Bad cricket opening
Special correspondent | Canterbury B had recovered; from a disastrous start to be in a reasonable position at stumpson the first day of its limited-; oxer cricket match with: Northern Districts B at Ngatea yesterdav. Northern Districts, put into bat bv Canterlnr’v on a lively* wicket, reached 238 in its first’ innings, thank* largep- to roo’l fielding. Sex-eral cat'-h*.® of them mostly. d-<’nr*'‘. Steve hnvW > *-»• finish with five wickets for 5 4 runs. H
| Canterbury made a dreadful ■; start in the face of somt ‘accurate Northern District! *. bowling, and three batsmer •■were back in the pavilion with ' onlv 21 runs on the board, bu l l ;a good fourth-wicket stand oi * 65 between Tim Murdoch anc ’ Jrhn Defies helped Canterbun >’■ out of trouble. 'i Davies was run out for 41. bu’ J Murdoch and Kevin Collin: steered Canterbury through t< in*. ro r f our a t stumps. t ■»’ W as unbeaten on 5’ : and Coliins was on 17.
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Press, 31 December 1979, Page 4
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