Milestone Monday

Former SUCC all-rounder Dylan Hunter made his first-class debut for Canterbury against Wellington in New Zealand’s Plunket Shield competition, opening the batting and scoring 17 and 28.

When he dismissed Fairfield’s Jaydyn Simmons on Saturday, Devlin Malone claimed his 300th wicket for the club in First Grade.  He’s the sixth player to reach that milestone after Mick O’Sullivan (652), John Grimble (382), Tim Ley (340), Ian Moran (337) and Peter James (320).

Jordan Gauci played his 50th match for the club (all in First Grade) and held his 50th catch in Premier Cricket for all clubs.

Hunar Verma collected his 150th wicket in Premier Cricket (in all grades and for all clubs) when he dismissed Fairfield’s Yuva Nishchay.

Will Salzmann took his 50th First Grade wicket (36 of them for Campbelltown) when he dismissed Fairfield’s Cameron Frendo on Saturday.

Wilf La Fontaine-Jackson scored his first century for the club, a matchwinning 112 not out against Fairfield in Second Grade.

Jack Hill’s 84 against Fairfield on Saturday was his 18th innings above fifty in Second Grade (3 hundreds and 15 fifties).  During his innings, he passed 2500 runs in Seconds.

Charles Litchfield’s 53 against Fairfield on Saturday was his 14th innings above fifty in Second Grade (2 hundreds and 12 fifties). 

Mehrub Jan Chowdhury, with 61 not out against Randwick-Petersham in Metropolitan Cup, hit his highest score for the club.

Will Southon, with 3-16 against Randwick-Petersham in Metropolitan Cup, returned his best bowling figures for the club.

Henry Mitchell, with 4-16 against Randwick-Petersham in Metropolitan Cup, returned his best bowling figures for the club.

Ethan Fong (2-37) took his first wickets for the club in the Metropolitan Cup match against Fairfield.

Ira Patel, with 47 not out against Penrith for Women’s Seconds, hit her highest score for the club.

Hetvi Patel had an outstanding match for Women’s Thirds against UTS North Sydney on Saturday, recording both her first half-century (54) and her best bowling figures (3-10) for the club.

Milestone Monday

Playing his second List A match (for NSW against South Australia in Adelaide), Will Salzmann improved on his best bowling figures in the format, taking 3-48.

Phoebe Litchfield’s 54 not out for Sydney Thunder against the Sydney Sixers was her fourth half-century in the WBBL, and her highest score in the competition.

Frankie Nicklin was called up to the Sydney Sixers squad as 13th player for the match against Sydney Thunder, following an injury to Alyssa Healy.

During his innings against Fairfield on Saturday, Damien Mortimer passed 5000 runs for the club, all of them in First Grade.  He’s the 28th player to reach 5000 runs for the club in all grades, and only the sixth player to score 5000 runs for the club in First Grade (behind Greg Mail, Nick Larkin, Ed Cowan, Ian Moran and Liam Robertson).

Tim Cummins’ 106 against Fairfield was his fifth century in First Grade.  During his innings, he passed Will Hay (3307 runs) to become the club’s 15th-highest run scorer in First Grade.  He’s now eight runs behind Hayden Kerr (3348).

During his innings against Fairfield on Saturday, Ryan McElduff passed 2500 runs in First Grade.  His 68 was his 15th half-century in First Grade.

Hunar Verma’s 53 against Fairfield in First Grade was his first half-century in Premier Cricket.

Kieran Tate’s 19 not out against Fairfield was his highest score in his 62 matches in First Grade.  During his innings he passed 1500 runs for the club in all grades.

During Devlin Malone’s innings of 16 against Fairfield, he passed 500 runs in First Grade for the club.

When he dismissed Fairfield’s Russell Wilcoxon on Saturday, Josh Toyer took his first wicket in Second Grade for four years, and extended his own club record of wickets in Seconds to 222.

Hayden McCarthy’s spectacular 7-26 against Fairfield in Third Grade was his first five-wicket haul in Premier Cricket.

Milan Swaraj, with 69 not out against Fairfield, hit his third half-century for the club and his second in Third Grade.

Brodie Frost played his 100th match for the club in all grades.

Oliver Jennings, with 73 against Fairfield in Fourth Grade, hist his first half-century for the club.

Mitchell Cotton, with 55 against Fairfield in Fourth Grade, hit his first half-century in Fourths and his highest score for the club.

Saarangan Arvind’s 50 against Fairfield was his third fifty in Fifth grade and his sixth for the club.

Morris Fredriksson’s 73 against Fairfield in Fifth grade was his fourth half-century for the club.

Luke Wells made his Fifth Grade debut for the club.

Wilf la Fontaine-Jackson, with 80 against Northern District in Poidevin-Gray on Sunday, hit his first half-century for the club.

During his innings of 22 against Northern District in Poidevin-Gray, Dom Goddard passed 500 runs for the club in all grades.

Peter Dean hit his first century for the club, 118 in Metropolitan Cup against Fairfield.

Kiah Martin, with 3-24 against Parramatta in First Grade, returned her best bowling figures for the club.

Erica James (54 not out against Parramatta in First Grade) hit her first half-century for the club.

Serena Liu, with 44 not out against Parramatta in Second Grade, hit her highest score for the club.

Milestone Monday

Devlin Malone took his 300th wicket for the club when he bowled Blacktown’s Gus Small on Saturday.  He’s the 24th player to reach 300 wickets for the club in all grades.  Also on Saturday, he held his 50th First Grade catch for the club.  On Sunday, when he dismissed Fairfield’s Nick Carruthers, he took his 450th Premier Cricket wicket in all grades (146 of them for Sutherland).

