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THE CRICKETERS' CLUB OF NEW SOUTH WALES

TASMANIA TOUR

JANUARY 2010

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ASSOCIATED CLUBS – AUSTRALIA

|New South Wales Sports Club |Ainslie Football & Social Club Inc. |

|10-14 Hunter Street |52 Wakefield Avenue |

|Sydney N.S.W. 2000 |PO Box 183 |

|Ph: (02) 9233 3899 |DICKSON ACT 2600 |

|.au |Ph: (02) 6248 8422 |

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|The Canberra Club |Carlton Cricket, Football & Social Club |

|45 West Row Street |(Princess Park) |

|CANBERRA ACT 2600 |PO Box 83 |

|Ph: (02) 6248-9000 |CARLTON NORTH VIC 3054 |

|.au |Ph: (03) 9387-1400 |

| |.au |

|Queensland Cricketers Club |Sandringham Club |

|411 Vulture Street |92 Beach Street |

|EAST BRISBANE QLD 4169 |SANDRINGHAM VIC 3191 |

|Ph: (07) 3896 4533 |Ph: (03) 9598-1322 |

|.au | |

|The Victorian Club |WEST INDIES |

|Level 41, Rialto Building |Pickwick Cricket Club |

|525 Collins Street, |Kensington Oval |

|MELBOURNE,VICTORIA, 3000 |BRIDGETOWN BARBADOS |

|(613) 9614 2127 |Ph: 426-3151 |

|.au | |

| |PAPUA NEW GUINEA |

|SOUTH AMERICA | |

| |Aviat Social and Sporting Club |

|National Club of Sao Paulo |Aviat Street (P. O. Box 91, Konedobu 125) |

|Rua Angatuba 703 |KONEDOBU |

|SAO PAULO BRAZIL |Ph: 675 321-4261 |

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|CANADA | |

| |Vancouver Rowing Club |

|Toronto Cricket Skating & Curling Club |PO Box 5206 |

|141 Wilson Avenue |Stanley Park |

|TORONTO ONTARIO M5M 3A3 |BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA V6B 4B3 |

|(416) 487 4581 |Ph: (604) 687-3400 |

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|ZIMBABWE |SOUTH AFRICA |

| |The Wanderers Club |

|Harare Sports Club |21 North Street, Illovo |

|PO Box 1104 |PO Box 55019 |

|10th Avenue |Northlands 2116 |

|HARARE ZIMBABWE |JOHANNESBURG |

|Ph: 791151 |wanderersclub.co.za |

Associated Overseas Clubs continued inside Back Cover

The Club is currently contactable c/o the Secretary, Adrian Hawkes, 31 Killarney Drive, Killarney Heights, NSW 2087 (Tel: (612) 9451 7436 (H) or hawkesam@ ; see web site at

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

As President of the Cricketers’ Club of NSW it is with real pleasure that I write these words of encouragement and goodwill to my fellow C.C.N.S.W. tourists. The tour promises to be an outstanding trip to Tasmania. Indeed we are most fortunate to be able to participate in such a tour. Let us extend to each and every one of our hosts the typical C.C.N.S.W. characteristics of fair play and healthy respect for this wonderful game of cricket.

I look forward to enjoying good times and favourable results both on and off the playing arena with you all. Best Wishes

Greg Brooks President C.C.N.S.W.

FROM GOVERNMENT PADDOCKS TO BELLERIVE OVAL

A SHORT APPRECIATION OF HOBART’S CRICKET HISTORY

BY MICHAEL GANDY

Cricket Tasmania Board Director and Chairman of the Tasmanian Cricket Museum and Library

Colonial Settlement

Records suggest that the first organised cricket match in Tasmania was played in 1825 in a paddock known as Stanley’s Field, off Elizabeth Street close to Hobart’s business centre. But already the growing community was dictating other uses for this venue, so cricket organisers were forced to look for a playing arena further out of town.

A year later, an Easter holiday match between a ‘Sussex and Kent’ eleven and ‘others’ was played at the Government Paddocks, where in 1832 the newly-formed Hobart Town Cricket Club had been granted tenancy. The Lower Domain Ground, as it became known, was later the site of the Hobart Railway Station, now transformed into the ABC’s Hobart radio and television studios.

Military demands to use the area for drill practice saw a move to a location on the Queen’s Domain near today’s Cenotaph. The Battery Ground, as it was known, was rocky, uneven and totally unsuited for the game so cricket in Hobart Town slowed to a standstill. Finally after several frustrating years, in 1843, the Colonial administration approved cricket’s relocation back to the old ground. Damaged by carriage drives, the Government Paddocks was repaired by convicts working in road gangs and the cricketers resumed their past-time.

The Lower Domain Ground was the venue for Hobart Town’s first intercolonial game, between Tasmania and Victoria in 1858 – seven years after the first match played in Launceston; and in 1862 it was the venue for the island colony’s first international match, against England. The locals lost by four wickets. A cricket bat, awarded to the local team’s Thomas Whiteside is on display in the Cricket Museum at Bellerive Oval.

A Premier Location

In 1854 Governor Denison approved an area of land above the Hobart High School on the Queen’s Domain for the development of a cricket ground and construction of a pavilion. The matter was, however, deferred until 1872 while legislative difficulties, permitting among issues, the fencing of the ground for ‘private’ use on the (People’s) Domain, by the cricketers, were overcome. There were further complexities when a decision was taken to terminate the new Launceston to Hobart railway line at the Government Paddocks, necessitating the eviction of the cricketers to enable the Hobart Railway Station to be constructed on the land. The government agreed to lease an area adjacent to the Regatta ground pavilion to the Southern Tasmanian Cricket Association (founded on 1 February 1866) in lieu.

The Upper Ground became the focal playing field during the next sixteen years. Coinciding with the founding of the STCA, an inter-colonial match between Hobart Town XVI and a Victorian XI was played in February 1866, and the locals won by 79 runs. Further visits by English teams in 1874, 1879 and 1883 gave the sport the lift it needed to justify government support for the new ground development and eventually the facilities, further up the Domain, were finally completed in 1882. The opening was celebrated with an inter-colonial match between the STCA and Melbourne Cricket Club on 17-18 February 1882 which was convincingly won by the visitors by an innings.

At the TCA Ground in March and April 1902, Charles Eady played a truly epic innings for his club Break o’Day against Wellington Club, captained by Ken Burn. Eady hit a world record individual innings of 566 not out, including 12 fives (the score at the time for over the fence) and 69 fours. The bat used by Eady on this memorable occasion is on display in the Tasmanian Cricket Museum. Other records derived from this match were Break o’Day’s team score of 911 which today remains the highest innings total in Tasmanian cricket; and seventh wicket partnership of 429 between Eady and Abbott – the only occasion a stand of 400 plus has been achieved anywhere in the state.

The TCA Ground was the venue for all major representative matches played in southern Tasmania for 106 years. With the entry of Tasmania into interstate competitions in 1969 (one-day) and 1977 (Sheffield Shield), there was a marked rise in the number of major matches at the TCA Ground. Tasmania hosted ten Sheffield Shield matches at the venue.

