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History of Hillhead Cricket Club

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The history of Hillhead Cricket Club traces its’ routes back to 1904. The picture above here shows the earliest team photo on record, featuring the first XI team of 1923.

Every year the clubs annual fundraising dinner is know as the Craik Cup dinner. This is in honour of James Fraser Craik who was a Hillhead High School pupil from 1918 to 1930 (pictured right). A qualified pharmacist and later an optician he answered the call to fight in 1940. In 1941 he joined the RAF and rose to the rank of Flight Lieutenant. In 1945 he was shot down over the town of Gefell in Saxony. Follow the link below for more information:
James F. Craik
To the left is the Hillhead Cricket team of 1979 who were Division 1 champions that year.
Here is a scorecard from a first XI fixture in 1983. Of note is the performance of Eddie Rose who bowled 27 overs going for a total of 41 runs and picking up 6 wickets. During the 27 overs he failed to bowl a single wide.

The picture to the left is of Grant Parmenter, who was the resident professional at the club in 1991. Scoring 238 not out Vs Selkirk CC on July 14th that year. The innings consisted of 22 fours and 13 sixes.

Grahame Locke “Lockie” played for 50 consecutive years, man and boy,  at Hillhead CC. He followed in the footsteps of his father Harry and uncle Tom who also played for the Club. The Locke dynasty continued with Grahame’s son Hamish also represented Hillhead CC.

Season 2006 saw a successful campaign for Hillhead Cricket Club, emerging as winners of both the Western and Scottish cup. To the left is the Western cup winning team captained by Richard Bond.

Photo of Hillhead Jersey, cap and Craik cups being displayed at Hampden Park Museum in 2017 as part of a Scottish Cricket Exhibition.

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