The addition of Graeme McCarter to the St Johnston ranks meant the Donegal side gave as good as they got throughout the year, winning six and losing seven of their Premiership matches.

Jack Macbeth led the run charts with 643 at 30.62, making two hundreds - his 162 not out the highest senior score at the Boathole - and two fifties.

McCarter made 617 at 28.05 (1 hundred, 1 fifty), while David Lapsley hit 528 at 27.79 - with four fifties and five ducks!

Michael Rankin was the other centurion on his way to 416 at 23.11, while David Macbeth chipped in with 354 at 22.75 (2 fifties).

Skipper David Anthony also contributed some valuable late order knocks in making 296 at 22.77 - 26 sixes helping to a strike/rate of 129.26.

The bowling was topped by McCarter's 33 wickets at 15.73 inclusing their only five wicket haul.

Also passing the 20 wicket marker were David Anthony with 22 scalps at 20.05, and Michael Rankin 20 at 20.10.

Others making double figures were Nathan Cole (17). Dawid Barnard (15), Jacob Maroske (12). Ian Macbeth (11), and Scott Devenney (10).

There's no doubt St Johnston will be among the main contenders in the 2024 Championship, and it wouldn't be too surprising if they make an instant Premiership return. 

TOP RUNS

# Name Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s
1 J Macbeth 22 22 1 643 162* 30.62 703 91.47 2 2 79 23
2 G McCarter 23 23 1 617 124* 28.05 618 99.84 1 1 59 34
3 D Lapsley 22 22 3 528 79* 27.79 630 83.81 - 4 53 18
4 M Rankin 19 19 1 416 118* 23.11 557 74.69 1 1 36 15
5 D Macbeth 19 18 2 364 57 22.75 515 70.68 - 2 37 3
6 D Anthony 22 18 5 296 45 22.77 229 129.26 - - 16 26
7 I Macbeth 19 19 7 197 31* 16.42 285 69.12 - - 21 5
8 N Cole 16 14 2 165 38 13.75 253 65.22 - - 21 3
9 D Reddy 14 14 - 141 35 10.07 178 79.21 - - 9 10
10 Jacob Maroske 13 9 2 69 28 9.86 152 45.39 - - 6 1
11 D Barnard 15 10 3 33 11 4.71 86 38.37 - - 2 -
12 A McElhatton 2 2 - 28 28 14.00 34 82.35 - - 2 2
13 S Devenney 20 10 3 15 4* 2.14 54 27.78 - - 1 -
14 C Coccia 4 4 2 11 9* 5.50 17 64.71 - - - 1
15 R McAuley 9 5 1 8 6 2.00 18 44.44 - - 1 -
16 J Cole 1 1 1 1 1* - 8 12.50 - - - -
17 M Barnard 1 1 1 1 1* - 7 14.29 - - - -

TOP WICKETS

# Name Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 5WI wds nbs
1 G McCarter 23 118.3 17 519 33 5-19 15.73 4.38 21.55 1 13 -
2 D Anthony 22 87.1 9 441 22 4-20 20.05 5.06 23.77 - 11 -
3 M Rankin 19 68.3 4 402 20 4-38 20.10 5.87 20.55 - 16 4
4 N Cole 16 89.3 6 492 17 3-24 28.94 5.50 31.59 - 32 -
5 D Barnard 15 38.3 4 215 15 4-53 14.33 5.58 15.40 - 17 -
6 Jacob Maroske 13 51 4 277 12 4-32 23.08 5.43 25.50 - 11 -
7 I Macbeth 19 71 3 364 11 2-21 33.09 5.13 38.73 - 25 2
8 S Devenney 20 75.4 9 426 10 3-19 42.60 5.63 45.40 - 26 -
9 D Lapsley 22 17 1 164 4 2-38 41.00 9.65 25.50 - 18 5
10 S Antony 2 3 - 27 1 1-27 27.00 9.00 18.00 - - -
11 R McAuley 9 15 - 129 1 1-20 129.00 8.60 90.00 - 4 6
12 Sam Macbeth 2 1.3 - 9 - 0-9 - 6.00 - - - -
13 J Macbeth 22 1 - 26 - 0-26 - 26.00 - - 6 1
14 D Reddy 14 4 - 35 - 0-16 - 8.75 - - 6 -