Harrison’s innings of 127 from only 126 deliveries featured 19 boundaries and a six, in just over two hours of sublime stroke play from the classy left-hander.

The man of the moment said despite the less than ideal weather, the strip and the conditions did not adversely affect his shot selection as he piled on the pain for the Diggers bowlers.

“It (the pitch) was playing pretty good,

actually. Last week there were 11 wickets lost in the day and I thought it wasn’t that great,” Harrison said.

“And this week we only had about three fall all day. There were a couple of spots where it would jump at you, but if you hit it into the gap it was easily four.”

The match-winning century is the first for Harrison in the Griffith competition, with the hero of Exies admitting he will remember it for a long time to come.

But Harrison wasn’t the only Exies playing to fill his boots on Saturday, with club veteran Peter Davis also having an excellent day, with 85no.

Like his counterpart, Davis wasn’t keen to just hold up an end smashing 14 boundaries and a six in his better-than-a-run-a-ball knock.

Between them, Davis and Harrison scored 155 runs for the fourth wicket and put them in a prime position to claim outright points.

Harrison said his side was keen to push on for maximum points despite the weather closing in and time running out.

“After we passed them, it was about half an hour before tea and we decided to go for it (outright points) and so we put on the 100 and sent them back in,” he said.

“But it didn’t work out in the end, I don’t think our bowlers put it where they had to make them play. Anything outside of off stump they would leave alone.”

But despite the ultimate plan not coming off for Exies, the win sounds a growing warning to other clubs in the competition.

Earlier in the day after resuming at 1-45 from the first day’s play, Exies were quickly down another man when opener Derek Forner retired hurt on 16.

That brought Justin Winkler to the crease, but the youngster had trouble acclimatising to the bounce, at one stage being struck hard on the helmet.

But when Glen Faganello (1-46) claimed Winkler, the Davis and Harrison show really clicked into gear.

After declaring at 4-275, Diggers went back in to avoid an Exies’ clean sweep, with only Brian Henderson (1-31) able to break through as Diggers hung on for just a first innings loss.