October 25, 2025
Cricketing history was made in the South Burnett this month with a brand new team entering the Senior Competition.
The Saints, as their name implies, includes players and ex-players of the South Burnett Saints Australian Rules team and they play in the Saints’ red, black and white colours.
Four of the team members of the cricketing Saints were also members of the inaugural Saints AFC club: Troy Miller, Brad Edwards, Nathan Trace and Josh Miller.
Troy told southburnett.com.au the friends decided to get a cricketing team together for the South Burnett competition after learning Tingoora intended to play in the Dalby competition this season.
The Saints began their 2025-26 journey in winning style, notching up victories in Rounds 1 and 2 of the South Burnett competition, downing Wooroolin Warriors and Nanango Scorpions.
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Goodchild Shield
South Burnett Bush Pigs secured an easy victory over Gympie in Round 1 of the Goodchild Shield competition, played at Keith Manthey Oval in Gympie on October 19.
The annual four-team competition pits the best cricketers in the South Burnett, Gympie, Bundaberg and the Fraser Coast against each other in one-day matches.
South Burnett won the toss and elected to bowl.
The decision paid off, with Gympie all out for just 63 runs in the 23rd over.
Tom Patton (4/14 off 7.5 overs, including four maidens), Kyron Tunstall (4/29 off 10), Tom Carney (1/1 off 1) and Luke Smith (1/19 off 4) did the damage.
The South Burnett took 11.5 overs to overtake the total for the loss of two wickets.
Opener Harry Sippel did most of the work, hitting 38 runs off 34 balls before being caught out.
Fletcher Brown (not out 11) and Lawson Black (not out 8) added the extras.
Round 2 of the Goodchild Shield will be played on November 2, with the South Burnett due to face Bundaberg.
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Results – October 11
South Burnett Senior Competition
Round 1:
- Saints (6/205) def. Wooroolin Warriors (all out 160) at Lyle Vidler Oval, Kingaroy
- Murgon Diggers (2/157) def. Wondai Wolves (9/155) at Wondai Cricket Ground
- Kingaroy Services (4/88) def. Nanango Scorpions (8/84) at Taabinga State School Oval
Gympie A Grade Competition
Day 2 of Round 2 of the Two-Day competition:
- Harlequins (7-d/264) def. Murgon Crusaders (8-d/226 & 9/121) at Murgon Sportsground
- Wooroolin Warriors (8-d/226 & 9/121) def. Gympie Royals (all out 145 & 2/93) at Jack Ison Oval, Gympie
Dalby Competition
Round 1:
- Tingoora Vikings v Criterions at Dalby (no result available)
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Results – October 18
South Burnett Junior Competition
Stage 2 Round 1:
- Kingaroy Kookaburras (175) def. Kingaroy Cobras (116) at Taabinga State School
- Nanango Purple 1 (139) def. Murgon (106) at the River Road Oval, Kingaroy
Stage 3 Round 1:
- Murgon (5/92) def. Kingaroy U16 Mixed (9/59) at Lyle Vidler Oval, Kingaroy
Murgon innings: Jack Schulz (17), Thomas Sippel (not out 13), Riley Schulz (ret. 14); Mitchell Stretton (1/9 off 3 overs), Alex Lloyd (1/11 off 2)
Kingaroy innings: Mitchell Stretton (not out 13), Alex Lloyd (10); Ethan Vanderkolk (2/8 off 2), Thomas Sippel (2/5 off 1.1), Andrè Dorfling (1/2 off 2)
South Burnett Senior Competition
Round 2:
- Saints (4/114) def. Nanango Scorpions (all out 110) at Alan Downie Sports Fields, Nanango
- Murgon Diggers (all out 171) def. Kingaroy Services (all out 155) at Murgon Sportsgrounds
- Wooroolin Warriors (4/112) def. Wondai Wolves (9/110) at Lyle Vidler Oval, Kingaroy
Gympie A Grade Competition
At stumps on Day 1 of Round 3 of the Two-Day competition:
- Valleys (2/22) v Wooroolin Warriors (all out 256) at Jack Ison Oval, Gympie
- Gympie Colts (all out 190) v Murgon Crusaders (6/146) at Kozminsky Oval, Gympie
Dalby Competition
Round 2:
- Tingoora Vikings v Boundary Warriors at Dalby (no result available)
