Brian Charles Booth was an Australian cricketer who played in 29 Test matches between 1961 and 1966,and 93 first-class matches for New South Wales. He captained Australia for two Tests during the 1965–66 Ashes series while regular captain Bob Simpson was absent due to illness and injury. Booth was a graceful right-handed middle order batsman at No. 4 or 5,and occasionally bowled right arm medium pace or off spin. He had an inclination to use his feet to charge spin bowlers. Booth was known for his sportsmanship on the field and often invoked Christianity while discussing ethics and sport.
John Ryder was a cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia.
Herbert Leslie Collins was an Australian cricketer who played 19 Test matches between 1921 and 1926. An all-rounder,he captained the Australian team in eleven Tests,winning five,losing two with another four finishing in draws. In a Test career delayed by First World War he scored 1,352 runs at an average of 45.06,including four centuries. Collins was also a successful rugby league footballer,winning the 1911 NSWRFL season's grand final with the Eastern Suburbs club.
George Henry Stevens Trott was an Australian cricketer who played 24 Test matches as an all-rounder between 1888 and 1898. Although Trott was a versatile batsman,spin bowler and outstanding fielder,"it is as a captain that he is best remembered,an understanding judge of human nature". After a period of some instability and ill discipline in Australian cricket,he was the first in a succession of assertive Australian captains that included Joe Darling,Monty Noble and Clem Hill,who restored the prestige of the Test team. Respected by teammates and opponents alike for his cricketing judgement,Trott was quick to pick up a weakness in opponents. A right-handed batsman,he was known for his sound defence and vigorous hitting. His slow leg-spin bowling was often able to deceive batsmen through subtle variations of pace and flight,but allowed opposition batsmen to score quickly.
Henry James Herbert"Tup" Scott was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Test cricket for Australia. He acquired his nickname during a cricket tour of England in 1884 from his love of London sightseeing tours which cost two pence or "tuppence".
Archibald Jackson,occasionally known as Archibald Alexander Jackson,was an Australian international cricketer who played eight Test matches as a specialist batsman between 1929 and 1931. A teenage prodigy,he played first grade cricket at only 15 years of age and was selected for New South Wales at 17. In 1929,aged 19,Jackson made his Test debut against England,scoring 164 runs in the first innings to become the youngest player to score a Test century.
William John Smith is an Australian former rugby league footballer. He was the leading halfback in Australian rugby league during the late 1960s,and a keystone of the latter part of the St. George Dragons' eleven consecutive premiership victories between 1956 and 1966. He represented Australia in eighteen Tests and eight World Cup games between 1964 and 1970. He captained Australia in a World Cup game against Great Britain in 1970.
Mervyn Roye Harvey was a cricketer who played in one Test match for Australia in 1947. His younger brother,Neil,was one of Australia's finest batsmen,and the pair played together for Victoria during the latter part of Merv's career.
Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler,who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.
The Harvey brothers are six siblings from Victoria,Australia,known primarily for their success in the sport of cricket between the mid-1930s and the early 1960s. The sons of Horace and Elsie Harvey,in chronological order,they are Merv (1918–1995),Clarence;1921–2016),Harold,Ray (1926-2011),Neil and Brian (1932–1969). All six were long-serving members of the Fitzroy Cricket Club,which played in Melbourne's district cricket competition.
An England team toured Australia between November 1920 and March 1921. The tour was organised by the Marylebone Cricket Club and matches outside the Tests were played under the MCC name. The tour itinerary consisted of 13 first-class matches,including a series of 5 Test matches against Australia in which The Ashes were at stake.
Raymond Harvey was an Australian former first-class cricketer who played for Victoria in the 1940s and 1950s. He was the brother of Australian Test batsmen Merv and Neil and first-class cricketer and umpire Mick Harvey. Ray Harvey was an attacking and talented batsman but failed to reach international standards and only managed to hold down a regular position in the Victorian team in two seasons in the 1950s. This failure to match the standards set by his Test-capped brothers was often attributed to a lack of single-mindedness and hunger.
Ted “Lord”Goodwin is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer in the NSWRL competition. Goodwin played for the St George Dragons,Newtown Jets and Western Suburbs Magpies as well as representing for Country and New South Wales and Australia.
This article describes the history of Australian cricket from the 1918–19 season until 1930.
The Fitzroy Baseball Club,known as the Fitzroy Lions,is a baseball club founded in 1889 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy,Victoria. The club was a founding member of the Victorian Baseball League,Victoria's first organised baseball competition. Fitzroy has won 16 Division 1 championships and currently has seven senior men's teams,one women's team and a masters team competing in the Baseball Victoria Summer League,as well as junior sides representing the club at every age level.
Michael Anthony Beer is an Australian cricketer who played for the Victorian cricket team. He played as a slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler. He made his Test cricket debut in the final match of the 2010–11 Ashes series. After several seasons playing for the Western Australian cricket team,in the 2016–17 season Beer returned to his home state of Victoria to continue his professional cricket career.
Nicolas James Maddinson is an Australian cricketer. He is a left-handed opening batter who has represented Australia in both Test matches and Twenty20 Internationals. Domestically he plays for the Victoria cricket team and the Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League,previously having played for New South Wales,Melbourne Stars and Sydney Sixers.
Sean Anthony Abbott is an Australian professional cricketer originally from Windsor in New South Wales who has represented his country internationally. After playing in junior cricket for Baulkham Hills Cricket Club,he progressed to play grade cricket for Parramatta District. Abbott completed his schooling at Gilroy College,Castle Hill. He is an all-rounder who bats right-handed.
Manly Warringah District Cricket Club is a cricket club in based in Manly,Sydney,Australia who play in the Sydney Grade Cricket competition. Founded in 1878,Manly was a foundation club in the Sydney grade competition. Manly are relatively successful,having won the Club Championship 5 times since the year 2000. The current head coach is Tim Cruickshank and the first-grade captain Jay Lenton. Manly play their home games at Manly Oval. The club has produced a number of international cricketers,more recently Stephen O'Keefe,Stuart Clark and Michael Bevan,and all-time great Keith Miller. In 2019,Morne Morkel played a season at Manly in preparation for the Big Bash which he played for the Perth Scorchers and after he retired,he became Manly's Assistant Coach.. Current state representatives include Mickey Edwards,Jack Edwards,Stephen O'Keefe and Oliver Davies. Other first-class players include Ahillen Beadle and Jay Lenton. Media personalities including Cameron Merchant and Andrew Rochford currently also represent Manly-Warringah.
George Henry Bailey Gilbert was an English cricketer.
