Sumner strong in suburban cricket

Press, 6 November 1978, Page 23

Sumner strong in suburban cricket

Better batting on wickets that d.d not give runs away easily! was evident when the third: round in the Christchurch Sub-, urban ( ticket Association’s senior-A competition began on’ Saturday Sumner finished the day in a. strong position against Belfast., Put into bat. Sumner lost an early wicket but Tony McKendry and Peter Sargisson put on! r_M forceful runs for the sec-! oIFJ wicket. Sargisson was dismissed for 55, but McKendry continued tbei spree to finish with 131. Charlie Cross again showed form andv<us unbeaten on 44 when Sum-* ner declared at 237 for four. ’ Terry Cock burn toiled hard for Belfast for his two wickets for' 66 mns while Peter Steere. picked up tuo cheap wickets at* the end Belfast was in trouble at' stumps. Allan Hounseil opened, a strong Sumner bowling attack' which had taken five wickets* for 93 at the close Koger Tavlor impressing with a steady! 65. Waltham staged a rear-guard: action when it lost quick wic - kets after being put into bat by Merivale-Papauui Four batsmen i were out tor only 34 runs but; tenacity and a application from! Steve Holden 94 . Mike Edding-i ton *'3s\ and Gary Baxter (22)1 took Waltham through to the 1 respectable total of 231. Bowling for Merivale-Papanui, I Paul Hammant took five for 45 and Allan Murray managed four? for 61 Both bowlers deserved! their figures as fielding lapses! cost them on occasions. j At stumps Merivale-Papanui I rad put on 51 runs for the loss l of two batsmen. Hornby seemed to be heading for a sizeable score after it had been put into bat by Wool fcton W.M.C Bob Kerr again baited attractively to score 67 before he was winkled out bv Norm. Sloan Robeit Wilson batted well ior his 26, as did Ron 1 Jounson 36 but the others! could manage onh 50 runs be-’ tween them as Hornbv slumped, to be ail out for 179. Sloan bowled well and was; rewarded for his efforts with!. Bix for 49. while Kutoli leremia* finished with three for 48. I In reply, Woolston W.M.C. had lost eight wickets for 102 at •tumps. Gary Smitheram <2O and Ken laylor <27i were the top scorers for Wooiston, while for Hornby Gary Clifford took three! wickets. Obviously upset bv the long, grassy outfield, the young Hoon ’ Hay W.M.C . team failed to fire •nd was all out for a meagre ; 40 in its match with Upper Riccarton. Paul McMillan had an '

impressive five for eight and Terry Caldwell bowled well for his three wickets for nine. The bowlers received valuable assistance from the wicket keeper, Steve Donaldson, who rook six catches behind the stumps. Upper Riccarton was in a strong position at stumps. Alan Kerrs 48 runs had helped rhe team through to 133 for eight at the close. Tony Pugh took five for 37 for Hoon Hay. Results.— SENIOR A Sumner 257/4 dec. <T. McKendry 131, P. Sargisson 55, C. Cross 44 n. 0.; T. Cockburn 2/66, P. Steere 2/10, met Belfast 93/5 (R Taylor 55). Waltham 231 fS. Holden 94, M. Eddington G. Baxter 22: P. Hammam 5 Z 45, A. Murray 4/61) met -Melivale-Papanui 51/2 X Ebert 21 n.o.i. Hornby 179 (R. Kerr 67, R. Johnson 36. R. Wilson 26; N. Sloan 6/4.9. K. leremia 5/48) met Woolston W.M.C, 102/8 (K. Taylor 27. S. Smitheram 20; G. Clifford 3/23. R. Wilson 3/47). Hoon Hay W.M.C. 40 <P. McMillan 5/8. T. Caldwell 3/9. D. Kennedy 2/17) met Lpper Ric-i carton 133/8 (A. Kerr 48, D. Ken-i nedy 27, C. Kennedy 21; T. Pugh' 5/37. S. Dooley 3/40). SENIOR B Burnside W.l. 81 met Hare-: wood 125/3 (T. Fleete 53 n. 0.). ■ New Brighton 146 met Becken-I ham. Papanui W.M.C. 166 met Christ-1 church W.M.C. 14/2. Aranui 271 -,C. Cattermole 104 J K. Underwood 60 n o.) met Heath-' cote 94/2. JUNIOR Sumner 138 (P. Baird 5/39) met! Merivale-Papanui 53/0. Beckenham 85 t'R. Rogers 7/36) met Shirley 89/4. Richmond 94/3 (A. Palerski 52) j met Woolston W.M.C. 73 and 21/3.i Hoon Hay W.M.C. 93 met Wai-' tham 25/1. THIRD A United 135 beat Richmond i W.M.C. 58. P. 0.5.8, 144/9 |R. McKenzie 64; P. Agassiz 5/50) beat Addingtoni 87 M. Pettet 6/37,. Burnside W.U. 68/5 beat Air : N.Z. 64 <:P. Peat 6/19). Belfast 113/7 (J. Abell 63) beat! Hoon Hay W.M.C. 111. C.T.W.A. beat Woolston W.M.C. ■ by default. THIRD B New Brighton 59/2 beat Burn-J side 55 (R. Cooper 8/14>. Paxes 94/5 beat Hornby 93 (B.! Wood 6/29). Papanui W.M.C. 118 /C. Craig; 5/50) beat Beckenham 97. | Harewood 100/5 beat Air N.Z? 76 (G. Hay 9/26). |

