Opting out is easy, so give it a try. All of the current NSW first-class cricket players are selected from their performances in Premier Cricket. I am Im lucky enough to tell cricket stories through some freelance work, both under my own name and through a little collective called The Grade Cricketer. POIDEVIN-GRAY SHIELD (U21) GRAND FINAL Parramatta DCC v Randwick Petersham CC Old Kings Oval, Paramatta Park 10 am THIS SUNDAY 5 March 2023 This is the Big One! Rob Aitken bowling for North Sydney in 2013. 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. McDonald's Women's Premier Cricket has been home to many Australian players over the years. In recent times some clubs have started broadcasting scorecards in real-time on the Cricket Australia website. l!~U?C.&^w,*tpm+5mcf: Did you have any cricketing superstitions? My next memory is of batting I think I was down the order and sweeping a ball to the boundary. The current holders of the Belvidere Cup are Mosman Cricket Club. Cricket longevity is in Aitkens blood. Batting average: Total runs scored/total number of 1-100. Other ex-clubs include a previous club called Sydney that won 3 titles, East Sydney (the inaugural first grade champion in 1893/94), Glebe (5 titles), South Sydney, Canterbury, Redfern, Middle Harbour, Leichhardt and Newtown. endobj By the close of play, 17-year-old Don Bradman was 234 not out. [. 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 But it didn't take long to see the greatness; the control of leg-break, top-spinner and googly; the change of pace and trajectory without apparent change in action; the scrupulous length; the vitality; and, informing and rounding all, the brain to diagnose what patient required what treatment. Who was the fastest bowler you ever faced? While the ball is still a four-piece ball, its seam is less pronounced and more difficult to swing. Mobile: 0414 486 438. Credit:Cricket NSW, Turning up to watch it rain, Aitken says. Reset. Do you remember your first ever game of cricket? Bollinger walked past me and said you know where the next ones coming, dont you? to which I replied no, not really. In the 1932-33 Bodyline series he took 27 wickets, without anyone noticing much, given what else was happening. Despite his longevity on the game, remarkably Aitken does not hold every first-grade playing record in Sydney. The three winning teams (or better placed team in the case of a draw) and the best placed losing team go through to the Semi-Finals. 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. 201-300. 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). For each club, each grades' points tally is multiplied by a factor for the purposes of calculating Club Championship points. At one point I got him away to the boundary, and ran a tight single next ball. He put his head out of the carriage window and was told to get out at once: Wingello were playing at Bowral and needed him. Gideon Haigh, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. RUNS. Click the links below to skip to that section. <> He essentially taught me the methods, mechanics and mindset of batting and playing generally that I think helped me play my best cricket. Oh God, too hard to say. 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. Bets on Cricket match Sydney (w) Penrith (w), Wom. We welcome local, interstate and international players looking to join an inclusive and integrated club that provides both great enjoyment and a pathway to the future. You enjoy it and make the most of it. The biggest cricket field in Sydney to share stories, news, interviews, profiles, scores and results, from past and present. Click button below to view latest club results. A year later he made his first-class dbut against the New Zealanders. I made 202 not out against Blacktown in 2nd grade for Norths in 2006, at North Sydney number 2 which is probably the best ground to score runs on in Sydney. Medical and Health Care - General Manager Cutera ANZ | Health and Beauty. <> Injury rate and patterns of Sydney grade cricketers: a prospective study of injuries in 408 cricketers The injury rate in SGC is lower than that reported at elite level. Learning how to manage yourself in a hyper-competitive environment, where everyone starts with a dream to go all the way, then soon learns how difficult that is. 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. Spectators are generally few and far between at matches, mostly family members, partners or club members. You just turn up and do your thing and it becomes part of your routine of life. The first scorers in a Test Match at the Sydney Cricket Ground were SW Daniels and EC Weller. The OReilly Medal is decided by umpire votes from each match during the season on a 3-2-1 basis. In 2019 the Blacktown District Cricket Club formed a partnership with the powerful Mounties group and coming under the wing of the Mounties Group has helped the club provide better amenities, more equipment and first class coaching for our junior players. Team Grade Gender Age Group. Cricket was harder to arrange. This competition has First Grade status and points gained count towards the Club Championship. As you get a little bit older, you realise that every game could potentially be your last. He went back to Australia and suddenly announced his retirement. He publishes Cricket Statistic