North Sydney District Cricket Club is a cricket club in Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. The Bears as they are known were founded in 1858 playing club's such as Callen Park Mental Hospital, North Sydney joined the Sydney Grade Cricket Competition

Sydney Grade Cricket

Sydney Grade Cricket is a cricket competition played in Sydney, Australia. The competition began in 1893 when a number of clubs, which had been playing for many years on an ad hoc basis, voted to create a formal competition structure....

 as an initial member in 1893. This makes them one of the oldest elite clubs in Sydney.

The club's home ground is the famous North Sydney Oval

North Sydney Oval

-Development:* The first cricket pitch was laid on 6 December 1867, making it one of the oldest cricket grounds in Australia.* The first structure built, in 1879, was a simple pavilion overlooking the cricket ground...

 where it has remained since day one.In the 1980s The North Sydney Council purchased some old grandstands from the SCG, during its re-development, and relocted them to North Sydney Oval. The Club has played consistently on the famous North Sydney Oval since its inception. In the 1980s the club and community recognised the potential of the Miller St location and worked with the then North Sydney Mayor and current club Patron Ted Mack to develop the ground, enhancing its historical character.

The clubs most famous players include Sir Donald Bradman, Bill O'Reilly

Bill O'Reilly (cricketer)

William Joseph "Bill" O'Reilly , often known as Tiger O'Reilly, was an Australian cricketer, rated as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game. Following his retirement from playing, he became a well-respected cricket writer and broadcaster.O'Reilly was one of the best spin bowlers to...

, Keith Miller

Keith Miller

Keith Ross Miller MBE was an Australian Test cricketer and a Royal Australian Air Force pilot during World War II. Miller is widely regarded as Australia's greatest ever all-rounder. Because of his ability, irreverent manner and good looks he was a crowd favourite...

, Stan McCabe

Stan McCabe

Stanley Joseph McCabe was an Australian cricketer who played 39 Test matches for Australia from 1930 to 1938. A short, stocky right-hander,...

, Stuart MacGill

Stuart MacGill

Stuart Charles Glyndwr MacGill is a former right-arm leg spin bowler of the Australian cricket team, with a domestic career at Western Australia, New South Wales, Nottinghamshire, Devon and Somerset...

, Trevor Chappell

Trevor Chappell

Trevor Martin Chappell is a former Australian cricketer, a member of the South Australian Chappell family which excelled at cricket...

 and Doug Walters

Doug Walters

Kevin Douglas Walters MBE in Dungog New South Wales, known as Doug Walters, is a former Australian cricketer. He was known as an attacking batsman, and also as a typical ocker.-First-class career:...

, Sid Barnes

Sid Barnes

Sidney George Barnes was an Australian cricketer and cricket writer, who played 13 Test matches between 1938 and 1948. Able to open the innings or bat down the order, Barnes was regarded as one of Australia's finest batsmen in the period immediately following the Second World War...

, Charles McCartney, Kerry O'Keefe, Phil Marks, Scott Hookey

Scott Hookey

Scott Gregory Hookey was an Australian cricketer who played for the Tasmanian Tigers and the New South Wales Blues. He was a left-handed batsman, who played interstate cricket from 1987 until 1995. He was professional for Hyde CC in the Central Lancashire League in 1989.-External links:...

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