THE CRICKETERS' CLUB OF NEW SOUTH WALES



THE CRICKETERS' CLUB OF NEW SOUTH WALES

INDIA TOUR

FEBRUARY 2009

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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 |

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|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 |adam@.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: (246) 426-3151 |

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|SOUTH AMERICA |PAPUA NEW GUINEA |

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|National Club of Sao Paulo |Aviat Social and Sporting Club |

|Rua Angatuba 703 |Aviat Street (P.O.Box 91, Konedobu 125) |

|SAO PAULO BRAZIL |KONEDOBU |

|.br |Ph: 675 321-4261 |

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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 at rear after page 22.

[pic] Incorporated under the Incorporated Associations Act (NSW) 1984; Incorporation No 9880096

Web Site: Patron: Mike Whitney

A MESSAGE FROM ALAN CROMPTON OAM

Given that the Cricketers’ Club of New South Wales 2009 tour to India is the 23rd international tour undertaken by the Club in the last 21 years, it is surprising to note that this tour is the Club’s first to India. It is pleasing to note that this situation will now be rectified - as indeed it should be – especially given the close relationship which has developed between India and Australia over many years. Congratulations and well played India, in the recent Test Series!

A tour of India, even as our warm and generous hosts will no doubt admit, can occasionally have difficult moments, such is the magnitude of this incredible country. But India is always so interesting, always so diverse, and often so absolutely fascinating. Our players and supporters are in for an extraordinary experience!

It is this diversity and this fascination, especially for those visiting India for the first time, which creates India’s magnetic effect that sooner or later draws one back, for some of us time and time again. I wish our team good cricket and enjoyable touring on this inaugural tour, relaxed in the knowledge that both will be achieved without difficulty – and greetings and thanks, too, from all of us at C.C.N.S.W. to our new found Indian friends.

Alan Crompton OAM Former Chairman, Cricket Australia; Manager, Australian teams to India 1986 (the Tied Test), 1987 (the World Cup) and 1989 (the Nehru Cup).

EARLIEST RECORD OF THE GAME IN INDIA

Clement Dowling: “A Compendious History of the Indian Wars.” (1737)

When my boat was lying for a fortnight in one of the channels, though all the country round was inhabited by cooleys we everyday diverted ourselves with playing cricket and other exercises which they would come and be spectators of. But we never ventured to recreate ourselves in this method without having arms for ourselves and guarded by some of our soldiers lest the country should come down on us.

BRABOURNE STADIUM AND THE CRICKET CLUB OF INDIA

The foundation of the C.C.I. and the building of Brabourne Stadium are intimately linked. By the 1920’s there was hardly any undeveloped land in Bombay and the idea of reclaiming land from the Back Bay on what was then the fringe of the City arose. One of the early ideas was to build an aerodrome there but Mumbai had little area set aside for recreation, and the possibility of creating a cricket ground was raised.

Then in the early thirties, two things happened. The Cricket Club of India was inaugurated in November 1933 and the cricket loving Lord Brabourne was appointed Governor of Bombay in early 1934 by the like-minded Viceroy, Lord Willingdon who had been a previous President of the MCC.

In negotiations headed by the Secretary of the C.C.I. at the time, A.S. de Mello, Brabourne agreed to let the C.C.I. acquire the land at one guinea per square yard when the cost of reclamation was about 15 guineas per square yard. The popular story goes that before returning at the end of the meeting, de Mello asked Lord Brabourne: 'Your Excellency, which would you prefer to accept from sportsmen, money for your Government, or immortality for yourself'. Brabourne chose immortality and C.C.I. was soon allotted 90,000 square yards at a price of Rs. 13.50 per square yard.

Substantial donations were raised by the C.C.I. together with fund raising from members Work started on the ground and stadium in 1936 and was finished in 1937. The facilities were perhaps the principal attraction with the Times of India commenting that it had a lounge, separate card, billiards and dining rooms, 30 bedrooms for members and ample seating. The club house was flanked by two small pavilions with balconies attached to the lounges on the upper floors with a sweeping view of the stadium.

