Rare defeat for South Canterbury

Press, 4 December 1985, Page 39

Rare defeat for South Canterbury

South Canterbury suffered a rare defeat to its southern neighbour, North Otago, in a U-Bix Cup elimination cricket match at Waimate over the week-end. A rain-sodden Knottingley Park made conditions difficult for the South Canterbury batsmen on Sunday, and the team fell 14 runs short of "North Otago’s total of 196 compiled on the first day. The North Otago bowlers played well in the trying conditions, with a former South Canterbury and Southland representative, lan Chapman, returning the fine figures of six

for 87 off 50 overs. On Saturday, South Canterbury started the match with a hiss and roar having North Otago on the verge of collapse at 80-5, but failed to keep the heat on the southern batsmen, in particular Graeme Johnston, who managed to keep the North Otago innings together, in compiling his 51 runs. Scoreboard:- North Otago 196 (G. Johnston 51, P. Cook 58; B. Ritchie 4/30, P. d’Auvergne 3/56) beat South canterbury 172 (B. Andrews 54, J. Davies 42, I. Chapman 6/87) by 14 runs.