On This Day in ACT Cricket History – 4 January

  • 1931 – Birth of Ray Whybrow (ACT 1952/53)
  • 1966 – Death of Robert Nimmo (ACT 1922/23)
  • 1971 – Birth of John Cooper (ACT 1990/91-1991/92)
  • 1987 – Ros Vanderzwet makes her ACT Debut
  • 1990 – Birth of Marizanne Kapp (ACT Debut 2017/18)
  • 1999 – Cade Brown and Mick Kendall make their ACT Debut
  • 1999 – David Smith makes his debut as ACT Captain
  • 2001 – Stuart Karppinen makes his first-class debut
  • 2011 – Dale Riley makes his ACT Debut
  • 2011 – Nathan Lyon makes his Twenty20 debut

On This Day in ACT Cricket History – 3 January

  • 1931 – John Withers makes his ACT Debut
  • 1989 – Death of Greg Lord (ACT 1969/70)
  • 1990 – Mandi Langler makes her ACT Debut
  • 1992 – Rebecca Heddle makes her ACT Debut
  • 2000 – Bruce Mikkelsen and Michael O’Rourke make their ACT Debut
  • 2000 – John Robson makes his debut as ACT Captain
  • 2000 – First day of the third Australian Country Cricket Championships to be held in the ACT
  • 2001 – David Dawson and Jack Smith make their ACT Debut
  • 2001 – Anthony McQuire makes his debut as ACT Captain
  • 2004 – Matt Nason makes his ACT Debut
  • 2010 – Seb Blaszczyk, Joe Cooke, Nathan Docker, Matt Jaensch, Michael Spaseski, Matt Sunderland, Michael Wescombe and Brentyn Wilson make their ACT Debut
  • 2010 – Jono Nicoll makes his debut as ACT Captain
  • 2011 – Jeremy Bray, Adam Hewitt, Simon Mackie, Chris Russo, Adam Tett, Danny Tye, Assad Vala, and Jack Vare make their ACT Debut
  • 2011 – Jeremy Bray makes his debut as ACT Captain
  • 2013 – Chris Chellew, Tim Coggan, Vele Dukoski, Jeff Goninan, Akshay Nichkawde, Fletcher Stewart, Cameron Suidgeest and Matt Wicks make their ACT Debut
  • 2013 – Michael Barrington-Smith makes his debut as ACT Captain
  • 2020 – Nick Groenewegen and Rhys Healy make their ACT Debut
  • 2020 – Rhys Healy makes his debut as ACT Captain

On This Day in ACT Cricket History – 2 January

  • 1914 – Birth of Jack Beaton (ACT 1938/39-1939/40)
  • 1956 – Colin Hattersley makes his ACT Debut
  • 1970 – Birth of Anthony Stuart (ACT 1999/00-2000/01)
  • 1972 – Death of Reg Maguire (ACT 1931/32)
  • 1981 – Birth of Peter Coleborne (ACT 2001/02)
  • 1984 – Jane Bayles makes her ACT Debut
  • 1986 – Sonia Price makes her ACT Debut
  • 1987 – Kathy Bryant, SJ Moore, Lynne O’Brien makes their ACT Debut
  • 1991 – Beth Johnson makes her ACT Debut
  • 1995 – Death of Jack Ireland (ACT 1937/38-1938/39)
  • 1996 – Adam Catchpole makes his ACT Debut
  • 2000 – Brad Haddin makes his Australia A debut
  • 2001 – Birth of Jacob O’Connell (ACT Southern Districts)
  • 2016 – Charlotte Anneveld makes her WBBL debut

