• 1905 – Birth of Tom O’Connor (ACT 1925/26-1937/38)
• 1983 – Birth of Nicola Browne (ACT Debut 2013/14)
• 1984 – Birth of Nicole Goodwin (ACT Debut 2015/16)
• 1990 – Birth of Chris Chellew (ACT 2012/13)
• 1993 – Birth of Katie Mack (ACT 2013/14-2019/20)
• 2011 – Death of Des Cleary (ACT 1945/46)

• 1916 – Birth of Ted Davies (ACT 1953/54-1954/55)
• 1922 – Federal Territory Cricket Association Formed
• 1937 – Death of Ed Morrison (ACT 1927/28-1929/30)
• 2008 – Ryan Carters, James Franklin, Nathan Lyon, Jono Nicoll, Peter O’Callaghan and Dean Southwell make their ACT Debut.

On this day in 1922, the Federal Territory Cricket Association was formed. This was the initial name of what has become known as Cricket ACT.

On the 19th of September, the Queanbeyan Age reported on a meeting held the previous Wednesday of delegates of various cricket clubs from around the region for the purpose of forming a Cricket Association.

The clubs represented were Ainslie, Cadets, Canberra, Duntroon, Eastlake (formerly known as Power House), Hall and Westridge (formerly known as Brick Bats). Queanbeyan sent an apology for their non-attendance.

Westridge was located around what is now known as as Yarralumla while Canberra was located close to where New Parliament House is now on Capitol Hill. Westridge drew their players from those who worked at the brickyards while Canberra drew their players from those workers engaged on the provisional Parliament House.

Ainslie was a mainly rural team with their home ground near where the Canberra Inn is located in Lyneham and Eastlake drew their players from the area which became the first retail area of Canberra and became known as Kingston.

Hall’s cricketers came from the village of Hall while Duntroon and Cadets drew their players from the Royal Military College. Teachers, Officers and staff played for Duntroon while as the name suggests the RMC Cadets played for the Cadets side.

After a discussion it was decided that an association be formed to be known as the “Federal Territory Cricket Association” and that all clubs within a radius of 10 miles from the Ainslie Post Office be eligible for affiliation. The motion was carried unanimously.

The second motion was decided that all Association matches be played on Saturdays. Matches were all of a single day’s duration and this was the case until the 1926/27 season when district cricket was introduced and matches became two-day matches.

Mr P.F. Douglas was elected as the Association’s first President and Mr L.R. Willis was elected as the General Secretary and Treasurer.

It was also decided that the board of control be composed of one member from each affiliated club.

The FTCA was renamed the Federal Capital Territory Cricket Association in 1927 when the Parliament was moved to Canberra from Melbourne and it was renamed again in 1937 when the Federal Capital Territory was renamed the Australian Capital Territory.

Round 2 – 12 September 2020

Ipswich 204 (DP Wilson 80, JP Wood 30, J Sumner 2-28, SA Milenko 2-32) lost to Redlands 3-207 (SD Heazlett 109no, JJ Peirson 41, LJ Drennan 30no, S Lutter 3-35) by 7 wickets at Peter Burge Oval, Wellington Point.

South Brisbane 8-237 (A Jain 55, JR Rosewarne 54no, J Eccles 35, RA Walker 2-36, CL Knight 2-39, HC McNeilly 2-77) lost to Toombul 9-238 (MT Renshaw 46, PW Cotter 44no, OG West 35, CL Knight 30, P Susarla 26, GS Sandhu 2-45, SR Nanayakkara 2-46, BCJ Cutting 2-53) by 1 wicket at Norman Gray Oval, Fairfield.

Sunshine Coast 8-252 (JJ Matthews 74, BE Maher 46, B Schultz 33, A Lovell 29, J Clayton 3-35, S Belford 2-53, J Carty 2-60) lost to University of Queensland 5-253 (J Clayton 86no, MM Philipson 68, SO Henry 54) by 5 wickets at WEP Harris Oval, St Lucia.

Gold Coast 8-272 (MA Bryant 77, J Kann 47, J Hargreaves 39, L Hope-Shackley 36, M Kuhnemann 28no, MJ Swepson 2-47, LJ Aspin 2-55) defeated Sandgate-Redcliffe 221 (CR Barsby 50, CS Abbey 44, JJ Connolly 41, MJ Simmers 35, H Burdon 3-53, NR Lyons 2-27, K Wisniewski 2-41) by 51 runs at Bill Pippen Oval, Robina.

Western Suburbs 8-253 (SJ Paulsen 108no, S McGiffin 68, C Sully 5-42) defeated Northern Suburbs 227 (NA McSweeney 97, TA Healy 36, JA Prestwidge 32, M Dawson 30, BL Edwards 4-58, ZJ Beveridge 2-43) by 26 runs at Graceville No.1 Oval.

Valley 7-428 (LD Pfeffer 216, JH Beath 52, NG Stevens 41, ON Lynch 30, AJ Gode 25, S Graham 4-63, W Crook 2-67) defeated Wynnum/Manly 289 (CT Trask 110, NF Rabnott 71, TL Floros 30, HJ Manenti 4-54, Z Jeh 3-45, AJ Gode 2-43) by 139 runs at Bill Albury Oval, Tingalpa.

• 1946 – Birth of Lynne O’Meara (ACT Debut 1978/79)
• 1972 – Birth of Preston Hart (ACT 1995/96-1998/99)
• 1996 – Birth of Michael Ninneman (ACT 2017/18)
• 2007 – Brad Haddin makes his T20 World Cup Debut

• 1908 – Birth of John Anthoney (ACT 1934/35-1937/38)
• 1987 – Birth of Tom Logan (ACT Umpire)
• 1992 – Birth of Luke Ryan (ACT 2019/20)
• 1994 – Death of Kevin Flynn (ACT 1951/52-1953/54)
• 1997 – Birth of Tom Vane-Tempest (ACT 2015/16-2019/20)

• 1890 – Birth of Henry Temby (ACT 1928/29-1930/31)
• 1931 – Death of William Knights (ACT Umpire)
• 1915 – Birth of Fred Johnston (ACT 1945/46-1946/47)
• 1956 – Birth of Greg Irvine (ACT 1980/81-1994/95)
• 1991 – Death of Ewart Smith (ACT 1952/53-1963/64)

• 1993 – Death of Doug Walker (ACT 1956/57-1959/60)
• 1995 – Birth of Anna Horton (ACT Debut 2014/15)

• 1911 – Birth of Jack Edlington (ACT 1928/29-1939/40)
• 1980 – Death of Paddy Quigg (ACT 1931/32)
• 1994 – Birth of Pat Pisel (ACT 2014/15)
• 1999 – Birth of Jason Sangha (ACT/NSW Country)

• 1991 – Birth of Mitchell Phelps (ACT 2014/15-2016/17)
• 2015 – Death of Richard Hickman (ACT Umpire)