Mercantile Cricket Association
Records
MCA RECORDS as known at 4 June 2020.
Pre-2010 records compiled by Simon Phillips.
Please contact Alec Kahn if you have more information
Highest Innings
Myer Emporium 518 Second Grade, Section A 1935-36
ANZ Bank 532 A grade 1960-61
Highest Innings in Finals
Myer Emporium B 518 v Shell in GF Second Grade, Section A 1935-36
Parkville District 506 v Indigos in SF B Grade at Walker East 2012-13
Vic Tamils 492 v South Yarra in SF B Grade at FP1 2006-07
Youlden Parkville 449 v Coles Sharks in SF A Reserve at Ryder 2014-15
Burnley CYMS 431 v Youlden Parkv in GF A Grade at FP3 (Cordner) 2014-15
Parkville District 7-428 v Yarra-United in GF A Grade at Brens 2016-17
Burnley CYMS 420 v South Yarra in GF B grade at Ross Straw 1 2000-01
Vic Tamils 406 v Reds in GF B Grade at FP1 2006-07
Grand Final Comebacks
Burnley CYMS 36 and 139 def Hydro Flow 88 and 54, after being 6 for 7 off 10 overs on the
first morning of the match (see ‘Herald Sun x March 2010) D grade at FP2 2009-10
1000 Runs in a Day by a club’s XIs
Yarra Park 1994-95
Double Centuries
R Lawson 212* Dunlop Engineers 1925-26
D Hamilton 227 Myer Emporium v Shell Co (220 mins 29 4s 5 6s chanceless) GF 1935-36
A Rundell 213 Metropolitan Gas Company Meter Department 1937-38
R Scriven 219 T B Guest (see ‘The Age’ 5 November 1938) 1938-39
D Drew 203* Australian General Electric 1940-41
R McRoberts 206* A G Healing 1964-65
Peter Nicholson 204* Yarra Park v National Bank C grade at FP1 1994-95
Andrew Mack 221* Yarra Park C grade at FP5 1995-96
David Miller 214* Power House v MHSOB A grade at Cordner 2000-01
Bill Northby 238* Burnley CYMS v Power House B grade at Straw 1 2000-01
John Eaton 203* Sacred Heart v Chilli Dogs A grade at FP2 2003-04
Grant Stockwell 200* Moorabbin Park v Burnley CYMS B grade at FP2 2004-05
Roger Sevenhuysen 202* Carnegie v Monash Gryphons A grade at Koornang Pk 2007-08
George Hope 243 Barnawartha North v Burnley CYMS D grade at Herring 2008-09
George Hope 292 Barnawartha North v Monash Gryphons D grade at FP1 2008-09
Gurpreet Khair 237 Burnley CYMS v Sacred Heart A grade GF at FP6 (2nd inn) 2008-09
Robert Bentley 213 Bentleigh v Parkville District C grade GF at Bentleigh 2012-13
Francois Dutoit 212* Parkville District v Sacred Heart C grade at Walker East 2014-15
Nakul Kedar 217 Melbourne City v South Yarra D grade at Como East 2014-15
Andrew Houtas 215 Sacred Heart v Monash Uni D grade SF at FP2 2014-15
Abhilash Sharma 208* Emmanuel South Oakleigh v South Yarra A grade at Como East 2015-16
Mayank Srivastava 204 Carnegie v Maccabi Ajax A Sunday at Koornang Pk 2016-17
Chris Thomson 238* Parkville District v Yarra-United A grade GF at Brens 2016-17
Nathan Wolland 210* Moonee Valley v Barnawartha C North at Walker West 2017-18
Century in Each Innings of a Grand Final
W Lumsden ANZ Bank A grade 1959-60
Century in a Grand Final
Swift 120 Myer Emporium v Associated Tobacco A grade 1929-30
Paul Critchley 112* Coles Myer v Yarra Park B grade at FP2 1990-91
Andrew Barden 127* )
Darren Peters 104 ) Prahran Imperials v Richmond City B grade at FP2 1996-97
Damien Yze 140 Old Haileybury v Yarra Park A grade at FP1 1997-98
Rohan Schreier 155 Emmanuel South Oakleigh v Power House A grade at Canterbury 2001-02
Roly Imhoff 149* South Yarra v Power House B grade at FP1 2001-02
Anthony Schroder 151* Gunbower United v Power House D grade at FP2 (2nd inn) 2003-04
Eric Davies 116 Vic Tamils v Reds B grade at FP1 2006-07
Robert Passante 123 Burnley CYMS v Carnegie A grade at FP6 2007-08
Steve McGinness 100* Bentleigh v Monash Gryphons C grade at FP1 (2nd inn) 2007-08
Chris Mitchell 162 Coles Sharks v Gunbower United C Sunday at FP2 (2nd inn) 2007-08
Gurpreet Khaira 237 Burnley CYMS v Sacred Heart A grade GF at FP6 (2nd inn) 2008-09
