Canterbury up in softball

Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34045, 8 January 1976, Page 18

Canterbury up in softball

Press Association, WELLINGTON. Canterbury loomed as ia t hreat to Auckland and ‘Wellington on the third 'day of the Rothmans ‘women’s softball championships at Johnsonville yesterday. Wellington and Auckland are the only unbeaten teams in section A, but the way Canterbury disposed of Nelson an dHawke’s Bay indicates that it will be a real danger in post-section play. Canterbury unleashed some devastating batting power in thumping Nelson, 11-3. Eleven safe hits were taken off the opposition pitching, Susannah Carroll getting three out of three, including a home run, and LynIley Watts three. : Nelson, which managed : three hits in reply, held CanI terbury t 0-0 until the top of the fourth innings, when Canterbury piled on five runs. Two more came in the fifth, but Nelson replied with one in tlie same innings to make the score 7-1. Canterbury added four in the sixth, and Nelson managed two in its last turn at bat to complete the scoring. Later in the day Canterbury outbatted Hawke’s Bay, 14 hits to three on the way to a seemingly effortless 11-0 win. Results of Canterbury games. —Section A: Canterbury 11, Nelson 3: Canterbury 8, Hawke’s Bay 1. Points: .Auckland 12. Wellington 12. Canterbury 8, Nelson 6. Counties 4. Hutt Valley 4, Hawke’s Bav 2, Waikato 6. Section C: Canterbury B 4, Wellington B 16; Canterbury B 7, Midlands B 0. Points: Wairarapa 10,

Wellington B 10, Auckland R 10, < ounties B 6. Ca iterburj B 6. Hawke’s Bay B 4, Butt Valley B 2. Midlands B 0.