First Grade: Sydney CC. Adjust: most. Click here to download and view the NSW Premier Cricket Statistics Annual 2020-21. I remained there for my early years of grade cricket, before switching to Norths when I was 20. I can still see the ball going to the boundary and feeling the elation of that. Click here to download and view the NSW Premier Cricket Statistics Annual 2020-21. Ive always admired and respected the dogged and disciplined competitors but have most enjoyed the misunderstood stylists. The Grade Cricketer latest book - click to buy now. roy.formica@cricketnsw.com.au. 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. Honestly, I dont know. 170 Followers Join the cricket network to promote your business and expertise. Im still 30 in my own mind. 6 Herb Elliott Avenue. 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 . endobj 2. I like to read, listen, speak with interesting people about politics, social issues, Australia. We also pay our respect to Elders past and present. 1 0 obj When he played his first match for Wingello Juniors, the team walked to the opposition's ground seven miles away in Tallong, with their dogs chasing rabbits along the way. The Kingsgrove Sports T20 Cup is contested by the 20 Sydney NSW Premier Cricket clubs. The most successful club no longer in the competition is Paddington which won 9 first grade titles between 1894/95 and 1953/54 before being forced to merge with Glebe-South Sydney to form the Sydney District CC in 1965 - this merged club later left the competition in 1985. According to Fingleton's account he would probably have been lost to cricket had he not been asked to make up the numbers in a Sydney junior match and, with a method that at first made everyone giggle, whipped out the opposition. He went back to Australia and suddenly announced his retirement. Future generations will have to judge the greatness of his bowling on the fragments of film that survive and the written descriptions, of which R. C. Robertson-Glasgow's may stand as definitive:As with those more florid opponents of legendary heroes, there seemed to be more arms than Nature or the rules allow. 15 0 obj It was a great arena for life lessons. Oh God, too hard to say. Take cricket with you everywhere! These matches are played over two days, with the First Grade Final being played over three days. The match was Gurr's only known Test Match while Hobbs scored one more Test. 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. There have been higher team and individual scores (400+ scores by teams are not the rare occurrence they once were). The 1st Grade sides played an additional one-day match and 3 Twenty20 matches. 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. All age groups. As a player, it would be opening the batting and facing Doug Bollinger with a new ball at North Sydney Oval, pre-hair, in 1st grade. 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. Blacktown Mounties Grade Board 2021/22 Season. By the close of play, 17-year-old Don Bradman was 234 not out. The Women's First Grade Player of the Year is decided by umpire votes from each match during the season on a 3-2-1 basis. However, the high rate of lower back injuries (20%) highlights an area of concern in this cohort. He once dismissed David Warner and celebrated by putting his hands in his pockets and casually walking to me, offering his hand to shake in a dignified manner. Most amateur cricketers know when to call it a day. The exception to this is at T20 matches which can attract crowds into the hundreds and occasionally the low thousands. He played only one more Test, the one-off game against New Zealand at Wellington in March 1946 when he was already 40. Match status (MS) Progress result entered Final result entered, unconfirmed Result in dispute Final result entered and confirmed Official result Matches in red have been copied from another grade as part of a re-grading process. A T20 and 40-over competition is held for Third Grade. He bowled leg-breaks and, especially, top-spinners and googlies, backed up by an intimidating manner. He imbued me with a great joy for the game that extended beyond playing. Feb 3. He did save the follow-on by making 30 not out at Old Trafford in the next Test. Sydney AW Green Shield (U16) Boys U16. His batting was left-handed, hard-hitting and occasionally stubborn (1,655 runs at 13.13); he never quite forgave himself for getting out at Lord's in 1934 when he might have saved the follow-on, in which case he rather than Verity would have had use of a rain-affected wicket. He is 10th on the all-time run-scorers list behind Greg Mail (15,242) in top spot. 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). Bets on Cricket match Sydney (w) Penrith (w), Wom. By Jay L. 592+ Math Tutors 4.9/5 Star Rating Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences 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. There are 20 clubs in the McDonald's NSW Premier Cricket competition with each competing in First Grade through to Fifth Grade, as well as the Poidevin-Gray Shield (U/21) and AW Green Shield (U/16). The NPT20 Championships will bring together the best Premier clubs from around the country. You enjoy it and make the most of it. 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 . The time goes real quick, Aitken says. 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. Sign up successfully. Click here to find out more about Kingsgrove Sports T20 Cup including scores and details. Players are primarily sourced from England's county competition. endobj Whats been your most memorable moment in cricket? Wom. 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 put the length of his first-grade career in context, rough calculations show Aitken has spent just under two-and-a-half years of his life out on a cricket field, dressed in creams and an array of colourful one-day uniforms. I bowled him first ball with a leg-break which came from the leg stump to hit the off bail. 11 0 obj Bill O'Reilly, who died in a Sydney hospital on October 6, 1992, aged 86, was probably the greatest spin bowler the game has ever produced. According to Jack Fingleton in Cricket crisis, the four O'Reilly brothers played with a gum-wood bat and a piece of banksia root chiselled down to make a ball. Mobile: 0414 486 438. endobj The Grade Cricketer Podcast, The Grade Cricketer on 7Sports and writes for the Guardian and other publications. endobj not out. 13 0 obj 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. 