THE CRICKETERS' CLUB OF NEW SOUTH

WALESNEW ZEALAND TOUR

JANUARY 2007

ASSOCIATED CLUBSAUSTRALIA

New South Wales Sports Club10-14 Hunter Street Sydney N.S.W. 2000Ph: (02) 9233 3899www.nswsportsclub.com.au

Ainslie Football & Social Club Inc. 52 Wakefield AvenuePO Box 183DICKSON ACT 2600Ph: (02) 6248 8422www.ainsliefc.com

The Canberra Club45 West Row StreetCANBERRA ACT 2600Ph: (02) 6248-9000www.canberraclub.com.au

Carlton Cricket, Football & Social Club(Princess Park)PO Box 83CARLTON NORTH VIC 3054Ph: (03) 9387-1400www.carltonfc.com.au

Queensland Cricketers Club411 Vulture StreetEAST BRISBANE QLD 4169Ph: (07) 3896 4533www.qldcricketersclub.com.au

Sandringham Club92 Beach StreetSANDRINGHAM VIC 3191Ph: (03) 9598-1322adam@sandringhamclub.com.au

The Victorian ClubLevel 41, Rialto Building525 Collins Street, MELBOURNE,VICTORIA, 3000(613) 9614 2127www.vicclub.com.au

WEST INDIESPickwick Cricket ClubKensington OvalBRIDGETOWN BARBADOSPh: 426-3151

SOUTH AMERICA

National Club of Sao PauloRua Angatuba 703SAO PAULO BRAZIL

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Aviat Social and Sporting ClubAviat Street (P.O.Box 91, Konedobu 125)KONEDOBUPh: 675 321-4261www.pngbd.com

CANADAToronto Cricket Skating & Curling Club141 Wilson AvenueTORONTO ONTARIO M5M 3A3(416) 487 4581

www.torcricketclub.org

Vancouver Rowing ClubPO Box 5206Stanley ParkBRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA V6B 4B3Ph: (604) 687-3400www.vancouverrowingclub.com

ZIMBABWE

Harare Sports ClubPO Box 110410th AvenueHARARE ZIMBABWE Ph: 791151

SOUTH AFRICAThe Wanderers Club21 North Street, IllovoPO Box 55019Northlands 2116JOHANNESBURGwww.wanderersclub.co.za

Associated Overseas Clubs continued at rear after page 27.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Editor's Note: John McGruther was President of the former Cricketers' Club for nearly twelve years (and a Director for nearly 13 years) until his retirement in May 2000, and was elected the first president of the newly incorporated Club in 2003.

NEW ZEALAND TOUR

It is with great delight that I pen this message of encouragement and goodwill to my CCNSW touring players on the eve of what promises to be an exhilarating trip to New Zealand in January.

God bless to our tourists. Please extend to each and every one of your hosts typical CCNSW best wishes, and I look forward to all the reportable stories on your return.

Best Wishes

JOHN McGRUTHER PRESIDENT

WELLINGTON CRICKET: THE EARLY HISTORY

Wellington was initially settled in June 1840 and was the largest English settlement in New Zealand. If there were to be an England in the South, there had to be cricket. Only two years later, as part of the Christmas celebrations on 28 December 1842, there is a report of a cricket game when the Wellington Club played a match between themselves The Blues beat the Reds by 26 notches to 24, with the score being kept in the traditional way by making cuts with a knife on a stick. After the game both teams celebrated in the Ships Hotel with a dinner of roast beef and plum pudding. By 1842 a local newspaper in Nelson (against whom Wellington arranged early fixtures by sea) was able to comment: “We hail with pleasure the revival of the truly English game of cricket.” By 1846, with the substantial increase in British soldiers during the Maori wars, the tradition of the Military playing the Civilians had been established.

The early history of inter province games was determined by sea transport, given the lack of roads. Auckland challenged Wellington but when they arrived unexpectedly on 16 March 1860, a local team had to be hurriedly assembled and no country players could be found in time. A weakened Wellington side lost by 4 wickets! While there was a repeat game in 1862, it was to be a further 11 years before the next inter provincial game.

In 1871 cricket commenced at Wellington College, and the cry of its enthusiastic headmaster, J.P. Firth –“Play the game, sir!” soon became a catch cry. At the Pier hotel on 24 October 1875 the first general meeting of the newly formed Wellington Cricket Association took place. Its main objectives were to control the game in Wellington and to arrange and select teams to play in inter provincial matches and to further advance the search for more grounds in conjunction with the Clubs and the City Council. Work on what became the Basin Reserve commenced. Lillywhite’s English XI was to play in Wellington in 1877. The formal organisation of cricket in Wellington had been established.

