Woolston edges ahead in senior suburban

Press, 9 December 1985, Page 33

Woolston edges ahead in senior suburban

The fifth round of the senior suburban cricket competition ended on Saturday with Bowleys Hornby and Woolston W.M.C. each gaining outright wins.

Heathcote and Hoon Hay drew their match, as did Vistalite Sumner and Upper Riccarton.

Woolston has now edged ahead in the competition by three points over Boon Hay. Heathcote and Vistalite Sumner are equal third. At Garrick Park, Woolston declared overnight, 13 runs ahead of Southern Districts.

Batting on a good strip, Southern Districts was dismissed for 143. Alan Laurent top scored on 48 and a parttimer, Carl Siave, was not out 22. This set Woolston up for the outright win. Requiring 131 runs with 90 minutes and 20 overs in hand, Woolston’s John Fielding scored 72 and Les Robson was undefeated on 20, giving a seventh-wicket win.

At Denton Oval, Bowleys Hornby was in a similar situation, declaring overnight also, with a 17-run advantage. Opposing it, Christchurch W.M.C. scored 115 leaving the match wide open, Hornby needing 90 runs to win, which it did, losing only Bob Kerr’s wicket.

Kerr, 44, and Gary McManus on 53 not out, gave a valuable contribution. The match at Heathcote Domain did not have such a positive approach. Chasing 176, Boon Hay continued batting and went through to 128 for the loss of seven wickets before declaring. In its second innings, Heathcote scored a further 144 runs before declaring with an overall lead of 192. With 30 minutes and 20 overs in hand, Hoon Hay was always pushed to reach the target and play closed at 89 for the loss of four wickets.

Vistalite Sumner and Upper Riccarton met in the remaining match at Riccarton Domain. Batting in its second innings, after Sumner declared overnight eight runs ahead, Upper Riccarton slowly hit its 173 runs, declaring soon after afternoon tea.

This left Sumner 166 runs to win. This was out of its reach, and it struggled to 115 for seven.

The best individual effort of the day came from Dave Forrester of the Bowleys Hornby Fourth A side who scored 102 not out and took five wickets for 42 while bowling. Three hat-tricks were scored — P. Anderson, for the Bowleys Hornby fourth grade B team, P. Mahoney for Heathcote fourth A, and G. Watson for the Upper Riccarton Third A side.

Competition points: Woolston W.M.C. 52, Hoon Hay 49, Vistalite Sumner and Heathcote 42 each, Bowleys Hornby 24, Upper Riccarton 17, Southern Districts 15, Christchurch W.M.C. 4.

D.B. Trophy points: Heathcote 30 (148); Woolston W.M.C. 30 (147); Upper Riccarton 29 (146.5) Bowleys Hornby 30 (146); Christchurch W.M.C. 28.5 (145.5) Vistalite Sumner 28.5 (144.5) Southern Districts 29 (144); Hoon Hay 28 (142). Results.— Senior A Woolston W.M.C. 111/4 dec. and 131/3 (J. Fielding 72) beat Southern Districts 98 and 143 (A. Laurent 48; K. Taylor 4/56) G. Baxter 3/23) outright. Umpires: V. F. Payne, G. W. Rogerson. Bowleys Hornby 169/9 dec. and 99/1 (G. McManus 53 n. 0., B. Kerr 44) beat Christchurch W.M.C. 152/8 and 115 (R. Smythe 41; B. Kerr 5/4) outright. Umpires: R. F. Smith, D. J. Steere. Heathcote 176/9 and 144/7 dec. (R. Hay 34, W. Cresswell 35; J. Bennie 3/11, S. Baylis 3/ 55) drew with Hoon Hay 128/7 dec. (W. Creswell 3/50) and 89/ 4 (T. Barclay 34; B. Thompson 3/20). Umpires: M. G. Tindall, N. G. Clark. Vistalite Sumner 139/7 dec. and 115/7 drew with Upper Riccarton 131 and 173/7 dec. (A. Kerr 44, A. McLaughlin 35; D. Braid 4/42). Umpires: K. W. Haworth, D. S. Gray. Senior B Richmond 175 and 67/5 beat Harewood 67 and 174 outright.

New Brighton 200/8 dec. and 177 (D. Burrell 61; P. Steere 5/45) beat Belfast 159/8 and 98 (D. Biscoe 6/50) outright. Bowleys Hornby 263 and 161/8 drew with Southern Dis-, tricts 184/9 (K. Tucker 70). Second grade

Harewood 175 and 102/9 drew with New Brighton 112 (D. Hines 6/15) and 67/5. Merivale Papanui 209/9 and 133/4 dec. (T. Pearce 55) beat Richmond W.M.C. 165 and 158 (G. Clark 5/50) outright. Southern Districts 182/7 (A. White 65) beat Woolston W.M.C. 120 and 47 (P. Connelly 5/26) outright. Third grade A Woolston W.M.C. 111/7 beat Bowleys Hornby 74. Upper Riccarton 91/4 beat Southern Districts 85 (G. Watson 3/4). Third grade B Papanui W.M.C. 151/8 beat Harewood 131 (G. McKenzie 5/25). Halswell 127 beat Merivale Papanui 32. New Brighton 113 (K. Gussette 6/36) beat B.W.U. 100. P. 0.5.8. 136 (G. Mills 5/24) beat A.N.Z. 121. Third grade C Merivale Papanui 110 beat Addington 73/8. New Brighton 112/5 beat B.W.U. 109. Aranui 105 (G. Hollis 5/40) beat Belfast 63. Templeton 127/4 (P. Tinetti 52 n. 0.) beat Riccarton W.M.C. 61. Third grade D Belfast 114 beat Merivale Papanui 101 (M. Chappell 51). New Brighton 78/9 beat H.R.L.F.C. 77 (S. Dallow 6/14). Hoon Hay 105/4 beat Harewood 98. Prebbleton 156/9 (L. Kerr 5/38) beat Vistalite Sumner 127. Fourth grade A Papanui W.M.C. 124 beat Halswell 42 (K. McLintock 8/22). Bowleys Hornby 182/3 (D. Forrester 102 n.o. beat S.A.S. 84 (D. Forrester 5/421 Heathcote 82 beat Riccarton W.M.C. 49 (P. Mahoney 5/16). Merivale Papanui 58/4 and 13/1 beat United 39 and 31 (J. Teweka 8/12) outright. Waimak S.M. 84/4 beat New Brighton 78/8 (N. Stewart 6/28). Fourth B Christchurch W.M.C. 107/9 dec. (S. Payne 5/38) beat Riccarton W.M.C. 91 (F. Boy 8/50). Woolston W.M.C. 103 (D. Palmer 6/17) beat Merivale Papanui 74. Bowleys Hornby 80/6 dec. beat Richmond W.M.C. 31 (P. Anderson 6/3) and 109 on first innings. P. 0.5.8. 153/9 beat New Brighton 100. Fourth grade C Grosvenor 141/4 (D. Stuthridge 66 n. 0.) beat Woolston W.M.C. 130/8 (Paris 51 n. 0.). Bowleys Hornby 165 beat Richmond W.M.C. 101 and 60 outright. Hoon Hay 112/9 (S. McKee 5/24) beat A.B.C. 105/9. L.R.L.F.C. 50 drew with New Brighton 50 (G. Benns 5/15, and K. Hatch 5/16). Fourth grade D C.C.F. 146/8 heat Riccarton W.M.C. 123. Heathcote 116 (M. Eagle 6/23) beat Southern Districts 92. New Brighton 85/7 beat Merivale Papanui 84 (C. Wilson 5/15).