Milestone Monday

Devlin Malone made his NSW Second XI debut in the Futures League match against South Australia in Adelaide, taking his first wicket when he bowled Harry Nielsen in his second over.

Hayden Kerr (in his 150th innings for the club in all grades) passed fifty for the 25th time in First Grade (including three centuries) during his furious 56 against Blacktown on Sunday.  He reached his fifty from only 17 balls, which appears to be the fastest half-century recorded for the club in the T20 competition.  During his innings he passed Keith Sheffield (2919 runs), moving up to become the 21st highest run scorer for the club in First Grade.

During his rapid cameo against Blacktown on Sunday, Tim Cummins passed 6000 runs in all grades in Premier Cricket (2719 for University and 3284 for Penrith).

During his innings against Penrith on Saturday, Dugald Holloway passed 2500 runs in all grades of Premier Cricket (584 of them for Eastern Suburbs).

Dylan Hunter passed 2000 runs in all grades of Premier Cricket (for University, Gordon and Randwick-Petersham).

George Barlow took his first wickets for the club in the Second Grade match against Penrith, finishing with 3-34.

Don Butchart, with 3-20 against Penrith in Second Grade, returned his best bowling figures for the club.

Oli Zannino’s 51 in Third Grade against Penrith was his third half-century for the club.

Luka Flannigan’s 41 against Penrith was his highest score in Third Grade, and highest score for the club.

Here’s one we missed last week (blame PlayHQ): Henry Clark took his 100th wicket in Third Grade when he dismissed Penrith’s Sam Grant.

Morris Fredrikssen, with 51 against Penrith on Saturday, recorded his third half-century for the club and his first in Fourth Grade.  During his innings he passed 500 runs for the club in all grades.

Mitchell Cotton collected his first wicket in Fifth Grade during Penrith’s second innings on Saturday.

Caelan Maladay, with 3-13 against Blacktown on Sunday, returned his best Poidevin-Gray figures for the club.

Theo Dempsey’s 3-24 against Blacktown in Poidevin-Gray was his best return with the ball for the club.

Noah Bloch, Nick Everitt, Theo Dempsey and Dom Goddard each made his Poidevin-Gray debut against Blacktown on Sunday.

Milestone Monday

Rex Greaves made his First Grade debut in the match against Penrith on Saturday.

Playing against his old club on Saturday, Tim Cummins held his 350th catch in First Grade.

Ryan Danne’s 143 against Penrith was his fifth century for the Club, and his fourth in Second Grade.  The innings took him past the aggregates of Chris Williams, Peter Hamblin and Ian Foulsham, so that he’s now the 37th highest run scorer in the club’s history.

Don Butchart’s 48 against Penrith in Second Grade was the highest score of his brief career with the club to date.

George Barlow made his debut for the club in the Second Grade match against Penrith on Saturday.  George has appeared in the English County Second Eleven Championship for Surrey, Sussex, Somerset and Gloucestershire.

Shuvayu Bannerjee collected his first wicket for the club in Fourth Grade’s match against Penrith on Saturday.

Jazz Rinka’s 4-32 against Penrith was his best return with the ball in Fifth Grade.

Ben Crawford hit his first century for the club, a massive 142 not out, in Metropolitan Cup against Randwick-Petersham on Saturday.

Jack Bray hit his first half-century for the club, 68, in Metropolitan Cup against Randwick-Petersham on Saturday.

Milestone Monday: Max Hope edition

The weekend’s rain allowed only one player enough time on the field to reach a milestone: Max Hope, during his innings of 40 against University of NSW, passed 2000 runs in Second Grade. It was also his 150th game for the club in all grades.

Milestone Monday

In the Marsh One-Day Cup match between Tasmania and South Australia, former Sydney University opening bowler Tom Rogers set up Tasmania’s win with 5-32, taking five wickets in a domestic one-day match for the first time.

During his innings of 45 against University of NSW on Saturday, Nick Larkin passed 9500 runs for the club in all grades. He’s only the second player (after Greg Mail) to do so.

Devlin Malone’s 6-42 against University of NSW on Saturday was the ninth five-wicket haul of his First Grade career (and the second time he’s taken 6-42 in First Grade).

Jack Hill passed 2000 runs in Second Grade during his innings of 44 against University of NSW on Saturday.

Hayden Storey’s 79 against University of NSW on Saturday was his fourth half-century in Second Grade.

Noah Bloch hit 56 in Fifth Grade against University of NSW on Sunday, which equalled his highest score for the club and was his second half-century for the club.

Mitchell Cotton’s 53 against University of NSW in Fifth Grade was his first half-century for the club.

Danial Haider and Harris Haider each made his debut for the club in Fifth Grade against University of NSW on Sunday.

Milestone Monday returns for 2022-23

Nick Larkin, scoring 52 against Campbelltown-Camden, passed fifty for the 48th time in First Grade (including 19 centuries).  His innings pushed him further up the list of all-time run-scorers in the First Grade competition: he passed North Sydney’s Nigel Taylor (7232) and former NSW batsman Kevin Geyer (7246) and now sits in 98th place with 7250 runs.

Dylan Hunter made his debut for the club in the First Grade match against Campbelltown-Camden, taking his first wickets (3-26) and scoring his first runs.  He has previously played 36 First Grade games for Gordon and 22 for Randwick-Petersham.  When he dismissed former University Green Shield captain, Willoughby Watson, he collected his 50th wicket in all grades in Premier Cricket.

Jordan Gauci held five catches in the field in the First Grade game against Campbelltown-Camden, the first time he has achieved this in his career.

During his 41 not out against Campbelltown-Camden on Saturday, Damien Mortimer passed Ian Foulsham (4180) and Suda Sivapalan (4185) to become the 35th highest run-scorer in the club’s history.

