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Asquith Rugby League Cricket Club is a proud family club catering to cricketing needs for all ages and abilities All ages, abilities & experience welcome!

Asquith Rugby League Cricket Club is your community Club. We form part of the Hornsby Kuring-gai Cricket Association and are located in the north of Sydney, NSW, Australia. ARLCC currently offers opportunities in Junior/Master Blasters for both boys and girls aged 5-10 and for Juniors (9-16yrs). We also enter teams in the All age Men's competition playing from A1 to D2 Grades.

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07/09/2026

MAGPIE MONDAY | MICHAEL HALL | 008

This week’s Magpie Monday is Hally - a genuine all-rounder and four-time A Grade premiership winner.

Across 220 games for Asquith, Michael Hall has scored 3,295 runs at 19.73 and taken 368 wickets at 13.76. In his own words, his game has always been about steadying the ship - building partnerships with the bat and making batsmen play with the ball.

He was Club Champion in 2006/07 and saved one of his best performances for the right occasion, taking out Man of the Match in Asquith’s 2007/08 A Grade Grand Final win. There’s also an A Grade hat-trick, the 2015/16 HK&HDCA Sunday competition bowling average and the Andy Watson Award in 2023/24.

Hally shares the HK&HDCA third-wicket partnership record of 149 with Ben Folkard and Asquith’s all-time tenth-wicket record of 100* with Amardeep Gill.

And clearly he hasn’t had enough cricket yet. For the past seven years, Hally has represented Port Jackson and NSW in Veterans cricket, playing in and captaining NSW to multiple state titles.

01/09/2026

Paris. Milan. Asquith.

Introducing the Asquith Magpies 2026 Collection.

An elevated take on the traditional cricket-club layer. Classic black. Statement shoulders. A relaxed silhouette designed to move effortlessly from training track to boundary rope to post-match refreshment.

Available now. Shop the collection: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15rLPo6AsCosSOryLDGgDJ6SgGe2cOru-TwHtlUixYKI/edit

31/08/2026

Magpie Monday No. 007 could only go to one man.

José Da Silva has been on club service since 1997, playing 171 matches and captaining Asquith to the 2002/03 C2 Grade premiership.

His contribution away from the field has been even greater. José served as club president from 2013 to 2015 and has been secretary ever since. He launched Asquith’s first Milo In2Cricket program in 2012/13 and continues to coordinate what is now Cricket Blast, helping restart junior cricket at the club. The Junior Club Champion award now carries his name in recognition of that work.

He was also named Club Person of the Year in 2009/10 and, completing an impressively varied dossier, won the Magpies Waitara Grubber Award in 2018.

A lovely bloke, a wonderful clubman and still very much on active service.

27/08/2026

FLASHBACK FRIDAY

On 28 September 2002, with Avril Lavigne’s Complicated at number one in Australia, Greg Westwood made a chase of 286 look anything but.

Greg finished unbeaten on 168 as Asquith reached 3/305 from 58.3 overs against WPHC at Weadon Park. His innings included 27 fours and four sixes and remains the third-highest recorded individual score in club history.

The photo isn’t from the innings itself, but it is Greg, of course, in action a few years later.

24/08/2026

Magpie Monday 006 features one of Asquith’s finest run-scorers, Mark Pittorino.

Pitto scored 4,142 runs across 139 matches, placing him fifth on the club’s all-time list. There were five centuries, 22 fifties and a highest score of 139 along the way - plus 835 runs in 1997/98, still the second-highest single-season aggregate in Asquith history.

He also collected 18 wickets, 64 catches, a grand final win and, most impressively, two Senior Club Champion awards.

Thirty years between his first and last seasons. Some effort!

20/08/2026

Flashback Friday - the 2005/06 A Grade Grand Final.

More than 20 years ago, Asquith piled on 282 at Berowra, led by Dan Cunningham with 72. A fresh faced Steve Loccisano added 46, Greg Westwood made 35 and Ben Folkard finished unbeaten on 27.

Normanhurst were then dismissed for 124, with Luke Chapman taking 5/27, Folkard 2/55, and Cunningham and Andrew Perry claiming a wicket each.

A 158-run Grand Final win!

That looks like our esteemed president, Steve Loccisano, being greeted by the modest field of four slips, a gully and short cover. We await confirmation from anyone whose memory stretches back that far.

And in the other photo, it must be either Chapman or Perry responsible for destroying the leg stump. Confessions welcome.

17/08/2026

Magpie Monday | Robert Banks

This week’s Magpie Monday features Robert “Banksie” Banks - the leading wicket-taker in Asquith history.

Across a career spanning more than 30 years, Banksie played 226 matches and took 440 wickets at an average of 13.95, including 12 five-wicket hauls and best figures of 7/20.

He also made 3,482 runs, with 10 fifties and a highest score of 117 not out, placing him second on the club’s all-rounders list.

Banksie twice won an HK&HDCA bowling average trophy - in D Grade in 1992/93 and B2 Grade in 2012/13 - an extraordinary 20 seasons apart.

Add three Grand Final wins and it’s one of the great all-round careers in the club’s history.

13/08/2026

Flashback Friday - the 2012/13 B2 Grade Grand Final.

Asquith defeated WPHC Blue by 10 wickets to claim the first of three consecutive premierships.

After bowling WPHC out for 151, the Magpies replied with 218 - led by Mark Pittorino’s 58 and Grant Chapman’s 31.

Chapman then took 5/20 as WPHC Blue were rolled for 77, giving him seven wickets for the match. Robert Kirk added 3/27 before Kevin Andrich and Pittorino knocked off the remaining 11 without loss.

12/08/2026

Looking for a cricket club for the 2026/27 season?

Asquith Magpies are welcoming new players across all grades and ability levels. Whether you’re an experienced player, returning after a break or playing for the first time, everyone is welcome.

We’re based on Sydney’s Upper North Shore and play in the HK&HDCA competition.

Send us a message if you’re interested or would like more information.

10/08/2026

Magpie Monday | Denver Rego

Completing Asquith’s trio selected in the HK&HDCA Team of the Last 25 Years: Denver Rego.

Across 177 matches for the Magpies, Denver took 372 wickets at 13.44 - the fourth-highest tally in club history. His record included 13 five-wicket hauls, two ten-wicket matches and best figures of 8/21.

He also scored 2,878 runs at 20.56, placing him 15th on Asquith’s all-time run-scoring list, with 12 fifties and a century.

Four grand finals, two wins and one of the finest spin bowlers in the club’s history.

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