A century by Raymond Terrace all-rounder Jacob Page has helped Raymond Terrace to a big total on the first day of the under-16 cricket grand final against Northern Suburbs Black at Robins Oval.
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Page scored 122 of his team’s total of 185 including a massive six which landed on the Maitland Park Bowling Club greens.
He was eventually caught beside the boundary fence by Logan Smith off the bowling of Caleb Daskalovski.
A wet out-field restricted scoring early, but Page still managed to score nine fours and a six in a commanding innings.
He received good support from fellow opener Logan Andrews who scored 17 and Caden Taylor who scored 12 before being well caught in the outfield by Tom Beckham off the bowling of Max Hampton.
Norths Black stuck to their and did a terrific job to restrict the Lions’ total to a score below 200.
The wickets were shared around with Max Hampton (3-32) and Will Fort (2-23) finishing with the best figure. Daskalovski took got the key wicket of Page and pulled a magnificent reflex run-out off his bowling to dismiss Duncan Akerman.
Day two of the final is at Robins Oval next Saturday.