Revealed: The top schools to produce best Australian Test cricketers of all time
Australia has produced 464 Test cricketers. Where did they get their starts? Get the full details on the schools that have helped make us a powerhouse.
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From Charles Bannerman in 1877 to Mitchell Swepson in March of this year, 464 men have worn the fabled baggy green as an Australian Test cricketer.
Modern greats Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh share the record for most Tests for Australia with 168 – an incredible feat of longevity and sustained excellence – while for some, their careers lasted just one innings.
Regardless, only a select few have the privilege to pull on the baggy green; their names and cap numbers forever entered into the annals of Australian cricket history.
But it all has to start somewhere. Even Ponting, who made his first grade debut in Tasmania as a 12 year old, wasn’t born seeing them like beach balls - Shane Warne’s talents may have been a gift from the cricket gods, but he had to hone that gift somewhere.
For many, particularly in the private sector, their cricket prowess can be traced back to their schooling roots.
A News Corp investigation has unearthed the top-ranked schools across the country for producing Test-level Australian cricketers. Some are legacy schools whose cricket programs flourished in the early 1900s, while others have shot up the ranks in recent years to produce household names that will don the baggy green again this summer.
Read on to learn which schools from across Australia have been the most successful breeding grounds for cricketing talent in the country.
SCOTCH COLLEGE (VICTORIA)
12: George Alexander #18 (1880-84), William Bruce #32 (1885-95), Harry Musgrove #36 (1885), Jack McIlwraith #43 (1886), Bob McLeod #67 (1892-93), Joseph Darling #64 (1894-1905), Charles McLeod #67 (1894-1905), Gervys Hazlitt (1907-12), Albert Hartkopf #120 (1925), Col McDonald #191 (1952-61), Robert Cowper #229 (1964-68)
The only school on this list able to field a full team of its own. Australia’s top cricket nursery has produced 12 of the 464 players to pull on a baggy green for their country – but none in more than half a century. Since Robert Cowper’s final Test match in 1968, no Scotch College graduate has played an over in the baggy green.
Joe Darling became the 10th man to captain Australia at Test level when he took over from Harry Trott in 1899. He led Australia in 21 Tests between 1899 and 1905, and totalled 34 matches for 1657 runs at 28.56.
Other notable names to be borne out of the Hawthorn school include Col McDonald and Cowper. McDonald played 47 Tests between 1952 and 1961, amassing 3107 runs at 39.32 to sit 37th on the all-time Australian Test run scorers list.
Cowper’s 307 against England at the MCG in 1966 remains the highest-ever Test score on the hallowed turf. The left-hander retired in 1968 with 2016 runs to his name at an impressive 46.84.
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SYDNEY GRAMMAR (NSW)
10: Frederick Spofforth #14 (1877-87), Samuel Percy Jones #30 (1882-88), Reginald Allen #47 (1887), Sammy Woods #54 (1888), Percie Charlton #57 (1890), Henry Donnan #61 (1892-96), Franke Iredale #65 (1894-99), Albert Cotter #85 (1904-12), Hunter Hendry #116 (1921-26), James Burke #187 (1951-59)
Sydney Grammar is another traditional Australian Test cricket nursery that has slowed in its production line in modern times. It’s been an even longer wait between baggy greens for the Darlinghurst school, whose last Test cricketer was James Burke way back in 1959.
Burke was also Sydney Grammar’s most successful Test cricketer, playing 24 matches between 1951 and 1959 for 1280 runs at 34.59. The right-hander scored a century in his Test debut against England in Adelaide. When he was dropped for the 1953 Ashes tour, Burke took his axing to heart and completely rewired his game.
A torrid 28 not out over 250 minutes during a 1958 Test in Brisbane sticks in the minds of many who remember Burke as a man who refused to take risks.
Tibby Cotter took 89 wickets in 21 matches in the baggy green, including 17 at 21.47 in Australia’s successful 1909 Ashes tour of England.
WESLEY COLLEGE (VICTORIA)
EIGHT: Henry ‘Tup’ Scott #31 (1884-86), John Edwards #52 (1888), John Barrett #55 (1890), Roy Park #113 (1921), Keith Rigg #136 (1931-37), Ross Gregory #159 (1937), Ian Johnson #164 (1946-56), Sam Loxton #180 (1948-51)
Wesley College’s greatest cricket exponent is former Australian Test captain, Ian Johnson. Johnson captained Australia in 17 of his 45 Tests, though his stewardship is remembered for a 2-4 record in nine Ashes Tests as captain. He is also the last Wesley cricketer to pull on the baggy green; his retirement coming in 1956.
Johnson’s father-in-law, Roy Park, also attended Wesley and played for Australia – briefly. Park’s claim to fame is a golden duck in his first and only Test, against England in 1920.
Ross Gregory was 21 when he debuted against England in 1937 and looked a batsman of the future. He played in two Tests, averaging 51, before leaving for the war. He died while on air operations in India aged 26.
PRINCE ALFRED COLLEGE (SOUTH AUSTRALIA)
EIGHT: Joseph Darling #64 (1894-1905), Clement Hill #74 (1896-1912), Ian Chappell #311 (1964-80), Greg Chappell #251 (1970-84), Ashley Woodcock #270 (1974), Trevor Chappell #311 (1981), Tim May #342 (1987-95), Greg Blewett #363 (1995-2000)
Three future Australian Test captains spent their formative years at Prince Alfred College. Given there have been just 47 such men in history, it’s a remarkable achievement. Before Joe Darling moved to Victoria and attended Scotch College he was a Prince Alfred boy. In 1894 he became the school’s first Test cricketer and by 1899, its first Test captain.
