Verral Ross CLARK

Verral Ross CLARK Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

CLARK, Verral Ross

Service Number:	R93179
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Petty Officer
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	BURNIE, TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA, 3 April 1945
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

Vietnam War Service

31 May 1965:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, R93179
17 Nov 1969:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, R93179
16 Feb 1970:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, R93179
21 Oct 1970:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, R93179
15 Feb 1971:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, R93179
26 Mar 1971:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, R93179
13 May 1971:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, R93179
20 Sep 1971:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, R93179
26 Oct 1971:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, R93179

Early days and later

VERRAL ROSS CLARK (1945-2024)
Shoalhaven cricketers from the late 1960s, especially those who came here with the Royal Australian Navy, note the death on September 5 at Clelland Lodge of Verral Ross Clark, aged 79 years.
Born in Tasmania and known to his navy mates as “Nobby”, he joined the Albatross club in 1967-68 and showed promise with a knock of 72 against Greenwell Point seconds, and had figures of 5/79 against Trojans.
With more than 20 wickets in the home and away rounds, he was a key bowler in the semi-final against Wandandian at the Added Area that extended over two weekends and produced 770 runs.
Three bowlers did the lion’s share of the bowling with Verral taking 2/101, but they could not prevent Malcolm Bull and Harry White from hitting centuries, and Albatross went down by an innings.
Despite not playing all matches in 1968-69, Verral won the association’s second grade bowling average, his 23 victims costing just 8.69 runs apiece.
There were figures of 7/41 against Bomaderry, and 8/34 against Ulladulla United; and that analysis remained a team record until 1980-81 when Dave Coote took 8/17 against the same opponent.
Verral also hit 73 against Nowra, before naval commitments curtailed his SDCA career.

Virtual
War Memorial
Australia