St Bede’s College in Melbourne v Crusaders XI - 1988

The Crusaders consisted of David Johnstone, Shaun Graf, Gerard Cull and Aravinda De Silva.

St Bede’s team won the 1988 Associated Catholic Colleges Premiership vs De La Salle in the final match of the year. Future St Kilda Cricket Club players Adam Ryan and Damian Scales played for de La Salle.

Paul Brown was the standout player in Victoria of this age group but tragically died of cancer at 21.

Jones (St Kilda), McEvoy (Frankston), Brown (Waverley/Dandenong), Johnstone (Prahran/Dandenong/Haw-Waverley) all went onto play Victorian Premier cricket.

McEvoy has been the leading sporting journalist for Leader Newspapers for the past 25 years while Dr Ben Burke and Chiropractor Kingsley Anthonisz are leaders in their field in the local area.

J. Honan and O. Lalor are leading teachers at St Bede’s