Twenty - Weston Creek Cricket Club

Twenty Seasons OnOf course I only needed the score book to refresh mymemory. It was all in there, just needed prodding, but givethanks to Chris Body for keeping these important andinvaluable historical documents.My association with the Club goes right back to the initialmeeting to form the senior club. I remember that DonBrooker, Percy Samara-Wickrama, Chris Harris, Pat Flynnand myself were there but I'm sure there must have beenothers as well.Initially we only had one team in the sub-district competition,however, by the 1977-78 season we had enough players tofield two teams. It was decided that the sub-B side shouldcontain the promising young players within the Club with afew experienced older heads to assist them. This policy ofpromoting and supporting young talent was a cornerstone ofthe Club's development. I am very proud to say that myfondest memories are of the sub-district B and third gradeteams I captained and the wonderful talent they helped todevelop. It's interesting to note that both these teams weresuccessful; the sub-district B winning the premiership andthe thirds losing in the semi-final.A number of the most promising players were in the WestonCreek High School side. This side had easily won the schoolchampionship for the two previous seasons. The team wasbrimming with talent with players such as Neil Evans,Andrew McLeod, Alan Giles, Andrew Newman, GraemeDrew, Vikram Varma, Ian Arthur and John Mitchell to namea few. Many of them went on to play in the top grades forthe Club. They were a formidable school side.One school game is particularly memorable. It was played onthe Weston Creek High School Oval against Campbell HighSchool and Alan Giles chose the occasion to hit 100+, mostly35