Jordan Gauci’s 139 not out against Blacktown was his eighth First Grade century (and third for Sydney University).

Oliver Zannino’s 35 not out against Blacktown lifted his First Grade batting average back above fifty (51.66, to be precise).  He also executed his first stumping in First Grade.

During his innings of 22 against Blacktown on Saturday, Tim Cummins passed 6500 runs in Premier Cricket (in all grades, for both Penrith and Sydney University).  On Sunday, his catch at backward point brought up his 550th fielding dismissal in all grades in Premier Cricket (464 catches and 86 stumpings).

Andrew Hazard made his First Grade debut against Blacktown on Saturday, in his 178th Premier Cricket match, and collected his first wickets (2-17).

Will Salzmann’s 63 against Fairfield on Sunday was his second half-century for the club and his sixth in First Grade.

Henry Clark’s 70 against Blacktown on Saturday was not only his highest score in Second Grade, but also his first half-century in Seconds (in his 48th match in that grade).

Ryan Danne’s 82 against Blacktown on Saturday was his 15th innings of fifty or more in Second Grade (including four centuries). 

The 8th wicket partnership of 123 between Ryan Danne and Henry Clark against Blacktown was outstanding, but fell 56 runs short of the club Second Grade record (set by Tim Ley and Michael Culkoff in 2009-10).

When Josh Toyer bowled Blacktown’s Adil Ahmed in Third Grade on Saturday, he collected his 450th wicket for the club in all grades.  He’s only the tenth player to reach that milestone.

Milan Swaraj made his Third Grade debut for the club in the match against Blacktown, posting his highest score (80), and second half-century, for the club.

Hayden McCarthy had a big match against Blacktown, posting his highest Third Grade score (89) and returning his best bowling figures in Thirds (3-18).  These were also his best performances with bat and ball for the club, and his half-century was his third in Third Grade (he scored two for University of NSW).

Luka Flannigan’s 65 not out against Blacktown was his first half-century for the club, his first in Third Grade and his third in Premier Cricket (two of them for Mosman).  During his innings, he passed 500 runs for the club in all grades.

The Third Grade match against Blacktown was Matt Powys’ 100th game for the club in all grades.

Raveen Ganesh, with 56 against Blacktown in Fourth Grade, hit his first half-century for the club.

Lewis Ansell, with 3-27 against Blacktown, returned his best bowling figures in Fourth Grade.

Anik Siwach, with 82 not out against Blacktown in Fifth Grade, hit his first half-century for the club.

Arnav Yadav, with 46 against Blacktown in Fifth Grade, hit his highest score for the club.

Sidhaarthaa Veeravalli, with 3-48 against Blacktown, returned his best bowling figures in Fifth Grade.

Sanskar Sharma made his debut for the club in the Metropolitan Cup match against Sutherland, scoring 44.

Ethan Fong made his debut for the club in the Metropolitan Cup match against Sutherland.

Peter Dean, with 71 against Northwest Sydney in Metropolitan Cup on Sunday, hit his first half-century for the club.

Lewis Wells, with 78 not out against Northwest Sydney in Metropolitan Cup on Sunday, hit his first half-century for the club.

The sixth wicket partnership of 129 between Peter Dean and Lewis Wells against Northwest Sydney was a new club record for Metropolitan Cup (or any other 6th grade competition).

Milestone Monday

On Sunday, the club fielded teams in the NSW Women’s Premier Cricket competition for the first time.  Sydney University teams participated in the Women’s First Grade competition until the 1978-79 season, but those teams were fielded by a separate club constituted by what was then the Women’s Sports Union.  Until last season, the Universities Women’s Cricket Club (a joint venture between Sydney University and University of NSW) fielded teams, but that club has disbanded.  So it follows that every player who took the field on the weekend made her debut for SUCC in Women’s Premier Cricket.

It also follows that several players became the first to reach milestones for the club.  The first wicket in First Grade was claimed in the match against Manly by Aarati Bidari, helped by a stumping by Chaye Hartwell.  The first runs were scored by Frankie Nicklin, who went on to score the first fifty (a rapid 65 from only 33 balls) and share in the first fifty partnership (60 for the second wicket with Erica James).

Phoebe Litchfield hit her first T20I half-century last Monday: 52 not out for Australia against the West Indies at North Sydney.  Phoebe reached her fifty from only 18 balls, which is (by three balls) the fastest T20I fifty ever recorded for Australia, and equals the T20I record for any country (matching Sophie Devine’s performance for New Zealand against India in 2015).

Hayden Kerr’s 86 for NSW against Queensland in the Sheffield Shield match at Cricket Central was his third half-century in first-class cricket.

Nick Larkin’s 52 against Northern District on Saturday was his 55th innings of fifty or more in First Grade (21 centuries and 34 fifties). 

Wilf La Fontaine-Jackson made his Second Grade debut for the club in the match against Northern District.

Charles Litchfield’s 50 against Northern District on Saturday was his 13th innings of fifty or more in Second Grade (including two centuries).  During his innings he passed 1500 runs in Seconds.

Jack Hill’s 68 not out against Northern District on Saturday was his 15th innings of fifty or more in Second Grade (including three centuries). 

Ryan Danne’s 54 not out against Northern District on Saturday was his 14th innings of fifty or more in Second Grade (including four centuries). 

Andrew Hazard played his 50th game for the club in all grades.

