Today, Travis Head made 230 for South Australia against Queensland in the Marsh One-Day Cup.  It is the 6th highest individual innings overall in List A cricket and the second highest in Australia after D’arcy Short’s 257 for Western Australia in 2018/19 at Hurstville Oval.

Highest Individual Innings in List A Matches:

Abbett Park East, Scarborough was recently renamed Justin Langer Oval. This is the 24th Premier 1st Grade Ground named after a Test Cricketer.

This includes Oxenham Park which the main oval was later named Ken Mackay Oval.

The following is a list of Premier 1st Grade Grounds named after Test Cricketers:

Premier Cricket resumes tomorrow with Queensland Premier Cricket starting with a limited overs round.

Redlands take on Valley at Peter Burge Oval. Usman Khawaja, Mark Steketee and Cameron Boyce will turn out for Valley.

Toombul will play Sandgate-Redcliffe at Ken Mackay Oval. Matt Renshaw will be playing for Toombul.

University of Queensland will be playing Northern Suburbs at WEP Harris at the UQ St Lucia Campus.

Wynnum-Manly will be playing South Brisbane at Bill Albury Oval.

Gold Coast take on Western Suburbs at Bill Pippen Oval in Robina. Michael Neser will be playing for the Gold Coast.

In the final match, Ipswich will be playing Sunshine Coast at Baxter Oval in Ipswich.

All matches will start at 9:30am local time.

Most Seasons without a 1st Grade Premiership for Current Clubs:

This includes Two-Day, Limited Overs and Twenty20 Competitions.

Out of the clubs below, Hawkesbury, Gosnells and Frankston Peninsula are yet to win a Premiership.

118 – Greenvale Kangaroos

53 – Casey-South Melbourne

51 – Essendon

48 – Western Suburbs (NSW)

46 – University of WA

36 – Hawkesbury

34 – Campbelltown-Camden

34 – Gosnells

30 – Gordon

29 – Mount Lawley

28 – Frankston Peninsula

25 – Melbourne University

After completing the 1st Edition of the Australian Premier Cricket Statistics Annual, I developed a much greater interest in the history of Premier Cricket in Australia. I have been collating the statistics for both the ACT and NSW Premier Cricket Competitions and I have decided to expand my research of Premier 1st Grade Cricket in Australia to cover all seven (7) Premier Cricket Competitions. To do this I have decided to create a Premier 1st Grade Cricket research project which will cover the following things.

Player List
Building a player list of every player to have played Premier 1st Grade. I have currently entered players from 210 teams out of 268 1st Grade sides. Out of the 58 missing clubs, only 14 of them are current clubs.From the player list I hope to research the biographical details of each player making note of those having achievements outside of cricket in fields such as Olympics, Politics, Other Sports (Rugby League, Rugby Union, Australian Football, Soccer, Tennis, etc) and War Time Service. Also from this list, I should be able to work out who has played in the most Premier 1st Grade competitons and for the most Premier Cricket Clubs.

Grounds List
Building a list of grounds used for Premier 1st Grade and building statistics based around each ground.

Clubs List
Building a list of Clubs that have played Premier 1st Grade and building statistics based around each club.

Match List
Building a Match List for every Premier Cricket Competitions. Following this, the aim would be to enter each scorecard into my database to generate statistics to find out who was scored the most runs or taken the most wickets in Premier 1st Grade Cricket across the country.

Currently I have 46,001 players in the list. There are multiples of players for when they have played for multiple clubs. I am also looking for players for clubs which now no longer exist, the most recent being Beenleigh Logan (Qld, 1994/95-2011/12), Elizabeth (SA, 1993/94-1996/97), and Salisbury (SA, 1965/66-1996.97).

The 2020/21 edition of the ACT Premier Cricket Statistics Annual has been released.

It covers every grade of the ACT Premier Cricket Competition and includes match summaries for every premier cricket match, full scorecards of every Grand Final and statistics for every grade competition and an overall statistical analysis.

It is available for just $10 and can be purchased from the website – https://actcricketstats.org/cricket-publications/

The New South Wales Premier Cricket Statistics Annual for 2020/21 has now been released. Coming in at just under 550 pages, the Annual covers the statistics for both the Men’s and Women’s Premier Cricket Competitions for the 2020/21 season.

The Annual covers has the following features:

• Complete Overall Statistics for both the Men’s and Women’s Premier Cricket Competitions
• Full match summaries for every Premier Cricket Match played in the 2020/21 season.
• Full Scorecards for every Men’s and Women’s Grade Final
• Statistics for every Premier Grade Competition from 1st Grade to 5th Grade as well as the Poidevin-Gray Shield and AW Green Shield for the Men’s Premier Competitions.
• Statistics for every Women’s Premier Grade Competition from 1st Grade to 3rd Grade including the Brewer Shield

This publication is available for just $15 from the Cricket Publications link which helps me to continue my work on the history and statistics of Premier Cricket in New South Wales and Australia.

It is available from the Cricket Publications link at the top of the page or through the link below:

Cricket Publications

Australian Premier Cricket First Grade Annual – 2020/21

1st Edition

• Available Early to Mid May 2021
• Covers the Male and Female 1st Grade Premier Cricket Competitions of the ACT, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.
• Includes the Following:
  • 1st Grade Tables for Each Premier Cricket Competition
  • Match Summaries for Every Premier 1st Grade Match both Male and Female
  • Full Scorecard of Every 1st Grade Final
  • List of each Premier in Each Premier Cricket Competition
  • List of COVID-19 Affected Matches and Competitions
  • List of Overseas Players playing in Premier 1st Grade during 2020/21
  • List of Players who played in two or more Premier 1st Grade Competitions
  • Overall Statistics for both Male and Female Premier 1st Grade Cricket across Australia as well as leading statistics in Limited Overs and Twenty20 Matches
  • Overall Statistics for Each Premier Cricket Club both Male and Female
• Estimated length at least 200 pages
• Individually numbered
• Available in electronic format for just $20
• Pre Order Now in order to get it as soon as it released!