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THE CRICKETERS' CLUB OF NEW SOUTH WALES

EAST COAST NORTH AMERICA TOUR 2015 CANADA AND USA

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 | |

|SOUTH AMERICA |PAPUA NEW GUINEA |

| |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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ASSOCIATED CLUBS – CANADA

|Toronto Cricket Skating & Curling Club |Vancouver Rowing Club |

|141 Wilson Avenue |PO Box 5206 |

|TORONTO ONTARIO M5M 3A3 |Stanley Park |

|(416) 487 4581 |BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA V6B 4B3 |

| |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

NORTH AMERICA TOUR

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 the east coast of North America. 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.

HISTORY OF THE CRICKETERS' CLUB XI

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(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 affiliated to the NSW Rugby Club in Pitt 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”.

This will be the Club’s 31st overseas tour in the last twenty seven years:

|1989 |Fiji |2004 |Cook Islands |

|1991 |Asia |2004 |England |

|1992 |Christchurch, New Zealand |2005 |Samoa |

|1993 |Christchurch, New Zealand |2006 |New Zealand N. Island |

|1993 |North America |2007 |South Africa |

|1994 |Malaysia and Singapore |2008 |Hawaii |

|1995 |Auckland, New Zealand |2009 |India |

|1996 |Barbados/Trinidad |2009 |France-England -Ireland |

|1997 |England |2010 |Italy |

|1998 |Norfolk Island | 2011 |West Indies |

|1999 |Lord Howe | 2012 |South America |

|1999 |South Africa | 2013 |Amsterdam-England- Malta |

|2000 |Vanuatu |2014 |South East Asia |

|2001 |Bali |2015 |Wellington NZ |

|2002 |Kenya | | |

|2003 |Sri Lanka | | |

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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, the Bradman Foundation XI, I Zingari (Australia), Molonglo 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 2014-2015 season, the Club played 49 fixtures, and used about 100 players.

C.C.N.S.W. NORTH AMERICA TOUR FIXTURES 2015

Tour Manager Ken Yardy

|NO. |DATE |LOCATION |OPPOSITION |Accomodation |

|- |Thurs 16 July |Leave Sydney/cross international date line |Transit | |

| 1 |Thurs 16 July |Arrive Toronto |Free Day |Univ Toronto |

| 2 |Fri 17 July |Toronto Game 1 |Toronto C.C. |Univ Toronto |

| 3 |Sat 18 July |Toronto Game 2 |Inverhaugh |Univ Toronto |

| 4 |Sun 19 July |Toronto Game |Free Day |Univ Toronto |

| 5 |Mon 20 July |Toronto Game 3 |Malton Park |Univ Toronto |

| 6 |Tues 21July |Niagara Falls Game 4 |Niagara CC |Niagara Falls Crowne Plaza |

| 7 |Weds 22 July |Niagara Falls- air travel to NYC (BUFFALO to JFK) |Free Day |Holiday Inn X 45th St |

| 8 |Thurs 23 July |New York |Free Day |Holiday Inn X 45th St |

| 9 |Fri 24 July |New York Game 5 |Idilwild Park |Holiday Inn X 45th St |

|10 |Sat 25 July |New York Game 6 |Staten Island C.C. |Holiday Inn X 45th St |

|11 |Sun 26 July |New York Game 7 |Mad Dogs C.C. (Stamford) |Holiday Inn X 45th St |

|12 |Mon 27 July |New York |Free Day |Holiday Inn X 45th St |

|13 |Tues 28 July |New York – Travel to Philly PM TRAIN |Free Day |Hol. Inn X E. Penns Landing |

|14 |Weds 29 July |Philadelphia Game 8 |British Officers C.C. |Hol. Inn X E. Penns Landing |

|15 |Thurs 30 July |Philadelphia Game 9 |Merion CC (Haversford) |Hol. Inn X E. Penns Landing |

|16 |Fri 31 July |Philadelphia Game 10 |British Officers C.C. |Hol. Inn X E. Penns Landing |

|17 |Sat 1 August |Philadelphia - travel to Wash. AM TRAIN |Free Day |Hol. Inn Washington Central |

|18 |Sun 2 August |Washington DC Game 11 |WCL Legends |Hol. Inn Washington Central |

