Strathdale-Maristians Cricket Club has a long history of our players representing the League, Melbourne Premier Cricket teams, the State and even our Country. The lists below represent all the players who have shone with Higher Honours.
 
 

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The Strathdale-Maristians Cricket Club (SMCC) has a long and proud history of it’s players representing the Bendigo District Cricket Association (BDCA) at the annual Melbourne Country Week (MCW) competition. 

Below are the career stats of the 39 SMCC players who have represented the BDCA at MCW since our clubs formation.

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VCCL Hall of Fame (Instigated 2022/23)

 Number (#)
Name
Year
 1  Linton Jacobs  2022/23
 2  John Hewitt  2022/23

 

VCCL – R.F. Merriman Service Medal – For the meritorious contributions to the conduct of VCCL programs and competitions (instigated in 2000)

 Number (#)
Name
Year
 1  John Hewitt  2012

 

 

SMCC Players Representing Bendigo at Melbourne Country Week - Player Stats 1952 - 2023

# Name MCW Career Span* Games Runs Innings NO Ave 50's 100's HS Wkts Runs Ave 5WI BB C S

1

Crawford, Kevin 1960 - 1971 32 592 33 1 18.5   4   61   1 2 2    1/2  
2 Foley, Kevin 1960 - 1962 2 7 1 1        7*              
3 McGregor, Ian 1960 - 1964 5 33 4 2 16.5      14 21 149 7.1 3 7/6    
4 Bourke, Terry 1964/65 5 13 2 2       13* 11 161 14.64   4/36 5  
5 Higgins, Shane 1964 - 70 15 285 15 2 21.92 3   63* 12 177 14.75   2/9 6  
6 McFarlane, Frank 1966/67 4 9 4 2 4.5     6 5 147 29.4   4/41    
7 Southby, Geoff 1968 - 1972 5 162 6   27     49 1 24 24   1/12 3  
8 Sheehan, Kevin 1969 - 1972 10 170 10 1 18.89 1   52* 1 15 15   1/15 3  
9 Gibson, Mick 1973 - 1981 28 311 25 7 17.28 1   73 3 106 35.33   1/19 24 5
10 Norton, Les 1975/76 2 8 1   8     8 6 43 17.7 1 5/24 1  
11 O'Connor, Kevin 1976/77 5 117 5   23.4     43              
12 Barker, Geoff 1977 - 1979  7 130 7 3  32.5      37            1  
13 Findlay, Barry 1981 - 1989 20 391 23 6 23 1   64            9  
14 O'Brien, Greg 1981 - 1998  41 793 39 8 25.58 5 1 128 49 842 17.18 1 6/71 13  
15 Tippett, Barry 1983 - 1989  14 238 15 2 18.31     42 28 514 18.36 1 6/53 7  
16 Neylon, John 1984 - 2001 38 611 38 2 16.97 4   64 41 955 23.29 1 5/33 16  
17 Jubber, Paul 1994/95 4 33 2 2       28* 3 113 37.67   2/38    
18 Crawford, Nicholas 2000 - 2010 19 274 17 3 19.57 1   58* 27 467 17.3 2 5/5 5  
19 Price, Andrew 1989 - 2003 14 212 13 1 17.67 1   89 18 376 20.89   4/38 4  
20 DeAraugo, Ben***  2003 - 2020 60 677 47 15 21.15 2   66* 63 1306 20.73 2 5/14 18  
21 Jacobs, Linton 2003 - 2018 41 438 37 7 14.60 1   73 2 17 8.5   2/17 60 6
22 Polglase, Hayden* 2004 - 2008 17 329 16 3 25.31 1 1 100* 2 27 13.5   1/7 6  
23 Howard, Craig* 2006/07 4 23 3   7.67     15 7 124 17.71 1 5/49 1  
24 O'Shea, Brad 2007 - 2009 7 358 7   51.14 1 1 201 4 183 45.75   1/7 3  
25 Taylor, Dominic 2007 - 2012 8 204 8 1 29.14 1   56 5 206 41.2   2/31 1  
26 Chalkley, Andrew 2011 - 2019 6 127 6   21.16 1   72              
27 Davidson, Jonathon 2011/12 3 54 4   13.5     21              
28 Taylor, Cameron 2011 - 2016 21 788 24 5 41.47 3 3 120* 32 639 19.97   3/4 7  
29 King, Travis 2013/14 4 61 4   15.25     36           3  
30 Pappin, Adrian 2013 - 2017  12 205 15 1 14.64     29* 2 20 10   2/18 6  
31 Johnston, Sam* 2011 - 2020 23 563 21 5 35.18 1   61* 25 428 17.12 6/24 2  
32 Hicks, Jayden 2015/16 4 68 5   13.6     32 1 44 44   1/8 5  
 33  Neylon, Jack*  2018 - 2020 7 362 6   60.33 3 1 100           1  
34 Waldron, Grant* 2019 - 2023 7 140 6 1 28 1   87*           3  
35 Clohesy, Daniel 2022/23 114  4   28.5     40              
36 Pysing, Jack 2022/23 4               125 41.67   2/47    
37 Vlaeminck, James 2022/23  3 2   1.5     2 9 -   0/9  
38 Wilkinson, Matt 2022/23 4 90  4 2 45   50*           2
39 Barri, James 2022/23  32 3   10.67     17 81 81   1/13    

* Players listed have played at least one concurrent season of SMCC and MCW, however, MCW Career Span and stats consist of the players entire MCW career - regardless of how long they represented SMCC.

