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37-648: Sydney Cricket Club play in the Sydney Grade Cricket Competition . In 2007 the UTS-Balmain club formed a partnership with the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust and are now known as Sydney CC or Sydney Cricket Club or just simply Sydney Tigers . The Tigers play out of Drummoyne Oval . With over 100 years of history and tradition, Balmain have long been a mainstay of the competition. In season 2007/08 there were 14 different sides representing

74-481: A Final. Won by the club with the highest competition points in aggregate across all 5 grades plus points from the PG and Green Shield competitions. Points are only accrued across round matches and do not include finals. For each club, each grades' points tally is multiplied by a factor for the purposes of calculating Club Championship points. A point in first grade is worth more than second grade and so on. Due to this system,

111-522: A net surplus of $ 99 million largely attributed to the success of co-hosting the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup . As well as responsibility for Australian international sides, Cricket Australia organises interstate cricket in Australia, including the premier competitions in each of the major forms of the game. These are the Marsh Sheffield Shield in first-class cricket (men's competition only),

148-497: A representative side to participate in Australia's various major domestic cricket tournaments every season. Cricket Australia also maintains a healthy but independent association with the Australian Cricketers' Association to provide proper player's rights, welfare requirements and pay agreements. The first centralised authority for the administration of cricket in Australia was established in 1892 when representatives from

185-551: A total of 19 rounds. All other grades play only 15 rounds, thus missing out on playing 4 teams each season. The additional 4 rounds that are played by the 1st Grade sides are generally one day matches that take place on Sundays (won by Sydney University in 2010/2011). The 2010/11 season, for all grades, included 10 two-day matches (generally played on two consecutive Saturdays), 4 one-day matches and 1 Twenty-20 match. The 1st Grade sides played an additional one-day match and 3 Twenty20 matches. The 1st Grade Draw can be found here [2] and

222-573: A variety of social media platforms. Sydney grade cricket also has a proud history of welcoming budding, current or former first-class and Test cricketers from around the world. Players are primarily sourced from England's county competition. In 2015/16, there were over 10 players in the competition plying their trade in the first-grade competition. In the late 1990s and early 2000s Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Strauss amongst others played seasons in Sydney. Such

259-448: Is at T20 matches which can attract crowds into the hundreds and occasionally the low thousands. Players for the NSW team are selected from the first-grade competition. While modern day cricketers have few breaks outside the international calendar, when they do NSW players often return to play in the first-grade competition. This competition has grown substantially since its formation and by 1985

296-421: Is the strength of the competition that some well-known players have been known to play multiple matches in second grade. To address shortcomings in players making the transition from first-grade to State cricket, two seasons ago a different type of ball was introduced into the first-grade competition. This ball is the same used by state players but had not previously been used due to its cost (A$ 150 each). While

333-721: The Australian Cricket Board ( ACB ), is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia. It was originally formed in 1905 as the 'Australian Board of Control for International Cricket'. It is incorporated as an Australian Public Company, limited by guarantee . Cricket Australia operates all of the Australian national representative cricket sides, including the Men's , Women's and Youth , Australia A sides, along with various other national teams (such as Indigenous, disability or over-age teams) in conjunction with

370-592: The Australian Cricket Hall of Fame . The National Selection Panel is the part of Cricket Australia responsible for team selections for each of the Australian national sides in every form of cricket. The current three-man panel for the Australian men's sides is: George Bailey (chairman), Andrew McDonald (head coach) and Tony Dodemaide . The current four-person panel for the Australia women's sides is: Shawn Flegler (chairman), Matthew Mott (head coach), Avril Fahey and Julie Hayes . Cricket Australia

407-709: The Marsh One-Day Cup (men) and the Women's National Cricket League , which are the domestic one-day competitions , and the KFC Big Bash League and the Weber Women's Big Bash League , which are the domestic Twenty20 competitions (contested by franchises not state representative teams). Cricket Australia's current and former competitions: Cricket Australia also runs (among others) the Under 19 and Under 17 Male Championships,

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444-597: The New South Wales Cricket Association and the Victorian Cricket Association . South Australia's delegates refused to join the Board because the Board structure denied the players any representation. The Queensland Cricket Association was represented as an observer only. Queensland did decide to formally join the association with one delegate member the following year, and the constitution

481-578: The University of Technology, Sydney and was then known as UTS Balmain Cricket Club. In over 100 years of competition, the Club has won 7 Club Championships, 4 first grade premierships and a number of lower grade premierships but the history of cricket is liberally sprinkled with players from Balmain who represented their State and Country with distinction. Throughout the period from 1897 to 1946–47, Birchgrove Oval