When Tim Cummins stumped Campbelltown-Camden’s Luke Webb on Saturday, he completed his 400th dismissal in First Grade, 345 caught and 55 stumped.  Of these, 161 catches and 27 catches were taken for Penrith.

When Devlin Malone dismissed Campbelltown-Camden’s Luke Courtney on Saturday, he passed Greg Mail (222) to become the 10th highest wicket taker in First Grade for the club.

On Saturday, Ryan Danne played his 200th match for the club in all grades.

Don Butchart made his debut for the club in Second Grade’s match against Campbelltown-Camden, collecting his first wicket during a frugal spell of 1-20.  Born in Zimbabwe, Butchart has played county second eleven cricket for Leicestershire and Derbyshire and played a List A match for Leicestershire against India A in 2018 ( in which India A ran up the fourth-highest total ever recorded in a List A match).

Theo Dempsey made his debut for the club in Second Grade’s match against Campbelltown-Camden, scoring a valuable 28 not out.  In 2022, Dempsey made his List A debut for Leinster Lightning.  He has also represented Irish Universities.

Random stat pf the week: when rain and bad light brought Fourth Grade’s match with Campbelltown-Camden to an early close, Clancy Barrett was 0 not out – his first not-out innings coming in his 37th innings for the club.

Ali Bajwa made his debut for the club in Fourth Grade’s match against Campbelltown-Camden, taking 2-4 from his four overs.  He has played Premier Cricket for Fairfield-Liverpool.

Shuvayu Banerjee, who has played Premier Cricket for University of NSW, made his debut for the club in Fourth Grade’s match against Campbelltown-Camden.

Several players made their first appearance for the club in the Metropolitan Cup match against University of NSW on Sunday: Ben Crawford, Varun Giritharan, Finn Howley, Rafiul Nakib, Minuka Fernando, Charles Clay, Parin Sheth, Noah Feenstra and Cooper Jones. 

Avijay Maharaj (55) hit his first half-century for the club in the Metropolitan Cup match against University of NSW on Sunday.

Milestone Monday

Jack Hill’s 52 against Manly in Second Grade was his 33rd score for the club above fifty (including 8 centuries).  He overtook Andrew Ridley (5679 runs) to become the 16th highest run scorer in the club’s history, reaching 5707.

During the Second Grade match against Manly, Oliver Zannino held his 50th catch for the club in all grades.

Against Manly on Sunday, Andrew Hazard collected his 50th wicket in Second Grade (44 of them for Penrith).

During the Second Grade match against Manly, Kieran Tate took his 281st wicket for the club, moving past Max Bonnell (280) and the NSW bowler Walter Stack (280) to become the 29th highest wicket taker for the club.

Third Grade advanced to the semi-finals with a win over University of NSW on Sunday.

Matthew Powys hit 98 against University of NSW in Thirds, which was his 10th half-century and highest score in Third Grade.

During his vital spell of 3-43 against University of NSW in Thirds, Josh Toyer took his tally of wickets in all grades to 432, moving past Geoff Pike (430) to become the tenth-highest wicket-taker in the club’s history.

Fourth Grade advanced to the semi-finals be defeating Northern District.

Ash Cowan’s 34 against Northern District was his 100th innings in Fourth Grade.

Noah Bloch, with 56 against Northern District, hit his first half-century for the club.

The Metropolitan Cup team bowed out of the competition when no play was possible in its semi-final against Mosman.

Milestone Monday

A win over Gordon on Saturday put Second Grade into the finals. It’s the 23rd time Seconds have reached the playoffs since finals were introduced in 1952.

Charles Litchfield celebrated his 100th match for the club with his second century in Second Grade (100 against Gordon) – his seventh hundred in all grades for the club.

During his innings against Gordon on Saturday, Ryan Danne passed 4000 runs in all grades for the club.

Peter Brazel made his Second Grade debut in the match against Gordon, taking his first wicket in the grade.

Rex Greaves played his 50th match for the club in all grades.

Despite Saturday’s washout, Third Grade has reached the finals. It will be the club’s 25th appearance in the Third Grade finals.

Fourth Grade reached the finals after a nerve-wracking win over Gordon. It will be the club’s 21st appearance in the Fourth Grade finals.

Noah Bloch’s match-winning 47 not out in Fourth Grade was his highest score for the club.

Lewis Ansell’s 3-28 against Gordon equalled his best return with the ball for the club.  He also collected his 50th wicket for the club in all grades.

Despite a loss to University of NSW on Sunday, the Metropolitan Cup team advances to the semi-finals next week as the highest-placed loser.

Milestone Monday

Hayden Kerr improved on his own highest first-class score, reaching 88 for New South Wales against Tasmania at the SCG.  It was his second half-century in only his third first-class game.

Nivethan Radhakrishnan, who represented Sydney University last season, made his first-class debut for Tasmania against NSW at the SCG.

Liam Robertson, with 5-42 against Campbelltown-Camden, claimed his first five-wicket haul in First Grade, in only his 233rd match.  His fifth wicket, Blake Smith, was also his 150th wicket in First Grade.  His previous best bowling in First Grade was 4-7 in 2013-14, while his only previous five-wicket haul for the club was 5-9 in Seconds in 2011-12.

Nick Larkin’s 72 against Campbelltown-Camden was his 47th innings above fifty for the club in First Grade (including 18 centuries).  During his innings he passed Petersham’s JFR Lawes, former NSW batsman Joe Taylor, Test opener Ian Davis, former University player BM Salmon and Parramatta’s RC Rowe and now, with 7198 First Grade runs, he has broken into the top 100 run-scorers in the history of the competition.

When he dismissed Campbelltown-Camden’s Aarron Muir on Saturday, Ryan McElduff took his 50th First Grade wicket.

