My best Grade Cricket team - Shaun Graf Melbourne and Perth 1976 - 2000

Shaun Graf | November 23, 2023

In Melbourne what’s now known as Premier Cricket used to be called District cricket but for sake of consistency of the recent headline I’m keen to participate and pick my Best Grade team of players I played with in District Cricket.

To position my career I made my First grade debut for St Kilda in 1976 and played with the Saints until I made my way to Perth to play with South Perth for the 1983/84 season.

After one season in Perth I returned to Melbourne to play for St Kilda and then joined Frankston for their first 3 seasons in 1993/94, 1994/95 and 1995/96 and then returned to St Kilda in 1996/97 before finishing up in 1999/2000.

So here's my Best Grade team comes from the players I played with at St Kilda and Frankston in Melbourne and South Perth in Perth.

1.  Bruce Laird – South Perth

2.  Nick Jewell – St Kilda and Frankston

3.  Laurie Harper – St Kilda

4.  Warren Whiteside – St Kilda

5.  Gary Cosier - St Kilda and Captain

6.  Wayne Andrews - South Perth

7.  Peter Cox - St Kilda

8.  Mark Osborne – St Kilda

9.  Shane Warne – St Kilda

10. Jason Jacoby – St Kilda and Wicket Keeper

11. Mark Hill - South Perth

12th man – Darren Walker - St Kilda

Scorer – Peter "Biscuits" Wilson

Manager – Tim Loughry - Clock