Auckland Inflicts 10-0 Defeat On Canterbury

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30946, 30 December 1965, Page 11

Auckland Inflicts 10-0 Defeat On Canterbury

(New Zealand Press Association)

AUCKLAND.

Auckland continued on its big-hitting way with two wins of 10 or more runs during the third day of the national women s softball tournament at Auckland yesterday. It beat Manawatu, 13-2, and then Canterbury, 10-0, in five innings.

With five rounds played in the Bensel Cup, Auckland is the only undefeated team. Hawke’s Bay has one loss and Wellington and Canterbury two each.

Canterbury gave a good display in the field against Otago in the morning, when it scored a 3-0 win. Good backing was given to the excellent pitching of B. Makinson, who had five strikeouts and conceded only four hits. The best Otago could do was to get one runner to third base. Canterbury’s runs came

from K. McCormick, I. Jones and E. Law.

The powerful hitting of the Auckland team was the winning factor in the afternoon’s game. Auckland opened its scoring with two runs in the first innings on a dropped catch, and then in the fifth innings added eight more runs.

Bensel Cup.—Canterbury 3, Otago 0; Hawke’s Bay «, Waikato 5: Auckland 13, Manawatu 2; Wellington 25, Hutt Valley 2. Auckland 10, Canterbury 0: Hawke's Bay 21, Hutt Valley 3; Otago 11, Manawatu 4; Wellington 5. Waikato 4.

Senior B.—Waikato 5. Wellington 1; Tauranga 7, Auckland 2: Southern King Country 16, Hutt Valley 5; Otago 8, Southland 7; Auckland 10, Waikato 7; Tauranga 11. Wellington 1: Otago 14, Hutt Valley 4: Southern King Country 12. Southland 3.