Upper Riccarton in trouble

Press, 15 February 1982, Page 28

Upper Riccarton in trouble

Christchurch Workingmen's Club surprised by having much the better of its match with Upper Riccarton when the Christchurch Suburban Cricket Association's senior competition continued on Saturday.

Batting first. Upper Riccarton was dismissed for only 108. This was due to the bowling efforts of Ron Provan and Stuart Dunlop who finished with four wickets each. In reply. Christchurch WMC finished its first innings with a lead of 30 runs and then, if that was not enough, had Upper Riccarton one for 12 at stumps. t Harewood also caused a minor upset when, after dimissing Sumner for 97, it reached nine for 181 before declaring. The difference between the two sides lay in the batting of Steve Holden (56) and Phil Blackler (43). Bowling for Harewood, lan Ward had another fine spell with the ball to finish with five wickets.

Hoon Hay could only muster 115 runs off the Southern Districts bowling attack lead by

Gary Baxter, who finished with six wickets for 37. At stumps in reply, Southern Districts was nine for 97 with Baxter having scored 33 of them. Tony Pugh headed the Hoon Hay bowling figures with four for 23. Competition points in all grades as at February 6 were.— Senior A: Woolston W.M.C. 85. Sumner 70. Hoon Hay 54. Upper Riccarton 47, Harewood 43. Meri-vale-Papanui 37. Southern Districts 11. Christchurch W.M.C. 5.' Senior B: Hornby 42. Heathcote 36. Belfast 34. New Brighton 31. Richmond W.M.C. 31. Sumner 16.

Second grade: Woolston W.M.C. 77. Harewood 60, Merivale-Papa-nui 49. Upper Riccarton 19. Southern Districts ;19. Riccarton W.M.C. 9. Third. A: P. 0.5.8. 67, P.W.M.C. 60. 8.W.U.<,40. Air N.Z 40. New Brighton 37, Belfast ?5, Southern Districts 25. B.N.Z. O.

Third B: Merivale-Papanui 55, Commercial Travellers 35. S.A.S. 35. Halswell 35. New Brighton 35. Hoon Hay 30. C.W.M.C. 25. Harewood 20, Hornbv 20.

Third C: Aranui 60, MerivalePapanui 42. W.W.M.C. 42, Addington 40. Heathcote 35. Richmond W.M.C. 32, Air N.Z. 32. B.W.U. 25, Belfast 22. New Brighton 22. Third D: Prebbleton 76, Sunnyside 55. Merivale-Papanui 40, Harewood 40, Templeton 38. C.W.M.C. 35, Sumner 25. Aranui 20. Southern Districts 12. New Brighton 10. Third E: State 80, Sumner 62; P.W.M.C. 55, New Brighton 52, Addington 43. W.W.M.C. 40, Meri-vale-Papanui 33. Riccarton W.M.C. 0. Third F: W. W.M.C. 65, Grosvenor 55. P. 0.5.8. 40. Southern Districts 35, Hoon Hay 25, Hornby 25; Upper Riccarton 25, Merivale-Papanui 15 Third G: United 81. Lyttelton 66. New Brighton A 55. W.W.M.C. 38. Halswell 31. Burt 25. .Riccarton 16, New Brighton B 5. Melhuish, Shield: Woolston W.M.C. .221, Sumner 158, Meri-vale-Papanui T 32. Results.— Senior A — Group A Merivale-Papanui 219 5 de : .dared (G.' Archer 57. J. Yates 50

not out, W. Tinker 42. C. Reid 33; M. Caldwell 2/34, K. Taylor 2/73) met Woolston W.M.C. 110/4 (K. Bowiey 34, G. Barrett 33 not out, M. Campbell 20; C. Reid 2/20). Umpires: D. S. Gray and D. H. Hunwick. Hoon Jjay 115 (J. Neilson 31, S. .Dooley '29- not out; G. Baxter >6/-37; M. White 2/19) met Southern Districts 97/9 (G. Baxter 33, A. Pugh 4/23, J. Bennie 2/14). Umpires: C„ E. King and F. R? : Golding; „£... Senior A — Group B Harewood 181/9 declared (S. Holden 56, P. Blackler 43: A. McKendry 4/55, C. Angroves 3/56; D.- Briad 2/51) met Sumner 97XP. Sargison .36; I. Ward 5/26, A.' Fleete 3/22). . Christchurch . W.M.C. 138 (K. Simcock 48, A. Smyth 26. G. Carter . 23; T. Caldwell 6/26, D. Kennedy 3/30) met Upper Riccarton 108 (R. Provan 4/54. S. Dunlop 4/26.- T. Lightfoot 2/15) and 12/1. Umpires: N. G.. Clark and K. W. Hawbrth.’ ? -k. ’■ ;

Senior B Belfast 228/8 declared (R. Taylor 86) met Hornby 64/4. Richmond 210/7 declared met New Brighton 88/2. Heathcote 201/1 declared (R. Hay 119 riot out) met Sumner 127 and 15/1. Second grade Harewood 152/7 (J. Harvey 5/58 met Riccarton 120 (D. Harvey 8/56 including hat trick). Woolston W.M.C. 215/9 declared met Merivale-Papanui 38/0. Southern Districts 106 (D. Jury 51; P. McMillan 6/49) and 16/0 met Upper Riccarton 157/5 declared. Third A Air N.Z. 109 (Vincent 6/28) beat Belfast 69. P. 0.5.8. 60/0 beat Southern Districts 54 (K. Pettet 5/16). B.W.U. 131/3 (M. Haworth 58 not out) beat P.W.M.C. 127/7. New Brighton 65/5 (Thorn 5/19) beat B.N.Z. 49 ’(J. Taua 7/