COUNTRY CRICKET

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33433, 15 January 1974, Page 4

COUNTRY CRICKET

ELLESMERE t Soutlibridge 198 iW Abbott 55 J not out C. Smith 49, C. Me- 2 Millan 41; T. Lay 5/62, E. Saun- J tiers 3/391. Irwell 42/2 (G. Doakil 36 not outi. J Dunsande) 195 (J. de Ruiter 56, L. Wason 36; W. Scott 5/59, W. s Jones 5/641. Lincoln 103/1 (M. i Bayliss 43 not out, R. Kerr 41 it not out). i 1 Tai Tapu 118 (C. Hight 27, I. 3 Minson 20; L. Nairn 4/27, KJt Chamberlain 3/25) Leeston 102! tC. Taylor 32, B. Ridgen 24 not I out; T. McCartney 4/23, F. West- P erby 3/21). ;t Weedons 102 (J. Meyer 43; G.if Jackson 6/40. I. Kacisolomone |4 2/30. S. Dutton 2/4), Burnham !3 226/5 declaied (I. Kacisolomone 62. G. Jackson 58. R. Pope 55 I not out; B. Chatterton 2/44). 5 BANKS PENINSULA Le Bons 258/8 IG. de Latour 23. P. McKat 24. R. Inwood 28,1J D. Masefield 56. M. Johnson 39. I t

C. McKay 37 not out: R. Tainui ; 3/75. T. Tainui 3/62) beat Akaroa' 257 (T. Rhodes 49, D. Bryant 103,; J. Masefield 21, P. Langrope 39; P. McKay 3/52. R. Inwood 4/58. M. Johnson 2/11). Wainui 259 (T. Rose 94. D. Mar-'I shall 54. E. Marshall 49. T. Hutch- ! I inson 20; C. Stanbury 5/86, G.;| Robinson 3/13) beat Little River! 103 (G. Robinson 25; E. Marshall 11 3/33, J. Hutchinson 2/11; JJI Palmer 3/18), !■ Diamond Harbour 132/7 (S. i. Blakely . 22. J. Blakely 68; W.! l Newton 4/34) and 36/1 beat Kai- < tuna 61 (P. Blakely 4/24. G. Cow- , per 6/30) and 102 (P. Blakely " 4/11. G. Cowper 2/7, S. Blakely J 3/48) outright. J Points: Diamond Harbour 78. . Kaituna 70. Le Bons 64, Akaroa•' 52. Wainui 42 Little River 30. ■ 1 MALVERN Sheffield 212 iP. Jenkin 41. A.) 1 Jenkin 30 N. Wright 29. B. ( Hawkins 20; T. Walt 5/65. A.;, Wall 2/20) beat Darfield 85 (M.;* Drew 39; T. Jenkins 5/11, D. ' Deans 2/6. M. Clark 2/35). !i Kirwee 121 (A. Wall 43. G. Lee!] 33 not out; C. Chapman 4/34,1, P. Pascoe 3/10. G. Ridgen 3/61) p beat Greendale 116 iG. Ridgen,( 20; A. Wall 4/22. M. Beecroft 2/19. G. Lee 2/23). South Malvern a bye. ASHLEY Ohoka had an upset win, scor- 1 ing a first innings win on bonus I points against the competition < leader. Rangiora. Fernside < moved up to share the lead with Rangiora after beating Carleton 1 for a total of 13 points. ; Points are:—Rangiora 53, Fern- < side 53. Kaiapoi 49. Oxford 34, 1 Ohoka 27. Woodend 22, Carleton ' 21. j HURUNUI Kaikoura has virtually won the -: Hurunui championship, having . gained an 18-point lead on the I title-holder, Waiau. t Kaikoura 200/9 dec. (G. , Eggleston 43. G. Ormandy 31, B. . Dunbar 95. C. Anderson 23 not i out) beat Scargill 164 (H. M. j Robson 60, W. Mosley 23, T. , O'Malley 21; Eggleston 3/26). 1 Kaikoura 200/9 dec. (M. 1 Davies 63, D. Tilson 63. J. Murray 35; J. Thomson 6/55) beat United 110 IP. Rutherford 70; D. McKenzie 4/48. P. Mowatt 3/24, i Tilson 3/30) and 49 (Mowatt 7/24). I t Tennis.—l. Tiriac (Rumania) J won the men’s singles title at I the eighth African tennis cham- ; pionships at Abidjan with a 7-5, : 6-1 victory over G. Goven (France) 1