Mitchell in front
The Burnside-West captain, John Mitchell, heads the batting aggregates in the senior cricket championship. after five rounds. Although twice run out in the most recent round. Mitchell took his tally to 333, seven runs ahead of David Stead, the Riccarton captain. Other batsmen who have passed 250 runs this season are Tony Collins (320), Brian Hastings (318), John Larter (282), John Calder (274), Bevan Congdon (273), Lindsay Thorn (258) and Cran Bull (254). Congdon (54.6) heads the batting averages from Murray Mowat (52.7), Collins (45,7), Peter Coman (37.8), • Keith Thomson (36.4), Bull l (36.3) and Neil Francis (36.3) A clear leader in the , bowling aggregates is Stephen Boock. who has taken 27. He is followed bv Jan 1
Wilson (22), Bill Aldridge | (21) Steven Bateman (20) j Bruce Irving (18). Wayne ! Wilson and Alan Hounsell | (each 17). Allan Nuttall heads the ; averages with 11.7, fol- ' lowed by Joe Harrison j (12.2) lan Wilson (12.4), I Boock (13.4), Jim Lovell- ! Smith (13.8), Trevor Luke (14.2) and Aldridge (14.8). Bateman has taken most ! catches in the field, eight. David Stead and Luke each | have six. Henry Sampson, 1 with 15 dismissals, leads I the wicket-keeping table by one from the new Canterbury captain, Maurice Ryan.
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