The other two names are more easily recognisable to modern cricket fans. Ian and Greg Chappell combined to captain their country in 78 Test matches between 1970 and 1983. Ian played 75 Tests for 5345 runs, good for 18th all-time among Australian Test cricketers, and after his retirement became one of the most beloved and respected commentators the sport has known.
Greg debuted in 1970, six years after his older brother, and retired in 1984 as Australia’s highest Test run scorer with 7110, surpassing the great Donald Bradman. He currently sits 12th on the all-time list and his Test average of 53.86 is the third-highest among those in the top-50, behind only Bradman and Steve Smith.
Clem Hill also features on that list, at number 32, having amassed 3412 runs in his 49 Tests spanning 1896-1912. So does Greg Blewett, another Prince Alfred alum, who checks in at number 46 with 2552 runs to his name between 1995 and 2000.
Right-arm spinner Tim May appeared in 24 Tests for Australia between 1987 and 1995, claiming 75 wickets. He formed a brutal partnership with Shane Warne in the 1993 Ashes tour, when the pair combined for 55 wickets.
BRISBANE GRAMMAR SCHOOL (QUEENSLAND)
SIX: Otto Nothling #127 (1928), Alexander Hurwood #135 (1930-31), Hugh ‘Pud’ Thurlow #141 (1932), John Ross Duncan #252 (1971), Alan Ogilvie #286 (1977-78), Matthew Renshaw #449 (2016-Current)
Matt Renshaw’s 11 Tests for Australia better the combined total of the five Brisbane Grammar alums who came before him. The Queenslander became the youngest player to score a Sheffield Shield century for Queensland when he made 170 off 395 for the Bulls in Mackay, aged just 19. He made his Test debut by the age of 20 and in his fourth Test scored his maiden century in the baggy green at the SCG. Still just 26, Renshaw has fallen out of favour with Australian selectors and has not played a Test since early 2018.
Before Renshaw, the red hair of David Ogilvie represented Brisbane Grammar’s most successful Test cricketer. The right-hand bat debuted in the three-Test series against India in 1977 and flew to the Caribbean to play the West Indies the following year. Ogilvie averaged 17.8 with the bat and was out of the Test team after just two years.
Before Otto Nothling’s short-but-sweet Test cricket career, he represented NSW and toured New Zealand in rugby. Five years after that rugby tour, Nothling pulled on the baggy green and produced scores of 44 and 8 in his one and only Test against England in Sydney in December 1928.
‘Pud’ Thurlow and Ross Duncan joined Nothling as one-and-done Australian Test cricketers.
BRISBANE STATE HIGH SCHOOL (QUEENSLAND)
FIVE: Peter Allen #236 (1965), John Maclean #298 (1978-79), Ian Healy #344 (1988-99), Michael Kasprowicz #369 (1996-2006), Marnus Labuschagne #455 (2018-Current)
Queensland and Australia’s largest secondary school is also the former home to past and present Test superstars, Ian Healy and Marnus Labuschagne
Healy moulded himself into one of the world’s great wicketkeepers, playing 119 Tests between 1988 and 1999, and beat out a stacked field to be named in the Australian team of the 20th century. In 224 innings Healy recorded 395 dismissals, while going at a respectable 27.39 with the bat. His combination with Shane Warne became legendary and Healy will forever be one of Australia’s favourite Test cricketers.
Labuschagne meanwhile has established himself as one of the best modern Test batsmen in the world, rising to 47th on Australia’s all-time Test run scorers list after just 48 innings at the crease. He averages 54.02 and already boasts seven Test centuries to his name.
Michael ‘Kasper’ Kasprowicz took 113 wickets at 3.12 in 38 Tests between 1996 and 2006; his most notable stint at the crease coming in the famous 2005 Ashes when he and Brett Lee compiled a 59-run partnership that ended three agonising runs short of victory at Edgbaston.
SHORE SCHOOL (NEW SOUTH WALES)
FIVE: Albert Hopkins #82 (1902-09), Herbert Hordern #97 (1911-12), Roy Minnett #98 (1911-12), Jack Gegory #107 (1920-28), Phillip Emery #362 (1994)
Phil Emery’s sole Test match in 1994 broke a 66-year baggy green drought for Sydney Church of England Grammar (Shore). He likely would have played many more if not for the presence of a man named Ian Healy taking ownership behind the stumps. Slink filled in for an injured Healy in the third Test against Pakistan at Lahore and made five dismissals. His only trip to the crease ended 8 not-out and he never saw the Test side again.
Jack Gregory meanwhile holds the incredible record for fastest Test century of all time, when he raced to the ton in just 70 minutes against South Africa at Johannesburg in 1921. A powerful all-rounder, Gregory played 24 Tests for Australia. He made 1146 runs at 36.96 and took 85 wickets at 2.84.
Both Herbert ‘Ranji’ Hordern and Roy Minnett were doctors first and cricketers second, and shared brief stints in the Australian Test team in 1911-12. Hordern took eight wickets on debut against South Africa and bagged 32 in the 1911-12 Test series against England, including 12-135 in the first Test in Sydney.
Minnett played just nine Tests before retiring to focus on his career as a doctor. He finished with 391 runs at 26.06, including three 50s.
AQUINAS COLLEGE (WESTERN AUSTRALIA)
FIVE: Ernest Bromley #146 (1933-34), Terry Alderman #310 (1981-91), Justin Langer #354 (1993-2007), Brad Hogg #367 (1996-2008), Cameron Bancroft #451 (2017-19)
Terry Alderman, Cameron Bancroft, Ernest Bromley, Brad Hogg, Justin Langer
In Ernest Bromley, Aquinas produced the first-ever West Australian to play Test cricket for Australia. ‘Slogger’ debuted in the fourth Bodyline Test and made just one more appearance in the baggy green, in Australia’s 1934 tour of England.
