Milestone Monday: numbers counted faster than votes in Nevada

Hayden Kerr passed 2500 runs in First Grade during his innings against Western Suburbs on Saturday.  He’s the 29th player to reach that milestone for the club.  His 67 was his 22nd innings above fifty in First Grade (including three centuries).

Charlie Dummer’s rapid 56 against Western Suburbs was his second half-century in First Grade.

Damien Mortimer has passed Will Hay (3307 runs) to become the 12th highest First Grade run-scorer for the club.  His 94 against Western Suburbs on Saturday was his 26th score above fifty for the club (including 7 centuries) and the 32nd time he has passed fifty in First Grade (8 centuries). He has also reached exactly 7500 runs in Premier Cricket in all grades for all his clubs: 3414 for Sydney University, 3087 for Campbelltown, 506 for Bankstown and 493 for Wests.

Ben Joy’s three wickets against Western Suburbs on Saturday took his First Grade tally to 187, which means that he has passed Test all-rounder Roy Minnett (186) and 1920s captain Jim Garner (186) to become the club’s 14th highest wicket-taker in the top grade. 

When Tim Cummins stumped Bankstown’s Nick Carruthers in Sunday’s T20 match, it was his 50th stumping in First Grade (21 for Sydney University and 29 for Penrith) and his 150th dismissal for the club (129 caught and 21 stumped).  In the afternoon, he stumped Hawkesbury’s Bilal Quersehi to complete his 350th First Grade dismissal (299 catches and 51 stumpings).  Astute readers will guess what the next milestone is.

Kieran Tate, with 4-23 in the T20 match with Bankstown, recorded his best bowling figures in First Grade.

Ben Mitchell took his first wicket in First Grade when he dismissed Bankstown’s Daniel Nicotra in Sunday’s T20 match.  He followed with his highest First Grade score (39 not out) against Hawkesbury in the second T20 game – which included his first three sixes in First Grade.

Max Hope, with 3-41 against Hawkesbury in Sunday’s T20 match, claimed his best bowling figures in First Grade.

Three players – Max Shanahan (1-33), Shehan Canagasingham (1-24) and Matthew Johns (2-26) – took their first wickets in Third Grade in the win over Western Suburbs on Saturday.

Hayden Storey’s 57 against Wests in Third Grade was his fourth score in Thirds above fifty (including one century).

After scoring 43 not out in Thirds, Jack Hill has now scored 5066 runs for the club in all grades, passing Mark Wilson (5058) and Shane Stanton (5052) to become the 21st highest run scorer in the club’s history.

Andrew Wilkinson played his 121st match for the club on Saturday, but it was only his second in Fourth Grade.  After coming in at 6-60, he scored his first half-century in Fourths (57), his eighth in all grades, and went on to pick up his first wicket in Fourths (1-30).

Sanjay Anandarajah, with 4-21 against Western Suburbs in Fourth Grade, returned his best bowling figures for the club in any grade.

Murray Miles collected his best bowling figures (3-22) in Fourth Grade.

In Fifth Grade, Christian Kyle made his debut for the club, and took his first wickets (3-23).

The match against Western Suburbs was Zohirul Islam’s 50th Fifth Grade appearance for the club.

Jazz Rinka hit 76 in Metropolitan Cup against University of NSW on Sunday, his highest score (and first half-century) for the club.

Mitchell Cotton’s 44 Metropolitan Cup against University of NSW was his highest score for the club.

Three players – Reuben Kapoor, Tom Foreman and Nathan Gibbons – made their debuts for the club in the Metropolitan Cup match against University of NSW.

Milestone Monday

Damien Mortmer’s vital 61 against Mosman was his 25th innings over fifty for the club, including seven hundreds.

During his innings against Mosman on Saturday, Ryan Danne passed 3500 runs for the club in all grades.  He now has 3513, and becomes the 49th player to reach 3500 runs for the club.

By dismissing Mosman’s Ashley Doolan and Dean Crawford with successive balls in First Grade, Ben Joy took two wicket in two balls for the third match in the succession.  We imagine this qualifies as some kind of hat trick.

Andrew Hazard made his first appearance in Seconds for the club, and collected his best bowling figures (3-26) for the club.

Jack Hill passed 5000 runs for the club during Third Grade’s match against Mosman.  He became the 25th player to pass this milestone for the club and passed Keith Pitty (5009) and Geoff Cooper (5015) to move up into 23rd place in the list of leading run-scorers for the club.  His innings of 67 was his 29th score above fifty for the club (eight of them centuries).

During his innings in Third Grade against Mosman, Hayden Storey passed 1000 runs for the club in all grades.