Harrison May made his Second Grade debut for the club in the match against Northern District (last season he took 19 wickets at 16.21 in Seconds for UTS North Sydney).

Jed Collins made his Second Grade debut for the club in the match against Northern District.

Tom Siede made his Third Grade debut for the club in the match against Northern District.  His 50 was his second half-century for the club (in only three matches), and he also collected his first wicket for the club.

Ravi Wikramanayake played his 100th Premier Cricket match (all grades, all clubs) on Saturday.  During his innings of 37 in Third Grade, he passed 2500 Premier Cricket runs in all grades.

Hayden McCarthy’s 3-31 against Northern District on Saturday was his best return with the ball in Third Grade.  His first wicket on Saturday was his 50th in Premier Cricket in all grades.

Milan Swaraj, with 63 against Northern District in Fourth Grade, scored his first half-century for the club.

Ben Edmondson made his Fourth Grade debut for the club and took his first wickets in that grade (2-34).

Avijay Maharaj (41) hit his highest Fifth Grade score for the club.

During his innings of 40 against Northern District in Fifth Grade on Saturday, Jazz Rinka passed 1000 runs for the club in all grades.

Murray Miles’s 72 not out against Georges River in Metropolitan Cup was his highest score (and second half-century) for the club.

Mitchell Spanner’s 45 against Georges River in Metropolitan Cup was his highest score for the club.

Daanyal Saeed’s 48 not out against Georges River in Metropolitan Cup was his highest score for the club.

The unbroken partnership of 87 between Daanyal Saeed and Murray Miles against Georges River was a new club record for the 9th wicket, both in Metropolitan Cup, and the other Sixth Grade competitions entered by the club over the years.

Milestone Monday

Hayden Kerr returned his best List A bowling figures (3-57) in the Marsh Cup match for NSW against Victoria in Melbourne.  During his T20 innings against Hawkesbury on Sunday, Hayden passed Will Hay (3307) to become the 14th-highest First Grade run-scorer for the club; then, with a six down the ground from the bowling of Patrick Moore, he reached 5000 runs for the club in all grades.  He’s the 27th player to reach that milestone.  His 50 was his 28th score of fifty or more in First grade (including three centuries).

Former Sydney University opening bowler Lawrence Neil-Smith made his List A debut for Tasmania against NSW in Melbourne.

During his T20 innings against Hawkesbury on Sunday, Damien Mortimer passed 9000 runs in Premier Cricket, in all grades and for all clubs.  This includes 3087 runs for Campbelltown, 506 for Bankstown and 493 for Wests.

Wilf la Fontaine-Jackson made his First Grade debut for the club in the T20 match against Gordon.

Tim Cummins’ 68 not out against Gordon in the T20 was his 28th innings above fifty in First Grade (four centuries, 24 fifties).

Hunar Verma took his first wicket for the club when he bowled Quincy Titterton in the T20 match against Gordon.

In the T20 match against Gordon, for the second match in succession, Jack Attenborough took a wicket in his first over of the game, having first been hit for six.  It is not entirely clear whether this is some kind of plan.

Jack Hill’s 80 against University of NSW was his 14th score above fifty in Second Grade (including three centuries).

During his innings of 47 against University of NSW, Andrew Hazard passed 1000 runs in Second Grade (including 619 for Penrith). 

Tom Siede made his Second Grade debut for the club in the match against University of NSW.

The match against University of NSW was Matt Powys’ 50th match in Third Grade.

Hayden McCarthy made his first appearance in Third Grade for the club against his former club, University of NSW.

The Third Grade match against University of NSW was Luka Flannigan’s 150th Premier Cricket match, and he passed 1500 runs in all grades.

Noah Bloch made his Third Grade debut for the club in the match against University of NSW.

Jed Collins made his Third Grade debut for the club in the match against University of NSW and took his first wickets (3-24).

Harrison May (formerly of UTS North Sydney) made his debut for the club in the Third Grade match against University of NSW and took his first wickets (2-41).

Lewis Ansell claimed his 50th wicket in Fourth Grade in the match against University of NSW on Sunday.

Oliver Jennings made his debut for the club in the Fourth Grade match against University of NSW.

Anik Siwach made his Fifth Grade debut for the club.

Orlando Pender made his debut for the club in Fifth Grade’s match against University of NSW, scoring 41 and collecting his first wicket.

Ben Edmondson made his Fifth Grade debut for the club.

Sidhaarthaa Veeravalli made his Fifth Grade debut for the club.

Saarangan Arvind, with 92 against Northwest Sydney in Metropolitan Cup, hit his highest score (and fifth half-century) for the club.

Harris Haider, with 40 not out against Northwest Sydney in Metropolitan Cup, hit his highest score for the club.

Former University of NSW First Grader, Blaize Irving-Holliday made his debut for the club in the Metropolitan Cup match against Gordon and scored his first half-century, 66 not out.

Several players made their first appearance for the club in the two Metropolitan Cup games: Oliver Lista, Lewis Wells, Andrew Farlow, Peter Dean, Thomas Hardy, Mitchell Spanner, James Schroder, Zander Robertson, Will Elliott, Will Southon and Veraj Singh.

Milestone Monday returns for 2023-24

Jack Attenborough made his debut for the club in the T20 match against Sydney.  In the second match of the double-header, against North Sydney, he took his first wickets for the club (2-14).  Jack played 79 First Grade matches for University of NSW without taking a wicket, and last took a Premier Cricket wicket in Poidevin-Gray back in 2020-21.

