The First Graders

The First 1st Grade team

Randwick Petersham Cricket fielded its first 1st Grade team on 29 September 2001 just three months after Randwick and Petersham-Marrickville, two clubs with a century of tradition behind them, merged to form Sydney’s newest Grade Cricket Club. With the merger forcing a bye in the then 19 team 2001-02 competition, Randwick Petersham was permitted to take the bye in round one as part of its “settling”

The first team comprised eight players from the former Randwick club and three from Petersham-Marrickville. While both of the former clubs’ captains, Andrew Millican and Graham Doig were in the side, Paul Toole from Randwick was selected to be the captain of the new team.

The match was against University of New South Wales at Petersham Oval and resulted in a win to University 180 runs to 270. However, Randwick Petersham won the next 11 games on the first innings earning a place in the top six teams to contest the finals series. And while the team was eliminated in the qualifying final it completed a most successful first season.

It was determined that each player selected to participate in Randwick Petersham’s 1st Grade team would be presented with a baggy green club cap and would become a “capped player”. A sequential number would also be allotted which would be displayed on a playing shirt. While captain Paul Toole was given the prestigious no.1, other players in the first team were allotted numbers in batting order. Since that time however, numbers have been allotted in order of a player’s selection and where two or more make their 1st Grade debut in the same match the allocation is made in surname alphabetical order.

In its first 10 years 76 cricketers played 1st Grade for Randwick Petersham and at a glittering 10th Anniversary Dinner a Team of the Decade was announced comprising the following: Richard Chee Quee, Usman Khawaja, Simon Katich, Paul Toole, Matthew Mott, Nathan Hauritz, Daryl Parmenter, Scott Coyte, Andrew Warren, Jon Lewis, Burt Cockley and Scott Obey.

A brief biography of each player to the end of 2016-17 has now been completed by the Randwick Petersham Club Historian Lyall Gardner and can now be viewed by clicking on the players name below. The biographies of current players will be updated at the conclusion of each season.

For any comment or additional information please contact Lyall Gardner on lyallg@optusnet.com.au

No.	Player	Year
1	Paul Toole	2001-02
2	Daryl Parmenter	2001-02
3	Ian Barter	2001-02
4	Richard Chee Quee	2001-02
5	Graham Doig	2001-02
6	Andrew Millican	2001-02
7	Paul Staunton	2001-02
8	Grant Parmenter	2001-02
9	Adam Warren	2001-02
10	Andrew Harrison	2001-02
11	James LeHuray	2001-02
12	Matthew Parker	2001-02
13	John Moffatt	2001-02
14	Brett Hunter	2001-02
15	Scott Obey	2001-02
16	David Mitchell	2001-02
17	Matthew Cassar	2002-03
18	Joseph Hill	2002-03
19	Simon Katich	2002-03
20	Robert Smith	2002-03
21	Darren Wotherspoon	2002-03
22	Chris Benjamin	2002-03
23	Richard Phillips	2002-03
24	Jeff Hemming	2002-03
25	Peter Bayley	2002-03
26	Matthew Banes	2002-03
27	Glenn Farquharson	2002-03
28	Tim Lloyd	2003-04
29	Nathan Rosser	2003-04
30	Jonathan Lewis	2003-04
31	Rodney Stafford	2003-04
32	Usman Khawaja	2003-04
33	Geoff Hodgkinson	2003-04
34	Eddie Otto	2003-04
35	Neil Cohen	2003-04
36	Aaron Hildred	2003-04
37	Matthew Mott	2004-05
38	James Byrne	2004-05
39	Paul Horton	2004-05
40	Nigil Singh	2004-05
41	Melvin Singh	2004-05
42	Matthew Taylor	2004-05
43	Jamie Boettiger	2005-06
44	Michael Watson	2005-06
45	Jade Dernbach	2005-06
46	Paul Greentree	2005-06
47	Chris Whelan	2005-06
48	Arun Harinath	2005-06
49	Shawn Flegler	2006-07
50	Nathan Hauritz	2006-07
51	Jordan Magro	2006-07
52	Adam Semple	2006-07
53	Tim Laws	2006-07
54	Glen Whichello	2006-07
55	Lance Kahler	2006-07
56	Peter Alevizos	2006-07
57	Burt Cockley	2007-08
58	Brett Jackson	2007-08
59	John McLoughlin	2007-08
60	Ash Doolan	2007-08
61	Shane Pargeter	2007-08
62	William Passas	2008-09
63	Steve Bidwell-Brown	2008-09
64	Brenton Barker	2008-09
65	Scott Coyte	2009-10
66	Matthew Frith	2009-10
67	Nathan Price	2009-10
68	Damian Wall	2009-10
69	Peter Cross	2009-10
70	Robert Wilson	2009-10
71	Robert Close	2009-10
72	Adam Coyte	2010-11
73	Jake Wilson	2010-11
74	Alex Graham	2010-11
75	Nick Warren	2010-11
76	Anthony Sams	2010-11
77	Tom Johnson	2011-12
78	Monty Panesar	2011-12
79	Nicholas Stapleton	2011-12
80	Cameron Borgas	2012-13
81	Soumil Chhibber	2012-13
82	Brandon McLean	2012-13
83	Daniel Sams	2012-13
84	Shaun Eaton	2012-13
85	Jake_Scicluna	2012-13
86	Jarryd Biviano	2012-13
87	Andrew Williams	2012-13
88	Ben Marciante	2012-13
89	Shayne Smith	2012-13
90	David Warner	2013-14
91	Nathan Ellis	2013-14
92	Rory Burns	2013-14
93	Alex Sciascia	2013-14
94	Rish Shah	2013-14
95	Tom-Jagot	2014-15
96	Ryan_Higgins	2014-15
97	Sam_Doggett	2014-15
98	Henry Thornton	2014-15
99	Alex Kemp	2014-15
100	Jack Preddey	2015-16
101	Francois Neser	2015-16
102	James_Psarakis	2015-16
103	Barry McCarthy	2015-16
104	Max Moran	2015-16
105	Jason Sangha	2015-16
106	Greg West	2016-17
107	Andrew_Balbirnie	2016-17
108	Matthew Critchley	2016-17
109	Kushaal Ram	2016-17
110	Suffan_Hassan	2016-17
111	Pat Magann	2016-17