The 2024-25 season kicks off on September 21 with the First Grade T20 Competition. The Stags made the final last season. Can we go one better in 2024-25 and bring home some silverware?   September Sat 21 First Grade T20 Competition (2 matches) Sun 22 Poidevin-Gray L/O Competition Sat 28 First Grade T20 Competition (2…

Hearty congratulations to the following Gordon players who have been selected in the respective Cricket NSW Underage Squads for the upcoming 2024/25 season:   Under 15 Metropolitan Aarav Ahluwalia Charlie Chippendale Ansh Gupta Archie Hetherington Sean Twining   Under 16 Metropolitan Sam Dillon   Under 17 Metropolitan Vivaan Gandhi Toby Robinson Campbell Smith   Under…

Congratulations to our first grade captain Tym Crawford, who has jointly won the O’Reilly Medal awarded to the Best and Fairest Player in the first grade competition. Points are awarded by the umpires officiating at each match of the regular season. Tym shared the award with Manly off-spinner Bertie Foreman. Tym was the competition’s leading…

Joseph Gillard and Jessica Davidson have been named as successful recipients of the Cricket NSW Foundation’s Emerging Player Relocation Fund grant for 2024/25. The $10k Cricket NSW Foundation grant supports young cricketers from regional NSW who have relocated to Sydney to ply their trade in NSW Premier Cricket whilst remaining enrolled in tertiary education. Recipients…

With just a few weeks to go in this marvellous fundraising initiative from Toyota, we are looking for all our players and supporters to help with one last push to raise funds for our great club. All funds raised go directly to running our club, funding equipment, grounds and facilities. Every dollar helps! Currently we…

Hearty congratulations are extended to Jaylen Johnston on his selection to represent NSW Country at the U17 Australian Championships, to be held in Ballarat, Victoria,  from January 4-11, 2024. A Stags country Greenie from 2022/23, Jaylen has enjoyed a stellar season thus far, with both bat and ball, in the Central Coast First Grade Competition…

Congratulations to Trystan Kennedy who was a member of the NSW Metro team which was victorious in winning the U19 Australian Championships for the second consecutive year in Albury last week. Playing a gruelling six matches in eight days, the Stags were also represented by Joey Gillard and Bryce Cook, playing for NSW Country, who…

As the Sydney Premier Grade Cricket Competition moves towards the traditional break over the festive season, it also heralds the arrival of the U16 Green Shield Competition. It is always an exciting period, with the forty best performed Country players joining their Metro counterparts with high quality cricket the outcome. The Stags have chosen a…

NSW Metro and Country Squads have just been announced for the forthcoming U19 Australian Championships to be held in Albury. Hearty congratulations are extended to Trystan Kennedy (Metro), Joey Gillard (Country) and Bryce Cook (Country) on their most deserved selection. Trystan and Joey have both scored heavily for the Stags throughout the season, whilst Bryce’s…

Randwick Petersham crowned Kingsgrove Sports T20 Cup champions Randwick Petersham have secured a record fifth NSW Premier Cricket first-grade Twenty20 title, chasing down Gordon’s total in front of a home crowd at Coogee Oval on Sunday. Big Bash League superstar, Daniel Sams, collected a wicket with the first ball of the match before going on…

Coogee Oval will host the 2023-24 Kingsgrove Sports T20 Cup final this Sunday, November 5, for what is primed to be a thrilling contest between Randwick Petersham and Gordon. The match is scheduled to commence at 2.30pm, with live scores available HEREand a live-stream accessible HERE. Randwick Petersham Randwick Petersham last claimed the T20 title in season…

The Stags have qualified for the final of the Kingsgrove Sports T20 Cup competition, to be played next Sunday (November 5) at Coogee Oval from 2:30 PM against Randwick Petersham. Randy Petes have had the services of current Australian international Daniel Sams, as well as Big Bash players Jason Sangha and Alex Ross in the…

The Stags have started season 2023-24 strongly, currently placing 6th in the club championship. First Grade have played a lot of T20 cricket and will play a Semi Final on Sunday, October 29 against Penrith at Howell Oval. Having finished the rounds in 3rd place in their group, with 2 wins and 2 losses, the…

Ryan Tullia and Trystan Kennedy have been enjoying success in England over our off-season. Ryan is playing for Leeds & Broomfield CC in the Kent Cricket League. Trystan is playing for Old Owens CC in the Hertfordshire Premier League. Trystan has also played a couple of games for the Leicestershire 2nd XI.

