2017 PEARCE CUP CHAMPIONS !!!!!
Easts have PEARCE CUP, EWEN CHATFIELD TROPHY & COOKSHIELD back in the cabinet for another year !!!
The MIGHTY EASTS PREMIER TEAM were top qualifiers to play in the PEARCE CUP FINAL They played against Karori in the 3 day final at the Basin Reserve on Friday 31st March to Sunday 2nd April 2017.
OUTRIGHT WIN TO EASTERN SUBURBS EL CHEAPO CARS by 6 wickets
Karori 194-10 & 258-10
(Peter Connell 3-62 & 4-67, Jamie Gibson 4-52 & 5-53, Lance Dry 2-34,
Ricky Joseph 1-44)
Easts 311-10 & 144-4
(Luke Georgeson 48, James Price 46 & 52, Jamie Gibson 24, Lauchie Johns 42,
Jimad Khan 74, Matt Ansell 53)
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Easts have made it to the Pearce Cup Final 16 times since 2001/2002 and have won the trophy in 13 of those finals. Lets make it 14 wins !!!!
PEARCE CUP GAMES SINCE 2001/2002
| Season | Opposition | Result |
| 2016/2017 | Karori | Win to Easts by 6 wickets |
| 2015/2016 | Onslow | Drawn game - Win to Onslow as top qualifier |
| 2014/2015 | Taita | Win to Easts by 5 wickets |
| 2013/2014 | Hutt Districts | Drawn match - Win to Easts as top qualifier |
| 2012/2013 | Karori | Win to Easts by 9 wickets |
| 2011/2012 | Naenae | Win to Easts by 9 wickets |
| 2010/2011 | Karori | Easts Loss by 108 runs |
| 2009/2010 | Karori | Win to Easts by 8 wickets |
| 2008/2009 | Karori | Win to Easts by 2 wickets |
| 2007/2008 | North City | Win to Easts by 7 wickets |
| 2006/2007 | Naenae | Win to Easts by 9 wickets |
| 2005/2006 | Karori | Final abandoned (rain). Easts win as top qualifier |
| 2004/2005 | Easts win by 20.26 points | |
| 2003/2004 | Easts win by 14.92 points | |
| 2002/2003 | Easts win by 2.15 points | |
| 2001/2002 | Easts win by 6.93 points |
They have also defended the Cookshield for another year. We have held this trophy since 2008 after 53 challengers in home and away 2 day games. Fantastic performance once again to the MIGHTY EASTS PREMIER TEAM !!!. Refer to the Cookshield page for details of challenges.
Easts Premier team qualify for 2017 Rothbury Wilkinson Pearce Cup & 1 day FINAL
For the 16th year in a row the Easts Premier Men team have qualified for the 2 day "Rothbury Wilkinson PEARCE CUP COMPETITION" for 2017. The first game is against Johnsonville followed by Upper Hutt, Taita, Hutt Districts and Karori.
Current Pearce Cup champions Onslow missed the cut this year.
Easts have made it to the Pearce Cup Final 16 times in 16 years and have won the trophy in 14 of those finals since 2001/2002 season
Best of luck lads for another successful campaign.
The One Day Ewen Chatfield Trophy Final will be played against Karori on Sunday 29th January 2017 at Kilbirnie Park.
The Cook Shield for 2 day home & away games is also to be defended and starts with the first game against Johnsonville. Currently undefeated after 48 challengers.
GO THE MIGHTY EASTS !!!!!
Easts Premier team qualify for 2016 Rothbury Wilkinson Pearce Cup Final
For the 15th year in a row the Easts Premier Men team have qualified for the 3 day "Rothbury Wilkinson PEARCE CUP FINAL" for 2016. The game is to be played at Nairnville Park, against Onslow on Friday - Sunday 25th-27th March 2016 starting at 10:30am each day.
Onslow ended up the leaders in the 2 day Pearce Cup competition and therefore it is a MUST for EASTS to WIN to retain the trophy for another year. Let’s get down to Nairnville Park and support the Premier team.
