the history of western suburbs district cricket club 1921-2002

-4-1921-1946 BERT SHAWFOREWORD TO 1921-1946 SECTIONAt my request, the executive of the Western District Cricket Club graciously consented to allow me tocompile a history, covering the club’s activities over the years since its inception. For that privilege andhonour I sincerely thank them.My purpose was a dual one. Firstly, I believe that there should be some permanent record kept by theclub of the deeds performed by its giants of the past. In the second place, I cherish the hope that thosedeeds which provide the club’s ancestry, will stimulate the present players into a desire to emulate thosewho performed them and help them to carry on the glorious traditions of the “grand old game”.Cricket is essentially a Britisher’s game, and, as such, should have a definite appeal to the youth of theBritish Commonwealth of Nations of which we are a part. In those dark years (1939-1945), when ourvery existence was at stake, our uniformed men still found time to enjoy their game. That they appliedthe lessons learned on the playing fields to the more serious game of war is now a proud part of ournational history.I salute them and give their illustrious names pride of place in this record.In conclusion, may I add that if you derive as much pleasure from the reading of this compilation as I hadin delving among the club’s annals to collate it, I am well rewarded. Ours is a great club with grandtraditions. Let us not besmirch the pages of its history.Bert Shaw1946“Take up our work, for, as we go,To you from passing hands,We fling the torchBe yours to hold it high!”ROLL OF HONOUR1939-1945Boldery C C Fisher A Noblet JBradley F H Fraser A R O’Brien PCameron C Fredericks A T M O’Malley B SCameron G L Greenup C * O’Sullivan KCampbell K Hamilton R M * Quinlan E E *Carvosso I G Holmes H K Rushbrook R F KCox D L Howes H K Rees ECox E A Hunter R J A Robertson GCox R Jeffcoat R Shield T WCook G G Keir H C Shipham WCrommelin K Kenyon R Smith GCremmelin B E K Knaver S Spring GDelahunt J Knaver G * Swanwick JDonaldson N Laimers K J Swanwick KDraney G Lewis L S Trewin SDriscoll O Mannion R I Waldron A FEdwards Stan Mitchell F Waldron F GEllis JNO Morris W Warner A FEsdale K A Moynihan K Wright N EFletcher K J * McGilvray N Wright W HFranklin R F McGuire J D Wyeth L* signifies Killed in Action or Died on Service.