Cricket trophy to Peninsula

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33446, 30 January 1974, Page 24

Cricket trophy to Peninsula

Banks Peninsula has convincingly won the Norman Allen i Trophy for under-23 inter-sub-association representative i cricket. Third last year. Peninsula led its closest rival. Ashlev. by 17 points when the fifth and final i round matches were played recently. Peninsula had an tinassailable lead before the last ,! ■ matches. Last year's champion, Ellesmere, was fourth. Final j ■ points:— Banks Peninsula 42. Ashlev 25,!: ; Malvern 16. Ellesmere 14, Hurunui 9. , Malvern well beaten Banks Peninsula had a good : ■ first innings win against Malvern i' in its final round match at!. J Greendale. Malvern made a reasonable!! j break-through against the Penin-11

sula batting, to 81 for four, but ! after lunch M. Johnson and T.: Turner added 200 on a fast out- i field. Twice dropped, Johnston; was 79 not out, while Turner; contributed 126. Left with ISO minutes in which! to catch the Peninsula total, Mai-1 vern started well with a part-, nership of 99 by I. Grant and C. i ■Rhodes. Then Malvern lost several wickets quickly and was all : ! out with seven overs to spare. ‘The Peninsula spinners R. Mase-. ■field and P. McKay capitalised on the pitch, which took a lot of spin later in the day, and took all the Malvern wickets. Banks Peninsula 280/6 decl. (T. ■Turner 126. R. Tainui 24, M. ! Johnston 79 n. 0.: G. Stewart 2/51. M, Beecroft 2/97/: Malvern 1431 ■|L. Grant 64, C. Rhodes 43; P. \ ! McKay 6/57, R. Masefield 4/35:. ‘