In Third Grade’s win over Mosman, Max Shanahan, Shehan Canagasingham and Sanjay Anandarajah each made his debut in Thirds.

Brayden Dilley’s 85 in Fourth Grade against Mosman was his sixth half-century, and highest score, for the club.

Ned Barnet’s 45 against Mosman was his highest score in Fourth Grade.

Matthew Johns, with 3-19 against Mosman, collected his best bowling figures in Fourth Grade.

Thomas Lamont made his debut for the club in Fourth Grade’s match with Mosman.

Thomas Crawford’s 4-28 against Mosman was his best return with the ball in Fifth Grade.

In Fifth Grade’s match with Mosman, Joel Ritchie, Harish Jeyaruban, Mitchell Cotton, Ashton Taylor and James Chan all made their debut for the club.

And there were several club debuts in the Metropolitan Cup match against Mosman on Sunday: Max Kidman, Syed Tirimzey, Michael Pahos, Aryaman Sud and Samarth Shrivastava.

A couple of former Sydney University players are in action in the Plunket Shield in New Zealand: Will Somerville for Auckland and Cam Hawkins for Otago.  Hawkins passed 500 first-class runs in the match against Northern Districts in which he scored 90 in the second innings, passing fifty for the fifth time in first-class matches and recording his highest score – against an attack that included no fewer than five New Zealand representatives (Neil Wagner, Tim Southee, Colin deGrandhomme, Scott Kuggeleijn and Ish Sodhi). Somerville moved onto Milestone Watch by collecting his 99th first-class wicket in the match between the Auckland Aces and the Central Stags.

Milestone Monday: wet, wet, wet

Nick Larkin was not out on 33 when the Sheffield Shield match between NSW and Western Australia ended in a draw in Adelaide, only the fourth time he has remained unbeaten in 66 first-class innings.  The Gladys Elphick Park became the 15th venue at which he has played first-class cricket.

By dismissing Harry Byrnes Howe and Baxter Holt in First Grade, Ben Joy claimed two wickets in two balls for the second match in succession.  He may need to practise his hat-trick ball a bit more.

Second Grade took first place on the competition ladder by winning its third match in succession.

After Max Hope took 4-20 against Eastern Suburbs on Saturday, the two players who have captained Seconds for University this season have taken 10-90 between them while acting in that role. Something to do with having choice of ends?

Otherwise: Rain 1, Cricket 0.

Milestone Monday: Mortimer, Mitchell, more...

Damien Mortimer recorded the eighth century of his First Grade career (122 against Eastern Suburbs) and his seventh for the club.  It was his 11th century in all grades in Premier Cricket.  During his innings he moved past NSW representative Dr Eric Barbour (3086) and NSW Colts all-rounder (and father of Ellyse) Mark Perry (3095) to become the club’s 15th highest run scorer in First Grade.  His seven First Grade centuries for the club bring him level with Johnny Taylor and only six batsmen have scored more (Greg Mail, Nick Larkin, Ed Cowan, Eric Barbour, HO Rock and Ian Fisher).

Tim Cummins, with 69 against Eastern Suburbs, passed fifty for the 20th time in First Grade (including two centuries).  He also passed 4000 runs in First Grade.  He now has 4002 (1787 for University and 2215 for Penrith).

Ryan Danne, playing in only his second First Grade match, recorded his highest score (43) in the top grade.

Charlie Cassell, with 34 not out against Eastern Suburbs, registered his highest score in First Grade.

The First Grade match against Eastern Suburbs was Ryan McElduff’s 100th game for the club in all grades.

Ben Mitchell’s hard-hitting 83 against Eastern Suburbs was his highest score for the club, his fourth half-century (he made his fifth the following day), and his highest score in Second Grade.  He also returned his best bowling figures in Poidevin-Gray (3-41) on Sunday, which he followed with an innings of 56, his highest score and first half-century in Poidevin-Gray.

Charlie Litchfield has passed 2500 runs for the club in all grades.

Rex Greaves made his Second Grade debut and collected his first wicket in Seconds.

Nivethan Radhakrishnan took 5-20 in Poidevin-Gray against Fairfield-Liverpool: his career best figures, and first five-wicket haul, in any grade in Premier Cricket.

Sanjay Anandarajah claimed his first Poidevin-Gray wicket.

Dash Ratnam (32) and Adam Sidhu (35) each hit his highest score for the club in the Poidevin-Gray match against Fairfield-Liverpool.

Raveen Ganesh made his debut for the club in the Poidevin-Gray match against Fairfield-Liverpool.

