Hutt Valley Beatty Cup players unbeaten

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33730, 31 December 1974, Page 3

Hutt Valley Beatty Cup players unbeaten

(N.Z. Press Association) HASTINGS. After a 6-2 defeat of Hawke’s Bay, Hutt Valley has a virtually unassailable lead in the Beatty Cup national men’s softball competition at Hastings. Hutt, the joint cup holder, ' has not been beaten in sec- | tion play. Yesterday, Hutt beat Canterbury, 4-3, in the morning. It then overwhelmed the ! weary Hawke’s Bay side , which had lost, 1-2, to Wai- , kato, in a 10-innings momi ing match. > The Hutt Valley match > against Canterbury went into I an extfa innings — the fourth such match in which Hutt

has played. Wayne Baldwin scored the winning run. Hutt Valley now has the maximum 18 points from nine games, followed by Wellington with 12 and Auckland with 10. Hutt has only three more games to play. In the Headifen Memorial section, Manawatu suffered its first loss of the tournament when it was beaten, 4-2, by Southland. Results:— Beatty Cup.—Hutt Valley 4, Canterbury 3; Auckland 2, Wellington 0; Waikato 2, Hawke’s Bay 1; Wellington 4. Canterbury 0; Auckland 3, Waikato 2; Hutt Valley 6, Hawke’s Bay 2. Headifen Memorial Trophy — Otago 3, Nelson 1; Counties 3, Wanganui 1; Manawatu 6, Otago 1; Southland 9. Combined Services 5; Wanganui 3. Nelson 2; Counties 5, Combined Services 0. Ed Barr Cup.—Bay of Plenty 3, Whangarel 2; Midlands 5, Poverty ; Bay 3; Horowhenua 4, South Can-

terbury 1; Bay of Plenty 6, North Shore 5; Whangarel 9, Horowhenua 2; South Canterbury 6, ■ Midlands 5; Poverty Bay 8, i North Shore 0.