'Tibby' Cotter – Part 1 and 2 – Max Bonnell The Golden Age of Cricket Podcast

August 24, 2023

If cricket fans know one thing about Albert 'Tibby' Cotter, it's likely to be that he was the only Australian Test cricketer to have died in combat during the First World War. But as his biographer Max Bonnell explains, there was much more to the life and career of the Australian fast bowler. In Part 1, Max details Tibby's early life, his rise to international fame, his habit of bowling short-pitched deliveries to the English, and his rather unorthodox bowling action.

ABOUT MAX BONNELL:

Max is a lawyer and writer from Sydney. He has published around 20 books on sports history and legal topics. He played grade cricket for about 20 years for Western Suburbs and Sydney University, plus a season in the Birmingham League. Max is a life member of the Sydney University Cricket Club and the Sydney Cricket Association. In 2012, Max co-authored (with Andrew Sproul) a biography on today's subject, titled: Tibby Cotter: Fast Bowler, Larrikin, Anzac.

Part 1: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-golden-age-of-cricket-podcast/id1667094534?i=1000625226438

Part 2: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-golden-age-of-cricket-podcast/id1667094534

The Cotter family home , called ‘Monteith’ , on Glebe Point Rd.

CREDITS:

Presenter & Producer: Tom Ford

All music used in podcast comes from the University of California Santa Barbara's remarkable collection of wax cylinder's from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which are free to download and use. You can donate to the upkeep of these recordings via their website [https://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/].

RIP - ROBERT BRUCE HILLIAR

August 24, 2023

ROBERT BRUCE (known as Bruce) HILLIAR

Died on 3 August 2023, aged 70.

Bruce was educated at Scots College and then studied Dentistry at Sydney University when he played for SUCC, as a middle-order batsman and leg spin bowler, mainly in 2nd and 3rd Grades. His father also played for SUCC and was awarded his Blue for cricket.

The Club’s deepest sympathies are extended to Bruce’s wife, Fiona, and to their children and grand children.

JFR

Another final for Hayden Kerr

August 22, 2023

Hayden Kerr’s first season in Sri Lanka’s Lanka Premier League was a successful one, as he helped steer his team, the Dambulla Aura, to the final of the T20 competition.

In his nine LPL matches, Hayden scored 83 runs at an average of 27.66 and took 9 wickets at an average of 26. Perhaps his greatest impact came in the Qualifying Final, when he helped to restrict Galle Titans to a total of 146, taking 3-18 and holding three catches. Dambulla Aura played a hard-fought final, losing to B-Love Kandy on the fifth ball of the final over of the match.

SUCC congratulates Graham Reed

August 22, 2023

Graham Reed, SUCC First Grade cap 402, has been elected a Life Member of the Sydney Cricket Association.

Mr Reed was an important member of the Sydney University sides of the 1950s, batting consistently and scoring a First Grade century against Balmain in November 1955. He was awarded a Blue in 1954. After he had finished playing Grade cricket, he turned out regularly for I Zingari, but also began to umpire in 1964. He umpired over 160 Grade matches, and stood in 13 first-class matches between 1988 and 1992, including tour matches involving Sri Lanka and India. He also stood in three One Day Domestic Cup matches including a semi-final of the McDonald’s Cup between New South Wales and Victoria at the SCG in 1988. Graham officiated in women’s Test matches, Australia v India in 1991 and Australia v England in 1992 and also in Under 19 Test matches, Australia v West Indies in 1988 and Australia v England in 1990. More recently, he has given invaluable service to the Umpires’ Association by acting as an umpiring mentor.

This is an extraordinary record of service to the game, which was also acknowledged when Mr Reed was awarded the OAM earlier this year. The Club extends its sincere congratulations to Graham.

Graham Reed becomes the sixth SUCC member to be awarded Life Membership of the SCA, joining the late Mick O’Sullivan, James Rodgers, Greg Mail, Ian Moran and Max Bonnell.

The PG's sides of the Mid 1980's

August 21, 2023

SUCC Poidevin Gray runners up 1986-87.

Back row: Trevor Howard, Simon Hennessy, Gary Lennon, Phil Towzell, Duncan McLennan, Misha Charrett, David McCredie, Jeff Dight, Jock Campbell, Kerry O’Keeffe (coach)

Front row: David Hamblin, Brian Tugwell, Richard Lange, David Kearney, Geoff Lovell (captain), John Gavagna, James Rodgers (SUCC Patron).

The PGs sides of the mid 1980s, runners up, with their coach, Kerry O’Keeffe, gathered at the Hero of Waterloo in The Rocks last Saturday evening.

In Kerry O'Keeffe's report on the side, he highlighted the team’s success.

“No champions. Just a bunch of blokes who discovered how to win when they were going to win and how to win when they were going to lose.”

“Nobody built this side. It built itself. It blended courage and character.”

“The leading wicket-taker (Oldham 15 @ 17) began his season bowling in sandshoes for the Vets at Parramatta Psychiatric Centre. The leading run-getter (Hurst 198 @ 49.5) drifted through the gates off Parramatta Rd looking for a game.”

Results:

SUCC 8-196 beat Hawkesbury 195. Lovell made 37 (“All the captain’s innings are pleasant. Too many are not long enough.”

SUCC 5-178 beat Parramatta 175. (“Half the team were late arriving. Our opening bat arrived 40 minutes after play began.”

SUCC 5-225 beat Fairfield 211.

SUCC v Penrith. Washed Out.

SUCC 5-160 beat Campbelltown 111.

FINAL v Mosman at Manly Oval.

SUCC

Collins 34

Lovell 16

Hurst 16

Hamblin 11

Lennon 33

McLennan 35

Charrett 0

Kearney 8no

Oldham 0no

7-175 off 57 overs

Rowell 1-32

Toms 0-16

Pringle 4-81

Robertson 1-29

MOSMAN

Gallian 33

Deller 8

Pringle 41

Bruesch 23

Stepto 27

Clune 3 no

Skinner 11no

6-177 off 54.5 overs

Oldham 1-40

Charrett 1-75

Lennon 1-50

3 runouts.

Board Nominations for the AGM 3rd August 2023

July 27, 2023

The following nominations have been received for positions on the Board of the Sydney University Cricket Club for the Annual General meeting to be held at 6.30pm on the 3rd August 2023 in the Tag Family Foundation Grandstand B23 Regimental Drive in the Function Room 1 at the University of Sydney.