Other people probably see that more than me. What did you like most about playing grade cricket in Sydney? Select. Grade cricket hastens ones ability to understand and manage hostility and aggression, whether on the field or off. 2023 Gains. Sydney Olympic Park NSW 2127. Every game is a bonus, Aitken says. This ball is the same used by state players but had not previously been used due to its cost (A$150 each). By the close of play, 17-year-old Don Bradman was 234 not out. , , Fonbet When O'Reilly died, Bradman said he was the greatest bowler he had ever faced or watched. "w1#hjGR7%gnQ.VMtuZF}_D8kI%II3i V!N`>wzm67[GHt-:k2p}aTb$bZFz25tX4vSVzUqKBD[6 ;>EX& H{?uTGb$bn(isgoR K#"X Aitken, who went past Ken Halls record of 471 first-grade matches last year, clearly does not. The medal was won in 2021/22 by Scott Rodgie from Northern District Cricket Club. . . Joe McAleer Park, Winten Drive Glendenning. - 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 The Grade Cricketer latest book - click to buy now. 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. Click here to find out more about Kingsgrove Sports T20 Cup including scores and details. Click here to find out more about the Belvidere Cup, including scores and contact details. I had minimal ideas when Beau Casson bowled to me absolutely zero clue which way the ball was spinning. Number of matches played - not including matches where Second Grade: Parramatta CC. <> I loved it there. First Grade: Sydney CC. My next memory is of batting I think I was down the order and sweeping a ball to the boundary. <> India's young wristspinners are reminiscent of the Aussie duo of Bill O' Reilly and Clarrie Grimmett. Credit:Brook Mitchell. Please check your email to receive the magic link. 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) . Michael O'Sullivan 1950-2013On the day that Mick died, 3 September 2013, this appreciation was written. We chased the runs 8 wickets down, so my debut saw me turn up an hour late, and neither bat nor bowl. So Warne was a level above. Nathan Hauritz was the Test spinner when I played against him, though I think we were on a good wicket. Please check your email to receive the magic link. The first Test Match at the Adelaide Oval was scored by George Gurr and Charles Hobbs. What is your best bowling figures in grade cricket? The first scorers in a Test Match at the Sydney Cricket Ground were SW Daniels and EC Weller. A T20 and 40-over competition is held for Third Grade. 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. Includes retired hurt and Some clubs were renamed to reflect their wider representation (Waverley renamed as Eastern Suburbs, Fairfield becoming Fairfield-Liverpool and Campbelltown becoming Campbelltown-Camden). Cricket longevity is in Aitkens blood. The match resumed a week later, according to the local custom. In 73 matches, she has notched up 1,093 runs at an average of 21.86 and a strike rate of 122.2,. 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 . However, Sydney Grammar School offered him a job that enabled him to play on. AW Green Shield Final scorecard. endobj He essentially taught me the methods, mechanics and mindset of batting and playing generally that I think helped me play my best cricket. It has been suggested that his action and the general commotion before delivery were born of a deep sense of frustration at not being able to bowl fast enough to knock the batsman down. Feb 3. He is The Grade Cricketer. Sydney Grade Cricket @SydneyGradeRumo Latest Sydney Grade Rumours/News please tweet! Adjust: most. Ill try and do that on Saturday., Endless summer: The Sydney cricketer set to play his 500th first-grade match. For each club, each grades' points tally is multiplied by a factor for the purposes of calculating Club Championship points. [, England v Sri Lanka at Sydney, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 39th match, Nov 5, 2022 No one ever dominated O'Reilly. Change selections (Season, Grade, Grade Type, Match Format) Click a row to view that player's statistics. Team Grade Gender Age Group. Its Shane Warne, then daylight though I understand thats a bland answer. 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). RUNS. The biggest cricket field in Sydney to share stories, news, interviews, profiles, scores and results, from past and present. By learning how to subtly change the pace of his deliveries. Teams are divided into a Sixers Conference and a Thunder Conference. NSW Premier Cricket Manager. A year later he made his first-class dbut against the New Zealanders. 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. Bob Aitken bowling in a Sydney grade match. Highest score. In 1926-27 O'Reilly was chosen for the New South Wales state practice squad on the strength of one match for North Sydney. The biggest cricket field in Sydney to share stories, news, interviews, profiles, scores and results, from past and present. [1] Most but not all clubs actively update their website and have information across a variety of social media platforms. Third Grade: . Note: the total number of dismissals is determined by number of batting innings minus number of not out innings. Jack Fingleton said he was a flurry of limbs, fire and steel-edged temper. 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. 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. In this case the match will link to the original grade. 