It would be another 47 years before a second Aquinas alum, Terry Alderman, represented Australia at Test level. The right-arm fast bowler would have much more success, playing in 41 Tests and amassing 170 wickets. Alderman did the bulk of his damage in England, TAKING more than 40 wickets on both the 1981 and 1989 tours.
Two years after Alderman’s final Test cap it was Justin Langer’s turn to fly the flag for Aquinas. ‘JL’ debuted against the West Indies in 1993 and would go on to play 105 Tests for Australia over 15 years, amassing 7696 runs at 45.27 to establish himself as one of our all-time greatest opening batsmen.
Brad Hogg holds the unenviable title of longest wait between his first and second Tests. The left-arm wrist spinner debuted against India in 1996 in Delhi but would have to wait another seven years to play another in the baggy green. That of course was in large part to the presence of arguably the greatest spin bowler of all time, Shane Warne.
As for Cameron Bancroft, he will forever be remembered for his role in the Cape Town sandpaper incident that derailed a promising career as an opener for Australia. The soon-to-be 30 year old has not played a Test since 2019 and whether he sees another look in the baggy green remains to be seen.
TRINITY COLLEGE (WESTERN AUSTRALIA)
FIVE: Craig Serjeant #279 (1977-78), Michael Malone #282 (1977), Timothy Zoehrer #337 (1986-87), Simon Katich #384 (2001-10), Beau Casson #401 (2008)
Michael Malone, Simon Katich, Beau Casson, Craig Serjeant, Timothy Zoehrer
In one of the best form redemption stories in Australian cricket, Simon Katich went from Test team outsider to scoring six centuries in 16 matches batting out of position as an opener. The Trinity College alum enjoyed a Test career spanning a decade between 2001 and 2010, playing in 56 matches for 4188 runs at an impressive 45.03. He was also a more than serviceable wrist spinner, as evidenced by a 6-65 against Zimbabwe in 2003, though he was handed the ball in just 25 of his 99 Test innings.
Another wrist spinner to come out of Trinity was Beau Casson, who played his sole Test against the West Indies in 2008 but found himself behind the likes of MacGill, Hogg and Cullen in the pecking order.
Tim Zoehrer is one of many promising Australian wicketkeepers consigned to watching from the sidelines as Ian Healy took sole ownership of the role in the Test team. He was also, surprisingly, a competent legspinner, though was never handed the ball in his 10 Tests for Australia between 1986 and 87.
WESLEY COLLEGE SOUTH PERTH (4) WA
Hilton Cartwright #450 (2017)
Mitchell Marsh #438 (2014-Curr)
Shaun Marsh #422 (2011-2019)
Christopher Rogers #399 (2008-15)
ST PETER’S COLLEGE HACKNEY (4) SA
Gavin Stevens #214 (1959-60)
Claude Jennings #103 (1912)
Philip Lee #138 (1931-33)
Clarence Pellew #110 (1920-21)
CHURCH GRAMMAR EAST BRISBANE (4) QLD
Ken Archer #186 (1950-51)
Ronald Archer #193 (1953-56)
Peter Burge #200 (1955-66)
Anthony Dell #255 (1971-74)
NEWINGTON COLLEGE SILVERWATER (4) NSW
Thomas Andrews #115 1921-26
Thomas Garrett #4 1877-88
George Palmer #23 1880-86
John Taylor #112 1920-26
NORTH SYDNEY BHS CROWS NEST (4) NSW
Allan Border #299 1979-94
David Colley #257 1972
Ian Craig #194 1953-58
Peter Philpott #234 1965-66
GEELONG COLLEGE (4) VIC
Arthur Lindsay Hassett #161 1938-53
Jack Iverson #185 1950-51
Ian Redpath #227 1964-76
Paul Sheahan #243 1967-74
MELBOURNE HS SOUTH YARRA (4) VIC
Keith Miller #168 1946-56
Doug Ring #181 1948-53
John ‘Jack’ Wilson #205 1956
Bill Woodfull #123 1926-34
MELBOURNE GRAMMAR SOUTH YARRA (4) VIC
Edward A’Beckett #128 1929-32
Colin Guest #222 1963
Bill Moule #22 1880
Harry Musgrove #36 1885
BRIGHTON GRAMMAR (4) VIC
Simon Davis #336 1986
Jeff Moss #305 1979
Julian Wiener #307 1979-80
Will Pucovski #460 2021-CURR
KENT STREET HS EAST VICTORIA PARK (3) WA