518-558: The 2nd Grade draw, which is identical to the 3rd, 4th and 5th Grade draws, can be found here [3] . The final series generally consists of Qualifying Finals, Semi-Finals and a Final. These matches are played over two days, with the First Grade Final being played over three days. In the Qualifying Finals, the 1st placed team plays the 6th placed team, 2nd plays 5th and 3rd plays 4th. The three winning teams (or better placed team in

555-580: The ACT participates in Cricket Australia tournaments such as the Women's National Cricket League and the Futures League , and previously briefly also competed in the domestic limited-overs competition . Cricket Australia is governed by nine independent directors. The chief executive officer reports to the board of directors. Each state cricket association that are members of Cricket Australia also selects

592-583: The First Grade Twenty20 competition in 2010/11, but were unable to make a significant challenge for the First Grade premiership. Sydney Grade Cricket The NSW Premier Cricket competition is generally played on Saturdays and begins in mid-September and continues until the grand final is played on the first weekend of April. Spectators are generally few and far between at matches, mostly family members, partners or club members. The exception to this

629-515: The National Indigenous Cricket Advisory Committee (NICAC), which in 2002 established a strategic plan, "Two Cultures: Australia's New Cricket Tradition". Ngadjuri man Vince Copley was the inaugural co-chair of the committee. Cricket Australia has operated under three different names since its foundation. They are: The organisation's revenue was A$ 380.9 million in the financial year ended 30 June 2015, with

666-518: The Sydney Grade Cricket Competition encompassed 20 clubs. Since the 1940s there had been a number of club mergers (Mosman with Middle Harbour, Petersham with Marrickville and Glebe with South Sydney followed in 1965 by the forced merger of Paddington with Glebe-South Sydney to form Sydney District CC). In 1965 Sutherland joined the competition, followed by Nepean (now Penrith) and University of NSW in 1973. In 1985 Sydney District CC left

703-566: The Under 18 and Under 15 Female National Championships, the National Indigenous Cricket Championships and the National Cricket Inclusion Championships. Cricket Australia also provides awards for various categories of players, including: Cricket Australia also honours players for exceptional service to the game of cricket in Australia by annually adding former players of great distinction to

740-466: The ball is still a four-piece ball, its seam is less pronounced and more difficult to swing. Bowlers, in particular fast bowlers, have had to work much harder at getting wickets. Since its introduction scores within the competition have increased. There have been higher team and individual scores (400+ scores by teams are not the rare occurrence they once were). In the 2016/17 season, the competition changed its name to NSW Premier Cricket. The name change

777-562: The black and gold, eight of these men's and six women's. After the merger with the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust, the club is often seen as the competition's glamour club. At the turn of the 20th century, a club by the name of Sydney Cricket Club was in existence and playing regular fixtures. Based at Moore Park , players included Jack Marsh . From 1897–1900, a team known as the Balmain Electorate Cricket Club

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814-603: The case of a draw) and the best placed losing team go through to the Semi-Finals. Points are allocated to the teams according to the results of each match. These points go towards the Club Championship which is awarded at the end of the regular season. All of the current NSW first-class cricket players are selected from their performances in Premier Cricket. This includes those players who also represent Australia although

851-676: The competition but 3 new clubs from the outer suburbs of Sydney joined - Fairfield, Campbelltown and Hawkesbury. In the late 1990s there was a push to remove some inner-city clubs from the competition, but although no clubs were forced out, in 2001 Randwick and Petersham-Marrickville (itself the product of a merger in 1951) decided to merge and formed the Randwick Petersham club. Some clubs were renamed to reflect their wider representation (Waverley renamed as Eastern Suburbs, Fairfield becoming Fairfield-Liverpool and Campbelltown becoming Campbelltown-Camden). Finally in 2002 Blacktown were promoted from

888-474: The competition is Paddington which won 9 first grade titles between 1894/95 and 1953/54 before being forced to merge with Glebe-South Sydney to form the Sydney District CC in 1965 - this merged club later left the competition in 1985. Other ex-clubs include: The competition consists of 20 clubs who field one side in each of the five grades. In the 1st Grade competition, each side plays every other side over

925-544: The demands of the international schedule means the Australian players rarely get to play at grade level these days. The Poidevin-Gray Shield, or PG's as it is more commonly known, comprises teams who represent their grade sides in an Under 21 competition. All points received in this competition go towards the Club Championship. The A W Green Shield, or Greenies as it is more commonly known, comprises teams who represent their grade sides in an Under 16 competition consisting of 7 preliminary rounds, qualifying finals, semi-finals and