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THE EARLY HISTORY OF NEW ZEALAND v AUSTRALIA

It is an extraordinary and not generally known fact that it was not until as late as 1973-4 that Australia deigned to play its second official Test Match v New Zealand, and the first Test in 1946 was only retrospectively granted official status. By contrast despite the distance of over 10,000 miles, England had been playing official Test matches in New Zealand since 1929, and had played 12 such Tests before the Second World War By 1974 West Indies, South Africa and Pakistan had all played one or more official Test series in New Zealand and New Zealand had made 7 official tours with Test matches to England, three to India and two to South Africa and Pakistan but not one such tour to Australia.

Until the 1970s, New Zealand generally had to rely on the Marylebone Cricket Club to tack on a few matches to their Australian tours for regular international cricket in New Zealand. Thus an eminent New Zealand sports writer, T P McLean (b 1913) could write as late as 1966:

“The relationship with Australia has at times been much less close than with England, which especially in the last thirty years has been wonderfully sympathetic and helpful to its folorn little chick in the southern seas.”

And

“As with all countries of second class Test match status, the future is troublesome and if MCC, as is possible, forgo their visits at the end of their tours to the antipodes, the consequences may be grave.”

In 1967, the former Australian Cricket Captain, Vic Richardson (who had toured New Zealand twice in the Twenties) said in his autobiography:

“It has been said that the Marylebone Cricket Club has done more for cricket in New Zealand from a distance of 10,000 miles than the Australian Board of Control for International Cricket has done from 1500…Since the first world war, only half a dozen Australian teams approaching representative strength have toured New Zealand New Zealand sides are rarely invited to tour Australia”

and he concluded on this topic that had New Zealand received more support from ”her sister Dominion”, more high class players would have emerged earlier.

It was not always thus. The early Australian touring sides had included players such as Blackham, Spofforth (for long believed to have been born in New Zealand), Murdoch, Trumble, Armstrong, Clem Hill and Trumper. There were 7 official Australian tours to New Zealand prior to World War One. In addition there were unofficial tours by Tasmania, New South Wales, and Queensland and also several visits by the Melbourne Cricket Club for whom Warwick Armstrong made the first recorded treble century in New Zealand (335) at Eden Park.

However in the inter war years, visits by Australian sides waned with only two official tours in 20 years under V. S Ransford in 1920-1 and Victor Richardson in 1927-8 who wrote an interesting account of his experiences- while England commenced playing official Test matches in New Zealand in 1929-30, and their all conquering (in Australia) bodyline team of 1932-3 under Jardine were held to two draws in the Tests in New Zealand.

Even since the improvement in the situation leading up to the regular Chappell-Hadley trophy games since 2004, there is still a perception that Australia may not always accord their New Zealand counterparts due respect., possibly not aided by the infamous underarm incident at the MCG and the willingness to believe alleged incidents such as the “choo-choo” sledge of Chris Cairns after his sister was killed in a train incident, despite the story being firmly denied by Cairns himself.

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Richard Collinge – A memory of a Test record

After 13 ½ years of playing Test Cricket, there will always be certain events and highlights that I will remember.

Bowlers like to think they can bat as well. I was able to score well on occasions and the Third Test against Pakistan at Eden Park in February 1973 was one of those days.

Our opening batsman Rodney Redmond scored 107 on debut, (He never played another Test!) but after a promising start, NZ were 251 for 9, still 151 behind Pakistan’s first innings total. Brian Hastings was not out at lunch, and it was my turn to join him. Our immediate goal was to avoid the follow on (150 for a 4 day test), which we did. We somehow started to build a partnership, and once this reached 50 batting was getting easier; mainstream bowlers Sarfraz Nawaz, Salim Altaf, Intikhab Alam and Pervez Sajjad were getting frustrated as were part timers Mushtaq Mohammad, Majid Khan, Sadiq Mohammad and Wasim Raja. This helped our cause, and when our partnership went from 127 to 131, we had broken the World Record for the 10th wicket partnership in Tests which had stood for 70 years (130 for England v Australia at Sydney by R.E. “Tip” Foster and Wilfred Rhodes in 1903-4). Wilfred Rhodes was still alive in February 1973, aged 95 and sent me a telegram of congratulation!

We eventually reached a partnership of 151 (in even time), before unfortunately, Brian was bowled for 110 leaving myself not out 68. We had reached 402, the same score as Pakistan’s. Ironically, Australia and West Indies were playing a Test at Sabina Park at the same time, and their first innings scores were also tied at 428.

This partnership is still the record; however, it was equaled by two Pakistanis against South Africa about nine years ago. (Editor’s note: -Azhar Mahmood and Mushtaq Ahmed v South Africa in Rawalpindi in 1997-8)

I hope the Cricketers’ Club of New South Wales has a successful tour of New Zealand.

Richard Collinge

(Editor’s note: - Richard Collinge was a fast medium left arm opening bowler. At the date of his retirement from Test cricket in 1978, he held the Test record for New Zealand for wickets taken with 116 which was subsequently overtaken by Richard Hadlee. After his retirement from first class cricket he played a few seasons of Club cricket in Australia with C.C.N.S.W.)