The TCA Ground had innumerable grand occasions, but is best remembered for a one-day match in 1979. Tasmania, which had entered the national one-day competition a decade earlier, had reached the 1978-79 final against Western Australia after a stirring one-wicket win over Queensland in Brisbane. On 14 January 1979 a packed house cheered the Tasmanian team, led by Jack Simmons and including a talented youngster named David Boon, to a 47-run victory. The Gillette Cup won on that memorable summer afternoon is now a prize exhibit in the Tasmanian Cricket Museum.

The ground’s big Shield occasion was in December 1983, when Brian Davison belted 171 not out to steer his adopted home state to an innings victory over Victoria.

Early Days on the Eastern Shore

The lands along the Derwent’s Eastern Shore were the domain of the Moomairementer people for hundreds of years before the first European settlers arrived at Risdon Cove in 1803. Risdon Cove was soon abandoned in favour of Sullivans Cove across the Derwent and only a few hardy individuals settled the Eastern Shore over the next few years. They planted crops at Kangaroo Point, later called Bellerive (meaning ‘beautiful riverbank’). In early times the favoured venue for community sport was a large field on the shores of Kangaroo Bay, to the north of today’s Bellerive Oval.

The land on which Bellerive Oval was to be developed was part of an original land-grant to James McCormack, who established an orchard there in the mid-1850s. Beachside Estate, as it became known, was bought in 1913 by the Clarence Council, which set aside 8.5 of the 14 hectares for recreational purposes.

A Community Recreational Ground

The oval was nothing special. Grass was sparse in summer as Bellerive didn’t have a town water supply. The rough and stony surface was partially levelled and top-dressed in the late 1930s. As well as having a north-south slope, the oval sloped down from the middle – one could only see the upper torso of a player on the opposite side of the oval. A tin shed served as a change-room, but there were no spectator facilities.

A photograph from the 1920s shows two paths crossing the ground. It was said the Catholics used one to get to Corpus Christi convent school while the Protestants used the other to walk to Bellerive Primary School.

Other improvements in the 1930s included a cinder track for cycling and trotting. (A Bellerive football captain was killed while training a horse there.) The former Rose Bay ferry-jetty pavilion was relocated to the ground to serve as a shelter and change shed. Situated just off Derwent Street near the present “Field of Fame”, the landmark weatherboard pavilion was used by both footballers and cricketers for many years.

Until 1943, when the Derwent River was finally bridged, Eastern Shore sport was very localised. The Bellerive Recreational Ground, featuring an east-to-west concrete wicket, was used mainly for community ball sports and athletics. It was the home of the local cricket and football teams playing against clubs from South Arm to Geilston Bay.

Joining a Bigger League

The new floating bridge saw a push in the 1940s to involve the Eastern Shore in Hobart-wide competitions. Senior football came to Bellerive Oval in 1947 with the formation of the Clarence District Football Club. The oval got an improved playing surface and some basic facilities, as well as a perimeter fence.

There was a problem: the football authorities (TFL) would not allow the football club to overlay the concrete cricket pitch with sand and loam, which meant club footballers had to remove the concrete before their season started and replace it for the new cricket season. Needless to say the strength of the cement deteriorated as the years progressed. The cricketers took a little longer than the footballers to enter senior club competition; in 1956 the Clarence District Cricket Club was admitted to the TCA. Turf wickets were officially opened by the Warden of Clarence on 19 January 1957.

In the same year the new Clarence football captain-coach, Stuart Spencer, started a push for better facilities which culminated in new brick clubrooms by 1962. In 1965 the oval got a new surface, floodlights on four 22 metre towers, a stand for 500 people on the western side, and parking for cars along the eastern flank in the area known today as The Hill. When the cricket club embarked on an ambitious clubroom development in the early 1980s, and additional stands were added, the oval started to shape up as a reasonable suburban sporting facility.

Tasmania’s New Cricket Headquarters

In the mid-1980s the Tasmanian Cricket Association unsuccessfully sought support to upgrade facilities at its century old ground on the Queen’s Domain. More promising was the idea of making a new headquarters at Bellerive Oval.

With assistance from the Tasmanian Government and the Clarence Council, in 1986 the TCA made a historic move to Hobart’s Eastern Shore at a cost of some $7million.

In 1987 Bellerive Oval was resurfaced and levelled with the removal of the prominent camber. A ten-strip centre wicket area consists of couch grass, which has been successfully propagated in the colder southern climate, and English rye in the perimeter pitches. The dimensions of the playing surface are 175 metres x 135 metres – slightly longer but somewhat narrower than the MCG. The Hill replaced the original gravel car park and ‘drag strip’ on the eastern side of the ground and additional stands were erected at each end of the Oval. A new building, the AGC Pavilion, was completed in December 1987 to accommodate members and officials. Now called the Players Pavilion, the AGC Pavilion also provided the Oval’s first corporate entertainment venue, seating 120 diners in comfort.

First ODI New Zealand v Sri Lanka January 1988

All this was completed in time for the first international fixture to be played at Bellerive Oval – a one-day International between New Zealand and Sri Lanka on 12 January 1988. The success of this match and perseverance by the TCA encouraged the Australian Cricket Board to allocate a Test match to Bellerive. From 16 to 20 December 1989, Australia played Sri Lanka in Tasmania’s first Test match, which was won by Australia by 173 runs.

World Class Facilities

There have since been many improvements to the ground, both temporary and permanent. One early ‘improvement’, now just a memory, was the most televised toilet block in the cricket world; a sandy-coloured brick building always in the action because of its strategic location at the southern end of the ground.

The biggest changes were the result of a 10-year plan from the early 1990s. They included major new training facilities – one of Australia’s best-equipped indoor practice centres, together with new practice wickets for home and visiting teams. Electronic aids included a traditional-styled scoreboard and later a full-sized video replay screen, both operated by match officials in the scorers’ room opposite. The video screen was relocated from Sydney, where it had been used for the Olympic Games. In 2007 the scoreboard was replaced with a state-of-art electronic multi-purpose unit was installed.

The TCA overcame some complex legal and financial hurdles before it finally signed the contract in May 2001 to begin work on the most significant developments in the Oval’s history, costing in total over $18 million.

Completion of Bellerive Oval Redevelopment in 2002

The new Southern Stand seats 5,800 people in comfort, with full under-cover refreshment facilities. It also houses a world-class television broadcasting capability including three studios and accommodation for outside broadcast vehicles. Beneath the spectator seats are fully-appointed change-rooms meeting top national standards for sports other than cricket. They were first used for Australian football (VFL competition) in July 2003. At the northern end of the ground is the Members Pavilion, opened late in 2002, which provides members and guests with Tasmania’s best sporting-ground facilities for dining and entertainment. The Members’ accommodates 600, while in the Century Room 300 guests can enjoy top-level dining with a magnificent view over the Oval and Derwent River.

