HISTORY
Many of the dominant personalities of Vancouver and Vancouver cricket have come from among the members of the Brockton Point Cricket Club. The first president of the club in 1914 was R.M. Marpole after whom the Marpole area of Vancouver was named.
In the 1930's and into the 1940's equally dominant personalities such as the Milne's, Buckley's, and Scott's, after whom the Walter Scott trophy is named, led the club, so that by 1946 the cricket club had laid claim to 9 British Columbia Mainland Cricket League (BCMCL) 1st division titles.
The half century mark saw the arrival of Jack Kyle to the club. Unlike any other club cricketer in Vancouver before or since, Jack Kyle formed the backbone of the cricket club from a playing and administrative perspective all the way through to 1975. Under Jack Kyle's stewardship the club won 5 consecutive BCMCL 1st division championships, a feat which many swore would never be repeated.
1975 was the year Karam Gopaulsingh, Jack Kyle's playing and administrative successor assembled a pool of cricketing talent under captain Chris Van Twest that overturned cricketing convention and in the process won the 1st division title 3 years in succession, 1978 to 1980 and then for a 7 year span from 1984 to 1990.
The jewel in their run of glory being the victory achieved over the Ontario club champions, Windsor Cricket Club in the 1988 Canadian Club Championships, the 1st and only time the Canadian Cricket Club Championship was contested and decided on the field of play.
And once again in 2000, captained by Gogi Dhillon and Tajinder Dayal and ably assisted by Australian visitor Jamie Brazier, Brockton ran roughshod over the opposition acquiring in its wake the BCMCL Premier division title and the BC Club Championships with a win over the Victoria and District League Champions, Albion Cricket Club (captained by a very old ex Brocktonite, Graham Mahabir.)
However, for the storied origins of the Club we need go back much further, to the pioneering days of amateur sport in Vancouver at the turn of the 19th century.
