The attached outlines the first decade of the NWTCA/CNW competition (1951-52 to 1959-60).
Below is the Team of the 1st Decade:
JACK JONES (Yeoman): 8 full season, 2278 runs @ 24.76 RAY STOKES* (South Burnie): 5 full seasons, 2046 runs @ 63.94 TREVOR SMITH (Devonport): 8 full seasons, 2370 runs @ 23.47 REX BATT (South Burnie/Ulverstone): 8 full seasons, 1786 runs @ 34.35 ATHOL SHEPHARD* (Yeoman): 9 full seasons, 3240 runs @ 37.24, 109 wickets @ 10.62 GARTH SANKEY* (Sheffield): 8 full seasons, 2197 runs @ 24.69, 144 wickets @ 10.85 PETER LYONS* (Devonport): 8 full seasons, 348 wickets @ 8.69 KEN BLOOMFIELD* (Yeoman): 9 full seasons, 300 wickets @ 9.35 JIM HORLER (Wynyard/Yeoman): 6 full seasons, 214 wickets @ 12.43 TOM ROCHER* (Wynyard): 6 full seasons, 183 wickets @ 10.40 JOE CRAWFORD (Devonport) - WK: 7 full seasons, 62 catches, 34 stumpings 12th - MAX SHEPHARD (Yeoman): 9 full seasons, 1470 runs @ 15.81, 208 wickets @ 9.65
* NWTCA / CNW Hall of Fame Members
For Selection Criteria - refer separate News item, "CNW 75th Anniversary - Teams of the Decades - 0. Selection Criteria"
