Anson Blog Posts

The History

In 1992 Francis Fukuyama declared the End of History. Lee Gilbert said hold my beer and went off to compile one of the most impressive historical treatises of the 21st century. The Complete Statistical...

Captain’s Blog #1 – by Sam Brooks

On the eve of another season with my beloved cricket club Anson St George, I find myself digging out the cricket bag looking through all the gear and preparing accordingly for yet another exciting...

Golden Generations – 1999 and 2024?

1999 was an important year for the club. This was the year when Greg Pearce, Paul Evans, and Rob McTaggart joined. Three of my closest school friends. The four of us were young, enthusiastic,...

A young Greg on tour

What Anson Means to Me – Greg Pearce

The English teacher in me really wanted to write a piece after reading Jim’s first two. Please excuse my musings if they come across as at all self-indulgent. It’s been over 10 years now...

Alf Harrison – The Greatest there was

In my opening blog I said that Anson has always had some big characters who have made the club what it is.  The greatest of those was Alf Harrison. When I started playing for...