Click the links below to skip to that section. And while the end is nearer than the beginning, Aitken wants to continue enjoying weekends with his brothers and mates at North Sydney for a while longer yet. 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 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. This competition is also used by the Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder to identify talent for their BBL and Supplementary squads. 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. What did you like most about playing grade cricket in Sydney? They won 4 titles as a merged outfit before merging again with Randwick, which had won 7 titles, to become Randwick-Petersham. Hard to answer that. First Grade, Second Grade and Under 18 Brewer Shield competitions are all played on a Sunday with Third Grade being played on Saturdays. The Qualifying and Semi Finals are played as Two-Day matches, with the Grand Final played over three days. Please check your email to receive the magic link. 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. Number of matches played - not including matches where 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. 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. 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. He played only one more Test, the one-off game against New Zealand at Wellington in March 1946 when he was already 40. Oh God, too hard to say. <>/ExtGState<>/XObject<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> 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. NSW Premier Cricket First Grade High odds and bonuses Make a bet on winning the match, total and other outcomes FONBET My uncle kept playing grade cricket and shires cricket until he was pretty close to 70. endobj 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. dismissals. He went back to Australia and suddenly announced his retirement. 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. He took a wicket every 49 balls in his first-class career and it was said he never bowled a wide. The Sydney Cricket Club has a long and proud history as a strong performer in Premier Cricket, and as a pathway to representative honours. Get the latest scores, news, highlights, live radio and live video streaming. The competition consists of 20 clubs who field one side in each of the five grades. Too many. A breeding ground for future NSW and Australian representatives, McDonald's NSW Premier Cricket competition is regarded as the strongest in Australia. All points received in this competition go towards the Club Championship. <> Were working to restore it. 1 0 obj He took 109 wickets on the tour, including nine for 38 against Somerset. Who was the fastest bowler you ever faced? <> I work for myself primarily! He is the gentlest soul going around, but had major red mist when on the field. Complex strategic question for Australian cricket given direction of the game globally. 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. The biggest cricket field in Sydney to share stories, news, interviews, profiles, scores and results, from past and present. <> Looking back, Im not sure if it did, but I did like to practice hard, and these kinds of values became helpful in life beyond cricket. What follows is a survey of the current English county cricketers who have spent time in 1st grade in Sydney. Steve OKeefe was in my age cohort, though his bowling (like most good spinners) developed a bunch after I finished playing. 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). Turn on account notifications to keep up with all new content. 14 0 obj Credit:Cricket NSW, Turning up to watch it rain, Aitken says. If youre in the middle seat of the middle row of Qantas QF1flight to London which team mates -would you choose to on your left and right? 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 loved it there. At one point I got him away to the boundary, and ran a tight single next ball. Founded in 1972/73, the NSW Women's Premier Cricket competition comprises First, Second and Third Grade, as well as the Brewer Shield for U/18 players. (Mtdk\aTL2i[$mGKH&l{^8]@'? In the Qualifying Finals, the 1st placed team plays the 6th placed team, 2nd plays 5th and 3rd plays 4th. Won by the club with the highest competition points in aggregate across all 5 grades plus points from the PG and Green Shield competitions. All of the current NSW first-class cricket players are selected from their performances in Premier Cricket. When we won that competition it was very satisfying primarily because you do it with your friends and share those memories for life. Click here to find out more about the First Grade Limited Overs Cup, including scores and contact details. 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. 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. 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. Cricket is a game of statistics and endurance but Rob Aitken has taken it to new levels. [1] Cricket longevity is in Aitkens blood. [, England v Sri Lanka at Sydney, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 39th match, Nov 5, 2022 However, consistency across the top 3 grades in particular is important. Mobile: 0414 486 438. Now that youve found Stump to stump why not join in on (If displayed:) Number of innings of between 25 and 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. - 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 Sydney AW Green Shield (U16) Boys U16. A year later he made his first-class dbut against the New Zealanders. It would then bounce ferociously on the hard pitches of his time and, on occasion, knock wicket-keepers off their feet. Select. Very few subsequent workplace conflicts bother me following the grade cricket education. Players for the NSW team are selected from the first-grade competition. The first scorers in a Test Match at the Sydney Cricket Ground were SW Daniels and EC Weller. Bets on Cricket match Sydney (w) Penrith (w), Wom. 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. 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. Bob Aitken bowling in a Sydney grade match. I compounded this problem by confusing our opponent and telling Dad we were playing at Raby Oval in Campbelltown. The match was Gurr's only known Test Match while Hobbs scored one more Test. 1-100. Sydney Grade Cricket @SydneyGradeRumo Latest Sydney Grade Rumours/News please tweet! 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. First Grade, Second Grade and Under 18 Brewer Shield all play Twenty20 and 50-over cricket. It was probably a school match in 2000. What would their all-time XIs look like? You may as well give your employer a plug, who do you work for? Despite his longevity on the game, remarkably Aitken does not hold every first-grade playing record in Sydney. Whats been your most memorable moment in cricket? Until he finally retired in 1988, he was as revered in Australian press boxes as he had been on the field. The season generally starts in September and runs for about 7 months up till March of the following year. Sydney sydneygrade.nsw.cricket.com.au Joined May 2013 814 Following 1,852 Followers Tweets Tweets & replies Media Likes Interested in @SydneyGradeRumo's Tweets? Spectators are generally few and far between at matches, mostly family members, partners or club members. Clearly, Aitken loves cricket, although there is one thing about the game he cant stand. Click here to find out more about the McDonalds Womens Premier Cricket competition, including scores and contact details. 12 0 obj <> Sydney Poidevin-Gray Shield (Sixers Conference) Men U21. Sep 21 Sydney 6 5656. endobj 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. 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. Australia. Bollinger walked past me and said you know where the next ones coming, dont you? to which I replied no, not really. First Grade: Sydney CC. You just turn up and do your thing and it becomes part of your routine of life. In 1965 Sutherland joined the competition, followed by Nepean (now Penrith) and University of NSW in 1973. 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. 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. 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. The 2021/22 champions were the Randwick Petersham Cricket Club. Sydney grade cricket also has a proud history of welcoming budding, current or former first-class and Test cricketers from around the world. McDonald's Women's Premier Cricket has been home to many Australian players over the years. All time. He imbued me with a great joy for the game that extended beyond playing. 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. By default, the shading indicates records from the past week, or failing that, the most recent entry. Every game is a bonus, Aitken says. 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. - 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 Records / Sydney Cricket Ground / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs, Readers recommend - Curated tweets by ESPNcricinfo. "w1#hjGR7%gnQ.VMtuZF}_D8kI%II3i V!N`>wzm67[GHt-:k2p}aTb$bZFz25tX4vSVzUqKBD[6 ;>EX& H{?uTGb$bn(isgoR K#"X 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 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. Opting out is easy, so give it a try. North Sydney Oval, for its special place in my family (and its beauty). I seem to recall Mum and Dad taking some polaroid shots of me (these have since been lost). 3 0 obj I dont think time is an issue. 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. ",#(7),01444'9=82. 101-200. 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