Story

24/9/2005 – Simon Smyth, (A1 Captain) was playing at the turf ground when along comes his then girlfriend, and now wife Mel, riding a horse. This is the first recorded instance since 1885 of supporters arriving on horseback – another Club record.

A record that may never be broken

Records are set to be broken but maybe not this one. On the 5^th October 2019, The 5 members of the Hando family played C1 Grade – the first time 5 family members played for us in the same Team.

In the B2 Grand Final (26^th & 27^th March 2021) the Hando’s played together and won the Premiership after also winning the Minor Premiership.

This is a remarkable achievement. What makes this even more special is that they also won the abandoned C1 Premiership in 2019/20.

So 5 family members playing together in the same Team, in a Grand Final and winning successive Premierships.

In the early years of cricket in our District, the South Colah Cricket Club had 18 sons of Patrick and John Duffy (Duffy Ave), Dural CC was sustained by the seven sons of Thomas Best, Pennant Hills CC by the 10 sons of Arthur Thompson (Thompson’s Corner) and Castle Hill CC by the eleven sons of John James. However, to win successive Premierships is an achievement that has never been achieved.

Apart from being a tremendous honour for Phill and the boys as a Club, we are so proud of the family, their achievements and the way they play the game.

History

Kenthurst Park
Built on land belonging to the Roughly family. First used on 16th May 1896. The turf ground (No 1) was opened on 1972/73.

Achievements

• 9/12/2000 – our A1 side dismissed Kenthurst for 53 (our lowest Opposition score) only to be dismissed for 31 on the same day for our lowest score
• 15/11/2008 – Matt Dawson took 8/38 (36^th time) Vs CHRSL. This is the 36^th time a player has taken 7 wickets or better in an innings
• 9/10/2010 – Simon Smyth (A1) scored his 2,000th career run against Kenthurst
• 15/11/2014 – Sol Tomlinson (A1) took 7/26 Vs Kenthurst Upper Hills
• 11/11/2017:
  • James Makin scored his 5,000th career run
  • Scott Henderson (66) and Tim Scoular (60) put on a Club record A1 Grade 8th wicket partnership of 129 Vs Hornsby