publications at the start and end of each Grade Cricket Season and also published the book From Country to Comets in 1998. endobj India's young wristspinners are reminiscent of the Aussie duo of Bill O' Reilly and Clarrie Grimmett. Includes retired hurt and Due to this system, the winner of the Club Championship usually comes from a club whose first-grade team is within the top 6. x]o0#?0 -4&0"~6c*6% +sq2C>7pq+Y/)wI|YlrS8u]FWg`G There is a big incentive on offer again this season with the winner of each Conference Final earning an invitation to represent NSW Premier Cricket at the Fox Cricket National Premier T20 Championships held in Adelaide from 3-5 March. Im still 30 in my own mind. I do sort of. %PDF-1.7 9 0 obj We are closely linked with SCG Cricket, which gives opportunities for emerging players to mix with established stars and get a taste of the Sydney Cricket Ground. 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. A memorable win made better by 1s also winning at the adjacent ground, and an all-in team song. The NPT20 Championships will bring together the best Premier clubs from around the country. 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. What advice would you offer a young 13 year old who has the ambition of playing test cricket? Feb 3. The fielder tried to throw down the stumps and wrong-footed the guy backing up, which meant the ball went for five. What or who would you sacrifice your life for? [1] 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. Some clubs were renamed to reflect their wider representation (Waverley renamed as Eastern Suburbs, Fairfield becoming Fairfield-Liverpool and Campbelltown becoming Campbelltown-Camden). 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. Highest score. I had one team-mate whod use fines to highlight that he was a lawyer, and would proceed to argue every fine thrown his way. 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. 10 0 obj On Saturday, the 46-year-old all-rounder will become the first player in the 128-year history of Sydney grade cricket to chalk up 500 first-grade matches when he strides out for North Sydney against St George. Adjust: most. <> <>/Metadata 6412 0 R/ViewerPreferences 6413 0 R>> He didn't have it all his own way, let me tell you. Website by. The preliminary rounds for this competition consist of Two-Day and One-Day matches. 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. My Dad, without doubt. All time. Points are only accrued across round matches and do not include finals. It was in the Under 10s for Lane Cove, so I would have been nine. He performed quietly in a match in which Bradman scored 299 not out and Grimmett took 14 wickets, but he had arrived. , , Fonbet endobj The final series generally consists of Qualifying Finals, Semi-Finals and a Final. At Trent Bridge he won the match with seven for 54, achieved by what Wisden called clever variation in flight and pace combined with spin off the worn turf. Needless to say I was about 3 foot from the ground when he bowled the bouncer, and in true grade cricket style, having managed my way through a brief confrontation with Australias opening bowler, I nicked off terribly to Grant Lambert to following over. Ive always played with my brothers. Grade cricket hastens ones ability to understand and manage hostility and aggression, whether on the field or off. He did save the follow-on by making 30 not out at Old Trafford in the next Test. He and brother James have played 265 first-grade matches together. In the 2016/17 season, the competition changed its name to NSW Premier Cricket. Joe McAleer Park, Winten Drive Glendenning. AVE. Batting average: Total runs scored/total number of dismissals. The 2020/21 champions were the Randwick Petersham Cricket Club. If you'd like to see more content from Cricket Sydney, they'd be very grateful for your support and contribution. I made 202 not out against Blacktown in 2nd grade for Norths in 2006, at North Sydney number 2 which is probably the best ground to score runs on in Sydney. And before that, he had secured the Ashes by taking five for 66 and five for 56 at Headingley. My dad [Bob] played until he was 48 in first grade [391 games from 1960 to 1988]. This competition is also used by the Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder to identify talent for their BBL and Supplementary squads. He took a wicket every 49 balls in his first-class career and it was said he never bowled a wide. I remember I made 14 not out, and absolutely loving the experience. As a Bears fan in Rugby League, North Sydney Oval was a special place for me, and I wont forget my uncles turning up that day and registering their fear at the prospect, which didnt help the confidence. 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. Steve OKeefe was in my age cohort, though his bowling (like most good spinners) developed a bunch after I finished playing. What follows is a survey of the current English county cricketers who have spent time in 1st grade in Sydney. Wom. A very successful group that Im privileged to play a small role in. The name change was part of a Cricket Australia initiative to standardise the naming of the elite men's cricket competition within each state's capital city. He drove me an hour to Raby, whereupon I discovered that Campbelltown-Camden were playing Manly. There have been higher team and individual scores (400+ scores by teams are not the rare occurrence they once were). 