Marcus Harris #456 (2018-Curr)
Rodney Marsh #249 (1970-84)
Marcus North #409 (2009-10)
MOUNT LAWLEY HS (3) WA
Ashley Mallett #247 (1968-72)
Robert Massie #260 (1972-73)
Terry Jenner #248 (1970-75)
SCOTCH COLLEGE SWANBOURNE (3) WA
Robert John Inverarity #246 (1968-72)
Barry Shepherd #223 (1963-65)
Cameron Green #459 2020-CURR
WOODVILLE HIGH SCHOOL (3) SA
Thomas Wall #133 (1929-34)
Neil Hawke #224 (1963-68)
Eric Freeman #244 (1968-70)
LAUNCESTON CHURCH GRAMMAR MOWBRAY (3) TAS
George Bailey #436 (2013-14)
James Faulkner #435 (2013)
David Boon #325 (1984-96)
ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE NUDGEE (3) QLD
Joe Burns #441 2014-20
Nathan Hauritz #390 2004-10
Mitch Swepson #464 2022-CURR
SYDNEY HS MOORE PARK (3)
Hansen ‘Sammy’ Carter #88 1907-21
John Cottam #49 1887
Sydney Gregory #58 1890-1912
NEWCASTLE BHS (3)
Grahame Corling #228 1964
Gary ‘Gus’ Gilmour #267 1974-77
Arthur Morris #171 1946-55
HOMEBUSH BOYS HIGH SCHOOL (3)
Gregory Dyer #339 1986-88
Phillip Hughes #408 2009-13
Mitchell Starc #425 2011-CURR
ST. ALOYSIUS COLLEGE MILSONS POINT (3)
John Ferris #44 1887-90
Jack (John) O’Connor #93 1908-09
Gordon Rorke #213 1959
CLEVELAND STREET HS (3)
Charles Kelleway #96 1910-28
William Albert Oldfield #109 1920-37
Alan Kippax #122 1925-1934
CROWN STREET PS SURRY HILLS (3)
Colin McCool #166 1946-50
Montague Noble #76 1898-1909
Victor Trumper Snr #79 1899-1912
RANDWICK BHS (3)
Francis Misson #217 1961
Alan Turner #273 1975-77
David Warner #426 2011-CURR
CBC HS LEWISHAM (3) NSW
William Patrick Crawford #202 1956
Roger Hartigan #92 1908
Kurtis Patterson (NSW) #457 2019-CURR
FOOTSCRAY TECH (3) VIC
Alan Hurst #269 1974-79
Colin ‘Funky’ Miller #379 1998-2001
George Tribe #172 1946-47
HAILEYBURY COLLEGE (3) VIC
Gervys Hazlitt #89 1907-12
Jon Holland #444 2016-18
James Pattinson #424 2011-20
UNIVERSITY HS PARKVILLE (3) VIC
Raymond Bright #280 1977-86
Gary Cosier #274 1975-78
Les Joslin #245 1968
ST. BEDE’S COLLEGE MENTONE (3) VIC
Brad Hodge #394 2005-08
Scott Boland #463 2021-CURR
Jon Holland #444 2016-18
SCARBOROUGH HS (2) WA
Tom Hogan #318 (1983-84)
Michael Malone #282 (1977)
HALE SCHOOL (2) WA
Geoffrey Marsh #333 (1985-92)
Thomas Moody #348 (1989-92)
CBC FREMANTLE (2) WA
Ernest Bromley #146 (1933-34)
Desmond Hoare #218 (1961)
GUILDFORD GRAMMAR (2) WA
Thomas Moody #348 (1989-92)
Brendon Julian #357 (1993-95)
GOVERNOR STIRLING HS WOODBRIDGE (2) WA
Bruce Yardley #294 (1978-83)
Walter Edwards #271 (1974)
MELVILLE HS (2) WA
Graeme Wood #293 (1978-88)
Kevin Wright #301 (1979)
CALER’S COLLEGE ADELAIDE (2) SA
George Giffen #27 (1882-96)
Walter Giffen #50 (1887-92)
TRINITY COLLEGE EVANSTON SOUTH (2) SA
Ryan Harris #413 (2010-15)
Travis Head #454 (2018-Curr)
WAY COLLEGE UNLEY (2) SA
Algernon Gehrs #87 (1904-11)
Affie Jarvis #33 (1885-95)
OAKWOOD AREA SHS (2) SA
Shaun Tait #392 (2005-08)
Homesdale ‘Jack’ Nitschke #137 (1931)
AUBURN PS ADELAIDE (2) SA
Ernest Jones #66 (1894-1902)
Edgar Mayne #105 (1912-21)
UNLEY HS (2) SA
Gilbert Langley #189 (1951-56)
Geffrey Noblet #184 (1950-53)
KINGAROY HS (2) QLD
Matthew Hayden #359 1994-2009
Carl Rackemann #316 1982-91
IPSWICH GRAMMAR (2) QLD
Shane Watson #391 2005-15
Craig ‘Billy’ McDermott #328 1984-96
THE SOUTHPORT SCHOOL (2) QLD
Scott Muller #382 1999
Michael Neser #462 2021-CURR
PARRAMATTA HS (2) NSW
John Benaud #261 1972-73
Richard Benaud #190 1952-64
CBC WAVERLEY (2) NSW
John Fingleton #142 1932-38
Frank Ward #158 1936-38
BATHURST GRAMMAR (2) NSW
George Bonnor #19 1880-88
Charles Turner #46 1887-95
BATHURST HS (2) NSW
Brian Booth #221 1961-66
Trent Copeland #420 2011
WESTFIELD SPORTS HS FAIRFIELD WEST (2) NSW
Michael Clarke #389 2004-15
Usman Khawaja #419 2011-CURR
NEWCASTLE HS (2) NSW
James De Courcy #197 1953
John Watkins #264 1973
KOGARAH HS (2) NSW
Lesley Favell #198 1954-61
Norman O’Neill #211 1958-65