The Indian Times concluded that at its opening by Lord Brabourne, it “marked what is probably the greatest advance in Indian cricket since the introduction of the game into this country.”

The inaugural first class match in December 1937 was against a private team especially brought out by Lord Tennyson containing a number of the then current English stars.

It was and remained the premier ground in Bombay- now Mumbai – till political difficulties with the Mumbai Cricket Association in the 1970s over ticket allocations led to the construction of the nearby Wankhede stadium and the loss of Test cricket on the ground, although the current situation is more fluid with the occasional international or Test match expected to return to the ground.

DOUGLAS JARDINE: AN INDIAN APPRECIATION

Jardine is regarded as the arch villain of Australian cricket but in India his character received a different appreciation.

He was born in Bombay, at Malabar Hill, which was the city’s centre for the British aristocracy at the time. And it was strangely appropriate that it should fall to Jardine to bring to India the first full cricket tour in her history. Not only because Jardine was born in India, and had therefore an already strong connection with the country and her people, he was the perfect choice for the job.

In some of the world’s cricket circles- certainly in Australia- Jardine’s is a name which is remembered without affection. He captained the MCC tour of Australia in 1932-3 which produced the “bodyline” incidents. Jardine, leading a team which was particularly strong in fast bowling, perfected a leg-stump method of attack which forced the batsman to think not only of making runs but also of his own personal safety. Much ill-feeling was aroused by the cricket Jardine played in Australia, particularly when one of their principal batsmen was injured by a short fast bal. I was not there, and so I am not qualified to pass judgement upon Jardine’s cricket on that unhappy tour. Yet I find many of the things said about him hard to believe.

To my way of thinking and to that of the average Indian, Jardine’s approach to cricket was just right. He played cricket because he liked playing it, because he got pleasure and excitement out of so doing. But he also played cricket to win, simply because he got more pleasure out of winning than out of losing.

There is so much woolly talk about” sportsmanship” from people who, I suspect, do not know quite what they mean. The game of cricket is so constructed that, ideally, one side wins and the other loses. The object of the game is to gain pleasure out of pursuing one’s campaign to a satisfactory conclusion – victory. This is a realistic attitude – and it was adopted by Jardine. As to his Australian tour, the record book contains what I suspect is the best comment on a series which the Australians certainly did not enjoy; Jardine’s side won four of the five Test matches.

Whatever Australians, and others, may think of all this the fact remains that Jardine’s approach to the complicated job of cricket captaincy was ideal from the Indian point of view. The Indian likes a captain – a leader- whom he can respect, and Jardine was a man who never demanded less than respect from those who worked or played with him. It was an education in itself for the average Indian cricketer, who was at the time not at all sophisticated in the game, to watch Jardine at cricket.

To his captaincy Jardine brought a shrewdness beyond that of most men(he was a Scotsman, remember, a product of a shrewd race) and yet a subtlety and understanding of the players of both sides which enabled him almost to anticipate the deeds of the opposition before they were accomplished. Jardine was not a man who collected many close friends, perhaps. His approach to life was not sufficiently casual and easy going. He lived his cricket intensely. He could at times be impetuous. He spoke his mind impulsively, but he never sustained an injustice. Though he was as lordly a figure as any… he was capable of apologising graciously – when he was wrong but he was not wrong very often.

During the Second World War, Douglas Jardine was stationed in India in the Army. He undertook a lecture tour around the country, talking about general subjects- but inevitably from time to time getting on to cricket. Even then he remained an inspiration o those who met him. But, now, he too, is dead. How I wish he were with us to talk to the youth of India! There are not sufficient men of his stamp in the world in general, nor in India in particular.

Anthony de Mello “Portrait of Indian Sport” (1959)

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. In 1971, 7 club members were in Don Bradman’s nomination for the best eleven Australian cricketers of the past 50 years. The Cricketers' Club entered a side in the City & Suburban competition in 1971 and since moving to Barrack Street in 1981 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, and Phil Emery. 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 informally, but closely, affiliated to the Sports Club of New South Wales in Hunter Street, Sydney.

