Anthony Hale played 58 matches for Sutherland and took 201 wickets at an average of 14.3, the second-best average of the 56 players who have taken at least 200 wickets for the Club.

At the start of the 1988-89 season, Anthony was studying for and then sitting his HSC exams. He filled in for 5th Grade in round 5 in mid-November, taking 3-62 off 16 overs, and then he was gone. Anthony Hale had retired – two months before he turned 18!

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