West-University Gains Its Second Win
Another outstanding performance by R. C. Motz, who on Saturday took seven wickets for 65 against East-Shirley, gained his side a 10-wicket victory and took it to second place in the senior cricket championship after the first two rounds.
Motz’s figures of 15 for 115 were the best returned in senior cricket since R. H. Scott took 15 wickets against Technical Old Boys in the 1946-47 season. The record for the most number of wickets taken in a i senior match is 17 hy ‘ R. J. Read in 1917-18.
for St Albans and another young batsman, R. J. Nicholl batted attractively for 76. A. C. Harrison hit a sound 84 for Lancaster Park in its second innings, and M. D. Randle played well for 67. Scores:— Old Boys 227/8 dec. and 76/5 beat Old Collegians 174 and 128 by five wickets.
Riccarton 284 and 13/0 beat East-Shirley 135 and 160 by 10 wickets. West-University 307/9 dec. beat Sydenham 100 and 160 by an innings and 47 runs. St Albans 297 drew with Lancaster Park 184 and 209/3. Points are: West-University 20. Riccarton 15, Old Boys 11, St Albans 10, Sydenham 10. Old Collegians 1. Lancaster Park 1, East-Shirley 0.
‘ West-University became the championship leaders when it defeated Sydenham by an innings to give it maximum
points. Sydenham was out for a meagre 100 in its first innings but showed far more application in the second innings. Old Boys beat Old Collegians by five wickets after Old Collegians were dismissed for only 128 in its second innings. The only drawn match was the one between St Albans and Lancaster Park, and this dragged on to a farcical end when most of the St Albans side took a turn at bowling when Lancaster Park batted stubbornly, and at length, in , its second innings. The young West-University left arm spinner, C. M. Kirk, bowled well in Sydenham’s second innings to take five ' wickets for 56 runs, and he and Motz were the only bowlers to take five wickets in an Innings. The batting, however, was , a bit more thickly spread. J. W’. Burtt scored a neat 84 i
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31519, 6 November 1967, Page 16
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