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”.

Editor's Note

India will be the Club’s 23rd overseas tour in the last twenty one years:

1989 Fiji

1991 Asia, involving matches in Hong Kong, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Johore & Singapore

1992 Christchurch, New Zealand

1993 Christchurch, New Zealand

1993 North America

1994 Malaysia and Singapore

1995 Auckland, New Zealand

1996 Barbados/Trinidad

1997 England

1998 Norfolk Island

1999 Lord Howe

1999 South Africa

2000 Vanuatu

2001 Bali

2002 Kenya

2003. Sri Lanka

2004. Cook Islands

2004. Cairns

2005 England

2006 Samoa

2007 New Zealand – North Island: Wellington and environs

2007 South Africa

2008 Hawaii

2009 India

2009 Paris Dublin England (projected)

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 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.

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 Dooralong, Mandalong, and Crookwell. Opposition includes teams such as the Canberra Club, the Melbourne Cricket Club, the Queensland Cricketers' Club, the Primary Club, Lords Taverners, Kookaburras, 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 2007-2008 season, the Club played 55 fixtures, and used 132 players.

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

C.C.N.S.W. TOUR CONTACT PERSON: Ajoy Roy

TOUR MANAGER: Ken Yardy

ACCOMMODATION

1) Delhi: Hotel Bamyan 6A Ring Rd Lajpat Nagar – 4 Near Moolchand Flyover

New Delhi 11024 Tel (+91) 11 465 79797; Fax (+91) 11 465 79700. email: info@ ;

1) Agra: Utkarsh Vilas, Fatehabad Road, Agra Tel: 09414023378; email sales@ ;

2) Jaipur: Clarks Amer, US Hotels Ltd, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, Jaipur 302018, Rajasthan. Tel: (+91 141) 2550616-19, 2550702 - 06.

Fax :(+91-141) 2550013, 2550319; Mobile: 93515 55617, 93515 55610; E-Mail: email@ , resv@ ;

3) Jodhpur: Rohetgarh Fort, Rohet Garh P.O. Rohet Dist. Pali 306401, Rajasthan. Tel 0091 291 2431161; Fax: 0091 291 264 9368; email rohethouse@dataone.in or info@ ;

4) Udaipur: Trident , Haridasji Ki Magri, Udaipur - 313 001, Tel: 91-294-243 2200

Fax: 91-294-243 2211Email: reservations.udaipur@;



5) Mumbai: Cricketers’ Club of India, J N Tata Pavilion, Brabourne Stadium, Dinshaw Vachha Road, Mumbai 400 020.Tel: (91) (0) 22 2283 0222 (B); Fax (91) (0) 22 2283 5465 ; ccimails@ orcontact@ ;