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. 4 0 obj Sydney grade cricket also has a proud history of welcoming budding, current or former first-class and Test cricketers from around the world. The 1st Grade sides played an additional one-day match and 3 Twenty20 matches. Sign up successfully. 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. Australia. The Mounties group have a reputation for providing funding for junior sports for children in the Western Suburbs and they are determined to help our club develop young players that can go on the represent us in first grade, NSW in Shield cricket and Australia in test cricket. Sydney AW Green Shield (U16) Boys U16. Once again, there were a few. Clubs in the 2021/22 season of NSW Premier Cricket are: Sydney's suburban sprawl over the past 120 years has seen the introduction of new outer-suburban clubs and the disappearance or mergers of some inner-city clubs. Back-of-the-envelope calculations show that in first-grade alone, across the various formats, Aitken has spent about 5827 hours playing cricket across 844 individual days, although wash-outs and differing lengths of days mean these numbers are estimates. 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). 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. Sydney First Grade Cricket Grounds Ground Name Suburb/Town First Match Last Match Matches Alan Davidson Oval Alexandria 2001/02 2016/17 9 Australia. <> Of course when he bowled I could barely see the ball. Change selections (Season, Grade, Grade Type, Match Format) Click a row to view that player's statistics. Generally anyone who unironically argued the toss during post-play fines. http://www.premier.nsw.cricket.com.au/common/pages/public/rv/match.aspx?matchID=3177634&entityID=4. o Number of registered gymnasiums located in Sydney o Length of a basketball court o Maximum number of players on a netball team . Hendren and Leyland recaptured the initiative and England declared at 627 for nine but O'Reilly finished with seven for 189. Take cricket with you everywhere! Each of the 20 clubs fields a side in each of the five senior grades as well as a side in the Poidevin-Gray Shield and AW Green Shield junior competitions. My Dad used to do a lot of work in Newcastle, and often used to pass on a saying up there that the harder you work, the luckier you get. endstream By learning how to subtly change the pace of his deliveries. Sam Perry is a former Grade Cricketer who possesses a deep love for the beauty, the history and the traditions within the game of cricket. He enjoyed a great career with Balmain. Rob Aitken poses for a photo at Bon Andrews Oval in North Sydney ahead of his 500th match of Sydney first grade. Drummoyne Oval sits on the land of the Wangal people of the Eora nation. Most amateur cricketers know when to call it a day. It would then bounce ferociously on the hard pitches of his time and, on occasion, knock wicket-keepers off their feet. Whether those stories are funny, dark, brutal, celebratory, strange, or otherwise I think people enjoy seeing cricket represented in a way they remember it, so to use a tired corporatism, we hope its adding value to peoples enjoyment of the game across Australia, the UK and beyond. His last few years were rendered miserable by illness, including the loss of a leg. <> 6 0 obj He played only one more Test, the one-off game against New Zealand at Wellington in March 1946 when he was already 40. 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. The 2021/22 Women's First Grade Player of the Year was Saskia Horley (Manly Warringah), KINGSGROVE SPORTS WOMENS 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), Saskia Horley(Manly Warringah); 646 runs & 14 wickets, Rhiannon Dick (St George-Sutherland); 389 runs, Grace Dignam (Northern District); 321 runs, Anika Learoyd (Campbelltown-Camden); 319 runs, Kate Pelle (Parramatta); 12 dismissals & 200 runs, Ebony Hoskin (Campbelltown-Camden); 19 wickets, Jaclyn Vickery (St George-Sutherland); 17 wickets, Under 18 Brewer Shield: St George Sutherland CC, Second Grade Player of the Year: Stephanie Gillett (St George-Sutherland) & Natalie Guyot (Manly Warringah); 10 votes, Third Grade Player of the Year: Kristen Dorsch (Gordon); 15 votes, Under 18 Brewer Shield Player of the Year: Lucy Wilson (Parramatta); 25 votes, Bob Simpson Award Womens Coach of the Year: Russel Grimson (Sydney), Spirit of Cricket Award: Campbelltown-Camden CC, 1st Grade Captain of the Year: Mikaela Turik (Manly Warringah), 2nd Grade Captain of the Year:Emma Howe (Northern District), 3rd Grade Captain of the Year: Kristen Dorsch (Gordon), Under 18 Brewer Shield Captain of the Year: Lucy Wilson (Parramatta); 25 votes, 2023 Cricket New South Wales.All rights reserved. The NSW Premier Cricket competition is generally played on Saturdays and begins in mid-September and continues until the grand final is played on the first weekend of April. We also pay our respect to Elders past and present. WBBL - Sydney Sixers v Brisbane Heat Erin Burns has been a regular in the Women's Big Bash League. 8 0 obj You can do anything if you put your mind to it. Make it easy for people to search and find the people and services they need through people they know and trust. 