History shows that we can achieve this so "GO THE MIGHTY EASTS !!!!!"
Finals format was introduced in 2005/2006 and prior to that the winner was determined by competition points at the end of the season
Ili Tugaga 5-44, Jamie Gibson 3-36 & Alecz Day 3-53
Chamika Gajanayaka 80, Lauchie Johns 49 & Lance Dry 55*
Game ended in a DRAW but Onslow won Pearce Cup as top qualifier.
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El Cheapo Cars EASTERN SUBURBS
Rothbury Wilkinson PEARCE CUP WINNERS 2015
El Cheapo Cars Eastern Suburbs dominance of Wellington Premier Men cricket continues for another year. Easts were required to beat Taita outright in the Rothbury Wilkinson 2015 Pearce Cup Final to retain the trophy and have done so. Easts have now won the Pearce Cup for 13 out of the last 14 seasons.
Congratulations to Lance and his team - a perfect end to another season.
Standout performances from Jamie Gibson 4-32 & 117, Ili Tugaga 5-103 and Lauchie Johns 39 & 58 vital runs in our 2nd Innings.
Other great contributors included Ricky Joseph 3-46, Jeremy Dean 35 & 30, Ronald Karaitiana 40 and captain Lance Dry 36 & 3-63
THE MIGHTY EASTS HAVE DONE IT AGAIN !!!
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PEARCE CUP FINAL 2015 - Easts V Taita at the Basin Reserve
Taita 136-10 & 315-10 and Easts 323-10 & 129-5, OUTRIGHT WIN BY 5 WICKETS
Once again the Easts Premier Men team have qualified for the 3 day "Rothbury Wilkinson PEARCE CUP FINAL" to be played at the Basin Reserve on Friday 3rd April to Sunday 5th April 2015.
Taita ended up the leaders in the 2 day Pearce Cup competition and therefore it is a MUST for EASTS to WIN to retain the trophy for another year. Let’s get down to the Basin and support the Premier team.
History shows that we can achieve this so "GO THE MIGHTY EASTS !!!!!"
Finals format was introduced in 2005/2006 and prior to that the winner was determined by competition points at the end of the season
| Season | Opposition | Result |
| 2014/2015 | Taita | Win to Easts by 5 wickets |
| 2013/2014 | Hutt Districts | Drawn match - Win to Easts as top qualifier |
| 2012/2013 | Karori | Win to Easts by 9 wickets |
| 2011/2012 | Naenae | Win to Easts by 9 wickets |
| 2010/2011 | Karori | Easts Loss by 108 runs |
| 2009/2010 | Karori | Win to Easts by 8 wickets |
| 2008/2009 | Karori | Win to Easts by 2 wickets |
| 2007/2008 | North City | Win to Easts by 7 wickets |
| 2006/2007 | Naenae | Win to Easts by 9 wickets |
| 2005/2006 | Karori | Final abandoned (rain). Easts win as top qualifier |
| 2004/2005 | Easts win by 20.26 points | |
| 2003/2004 | Easts win by 14.92 points | |
| 2002/2003 | Easts win by 2.15 points | |
| 2001/2002 | Easts win by 6.93 points |
Wilkinson Pearce Cup 2013-2014
2014 PEARCE CUP FINAL - CHAMPIONS once again !!!!
This years final will be played at the Hawkins Basin Reserve on a freshly prepared wicket starting Friday 4th April 2014.
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Easts won the toss and put Hutt Districts in to bat.
Hutt Districts 222-10 & 200-10
Eastern Suburbs 217-10 & 178-8
as at 4:40pm Day3 - game called off for bad light
Drawn Match
Lance Dry 3-42, Ben Orton 52, Scott Golder 35, Andrew Fullerton-Smith 37,
Jamie Gibson 5-78, Ils Tugaga 3-48,
Lauchie Johns 57 & Jeremy Dean 45*
Bad light stopped play and THE MIGHTY EASTS El Cheapo Cars have retained the Pearce Cup after being the top qualifier for the final in a drawn game.
