West Surprises In Women’s Softball

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32117, 13 October 1969, Page 18

West Surprises In Women’s Softball

Th« Canterbury women’s softball season opened on Saturday, with the senior teams producing a higher standard than at the beginning of last season. Monowai B seemed to be the most unproved side and last year’s second place-getters. Christchurch West, was well held until the last tamings when a home run by G. Bowyer kept the game safe for West. In its game with S preyd on, Monowai A’s stronger batting was the deciding factor. Christchurch West t, Monowai B S G. Patterson, after being , walked on to first base, stole i. to second and scored on a bad , return for the only run for West in its first innings. G. Dann Mt out to open the second and after stealing to sec- , ond base scored on errors. , Three up and three down after the third innings, West scored two runs in the fourth when M. S meat on scored on a sacrifice by G. Dann and S. Lynch came home on a hit by p. Hollands. Errors allowed L. Cameron to score the only run in West’s fifth innings. Scoreless in the sixth West entered the final < leading by one run. J. Patter- j son hit out and a fine home run by G. Bowyer brought in 1 two runs. 1 After scoring one run in the i first inningk, Monowai B was | scoreless in the next two. Huh- j ever in the fourth a bard drive <

by H. Teague brought three runners home to tie the game. However, Monowai was trailing by four in its last innings and the best it could do was a stogie. Monowai A 10. Spreydon 2 Monowai A began strongly, good hits from B. Makinson and B. Turbott scoring two runs. After a scoreless second. Mak* inson gained a run on the third while M. Eaton, with good base-running, opened the scoring in the fourth. In the fifth J. Lee brought three home while Eaton also hit out well. J. Baker, who made one run, was the only Spreydon batter to make base safely in the first three innings while H. Tobeck scored on errors in the fourth. Second Grade results were:— Monowai A 20, Kaiapof A 4; Wigram 32. Templeton 4; Monowai B 7, Marathon 0.