* Denotes Provincial group premierships whilst representing SMCC the same season.

Stats compiled and provided by Darren Rodda. 

 

vicpremiercricketThe Strathdale-Maristians Cricket club is proud to have had 13 of it's players graduate from it's junior program to go on to play First XI cricket in the Victorian Premier Cricket Competition (VPCC).

Some notable achievements/performances are:

  • Mark Sheehan being a member of the Footscray CC's inaugural First XI Premiership in 1979/80,
  • Tim Edwards combining with Brad Hodge to put on a 75 run last wicket partnership in 2002/03,
  • Trent McCormick being a part of a 358 run opening partnership - himself making an unbeaten 185 in 2011/12 and
  • Andrew Chalkley making a century (116) on debut in 2012/13.

 

SMCC players who have graduated from the club's junior program to play First XI cricket in the VPCC - 1952 - 2020. 

#

Name

Career Span

Club

Player #

Games

1 SHEEHAN, Mark 1979 -1987 Footscray 143 35
2  FINDLAY, Barry 1986 - 1990 Footscray  168  18
3  O'SHEA, Bradley 1993 - 1997   Carlton 566  27
    1997 - 2005 Richmond  515 78
4  JUBBER, Paul 1996 - 2003 Melbourne 27
5 NIHILL, Damien  1997 - 2005  Richmond 514 79
6 BAKER, Nicholas  1998 - 2001  Northcote 396  11
7 McBURNEY, Ian  1998 - 2000 North Melbourne  530 13
8  TAYLOR, Dominic 2000/01  Richmond 522 1
9  EDWARDS, Tim 2001- 2003   Melbourne 11
10 TAYLOR, Cameron  2006 - 2009  Richmond 560 25
11  McCORMICK, Trent 2009 - 2016 Carlton 651 59
12 CHALKLEY, Andrew  2012 - 2018 Richmond 591 74
13 VLAEMINCK, Tayla  2012 - 2019 Plenty Valley 312  26

* Denotes Melbourne Cricket Club do not have player numbers due to the lack of formal records in its formative years dating back to 1838. 

 

vcclThe Strathdale-Maristians Cricket club is proud to have had 20 players go on to represent their state or their country. Below is a list of senior players who have concurrently played with SMCC and represented at state/country level as well as players who have come through our junior program and had been selected for higher honours.

The below listing highlights our two Australian representatives:

  • Nick Baker representing Australia U/15 side in 1995/96.
  • Tayla Vlaeminck making her Australian International debut in the ODI format in 2018 (cap #140), followed by her test debut in 2019 (cap #176). 

#

Name

Season

Representative Side

1 CRAWFORD, Kevin 1962/63 Victorian Country v England
2  FINDLAY, Barry 1981/82 Victorian Country U/19 National Championships
3  TIPPETT, Barry 1987/88  Victorian Country v Sri Lanka
4 O'SHEA, Brad  1992 - 1994 Victorian U/17 - U/19 
5  CRAWFORD, Nicholas 1992/93 Victoria U/17
6 BAKER, Nick 1995/96 Australia U/15
    1995 - 97 Victoria U/17
7 TAYLOR, Dominic  1996/97 Victorian Primary School 
8  McCORMICK, Blair 1998 Victorian Primary School
9 O'MEARA, Matthew 1998 Victorian Primary School 
10 McCORMICK, Trent 2000 Victorian Primary School 
    2004 Victoria U/15
11 HOLMES, Blair  2001 Victorian Primary School
12 DeARAUGO, Ben  2002/03 Victorian Country U/23
     2008/09 Victorian Country (National Championships) 
 13 VLAEMINCK, Tayla   2013 - 16 Victoria U/15 - U/18 
     2017 - Victoria WNCL 
     2018 - Australian Womens National Team
14 KING, Travis 2013/14 Victorian Country (National Championships) 
15 TAYLOR, Cameron  2013 - 23 Victorian Country (National Championships)
16 JACOBS, Linton 2013/14 Victorian Country (National Championships)
17 VLAEMINCK, James  2015/16 Victorian Country U/15
    2018/19 Victorian Country U/19 
18 NEYLON, Jack 2017 - 2019 Victorian Country U/21
19 PYSING, Jack 2021/22 Victorian Country U/17
20 REAPER, Brodie 2022/23 Victorian Country U/17