This Week In History - 7 Apr

1 April 1979

Sutherland won the 5th Grade premiership by defeating Bankstown-Canterbury at Caringbah Oval. The team was captained by Ken Lamb.

Sutherland 9/154 (Ken Lamb 39, Trevor Woods 30, Bob Mills 29no) d. Bankstown-Canterbury 141 (Alan Lane 6-44, Peter Bishell 4-41).

1 April 2001

Sutherland won the 5th Grade premiership by defeating University of NSW at Caringbah Oval. The team was captained by David Givney.

Sutherland 6/300 dec (Adrian Craig 76, Matthew Hughston 65, Lee Malin 37, Reece Trevillion 36, Dean Heslehurst 29, David Givney 20no, Craig Brownscombe 20) d. University of NSW 175 (Craig Brownscombe 7-56, Keith Meadows 2-26).

1 April 2007

Sutherland played in three finals, winning 3rd & 4th Grades and losing 5th Grade.

3rd Grade defeated Gordon at Chatswood Oval. The team was captained by Jason Packer.

Sutherland 9/258 dec (Jasem Rafique 89, Josh Zywietz 54, Jason Packer 27, Ryan Shepherd 22, David Studholme 21) d. Gordon 205 (Ryan Shepherd 3-38, Josh Zywietz 2-37, Scott Pickering 2-38).

4th Grade defeated Randwick Petersham at Coogee Oval. The team was captained by Joel Burnett.

Sutherland 147 (Aaron Phillips 84, Daniel Simpson 26) & 9/98 d. Randwick Petersham 123 (Daniel Simpson 4-37, David Crawford 3-26, Jason Dunbar 2-21) & 4/144 dec.

1 April 2012

Sutherland won the 3rd & 4th Grade premierships.

3rd Grade defeated Sydney at Blacktown International Sports Park No.2. The team was captained by Aaron Phillips.

Sutherland 290 (Aaron Phillips 72, Matt Manton 42, Adam Whatley 41no, Josh Zywietz 32, Sam Newman 28, Grant Davies 23) d. Sydney 166 (Sam Newman 3-37, Josh Zywietz 2-35, Adam Whatley 2-42).

4th Grade defeated Manly-Warringah at Waverley Oval. The team was captained by Chris Macnamara.

Sutherland 5/239 (David Mifsud 62, Michael Kelly 60, Liam Casey 42, Hayden Smith 27) d. Manly-Warringah 238 (Chris Macnamara 5-31, Pat Burns 3-60).

2 April 1995

Glenn McGrath took 5-68 in the second innings of the 1st Test vs West Indies at Kensington Oval Barbados. He finished with match figures of 8-114 and won the Player of the Match award.

2 April 2000

Sutherland won the 5th Grade premiership by defeating Manly-Warringah at Manly Oval. The team was captained by David Givney.

Sutherland 333 (Mark Uebel 86, Stuart Clark 63, Justin Drinkwater 50, Jason Dunbar 37, Darren Howard 30, Craig Brownscombe 26) d. Manly-Warringah 114 (Jason Dunbar 3-42, Matthew Hughston 2-5, Keith Meadows 2-15, Simon Ellison 2-21).

3 April 1998

Sutherland won the 1st Grade premiership by defeating North Sydney at Bankstown Oval. The team was captained by Jason Young and Jason Holley won the Benaud Medal for player of the match.

Sutherland 402 (Jason Holley 96, Jason Young 80, Phil Jaques 69, Daniel Godkin 42, Stuart Clark 34) & 3/92 (Matthew O’Brien 21, Jason Young 20) d. North Sydney 359 (Brad Guthrie 4-107, Stuart Clark 4-141).

3 April 2020

Daniel Fallins won the James A. Daly Memorial Award and Steve Kourouche won the Ted Cotton Memorial Award at the annual Presentation Night, which was held online due to the coronavirus pandemic.

4 April 2006

Stuart Clark finished his debut Test series against South Africa with 20 wickets at 15.85 in the 3 Tests and was named Player of the Series.

4 April 2010

Sutherland won the 4th Grade premiership after drawing with St.George at Glenn McGrath Oval. The side was captained by Chris Macnamara.

Sutherland 8/203 (Josh Zywietz 57, Greg Horner 48) drew with St.George 224 (James Bills 4-67, Josh Zywietz 3-39, Nick Sharman 3-65).

4 April 2021

Sutherland won the 4th Grade premiership after defeating St.George at Hurstville Oval. The side was captained by James Hawksworth. Tom Straker won the David Givney Medal for player of the match.

Sutherland 161 (Dominic Michalak 52, Luke Hawksworth 35, Luke Ritchie 21) d. St.George 57 (Tom Straker 6-12, Pat Driscoll 3-17).

5 April 2013

Nic Maddinson scored 107 in the first innings of the 1st Grade final versus St.George at Bankstown Oval. This is the only time a Sutherland player has scored a century in a 1st Grade final.

6 April 1997

Sutherland won the 2nd Grade premiership by defeating Manly-Warringah at Bankstown Oval. The team was captained by Kevin Tuite.

Sutherland 382 (Jason Packer 86, Kevin Tuite 80, Phil Jaques 61, Matthew Bradley 59, Jason Holley 37) & 0/63 (Matthew Bradley 33no, Darren Holley 30no) d. Manly-Warringah 281 (Jason Holley 6-65, Jason Dunbar 3-64).

7 April 1999

Glenn McGrath finished the Test Series in the West Indies with 30 wickets at 16.93 in the 4 Tests.

7 April 2002

Sutherland won the 4th Grade premiership by defeating Manly-Warringah at Caringbah Oval. The team was captained by Adrian Craig.

Sutherland 162 (Darren Reynolds 53, Mark Ridge 33, Rod Fenech 26) d. Manly-Warringah 101 (Alex Mann 5-17, Scott Manning 3-17).

7 April 2006

Phil Jaques won the Steve Waugh Medal as NSW Male Player of the Season for 2005-06.