RIGHT from when Chris Williams arrived in Mildura in 2001 as Mildura West’s first import cricketer, John Hall’s stature at the club and in the game was apparent.

Williams, now West’s captain-coach, was 18 and fresh from England when he got his first impression of the late Mildura West president of more than two decades Hall – the man who would go on to have a massive impact on his life.

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