St George District Cricket Club Poidevin Gray Golden Run 2003 to 2008 – Premiership 3
Back Row - Gary Crowfoot (Coach), Chris Bennett, Matthew Faulkner, Brendon Small, Michael Holmes, Steven Cazzulino, Ray Davies (Manager)
Front Row - Luke Armstrong, Damian Bourke, Sean Dean, Mark Stoneman, Trent Copeland (Captain), Philip Wells, Simon Chu, Chris MacDougal
Inset: Moises Henriques
The St George District Cricket Club Poidevin Gray team from 2003/04 to 2007/8 won 4 premierships in these 5 seasons whilst placing 4th in the middle season of 2005-06
Let’s take a little trip back and look at some of the teams, the players and their campaigns.
Defeated in the Semi Finals - 2005-06
Defeated in the Semi Final by eventual winners Hawkesbury courtesy of an injury ruling out Moises Henriques and then a Peter Forrest century (106).
Season Batting – Steve Cazzulino 244 runs @ 40.7, Tim Laws 191 runs @ 31.8
Season Bowling – Trent Copeland 20 wickets @ 12.7, Sean Dean 10 wickets @ 15.7
Season wicket keeping – Scott Jamieson 16 catches, 3 stumpings
Premiership 3 – 2006/07
Trent Copeland for the 2nd consecutive season was the captain and had also in this time morphed into one of the team’s leading pace bowlers (but that’s another story entirely). A very dominant series for the team going through undefeated. They convincingly knocked over Sydney University in the Semi Final by 9 wickets.
Final Vs Campbelltown at Hurstville Oval
Campbelltown 90 (B.Small 3-21, S.Dean 3-18, C.MacDougal 2-33) were defeated by St George 2-91 (S.Cazzulino 46*, M.Stoneman 27*)
Shane Lee Medal – Brendan Small 3-21
Season Batting – Steven Cazzulino 434 runs @86.8, Philip Wells 350 @ 87.5, Trent Copeland 341 @56.8
Steven Cazzulino (84*) and Trent Copeland (108*) also broke a club record for the highest partnership in Poidevin Gray Shield. They shared an unbroken 203 run partnership for the 1st wicket against Blacktown in their Round 3 game.
Season Bowling – Sean Dean 14 wickets @ 10.6, Philip Wells 13 wickets @14.4 Brendon Small 12 wickets @26.8, Trent Copeland 11 wickets @16.1, Michael Holmes 10 wickets @26.3
Season wicket keeping – Simon Chu 12 catches