I can’t claim much glory in my cricket career. The best effort is contributing to the Federals Club at Alice Springs winning the C grade premiership in 1987-88.

I arrived at Alice Springs in early December 1987, if memory serves me correct.

According to my photocopied report: “The way it was with the mighty Federal C Grade 1987-88″ I scored 63 runs on debut in game 10 against West.

I made 19 in the next game against Vets and top scored with 53 against Rovers in game 12, again in game 13 with 38.

I must have had three poor games after that because I didn’t register on the record. I remember holing out to deep fine leg in two of those games.

I came good with my best innings ever in the semi final when I top scored with 66, opening the batting against West.

Federals scored 6-205 from 35 overs and my opening partner Darryl Miller scored 47, so we did most of the work. The record says we “shit in by 57 runs”.

We played South Memorial in the grand final and batted first.

Everyone was nervous, and that contributed to me being involved with three run-outs, including my own dismissal for 24.

I was later awarded the “Graeme Wood Perpetual Trophy” for the “most run-outs attributed to any player in a grand final in the history of Australian cricket”.

Great joke by my comrades. We won the game and I was second top score. My own run-out was dodgy because the umpire said my bat was above the crease when the bails were removed, which wasn’t the case.

Anyhow, I really enjoyed that season of cricket in Alice Springs.

The picture shows me in the front row on the left-hand side, holding the sponsor’s sign.