COLONEL HAMILTON-BROWNE – “WITH THE LOST LEGION IN NEW ZEALAND.”

A CRICKET MATCH EASTER 1866 ON THE WANGONORO RIVER, SOUTH TARANAKI

The match was played between the Pigskin Polishers (troopers) and the Fort sloggers (rangers), and was looked forward to with much excitement by both corps. Naturally the players were all out of practice, their dress far from accurate and the pitch – well, damnable! But we turned to with glee, though to bat, bowl or even field, belted as each man was with his revolver and 90 rounds of ammunition, was very trying. Moreover the fieldsmen had to pick up their carbines when they changed places at the call of “Over”, and the umpires held the batsmen’s guns.

Now the main bush in which the gay and festive Hau Haus lived and gambolled was about 1000 yards away from the fort, but there were big patches of bush up to within 400 yards of it.

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Well, the game commenced, and of course attracted the attention of the gentle savage. Word was passed into the recesses of the bush that the white man was up to some new and inexplicable devilment, so that before long w had a highly interested if not appreciative gallery, who emerging from the bush, squatted down, and for a time behaved itself with decorum.

Now we could have made allowances for their ignorance or their want of appreciation, though they were self invited, and had paid no gate money, even should they have gone so far as to hiss, but I maintain that when it comes to expressing dissatisfaction with tuparas (two-barrelled guns) and Enfield rifles, it is high time for the performers to skip or clear the ground.

First of all they danced a war dance, and as no attention was paid to that, they proceeded to take more active measures. In the meantime the game had been progressing steadily. The troopers had scored 100 runs, and the rangers had scored 90 with the loss of nine wickets.

The excitement was intense. “Well bowled!” “Well hit!” being howled by the enraptured lookers-on, while banter and badinage were being exchanged by troopers and rangers that would have shocked the spectators of a modern test match.

The last hope of the Footsloggers was a leviathan sergeant, an old ‘Varsity blue, but his partner, a very fragile reed, only required one straight ball to finish the match: could the sergeant keep the bowling to himself?

He gets a loose one, and opening his shoulders he smacks it over long-on’s head. The hit is a big one. ”Well hit!” “Run it out!” Yes, there is the leather sphere lying on that open bit of ground less than 100 yards from that patch of scrub. He rushes at the ball. But what’s the matter? The eager fieldsman throws himself on his nose, hunting cover, and drawing his revolver lets go the agonising shout of “Lost Ball!”. At the same moment out of that patch of manuka darts several spurts of flame and smoke, and a number of balls of a different nature whistle round his head.

“D*** such interruptions!” said the Colonel, who was umpire, “drive the beggars off the field.” And in a moment batsmen, fieldsmen, umpires, scorers, onlookers grab their weapons and charge that patch of manuka scrub only to see the Hau Haus disappear into a clump of bush some distance away. We return to our game as the Kupapas (friendly natives) good-naturedly offer to keep the ground for us.

The continuation of the game evidently mortified the Hau Haus, for they lined the 400-yard bush, and fired volleys at us. Did we allow them to stop the game? Not a bit of it. It was far too important a one to allow a gang of measly Hau Haus to interfere with, for was not that night grog night? And had not every trooper and ranger wagered his tot in backing his respective side? Stop play, indeed no! They would play it out to the bitter end. With fast erratic bowling on a more than bumpy pitch, with the whistle of an Enfield bullet past your nose, or seeing the pitch torn up by a similar missile, it becomes too exciting for anyone. It is rather conducive to mild bowling to have to submit to the same ordeal, nor can an umpire give the amount of attention the game requires when half his time has to be devoted to dodging ricochets.

So the Colonel, a sportsman to his finger tips, ordered all the available men to assist the Kupapas in keeping order in the free seats. This they did, though not without a smart skirmish which ended in the rowdy interrupters being driven off the field with the loss of several men, which served them right for trying to interfere with sport!

The contumacious bounders were not satisfied, for they took post in the big bush, and continued to lob bullets from the distance of 1000 yards, but of them we took no notice, yet they afforded a man a good excuse should he butter a catch or make a duck.

Anyhow we finished the match, and I am delighted to say that the troopers won by the narrow margin of seven runs

Editor’s Note: - The Hau Haus have been described as a19th century native “Liberation Movement” led by Te Kooti

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THE EXTRAORDINARY [BUT TRUE!] TALE OF ALBERT MOSS

A MORALITY STORY IN 5 ACTS

ACT ONE- A family tragedy and search for a better life

In which our hero recovers from the devastating death of his father from tuberculosis in England to search for a new life in the Antipodes, and finds true love with Mary, a young schoolmistress in Canterbury whom he marries.