On Australia Day, Marshall Rosen was awarded a Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia as part of the Australia Day 2023 Honours List for his service to cricket. His achievements, as listed with the announcement, include: Cricket NSW Director, 2006-2019. State Selector, 2002-2012. Chair, Cricket Committee, 2013-2019 Member, Headquarters Relocation Committee, current. Manager, New…

Trystan Kennedy has been offered and accepted a position with Old Owens CC playing in the Hertfordshire Premier League for the English season starting in April this year. Trystan has scored two centuries in second grade this season and recently made his first grade debut. Old Owens CC 1st XI Captain Brad Lane put out a…

GDCC had four representatives at the U19 National Championships held in Adelaide over the past 10 days: Luke Callanan, Joey Gillard, Bryce Cook and Karan Katli. Congratulations to Luke Callanan and NSW Metro for an undefeated Championship. NSW Metro dominated the competition throughout and were worthy winners in the end. Luke took 6 wickets at…

As the Cricket season enters December, it signals the arrival of the annual Green Shield Competition, which will elicit many happy memories for a large number of the current Stags grade players. It is a very high quality U16 competition played across the 20 Premier clubs, with the very best local boys joined by 40…

After an intensive preseason and State Challenge matches, hearty congratulations are extended to the following players on their selection for the Under-19 Australian Championships.   NSW Metropolitan Squad Luke Callanan   NSW Country Squad Joey Gillard (PGs -2022/23) Bryce Cook (Greenies – 2020/21, PGs – 2021/22) Karan Katli (Greenies – 2019/20)   The championships will…

On Saturday last in the match against North Sydney, Tym Crawford scored 66 runs in the disappointing loss where we scored 408 runs and somehow still lost by 8 runs. Why this score was significant was that it put Tym on 5,003 runs in grade for Gordon and 4,726 of these in first grade with…

Congratulations to Nick Toohey, who has been selected for a second consecutive year for the Basil Sellers Scholarship, as one of sixteen talented young male and female players by the Cricket NSW Foundation. This prestigious award, now in its seventeenth year, is highly sought after and assists the city and country recipients, both on and…

Congratulations to Max and Alexe Newman on the birth of their first child last week. Henry Newman was born on the 18th of October, weighing 2.9kg. Best wishes to all, including proud grandparents, Mark and Rebecca.

The draws for the 2022-23 NSW Premier Cricket, Kingsgrove Sports T20 Cup, Poidevin-Gray Shield and Green Shield competitions have been published by the Sydney Cricket Association. All matches involving Gordon Cricket are featured below.

The club are delighted to announce the appointment of the following players to our leadership positions for season 2022-23: Club Captains Ryan Tullia & Matt Wright First Grade Captain Tym Crawford Second Grade Captain Michael Fletcher Third Grade Captain James Kennedy Fourth Grade Captain Apurv Sharma Fifth Grade Captain Steve Bristow Metropolitan Cup Captain Jack…

We are just over a week away from the start of the season and Round 1 is fast approaching. This season we have been fortunate enough to land Chatswood RSL as a sponsor, therefore we will be holding our season launch there next Tuesday 20th of September from 6:30-9:00 PM. The club will be putting…

Registration to play for the Stags is now open. Anyone wishing to play Men’s Premier Cricket or Metropolitan Cup for Gordon this season must complete a new Cricket Australia PlayHQ Registration. Please complete registration by 5pm on TUESDAY 20th SEPTEMBER. Registrations from the old myCricket system cannot be transferred to the new system and only…

The Stags have teamed up with 2Reds to supply apparel for players and supporters in the 2022-23 season. For close to a decade now, the 2Reds team has been an innovator in designing, creating & supplying high quality, custom made sports apparel across the country. 2Reds customers range from grassroots schools and teams, all the…

Well, all you Gordon Cricket Club members.  Now, most young people today seem to think civilization started around about the time they were born.  Before that, everyone just lived in black and white.  Well, you know those guys on the television now who commentate on the cricket?  C’mon… Punter and Junior and Gilly… No, really!!……

Harry Evans has been at Teddington Cricket Club (Middlesex Premier Division) for 3 seasons and has scored 1759 runs at an average of 56.7, including 4 hundreds and 11 fifties. This season he has amassed 701 runs in twelve games at an average of 70.1, including 2 hundreds and 4 fifties, contributing 23% of his…

Gordon Cricket Club will nominate Bob Thomas for life membership at the upcoming AGM. Bob came to Sydney from Orange in 1969, playing a couple of seasons with Sutherland before heading up the road to represent the Stags for many seasons. Arriving at Chatswood Oval with a shoulder length hair style, he earned the nickname…

