Courtesy of finishing with the minor premiership, the Bulls claimed their second premiership in three seasons at Robertson Oval on Sunday.

Lake Albert were in a good position when rained halted play in the 41^st over.

With Isaac Cooper (25) and Jacson Somerville (38) at the crease, the Bulls were 2-102 as they looked to chase down South Wagga’s total of 6-232 declared when the forecast weather intervened.

However the draw was enough for the Bulls.

While the match didn’t finish the way anyone wanted it to, Lake Albert captain Alex Smeeth was thrilled to raise the premiership cup.

“It is never a great way to end the season when you have to come off without playing a full game, but that is why you finish minor premiers,” Smeeth said.

“If this situation happens you come out on top as you deserve to throughout the whole season.”

After winning the toss and sending the Blues in on Saturday, Smeeth was pleased with how his side got back into the contest after a strong start by South Wagga.

Despite losing Chase Macintosh (3) early, Marc Sheppard (65) and Brayden Ambler (69) had the Blues up and firing.

They put on 101 before Cooper made his presence felt.

Snaring Sheppard leg before wicket was the first of four wickets for the spinner as part of his man of the match performance.

Luke Gerhard (49 not out) continued South Wagga’s flourish, but despite an early declaration it wasn’t to be as they slipped to their fourth grand final loss in five seasons.

Smeeth had only won one toss this season, but thought this one was really important.

“We felt like bowling would give us the best option to get this result in the game,” he said.

“We think they probably would have bowled as well so with a bit of rain around we felt like it was going to give us more control of the game and ultimately that is what happened.”

It means Smeeth, who claimed the other two South Wagga wickets, departs a winner.

The Englishman joined the club following their drought-breaking success in the 2015-16 season and took over the captaincy this season.

“It is a nice way to leave Wagga and to leave the Lake Albert Cricket Club,” he said.

“They have been really good to me and now I’m looking forward to getting stuck into some cricket in Newcastle and wish Lake Albert and Wagga cricket all the best next season.”