Upset in twilight cricket
The St Albans women’s cricket team crashed to an upset defeat by Lancaster Park in the tenth round of “The Press” twilight tournament at Hospital Corner on Monday evening. Chasing Lancaster Park's meagre total of 71, St Albans was dismissed for 43, with Sandra Bednarek, who had topscored in Park's innings, taking three wickets for eight. The loss by St Albans has paved the way for an exciting final round next Monday. The title-holder, Riccarton. has a onepoint lead over St Albans and the two teams will meet in the last round. East—Shirley which had the bye in the last round, is in an unassialable position to win the men's section for the second time. Its nearest rivals. Old Boys and St Albans, both won their tenth round games but remain too many points in arrears. The Lion Breweries “player of the day” awards went to Gary Baxter (Suburban) and Bednarek. Murray Mowat (Old Boys) and Sharon Weaver (Sydenham) received the Canterbury Sports Depot “personality" awards. Points:— Men. — East-Shirley 133. Old Boys 111. St Albans 109. Country 107, Burnside-West University 100, Riccarton 94. Supporters' 92, Sydenham 87. Suburban 83. Lancaster Park 81. Marist 65. Supporters' have the bye in the final round. Women. — Riccarton 83. St Albans 82, Lancaster Park 66. Sydenham 64, Merivale-Papanui 29. Tenth-round results.—Men St Albans 117/3 (P. D. Rutledge 35ret.. J. G. Larter 35ret..; B. W. Spanjer 2/21) beat Riccarton 107/4 (Spanjer 36ret„ L. D. Thorn 31. P. Sullivan 20; J. Gully 2/26). Suburban 131/6 (P. Agent 35ret., R. Campbell 34. O. Southen 23: P. Eady 3/20) beat Marist 47 (G. Baxter 3/1). Oid Boys 105/7 (D. Bull 35ret, M. Mowat 25. R. Bayliss 24n.0., R. T. Latham 3/20) beat Lancaster Park 95 (D. Henry 34n.0.. Latham 21; G. K. MacDonald 3/ 16. Bayliss 3'20). Country 173/4 (J. Shipley 40ret., P. Langrope 35ret.. D. Langrope 35ret., R. Masefield 21; B. Coxon 2/37) beat Sydenham 128/3 (P. Kennedy 37ret., K. Julian 31n.0., K. Congdon 29). Supporters' 119/7 (E. Spencer 31, P. Stuart 31, W. Higgins 25; K. Mitchell 3/30) beat BumsideWest University 113/6 (C. G. Marks 37ret„ A. Piper 29; B. Butler 3/11). East-Shirley a bye. Women Riccarton 85 (J. Cormick 22n.0„ K. Wickes 3/5; S. Weaver 2/19) beat Sydenham 63/2 (P. Wright 20; S. Rattray 2/9). Lancaster Park 71 (S. Bednarek 21; K. Bond 2/14) beat St Albans 43 (Bednarek 3/8, P Woolhouse 3/12). Merivale-Papanui a bye.
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