Games to 2003 163
Runs 1223
Wickets 361
5 wkts 11 Times
Best 11 overs 8 for 22
Born in Nambour in 1940, Ken started
playing cricket for
The concept of a club cricketer has changed much during Ken’s era. A
Saturday would start with turning up to the club grounds with your Victa mower
and along with 4 or 5 other blokes, they would go round the oval mowing for
today’s game. No mean feat when you consider that Thorogood Oval is about 2
acres and you are using a mower that cuts about 16 inches each pass.
During this time, Ken married Shirley Thorogood and further extended
the impressive Thorogood clan. Two boys and two girls ensured that the dynasty
would continue with both boys current players with the club and both
son-in-law’s having played at various times.
In 2001, Ken played with both sons and sons-in-law in 4th
grade, a feat which would be fairly rare in any club.
During his time coaching the sides with his boys, Maroochy colt’s
played Caboolture at Caboolture in rep cricket. Having finished the morning
session and requiring lunch, he took all 11 players up to the shops for lunch
in his Morris Minor ute! How times have changed.
Back playing again this year at 63 with his boys and 1 son-in-law in 5th
grade, Ken is our oldest player and a likeable character who excels at
developing junior players through the transition to senior cricket. We wish him
all possible luck as he seeks to improve on his batting average.