Our oldest former player, Bert Alderson, celebrates his 99th birthday today. He is fit and well and suggests that he might even consider a comeback if the No1 wicket continues to be slow!
He is SUCC 1st Grade cap no381.
Bert first played for SUCC as an undergraduate in the early 1950s and then as graduate captain of 1st Grade in the early 1960s, interspersed with a long career for Cumberland (Parramatta). A few years ago, Parramatta CC named one of their grandstands after Bert. For his two Clubs, he scored over 10 000 1st Grade runs.
At a Club lunch in 2015, Bert was announced as captain of the SUCC Team of the 1960s and also among the ‘Living Luminaries of the Club’.
The Club salutes Bert Alderson on this auspicious day.
James Rodgers