While Jordan Gauci was steering University to a win over North Sydney in Saturday’s T20 game, he passed 1000 runs for the club, all in First Grade.  He has now scored over 1000 First Grade runs for three clubs: University (1003), Blacktown (2201) and Hawkesbury (1175).

Will Salzmann made his debut for the club in the T20 match against Sydney, taking his first wickets (3-34) and scoring his first half-century for the club (68) in the process.  His 68 was his highest score in First Grade, and his fifth half-century (he scored four for Campbelltown-Camden).  Later in the day, he improved his best bowling figures for the club by taking 3-33 against North Sydney.

Hunar Verma made his debut for the club in the T20 match against Sydney.

Devlin Malone has drawn level with Alan Jakes by taking his 295th wicket for the club in all grades, and now shares equal 25th place on the club’s list of all-time wicket-takers.  Jakes, who played for the club between 1964 and 1973, enjoyed an unusual career that included both taking the new ball in Firsts, and taking 76 wickets in a Fourth Grade season bowling off-spin.

Dom Goddard’s 59 against Hawkesbury was his first half-century in Poidevin-Gray and his third for the club in all grades.

Bathurst product Tom Siede made his debut for the club in the Poidevin-Gray match against Hawkesbury, and scored his first half-century for the club (78).  During his innings he passed 500 runs in Premier Cricket, having scored 446 for Gordon last season.

Hampshire 2nd XI batsman Wilf la Fontaine-Jackson made his debut for the club in the Poidevin-Gray match against Hawkesbury, scoring 45.

Thomas Lynch played his first Poidevin-Gray match for the club, scoring 31 against Hawkesbury.

Hayden McCarthy made his debut for the club in the Poidevin-Gray match against Hawkesbury, and took his first wickets for the club (2-33).

Tejas Verma made his debut for the club in the Poidevin-Gray match against Hawkesbury.

Milan Swaraj made his debut for the club in the Poidevin-Gray match against Hawkesbury.

Milestone Monday (on a Sunday)

Sydney University’s semi-final win over Manly on the weekend took the club into the First Grade grand final for the eleventh time since finals were introduced to the competition in 1952-53.  This means that the club will contest the grand final of all three First Grade competitions (Belvidere Cup, 50 overs and T20), matching the feat of the 2018-19 team.

Sydney University dismissed the first four Manly batsmen without scoring in the First Grade semi-final on Saturday.   This was the first time this has occurred in a Belvidere Cup finals match involving the club (the most recent similar event was in 2013-14, when Bankstown’s first two batsmen were dismissed for 0 in the second innings of the grand final).  Manly’s total of 78 was the lowest score against University in a Belvidere Cup finals match since that 2013-14 season, when Randwick-Petersham managed only 77 in the semi-final.  Curiously, however, this was not the first time in any grade that Manly has lost 4-1 in a semi-final against Sydney University, with the only run being a leg bye.  Exactly the same scoreline appeared in the Fourth Grade semi-final in 1980-81.  On that occasion, Manly was chasing a target of 152, and began by losing 4-1.  Shortly afterwards, four wickets fell with the score on 6, so that Manly was 8 for 6 (they recovered to reach 21).  But that was in the days of uncovered pitches.

Hayden Kerr’s phenomenal spell of 5-30 (including 3-0 from his first five overs) was his first five-wicket haul for the club in any grade.  He followed up by scoring 51, his 27th score of fifty or more in First Grade (including four hundreds).

When Tim Cummins caught Manly’s Matt Brewster on Saturday, he completed his 250th dismissal for the club in First Grade (215 caught and 35 stumped).  He becomes the third player to reach that landmark for the club, after the late Alan Crompton (331) and Shane Stanton (283).

Devlin Malone extended his career-best season tally of First Grade wickets to 68 by dismissing Steve O’Keefe.

Caelan Maladay, with 3-31 against Manly, passed 40 wickets for the season for the first time in his First Grade career.  He also reached 50 wickets for the season for the club (42 in Firsts, 8 in Poidevin-Gray).

When Kieran Tate dismissed Manly’s Jay Lenton on Saturday, he reached 40 First Grade wickets for the season for the first time in his career.

Damien Mortimer, with 76 not out against Manly, hit his 42nd score above fifty in First Grade (including eight centuries).  It was his 150th innings for the club, and during it he passed 700 runs for the season (for the fifth time in his First Grade career).

During Ryan McElduff’s 34 not out against Manly, he passed 500 First Grade runs for the season for the third time in his career.

And, finally, a milestone marking an event that didn’t happen.  When the semi-finals commenced on Saturday, it was the first time that a Premier Cricket semi-final round had been played without Ash Cowan taking part since 2011-12 -  a gap of 4382 days. 

Milestone Monday

Sydney University has progressed to the First-Grade semi-final for the 13th time since finals were introduced to the competition in 1952-53.

Devlin Malone’s three wickets against Randwick-Petersham on the weekend gave him 67 for the season in First Grade, beating his own previous best of 65 (in 2018-19).  Only Peter James (71 in 1973-74) and Jack Massie (69 in 1913-14) have taken more wickets in a First Grade season for University.

The qualifying final against Randwick-Petersham was Hayden Kerr’s 100th First Grade match.

Jordan Gauci, playing his 159th First Grade match, appeared in a Belvidere Cup finals match for the first time.  He also passed 600 runs for the season.

The qualifying final against Randwick-Petersham was Nick Larkin’s 57th finals appearance for the club (18 in Belvidere Cup, 15 in the First grade Limited Overs competition, 13 in the T20 competition, 6 in Poidevin-Gray and 5 in Seconds).

