With the rain again severely affecting Sydney Grade cricket over the weekend, we were lucky to get both home games on the field on Saturday, while unfortunately, 1st, 3rd and 5th grades were all washed out at Coogee, Petersham and Kensington. That just made the great wins by 2nd grade at Manly and 4th grade at Grahams all the more important…. and what great wins they were. An Aidan Baker lead 2nd grade...Read More
The Manly boys had a solid start to Round 15 against Randwick-Petersham, with all grades in relatively strong positions. 1s are 3/80 with Shank and Nappa at the crease chasing 230. 2s dominated with 307, 3s are 2/68 chasing 113, 4s recovered from 7/100 to make 197, and a brilliant 156no from Ross Trewartha saw 5s make 270.4 Pines Brewery Player of the Week – Ross TrewarthaComing out of retirement this...Read More
Wow, what an amazing round for the Manly boys in the weekends Saturday / Sunday match against Blacktown. 1st grade had a fantastic win after a heart palpatations, but ended up doing it comfortably thanks to an amazing 103* from Mitch Cleary. 2nd Grade won outright by an innings and 3 runs, while 3rd grade also tasted an outright victory. 4th and 5th grades both had solid wins.These great performances yielded a massive...Read More
Manly had yet another mixed day on Saturday in a rain-effected One Day round against St George. 2s and 5s had very convincing wins, but 1s and 3s unfortunately went down with some bad batting, while 4th grade managed only one over before rain intervened. Sunday also saw Manly fall short in the First Grade limited over qualifying final to UNSW. This all results in us still sitting in 2nd...Read More
This weekends Saturday/Sunday round against Northern Districts unfortunately ended with 3 out of the 5 grades not getting on at all over the weekend. 1st grade, 3rd grade and 5th grade were all called off on Friday due to the weeks rain, the council deeming the ground unfit for play. Why the grounds couldn’t be worked on on Saturday so we could play a 120 over game on Sunday is...Read More