ITINERARY AND FIXTURES

| DATE | LOCATION | HOTEL | ACTIVITY |

|Saturday 7 February |Delhi |Hotel Bamyan |Arrive Delhi 02.20 Sunday morning |

|Sunday 8 February |Delhi |Hotel Bamyan |City Tour |

|Monday 9 February |Delhi |Hotel Bamyan |B.D.M. Bat Factory |

|Tuesday 10 February |Delhi |Hotel Bamyan |Pioneer Urban C.C. 9.30am 40 overs |

|Wednesday 11 February |Agra |Utkarsh Vilas |Taj Mahal |

|Thursday 12 February |Agra |Utkarsh Vilas |Red Fort |

|Friday 13 February |Jaipur |Clarks Amer | |

|Saturday 14 February |Jaipur |Clarks Amer |Rajasthan Colts 9.30am 40 overs |

|Sunday 15 February |Jaipur |Clarks Amer | |

|Monday 16 February |Jodhpur |Rohetgarh Fort | |

|Tuesday 17 February |Jodhpur |Rohetgarh Fort |Desert Youth C.C. |

|Wednesday 18 February |Jodhpur |Rohetgarh Fort | |

|Thursday 19 February |Udaipur |Trident | |

|Friday 20 February |Udaipur |Trident |Match No 4 t b a |

|Saturday 21 February |Udaipur |Trident |City Tour |

|Sunday 22 February |Mumbai |C.C.I. |Bombay Gymkhana 1pm 25 overs |

|Monday 23 February |Mumbai |C.C.I. | |

|Tuesday 24 February |Mumbai |C.C.I. |Elephanta Caves/City Tour |

|Wednesday 25 February |Mumbai |C.C.I. |Match No 6 t b a |

|Thursday 26 February |Mumbai |C.C.I. | |

|Friday 27 February |Mumbai |C.C.I. |C.C.I. at Brabourne Stadium |

|Saturday 28 February |Mumbai depart |- |Depart 22.20 hrs |

|Sunday 1 March |Transit to Sydney |- | |

FLIGHTS

Depart Sydney QF5 1700hrs Saturday 7 Feb Arrive Delhi QF 3955 Sunday 8 Feb 02.20 hrs

Depart Mumbai QF3950- 22.20hrs Saturday 28 Feb Arrive Sydney Sunday 1 March QF32 20.05hrs

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

• Billiards

• Lawn Tennis

• Soccer

• Rugby Union

• Australian Rules

• Rowing

• Others, such as Baseball, Fencing, Hockey, Lacrosse, Motor Cycling and Table Tennis

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 (“1896”) 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.

OF WHOM WAS THIS SAID

(1) He is a born batsman, one of the few geniuses cricket knows today; but he has still to make an acquired culture second nature…[ ] has acquired the orthodox technique of English batsmanship to which he has lent an exquisite bloom of wrist play, and a suppleness and swiftness born of sinuous muscle and wonderful eye. Until he has so mastered orthodoxy and rendered a grammar learned on English cricket fields an instinctive thing- until then he is bound to disturb us, if only at long intervals, by some discordant piece of work”- Neville Cardus- “Good Days” (1934)

a. Ranjitsinhji

b. Duleepsinhji

c. Nawab of Pataudi (Senior)

(2) [ ]’s control was phenomenal and his variations subtle. His pace was medium, recalled a Bombay journalist, but he could bowl from a very slow to a really fast one and send them by round to full over arm action. He manipulated an amazing change of flight in the ball and set the batsman always guessing in each delivery which was always different”- Ramchandra Guha “A Corner of a Foreign Field” (2002)

a. Wilfred Rhodes

b. Bishan Bedi

c. Palwankar Baloo

(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) There are some interesting parallels between Bradman and [ ]. Both were country boys who displayed fierce dedication from a very young age while their adult play was characterised by enormous patience. Neither was a stylist. They were brutally effective, deriving an almost sadistic pleasure from reducing a bowling attack to rubble. Perhaps the greatest similarity was that each represented more than cricket to the common man in his own country. Bradman was the personification of an Australia emerging from the dominance of its colonial master; [ ] the hero to the working class of….”- Robert Low (1997)

a. Sachin Tendulkar

b. W.G. Grace

c. Viv Richards

For Answers see page 17.

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

NB Ages are as at February 2009; # is touring number (not membership no.) for the Club

PAUL BRANDON #115 Born 21.06.71 Aged 37 Surveyor

Heavy scoring aggressive right hand bat and useful wicket keeper. Has played Shires cricket with Warringah and Grade cricket with North Sydney and Manly, but the last few seasons has played regularly with the Cricketer’s Club. Also an enthusiastic soccer and Australian Rules player with Sydney University. This will be his fourth tour with the Cricketers’ Club after Sri Lanka, New Zealand and South Africa. Coming with his partner, Jane Vermeesch.

PHIL BOURKE #156  Born 25.07.83 Aged 25                             Warehouse Team Leader        

Left Hand Batsman and left arm medium fast or left arm orthodox finger spinner who currently plays First Grade with the Logan Village Cricket Club near Brisbane was also the first grade Wicket Keeper. Previously from Sydney played 6 seasons in the Sydney Grade, before playing Shires With North West Sydney (formerly Holroyd Hills). This will be his first tour for the Cricketers’ Club.

