Western Suburbs pile on 400 runs against Campbelltown in October 1987

Recollections from Paul Ryan

I have strong memories of the game. Obviously it’s always nice to score runs and batting with Brad was a terrific experience.

It was also the game the Sydney Cricket Association trialed orange balls across the first grade games. The ball seemed to be a bit harder than the norm and with the runs we had on the board and a fast bowling attack that included David Gilbert, Chris Killen, Murray Radcliffe and Brad McNamara I was really looking forward to keeping on day 2.

The scorecard above says there was rain on the Friday afternoon but my recollection is the game was called off on the Thursday afternoon after rain early in the week!!

I often think, how much fun it might have been keeping on day 2.

Day 2