Carter wins ‘player of day’ award
The young English professional all-rounder, Bob Carter (pictured), did not play the last three weeks for Sydenham but the lead he had built in the rest of the season was enough to win him the Lion "Player of the day” award in the senior club cricket championship. The only player within striking distance of Carter’s total on Saturday was David Trist (Lancaster Park), He needed 66 points to head’ Carter but the most he could manage was 20.
Trist needed to collect six , wickets in the Old Collegians t innings. That would have - carried him well clear of > Carter. Six wickets carry a , bonus of 50 points. , David Stead (Riccarton) . became the third player to - pass 1000 points on Saturday. He collected 132 points on the last day. j Another Lancaster Park ; player, David Dempsey, [ moved into clear fourth : place, earning himself 60 points on Saturday. I Richard Hadlee (Old Boys), who had not played since
December 19, finished in sixth place, with 802 points. The top 10 in the competition were: Carter, 1120; Trist,
1075; Stead, 1019; Dempsey, 946; Vaughan Brown (Old Collegians), 881; Hadlee, 802; Gary Saunders (Old Boys),
758; Gary Hooper (East Shirley), 749; Robert Wilson (Old Collegians), 728; and Lin Sparks (St Albans), 735.
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