Ken hauled off to Geelong
by Greg Martin
Age shall not weary them , nor the years condemn , and at the sending down of a cricket ball , we will remember them .
And among them is ageless cricketing allrounder , Wilberforce ’ s Ken Hall .
“ Emu ” Hall has earned selection in the New South Wales team which were contested the National Over 60s Cricket championships in Geelong from November 27-December 1 .
Sorry folks , no results at time of publication .
How could you not remember Ken Hall ! His longevity in cricket is remarkable , beginning as a junior with his local Wilberforce club in the Hawkesbury District Cricket Association .
And the progressing to shine for Penrith , Hawkesbury and Bankstown in Sydney Grade Cricket and over the past decade , starring in Over 60s competitions . He was a star with bat and ball and his winat-all-costs attitude to the game endeared him to team-mates but infuriated rivals whom , however , could not help but respect him .
Ken earned his spot in the NSW side following three excellent performances for Hawkesbury in the State championships which were held in the Nepean in late October .
Each of the sides were scheduled to play in four matches , with the two top teams advancing to the final .
But rain played havoc with the titles and Hawkesbury could only contest three games , with the fourth washed out .
The format for the NSW titles was for 40 overs per team with bowlers permitted a maximum of seven overs .
What ’ s your bag , man ? Cricket bag of course ! Ken Hall loading his cricket gear into the boot before setting off to the National Over 60s Cricket Championships in Geelong . Photo : Kathryn Johnston .
“ We were rusty in the opening game which we lost narrowly but then we trounced our rivals in the second game and I ’ m sure we would have won the third but for the bloody rain ,” Ken recalled . “ In that third fixture we were on our way to a big score against Port Jackson , who went on to win the title , when the heavens opened up and put a stop to the action .”
Ken ’ s performance across the three games ensured he was one of the first players picked in the state side .
In the opening fixture , as under the rules , he retired after a hard-hitting 40 , and then with the ball gave away just 25 runs off his seven overs .
He had a blinder in game two , again retiring after smashing 40 runs , and then was as miserly as Scrooge in snaring 1-8 off his seven overs . “ Against Port Jackson , I was on 18 and we were 7-158 with another five overs to face when the rain came ,” Ken said .
The national championships attracted all state teams and was played under the same match format as the NSW titles .
This will be Ken ’ s fifth consecutive appearance at the national titles since making his debut for NSW in 2016 – both events were cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID .
“ I ’ m really looking forward to getting down there and meeting up with blokes I ’ ve played with and against over the past couple of years ,” Ken said prior to his jaunt to Geelong .
“ Despite our ages , there ’ s still a lot of blokes around who can still bat and bowl pretty good and they are all very competitive ,” Ken said .
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