The highlight of Bellerive Oval’s short history as an international cricket venue came on 11 January 2003. A total of 16,719 people packed in to see the opening of the new facilities before watching the Oval’s first Australia-England encounter – a one-day international game. A close match was won by the Australians, fittingly led by Tasmania’s Ricky Ponting and including the then-Tasmanian all-rounder Shane Watson, who bowled the day’s final over to ensure victory. The festive day included a cavalcade of ‘greats’ of Tasmanian cricket, led by Jack Simmons, captain of the Tasmanian team which won the Gillette Cup in 1979, and David Boon.

Traditionally the Bellerive wicket has provided bowlers with early movement, but favoured batsmen as the match progressed. More recently the wicket has tended to be a result-track and the cricket played at Bellerive Oval has been the better for it. The ground is influenced by afternoon sea-breezes off the Derwent River.

Bellerive Oval Match Statistics

(Inclusive of the 2008-09 season)

Test Matches – 7. Australia has won five and drawn two

One Day Internationals – 25. Australia has played on 14 occasions – winning 10, losing 3 and tying with Pakistan

Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup Finals – 1. Tasmania d NSW in March 2007

Domestic Limited Overs Finals – 1. Tasmania d Victoria in February 2008

Highest First Class Team Score – 638 by South Australia v Tasmania in Dec 2005

Highest First Grade Team Score – 549/6 by Clarence v New Town in March 2004

Highest One Day Team Score – 344/7 by Australia v Zimbabwe in January 2004

Lowest First Class Team Score – 53 by NSW v Tasmania in March 2007

Lowest One Day Team Score – 51 by South Australia v Tasmania in January 2003

Lowest First Grade Team Score – 20 by South Hobart Sandy Bay v Clarence (Kookaburra Cup) in October 2000

Highest First Grade Individual Score – 342 by Shannon Tubb for Clarence v New Town in March 2004

Highest First Class Individual Score – 272 by Tom Moody for Western Australia v Tasmania November 1994

Highest One Day Individual Score – 172 by Adam Gilchrist for Australia v Zimbabwe in January 2004

Best Bowling in an Innings – 7/38 by Tom Moody for Western Australia v Tasmania in March 1996

Best Bowling in a Match – 12/119 (6/64 and 6/55) by Colin Miller for Tasmania v South Australia in January 1998

Best Wicket-keeping – 10 (5c and 5s) by Sean Clingeleffer for Tasmania v NSW in March 2006

Best Batting Partnerships:

386 – 2nd wicket by Greg Blewett & Darren Lehmann for SA v Tasmania in November 2001

385 – 6th wicket by Brian Lara & Steven Jacobs for West Indies v Aust A in December 2000

Hat-tricks:

SJ Jurgensen – Tasmania v NSW in March 2002

SE Bond – New Zealand v Australia (ODI) in January 2007

The TCA has conducted its First Grade final at Bellerive Oval since 1988-89; (previously the TCA Ground on the Queen’s Domain had been the venue). Of the twenty-one finals played, North Hobart (8 wins) and Clarence (5) have been the dominant premier clubs.

Eady's three-week record innings

The second highest individual innings of all time, it remains the highest by an adult ...and one which took almost a month to complete

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The record established by 13-year-old Arthur Collins in 1899 when, over five afternoons, he scored 628 in a house match at Clifton College in Bristol is one that seems unlikely to be beaten, especially in an era when almost no matches last more than a day.

But before World War Two, quite often games were played to a finish, and if that meant they lasted a number of days, so be it. Whereas school matches such as Collins's could be played any day, in club cricket they had to be slotted in on Saturdays (Sunday cricket was almost unknown until the second quarter of the 20th century).

It was under these circumstances that in 1902, 31-year-old Charles Eady, who had already played two Tests for Australia, scored 566, the second-highest individual score of all time, and the highest in an adult match, over three Saturday afternoons that spanned a month.

Eady was an established figure in Tasmanian cricket, making his debut in 1889-90 and in 1894-95 becoming the first Australian to score hundreds in both innings of a first-class match when he made 116 and 112 not out against Victoria. Given that Tasmania were regarded as Australian cricket's poor relations, it was a mark of how highly Eady was regarded that he was picked to tour England with Australia in 1896. Although he played at Lord's he had a miserable tour, but in late February 1902 he was picked for his second and final Test at the MCG.

He returned from Melbourne in the first week of March just in time to play for his club side, Break O'Day (whose name stemmed from the players getting up at 5.30am to practice) in the final of Southern Tasmanian Cricket Association's pennant competition against rivals Wellington at Hobart.

Wellington won the toss and batted, and took the entire first day (M arch 8) to score 218 for 6. Eady opened the bowling for Break O'Day and by the close had five wickets. Standing in his way was Ken Burn, another two-Test wonder and the premier Tasmanian batsman of the era. He topped the national averages 11 times, and in 1895-96 had scored 123* and 213* against Break O'Day. He remained unbeaten on 117. The following Saturday (March 15) the game resumed, and although Burn continued to hit out, he was finally dismissed by Eady for 161 and Wellington were bowled out for 277. Eady had 7 for 87 off 46 five-ball overs.

Although in Test cricket he was considered a bowler who could bat, in club and state cricket Eady was regarded as an all rounder, and as such he opened the Break O'Day innings. By the close, they were 218 for 2, with Eady unbeaten on 130. Everyone assembled once again a week later, and Wellington took two early wickets, and picked up another pair an hour later to leave Break O'Day on 312 for 6. Under the competition rules, that meant the result was decided as this was a one-innings match. Under the conventions of the day, you played until both innings were completed. Perhaps Wellington relaxed once the outcome was decided - local reports, however, suggest otherwise - but from there on in, it was a slaughter as Eady and William Abbott added 340 in under four hours. At one stage, Eady, who was methodical more than spectacular, made 144 in 80 minutes. Abbott completed his hundred shortly before the close, while Eady finished on 419. Break O'Day closed on 652 for 6.

There was a fortnight's wait before the game could resume as Easter fell in between and that was when the main match of the local summer, North v South, was held. Eady continued his run of form with 11 for 220 and 72 and 58 but that was not enough to prevent North winning by 17 runs. But everyone, with the exception of one of the umpires who had to be replaced, returned. The Hobart Mercury praised Wellington's "sportsmanlike spirit throughout the match," adding: "They willingly complied with a request to attend on the final day, although the game and pennant honours were lost."

Burn, however, despite being Wellington's captain appeared to have missed the second and third days and the paper noted that the "loss of his services were more than felt". By missing the third day, he was not there when Eady overtook his Tasmanian record score of 365 made three years earlier.

On the fourth day Eady and Abbott extended their seventh-wicket stand to 429 before Abbott fell, but that brought little respite as Eady found another ally in N Douglas. The pair put on 154 and Eady passed 500 and then 550 before Douglas departed. With only Nos. 10 and 11 remaining, Eady hit out and was finally stumped for 566.

