For the past couple of seasons Fremantle Park has been used by the Bicton-Attadale team from the South Metro Cricket Association. Recently there’s been an exciting development – a scoreboard.

Frankie and I checked it out early in the season when it told of a familiar low grade batting collapse but a few weeks ago we saw something most unusual. Play was long over and the only people left were a club stalwart doing the last of the cleaning up and a couple of young helpers.

The scoreboard hadn’t been packed away. “Is that score right?” I asked. The club stalwart glanced at the scoreboard and said, “Yes it is.” There was a hint of pain in his voice and I didn’t press him further. 9/460. Was such a score really possible in an afternoon of suburban cricket?

I checked the SMCA scores in The West that week and sure enough SJ Blues had scored 460 to Bicton-Attadale’s 136 in the seconds. SJ Blues, I found later, are the Serpentine-Jarrahdale Cricket Club, and in that game, round four of the season, Dean Fulton scored 128 – his first century.

Take a look at the main Fremantle Park page here…

https://scoreboardpressure.com/2012/01/29/fremantle-park-western-australia/