Papanui drubs Lyttelton

Press, 2 March 1981, Page 18

Papanui drubs Lyttelton

All the winning ' teams recorded shut-outs in the latest round of the senior men’s softball competition on Saturday. The most notable effort was Papanui’s 10-0 drubbing of telton. It was Papanui’s first fiveinnings win'this season. In the other game at Papanul Domain, . the clear competition leader. Noel Leeming Bumside, did not impress with the bat, but neverjlooked in real danger of defeat as it beat Western Suburbs, -2-0. , , ■ At Linfield Park, A.GIC. United was not extended for -its 8-0 win over the bottom-placed Richmond. The star batter was the pltcher-cum right outfielder, David Bradbury, who hit safely three, times in succession, including a huge three-bagger over left-field. .■■■: . POINTS TABLE P , W L F A Pts. Burnside 27 24 3 152 32 48 United 26 21 5 1(8 36 42 W. Subs. 27 12 15 78 101 24

Lyttelton- 27 11 16 81 143 22 Papanui 28 IL 17 92 95 22 Richmond. ,27 . 2 25 . 57 171 4 Burnside 2, Western Suburbs 0. After getting.runners on second and third bases in the first innings, fortunes changed for Suburbs, and a sad procession of batters back to the dugout was the story of the game. The Bumside, pitcher. Alan Hall, did not allow a single Suburbs batter on base in-the final six innings, -and he “fanned” 13 of the 23 batters he faced. His opposite number. "Robert Tangaroa, managed the' solitary • hit off trim. In spite of Hall’s dominance Burnside had trouble getting on top, and it was not until the bottom of the fifth innings, that the team scored. First Graeme Anderson stole. home, and then his younger brother, Lindsay, hit safely, to centre-field to bring home the substitute batter, Vince Daly. Bumside’s . four > hits came from Lindsay Anderson, Michael

Hall, -Wayne Poore, and Murray Lanini. , Tangar'oa (seven, strikeouts)'and Nell Stuart’(two) each conceded two safe hits. . ' ■Papanui 10, Lyttelton 0 This was the real team, effort that Papanui has sought for some time. A healthy total of 10 hits ■ was taken from the pitchers, Ross Fife and John Kottier,. and they came right through the batting order. ■•Papanui did. riot make'a single error in the . field .while. Lytteltoq erred' five. times. Two of those , errors came in the fifth innings, when- safe hits by’ John Johansson. and Garry; Bishop were' turned Into homers, advancing the score by four runs. For Papanui Geoff Roberts performed well ori the mound, striking out seven of. the 16 batters. he faced and giving up one hit (Fife) and ho walks. Fife-was, in fact, the only Lyttelton man to make base. *>' '. Roberts was also among three Papanui batters averaging .666 with two hits out of three. Mieh-

ael Bishop and Johansson were the others. - A.G.C. United 8, Richmond 0 United had runners on base in every one of its seven innings without ever really cutting loose. The closest to that was the top of the third innings, when two runs were scored and another two men were left on second and third bases. The United batters ■ collected nine, hits between them. Bradbury (.750), Ray March (.500), and Marty Dawson (.500) having the best averages, Dawson's hit wss of similar proportions to Bradbury’s big one, but in his case, too, a “blocked .ball” was ruled and the "home run denied. .Richmond got only one safe hit (Greg Panaglotldfs) off-the pitching of Colin Sutherland. a n “- only. one base-runner got . safely as far > as' second.: Sutherland registered 10 strike-outs from the 25 hatters he faced, and’the last four came In succession at the finish; ■ .