Supporters in cricket form

Press, 21 February 1978, Page 6

Supporters in cricket form

The Supporters club’s win over Suburban A. with one ball to be bowled in the last over of play, and with the last two batsmen at the crease, was the highlight of last night’s eleventh-round games in "The Press” twilight cricket competition. Suburban batted first and scored 107 runs for the loss of seven wickets in its allotment of overs. Supporters scored at just over five an over to record the win.

The Supporters batsman, Robert Walker, won the Cedarwood man-of-the-match award for his efforts in helping his team to victory with a well compiled 22. He took a wicket as well and effected three dismissals in the field, including one run out.

Other Cedarwood awards went to Brent Small (Old Boys), Richard Leggatt (Old Collegians), Paul Hammant (Riccarton), Tony Collins (Lancaster Park), and Wayne Higgins (Sydenham). Hammant won the Lion Breweries player-ofthe-week award, too, with his 38 ret. and three wickets for 10 runs against bottom placed Marist. High School Old Boys cruised to a comfortable win against the side Just one place above Marist, Suburban Colts. Old Boys made 125 for four, while Colts could only manage 59 for seven.

Dave Dempsey (Lancaster Park) cracked 29 from a lacklustre East-Shirley attack to maintain his fourth spot in the table of leading run-getters, with an overall total of 241.

He currently trails John Davies (Burnside-West. 300), Geoff Smith (St Albans, 266), and Lindsay Thorne (Riccarton, 246). After Dempsey Is his club-mate, Stuart Cameron (230). and the Burnside captain. Colin Blackman. and another Park man, Collins (both 216).

The powerful hitting of these set) japioijjed ui uauisjcq assisted Lancaster Park to its present top-of-the-table position on 158 points, 22 clear of secondplaced Burnside. Riccarton is next with 119, a single point clear of Suburban A.

Other teams, in descending order, are: St Albans 113, H. 5.0.8. 111, Old Collegians 108, Supporters 86. Sydenham 84, East-Shirley and Suburban Colts 82. Marist 81.

Leading wicket-takers in the competition are Paul McEwan (Old Collegians), with a total of

20, Dempsey, with 17, Michael Hamel (Suburban Colts,, with 16, and Ken Ferries, who was out with a broken bone in his hand, with 14. Paul Welsh (Suburban Colts), Paul Fitzsimmons (Riccarton), Mike Bradley (Marist) and Brian Galt (Supporters) are all level with 13 wickets in fifth spot. Results:—

Supporters 109/5 (R. Thomas 35 ret., B. Cummings 33, R. Walker 22; J. Wilson 2/23) beat Suburban A 107/7 (S. Holden 21, R. Wilson 32; N. Moorhead 2/3).

H.S.D.B. 125/4 (J. Bierworth 38 ret., C. Bull 28) beat Suburban Colts 59/7 (C. Cross 36 ret., B. Small 3/4).

Sydenham 113/5 (R. Harvey 25, G. Brown 31, W. Higgins 35 ret.) beat St Albans 95 (L. Smith 24, A. Jamieson 21; J. Larter 3/12, G. Gardner 2/15).

B.W.U. 166/7 (K. Williams 23, W. Mitchell 23, M. Fisher 29, C. Blackman 32, P. Wallace 26: P McEwan 3/401 beat Old Collegians 146/1 (R. Leggatt 36 ret.. J. Phillips 35 ret.. J. Patterson 35 ret., McEwan 27).

Riccarton 141/6 (W. Spanger 27. L. Thorn 26. P. Hammant 38 ret.; V. Barrv 3/37) beat Marist 81/7 (B. O’Malley 21; P. Hammant 3/10).

Lancaster Park 148 (D. Dempsey 29, S. Cameron 28, J. Alexander 28: G. Hooper 2/24 K, Hawker 2/29) beat East-Shirley 74 (Dempsey 3/14).