The Students were able to capture 3 wins from 5 highly competitive fixtures against Parramatta on Saturday. First Grade were once again led by in-form skipper Liam Robertson whose hard-hitting century (133 from only 102 deliveries) allowed Uni to post a commanding first innings score of 8/284. Despite an excellent century from Nick Bertus in reply, the bowlers got the job done in the afternoon with the match fittingly concluded by a direct hit run-out from none other than Robbo.
2nd Grade were set 253 to win with Lewis McMahon and Matt Moran working hard in the morning to be the pick of the bowlers. Despite half-centuries from Charlie Dummer and Varun George, the target proved to be just out of reach, the Students going down by 12 runs.
At fortress St Paul’s, 3rd Grade were aided by the return of skipper Henry Clark and faced an undefeated Parramatta outfit with top of the table honours up for grabs. Sent in to bat after losing the toss, Jack Hill followed up his half-century in Round 5 with a staunch 45, aided by the hard hitting of Ben Mitchell through the middle overs. With the bowling cartel in fine form, 214 proved to be plenty, Ben Mitchell again the star of the afternoon with the remarkable figures of 5/19.
4th Grade suffered their first loss of the season going down by 8 wickets whilst 5th Grade won by 5 wickets on the back of an excellent all-round performance by Max Shanahan. Metropolitan Cup were unable to back up a strong performance last week, losing to North West Sydney by 57 runs.
On Sunday, a T20 double-header blessed the home spectators at University Oval against Western Suburbs. In the morning, PG’s marched to a strong 8 wicket victory set up by an excellent opening spell from Charlie Cassell. Charlie got the young Students away to the perfect start, claiming a hat-trick in his opening spell and finishing with figures of 4/17 from his 4 overs. Set 103 to win, Uni executed a mature chase winning in the 18th over following a commanding partnership between Matt Moran and Will Masojada. In the afternoon, Western Suburbs set 1st Grade 155 to win and bowled tightly through the middle overs to restrict Uni to 9/134.
A return to 2 day cricket in Round 7 against UNSW awaits.