In all he had batted seven hours and 57 minutes, including 13 fives (the reward for hitting the ball over the perimeter fence) 67 fours and 33 threes. The Hobart Mercury noted: "His style of batting was varied, clean and good, while he severely punished the loose bowling, a fair quantity of which was sent down."

Eady continued to dominate Tasmanian cricket until his retirement in 1908, after which he enjoyed a distinguished career in law and politics. The bat he used in his historic innings was sent to Lord's where it remained in the MCC Museum until it was returned to Tasmania in 2003.

© By Martin Williamson Editor Wisden

THE ORIGINAL “ASHES” TOUR PARTY in TASMANIA IN 1883: - A LOVE STORY

It is a little realized fact that after falling desperately and immediately in love with Janet Clarke’s penniless lady companion, Florence Morphy at Rupertswood, then losing the First Test in Melbourne, the England Captain Ivo Bligh recovered his emotional composure during a 10 day relaxing cricket trip to Tasmania before returning to win the critical second Test.

Wednesday 3 January: Bligh, who had scored 0 and 3 in the first Test match, with other things on his mind, writes to his father the day after the end of the match, seeking approval to his proposed marriage with “Florrie”. The result of the first Test comprised a 3 line postscript in a 66 line letter! In this letter, Ivo wrote:

“…it is perhaps the most important letter I shall ever write to you…..To go straight to the point at once I want your permission to marry an Australian young lady Miss Florence Morphy. I am perfectly and most firmly convinced she is the woman who would make my life a happy one…she is a girl that all of you would love almost as soon as you saw her. A more truly lovable character I have never met in man or woman… this is no case of a young fellow being caught by a pretty face. I would do anything rather than give her up… I have not told you yet that this young lady is very poor…. At the same time though poor she is in the best society in Melbourne… I have spoken to Miss Morphy on the subject and unworthy as I am she returns my love- but I told her that I would not ask her to give me a certain answer till I had heard from you… my wish is to marry the girl and the sooner the better. I am willing to do anything in the world to bring about this object and my choice is irrevocably fixed…. This young lady is everything you could wish for in a daughter in law… I shall watch anxiously for your answer believing fully that you will do your best for your most devoted son

Ivo

PS Just been defeated by Australian XI. All the worst of luck. They had dry wicket Saturday-rain came Sunday, Monday morning and evening.”

Thursday 4 January: Sir William Clarke gives dinner for both teams at Scott’s Hotel, Melbourne.

Friday 5 January: English party sail for Tasmania on the “Flinders.”

Saturday 6 January: Arrive in Launceston and practice on the cricket ground.

Sunday 7 January: free day. After his somewhat emotional letter to his parents on 3 January re Miss Morphy, Bligh writes from the Criterion Hotel to his father again dealing more with the cricket:

“We are not in the least daunted and all in the best of spirits and generally jolly. I am getting stronger every day and can stand the cricket in the hot sun without inconvenience. We are just commencing our Tasmanian trip with a wet Sunday at Launceston. It is a pretty little place and the river down which the steamer comes to get to the town is very picturesque. We play tomorrow and the next day and go that night to Hobart 8 hours rail….”

It is not only modern teams which have a punishing schedule!

Other things however were clearly on Bligh’s mind as he continued:

“My letter by the last mail was taken up by one topic as indeed all my thoughts have been lately….. I am feeling as you may imagine in rather a perturbed state just now and I suppose I shall continue to do so until the letter or telegram from you comes in answer to my letter. I am quite determined to do anything sooner than give up Miss Morphy. I am quite ready to work hard and Miss Morphy will not expect much… but if you knew the girl I am sure you would say at once that to win such a prize would be a far surer way of obtaining real happiness than any other. If only I could see you and mother and talk it over with you I think you would not think me mistaken whatever you do now.”…”

Monday 8 January: 2 day game v XVIII of Northern Tasmania.

Tuesday 9 January: English XI win by an innings and 75 runs.

Thursday 10 January: England travels overnight to Hobart by train.

Friday 11 January: England arrives in Hobart and commences the same day a 2 day game v XVIII of Southern Tasmania. As the Hobart Mercury was to report:

“The platform at the railway station was crowded with people awaiting the arrival of the train….As the visitors stepped onto the platform they were loudly cheered. They were conveyed in a four-in-hand brake… to the Town Hall where they were welcomed by His Worship the Mayor…The Englishmen were then driven to their quarters at the Carlton Hotel.”

Saturday 12 January: England defeats XVIII of Southern Tasmania by 7 wickets. Bligh scores 32 runs out of 110 to set up the victory and his team is rowdily supported by British sailors off H.M.S. Nelson- the forerunners of the Barmy Army!

Tuesday 16 January: England arrives back in Melbourne aboard the S.S. “Flinders” to prepare for the “must-win” second Test.

Sources: - “Wisden”

“Beyond Reasonable Doubt”- Joy Munns 1994

“Cricket’s Burning Passion”- Scyld Berry and Rupert Peploe 2006

“The Birth of the Ashes” Christopher Hilton 2006

HISTORY OF THE CRICKETERS' CLUB of NSW

(Based on an article by award-winning cricket writer Jack Pollard)

The idea of forming a club for Sydney cricketers was first raised in 1894 when it was suggested that the New South Wales Cricket Association combine with the controlling bodies in cycling, swimming, rugby and athletics to form a sports club.

Nothing came of the notion but in 1896 the NSWCA set up a sub-committee to inquire into the possibility of acquiring clubrooms for the Association. This committee's recommendation that the Association make an arrangement with the Commercial Travellers' Club in Pitt Street to use their premises was rejected.

The Cricketers' Club idea lapsed until 1927 when it was again discussed at a NSWCA meeting, but it was not until 1936 that the Association decided to build a club in its new building in George Street.

The prominent solicitor Syd Webb, who had handled the purchase of the six-storey building in George Street for 54,803 pounds, drafted a constitution for the Cricketers' Club in August 1938, and the club was registered as a company on 14 November, 1939, two months after the outbreak of World War II, and opened for business on 1 July 1940.

From the start the Cricketers' Club membership strongly supported the development of cricket. Two cricket nets were set up on the roof of Cricket House for members to practice during lunch hours and these nets remained in operation until 1953.

Discussions among his fellow members made the Randwick batsman Jack Chegwyn aware of big possibilities for country tours by teams of leading players from the State's representative sides. Chegwyn, who scored 375 runs at an average of 46.87 with one century in his five matches for NSW between 1940 and 1942, became a sporting legend for the pioneering work he did in the bush with teams selected at the Cricketers' Club.

By 1942 the Cricketers' Club had made such dramatic progress that most Sydney grade cricketers were members and at the end of that year the Club made a 1000 pound loan to the NSWCA to help the Association continue operating at a time when it had no income from Test or Sheffield Shield cricket.