|19 |Mon 3 August |Washington DC |Free Day |Hol. Inn Washington Central |

|20 |Tues 4 August |Washington DC Game 12 |Fairfax C.C. |Hol. Inn Washington Central |

|21 |Weds 5 August |Washington |Free Day |Hol. Inn Washington Central |

|22 |Thurs 6 August |Wash. - Air travel to Fort Laud.(DCA TO FFL) |Free Day |Double Tree Hilton FL Beach |

|23 |Fri 7 August |Fort Lauderdale |Free Day |Double Tree Hilton FL Beach |

|24 |Sat 8 August |Fort Lauderdale Game 13-under lights |Florida S.E. League XI |Double Tree Hilton FL Beach |

|25 |Sun 9 August |Fort Lauderdale |Free Day |Double Tree Hilton FL Beach |

|26 |Mon 10 August |Fort Lauderdale Game 14-under lights |Florida S.E. League XI |Double Tree Hilton FL Beach |

|27 |Tues 11 August |Fort Lauderdale |Free Day |Double Tree Hilton FL Beach |

|28 |Weds 12 August |Fort Lauderdale |Free Day |Double Tree Hilton FL Beach |

|29 |Thurs 13 August |Fort Lauderdale – depart for Australia |Transit | |

|30 |Fri 14 August |Cross International date Line |Transit | |

|31 |Sat 15 August |Arrive Sydney/ Melbourne |Home | |

ACCOMMODATION DETAILS

TORONTO  

FIVE (5) NIGHTS: ARR 16 JULY DEP 21 JULY 

CHESTNUT RESIDENCE AND CONFERENCE CENTRE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

89 CHESTNUT ST TORONTO ONTARIO M5G 1R1 CANADA

PH: +14 169 770-707 

chestnut>utornto>ca/Summer_Residence

BREAKFAST INCLUDED

NIAGARA FALLS 

ONE (1) NIGHT: ARR 21 JULY DEP 22 JULY 2015

CROWNE PLAZA NIAGARA FALLS-FALLSVIEW

5685 FALLS AVENUE NIAGARA FALLS ONTARIO L2E6W7 CANADA

$9.95 SURCHAGE FOR WIRELESS AND WE-GO TRANSPORT TICKET

PH: 1-905-3744447



BREAKFAST NOT INCLUDED 

NEW YORK

SIX (6) NIGHTS: ARR 22 JULY - DEP 28 JULY 2015

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS MIDTOWN WEST

538 WEST 48TH ST NEW YORK, NY 10036

PH: (212) 582 0692 



BREAKFAST INCLUDED

PHILIDELPHIA 

FOUR (4) NIGHTS:  ARR 28 JULY TO DEP 1 AUG

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS PENNS LANDING

100 NORTH COLUMBUS BLVDE, PHILIDELPHIA, PA 19106

PH: 215 627 7900



BREAKFAST INCLUDED

WASHINGTON

FIVE (5) NIGHTS:  ARR 1 AUG DEP 6 AUG 2015 Confirmed

HOLIDAY INN WASHINGTON DC CENTRAL-WHITE HOUSE

1501 RHODE ISLAND AVENUE, NW WASHINGTON DC 20005

PH: (202) 483 2000 



BREAKFAST NOT INCLUDED 

FORT LAUDERDALE

SEVEN (7) NIGHTS:  ARR 6 AUG DEP 13 AUG 2015

GALLERY ONE FORT LAUDERDALE A DOUBLE TREE SUITES BY HILTON

2670 EAST SUNRISE BLVDE FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33304

PH: +1-954-565-3800



BREAKFAST NOT INCLUDED 

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

NORTH AMERICA TOUR 2015 PLAYER CVS

Ages are stated as at 1 June 2015

# Numbers are touring numbers; not membership numbers

ROBERT BEVILACQUA #171 Aged 53 Mitsubishi Service Manager

Right hand Opening Batsman and off spin bowler and a specialist gully fieldsman. Played for the Port Melbourne Cricket Club in the Victorian Sub District during the 1980s-90s and was involved in 3 Senior Premierships. Played the next ten years for Doutta Stars Senior Division in the Victorian Turf Cricket Association; involved in 4 Premierships. Returned to the Port Melbourne CC and now playing today in the second XI. This will be his fifth overseas cricket trip with C.C.N.S.W. after Italy in 2010, South America in 2012, England in 2013 and South East Asia in 2014.

