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Valley District Cricket Club First Grade Premiers 1984-85

Valley District Cricket Club | February 06, 2023

Back Row – Barry Quinn, Peter McPhee, Paul Lewis, Peter Anderson, Garry Moore

Middle Row – R.P Easton (Hon. Secretary), Stuart Law, Brent Henschell, D. Connell, John Welsh, Greg Ritchie, Adrian Coolwell (12th man)

Front Row – U.D Thorne (Chairman), Anthony Brown (Vice Captain), Terry Khan (Captain), Allan Border, N.T McMahon (President)

Insert - Kepler Wessels



4 Test players and a further 10 first class players were on show in the 1984/85 Brisbane First Grade grand final between Valley and Northern Suburbs but it was Valleys big man Paul "Lurch" Lewis who proved the difference taking 5 for 44 in Norths' first innings 199. 

Steve Monty and Brett Henschell were the only players to score fifties in a low scoring affair with Valleys ultimately winning by 7 wickets.







30 year reunion photo

Tony Brown, Stuart Law, Garry Moore, Greg Ritchie, Terry Khan, John Welsh, Peter McPhee



First grade premiership team at the end of the final against Norths outside old Gabba dressing rooms 






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Valley District Cricket Club

http://valleydcc.qld.cricket.com.au
Brisbane, Australia
Valley District Cricket Club is a cricket club playing in the Bulls Masters premiership, the leading club cricket competition in Queensland, Australia. The club was established on 16 August 1897 and is one of only four remaining foundation clubs (along with South Brisbane, Redlands and Toombul). They have historically been located in the inner Brisbane suburb of Fortitude Valley and now play home matches at the Ashgrove Sportsground Park. Australian Test cricketers to play for the Valley club include Matthew Hayden, Allan Border, Don Tallon, Kepler Wessels, Usman Khawaja, Stuart Law and England wicket-keeper Geraint Jones OBE (in third grade). Notable Queenslanders to play for Valley include Leo OConnor (cricketer), Roy Levy, Otto Nothling, Malcolm Francke, Joe Dawes, Geoff Foley, Lee Carseldine and Luke Feldman. Current contracted Queensland Bulls players are Usman Khawaja, Lachlan Pfeffer, Mark Steketee and Jack Wildermuth, along with Queensland Fire players Mikayla Hinkley, Georgia Prestwidge and Charli Knott Valley is the largest club in Australia in player numbers and is believed to be one of the biggest, if not the biggest cricket club in the world; it currently (2019/20 season) has over 1,300 junior players, 200 senior players, including 180 female players.