Since 1965

This Week In History - 20 November

14 November 1988

John Dyson scored 100no in the second innings of the tour match vs West Indies at the SCG.

14 November 1992

Tim Brennan scored 201no in 4th Grade vs Campbelltown at Raby Oval No.2 – the club record score for 4ths. He shared a partnership of 234 for the 5th wicket with Gavin Kenny, still the club’s highest partnership for the 5th wicket in all grades and the highest partnership for any wicket in 4ths.

14 November 2009

David Murphy scored 215 in 2nd Grade vs Campbelltown-Camden at Glenn McGrath Oval. He shared a partnership of 284 for the 3rd wicket with Scott Pickering (who made 121) – the record partnership for any wicket in all grades for the club at the time.

15 November 2014

Nathan Fitzgerald took 9-102 in 1st Grade vs Sydney at Glenn McGrath Oval, before a large crowd of former players in attendance for the Player Reunion Day in the club’s 50th season.

16 November 2007

Phil Jaques scored 152 in the first innings of the 2nd Test vs Sri Lanka at Bellerive.

16 November 2015

Steve Smith scored 138 in the second innings of the 2nd Test vs New Zealand at the WACA.

19 November 1983

Merv Black took 7-50 in 3rd Grade vs Macquarie University at Sutherland Oval – off 37 unchanged overs!

20 November 1995

Glenn McGrath took 5-61 off 25 overs in the second innings of the 2nd Test vs Pakistan at the WACA.

20 November 2005

Steve Smith made his 1st Grade Limited Overs debut vs Parramatta at Old Kings Oval (scoring 91, including his first 6 in any form of cricket).

1st Grade Debuts:

15 November1980: Ian Moore; 2003: Mark Powell; 2008: Chad Gilmour

16 November1991: Trent Woodhill

18 November1967: Graeme Stone; 2007: Joel Burnett

19 November1994: Daniel McLauchlan; 2005: Steve Smith; 2016: Jake Wilson

20 November 1971: Alan Manzie