Woolston W.M.C. SS beat Upper Riccarton 65 «R. Dalzell 8/18-. Merivale-Papanui 36/1 dec. beat (Christchurch W.M.C. 30 (A. Basitin 6/14) and 93/5 (S. Stock 59 ’n.o.) on the first innings. THIRD C Hoon Hay W.M.C. 68/2 beat ; Merivale-Papanui 61 'A. J aafoi 17/18). Stars 148/5 beat H.R.L.C. 39 f and 19 (C. Williams 5/5) out- ■ right. Burnside W.U. 52/8 (A. Mit- 1 i thell 5/19, beat Shirley/Richmond ' 48. j i Woolston W.M.C. 166/6 (N. Mc-i • Alpine 55 n. 0., beat New Brfgh-. ton 60 .P. Beyers 7/29). Belfast 124 'S. Spanjer 70) beat •S.A.S. 82 i.D. Mitchell 9/37). Halswell 76/7 beat Waltham 73 (G. Hawes 6/24). THIRD D Belfast 104 beat Woolston ;'W.M.C, 93. Upper Riccarton 206 ‘D. Williams 55. M. Cully 6/61. beat ! Merivale-Papanui 40 <F. Vaafaisuga —6/10) and 51 outright. Ne,w Brighton 122 'S. Craib 60* I heat Grosvenor 96 (R. Pauls 5/31). : P.I.C.C. 135 iT. Ale 74 ■ and j79/3 dec beat. Heathcote 78 and = : 2674 on the first innings. ! Harewood 72/6 beat Adding-! I ton 66. I THIRD E Merivale-Papanui 145 'S Run-! jning 68) beat Sumner 53 iR.i i Veitch 6/2D. ! Lyttelton 61 (P. Gruppelar 6/20 I I beat Woolston W.M.C. 57 i.S.I (Jone;, 6/25). : ! Aranui 79/8 <C. Reid 5/24) beatf i Richmond W.M.C. 69. P.I.C.C. 85 iT. Renwick 8/16)1 beat Harewood 47. ! Christchurch W.M.C. 119/6 beat New Brighton 107 iD. Perkins 18/37). THIRD F Richmond W.M.C. 97 (G. .Jones 16/61) beat Beckenham 30/9 (T. Harker 6/13). i Halswell 120 beat Shirley 54 (S. Woods 7/24-, 1 Prebbleton 147 <P. Lee 50. T. Lacey 7/50) beat Harewood 113 (B turner 50». New Brighton 70 (J. Gj*ant 5/24) beat. Sunnyside 63 (W. Booth 9/19). C.U.F.C. 149/9 (A. Thompson 5/39) beat A. and T. Burt 66 (B. Hardman 7/18 <. The Christchurch suburban secondary schoolboys team to play North Canterbury at Edgar Mclntosh Park on November 10 is as follows:— J. Griffiths (captain), G. May, B. Day, G. Cox (Beckenham), T. Halligan. M. Hasse (Belfast), P. Laffey, A. Garters. P. Crowther (Beckenham), S. Collier cHeatbcote), M. Stone (Harewood,.