Page 37 - WPHCC 2023-2024 Cricket Season Yearbook

Legends reunion
On Friday 23rd February at the Sports Club 17 players from the great A1 sides of 1979/80 to 83/84 gathered for a reunion. These players formed the basis of our first ever A1 Premiership in 1988/89 and finished their dynasty with 3 straight Titles. At a high level, their collective performances are:
• Total games played – 2,329
• Total runs – 48,870
• Total wickets – 1,505
• Catches – 932
Acknowledging our Greats of the past is important as we all owe an enormous gratitude to those who have gone before us – without them the Club would be a lot different to what it is today. How about this for starters:
Photo: Legends reunion - A1 Grade 1979-80 to 83 - Stuart Dickson, Ken Donaldson & Greg Stoneham - WPH Sports Club – 23rd February 2024
The Final farewell
Last week we did a story on Steve Quanborough’s (D1 Red) last game before retiring from cricket after 25 years of amazing service. It was great this this happened to be a Sheep Station Trophy game between the Reds & the Blues. It was a fitting finale.
Before going out to bat, Quan took a call from Denise Annetts, the great Women’s Test cricketer wishing him well. Add to this James Makin, our Seniors Director and the person who brought Steve to our Club was in attendance. Finally, both Teams formed a guard of honour as he went out to bat.
How did he go? He scored a boundary first ball and finished with 24 runs. It doesn’t get much better.