The Cricketers’ Club of New South Wales  plays on excellent turf wickets with full covers at the attractive tree lined ground at Camperdown Oval with a village green atmosphere just off Parramatta Road in Mallet Street. The ground has full facilities including covers, sightscreens, a supersopper, and a new pavilion, which includes , change rooms, showers and an air conditioned canteen. Adjoining the ground on one side is a café and on the other side a licensed restaurant called “Camperdown Greens”.

Note: Unfortunately Camperdown is closed for 2026-27 season to carry out major improvement to the ground. This has meant we have had to relocate all our home games. Please check fixture list for details.

C.C.N.S.W. needs to recruit new players for all its teams, particularly younger players in their twenties and thirties for its City and Suburban side.

For those who no longer have the time to play Grade or Shires or attend regular midweek practice, it offers: – some Saturday and some Sunday all-age afternoon cricket in the City and Suburban Competition; Sunday over 40s and over 50s and over 60s cricket in the Sydney Masters Competitions; Sunday and midweek social games; plus generally at least one winter tour each year. Refer to the ‘Teams’ and ‘Tour page for details

In the past three seasons three players, Bill Blair (o60s), Brett James (o50s)  and Stuart Ridge (o60s), were selected for Australian representative teams and our over 60s ‘Vintage’ XI has won their league in two of the past three seasons. In addition Dr Sittampalam Ragavan was selected for Sri Lanka Over 60s and two former CCNSW players, now playing for the Sri Lanka Lions, Harry Solomons and Wasantha Hettiarachchi played for the Australian over 70s representative team

Contact the Club, c/o the Secretary Adrian Hawkes at secretary@ccnsw.com  or (02) 9451 7436

Membership Nos: The Cricketers’ Club of New South Wales has approximately 100 active cricketers. The Club also has a golf section. Of these 100 players, approximately 25 members play for the Club on Saturdays, and another 75 on Sundays and in mid-week games.

C&S Competition: In the City and Suburban competition on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, the Club arranges about 18 matches a season. These are generally 35 overs a side though CCNSW plays a number of 40 over games by agreement. Most of these games form part of a two stage Jack Pace Memorial Shield competition; part 1 is a league structure with the top eight teams proceeding to a knock out stage in late February and March.  C.C.N.S.W. has won the Cup four times

Outside  the Jack Pace Memorial shield,  the C&S “competition” does not have a formal league table and not all clubs in the competition play each other. Nevertheless cricket is played in a competitive manner, and at its best, would probably equate to the standard of 3rd-4th Sydney District Grade Cricket, although considerably shortened.

All matches are on turf wickets. The Club’s home ground is at Camperdown Park, Mallett Street, Camperdown

Masters (i.e. 0ver 40s) games: On Sundays, the Club plays 11 fixtures in a competitive over forties “Masters” league, in which the Club’s position has varied from league winners to bottom. These are 40 over a side games. Six bowlers must be used, and batsmen must retire on scoring 40 runs. These games are played approximately once a fortnight on turf wickets

Classics (i.e. over 50s) games: The Club plays 11 fixtures in an over fifties “Classics” Veterans competition. The rules are very similar to the Masters except that batsmen retire at 30*. The Competition is played on alternate Sundays to the Masters on turf wickets. CCNSW has won the league once.

Vintage (i.e. over 60s) games: The Club plays 11 fixtures in the over sixties “Vintage” competition. The Competition is played on Sundays that do not clash with the Classics on turf wickets. 

Other games: The Club also plays about twelve other competitive but “friendly” fixtures on Sundays and midweek, on grounds varying from major national grounds such as (occasionally) the M.C.G., the S.C.G., and Bradman Oval, Bowral, to small country grounds such as Mandalong and Mudgee  Opposition includes teams such as the Melbourne Cricket Club, The Sydney Cricket Club, the Primary Club,  I. Zingari (Australia),   Molonglo, the Army (Victoria Barracks), the Victor Trumper XI and sometimes overseas touring sides. These are generally full day games of about 45-50 overs a side. In February 2004, the Club was invited by the S.C.G. Trust and Cricket N.S.W. to represent the Civilian population against the Military in a game to commemorate 150 years of cricket at the S.C.G.

Overseas tours: Every winter, the Club generally runs an overseas tour and has undertaken thirty-eight such tours in the past thirty seven years, with the most recent a 2 week tour to Japan in September 2025. The Club is always looking for players interested in such tours.

Golf: The golf section traditionally used to play once a month on a Sunday morning. Currently only 1 or 2 annual fixtures are played.

Premises: The Club no longer has its own premises in the City.

Reciprocal Clubs: The Cricketers’ Club has many reciprocal clubs  throughout the world – see full list here. If any member is thinking of calling on or staying in a reciprocal club, they should contact the Club Secretary (currently Adrian Hawkes – secretary@ccnsw.com) for a letter of introduction.

Application for membership: For any person interested in joining the Club details can be found on our membership page.

Camperdowner Newsletter: During the cricketing season a weekly email newsletter is sent out to keep the club informed of recent results, upcoming fixtures and social events, and important news. You can sign up to the newsletter below.

 

Patron: Phil Emery is the Club Patron