The Southport School First XI cricket team of the decade

An emerging English international, a towering Australian fast bowler and one of Queensland’s most exciting teenage prospects are among those chosen in this The Southport School First XI team of the decade.

An emerging English international, a towering Australian fast bowler and one of Queensland’s most exciting teenage prospects are among those chosen in this The Southport School First XI team of the decade.

Sam Hain, Billy Stanlake and Hugo Burdon are part of more than 100 years of cricketing tradition at the Gold Coast-based GPS school. And they would spearhead a TSS team from the last decade.

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TSS has a wonderful cricket history.

Consider Test cricketer Scott Muller, a tower of strength for Queensland during the Bulls’ all-conquering march through the 1990s, walked the hallways of TSS.

Dolphins batsman Hugo Burdon. Pic Mike Batterham

Most recently Stanlake, Michael Neser and Alister McDermott have shone, while New Zealand international Blair Tickner is another to come through the school’s cricket program.

Then you have state players like Gilbert Gunthorpe, Lou Cooper, John Buchanan, Steve Monty, Bruce Oxenford, Alister McDermott, Nic Stevens, Cameron Brimblecombe, Xavier Bartlett and Mathew Kuhnemann.

Sam Hain of the England Lions bats during the tour match between the Australia XI and the England Lions. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images for ECB)

Throw in spinning all-rounder Callum Taylor from the South Brisbane club and you have a cocktail of cricketing talent.

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Buchanan is, of course, Queensland’s first ever Sheffield Shield winning coach and the most successful coach of an Australian Test team.

Former Australian and Queensland Cricket Coach John Buchanan is coach at Wests who were in second position in Premier cricket. (AAP Image/Richard Walker)

He was also such a good all-rounder, that twice he was named Premier grade Player of the Year while playing for University.

Oxenford, a leg-spinner, is a current Test umpire while Alister McDermott was a Sheffield Shield grand final fast bowling hero.

Alister McDermott in action. Picture Glenn Hampson.

Monty was a good opening batsman for Queensland and Lou Cooper was revered by his peers as a Queensland gloveman

They are the past.

But I’ve come up with a mighty side which highlights the quality of TSS cricket in the most recent past.

How’s this for a TSS team of the decade?

1 Robbie Benadie (captain and wicket keeper)

2 Max Houlahan

3 Nick Stevens

4 Sam Hain

5 Hugo Burdon

6 Sol Budinger (vice-captain)

7 Dylan Riley

8 Matt Kuhnemann

9 Josh Kann

10 Blair Tickner

11 Billy Stanlake

12th man Callum Taylor

GPS CRICKET COVERAGE: The GPS cricket season continues on Saturday and Andrew Dawson will be covering matches and reporting for both the Quest Community Newspapers and The Courier-Mail online sites.

Originally published as The Southport School First XI cricket team of the decade