LATROBE CRICKET CLUB

Latrobe Cricket Club celebrated its 50th consecutive season of participation in the NWTCA (now Cricket North West) in season 2008/09. To mark this occasion, the club held a Reunion and Celebration evening, attended by over 150 current and former players, members and supporters.  The evening was hosted by Matt Nicolle and former player Darren Cox. Thanks must go to the organising committee (Bill Fraser, Bob Dickson, Ray Read, Stewart Ashdown, Darren Cox and Nathan Dennis) for their tireless efforts, plus the many volunteers we had on the night, preparing food, running the bar and selling raffle tickets.

For this event it was decided to select former players as inaugural inductees into the Latrobe Cricket Club Hall of Fame. 

Being a member of the Hall of Fame is the most prestigious award for a player in our club.  Players are selected based on three criteria – playing ability, longevity and their impact on the club. New members will be added to the Hall of Fame each year at an old players function.

The first batch of inductees were:

2008/09 -

• A Grade Player 169
• 110 matches
• 2813 runs @ 21.00
• 158 catches
• 43 stumpings
• Leading LCC All-time Wicket-Keeping Dismissals (201)
• 2^nd All-time LCC Leading Run Scorer
• 4^th All-time LCC Most A-Grade Matches
• 12^th All-time LCC Most Runs in a Season (517)
• Life Member

2. 1973/74 A-GRADE PREMIERSHIP TEAM:

Team Members:
Philip Loone, Peter Loone, Roger Edmunds, Shane Free, Peter Matthewson, Wally Clarke, Brian Applebee, John Smeaton, Dennis French, Baden Sharman, Sadiq Mohammed (Captain), Harold Allen (Vice-Captain).

Latrobe v Yeoman

Yeoman – 132 (Sadiq 5-43)

Latrobe – 360 (Sadiq 162, Phil Loone 46)

Yeoman – 104 (Roger Edmunds 5-35, Sadiq 4-20)

Latrobe won by an innings and 124 runs

3. 2005/06 A-GRADE PREMIERSHIP TEAM:

Team Members:
Brad Green, Dion Parsons, James Wescombe, David Squibb, Charles Ritchie, Colin Lamont, Callan Morse (12^th Man), Nathan Avery, Paul Dickson (Captain), Zane Littlejohn, Steven Adkins, Ryan Keep.

Latrobe v Burnie-Yeoman

Latrobe – 277 (S. Adkins 57, J. Wescombe 81, P. Dickson 34)

Burnie–Yeoman – 180 (J. Wescombe 4-25, B. Green 3-19)

Latrobe 125 (D. Squibb 37, B. Green 29)

Burnie-Yeoman – 69 (D. Parsons 4-43, J. Wescombe 3-18)

Latrobe won by an innings and 153 runs - Paddy Martin Medallist: James Wescombe

4. DAVID SQUIBB:

• A Grade Player 267
• 104 A-Grade matches
• 3265 runs @ 30.12
• 20 Fifties, 3 Centuries
• Highest Score – 134
• 37 catches
• 61 wickets @ 23.02
• All-time LCC Leading Run Scorer
• 5^th All-time LCC Most A-Grade Matches
• 16^th All-time LCC Most A-Grade Wickets
• 11^th All-time LCC Most A-Grade Catches
• Captain-Coach 2001-2003
• A Grade Premiership Player 2005/06
• LCC Batting Award 2001/02 & 2002/03
• LCC Bowling Award 2001/02
• 2^nd Grade Captain 2007/08 & 2008/09
• 2^nd Grade Premiership Player 2006/07 & 2007/08

5. BILL FRASER:

• A Grade Player 70
• 45 A-Grade Matches
• 472 runs @ 7.37
• 10 catches
• 1 wicket @ 71.00
• 2^nd Grade Captain 1981-1984
• Treasurer 1969/70 & 1990-1995
• President 1984-1990
• Life Member
• Served as a player/administrator from 1965-2008