Twilight cricket
Competition in the opening post-Christmas round of the Radio Avon business house twilight cricket series last week resulted.— Tuesday competitionFirestone 149/5 (D. McFarlane 35 ret, L. Beiliss 32. E. Pearce 37 not out) beat “The Press” 126/6 (J. Durning 35 ret J. Coffey 34, D. Leggat 35 not out; B. Faass 4/17). Wrightson N.M.A. 113/7 (C. Parkin 25, G. Thompson 29. P Burt 26; J. Oakley 3/16, G. Robertson 2/30) beat Waitaki N.Z.R. 100/6 (B. Gray 23, K. Whyte 34). Nuts, Bolts and Screws 90 (J Stewart 40 ret; I. Gamblin 2/ 21) beat L. D. Nathan 57 (P. Ryall 3/8, R. Don 2/6). The Skellerup Industries “player of the night” award went to Ted Pearce of Firestone, whose 37 runs came off just 10 balls. The other Players of the Match awards went to Jeff Stewart and Kevin Whyte. Wednesday competition: Lawrence, Anderson and Buddle 119/6 (G. Riley 31, P. Lee 35 ret, I. Kennedy 22; O McClintock 2/14, K. Jones 2/ 32) beat C.C.E.P.B. 91/4 (McClintock 29; N. Martin 2/ 12).
Archibalds 141/6 (M. Stanley 35 ret, G. Jordan 31, A. Cockram 21; B. Jordan 2/23) beat M.E.D. 81 (M. Munroe 38 ret; G. Jordan 4/7). “Christchurch Star" 78/4 (D. Reward 28 not out; P. East 2/ 15) beat Gold Band 76/7 (East 22, C. Frew 21; Reward 3/10,
K. Partridge 2/12). The !‘Player of the Night” award went to Pat Lee while Graham Jordan and David Reward won the other two match awards.
Thursday competition: Deloitte. Haskins and Sells 119/8 (D. Strack 38 ret, R. Grace 35 ret.; B. Skinner 4/15) beat Christchurch Transport Board 70 (N. Thompson 33; D. Watkins 2/12). Tai Tapu Dairy Co. 91 (J. Quinn 25, R. Hill 37 ret; R. Butler 2/10, G Adams 5/27) beat Bascands 80 (Butler 30; B. Pascoe 2/9, Quinn 2/7, M. Taylor 2/8). Amuri Motors 123 (D. Ellis 31, M. Wells 38 ret; A. Kamo 2/ 15) beat Davis Gelatine 96/2 (B. Courtier 28, I. Scraft 31 not out; M. Reeves 2/22).
The “Player of the Night” prize went to Bob Grace while Mike Wells and Geoff Adams won the other man of the match awards. Points.—
Tuesday night: Firestone and Wrightson 18, Nuts. Bolts and Screws 17, “The Press” and Waitaki N.Z.R. 7, L. D. Nathan 5.
Wednesday night: Archibalds 18, “Christchurch Star” 17, Lawrence, Anderson and Buddle 16, M.E.D. and C.C.E.P.B. 6, Gold Band 5.
Thursday night: Deloitte, Haskins and Sells 18, Tai Tapu Dairy Co. 16, Amuri Motors 15, Davis Gelatine 6, Bascands 6 and Christchurch Transport Board 5.
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