Knock-out finalists

Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33154, 19 February 1973, Page 15

Knock-out finalists

Burnside - West - University, after staging a late recovery, and Riccarton, comfortably, qualified to meet in the final of the A.N.Z. Bank knock-out cricket competition.

Burnside-West gained early wickets at Ham yesterday, and Suburban never really recovered. After 20 overs it was 61 for four and was finally dismissed on the final ball of the fortieth over for 130.

But the combined team slumped from 49 for two after 20 overs to 106 for eight after 35. However, D. G. Trist and P. A. Sharp, unnerved by the situation, steered their team to victory with two overs to spare. Against tight Riccarton bowling, Ashburton found runs hard to acquire at Hagley Oval, and only when P. E. Wallace and W. J. Bell were batting together did the visitors look likely to amass a big total. Apart from D. W. Stead who was dismissed for seven, the remaining Riccarton batsmen all contributed useful scores as the team methodically moved towards victory. The winning runs came in the thirty-fifth over when B. P. Isherwood ’ofted a drive to the boundary. Championship

Riccarton 164/5 (F. M. Madrussan 35 not out, P. G. D’Auvergne 26, L. D. Thorn 26, G. A. Miller 24; B. C. Sampson 2/15, B. V. Sampson 2/31L beat Ashburton 163/9 (P. E. Wallace 35, W J. Bell 33; D. W. Stead 2/26, J. W. Kiddey 4/23).

Burnside-West-University 132/8 (M. A. Fisher 23, B. Bhana 23, D. G. Trist 43 not out; J. Forde 2/24, R. Wilson 2/18) beat Suburban 130 (M. Willis 23, N. Davidson 25; C. M. Kirk 3/12, P. A. Sharp 3/31, B. Bhana 2/37).

Supporters’ Club 162/8 (P. G. Z. Harris 81 not out; G. Ellis 3/15, M. Hurrell 2/26, R. Gatehouse 2/23) beat Hagley Old Boys 159 (K. Andrews 50, D. Andrews 32, W. Gilray 22; R. Hinton 2/22, Harris 2/18, S. C. Guillen 2/29).

High School Old Boys 197/5 (J. H. Christensen 45, M. J. Hadlee !44, M. J. Mowatt 37; B. J. Salt 3/38) beat Sydenham 141 (W T . A. Thomson 47; M. Hadlee 3/16, B. 'G. Hadlee 2/40).