Twenty - Weston Creek Cricket Club

Twenty Seasons OnThe other event I remember about our first presentation nightwas receiving a batting trophy for which there was nocompetition. What happened was Honorary Treasurer Jim andHonorary Secretary Percy Samara-Wickrama had doubled upand both bought trophies. So in order to justify theirpurchases I was asked by Jim if I would like to be the"worthy" recipient of one. In explaining why he had selectedme he suggested that I was the only person who, in anacceptance speech, could tell a convincing enough story tomake everyone feel the trophy was indeed recognition ofsome outstanding exploit of mine. It must have worked aseveryone applauded and congratulated me at the end. Ourpresentation nights grew rapidly from that point, not only inthe numbers attending but also in reputation.In those early days, we did not own our own club premisesand so we had to hold these nights in restaurants and otherrented places. The entertainment for the 1978 PresentationDinner took the form of a 'cabaret. Dave Flatt, Terry Lynch,John Derrick and myself formed the Club's own "Barber ShopQuartet" performing to the accompaniment of Ray Williams atthe piano. The song was composed by Ray and his wifeJackie and early rehearsals at Ray's home helped establishsome important aspects of our act. Ray was as competent atthe piano as with the new ball, three of the four members ofthe quartet could neither sing nor dance and we had to beselective as to the timing of the performance.We packed into Matilda's Tavern for this one. We must havehit the right combination as no one noticed the shortcomingsand the evening was a great success.AN END OF SEASON SONGThis song was composed by Jackie Williams for thePresentation Night at the end of 1978-79 season.103