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.