Sport results round-up

The final competition standings for Melbourne Grammar’s First teams in 2019 were:

  • Athletics – 2nd
  • Badminton – 8th
  • Basketball – 2nd
  • Cricket – 2nd
  • Cross Country – 6th
  • Football – 4th
  • Futsal – 5th
  • Hockey – 8th
  • Rowing – 3rd
  • Rugby – 4th
  • Snowsports – 2nd
  • Soccer – 4th
  • Swimming + Diving – 4th
  • Table Tennis – 5th
  • Tennis – 5th
  • Touch – 5th
  • Volleyball – 7th
  • Water Polo – 6th

Highlights included:

The First V Basketball team has had its most successful year for some time placing 2nd in the Winter competition.

Four Schools were in contention for the Cricket premiership heading into the final round this year. The result was determined in the final hour of the last round, involving the results from three games.  Ultimately Scotch College were the eventual premiers by one point ahead of Melbourne Grammar. A special mention must be made of the First XI Captain, Max Stevenson, who made 633 runs at an average of 90.4 which was the highest in the APS competition. When all games are included for the season, Max made 1121 runs at an average of 74.7 which is an outstanding effort.

Although the Snow sports team placed 2nd in the Victorian Interschools Snowsports Championships, the final points tally of 190 was more than 100 ahead of their nearest rival, and only 10 points behind the championship team. The School was the champion Cross Country school. The Melbourne Grammar team placed third in the Australian Interschools Snowsports Championships.

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