ENDEAVOUR SPORTS HS CARINGBAH (2) NSW
Moises Henriques #432 2013-16
Andrew Hilditch #302 1979-85
ROZELLE JUNIOR TECH BALMAIN (2) NSW
William Hunt #139 1932
Archibald Jackson #130 1929-31
SYDNEY TECH HS ULTIMO (2) NSW
Michael Whitney #313 1981-92
Nick Maddinson #448 2016-CURR
MARIST BROTHERS COLLEGE EASTWOOD (2) NSW
David Gilbert #330 1985-86
Gavin Robertson #375 1998
PUNCHBOWL HS (2) NSW
Leonard Pascoe #277 1977-82
Jeffrey Thomson #262 1973-85
TEMPE HS (2) NSW
Ronald Saggers #182 1948-50
Robert Simpson #209 1957-78
EAST HILLS BOYS TECH HS (2) NSW
Mark Waugh #349 1991-2002
Steven Waugh #335 1985-2004
ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE HUNTERS HILL (2) NSW
Stanley McCabe #134 1930-38
John ‘Jack’ Moroney #183 1949-52
MENAI HS ILLAWONG (2) NSW
Steve PD Smith #415 2010-CURR
Mitchell Starc #425 2011-CURR
ALL SAINTS COLLEGE BATHURST (2) NSW
Thomas McKibbin #72 1895-98
Frederick Spofforth #14 1877-87
FORT STREET HS PETERSHAM (2) NSW
Charles Macartney #90 1907-26
Frederick Spofforth #14 1877-87
DE LA SALLE COLLEGE MALVERN (2) VIC
Ashton Agar #434 2013-17
Michael Beer #4189 2011-12
PRESTON TECH (2) VIC
Alan Connolly #225 1963-71
Bill Lawry #219 1961-71
TRINITY GRAMMAR KEW (2) VIC
Leonard Darling #147 1933-37
Jim Higgs #295 1978-81
COLAC HS (2) VIC
Aaron Finch #453 2018-CURR
Bill Johnston #177 1947-55
MOUNT WAVERLEY HS (2) VIC
Peter Handscomb #447 2016-19
Dean Jones #324 1984-92
ST. PATRICK’S COLLEGE BALLARAT (2) VIC
Jack Hill #196 1953-63
Tom Kelly #12 1877-79
COLLINGWOOD TECH (2) VIC
Mervyn Harvey #175 1947
Robert Neil Harvey #178 1948-63
WILLIAMSTOWN HS (2) VIC
Len Maddocks #199 1955-56
George Thoms #192 1952
XAVIER COLLEGE KEW (2) VIC
Leslie ’Chuck’ Fleetwood-Smith #153 1935-38
Leo O’Brien #145 1933-36
NORTHCOTE HS (2) VIC
Richie Robinson #278 1977
Alan Thomson #250 1970-71
HAWTHORN GRAMMAR (2) VIC
Hughie Trumble #59 1890-1904
John ‘Billy’ Trumble #39 1885-86
MENTONE GRAMMAR (2) VIC
Shane Warne #350 1992-2007
Dav Whatmore #304 1979
BRIGHTON SC (2) VIC
Rob Quiney #429 2012
Alex Carey #461 2021-CURR
ABBOTSFORD PS (2) VIC
Harry Trott #53 1888-98
Albert Trott #71 1895
EASTERN HILLS SHS MOUNT HELENA WA
Jo Angel #255 (1993-95)
PERTH HS WA
Ronald Gaunt #210 (1958-64)
FREMANTLE BHS WA
Ross Edwards #259 (1972-75)
SAFETY BAY SHS WA
Adam Voges #442 (2015-16)
CENTRAL MIDLANDS HS MOORA WA
Keith Slater #212 (1959)
NORTHAM HS WA
John Rutherford #204 (1956)
CITY BEACH SHS WA
Kimberley Hughes #281 (1977-84)
APPLECROSS HS WA
Bruce Laird #306 (1979-82)
BELMONT SHS WA
Dennis Lillee #254 (1971-84)
GIRRAWHEEN SHS WA
Damien Martyn #353 (1992-2006)
CUNDEDIN SHS WA
Christopher Matthews #338 (1986-88)
MERREDIN SHS WA
Lawrence Mayne #233 (1965-1970)
JOHN CURTIN HS WA
Graham McKenzie #220 (1961-71)
CLAREMONT HS WA
Graham McKenzie #220 (1961-71)
KALAMUNDA WA
Anthony Mann #285 (1977-78)
MIDLANDS JUNCTION SHS WA
Anthony Mann #285 (1977-78)
CHRIST CHURCH GRAMMAR SCHOOL WA
Stuart MacGill #374 (1998-2008)
PRENDIVILLE BAPTIST COLLEGE JOONDALUP WA
Michael Hussey #393 (2005-13)
CYRIL JACKSON HS BASSENDEAN WA
Wayne Clark #283 (1977-79)
CBC LEEDERVILLE WA
Michael Veletta #341 (1987-90)
EMMANUEL CATHOLIC COLLEGE SUCCESS WA
Jhye Richardson #458 2019-CURR
JOHN FORREST SECONDARY COLLEGE WA
Bruce Reid #334 1985-93
WALKERIE HIGH SCHOOL SA
Warrick Darling #292 (1987-79)
ADELAIDE HIGH SCHOOL SA
Bruce Dooland #174 (1947-48)
THEBARTON STATE SCHOOL SA
Mervyn Waite #162 (1938)
MARRYATVILLE HS SA
Callum Ferguson #445 2016
BLACKFRIARS PRIORY SA
Callum Ferguson #445 2016
CROYDON CENTRAL SS SA
Ronald Hamence #176 (1947-48)
NORWOOD HS SA
Jeffrey Hammond #265 (1973)
UNDERDALE HS SA
David Hookes #276 (1977-85)
THEBARTON TECH SA
Barrington Jarman #215 (1959-69)
PUTNEY STREET CS ADELAIDE SA
Affie Jarvis #33 (1885-1895)
GAWLER HS SA
Darren Lehmann #378 (1998-2004)
PARA HILLS HS SA
Graham Manou #411 (2009)
