Out On The Paddock

We kick off an exciting new chapter of Out on the Paddock with the debut of our latest segment, “Legends of the Regions.” And for our inaugural episode, we couldn’t go past one of country cricket’s true icons — Albany’s own Terry Eaton . Join host Rob Marshall as he dives into Terry’s remarkable journey through WA Country Cricket — a career that spanned multiple associations, was shaped by inspira...

This episode continues our 2025/26 season wrap of WA Regional Cricket Grand Finals — a season that can genuinely only be described as delivering the miraculous . For the second consecutive year in the Bunbury & Districts Cricket Association Men’s A Grade competition, Dalyellup Cricket Club found themselves face‑to‑face with the undisputed powerhouse of BDCA cricket: the Colts Cricket Club. The...

Each season in WA Country Cricket, there are invariably some amazing finishes in competitions all around WA and often Grand Finals that can only be described as "miracle matches" or perhaps "the great escape". Season 2025/26 has produced more of these "miracle" finishes in Grand Finals than normal and the next two episodes of Out on the Paddock are devoted to capturing a couple of these classic re...

Tim Hutchison is one of the most respected and much liked male players to represent the WA Country XI in the past decade. Tim is an inspiring example of someone who has lived the journey of WA Country Cricket nearly all of his life and has committed to playing at the highest level he can and ensure that others have that opportunity as well. This episode of Out on the Paddock explores Tim's pathway...

In our final episode to wrap up Women & Girls Week 2025, we get to hear the fabulous story and journey into Womens Cricket of Leschenault Cricket Club player, Emma Jamieson. Emma's story is one of growing up in an environment that encouraged girls to play sport, but was very much defined by those sports seen as only appropriate for females. Emma's discovery of Cricket later in life and how it...

As we continue our 3 part special during Women & Girls Week here in regional WA, our focus turns in this episode - Part 2, to discussing "Fearless on the Field", another new initiative changing how Women & Girls see Cricket and can embrace it as their own. Fearless on the Field is an outstanding and unique initiative of Geraldton based, Sportsmans Cricket Club and we hear what it is all ab...

Welcome to the first of an exciting 3 part set of episodes of Out on the Paddock as we explore for the first time in regional WA Cricket, a new initiative called - Women and Girls Week. This is a fabulous opportunity to continue to hear how to help advance Women and Girls Cricket throughout country WA and a chance for all regional Cricket Clubs and Associations to be a part of this growing revolut...

On the 29th August 2025, WA Country Cricket lost one of it's favourite sons and arguably one of its finest players of the recent past. Glen Dehring, or Dehro as he was often known, dominated the Cricket fields of WA Country and in fact Australian Country Cricket for nearly 4 decades and was to become the most decorated player in WA Country Crickets history. A former WA Country XI Captain at multip...

In part 2 of - A History of Harvey Cricket, we enter the world of Cricket in Harvey in the early 21st Century with two very dominant Clubs in the town who faced the challenge of reluctantly acknowledging the need to connect together to form one club and put aside at times, quite bitter rivalries of the past. The Harvey Benger Cricket Club was formed in the winter of 2004, going into the 2004/05 Cr...

The Harvey Cricket Club is typical of so many Cricket Clubs across regional WA and in fact arguably, regional Australia as a whole. However, also like so many other Country Cricket Clubs, the unique thing about this Club, is it has its own history. It is a history that can be traced across 3 different centuries, full of pioneers, firsts, golden periods, significant challenges and premierships. Fro...

As we launch a new year of Out on the Paddock for 2025, we smash the first episode through the covers for four with an incredible look back across over 150 years of Cricket played in and around the Geraldton region. As part of our "A History of" series, we hear from two individuals who have played large parts in both creating and capturing the history of Geraldton and its incredible array of clubs...

This episode of Out on the Paddock is a must listen. Rodney "Rocket" Ford is one of the most influential and celebrated players in WA Country Cricket of the past 20 years. Rocket's performances and statistics are almost unsurpassed and he is currently the most capped player for WA Country in it's history to date. But what makes Rocket so loved and respected is that his commitment and desire to pla...

