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Q: I have known David “Cracker “Hourn since I played AW Green Shield for Waverley as a 14 year old and also while scoring for 1st Grade at the same age which was a wonderful experience both on and off the field.
In 44 first class games for New South Wales Cracker took 164 wickets at an average of 28.71 with best figures of 9 for 77. He took 5 wickets in an innings on 11 occasions and two 10 wickets match hauls.
In Sydney Grade Cricket Cracker took 655 wickets at an average of 19.39 from 1967 to 1992 and on 42 occasions he took 5 or more wickets in an innings.
https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/980/bob-wilson/blog/2244/david-hourn-quotcrackerquot
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I have known David “Cracker “Hourn since I played AW Green Shield for Waverley as a 14 year old and also while scoring for 1st Grade at the same age which was a wonderful experience both on an ...
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Q: Kerry Richards played 15 seasons at Western Suburbs and 6 for Sutherland. He was a part of a very strong Western Suburbs team of the early 1970s which included many first class players including Bob Simpson, Peter Toohey, Gary Gilmour, Brian Rhodes and Steve Rixon to name a few.
It's well worth sharing, Kerry was one of the very best at short leg
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Kerry Richards played 15 seasons at Western Suburbs and 6 for Sutherland. He was a part of a very strong Western Suburbs team of the early 1970s which included many first class players including Bo ...
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Q: The Waverley District Cricket Club now the Eastern Suburbs Cricket has a proud history on the field and a proud and interesting history off it.
Playing for Waverley meant it didn’t matter if you were a first grade player or a lower grade cricketer you all enjoyed the success and mateship of each other’s company after the game. Here are few off field stories from the good old days of the Waverley Cricket Club.
The famous Back Room underneath the grandstand at Waverley Oval was the clubhouse and was the only cricket club in Sydney that served cold tap beer dating back to the 1960’s and probably even before.
https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/980/bob-wilson/blog/1159/memories-of-the-back-room-at-waverley-oval
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The Waverley District Cricket Club now the Eastern Suburbs Cricket has a proud history on the field and a proud and interesting history off it.Playing for Waverley meant it didn’t matter i ...
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Q: In 1980 Waverley District Cricket Club now Eastern Suburbs held their Presentation Night on a Friday before they flew to Cootamundra early on the Saturday morning.
The team led by Tony Greig all assembled at the Flight Facilities Reception Area before boarding the plane.
We were called onto our flight and walked onto the tarmac only to see our plane with an image of Norman Gunston on the tail. Well this was going to be interesting.
It was a different type of flight as most people stood around on the plane drinking a few beers and nothing much changed when we landed. We did sit down as soon as we landed for safety reasons!!
There was one hostess who was also the mechanic and baggage person.
As the game was on the Sunday we had an option of going shooting, golf or to the pub in the afternoon. We also attended the Cootamundra Presentation night on Saturday night so it had been a big couple of nights.
On Sunday we played for the O’Farrell Cup with Waverley making 166, the top scorers being Mick Suttor 38, Peter Carlisle 30 and Dick Rowland 31 not out while the locals were dismissed for 93, the wicket-takers being Tony Greig 3-16 and David Hourn 3-38.
Several after match refreshments were again consumed before we headed to the airport to board our flight back home on the Norman Gunston airplane.
The plane was delayed as several players were late leaving the bar but we finally made it back to Sydney.
Not many went to work on the Monday. Other players on that memorable trip were Dennis Hourn, Lenny Richardson, Dave Gibson, Rod Foord and Andrew Crawford to name a few.