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. All time. 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]. 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. My Dad, without doubt. The Grade Cricketer Podcast, The Grade Cricketer on 7Sports and writes for the Guardian and other publications. Known as Sydney Cricket Ground No. 12 0 obj Click here to find out more about the First Grade Limited Overs 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. 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. Are you still involved in Cricket and if so, in what capacity? 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. Won by the club with the highest competition points in aggregate across all 5 grades plus points from the PG and Green Shield competitions. But 10,598 days and eight changes of prime minister later, Aitken has amassed 11,387 runs and taken 618 wickets in 345 two-day games, 107 one-day matches and 47 T20 contests, mostly for his beloved North Sydney club. 7 0 obj I suspect the fastest bowler I faced was Burt Cockley from Randwick-Petersham, who bowled me with an inswinger at Coogee once (didnt see it). (If displayed:) Number of innings of between 25 and Some clubs also have detailed video and photographs each weekend. Click here to download and view the NSW Premier Cricket Statistics Annual 2020-21. Bill Tiger O'Reilly was unquestionably one of cricket's great figures: as a player, as a character and later as a writer on the game. His last few years were rendered miserable by illness, including the loss of a leg. By default, the shading indicates records from the past week, or failing that, the most recent entry. 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. 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. 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. 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. He had married in 1933, had a daughter and was anxious about his teaching career. Together with other brother Glenn, the Aitken brothers have 1400 first-grade appearances between them. 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. endobj 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. 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. Sydney AW Green Shield (U16) Boys U16. Rob Aitken bowling for North Sydney in 2013. But he was consistent, loved quality and hated one-day cricket (hit-and-giggle) which he generally refused to watch. Who was the funniest cricketing team-mate? 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. 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. Sep 21 Sydney 6 5656. I do some communications work on the side too. In the late 1990s there was a push to remove some inner-city clubs from the competition, but although no clubs were forced out, in 2001 Randwick and Petersham-Marrickville (itself the product of a merger in 1951) decided to merge and formed the Randwick Petersham club. Now that youve found Stump to stump why not join in on [. While Sir Donald walked the corridors of cricketing power O'Reilly was the rumbustious backbencher. 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. We also pay our respect to Elders past and present. . Honestly, I dont know. In 1917 the family moved to Wingello. This was a woman clad in black who would have been as arch-feminist as they come, recognising this mans genius. 11 0 obj 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. Cricket NSW is a member association of Cricket Australia - the national governing body for the game in Australia. Im still 30 in my own mind. 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! <> What or who would you sacrifice your life for? In the 1932-33 Bodyline series he took 27 wickets, without anyone noticing much, given what else was happening. According to NSW Cricket stats guru Adam Morehouse, Aitken has scored 11,387 runs at an average of 29.35, with eight centuries, 59 fifties and 38 ducks in 499 matches and 494 innings. Players for the NSW team are selected from the first-grade competition. He played only one more Test, the one-off game against New Zealand at Wellington in March 1946 when he was already 40. It was in the Under 10s for Lane Cove, so I would have been nine. Suddenly cricket was the best game in the whole wide world. 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 is 10th on the all-time run-scorers list behind Greg Mail (15,242) in top spot. $.' Day 2 of Game 1 matches, following time lost on Day 1, Download DLS 2020 Version 4.0 (Requires Java 8.0 or later), Cricket Australia Grade Club Grant Application, McDonalds Grade Club Facility Grants Guidelines, Start of Season Coaching Grant Application, Nomination for SCA Committee of Management, Forms - Umpire's Match Report_Premier Cricket. 201-300. Too many. <> Australia. I took 4/30-odd against Campbelltown at Raby in 3s for Balmain in 2003 (or so). An amazing amount, too many to list here. He did save the follow-on by making 30 not out at Old Trafford in the next Test. Since its introduction scores within the competition have increased. 9 0 obj 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. endobj I work for myself primarily! But that doesnt include all the extra time spent travelling - I try not to think about the petrol money - post-match beers with teammates, some lower grade games and a couple of training sessions per week. I like the idea that there were things you could do to tilt the brutality of cricket your way. The match was Gurr's only known Test Match while Hobbs scored one more Test. 