SEVEN HILLS SS SA
Arthur Richardson #118 (1924-26)
MT GAMBIER HS SA
Peter Sleep #303 (1979-90)
ROSEWORTHY AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE SA
Joseph Darling #64 (1894-1905)
TEMPLE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE MILE END SA
Peter George #416 (2010)
CABRA DOMINICAN COLLEGE CUMBERLAND SA
Jason Gillespie #370 (1996-2006)
CBC ADELAIDE SA
Joseph Travers #84 (1902)
WESTMINSTER SCHOOL MARION SA
Daniel Cullen #397 (2006)
SACRED HEART COLLEGE SOMERTON PARK SA
David Sincock #232 (1964-66)
SCOTCH COLLEGE TORRENS PARK SA
Wayne B. Phillips #320 (1983-86)
MR PEAT’S SCHOOL SA
John (Jack) Lyons #51 (1887-97)
KYRE COLLEGE UNLEY PARK SA
Vic Richardson #119 (1924-36)
PEMBROKE COLLEGE KENSINGTON PARK / KINGS COLLEGE SA
Reginald Sellers #230 (1964)
GILLES STREET PS SA
John (Jack) Lyons #51 (1887-97)
SCOTCH COLLEGE OAKBURN TAS
Alex Doolan #437 (2014)
HUTCHINS SCHOOL SANDY BAY TAS
Roland Pope #37 (1885)
FRIENDS SCHOOL NORTH HOBART TAS
Maxwell Walker #263 (1973-77)
EXTON SS TAS
Clayvel ‘Jack’ Badcock #155 (1936-38)
BURNIE HS TAS
Shaun Young #372 (1997)
NEWTOWN HS TAS
Roger Woolley #319 (1983-84)
CLARENCE HS TAS
Matthew Wade #428 (2012-21)
RICHMOND HS TAS
Stephen O’Keefe #439 (2014-17)
RICHMOND SS TAS
Kenneth Burn #56 (1890)
CHARLES STREET PS LAUNCESTON TAS
Edgar ‘Ted’ McDonald #114 (1921)
BROOKS HS ROCHERLEA TAS
Greg Campbell #347 (1989-90)
BROOKS SHS LAUNCESTON TAS
Ricky Ponting #366 (1995-2012)
DON COLLEGE DEVONPORT TAS
Benjamin Hilfenhaus #407 (2009-12)
DERWENT SCHOOL BRIDGEWATER TAS
Charles Eady #73 (1896-1902)
LAUNCESTON COLLEGE TAS
Xavier Doherty #417 (2010-13)
ROKEBY HS TAS
Tim Paine #414 (2010-21)
ROSNY COLLEGE HOBART TAS
Tim Paine #414 (2010-21)
ST MICHAEL’S COLLEGE ADELAIDE TAS
Chadd Sayers #452 2018
OUR LADY OF THE VISITATION CATHOLIC SCHOOL TAS
Chadd Sayers #452 2018
LAIDLEY SHS QLD
Andy Bichel #371 1997-2003
KEDRON SHS QLD
Phillip Carlson #300 1979
MARYBOROUGH SHS QLD
Geoff Dymock #268 1974-80
FORTITUDE VALLEY SS BRISBANE QLD
Arthur Wallace Grout #206 1957-66
MARIST BROTHERS ASHGROVE QLD
Matthew Hayden #359 1994-2009
ASPLEY SHS QLD
Trevor Hohns #345 1989
BOWEN BRIDGE ROAD SS WINDSOR QLD
Percival Hornibrook #132 1929-30
PINE MOUNTAIN SS IPSWICH QLD
Herbert Ironmonger #125 1928-33
IPSWICH PS QLD
Len Johnson #179 1948
PIMLICO HS TOWNSVILLE QLD
Mitchell Johnson #398 2007-15
REDCLIFFE SHS QLD
Martin Kent #312 1981
ST. PAUL’S COLLEGE BALD HILLS QLD
Robert Kerr #331 1985
VIRGINIA SS BRISBANE QLD
Ken Mackay #203 1956-63
CAVENDISH ROAD SHS HOLLAND PARK QLD
John Maguire #321 1983-84
ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE GREGORY TERRACE QLD
Ronald Oxenham #129 1929-31
TOOWOOMBA SHS QLD
Greg Ritchie #315 1982-87
ALL SAINTS COLLEGE MERRIMAC QLD
Andrew Symonds #388 2004-09
NORTH BUNDABERG SS QLD
Donald Tallon #169 1946-53
DOWNLANDS COLLEGE TOOWOOMBA QLD
Thomas Veivers #226 1963-67
BRISBANE SHS QLD
Stuart Law #365 1995
EVERTON PARK SHS QLD
Stuart Law
CRAIGSLEA SHS (PUBLIC)
Stuart Law
TOOWOOMBA GRAMMAR SCHOOL QLD
Martin Love #385 2002-03
MUNDUBBERA HS QLD
Martin Love #385 2002-03
WILLIAM STREET NATIONAL SCHOOL DARLINGHURST NSW
Charles Bannerman #1 1877-79
FOREST LODGE SUPERIOR PS NSW
Warren Bardsley #94 1909-1926
STANMORE PS NSW
Sidney Barnes #163 1938-48
PITTWATER HS NSW
Graeme Beard #308 1980
KINGSGROVE HS NSW
Murray Bennett #327 1984-85
STIRLING COLLEGE CANBERRA NSW
Michael Bevan #360 1994-98
ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE NSW
Jackson Bird #431 2012-17
ST. PIUS X COLLEGE NSW
Jackson Bird #421 2012-17
GREYSTANES HS NSW
Douglas Bollinger #405 2009-10
SEVEN HILLS HS NSW
Douglas Bollinger #405 2009-10
SPRINGWOOD HS NSW
Nathan Bracken #387 2003-05
BOWRAL PS NSW
Sir Donald Bradman #124 1928-48
PETERSHAM INTERMEDIATE HS NSW
William Brown #150 1943-48
PADDINGTON PS NSW
Sydney Callaway #60 1892-1895
