In the 1970’s and 80’s, Northern Suburbs home ground in Canberra, was the picturesque Majura Oval, in the suburb of Ainslie.
However, as beautiful as this enclosed field looked, the wicket area had hidden demons for many a batsman and the outfields layer of thick grass, kept even the hottest of smoked cover drives down to either one run, or a risky two at best.
This was the backdrop for a battle that has stuck vividly in my memory bank for forty years.
In this 1981 match, East Canberra batted first and Norths representative opening bowlers, Brett Hannam and Dene Moore, did a demolition job on their batting lineup, rolling them for 37, similar to the way the same pair had dismantled Ginninderra the previous year at Majura for 33.