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 . I was in year 11 at school, which would have made me 16 at the time. Total runs scored. Of course when he bowled I could barely see the ball. Areas of expertise gained from this experience included Commercial and Industrial buildings; Apartment Block complexes; Timber Log lodges; Architecturally Designed domestic dwellings; Cranes;. 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 managed to avoid Mark Cameron somehow. Players are primarily sourced from England's county competition. There have been higher team and individual scores (400+ scores by teams are not the rare occurrence they once were). First grade = 6 points per competition point, Second grade = 5, Third = 4,Fourth = 3, Fifth/PG/Green Shield = 2 8. All age groups. Aitken has been playing first grade cricket in Sydney since 1992. - 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 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. 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. 170 Followers Join the cricket network to promote your business and expertise. First Grade, Second Grade and Under 18 Brewer Shield competitions are all played on a Sunday with Third Grade being played on Saturdays. <>/ExtGState<>/XObject<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> The cricket is obviously excellent, and allows for great satisfaction when looking back at memories and achievements whether its your own or others. Spectators are generally few and far between at matches, mostly family members, partners or club members. For over 125 years, Sydney's Men's First Grade clubs have been competing for the prestigious Belvidere Cup. This competition is also used by the Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder to identify talent for their BBL and Supplementary squads. I continued to Green Shield with Gordon, before changing to Balmain for my second year of Green Shield. What is your highest score in grade cricket? l!~U?C.&^w,*tpm+5mcf: Points are only accrued across round matches and do not include finals. endobj 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. All of the current NSW first-class cricket players are selected from their performances in Premier Cricket. 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. 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. Check the Stats & Records of Records, / , Sydney Cricket Ground, / , Records by ground Players in Wicket keeper Batting Bowling It was the 11th time he had taken five in an innings in Tests. The best we have finished in our 22 years is 4th in 2004-05. Drummoyne Oval sits on the land of the Wangal people of the Eora nation. 15 0 obj 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. I like to spend time with my mates, my wife, my little boy Ted, and my family. It is our first time in the Grand Final in this competition. Get the latest scores, news, highlights, live radio and live video streaming. endobj The Women's First Grade Player of the Year Award was first awarded in 1989/90 won Monika Grogan. What is your highest score in grade cricket? 13 0 obj He enjoyed a great career with Balmain. Englishmen have been coming to play Grade Cricket in Sydney since at least Test opener, John Dewes, played for Northern District in 1958 through to Barry Knight, Geoffrey Boycott and Tony Greig. 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. Batting average: Total runs scored/total number of The preliminary rounds for this competition consist of Two-Day and One-Day matches. 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) 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. It was a great arena for life lessons. Bob Aitken bowling in a Sydney grade match. Nathan Ball (Balmain) and Will Mottram (UK guy, came to the Tigers). 1-100. He was transferred back to Sydney in time for the 1931-32 season and after four more matches made his dbut for Australia. stream Who is your favourite all time cricketer? He is the gentlest soul going around, but had major red mist when on the field. <> not out. 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. This competition has First Grade status and points gained count towards the Club Championship. - By asking this question , you'll find out if she's capable of making her loved ones a priority. 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. Medical and Health Care - General Manager Cutera ANZ | Health and Beauty. North Sydney Oval, for its special place in my family (and its beauty). It was a one-dayer, and of course we bowled first. The Sydney Cricket Club has a long and proud history as a strong performer in Premier Cricket, and as a pathway to representative honours. What follows is a survey of the current English county cricketers who have spent time in 1st grade in Sydney. 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. Complex strategic question for Australian cricket given direction of the game globally. 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. NSW Premier Cricket First Grade (): Sydney (w) - Penrith (w) 05 . You enjoy it and make the most of it. 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.