STUART HILL # 141 Born 30.12.61 Aged 47 Agricultural teacher

Right hand bat and occasional leg break bowler. A solid but steady batsman whose leggies still get tail enders out! Now plays generally for Lindfield in the Masters Competition but in his youth played for teams such as Sydney University, Parramatta Leagues and Pennant Hills. Has toured England with the Manly Waratahs. This will be his second tour for C.C.N.S.W. after Samoa in 2006. Coming with his partner, Megan.

DAVID (“JACK”) JONES # 120 Born 26.03.65 Aged 43 Police officer

Right hand off spinner and steady middle order bat. Used to play regularly for North Richmond and captained their 2nd XI, but now semi-retired and plays occasionally for the Cricketers’ Club. Used to play representative District cricket in his youth but gave up cricket for ten years. Coming with his wife, Gail. This will be his sixth tour with the Cricketers’ Club after Sri Lanka in 2003, the Cook Islands in 2004, England in 2005, Samoa in 2006, and South Africa in 2007.

JOHN JOYCE #157 Born 15.08.64 Aged 42 Copywriter

Top order right hand bat and off spin bowler currently playing third grade for Lindfield Shires. Looking forward to the subcontinent’s turning wickets but not to competing for overs with Jay Patel. Has played in England with Lindfield. Has also visited India but never batted there so can’t wait to mark that off “the 100 things to do before you die” list. Suspects dinner with Aishwarya Rai may be harder to arrange! This will be his first tour with the Cricketers’ Club.

DAVID KENT #158  Born 04.12.70   Aged 38    Commercial and Contract Manager                                                                   

Right hand middle order bat and medium fast bowler.  Played mostly Sydney Grade (Waverley/Eastern Suburbs) and Shires (Lindfield).  Has played in England and USA and toured Canada, Czech Republic, France, Ireland, and Wales.  In 2006 broke record for Surrey Cryptics highest score on debut (106) surpassing Tony Dodemaide (103)! Currently playing with Lindfield and this will be first tour for the Cricketers’ Club.

GIL McGRATH # 125 Born 22.03.47 Aged 61 Project Manager

Right hand off spin bowler and tail-end bat who plays for St Peters on Saturdays and for Lindfield in the Masters on Sundays and has also played for N.S.W. o60s. Has toured Sri Lanka, England, South Africa and Cairns with the Cricketers’ Club. Coming on the Mumbai leg only.

BRETT McLENNAN #159  Born 14.12.61   Aged 48 Police Officer

Right Handed batsman, played cricket when younger but hasn't played for a number of years, so he is hoping to get rid of the rust that has accumulated around his joints.  As a surveillance officer with the NSW Police, he sits around a lot and looks at people, so we are hoping that he will be able to pounce ‘like a tiger’ on the ball as a fielder!  This is his first tour with the Cricketers Club, and is hoping to enjoy the sights and sounds of the subcontinent and crossing his second 7th Wonder of the World from the list. His partner, Nadine (sister of David Jones) will be on the tour with him.  First Tour with the Cricketers’ Club

PAUL MOORHOUSE # 134 Born 24.12.63 Aged45 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 second tour with the Cricketers Club after England in 2005. Coming for Mumbai leg only

AJOY ROY #160 Born 04.09.59 Aged 49 Cricket Coach

Former First Class Cricketer in India in his youth. Right hand opening bat and occasional leg spin bowler who usually plays for Doyalson RSL in an over 40s Masters League. Ajoy was the General Manager for Cox and Kings in India in the 1980s and is using his extensive travel, cricket and Bollywood contacts to organise this tour. This will be his first tour for the Cricketers’ Club. Coming with his wife Poonam and daughter Sharon.

