Graham Croker
A ninth-wicket stand of 36 between Tom Keirath and Josh Toyer helped Sydney University to a first innings win over Fairfield-Liverpool at Sydney University No.1 Oval on Saturday.
Keirath (21) and Toyer (20 not out) guided Sydney University to 183 in reply to Fairfield-Liverpool’s 179 in the two-day contest played over consecutive Saturdays. The visitors were 3-94 when stumps were drawn in the second innings.
The win consolidated Sydney University’s second position on the Sydney Grade Cricket competition ladder, which is headed by Bankstown on 40 points. Sydney University (39), Sydney (30), Blacktown (30), Fairfield-Liverpool (29) and Manly-Warringah (29) make up the top six.
And with Sydney University’s Second, Third and Fourth grades gaining first innings victories and the Poidevin-Gray side collecting the points over Parramatta at University No.1 Oval on Sunday, the Students moved to 6th on the Club Championship ladder.
Having dismissed Fairfield-Liverpool for 179 after the visitors won the toss and batted,
Mail eventually departed for 74, with the score on 147, leaving Keirath and Toyer to eke out the runs. The prolific former NSW representative has amassed 588 runs at 84 from his seven knocks this season and looks on the way to yet another 1000-run plus season. He’s also taken nine wickets at 15.9 with a best return of 4-18.
Scoreboard
Sydney Men’s Grade competition – Round 6 (Two-day matches)
First Grade: Sydney University 183 (Greg Mail 74, Tom Keirath 21, Josh Toyer 20 not out; Phillip Hangyasi 5-69, Luke Doran 3-14) d Fairfield-Liverpool 179 (Mark Liddell 82, Grant Lambert 25; Ian Moran 3-21, Josh Toyer 3-47, Greg Mail 1-3) and 3-94 (Mitchell Williams 47 not out, Russell Wilcoxen 37 not out; Josh Toyer 2-17) on first innings at Sydney University No.1 Oval. Toss: Fairfield-Liverpool. Batted first: Fairfield-Liverpool. Points: Sydney University 6, Fairfield-Liverpool 0.
Second Grade: Sydney University 211 (Adam Theobald 67, Liam Robertson 58, Robert Edwards 28 not out; Nathan Sullivan 4-47, Nathan Smith 2-37, Hussain Hanif 2-43) d Fairfield-Liverpool 207 (Wendel Delpechitra 48, Robert Hearn 46, Shaun Bridges 34, Greg Birt 29; Liam Robertson 4-34, Michael Culkoff 2-41) on first innings at Rosedale Oval. Toss: Sydney University. Batted first: Sydney University. Points: Sydney University 6, Fairfield-Liverpool 0.
Third Grade: Sydney University 6(dec)-181 (Justin Younes 52, Suda Sivapalan 45, Ken Huckle 39) d Fairfield-Liverpool 177 (Tim Reus 42 not out, Terry Kennedy 34, Jacob Astill 31; Ben Joy 4-40, Alasdair Grant 2-34, Charles Cull 2-37) and 3-66 (Dean Hayes 36) on first innings at Sydney University No.2 Oval. Toss: Sydney University. Batted first: Fairfield-Liverpool. Points: Sydney University 6, Fairfield-Liverpool 0.
Fourth Grade: Sydney University 195 (Jack Hammond 46, Charles Arcus 33, Ash Cowan 27; Jason Gynn 6-45) d Fairfield-Liverpool 136 (Jeremy Smith 42, Matthew Starr 21 not out; Jack Hammond 4-42, Ash Cowan 3-29, Simon Cowell 2-28) on first innings at Fairfield Oval. Toss: Fairfield-Liverpool. Batted first: Sydney University. Points: Sydney University 6, Fairfield-Liverpool 0.
Fifth Grade: Fairfield-Liverpool 6(dec)- 302 (Stephen Luc 141, Jacob Grant 59, Simon Grove 44; Will Shirvington 3-21) d Sydney University 115 (Alex Barwick 26, Sam Mahababy 25; Simon Grove 3-33) and 9-126 (Paul Bertelle 31, Darius Visser 30; Wayne Bull 5-43) on first innings at St Paul’s College Oval. Toss: Fairfield-Liverpool. Batted first: Fairfield-Liverpool. Points: Fairfield-Liverpool 6, Sydney University 0.
Poidevin-Gray Shield – Round 3
Sydney University 9-122 (Matthew Morgan 24, Nick Larkin 20, David Miller 20; Matthew Taylor 4-19) d Parramatta 118 (Nicholas Bertus 27, Bradley Smith 25; Liam Robertson 4-12) on first innings at Sydney University No.1 Oval. Toss: Sydney University. Batted first: Parramatta. Points: Sydney University 4, Parramatta 0.
Sydney Women’s Grade competition – Round 8 (Limited overs)
First Grade: Bankstown 3-99 off 18.4 overs (Taylor Kafoa 42, Katie Mack 21; Sarah Stevenson 2-21) d Universities 3-98 off 20 overs (Laura Cornford 40, Rosamond Kember 34; Belinda Allard 1-10) at Bankstown Oval. Toss: Bankstown. Batted first: Universities. Points: Bankstown 6, Universities 0.
Second Grade: Bankstown 5-71 off 14 overs (Kimberley Abbott 26; Ellie Bath 2-4) d Universities 8-70 off 20 overs (Nicole Woods 21, Zahra Ousmand 2-5) at Sydney University.
Sydney Women’s Grade competition – Round 9 (Limited overs)
First Grade: Gordon 1-24 v Universities – match abandoned at Grahame Thomas Oval
Second Grade: Gordon 1-96 (Rebecca Hudson 43 not out) v Universities – match abandoned at Sydney University.
