Penrith Cricket Club's first Life Member, 'The Colonel' - Allan Blanche

Allan Blanche, softly spoken, generous and a true gentleman, was one of those champions who preferred the shadows of the background to the blaze of glory, quiet type to whom the game of cricket everywhere is forever indebted.

He came to Penrith at the end of World War 2 from Rockhampton where he worked on the family cattle property. In 1954 he opened a butchery at the top end of High street, later shared with Trevor Wholohan. But he loved nothing more than to be involved in the cricket scene where he first played with Kingswood club and, in 1956, was instrumental in forming the Log Cabin Cricket Club which played in the Australian Hotels Competition.

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