COVER POINT - Weston Creek Cricket Club

Didn't think there was all that much toappealing. It used to be Just a simplequery of the Umpire - "Owzat?" "Zaat?""How's that?" according to ones linguisticstyles. It wasn't a physical thing. Then,Dennis Lillee made appealing into an acrobaticand at times vulgar act with outstretchedarms and fingers pointingskywards.With grey clouds gathering around StirlingOval, Ken Stone sent WCCC in. It mustbe all those bags of sweets and boiledlollies that Kelaart has been selling andeating, that he'd been complaining ofstomach upsets. He had made one of thosebiological bowel noises as he played andmissed a ball outside his stumps. At thisinstant Ken Stone went up with a hugeappeal - when he landed he had pulled acalf muscle.Talking about boiled lollies - by the timethis issue is out, it is hoped that the Clubhas made a handsome profit by Col's effortin the "Mixed Sweets Drive", (a bit differentto his cover drive or the "boiled lolly"drive). An easy and excellent way ofmaking a coupld of thousand dollars quickly.Bill Northam left Canberra with his wifeand three children at the endof February to take up a teaching appointmentin Victoria. Bill first played for theClub in 1979 and made a big .contributionto Sub-district and City & Suburban Cricket.During his 8 seasons with the Club he hadbeen involved in fundraising on severaloccasions. He was Chairman of Selectorsin 1982-83 and had captained City &Suburban teams for several seasons. Hemade nearly 2,500 runs and took 45 wickets.Bill is the only Club member to have madea century and take a hat-trick. A presentationwas made to Bill at the end ofhis last game for the Club. We wish Billand his family well.An ACT Representative player who wasconsidered unfit to play in the First Gradefor his Club played for the Fifth Gradeagainst WCCC in the last round of the 2-day competition. In doing so he was certainlynot breaking any local rules, But!!!LETTERS TOTHE EDITORDear Sir,I wish to complain about the scurrilouscomment made in a recent edition by yourcontributor 'Quick Single'. In his almanacfor 1987, he suggested that a former firstgrade fast bowler would be signing asponsorship deal with a well known weightloss centre. This is not true.In fact, that ex-first grader has suffereda drastic weight reduction since fatherhoodwas thrust upon him. Anxious momentsand sleepless nights have caused him tobecome almost anorexic.Further it is quite difficult to give credenceto 'Quick Single' nom de plume having seenhim bat in the lower grades this year.Cries of 'steady' in the field are indicativeof his fear of having to chase overthrows,thus revealing why he hides himself in thefield.Finally, is it also true that 'QS' is intendingto retire at season's end because continualjock strap rash is getting to this wife?Is it true that he cannot afford a new toecapfor next year? If these rumours aretrue then a certain military bearing willbe lost forever. What a Major loss thiswould be.Yoursfaithfully,Ex-First Grade QuickieWho Is But A Shadow OfHis Former Self.COOLEMANCOURT