Woodend Cricket Club
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Woodsmen claim McIntyre Cup victory
Woodend Cricket Club and its players and supporters are very much in celebration mode after winning the McIntyre Cup Premiership for 2025-26 at the weekend. The Woodsmen claimed their first top grade flag in the Gisborne District Cricket Association since 2003-04, with the Grand Final ending in a draw at 5.30pm on Sunday. Heavy rain…
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It’s Woodend v Dragons!
The stage is set for a pulsating 2025-26 McIntyre Cup 1sts Grand Final between Woodend and Gisborne this weekend. Each scored decisive victories in the knockout semi-finals, with the Woodsmen defeating Rupertswood by 93 runs, and Gisborne losing just two wickets in chasing down Romsey’s 229. The Grand Final is being played at a neutral…
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Stage set for McIntyre semi-finals
The stage is set for McIntyre 1sts semi-finals this weekend, with Woodend clinically defeating Romsey by 165 runs on Saturday to retain top spot, despite an incredible late charge by reigning premier Gisborne to climb out of second place. Two sudden death semi-finals will be played over Saturday and Sunday, with Woodend at home to…
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Big names hit centuries
From a batting viewpoint, three of the outstanding McIntyre Cup players made centuries in the final home and away round on Saturday. Rupertswood skipper Matt Twentyman rescued his side from an early collapse, facing 210 balls and making 148 in a team score of 243 against Sunbury United. This century followed on from his match-winning…
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Gisborne one-day champs
Gisborne turned in a sterling performance with bat and ball to score a decisive victory in the One-Day Final played at Gilbert Gordon Oval on Sunday. The Dragons defeated last season’s inaugural champion Woodend with seven overs left, and six wickets in hand. Man of the Match was Gisborne captain-coach Jarryd Vernon, who captured two…
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Busy, busy at Woodend
Woodend Cricket Club senior coach Josh Eastley (at left) and the club’s McIntyre 1sts captain Marcus Stewart are pictured in front of the superb new scoreboard at Gilbert Gordon Oval. It is to be officially launched at the club’s Community Christmas Party this Friday evening. Home Alone will be featured on the big screen at…
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Club welcomes overseas coach
Woodend Cricket Club has pulled off a recruiting coup by obtaining the services of an experienced and explosive former First-Class cricketer as a player and coach. Jacques Du Toit, originally from South Africa, has played a wealth of high-level cricket in England and now brings that knowledge, skill and passion to Woodend. “He had a…
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Vernon 217 n.o, Woodend crash
What a weekend of McIntyre 1sts semi-finals! Gisborne captain-coach Jarryd Vernon hit a masterly 217 not out on Saturday to virtually put Romsey out of the reckoning. And top team Woodend appeared to be cruising, though very slowly, towards a grand final berth before an inexplicable and monumental batting collapse saw the last eight wickets…
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All pink at WCC
Woodend Cricket Club has supported the McGrath Foundation since 2011, and on Saturday more than 70 guests enjoyed a high tea at Gilbert Gordon Oval, enabling the club to raise funds for breast cancer research. Pink Stumps Day included plenty of fun and games, live music, raffles, giveaways and auctions. Early indications reveal the club…
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Woodend — One Day champs
Woodend Cricket Club convincingly won the inaugural McIntyre Cup One Day Cup on Sunday. Deciding to bat against home side Romsey in the 45 overs per side final, the Woodsmen compiled a healthy 9/200 c.c. Evergreen Warren Else top scored with 59 and gave the innings impetus after several other batters had made a start,…
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Reliving glory days …
Woodend Cricket Club has the enviable record of being the only one to win FIVE successive top grade (now known as McIntyre Cup) premierships in the Gisborne association. Memories of this remarkable era came flooding back with a special reunion of the now ‘old timers’ who were part of this proud club’s absolute glory days.…
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Woodend’s great escape
Romsey was in the box seat at the halfway mark of the all-important McIntyre 1sts match on Saturday, yet a never-say-die Woodend managed to conjure up a nine runs victory. The one-day round was highlighted by three big centuries — 146 off 126 balls at Gisborne by Sunbury United opener Fabian Fernando, and 136 by…