Tim Cummins’ 59 against Campbelltown-Camden was his 16th innings above fifty for the club in First Grade (including four centuries). 

During his innings at Campbelltown on Saturday, Damien Mortimer passed 5500 runs in First Grade.

Hayden Storey’s 95 against Campbelltown-Camden on Saturday was his third half-century, and highest score, in Second Grade.

During the Second Grade match against Campbelltown-Camden, Oli Zannino completed his 50th catch for the club in all grades.

Tom Fullerton’s 55 not out in Third Grade against Campbelltown-Camden was his 12th score above fifty for the club (including a century).

Ned Barnet (3-20) produced his best bowling figures in Third Grade, also passing 50 wickets for the club in all grades.

Clancy Barrett’s 112 against Campbelltown-Camden was his second century for the club, and his first in Fourth Grade.

Ash Cowan is now the eighth-highest run-scorer in the club’s history.  His 42 against Campbelltown-Camden yesterday took his total of runs in all grades to 6545, taking him past former First Grade captain, Will Hay (6525).

Kieran Tate’s 65 against Campbelltown-Camden in Fourth Grade was his highest score for the club.  It was also his first half-century (at only his 125th attempt).

Prakhar Sharma’s 5-28 against Campbelltown-Camden was his second five-wicket haul for the club, but his first in Fourth Grade.

Morris Fredriksson, with 74 against Campbelltown-Camden in Fifth Grade, recorded his highest score, and second half-century, for the club.

Saarangan Arvind, with 66 not out against Campbelltown-Camden in Fifth Grade, recorded his fourth half-century for the club.

Shubham Kaushik, with 3-34 against Campbelltown-Camden in Fifth Grade, recorded his best bowling figures for the club.

Evander Herbert made his debut in Fifth Grade against Campbelltown-Camden, and marked it with a highly economical performance, taking 1-13 from his ten overs.

Raj Sharma made his debut for the club in the Metropolitan Cup match against University of NSW, scoring 40 and taking 2-22.

Milestone Monday

Hayden Kerr remains undefeated in the Sheffield Shield after playing an important part in a tight NSW win in Brisbane during the week.  His 2-41 in Queensland’s first innings improved on his best first-class bowling figures.

Nick Larkin scored 77 and 66 for ACT/NSW Country against the Victorian Second XI during the week. 

Tim Cummins hit the fourth century of his First Grade career, all for Sydney University, against Bankstown on Sunday.  His 100 not out included six 6s.  He then held five catches in Bankstown’s innings.  It’s the second time in his career that he’s followed a century by holding five catches.

Damien Mortimer, with an impressive 86 against Bankstown, recorded his 29th score above fifty for the club (including seven centuries).

Charlie Litchfield, scoring 69 against Bankstown, recorded his first half-century in First Grade.

Devlin Malone now has 40 wickets for the season, the third time he’s reached forty in a First Grade season.

Ryan McElduff has passed 100 wickets in Premier Cricket in all grades.  He now has 102 (12 of them for Gordon).

During his unbeaten 38 against Bankstown on Saturday, Matthew Powys passed 1000 runs in Third Grade.

Luka Flannigan has passed 100 wickets in Premier Cricket (including 84 for Mosman).

During his innings on Saturday, Ash Cowan passed 6500 runs for the club in all grades.  He now has 6503.  He’s the ninth player to reach that milestone, after Greg Mail, Nick Larkin, Ed Cowan, Ian Moran, Adam Theobald, Liam Robertson, Simon Gray and Will Hay.  He has also taken his Fourth Grade record career aggregate to exactly 2222, which isn’t really a milestone, but would have made Richie Benaud very happy.

Noah Bloch made his Fourth Grade debut in the match against Bankstown on Saturday, and marked it with a match-winning 30 not out (22 balls, 2 fours, 2 sixes).

Raveen Ganesh returned his best Fourth Grade bowling figures (3-22) against Bankstown on Saturday.

Rehaan Shyamsundar (4-27) returned his best Metropolitan Cup bowling figures in the match against Randwick-Petersham on Sunday.

Milestone Monday

Defeat to Randwick-Petersham in the grand final of the Kingsgrove Sports T20 competition meant that Sydney University finished as runners-up for the fifth time.

The T20 final against Randwick-Petersham was Tim Cummins’ 250th match in First Grade (111 for University and 139 for Penrith).  He has also passed 500 Premier Cricket dismissals in all grades.

When Devlin Malone removed Wests’ Afghan Test batsman Javad Ahmadi on Saturday, he claimed his 250th wicket in First Grade (35 of them for Sutherland).  He now has 218 First Grade wickets for University: on the weekend he passed Ben Joy (214) and Tom Kierath (216) to become the 11th highest wicket-taker for the club in Firsts.

His 80 against Western Suburbs was Nick Larkin’s 46th innings above fifty for the club, including 18 centuries.  His innings took him past St George’s Ray Flockton, Andrew Millican of Randwick, Test captain Syd Gregory and Parramatta’s Mark Wood, so that he’s now the equal 105th highest run scorer in the history of the First grade competition.

Dugald Holloway’s defiant 53 against Western Suburbs was his second half-century in First Grade.

The match against Western Suburbs on Saturday was Ryan McElduff’s 150th game in Premier Cricket in all grades (16 of them for Gordon). Ryan’s 4-16 against Randwick-Petersham on Sunday was a career-best performance with the ball in First Grade.

Henry Clark, with 26 against Wests in Second Grade on Saturday, took his tally of runs in all grades for the club to precisely 2500.

Ravi Wikramanayake has passed 2000 runs in Premier Cricket in all grades and for all his clubs (Sydney University, Campbelltown-Camden and Blacktown).

