Milestone Monday

Tim Cummins passed 5000 runs in First Grade (including 2126 for Penrith) during his match-winning 62 not out against Fairfield-Liverpool on Saturday.  That innings was the 26th time in First Grade that he’s passed fifty (including four centuries).  He followed up by completing five dismissals in Fairfield’s innings – the seventh time he’s done this in First Grade.  Against Penrith in the T20 match on Sunday, he held his 200th catch for the club (all in First Grade) when he dismissed Jordan Watson.

The match against Fairfield-Liverpool on Saturday was Ryan McElduff’s 150th game for the club in all grades.  On Sunday, in the T20 match against Penrith, he played his 100th First Grade game.

In the match against Fairfield-Liverpool on Saturday, Caelan Maladay followed his highest First Grade score (21) by taking his 50th wicket for the club in all grades.

Hugo Ikeda made his First Grade debut in the T20 match against Penrith on Sunday, bowling Tyran Liddiard with only his second delivery and then removing Jordan Watson with the last ball of his first over.  He finished with 4-20 so, as things stand, his bowling average in First Grade is five and he takes a wicket once in every six balls.

Dylan Hunter, with 63 against Penrith in the T20 match on Sunday, hit his 14th score above fifty in First Grade (including three centuries).

Damien Mortimer’s 58 against Penrith in the T20 match on Sunday was his 38th score above fifty in First Grade (including 8 centuries).

Hayden Storey’s rapid 20 in the in the T20 match against Penrith on Sunday included his first two sixes in First Grade.

Jack Hill’s 81 in Second Grade against Fairfield-Liverpool on Saturday was his 34th innings above fifty for the club (including eight centuries).

During his innings of 42 in Second Grade against Fairfield-Liverpool on Saturday, Daniel Gauci passed 1500 runs in all grades of Premier Cricket.

In the match against Fairfield-Liverpool on Sunday, Prakhar Sharma followed his highest score for the club (38 not out) with his best bowling figures in Thirds (2-11).

Lewis McMahon’s 5-20 against Fairfield-Liverpool on Saturday was his eighth five-wicket haul for the club, and seventh in Third Grade.

Clancy Barrett’s 86 not out against Fairfield-Liverpool in Fifth Grade on Saturday was his fourth score above fifty for the club (two of which he converted into centuries).

Shivham Wadhera made his Fifth Grade debut against Fairfield-Liverpool on Saturday, taking 2-11 from seven overs.

In the Metropolitan Cup Blue v Gold derby, Finn Howley (71) hit his first half-century for the club; Jack Bray (62) hit his second half-century and returned his best bowling figures for the club (4-37) and Mehrub Chowdhury (43) hit his highest score for the club.

Milestone Monday

Sydney University’s thumping win over Parramatta in Sunday’s T20 match earned the club a place in the semi-finals for the Thunder Conference.

The club won all eight matches played over the weekend, and Caelan Maladay won matches in three separate competitions for the club on the weekend – First Grade, Poidevin-Gray and T20. 

During Thursday’s T20 match against Penrith, Ryan McElduff passed 3500 runs in all grades in Premier Cricket (including 130 for Gordon).

Daniel Gauci made his First Grade debut in the T20 match against Penrith on Thursday.  And during his 49 in Poidevin-Gray against Parramatta on Sunday, he passed 500 runs for the club in all grades.

Dylan Hunter’s 61 in the T20 match at Penrith was his 12th score above fifty in First Grade (three of them centuries).  He followed with this 13th, 54 from only 28 balls, in the T20 match against Parramatta – in which he also claimed 4-25, the best figures of his First Grade career.

Hayden Kerr’s ferocious 79 not out (from 42 balls) in the T20 match against Parramatta was his 26th innings over fifty in First Grade (including three centuries).

Hugo Ikeda, with 6-32 against Randwick-Petersham on Saturday, captured his best bowling figures in Second Grade and his second five-wicket haul for the club.

Lewis McMahon’s third wicket against Randwick-Petersham in Thirds on Saturday was his 250th wicket for the club in all grades.

Lewis Ansell’s match-winning 38 not out against Randwick-Petersham on Saturday was his highest score in Fourth Grade.

Dom Goddard’s 40 against Parramatta on Sunday was his highest score in Poidevin-Gray.

The Poidevin-Gray match against Parramatta was Darcy Manners’ 50th game for the club in all grades.  Darcy’s 5-39 in Third Grade against Randwick-Petersham was his second five-wicket haul for the club.