ACT TWO- A sporting hero

In the first innings of his first class debut for Canterbury v Wellington in 1889 as a fast bowler (at the age of 36!), Albert Moss takes all ten wickets for 28 runs in 21.3 six-ball overs as Wellington were dismissed for 71. He remains to this day the only New Zealander in first class cricket to take 10 wickets in an innings, and the only first class bowler in the world ever to take 10 wickets in an innings on debut. The ball was inscribed on a plaque and became his most treasured possession.

ACT THREE- The demon drink

Our hero takes another 16 wickets in 3 more matches but succumbs to drink. He becomes a secret alcoholic, and loses job after job. His young wife leaves him AND takes his cricket ball! Shamed and broken he moves to South America and then to South Africa and is on the brink of committing suicide in the Cape Town docks.

ACT FOUR- In which our hero finds God!

As he is contemplating suicide in the waters of the Cape Town Docks in 1895, he is taken in by the Salvation Army; finds God and serves him faithfully for the next 50 years, working his way up through the ranks of the Army.

ACT FIVE – Love and redemption

20 years later in 1915 a mysterious parcel arrives for the now Captain Moss, stationed in Rondebosch. It is his cricket plaque sent by his pining and heartbroken former wife who had read of the exploits of a Captain Moss in “The War Cry”, and traced him through Booth House in London. After corresponding for some time, she goes out to South Africa where she also becomes an officer in the Salvation Army; they remarry and he finally joins her in Heaven after the end of the Second World War in December 1945.

POSTSCRIPT- But where is the ball?

In accordance with his will, the ball was sent to Lancaster Park in 1945 where it languished for many years. In 1975, The Salvation Army discovered the story of Albert Moss and recovered the ball for use as a prop in recounting the salutary tale. There is now an agreement between the Canterbury Cricket Association and the Salvation Army whereby it may be displayed at Lancaster Park on special occasions such as the 125th anniversary of the C.C.A. in 2002

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NEW ZEALAND: - CRICKET AT TAUPOReminiscences of Victor Richardson.

Editor’s Note: Victor Richardson, after whom the gates are named at the Adelaide Oval, was to captain the 1928 Australian side to New Zealand and the full national side in South Africa in 1935-6, playing in total 19 Tests. As well as captaining South Australia, he represented the state in baseball, golf and Australian Rules as well as wining a state tennis title. He was the grandfather of the Chappell brothers, two of whom also were to captain Australia.

My first tour of New Zealand in 1921, as a member of the second Australian side was also my first trip abroad (The first team under Warwick Armstrong was touring England).

At Lake Taupo, then a town of 36 white people and numerous Maoris, we played a game against a team representing the district. One of the home team was a huge Maori named Joe. He had come from a village called Turangi, situated some 30-odd miles around the lake. In his excitement of playing cricket against Australians, he forgot his cricket gear when he rose at 7a.m. to set out for the match. So Joe came on the field in full Maori regalia. Immediately his 22-stone frame appeared carrying a bat, all except three of us ran off the field and made for our hotel to fetch our cameras. Before we left, we told the remaining three and the substitute fieldsmen they would be slaughtered if they dismissed Joe before we got back. They did not and we obtained our snapshots of the giant.

Bert Ironmonger was allowed to open the innings as a batsman at Lake Taupo. It was said that his wife used to be asked to “hold the line” if she rang just as he was going out. Well, on this occasion Bert scored 85 and there was a good reason for this. The Lake Taupo side consisted of 18 players drawn from a total population of 36 whites plus Maoris. Feeling the 18 might need some help, we had successfully urged about another 18 to take the field and help the local side. Every time Bert hit a ball into the air, some 5 or 6 none too efficient fieldsmen would struggle to make the catch and naturally fail.

Still, Bert’s score of 85 is in the record book. (Editor’s note: Bert’s test batting average was to be 2.62).

While at Lake Taupo, we spent day fishing. We trawled for and caught about as many trout as Bert made runs. And the skipper of our launch cooked them in ashes on the shore. I have never tasted sweeter fish and never have so few people eaten so many fish- this was the Sea of Galilee in reverse. One specimen weighing seven to eight pounds seemed to melt in the mouth.

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HISTORY OF THE CRICKETERS' CLUB XI www.ccnsw.com.

(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.

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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.

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”.

Editor's Note New Zealand will be the Club’s 20th overseas tour in the last nineteen years:

1989 Fiji1991 Asia, involving matches in Hong Kong, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Johore & Singapore1992 Christchurch, New Zealand1993 Christchurch, New Zealand1993 North America1994 Malaysia and Singapore1995 Auckland, New Zealand1996 Barbados/Trinidad1997 England1998 Norfolk Island1999 Lord Howe1999 South Africa2000 Vanuatu2001 Bali2002 Kenya2003 Sri Lanka2004 Cook Islands 2004 Cairns2005 England2006 Samoa 2007 New Zealand – Wellington and environs2007 South Africa (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

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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 2005-2006 season, the Club played 54 fixtures, and used 112 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 9262 6188 (B)) or ahawkes@pikepikefenwick.com.au; see web site at www.ccnsw.com

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C.C.N.S.W. TOUR CONTACT PERSON and TOUR MANAGER: IAN NEIL

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ACCOMMODATION

Fri Jan 19 in Wellington: individual choice

Sat-Sun Jan 20-21 in Hastings: Valdez Motor Lodge, 1107 Karumu Road. Tel: 06 876 5453.