Annual games at the SCG v the NSWCA commenced in 1965.The Cricketers' Club entered a side in the City & Suburban competition in 1971, and has continued to play regularly in that competition. Over the years many Test players have appeared for the Club, including Richie Benaud, Alan Davidson, Keith Miller, Arthur Morris, Bill Watson, Geoff Lawson, Greg Matthews, Allan Turner, Mike Whitney, Richard Collinge, Trevor Chappell, Phil Emery and Dave Gilbert. In 1971, seven club members were in Don Bradman’s nomination for the best eleven Australian cricketers of the past 50 years.

Under the presidency of Ron Holmes the Club introduced a rule automatically granting membership to Australian Test players. The England and Australian teams in the 1988 Bicentenary match in Sydney played for a trophy donated by the Cricketers' Club.

Cricketers' Club teams have been a dominating force in the Sydney City and Suburban competition for more than 30 years. The Club has hosted numerous touring teams from countries such as England, Canada, Malaysia, India, the West Indies, New Zealand and the USA. Overseas tours have become common.

With the liquidation of the registered club and the loss of its Barrack Street premises in 2001, the cricket and golf players retained the name and logo and continue to play, as a new incorporated association, still called “The Cricketers’ Club of New South Wales, Inc”. The Club is now closely affiliated to the NSW Sports Club in Hunter Street, Sydney.

Editor's note: Jack Pollard (1926-2002) was the author of over 80 sports related books, and numerous outstanding cricket books including an authoritative five volume history of Australian cricket. He also wrote the most popular of all Australian cricket encyclopaedias, entitled “The Game and The Players”.

The Club’s has made 24 overseas tours in the last twenty one years:

|1989 |Fiji |2000 |Vanuatu |

|1991 |Asia, (Hong Kong, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Johore & |2001 |Bali |

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|1992 |Christchurch, New Zealand |2002 |Kenya |

|1993 |Christchurch, New Zealand |2003 |Sri Lanka |

|1993 |North America |2004 |Cook Islands |

|1994 |Malaysia and Singapore |2004 |England |

|1995 |Auckland, New Zealand |2005 |Samoa |

|1996 |Barbados/Trinidad |2006 |New Zealand North Island |

|1997 |England |2007 |South Africa |

|1998 |Norfolk Island |2008 |Hawaii |

|1999 |Lord Howe |2009 |India |

|1999 |South Africa | 2009 |England |

The Cricketers' Club has approximately 100 active cricketers. The Club also has a golf section. Of those 100 cricketers, approximately 30 play for the Club on Saturdays, and another 70 on Sundays and in mid-week games.

In the City and Suburban competition on Saturday afternoons, the Club plays about 24 matches a season. These are generally about 35 overs a side, although by agreement, they are sometimes extended to 40 overs. 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 Sydney 3rd-4th Grade Cricket, although considerably shortened. In recent seasons, the Club has lost few C&S games.

On Sundays, the Club plays eleven fixtures in a fortnightly competitive over 40's "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. It also plays in an over 50s “Classics” league with similar rules.

The Club also plays about 15 other competitive but "friendly" fixtures, on grounds varying from major national grounds such as the MCG, SCG, the Gabba, Telstra (Olympic) Stadium and Bradman Oval, Bowral, to small country grounds such as Mandalong and Mudgee. Opposition includes teams such as the Melbourne Cricket Club, the Queensland Cricketers' Club, the Primary Club, Lords Taverners, Molongolo and usually a couple of 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 NSW to represent the Civilian population of the State in a match against the Military to celebrate 150 years of cricket at the S.C.G.

In the 2008-2009 season, the Club played 59 fixtures, and used 100 players.

ACCOMMODATION

1) Saturday 16-Wednesday 20 January: - Hobart: Grand Mercure Hadleys: 34 Murray Street, Hobart. Tel: 03 6223 4355 .au

2) Thursday 21 January- Tuesday 26 January: - Launceston: Launceston Country Club: Country Club Avenue, Launceston. Tel: 03 6225 7092 .au

FIXTURES AND SOCIAL ARRANGEMENTS

|DATE |LOCATION |OPPOSITION |TIME |

|Sat 16 Jan |Bellerive Test |Free Day at Test & Tour dinner |7.30pm |

|Sun 17 Jan |Kangaroo Bay |Last Over XI 20Twenty |5.00pm |

|Mon 18 Jan |Bellerive Test |Optional Trip to Port Arthur |- |

|Tues 19 Jan |Bellerive Oval or Anzac Park |Old Tasmania XI |1.00pm |

|Weds 20 Jan |Domain, Hobart |Old North Hobart XI |1.00pm |

|Thurs 21 Jan |NTCA , Launceston |Old Launceston XI |1.00pm |

|Fri 22 Jan |Launceston |Free Day |- |

|Sat 23 Jan |Launceston |Trip to Tamar Valley |- |

|Sun 24 Jan |La Trobe |La Trobe XI |1.00pm |

|Mon 25 Jan |Devonport |Devonport XI 20Twenty |5.00pm |

|Tues 26 Jan |Launceston |Free Day |- |

Tour Contacts

Tour Manager Ken Yardy 0419 789 784 ken@.au

Tour Committee Paul Brandon 0417 493 979 paul36@

Ian Neil 0400 296 078 ian.neil@.au

Social Committee Liann Yardy 0419 789 785 leighyardy@

Jane Brandon 0417 493 979

HOWZAT? - Or Cricket’s version of “Who’s on First?”

You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.

Each man’s that’s in the side that’s in, goes out and when he’s out,

he comes in and the next man goes in until he’s out.

When they are all out, the side that’s out, comes in and the side that’s been in,

goes out and tries to get those coming in out.

Sometimes you get men still in and not out.

When both sides have been in and out, including the not outs,

that’s the end of the game!

OF WHOM WAS THIS SAID?

(1) [ ]’s proudest moment came in 1978/79 when he led the underdogs to victory in the Gillette Cup over a WA side containing 10 Test players. His contribution was exceptional – he scored 55* and took 4/17- and won the Man of the Match award. A few days later he struck 78* to lead the side to its first Shield victory, again over WA.

Rick Smith in “The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket ”

a. Brian Davison

b. Jack Simmons

c. David Boon

(2) The first Australian bowler to clean bowl WG Grace… his bowling produced an action that defied erudite description. He strolled casually to the crease and seemed to take the ball from behind his right ear and go through a little legerdemain before launching it. His most destructive ball was a fast full toss which curled in the air and it was this delivery that defeated W G Grace and other notable players.

Jack Pollard – “Australian Cricket 1803-93”

a. Tom Hogg

b. Rodney Hogg

c. George Bailey

(3) It is doubtful whether any of the (other) captains who led England Test tours of Australia were so romantic, and love-sick, and old-fashioned chivalrous, as [ ]. Plenty of English captains have fallen for Australian women. He was probably the only one who did the honourable thing and married one of the many”charmers bright and fair” and with whom he “danced the whole night through”. No wonder [ ] did not score many runs in Australia. His eye was not always on the right kind of ball.” –

Scyld Berry and Rupert Peploe –“Cricket’s Burning Passion” (2006)

a. The Hon Ivo Bligh

b. Mike Brearley

c. Archie Maclaren

(4) “... the worst selection blunder in Australian history. The 1890 Australian team for England was chosen by a group of leading players from Victoria and NSW who disagreed who should be Blackham’s deputy keeper. The team left Sydney on the long voyage to England with the issue unresolved. When the team reached Melbourne, Blackham plumped for [ ] and a message was sent to Hobart immediately. At 2 days notice [ ] decided to accept and went to Adelaide on a ship which crossed the path of that carrying the Australian side, presenting himself on the wharf with the words ‘Here I am – but I have never kept wicket in my life.’ …he had a miserable tour.”

