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Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club First Grade Premiers 1981-82

This premiership side featured three Australian Test cricketers and several Queensland first-class players, making it one of the strongest club teams of its era.

Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club

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Gervys ‘Gerry’ Hazlitt was born on 4th September 1888 at Balmain in Sydney and died 30th October 1915 at Parramatta.
Career Statistics:
Tests - 9 matches, 89 runs @ 11.12 (H.S. 34*), 23wickets @ 27.08 (B.B. 7/25)
First-class - 57 matches, 876 runs @ 12.69 (82*), 188 wickets @ 26.09 (B.B. 7/25).
Test debut - 1907 at 19-years-of-age.

Parramatta District Cricket Club

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Ross Elliot joined Randwick Petersham Cricket Club in 2019-20 and quickly earned a reputation for having "the best set of hands" his skipper Ben Stares had ever played with.

Randwick Petersham Cricket Club

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The Brisbane Grammar School First XI of 1982 contained some multi-talented sportsmen:

Michael Keddy - 1st grade wicketkeeper for Souths
Andrew Carter - 1st grade batsman for Wests.......

Brisbane Grammar School First XI cricket team - 1982 Back Row – Michael Keddy, Andrew Carter, Julian Gardner, Gavin Brown, John Xavier, Christian Schatz, Angus Blackwood (team scorer)Front Row – David Harding-Smith, Andrew Hammelmann, Phil Mooney (Captain), Ron Cochrane Esc (Coach), Scott Keddy, Richard Williamson, David Littler The Brisbane Gramm...

Gervys ‘Gerry’ Hazlitt was born on 4th September 1888 at Balmain in Sydney and died 30th October 1915 at Parramatta.

Career Statistics:

Tests - 9 matches, 89 runs @ 11.12 (H.S. 34*), 23wickets @ 27.08 (B.B. 7/25)
First-class - 57 matches, 876 runs @ 12.69 (82*), 188 wickets @ 26.09 (B.B. 7/25).
Test debut - 1907 at 19-years-of-age.

Parramatta District Cricket Club

Gervys Rignold Hazlitt – A Scholarly Cricketer Gervys ‘Gerry’ Hazlitt was born on 4th September 1888 at Balmain in Sydney and died 30th October 1915 at Parramatta. Never having a robust constitution, he died of heart disease at the young age of 27 years whilst walking in the grounds of The Kings School where he was employed as a School Maste...

Beginning his association with Manly in 1943, Jimmy Burke went on to enjoy an extraordinary career with the club that spanned more than three decades, concluding in 1974. During this time, he amassed 7,404 runs at the remarkable average of 43.81, underlining both his consistency and class as a batter.

Manly Warringah District Cricket Club

Jimmy Burke - A Distinguished Cricketing Career Beginning his association with Manly in 1943, Jimmy Burke went on to enjoy an extraordinary career with the club that spanned more than three decades, concluding in 1974. During this time, he amassed 7,404 runs at the remarkable average of 43.81, underlining both his consistency and class as a batte...

Penrith Cricket Club 2017-18 Metropolitan Cup Premiers

To win a competition after using 32 players throughout the season is a testament to the strength of the club's junior base and is a great sign for the club in the years ahead.

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Ash Burton is an inspirational cricketer. He has all the attributes to inspire. He is dedicated, loyal, patient, committed, enthusiastic and talented. And apart from all that, he is a real team man who works hard on his game, rolls with the punches and enjoys the successes which inevitably follow.

On Saturday 18 October 2025, in the round 4 match against Mosman at Allan Border Oval, he was in the 1st Grade lineup.

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