On Saturday 17 September 2022 St George District Cricket Club celebrated their “Centenary of First Grade”
During the day St George First Grade hosted a NSW XI at Hurstville Oval.
Batting first NSW scored 238 and after losing two early wickets St George seemed to be cruising to victory with Blake Nikitaras scoring a century and Moises Henriques finishing with 91 not out.
However a big batting collapse saw the game go to the wire with St George scoring the winning runs at the death 9 wickets down.
During the lunch break the club unveiled a section of the boundary pickets where plaques commemorate all 467 first grade representatives in the clubs 100 years of 1st Grade.
Former Australian Test cricketer Murray Bennett and former St George District Cricket Club President proudly displays his First Grade Player No 247