.

Jack Pollard in “Australian Cricket: The Game and the Players”

a. George Bailey

b. Ken Burn

c. John Burn

For Answers check Page 19

History of the New South Wales Sports Club

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Originally established in 1896 as the New South Wales Amateur Sports Club, the Club incorporated in 1900 as the New South Wales Sports Club Ltd and moved into its present premises at 10-14 Hunter Street, Sydney which it originally leased, before purchasing the freehold in 1912.

The original role of the Club was to foster the development of amateur sports in New South Wales, providing a headquarters and administrative skills to enable them to grow. In this role the Club was remarkably successful and can justly claim to have played a formative role in New South Wales in the development of sports such as:

|Boxing |Australian Rules |

|Billiards |Rowing |

|Lawn Tennis |Others, such as Baseball, Fencing, Hockey, Lacrosse, Motor Cycling |

|Soccer |and Table Tennis |

|Rugby Union | |

By contrast by 1896, cricket was already well developed as a major national – perhaps the only national – and international sport in Australia, and the New South Wales Sports Club was not involved in its development.

It was perhaps no coincidence that the Club was formed in the same year as the creation of the modern Olympics, a movement whose ideals it shared. The Club was to play a major role in the initial organisation of Australian Olympic Sport.

Olympic Teams sent abroad in 1928, 1932 and 1936 were all organised and partly financed by the Club, and the Manager of the Australian Team was a member of the Sports Club. The Club was also prominent in the establishment of the Empire (now Commonwealth) Games in 1938 in Sydney.

With increasing professionalism in sport, the role of the Club as the predominant organiser of amateur sport in New South Wales began to diminish after the Second World War. While refurbished in recent years, the Club retains much historic memorabilia. Reciprocity with inter-state and international clubs has grown with clubs from as far afield as England, India, Singapore, South Africa, Malaysia, the Philippines and the U.S.A.

In terms of facilities, the Club has five floors, comprising a Bistro and Bar on the Ground Floor, the Press Club on the 1st Floor, Meeting Rooms on the 2nd Floor, a refurbished ‘Old World’ Members Bar on the 3rd Floor, and the Hunter Dining Room on the 4th Floor. The Club still retains a Snooker Room with two first class antique tables on the 5th Floor, keeping its links with 1896.

In terms of playing facilities for members, the Club runs social golf events and an annual internal cricket match, but does not run, as does the Cricketers’ Club, a regular weekly fixture list, and annual overseas tours. The main function of the Sports Club today would probably be as a social and dining club in the centre of Sydney’s CBD where members may meet for business or pleasure, to eat and drink.

It is to be hoped that many members of the old Cricketers’ Club will take up the offer of membership of the Sports Club, and recognise and honour its impressive history and traditions. The new Cricketers’ Club of New South Wales Inc. hopes to complement these traditions on the field of play, and in the tradition of many amateur associations over the past century, will be privileged to be able to use the premises of the Sports Club as its de facto headquarters.

THE 4 AGES OF CRICKET

The Age of Innocence or Youth

The Age when you arrive on the cricket ground half an hour before the match is supposed to start

The Age when it’s only a question of whether you bat number one or number two,

where it’s a question, as far as bowling is concerned, as to which end you open.

The Age where you walk as of right to cover point,

where your definition of a quick run is a fairly thick edge to first slip.

When to wear a box is a sign of extreme effeminacy.

And when after the game you jump into some fast sports car, in the

passenger seat of which is seated a delicious blonde, and as you drive away,

happy with the thought that she will be even easier to attain than that century

which the scorer was at that moment inscribing in the book against your name.

The Age of Discretion or the Age of the Middle Man

The Age when you arrive on the ground just as the umpires are walking out.

The Age where you can with difficulty be persuaded to bat as high as number six.

The Age where you expect, and sometimes get, a couple of overs before tea

when the match is over.

The Age when to forget your box is worse than forgetting your wife’s birthday.

The Age when after the game you slip off, quickly home in the car, to your wife

to avoid a row.

The Age of Senility

The Age when to be placed number ten is just a little too high.

Where to be asked to bowl is a deliberate and calculated insult.

The Age when fielding is only possible with the feet.

The Age when you define a short run as a very slow hit ball to deep extra cover.

The Age when your box has become a permanent appendage to your truss.

The Age when, after the game, you may be found, sitting in the local pub harbouring

Improper, but alas, impractical thoughts about the aged and unattractive barmaid.

The Age of Retirement

The Age where no longer can you play,

but where you perambulate around the perimeter of the ground–

a magnificent silhouette against the dying sun,

when you pour out to anyone foolish enough to listen, an unending stream of

apocryphal stories of your youth

The Age when your box reposes on your dressing table-

a receptacle for spare collar studs.

The Age, alas, when sex is no more than a Latin numeral.

Humphrey Tilling – Speech to the Forty Club (1957) on its 21st anniversary

PLAYER PROFILES

TASMANIA TOUR 2010 PLAYER PROFILES

NB Ages are as at commencement of tour in January 2010

MIKE BIRCHALL Aged 59 Mechanical engineer

A survivor from the first Club tour to Fiji in 1989. Right hand bat and occasional medium pace bowler. An enthusiastic tourist who plays in the more social games. Formerly a very good soccer player who represented N.S.W. in his youth. A fervent Manchester United supporter and a karaoke specialist, especially after a few drinks. Has toured Fiji, Asia, New Zealand, England (3 times), North America, Lord Howe, Norfolk Island, Vanuatu, the Cook Islands and Hawaii with the Club. This will be his 13th tour with the Cricketers’ Club. Coming with his partner, Di Lynas.

PAUL BRANDON Aged 38 Surveyor

Heavy scoring aggressive right hand bat and useful wicket keeper. Had played regularly with the Cricketer’s Club till recent seasons when he moved to Bowral. Used to soccer and Australian Rules player with Sydney University. This will be his 4th tour with the Cricketers’ Club after Sri Lanka, New Zealand and South Africa

GRAHAM BUCK Aged 43 Stage Hand Sydney Opera House

Very accurate right arm medium pace away swing bowler and tail end bat. An expert in tape ball cricket at the back of the Opera House over the past decade his first cricket in whites on turf in an organised competition was for C.C.N.S.W. a few years ago in the Masters. Coming with his wife, Ashling, this will be his first C.C.N.S.W. tour.

