@Smudge said in Pick your clubs all time team.:

@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Pick your clubs all time team.:

@Smudge said in Pick your clubs all time team.:

@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Pick your clubs all time team.:

@Smudge said in Pick your clubs all time team.:

stepping away from rugby to cricket . . .

Albion Cricket Club (Dunedin) First XI

Glenn Turner

Mark Richardson

Andrew Jones

Bert Sutcliffe

Ken Rutherford

Brendon McCullum

Nathan McCullum

John Bracewell

Martin Snedden

Neil Wagner

Alexander Downes

12th man: Mark Craig.

Bloody hell, that is really impressive.

Bit light in the pace bowling department and Albion always was a little creative with their claims for these guys (Sutcliffe played 1 season for Albion and about 14 for North East Valley when he was in Dunedin) but yes, not bad. Proud to be an honorary vice president there.

Good on you. Sounds like a club to be proud of., is it good socially?

It was. I'm in Wellington now and haven't played for ages. But the memorabilia in the club rooms is out of this world, thanks to the efforts of the late Warwick Larkins. There's a corner of the rooms set up to the club's triple-hundred scorers (Sutcliffe, Richardson, Turner, Rutherford, McCullum) and a stack of random shirts etc. I was club captain in the late 90s (despite being 19 when the drinking age was 20) & the fact we didn't have a liquor license at the time - something they avoided sorting for another 10 years or so - meant some of the drinks deals were incredibly stupid. But fun.

From what I hear, the culture is still very strong. I was on the committee again when I moved back down in 2012 until leaving in 2016 and when I did attend, the rooms were pretty full on a Saturday night.

I love that stuff aye, Guys like you who are prepared to muck in and make a club actually tick are heroes without capes.
My old club was pretty good as well. Back in the 90's some of my fondest memories are drinking in the club and then taking a very short stroll into town for more. WBOP is currently blessed with a few guys who really step in junior cricket and the scene is very good.
In a sad development that I take ZERO pleasure in that my club is the only one in Tga with its own club rooms, not having proper club rooms kills a club IMO.

WBOP cricket is ludicrously strong. So much talent coming through, so many current black caps and ND players. Many have moved to the area, but they still contribute. Junior cricket is run really well in these parts.

The Silver Fern

Baron Silas Greenback