962-584: The destitute clubs, through the state associations. Formal discussions began in January 1905 in Sydney for the formation of a body to take control of tours from the players. A draft constitution was discussed by members of the New South Wales, Victoria, South Australian and Queensland associations. The first meeting of the new board was held at Wesley College in Melbourne on 6 May 1905. The foundation members were

999-537: The end of the 2006/07 season, who also heads the list of those who have scored the most centuries for the club. Following the decision to merge with the SCG Trust the club has experienced a significant financial windfall, allowing them to assemble one of the better squads in the competition, including the purchase of recently de-listed players Dominic Thornley and Daniel Smith and English representatives Joe Denly and Sam Northeast . Due to this, they were successful in

1036-499: The most famous Balmain players are Archie Jackson and Arthur Mailey, but the list of international and state players who played with Balmain at one time or another is star studded. They hold claim to finding Tasmanian Tigers sensation Brendan Drew and were once the home of Graham Thorpe , Nathan Bracken , Joe Denly , Zak Crawley and Ireland 2007 World Cup hero Jeremy Bray . The highest first grade run scorer of all time is, however, former opening batsman Greg Hayne, who retired at

1073-590: The players themselves. Similarly, invitations to English teams were made by private promoters or by individual clubs, such as the Melbourne Cricket Club . The Australasian Cricket Council's one lasting action was to establish the Sheffield Shield , the first-class cricket competition between the Australian colonies. These early tours were lucrative for the players and promoters and cricket administrators looked to find ways to channel some of this money to

1110-521: The relevant organisations. CA is also responsible for organising and hosting Test matches , one day internationals and T20 internationals in association with other nations, and scheduling home international fixtures. Cricket Australia is an administrative organisation responsible for cricket in Australia. Cricket Australia has six member organisations that represent each of the Australian states. These organisations are: Cricket ACT and Northern Territory Cricket are non-member associations, although

1147-620: The second-tier shires competition to bring the number of clubs back up to 20. Each of the 20 clubs fields a side in each of the five senior grades as well as a side in the Poidevin-Gray Shield and AW Green Shield junior competitions. In recent times some clubs have started broadcasting scorecards in real-time on the Cricket Australia website. Some clubs also have detailed video and photographs each weekend. Most but not all clubs actively update their website and have information across

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1184-512: The state associations of New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria came together to establish the Australasian Cricket Council. However the Australasian Cricket Council was disbanded in 1898, and what is now known as Cricket Australia was established in 1905 as the "Australian Board of Control for International Cricket". Before its establishment, tours by Australian teams to England were organised and funded by private groups or by

1221-547: The winner of the Club Championship usually comes from a club whose first-grade team is within the top 6. However, consistency across the top 3 grades in particular is important. Club Championship Factors First grade = 6 points per competition point, Second grade = 5, Third = 4, Fourth = 3, Fifth/PG/Green Shield = 2... 8. AW Green Shield Final scorecard. http://www.premier.nsw.cricket.com.au/common/pages/public/rv/match.aspx?matchID=3177634&entityID=4 Cricket Australia Cricket Australia ( CA ), formerly known as

1258-465: Was amended in 1906, so that New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria would each have three permanent representatives, and Queensland one representative. In 1907 Tasmania was permitted to send a single representative, and Western Australia did likewise in 1913. Changes to this structure were made in 1914 and 1974 respectively when Queensland and Western Australia formally increased their representation to two each. In 2001, Cricket Australia established

1295-556: Was included in the Sydney grade cricket competition. They joined teams known as East Sydney, Paddington, Waverley, Glebe, South Sydney, Burwood, North Sydney, Redfern, Central Cumberland and Leichhardt. Between 1900 and 1904, the team was renamed the Leichhardt-Balmain District Cricket Club and from 1904 it became known as the Balmain District Club. In 2001–2002, the Club entered into a partnership with

1332-403: Was part of a Cricket Australia initiative to standardise the naming of the elite men's cricket competition within each state's capital city. Clubs in the 2023/24 season of NSW Premier Cricket are: Sydney's suburban sprawl over the past 120 years has seen the introduction of new outer-suburban clubs and the disappearance or mergers of some inner-city clubs. The most successful club no longer in

1369-414: Was the headquarters of the club and it was 1947–48 when the club moved to Drummoyne Oval. The most famous game ever played by Balmain was undoubtedly the one at Birchgrove on 18 and 25 March 1933 when around 10,000 people attended each day to watch St George with Don Bradman and Balmain with Arthur Mailey . For the record, the match ended in a draw – Balmain 394 – St George 7/358 (Bradman 134). Probably

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