year Award in 2020/21. At one point I got him away to the boundary, and ran a tight single next ball. The Grade Cricketer Podcast, The Grade Cricketer on 7Sports and writes for the Guardian and other publications. Click here to find out more about the Belvidere Cup, including scores and contact details. Many younger Premier Cricket players also represent NSW Metropolitan and ACT/NSW Country at the various Underage Female National Championships. I remained there for my early years of grade cricket, before switching to Norths when I was 20. I generally did everything the same way, whether it be pads, shoes, the way Id face taking guard etc but I never had any out-and-out superstitions that rendered me a mess were I not to observe it. Bollinger walked past me and said you know where the next ones coming, dont you? to which I replied no, not really. Bob Aitken bowling in a Sydney grade match. A point in first grade is worth more than second grade and so on. Due to this system, the winner of the Club Championship usually comes from a club whose first-grade team is within the top 6. Brothers Taking All 10 Wickets in an Innings, Brothers Scoring a Century in the Same Innings, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Campbelltown-Camden District Cricket Club, "Annual Report - Easts Cricket Club 2015-2016", "(23) Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club - Posts: ESCC 1st GRADE PLAYERS 1894 - PRESENT", http://www.premier.nsw.cricket.com.au/common/pages/public/rv/match.aspx?matchID=3177634&entityID=4, Campbelltown-Camden District Cricket Club Site, Fairfield-Liverpool Grade Cricket Club Site, Manly Warringah District Cricket Club Site, Parramatta District Cricket Club Inc. Site, St George District Cricket Club Inc. Site, Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Site, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NSW_Premier_Cricket&oldid=1136654069, Articles needing additional references from April 2022, All articles needing additional references, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Parramatta, Hawkesbury, Balmain, Sydney University, Petersham-Marrickville, Sydney University, Eastern Suburbs, Petersham, Waverley, North Sydney, Gordon, Redfern, Balmain, Middle Harbour, Manly, Waverley, This page was last edited on 31 January 2023, at 12:58. This ball is the same used by state players but had not previously been used due to its cost (A$150 each). Of course I describe this as a sweep, I probably just dragged the bat in an arc toward the ball and connected. Each grade team consists of five senior divisions, as well as restricted age group playing in the Poidevin-Gray Shield (under 21) and AW Green Shield junior competition (under 17). NSW Premier Cricket First Grade (): Sydney (w) - Penrith (w) 05 . You just turn up and do your thing and it becomes part of your routine of life. Highest score. How old were you when you first played grade cricket? Grade cricket hastens ones ability to understand and manage hostility and aggression, whether on the field or off. The Poidevin-Gray Shield, or PG's as it is more commonly known, comprises teams who represent their grade sides in an Under 21 competition. By Jay L. 592+ Math Tutors 4.9/5 Star Rating Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences That stuff is annoying., Winning the one-day competition with North Sydney was something very memorable, says Aitken, who was player of the match in the 2012-13 final. My advice would be that it is an extremely lofty goal, but properly managed lofty goals can be an excellent thing to pursue for myriad reasons. Click here to find out more about the First Grade Limited Overs Cup, including scores and contact details. Since the others were older, Bill inevitably bowled more than he batted. endobj
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You can change the session length in settings. WBBL - Sydney Sixers v Brisbane Heat Erin Burns has been a regular in the Women's Big Bash League. Will they enjoy success in Australia, like they did in South Africa? The Grand Final. My Dad, without doubt. Click here to find out more about Kingsgrove Sports T20 Cup including scores and details. I continued to Green Shield with Gordon, before changing to Balmain for my second year of Green Shield. You may as well give your employer a plug, who do you work for? Below is a list of the first grade cap numbers awarded to representatives of the North Sydney District Cricket Club from the inception of Sydney Grade Cricket in 1894/95 until the present. He enjoyed a great career with Balmain. These points go towards the Club Championship which is awarded at the end of the regular season. <>
In short, Sir Don Bradman was the perfect batsman of his age and even though comparisons with future batting greats will never cease to thrill, some of his numbers, particularly 99.94, are . Rob Aitken bowling for North Sydney in 2013. I played 5th grade for Balmain and round 1 was away at Bensons Lane against Hawkesbury a baptism of fire for any Sydney Grade Cricketer. I bowled him first ball with a leg-break which came from the leg stump to hit the off bail. - 18/03 Sat 2:00AM suns - swans - 18/03 Sat 7:10PM giants - crows - 18/03 Sat 9:20PM hawks - Bombers - 18/03 Sat 10:40PM saints - dockers - 23/03 Thu 1:20AM blues - cats - 24/03 Fri 1:50AM lions - demons - 24/03 Fri 7:45PM magpies - power - 24/03 Fri 10:35PM crows - tigers - 25/03 Sat 1:25AM bulldogs - saints - 25/03 Sat 1:30AM dockers - kangaroos First grade = 6 points per competition point, Second grade = 5, Third = 4,Fourth = 3, Fifth/PG/Green Shield = 2 8. Of course when he bowled I could barely see the ball. 8 0 obj
Such is the strength of the competition that some well-known players have been known to play multiple matches in second grade. Points are only accrued across round matches and do not include finals. Whos been the biggest influence in your cricket career? This includes those players who also represent Australia although the demands of the international schedule means the Australian players rarely get to play at grade level these days. All other grades play only 15 rounds, thus missing out on playing 4 teams each season. Now known as NSW Premier Cricket, the First Grade competition is a true testing ground for future NSW and Australian representatives, from Victor Trumper, Don Bradman, Bill OReilly and Richie Benaud through to Steve and Mark Waugh, Glenn McGrath, Michael Clarke, Mitchell Starc, David Warner, Josh Hazlewood and Steve Smith. Rugby league's biggest man will make his long-awaited return to the NRL this weekend, with Bulldogs recruit Franklin Pele set to end a 22-month absence from the top grade. I like to read, listen, speak with interesting people about politics, social issues, Australia. The Women's First Grade Player of the Year Award was first awarded in 1989/90 won Monika Grogan. This was a woman clad in black who would have been as arch-feminist as they come, recognising this mans genius. The 1st Grade sides played an additional one-day match and 3 Twenty20 matches. Sydney Poidevin-Gray Shield (Sixers Conference) Men U21.