Milestone Monday

The extraordinary win over Manly on Saturday earned Sydney University the First Grade minor premiership for only the fourth time in the club’s history.   The club will now contest the First Grade finals for the 16th time since finals were introduced to the competition in 1952-53.

Damien Mortimer’s outstanding 91 against Manly on Saturday was his 41st innings above fifty in First Grade (including 8 centuries).  During his innings, he passed 600 runs for the season (for the sixth time in his First Grade career), and he was appearing in his 300th Premier Cricket match in all grades (151 for University, 109 for Campbelltown, 21 for Bankstown and 19 for Wests).

Jordan Gauci’s 58 against Manly on Saturday was his 35th score of fifty or more in First Grade (including seven centuries). 

Oli Zannino made his 100th appearance in Premier Cricket matches (including 55 for Gordon).

Against Manly on Saturday, Devlin Malone made both his 150th First Grade appearance and his 150th appearance for the club in all grades.  He took his tally of wickets for the season to 64: there have only been four more successful seasons for a First Grade bowler in the club’s history.  Peter James took 71 wickets in 1973-74; Jack Massie took 69 in 1913-14; Andrew Staunton took 65 in 2002-03; and Malone himself took 65 in 2018-19.

Kieran Tate had played 25 First Grade innings before Saturday, but on no previous occasion had he hit the first delivery he faced for six.

Charlie Dummer’s furious 67 against Manly in Seconds was his 29th innings of fifty or more in Premier Cricket (including three centuries).  During his innings he passed 2000 runs for the club in all grades.

Charles Litchfield, with 53 against Manly in Seconds, passed fifty for the club for the 24th time (including seven centuries).

When Prakhar Sharma dismissed Manly’s Jacob O’Sullivan in Seconds on Saturday, he captured his 50th wicket for the club in all grades.

Henry Snyman’s 57 against Manly on Saturday was his first half-century in Third Grade.

The game against Manly was Jazz Rinka’s 100th match for the club in all grades.  And it was Liam Coelho’s 50th match in Fourth Grade.

When Ash Cowan was adjudged lbw against Manly on Saturday, it was the 300th time he had been dismissed while playing for the club.

Ben Crawford hit 92 in the Metropolitan Cup qualifying final against Randwick-Petersham, which was the third time he’s passed fifty for the club (and the first time he’d failed to convert a half-century into a century).

Milestone Monday

Yet more milestones for Nick Larkin.  During his innings against Easts on Saturday, he passed Greg Mail (10,274) to become the leading run-scorer in the club’s history, with 10,284 in all grades. In the process, he also passed 8,000 runs in First Grade.  His 66 was his 54th innings above fifty in Firsts (including 21 centuries).   Only Mail and Ian Moran (8695) have previously scored 8,000 runs in Firsts for University.  Nick has become the 73rd player in the history of the competition to reach 8,000 First Grade runs. We don’t have a precise count on the number of players who have scored more than 10,000 runs for a single club, but it seems to be just over twenty.

During his match-winning innings against Easts on Saturday, Damien Mortimer reached 6000 runs in First Grade (1355 of them for Campbelltown).  His 89 not out also took hm past 500 runs for the season, and was his 40th innings above fifty in First Grade (including 8 centuries).

During his innings of 41 against Easts in First Grade on Saturday, Don Butchart passed 500 runs for the season, and for the club.

During his unbeaten, and rather important, 32 against Easts on Saturday, Devlin Malone passed 500 runs in First Grade, which only took him 149 matches.

Flinders Zhang-Langley picked up his best bowling figures in Fourths, 3-7 against Easts.

Mitchell Cotton, with 5-36 against Easts in Fifth Grade, claimed his first five-wicket haul for the club.

Pranav Kalia’s 41 not out against Easts was his highest score in Fifth Grade.

Milestone Monday

Nick Larkin’s outstanding 106 against Northern District in the grand final of the Limited Overs competition was his 21st First Grade century.

Devlin Malone’s first wicket against Easts on Saturday gave him 60 for the season, the second time in his career that he has reached that milestone.  He now has 62 wickets for the season – only six bowlers (including himself) have taken more in a First Grade season for University.   As well as which, in midweek, he took 4-54 for the NSW 2nd XI against the Queensland 2nd XI, his career-best figures in the Toyota 2nd XI competition.

The Limited Overs final against Northern District on Sunday was Damien Mortimer’s 150th game for the club, all in First Grade.  On Saturday, he set a new (and bizarre) record for the club, when a run was scored from his bowling – he had played 149 matches for the club without conceding a run (his one previous over, sent down in 2020-21, was a maiden).

Ravi Wikramanayake’s 108 against Easts on Saturday was his second century in Premier Cricket, both of them scored in Second Grade for Sydney University.  During his innings he passed 1500 runs in Seconds.

During his innings against Easts on Saturday, Charlie Dummer passed 1500 runs in Second Grade.

During his innings of 46 against Easts in Third Grade, Matt Powys passed 2500 runs for the club in all grades.

Thomas Lynch, with 56 against Easts on Saturday, posted his first half-century for the club.

During his innings against Easts on Saturday, Luka Flannigan passed 500 runs in Third Grade (152 of them for Mosman).

Jack Lawson’s fighting innings of 36 against Easts in Fourths carried him past 500 runs for the club in all grades.

Oliver Schmude made his debut in Fourth Grade.