Milestone Monday

Nivethan Radhakrishnan took his first wicket for the club when he dismissed Gordon’s Taj Brar in First Grade on Saturday.  He held a return catch from Jackson Saggers to end the game, and that provided him with his first wicket for the club bowling with his left arm, his first two being taken bowling with his right.  This seems to be the first time any player has taken wickets ambidextrously in a First Grade match for the club (records on this point being less than exact). His 3-36 was his career-best analysis in First Grade and his second wicket took him to 100 Premier Cricket wickets in all grades. He now has 105: 29 in Firsts, 9 in Seconds, 14 in Thirds, 9 in Fifths, 11 in Metropolitan Cup, 20 in Green Shield and 13 in Poidevin-Gray.

Henry Clark took his 150th wicket for the club in all grades when he dismissed Gordon’s Nikethan Radhakrishnan (brother of Nivethan) in Second Grade on Saturday.  He ended the innings with his career-best figures in Seconds, 5-28.  It was his first five wicket haul in Seconds and his fourth for the club in all grades, the previous three all having come in Third Grade.

The match against Gordon was Charlie Cassell’s 50th appearance for the club in all grades.

The T20 match against Parramatta was Ryan McElduff’s 50th appearance for the club in First Grade.

During his innings of 27 in the T20 match against Parramatta, Tim Cummins passed 5000 runs in all grades in Premier Cricket: 1718 for Sydney University and 3286 for Penrith.

Damien Mortimer, with 50 in the T20 match against Parramatta, recorded his 23rd score of fifty or above for the club (including six centuries).

Ben Mitchell made his First Grade debut in the T20 match against Parramatta, becoming SUCC First Grader 767.

Kieran Tate improved his career-best bowling figures in First Grade to 2-23 in the T20 match with Parramatta.

The injury that kept Liam Robertson out of the T20 match against Parramatta broke a sequence of 41 consecutive appearances in this competition, stretching back to 2012.

In the Poidevin-Gray match against Parramatta, Dash Ratnam, Nivek Tanner, Adam Sidhu and Peter Brazel all played their first match for the club.

Jackson Gwynne, with 4-21 in the Poidevin-Gray match against Parramatta, returned his career-best bowling figures for the club.

Milestone Monday

Nick Larkin played his 250th Premier Cricket match for the Club in First Grade’s match with Gordon.  His 83 was the 43rd time he has passed fifty in First Grade, including 17 centuries.  He moved further up the list of all-time run-scorers in the First Grade competition, passing the great Test opener, Sid Barnes (6582), hard-hitting Randwick all-rounder Gary Bensley (6603), Petersham’s Max Benjamin (6618) and Waverley’s Test wicket-keeper Hanson Carter (6626) to move up into 126th place.

Ryan McElduff, with 57 against Gordon, passed fifty for the ninth time in First Grade and, in the process, passed 2500 runs for the Club in all grades.

Ryan Danne’s 118 against Gordon was his fourth century for the Club, and third in Second Grade.

Charles Litchfield’s brutal 52 against Gordon (4 sixes) was his fourth score above fifty in Second Grade, including one century.

Oliver Zannino, with 64 against Gordon, passed fifty in Second Grade for the second time, having done it for Gordon in 2018-19.

Henry Clark captained Second Grade for the first time in the absence of regular captain Max Hope.

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Charlie Dummer’s lively 57 against Sydney was his first half-century in First Grade.

During his innings against Sydney, Damien Mortimer passed 3000 runs for the club, all of them in First Grade.  He overtook Damien Grattan-Smith to become the 17th highest run-scorer for the club in First Grade.

Tim Cummins, with 55 not out against Sydney, passed fifty for the 19th time in his First Grade career (including two centuries).

David Miller reached 2000 runs in First Grade during the match against Sydney.

Kieran Tate claimed his first wicket in First Grade when he dismissed Sydney’s Beau McClintock.

Nivethan Radakrishnan, who has joined the club from Hawkesbury, made his debut for the club in First Grade’s match with Sydney.

Bennett Walsh, who hit 60 against Sydney, recorded his first half-century in Second Grade for the club, and his highest score in Seconds.  It was his third half-century in that grade, after two for North Sydney.

Ryan Danne’s 92 not out against Sydney was his eighth score above fifty in Second Grade (including two centuries).  It was his first score in the 90s, in his 157th innings for the club.

Jackson Gwynne made his debut in Second Grade and took his first wickets (3-43).

Ben Mitchell (with 3-31 against Sydney) claimed his best bowling figures in Second Grade.

Henry Clark (who took 2-19 against Sydney) took his first wicket in Second Grade since Round One in 2014-15.  He has, of course, been injured for seven of the last six years.

After eight matches in Second Grade, Jack Lawson’s batting average in that grade now stands at 83.00.  Partly because he has been dismissed only once.