Weston Creek Cricket Club Tour of England

10 Weston Creek Cricket Club
The Club
Weston Creek Cricket Club has come a long way since its beginnings
in the summer of 1972. At that time,Weston Creek was one of the newer
cluster of suburbs of Canberra with many young couples and their
families establishing their homes. It presented an ideal environment for
the development of a new cricket club, particularly one for children.
During the winter of 1972, a meeting was called by the Australian
Capital Territory Cricket Association to see if there was sufficient interest
in the area to form a junior club. The attendance by about 100 boys and as
many parents attested to a clear need and, at a later meeting, the Weston
Creek Junior Cricket Club was officially formed. Don Brooker, former
long-serving President and now the Patron of the Club, convened this first
meeting and was elected the Club's first President.
During that season, Weston Creek fielded eight teams in the Saturday
morning junior competition. This was the birth of the predecessor of the
Weston Creek Cricket Club. The Club and the area grew rapidly in the
following seasons and it was fortunate that the Australian Capital
Territory Cricket Association commenced a Sub-District competition in
1975-76, just as the Club was facing the dilemma of how to cater for the
older players who were soon becoming ineligible to play in the Junior
competitions.