 Even more incredibly, the following week in reply LCC made 6/545 to win the game by 4 wickets, and club legend Richard 'Joey' Bennett retired with a club record 8640 runs to his name.The following Grand Final between LCC and Riverside Cricket Club proved to match the previous years when on the last day, Riverside were cruising to a comfortable victory until the last hour of the match when LCC took six wickets, including two in the second last over from 16-year-old Xavier Doherty to win the game

In 1999, Australian cricket legend David Boon played his last ever match for Launceston CC, and the following year 4 LCC players were named in the NTCA "team of the century".NTCA Premierships