Charlie Cowan, with 5-12 against Georges River in Metropolitan Cup, returned his best bowling figures for the club.

Milestone Monday

Nick Larkin, with 72 against Sydney, posted his 52nd score of fifty or more in First Grade (including 20 centuries).

Jordan Gauci’s 69 against Sydney on Saturday was his 34th score of fifty or more in First Grade (including seven centuries).  During his innings he passed 500 runs for the season.

Against Sydney on Saturday, Damien Mortimer played his 200th innings in First Grade.  Damien has passed Ian Fisher to become the sixth-highest run scorer in First Grade in the club’s history.

Oli Zannino finally has a First Grade batting average.  Against Sydney, he was dismissed for the first time in Firsts (in his fourth game), so he now has a batting average of 92 in the top grade.

Devlin Malone’s four wickets against Sydney on Sunday took his tally for the season to 59.  That mark has previously been achieved by Tim Ley (twice), John Grimble and Stewart Smith.  Only eight time has a University bowler taken more wickets in the course of a First Grade season.

The match against Sydney was Kieran Tate’s 200th match for the club in all grades.

Hayden Storey, with 65 against Sydney in Seconds, hit his 16th score above fifty for the club (including four centuries).  He also held his 50th catch for the club.

Charles Litchfield, with 67 against Sydney in Seconds, hit his 23rd score above fifty for the club (including seven centuries). 

Andrew Hazard’s 57 against Sydney was his ninth half-century in Premier Cricket, and fourth in Second Grade.

Darcy Manners made his Second Grade debut in the match against Sydney.

Prakhar Sharma collected his first Second Grade wicket against Sydney on Saturday, and went on to take 5-25, his third five-wicket haul for the club.

During his innings against Sydney on Saturday, Brayden Dilley passed 500 runs in Third Grade.

Ravi Wikramanayake, with 73 against Sydney on Saturday, hit his highest score in Third Grade and his tenth innings above fifty in Premier Cricket (including one century).

Thomas Lynch, with 2-39 against Sydney, took his first wickets in Third Grade.

Peter Brazel, with 4-41 against Sydney, returned his best bowling figures in Third Grade.

Jazz Rinka made his 50th appearance in Fourth Grade.

Henry Snyman, with 2-39 against Sydney in Fourths, took his first wickets for the club.

Mitchell Cotton made his Fourth Grade debut against Sydney on Saturday, and top-scored with 30.  During his innings he passed 500 runs for the club in all grades.

Ryan Drake helped Fifth Grade to a one-wicket win over Sydney with 3-21, his best figures in that grade.

Milestone Monday

Sydney University is heading to its second grand final of the season, and seventh grand final in the First Grade Limited Overs competition overall, after defeating University of NSW in the semi-final on Sunday.

Max Hope, with an exceptional spell of 6-16 in the Limited Overs semi-final against University of NSW, returned his first five-wicket haul in First Grade (and third for the club in all grades).  He had previously taken seven wickets in 33 First Grade matches.

Tim Cummins’ 51 in the Limited Overs semi-final against University of NSW was his 27th innings of fifty or more in First Grade (including four centuries).

Kieran Tate, with 3-18 against Blacktown on Saturday, has now taken 311 wickets for the club in all grades, passing Dick Cotton (310) to take 21st place on the club’s all-time list of wicket-takers.

Devlin Malone’s 4-52 against Blacktown on Saturday took his tally of wickets for the season to 55.   There have been only 14 more successful seasons by a First Grade bowler for University (including one by Malone himself).  He also passed Walter Stack (280) and Max Bonnell (280) to become the club’s 29th highest wicket-taker in all grades.

Oliver Zannino’s diving catch, low to his right, against Blacktown on Saturday gave him his first dismissal in First grade.

Against Blacktown on Saturday, Charles Litchfield bowled in Second Grade for the first time since 2017-18, and doubled (to two) his career tally of Second Grade wickets.

Lewis McMahon’s two wickets against Blacktown on Saturday took him past Dave Hanlin (258), and he’s now the club’s 36th highest wicket taker in all grades.

Andrew Wilkinson’s match-winning 74 against Blacktown on Saturday (scored after University had crashed to 6 for 27) was his tenth half-century for the club, and highest score in Fourth Grade.

In Metropolitan Cup, Charles Clay’s 40 against Randwick-Petersham was his highest score for the club.

In the Metropolitan Cup match against Randwick-Petersham, Nadil Jayakody bowled for the club for the first time and collected his first wickets (2-16).

The Metropolitan Cup match against Randwick-Petersham was Greg Cade’s 50th game as a captain for the club.

In the Metropoltian Cup match against Blacktown, Jack Bray whacked five 6s in his 54, which was his third half-century in Metropolitan Cup this season.

Milestone Monday

Don Butchart’s 115 against Blacktown on Saturday was his first century in First Grade and highest score for the club.

Jordan Gauci’s 156 against Blacktown on Saturday was his seventh century in First Grade, his second for the club, and the highest score of his First Grade career.  During his innings, he passed 4500 First Grade runs.

Damien Mortimer’s 53 against Blacktown on Saturday was his 39th innings of fifty or more in First Grade (including eight centuries).

Against Blacktown on Saturday, Jack Hill appeared in First Grade for the first time since 2015-16 – a gap of seven seasons since his previous First Grade match.

Charlie Dummer’s 60 in Second Grade against Blacktown on Saturday was his 26th innings above fifty in Premier Cricket (including three centuries).  During his innings he passed 500 Second Grade runs for the club and 1500 runs in Seconds for all his Premier Cricket clubs.

