This Week In History - 8 Nov

2 November 1985

Steve Woodley took 8-25 in 5th Grade vs Penrith at Tonkin Oval.

5 November 1966

Gordon Scott took 5-37 & 6-9 in “B” Shires vs Bexley at Tonkin Oval – match figures of 11-46 in one day.

5 November 2006

Stuart Clark took 6-39 off 21 overs in the second innings of the Sheffield Shield match vs Soth Australia at Adelaide Oval.

5 November 2011

Nic Maddinson scored 225 in 1st Grade vs Penrith at Glenn McGrath Oval – the club’s highest score in any grade at GMO. He shared a third wicket partnership of 219 with Steve Cush, who scored 84 – still the 1st Grade record partnership for the 3rd wicket.

7 November 1987

David Givney scored 162 in 2nd Grade vs Balmain at Drummoyne Oval – the 2nd Grade record score at the time.

7 November 1977

John Dyson scored 102 in the second innings of the Sheffield Shield match vs Western Australia at the WACA.

7 November 2011

Steve Smith scored 106 in the first innings of the Sheffield Shield match vs South Australia at Bankstown Oval.

7 November 2013

Steve Smith scored 107 in the first innings of the Sheffield Shield match vs Victoria at the MCG.

7 November 2017

Steve Smith scored 127 in the second innings of the Sheffield Shield match vs Western Australia at Hurstville Oval.

8 November 1981

John Dyson scored 108 in the first innings of the Sheffield Shield match vs South Australia at Adelaide Oval

8 November 2007

Phil Jaques scored 100 in the first innings of the 1st Test vs Sri Lanka at the Gabba, his maiden Test century.

8 November 2017

Daniel Fallins made his first class debut for a Cricket Australia XI vs England at Adelaide Oval, taking 5-73 & 1-50.

1st Grade Debuts:

2 November – 1985: David Simpson; 1997: Scott Manning; 2019: James Arnold

3 November – 1968: Phil Atkins; 1984: Steve Funnell; 1985: Rohan Shawl; 1990: Shane Duff; 2001: Luke Dudman; 2013: Adam Whatley

4 November – 2012: Grant Davies

5 November – 1968: Barry Pratt; 1983: George Gazy

6 November – 1965: Stuart Toolin; 2021: Andrew Deitz

7 November – 1971: Ian Napper; 2004: James Benning, Shane Wallace

8 November – 1969: Robert Thomas