Bill Leyshon 1919 - 2007

Kiama Cricket Club Life Member, and outstanding person, Bill Leyshon, passed away on July 22, aged 88 years.

Bill was a tireless worker for our Club during the 1960's and 1970's, and played a lot of 1st and 2nd Grade cricket for us.

I had the chance on a couple of occasions to chat with him about those days, and he was so enthusiastic about our Club. He was the 'original' historian. Those that remember the first presentation night we had at the Bowlo may remember Bill, who spoke for about 10 minutes on the night.
He was a terrific bloke, gentle and engaging. He continued to make donations to the Club for awards, and he is immortalised with the Bill Leyshon Fielding Award because of his generosity. From all reports he was as fine a fieldsman as the Club had in his day.

Unfortunately we never got the chance to sit down and do a video interview as we had promised to do, which is a great tragedy.

To his wife Joan and his children (two of whom, Peter and Glyn played for Kiama) and grandchildren, we pass on our greatest sympathies.