MANLY Green Shield under-16s coach David Gainsford was always confident his squad would be very hard to topple once they began gelling as a unit. It is a junior outfit laden with talent, who are accustomed to winning after dominating Sydney wide age groups from the under-10s upwards. An easy first up win versus Eastern...Read More

It’s a story handed down the generations, from cricketing fathers to sons and daughters on the north shore: a story of how, in the summer of 1892, the irascible, imperious Dr W.G. Grace led a team of 12 fellow Englishmen to play the 22 men of Manly at the local oval. A typed scorecard, held in the...Read More

THE festive season has well and truly passed as our grades take on Blacktown today in what could be a very interesting match-up. Blacktown are the traditional easybeats of the competition, but are having a much better season across all five grades, with their first grade side on level points with ourselves. As such we...Read More

Sydney Sixers bowlers Jackson Bird and Stephen O’Keefe have put rival BBL batsman on red alert with the pair showing their quality in the Sixers disappointing loss on Sunday.  Defending a respectable 139 against the Melbourne Stars at the SCG, Bird (1-13 off 3 overs) and O’Keefe (1-24 off four overs) joined together to give...Read More

JACK Edwards feels like a veteran. It is an odd statement given he is still a teenager, but after three summers with Manly in the Green Shield, he is part of the junior club’s fabric. A dynamic opening batsman, Edwards recently represented Australia’s under16s against Pakistan alongside teammate Aiden Bariol in Bowral. Both appear destined...Read More

WHEN a cricketer is on fire with the bat or ball, sometimes it’s best just to go with it and throw him in at the deep end. That’s exactly what the Poidevin-Gray (under-21) selectors did with young Josh Wigney last weekend – and weren’t they handsomely rewarded for their calculated gamble. “Wiggers’’ has been in...Read More