Gordon Cricket congratulate Matt Parkinson on making his test debut for England last week. Following in the footsteps of Mason Crane, Parky’s selection means that the last two stag test cricketers have played for the Poms! This should provide plenty of incentive for our up-and-coming stags to see if they can get a baggy green…

The club would like to congratulate the following players on their recent selection in NSW 2022/23 Metropolitan and Country Squads: U15 – Toby Robinson and Campbell Smith U16 – Will Sutton and Zack Winslow U17 – Dylan Ranjan, Sidhant Singh and Matt Toohey (Country) U19 –  Luke Callanan, Bryce Cook (Country) and Nick Toohey (Country) While…

Well done to Stags players Trystan Kennedy, Sidhant Singh and Daimon Pin, who were all members of the victorious ‘Combined Independent Schools’ team that competed at the NSW All Schools Carnival, played prior to the Term One holidays at the Raby Ovals. Playing against two Combined High Schools teams and Combined Catholic Colleges, CIS won…

The club is delighted to inform members and supporters that two further players have been selected to play in the Australian U19 Championships, to held at Mackay in April. Northern Territory selectors have chosen Sam Elder and Jay Naganayagam as part of their squad. Sam, who spent several years living and playing Cricket in the…

Players, volunteers and supporters of the Stags are warmly invited to attend our Presentation Night. The Social Committee have secured a great venue and tickets are very reasonably priced. Your ticket covers the cost of your meal and a drink. We would love you to bring your partner to help make the night special and…

Player Profile #3 Name: Luke Alexander Blackaby Nickname: Blackers Place of Birth: Kent, UK Favourite food: Steak Favourite music: Any pop music and my guilty pleasure is a ballad Hobbies: Golf, football (soccer) and traveling to new places Secret talent: making a good barista style coffee Most annoying teammate: That’s a tricky one, being English.…

Congratulations to Callum Bladen, Connor Cook, Nick Toohey and Luke Callanan on their selection in NSW teams to compete in the U19 National Championships. Callum has been selected in the U19 NSW Metropolitan team; Connor and Nick have been selected in the U19 ACT/NSW Country team and Luke has been selected in the NSW U17…

Name: Michael Falk Nickname: Storky Place of Birth: Sydney Favourite food: the Big Breakfast at Curly’s on the Corner, North Curl Curl. Favourite music: Bruce Springsteen, and then more Bruce Springsteen.  Then, for mellow, some Leonard Cohen. Hobbies: I have small shares in a number of racehorses which is good fun. Also, golf and reading.…

Gordon had 7 players selected to participate in this week’s U19 State Challenge held at the Raby Sports Complex, including Connor Cook, Callum Bladen and Charles Mitchell from our first grade side, Nick Toohey, Luke Callanan and Sam Elder from our second grade side and Bryce Cook from last seasons Green Shield side. 6 teams…

Congratulations to Sid Singh for his selection in the Green Shield Team of the Year. Regarded as the strongest junior club competition in the world, the AW Green Shield is NSW Premier Cricket’s U/16 competition and forms part of the Club Championship. Many NSW and Australian players have emerged from this competition in the past,…

Huge congratulations to former Stag Matt Parkinson on his selection in the England Test Squad to play 3 Tests in the West Indies. He is an old-school legspinner, who often finds sharp turn and plenty of drift. Parky has played five ODIs and four T20Is for England but is yet to make his Test debut.…

Our Green Shield team was beaten in the Quarter Final by a very strong Manly team last week. Manly scored 3-263 after winning the toss and batting on an excellent deck and moist outfield. This was a big score, however, we had topped 250 in 3 earlier games. The Manly bowling was superb with the quicks…

Friends, supporters and players of Gordon, As our club nears its 120th year, I often reflect on our wonderful history and the many friendships and memories that have been forged on and off the cricket field. As we look ahead our club continues to have a bright future. However we need to recognise that the…

Our Green Shield Team begins their season on Thursday against the Ghosts at Raby Oval. Congratulations to each player on their selection in the squad and to Sid Singh who has been appointed captain for the 2021-22 season. Coaches Nick Miller and Matt Wright have prepared the team and everyone is ready to get on…

Our Third Grade Captain Lachie “Proton” McKenzie made an appearance on The Project on Friday night to talk about Stag club culture. As expected, Borat makes an appearance. Skip through to the final 5 minutes of the program on Friday, November 19 to get straight to the segment.   Click here to watch the episode…

