This weeks "blast from the past" #5 is the man who lead our 1st grade team to 7 consecutive premierships in the 1960/70s, Ken Baxter. Our records don't go back to the first of these premierships in 1964/65 so a small amount of stats are missing, Ken was an amazing left hand top order batsman … Continue reading Ken Baxter
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This weeks "blast from the past" #4 is the son of the legendary Mr Cannington, Merv MacGrotty. From the records I have, of which many are missing from the 1970s, Merv played in 231 games from 1967 to 2006. Merv was a great leg spinner and a very good top order batsman. He was mostly … Continue reading Merv MacGrotty
Happy New Year Tigers! This weeks "blast from the past" #3 is the legendary Mr Cannington himself, Frank MacGrotty. From the records I have Frank played from 1964/65 to 1993/94 playing 211 matches, playing in 6 Grand Finals and winning 3, most of those as Captain, with a winning percentage of 64% as Captain. Frank … Continue reading Frank MacGrotty
"Blast from the Past" #2. This weeks edition goes to a past player we lost in March 2017, Eddy Stanik. Eddy played in 132 games from 1980 to 1994 being a brilliant swing bowler and a handy tail end bat. Eddy took 353 wickets at an average of 16.03 taking a 5fa, 13 times and … Continue reading Eddy Stanik
I am starting a new segment called "Blast from the Past". Each week I will publish an outstanding performance from a past or current player. I would like to start this segment with a tribute to our great mate Gregory Bowden who was taken from us tragically last Saturday. Greg played with the Tigers from 1985/86 to … Continue reading Greg Bowden
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