Manly Warringah District Cricket Club is a cricket club in based in Manly, Sydney, Australia who play in the Sydney Grade Cricket competition. Founded in 1878, Manly was a foundation club in the Sydney grade competition.^[1] Manly are relatively successful, having won the Club Championship 5 times since the year 2000. The current head coach is Tim Cruickshank and the first-grade captain Jay Lenton.^[2] Manly play their home games at Manly Oval. The club has produced a number of international cricketers, more recently Stephen O'Keefe, Stuart Clark and Michael Bevan, and all-time great Keith Miller. In 2019, Morne Morkel played a season at Manly in preparation for the Big Bash which he played for the Perth Scorchers and after he retired, he became Manly's Assistant Coach..^[3] Current state representatives include Mickey Edwards, Jack Edwards, Stephen O'Keefe and Oliver Davies. Other first-class players include Ahillen Beadle and Jay Lenton. Media personalities including Cameron Merchant and Andrew Rochford currently also represent Manly-Warringah.^[4]

Notable players

Current

Current players representing the Manly Warringah District Cricket Club who have played professional cricket include:^[5]

• Ahillen Beadle (Sydney Thunder)
• Adam Crosthwaite (Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Adelaide Strikers)
• Chris Green (New South Wales, Sydney Thunder, Guyana Amazon Warriors)
• Mickey Edwards (New South Wales, Sydney Sixers)
• Jack Edwards (New South Wales, Sydney Sixers)
• Jay Lenton (New South Wales, Sydney Thunder)
• Stephen O'Keefe (New South Wales, Sydney Sixers, Australia)
• Cameron Merchant (Northern Districts)
• Ben Bryant (Cambridge MCCU)
• Oliver Davies (New South Wales, Sydney Thunder)

International Representatives

The following players have represented Manly Warringah District Cricket Club and Australia:

• Sammy Woods
• Percie Charlton
• Bert Hopkins
• Roy Minnett
• Jack Gregory
• Arthur Mailey
• Keith Miller
• Ron Saggers
• Jim Burke
• Gordon Rorke
• Peter Philpott
• Graeme Thomas
• Peter Toohey
• Kevin Wright
• Graeme Beard
• Michael Bevan
• Gavin Robertson
• Paul Wilson
• Stuart Clark
• Stephen O'Keefe

The following players have represented Manly Warringah District Cricket Club and another national team:

• Bill Athey (England)
• Paul Jarvis (England)
• David Lawrence (England)
• Jason Gallian (England)
• Alvin Kallicharran (West Indies)
• Morne Morkel (South Africa)

Other Notable Players

• Andrew Rochford, television and radio presenter and doctor
• Cameron Merchant, former Northern Districts player and Married at First Sight contestant
• Mike Pawley OAM, former New South Wales player, local business owner and philanthropist