On This Day in ACT Cricket History – 1 January

  • 1924 – ACT Debuts for Mick Byrnes, John Calthorpe, William Cottingham, Fred Cox and O Richards
  • 1924 – First match between the ACT and Goulburn
  • 1929 – ACT Debuts for Francis Deans and Martin Richardson
  • 1931 – First recorded Women’s Representative match played by a Canberra Women’s Team – against Collector in Collector.
  • 1933 – Death of Fred Cox (ACT 1923/24-1926/27)
  • 1938 – ACT Debuts for Alf Drayton and Jack Ireland
  • 1940 – ACT Debut for Les Quigg
  • 1941 – ACT Debuts for H Fitzgerald and Percy Gilholme
  • 1947 – ACT Debuts for Archie Clark, Bruce Robin and Gordon Wynn (also debut as ACT Captain)
  • 1947 – Fred Johnston makes first-class debut
  • 1951 – ACT Debuts for Kevin McCarty, Alex Orr and Alan Ray
  • 1951 – Jack McNamara makes debut as ACT Captain
  • 1952 – ACT Debuts for Keith Leeson and Ian Way
  • 1959 – Dr John James awarded CBE
  • 1964 – Warren McDonald awarded Knighthood
  • 1976 – Toby Macdiarmid awarded OBE
  • 1980 – Birth of Matt McGann (ACT 2001/02)
  • 1990 – Christina Matthews makes ACT Debut
  • 2001 – Death of George Burgess (ACT 1950/51)
  • 2001 – Bob Hawke awarded Centenary Medal
  • 2012 – ACT Debuts for Josh Bennett, Djali Bloomfield, Michael Curtale, Matt Gawthrop, Kish Nadesan, Stuart Poynter and Daniel Rootes
  • 2012 – Adam Tett makes debut as ACT Captain

On This Day in ACT Cricket History – 14 December

  • 1902 – Birth of Jim Gormley (ACT 1931/32)
  • 1913 – Birth of Harold O’Brien (ACT 1930/31)
  • 1945 – Birth of Peter Gulbransen (ACT 1981/82-1982/83)
  • 1978 – Birth of Bruce Mikkelsen (ACT 1999/00-2005/06)
  • 1985 – Birth of Nathan Docker (ACT 2009/10-2010/11)
  • 1988 – Birth of Seb Blaszczyk (2009/10)
  • 1989 – Birth of Jono Cook (ACT/NSW Country)
  • 2008 – Vanessa Picker and Caitlin Rawstron make their ACT Debut
  • 2009 – Jordan McLennan makes his ACT Debut

On This Day in ACT Cricket History – 12 December

  • 1948 – Birth of Dene Moore (ACT 1970/71-1979/80)
  • 1950 – Southern Districts play the M.C.C. at Manuka Oval
  • 1953 – Birth of John Rowan (ACT 1982/83)
  • 1972 – Southern New South Wales play Pakistan at Manuka Oval
  • 1986 – Adam Wood makes his ACT Debut
  • 1988 – Death of Harry Vincent (ACT 1948/49)
  • 1996 – 19th Prime Minister’s XI match with the opponent being West Indies
  • 2000 – Death of Colin Nicholas (ACT 1955/56)
  • 2005 – Death of Allan Hawke (ACT 1954/55-1959/60)
  • 2019 – Julia Bassett, Claire Levings, Claire Murray, Kelly Rowlings, Isabelle Afaras, Liz Coper-Jones, Monica Gair, Caitlin Galeano, Jessica Galeano and Grace Lyons make their ACT Debut

On This Day in ACT Cricket History – 10 December

  • 1946 – Birth of Brian Lloyd (ACT 1969/70-1973/74)
  • 1971 – Birth of Shane McNamee (ACT 1990/91-1997/98)
  • 1990 – Sean Maxwell and David Thornton make their ACT Debut
  • 1990 – Birth of Tom Atallah (ACT Southern Districts)
  • 1994 – Greg Rowell makes his Australia A Debut
  • 1995 – Brad Haddin, Bruce Hara, Preston Hart, Sean Mowbray and Hugh Renshaw make their ACT Debut
  • 1995 – Michael Robinson makes his debut as ACT Captain
  • 2002 – 25th Prime Minister’s XI match with the opponent being England
  • 2006 – New South Wales play Victoria in a List A match at Manuka Oval
  • 2010 – Ryan Carters makes his First-Class Debut
  • 2012 – Chris Prescott makes his ACT Debut
  • 2016 – Maitlan Brown makes her WBBL Debut

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