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<strong>Weston</strong> <strong>Creek</strong>, <strong>Cricket</strong> <strong>Club</strong>CLUBBy John BowdlerA long-serving player whohas now plunged deeply intothe administration and become<strong>Club</strong> President (1992-93).John is a passionate followerand lover of the game ofcricket and is somewhat of anauthority on the exploits ofone Doug Walters. Tie has anequal passion for, andknowledge of, the fortifiedwines of Rutherglen whichmakes him wonderful companyat a dinner party. Born andbred in Tamworth, NSW,where in keeping with thelifestyle, he developed his slowto medium nagging deliverieswhich have resulted in over120 victims for the <strong>Club</strong>. Withthe bat, he has scored over2300 runs and is in 19thposition and rising, on <strong>Club</strong>aggregate. . „ .0 0° Chris HarrisMy first contact with the <strong>Weston</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> <strong>Cricket</strong> <strong>Club</strong> was inthe mid 1970's, when the <strong>Club</strong> was changing from a juniorclub to one fielding teams in senior cricket - initially the City andSuburban Association. I had got to know Don Brooker when hewas a senior leg spinner with the Woden <strong>Club</strong> in the early 1970'sand I was attracted to playing for the <strong>Club</strong> located in my area ofCanberra.I decided not to join the <strong>Club</strong> then, preferring to continue to play"turf" cricket. That was one of the big mistakes of my cricketingcareer. My fortunes with the then Woden <strong>Club</strong> were not so goodafter that and, as I have discovered in recent years, playing onartificial turf or concrete is not the end of the world. The mainloss however was that it was not until 1978 that I was introducedto the comradeship and spirit of WCCC.92
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