Women’s Softball Christchurch Narrowly Defeats Hagley

Press, Volume C, Issue 29657, 30 October 1961, Page 10

Women’s Softball Christchurch Narrowly Defeats Hagley

In the second-round games in the Canterbury Softball Association's senior women's championship Christchurch came from behind in the last tew Innings to beat Hagley in a thrilling game. Kaiapol beat Monowal B and Monowal A beat Teachers' College. Results:— Christchurch 6, Bagley 5. Kaiapol 7, Monowal B 4. Monowal A 21, Teachers* Collate 6. Christchurch v. Hatley Both teams failed to score In the first two innings due to sound fielding. Including a good double play between J, Tlmmi and T. Tuhou, of Hagley. J. Irving began the third well tor Hagley with a good hit, advancing on errors and a fielder’s choice to score. She was followed home by C. Mullally after a hit by L. Honeyman and some good base running. Christchurch’s L. Parish, after a walk, advanced on a hit by C. McCormick and scored on a hard line drive by H. Johnson. Christchurch could not add to this run and was held with two runners on. Strong batting by J. Timms. M. Gaskell and T. Tuhou (Hagley) produced a run In the next innings, but a good double play between H. Johnson and J. Hobbs held a threatening situation in check. Christchurch was three up, three down to good fielding. Hagley failed in the next and succumbed to a barrage of strong batting by Christchurch allowing it to go into the lead for the first time In the game. Hagley three up. three down, held Christchurch scoreless in the sixth. Trailing bv two runs in its last innings, Hagley saw T. Tuhou make first on an error and go to second on a sacrifice bunt by J. Gaskell. She stole third and scored on a good drive by C. Mullally. who subsequently stole to third and scared on an error to tie the game. The next two batten were well caught. In It# last Innings, Christchurch, requiring one to win. had J. Philips to first base on A two-base hit by L. Penney advanced her to third and she scored on a bit by J. Hobbs to win the game with two batters in hand. C. McCormick batted well for Christchurch, gaining four safe hits out of four times to bat. Box score:— Christchurch: 6010401 8 Hagley: 0021002 .. 5 Katapei V. Monowal B With two Kaiapoi runners on bases, J. Power hit the ball deep to the outfield for a threebase hit bringing home both

F. Mell wrick and 3. Klmbar. Monowal B's J. French, who, after being walked to first, ran the baaeg well to acore and ahe was followed home by R. Fisher. Kaiapol was three up, three down in the next Innings, and Monowal B failed to score with runners. M. Hopkins (Kaiapcl) after hitting on in the next advanced on fielder's choices and a passed ball to home base, and she was followed home by J. Kimber. Monowal B's inninffs was Bcorelesi; Idonowai B, with good catches by B. Hobbs and C. Brown, and safe fielding, held Kaiapol three up. three down, in the next two innings, and. with good hits by C. Roach and J. French, managed one run In its corresponding Innings. Kaiapol'* sixth innings brought two run* on errors and Monowal B'« ’only run came from C. Roach, who. after a three-base hit scored on » passed ball. Kaiapoi was out to three catches In its last innings and Monowal B trailing by three runs, was held scoreless. J. French pitched well for Monowal B, gaining three strike out*. She gave up two hits and conceded two walks: Box score:— Kaiapoi: 3920086 .. 7 Monowal B: 10 010 10.. 4 Monowal A v. Teachers’

College A walk allowed Teachers' College’s only batter to first tn the first innings and Monowal A, with strong batting, including a three-base hit bv J. Batle and two-base hits bv L. Alston and L. Leask, scored 11 run*. Teachers’ College, facing a new pitcher, L. Alston having replaced B. Makinaon. forced Monowal A into fielding errors to score two runs and in reply Monowal failed to score.

Good hits bv Y. Hunter and L. Dealer enabled Teachers' College to acore three runs in the sixth Inning*. Monowal A. with a three-bare hit by A. Hapuka and a two-bare hit by J Batle. •«aar« l &rc«.Ts innings, had H. Power home on an firror. Monowal A did not require it* last innings and won 81-6 Monowal As pitchers, B. Maktnson and L. Alston pitched well, giving up one and two hits respectively. B. Maklnaon gainec Lower Grade Remits Intermediate Wonrem—Christchurch 17, Sockburn 8; Teachers' College 24, Monosral 20: Vanguards M, United 6: Spreydon It. West Old Giris lx Junior Women—West Old Girls 22, Kaiapol 9,