Rex Greaves didn’t do much wrong on Saturday: his 57 against Wests was his highest score and first fifty in Second Grade, his second fifty (and equal highest score) for the club, and followed his third four-wicket haul of the season (4-37).

Andrew Wilkinson’s second wicket against Wests on Saturday was his 200th for the club in all grades. 

Nicky Craze played his 100th match for the club in all grades.

During his innings against Wests in Thirds on Saturday, Tom Fullerton passed 1500 runs for the club in all grades.

During his strong all-round game against Wests in Thirds (34, 3 catches, 2-17), Andrew Hazard passed 500 runs for the club in all grades.

JP Gavan’s 44 against Wests in Fifths equalled his highest score for the club.

Evander Herbert returned his best bowling figures in Metropolitan Cup (4-23) against North-West Sydney.

Saarangan Arvind’s 59 against North-West Sydney in Metropolitan Cup was his fourth half-century for the club.

Milestone Monday

Sydney University has won the Sydney Thunder Conference in the Kingsgrove Sports T20 for the fifth time, and will face Randwick-Petersham in the Grand Final at University Oval this Sunday.

Liam Robertson’s matchwinning 73 not out in the T20 match against Parramatta was his highest score in the Kingsgrove Sports T20 competition.  He is now, with 1309 runs, the fourth-highest run-scorer in the history of the competition, behind Scott Rodgie (1774), Dan Smith (1512) and Adam Crosthwaite (1314).

Hayden Kerr’s epic 98 not out for the Sydney Sixers against the Adelaide Strikers was not only his own highest BBL score, but also the second-highest score ever made for the Sixers.  Hayden finished the BBL season with 25 wickets at 15.00, the second-highest tally in this season’s competition behind Peter Siddle (30), although it’s the highest number of wickets ever taken in a BBL season for the Sixers.

Damien Mortimer has passed 4000 runs for the club, all in First Grade.

Tim Cummins has passed 2500 runs for the club, all in First Grade.  His 65 against St George was the 23rd time he has passed fifty in First Grade (including three centuries).

Liam Robertson has passed 600 runs for the season.

The match against St George on Saturday was Charlie Dummer’s 50th in First Grade (including 10 for Campbelltown-Camden).

Charlie Cassell has passed 100 wickets for the club in all grades.

When he dismissed St George’s Sam Konstas on Saturday, Henry Clark took his 200th wicket for the Club in all grades.

Jack Hill, with 59 against St George on Saturday, passed fifty in Second Grade for the 11th time (three of them hundreds).

Ryan Danne, playing his 50th Second Grade match, passed fifty for the 12th time in Seconds (three of them centuries), scoring 52 against St George.

Nivek Tanner, with 51 against  St George in Thirds, recorded his fifth half-century for the club.

Luka Flannigan’ 5-51 against St George was his first five-wicket haul for the club and the second of hi Premier Cricket career.

Darcy Manners has passed fifty wickets for the club in all grades.

The exceptionally consistent Chris Roussos recorded his highest score for the club, with 81 not out against St George in Fourth Grade.  Chris, in his first season with the club, has passed 500 runs and has reached fifty five times.

Jazz Rinka’s 52 against St George was his second fifty in Fourth Grade.  He has made four of his five scores above fifty for the club this season, having scored only one in his first four seasons.

James Chan, with 51 against St George in Fifth Grade, hit his second successive half-century, and the third of his career with the club.

Tushar Sharma played his first match in Fifth Grade and collected his first wickets in that grade (3-35).

Yuvraj Dalvi hit his highest score (82) and third half-century for the club in the Metropolitan Cup match against Randwick-Petersham.

Reuben Kapoor hit his fourth half-century for the club (69) in the Metropolitan Cup match against Randwick-Petersham.

Jack Hennessy hit his fourth half-century for the club (74 not out) in the Metropolitan Cup match against Randwick-Petersham.

Dhairya Patel took his first wickets for the club in a spell of 3-17 against Randwick-Petersham in Metropolitan Cup.

Noah Bloch played his first match for the club in Metropolitan Cup against Randwick Petersham.

Milestone Monday

Sydney University has reached the Conference final of the T20 competition for the fifth time, after defeating Blacktown in the semi-final.

Nick Larkin has moved up four places on the list of all-time run-scorers in the First Grade competition.  He’s now in 168th place with 6186, having passed legendary sledger Brian Riley (6173), NDs stalwart Neil Howlett (6181) and former NSW opener Bill Donaldson (6184) over the course of the weekend.  And he took his 100th catch for the club in all grades.

Charlie Dummer has passed 1000 runs in First Grade for the club.

Liam Robertson has passed 500 runs for the season.  It’s the sixth time he has passed 500 runs in a First Grade season.  The match against Blacktown on Sunday was Liam’s 58th appearance in a finals match, which extends his own club record.

Tim Cummins’ diving catch from Caelan Maladay’s bowling on Sunday was his 500th dismissal in Premier Cricket.  He has now taken 422 catches and completed 78 stumpings across all grades and for both his clubs.

During his innings against Mosman in Seconds on Saturday, Jack Hill passed 5500 runs for the club in all grades, becoming the 18th player in the club’s history to reach that milestone.

Hayden Storey’s ferocious 64 from 36 against Mosman (60 in boundaries) was his second half-century in Second Grade.

Oliver Zannino has completed 100 dismissals behind the stumps (90 caught and 10 stumped) in all grades and for both his clubs.

Matthew Powys, with 74 against Mosman, passed fifty in Third Grade for the ninth time.

Nicky Craze passed two milestones during his 45 against Mosman on Saturday: 500 runs for the club in Thirds, and 4000 runs in all grades in Premier Cricket (including 1605 for Campbelltown-Camden).

Adam Sidhu, with 2-20 against Mosman in Thirds, collected his first wickets for the club.

