Opening day of the 2000-01 Sydney Cricket Association Limited-Overs Competition saw three century-makers in action.

Mathew Daykin scored 113 in the only 300-plus total of the day as Northern District reached 5/312 before claiming victory over Fairfield by 88 runs. Musmal Khawaja scored 108 for Petersham in their loss to Campbelltown, while NSW opener Greg Mail delivered 112 runs for Balmain in their victory over Sydney University.

Most successful bowler of the day was Eastern Suburbs' Greg Matthews, who took 4/21 from his ten overs as his side claimed an 18-run victory over Penrith.

Rodney Davison capped off an outstanding weekend with the bat. Following his 168 not out in his first grade game on Saturday, the left-handed opener scored 85 in a losing cause as Sydney Uni failed by four runs to overhaul Balmain's total of 223.

It was a good day for Parramatta wicketkeeper Kristian Griffiths-Jones, who took three stumpings as well as one catch as part of a 60-run victory over Uni of NSW.

Western Suburbs and Campbelltown both scored victories in the final possible over of the game.

Round two of the limited-overs competition will be held on Saturday October 21, and will double up as round two of the first grade premiership.

Results of today's round one matches:

Richmond: Hawkesbury 169 (46.4 overs), North Sydney 6/170 (43.5 overs) (D Taylor 60*; D Allen 3/44). North Sydney won by four wickets.

Waitara: Northern District 5/312 (50 overs) (M Daykin 113, A Sainsbury 47, A O'Brien 49*; D Nash 3/47), Fairfield 224 (38.3 overs) (S Pope 69; S Whelan 3/20). Northern District won by 88 runs.

Merrylands: Parramatta 5/242 (50 overs) (J Aitken 83, R Aitken 68*), University of NSW 182 (47.3 overs) (M Slater 69; M Wood 3/30). Parramatta won by 60 runs.

Bankstown: Bankstown 5/250 (50 overs) (P Maraziotis 88*, M Betsey 66), Western Suburbs 8/252 (49.3 overs) (A Sargeant 55*; G Trevena 3/53, K Hall 3/31). Western Suburbs won by two wickets.

Killara: Mosman 8/272 (50 overs) (B Clemow 57), Gordon 175 (44.1 overs). Mosman won by 97 runs.

Penrith: Eastern Suburbs 7/219 (50 overs) (K Geyer 3/49), Penrith 201 (48.1 overs) (D Taylor 54; G Matthews 4/21). Eastern Suburbs won by 18 runs.

Petersham: Petersham 5/250 (50 overs) (M Khawaja 108, C Karantz 53), Campbelltown 8/251 (49.2 overs) (A Sutherland 69, A Preo 54; R Smith 3/49). Campbelltown won by two wickets.

Coogee: Randwick 5/160 (50 overs) (D Parmenter 66*), Manly 4/162 (45.1 overs) (J Moss 65). Manly won by four wickets.

Hurstville: Sutherland 184 (44.2 overs) (D McLauchlan 72; C Jones 3/29, P Wooden 3/27), St George 185/5 (42.3 overs). St George won by five wickets.

Drummoyne: Balmain 6/223 (50 overs) (G Mail 112, B Schutz 63; J Stewart 3/43), Sydney University 6/220 (50 overs) (R Davison 85, S Stanton 61). Balmain won by 3 runs.

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