The Pies won outright at Oxley Oval, after a strong bowling performance over both days.

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They restricted Macquarie to just 114 on day one, and 102 on day two.

Craig McElroy took 11 wickets for the match, as the Pies required just two bowlers in the second innings.

McElroy claimed 6-54, while Jason Herdegen took 4-47. They each bowled eight overs.

The Magpies scored 171 their first innings. They polished off the 47-run deficit in the second with eight wickets left in the shed.

It was an entertaining two days of cricket, with Chris Cole playing a central part on the first day.

Cole played a short but powerful innings at the top of the Magpies order.

But while it provided some great moments for those watching, the Macquarie fieldsmen wouldn’t have enjoyed the cameo.

If the sight of Cole strolling out to face the quicks without a helmet on didn’t infuriate Brendan Badenoch, the towering, straight six off the last ball of the first over would have gone a long way towards it.

Cole swiped at a few outswingers, and just as it looked as if the first over would be a maiden, he launched one that hit halfway up one of the pine trees at the southern end of the ground.

Badenoch had his revenge in the next over though, hitting Cole in the head with a vicious bouncer. The Macquarie players went up for a catch - it appeared as though the ball had come off the bat, such was the speed it flew into the slips cordon - but it was soon obvious it had struck Cole’s forehead.

He slapped another couple of sixes before retiring, thanks to seeing dots after being hit. 

Phil McVicar joined Herdegen and McElroy to star on the second day.

He took a screamer in the outfield, reeling the ball in with one hand to ensure he’d remember the 2012-13 grand final for a long time to come.

His captain, Craig Grant, was delighted with the win, and thrilled with the performance of his two bowlers in the second innings.

“They bowled beautiful lines, and got bowleds and LBWs, which is what you want,” he said.

“We batted well and we fielded well.”

Macquarie captain Michael Pelley was a dejected man.

“We didn’t bat as well as we’d expected to,” he said.

“It [114] was a sub-par score.

“But full credit to them. They dug in when they needed to and they held their catches.

“We were outplayed.”