NSW Premier Cricket: Players of the Week, Rd 6 wrap
A trio made their debuts for the same club on a weekend of top batting performances. Premier Cricket Rd 6 wrap and PLAYERS OF THE WEEK.
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A trio of young cricketers have made their debuts on the same day at the same club in round six of NSW Premier Cricket.
Jackson Eldridge and mate Ravin De Silva have spent years playing their junior cricket alongside each other and on Saturday made their Premier Cricket debut together with Randwick Petersham clubmate Mitch O’Loughlin.
They are the first three players for Randwick Petersham who have played every grade at the club and became first grade capped players 136, 137 and 138.
Eldridge, captaining second grade at the club, and De Silva have played together in Metro Cup, Green Shield, Poidevin-Gray and now all five grades.
O’Loughlin, 19, has already created history at the club four years ago when he became the third generation of his family to play for Randwick Petersham.
His grandfather played between 1943 and 1972 and his father turned out for Randwick in the late 1970s and is now the assistant CEO.
In other standout performances in Premier Cricket on the weekend;
#Manly Warringah talent Jake Edwards scored his first premier cricket century.
#Middlesex professional Stephen Eskinasi from the Sydney cricket club scored his fourth century in the competition he joined in 2018/19.
Eskinasi now played in 26 matches and in his 23 innings has scored 1159 runs at 72.44. He has five half-centuries in addition to his four centuries.
Hawkesbury’s Dale McKay scored his second century of the season and his ninth in first-grade against Penrith.
#UTS North Sydney’s Tom Jagot is back in the news after scoring his second century (141) in the match against St George.
His teammate Tim Reynolds scored, just one short of his first-grade highest score.
#Bankstown’s Jake Cormack and Sydney Universities Tim Cummins both scored their third century.
#Teenage bowler Connor Blaxall-Hill for Western Suburbs had the best figures, 5-106, in his clubs match against Sutherland.
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