SIDELINES

Press, 21 February 1986, Page 14

SIDELINES

THE UNION ROWING CLUB boated one of the oldest eight-oared crews seen on Kerrs Reach for some time one night recently. Excluding the coxwain, Rosalie Maher, the crew had a combined age of 313 years with an average age of 39. Two members had not been in a boat for 13 years as Bruce Fraser’s blisters testified, while Tim Armstrong managed to smash an oar in half The occasion was a visit to Christchurch by a former Union club member, Ron Satherley. Satherley stroked the crew with his former pair-oar partner and Tokyo Olympic representative, Jim Little, in the seven seat. AMONG THE 77 wickets which fell on an actionpacked day of Trusteebank Trophy senior cricket last Saturday, there were four players who managed to be dismissed twice. David Dempsey and James Shipley, M^L anC^ Ste f fc A , opening batsmen, and the Marist pair, John Durnlng and Paul Bateman, each b ad h f rns at the crease > against St Albans and Old Collegians, respectively. All four failed to score in their second innings at the end of the day. Three of them, Shipley, Durnlng and Bateman, also failed to chtnLv 11 S“ n< say in the round of Cup matches. But for Shipley, the week-end was especially galling. He made a duck in Park’s first innings against St Albans on Saturday, giving him three innings and three noughts for the week-end. FOUR PLAYERS have managed 80 wickets in a season of senior club cricket in Christchurch. Bill Merritt 89 e t fo , r , High School 01d Boys (98 m 1928-29, 82 two seasons later). The other three are 92 ’ 1917 -18). Don Sandman Srk B2l° David Trist (Lancaster u 19 °i'° 2 )- The Marist all-rounder, Garry Hooper, has a chance of joining that elite eroun this 63 « datl and taftSXtog left in which to gather a further 17 wickets. THE VERY USEFUL Central Districts medium-paced bowler, Peter Visser, waited until the last of his Shell Trophy Innings before breaking his batting “duck” in the competition which ended last week-end. Visser had a sequence of 0 not 0ut,.0, 0 not out, 0 not out, 0 0 and 0 before a single against Wellington at Napier gave him a final batting analysis of eight innings, three not outs highest score of one, aggregate of one, average l of 0 20’ J n neSS * Via ** dld bis b « facetspf the game, taking second-mcs (24) wickets andß most (seven) catches in the field. • ' .