Paul Talbot, affectionately known as ‘Straws’ started playing for Bankstown Cricket Club during the 1973/74 season and spent the next 27 years as a one club player taking 586 wickets at an average of 19.83 in all grades.
Paul is Bankstown first grade cap number 130 and took 263 wickets in first grade at an average of 22.78 from 1978 to 1995. He took 5 or more wickets in an innings on 7 occasions.
1988/89 and 89/90 were very productive seasons for Straws as he got pipped at the last hurdle to come 2nd in the Bill O’Reilly Player of the Year Medal and played NSW 2nd XI cricket
