Randwick Petersham Cricket Club

{{short description|Cricket team}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox cricket team |name = Randwick Petersham Cricket Club |image = |colours = {{colour box|Green}} Green {{colour box|Gold}} Gold |coach = Michael Haire |captain = Jason Sangha |league = [[Sydney Grade Cricket]] |nickname = Randy Petes |city = [[Randwick|Randwick, New South Wales]], Australia |founded = 2001 |ground = [[Coogee Oval]] |capacity = 5,000 |website = [http://www.randwickpetershamcricket.com.au/ Randwick Petersham Cricket Club] |T20debutvs = |T20debutyr = |T20debutvenue = |title1 = |title1wins = |title2 = |title2wins = }}

'''Randwick Petersham Cricket Club''', also known as the '''Randy Petes''', competes in the [[Sydney Grade Cricket]] competition in Grades 1 to 5, Poidevin Gray (under-21) and AW Green Shield (under-16). It also fields two teams in the Sydney Metropolitan competition.

Established in 2001 following a merger between '''Randwick Cricket Club''' and '''Petersham-Marrickville District CC''',<ref name="MCC history">{{cite web | url=http://www.marrickville.nsw.cricket.com.au/MCC-History.aspx?rw=c | title=MCC history | publisher=MCC | accessdate=September 5, 2016}}</ref> the Randy Petes have been highly successful winning two Club Championships (2007/08 and 2010/11) and premierships across Grades 1 to 6. The club have produced many state cricketers, including [[New South Wales cricket team|New South Wales]] and [[Cricket Australia XI]] player [[Jason Sangha]], and [[Australia national cricket team|Australian]] Test players [[Simon Katich]], [[Nathan Hauritz]], [[Usman Khawaja]] and [[David Warner (cricketer)|David Warner]], as well as Australian Twenty20 International players [[Daniel Sams]] and [[Nathan Ellis]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rpcc.tv/club/the-first-graders.html |title=The First Graders |work=Randwick Petersham District Cricket Club |accessdate=31 October 2017}}</ref>

In February 2018, [[Carly Leeson]] became the first female cricketer to play in a men's grade cricket for Randwick Petersham.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/southern-courier/sport/carly-leeson-bowls-her-way-to-cricket-history/news-story/633f5640c34febdb30ff5ec11ca5cd18 |title=Carly Leeson bowls her way to cricket history |work=The Daily Telegraph |accessdate=18 November 2020}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{Facebook User|RandwickPetershamCricket}}

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