Stags players and supporters have had a huge weekend. On Saturday our First Grade team recovered from a mauling by Sydney Sixers batsman Justin Avendano, who belted 171 runs from just 122 balls to set up the bears for a mammoth total of 364. Taj Brar (117) and Dylan Hunter (139) both scored maiden First…

With all teams on the park this week that also means the start of the Stags Fantasy Comp. Attached is an excel doc to choose your team. Rules and scoring information are on it. Please message me privately your final team on the given excel attachment before this weekend’s games. There will be a $10…

Stags players and supporters are invited to our official season launch on Thursday, November 11 from 7PM at the Great Northern Hotel, Chatswood. Michael Paterson & Yaso McMillan have kindly donated finger food, pizzas & a $400 bar tab (tap beers $4), so come along and help us get this much anticipated season underway. Thanks…

We now have confirmed dates for the start of the season. 1st and 2nd grade will start on Saturday November 6, while 3rds, 4ths and 5ths will start on Saturday November 13. We are yet to have season dates for Metropolitan Cup (Colts). The season format has also been confirmed by the Sydney Cricket Association. 1st…

With NSW starting to come out of lockdown, I wanted to give everyone an update on how the cricket season is looking. None of this is yet locked in and could easily change, especially if government health guidelines change. Season Dates and Format Based on likely dates for reaching the 80% vaccination threshold, we expect…

I wanted to provide everyone with an update on the upcoming cricket season. Due to the Covid lockdown it is unclear exactly when the competition will start,  but we are hopeful it will be sometime in November (most likely late November). With a shortened season the competition is likely to be predominately 1-day fixtures. Once…

To all Gordon Cricket Club players and supporters, By this time of year we would normally be well into pre-season practice and the start of the season just around the corner. But this is no ordinary year as we all cope with what is now an extended lockdown.  I hope everyone is managing the situation…

We are pleased to announce that our new Club President is Michael Cant. Canty has taken over the reins from Geoff Hickman. Moving from Cootamundra to Sydney at the age of 18 to study at Macquarie University, Michael had one season at Northern District before coming to Gordon.  His first grade debut came at the…

Geoff Hickman has stepped down from his role as Club President, a role he served in from 2015-2021, to take on the role of Chair of Selectors for the 2021-22 season. The 1981-82 Second Grade Report said about new recruit Geoff Hickman “…and was displaying the benefits of consistent hard work at training all season…

After joining our coaching staff last season, Elliot Richtor has been appointed head coach, a role which includes the responsibility of first grade match-day coach. Els coached our Poidevin-Gray Shield team last year, leading the team through a very successful season, which culminated in our first PG’s premiership for 45 years. Elliot had a long…

Preparations for the upcoming cricket season are well underway. Pre-season practice has been postponed due to the current lockdown. Players will be notified when training will commence. Training days, times and venues are below. Wednesday 6.00 – 8.00pm Artarmon Reserve Sunday Session 1 10.00am -11.30am (players in grades 4-6 last season and players new to…

The Gordon District Cricket Club congratulates one of its favourite sons on his election to the NSW Cricket Hall of Fame. Brian’s contribution to cricket in Australia goes back many years and he is a most worthy recipient of this honour. Brian joined the Gordon District Cricket Club in the 1955-56 season, travelling up from…

The GDCC Presentation day was held on Sunday 18 April at the Longueville Bowling Club. The day itself was well attended, wonderfully warm and the beers were flowing. Lachie McKenzie was our MC for the day and we heard from Geoff Hickman and Michael Cant amongst the presentation of awards for the past season. The…

Gordon and Parramatta have been declared joint Premiers in the Poidevin Gray Competition for 2020-21. Unfortunately torrential rain saw the abandonment of play in the 1st Reserve Day for the Final and, with more than 120 mL having fallen, the two clubs agreed that there was no prospect of play in the 2nd Reserve Day.…

John Morrison began his long association with Gordon in his primary school days when he often went to Chatswood Oval from his home nearby.  A few years later, as a young teenager, he attended the coaching classes introduced at the Oval in the mid 1940s by Harry Crow and Jack Prowse.  Soon, somewhat unusually for…

UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO OVER 150 RESPONSES THE APPLICATIONS FOR THE GORDON GREEN SHIELD TEAM ARE NOW CLOSED Our A.W. Green Shield team is the traditional pathway for talented young cricketers to join the Club’s playing ranks. As the strongest Under 16 competition in Australia, the A.W. Green Shield competition is a launching pad in higher…

