What was the best spinner you played against?ĭifficult question to answer but I recall really struggling against UNSW spin twins Paddy Grattan- Smith and Mark Ray. Probably the quickest bowler I played against was Steve Bernard. Facing him made me realize I was at best a mediocre 1st grade player. Honourable mentions to Andrew Jones from Balmain and Tim Curran from St George, who left me battered and bruised one day at Chatswood Oval on a wet wicket. Who was the quickest bowler you played against? The best spinner was undoubtedly leg spinner John Todd. He had two wrong- uns, one I could easily pick and one I couldn’t. I remember one day playing Western Suburbs and Bob Simpson was playing for them. I worked out how to pick this well disguised wrong-un by watching Simmo’s feet!! The quickest bowler for Gordon that I kept to was probably Craig Peifer.
No, Brian Taber finished the year before due to an eye injury and Bob Thomas kept in 1974/75. Thomas played as a batsman only in 1975/76 and I kept wicket for most of that season. How old were you when you made your first grade debut?Īre we correct in saying you took over the wicket keeping gloves from Brian Taber?
I was eighteen when I first played grade cricket, Gordon 5th grade.
How old were you when you first played grade cricket? I played in Sydney for Gordon, two clubs in the Netherlands and whilst in England, for Sheffield United in the Yorkshire League and Steetley in the Bassetlaw League in Derbyshire, when I had an indoor cricket centre over there. My first ever game of competitive cricket would have been for the primary school 1st XI, bowling donkey drops non-spinning off breaks. I would have been eleven. Cannot remember how I went, but I couldn’t have been that successful as the spin bowling career had finished a year later.Īll my cricket before grade, was at school. We had a very good 1st IX in my final year at senior school, with eight of the team going on to play 1st grade cricket with various clubs around Sydney. Our coach was Neville Emery (Phil Emery’s dad). Let’s find out more about Jim’s cricketing journeyĭo you remember your first ever game of cricket? Firstly playing Grade cricket for Gordon and then coaching overseas before turning his hand to umpiring where he had a long and distinguished career. Jim Cameron has had a long association with cricket in Sydney. NSW Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association | February 21, 2023
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