Nivek Tanner played his 150th Premier Cricket match on Saturday (31 for Sydney University, 119 for UNSW).

Prakhar Sharma made his Third Grade debut against Mosman on Saturday.

Ash Cowan’s innings against Mosman on Saturday was his 300th for the club in all grades.

James Chan’s 52 against Mosman on Saturday was his second half-century for the club and his first in Fifth Grade.  During his innings he passed 500 runs for the club in all grades.

Oliver Fergusson returned his best bowling figures for the club (4-35) in the Metropolitan Cup match against Gordon on Sunday.

Alex Sidhu, with 74 not out against Gordon on Sunday, hit his second half-century for the club and took his average in Metropolitan Cup to 171.

Raveen Kathriarachchi’s 46 not out against Gordon in Metropolitan Cup was his highest score for the club.

Yuvraj Dalvi’s 69 not out against University of NSW in Metropolitan Cup was his highest score for the club.

Joshua Levitas’ 41 against University of NSW in Metropolitan Cup was his highest score for the club.

Milestone Monday

Ryan McElduff has become the most recent player to captain Sydney University in First Grade.

Oliver Zannino hit his highest First Grade score, 48 not out against University of NSW on Saturday.  In his two matches in the top grade so far, he has scored 81 runs without being dismissed.

Rex Greaves, with 4-18, returned his best bowling figures in Second Grade against University of NSW on Saturday.

Adam Sidhu’s 43 against University of NSW was his highest score in Third Grade.  Alex Sidhu’s 43 against University of NSW was his highest score in Fifth Grade.

Xavier Nath made his Fourth Grade debut against University of NSW and played an important role in the close victory, taking 2-31.

Raveen Ganesh (2-22) took his first Fourth Grade wickets in the match against University of NSW.

Tushar Sharma marked his Fourth Grade debut by recording his best bowling figures for the club (3-21).

Milestone Monday

Hayden Kerr has twice improved on his career-best bowling figures in the Big Bash League, following his 3-29 against Sydney Thunder with 4-32 against Perth Scorchers – during which he became the leading wicket-taker in the competition, one ahead of former SUCC fast bowler Tom Rogers.

Tim Cummins completed his 200th dismissal behind the stumps for the club when he caught Jake Fawcett from Dugald Holloway’s bowling on Saturday.  He now has 201 (174 caught, 27 stumped).

Kieran Tate is now the equal 30th-highest wicket-taker for the club.  On Saturday he drew level with Max Bonnell on 280.

Ryan McElduff’s 59 not out against Blacktown was his 12th half-century in First Grade.  He also held his 50th catch in Premier Cricket in all grades (7 of them for Gordon).

Ravi Wikramanayake made his First Grade debut against Blacktown (the club for which he played 34 times in Seconds).

Playing in his 67th match in Second Grade, Jack Hill hit 67 – his 10th score above fifty in Seconds (including three centuries).

Hugo Ikeda, with 3-23 against Blacktown, returned his best bowling figures in Second Grade.

Liam Coelho’s 55 against Blacktown was his first half-century in Third Grade.

Chris Roussos made his Third Grade debut against Blacktown, scoring 41.

Lewis Ansell made his Third Grade debut against Blacktown, taking his first wickets.

Oliver Fergusson, with 4-47, captured his best bowling figures for the club in the Metropolitan Cup game against Georges River.

Jack Hennessy’s 59 in Metropolitan Cup against Georges River was his third half-century for the club.

Reehan Shyamsundar took a career-best 6-20 against Western Suburbs in AW Green Shield, his first five-wicket haul for the club.

Tushaar Sharma, with 96 against Gordon, hit his first half-century in AW Green Shield, and his highest score for the club.

Milestone Monday

Against North Sydney, Damien Mortimer captained the First Grade side for the first time, in his 121st match for the side.  He also lost the team’s first toss of the season, after Tim Cummins had won ten straight.

Liam Robertson’s brutal 89 from 67 balls against North Sydney was his 28th innings above fifty in First Grade (including six centuries).  During his innings, he passed 8000 runs for the club in all grades, becoming only the sixth player (after Greg Mail, Ed Cowan, Ian Moran, Nick Larkin and Adam Theobald) to reach that milestone for the club.

Ryan McElduff’s match-winning 74 not out against North Sydney on Saturday was his 11th half-century in First Grade.  During his innings he passed 3000 runs for the club in all grades.

Oli Zannino made his First Grade debut against North Sydney on Saturday.  His first innings in the top grade was an extraordinary 33 not out from only 16 balls, with three 6s.

Kieran Tate is now the equal 31st-highest wicket-taker for the club.  On Saturday he drew level with Alastair Little on 279.

Hayden Storey, with 70 against North Sydney, hit his 12th score above fifty for the club (including three centuries), but his first in Second Grade.

Ryan Danne’s match-winning 53 not out in Second Grade against North Sydney was his 23rd innings above fifty for the club (including four centuries).

During his spell of 2-26 against North Sydney on Saturday, Andrew Hazard took his 50th wicket in Second Grade (44 of them for Penrith).

Daniel Gauci made his Second Grade debut for the club (having played two matches in Seconds for Blacktown).

Sanjay Anandarajah’s tidy spell against North Sydney in Second Grade included his 50th wicket for the club in all grades.

Brayden Dilley, with 85 not out against North Sydney, hit his tenth half-century for the club but his first in Third Grade.

Matthew Powys hit 50 against North Sydney in Third Grade, his 15th score of fifty or more for the club (with three centuries).

Tom Fullerton hit 70 not out against North Sydney in Third Grade, his 11th score of fifty or more for the club (with one century).

Darcy Manners made his Third Grade debut against North Sydney and marked the occasion by taking 5-37, his first five-wicket haul for the club.