This special episode of Out on the Paddock is a chance for you to engage with Area Manager for WA Country Cricket - Andrew Hayes as well as WA Country Coach and Talent Specialist - Chris (Chippy) Secker as they examine all aspects of WA Country Cricket for season 2024/25. Discussed in this episode are some major changes for Mens and Womens Senior Country Weeks, an overhaul that has taken place of...

One of the aspects of sport that has polarised for centuries is the role of the umpire. The umpire is both critical and yet also criticised. Cricket in particular, has cast the role of the umpire in so many different ways and on any given weekend during any summer in Australia, there won't be too many matches that won't end without some form of conversation around decisions made and how the result...

Cricket is full of tradition and forms of craft that are completely unique in the world of sport. Not many people will argue with that. This episode of Out on the Paddock dives deep into an ancient art founded in Cricket that dates back at least 400 years and can be traced to a tragic event that effectively announced the arrival of a new sport. WA Country Cricket doesn't have 400 years of history,...

This is part B of our two part series on "The History Of - WA Country Week Cricket, with Bill Reynolds". In this episode we continue to hear Bills incredible journey with capturing the history, the players, the teams and the results of the past 117 years of WA Country Cricket and Senior Mens Country Week. Part B focuses on Bills amazing book - 100 Not Out, which is effectively the only existing co...

As we continue our "the history of" series, this episode captures one of the most important figures in the history of WA Country Cricket, Bill Reynolds. In this Part A of a two part interview, we find out who Bill Reynolds is and why it is that his work over more than 6 decades has captured every run, wicket and catch of more than 20,000 players to have played Senior Mens Country Week Cricket in W...

In the first of our "The History Of" series on Out on the Paddock, we get to hear about the amazing and rich history of a WA Country Cricket Club that has recently celebrated 50 years of playing regional Cricket, but in actual fact has roots that go back over 100 years. In this episode we get to hear from various generations that have played for YOBS Cricket Club in an Association in WA Country Cr...

The March long weekend of 2024 saw the hosting of the annual Senior Womens Country Week Carnival in the Bunbury, Leschenault and Harvey Regions of WA Country. In what turned out to be an outstanding 3 days of Cricket across two grades, the final of the Womens A section in particular resulted in one of the greatest finishes seen in WA Country Cricket history. In this episode of Out on the Paddock,...

A new season of Out on the Paddock for 2024, kicks off with a bang as we put the spotlight on what are the options for older guys in WA Regional Cricket to get involved with a movement that continues to grow rapidly each year here in Australia ... Veterans Cricket. In this episode, we hear from Nathan King from Burekup Cricket Club, who has recently represented WA in the Over 40s National Champion...

Absolute Cricket “nuffy” and former Australian Country Cricket Championship winning Coach, Tim Edmunds, is our guest in this episode of Out on the Paddock. Tim's passion for WA Country Cricket is one that few can match and his eye for detail and what is important to keep WA Country Cricket ticking, comes through strongly in this episode. There are plenty of good yarns and laughs also throughout, b...

You may have heard his name ... you may even think you know him a little bit ... but who really is Andrew Hayes and why is he one of the most vital individuals and a crucial cog for WA Country Cricket on a daily basis. In this episode you will get to understand and hear what makes Andrew Hayes tick and why he and his team based at the WACA are so passionate to ensure WA Country Cricket is the best...

Craig Tonkin is an Albany Cricket legend and favourite son of all things Cricket in the Great Southern. His career spanned over 3 decades playing at the highest level in that region and his ability to win games with either bat or ball in hand, are the stuff of folklore in the bush. "Tonks" as he is known to most of those who know him, carved out a career with North County CC and with the Albany Cr...

In this special episode of Out on the Paddock, we tap into guest - Todd Anderson. Who is Todd Anderson ... well ... one thing is that he has never played a game of WA Country Cricket, in fact ... apart from smashing a century or two in the backyard and the occasional, "one hand, one bounce" ... he has never really played a whole lot of Cricket full stop. And yet, he may well be one of the most imp...

In July 2023, WA Country Cricket announced the newly appointed Coach of the WA Country XI Mens team, former WA State Player, Shawn Gillies. In this episode, we hear of Shawn's story of arriving as a youngster in WA all the way from Jamaica and how the influence of watching the mighty West Indies teams of the 80's and 90's, gave him direction and a passion to try and play Cricket at the highest pos...