Twilight cricket contest
Although it has yet to have the bye, East-Shirley is in an almost unassailable position to win the men's section of ‘ The Press" twilight cricket tournament.
East-Shirley had its eighth win in as many rounds at Hospital Corner on Monday evening and, with an advantage of 22 points over its nearest rival. St Albans, it seems certain to regain the title it won in the 1980-81 season. St Albans also has to have the bye in one of the last three rounds. Riccarton. the title-holder, and St Albans are having a close struggle in the women's competition. St Albans scored the highest total in the men’s section. It managed 145 for four against Old Boys. Mark Priest and Paul Rutledge both retiring on 35. Old Boys lost only two wickets but were kept to 128 at the end of their allotted 21 overs.
Two of the other matches were very even. Suburban had only three runs to spare against Park and Marist beat
Supporters by five runs. Roger Campbell (Suburban) and Mary Campbell (Sydenham) took the Lion Breweries "player of the day" awards and the recipients of the Canterbury Sports Depot's "personality" awards were Stu Minton (East-Shir-ley) and Kay Wickes (Sydenham). Points:-
Men.- East-Shirley 119. St Albans 97. Burnside-West 84. Old Boys 82. Country 80. Riccarton 74. Sydenham 72. Lancaster Park 64. Supporters 64. Suburban 61. Marist 52. East-Shirley. St Albans and Supporters have yet to have byes. Women— Riccarton 73. St Albans 63. Sydenham 51. Lancaster Park 39. Merivale-Papa-nui 27. St Albans and Sydenham have had byes. Scores.Men Suburban 112 5 (R. Campbell 36 ret.. R. Steele 25; S. Cameron 2 15) beat Lancaster Park 109 6 (Cameron 35 ret.. K. Foster 35 ret.; D. Braid 2 17. Campbell 2/ 18).
East-Shirley 122 7 (D. B. D'Oliveira 35 ret.. H. P. Morel 33;
G. Gardiner 3 11. B. Coxon 2 29 beat Sydenham 91 7 (G. Clarke 26. R. Carter 20: Morel 2 24. R. D. Mackay 3 17).
St Albans 145 4 (M. W. Priest 35 ret.. P. D. Rutledge 35 ret. M. R. Fullen 34. L. C. Sparks 20 n. 0.; B. S. Small 3 28) beat High School Old Boys 128 2 (R. Page 36 ret.. D. Bull 36 ret... J. E. Leggat 28 n. 0.). Country 123 3 IP. Langrope 36 ret.. D. Langrope 35 ret.. J. Shipley 34; C. G. Marks 2 11) beat Burnside-West 102 6 (D. King 35 ret.; C. Hight 2.21).
Marist 134 6 (P. Eady 35 ret.. G. Hills 34. P. Hughes 29. P. Bateman 27; R. Kinsey 2 44) beat Supporters: 129 6 (W. Higgins 37 ret.. J. Davidson 36 ret.. P. Stuart 20; Eady 3 22). Riccarton a bye. Women
Riccarton 156 3 (N. Sherriff 36 ret.. M. Clinton 35 ret., K. Gunn 32 n. 0.. S. Rattray 21, S. Harris 21; R. Clark 2/37) beat MerivalePapanui 58 (Harris 3/6, Gunn 3 10).
Sydenham 69/7 (M. Campbell 32: D. Ford 2.8. S. Moore 2/13) beat Lancaster Park 41 (S. Brown 3/7, K. Wickes 3/8). St Albans a bye.
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