Lincoln’s lead reduced
The Ellesmere cricket competition leader, Lincoln, had its lead reduced on the first day of its match against Leeston at Leeston on Saturday.
The home team’s batsmen found form against Lincoln and will go into the second day with a 54-run advantage. At Weedons, Tai Tapu kept the race for second place alive by taking maximum batting for bonus points and edging ahead of Burnham A. Results were— Leeston 208/7 dec. (S. Chamberlain 20. W. Nordstrom 22, D. Chamberlain 46. B. Fleming 25. D. Griffin 42, C. Parkins 23; S. Reardon 2/30, W. Jones 2/ 72 met Lincoln 154/7 (T. Barclay--28. J. Reardon 60. D. Campbell 25. G. Chamberlain 4/49). Weedons 174/6 dec. (J. Wilson 51. D. Tillson 41 n. 0.. J. Calder 32. J. Ryan 2/18. W. Bray 2/24) met Tai Tapu 179/6 (J. Ryan 66. D.
Hamilton 33, C. Hight 31. S. Rose 3/45, D. Tillson 2/29). Dunsandel 87 (S. Boon 26, R. Johnstone 21. D. Smolensk! 5/26. B. Guthrie 4/17. and 46/2). (S. Boon 23) met Springston 140/6 dec. (C. Lancaster 71, G. Jones 21, K. Reilly 3/18). Southbridge B 144 (R. Campbell 62, P. Freeman 28, M. Fisher 4/43. M. Dean 3/8) met Burnham B 93/3 (T. Rau 39 n 0.. M. Dean 36 n. 0., L. Maw 2/23). Irwell 121/9 dec. (R. Saunders 29. A. Harkness 32. C. Doak 29, C. Heslop 2/28, W. Abbott 4/26) met Southbridge A 82/5 (W. Abbott 35, S. Brannigan 24 n. 0.. G. Saunders 2/25). Points table:—Lincoln 138. Leeston 120, Tai Tapu 115. Burnham A 114. Irwell 113. Southbridge A 93, Dunsandel 90. Springston 75, Weedons 74. Lincoln H.S. 54. Southbridge B 24. Burnham B 20.
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