Noobz0r
Tom Jonas Fan Club Junior VP
- Aug 18, 2009
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I saw Ricky Ponting bowl his last ever spell in test cricket.
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Haven't got as many years under my belt as some of our more "seasoned" members, but my fondest memory is Langer's hundred against Pakistan in 2004. Sami and Akhtar ran through us (5/70ish from memory) before Gilly and JL steered us to safety. Awesome day.
Also got to witness a phenomenal Damien Martyn hundred for WA against Victoria. Man could he bat. Also happened to be the debut game some bloke from country Vic called Peter Siddle.
I'll miss the grass bank...It's been worth the inevitable skin cancer later in life from numerous days spent baking in 40 degree heat.
Ponting and Langer reckon that first day was just about the quickest bowling they have ever faced.
Non-cricket memories of the WACA:
- West Coast beating Collingwood by 2 points in the QF in 1994 after Mick McGuane dropped a chest mark inside 50, then winning through to the GF against Melbourne 2 weeks later
- Peter Sumich kicking 13 against Footscray, Scott Cummings kicking 14 against Adelaide
- Guy McKenna calling a headcount against St Kilda
- The ridiculous game against Footscray in 1998 where they kicked 8.4 to 0.4 in the first quarter then we kicked 8.2 to 0.1 in the second and ended up winning 113-100
- Losing to an average Hawthorn team in 1999 then thinking poaching Ken Judge was a good idea
- Not so much a specific memory but Freo's rubbish mid 90s side having an uncanny knack of beating good teams there. 9-3 record 1995-1998, with Andrew Wills head shimmering in the moonlight as he kicked arsey goals from the pocket
- 1998/99 NSL EF2 and SF. 25k and 27.5k to NSL games, almost unheard of. Temporary stands packed to the rafters, the centre wicket still rock hard from cricket season, late goals to beat Adelaide City, Bernd Stange kissing the policewoman. Fun times
I used to enjoy going to the WACA a couple of times a year to watch footy. Mid 90s Perth was even more backwards than it is now, so footy at night was a novelty. Used to park over in Vic Park then walk over the causeway to the ground. The giant concrete light towers give the WACA surface a distinctive lime green glow. I accidentally flicked over to Fox League the other night ad they had an old game from the 90s and straight away I could tell it was the WACA just from the colour. Weird. Our seats were at ground level, so I'm glad there was the novelty value of a couple of games a year as a kid because I could see about 2/5 of FA of the game.
Most players today with modern bats could swing like rusty gates against pace and not hit the ball onto the roof of the Prindiville.
Junior just casually lofts an off spinner up there.
Must have been a good day. Sneak a bottle in?I saw Ricky Ponting bowl his last ever spell in test cricket.
Only the best bourbon.Must have been a good day. Sneak a bottle in?
Was there when Tudor got crunched by Lee - still remember the sound to this day. Also was there when Warne was dismissed for 99. Not a big fan of the stadium - nor the benign pitch it has tragically become - but some great memories there.
Only a bloody Pom could look back on 86/87 with any fondness. That season was pretty much our nadir.