DENNIS CAMERON # 3 Aged 62 Retired

A survivor from the first Club tour to Fiji in 1989 and is now a very occasional player. He is a left hand bat and right hand finger spinner. He has toured Fiji, Asia (three times), New Zealand (twice), North America, Norfolk Island, South Africa, Vanuatu, Bali, Kenya, the Cook Islands, Samoa West Indies and England (twice) with the Club; this will be his eighteenth tour with the Club

BRIAN COPPOCK #201 Aged 60                 Grazier

Right hand batsman and wicket keeper; played early cricket around Moree; toured with Armidale Wheatons C.C. to South Africa and to South America and has represented NSW Country over 60s v Queensland; coming with his wife Katharine; this will be his first tour with the Cricketers’ Club.

JOHN FISH # 202 Aged 53 Property Developer

Right hand opening bat. Currently playing over 40s Gold Coast Masters with Broardbeach Robina Cricket Club winning 3 of the last 4 Premierships. Used to played First Grade from age 16 for both Ipswich and Gold Coast until retiring at 33. Coming with his partner, former Olympic Gold medal Hockey player Nikki Hudson. This will be his first tour with the Cricketers’ Club.

BRIAN GREAM #203 Aged 79    Retired             

Right Hand batsman and off spin bowler. Brian will possibly be the most experienced cricketer in the touring group having in excess of 50 years playing experience in senior cricket. 21 of those years were in first grade in Armidale. Brian is a steady batsman, a cagey bowler and a very good tourist. He has previously toured South Africa, India, England and Scotland with Wheatons which is an Armidale based touring club. This will be his first tour with the C.C.N.S.W.

STEVEN KISH #166 Aged 67 Semi-retired; consultant in the clothing industry

Wicket keeper and right hand batsman; current President of Burwood Cricket Club in the Eastern Cricket Association in Melbourne. Previous Cricket Clubs: Waverley Sub District, Salesian College Old Boys. Former Captain / Coach, now playing veterans with Burwood Cricket Club in Melbourne. This will be his fifth overseas cricket tour with C.C.N.S.W. after England in 2009, South America in 2012, UK in 2013 and South East Asia in 2014. Coming with his wife Susanne.

SCOTT McCALLUM # 124    Aged 50 Telecom N.Z.  Manager

Right hand medium fast bowler and lower order bat. Played First Grade Sub- District cricket in Melbourne with Croydon and as an 18 year old played in their 1984 Premiership winning side. Regular player for the Cricketers’ Club before moving to Wellington, New Zealand in 2004.  Has toured Sri Lanka,  England (twice), New Zealand, Samoa, South Africa, West Indies and South East Asia with the club, this will be his eighth tour. Coming with his wife Debbie and young son Matthew.

PAUL MOORHOUSE # 134 Aged 50 Barrister

Right arm off spinner and lower order bat.  Paul has played cricket most seasons since high school, mainly in the Northern Suburbs A grade comp, and more recently with the Cricketers Club and Sydney University Veterans.  Paul spent his school and immediately post-school years masquerading as an opening/top order bat, but the increasing refusal of his feet to move has seen him revert to off-spin. This will be his third tour with the Cricketers Club after England in 2005 and India in 2009. Coming with his partner Aylin Dulagil

JAMES MORRISON #204 Aged 38 Online business owner

Left-hand opening bat and part-time chinaman bowler. Grew up in Wellington, New Zealand, playing for the Eastern Suburbs club. Then spent time in various countries over the next 15 years, playing for clubs in Cambridge (UK), Toronto, Philadelphia, Bangalore (India) and now Nelson, New Zealand. This will be Jim's first C.C.N.S.W. tour.

BRUCE PENDLEBURY #172 Aged 61 Retired

Right hand upper order batsman [ hopeless against spin] and slow right hand medium pace bowler who used to play for Moorabbin Park in the Victorian JCA from 1970 through to mid 80's and later in the Victorian DDCA Sunday Veterans comp from 1995 -2000 , but apart from the Italy tour, has not held a bat or ball since. This will be his fifth tour for the Cricketers’ Club after Italy in 2010, South America in 2012, England in 2013 and South East Asia in 2014. Coming with his wife Allison.