Milestone Monday

Hayden Kerr’s 2-10 in Western Australia’s second innings at the SCG last week improved his best bowling figures in a Sheffield Shield match.

Dylan Hunter made his debut for the ACT in the interstate Second Eleven competition this week, scoring 25 and 20 against Western Australia in Perth.  His 66 not out against Randwick-Petersham on Saturday was his eleventh score above fifty in First Grade (including three centuries).

During his innings of 43 against Randwick-Petersham on Saturday, Ryan McElduff passed 2000 runs in First Grade.

Hayden Storey made his First Grade debut in the match against Randwick-Petersham on Saturday.

Devlin Malone became the first bowler in Premier Cricket to take 30 wickets this season when he removed Randwick-Petersham’s Adam Docos on Saturday.

Max Hope’s spectacular 117 in Second Grade against Randwick-Petersham on Saturday was his second century for the club (both in Second Grade).  During his innings he passed 3000 runs for the club in all grades.

Charlie Dummer’s 59 in Second Grade against Randwick-Petersham on Saturday was his 25th innings above fifty in Premier Cricket (including three centuries).

Dom Goddard’s 53 against Randwick-Petersham on Saturday was his second half-century for the club, and first in Third Grade.

Josh Toyer passed 2000 runs for the club in all grades during his innings of 39 in Third Grade against Randwick-Petersham on Saturday.

Jazz Rinka, with 4-24 against Randwick-Petersham on Saturday, precisely equalled his best bowling figures in Fourth Grade.

Jack Manson-Lill, who took 2-57 against Randwick-Petersham on Saturday, claimed his first wickets in Fourth Grade.

Ben Wright-Smith, with 5-16 if Fifth Grade against Randwick-Petersham on Saturday, claimed his first five wicket haul for the club.

Nick Everitt’s outstanding 128 not out against Penrith in Poidevin-Gray on Sunday was his first century for the club.

Harris Haider, with 4-8 against North West in Metropolitan Cup, returned his best bowling figures for the club.

Milestone Monday

Nick Larkin’s decisive 70 in the midweek T20 match against Bankstown was his 50th innings of 50 or more in First Grade (19 of them centuries).

Another week, another bunch of milestones for Devlin Malone.  On Saturday, Gordon’s Tym Crawford became his 400th Premier Cricket wicket in all grades.  Then three balls later, Quincy Titterton gave him his 250th wicket in First Grade for Sydney University, making him only the seventh bowler to achieve that milestone for the club.  During the week, he also played his second match for the NSW Second XI, improving his best bowling figures at that level by taking 2-54 against Tasmania.

Ryan McElduff took his 100th wicket for the club in all grades when he dismissed Bankstown’s English professional George Balderson in the T20 match on Thursday.

Don Butchart made his First grade debut in the midweek T20 match against Bankstown, collecting his first wicket when he dismissed Mansukh Singh.

Kieran Tate continues to climb the club’s list of all-time wicket-takers.  During the midweek T20 match against Bankstown, he passed Steve Glenday (291) to join Darby Quoyle (292) as the club’s equal 25th highest wicket taker.  And when he dismissed Gordon’s Matthew Wright on Saturday, he claimed his 50th wicket in First Grade.

Hugo Ikeda, with 4-54 against Gordon on Saturday, recorded his best bowling figures in Second Grade.

Ash Cowan’s 55 in Fourth Grade against Gordon on Saturday was his 28th score above fifty for the club (including two centuries).

In Fifths, Hugo Fraval followed career-best bowling figures on day one with his highest score for the club (19) on the second – which may not seem all that many, but as University recovered from 4 for 3 to chase down Gordon’s score, it was far from insignificant.  Rajprasanyth Varatharajah contributed his highest score in Fifths (30) to the same chase.

James Chan has passed 500 runs for the club in all grades.

In the Metropolitan Cup match with Randwick-Petersham, Ben Crawford notched his second hundred for the club (112 not out) in just his fourth match, lifting his batting average to 136.

Avijay Maharaj extended his highest score for the club to 83 in the Metropolitan Cup match with Randwick-Petersham.

The partnership of 167 for the sixth wicket between Ben Crawford and Avijay Maharaj in the Metropolitan Cup match against Randwick-Petersham was a club record for the grade.

