Randwick Petersham Cricket Club

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Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Nickname(s)Randy Petes
League Sydney Grade Cricket
Personnel
CaptainJason Sangha
CoachGreg Small
Team information
City Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
Colours  Green   Gold
Founded2001
Home ground Coogee Oval
Capacity5,000
Official website Randwick Petersham Cricket Club

Randwick Petersham Cricket Club, also known as the Randy Petes, competes in the Sydney Grade Cricket competition in Grades 1 to 5, Poidevin Gray (under-21) and AW Green Shield (under-16). It also fields two sides in the Sydney Metropolitan competition.

Established in 2001 following a merger between Randwick Cricket Club and Petersham-Marrickville District CC, [1] the Randy Petes have been highly successful winning two Club Championships (2007/08 and 2010/11) and premierships across Grades 1 to 6. The club have produced many state cricketers, including New South Wales and Cricket Australia XI player Jason Sangha, and Australian Test players Simon Katich, Nathan Hauritz, Usman Khawaja and David Warner, as well as Sydney Sixers and NSW all rounder Daniel Sams. [2]

In February 2018, Carly Leeson became the first female cricketer to play in a men's grade cricket for Randwick Petersham. [3]

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References

  1. "MCC history". MCC. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  2. "The First Graders". Randwick Petersham District Cricket Club. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  3. "Carly Leeson bowls her way to cricket history". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 November 2020.