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. Steve OKeefe was in my age cohort, though his bowling (like most good spinners) developed a bunch after I finished playing. I had minimal ideas when Beau Casson bowled to me absolutely zero clue which way the ball was spinning. Committee of Management. endobj In the late 1990s and early 2000s Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Strauss amongst others played seasons in Sydney. AVE. Batting average: Total runs scored/total number of dismissals. He was hot-blooded and humorous which perhaps explains why his relationship with the cooler Bradman is believed to have been based on intense mutual respect rather than the profoundest form of Australian mateship. Who was the best spinner you played against? Select. 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. I do some communications work on the side too. Of course when he bowled I could barely see the ball. <> Its a good excuse to catch up, says Aitken, whose wife Kristie and daughters Emily and Abbey watch his games a little less nowadays. 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 best laughs Ive had in cricket have been with Nathan Ball. 1; Garrison Ground (1848-1877), Association Ground . Hendren and Leyland recaptured the initiative and England declared at 627 for nine but O'Reilly finished with seven for 189. India's young wristspinners are reminiscent of the Aussie duo of Bill O' Reilly and Clarrie Grimmett. Bowlers, in particular fast bowlers, have had to work much harder at getting wickets. Each team plays six preliminary round matches with the top four teams in each conference playing Semi Finals, followed by a Conference Final. For over 125 years, Sydney's Men's First Grade clubs have been competing for the prestigious Belvidere Cup. 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. He enjoyed a great career with Balmain. The fielder tried to throw down the stumps and wrong-footed the guy backing up, which meant the ball went for five. Other people probably see that more than me. Sydney Grade Cricket @SydneyGradeRumo Latest Sydney Grade Rumours/News please tweet! A breeding ground for future NSW and Australian representatives, McDonald's NSW Premier Cricket competition is regarded as the strongest in Australia. First Grade, Second Grade and Under 18 Brewer Shield competitions are all played on a Sunday with Third Grade being played on Saturdays. In blazing heat at Old Trafford, he transformed the game in an over which England began at 68 for no wicket. Though I very much enjoyed Manly Oval, Coogee Oval, and I loved Petersham Oval too. . Includes retired hurt and At one point I got him away to the boundary, and ran a tight single next ball. To address shortcomings in players making the transition from first-grade to State cricket, two seasons ago a different type of ball was introduced into the first-grade competition. endstream Cricket Sydney will receive 80% of all funds contributed. <> Aitken, who went past Ken Halls record of 471 first-grade matches last year, clearly does not. Sydney sydneygrade.nsw.cricket.com.au Joined May 2013 814 Following 1,852 Followers Tweets Tweets & replies Media Likes Interested in @SydneyGradeRumo's Tweets? dismissals. o Number of registered gymnasiums located in Sydney o Length of a basketball court o Maximum number of players on a netball team . NSW Premier Cricket First Grade High odds and bonuses Make a bet on winning the match, total and other outcomes FONBET All Rights Reserved. Click button below to view latest club results. He is The Grade Cricketer. He took 109 wickets on the tour, including nine for 38 against Somerset. First Grade also plays for the First Grade Limited Overs Cup, which consists of five rounds plus Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and a Grand Final. Since the others were older, Bill inevitably bowled more than he batted. 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. Do you remember your first ever game of cricket? Who is your favourite all time cricketer? 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. A year later he made his first-class dbut against the New Zealanders. Of course I describe this as a sweep, I probably just dragged the bat in an arc toward the ball and connected. 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) . The competition consists of 20 clubs who field one side in each of the five grades. 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. the fun and become a member of the community, You can share visual and engaging content from memorable moments, experiences, and network with cricket's business community, Please enter your credit or debit card details below. My dad [Bob] played until he was 48 in first grade [391 games from 1960 to 1988]. First grade = 6 points per competition point, Second grade = 5, Third = 4,Fourth = 3, Fifth/PG/Green Shield = 2 8. The Grand Final. Or similarly, that all the flowers of tomorrow are in the seeds of today. NSW Premier Cricket First Grade: Bets on championship matches with Fonbet Betting Company. Such is the strength of the competition that some well-known players have been known to play multiple matches in second grade. He had married in 1933, had a daughter and was anxious about his teaching career. HS. 2 0 obj Aitken has been playing first grade cricket in Sydney since 1992. Credit:Brook Mitchell. The advent of T20 cricket has helped Aitken tick up a few extra games, too. l!~U?C.&^w,*tpm+5mcf: My eldest daughter has started playing Brewer Shield (under 18s) on Sundays. Aitken debuted in first grade at the age of 17 in 1992 and is still going, 30 summers later. The first scorers in a Test Match at the Sydney Cricket Ground were SW Daniels and EC Weller. 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. Cogent point. What is your highest score in grade cricket? TGC allows for the authentic story of cricket the way most people experience the game to bubble up and be shared, which I think people appreciate. I played junior cricket at Lane Cove, which was in the Gordon District Cricket Association. 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. Blacktown District Cricket Club Copyright 2021. Nathan Hauritz was the Test spinner when I played against him, though I think we were on a good wicket. I reckon I must have spent at least 100 Saturdays doing that. 