Suburban contest to Sumner

Press, 2 April 1979, Page 19

Suburban contest to Sumner

Sumner, scoring its sixth outright win of the season, won the Christchurch Suburban Cricket Association’s senior A competition on Saturday by an incredible 55 points. Sumner finished the season with 107 points, more than twice the total achieved by the second-placed club, Upper Riccarton. The final round of the competition was restricted to one day, and some hast-ily-executed ground changes were necessan’. Hornby and Sumner met

on a rapidly-prepared wicket at Barnett Park, and Hornby quickly indicated its intention to try to take second place in the competition when it declared its first innings closed at 34 for one. Sumner replied with 42 for one from five overs. Hornby lost tour quick wickets in its second innings and an early finish looked likely but a solid, spirited unbroken partnership between Robert Wilson (62) David Hassett (52) enabled it to declare at 165 for four, I leaving Sumner two hours in

which to score 157 for an outright twin. Robert Campbell, with a well-com.piled 55, led the chase aind Alan Hounsell made a brisk 38. It was left to the captain, Tony McKendqy, to finish the season on 3 high note: his unbeaten 35 saw Sumner through |to the outright win with 10 minutes to spare The game between Waltham and‘Belfast attracted a lot of interest because the loser faces relegation to the senior B grade. Harewood, the senior B winner, will almost certainly apply for promotion) next season. Belfast, f batting first, had to contend' with very tight bowling fnom Mike Eddington (5 for 17) and Phil Woolhousa (3 for 26) and was all out for 106. Roger Taylor scored with 35. Waltham’s chase began badly when it lost its first three wickets for only 22. But Gary' Baxter, in his usual flarjiboyant fashion, hit 39 runs to take his side to within 20 runs of victory with six wickets standing. Two more wickets fell before the target was reached as Terry Cockburn. (3 for 30) and Russeß Rudkin (4 for 51) kept the (pressure on. Merivale-Papanui bundled Upper Ricciwton out for jusl 90 runs on: the transferred wicket at |Edgar Mclntosh Park after Riccarton had won the toss and elected to bat. Steve Schultz (25) and Wayne McWhirter (22) were the top-scorters for Upper Riccarton; Malcolm Leigh, who was promoted from the M e r i v a 1 e -Papanui junior ranks for tjiis match, impressed by taking five wickets for 40 V.Tuns. Andrew Murray (three) for eight) also helped. Merivale last six wickets!

in making the runs needed for victory, of which Mark Ebert made the most useful contribution with an unbeaten 50. Bruce Malden scored a quick 20. Terry Caldwell and Dave Kennedy took two wickets each for Riccarton. Woolston W.M.C. and Hornby W.M.C. met on the water-affected Garrick Park pitch — on Saturday morning hundreds of ducks were paddling on the ground — and Woolston ran out the winner.

Woolston batted first, and at the end of its 30 overs had lost six wickets for 185. Norm Sloan made 70 runs to top-score, and Ken Taylor had made 56 at the close. In reply, Hornby managed only 146 for the loss of nine wickets. Robert Stuart topped the Hornby batting with 45, and John Neilson made 34. Taylor bowled well to have a good double for the game, taking four for 27. Final Points Sumner 107 Upper Ricca rtor* 51 Hornby 44 Merivale-Papanui 41 W.W.M.C. 39 H.H.W.M.C. 31 Waltham 31 Belfast 26 Sumner 42-1 dec. and 158-1 6 (Robert Campbell 55, A. Hounseli 38, A. McKendry 35 n. 0.; C. Stills 3-30) beat Hornby 34-1 dec and 165-4 dec. (R Wilson 62 n.o. D. Hassett 52 n. 0.) outright. Waltham 111-8 (G. Baxter 39; R. Rudkin 4-51, T. Cockburn 3-30) beat Belfast 106 (R. Tavlor 35; M. Eddington 5-17 P. Woolhouse. 3-26). W.W.M.C. 185-6 (N. Sloan 70, K. Taylor 56 n. 0.; S. Dooley 3-33, T. Pugh 2-37) beat H.H.W.M.C. 146-9 (R. Stuart

45, J. Neilson 34, K. Taylor 4- N. Sloan 2-28). Merivale-Papanut 93-6 (R. Ebert 50 n.o. B. Malden 20; T. Caldwell 2-7, D. Kennedy 2-38) beat Upper Riccarton 90 (S. Schultz 25. W. McWhirter 22; M. Leigh 5- A. Murray 3-8, D. McNaughtan 2-30).