Huon Cricket Association History

Glen Huon Cricket Club, middle row 1st on the right is Hughie Watson. Front row left I think is Frank Buxton, maybe some of you may know some of the others.

Slab Road Cricket Club - A Grade Premiers 1973-74.

Photo courtesy Huon News

Under 15 Premiers 1973-74.

Unsure of club.

Photo courtesy of Huon News

Jimmy James and family with a Country Week Shield 1974 - article courtesy Huon News

HCA Annual Dinner 1973.

Article courtesy Huon News

The Huonville Cricket Club made it 2 from 3, running over Slab Road in the first innings on the back of 6-36 from Perry Lovell.

Able to defend the meagre total set of 161, Huonville then batted again, with Smokey Allen with 104* ensuring there would be no come back from Slab Road.

Full score card not available at this time.

Glen Huon again made it to the B Grade final, but 119 from Phillip Rowe in the second innings saw the spoils go to Geeveston/Castle Forbes Bay - score card available here:

https://mycricket.cricket.com.au/common/pages/public/rv/match.aspx?matchID=3429901&entityID=5869

Huon News Player of the Year 1998

Article from Huon News

Country Week Awards 1998

Article from Huon News

Slab Road Presentation 1998

Article from Huon News

Ranelagh Grove Presentation - 1998

Glen Huon Cricket Club - B Grade Runners Up 1972-73.

Article courtesy of the Huon News.

Huonville Cricket Club - Runners up, A Grade, 1972-73

Article courtesy of the Huon News.

The Grove Cricket Club on winning the 1972-73 2nd Grade Flag.

Chasing Glen Huon's 230, they were at one stage 9-163 before Gary Cordwell (143) and Peter Bowden combined to get the side over the line.

Article courtesy of the Huon News.

Tony Somers at the Castle Forbes Bay cricket dinner - March 1973

Article courtesy of the Huon News.

Cygnet Cricket Club Under 16s at the Under 16 Grand Final, February 1973.

Article courtesy of the Huon News.

Castle Forbes Bay and Slab Road Cricket Clubs, December 1972.

Article courtesy of the Huon News.

Surges Bay Cricket Club, December 1972.

Article courtesy of the Huon News.

Bill James receiving his HCA Life Membership in 1972.

Article courtesy of the Huon News.

The Mountain River Cricket Ground hosting its first game in 1972.

Pictured is Stan Clark (Glen Huon), Norma Huxley, Gary Cordwell (Grove) Jack Cordwell (Grove CC Life Member), and Tony Woolley (Glen Huon)

Glen Huon would go on to win outright on the back of 106* and 6 wickets from Tony Woolley, and 7 wickets from Stan Clark.

Article courtesy of the Huon News.

Crabtree cricket club, sometime between 1946 and 1953.

The 1975-76 season saw Ranelagh Grove take on a newly combined Geeveston/Castle Forbes Bay side which had defeated Ranelagh Grove on each of the seasons previous clashes.

Geeveston/Castle Forbes Bay had progressed straight to the Grand Final with victory over Slab Road, while Ranelagh Grove had to go past Glen and then Slab.

George Carr, Ray Armstrong Snr and Ray Armstrong Jnr had been the stand outs for Geeveston/Castles over the year, whilst Ranelagh Grove came through on the back of Adrian Stevensons bowling through the finals series.

Batting first, it was the batting of Gary Cordwell and Paul Harriss that set up the game for Ranelagh Grove, Cordwell scoring 128 and Harriss 72 as the team piled on 323.

George Carr and Dennis Darcy put on 104 for the first wicket to set Geeveston/Castle's up, but the breakthrough to Adrian Stevenson of Carr for 54 saw a steady stream of wickets begin to fall, eventually being all out for 234, and Ranelagh Grove picking up their first flag as a combined entity.

Stevenson took 4-59, while Paul and Bruce Harriss both took 3 wickets.

See the scorecard and season here:

https://mycricket.cricket.com.au/common/pages/public/rv/match.aspx?matchID=3426841&entityID=1538

We are saddened to hear of the passing of former Grove Cricket Player Brian Richardson.

Brian was a very accomplished cricketer, representing Tasmania as well as a number of CTPL Clubs, and was instrumental in steering the Grove Cricket Club to the 1957-58 HCA A Grade Premiership. In his time at Grove, he scored 2096 runs at an average of 95.27, including 4 hundreds and 2 double hundreds.

Brian also currently holds the highest (known of) individual score in the HCA, scoring 275 against Glen Huon on Feb 16, 1957.

Our thoughts are with his family at this time.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tasmanian cricket legend, Brian Richardson. 🏏

Brian was a first class cricketer for Tasmania. He played CTPL cricket with Kingborough, North Hobart, Glenorchy and University.

