St George District Cricket Club is a

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club based in the St. George area that competes in

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. The club's home ground is

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. Many famous Australian

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ers have represented the club.

Test players

*Sir

Donald Bradman Sir Donald George Bradman, (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), nicknamed "The Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 has b ...

- Australian Test captain from 1936–37 to 1948, widely regarded as the greatest batsman in history. One of the ten inaugural inductees of the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame * Alan Fairfax -Played in 10 Tests from 1929 to 1931 * Bill O'Reilly - Australian Test cricketer, widely regarded as one of the greatest

leg spin Leg spin is a type of spin bowling in cricket. A leg spinner bowls right-arm with a wrist spin action. The leg spinner's normal delivery causes the ball to spin from right to left (from the bowler's perspective) when the ball bounces on the ...

ners in history. One of the ten inaugural inductees of the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame *

Ray Lindwall Raymond Russell Lindwall (3 October 1921 – 23 June 1996) was a cricketer who represented Australia in 61 Tests from 1946 to 1960. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time. He also played top-flight rugby leag ...

- Australian Test cricketer, widely regarded as one of the greatest

fast bowlers Fast bowling (also referred to as pace bowling) is one of two main approaches to bowling (cricket), bowling in the sport of cricket, the other being spin bowling. Practitioners of pace bowling are usually known as ''fast'' bowlers, ''quicks'', ...

in history. One of the ten inaugural inductees of the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame and member of Bradman's 1948 Invincibles * Arthur Morris - Australian Test cricketer, widely regarded as one of the greatest openers in history. Inductee of the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame and member of Bradman's 1948 Invincibles * Bill Watson- Opening batsman who played in four Tests in 1955. *

Norm O'Neill Norman Clifford Louis O'Neill (19 February 1937 – 3 March 2008) was a cricketer who played for New South Wales and Australia. A right-handed batsman known for his back foot strokeplay, O'Neill made his state debut aged 18, before progressi ...

- Test batsman 1958–59 until 1964–65. *

Brian Booth Brian Charles Booth (born 19 October 1933) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 29 Test matches between 1961 and 1966, and 93 first-class matches for New South Wales. He captained Australia for two Tests during the 1965–66 ...

- Test batsman 1960–61 until 1965–66. Captained Australia in two Tests. * Kerry "Skull" O'Keeffe- Leg spinner and now a commentator for ABC Radio. O'Keeffe played 24 Tests and 2 ODIs between 1971 and 1977. *

Murray Bennett Murray John Bennett (born 6 October 1956) is a former Australian cricketer who played in three Test matches and eight One Day Internationals in 1984 and 1985. Early career Bennett made a promising start to his career as a left arm orthodox ...

-Played in three Tests and eight ODIs from 1984 to 1985. Slow left-arm orthodox spinner. *

Stuart MacGill Stuart Charles Glyndwr MacGill (born 25 February 1971) is an Australian former cricketer who played 44 Test matches and three One Day Internationals for the Australian national cricket team. He is a right-arm leg spin bowler, who has been cred ...

-Right-arm leg spin bowler of the Australian cricket team, with a domestic career at Western Australia, New South Wales, Nottinghamshire, Devon and Somerset. He has been credited with having the best strike rate of any modern leg-spin bowler, but he did not have a regular place in the Australian Test team due to the dominance of Shane Warne in the position of sole spinner. *

Trent Copeland Trent Aaron Copeland (born 14 March 1986) is an Australian cricket player and commentator. He is a right-arm fast bowler who currently plays first-class cricket for New South Wales. He made his Test debut for Australia against Sri Lanka in ...

- Test medium pace bowler, debuted for Australia in 2011 on victorious tour of Sri Lanka *

Josh Hazlewood Josh Reginald Hazlewood (born 8 January 1991) is an Australian international cricketer. He is a tall pace bowler known for his accuracy and has been compared to former Australian paceman Glenn McGrath. Hazlewood currently ranks no.2 in ODI, no.1 ...

- Made his ODI debut on the 22 June, 2010 against England where he picked up 1 wicket for 41 runs. His Test debut came against India in 2014 where he took 5 wickets in the first innings going for 68 runs. *

Kurtis Patterson Kurtis Robert Patterson (born 5 April 1993) is an Australian cricketer who plays for the New South Wales cricket team in the Sheffield Shield, and the Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League. Patterson scored a century on his first-class cricket d ...

- Made his Test debut in 2019 against Sri Lanka scoring his maiden Test century in only his second Test for Australia. *

Mark Stoneman Mark Daniel Stoneman (born 26 June 1987) is an English cricketer who plays for Middlesex County Cricket Club and for England. He made his international debut for England in August 2017. He bats left handed and normally plays as an opening bats ...

- Made his England Test debut in 2017, playing 11 Tests with 5 half-centuries. *

Rory Burns Rory Joseph Burns (born 26 August 1990) is an English cricketer who plays internationally for the England Test cricket team. In domestic cricket, he captains Surrey in first-class and List A cricket. Burns made his Test debut in 2018. He led ...

- Made his England debut in 2018, playing 32 Test matches making 3 centuries with a top score of 133 against Australia in the opening game of the 2019 Ashes series.

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Test players

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