Mon-Tues Jan 22-23 in Turangi: Parklands Motor Lodge, Arahori Street: Tel: 07 386 8804.

Weds Jan 24 in Marton: Adobe Motel, Calico Lane. Tel: 06 327 6111.

Thurs-Sun Jan 25-28 in Wellington: Ibis Hotel 153 Featherston Street. Tel: 04 496 1880.

N B: Phone code from Australia is 001164

FIXTURES AND SOCIAL ARRANGEMENTS

DATE LOCATION OPPOSITION TIMEFriday 19 January Arrive Wellington Free Day -Saturday 20 January Travel to Hastings Free day -Sunday 21 January Cornwall Park, Hastings Hastings C.C. 11 amMonday 22 January Kaimanawa Reserve, Taupo Taupo Trouts C.C. 12 noonTuesday 23 January Taupo -Turangi Free day -Wednesday 24 January Centennial Park, Marton Rangitikei Ol’ Fellas 1pmThursday 25 January Wellington Free day -Friday 26 January Wellington Anderson Park Wellington Wanderers 1pmSaturday 27 January Wellington - Wellington Cup Free Day -Sunday 28 January Linden Park, Wellington Tawa Turtles 1pmMonday 29 January Return to Sydney Free Day -

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W. G GRACE ON CRICKET

“There is no such thing as a crisis in cricket- only the next ball”

“I left six men to get 32 runs and they couldn’t get ’em.” (On losing the first “Ashes“ Test in England)

“ I should say you ought to put the bat against the ball” (when asked how to play a certain bowler)

“What do you think you’re at, Jonah?” “Sorry, Doctor, she slipped”. (First ball of the first Test at Lords in 1896 when the Australian Bowler Ernest Jones sent a bouncer through his beard- the ball cleared the keeper for 4)

“The first ball I sent whizzing through his whiskers. After that he kept hitting me off his blinkin ear-ole for four” -Jones

“They came here to watch me bat, not you bowl.” (When the first ball of the match in a club game removed the off bail, and Grace replaced it on the stumps!)

“’It was the wind that took the bail off, good sir.’ “Let us hope the wind helps you on thy journey back to the pavilion.” (Apocryphal conversation with an umpire in a similar situation)

“Can’t have it; won’t have; shan’t have it.” (When Grace disagreed with an umpire’s decision giving one of his team out)

“If you had been Jesus Christ, I would have given you out!” (Umpire’s response to Grace querying his decision when giving him out lbw)

“Cricket will be made too much of a business, like football – with the consequence that none but professionals will be seen playing. That, I hope, will not come in our times, but there is that probability to be faced”

“I wish to speak in the highest terms of professional cricketers generally, who engage in a game of the most searching nature, and by their respectfulness and respectability, make their profession one for which there is much admiration.”

THE OTHER VIEW

“Baseball on valium” Robin Williams

“Cricket is the only game you can put on weight while playing” Tommy Docherty

“A cricketer- a creature very nearly as stupid as a dog” Bernard Levin

‘I want to play cricket- It doesn’t seem to matter if you win or lose” Meatloaf, US pop singer 1984

“What are the butchers for?” Pauline Chase, American actress on seeing the umpires walk out

“The general atmosphere of Lords is more like a prayer meeting than a ball game” Alistair Cooke

“Cricket – a game which the English, not being a spiritual people, have invented in order to give themselves some conception of eternity” – Lord Mancroft 1979

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History of the New South Wales Sports Clubwww.nswsportsclub.com.au

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.

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OF WHOM WAS THIS SAID:

(1) As a bowler he had no superior. I do not remember meeting a bowler who used his head more than [ ]The work he got on the ball, the variety of his pace, which ranged from slow to fast, the excellent though varied length which he kept up, combined to make him pre-eminent. His action was easy, graceful and natural, and he continued to vary his pitch and pace without giving the slightest evidence of his intentions. The better the batsman, the better [ ] bowled. He soon discovered, and never forgot, a batsman’s weak point and he seemed to throw all his soul into his work. Capable of making the ball break both ways, he always accommodated his bowling to right and left handed batsmen”- WG Grace- “Cricketing Reminiscences and Personal Recollections” (1899)

a. C T B Turner (“The Terror”)b. George Lohmanc. Fred Spofforth (“The Demon”)

(2) [ ] is generally admitted to have been the best batsman Australia ever produced. In his own country he was dubbed the Champion, and in England he commanded great admiration. His defence is perfect, and his hitting hard and clean; his great merit was the consistency with which he scored. He seldom failed and his high average was attained not by a few big scores and a list of failures but by repeated success. The perfect ease and confidence of his batting is very conspicuous Cutting is his forte, although his clean hard driving is delightful to watch. His placing and timing are wonderfully skilful. Notwithstanding his brilliant batting, it was as captain of Australia that he earned greatest distinction. He was an ideal captain, a born tactician, a genial chief, a firm though gentle ruler, and a man of singular pluck and resource.”- W.G. Grace - Ibid

a. Charles Bannermanb. Clem Hillc. William Murdoch

(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 Passions” (2006)

a. Ivo Blighb. Mike Brearleyc. 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 23.

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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 youthThe 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

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PLAYER PROFILES NB Ages are as at January 2007; # is touring number for the Club

RYAN ANDERSON #145 Aged28 Carpenter

Right arm medium pace bowler and lower order right hand bat who met up with the Cricketers’ Club in Aitutaki, and played for us there. Now married and living in Auckland, he hopes to join the tour party in Hastings and Taupo.

PAUL BRANDON # 115 Aged 35 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 second tour with the Cricketers’ Club after Sri Lanka in 2003

CAMERON CROSBY #146 Aged 34 Printer

Right hand medium pace bowler and middle to lower order bat (slogger!) who used to play with the Austral Club. Returned to cricket last season after several years playing rugby league. Also useful single figure handicap golfer. This will be his first tour with the Cricketers’ Club.

COREY HAIGH # 141 Aged 34 Swimming pool renovator

Upper order right hand bat and medium pace bowler who played professional golf in the 1990s and returned to cricket last year after a 17 year break. Played for Penshurst in their hard wicket competition and was part of their premiership wining side in 2004-2005, before playing for the Cricketers’ Club. Spent three months in England during the Ashes series last year. This will be his second tour with the Club after Samoa in 2006.

SCOTT McCALLUM # 124 Aged 42 Telecom N.Z. Manager

Right hand medium fast opening bowler and lower order bat. Used to play First Grade Sub- District cricket in Melbourne with Croydon and as an 18yr old played in their Premiership winning side in 1984; played regularly for the Cricketers’ Club in Sydney before moving to Wellington, New Zealand in 2004. This will be his fourth tour with the Cricketers’ Club after Sri Lanka in 2003, England in 2005 and Samoa in 2006.

GIL MCGRATH # 125 Aged 59 Project Manager

Right hand off spin bowler and tail-end bat who plays for St Peters on Saturdays; still plays with players half his age and answers to the name of “Gilby” or “Ooah” but never yet of “Grandpa”! He plays for Lindfield in the Masters on Sundays and in social games for the Cricketers” Club. Has also toured Sri Lanka, Cairns, England and Samoa with the Cricketers’ Club.

IAN NEIL # 126 Aged 46 Barrister Stubborn right hand bat with strong forward defensive and good sweep. Has played most of his cricket in lower grades for Sydney University and in the Shires Competition for

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Lane Cove and Lindfield, and currently bats in the CCNSW Saturday side, usually in the middle order. Toured Sri Lanka in 2003, Cairns in 2004, England in 2005 and Samoa in 2006 with the Cricketers’ Club. Coming with his older son, Angus (aged 11).

ROB PELLIGRA # 147 Aged 39 Company Director-Export/Import

Upper order right hand bat who has played senior cricket for over 21 years- 8 in the Wentworth Leagues and the last 13 with Nick Youngman for the Hills Barbarians. Frequently travels to New Zealand on business. Has played the occasional game for the Cricketers’ Club over the years but this will be his first tour with the Club.

JOE SCARCELLA # 148 Aged 49 Corporate Legal Counsel

Right hand opening bat and medium pace bowler. In his youth, played lower grade with Waverley and Uni of NSW and toured with Qantas Stewards C.C. In his senior years played C&S with Scots OBs and Hunters Hill, before joining Lane Cove in the Masters; also a Primary Club member who toured England last year. This will be his first tour with the Cricketers Club. Coming with his two sons Joseph (Jnr aged 14) and Tom (aged 11).

JOSEPH SCARCELLA (Jnr) # 149 Aged 14 Schoolboy

Joseph currently plays in Riverview's under 15B's team and, this year, he also started playing club cricket with Lindfield to get more cricket under his belt. He bowls right arm medium pace, and is improving his batting skills with each game. A couple of years ago he achieved the distinction of a hat-trick in one of his school games. Like his father, he is a very keen cricket fan too, but loves playing the game even more. He is looking forward to his first cricket tour.

