South Port Cricket Club hosted a Pink Stumps Day for its A and B grade matches against Wandearah to raise money to place breast care nurses in communities across Australia. Breast cancer survivor Kathryn Clarke, whose son Sam plays for South Port, was a member of the organising committee at the club, and tossed the coin to start the A grade game.

South Port committee member Geof Keane said on Sunday that the club had $5200 ready to bank and expected to finish up raising at least $5500.

The foundation donated pink caps, shirts and other gear to help with its fundraising efforts.

Mr Keane said with exception of a pink stump being presented to the best player from each A grade side – John Merrett for South Port and Greg Carmody for Wandearah – the remaining merchandise was auctioned.

South Port players had the option of buying the caps they wore and most also bid successfully for their pink shirts. Auctioneer Matt Ganley enticed a total of $1590 out of the bidders’ pockets for those items, the pink stumps, wicket keeping pads and merchandise donated by Adel-aide, Crystal Brook and Port Pirie businesses.

“Most players bought their own shirts,” Mr Keane said.

He said an estimated 400 people attended, including the South Australian Cricket Association’s Andrew Caldwell.

Community volunteer with an interest in cancer, Nicola Cham-pion encouraged people to “feel her boobies” – prosthetic breasts to make people aware of how to do breast examinations.

Pink beer flowed from a tap in the clubrooms with those buying a drink putting an extra $1 per beer as a donation – to total $192.

A Calcutta competition for the best players from each team, based on their match statistics, raised $550.