Will Hardy and Jack Garland each took his first wicket for the club in the Metropolitan Cup match with Randwick-Petersham.

Pranav Kalia hit his first century for the club, a dominant 137, in the Metropolitan Cup match against Blacktown on Sunday.

Ben Wright-Smith (68) hit his first half-century for the club in the Metropolitan Cup match against Blacktown on Sunday.

The partnership of 188 between Pranav Kalia and Ben Wright-Smith in the Metropolitan Cup match against Blacktown was a club record for the fourth wicket in this grade.

Milestone Monday

Nick Larkin recorded his 19th First Grade century on Saturday against Gordon.   It was his 23rd century for the club in all grades, and the sixth time he has reached 150 in First Grade.  During his outstanding 183 he passed 7500 runs in First Grade, becoming the 91st player to reach that milestone in the history of the competition.  He then (with a huge six over midwicket) passed former Test all-rounder Graeme Beard (7512 runs) and (with a fierce square drive) former Test opener (and Sydney University captain) John Dyson (7527) to become the 89th highest run scorer in First Grade for all clubs.

Rex Greaves scored his first runs in First Grade during his ninth-wicket partnership of 69 with Nick Larkin.

Don Butchart, with 67 in Second Grade against Gordon, recorded his first half-century for the club.

Daniel Gauci’s 51 against Gordon was his highest score (and first half-century) in Seconds.  He followed up the next day with 68 against Bankstown, his first Poidevin-Gray half-century.

Playing against his old club in Thirds, Oli Zannino hit 87, his highest score for the club, passing 1500 runs in all grades (for both Gordon and University) in the process.

Andrew Hazard’s 79 against Gordon was his highest score for the club and his highest score in Thirds.  He also passed 2500 runs in all grades (including his runs for Penrith).

Raveen Ganesh, with 5-41 against Gordon in Fourths, collected his first five wicket haul for the club.

Hugo Fraval, who took 4-26 against Gordon in Fifths, returned his best bowling figures for the club.

For the second time in as many weeks, Flinders Zhang-Langley improved his best bowling figures for the club, taking 5-22 against Blacktown in Metropolitan Cup.

Ben Crawford, with 70 not out in Metropolitan Cup on Sunday, hit his second score above fifty for the club in only his first four innings.  His batting average for the club currently stands at 115.

Avijay Maharaj, with 60 not out in Metropolitan Cup on Sunday, hit his highest score, and second score above fifty, for the club.

Noah Bloch’s 80 against Bankstown was his highest score (and third half-century) for the club.

Monday Milestone (Mainly Malone)

It was quite a weekend for Devlin Malone.  His match-winning 6-93 against Wests on Saturday drew him level with Dr Stewart Smith (University wartime captain) with 241 First Grade wickets for the club, the eighth-highest tally for Sydney University.  It was the tenth five-wicket haul of his First Grade career, eight of them for Sydney University.  In his first over the following day, he first equalled, and then passed, left arm swing bowler Geoff Pike (242 wickets) to become the seventh-highest wicket taker for the club in First Grade.  And he went on to collect his eleventh five-wicket haul (nine for the club), demolishing Fairfield-Liverpool with 5-7 – which included his 250th wicket for the club in all grades.  This was not only Devlin’s first T20 five wicket haul for the club, but also seems to have been the best return by any bowler in the history of the Sydney T20 competition – we can’t find any record of a bowler taking more than five wickets, or conceding as few as seven runs while doing it.

Dylan Hunter hit his first century for the club, a ferocious 120 from 60 balls against Fairfield-Liverpool in the T20 match on Sunday.  Hunter reached his century from only 48 balls, and moved from 79 to 103 by smashing four successive sixes from the bowling of Jake Wholohan (he followed with a four and a single, taking 29 from the over).  During his innings he passed 1500 runs in First Grade (including 1129 for Gordon and 246 for Randwick-Petersham) and it was the third century of his First Grade career.

Damien Mortimer hit his 31st score above fifty for the club (including ) in the T20 match against Fairfield-Liverpool on Sunday.  He scored 67, and reached his fifty from only 31 balls.  During his innings, he passed Ted LeCouteur (4349 runs) to become the 32nd highest run scorer for the club in all grades.

