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Who is the one player from Brisbane Grade Cricket who played between 1980 and 2000 you’d want as the first player selected if you had the opportunity to start your own Queensland Premier first grade cricket team?
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I’m going to cheat and pick 2 as well.
Peter Skuse was captain at Toombul when I had half a season there in 1994…quality cricketer, bloke and leader.
Scott Prestwidge, who was in NSW 19’s with me in 1986, was one of the best all rounders I ever shared a field with.
Tough question. Sorry that I can’t narrow it down but….
Sandgate were clearly the team to beat for much of that time & though they had many fine, tough players, Gav Fitness & Brendan Creevey stood out as the driving forces.
Another dominant personality who brought success to a club without too many superstars was Peter Clifford. Oh - and he averaged over 60 with the bat when some shield batsmen averaged in the 30s
There were plenty of good fast bowlers running around but none were more feared than Greg Rowell. World class.
Paul Hutchison
Paul played for South Australia and Tasmania before coming back home to Qld and playing with us at Redland Tigers.
Hutchy bowled quick, was a very decent batsman, had a massive heart-and would bowl all day as he could also bowl offies.
A very funny man and massive club/team man. Loved a drink. A very loyal bloke taken way too early in his mid-forties. A ripper fella.
Brendan Creevey. The couple of years I played in Brisbane, Brendan was outrageous. So tall and it was like facing someone on a trampoline. Then to add insult to injury, he hooped them around corners.