KEN YARDY # 113 Aged 42 Solicitor

Now an occasional cricketer. Right hand late order bat, occasional keeper and right hand medium pace bowler. Scored a century on debut in senior cricket for Camden and still trying for his second! Played in NSW Central Coast ‘A’ Grade for Doyalson-Wyee. Has not played serious cricket for some years but persuaded to come out of retirement to tour Kenya and then Sri Lanka, the Cook Islands, Cairns, England and Samoa with the Cricketers’ Club. This will be his sixth tour with the Club. Coming with his wife Leigh and two daughters, Kate and Emma.

NICK YOUNGMAN # 105 Aged 43 Company Director-Export/Import

High scoring and aggressive opening right hand bat and occasional slow left arm bowler who played 22 years for the same team on the Central Coast and occasional games for the Cricketers’ Club. Also played a season in England for Richmond Town and has toured Vanuatu and the Cook Islands with the Cricketers’ Club.

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WALTZING MATILDA (The real Australian National Anthem)

Oh! There once was a swagman camped in the BillabongUnder 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 waterbagWho’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 giftsOf beauty rich and rare;In history’s page, let every stageAdvance 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,“Brittania 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 shareWith courage let us all combine To advance Australia fair.In joyful strains then let us sing,“Advance Australia fair!”

While other nations of the globeBehold us from afar,We’ll rise to high renown and shineLike our glorious southern star;From England, Scotia, Erin’s Isle,Who come our lot to share,Let all combine with heart and handTo 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 yoreTo guard our native strand;Brittania then shall surely know,Beyond wide ocean’s roll,Her sons in fair Australia’s landStill 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)

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God Defend New ZealandGod Defend New Zealand is one of the national anthems of New Zealand together with God Save The Queen. Although they both have equal status, only God Defend New Zealand is used, and most New Zealanders would be unaware that the country has two national anthems.

HistoryThe words for God Defend New Zealand were written as a poem in the 1870s by Thomas Bracken. A competition to compose music for the poem was held in 1876 with a prize of ten guineas. The winner of the competition was John Joseph Woods, who had composed the melody in a single sitting the evening after finding out about the competition. The song became increasingly popular during the 19th century and early 20th century, and in 1940 the New Zealand government bought the copyright and made it New Zealand's national hymn in time for the centennial celebrations. In 1976 a petition was presented to parliament asking for it to be made the national anthem, and with the permission of Queen Elizabeth II, it became the country's second national anthem on November 21, 1977.God of nations at thy feetIn the bonds of love we meet.Hear our voices, we entreat,God defend our free land.Guard Pacific's triple starFrom the shafts of strife and war,Make her praises heard afar,God defend New Zealand. Men of every creed and raceGather here before thy face,Asking thee to bless this place,God defend our free land.From dissension, envy, hate,And corruption guard our state,Make our country good and great,God defend New Zealand.

Peace, not war, shall be our boast,But, should foes assail our coast,Make us then a mighty host,God defend our free land.Lord of battles in thy might,Put our enemies to flight,Let our cause be just and right,God defend New Zealand.

Let our love for Thee increase,May thy blessings never cease,Give us plenty, give us peace,God defend our free land.From dishonour and from shameGuard our country's spotless name,Crown her with immortal fame,God defend New Zealand.

May our mountains ever beFreedom's ramparts on the sea,Make us faithful unto thee,God defend our free land.Guide her in the nation's van,Preaching love and truth to man,Working out thy glorious plan.God defend New Zealand.

Words by Thomas Bracken

E Ihoa Atua,O nga Iwi Matoura,

Ata whaka rongona;Me aroha roa.

Kia hua ko te pai;Kia tau to atawhai;

Manaakitia maiAotearoa.

Ona mano tangataKiri whereo, kiri ma,

Iwi Maaori PakehaRepeke katoa,

Nei ka tono ko nga heMau e whakaahu ke,

Kia ora marireAotearoa.

Tona mana kia tu!Tona kaha kia u;

Tona rongo hei pakuKi te ao katoa

Aua rawa nga whawhai,Nga tutu a tata mai;

Kia tupu nui aiAotearoa.

Waiho tona takiwaKo te ao marama;

Kia whiti tona raTaiawhio noa.

Ko te hae me te ngangauMeinga kia kore kau;

Waiho i te rongo mauAotearoa.

Tona pai me toito;Tika rawa, pono pu;Tona noho, taha tu;

Iwi no Ihoa.Kaua mona whakama;

Kia hau te ingoa;Kia tu hei tauira;

Aotearoa. 

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Po Atarau / Haere Ra / Now is the Hour

(Literal translation)Po ataru On a moonlit nightE moea iho nei I see in a dreamE haere ana You goingKoe ki pamamoa To a distant land

Haere ra FarewellKa hoki mai ano But return againKi I te tau To your loved oneE tangi atu nei Weeping here

Now Is The Hour (English version)

Now is the hour, when we must say goodbye. Soon you'll be sailing far across the sea. While you're away, oh, then, remember me. When you return, you'll find me waiting here.

Sunset glow fades in the west. Night o'er the valley is creeping.