Hearty congratulations to Bryce Cook on his selection in the AW Green Shield Merit team, following most impressive performances for the Stags in the recent Greenies competition. A fast bowler, Bryce bowled with good pace and determination throughout the matches, and greatly assisted the team to a most creditable top four finish. Bryce is the…

After 4 months and 11 rounds of cricket, we are incredibly proud of the progress Gordon Cricket has made both on and off the field this season. Prior to round 1, we were picked to finish in the bottom 2 clubs and were perceived as ‘easy beats’ as we entered a rebuilding phase with a…

Support one of Sydney’s Premier Cricket Clubs – Gordon District Cricket Club – by making a tax-deductible donation and becoming a part of our community donor support group. All donations are tax-deductible and will contribute towards keeping GDCC safe and operational during Covid-19, our development programs and making sure we are in a strong position…

Reminder Announcement Everyone please note the Ingenia competition for Gordon Cricket is under way – and the competition end dates, and prize draw details are on the Ingenia web site. You have a chance to win a $250 Ingenia Holidays Gift Card which can be used at over 20 holiday parks across NSW and QLD – Click…

Max Newman In recent years we have generally had quite successful  weekends against the strong Saints club however with one win in thirds this was one they could argue was a bit of revenge for our past wins. With one round to go before the Christmas break a good round against the UTS bears would…

Dylan Hunter Gordon‘s 1st grade T20 side and their loyal band of barmy supporters were met by a splendid day at what is now commonly known as The Fortress – Chatswood Oval. What many of the supporters would have missed was that the Country vs City warm up football match was again marred by controversy…

The Poidevin Gray team have had an outstanding win on Sunday November 15 2020, keeping Randwick Petersham to 5 for 225 from their 50 0vers on a good Chatswood batting track and then scored the 226 runs needed without losing a wicket. With Randwick Petersham winning the toss and batting the Gordon team started well…

Dave Monaghan With the weather returning to some type of normality, the club had a good day on Saturday 7th November with wins in first to fifth grade and a loss in Colts. The stage was again taken by our first-grade captain Tym Crawford who scored a fantastic 107 off only 83 balls with 9…

Charles Kelleway. The Test cricketer Jim Cattlin and Ronald Cardwell have released a new book called “The Pupil and the Master – Charles Kelleway and Victor Trumper” which is the story of Charles Kelleway, the celebrated, Test, NSW and Gordon grade cricketer and the influence of Victor Trumper working its way through his early years.…

Over the last 21 years, it has been both a pleasure and a chore at times for Michael Falk, Tony Wilson and myself to travel around the various Gordon matches each weekend to either write a story about the match or take photos. I would then match these together, hopefully with photos of the players…

With the 3-6th grade season commencing this week that also means the start of the Stags Fantasy Comp. Attached is an excel doc to choose your team. Rules and scoring information is on it. Please email me (ryantullia@gmail.com) privately your final team on the given excel attachment before this weekends game. There will be a…

First Grade When the Bureau of Meteorology said that the morning should be OK, however the rain will start to come in around midday and be heavy for the rest of the day, everyone was nervous about scoring the 38 runs required for a win. They were right about it starting OK but when the…

Ryan Madison The under 21 Poidevin Gray team has won its first two matches with victories over two of the strongest teams in the competition, Easts and Sydney. Gordon vs Easts – Waverley Oval – Sunday October 11 In the first game Gordon won the toss and decided to bat on a good wicket at…

Quincy Titterton against Easts A century in a T20 match is always a great achievement, but to do it off 54 balls against a strong first grade attack is another level. Tym Crawford showed what a rich vein of form he is in with 101 against Easts at Waverley Oval to set his team for…

Jackson Saggers at Pratten Park First Grade wrap from Mark Newman We arrived at the historic Pratten Park for another encounter with the enigmatic Western Suburbs Cricket Club. It was only the week before that they’d chased down 368 set by UNSW with four of the top five making 50 or more. However, on inspection…

Tym Crawford at Sydney Uni No. 1 The Gordon first and second grade players are a very talented bunch of players and they are showing this with glimpses of good form in the first two rounds. They have great spirit and the wins will come soon. With only two players, Tym Crawford and Max Newman,…

Gordon DCC is pleased to announce we now have our new online clothing store up and running. It is a pre-order for players and supporters to purchase additional gear for the season. Orders will be delivered within 6 to 8 weeks from the cut-off date of October 16. Please note this is for additional gear…

