Clubs to play for Mark McPhee Shield
The Fremantle and North Perth Cricket Clubs will pay tribute to a former star batsman when they compete annually for the Mark McPhee Memorial Trophy
Western Australia Cricket Association
28-Sep-1999
The Fremantle and North Perth Cricket Clubs will pay tribute to a
former star batsman when they compete annually for the Mark McPhee
Memorial Trophy.
McPhee, who played a combined total of 137 first grade matches for
the two clubs, died tragically in a road accident north of Perth, aged
35, last month.
The first presentation of the trophy will take place on
October 3 when Fremantle and North Perth meet for the only time this
season in a BankWest Cup clash at Stevens Reserve, Fremantle.
From next year, the shield will be contested in the two-day SmokeFree
WA League fixture.
New North Perth coach Ken Lilly, a former team-mate of McPhee's at
club level, instigated the trophy with approval from the McPhee
family and strong support from the Fremantle Cricket Club.
McPhee played for North Perth from 1982-83 to 1988-89 and Fremantle
from 1989-90 to 1994-95. He captained Fremantle to the first grade
title in 1990-91.
An attacking opening batsman, he also played 40 first-class
matches for WA, scoring 1,699 runs at 27.85.