Old Boys go to bat for charitable cause
is set to take place on September 7, with a goal of raising much needed cash for local charity P.A.L.S.
More than $18,000 has been raised and donated over the past 10 years of the event, which has a history dating back to 1952.
Harris Bay Cricket Field stands as the venue for the 1995 clash, with the first ball set to be bowled at 11 a.m.
As the brainchild of Harrington Zuill, the game was started as a means of giving past Cup Match and Counties participants an outlet for their talent and their love of the sport to once again bloom even though their abilities began to decline.
To play in an Old Boys game it was determined that players should be at least 40, while not having competed in competitive cricket for five years.
Zuill was able to recruit four others -- Lionel Darrell, Headly Burgess, James Richardson and Atticus Burgess -- and together they purchased a trophy to be given to the winning team.
Following the first year a plan was devised to utilise the game as a positive force for raising money to go toward local charities, since which several have benefitted, including Hope Homes, St. John's Ambulance Brigade, Summerhaven and Agape House.
Somerset: George Wade (captain), Reggie Tucker (vice-captain), Mel Roberts, Neville Roberts, Raymond Simons, Charles Simons, Aapron Sabir, Milton Pringle, Leroy Thompson, Joe Ben Basgir, Bernard Brangman. Waiting Men -- Ainsby Perinchief, Kenneth Turner.
Harris' Bay: Lionel Darrell (Captain), Gilbert Wainwright (vice-captain), Sinclair Archibald, Eugene Smith, Mike McGowan, Dennis Musson, Markell Smith, Dennis Wainwright, Donald Smith, Barry Smith, Rudolph Spencer. Waiting Men -- Quinn Talbot, Larry Smith.
Umpires: James Swan, Rodwell Talbot.
SOUL SURVIVORS -- Pictured are the five surviving members from the inaugural Old Boys game played in 1952. From left, James Richardson, Charles Swan, Freddie Tucker, Harrington Zuill and Rupert Perinchief.