Universities captain Alex Blackwell celebrated winning the Sydney Women’s Grade cricket 2012-13 minor premiership with a classic century in the final competition round – a win over Northern District at Mark Taylor Oval – on Saturday.
Blackwell, the Australian vice-captain in the recent World Cup triumph, cracked an unbeaten 104 off 81 balls as Universities posted 1-169 off 27 overs in reply to Northern District’s 167. She hit 16 boundaries in her 103-minute onslaught and shared in a 110-run opening stand with Georgia Redmayne (31).
Universities finished on 95 points to collect the minor premiership, with Bankstown (79), Northern District (69) and Campbelltown-Camden (59) making up the top four leading into next weekend’s semi-finals.
Universities Second Grade finished fifth on the ladder with 52 points. The semi-finalists in Second Grade will be St George-Sutherland (117 points), Northern District (93), Bankstown (80) and Gordon (79).
St George-Sutherland won the Third Grade minor premiership, finishing the season on 35.3 points, with Gordon (33.1), Universities (27.8) and Northern District (23.2) making up the top four.
In the Brewer Shield (Under 17s), Sydney collected the minor premiership with 45.2 points, ahead of Campbelltown-Camden (42.5), Penrith (32.6) and St George-Sutherland (31.4). Universities finished fifth on 29.7 points, just missing out on a semi-final berth.
St George-Sutherland won the Club Championship in the women’s competition with 1152.60 points, ahead of Bankstown (937.30) and Universities second (936.30).
After a stellar 2011-12 season – when they collected the First and Second grade men’s titles – Sydney University’s Third grade is the only team assured of a finals berth heading into the final game of the season. It is also mathematically possible for the Second’s team to qualify for the finals, but they will require a victory and a host of results to go their way.
In First grade, Sydney University will host Manly-Warringah at University No.1 Oval in the final round match of the season, a limited overs fixture on Saturday.
Scoreboard
Sydney Women’s Grade competition – Round 21 (Limited overs – final round)
First Grade: Universities 1-169 off 27.3 overs (Alex Blackwell 104 not out, Georgia Redmayne 31, Kara Sutherland 18 not out) d Northern District 167 off 50 overs (Lily Bardsley 43, Kristine Britt 25; Emily Mifsud 3-28, Alison Parkin 3-32) by nine wickets at Mark Taylor Oval. Toss: Northern District. Batted first: Northern District. Points: Universities 6, Northern District 0. Top four: Universities, Bankstown, Northern District, Campbelltown-Camden.
Second Grade: Universities 2(dec)-141 off 40 overs (Rachel Li 61 ret, Katherine Wong 52) d Sydney 29 off 17.3 overs at Sydney University No.2 Oval. Toss: Sydney. Batted first: Universities. Points: Universities 6, Sydney 0. Top four: St George-Sutherland, Northern District, Bankstown, Gordon.
Third Grade: Parramatta-Blacktown 7-117 off 24.3 overs (Melissa Halton 55 ret) d Universities 74 off 35.2 overs (Wendy Maxwell 24) on the first innings at Cumberland Campus. Toss: Parramatta-Blacktown. Batted first: Universities. Points: Parramatta-Blacktown 6, Universities 0. Top four: St George-Sutherland, Gordon, Universities, Northern District.
Brewer Shield (Under 17) – Round 9 (Limited overs)
Gordon 8-133 off 40 overs d Universities 127 off 38.3 overs at David Phillips North Oval. Toss: Universities. Batted first: Universities. Points: Gordon 6, Universities 0. Top four: Sydney, Campbelltown-Camden, Penrith, St George-Sutherland.
Sydney Men’s Grade competition – Round 14 (Two-day matches)
First Grade: Sydney University 3-263 (Mark Faraday 147 not out, Greg Mail 88; Anthony Clark 2-49) d Fairfield-Liverpool 6(dec)-261 (Jake Doran 89 not out, Grant Lambert 85; Nigel Cowell 3-56, Ian Moran 2-50) on the first innings at Rosedale Oval. Toss: Sydney University. Batted first: Fairfield-Liverpool. Points: Sydney University 6, Fairfield-Liverpool 0.
Second Grade: Sydney University 9(dec)-285 (Adam Theobald 108, Will Hay 75; Matthew Williams 3-66) d Fairfield-Liverpool 206 (Matthew Williams 74, Mitchell Tremain 56; Jonte Pattison 3-27, Kerrod McPherson 3-39, Michael Culkoff 3-53) on the first innings at Sydney University No.1 Oval. Day one abandoned because of weather and ground conditions. Toss: Fairfield-Liverpool. Batted first: Sydney University. Points: Sydney University 6, Fairfield-Liverpool 0.
Third Grade: Sydney University 6(dec)-128 (Darius Visser 38, Alex Logan 34) d Fairfield-Liverpool 84 (Jacob Astill 21; Christopher Campbell 4-26, Brendan Pryk3 3-17, Peter Murray 2-12) and 7-84 (Jack Brewer 31 not out; Darius Visser 3-21, Brendan Pryke 3-21) on the first innings at Fairfield Oval: Day one abandoned because of weather and ground conditions. Toss: Sydney University. Batted first: Fairfield-Liverpool. Points: Sydney University 6, Fairfield-Liverpool 0.
Fourth Grade: Sydney University 9(dec)-248 (James Larkin 96, Matt Skinner 41, Ronit Lotliker 37 not out) d Fairfield-Liverpool 173 (Peter Pigadas 50, Sharad Patel 41, Viraj Kadam 33, Alex Robertson 28) on the first innings at Sydney University No.2 Oval: Day one abandoned because of weather and ground conditions. Toss: Fairfield-Liverpool. Batted first: Sydney University. Points: Sydney University 6, Fairfield-Liverpool 0.
Fifth Grade: Fairfield-Liverpool 4-156 (Kyle Flood 77 not out, Muizz Khan 31, Adam Vodnik 21) d Sydney University 154 (Jarrod Waterlow 59, Joe Dorph 26, Michael Harris 28) on the first innings at Don Dawson Oval: Day one abandoned because of weather and ground conditions. Toss: Sydney University. Batted first: Sydney University. Points: Fairfield-Liverpool 6, Sydney University 0.