Birds cuddle down in their nest Soon all the world will be sleeping.

Now is the hour, when we must say goodbye. Soon you'll be sailing far across the sea. While you're away, oh, then, remember me. When you return, you'll find me waiting here.

POKAREKARE ANAOften these days, only the first verse and the chorus seem to get sung, perhaps several times over, with added harmonising in each repetition. But even if you don't understand Mäori, the second verse, with all its alliteration, is also great to sing. Overseas singers may like to add a Sailing Away verse too, in English.

Pokarekare ana They are agitated One people on the water

Nga wai o Waiapu the waters of Waiapu One people on the land

Whiti atu koe hine cross over girl One people all togetherMarino ana e ‘tis calm Kiwis working hand in hand

E hine e Oh girl Sailing awayHoki mai ra Return to me Sailing awayKa mate ahau I could die New Zealand can do itI te aroha e of love (of you) Take it away

Tuhituhi taku reta I have written my letter Our pride is in New ZealandTake atu taku ringi I have sent my ring And our pride is in our raceKia kite to iwi so that your people can see We’re together as one peopleRaru raru ana e (that I am) troubled in the challenge that we face

Whati whati taku pene My pen is shatteredKa pau aku pepa I have no more paperKo taku aroha (But) my loveMau tonu ana e is still steadfast

E kore te aroha (my) love will neverE maroke I te ra be dried by the sunMakuku tonu I It will forever be moistenedAku roimata e. by my tears

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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 lodeThe girl became a woman on the long and dusty roadI'm a child of the depressionI saw the good times comeI'm a bushy, I'm a battlerI 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 storiesI'm a singer of songsI am Albert NamatjiraI paint the ghostly gumsI am Clancy on his horseI'm Ned Kelly on the runI'm the one who waltzed MatildaI am Australian

I'm the hot wind from the desertI'm the black soil of the plainsI'm the mountains and the valleysI'm the drought and flooding rainsI am the rock, I am the skyThe rivers when they runThe spirit of this great landI 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.

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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 RoyalBlue 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 96 th 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.

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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 14; 1-b Lohman; 2-c Murdoch; 3-a Bligh; 4-b Grace

ASSOCIATED CLUBS (continued from frontispiece)

ASIAHong Kong Cricket Club137 Wong Nai Chung Gap RoadHONG KONGPh: (852) 574 6266www.hkcc.org

Hong Kong Football Club3 Sports Road, Happy ValleyHONG KONGPh: (852) 830 9500www.hkfc.com.hk.

Calcutta Cricket & Football Club19/2 Gurusaday RoadBALLYGUNGECALCULLTA 19 INDIA 700019Ph: 388951/201www.calcuttaweb.com/clubs.htm

The Cricket Club of IndiaJ.N. Tata PavilionBrabourne StadiumDinshaw Vachha RoadMUMBAI INDIA 400 020Ph: 9122 2876 051

BCA Garware Club HouseWankhede Stadium'D' RoadChurchgateMUMBAI INDIA 400 020Ph: 285 4444

Madras Cricket Club1 Babu Jagjivan Ram RoadChepauk ChennaiMADRAS INDIA 600 005Ph: 2852-3976www.madrascricketclub.com

Royal Selangor ClubPO Box 10137Kuala Lumpur, 50704MALAYSIAPh: (063) 292 7166www.rscweb.org.my

Colombo Swimming ClubStorm Lodge, PO Box 863148 Galle RoadCOLUMBO SRI LANKAPh: 00 941 421 645csc@srilanka.net

Singapore Cricket ClubConnaught DriveSINGAPORE 0617Ph: (0011) 65 338-9271www.scc.org.sg/

The British Club of Singapore73 Bukit Tinggi RoadSINGAPORE 289761Ph: (0011) 65 6467-4311www.britishclub.org.sg

The British Club (Thailand)189 Surawong Road, Bangrak,BANGKOK THAILAND 10500Ph: (662) 234 0247www.britishclubbangkok.org

Kowloon Cricket Club10 Cox's RoadKOWLOON HONG KONGPh: (852) 367 4141www.kcc.org.hk/

Johore Cultural & Sports Club623 Jalan Sungai Chat80100 Johore BahruJohore MALAYSIA07 241 899

UNITED KINGDOMCricketers’ Club of London,71, Blandford StreetLONDON W1 U 8ABENGLAND020 7486 2635www.cricketers.co.uk

Bali International Cricket ClubJalan Danan Poso 63Sanur, Bali,80228 Indonesia0361 270 728www.balicricket.com MIDDLE EASTDoha ClubPO Box 3666Doha Qatar, Arabian GulfMIDDLE EASTPh: (974) 418822www.british-in-qatar.com/dclub.htm

NEW ZEALANDThe Cricket Society of AucklandClubrooms, Eden ParkPO Box 2860AUCKLAND 1 NEW ZEALANDhttp://aucklandes.cricketarchive.com