RYAN McELDUFF 206 NOT OUT

AT THE DOUBLE

RYAN McELDUFF 206 NOT OUT.

Double centuries are rare at any level. The Club's list of  double centuries, stretching from 1853-54 to 2024-25 in Club cricket, Electorate cricket, Grade cricket and Premier cricket, indicates how rare this event is.

Until last Saturday, there had been 24 instances of double centuries scored by SUCC players. Greg Mail scored three; Nick Larkin two and Steve Hobson two. 20 players had scored at least one double.

On Saturday in 2nd Grade against Blacktown, Ryan McElduff scored the Club's twenty fifth double. He became the twenty first SUCC player to do so and the first since 2013-14 when both Scott Henry, in 1st Grade, and Jack Hill, in 2nd Grade, scored 200 not out.

In 1888-89, the first SUCC double century was scored by the Australian Test player Tom Garrett (who had played in Australia's first Test Match in 1876-77).  Garrett scored 274 in the Club's 1st XI against the Albert Club. Garrett and Herbert Lee put on 348 for the 1st wicket (a Club 1st wicket record that still stands) and University made 635. Garrett finished with 620 runs @52.6 for the season. In his prolific season in 2024-25, Ryan has already scored 599 runs in just six matches.

He is in illustrious company.

James Rodgers