- By asking this question , you'll find out if she's capable of making her loved ones a priority. Notes - Research methods for sport & exercise Module 1 Key 15 0 obj Complex strategic question for Australian cricket given direction of the game globally. By learning how to subtly change the pace of his deliveries. The Cambridge Grammar Of The English Language [PDF] [39mcl5ibdiu0] Whos been the biggest influence in your cricket career? Good team song though. 4 0 obj By the close of play, 17-year-old Don Bradman was 234 not out. Finally in 2002 Blacktown were promoted from the second-tier shires competition to bring the number of clubs back up to 20. Some clubs also have detailed video and photographs each weekend. The advent of T20 cricket has helped Aitken tick up a few extra games, too. 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. Will they enjoy success in Australia, like they did in South Africa? My Dad, without doubt. The ground is also a pre-dominant ODI venue and has hosted numerous final matches as well as the crucial . Walters was caught at forward short leg off the first ball, Wyatt bowled middle stump by the second and Hammond, after glancing a four off the third, was bowled by the fourth. Click here to find out more about Kingsgrove Sports T20 Cup including scores and details. All points received in this competition go towards the Club Championship. The Women's First Grade Player of the Year Award was first awarded in 1989/90 won Monika Grogan. Cricket, Push-ups, Squats. The winner of the Sixers conference then plays the winner of the Thunder conference for the Kingsgrove Sports T20 Cup. What advice would you offer a young 13 year old who has the ambition of playing test cricket? And before that, he had secured the Ashes by taking five for 66 and five for 56 at Headingley. In 1919, he went to the high school in the larger town of Goulburn, where he concentrated on his athletics as much as his cricket. Cricket is such a brutal game that we develop all manner of habits, probably in a futile bid to control the chaos around us. By default, the shading indicates records from the past week, or failing that, the most recent entry. An asterisk (*) denotes the innings was not out. stream It was the 11th time he had taken five in an innings in Tests. 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 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. 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. endobj Bets on Cricket match Sydney (w) Penrith (w), Wom. Who was the funniest cricketing team-mate? In the 2016/17 season, the competition changed its name to NSW Premier Cricket. 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. Suddenly cricket was the best game in the whole wide world. What would their all-time XIs look like? Other people probably see that more than me. 2023 KFC SuperCoach AFL study guide: Everything you need to know 2023 Gains. This competition is also used by the Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder to identify talent for their BBL and Supplementary squads. Jack Fingleton said he was a flurry of limbs, fire and steel-edged temper. Sam Perry (@sjjperry) / Twitter stream 1 0 obj <> 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. 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. 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. Number of not out innings. However, the high rate of lower back injuries (20%) highlights an area of concern in this cohort. "w1#hjGR7%gnQ.VMtuZF}_D8kI%II3i V!N`>wzm67[GHt-:k2p}aTb$bZFz25tX4vSVzUqKBD[6 ;>EX& H{?uTGb$bn(isgoR K#"X 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. Are you still involved in Cricket and if so, in what capacity? 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. Adjust: most. 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. NSW Premier Cricket Manager. 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. The exception to this is at T20 matches which can attract crowds into the hundreds and occasionally the low thousands. Aitken has been playing first grade cricket in Sydney since 1992. Credit:Brook Mitchell. Hard to answer that. All Rights Reserved. You can change the session length in settings. Blacktown Mounties Grade Board 2021/22 Season. 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. Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney details, matches, stats - Cricbuzz Honestly, I dont know. 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 Clearly, Aitken loves cricket, although there is one thing about the game he cant stand. 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). Click here to download and view the NSW Premier Cricket Statistics Annual 2020-21. Randwick Petersham Poidevin-Gray Final Preview vs Parramatta NSW Premier Cricket Change selections (Season, Grade, Grade Type, Match Format) Click a row to view that player's statistics. 3 - Constants & variables . I pretty much go to her game and then my own T20 in the afternoon.. It was in the Under 10s for Lane Cove, so I would have been nine. His cricket was proof that spin bowling was not necessarily a gentle art. Sep 21 Sydney 6 5656. 11 0 obj I do sort of. 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. Off the field, his gruffness was mitigated by his intelligence, erudition, wit and twinkling eyes. Players are primarily sourced from England's county competition. Michael O'Sullivan 1950-2013On the day that Mick died, 3 September 2013, this appreciation was written. All genders. In recent times some clubs have started broadcasting scorecards in real-time on the Cricket Australia website. endobj 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. I think thats my problem.. 13 0 obj Sydney First Grade Cricket Grounds Ground Name Suburb/Town First Match Last Match Matches Alan Davidson Oval Alexandria 2001/02 2016/17 9 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. 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. Cricket is a game of statistics and endurance but Rob Aitken has taken it to new levels. endobj All other grades play only 15 rounds, thus missing out on playing 4 teams each season. I seem to recall Mum and Dad taking some polaroid shots of me (these have since been lost). What is your best bowling figures in grade cricket? 