{"id":104547,"date":"2025-01-26T04:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T17:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/lismoretimes\/?p=104547"},"modified":"2025-01-25T17:46:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T06:46:35","slug":"beyond-the-boundary-late-cricketer-honoured-for-lifelong-dedication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/lismoretimes\/news\/beyond-the-boundary-late-cricketer-honoured-for-lifelong-dedication\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the boundary \u2013 late cricketer honoured for lifelong dedication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOCAL cricket identity John Buttrum has posthumously received an Order of Australia medal for service to cricket and the community.<\/p>\n<p>The long-time Lismore resident, who died of a heart attack at the age of 82 in 2023, was a life member of the Far North Coast Cricket Council and served as president from 2007 to 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_104549\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104549\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-104549\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/01\/JohnButtrumOAMwithhi_06966-300x262.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/01\/JohnButtrumOAMwithhi_06966-300x262.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/01\/JohnButtrumOAMwithhi_06966-1024x895.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/01\/JohnButtrumOAMwithhi_06966-768x671.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/01\/JohnButtrumOAMwithhi_06966.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Buttrum OAM with his wife Robyn. Photo: SUPPLIED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He was also a life member of Mullumbimby-Brunswick Cricket Club and worked in a range of voluntary roles, including as a coach and as president in 1979.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Buttrum was also a founding member and treasurer of the charity Lord&#8217;s Taverners Northern NSW, which raises money to help underprivileged and disadvantaged young people, including those with disabilities, and engages with them through cricket and other sports.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_104551\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104551\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-104551\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/01\/JohnButtrumOAMwithac_09450-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/01\/JohnButtrumOAMwithac_09450-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/01\/JohnButtrumOAMwithac_09450-664x1024.jpg 664w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/01\/JohnButtrumOAMwithac_09450-768x1184.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/01\/JohnButtrumOAMwithac_09450-996x1536.jpg 996w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/01\/JohnButtrumOAMwithac_09450.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Buttrum OAM with a cricket bat signed by students and fellow teachers that he received when he retired from Tregeagle Public School. Photo: SUPPLIED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Buttrum\u2019s 85-year-old wife Robyn said she was extremely proud of her husband of 62 years, but she\u2019s not sure if he would have accepted the award.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe probably would have said, \u2018we don\u2019t do all this volunteer work to get awards, we do it because we want to\u2019,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been talked into accepting the award in Sydney in April so the grandkids can see it and know how good poppy was, but I will probably cry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Buttrum was born and raised in Lismore, but the couple were both teachers who spent time working throughout NSW.<\/p>\n<p>He also worked locally at Main Arm Upper Public School and Tregeagle Public School, where he taught until he retired.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_104550\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104550\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-104550\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/01\/JohnButtrumOAMwithap_08218-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/01\/JohnButtrumOAMwithap_08218-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/01\/JohnButtrumOAMwithap_08218-1024x748.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/01\/JohnButtrumOAMwithap_08218-768x561.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/01\/JohnButtrumOAMwithap_08218.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Buttrum OAM with a painting of him playing cricket. Photo: SUPPLIED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Buttrum said her husband\u2019s love of cricket was life-long.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess it started off because he was a good cricketer and as a 14-year-old I think he was sent to Sydney as a promising junior,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would have been Country Week or something down there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe played wherever we were teaching.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a very good man and did a lot for a lot of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOCAL cricket identity John Buttrum has posthumously received an Order of Australia medal for service to cricket and the community. 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