In retaining the Pearce Cup, Easts won Wellington cricket’s major club cricket prize for the 12th time in the past 13 seasons and end season 2013-14 holding all three Wilkinson Insurance Brokers Cricket Wellington Premier club cricket trophies, the Pearce Cup, the Twenty20 Cup and the Ewen Chatfield One-Day competition title.
The Premier team now heads off to Auckland this week to contest the national One-Day club cricket championship. As well as the three Premier titles, Easts also end the season still holding the Cook Shield, a challenge Shield up for grabs at the holder’s home & away 2 day games. Easts’ Cook Shield reign has now spanned six seasons and 38 successful defences.
Premier Reserve team also won the Alan Issac Trophy for 2 day games.
Well done lads and all the best for Auckland!!!!!!
Wilkinson Pearce Cup 2012-2013
Another Pearce Cup for Easts !!!!!
The MIGHTY EASTS Premier Team have demolised Karori inside 2 days to win by 9 wickets and the Wilkinson Pearce Cup is back in our cupboard, where it has been for 11 of the last 12 years. The boys have brought the trophy back home AGAIN !!!!!!
After Day 1 you may have had some doubts with Karori 155-10 and Easts struggling at 78-6. However a slow but steady recovery on the 2nd day saw Easts achieve 137-10, only 18 behind on the 1st Innings. Karori’s 2nd innings was then in complete disarray with some excellent bowling by Ricky Joseph taking 6-41 and Jamie Gibson 4-50. Lance Dry only used 2 of his bowlers in Karori’s 2nd innings and had them all out for 96 in 25.5 overs. What a turnaround - now it was up to Easts!!! 115 runs required to get for the win and Josh Brodie 56*, Ben Orton 38 and Josh Mclauchlan 17* got us home with some positive batting in 19.5 overs.
Congratulations to the Premier Team !!!!!
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Premier Team qualify for 2013 Wilkinson Pearce Cup Final
The Premier Team are the top qualifiers for the 2012/13 seasons Wilkinson Pearce Cup Final.
The 3 day final is to be played at the Hawkins Basin Reserve from Friday 29th to Sunday 31st March 2013 so get out there to support Lance Dry and his Premier team to win the Wilkinson Pearce Cup for another year.
"Go the MIGHTY EASTS"
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Wilkinson Pearce Cup returns after being on loan for 12 months
Back (l to r):- Gordon Dry (Club Manager), Jeremy Dean, Josh Brodie, Ricky Joseph, Josh McLauchlan,
Ben Orton,
Nathan Cameron, Jamie Gibson, Chamika Gajanayaka, Niranjan Naguleswaran, Pat Baker (Team Sponsor)
Middle (l to r):- Michael Burns, Sean Joseph (Team Manager), Ankur Bassi
Front (l to r):- Sam Mclauchlan, Lance Dry (Captain), Scott Golder
Absent :- Cathy Shields (Scorer), Jeetan Patel, Sean O’Connor, Andrew Fullerton-Smith, Andrew Pollock
"The MIGHTY EASTS"have secured the Wilkinson Pearce Cup for 2011/12. After losing it to Karori last year we had a poor start to this season with being bottom of the table after 5 rounds but then the wheel turned and we achieved top qualifier for the final at the Hawkins Basin Reserve against Naenae.
A comprehensive 9 wicket victory on day three has meant that the Pearce Cup is back home where it belongs. This now means that THE MIGHTY EASTS PREMIER TEAM have won this trophy for 10 of the last 11 years. Congratulations to Lance Dry (Captain) and your team and Management.
