Century in vain

Press, 15 January 1988, Page 19

Century in vain

The highlight of the fourth day of the national women's second XI cricket tournament at Ham was a sound 100 by the Otago captain, Jan Hall.

However, her century was not enough to deny Manawatu, which overtook Otago’s total of 150 with nine wicket down.

The winner of Pool B, Hawke’s Bay, was untroubled to beat the second team from Pool A, Canterbury, which struggled to score against an accurate bowling attack.

The winner of Pool A, Wellington, did not have everything its own way against Wanganui. which scored 161. A heavy shower of rain reduced the match to 40 overs and Wellington reached the 100 it needed with only one wicket down. The other game was also curtailed by rain, North Shore being' too strong for Taranaki. Results:—

Playing off for top four: Canterbury 80 (M. Ormandy 10, K. Nalder 10; M. Robinson 3/17; C. Atkins 2/8, S. Hampton 2/23) lost to Hawke’s Bay 84/2 (S. Jamieson 30; D. Brownlee 2/23).

Wanganui 161/7 (S. Mahar 34, 4. Dougherty 24, S. Keat 23; S. Simpson 4/43, J. Swanson 2/38) lost to Wellington 101 (D. Chambers 50, J. Kerr 30).

Playing-off for bottom four: North Shore 179/8 (W. Munro 41, R. Abbott 45, S. Kelly 23, J. Anderson 4/41, J. Sim 2/ 29) beat Taranaki 122 (J. Sim 36, T. Pickering 22; R. Smith 4/20, C. Nicholson 4/25). Otago 150 (J. Hall 100; L. Eagles 6/24) lost to Manawatu 151/9 (R. Hill 30, L. Eagles 26, R. Breure 26; A. O’Reilly 3/23).