Elimination Game Has Tense Finish

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30317, 18 December 1963, Page 20

Elimination Game Has Tense Finish

The North Canterbury Minor Association won its first Hawke Cup elimination match when it beat Central Otago by 31 runs on the first innings at Rangiora yesterday. North Canterbury will now play Marlborough to decide which will challenge for the cup next

When pkagr resumed yesterday North Canterbury bad five wickets in band and needed IS runs to overtake Central Otago's first innings totei of 306 The game developed into a tense struggle. dominated by toe excellent bowling of G Harford and W Bridgman, and toe tight fielding of toe Central Otego team. However, the North Canterbury batsmen played slowly and steadily. The not-out batsmen from toe previous night, I. Sail, in partnership with R Hopkins, took the score to 185 xhen after HopUne was dismissed and A. F. Iteptey had been caught for four. Sail teemed up with A. F. Wright and they took toe score to IM. Sad was eventually out Lb w, and Wright was joined by bis follow North Canterbury selector, R Booker Booker hit strongly, forcing toe Central Otago fieldsmen further out Passed Total When North Canterbury was four runs from equalling toe Central Otago total, Harford obliged with four byes. Broker then hit a single to put) Norto Canterbury in tbe The partnership between Booker and Wright yielded 51 runs Msen they were most needed. The teem was eventually aU out for 257 Booker’s individual performance was especially notable as he had an ankle injury anu bed to have an injection to reduce the pain. la Ml second innings. Centrad Otego was ail out for I*l. In toe 70 minutes left North Canterbury made 44 for toe toes of one wicket CENTRAL OTAGO First innings .. Z 26 Second Innings C. Buttsr c A. Wright, b B. Cobden .. I

R. Long. c H. Wright, b E. R. Golden, lbw, b I. Sail ” 39 L Smith, bE. Bailev .. 9 O. Becker, st, bI. Sail .. 27 S. McKnight, not out .. 25 J. O’Connell, b A. F. Rap-

ley .. 1 L. Reid, lbw, bI. Sail .. 0 A. Morgan, b A. F. Rapley 1 W. Bridgman b A. F. Rapley .16 G. Harford, lbw, b A. F. Rapley .. ..2 Extras .. .. 12 Total .. . .~I4J Bowling —E. Bailey, 14, 4, 29 2; B. Cobden 10, 4. 28. 1; A. F Wright, 4, 1. 14, 0; A. F. Rapley, 17.5. 8. 20. 4; I. Sail. 16. 5 30. 3; R. Booker, 2, 1. 8, 0. NORTH CANTERBURY First Innings R. Farrant, b R. Golden, c A Morgan ..20 P. Mullins, b G. Harford .. 42 J. Blakely, bG. Harford .. 7 E. Bailey, run out .. 17 G. Marrin, c J. O'Connell, b G. Harford .. ..25 1. Sail, lbw b W. Bridgman 37 R. Hopkins lbw. b W. Bridgman .. 14 A. F Rapley. c R. Golden. b G. Harford .. 4 A. F Wright, c I. Smith, b R. Golden .. 35 R. Booker, b G. Harford .. 32 B. Cobden, not out .. 0 Extras .. -.24 Total .. .. 257 Bowling.—G. Harford. 37. 5. >l. 5; W. Bridgman, 31, 8, 66. 2; R. Long 4 1. 10. 0; R. Golden. 111, 5. 47. 2: C. Buttar. 5, 1. 19 I Second Innings R. Farrant, not out ~ 18 P. Mullins, c R. Long, b R. Golden .. .. 1« J. Blakely, not out .. 8 Extras .. 2 Total for one wicket .. 44 Bowling.—G. Harford. 9. 3. 20. 0: R. Golden. A 3 U 11 1: W. Bridgman. 3. 3. 0. 0; R. Long, 2, 0,3, 0; S. McKnight, 1. 0. 3 0.