Woolston ahead in senior play

Press, 8 March 1982, Page 21

Woolston ahead in senior play

With one round to be played in the senior-A Suburban cricket competition. Woolston Working Men’s Club holds a seven-point lead over its nearest rival, Sumner, which it-will meet in the final round. Two interesting matches were played in the grade at the' weekend, with teams gaining firstinnings leads but losing outright. Upper Riccarton declared its first innings closed five runs ahead of Sumner to take firstinnings points with Alan • Kerr being 85 not out. Sumner then declared its second innings closed at 54 for nine leaving Upper Riccarton 150 runs to win in 122 minutes. Good bowling by the Sumner team had Upper Riccarton all out for only 89 runs. ’ Harewood declared 24 runs behind. and then dismissed Christchurch Working Men’s Club for 125. leaving itself 150 to make, which it did for the loss of seven wickets. Points in the Dominion Breweries award competition for senior-A teams now are:-Wools-ton W.M.C. (30), 287; Sumner (30) 285.5: Harewood (30) 283.5; Meri-. vale-Papanui (29). 283; Christchurch W.M.C. (28), 280; Upper Riccarton (30), 278; Southern Districts (28.5), 271.5; Boon Hay (21.5), 284. Points at the end of the current round in the senior-A competition are.—Group A: Woolston W.M.C., 92; Boon Hay, 61; Meri-vale-Papanui. 47: Southern Districts, 15. Group B: Sumner, 85; Harewood. 73; tipper Riccarton, 52; Christchurch W.M.C., 25. Results.— Senior A, group A Woolston W.M.C. 170/5 dec. (N. Sloan 73, P. Davies 31, N. Campbell 27; A. Pugh 2/63; A. Faafoi 2/33) and 12/1 drew with Hoon Hay 162 and 204 (K. Williams 46, S. Dooley 38 n. 0., J. Bennie 21; K. Taylor 7/45). Merivale-Papanui 185/2 (W. Tinker 98, R. Ebert 73 n. 0.) and 19/1 drew with Southern Districts 175/7 dec. and 190/8 (K. Tucker 28. F. Darby 60, E. Jones 21; W. Shieriaw 4/62). Senior A, group B Sumner 150 and 154/9 dec. (C. Cross 38, O. Southen 26, J. Higginson 39; T. Caldwell 3/38. M. Walsh 3/21) beat Upper Riccarton 155/2 dec. (A. Kerr 85 n. 0., C. Fenwicke 36; A. McKendry 2/31) and 89 (D. Kennedy 21; D. Braid 4/20, J. Graham 3/41, J. Higginson 2/13). Harewood 159/5 dec. and 152/7 (R. Hughes 30, S. Holden 25, J. Golding 53 n. 0.; R. Provan 5/67, S. Dunlop 2/49) beat Christchurch W.M.C. 183/8 dec. and 125 (K. Smythe 20. A. Smythe 21; A. Fieete 5/81, P. Blackler 4/57). Senior B Hornby 240 and 244/8 dec. (N. Shadwell 58; M. Hogan 5/31) beat Heathcote 187/9 dec. Belfast 159 (R. Webster 5/34) and 183/7 (W. Davison 58; N. Thompson 5/77) beat Riccarton W.M.C. 220/8 dec. and 119/6 dec. (N. Thompson 56). New Brighton 185/8 dec. and 89/3 dec. (D. Burrell 69 n. 0.) drew with Sumner 89/8 dec. and 129/9 (D. Burrell 6/39) Second grade Merivale-Papanui 169/9 dec. and 57/1 beat Southern Districts 152 (Egerton 5/47). Harewood 206 drew with

Woolston W.M.C. 89 (R. Bryant 5/24) and 53 for 1. Upper Riccarton 180/6 dec. and 109/4 dec. beat R.W.M.C. 88 and 74. Third A ' < . ■ P. 0.5.8. 227/5 (R. McKenzie 52, S. McLauchlan 51) beat New Brighton 160 (D. Briggs 57). Papanui W.M.C. 161/8 (G. Langford 60) beat B.N.Z. 158. Third B Hornby 166 (J. Grupplaar 56) beat New Brighton 165. Commercial Travellers beat S.A.S. by default. Merivale-Papanui 184/6 dec. (L. Bellis 50) beat Harewood 62. • Third C Air N.Z. 166 (N. Heseltine 7/33; including hat-trick) beat Woolston W.M.C. 161. Aranui 183 (G. Skilton 69; B. Prendagast 6/58) beat New Brighton 129. Merivale-Papanui 201/4 (J. Clapp 71) beat Addington 196/5. R.W.M.C. 134/6 (K. Lancaster 51) beat B.W.U. (P. Cummings 77 n. 0.). Third D Christchurch W.M.C. 120 beat Southern Districts 86 (D. Knowles 6/11 including hattrick). Templeton 126/5 beat Merivale-Papanui 121/9. Sunnyside 118 beat Harewood 110 (P. Pasfild 5/25). Prebbleton 131/5 (M. Miles 95) beat Sumner 58 (M. Minogue 5/ 17, M. Miles 5/15) and 37/4. New Brighton 141 (I. Gamblin 80) drew with Aranui 141. Third E Merivale-Papanui 126/8 beat State 117 (D. Whittington 6/35). Woolston W.M.C. 147/8 dec. beat Addington 60 and 71/4. R W.M.C. 146 beat Papanui W.M.C. 59 (J. Harvey 5/16) and 42/3. Sumner 199 beat New Brighton 89 and 20 outright. Third F Woolston W.M.C. 169 (G. Bush 71 n. 0.) beat Hornby 73. P. 0.5.8. 67/6 beat Southern Districts 64. Hoon Hay 147 beat Grosvenor 82.