The third wicket partnership of 171 between Dylan Hunter and Damien Mortimer against Fairfield-Liverpool is a record for any wicket for Sydney University in the T20 competition, beating the 147 for the second wicket between Tim Cummins and Damien Mortimer against Parramatta in 2020-21.  The T20 record for the third wicket for all clubs is 183, set by Mosman’s Johan Botha and Matthew Day against Illawarra in 2016-17.

Rex Greaves took his first wicket in First Grade when he dismissed of Arnav Raina Western Suburbs on Saturday.

Kieran Tate’s two wickets in First Grade on Saturday took his tally for the club to 288, moving him past Julian White (287) to take 27th place on the club’s list of all-time wicket-takers.

Don Butchart, with 6-67 against Wests in Second Grade on Saturday, claimed his first five-wcket haul for the club.

Brayden Dilley played his 100th game for the club in all grades.

During his innings of 44 against Western Suburbs on Saturday, Charlie Dummer passed 3500 runs in Premier Cricket (for all clubs in all grades).

Andrew Wilkinson played his 150th match for the club in all grades.

Shuvayu Banerjee, with 3-47, improved on his best figures in Fourth Grade.

Jack Manson-Lill made his debut in Fourth Grade.

Olly Lee-Young, with 75 not out against Western Suburbs in Fifth Grade, hit his first half-century in that grade for the club.

During his innings of 42 against Western Suburbs in Fifth Grade, Azhar Saeed passed 1000 runs for the club in all grades.

Cooper Jones had a big weekend: his first five-wicket haul for the club, 7-31 against Western Suburbs, set up Fifth Grade’s outright win, and he followed up with his best figures in Metropolitan Cup, 4-45 against Georges River.

Flinders Zhang-Langley, with 3-4 against Georges River in Metropolitan Cup, returned his best bowling figures for the club.

Thomas Crawford has passed fifty wickets for the club in the Metropolitan Cup competition.

Milestone Monday

Damien Mortimer’s lively 72 against Wests on Saturday was his 30th innings for the club over fifty (including seven centuries).  During the innings, he passed Mark Faraday (4262 runs) to become the club’s ninth-highest run scorer in First Grade.

Dylan Hunter, with 69 against Wests on Saturday, recorded his first half-century for the club.  It was the ninth time he passed fifty in First Grade (including two centuries).

Hayden Kerr passed 3000 runs in First Grade during his innings against Hawkesbury on Sunday.  He’s the nineteenth player to reach that milestone for the club.

Devlin Malone grabbed two wickets in one crucial over against Hawkesbury on Sunday, during which he first equalled, then passed, Mike Pawley’s tally of 234 First Grade wickets for the club.  Devlin now has 235, placing him ninth on the club’s list of First Grade wicket-takers. (In fairness to Pawley, the NSW left-arm spinner also took 414 First Grade wickets for Manly)

During his outstanding spell of 3-20 against Hawkesbury on Saturday, Kieran Tate passed Greg Metcalfe (285 wickets) to move up to 28th place on the club’s all-time list of wicket-takers.

Hayden Storey hit his first century in Second Grade – 167 against Wests on Saturday.  It was his second century for the club, his second score over 150, and during his innings he passed 500 runs in Seconds and 2000 runs for the club in all grades.

During his innings in Seconds on Saturday, Jack Hill passed Tom Jenkins (5778) and Phil Logan (5781) to become the 14th highest run scorer in the history of the club.

Ravi Wikramanaye’s 79 against Wests in Seconds was his fifth score above fifty for the club (all in Seconds, and including one century).  During his innings he passed 500 runs for the club.

Dom Goddard (89) hit his first half-century for the club in Fourth Grade’s match with Wests on Saturday.

Both Jack Manson-Lill (4-18) and Mitchell Cotton (3-14) returned his best bowling figures in Fifth Grade during the match against Wests on Saturday.

Noah Bloch (42) and Shuvayu Banerjee (3-20) recorded career-best Poidevin-Gray performances in the win over Hawkesbury on Saturday.

Jazz Rinka’s appearance against Hawkesbury on Sunday means that his Poidevin-Gray career now spans five seasons (since his debut in 2017-18) – and he’s the first player to achieve this for Sydney University.

Henry Cain (51) hit his third half-century for the club in the Metropolitan Cup match with Georges River on Sunday.

Will Hardy (58) hit his first half-century for the club in the Metropolitan Cup match with Georges River on Sunday.

Charles Clay (5-18) returned his first five-wicket haul for the club in the Metropolitan Cup match with Blacktown on Sunday.

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).