ASHFIELD JUNIOR TECH NSW
Arthur Chipperfield #151 1934-38
WOOLOOWARE HS NSW
Stuart Clark #396 2006-09
ALBION STREET SUPERIOR PS SYDNEY NSW
Herbert Collins #106 1920-26
CANTERBURY BHS NSW
Arthur Morris #171 1946-55
CRANBROOK SCHOOL BELLEVUE HILL NSW
Ed Cowan #427 2011-13
ST. PAUL’S GRAMMAR PENRITH NSW
Patrick Cummins #423 2011-CURR
GOSFORD HS NSW
Alan Davidson #195 1953-63
NOWRA HS NSW
Ian Davis #266 1974-77
ST. LEONARD’S SUPERIOR PS NSW
Reginald Duff #81 1902-05
MACKSVILLE HS NSW
Phillip Hughes #408 2009-13
JANNALI BHS NSW
John Dyson #289 1977-84
NORTH SYDNEY BOYS’ TECH HS NSW
Kenneth Eastwood #256 1971
ERSKINEVILLE PS NSW
Sidney Emery #102 1912
KOGARAH PS NSW
Alan Fairfax #131 1929-31
VAUCLUSE HS NSW
Bruce Francis #258 1972
KADINA HS LISMORE NSW
Adam Gilchrist #381 1999-2008
ST. JAMES MODEL SCHOOL SYDNEY NSW
David Gregory #5 1877-79
KYOGLE INTERMEDIATE HS NSW
John Gleeson #242 1967-72
TAMWORTH HS NSW
John Gleeson #242 1967-72
NATIONAL SCHOOL DARLINGHURST NSW
Edward Gregory #6 1877
KARABAN HS QUEANBEYAN NSW
Brad Haddin #400 2008-15
ST. DOMINIC’S COLLEGE PENRITH NSW
John Hastings #430 2012
OXLEY HS NORTH TAMWORTH NSW
Josh Hazlewood #440 2014-CURR
NORTH SYDNEY HS NSW
Graeme Hole #188 1951-55
WARNER’S BAY HS NSW
Robert Holland #326 1984-86
BOORAGAL HS NEWCASTLE NSW
Robert Holland #326 1984-86
CASTLEREAGH PS SYDNEY NSW
William Howell Snr #77 1898-1904
FIGTREE HS NSW
Phillip Jaques #395 2005-08
SMITH STREET HS WOLLONGONG NSW
William Hunt #139 1932
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER COLLEGE LIVERPOOL NSW
Jason Krejza #404 2008
MOUNT AUSTIN HS ORANGE NSW
Geoffrey Lawson #309 1980-89
OAK FLATS HS SHELLHARBOUR NSW
Brett Lee #383 1999-2010
MARIST BROTHERS’ DARLINGHURST NSW
Raymond Lindwall #165 1946-60
ST. ANDREW’S CATHEDRAL SCHOOL SYDNEY NSW
Hampden Love #148 1933
YOUNG HS NSW
Nathan Lyon #421 2011-CURR
VINCENTIA HS NSW
Nick Maddinson #448 2016-CURR
WARILLA HS NSW
Nick Maddinson #448 2016-CURR
WATERLOO PS NSW
Arthur Mailey #108 1920-26
TAREE HS NSW
John Wesley Martin #216 1961-67
GAROORIGANG SCHOOL GOULBURN NSW
Hugh Massie #28 1882-85
MARSDEN BHS WEST RYDE NSW
Greg Matthews #322 1983-93
FOR STREET SUPERIOR PS PETERSHAM NSW
Charles Macartney #90 1907-26
INVERELL COLLEGE NSW
Richard McCosker #272 1975-80
MURRAY HS LAVINGTON NSW
Andrew Barry ‘Ronnie’ McDonald #406 2009
NARROMINE HS NSW
Glenn McGrath #358 1993-2007
COFFS HARBOUR HS NSW
Joe Mennie #446 2016
DR. SLY’S SCHOOL CALDER HOUSE REDFERN NSW
Henry Moses #45 1887-95
KNOX GRAMMAR WAHROONGA NSW
Matthew Nicholson #380 1998
MARIST BROTHERS HS KOGARAH NSW
Kerry O’Keeffe #253 1971-77
ST. PATRICK’S COLLEGE GOULBURN NSW
William O’Reilly #140 1932-46
GOULBURN HS NSW
William O’Reilly #140 1932-46
SHORE GRAMMAR NSW
Frederick Spofforth #14 1877-87
DRUMMOYNE BHS NSW
David Renneberg #239 1966-68
ALBURY HS NSW
Stephen Rixon #287 1977-85
WAGGA WAGGA HS NSW
Michael Slater #356 1993-2001
BANKSTOWN BHS NSW
Steve B Smith #323 1984
WOLLONGONG HS NSW
Brian Taber #240 1966-70
CHATSWORTH HS NSW
Mark Taylor #346 1989-99
BARKER COLLEGE HORNSBY NSW
Peter Taylor #340 1987-91
BELMORE TECH NSW
Grahame Thomas #235 1965-66
ST. STANISLAUS COLLEGE BATHURST NSW
Peter Toohey #288 1977-80
LYNDHURST PS NSW
Ernest Toshack #170 1946-48
DUNGOG HS NSW
Keith Douglas Walters #237 1965-81
WAVERLEY COLLEGE NSW
William James Watson #201 1955
ASHFIELD BHS NSW
Dirk Wellham #314 1981-87
CBC NEWTOWN NSW
William Whitty #95 1909-12
TORONTO HS NEWCASTLE NSW
Paul Wilson #376 1998
DOVETON HS VIC
James Pattinson #424 2011-20
NORWOOD HS VIC
James Pattinson #424 2011-20
ALANSFORD PS VIC
Francis Allan #15 1879
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE ARMADALE VIC
Warwick Amrstrong #80 1902-21
CUMLODEN SCHOOL ST. KILDA VIC
Warwick Armstrong #80 1902-21
BELL STREET PS FITZROY VIC
John Blackham #2 1877-94
PUNT ROAD PS SOUTH YARRA VIC
Donald Blackie #126 1928-29