TOM ROBERTSON # 41 Aged 43    Computer programmer

Extremely aggressive and hard hitting left hand opening bat and right hand fast medium bowler who often likes to bowl round the wicket. Has played regularly for the Club’s Saturday side since 2009 and is now the vice-captain. Toured with the Cricketers’ Club since a teenager to New Zealand, Malaysia and Lord Howe with his father Rodger who was a very accomplished first grader, and also to Samoa in 2006 and England in 2013. Tom used to play for his local side Peakhurst in a hard wicket competition where his skills made him a formidable player.

DAVE STEWART #53 Aged 56  Electrician

Right hand off spinner and right hand bat. Formerly played First Grade and representative cricket in Mackay and for Queensland Country. Now plays for Pioneer Valley in Mackay, Northern Queensland. This will be his eighth tour with the Cricketers’ Club after Malaysia, West Indies, South Africa, England, Italy, South America and SE Asia. Coming with his partner Desley Ferguson.

LACHLAN STONEHOUSE # 205 Aged 49 Communication manager with legal firm

Former Victorian second XI cricketer and substituted for Warney in a State match 120 games in Melbourne District First Grade XI – won premiership with St Kilda in 1991-2. Played in England at Settle/Giggleswick Grammar School, (Nth Yorkshire). Currently playing Eastern Cricket Association and have done so for the last 15 years. Captained Hawthorn Waverley District side Rates his highlights as playing with his son, highest score 238, playing in England and going to the recent World Cup T20 in Sri Lanka

WILLIAM STONEHOUSE # 206 Aged 18 Student

Played cricket at Donvale C.C. u12s and u14s;transferred to Burwood C.C. for last year u14s Captained Burwood u16 side; Captained Eastern Cricket Association u16 Turf side (runners up )Currently playing Burwood B grade turf (top score 58) and Mont Albert u18s (top score 100*) Represented Balwyn C.C. in hatch cricket Medium pace bowler – best  figures 4-39. Career stats 100 wickets, 1000 runs and over 120 games. Loves to tell a story, loves his cricket and can’t wait – wants to play every game!

JOHN WISE # 207 Aged 53 General Manager - Universal Cleaning Group

Right hand bat and medium slow bowler: Used to play in Victoria for Salesian Old Boys 1972 and was President for seven years; now concentrates on coaching and was the Cricket Victoria South East Metro Coach 2004-2009; has coached Hawthorn-Monash Women’s First XI – 2001-2003 (A Grade Premiers 2001), and Berwick Springs C.C 2010-2013 (Premiers 2011), Currently President of Berwick Springs Cricket Club. This will be his first tour for the Club

TONY WOOD #192 Aged 49 Chartered Quantity Surveyor and Project manager

Powerful right upper order bat, slow left arm bowler and occasional keeper who plays regularly lower Grade and also for the premiership winning Mosman Masters side In Sydney. Has played cricket in Australia, South Africa, Holland, Jersey and Guernsey and of course club cricket in England with Bromley in Kent, Cirencester in the Cotswolds and Incogniti a wandering social side. Emigrated to Australia twice in four years because of work but currently back in England. This will be his second tour for the Club after England in 2013. Intends to develop as a coach of junior cricketers in his later years.

KEN YARDY # 113 Aged 51 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 (three times), Samoa, New Zealand Hawaii, India, Tasmania, Italy, South America (with a broken leg!) and South East Asia with the Club. This will be his 16th tour. Accompanied by his wife Leigh.

HOWZAT? - or Cricket’s version of “Whose 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!

The oldest international contest of them all By Martin Williamson

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It is one of cricket's curiosities that the oldest international rivalry is not, as many assume, England against Australia. That started in 1877, some 33 years after a side representing USA met a team from Canada at Bloomingdale Park in Manhattan. It is believed that it is the world's oldest international sporting rivalry, pre-dating the Americas Cup by seven years.

There are some who dispute the validity of the claim that the game was an international. It was advertised locally as a meeting between USA and Canada even though the players were, in the main, drawn from two clubs. While the first contemporary reference to the sides being from USA and Canada did not come until 1853, it is generally acknowledged to have been an international.

