KIRWEE’S GOOD WIN

Press, Volume CI, Issue 30007, 17 December 1962, Page 16

KIRWEE’S GOOD WIN

169 Runs In 80 Minutes Accepting a challenge to score 169 for victory at the rate of two runs a minute, Kirwee beat the second-placed Hororata XI by seven wickets in the Malvern Cricket Sub-Association’s competition on Saturday. Kirwee. 58 runs behind on the first innings, was faced with scoring 169 in 85 minutes at the start of its second innings. But, with G. Wright scoring a splendid 100 the objective was reached with five minutes to spare. The leading team. Sheffield, slumped from 134 tor four to 155 all out against South Malvern at Glentunnel. The South Malvern pair. O. and R. Stuart, batted for two hours to share a fifth-wieket partnership of 85. but the team, in its turn, collapsed and Sheffield gained an easy seven-wicket win. In South Malvern’s second innings. C. Croy (Sheffield) achieved figures of two for 7 off 15 eightball overs Greendale was well in command of its game against Darfield when events took an unexpected turn. Darfield had lost eight tor 117 in its second innings, and required 20 to avert an innings defeat. But J. Gunn and B. Johnson added 100 for the ninth wicket and turned what appeared to be a certain outright defeat into a first innings loss. Points after six rounds are: Sheffield 33, Hororata 24. Darfield 18, Kirwee 17. Greendale 14, South Malvern 10. Scores:— Kirwee 135 (J. Dysart 35, D. Cox 16. R. Stevenson 15; N. Rothwell four tor 49, L. Moore two for 18) and 169 for three wickets (G. Wright 100, J. Dysart 23, D. Gunn 35; N. Rothwell two for 85) beat Hororata 193 and 111 for eight wickets declared (D. McLeod 26. P Blakely 39. A. Clucas 20: D. Gunn four tor 38, R. Churton two tor 29) outright. Greendale 292 for nine wickets declared (J. Adams 65. G. Ridgen 53. C. Adams 42. F. Adams 38. K. Shipley 34; B. Johnson three for 76. M. Frew three for 44) and 31 for three wickets (J. Gunn two for 6) beat Darfield 155 and 244 (J. Gunn 77, B. Johnson 43, R. Gunn 26. A. Cornish 24; G. Ridgen six for 89. A. Adams three for 50) on the first innings. Sheffield 155 (N. Wright 40. A Wright 58: O. Stuart five for 49. G. Nimmo three for 61) and 46 for three wickets (N. Wright 28 not out) beat South Malvern 78 1 17 <P- Stuart 50, R. Stuart 33. G. Nimmo 16; D. Lawless three for 12. O. Clark three for 47, C. Croy two for 7. A. Wright two tor 20) outright.