Bears team that did the treble are star attraction
WARWICKSHIRE’S famous treble-winning cricket team of 1994 has been honoured on Birmingham’s Broad Street Walk of Stars.
The Warwickshire team, which made history 25 years ago by winning the County Championship, the Sunday League and the B&H Cup, was presented with a special commemorative plaque at Edgbaston this week before a stone is installed on Broad Street after the redevelopment work.
Jasper Carrott, Chairman of Westside Business Improvement Dis
trict’s Walk of Stars, said: “The achievements of the Warwickshire’s treble-winners in 1994 are rightly recognised as one of the greatest in the history of county cricket.
“However, it is also one of the greatest sporting achievements that Birmingham and the wider region of the West Midlands has known.
“As Bears fans, we have so many great memories of the 1994 campaign – whether it’s the Lord’s finals, Brian Lara’s world record 501 not out at Edgbaston or the moment that we clinched the treble with the Sunday League win at Bristol.
“It was a very memorable time for many of us and it’s right, in the year that marks the 25th anniversary, that we recognise the team on the Walk of Stars.”
Warwickshire’s treble-winning exploits came under the leadership of captain Dermot Reeve alongside vice-captain Tim Munton, while the campaign also caught the headlines thanks to the performances of West Indies legend Lara.
The presentation was made by Jasper Carrott and the Lord Mayor of Birmingham Cllr Mohammed Azim at the Years of the Bears gala dinner for Warwickshire players past and present at Edgbaston.
The event also recognises Warwickshire’s 125 years as a First-Class cricket county. Neil Snowball, chief executive of Warwickshire County Cricket Club, said: “Celebrations around the 25th anniversary of the treble have formed an important part of our plans for this year, including Pat Murphy’s The Greatest Season book, speaker sessions with various players and the commemorative blue plaques that have been installed at Edgbaston.
“It’s fantastic that the celebrations are being celebrated more widely and that the Warwickshire class of 1994 is to be recognised alongside so many icons of Birmingham and the West Midlands on the Broad Street Walk of Stars.”