Top women’s cricket sides win easily

Press, 10 March 1987, Page 27

Top women’s cricket sides win easily

Wins were recorded by Riccarton and St Albans in the penultimate games of the senior women’s cricket competition on Sunday. These two teams, separated by just 5.83 points, will meet in the final game of the season to decide the postChristmas competition winner. The slow pitches at Porritt Park affected scoring. Asked to bat first, Riccarton was 108 for nine at the end of 60 overs. The very consistent Deborah Ford again topscored with a well-compiled 43. For Sydenham, Kathryn Ryan and Jenny Turner both bowled tidily and economically. The Sydenham batsmen were pinned down by an accurate Riccarton attack. Trudy Anderson (13) and Wendy Giles (14) top-scored for Sydenham. Gail Heather, who recently transferred from Wellington, conceded only six runs off almost 12 overs while Ford completed a useful double in taking five wickets for 13, including two sharp caught and-bowled chances. Sydenham was dismissed

for 66, well short of its target. Lancaster Park fared even worse against St Albans, putting together just 43 after St Albans had made 125. The mainstay of the St Albans innings was Sarah Illingworth, who made a fine 65. She drove the ball attractively in making a career-best score. The Lancaster Park innings started disastrously with three wickets falling without a run being scored. The side never recovered, Barbara Carr (10) being the only player to reach double figures. For St Albans Tracy McNamara had an excellent spell of bowling, knocking the top off the Park bowling and finishing with four for eight. Brigit Legg and Catherine Campbell also troubled the batsmen, each picking up two wickets. Points with one game to play; Riccarton 51.96, St Albans 46.13, Sydenham 17.69, Lancaster Park 9.35. ST ALBANS v. LANCASTER PARK ST ALBANS A. McKenna b Millichip . 9 S. L. Illingworth c Marr b Carr 65

K. E. Bond c Kinsella b Woolhouse 3 B. J. Legg b Davis .... 0 V. L. Burtt b Carr 11 C. A. Campbell l.b.w. Millichip 17 T. A. McNamara c Mullany b Howard 3 A. C. Bremner c Walker b Howard 1 M. G. Ormandy b Millichip 2 D. K. Brownlee not out. . 6 L. R. McDrury b Carr . . 0 Extras (b 3 lb], w4)B Total 125 Bowling: R. L. Millichip 12, 4, 19, 2; B. A. Carr 12, 3, 23, 3; R. G. Davis 12, 1, 28, 1; P. A. Woolhouse 12, 5, 17, 1; M. Howard 12, 0, 33, 2. LANCASTER PARK J. B. Olson c Bond b McNamara 0 P. O. Kinsella c and b Legg 0 A. M. Walker b McNamara 0 R. L. Millichip b McNamara 7 R. G. Davis c Campbell b Bond 3 S. K. Helmore b McNamara 2 P. A. • Woolhouse c McKenna b Legg ... 4 B. A. Carr std Illingworth b Campbell 10 J. S. Mullany l.b.w. Campbell 2 L. Marr not out 0 M. Howard b Brownlee . . 3

Extras (W7. b 3, 1b2)12 Total 43 Bowling: T. A. McNamara 8, 5,8, 4; B. J. Legg 9,4, 9,2; K. E. Bond 5,1, 7,1; L R. McDrury 3,2, 5,0; C. A. Campbell 6,4, 4,2; D. K. Brownlee 3.5, 1,6, 1. Umpires: D. Frosh J- Elley. RICCARTON v. SYDENHAM RICCARTON D. L. Ford c Giles b Devine 43 C. L. Fleming c and b Turner 1 G. M. Heather run out . . 19 K. V. Gunn b Anderson. . 3 J. A. Beattie b Devine. . . 0 L. J. Murdoch b Anderson 16 R. J. Holmes c Anderson b Ryan 5 D. A. Costello run out. . . 0 K. N. Withers run out. . . 1 H. Smither not out 3 P. Tuitape not out 1 Extras (wlO, b,6) 16 Total (for 9 wktsj 108 Bowling: J. A. Turner 12, 5,15,1; T. Ryan 12, 6, 9,1; A. J. Devine 12, 4, 27, 2; D. Heenan 7,0, 24, 0; M. A. Lewis 5,0, 10, 0; T. L. Anderson 12, 6, 17, 1. SYDENHAM T. L. Watts b Heather 9 T. L. Anderson c Fleming b Gunn . .' 13 M. A. Lewis c Holmes b Heather 11 K. E. Wickes c and b Ford. 4 A J. Devine c and b Ford . 2 J-. A. Turner b Ford .... 5

K. T. Ryan lbw Tuitape. . 1 D. Heenan b Ford ..... 0 W. M. Giles l.b.w. Ford . . 14 R. E. Peppes std Beatie b Heather 1 L. Walker not out. .... . 0 Extras (b 4. 1b2.)6 Total 66 Bowling: K. V. Gunn 8,3, 13, 1; D. A. Costello 8, 5. 1,0, P. Tuitape 12, 5, 21, 1; G. M. Heather 11.3, 5,6, 3; D. L. Ford 12, 2, 13, 5. Umpire: E. Brownlee.