Grant Michael Lambert (born 5 August 1977) is an Australian

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. He played

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for

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as a right-arm fast-medium bowler and a right-handed batsman. His best bowling effort was 4/80 against

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in 2005/06. He twice won the Bill O'Reilly Medal as the best player in the Sydney Grade competition. He was educated at

Patrician Brothers' College Blacktown Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown is a Roman Catholic single-sex secondary day school for boys, located in Blacktown, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. History The College was founded in 1952 by the Patrician Broth ...

and has contributed to the coaching of the school's elite cricket program.

Sydney Grade Cricket record

On 24 February 2007 Lambert broke a 63-year-old record for the most runs in a Sydney Grade Cricket season. Playing for Fairfield-Liverpool against Northern Districts at Rosedale Oval, Lambert scored 94 to take his season total to 1458 runs. This moved him 45 runs ahead of

Bill Alley William Edward Alley (3 February 1919 – 26 November 2004) was a cricketer who played 400 first-class matches for New South Wales, Somerset and a Commonwealth XI. Whilst in Australia, Alley was also a middleweight boxer, and was undefe ...

's record of 1413 runs set in the 1943/44 season. Lambert reached the mark in 20 innings, which included six centuries and five 50s, at an average of 104.14. Alley required 24 innings at 70.65 to set the previous record. In this same game the Fairfield-Liverpool side broke a 20-year ground record for the highest team total of 5 dec for 447, in which Northern Districts chased down the runs only to fall at 304 all out.Lambert a chance to break Alley's record against raw Penrith attack
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lambert, Grant Australian cricketers New South Wales cricketers Cricketers from Sydney 1977 births Living people People educated at Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown