Albion Cricket Club shows how again

Dunedin's Albion Cricket Club has done it again.

Is there a better annual report produced by any sports club in New Zealand?

Meeting the needs of their members by producing an annual statement is one of the chores of amateur sports administration in this country, but Albion have decided to have some fun with their report.

The result is an entertaining, and thorough, account of a year which, while recording the on-field results, does not leave the obvious off-field sense of club out of the report.

Among the various snippets included in a special section of the report are details of the brother of the club's former patron, life member, president, treasurer and senior scorer Dave Waddell. A fascinating portrait of Lieutenant James Waddell, one of the most highly-decorated soldiers in the French Army in the Second World War, is typical of the diversity which makes the Albion club report so interesting.

Another is an article contributed by the former Professor of Economics at the University of Otago, John Howells, who is also a member of the Otago Cricket Eccentrics, a club which has its home at the Albion Cricket Club.

This is a fascinating, thought-provoking piece under the heading, "Lies, Damn Lies, and Batting Averages."