Chris Drake reflects on playing at Chatswood Oval
Gordon District Cricket Club | December 21, 2025
Chris Drake came to Sydney having played with Sevenoaks Vine Club in Kent, England. While working for Ku-ring-gai Council he asked a workmate if he knew anyone in a local cricket club. That mate gave him the phone number of Harry Crow. Chris played First and Second Grade from 1968-69 through to 1978-79 as a punishing top order batsman and good slip fielder, scoring 137 in his last game for the club.
I do remember once hitting Geoff Lawson over long off into the trees at the southern end of Chatswood Oval. Chris Rogers, UNSW Captain, protested vigorously to the umpire that it had to be a four as a branch of the tree overhung the boundary fence. He was eventually told to shut up and six confirmed, after a quite lengthy debate.