Michael Harrison 101 Hydro Flow v Power House C grade at FP5 2009-10
Jeff Scotland 170 Power House v Hydro Flow C grade at FP5 2009-10
Cameron Wakefield 115* MHSOB v Burnley CYMS B grade at Melb HS (2nd inn) 2011-12
Damian Shutie 101 South Yarra v Parkville District A Grade at Como West 2012-13
Simon Ansell 121 Parkville District v South Yarra A Grade at Como West 2012-13
Mali Goonetilleke 184 Parkville District v Indigos A Reserve at Straw 1 2012-13
Robert Bentley 213 Bentleigh v Parkville District C Grade at Bentleigh 2012-13
George Hope 106* Barnawartha North v Burnley CYMS D grade at FP2 2012-13
Martin Blackey 165 Burnley CYMS v Youlden Parkville A Grade at FP3 (Cordner) 2014-15
Yousaf Iqbal 130 Youlden Parkville v Burnley CYMS A Grade at FP3 (Cordner) 2014-15
Nathan Green 116 Parkville District v Youlden Parkville A Grade at Brens 2015-16
Chris Thomson 238* Parkville District v Yarra-United A Grade at Brens 2016-17
Hari Subramaian 137 Old Camberwell Grammarians v Sth Yarra B Grade at Como W (2nd inn) 2016-17
Nathan Green 101* Parkville District v South Yarra A Grade at Brens 2017-18
Pritesh Goyal 139 South Yarra v Indigos A Reserve Como West 2017-18
Connor Kilpatrick 100 Parkville District v Sacred Heart A Grade at Brens 2018-19
Vara Kantipudi 100* Carnegie v South Yarra C South at Koornang 2018-19
Ankush Sharma 102 Melbourne Ramblers v Sunrise B Sunday at Walker East 2019-20
Partnerships
336* for 3rd wicket Burnley CYMS v Power House B grade at Straw 1 2000-01
Bill Northby 238* & Martin Blackey 145*
336 for 2nd wicket Barnawartha North v Burnley CYMS D grade at Herring 2008-09
George Hope 243 & Gavin Povolo 172
Most Runs in a Season (inc finals)
John Eaton 1114 @ 65.53 Burnley CYMS D grade 2013-14
Usman Ashraf 1101 @ 64.76 Melbourne Ramblers B Sunday 2018-19
Yousaf Iqbal 1052 @ 87.67 Youlden Parkville A Grade 2014-15
Gaston Gianfreda 918 @ 91.80 Malvern A Sunday 2014-15
Sanket Parmar 875 @ 43.75 Power House C Grade 2019-20
R Lawson 873 @ 178.60 Dunlop Engineers 1925-26
Sumit Abrol 851 @ 47.28 Indigos B Sunday 2019-20
Paul Huxley 839 @ 46.60 Barnawartha North D grade 2004-05
Jeff Scotland 833 @ 52.06 Power House D grade 2012-13
Jon Whetlor 830 @ 51.88 Sacred Heart A grade 2008-09
Ian Robertson 820 @ 54.67 Youlden Parkville C grade 2008-09
Gaston Gianfreda 806 @ 73.27 Malvern A Sunday 2015-16
Wayne Wunhym 795 @ 72.27 Coles Sharks B Sunday 2013-14
Troy Cetrola 784 @ 56.00 Coles Sharks B grade 2008-09
Paul Critchley 774 @ 51.60 Coles Sharks B grade 2008-09
Shaun Buttigieg-Clarke 773 @ 77.30 Sacred Heart D grade 2014-15
Vinay Tripathi 771 @ 55.07 Carnegie A Sunday 2019-20
Anthony Dunning 770 @ 55.00 Burnley CYMS D grade 2005-06
Sam Brygel 769 @ 51.27 Maccabi Ajax D Sunday 2018-19
Vinay Tripathi 757 @ 84.11 Carnegie A Reserve 2013-14
Mike Scott 755 @ 68.64 Power House A grade 2003-04
1000 Runs in a Calendar Year
George Hope 1194 @ 132.67 Barnawartha North D Grade Feb 1–Dec 19 2009
6 & 15, 243, 51, 292 / 89, 72, 177, 103, 5, 106, 35
Notable Slow Innings
Richard Mitchell 27 in 6 hours off 91 overs. Reds v Barnawartha North C grade GF at FP2 1997-98
Two 2s off consecutive balls were only scoring shots in morning session.
Damien Cleary 59 in 530 mins off 160 overs. Vic Tamils v Reds B grade GF at FP1 2006-07
Opened batting and was dismissed at 7-317 on day 3. (see ‘The Age’ 19 March 2007)
Matt Goodwin 56* in 420 mins off 114 overs. Bentleigh v Monash Gryphons C grade GF at FP1 2007-08
Carried his bat (plus 51* in 2nd inn) (see ‘The Age’ 13 March 2008)
All Round Performances
Tim Cherry Sacred Heart v National C grade at Straw 1 2007-08
78 off 83 balls and 67 off 77 balls, and 4 for 35 and 4 for 36
Jasneet Kohli Carnegie v Power House A grade at Koornang Pk 2007-08
50 and 61, and 8-38 and 6-42 and two run outs.