Hugo Fraval made his Third Grade debut against North Sydney.

Flinders Zhang-Langley made his Fourth Grade debut against North Sydney.

During the Fourth Grade match against North Sydney, Morris Fredriksson passed fifty dismissals for the club in all grades.

Saarangan Arvind, with 75 against North Sydney in Fifth Grade, recorded his third half-century, and highest score, for the club.

Yuvraj Dalvi made his Fifth Grade debut against North Sydney.

Jack Manson-Lill made his Fifth Grade debut against North Sydney, taking his first wickets (2-26).

Reuben Kapoor, with 75 not out in Metropolitan Cup against Randwick-Petersham, recorded his second half-century, and highest score, for the club.

Alex Sidhu scored 97 in Metropolitan Cup against Randwick-Petersham, his first half-century for the club, and followed by taking his first wicket for the club.

Joel Ritchie, with 71 in Metropolitan Cup against Randwick-Petersham, recorded his first half-century for the club, and followed with his first wicket for the club.

Ravi Sony-Abayakoon made his debut for the club in the Metropolitan Cup match against Randwick-Petersham and took his first wickets (2-16).

Jashanveer Singh, with 3-25 against Mosman in Metropolitan Cup, returned his best bowling figures for the club.

Joshua Haugh, with 3-52 against Mosman in Metropolitan Cup, returned his best bowling figures for the club.

And there have been plenty of club debuts in the AW Green Shield team: welcome to Lukas Boorer, Evander Herbert, Samuel Smith, Oscar Sinclair and Declan Fitzpatrick.

Milestone Monday

Sydney University finished the preliminary rounds of the Kingsgrove Sports T20 competition in first place in the Sydney Thunder Conference, and will now progress to the conference semi-finals on 9 January.

Nick Larkin’s 52 not out (from 43) for the Melbourne Stars against Sydney Thunder was his fifth half-century in the BBL.  He was also caught twice from deliveries called no-ball for height, which may not be a record, but doesn’t happen every day.

Jordan Gauci’s 105 against Hawkesbury on Saturday was his first century for the club, and his sixth in First Grade.  During his 33 not out against Northern District on Sunday, Jordan passed 4000 runs in First Grade (244 for University, 2201 for Blacktown, 1175 for Hawkesbury and 394 for Campbelltown).

Charlie Dummer recorded his highest First Grade score, 90 against Hawkesbury on Saturday – his eighth half-century in Firsts.  He now has First Grade scores of 88, 89 and 90 to his name.  During his innings he passed 1500 runs for the club in all grades. 

The match against Hawkesbury on Saturday was Tim Cummins’ 300th Premier Cricket match in all grades, and he also passed 4500 runs in First Grade.

During the match against Hawkesbury on Saturday, Dugald Holloway passed 1000 runs in First Grade (19 of them for Easts).  The following day, during his 29 against Northern District, he passed 1000 First Grade runs for the club.

The match against Hawkesbury on Saturday was Devlin Malone’s 100th First Grade appearance for the club.  He joined Dave Hanlin (who opened the bowling for NSW in the late 1940s) as the 11th highest wicket-taker for the club in Firsts when he took his 197th wicket.  He also, on the same day, batted for the 100th time in Premier Cricket in all grades.  On Sunday, his match-winning spell of 3-9 in the T20 match with Northern District included his 200th First Grade wicket for the club.  He becomes the 13th player to reach that milestone for the club.  Devlin’s 3-9 against Northern District was the least expensive four-over spell for the club in the T20 competition since 2016-17, when Devlin took 3-9 from four overs against Penrith. Devlin was, however, some way short of the least expensive analysis ever recorded for University (or anyone else) in the competition, which was Tom Kierath’s 4-2-5-2 against Mosman in 2012-13.

The T20 match against Northern District on Sunday was Hayden Kerr’s 150th match for the club in all grades.

Ravi Wikramanayake’s 111 against Hawkesbury in Seconds on Saturday was his first century in Premier Cricket.  During his innings he passed 1000 runs in Second Grade (763 of them for Blacktown).

Kieran Tate took his 276th wicket for the club on Saturday, joining Jim Kazaglis as the 32nd highest wicket-taker in the club’s history.  He passed Kazaglis the following day, picking up his 277th wicket during his nerveless final over in the T20 match against Northern District.

Lewis McMahon collected his career-best bowling figures, 6-16 against Hawkesbury in Third Grade.  It was his seventh five-wicket haul for the club, six of which have been in Thirds.

Josh Toyer’s 71 not out against Hawkesbury was his fourth half-century for the club, but his first in Third Grade.

Ned Barnet and Hugo Ikeda each took his first wicket in Third Grade against Hawkesbury on Saturday.

During his innings of 34 against Hawkesbury on Saturday, Ash Cowan passed Craig Tomko (6366 runs) and Alan Crompton (6373) to become the ninth-highest run-scorer in the club’s history.  His tally now stands at 6395.

Jazz Rinka’s 76 against Hawkesbury on Saturday was not only his highest score and first half-century in Fourth Grade, but also exceeded his aggregate (74) from his previous 18 innings in Fourths.

Chris Roussos played his third innings for the club on Saturday, and scored his third half-century.  His 71 against Hawkesbury was his highest score for the club.

Lewis Ansell passed 500 runs for the club in all grades.

The club’s two Metropolitan Cup sides faced each other on Saturday.  Henry Cain (3-39) collected his best bowling figures for the club for Gold at the expense of Blue.  Tushar Sharma (56 not out) hit his second half-century and highest score for the club, while Jack Manson-Lill (5-30) returned his first five-wicket haul for the club.  Raphael Giles’ 69 was his second half-century for the club.