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. Its given me a great opportunity to contribute to the conversation around cricket where often the grassroots, club experience is overlooked in favour of a shinier, more polished presentation of the game. Batting average: Total runs scored/total number of Whos been the biggest influence in your cricket career? Despite his longevity on the game, remarkably Aitken does not hold every first-grade playing record in Sydney. "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. 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. 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. Women's Coach of the Year: Russel Grimson (Sydney) Spirit of Cricket Award . 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. endobj He would take me to the SCG as a kid all the time, and play with me in the backyard Ive been very lucky. Cricket NSW is a member association of Cricket Australia - the national governing body for the game in Australia. Spectators are generally few and far between at matches, mostly family members, partners or club members. 10 0 obj 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). In the 1st Grade competition, each side plays every other side over a total of 19 rounds. I like to spend time with my mates, my wife, my little boy Ted, and my family. Please check your email to receive the magic link. [, England v Sri Lanka at Sydney, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 39th match, Nov 5, 2022 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. Will they enjoy success in Australia, like they did in South Africa? Thats hard to say, there seemed to be so many quick bowlers in the mid 2000s. ",#(7),01444'9=82. 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 McDonald's Women's Premier Cricket has been home to many Australian players over the years. 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. Sydney grade cricket also has a proud history of welcoming budding, current or former first-class and Test cricketers from around the world. The match resumed a week later, according to the local custom. Sydney Olympic Park NSW 2127. 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. The 2021/22 champions were the Randwick Petersham Cricket Club. retired notout. <> I remember sitting on the couch at home before the game in my full whites, very nervous. Areas of expertise gained from this experience included Commercial and Industrial buildings; Apartment Block complexes; Timber Log lodges; Architecturally Designed domestic dwellings; Cranes;. A point in first grade is worth more than second grade and so on. 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.[1]. However, consistency across the top 3 grades in particular is important. What advice would you offer a young 13 year old who has the ambition of playing test cricket? , , Fonbet An asterisk (*) denotes the innings was We chased the runs 8 wickets down, so my debut saw me turn up an hour late, and neither bat nor bowl. AW Green Shield Final scorecard. It was the 11th time he had taken five in an innings in Tests. The opposition barely beat his age: they were bowled out for 42 and 54 and O'Reilly took five for 14 and three for 19. stream Due to this system, the winner of the Club Championship usually comes from a club whose first-grade team is within the top 6. I dont think time is an issue. 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. Until he finally retired in 1988, he was as revered in Australian press boxes as he had been on the field. I managed to avoid Mark Cameron somehow. The medal was won in 2021/22 by Scott Rodgie from Northern District Cricket Club. 4 0 obj If you'd like to see more content from Cricket Sydney, they'd be very grateful for your support and contribution. "w1#hjGR7%gnQ.VMtuZF}_D8kI%II3i V!N`>wzm67[GHt-:k2p}aTb$bZFz25tX4vSVzUqKBD[6 ;>EX& H{?uTGb$bn(isgoR K#"X SACA's Premier Cricket League resources, competitions, teams and awards. My Dads family all lived in the area and we were around the corner in Hunters Hill, so it made sense. Joe McAleer Park, Winten Drive Glendenning. 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 biggest cricket field in Sydney to share stories, news, interviews, profiles, scores and results, from past and present. 3 - Constants & variables . In the Qualifying Finals, the 1st placed team plays the 6th placed team, 2nd plays 5th and 3rd plays 4th. Nathan Ball (Balmain) and Will Mottram (UK guy, came to the Tigers). . Get the latest scores, news, highlights, live radio and live video streaming. A memorable win made better by 1s also winning at the adjacent ground, and an all-in team song. He performed quietly in a match in which Bradman scored 299 not out and Grimmett took 14 wickets, but he had arrived. I just enjoy the people I play with and working together in a team setting.. Cricket longevity is in Aitkens blood. Michael O'Sullivan 1950-2013On the day that Mick died, 3 September 2013, this appreciation was written. 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. Sydney Poidevin-Gray Shield (Sixers Conference) Men U21. In this case the match will link to the original grade. No one ever dominated O'Reilly. 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. His opinions often came more from the heart than the head, especially if it was a question of attacking the selectors for playing safe and ignoring a young player, most especially a young leg-spinner. The cricket is obviously excellent, and allows for great satisfaction when looking back at memories and achievements whether its your own or others. [, Pakistan v South Africa at Sydney, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 36th match, Nov 3, 2022 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. Cricket is a game of statistics and endurance but Rob Aitken has taken it to new levels. Cricket was harder to arrange. All points received in this competition go towards the Club Championship. Rob Aitken bowling for North Sydney in 2013. His last few years were rendered miserable by illness, including the loss of a leg. In recent times some clubs have started broadcasting scorecards in real-time on the Cricket Australia website. Did you have any cricketing superstitions? 14 0 obj 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.
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