VIBHAV SHIRALI #161   Born 23.09.93                  Aged 15           High School Student

The junior member of the team and still at Baulkham Hills High School entering year 10 in 2009.  He currently plays in the Blacktown District u15s representative side and is a right hand opening batsman and bowls a gentle medium pace.  He is ready to enjoy the challenge of India on his first senior tour of any description, without picking up any of the bad habits that the older players may have.  First tour with the Cricketers’ Club.

RUSSELL THOMAS #162 Born 29.07.45     Aged 63                      Financial Adviser

 

Right hand batsmen, cover field and sometime spinner. Otherwise "bats for overthrows and bowl for run-outs". Former first/second grade player in New Zealand/Australia. Three years with Hampstead CC in London (seems a 100 years ago now). Toured with Primary Club of Australia to UK in 2005 and West Indies in 2006. Now play with Mosman Veterans in the Sydney Masters competition. First tour with the Cricketers' Club.

KENDALL WARREN #163 Born 29.9.1966 Aged 42 Union Organiser

Fluky right arm medium pace bowler and dour right hand No 11 batsman, Kendall passed up the certainty of a glittering Test career in his youth to go out drinking on Friday nights and sleep all day Saturday, but over the last decade he has taken part in some hard-fought park cricket, taking more than a few wickets of incompetent tail enders with his gentle outswingers. Making his fourth trip to India, Kendall is looking forward to the experience of being smashed all around the park in another country. Coming with his partner Colette This will be his first tour with the Cricketers’ Club.

TONY WRIGHT #164 Born 05.05.1957 Aged 51 Semi- Retired

Right hand middle order bat & right hand medium pace bowler who currently plays Masters over 40s cricket for Lindfield and previously played 20 years in the Manly district cricket competition. He has previously toured England and New Zealand with the Sydney Masters but this will be his first tour with the Cricketers’ Club.

KEN YARDY # 113 Born 17.03.64 Aged 44 Solicitor

Right hand late order bat, occasional keeper; nowadays more a social cricketer. After going scoreless in a season of junior cricket, he scored a century on his senior debut, but is still trying for his second one!  Had not played serious cricket for some years but persuaded to come out of retirement to tour Kenya in 2002 and then Sri Lanka, the Cook Islands, Cairns, England, Samoa, New Zealand and Hawaii with the Cricketers’ Club. This will be eighth tour with the Club.

WALTZING MATILDA

(The real Australian National Anthem)

Oh! There once was a swagman camped in the Billabong

Under the shade of a Coolabah tree,

And he sang as he looked at his old billy boiling

‘Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?’

Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda my darling,

Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?

Waltzing Matilda and leading a waterbag

Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?

Down came a jumbuck to drink at the waterhole,

Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him in glee;

And he sang as he put him away in his tuckerbag,

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

Down came the squatter riding his thoroughbred;

Down came policemen-one, two, three.

“Whose is the jumbuck you’ve got in your tuckerbag?

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

But the swagman, he up and he jumped into the waterhole,

Drowning himself by the Coolabah tree,

And his ghost may be heard as it sings in the Billabong,

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

A.B. Paterson

Saltbush Bill J.P. and Other Verses (1917)

N.B. The line” You’ll never take me alive, said he” does not appear in the original poem.

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!

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Advance Australia Fair

Australia’s sons let us rejoice,

(Australians all let us rejoice),

For we are young and free;

We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil,

Our home is girt by sea;

Our land abounds in Nature’s gifts

Of beauty rich and rare;

In history’s page, let every stage

Advance Australia fair!

In joyful strains then let us sing,

“Advance Australia fair!”

When gallant Cook from Albion sail’d,

To trace wide oceans o’er,

True British courage bore him on,

Till he landed on our shore.

Then here he raised Old England’s flag,

The standard of the brave;

With all her faults we love her still,

“Britannia rules the wave!”

In joyful strains then let us sing,

“Advance Australia fair!”

Beneath our radiant Southern Cross,

We’ll toil with hearts and hands;

To make our youthful Commonwealth

(To make this Commonwealth of ours)

Renowned of all the lands;

For loyal sons beyond the seas

(For those who’ve come across the seas)

We’ve boundless plains to share

With courage let us all combine

To advance Australia fair.