Lance won the toss and elected to bowl at Naenae. Soon after Easts had them in trouble and eventually dismissed them for 187 in the 1st innings. Wicket-takers were Michael Burns 3-53, Nathan Cameron 3-71 and Lance Dry 3-13. In response a 112 parntership between Ben Orton 72 & Niranjan Naguleswaran 48 got Easts off to a good start. Sam Mclauchlan also contributed a good 37 in a first innings total of 268. Surprisingly Naenae were not as agressive, as expected, in their 2nd innings and were contained with some consistent off stump bowling. Best bowling in the 2nd innings was Michael Burns 3-49, Ricky Joseph 3-53 and Nathan Cameron 3-49. Naenae were dismissed for 171 and this left Easts to score 91 to win the game. The Mighty Easts achieved the target set before lunch , on day 3, with not much effort with Josh Brodie scoring 53* and Niranjan Naguleswaran 21*.
The 9-wicket win equalled their biggest winning margin in a Pearce Cup final, also beating Naenae by 9 wickets in the 2006-07 final.
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Easts Premier Team qualify for 2012 Wilkinson Pearce Cup Final
After starting the year losing their first four Twenty20 games the Premier Team have bounced back to be the leaders in the competition and securing a place in the 3 day final against Naenae.
The final is to be played at the Basin Reserve from Friday 6th - 8th April 2012 so get out there to support Lance Dry and his Premier team to win back the Wilkinson Pearce Cup that they lost to Karori last year.
"Go the MIGHTY EASTS"
The Premier team has also continued to defend the Cook Shield for two day games, home and away, and can put that away for another season. Successful defenses now total 28 ( 4 years ).
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Being top qualifier for the Pearce Cup final counts for nothing, in Lance Dry’s opinion. Read more .... DominionPost
The last match of the Wellington club cricket season this weekend is also the most important for Eastern Suburbs El Cheapo Cars, and Naenae Old Boys the two meeting over three days at the Hawkins Basin Reserve in the Wilkinson Pearce Cup final. Read more .... Wellington Cricket
Wilkinson Pearce Cup 2010 / 2011
Yes the Mighty Easts qualified for the Premier Mens Final for the Wilkinson Pearce Cup. No guessing who the opposition was - Karori for the 3rd year in a row. Easts needed an outright win in the three day final at the Basin Reserve to claim the trophy for the astonishing 10th successive year.
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Result was a win to Karori by 108 runs - we will get it back!!!
Premier Men Competition Points Top 3
Karori - 110.30
Easts - 93.26
Naenae - 90.86
Summary of all player statistics in all teams for the season can be viewed here :- Cricketer of the Year
Pearce Cup 2009 / 2010
Yes the game is over and the outstanding Easts Premier Team have won the Pearce Cup for the 9th successive year.
First day was a day for wickets with (28) falling. Karori won the toss and elected to bat first. In their 1st innings Karori were all out for (67) with Ricky Joseph getting (6-14) and Nathan Cameron (4-22). Easts were (37-7) at one stage in their 1st innings but recovered somewhat and were all out for (112), a lead of (45). Josh McLauchlan opened the innings and was (31) not out at the end and captain Lance Dry made the highest score (44) runs.
Karori’s 2nd innings was similar to their first and at stumps were (32-8). Lance Dry had (3-1).
Day 2 and Karori were dismissed for (70) - Lance Dry (3-21)Nathan Cameron (3-27) leaving Easts (27) runs to get for victory. Easts achieved this in losing just (2) wickets.
What a terrific boost the boys got from seeing the mob of Club supporters who turned out on Friday and Saturday to cheer on the team! And the guys responded in the best possible way but comprehensively dicking the "pretenders" from Karori and putting the prized trophy away for another year!! A huge thank you to Suz and Stacey for organising the support and the pikelets, crackers and cheese and pate, and cake, not to mention numerous other bitties!! A big thanks also to Pykey, Josh Stevens and others for their very vocal support, which I have no doubt was instrumental in reducing the guys from the soggy suburb to quivering wrecks, unable to cope with the stresses and pressures from the Mighty Easts machine!!
I was particularly impressed by Pykey’s sideline rendition of the Rod Stewart classic - "I don’t want to talk about it, how we broke Karori’s heart, won’t you stay here just a little bit longer, won’t you listen to my heaaarrrrt, to my heaaarrrt............."!