The encounter could actually have happened four years earlier. The St George's Club received an invitation from a Mr Phillpotts to travel to play a game against Toronto at a ground on the shores of Lake Ontario. A squad of 18 New Yorkers made a gruelling journey only to find on arrival on August 28 that the bemused Toronto club knew nothing about the proposal. St George's had been the victim of a hoax. Nevertheless, Toronto raised a side to play for a stake of $250 a side, and in front of a decent crowd, St George's won by ten wickets.

The relationship had been established and four years later a genuine invitation was sent to Toronto, who accepted. The stake had been upped to $1000 and the venue was to be the grounds of the St George's Club (around East 31 Street and First Avenue, at the time a rural setting) with two days - September 24 and 25 - put aside for the game.

The trip south for the Canadians was exhausting. They travelled by boat up the St Lawrence and across Lake Ontario before boarding a train on the burgeoning rail network on the American side. The trains had no buffet cars and so food had to be snatched at the irregular stops.

A large crowd, around 5000, was present on the first day and, as was customary, betting was to the fore. It is estimated that as much as $100,000 was bet on the match, close to $2 million in modern money. The game was scheduled to start at 10am but the teams were in no hurry and it eventually got underway at 11.40am.

Canada batted and were bowled out midway through the afternoon for 82. Given the state of pitches at the time, it was a respectable score, although contemporary accounts refer to the poor fielding of the USA. David Winckworth joint top-scored with 12, while Yorkshire-born Sam Wright and Harry Groom shared the wickets between them.

Winckworth is an interesting character and he can claim to be the first dual international. He appeared for Canada in the first three games against USA (there were two in 1845) and then, on moving to Detroit, he turned out for USA in 1846.

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After an hour's break for a late lunch, USA batted, and although their innings extended into a second day, they conceded a first-innings lead of 18. What should have been the second day was in fact washed out and it was agreed that the match would resume on September 26. When Canada batted again Winckworth, who had taken four wickets with some quick bowling, again top-scored with 14 as Canada made 63.

USA were set a target of 82, although they had an immediate problem in that their No. 3, George Wheatcroft, had not turned up. James Turner and John Syme gave them a good start, but from 25 for 0 they lost six wickets for 11 runs once George Sharpe came on. The tail wagged slightly but USA only managed 58, losing by 23 runs. Earlier in the year Turner had scored 120 in a club match, believed to be the first three-figure score on US soil.

Some 20 minutes after the last wicket fell, Wheatcroft arrived. A heated but brief argument ensued as USA tried to insist he was entitled to bat, but the Canadians were having none of it.

In 1845 the sides met again home and away - Canada winning by 61 runs in Montreal at the end of July and by two wickets in New York a month later - and then in Harlem, New York in August 1846. USA finally broke their duck at the fourth time of asking, but in highly controversial circumstances and the fixture was suspended for seven years.

"Cricket was by far the biggest sport [in the USA] in this period," Tim Lockley, an expert in American history at Warwick University, told the Guardian in 1999. "Then the civil war started in 1861, just when it was reaching its peak of popularity. The sport became a victim of that war." The USA-Canada contest continued intermittently. They last met in 2004 in the ICC Intercontinental Cup in Florida, the only occasion that the two have faced off in a first-class match.

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.” |

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|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?” |

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|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.

ASSOCIATED CLUBS (continued) – ASIA

|Hong Kong Cricket Club | |

|137 Wong Nei Chung Gap Road | |

|HONG KONG | |

|Ph: (852) 574 6266 | |

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|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 |

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| |NEW ZEALAND |

|Johore Cultural & Sports Club |The Cricket Society of Auckland |

|623 Jalan Sungai Chat |Clubrooms, Eden Park |

|80100 Johore Bahru |PO Box 2860 |

|Johore MALAYSIA |AUCKLAND 1 NEW ZEALAND |

|07 241 899 | |

|Bali International Cricket Club |MIDDLE EAST |

|Jalan Danan Poso 63 |Doha Club |

|Sanur, Bali, Indonesia |PO Box 3666 |

|0361 286 490 |Doha Qatar, Arabian Gulf |

| |MIDDLE EAST |

| |Ph: (974) 418822 |

| |dclub.htm |

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