ROSS DALGLEISH Aged 54 Barrister

Technically correct right hand bat. Formerly played for Lane Cove in Shires and has played in England for the House of Lords, and in Hong Kong. Currently plays most of his cricket for Warringah C.C. in the “Masters”. This will be his 5th tour with the Club, having previously toured Sri Lanka, Cook Islands, Cairns and New Zealand. Coming with his wife Marie.

KEITH ELLOY Aged 60 Meat Trader

Played for Singapore aged 16 before migrating to Australia as a youth and has played for the Cricketers’ Club ever since, for more years than any other player. Right hand bat and occasional keeper who now plays primarily in the o40s and o50 sides. Has toured South East Asia, New Zealand (three times), North America, Lord Howe, Samoa and England with the club, this will be his 9th tour.

BRIAN FALLON Aged 61 Retired

Only took up cricket at aged 49 as a relaxation from competitive sailing. Right hand later order bat, occasional slow-medium pace bowler, and enthusiastic fielder. An excellent social tourist with an encyclopaedic memory for songs. Has previously toured England, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe, Vanuatu, the Cook Islands and Samoa with the Cricketers’ Club. This will be his 7th tour with the Club. Currently recovering from a kidney operation; coming with his wife, Margaret.

IAN NEIL Aged 48 Barrister

Stubborn right hand defensive opening bat. Has played most of his cricket in lower grades for Sydney University and in the Shires Competition for Lane Cove and Lindfield, and usually plays in the C.C.N.S.W. C&S Saturday side. Toured Sri Lanka in 2003, Cairns in 2004, England in 2005 Samoa in 2006 and Hawaii in 2007 with the Cricketers’ Club. Coming with his two children, Angus and Lachlan.

GLENN ROSEWALL Aged 48 Investment adviser

Aggressive left hand top order bat; occasional slow left arm bowler and wicket keeper who plays regularly in the Masters o40s side. This will be his first tour with the Cricketers’ Club.

MATT RUSSELL Aged 32                                                        Paramedic

Right arm fast bowler and middle order left hand bat; currently playing Grade for Cardiff in the Newcastle competition; has played rep cricket for Newcastle and toured England with N.S.W. u17s in 1993. This will be his first tour with the Cricketers’ Club.

PATRICK SCOTT Aged 29 Estate Agent

Right hand middle order batsman and medium pace bowler and good fielder Has not played regularly for some years because of need to work Saturdays. Used to captain De La Salle School and made combined N.S.W. Catholic Schools team for 2 years. An expert at Play Station 3 test cricket.

STUART STOCKDALE Aged 58                                                       Chartered Accountant

Aggressive middle order right hand bat and occasional left arm dart thrower who now plays most of his cricket for the Hawthorn Cricket Club. Also Past President of the Melbourne Cricket Club XXIX Club. A nine times premiership player during his 43 years of senior cricket, he is a regular tourist, having played in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Fiji. Along with cricket enjoys red wine, Aussie Rules, tennis and golf. This will be his second C.C.N.S.W. Tour after Cairns in 2004. Coming with his partner Barbara Milh.

MICHAEL THOMSON Aged 34                                                        Paramedic

Left hand middle order bat and right hand fast medium bowler who can bowl off-spin if required. Has played Poidevin Gray and upper level Grade cricket for North Sydney over the past decade but the demands of his job have prevented him playing as frequently as he would like. This will be his first tour with C.C.N.S.W.

SCOTT WELLS Aged 40 Civil Engineer / Project Manager

Right hand batsman and leg spin bowler. Formerly played with the Wenty Waratahs in the Parramatta District until moving to the Blue Mountains in 2002 where he currently plays for Springwood Cricket Club. During his years at Wenty they won two A grade premierships and he represented Parramatta in the Martin Shield for two seasons. At Springwood he helped the first grade side to their first 1st grade premiership for over 20 years. Second tour for the Cricketers’ Club after England last year; coming with his wife Ingrid and two young children.

GARRY WINNEY Aged 58 Retired Accountant

Right hand top order bat and occasional off spin bowler; also a superb fielder thanks to his baseball training. Used to captain lower Grade St George teams before playing for the Cricketers’ Club since the late eighties through which he met his wife Margaret with a honeymoon in the footsteps of Bradman on a C.C.N.S.W. tour of North America. Was also on the first Club tour to Fiji in 1989 and has since toured Asia, New Zealand (twice), Lord Howe, and the Cook Islands with the Club. Coming with his wife, teenage daughter Jessica and her friend Jade.

RUSSELL WYATT Aged 41 Landscape Designer

Powerful top order right hand bat, useful medium pace bowler and excellent outfielder. Played higher Grades for Manly but took over the captaincy of Warringah Masters over 40s this season and retired from Grade. This will be his first tour with C.C.N.S.W. Coming with his partner, Lisa.

KEN YARDY Aged 45 Solicitor

Right hand bat, occasional keeper; nowadays more a social cricketer. Scored a century on debut in senior cricket and still trying for his second! Had not played serious cricket for some years but persuaded to join the Cricketers’ Club in 2002. Has toured Kenya, Sri Lanka, the Cook Islands, Cairns, England (twice), Samoa, New Zealand, Hawaii and India with the Club, This will be his 11th tour. Accompanied by his wife Liann and two teenage children Emma and Kate.

WALTZING MATILDA

(The real Australian National Anthem)

|Oh! There once was a swagman camped in the Billabong |Down came the squatter riding his thoroughbred; |

|Under the shade of a Coolabah tree, |Down came policemen-one, two, three. |

|And he sang as he looked at his old billy boiling |“Whose is the jumbuck you’ve got in your tuckerbag? |

|‘ Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?’ |You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.” |

| | |

|Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda my darling, |But the swagman, he up and he jumped into the waterhole, |

|Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me? |Drowning himself by the Coolabah tree, |

|Waltzing Matilda and leading a waterbag |And his ghost may be heard as it sings in the Billabong, |

|Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me? |“Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?” |

| | |

|Down came a jumbuck to drink at the waterhole, |A.B. Paterson Saltbush Bill J.P. and Other Verses (1917) |

|Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him in glee; |N.B. The line ”You’ll never take me alive, said he” does not appear in the|

|And he sang as he put him away in his tuckerbag, |original poem. |

|“You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.” | |

Advance Australia Fair

|Australia’s sons let us rejoice, |For those who’ve come across the seas) |

|(Australians all let us rejoice), |We’ve boundless plains to share |

|For we are young and free; |With courage let us all combine |

|We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil, |To advance Australia fair. |

|Our home is girt by sea; |In joyful strains then let us sing, |

|Our land abounds in Nature’s gifts |“Advance Australia fair!” |

|Of beauty rich and rare; | |

|In history’s page, let every stage |While other nations of the globe |

|Advance Australia fair! |Behold us from afar, |

|In joyful strains then let us sing, |We’ll rise to high renown and shine |

|“Advance Australia fair!” |Like our glorious southern star; |

| |From England, Scotia, Erin’s Isle, |

|When gallant Cook from Albion sail’d, |Who come our lot to share, |

|To trace wide oceans o’er, |Let all combine with heart and hand |

|True British courage bore him on, |To advance Australia fair! |

|Till he landed on our shore. |In joyful strains then let us sing, |

|Then here he raised Old England’s flag, |“Advance Australia fair!” |

|The standard of the brave; | |

|With all her faults we love her still, |Shou’d foreign foe e’er sight our coast, |

