Not only at the peak of his career did Griffith represent his nation but he was always an important figure in the local scene, enjoying a rewarding career across several clubs.

Griffith was officially added to the BDCA's hall of fame during the association's recent presentation night, celebrating the career of a player who contributed plenty to Bathurst's cricket scene - both in and away from the city.

"I'm very honoured to receive the award. You don't really go out with this in mind when you're playing, so it's nice to be recognised, especially when you look at the previous recipients," he said.

"It's a great honour when you look at the roughly 120 years of the BDCA. In my retirement I've chased up some past history and some of the old fellas you read about from back in the 20s to 50s, you look at their statistics and it's staggering what they've achieved.

"It would be great to honour those achievements in the future."

Griffith, who originally hailed from Orange, didn't take long to make an impression in the Bathurst competition when a new job brought him to the city.

That time with the Central Mapping Authority led not only to a great working relationship, but a premiership-winning cricket team.

"I had to lead the attack when I came here. I played behind a better bowler in Orange but in Bathurst I had to lead, and that helped me stand up a lot more when I started to get into representative areas," Griffith said.

"We won the first and second grade competitions but then folded - which is probably something unheard of. A lot of us went across to Rugby Union and the younger guys went across to Centennials."

Griffith himself eventually came across to Centennials were he played out the remainder of his local career, enjoying the chance to play alongside his daughter Lisa.

All of his local experience helped Griffith enjoy a brilliant representative career.

"It was a great time to play from the 70s through to the 90s when I playing fair dinkum. There were great rivalries, some good young players coming through and game was in great hands," he said.

"I went from having Bathurst as a rival to then all of a sudden having Orange as a rival, and that was fun.

"I played in the zone sides around here for around 20 years, with the highlight being the chance to play against the West Indies in the 80s with the western country side.

"I also represented NSW in the Australian titles in the mid 80s and was fortunate enough to be selected in the Australian country side to play against India at Adelaide Oval."

Several other prominent Bathurst cricketing figures also received lifetime achievement awards.

Col Wood was given life membership to the BDCA, adding to his recent Western Zone Cricket life membership.

Bob Clancy, Paul Carver and Russ Macpherson were all added to the association's roll of honour.

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