Club to celebrate past premierships

SHELFORD Cricket Club members will look back on four premiership milestones as part of a past players and sponsors day next month.

Alongside a match against North Geelong, members will gather at the clubrooms on 15 February from 1pm to celebrate 20, 35, and 40-year anniversaries of seasonal victories.

Shelford Cricket Club president Robert Rice said the day will be all about looking back on the club’s achievements.

“We’ve got our B Grade from 1984/85 celebrating 40 years, two [A and B Grade] premierships celebrating 35 years, and our B Grade in the 2004/05 season celebrating 20 years,” he said.

“It’s a big year especially because with the two premierships celebrating 35 years, they’d also won the A and B Grade in 1988/89 and then did it again the following season.

“To do that back in that era of the competition when it was the Leigh Cricket Association was certainly a great effort from those players. We certainly want to recognise that.”

The day’s match will be followed with an afternoon tea and barbecue.

Scorecards from the anniversary premierships will be on display while past players are encouraged to bring any memorabilia to show off.

Mr Rice said he is looking forward to seeing the club’s former members reminisce.

“My brother had just started the year before the 20-year premiership at Shelford and I was about 10, so I’m looking forward to seeing the comradeship and the mateship the guys still hold over all these years,” he said.

“Considering all we’ve gone over for the last few years, it’s great for everybody to catch up again and relive good times.”