From a cricket career that began as a way to distract from the pressures of year 12 schooling, Trevor Quick notches up some significant milestones in 2018.
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Quick played his 450th match in the Grampians Cricket Association in late October and will play his 200th match for Rhymney-Moyston this week.
Quick began his career in the hospital team which is now known as Chalambar where he completed his first 252 matches.
Always a cricketer, he has never looked back since putting on the whites.
“I used cricket as a relief from studying and since then I have never stopped playing. I use it as my switch off tool,” he said.
For a cricketer taking up the game at the age of 18, he missed an opportunity to develop skills as a young player.
“There were some really good people around who were able to mentor me in the sport when I was younger. Malcolm McKinnis is probably the one fella which comes to mind the most. He helped me tremendously and was the leader of the team back then,’ Quick said.
“He really inspired me to play cricket.”
Quick reflects on the group of players who were playing cricket around the same time as he started.
"We formed a really good partnership and a lot of us went on the play really good cricket,” he said.
The game itself is something which makes Quick put on the whites every week.
“There are so many variables. You can go out and face one ball and go out which means your day is over or you can bat all day. It requires a lot of concentration but you can have a lot of fun in between,” he said.
“Cricket is one of those games you can have a bit of banter with whoever you are playing against or with and then go to the other end and concentrate again for six balls.”
Although this year is filled with personal milestones for Quick, last year is filled with a momentous occasion.
“I was able to bat with my son (Nathan) last year when he made his first ever century. Fair dinkum, that was exciting and put a tear in my eye,” he said.
That day the duo were able to make a 150 run partnership to top off the occasion.
These memories are what Quick said is a major driver in what keeps in playing.
“We have a number of father and son combinations in our team and it’s wonderful to watch the development over the years,” he said.
“My son and I played in a grand final together, we didn’t win but I think Nathan would love to win a premiership with me.”
Quick said when he looks back over the years and all the people he has met from his clubs and other clubs, cricket gives him so much happiness.
“At Rhymney-Moyston we are a team that looks after each other and celebrates everything that everyone does and that’s why it’s so enjoyable to keep playing.
At 58-years of age and in his 40th season of cricket, Quick will be vying to make this round even more special.
He needs about 30 runs to take his total to 10,000 in the Grampians Cricket Association.
“Cricket for me is about getting together with friends and family and making a great Saturday out of it,” he said.
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