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. Bob Aitken bowling in a Sydney grade match. Cricket longevity is in Aitkens blood. All grades. Who is your favourite all time cricketer? Bill O'Reilly Profile - Cricket Player Australia - ESPNcricinfo NSW Premier Cricket (formerly known as Sydney Grade Cricket) is a cricket competition played in Sydney, Australia. Australia. The Grand Final. 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. In the series in England in 1934 he took 28 wickets, including seven in an innings twice. He played only one more Test, the one-off game against New Zealand at Wellington in March 1946 when he was already 40. 5 0 obj Do you remember your first ever game of cricket? He has batted at every spot in the order and won 202 first-grade games. And when he went to the teachers' college at Sydney University in his late teens he was more interested in such events as the hop, step and jump, in which he held the state record. His father was a small-town schoolmaster and young Bill was above average at several sports, including tennis, athletics and rugby. I didnt get a bowl, and was listed to bat 11. retired notout. It is our first time in the Grand Final in this competition. Points are only accrued across round matches and do not include finals. At one point I got him away to the boundary, and ran a tight single next ball. Known as Sydney Cricket Ground No. All of the current NSW first-class cricket players are selected from their performances in Premier Cricket. <> Petersham and Marrickville had each won a first grade title prior to merging to become Petersham-Marrickville. 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. 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. 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. 101-200. Credit:Cricket NSW, Turning up to watch it rain, Aitken says. Welcome to Sydney Cricket Club - Sydney Cricket Club a player was a sub, or matches that didn't commence (eg abandoned matches). He enjoyed a great career with Balmain. What did you like most about playing grade cricket in Sydney? endobj New Zealand v Pakistan at Sydney, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 1st semi final, Nov 9, 2022 Take cricket with you everywhere! Sydney Poidevin-Gray Shield (Sixers Conference) Men U21. Team Grade Gender Age Group. 170 Followers Join the cricket network to promote your business and expertise. Rob Aitken poses for a photo at Bon Andrews Oval in North Sydney ahead of his 500th match of Sydney first grade. 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. 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. In blazing heat at Old Trafford, he transformed the game in an over which England began at 68 for no wicket. Injury rate and patterns of Sydney grade cricketers: a prospective 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. My Dads family all lived in the area and we were around the corner in Hunters Hill, so it made sense. endobj 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. Sir Donald Bradman Profile - ICC Ranking, Age, Career Info & Stats Sydney (w) vs Penrith (w): Live bets on Cricket, Wom. Australia. NSW He and brother James have played 265 first-grade matches together. He went back to Australia and suddenly announced his retirement. Cricket NSW is a member association of Cricket Australia - the national governing body for the game in Australia. He is The Grade Cricketer. Read about Records, / , Sydney Cricket Ground, / , Records by ground Cricket Team Records only on ESPNcricinfo.com. 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). Bowlers, in particular fast bowlers, have had to work much harder at getting wickets. not out. 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. Sydney AW Green Shield (U16) Boys U16. 1; Garrison Ground (1848-1877), Association Ground . 2 0 obj Andrew J Horton - Principal Structural Engineer - Transparency Group Together with other brother Glenn, the Aitken brothers have 1400 first-grade appearances between them. Women's Coach of the Year: Russel Grimson (Sydney) Spirit of Cricket Award . Join the cricket network to promote your business and expertise. Im still 30 in my own mind. In 2015/16, there were over 10 players in the competition plying their trade in the first-grade competition. Since the others were older, Bill inevitably bowled more than he batted. 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. These matches are played over two days, with the First Grade Final being played over three days. A breeding ground for future NSW and Australian representatives, McDonald's NSW Premier Cricket competition is regarded as the strongest in Australia. I remember sitting on the couch at home before the game in my full whites, very nervous. Though I very much enjoyed Manly Oval, Coogee Oval, and I loved Petersham Oval too. Spectators are generally few and far between at matches, mostly family members, partners or club members. It was a great arena for life lessons. 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. I bowled him first ball with a leg-break which came from the leg stump to hit the off bail. Hed do things like bat without a helmet or hat for my entertainment, and Id ask him to theme his celebrations by era. Batting average: Total runs scored/total number of What is your highest score in grade cricket? I played junior cricket at Lane Cove, which was in the Gordon District Cricket Association. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. (Mtdk\aTL2i[$mGKH&l{^8]@'? Or similarly, that all the flowers of tomorrow are in the seeds of today. Who was the best spinner you played against? 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. How old were you when you first played grade cricket? First grade = 6 points per competition point, Second grade = 5, Third = 4,Fourth = 3, Fifth/PG/Green Shield = 2 8. We chased the runs 8 wickets down, so my debut saw me turn up an hour late, and neither bat nor bowl. NSW Premier Cricket First Grade: Bets on championship matches with Fonbet Betting Company. Aitken, who went past Ken Halls record of 471 first-grade matches last year, clearly does not. NSW Premier Cricket First Grade (): Sydney (w) - Penrith (w) 05 . - 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 He took a wicket every 49 balls in his first-class career and it was said he never bowled a wide. You just turn up and do your thing and it becomes part of your routine of life. I was in year 11 at school, which would have made me 16 at the time. Opting out is easy, so give it a try. Click here to download and view the NSW Premier Cricket Statistics Annual 2020-21. Rob Aitken bowling for North Sydney in 2013. 