Trevor-Jones, who started as a leg-spinning tail-ender with ORC’s lower grades before getting a taste of first grade with Bathurst City, is the definition of hard work.

Since taking up wicketkeeping and putting a greater focus on his batting, he has steadily forged a name for himself with Hawkesbury, and last season saw him become the preferred ’keeper in the club’s seconds team.

Finally, he got a taste of the top tier in their match with Mosman, and he took his chance.

Batting first in week one, he was thrown in the deep end, but it didn’t seem to worry him as he strode out onto Allan Border Oval to open the innings.

He played his role to a tee, seeing off the openers and managing to get through the best part of 40 overs before he finally fell for an impressive 46 off 118 balls, with the score at that stage on 4-105.

Among the bowlers he faced was domestic cult hero Mark Cosgrove, who at that stage was still playing in Sydney due to his role with the Sydney Sixers.

Trevor-Jones’ departure allowed Alex Graham to take centre stage during a rollicking knock that saw him smash 154 off 135, helping Hawkesbury to 354 all-out.

Unfortunately for the Bathurst product, it didn’t help his team to a victory as centuries to Matt Day – 175 off 156 to be exact – and Jason Hughes saw Mosman get home with five wickets in hand.

Meanwhile, the fortunes of another Bathurst cricketer, Max Hope, continue to rise after he played a key role in their third grade win over Northern Districts that concluded on Saturday afternoon.

Coming off a 93 in his previous game, Hope wasn’t able replicate that effort, but did manage a handy 26 as Sydney Uni tried to chase down a target of 189.

They wobbled a handful of times, but eventually got across the line, thanks to a handful of efforts similar to that of Hope.

But his real contribution came on day one of the contest with the ball.

Bowling left-arm orthodox, Hope and Cowra talent Joe Kershaw combined to cripple what had looked like a promising innings for the opposition.

At 6-163 they would have been looking at stretching their total well past 200, but Hope removed top-scorer Kane Milne for 77 and in turn bagged two more scalps, finishing with the figures of 3-15 from 7.5 overs.

Kershaw did his own reputation no harm by taking 3-49 from 14.

In other games on the weekend, former City Colts premiership batsman Nick Shurmer returned to some form with an unbeaten 37 in St George’s second innings against ManlyWarringah in third grade.

Shurmer and the rest of the batsmen failed in the first innings as they were skittled for just 139, with their opposition declaring at 6-209 after taking first innings points. Shurmer and his fellow top-order batsmen did enough to get to safety in the second dig, finishing on 2-111.

In fourth grade for the Saints, ex-ORC player Michael Waldren was an early casualty in his team’s pursuit of 272 against Manly-Warringah, with St George being dismissed for 165 in their chase.