St George District Cricket Club Poidevin Gray Golden Run 2003 to 2008 – Premiership 1

St George Cricket Club | September 20, 2023

Back Row - Matthew Hoggett, Ray Davies (Manager), Jono Dean, Brendon Ford, Preeth John, Gary Crowfoot (Coach)

Middle Row - Jon Shaw, Steven Cazzulino, Trent Copeland, Tim Laws

Front Row - Sean Dean, Chris Johnston (Captain), Moises Henriques, Paul Merheb, Philp Wells

After many years of much promise with little results to show the St George District Cricket Club enjoyed an uncanny period of success in its numerous “PG’s” Under 21 competition campaigns between seasons 03/04 to 07/08. The club took out an unprecedented 4 premierships in these 5 seasons whilst placing 4th in the middle season of 2005-06. Keeping in mind the NSW Premier Cricket Competition consists of 20 clubs. Premierships are tough to come by.

Let’s take a little trip back and look at some of the teams, the players and their campaigns.

Premiership 1 – 2003/04

The side was captained by Chris Johnston and consisted of some pretty serious young talent making their u21’s debuts. This included Moises Henriques, Trent Copeland, Steven Cazzulino, Philip Wells and Sean Dean. The team played 6 round games winning all but one and then went on to defeat Penrith at Howell in the Semi Final.

Final Vs Bankstown at Bankstown Oval

St George 140 (J.Dean 55, S.Cazzulino 49) defeated Bankstown 122 (M.Henriques 3-32, P.Wells 3-17, M.Hoggett 2-44)

Shane Lee Medal – Aaron Bird (Bankstown) with 5-27.

Season Batting – Sean Dean 341 runs @ 68.2, Chris Johnston 238 runs @29.8

Season Bowling – Matthew Hoggett 15 wickets @ 20.3, Philip Wells 12 wickets @ 10.8, Moises Henriques 11 wickets @ 9.2

Season Wicket Keeping – Trent Copeland 14 catches 1 stumping