Milestone Monday

Hayden Kerr took his first BBL wickets in the Sydney Sixers’ win over the Melbourne Stars on Sunday night.  He dismissed Peter Nevill and Hilton Cartwright with the last two balls of his first over, and was promptly removed from the attack to avoid the risk of him taking a hat-trick.

Damien Mortimer recorded his 34th First Grade innings above fifty on Saturday (68 against Sutherland), including eight centuries.  During his innings he passed 8000 runs in Premier Cricket in all grades and for all his clubs.  He also moved past Dr HO Rock (3899) to become the club’s tenth highest run scorer in First Grade.  Dr Rock, as everyone remembers, scored 758 runs at an average of 94.75 in his six first-class games between 1924 and 1926, and is the only batsman to have a higher Sheffield Shield average than Bradman.

When Devlin Malone removed Daniel Rixon on Saturday, with a ball best described as “flighted”, it was his 350th Premier Cricket wicket in all grades.

During his innings against Sutherland on Saturday, Liam Robertson passed 5000 runs in First Grade.  He’s the fifth batsman to pass this milestone for the club, and the 282nd player to reach 5000 runs in the history of the First Grade competition.  His 67 against Campbelltown on Sunday was his 25th score above fifty in Firsts (including six hundreds) – and he also held his 100th catch in First Grade.

Dugald Holloway took his 150th First Grade wicket when he bowled Sutherland’s Will Straker on Saturday.

Tim Cummins, with 76 not out against Sutherland on Saturday, passed fifty in First Grade for the 22nd time (including three centuries).

Charlie Litchfield, with 25 not out against Sutherland on Saturday, recorded his first runs in First Grade.

The match against Sutherland on Saturday was Charlie Dummer’s 50th for the club in all grades.

Caelan Maladay, with 4-41 in First Grade against Sutherland, returned his best bowling figures for the club.

Ryan Danne’s 74 against Sutherland (in his 50th innings in Seconds) on Saturday was his 22nd score above fifty for the club, including four hundreds.

During his innings of 28 against Sutherland in Third Grade on Saturday, Brayden Dilley passed 2000 runs for the club in all grades.  His opening partner, Matthew Powys, also passed 2000 runs in all grades.  We’re going to go out on a limb here and guess that this is the first time a pair of openers have both passed 2000 runs for the club in the course of the same innings.

Andrew Hazard’s 71 against Sutherland was his highest score for the club and his first half century in Third Grade.  He followed up with 5-23, his first five-wicket haul for the club and his third in Premier Cricket overall.

Daniel Gauci’s 87 against Sutherland was his highest score for the club and his first half century in Third Grade.  During his innings he passed 1000 runs in all grades in Premier Cricket (915 of them for Blacktown).

Ned Barnet made his Third Grade debut, hitting 42 not out against Sutherland.

Against Sutherland on Saturday, Josh Toyer passed 500 runs in Third Grade.

The Third Grade match against Sutherland on Saturday was Liam Coelho’s 50th for the club in all grades.

Chris Roussos made his Fourth Grade debut for the club against Sutherland (having played once in Fourths for Mosman) and recorded his second successive half-century for the club, hitting 56.

Darcy Manners collected his best bowling figures in Fourths (4-38) against Sutherland on Saturday.

In the Fourth Grade match against Sutherland, Hugo Fraval scored his first runs for the club and returned his best bowling figures for the club (3-41).

Tom Foreman made his Fourth Grade debut on Saturday against Sutherland, and took his first wickets in that grade.

Reuben Kapoor made his Fifth Grade debut, hitting 68 against Sutherland.

Not a bad day out for Jazz Rinka against Sutherland in Fifth Grade.  His 112 not out was his first century for the club.  Besides which, he passed 500 runs for the club and, with the ball, collected his 100th wicket for the club.

Saarangan Arvind claimed his best figures in Fifth Grade (4-25) against Sutherland on Saturday.

In Fifth Grade’s match against Sutherland, Shubham Kaushik scored his first runs for the club and claimed his first wicket for the club.

Xavier Nath made his Fifth Grade debut on Saturday, against Sutherland.

Flinders Zhang-Langley made his Fifth Grade debut on Saturday, against Sutherland.

Reehan Shyamsundar made his debut for the club in the Metropolitan Cup match against Warringah and took 3-17 from his 10 overs.

Milestone Monday

It was a busy week for Hayden Kerr, who completed his first first-class match, against a Victorian team featuring several of the most unnecessary mullets seen for many seasons, with innings of 62 not out and 11 not out, as well as his first wickets (2-54 and 1-18).  The following day, he played his second Marsh Cup 50-over match for NSW (also against Victoria), and hit his highest score in that competition, 43 (as well as his first sixes, two massive blows into the Ladies’ Stand from the bowling of Brody Couch).  And, for good measure, he also improved on his best List A bowling figures, collecting 2-16, besides collecting his first Marsh Cup player-of-the-match award.

Liam Robertson has now scored precisely 7777 runs for the club, which is not a milestone exactly, but seems like the sort of thing people ought to know.

Jordan Gauci’s 55 not out against Northern District was his first half-century for the club, and his 31st score above fifty in Premier Cricket (including five centuries).

When Devlin Malone collected his first wicket on Sunday, he passed another leg-spinner, Chris Elder (190 wickets), to become the club’s 14th highest wicket taker in First Grade.  Close followers of Devlin’s First Grade batting average will know that it has lurked in single figures for a while now, but Sunday’s majestic first-ball six, and the inelegant scrambled single that followed, have lifted it to precisely 10.00.

The T20 match against Western Suburbs was Dugald Holloway’s 100th First Grade match for the club.