During his innings against Blacktown in Seconds on Saturday, Charles Litchfield passed 3500 runs for the club in all grades.  His 89 was his tenth score above fifty in Second Grade (including two centuries).

Andrew Hazard’s 65 against Blacktown was his first half-century for the club in Seconds, and the seventh of his Premier Cricket career.

Prakhar Sharma made his Second Grade debut in the match against Blacktown on Saturday.

Luka Flannigan’s 49 against Blacktown on Saturday was his highest score in Third Grade.

Avijay Maharaj made his debut in Fourth Grade.

During his spell of 3-23 in Fifth Grade, Murray Miles took his 100th wicket for the club in all grades.

Milestone Monday

In defeating UTS North Sydney outright, First Grade dismissed its opponents for less than 100 in each innings – the first time University has done this in Firsts since bowling out Balmain (as the Sydney club was then known) for 72 and 76 in 2004-05.

And University’s win in the First Grade Limited Overs Quarter Final against St George on Sunday puts the club into the semi-finals of that competition for the eleventh time.

In the match against UTS North Sydney, Max Hope followed his highest First Grade score by holding five catches in a First Grade match for the first time – including his 50th catch for the club in all grades.

Caelan Maladay, with 5-15 against UTS North Sydney, collected his first five-wicket haul for the club – which was the third of his First Grade career.  When he dismissed St George’s Blake Macdonald on Sundsy, he claimed his 100th Premier Cricket wicket in all grades.

When Devlin Malone dismissed St George’s Peter Francis on Sunday, he took his 50th wicket of the season.  It’s the second time he has taken fifty wickets in a First Grade season.

The match against UTS North Sydney was Jordan Gauci’s 150th First Grade game.

The Limited Overs quarter-final against St George on Sunday was Damien Mortimer’s 200th match in First Grade (including 55 for Campbelltown).

The Limited Overs quarter-final against St George was Nick Larkin’s 53rd appearance for the club in a final.  His spectacular 108 (from 95 balls, with five 6s) was his 20th First Grade century.  During his innings he passed 500 First Grade runs for the season – the seventh time in his career he has reached that milestone.

Tim Cummins reached 3000 runs for the club (all in First Grade) during Sunday’s match against St George at Hurstville.

Andrew Hazard’s match-winning 7-40 against UTS North Sydney was the best return of his Premier Cricket career.  It was the fourth time he has taken five wickets in a Premier Cricket innings, the second time he has taken five in an innings for the club, and the first time he has taken five in an innings in Seconds.

In Third Grade against North Sydney on Saturday, Morris Fredriksson held his 50th catch for the club in all grades.

Shuvayu Banerjee returned his best bowling figures for the club – 3-8 against UTS North Sydney in Third Grade.

During his decisive innings against UTS North Sydney in Third Grade, Andrew Wilkinson passed 2000 runs for the club in all grades.

Evander Herbert guided Metropolitan Cup to an outright win over Georges River with 6-41, his best figures (and first five-wicket haul) for the club.

Milestone Monday

Devlin Malone took his 300th First Grade wicket when he dismissed North Sydney’s Oliver Knight on Saturday (including his 35 for Sutherland).

Max Hope’s match-saving 52 against North Sydney on Saturday was his first half-century in First Grade.

Caelan Maladay, with 36 not out against North Sydney on Saturday, hit his highest score in First Grade.

On Saturday, Damien Mortimer passed Alan Crompton (4484 runs) to become the eighth-highest First Grade run scorer in the club’s history.

Kieran Tate’s two wickets against North Sydney on Saturday drew with level with Nigel Cowell (305) in 22nd place on the club’s all-time list of wicket-takers.

During his innings in Second Grade on Saturday, Jack Hill became only the 14th player to reach 6000 runs for the club in all grades.

Prakhar Sharma, with 49 against North Sydney in Third Grade on Saturday, hit his highest score for the club.

Shivham Wadhera (3-23 against North Sydney) has already improved on his best bowling figures in Third Grade, with half an innings to come.

Henry Snyman’s 69 not out against North Sydney in Fourth Grade on Saturday was his first half-century for the club.

Jack Bray collected his best bowling figures for the club – 4-32 against Eastern Suburbs in Green Shield.

Milestone Monday

Sydney University’s extraordinary last-ball victory in Sunday’s match against Blacktown gave the club its seventh win in the Sydney Thunder Conference of the Kingsgrove Sports T20 competition.  The club will play in the Grand Final against Sydney next Sunday.

Nick Larkin passed 1000 runs in T20 cricket during the match between the Melbourne Stars and the Melbourne Renegades on Saturday night.  He now has 1006, all in the Big Bash and all for the Stars apart from the 15 he scored in his one innings for the Sydney Sixers in 2015-16. 

During Saturday's match against St George, Damien Mortimer passed 8500 runs in Premier Cricket (for all clubs in all grades).

When Dylan Hunter bowled Blacktown’s Gaurav Dogra on Sunday, he claimed his 50th First Grade wicket.

Ryan McElduff’s match-winning 52 not out against Blacktown on Sunday was his 14th First Grade half century.  During his innings, he passed 3500 runs in all grades.

Don Butchart’s 103 not out against St George in Seconds on Saturday was his first century for the club.

Lewis McMahon’s two wickets against St George in Seconds on Saturday moved him up two places on the list of all-time wicket-takers for the club: he is now equal 36th, with former NSW opening bowler Dave Hanlin, on 258.