Tym Crawford at Owen Earle After all the planning and uncertainty, the season 2020-21 has started with only first and second grade playing until the lower grades kick off at the end of October. The Kingsgrove Sports T20 competition however will start on along with the Poidevin Gray in a double header at Waverley Oval…

Believe it or not the 2020/21 season starts next weekend with 1st and 2nd grade commencing their seasons with a one-day game against Hawkesbury. We will have a chance to watch 1st and 2nd grade at the same complex, something that very rarely happens. Meanwhile our lower grade players continue training with their season start…

Tym Crawford Our final first grade match of last season was against Fairfield at Chatswood and the team on the day was: Tym Crawford (c ) Axel Cahlin Lachlan Barnsley Steve Colley Nathan Doyle Charlie Stobo Max Newman Scott O’Brien Ryan Meppem Alex Patterson Ashwin Premkumar In addition to that team, Cam Eccles wasn’t available…

In August 2001, I was invited to join the committee of the GDCC, which I duly accepted. When I think of all those meetings over the last 20 years, there was always one constant attendee…Andrew Falk. What is more amazing to me is that he had already been on the committee in some capacity for…

The dates for the start of season have been confirmed. 1st and 2nd grade will start on Saturday September 26, with other grades starting on Saturday October 31. All grades will play a 15 round competition. 3rds, 4ths and 5ths will play more one day games due to the shortened season. The preseason schedule is…

With the 2020/21 season fast approaching it is appropriate that we announce our Club captains for this coming season. With Alex Patterson not playing this season standing down from the role we needed to find a suitable replacement. The club’s executive committee have discussed and agreed to appoint joint club captains for this season being…

In 2018, the Chappell Foundation established its sports stars sleep out to help raise awareness and much needed funds for those who provide refuge, nourishment and a better future for thousands of young Australians without a roof over their heads this winter. Last year our own Trevor Chappell represented the Gordon District Cricket Club and…

To the Gordon Cricket Community, Due to COVID-19 Social Distancing rules restricting the numbers of attendees at gatherings, meetings and functions, this year’s Annual General Meeting will be held via the Zoom Video Conferencing System. The meeting will be held on Monday 27th July, commencing at 6.45pm. – Connection details for this Zoom Meeting are…

Player Application form Season 2021. The cricket season is only around the corner and we would like to welcome all players, whether you are new to the club or a returning player. If you are a new player to the club and would like to play this coming season, please submit your details via the…

Johnny Taylor in 1917 If you want a trivia question that no one is likely to answer, here it is. Who was Don Bradman’s boyhood hero, who played Test Rugby and Test cricket for Australia? The Don had stated many times that the one player he tried to emulate, not just for his batting style…

The next cricket season is fast approaching and I wanted to provide an update on the dates for the season and also the pre-season program. Due to Covid-19 and its impact on the football codes whose season will extend later than usual, there will be some changes to the timing of the upcoming cricket season.…

Thank you to everyone who has followed our 2019-2010 GDCC Awards Presentation. It has been a challenge to keep everything going smoothly and I would like thank Ed Howitt for the time put into producing the videos and keeping the suspense going with the awards. For those who haven’t caught up with each award, below…

Welcome all to the announcement of the Victor Trumper GDCC Player of the Year. The performers in the final two rounds will be described by Ed who will announce the winner. A final story will be published later tonight with a summary of all awards. Happy listening and congratulations to all players

Welcome to the Tenth Instalment of the GDCC awards and the latest update of the Player of the Year award. The update is provided by Ed Howitt and it covers Rounds 10 to 13. As per the announcement by Ed, the leaders of the Player of The Year award are listed below. The announcement of…

Welcome to the ninth instalment of our Awards presentation. This is where we will announce the club awards for the players of the year in each grade. Renaming of Awards: In recent years the club has awarded trophies for the players of the year for each grade. In earlier times it was simply the Bert…

Welcome to the eighth instalment of our Awards presentation. This is where we announce the Merit XI for the season. The Merit X1 is the culmination of the “Team of the round” announced after each round on Instagram. The final team is selected by Ed Howitt. Ed will explain and announce the team and will…

Welcome to the seventh instalment of the GDCC Awards for 2019/2020. It is now time to congratulate another long term player who is retiring (well maybe) from grade cricket. Below is a video interview between Cameron Eccles and Ed Howitt and this is followed by a short tribute to Cam and some statistics. Cameron Eccles…

