The best of Launceston Cricket Club's history will be celebrated at a 'team of the decades' event this weekend.
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Former player Jade Selby said he'd been compiling stats and lists of players since the team's inception for a few years.
"I updated the history of the club back in 2011 so I was able to break those stats down," he said.
"It wasn't done in a minute, it took me a while but I was able to breakdown decade-by-decade for players so we had nominees and a select group players from each decade from the '60s onwards.
"Helping to pick teams that [I] thought represented that decade the best ... it was great and to be able to get pictures of players too."
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Launceston is the second oldest cricket club in Tasmania, joining the NTCA in 1886.
"It's a very historic club and quite a successful over its history with a lot of good contributors, so to be able to award those guys I think is pretty important," Selby said.
You don't have to be a brain surgeon to know that David Boon will make a few decade teams.
- Jade Selby
"We're going to announce teams for the first part, but from the 1950s we're going to present to the groups.
"There's a few descendants from the '50s team that'll be there and '60s onwards we'll have players. I spoke to the son of a former player who's 96, he's made our '40s and '50s teams but obviously he can't attend."
Selby said while there will be a few no-brainers named to teams, some former players were pleasantly surprised by their inductions.
"There's a couple that weren't going to make the function who had to be whispered in the ear: 'maybe it's a good idea that you turn up'," he said.
"You don't have to be a brain surgeon to know that David Boon will make a few decade teams, he's our greatest player ever."