Parramatta Districet Cricket Club

Great news! Council has approved Stage 1 of the Richie Benaud Oval redevelopment into a Regional standard Premier Cricket facility. This includes the sports field with a 6 wicket turf cricket wicket square, temporary amenities building, synthetic cricket practice facilities, lighting, pathways and associated landscape works. Our Club thanks Council for its decision to move forward on this great project. We thank Dr Andrew Charlton Federal MP for Parramatta for his crucial s

[Parramatta District Cricket Club] Vale Sir Garfield (Garry) Sobers. Incredible Cricketer. Little known fact.... coach of Parra DCC 1985/86 The late Donald Bradman called him 'the greatest cricketer of all time'. Now, the cricket world is in mourning after the West Indies all-rounder died at the age of 89.

[By Tom Wood – Parramatta District Cricket Club Historian] Last weekend Parramatta (Central Cumberland) District Cricket Club legend Albert ‘Bert’ Alderson passed in Lismore Hospital. Bert Alderson, who in his playing days was an outstandingly productive left-handed batsman for both the Parramatta District Cricket Club and the Sydney University Cricket Club, on Saturday 14 th December 2024 celebrates his 100 th birthday – thus becoming the fourth former Parramatta player

[By Tom Wood – Parramatta District Cricket Club Historian] Sadly, the Parramatta Club lost another past player with the recent passing of former lower grades allrounder Greg Haire, who was the younger brother of ex Parramatta first-grade player and well-known NSW Premier Cricket Coach Michael Haire. Greg was only engaged in a relatively brief career with the club – 1976/77 to 1981/82 but he proved to be a popular and well liked person amongst his fellow clubmates. He showed h