Welcome to the sixth instalment of our Awards presentation. This is where we announce the following club awards: Ed Howitt (Senior) Clubman of the Year Bert Oldfield Young Clubman of the Year (Sponsored by JP Gavan) The following is an announcement from club president Geoff Hickman Bert Oldfield Bert Oldfield Young Clubman of the Year.…

Welcome everyone to the Fifth Instalment of the GDCC awards. This instalment features Ed Howitt interviewing Steve Colley on the announcement of his retirement from grade cricket. Below is the interview and following that there are some important details about Steve’s career with the club. Also for everyone’s interest tomorrow Geoff Hickman will be announcing…

Welcome to the fourth instalment of our Awards presentation. This is where we continue the build up for the Victor Trumper Player of the Year award. This is a summary of Rounds 6 to 10 provided by Ed Howitt Player of the Year points score after Round 10 Dave Monaghan 11.5 Matt Wright 11 Charlie…

Welcome to the third installment of our Awards presentation. We will be continuing now with three of our longstanding that showcase our best youth performances and our best all round performances for the season. These awards are: Phil Emery award for Green Shield Player of the Year Dick Guy award for Under 21 Player of…

Welcome to the second instalment of our Awards presentation. This is where we start the build up to the Victor Trumper Player of the Year award. This report will list the point scores for the first 5 rounds while Ed Howitt will present the best performances. Ed will also advise the nominations for the following…

Welcome to the GDCC awards presentation for the 2019-2020 season. As we are all aware we are unable to do this award presentation live at a venue, so we are doing the next best thing. We are going virtual. In this first section we will start with an announcement by Ed Howitt summarising the awards.…

Over a period of 10 days starting on May 8, we will be presenting the awards for the 2019-20 season. This year due to the extraordinary circumstances we find ourselves we will be running the awards virtually. This is how it will work. Ed Howitt will announce nominations for each trophy via a zoom recording…

Graeme Watson has died in Bowral on 24th April. He had retired to Bowral a few years ago but continued to provide advice in writing and in detail to the Highlands District Cricket Association. A tribute will be written by Rodney Cavalier in the coming days. Graeme played for Gordon over three seasons from 1976…

Cedric Pike in 1941 We have found our 10th GDCC player to die in the Second World War and he was right in front of our eyes. The Gordon District Cricket Club honour board for those who served and died in World War 2 includes the names of the 9 players who made the ultimate…

The GDCC is happy to support our sponsors at any time. Adam Elbourne from Elbourne wines helped our golf day charity event and we would like to pass on Adam’s offer for his highly sought after wines at a special discount price. The offer here is extended past Easter and all you need do is…

In the writing of my book “A Cricket Club at War”, many of the facts of the war were provided by Gordon cricketer Clifford Mervyn Geddes. The main reason for this was that Cliff kept a record of events in his diary which is available to download from the State Library. Go to: http://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110364615 Cliff’s…

All Gordon Players and Supporters, The Club is proud to announce that we have won the Spirit of Cricket Award for NSW Premier Cricket for the 2019-20 Cricket Season. The NSW Premier Cricket website explains: “Cricket is a game that owes much of its unique appeal to the fact that it should be played not…

Gordon completed four wins in their five games against Northern District – a top effort – with a number of excellent team and individual performances. Charlie Stobo and Lachlan Barnsley excelled in First Grade, Rahul Krishna and the bowlers were great in Thirds, Conor Clift stole the show in Fourths, while Nick Russo and Felix…

Each season the Gordon District Cricket Club participate in the Toyota Good for Cricket Raffle. This is a great initiative through Cricket Australia where all of the proceeds for tickets purchased on the GDCC Toyota page goes to Gordon Cricket. There are 12 prizes in all with the first three being Toyota cars. A Toyota…

The following teams have been announced for the matches this weekend against Parramatta (Saturday January 25 and Sunday January 26 for first grade). Colts are also on Sunday. First Grade 1st Grade vs Parramatta at Chatswood Oval. 10.30am Saturday 25th January and 10.30am Sunday 26th January A.Cahlin R.Tullia S.Colley L.Barnsley T.Crawford (c) N.Doyle C.Stobo G.Winsor…

Here is your opportunity to either play golf with your mates at the re-designed Killara Golf Club or just attend the dinner and be entertained by Damian Fleming. The golf day is on Thursday March 5 and bookings can now be made via the following link: https://www.trybooking.com/BHHYS It is hard to imaging this prestigious event…

If you haven’t seen the movie 1917, it is worth doing so, even if you wait till someone like Foxtel or Netflix show it on your TV. The movie is engrossing and extremely well shot with some of the most lifelike scenes ever shown of the First World War. Without giving the ending away, two…

