Back (l to r):- Jeremy Dean, Ricky Joseph, Ben Orton, Lauchie Johns, Sean Joseph (Team Manager),
Ronald Karaitiana, Andrew Fullerton-Smith, Jake Packer, Gordon Dry (Club Manager)
Front (l to r):- Josh Brodie, Lance Dry (Captain), Scott Golder, Jamie Gibson, Ili Tugaga, Pat Baker (Team Sponsor)
Absent :- Cath Shields (Scorer), Jeetan Patel, Sam Outtrim, Mario Stols, Sean Neal, Ankur Bassi, Peter Connell
This years final will be played at the Hawkins Basin Reserve on a freshly prepared wicket starting Friday 4th April 2014.
Wellington Cricket prematch report - "Easts look to continue golden summer"
DominionPost - "Hutt heartened by fresh Basin pitch"
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 2013-14 season 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 Trophy.
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.
Wellington Cricket report - "Eastern Suburbs retain pearce cup with draw in the final"
DominionPost 7 Apr 2014 - "Easts beat Hutt for Pearce-Cup"
Well done lads and all the best for Auckland!!!!!!
The Pearce Cup Cup was decided by the accummulation of competition points in the 1 and 2 Day games during the season
but this year the two top teams would play a 3 day final against each other. The outright winner would win the Pearce Cup but if the game
ending up as a draw then the top qualifier would be crowned the winner.
In 2014 The MIGHTY EASTS team won it again drawing with Hutt Districts but winning as Top Qualfier in the final !!!.
Now TWELVE from THIRTEEN !!!!
Season | Team 1 | Team 2 | Result |
2013/2014 | Easts | Hutt Districts | Easts won as top qualifier - Drawn game |
2012/2013 | Easts | Karori | Easts won by 9 wickets |
2011/2012 | Easts | Naenae | Easts won by 9 wickets |
2010/2011 | Easts | Karori | Karori won by 108 runs |
2009/2010 | Easts | Karori | Easts won by 8 wickets |
2008/2009 | Easts | Karori | Easts won by 2 wickets |
2007/2008 | Easts | North City | Easts won by 7 wickets |
2006/2007 | Easts | Naenae | Easts won by 9 wickets |
2005/2006 | Easts | Karori | Easts won as top qualifier - Final abandoned (rain) |
2004/2005 | Easts | Easts won by 20.26 points | |
2003/2004 | Easts | Easts won by 14.92 points | |
2002/2003 | Easts | Easts won by 2.15 points | |
2001/2002 | Easts | Easts won by 6.93 points |