John Rogers

Sydney’s massive expansion over the Georges River into Sutherland Shire made it inevitable that St George cricket would have to surrender a large p

‘Powerhouse’ was a title often attributed to the St George area of Sydney as the sedate 1950s morphed into the ‘swinging 60s’.

Fifty years on from the club’s founding, St George won the first grade premiership and the club championship, and it had produced another Australia

The saddest of beginnings was perhaps the inspiration for a second consecutive premiership.

Brian Booth’s 10,000 runs at an average of 45 was a monumental contribution to the St George Cricket club but his even greater legacy is the effect

What a season!

In 68-69, St George achieved the first-ever Sydney double: first grade premiers and the Rothmans knockout winners.

Until Brian Taber arrived, Australian wicket keepers might have been best in the world, but by no stretch of the imagination were they pretty.

Every time I see Steve Smith go out at the fall of a wicket, whirring the bat around each shoulder, exercising every muscle he can think of, grabbi

Dave Renneberg -" Big Shine", as he was known - had the misfortune of being dropped for his one chance to play a test match on his home ground

The Ian Fisher “chin”.

It spoke: “battle joined!” And did Fish like a battle.

Gordon Rorke was one of the most significant people ever to have played the game of cricket: he was responsible for a change in a basic rule that h

John Benaud’s story about Keith Stackpole takes some beating.

“Strepter! Great to see you!”

One of the great joys of my life is spending time with an old mentor and great friend Warren Saunders.

By John Rogers

Neil Marks’s “hole-in the-heart” issues back in 1959, was big news in Australia.

Billy Watson was a former Australian Test Cricketer who played 4 Tests making his debut against England at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 25 Febr

The period from the 1950s to the 1970s was a heyday of Sydney grade cricket.

As most cricket experts will tell you, comparing standards and statistics of different eras is pretty pointless.