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. endobj . Take cricket with you everywhere! Scott Coyte was very quick. Penrith Cricket Club - Wikipedia Bob Aitken bowling in a Sydney grade match. <> He took 109 wickets on the tour, including nine for 38 against Somerset. The Men's First Grade Player of the Year is named in honour of the late, great NSW, Australian leg-spinner and prominent journalist Bill O'Reilly. 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. 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. SuperCoach AFL 2023: Teacher using stats to teach kids maths | CODE Sports % Club Info - Blacktown District Cricket Club 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. Of course I describe this as a sweep, I probably just dragged the bat in an arc toward the ball and connected. What was the best win you were involved in? 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]. <>/Metadata 6412 0 R/ViewerPreferences 6413 0 R>> <> 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. What is your highest score in grade cricket? It was probably a school match in 2000. 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. However, Sydney Grammar School offered him a job that enabled him to play on. The English invasion of Sydney Grade Cricket - Stump to stump April | 2017 | actcricketstats Generally anyone who unironically argued the toss during post-play fines. endobj Now that youve found Stump to stump why not join in on I managed to avoid Mark Cameron somehow. The medal was won in 2021/22 by Scott Rodgie from Northern District Cricket Club. endobj Mobile: 0414 486 438. If you'd like to see more content from Cricket Sydney, they'd be very grateful for your support and contribution. He was transferred back to Sydney in time for the 1931-32 season and after four more matches made his dbut for Australia. 6 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. No one ever dominated O'Reilly. A Test regular, Sydney usually holds the popular 'New Year Test' that is generally played in the first week of January. <> Were working to restore it. Cricket is a game of statistics and endurance but Rob Aitken has taken it to new levels. 1-100. endobj I like to read, listen, speak with interesting people about politics, social issues, Australia. The brothers also cuffed him a lot, possibly because he was starting to show them up. 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]. 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. The sun shone, the birds sang sweetly and the flowers bloomed as never before. Sydney Grade Cricket @SydneyGradeRumo Latest Sydney Grade Rumours/News please tweet! Australia. I took 4/30-odd against Campbelltown at Raby in 3s for Balmain in 2003 (or so). x]o0#?0 -4&0"~6c*6% +sq2C>7pq+Y/)wI|YlrS8u]FWg`G When O'Reilly died, Bradman said he was the greatest bowler he had ever faced or watched. 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. 8 0 obj 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. An amazing amount, too many to list here. PDF New South Wales Premier Cricket 1st Grade - WordPress NSW Premier Cricket http://www.premier.nsw.cricket.com.au/common/pages/public/rv/match.aspx?matchID=3177634&entityID=4. He was the first guy to talk to me when I arrived at the club. Sydney Cricket Ground Cricket Team Records & Stats - Cricinfo Some clubs were renamed to reflect their wider representation (Waverley renamed as Eastern Suburbs, Fairfield becoming Fairfield-Liverpool and Campbelltown becoming Campbelltown-Camden). The OReilly Medal is decided by umpire votes from each match during the season on a 3-2-1 basis. About | actcricketstats KINGSGROVE SPORTS MEN'S FIRST GRADE TEAM OF THE YEAR - 2021/22 Captain Scott Rodgie (Northern District); 813 runs & 32 wickets Batters Justin Avendano (UTS North Sydney); 836 runs Joshua Clarke (Western Suburbs); 826 runs Daniel Solway (Bankstown); 715 runs Angus Robson (Eastern Suburbs); 705 runs Raveesh Srivastava (Fairfield-Liverpool); 652 runs 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. The match resumed a week later, according to the local custom. Such is the strength of the competition that some well-known players have been known to play multiple matches in second grade. 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. First Grade, Second Grade and Under 18 Brewer Shield all play Twenty20 and 50-over cricket. Which ground in Sydney club cricket did you enjoy playing at the most? The NPT20 Championships will bring together the best Premier clubs from around the country. Second Grade: Parramatta CC. 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. Hendren and Leyland recaptured the initiative and England declared at 627 for nine but O'Reilly finished with seven for 189. How was I to know that I was about to cross swords with the greatest cricketer that ever set foot on a cricket field ? Make it easy for people to search and find the people and services they need through people they know and trust. Sydney grade cricket also has a proud history of welcoming budding, current or former first-class and Test cricketers from around the world. 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. 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. Too many. Rob Aitken poses for a photo at Bon Andrews Oval in North Sydney ahead of his 500th match of Sydney first grade. Cricket NSW is a member association of Cricket Australia - the national governing body for the game in Australia. Sports writer and presenter primarily. Sydney sydneygrade.nsw.cricket.com.au Joined May 2013 814 Following 1,852 Followers Tweets Tweets & replies Media Likes Interested in @SydneyGradeRumo's Tweets? Playing for Lane Cove meant I played underage reps for Gordon. dismissals. 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. 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In the 1st Grade competition, each side plays every other side over a total of 19 rounds. You can do anything if you put your mind to it. I can still see the ball going to the boundary and feeling the elation of that.
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