Allan captained senior teams for the club playing 28 consecutive seasons from 1985 to 2013. He held the position of Senior Secretary for 14 seasons from 2000 to 2013, Senior Registrar in 2012/13 and graded our senior sides for over 14 years. He was awarded “Club Member of the Year” in 2002/03 and received a Life Membership of the club in 2008. Allan’s wife Judy was a regular team scorer winning the “SSCA Scorebook Award” on no less than 18 occasions between 1992/93 & 2012/13. Judy was Senior Registrar for 6 seasons from 2006/07 to 2011/12 and was awarded “Club Sportsman of the Year” in 1995/96 and “Club Member of the Year” in 2005/06. Their son Brendan played cricket for the club, coached junior teams for 2 seasons and was awarded the “Wicket Keeping Encouragement Trophy” in 1988/89. In the 2021/2022 season Alan commenced his 10th season as the SSCA Competition Manager after taking over the role in 2012/13. In 2019 Allan was awarded a Life Membership of the SSCA becoming the third member of our Club to receive this honour following in the footsteps of Harry Robbins and Ray Noakes.
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