Only 1st and 2nd Grades got a start on Saturday, but it’s hard to be really angry about the rain after such terribly dry conditions over the past few months. Nevertheless, two of our closest friends, Messrs Duckworth and Lewis had a busy time in both games. In 1st Grade, Wests’ aggressive batting before the…

Better late than never, the Gordon District Cricket Club would like to congratulate Nathan Doyle for his selection as the Bradman Scholar of 2019. The Bradman Scholarship is awarded to a cricketer who studies at university and involves financial assistance for 3 years, until the conclusion of their degree. Nathan has just finished his second…

It isn’t often a match is transferred because of storm damage, but that is the case this weekend when our third grade side moves its match to Grahame Thomas Oval in Bankstown. Fortunately, the infrastructure wasn’t damaged except for sections of our new picket fence that will need replacing. The damage as shown by the…

First and Second Grades completed excellent wins. In Firsts, Charlie Stobo’s opening spell was fantastic and set the tone for a bonus point win, aided by a great opening stand by Axel Cahlin and Lachlan Barnsley. The highlight of the Seconds’ big win was a wonderful hat trick by Matt Wright, followed by a top…

Quite a solid round for the Stags. First Grade got back into the winners’ circle while 4ths, 5ths and Colts also got the points. 2nds needed a few more runs and 3rds couldn’t capitalise on a good start. The innings of the week came from Axel Cahlin, whose century in 1st Grade ensured their win.…

I have been dreading writing this tribute to Harry Evans after he announced his retirement last Saturday from playing with the Gordon District Cricket Club. Dreading it really only because I could no longer sit at Chatswood Oval and watch one of the best batsmen to ever play on our sacred ground. That�s is a…

A good weekend for the Stags as Seconds to Colts all have strong wins, including two outrights. First Grade couldn’t quite make the vital breakthroughs in their game, but the lower grades performed very well. Second Grade and Fifth Grade both completed outright victories on the back of good bowling and excellent run chases by…

A good day’s work by most teams. Unlike last week, in most games the ball dominated the bat with Jackson Saggers (2nds), Dan Stickland (3rds) and Dave Monaghan (5ths) all taking five wickets. The highlight of the day though, was undoubtedly in 4th Grade. At 6-45, you’re probably not thinking you’ll be able to declare…

“It’s a Batsman’s Game!” the bowlers shout. Well, from the looks of the weekend, just around now they may have a point. Lots of runs while wickets were certainly hard to come by. A satisfactory day for the Stags, with three wins, two draws and a loss. Some great scores, particularly from Jamie Bekis (165*)…

After 15 years of looking at the Gordon District Cricket Club website we now have a new look. The Adobe business analyst platform that hosted our site has been discontinuing as a service. The site has many features which you can find through an easy navigation. As you have already noticed the web address www.gordoncricket.com…

This was an absolutely outstanding win with a bonus point and followed on from our big victory last week against the strong Manly side. We are now outright leaders in the Sixers conference. Our bowling again today was excellent and I must admit I am totally biased, however how good is it to again witness…

The Charlie Macartney Scoreboard – October 15, 1938 The scoreboard in the south-eastern corner of Chatswood Oval, was erected by Willoughby Council in 1938 only a few years after Charlie Macartney retired.  A plaque with the following inscription is attached to the front of it. THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN RECOGNITION OF THE OUTSTANDING RECORD…

The club has announced the captains for first to fifth grade with the Colts skipper to be announced soon. It is pleasing to have a group of both fine cricketers and great club men who will continue to install the values of our club. First Grade Harry Evans will captain first grade, however is only…

On Monday, August 5, The Chappell Foundation (www.thechappellfoundation.com.au) are hosting the annual Sports Star Sleepout at the Sydney Cricket Ground from 6pm to 7am to raise funds to assist NGOs and charities which are at the coalface in combating youth homelessness in Australia. This event has been scheduled at the start of ‘Homelessness Week 2019’…

Notice is hereby given to the Gordon Cricket Community that 114th Annual General Meeting of the Gordon District Cricket Club Inc will be held on Monday 22nd July, 2018, at Killara Golf Club, 556 Pacific Hwy, Killara, 2071.The meeting will commence at 6.45pm. This is a good opportunity to catch up during the off-season and to find…

The auction at the GDCC Charity Golf Day and Dinner is an important part of our fundraising efforts. This year we have a range of items that we are going to sell as a silent auction only. This way you can make a bid in advance. Simply download the file from here. GDCC Auction items.…