At Mackay Oval, Centennial Park On Tuesday 24 January: Report By Graham Buck On a very hot 38 degree day with an early start to beat the heat and rain and reduced to 30 overs, C.C.N.S.W. were invited to bat first on a green and long grassed wicket. After the 15 minutes grace period the Captain still could not see any …
At Camperdown Oval, Camperdown On Saturday 21 January, 2017: Report By Euan Robertson A stonking win for the C&S side against Beavers, with some excellent performances from Cricketers Club icons Allmey, Nash and Byrnes #. Ian Allmey won the toss and opened the batting with Tom Robertson. Tom was out of the traps quickly, slashing fours and racing to 33. …
At Camperdown Oval, Camperdown On Sunday 15 January, 2017: Report By Garry Winney A nice day’s weather to play today after overnight rain. Thanks for the covers. We used a new wicket which had plenty of green tinges throughout. Burwood won the toss and batted. We had Keith Elloy and Mick McCormick back from their overseas jaunts (not paid by …
Social Game V Penshurst West C.C. At Camperdown Oval, Camperdown On Saturday 14 January, 2017: Report By Euan Robertson A slow pitch, a hot and humid day, a close contest and a cracking finish left all Cricketers’ Club members very happy^ after beating Penshurst West by six runs at Camperdown Oval. A mix of the C&S team with some members …
Masters At Ross Gwilliam Field, Macquarie University Sports Ground On Sunday 11 December, 2016: Report By Terry Pontikos Scrooged: A Cricketer’s Club Christmas Carol The Blues Masters side has ended its year on a successful note with a thrilling victory over the previously unbeaten Macquarie University. It was the turn of the C.C.N.S.W. Masters men to play ‘Grinch’, restricting the …
C&S At Camperdown Oval, Camperdown On Sunday 11 December, 2016: Report By Tom Robertson After a bit of rain Camperdown was looking high grade standard. The pitch too was something that Camperdown is renowned for. Ed Smith won the toss and we decided to bat. We opened with the Robertsons (Tom and Euan) to cause confusion amongst Sydney University Veterans …
At Kingsford Smith Oval, Longueville On Sunday 4 December, 2016: Report By Garry Winney Beautiful weather and a good batting track today. We struggled to get a side together. Thankfully Greg Brooks could play, as did Jay Patel, and we had two fill-ins, friends of Sittampalam Ragavan’s (“Raga”), Umasaran (“Saran”) and Doraisamy Sripathmasri (“Pat”). We also had a few sore …
Barrackers’ Cup at Victoria Barracks, Oxford St on Thursday 1 December 2016: Report by Paul Moorhouse (Editor’s note) It was the Victoria Barracks player who in the 1850s, originally developed what became the SCG; they also claim that their soldier spectators who came from the Barracks and supported them are the originators of the term “to barrack” as used in …
MASTERS ROUND 5 v BURWOOD C.C. AT CAMPERDOWN OVAL, CAMPERDOWN ON SUNDAY 27 NOVEMBER, 2016: REPORT BY MIKE WEAVER MASTERS STRIKE BACK TO POST SOLID HOME WIN Back to much improved home conditions at Camperdown, the C.C.N.S.W. Masters have rebounded from the previous disappointing away loss, to Warringah, at Curl Curl. Despite losing Captain John Munden with illness during the …
JACK PACE ROUND 4 v YARALLA AT GODDARD OVAL, CONCORD ON SATURDAY 26 NOVEMBER, 2016: REPORT BY TOM ROBERTSON Another game at Goddard Oval and another golden for Ian Allmey. First ball of the game! At 5 – 32 we were in a real pickle. Enter knights in shining armour, Leroy Maurer (15 years old) with 46 and Ed Smith …
