Sydney Cricket Club "Take to the Turf"

The Sydney Cricket Club broke new ground last Saturday with its “Take to the Turf” day at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Sydney Cricket Club Takes To The Turf

In a first for the Club it will be holding its “Take to the Turf” Open Day at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday 30 August

  

First Grade Finalists

Welcome to the site of the Sydney Cricket Club – an exciting new development in Sydney Grade cricket.

The Club, previously known as UTS-Balmain Cricket Club took a new direction in 2007/08 and joined with The Sydney Cricket Ground Trust as  a partnership to form the Sydney Cricket Club.

The Club is now a reality and playing under its new banner in the Sydney Cricket Association’s Grade Competition.

Sydney cricket has never had a Club with the structure and objectives of the new Club. It has been founded on similar lines to the Marylebone and Melbourne Cricket Clubs. While the Club does not have the lengthy and august history of those Clubs it is anticipated that, in time, the Club will be held in the same high esteem as those famous and prestigious Clubs.

 

The Sydney Cricket Club will provide cricketers, coaches and administrators:-

 

  • A foundation on which to attain NSW and Australian selection

 

  • The opportunity to play the game for its sheer enjoyment

 

  • The opportunity to contribute to the development of the game both domestically and internationally.

Of course the Balmain Cricket Club, from which this new venture has sprung has a long and proud tradition in Sydney cricket. One hundred and ten years in fact.

The original Balmain Electorate Club first participated in 1897 with its headquarters at Birchgrove Oval. In 1900 that Club joined with Leichhardt to form the Balmain-Leichhardt Club, another 4 years passed before the Club adopted the name of the Balmain District Cricket Club. In 2001-02 the Club entered into a partnership with the University of Technology and became known as UTS-Balmain Cricket Club.

The club moved to Drummoyne Oval in 1946 and that ground has been its major ground since that time.  Probably the most famous Balmain players are Archie Jackson and Arthur Mailey but the list of international and state players with Balmain at one time is star studded.

 

Syd CC XI

 

Now the new venture is away and running in the form of the Sydney Cricket Club.  The name may be different but the tradition continues. The famous Black and Gold colours and the Tigers logo have been synonymous with the district for many years and they remain part of the new Club’s identity...

 

 

Daryl Chappelow

General Manager