|“Britannia rules the wave!” |Or dare a foot to land, |

|In joyful strains then let us sing, |We’ll rouse to arms like sires of yore |

|“Advance Australia fair!” |To guard our native strand; |

| |Britannia then shall surely know, |

|Beneath our radiant Southern Cross, |Beyond wide ocean’s roll, |

|We’ll toil with hearts and hands; |Her sons in fair Australia’s land |

|To make our youthful Commonwealth |Still keep a British soul. |

|(To make this Commonwealth of ours) |In joyful strains then let us sing, |

|Renowned of all the lands; |“Advance Australia fair!” |

|For loyal sons beyond the seas | |

Note: Composed by Peter Dodds McCormick, probably in 1878. For Federation 1901, McCormick added a reference to the new commonwealth.

In 1984 the song became the national anthem. Verses 2, 4 and 5 were rejected. In the remaining two verses three lines were reworked (the new lines appear in brackets)

THE CRICKETERS CLUB OF NEW SOUTH WALES

THE COLOURS AND EMBLEM

“True to the Blue”

New South Wales-Why the name?

Originally part of “New Holland”, It became known as “New South Wales” in 1770 after Cook’s exploration of the East Coast of what is now called “Australia”. Whether Cook personally at the time called it New South Wales, and if so, why, is still a subject of doubt and scholarly speculation. Possibly Cook originally called it “New Wales”, by analogy with the islands of “New Britain”, which had originally been part of New Guinea. What is certain is that the name emerged later after he had dispatched his Journal to the Admiralty. Why “Wales” and why “South Wales” will probably never be known.

Royal Blue –why the colour?

When intercolonial cricket commenced in the 1850s, the Victorians wore dark blue trousers and white shirts. NSW wore white trousers and light blue shirts. They became known as the “Light Blues”. In 1904-5, the colour changed to Royal Blue. The colour remains Royal Blue and the NSW team still remains known by its traditional name as “the Blues”

Comparison to “the Green and Gold”

“The Blues” can trace their origin approximately 40 years before the adoption of the traditional Australian “Green and Gold”, which were not adopted as national colours till the Australian tour to England in 1899 nor for home Tests until after Federation in 1902. Prior to that time it had been customary in home Tests to wear the colours of the State in which the match was played-i.e.-dark blue in Victoria and light blue in NSW.

The first Australian touring team to England in 1878 wore black and white; the 1880 team –faded magenta and black; the 1882 team wore the colours of the 96th regiment-red, black and yellow. That then changed to the red white and blue of the Melbourne Cricket Club, although once, the light blue caps of the East Melbourne Club were used. By 1890, the team had adopted dark blue blazers and caps, with gold trim with, for the first time, the Australian Coat of Arms. It was the 1899 team to England that first adopted the Green and Gold, but it was not until 1902 at the MCG that the Green and Gold were worn in a home Test. Thus the Royal Blue colours adopted by The Cricketers’ Club of New South Wales arguably have an older provenance, dating back to the 1850s, than the national colours which only date to the turn of the century.

The Emblem - Why the Cross of St George in New South Wales?

The emblem is taken from the Coat of Arms of the Colony, originally designed in 1875-6, and subsequently formally granted by King Edward VII in 1906 and described as:- “Azure, a Cross Argent, voided Gules a lion passant guardant and on each member with a Mullet of eight points Or “ [I.e.- a red cross with a golden lion at the centre and stars at each point]

The gold crossed bats need no explanation. The cross of St George is English as is the lion, and not Welsh. The design comes from the British Royal Navy White Ensign, with whom its co-designer Captain Hixson, President of the Marine Board was closely connected.

The connection is with England or perhaps Britain as the home country, not with Wales. It remains the official Coat of Arms of New South Wales.

Answers to questions on page 13; 1-b Jack Simmons; 2-a Tom Hogg; 3-a The Hon Ivo Bligh; 4-b Ken Burn

ASSOCIATED CLUBS (continued from frontisheet) – ASIA

|Hong Kong Cricket Club |Hong Kong Football Club |

|137 Wong Nei Chung Gap Road |3 Sports Road, Happy Valley |

|HONG KONG |HONG KONG |

|Ph: (852) 574 6266 |Ph: (852) 830 9500 |

| |.hk. |

|Calcutta Cricket & Football Club |The Cricket Club of India |

|19/2 Gurusaday Road |J.N. Tata Pavilion |

|BALLYGUNGE |Brabourne Stadium |

|CALCULLTA 19 INDIA 700019 |Dinshaw Vachha Road |

|Ph: 388951/201 |MUMBAI INDIA 400 020 |

|clubs.htm |Ph: 9122 2876 051 |

|BCA Garware Club House |Madras Cricket Club |

|Wankhede Stadium |1 Babu Jagjivan Ram Road |

|'D' Road |Chennai |

|Churchgate |MADRAS INDIA 600 005 |

|MUMBAI INDIA 400 020 |Ph: 841-797 |

|Ph: 285 4444 | |

|Royal Selangor Club |Colombo Swimming Club |

|PO Box 10137 |Storm Lodge, PO Box 863 |

|Kuala Lumpur, 50704 |148 Galle Road |

|MALAYSIA |COLUMBO SRI LANKA |

|Ph: (063) 292 7166 |Ph: 00 941 421 645 |

|.my |csc@ |

|Singapore Cricket Club |The British Club of Singapore |

|Connaught Drive |73 Bukit Tinggi Road |

|SINGAPORE 0617 |SINGAPORE 1128 |

|Ph: (0011) 65 338-9271 |Ph: (0011) 65 467-4611 |

|.sg/ |.sg |

|The British Club (Thailand) |Kowloon Cricket Club |

|189 Surawong Road, Bangrak, |10 Cox's Road |

|BANGKOK THAILAND 10500 |KOWLOON HONG KONG |

|Ph: (662) 234 0247 |Ph: (852) 3-674 141 |

| |.hk/ |

|Johore Cultural & Sports Club |Bali International Cricket Club |

|623 Jalan Kolonel Wilson |Jalan Danan Poso 63 |

|80100 Johore Bahru |Sanur, Bali, Indonesia |

|Johore WEST MALAYSIA |0361 286 490 |

|07 241 899 | |

|07 224 2222 | |

|jcsc@my. | |

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|MIDDLE EAST |NEW ZEALAND |

|Doha Club |The Cricket Society and Supporters Club of Auckland, Clubrooms, Eden |

|PO Box 3666 |Park |

|Doha Qatar, Arabian Gulf |P.O. Box 2860 |

|MIDDLE EAST |AUCKLAND 1015 NEW ZEALAND |

|Ph: (974) 418822 | |

|dclub.htm |acssc.co.nz |

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