Monowai A Shows Promising Form

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32235, 2 March 1970, Page 6

Monowai A Shows Promising Form

Monowal A, which wilt contest the New Zealand final of the senior women’s inter-club i Dustin Cup softball championship at Dunedin next week-end, showed that it is rapidly approaching top form when it beat Christchurch West, 20-13, on Saturday. The other senior women’s game was won by Monowai B after it had scored a run In the eighth innings to 'lead Spreydon. Monowai A 20, Christchurch West 13 Monowai A beat Christchurch West comfortably in spite of a seven-run batting rally by the loser in the final innings. Monowai A made light of Christchurch West’s three-run handicap by tying the scores with its first turn at bat. Good batting came' from B. Makinson, L. Leask, B. Turbott, and J. Moher. Some erratic pitching and a triple-base hit by Turbott added five more runs in the second innings. West threatened in the third and fourth innings, but could not score, in spite of good batting by S. Lynch. J. Patterson, K. Noonan and L. Cameron. A double-base hit by the former New Zealand representative, B. Makinson, scored two mare runs for Monowai A in the fifth innings. A two-base hit by. A. Borlase began the belated Christchurch West revival in the sixth innings when, two runs were scored. However, a home-run by N. Beale and another run by Leask, after a hit, kept Monqwai A w,el'l in the lead. Both teams produced strong batting rallies with their final turns at bat, Monowai A gaining eight runs from hits by Maltinson, Turbott, Beale, Leask

.and G Gray, and Christchurch 1 West seven. Patterson gaining | a home-run with bases loaded. * Monowai B 11, Spreydon 0 • By gaining the only run in « the game at the bottom of the * eighth Innings, Monowai B was * able to earn its 10-run hahdi- c cap and beat Spreydon in one f of the best displays of tight * fielding seen in senior women's ' softball this season. Both teams were often able » to get runners on to bases in ' the earlier innings, but neither ' could produce a clutch hit. The winning run was scored when S. Stead was walked, stole sec- ' f ond base, went to third base on« , a passed bal'J. and scored on a . sacrifice fly into the outfield by F. Dixon. SCHOOLGIRL ; SQUAD The following playera have ? been selected for trials on Wed » nesday for the Canterbury rep • re-sentativc junior schoolgirls' softball team to compete aganist North Otago, Otago and West Coast at Oamaru'Oh March N. Sykes, V. Searle, S._ Gib- . sori, V. Keenan. P. Cameron, E. Cameron, H. Craig, C. Adamson. K. Te Maari. W. Daniels, M Hammond, D. Garlick, K. Gar-lick,-S, Peat. R x Clark, B. Clark, . L. Clark, G. Ryan. J. Mason. J. . Millar, ; A. MacFarlane. Players selected for the. Can terbuijy representative tfMten’s 1 senior / B team to compete against Otago and North Otago : at Oamaru on March 21 are: I A. Teague, S. Stocker, R. Phil • lips, J. Mayhew. J. Lee, J. Pat ■ terson. V. Closey, J. Dann. F. Dixon, P. Hall, and M. Rhodes.