The T20 match against Western Suburbs was Tim Cummins’ 100th match for the club, all of them in Firsts. When the First Test of the Ashes series begins in Brisbane, Tim will become the third brother of an Australian Test captain to play First Grade for University (after Jack Simpson, brother of Bob, and Danny Waugh, brother of Steve. And, yes, this is obscure, but gives us a break - we need to get creative when it rains).

During his innings against Western Suburbs on Sunday, Charlie Dummer passed 1000 runs in First Grade (162 of them for Campbelltown).

In the Poidevin-Gray match against Western Suburbs on Sunday, Darcy Manners (2-20) took his first wickets in Poidevin-Gray, and Hugo Fraval (1-14) took his first wicket for the club.

Former SUCC off-spinner Will Somerville won his fifth Test cap for New Zealand in the match against India at Kanpur.

Milestone Monday

Hayden Kerr made his first-class debut on Saturday, in the Shield match between New South Wales and Victoria at the SCG, marking the occasion with an outstanding innings of 62 not out.

In the First Grade match against Randwick-Petersham on Saturday, Tim Cummins completed five dismissals behind the stumps for the fifth time in his career with the club and the sixth time in his First Grade career overall (three of them against Randwick-Petersham).

The match against Randwick-Petersham on Saturday was Dugald Holloway’s 100th match in First Grade matches (one of which was for Eastern Suburbs).

Damien Mortimer (with 3868 runs) has passed Scott Henry (3850) to become the club’s 11th highest run scorer in First Grade.

Charles Litchfield passed 3000 runs for the club during his 57 against Randwicl-Petersham – his seventh half-century in Second Grade.

Ravi Wikramanayake passed fifty for the third time in as many innings this season, with 57 against Randwick-Petersham.  During his innings he passed 1500 runs in Premier Cricket (including 145 for Campbelltown and 1194 for Blacktown).

Playing in his 50th match for the club, Sanjay Anandarajah returned his best bowing figures in Second Grade (3-14) against Randwick-Petersham on Saturday.

Hugo Ikeda made his Second Grade debut against Randwick-Petersham on Saturday, and claimed his first wicket.

Peter Brazel made his Third Grade debut in the match against Randwick-Petersham on Saturday.

Brayden Dilley’s 66 against Randwick-Petersham was his seventh half-century in Fourth Grade (and ninth for the club in all grades).

Ned Barnet, with 66 not out against Randwick-Petersham, recorded his first half-century in Fourth Grade (and second in all grades).  During his innings, he passed 500 runs for the club.

Prakhar Sharma returned his best Fourth Grade bowling figures (3-19) against Randwick-Petersham on Saturday.

Darcy Manners made his Fourth Grade debut for the club against Randwick-Petersham on Saturday, and took his first wickets (2-41).

Chris Roussos made his debut for the club in Fifth Grade against Randwick-Petersham, scoring 64 not out.

Joshua Gavan made his debut for the club in Fifth Grade against Randwick-Petersham, scoring 44.

Flinders Zhang-Langley made his debut for the club in Fifth Grade against Randwick-Petersham.

Alex Sidhu made his debut for the club in Fifth Grade against Randwick-Petersham.

Jazz Rinka’s 51 against Randwick-Petersham on Saturday was his third half-century for the club, but his first in Fifth Grade.

Milestone Monday

Charlie Dummer’s rapid 89 against Fairfield was his highest score, and seventh half-century, in First Grade.

Nick Larkin played his 200th First Grade innings on Saturday, and his matchwinning 70 not out was the 45th time he’s reached fifty (including 18 centuries).  His 83 runs over the weekend took him past Ian Fisher (6900) and Manly’s Les Gwynne, into 114th place on the list of all-time First Grade run scorers.

Devlin Malone took his 200th Premier Cricket wicket for the club (185 in Firsts, 15 in Poidevin-Gray) when he dismissed Fairfield’s Raveesh Srivastava on Saturday.  The next day, Blacktown’s Smit Doshi became his 186th First Grade wicket for the club. With took him level with 1920s captain Jim Garner and former Test all-rounder Roy Minnett as the club’s 15th highest wicket-taker in top grade.  He then passed Garner and Minnett when he bowled Jacob Wood to move to 187 wickets.

Caelan Maladay, with 2-27 against Fairfield in Firsts, took his first wickets for the club.

Kieran Tate’s two wickets in First Grade on Saturday brought him level with Jock Baird as the club’s 34th highest wicket-taker (on 264).  He passed Baird on the Sunday when he dismissed Blacktown’s Eknoor Singh.

Dugald Holloway, with 5-24 against Blacktown on Sunday (including three in a spectacular first over, and four wickets in 5 balls) claimed his best bowling figures for the club.  It was his fourth five-wicket haul for the club and his second in First Grade.

During his innings against Blacktown on Sunday, Hayden Kerr passed 4500 runs for the club in all grades.

Ravi Wikramanayake, with 57 not out against Fairfield in Seconds, posted his second half-century in as many innings for the club.  It was also the first time in 67 Premier Cricket innings (65 of them with Campbelltown and Blacktown) that he has remained not out.

During his 41 not out against Fairfield on Saturday, Ryan Danne passed 1500 runs in Second Grade.

Rex Greaves, with 4-26 against Fairfield, returned his best bowling figures in Seconds.

Lewis Ansell played his 50th match in all grades (and marked it by taking 2-8 from 7 overs against Fairfield in Fourths).

Hugo Fraval made his debut for the club in the Fourth Grade match against Fairfield.

Shehan Canagasingham’s 4-25 against Fairfield included his 50th wicket in Fourth Grade.

Illawarra product Hugo Ikeda made his debut for the club on Sunday, and immediately grabbed his first five-wicket haul, taking 5-18 against Blacktown in Poidevin-Gray.

Daniel Gauci made his debut for the club on Sunday in the Poidevin-Gray match against Blacktown.