An exciting last day of the Bradman Cup saw the competition winner determined by bonus points. Newcastle and Nth Coastal both secured bonus point wins which saw Nth Coastal emerge triumphant with a late innings surge in their victory over Southern Districts. This sees North Coastal take on the winner of the A W Green Shield competition winner in February to be played in Sydney.
There were some amazing performances at well - Blake Cattle (Greater Illawarra) with an unbeaten 123, Jackson Taylor (Greater Illawarra) 5-10 both against Central Coast and Cooper Townsend with 70 and Cooper Pullen with 50 for Western against Central Northern.
Round 7 match summary
Greater Illawarra 3/254 (B Cattle 123no, S Harwood 61) defeated Central Coast 149 (R Sharma 30, K Smith 25, C McKee 23., J Taylor 5-10, L Kay 2-27) with 1 bonus point
Western 3/160 (C Townsend 70no, C Pullen 50no, T Long 2-42) defeated Central Northern 157 (S Davis 35, K Botha 30, S Holz 26, F Macleod 3-34, H Griffith 2-26, B Burke 2-32) with 1 bonus point
Newcastle 5-113 (L Vincent 45, A Berry 38, B Gain 2-14) defeated Riverina 110 (J Cameron 29, N Westcott 2-14, T McInnes 2-14) with 1 bonus point
Final Ladder: North Coastal 33, Newcastle 32, Greater Illawarra 25, Central Northern 19 (0.413), Riverina 19 (-0.253), Western 13, Central Coast 12, Southern Districts 0
North Coastal 7/161 (D Craig 35, T Gilbert 34no, B Felton 28, Q Cooper 23, P Bruckshaw 2-18, J Cosgrove 2-34) defeated Southern Districts 9/159 (M Millar 21no, I Roxburgh 21, R Weir 2-23, L Barnes 2-25, J Dawes 2-32)