Wellington slips in women’s cricket
By
R. T. BRITTENDEN
After three days play, the women's cricket contest for the Hallvburton-Johnstone I Shield is again wide open. Wellington, a handsome winner and a 13-point ieader in i the first round, is in a very j difficult position against the ’! aggressive North Shore side. : and Canterbury has every chance of outright victory ‘ against Otago. In the third i match which started yesterday. Auckland and Central -j Districts finished on fairly t'even terms. The outstanding performer • [ yesterday was the North ;[ Sltore captain and all-roun- : I der, Eileen Badham. After • j sharing a boisterous 70-run ; j seventh-wicket stand of 61 - minutes with Helen Smythe. ■ she bowled right through the 1 Wellington innings to claim ’ [ six cheap wickets. ’ I Eileen Badham. a left--hander. is probably sharper ; of pace than any other 'bowler in the tournament ' and she has a splendid deliv- ' erv ai, d follow-through. ■, While she gave the Welling- , [ton batsmen no respite. Karen Plummer took three wickets at the other end in ; a very admirable displav, because she had to btfivl for 18 overs on end, into a stiff ['southerly wind. ! Wellington's last pair • were together before the fol--1 low-on was avoided. That
the side reached 82 was mainly the responsibility of » the cheerful Yvonne Taylor, r who scattered the field bes fore she had faced her first . ball, such is her reputation - as a hitter. She did not let i her admirers down. She / swung at nearly everything, e hit the first six of the tonrnament, and had three other c boundaries in her 31, made y in 38 minutes. d Before the close. North ■- Shore had increased its lead il to 124, and still has nine y wickets standing. Canterbury had some worr trying moments before taking 1 command against Otago. _ Ann McKenna and Denise ’[Hockley, both batting attracr tively, put on 58 for the j third wicket in little more 1 than an hour but three wick- „ ets fell in a few minutes to "Ileave the score 86 for five. [ Sue Rattray played a [much-needed innings. She • waited for the loose ones, r hit them hard, and scored a r splendid half-century in 73 t minutes, with eight bound- - aries. Catherine Campbell [ ■ bowled very steadily fori - Otago. When Otago batted, Pat -1 Carrick set decidedly attack- : i ing fields, and at tea, after -119 overs, only nine runs had ? been made. Canterbury conf verted this psychological advantage into practical re- • wards, as Sue Brown gave . another good display. Alt though the fastest of the
Canterbury bowlers, she is the hardest-worked, but seems to thrive on it. Pauline Hogue 'fought hard for her 21 runs. Auckland owed much to Carol Marett and Edna Ryan, who were together while 77 rtf the 153 runs were being made. Ryan hit seven fours in an impressive ininngs of 48. Christine Leighton was demanding [with length and line. Vii vienne Stephens gave an ex- | cellent display of hard but judicious hitting and near the end Elizabeth Signal drove strongly to leave the match nicely poised. Scores.—
Canterbury .193 (A. McKenna 30. D. Hockley 30, S. Rattray 50 C. Campbell 5/34, R. Joyce 3/34, R. White 2/54); ’ Otago 69 (P. Hogue 21: S. Brtfwn 4/9. P. Carrick 3/17, S. Rattray [2/22) and 13/1. Canterbury Io points, Otago 3.
I Auckland 153/9 (C. Marett 129, E. Ryan 48; C. Leighton 4/35, J. Ackhurst 2/20); Central Districts 102/7 (V. [Stephens 36; G. Page 2/14, S. Gilchrist 2/36). Auckland 3 points. Central Districts 3. North Shore 165/8 (C. Miller 36. E. Badham 64, H. Smythe 28; J. Lord 3/49, D. Afterton 3/31, J. Bumside 2/311 and 41/1; Wellington 82 CY. Taylor 31; Badham 6/24. K. Plummer 3/53). North Shore 4 points, Wellington X
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