In joyful strains then let us sing,

“Advance Australia fair!”

While other nations of the globe

Behold us from afar,

We’ll rise to high renown and shine

Like our glorious southern star;

From England, Scotia, Erin’s Isle,

Who come our lot to share,

Let all combine with heart and hand

To advance Australia fair!

In joyful strains then let us sing,

“Advance Australia fair!”

Shou’d foreign foe e’er sight our coast,

Or dare a foot to land,

We’ll rouse to arms like sires of yore

To guard our native strand;

Britannia then shall surely know,

Beyond wide ocean’s roll,

Her sons in fair Australia’s land

Still keep a British soul.

In joyful strains then let us sing,

“Advance Australia fair!”

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)

I AM, YOU ARE, WE ARE AUSTRALIAN

I came from the dreamtime from the dusty red soil plains

I am the ancient heart, the keeper of the flame

I stood upon the rocky shore

I watched the tall ships come

For forty thousand years I'd been the first Australian.

I came upon the prison ship bowed down by iron chains.

I cleared the land, endured the lash and waited for the rains.

I'm a settler.

I'm a farmer's wife on a dry and barren run

A convict then a free man I became Australian.

I'm the daughter of a digger who sought the mother lode

The girl became a woman on the long and dusty road

I'm a child of the depression

I saw the good times come

I'm a bushy, I'm a battler

I am Australian

[Chorus]

We are one, but we are many

And from all the lands on earth we come

We share a dream and sing with one voice:

I am, you are, we are Australian

I am, you are, we are Australian.

I'm a teller of stories

I'm a singer of songs

I am Albert Namatjira

I paint the ghostly gums

I am Clancy on his horse

I'm Ned Kelly on the run

I'm the one who waltzed Matilda

I am Australian

I'm the hot wind from the desert

I'm the black soil of the plains

I'm the mountains and the valleys

I'm the drought and flooding rains

I am the rock, I am the sky

The rivers when they run

The spirit of this great land

I am Australian

[Chorus]

We are one, but we are many

And from all the lands on earth we come

We share a dream and sing with one voice:

I am, you are, we are Australian

I am, you are, we are Australian.

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” after Cook’s exploration of the East Coast of what is now called “Australia” in 1770, although 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 11; 1-b Duleepsinhji; 2-c Baloo; 3-a Bligh; 4-b Grace

ASSOCIATED CLUBS (continued from frontispiece)

ASIA

|Hong Kong Cricket Club |Hong Kong Football Club |

|137 Wong Nai 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: (91) (0) 22 2283 0222 (B) |

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|BCA Garware Club House |Madras Cricket Club |

|Wankhede Stadium |1 Babu Jagjivan Ram Road |

|'D' Road |Chepauk Chennai |

|Churchgate |MADRAS INDIA 600 005 |

|MUMBAI INDIA 400 020 |Ph: 2852-3976 |

|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 | |

|Singapore Cricket Club |The British Club of Singapore |

|Connaught Drive |73 Bukit Tinggi Road |

|SINGAPORE 0617 |SINGAPORE 289761 |

|Ph: (0011) 65 338-9271 |Ph: (0011) 65 6467-4311 |

|.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) 367 4141 |

| |.hk/ |

| |UNITED KINGDOM |

|Johore Cultural & Sports Club |Cricketers’ Club of London, |

|623 Jalan Sungai Chat |71, Blandford Street |

|80100 Johore Bahru |LONDON W1 U 8AB |

|Johore MALAYSIA |ENGLAND |

|07 241 899 |020 7486 2635 |

| |cricketers.co.uk |

|Bali International Cricket Club |NEW ZEALAND |

|Jalan Danan Poso 63 |The Cricket Society of Auckland |

|Sanur, Bali,80228 Indonesia |Clubrooms, Eden Park |

|0361 270 728 |PO Box 2860 |

| |AUCKLAND 1 NEW ZEALAND |

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