Clancy Barrett, with 57 against St George on Saturday, hit his first half-century in Third Grade.

Oliver Zannino’s 61 against St George on Saturday was his fourth half-century for the club.

Andrew Wilkinson’s 50 against St George on Saturday was his ninth half-century for the club, and second in Fourth Grade.

There were Fifth Grade debuts for Mehrub Chowdhury and Ryan Drake (who, with 3-37, took his first wickets).

Avijay Maharaj, with 54 not out in Metropolitan Cup against St George on Sunday, hit his third half-century for the club.

In Green Shield, Lachlan Russell’s 5-30 against North Sydney was his first five-wicket haul for the club.

Mehrub Chowdhury, with 4-32 against Campbelltown-Camden in Green Shield, returned his best bowling figures for the club.

Jack Bray’s 101 against Campbelltown-Camden in Green Shield was his first century for the club.

Milestone Monday

Tim Cummins held his 450th catch in all grades of Premier Cricket when he dismissed Parramatta’s Owen Simonsen on Saturday.

Ryan McElduff’s crucial 53 against Parramatta on Saturday was his 13th half-century in First Grade.  He also held his 50th catch for the club in all grades.

Devlin Malone captured his 40th wicket of the season against Parramatta on Saturday.  It’s the fourth time in his career that he’s passed that milestone.  Not only that, but his innings of 9 not out lifted his First Grade batting average back over ten – it’s now 10.08.

During his spell of 4-34 against Parramatta in Second Grade on Saturday, Rex Greaves passed 100 wickets for the club in all grades.

On Saturday, Max Hope played his 100th match in Second Grade.

The Third Grade match against Parramatta on Saturday was Josh Toyer’s 250th appearance for the club in all grades.

Shivham Wadhera made his Third Grade debut against Parramatta on Saturday, taking his first wickets (2-18).

Milestone Monday: Big Bash and Green Shield

Former SUCC opening bowler Tom Rogers claimed his career-best T20 bowling figures, claiming 4-23 for the Melbourne Renegades against the Brisbane Heat in the BBL.

In the match between the Sydney Sixers and the Brisbane Heat, Hayden Kerr took his 50th wicket in T20 matches (35 for the Sixers, 15 for Derbyshire).

Julian Ryan, in only his third innings for the club, hit his first century – a matchwinning 119 in Green Shield against University of NSW.  It’s only the 8th century scored for the club in this competition.

Mehrub Chowdhury, with 50 in Green Shield against Randwick-Petersham, hit his first half-century for the club.

Cooper Jones, with 4-39 against University of NSW, returned his best bowling figures in Green Shield.

Will Hardy’s 49 not out against University of NSW was his highest score in Green Shield.

Milestone Monday

When Kieran Tate dismissed Bankstown’s Liam Marshall on Saturday, he collected his 300th wicket for the club in all grades.

During his innings against Bankstown on Saturday, Dylan Hunter reached 500 runs for the season, all in First Grade.

During his innings of 49 against Bankstown on Saturday, Jordan Gauci passed 500 runs for the club, all in First Grade.

Damien Mortimer has now scored exactly 4444 runs for the club, which is not a milestone exactly, but seems like something worth noticing.

Saturday’s match against Bankstown was Devlin Malone’s 200th Premier Cricket match in all grades (138 for Sydney University, 62 for Sutherland).

Rex Greaves’ 10 overs against Bankstown on Saturday yielded his best bowling figures in First Grade, 2-33.

Dom Goddard made his Second Grade debut against Bankstown on Saturday.

Max Hope, with 61 in Second Grade against Bankstown on Saturday, hit his 15th score above fifty for the club (including two centuries).

Hugo Ikeda’s first wicket in Second Grade against Bankstown on Saturday was his 50th for the club in all grades.

Rory Hipwell made his debut for the club in the Second Grade match against Bankstown on Saturday, collecting his first two wickets.

Brayden Dilley’s 56 against Bankstown on Saturday was his 11th for the club and second in Third Grade.

Clancy Barrett made his Third Grade debut against Bankstown on Saturday, scoring 41.  During his innings he passed 1000 runs for the club in all grades.

During his innings against Bankstown in Third Grade on Saturday, Liam Coelho passed 1500 runs for the club in all grades.

When Lewis McMahon dismissed Bankstown’s Johann Perera on Saturday, he claimed his 150th wicket in Third Grade.  It took him only 61 matches, and his wickets in Thirds have come at an average of only 13.58.

Thomas Lynch, Olly Lee-Young and Shivham Wadhera (who allowed only 18 runs from his 10 overs) each made his Fourth Grade debut against Bankstown on Saturday.

Lewis Ansell’s 42 against Bankstown on Saturday was his highest score in Fourth Grade.

Mitchell Cotton’s 54 in Fifth Grade against Bankstown on Saturday was his highest score, and second half-century, for the club.

Parin Sheth made his Fifth Grade debut against Bankstown on Saturday, scoring 33.

Jack Bray made his Fifth Grade debut against Bankstown on Saturday, scoring 46 and taking 1-9.

Will Hardy made his Fifth Grade debut against Bankstown on Saturday, taking his first wickets (2-40).

Rajprasanyth Varatharajah returned his best bowling figures for the club (3-49) in the Fifth Grade match against Bankstown on Saturday.

Arnav Yadav collected his best bowling figures for the club – 6-17, including a spell of 6-6 – in the Metropolitan Cup match against Penrith on Sunday.

Julian Ryan recorded his first half-century for the club (66) in the Metropolitan Cup match against Penrith on Sunday.