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Jarrad Burke by the numbers - 428 first grade games in NSW Premier Cricket

Adam Morehouse | May 09, 2024

Jarrad Burke retired from NSW Premier 1st Grade Cricket at the end of the 2021-21 season after debuting in 1st Grade in 1999/00. He played for Bankstown, Campbelltown-Camden, Fairfield-Liverpool and Penrith.

Here is a look at his NSW Premier 1st Grade Career by the numbers:


Jarrad Burke by the Numbers


  • 1st Grade Debut on 12 February 2000 for Penrith v Eastern Suburbs at Howell Oval.
  • 428 1st Grade Matches (4th overall in 1st Grade)
  • 170 Matches for Bankstown, 132 Matches for Campbelltown-Camden, 38 Matches for Fairfield-Liverpool, 88 Matches for Penrith
  • 426 Innings
  • 57 Not outs
  • 10965 Runs at an average 29.75 (13th overall in 1st Grade)
  • 4154 runs for Bankstown, 3370 runs for Campbelltown-Camden, 413 runs for Fairfield-Liverpool, 3028 runs for Penrith
  • Scored the most runs against Sydney University with 878 runs
  • Scored over 1000 runs at three venues – 1901 runs at Bankstown Memorial Oval, 2162 runs at Howell Oval and 1875 runs at Raby No.1 Oval
  • Played at 31 different 1st Grade Grounds
  • Played against all 20 current 1st Grade clubs as well as against Randwick, Petersham-Marrickville, the ACT and Central Coast. 
  • Highest Score of 152 not out v North Sydney for Penrith at Howell Oval in 2006/07
  • 39 Ducks
  • 41 Half Centuries
  • 18 Centuries
  • 5144.5 Overs Bowled
  • 1266 Maidens
  • 15077 Runs Conceded
  •  683 Wickets at an average of 22.07 (15th overall in 1st Grade)
  • 329 wickets for Bankstown, 206 wickets for Campbelltown-Camden, 39 wickets for Fairfield-Liverpool, 109 wickets for Penrith
  • Best Bowling of 7 for 31 v Gordon for Campbelltown-Camden at Killara Oval in 2004/05
  • Economy Rate of 2.93 runs per over
  • 13 5 wickets in an Innings
  • 130 Catches
  • Highest Partnership of 303 unbeaten with Nathan Saville in 2006/07 for the 2nd wicket
  • Best Season with the Bat – 2006/07 – 929 runs at 51.61
  • Passed 500 runs in a season on 9 occasions
  • Took 50 wickets in a season on 3 occasions, 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17
  • Took the most wickets against Sutherland with 56 wickets
  • Took the most wickets at Bankstown Memorial Oval with 156 followed by Raby No.1 Oval with 129 wickets.
  • Played with three players over 100 times – Phil Wells (175), Jake Cormack (126) and Mitchell Phelps (118).
  • Dismissed most by Ian Moran (8 times), then by Nick Berry, Joel Tuccia and Ed Zelma (4 times each).
  • Dismissed Stewart McCabe and Liam Robertson the most (5 times)
  • He has batted at every batting position in 1st Grade except at position 10
  • He has been caught 55.6% of the time (237 times), bowled 13.4%, lbw 6.6% and run out 5.4% of the time.
  • He got his wickets caught 42.9% of the time, lbw 25.8%, bowled 18%, stumped 7.2% and caught and bowled 6.1%
  • Only one of five players to score 10,000 1st Grade runs and take 600 wickets. The others being Anthony Clark, Rob Aitken, Grant Lambert, and Monty Noble.





About Me

Adam Morehouse

Canberra, ACT, Australia
Adam Morehouse is a cricket statistician, scorer and historian. He is currently the statistician for Cricket NSW, Cricket ACT, the Sydney Cricket Association and the Australian Country Cricket Championships. As a scorer he has scored 4 Test Matches, 17 One Day Internationals as well as numerous First-Class, List A and T20 matches, he also finds time to score for Ginninderra CC in the ACT Premier Cricket Competition.