East Christchurch Strongly Placed

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31863, 16 December 1968, Page 20

East Christchurch Strongly Placed

An easy pitch and a fait outfield at Elmwood Park provided idead conditions for brisk scoring and East ChristchurchShirley and Old Collegians together scored more than 400 runs.

But for brief periods the batsmen were in command and the bowlers could extract little life from the pitch. Some good batting and hard hitting was seen: in the East ChristchurchShirley innings eight sixes were

The fast Christehurch-Shirley innings began brightly with the 50 being scored In 40 minutes. G. Tait hit two sixes in the first half-hour of the innings. There was a minor setback when three wickets fell for 17 runs but V. Pollard and then B. R. Taylor carried the scoring along. Pollard was hesitant at first

but as hi, confldanee grew hi, batting began to show authority. Strong leg-side shots characterised Taylor’s innings and towards the end there was little the bowlers could do to contain him. His Innings, made in 94 minutes, included three sixes and ten fours and, with T. R. Marshall, ha added SB rune in 54 minutes. Again T. D. Gibson bore the brunt of the Old Collegians' bowling and was the only one to command respect throughout the innings. On the unresponsive pitch B. A. Carpenter flighted the ball well and was the most successful. Old Collegigns also made runs quickly, D. S. Banks, D. A. Pickering and A. E. R. Morten all scoring freely. Umpires: Messrs L. C. Moore and A. C. Keegan.