Sydney’s big wet didn’t do the grade cricket competition any favours at the weekend, with most matches abandoned.
Sydney University’s scheduled match against Northern District at Mark Taylor Oval was one of the abandoned Round 5 fixtures.
Despite the wet Spring, Sydney Cricket Club has played all five rounds and earned first innings points in all matches to head the Belvedere Cup ladder on 30 points.
Fairfield-Liverpool (19), St George (18), Northern District (18), Bankstown (18) and Gordon (18) make up the top six, with Sydney University (18) lying in seventh spot.
Sydney University are fifth on the Club Championship ladder on 342 points behind Sydney (414), St George (381), Sutherland (372) and Manly-Warringah (351).
The Students will take on Mosman in a 50-over Round 6 match at Allan Border Oval on Saturday, before returning to the campus on December 5 and 12 for a two-day, Round 7 match against Western Suburbs.
Meanwhile, former SUCC all-round Ian Moran moved to eight place on the all-time leading First Grade run scorers when he scored 103 for Eastern Suburbs against North Sydney at Bon Andrews Oval. Moran has now scored 11,323 First Grade runs.
SUCC’s Greg Mail is the leading First Grade run scorer in the Sydney competition with 14,337.
Scoreboard
Sydney Men’s Grade competition – Round 5 (Two-day matches)
First Grade: Sydney University versus Northern District – match abandoned due to weather conditions.
Second Grade: Northern District 5-186 (Neil Kimberley 51, David Ball 44, Tom Felton 30; Ryan Kurtz 3-31, Tom Kierath 2-33) defeated Sydney University 184 (James Larkin 55, David Miller 28, Tom Kierath 20; Aaron Bills 3-66, Max Webber 2-12) by five wickets at Sydney University No.1 Oval. Toss: Northern District. Batted first: Sydney University. Points: Sutherland 6, Sydney University 0.
Third Grade: Sydney University versus Northern District at Asquith Oval – match abandoned due to weather conditions.
Fourth Grade: Sydney University 4-111 (no details available) defeated Northern District 4-109 (no details available) on the first innings at St Paul’s College Oval. Toss: Sydney University. Batted first: Northern District. Points: Sydney University 6, Northern District 0.
Fifth Grade: Sydney University versus Northern District at Beauchamp Park – match abandoned due to weather conditions.
Sydney Men’s Metropolitan Cup – Round 5 (Two-day match)
Sydney University versus UNSW Gold at St Andrew’s College Oval – match abandoned due to weather conditions.
Sydney Women’s Grade competition – Round 7 (Limited Overs)
First Grade: Universities versus Campbelltown-Camden at the Village Green – match abandoned due to weather conditions.
Second Grade: Universities versus Campbelltown-Camden at the David Phillips North Oval – match abandoned due to weather conditions.
Third Grade: St George-Sutherland 1-36 off seven overs (Alana Gillett 14 not out, Rebecca Wise 11 not out) defeated Universities Gold 34 off 22.2 overs (Mel Stott 19; Leanne Pond 3-2, Renee Goninan 2-1, Stacey Thode 2-3) by nine wickets at Gifford Park on Saturday. Toss: Universities Gold. Batted first: Universities Gold. Points: St George-Sutherland 6, Universities Gold 0.
Universities Blue – bye.
Brewer Shield – Round 5
Universities versus St George-Sutherland at Harold Fraser Oval on Sunday – match abandoned due to the weather conditions.
