OUT Mt Gambier way, few cricketing families are as noted as the Muhovics clan.

Four of the five brothers played cricket, with Greg "Butch" Muhovics and Mick "Fritz" Muhovics the headliners.

The boys were joined by another brother, Phil, in Gambier Centrals C grade flag last year.

A fourth brother, Peter, was also a premiership player as a 17-year-old when Glencoe upset star-studded Yahl at Frew Park in 1977-78.

"We've won our share of flags, but this one was the very best for us," said Butch.

"Eric Freeman, Ian McLachlan and the two Sleeps, Peter Sr and Jr, were all playing in that game. Eric had only just finished Test and Sheffield Shield, Ian was once 12th man for Australia, and young Peter was on the way up. We ended up playing late on the third day in the dark before there was finally a result, our way."

With a highest score of 285 not out and 10,000-plus career runs, Butch was the batsman of the family, an elegant No. 3 particularly strong off the pads.

Mick was the all-rounder, fast in his day and a very clean hitter with a highest score of 209 not out and an eight-for in a grand final to his credit.

"I'd told a bloke on the Thursday night before the game that I was going to make 169 and he bet me a keg I couldn't," said Fritz Muhovics.

"I'm still waiting."

Both life members of the Gambier Centrals Cricket Club, Butch and Fritz were Players of the Year on eight occasions, Fritz the only Mt Gambier cricketer ever to take 500 wickets and make 6000 runs.

While Butch still plays, Fritz is happy to take it easy on Saturday .

"I got a touch of cancer there for a while and hadn't intended to play but you know what happens in the bush.

"You're always short. They got me back and three of us ended up playing in the flag (in March). Fun times."

The Muhovics originally hail from tiny Glencoe, 25km out of town on the road to Millicent. Butch said his parents simply couldn't afford to take them to town often as youngsters.

"We were very poor but we did have the local cricket and footy ground about 500 yards down the road so it became a home away from home for us all," he says.

"While others our age were going to town and training for basketball and doing other things, we were just cricket in summer and footy in the winter. We never felt deprived. It was just the way it was."

Other notable families in the area including the cricketing Von Duves, all five boys playing cricket at A grade standard.

Butch and Fritz say the friendships made through their sporting days have stood the test of time.

"Sport is king in the bush," says Fritz. "It always was for us and always will be."