2. . 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. 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) . What is your highest score in grade cricket? O'Reilly was born in White Cliffs in the New South Wales bush into a large Irish family on December 20, 1905. They won 4 titles as a merged outfit before merging again with Randwick, which had won 7 titles, to become Randwick-Petersham. <> Cricket is such a brutal game that we develop all manner of habits, probably in a futile bid to control the chaos around us. We welcome local, interstate and international players looking to join an inclusive and integrated club that provides both great enjoyment and a pathway to the future. 101-200. Business Services - Group Chief Financial Officer | Chartered Accountant. Australia. 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. . 6 Herb Elliott Avenue. Cricket. Whats been your most memorable moment in cricket? 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. New Zealand v Pakistan at Sydney, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 1st semi final, Nov 9, 2022 No one ever dominated O'Reilly. These points go towards the Club Championship which is awarded at the end of the regular season. All age groups. What was the best win you were involved in? I played junior cricket at Lane Cove, which was in the Gordon District Cricket Association. I bowled him first ball with a leg-break which came from the leg stump to hit the off bail. This competition has grown substantially since its formation and by 1985 the Sydney Grade Cricket Competition encompassed 20 clubs. The match resumed a week later, according to the local custom. 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 . 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. Click here to find out more about Kingsgrove Sports T20 Cup including scores and details. I managed to avoid Mark Cameron somehow. Statistics enable the scientific evaluation of truth assertions The design of the research process plays a major role in the correct establishment of truth. It was the first year my school, St Andrews, had entered a team into the Saturday competition (we were a noted choir school, not a sporting one). 13 0 obj I took 4/30-odd against Campbelltown at Raby in 3s for Balmain in 2003 (or so). Left to right: James, Glenn and Rob. Because of some caution they put us in the 2nd XI competition, and we just so happened to have a team with four future 1st graders. Financial Statistics (FIN10002) Trending Transport and Freight Logistics (OMGT2222) Business Studies (1BSTD) Foundations of Marketing (MKTG1501) Fluid Mechanics (ENGR30002) Criminal Law (MLL114) accounting information system (tacc603) Information System for management (ACCG3055) Digital Portfolio (AMB330) Practical Legal Training (QP2106F_1) To help make this website better, to improve and personalize your experience and for advertising purposes, are you happy to accept cookies and other technologies. He imbued me with a great joy for the game that extended beyond playing. Since the others were older, Bill inevitably bowled more than he batted. I continued to Green Shield with Gordon, before changing to Balmain for my second year of Green Shield. - By asking this question , you'll find out if she's capable of making her loved ones a priority. Third Grade: . The McDonalds Womens NSW Premier Cricketcompetition is a feeder for the NSW Women's squad, Sydney Thunder and Sydney Sixers, while players from this competition have also progressed to represent other States in the Women's National Cricket League. In the series in England in 1934 he took 28 wickets, including seven in an innings twice. How was I to know that I was about to cross swords with the greatest cricketer that ever set foot on a cricket field ? He was the first guy to talk to me when I arrived at the club. E-Book Overview The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language is the first comprehensive descriptive grammar of English to appear for over fifteen years, a period which has seen immense developments in linguistic theory at all levels. The A W Green Shield, or Greenies as it is more commonly known, comprises teams who represent their grade sides in an Under 16 competition consisting of 7 preliminary rounds, qualifying finals, semi-finals and a Final. This may have cost him the chance of a Test against England in 1928-29 and, very probably, a tour in 1930. endobj 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. HS. Areas of expertise gained from this experience included Commercial and Industrial buildings; Apartment Block complexes; Timber Log lodges; Architecturally Designed domestic dwellings; Cranes;. Cricket is a game of statistics and endurance but Rob Aitken has taken it to new levels. <> Aitken debuted in first grade at the age of 17 in 1992 and is still going, 30 summers later. In the Qualifying Finals, the 1st placed team plays the 6th placed team, 2nd plays 5th and 3rd plays 4th. Sep 21 Sydney 6 5656. Are there any lessons from your time in cricket that you take into work or life in general? These matches are played over two days, with the First Grade Final being played over three days. The 1st Grade Draw can be found here [2] and the 2nd Grade draw, which is identical to the 3rd, 4th and 5th Grade draws, can be found here [3].