South Brisbane District Cricket Club “Team of the Century” 1987 -1997
South Brisbane District Cricket Club | January 18, 2024
Author: Mr Clayton Bradford, JP (Qual), Life Member 2015
To celebrate the club centenary, the author has chosen the following twelve players to comprise the team of the century. It is obviously impossible to compare players from different eras due to varying conditions and changing rules, however I feel that these players would more than hold their own against any other club combination. Some players were not considered either because they played few matches for Souths or because their representative careers were played with other clubs. Players not considered due to the above criteria include- WA Brown, D Tallon, AW Grout, KA Archer, SC Trimble, and CJ McDermott. The team is lodged in chronological order.
Alan MARSHAL Played for Souths at the age of 14 in 1897 and finished his career in 1912. A right-handed batsman and medium paced bowler, he played one season in Sydney in 1902/03. He played 11 times for Queensland. His career figures for Souths were 3289 runs at 32.56 and 146 wickets at 11.93. His best performance was 221 v Nundah 1904/05. Marshal went to England in 1905 and played for Dr Grace’s Club London Counties, where he scored 6330 runs and took 285 wickets in two seasons. Playing for Surrey from 1907 to 1910 he was one of Wisden’s five cricketers of the year in 1909. He returned to play for Souths in 1910/11 and in that season scored 106 for an Australian eleven against South Africa, and 775 for Souths. He was evacuated from Gallipoli with Enteric Fever and died in Hospital on Malta during the First World War. (See full profile in World War 1 profiles) 260.
William B HAYES Played from 1902 to 1915. A left-handed opening batsman and left-hand slow bowler, Hayes played 16 times for Queensland. His career figures for Souths were 4067 runs at 22.34 and 591 wickets at 13.56. Most runs in a season, 693, were scored in the 1908-09 season and most wickets 84 in 1905-06. His opening partnership with TB Faunce of 291 unbeaten against Valley in 1905/06 is still a club record. (See full profile in World War 1 Profiles)
Charlie B BARSTOW Played from 1905 to 1913. A right-handed medium pace bowler, Barstow played 21 times for Queensland. For Souths he took 365 wickets at 8.89. Most wickets, 86, in the 1906/07 season is still a club record. His best performance was v Oxley in 1909/10, when he secured 10 for 34. He came to Souths from the Eltons Junior Club and after 1913 played for Toombul.
J Sidney REDGRAVE Played 1909 to 1941. This right-handed batsman and right hand medium paced bowler played 18 times for Queensland. His career figures for Souths were 5448 runs at 29.13 and 497 wickets at 14.10. He scored 732 runs in 1909/10 and most wickets in a season was 46 in 1914/15. He toured Queensland with Victor Trumper’s team in 1906 and was brought to Queensland as state coach in 1908 a position he held for over twenty years.
F Cecil THOMPSON Player 1925 to 1930. A right-handed batsman and right hand bowler who played 54 times for Queensland. His career figures for Souths were 2268 runs at 84.00 and 102 wickets at 16.01. In 1925/26 he scored 839 runs at an average of 279.66 including five centuries. He scored 134 in his first Sheffield Shield innings against New South Wales. This was the first century for Queensland in the competition. In 1928/29 he played for The Rest v Australia.
Ronald G ARCHER Player 1944 to 1959. First played in the schoolboy’s team at the age of eleven. Ron was a right-handed batsman and a right hand fast medium bowler who played 35 times for Queensland and 19 times for Australia. For Souths he scored 1284 runs at 28.53 and took 106 wickets at 15.73.
Peter J ALLAN Played 1955 to 1979. He was a right-hand fast bowler who played 52 times for Queensland and once for Australia. For Souths, Peter secured 228 wickets at 14.19. In the 1965/66 Sheffield Shield season he returned figures of 10 for 61 in an innings against Victoria.
John A MACLEAN Played 1958 to 1979. John first played for Souths schoolboys. A right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper played 96 times for Queensland, including thirty four as captain, and four times for Australia. For Souths he scored 3399 runs at 28.32 and claimed 226 catches and 46 stumpings.
Desmond FE BULL Played 1959 to 1969. A left-handed opening batsman and left hand slow medium bowler, Des played 67 times for Queensland. For Souths he scored 3874 runs at 53.06 and secured 74 wickets at 13.79. His highest score was 206 in the 1961/62 premiership final against Western Suburbs. During the 1965/66 Sheffield Shield match against Victoria, he batted throughout Queensland’s innings scoring 167 not out. This was the same match in which Peter Allan secured his 10 wickets. 261
Donald G MUDDLE Played 1960 to 1970. A right-hand fast bowler and right-hand batsman, Don played 11 times for Queensland. For Souths he secured 505 wickets at 15.12 and scored 1669 runs at 16.04. In the 1963/64 season he captured 76 wickets, and his best club performance was 8 for 20 against Valley in the same season.
Robert E PARKER Played 1965 to 1977. A right-handed batsman and right-hand leg spin bowler, he played 25 times for Queensland. For Souths Bob scored 4672 runs at 37.07 and took 218 wickets at 21.54. He was one of a large number of country cricketers to have played for Souths over the years.
Gregory S CHAPPELL Played 1973 to 1984. A right-handed batsman and a right hand medium or spin bowler played 52 times for Queensland and 87 times for Australia, Greg captained at all three levels. For Souths he scored 1849 runs at 45.09 and captured 65 wickets at 17.02. He was one of Wisden’s 5 Cricketers of the Year in 1973, and his performances for state and country are well known.
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