St George District Cricket Club Poidevin Gray Golden Run 2003 to 2008 – Premiership 4
St George Cricket Club | September 27, 2023
Back Row - Hamish Solomons (Coach) Steve Cazzulino, Moises Henriques, David Williams, Michael Holmes, Brendon Small, Jack Fitzgerald, Ray Davies (Manager)
Front Row - Michael Radnidge, Matthew Gilmour, Chris MacDougal (Captain), Simon Chu, Philip Wells, Damian Bourke, Joshua Brown.
Absent - Murray Bennett (Assistant Coach), Josh Hill, Matthew Faulkner
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.
Premiership 4 – 2007/08
An interesting factor in this particular campaign was a change in captaincy after 4 rounds from Phil Wells to Chris MacDougal. This was to allow Phil to focus on his game as one the competitions leading all-rounders.
The team won 6 out of their 7 competition games before defeating Penrith in the Semi Final.
Final Vs Western Suburbs at Hurstville Oval
St George 9-243 (M.Henriques 50, M.Gilmour 46, P.Wells 45) defeated Western Suburbs 121 (P.Wells 3-30, M.Radnidge 2-16, M.Henriqes 2-17)
A pretty dominant win against a team that contained the up and coming Mitchell Starc.
Shane Lee Medal – Philip Wells 45 and 3-30
Season Batting – Damian Bourke 345 runs @ 43.1, Philip Wells 296 runs @ 74, Steven Cazzulino 237 @ 59.3, Moises Henriques 157 @ 52.3
Season Wicket Keeping - Simon Chu 13 catches, 1 stumping
Western Suburbs
Shane Lee Medalist Philip Wells
A young Mitchell Starc in action in the Final at Hurstville Oval
Moises Henriques in action
Skipper Chris MacDougal with the Poidevin Gray Shield
Fourth Premiership in five seasons
Steven Cazzulino played in all 4 premierships
Interesting notes
- From this period of PG success 3 players have played Test Cricket in Mosies Henriques (Australia), Trent Copeland (Australia) and Mark Stoneman (England).
- Trent Copeland and Moises Henriques have also enjoyed long and distinguished careers for NSW.
- Steven Cazzulino has also played Sheffield Shield for Tasmania.
- Jono Dean has played for ACT Comets and the Adelaide Strikers.
- Steven Cazzulino holds the club record for most runs in Poidevin Gray with 1420 @ 47.3.
- Philip Wells is equal 9th in the all-time highest St George wicket takers in Poidevin Gray Shield with 57 wickets @ 15
Premiership One 2003-04 - click here
Premiership Two 2004-05 - click here
Premiership Three 2006-07 - click here