The right-hand batsman played 269 games in Tasmania, scoring an incredible 9,612 runs over his playing career.

He was inducted into the CTPL hall of fame in 2016/17.

Our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time.

The 1974-75 season saw Huonville again feature in the Grand Final, being the dominant side of the year.

They faced Glen Huon, newly promoted from B Grade the previous year, and with some additional players from Judbury going into recess.

Glen Huon had played Slab Road twice in the Prelim Final - the first being a tie.

Batting first, Huonville piled on the runs - Jimmy James (68), Viv Lovell (100) and Smokey Allen (154) all big run scorers - Huonville at one stage 2-323 on the way to a total of 496.

Stan Clark battled hard for Glen Huon with an unbeaten 84, but the total was too large, Huonville running away with their first flag since 1963-64

View the scorecard here:

https://mycricket.cricket.com.au/common/pages/public/rv/match.aspx?matchID=3424830&entityID=72

Glen Huon did have some compensation, making it back to back in B Grade, overcoming Dover on the back of Plover Clark's 5 wickets.

Plover came home with a wet sail, taking 7-75, 5-15, and 5-66 in the last 3 games of the year.

See the scorecard here:

https://mycricket.cricket.com.au/common/pages/public/rv/match.aspx?matchID=3424830&entityID=72

Huonville:
Back: Rob Richardson Snr, Edward Allen, Michael Griggs, Brian Larratt, Harry Dean, Brett Hammond
Front: Steven Kemp, Perry Lovell, Viv Lovell, Jimmy James, Ric Lovell

Glen Huon:
Back: Bob Clark, Stacey Woolley, Chris Duggan, Kevin Kemp, Brett Ashlin, Ron Woolley.
Front: Tony Watson, Richie Woolley, Darren Brown, Gary J Cordwell, Robbie Paul

1973-74 saw Slab Road triumph for their 4th flag in 7 years since joining the HCA.

They booked their ticket to the GF with a win over last season premiers Castle Forbes Bay in the 2nd Semi, and took on Ranelagh-Grove in the first year of the 2 clubs combining.

Ranelagh Grove had gone through Huonville and Castles to reach the final, but despite a late order 76 from Ashley Lorkin, couldnt chase down the total of 224 set by Slab on the back of 64 from Kerry Dillon.

Laurie Jarrett with 5 wickets was the star with the ball.

https://mycricket.cricket.com.au/common/pages/public/rv/match.aspx?matchID=3423169&entityID=72

In B Grade, Glen Huon overturned the Semi Final result against Judbury to run out winners, Stan Clark taking 6-42 in the first innings to ensure the win.

https://mycricket.cricket.com.au/common/pages/public/rv/match.aspx?matchID=2459433&entityID=72

Back row left to right
Francis Coad, Terry Direen, Leigh Benson, Kerry Direen, Kerry Dillon, Laurence Jarrett

Front row Left to Right
Robert Clark, Hugo Connor, Wayne Clifford, Dal Direen, Mark Synnott

With the unusual abandonment of the HCCA roster this year - the first time since the HCA was abandoned in 1941-42 for 3 seasons - we turn to look back again, this time at 1972-73.

The HCA finals saw Castle Forbes Bay defeat Slab Road in the 2nd Semi to proceed straight to the GF.

Huonville defeated Surges Bay, then knocked out Slab Road in straight sets to advance.

A key inning to Col Hickey for CFB of 47 coming in at 7 saw the Bay post 231. Bob Richardson snr was the hope for Huonville, but his dismissal for a game high 71 saw Huonville fall short at 184 - Tony Somers the match winner with 6-52.

Have a look at the scorecard here:

https://mycricket.cricket.com.au/common/pages/public/rv/match.aspx?matchID=3117536&entityID=72

It would be great to get some comments on the season/game from those that were involved.

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Judbury cricket club 1991-92

November calendar page. We’re hoping to have calendars for next year available at the Huon Show.

On behalf of the HCCA, and the Huon Cricket Association, I would like to pass on our condolences in the passing of HCA Life Member Ian 'Boney' Cragg.

A life so beautifully lived deserves to be beautifully remembered. Please join us as we celebrate the life of Ian Cragg (Boney)❤️

A service will be held at 1:00pm on Friday the 1st of March at the Catholic Church in Ranelagh. The burial will follow at 2:30pm at the Lawn Cemetery in Glen Huon.

A wake will be held following the service and burial at The Lady Franklin Hotel.

Huonville Cricket Club Juniors, B Grade Premiers 1904-05

Thanks to Damien Dillon for the find.

C E Cherry of South Franklin Cricket Club, who headed the bowling averages for the Huon Cricket Association in the 1904-05 season.

Thanks to Damien Dillon for the find.

David Barnes is stumped for Huon No 1, losing to Tasman by 1 run in Country Week 1971-92