Alf served the Club as the Senior Secretary followed by a stint as Vice President then President before returning to his original role. Alf played 16 seasons for the Club (1974/75 to 1988/89) and captained lower grade senior teams. He gave youngsters new to men’s cricket an opportunity to develop their potential and self-discipline, an essential part of the game. Three of these teams won premierships and several youngsters went on to play in our A1 teams.
Alf was a club stalwart being a regular club delegate to the Sutherland Shire Cricket Association for over a decade. He also coached junior teams for 2 seasons.
One of Alf’s greatest contributions to the Club was as the leader of the “Magnificent Seven”, a group of blokes, mainly club members, who for almost three years regularly ran meat tray raffles at the Engadine Hotel and in that time raised over $7,000 for the club.
Services to Engadine Dragons Cricket Club –
- Senior Secretary for 7 seasons – (1984/85 to 1988/89 and 1995/96 to 1996/97)
- President for 1 season – (1989/90)
- Vice President for 4 seasons – (1990/91 to 1993/94)
- SSCA Club Delegate for 10 seasons – (1984/85 to 1993/94)
Honours received –
- Life Membership of the e=Engadine Dragons Cricket Club received in 1985
- Intermediate Bowling Award “The Alf Lemmon Trophy” established in 1997
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