the history of western suburbs district cricket club 1921-2002

-39-Crooke.The obvious thirteenth man in the team is Darren Kingdon who transferred from Norths to join his goodmate Mark Thompson. Darren who was a stylish batsman played seven matches for Queensland witha top score of 69.OTHER FIRST GRADE PLAYERSKeith Bimrose was a solid upper order batsman who played predominantly in first and second grade inthe 1960's and 1970's. Peter Driscoll was the son of Owen who played as an AR in the upper grades.He captained the Wests U19 team in the early 1970's. Des Hughson finished a distinguished career in1968-9 which included state representation in 14 matches. He returned in later years with Gerry Warrto coach the U18 team. Stephen Lawler was a skilful leg spinner who played a number of seasons withWests before moving to Valleys where he took over 300 wickets in the lower grades.Ken Montgomery played with the club in the 1960's and 1970's and his youngest brother, Miles in the,late 1970's and 1980's, started in the juniors and both worked their way up to first grade as batsmen. Kenbecame a pharmacist and Miles the superintendent of Kingaroy Golf Club. Greg Martin was a stylishbatsman for Wests and Colts. Brendan O’Sullivan captained Queensland Colts and playedpredominantly first grade cricket. He was an opening batsman whose strengths were his timing andhooking. He later became a successful insurance salesman. John Townsend was a tall lively fastbowler. Les Westaway played many seasons as a dogged opening batsman in first grade and in lateryears second grade. Rob Blank was a busy middle order batsman who came through the juniors. GarryCrooke was first grade WK for several years in the 1960's and 1970's. Peter Jesser was a top orderbatsman after commencing in 1969-70. Roger Prentice was predominantly a lower grade middle orderbatsman who also bowled off spinners. He captained third grade in 1974-6, fifth grade in 1985-7 andfourth grade in 1987-9. Later he became a club administrator. Huw Summons was a RAFB who camethrough the juniors to play for Queensland Colts. He moved to North Queensland. Jim Boman was anupper order batsman who also played two seasons for Colts. He moved to the Gold Coast and workedin the finance industry. Lindsay Ferguson played many years as first grade WK in the 1970's. His twosons also played with the club in the 1990's. Kev Maher played a number of seasons as a hard hittingbatsman before playing for Colts. He later played for Norths and then returned to North Queenslandwhere he was prominent in coaching juniors and administration. His nephew is Jimmy Maher whoplayed more than 100 games for Queensland including four winning Sheffield Shield/Pura finals as wellas six one day games for Australia in 1997-8 and 2001-2. Ian Morley was a bowling AR. He hit the ballvery hard. After coming from the country Des Gerrard was a bowling AR sometimes used as a pinchhitter. Greg Baker was a RHOB. Robin Briggs who played mainly lower grades was an attackingmiddle order bat. Malcolm Gillespie was a right arm bowling AR. He also played AFL for Queenslandas well as many seasons for WBAFC. Alan Johnston was a RHB.Howard Manning was a RHMOB and off spinner who later became a first grade century scorer after hetransferred to Souths. Brett Currey was a RHOB who scored 1545 first grade runs at 18.39 and bowledLA spinners. He commuted from the Gold Coast and continued after finishing with Wests in 1981 playingfirst grade on the Gold Coast. Jarvis Finger was a right arm medium pace inswing bowler who aftermany years with Easts, transferred. Peter McWhinney was a RAFB who later won more than $1M onthe Australasian and Japanese PGA Tours. In the late 1990's he had an accident which was followedby a serious blot clot on the lung. Charlie Stephan was a LH opening FB who played in a QueenslandSecondary School Boys Team against Jeff Thomson. His son played for the club in the early 2000's.Jim Laman was a RAFB. Bruce Rathie was a RHMOB who became a merchant banker in Sydney. Hewas the youngest brother of David and Richard. David Brown was a RHB and RALS. He scored 1686first grade runs at 21.89 between 1974 and 1980. Russell Tulley was RAFB who had played first gradecricket and AFL football in Melbourne. He became co-owner of the successful snow and skateboardshops, Snowbiz and Skatebiz. Toot Byron was a RALS. He played most of his first grade cricket forUniversity. His son Chips played junior lower grade cricket for Wests being a prolific taker with his legspinners. Toot had two stints as club coach in 1978-80 and 1988-91. He then became Director ofCoaching at Queensland Cricket, and together with Jim Hunter took part in the development of many ofthe players who played in the five successful Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup finals. On retirement in 2000,he became lifestyle consultant for players for Queensland Cricket and did consultant work for the WestIndies Board of Control. Ron Daniels was a RHUOB. David Falkenmire was a WK. After transfer fromSydney where he played for the NSW colts he took up journalist positions including sporting editor ofBrisbane Murdoch Press papers. In 2002 he was bowls columnist. John Fanning was an elegant RHBwho first played for the club in 1976-7. He held the first grade fourth wicket record of 234 with Jim Hunterat University in 1980-1, in the course of which he scored a century. He was involved in coaching atWests Juniors. He passed away at age 42 in 2002. Andrew Goddard was a RAFB who later captainedsecond grade. Andrew donated a set of covers to Wests. Bill Jackson was a RAFB with a vigorous runup who played mainly second grade. He became a software programmer in Sydney. His sister andbrother in law became very prominent in medical politics in the early 2000's. Warwick London was aRHOB who after moving to North Queensland represented Queensland Country. He became asuccessful businessman. Bob Adermann was an aggressive fast bowler of slight build who later becameChairman of Selectors and Chairman of Executive in the very successful 1985-7 period. Neil Beavantransferred from Wynnum Manly on the departure of Sam Trimble. He scored 2044 first grade runs at23.76 in 77 matches between 1976 and 1983, before captaining teams in the lower grades. His son,Brett came up through the grades in the late 1990's, scoring two centuries in second grade in the runnerup 2001-2 team and playing in the first grade semi and grand final. David Lansbury was RAFB. Jim