A SWASHBUCKLING century from Aaron Maxwell delivered Wagga City a big win over Lake Albert on Saturday.

Maxwell scored a ball-a-minute 124 to set up an insurmountable target of 253.

His innings featured 11 fours and two sixes and came off 99 balls.

He and Wagga City captain-coach Jon Nicoll combined for a 182-run partnership, before Nicoll departed for 66.

Nicoll said he had the "best seat in the house", standing at the other end of the pitch.

"Aaron was outstanding," Nicoll said.

"He smashed the eye out of it and played to his full potential, which was fantastic as he's put in a lot of hard work over the last 12-18 months and it's starting to come through.

"He just took the game away from them."

Wagga City were in a bit of early trouble when Maxwell and Nicoll came to the crease, losing openers Craig Footman and Craig Collinson with 11 runs on the board.

However, the Cats were able to regroup with Maxwell and Nicoll dominating in the middle.

"Two lose a couple of wickets early then to build a really good partnership is vital so it was the other pleasing aspect of the day," Nicoll said.

"In saying that they had a couple of injuries and a couple of their guys went down which didn't help their cause."

Lake Albert used 10 bowlers as they looked to find the solution for the dominance of Maxwell and Nicoll, with Matt Tom taking 3-22, including the wicket of Maxwell.

In response, an injury-hampered Kurt Robertson was the only Bulls batsman to offer any resistance.

Batting at three, he scored 39 but couldn't find a consistent partner.

He was the seventh wicket to fall, but Lake Albert was bundled out for 105 - less than Maxwell's individual effort.

Nicoll did the damage with the ball, ending with figures of 4-28 off eight overs, while youngsters Brad Yeomans and Dan Rafter both collected their first first grade dismissals.

Yeomans opened alongside Dean Crane and sent Jordan Neill packing for a duck in the second over.

While in his first game Rafter came on late, taking the final wicket of Sean Gaynor (19).

With the younger brigade coming through, Nicoll believes it shows a stronger future for the Cats.

"It's good to see the young blokes coming through our system which is really important," he said.

"Second grade had a good win, and they are full of young kids, so it builds for the future as well."

Wagga City will tackle Wagga RSL next Saturday, in a meeting of the only two undefeated teams in the competition.