I also loved the verse that goes - "I can tell by your eyes that you’ve probably been crying for ever"!
It was a truly moving experience and one that brought a tear to many an eye!!!
What a wonderful occasion - go the Mighty Easts - I’ve got a lazy tenner on the next one!!
Gordie
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Pearce Cup 2008/2009
Karori Bounce Back - The Dominion Post 29 Mar 2009
Easts Savour Victory - The Dominion Post 30 Mar 2009
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2009 Final Scorecard
Back (l to r):- Steven Spoljaric, Richard Gilhooly, Ricky Joseph, Josh MacLauchlan, Jeremy Dean,
Sean Joseph ( Team Manager )
Front (l to r):- Roger Fouhy, Brad Edwards, Scott Golder, Lance Dry(c), Phil Parker, Josh Stuart
Absent (Josh Brodie, Richard Pryah, Joe Consedine, Nick Gloag, Matt Harvey, Tom Jamieson)
Pearce Cup 2007/2008
Premier team wins Pearce Cup for record 7th time !!!
Eastern Suburbs continued on their impressive run in the Pearce Cup running out winners in the 2007/08 final against North City. This is the seventh year in succession that East’s have won the Pearce Cup. The 2007/2008 season saw Easts finish the round robin phase 1.45 points ahead of qualifiers North City. This meant that we had to at least draw the game against North City in the three day final played 21-23 March 2008. After rolling North City for 181 in their first innings (Roger Fouhy 6-52), Easts batted solidly to amass 385 all out (John Peters 110, Lance Dry 70*, Robert Sewell 65 and Phil Parker 35 - it should be noted that Lance Dry and Roger Fouhy had a parthership of 89 for the last wicket). In their second dig North City ground out 234-9 (Roger Fouhy 5-98 for a match total of 11-150). This left Easts to get 31 runs to secure the victory – which were polished off in 5.4 overs for the loss of 3 wickets.
This is the first time in over one hundred years that a club has won seven consecutive Premier Mens championships in Wellington.
North City 181 & 234-9 ( Roger Fouhy 6-52 & 5-98 )
Easts 385 & 32-3 (Phil Parker 35, John Peters 110,
Robert Sewell 65, Lance Dry 70* )
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Easts hope to continue 'lucky run'" - The Dominion Post 20 Mar 2008
High and Dry: Easts in Seventh Heaven" - The Dominion Post 24 Mar 2008
Pearce Cup Winners - Eastern Suburbs 2007/2008
Back (l to r):- Ben Gamble, Ricky Joseph, Josh McLauchlin, Richard Gilhooly, Roger Fouhy,
John Peters, Robert Sewell (absent Josh Brodie)
Front (l to r):- Phil Parker, John Francis, Lance Dry(c), Scott Golder, Jeremy Dean
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Pearce Cup Winners - Eastern Suburbs 2007/2008
Back (l to r):- Ben Gamble, Ricky Joseph, Josh McLauchlin, Richard Gilhooly, Roger Fouhy,
John Peters, Robert Sewell
Front (l to r):- Phil Parker, John Francis, Lance Dry(c), Scott Golder, Jeremy Dean
Bruce Murray presents Pearce Cup to Lance Dry
Roger Fouhy - 6-52 & 5-98
John Peters - 110
Lance Dry - 70 not out
Robert Sewell 65
Pearce Cup 2006/2007
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Pearce Cup Winners - Eastern Suburbs 2006/2007
Back (l to r):- Tim Boyer, Scott Golder, Robert Sewell, John Peters, Josh Stuart,
Richard Gilhooly, Roger Fouhy, Gordon Dry ( Club Manager )
Front (l to r):- Jeremy Dean, Josh Brodie , Joe Consedine, Lance Dry(c), James Lowe
Scott Golder - 149 not out
Roger Fouhy
Premier Final 2006/2007 - Roger Fouhy another wicket ? Not Out!
Premier Final 2006/2007 - Vital wicket of Jessie Ryder out c.John Peters b.Roger Fouhy 104 !