EAGLEHAWK PS BENDIGO VIC
Henry Boyle #17 1879-84
DERBY STREET PS COLLINGWOOD VIC
Frederick Burton #48 1887-88
CROYDON HS VIC
Ian Callen #291 1978
WALHALLA PS VIC
William Carkeek #101 1912
PADUA COLLEGE MORNINGTON VIC
Simon Cook #373 1997
PARADE COLLEGE BUNDOORA VIC
Adam Dale #377 1998-99
ST. JOHN’S CHISHOLM COLLEGE BRAYBROOK VIC
Anthony Dodemaide #343 1987-92
CAULFIELD GRAMMAR EAST ST. KILDA VIC
Hans Ebeling #152 1934
KYABRAM HS VIC
Matthew Elliott #1996-2004
HEATHERHILL HS VIC
Damien Fleming #361 1994-2001
PRINCES HILL PS VIC
Frederick Freer #173 1946
BERWICK GRAMMAR VIC
Henry Graham #63 1893-96
NORTH MELBOURNE CBC VIC
Paul Anthony ‘Dasher’ Hibbert #284 1977
THORNBURY HS VIC
Rod Hogg #297 1978-84
ST. PATRICK’S COLLEGE EAST MELBOURNE VIC
Percy McDonnell #21 1880-88
BELLS STREET PS FITZROY VIC
Thomas Patrick Horan #8 1877-85
WERRIBEE HS VIC
Merv Hughes #332 1985-94
FOOTSCRAY HS VIC
Les Joslin #245 1968
CAMBERWELL HS VIC
Lindsay Kline #207 1957-61
SWAN HILL TECH VIC
Trevor ‘Larry’ Laughlin #296 1978
CASTLEMAINE GRAMMAR VIC
Frank Laver #78 1899-1909
WILLIAMSTOWN PS VIC
Jimmy Matthews #99 1912
UPWEY HS VIC
Glenn Maxwell #433 2013-CURR
CARLTON COLLEGE VIC
Peter McAlister #86 1904-09
YARRA PARK PS RICHMOND VIC
Ernie McCormick #154 1935-38
THE PENINSULA SCHOOL MOUNT MARTHA VIC
Bryce McGain #410 2009
SALESIAN COLLEGE SUNBURY VIC
Peter McIntyre #364 1995-96
BUNDOORA SC VIC
Clint McKay #412 2009
MORDIALLOC HS VIC
Ian Meckiff #208 1957-63
ESSENDON HS VIC
Ken Meuleman #167 1946
SUNSHINE WEST HS VIC
Colin ‘Funky’ Miller #379 1998-2001
CALIFORNIAN GULLY PS BENDIGO VIC
Billy Midwinter #10 1877-79
MR. BONWICK’S GRAMMAR ST. KILDA VIC
Billy Murdoch #13 1877-90
BENDIGO HS VIC
Lisle Nagel #144 1932
ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE RICHMOND VIC
Laurie Nash #143 1932-37
ASHWOOD HS VIC
Peter Nevill #443 2015-16
ASSUMPTION COLLEGE KILMORE VIC
Simon O’Donnell #329 1985
MR. MCGREGOR’S SCHOOL EMERALD HILL VIC
George ‘Joey’ Palmer #23 1880-86
BELMONT HS VIC
WayneN Phillips #351 1992
ALFRED CRESCENT PS FITZROY VIC
Bill Ponsford #117 1924-34
HAWTHORN COLLEGE VIC
Vern Ransford #91 29017-12
JORDANVILLE TECH (PUBLIC)
Paul Reiffel #352 1992-98
VERE STREET PS COLLINGWOOD VIC
Jack Ryder #111 1920-29
KURNAI COLLEGE MORWELL VIC
Peter Siddle #403 2008-19
EAST BRUNSWICK SS VIC
Morris Sievers #157 1936-37
SOUTH MELBOURNE GRAMMAR VIC
James Slight #24 1880
BRIGHTON STREET PS RICHMOND VIC
David Smith #104 1912
CLIFTON HILL CBC VIC
Keith Stackpole Jnr #238 1966-74
HODDLE STREET PS RICHMOND VIC
Francis Walters #42 1885
HAMPTON HS VIC
Shane Warne #350 1992-2007
MCKINNON HS VIC
Graeme Watson #241 1967-72
CAULFIELD TECH VIC
Graeme Watson #241 1967-72
BAIRNSDALE HS VIC
Cameron White #402 2008
FRANKSTON HS VIC
Brad Williams #386 2003-04
CASTLEMAINE HS VIC
Bill Woodfull #123 1926-34
MARYBOROUGH PS VIC
John Worrall #40 1885-99
CAREY BAPTIST GRAMMAR KEW VIC
Graham Yallop #275 1976-84
SCHOOL UNKNOWN
Alec Chalmers Bannerman (NSW) #16 1879-93
William Henry Cooper (VIC) #25 1882-84
Edwin Evans (NSW) #26 1882-86
George Coulthard (VIC) #39 1882
Sam Morris (VIC) #35 1885
William ‘Digger’ Robertson (VIC) #38 1885
John Cole Reedman (SA) #68 1894
Arthur Coningham (NSW/QLD) #69 1895
John Harry (VIC) #70 1895
James Joseph Kelly (NSW) #75
Harry Houston Alexander (VIC) #149
John Bryant ‘Sam’ Gannon (WA) #290 1977-78
Alfred Percy Marr #34 1885
John McLaren #100 1912
Kepler Wessels (Schooled in South Africa) #317 1982-85
Patrick George McShane #41 1885-88
John Saunders #83 1902-08
Thomas Groube #20 1880
John Robart Hodges (VIC) #7 1877
Tom Kingston Kendall (TAS/VIC) #9 1877
Nathaniel Frampton Davis Thomson (NSW) #11 1877
Bransby Cooper (Rugby School Warwickshire, England) #3 1877
Clarence Grimmett (Mount Cook Boys’ School, New Zealand) #121 1925-36
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