Ten Wickets in an Innings
Grenness 10-61 CBA v J Kennon & Sons A grade 1930-31
H McAnally 10-52 Malvern Star 1940-41
Jack Clarke 10-42 Myer Emporium 1947-48
FJ Baker 10-24 FRS 1948-49
H Parker 10-30 Buckley & Nunn 1957-58
Ray Lloyd 10-14 Myer Emp v Myer 2 (& 4-10) (on hat trick 3 times) Fawkner Park 1959-60
R McDonald 10-10 1977-78
David Ellis 10-19 National Bank v Prahran Imperials (inc hat trick) A grade 1991-92
Brett Stewart 10-44 Burnley v Old Camberwell Grammarians B grade, FP5 2015-16
Kevin Pace 10-8 Barnawartha North v Indigos C North 2017-18
Ten Wickets in a Grand Final
Peter Bickle 3-49 & 7-75 Reds v Yarra Park A grade at FP1 1990-91
Eric Wagg 4-38 & 6-26 Burnley CYMS v Yarra Park A grade at FP1 1994-95
Bruce Roscrow 2-19 & 8-41 National v South Yarra B grade at FP1 2003-04
David Gates 8-51 & 4-26 Canterbury v Gunbower United D grade at Canterbury 2006-07
Lee Evemy 7-71 & 7-62 Coles Sharks v Gunbower United C Sunday at FP2 2007-08
Mike DeBruyckere 6-59 & 6-34 Hydro Flow v Canterbury D grade at Cordner 2007-08
Matty Williams 7-59 & 5-53 Royal Park Reds v Indigos A Reserve at McAlister 2019-20
Phani Penumetcha 4-17 & 6-58 Indigos v Royal Park Reds A Reserve at McAlister 2019-20
Hat Trick in Both Innings
W Richardson 4-11 & 7-4 J Kitchen & Sons v Shell Co A grade 1946-47
Five Wickets in Five Balls
FE King Shell Co. 1940-41
Double Hat Trick
Geoff Stephens Coles Myer v Reds A Reserve at FP1 2001-02
Harpreet Singh Kalsi Monash Uni v Doveton North A Sunday at Heatherton 2018-19
Rizni Hashim Carnegie United v Ashwood C South at Namatjira 2019-20
Jackey Patel Sunrise v Maccabi Ajax B Sunday at Walker East 2019-20
Prolonged Hat Trick
From ‘Australian Wisden Cricketers Almanac 2001-02’
“But the most prolonged and involved hat-trick was perhaps when Melbourne club cricketer Stephen
Hickman, playing for Power House, achieved a hat-trick spread over three overs, two days, two innings,
involved the same batsman twice, and was observed by the same non striker, with the hat-trick ball being
bowled from the opposite end to the first two. In the Mercantile Cricket Association C Grade semi final
at Fawkner Park 5 South Yarra in Melbourne, Gunbower United Cricket Club were 8 for 109 when Hickman
came on to bowl his off spin. He took a wicket with the last ball of his third over and then bowled
number 11 batsman Richard Higgins with the first ball of his next over to complete the Gunbower innings,
leaving Chris Taylor the not out batsman. Power House scored 361 putting the game out of reach of
Gunbower. In the second innings opener Taylor was joined by Higgins at the fall of the fourth wicket as
Hickman returned to the attack. With his first ball, observed by an incredulous Taylor at the non-
strikers end, he clean bowled Higgins leaving Higgins with a pair of golden ducks.”
Most Wickets in a Season
Les Silver 72 @ 6.00 Coles B grade 1964-65
Peter Muscat 63 @ 7.98 Coles A grade 1988-89
A Reardon 62 @ 6.70 Brooks, Robinson and Co 1925-26
Long Spells
Dean McCorkell 39-17-72-5 Burnley CYMS v Power House (opened bowling) A Grade at Straw 1 2010-11
Rob Passante 35-10-77-6 Burnley CYMS v Power House (opened bowling) A grade 1993-94
Ross Attrill 35-25-29-5 Reds v Power House A grade SF at Cordner 1999-00
Playing Streak (games played without missing a match)
A Grade: Alec Kahn (Reds) - 191 consecutive A Grade games, 1986-2003.
Any grade: Alec Kahn (Reds) - 236 consecutive MCA games, 1985-2005. (In a longer streak of 312 games from Reds' foundation in 1979.)
Most Wickets to Fall on the First Day of a Grand Final
30 Hydro Flow v Canterbury D grade at Cordner 2007-08
26 Power House v Barnawartha North D grade at FP3 2004-05
26 Parkville District v Youlden Parkville C grade at FP1 2011-12
23 Burnley CYMS v Hydro Flow D grade at FP2 2009-10
Turf pitches were installed in Fawkner Park from 1970-1975.
In 2009-10 FP6 was renamed FP4 and Cordner Oval renamed FP3.