Riccarton loses to St Albans in close battle

Press, 5 December 1988, Page 30

Riccarton loses to St Albans in close battle

St Albans toppled the competition leader, Riccarton, by the barest of margins in senior women’s cricket at Porritt Park on Saturday. With Lancaster Park having a well judged win over Sydenham it has now joined Riccarton at the top of the competition. Riccarton batted first and made a sound start through Delwyn Brownlee and Jayne Beattie, who went on to record a gritty half century. A useful 21 was added by Katrina Withers as Riccarton progressed to 147 all out. For St Albans Mandy Ormandy and Lyndel McMeek-

ing bowled tightly, while Vicki Burtt picked up three wickets.

In reply, Burtt and Ormandy put on 87 for the first wicket and an attacking 24 from Anita Bremner, including a six over mid-wicket which landed in a creek, raised the scoring rate at a vital time.

The seasoned campaigners Karen Hadlee and Kay Gilray were left to finish the job with two runs needed from the last ball.

Gilray cut it into the gully but she was run out going for the second run. However, although the scores were tied at 147 St Albans had lost less wickets.

At Sydenham Park, Lancaster Park was in early trouble against the home side at three for 11. However, Rebecca Millichip again rescued the innings with a splendid 59 supported by Jenny Olson who made 22. Lancaster Park were all out in the sixtieth over for 145. For Sydenham Cheryl

McMeekan and Katherine Ryan bowled tidily taking wickets at crucial times.

The Sydenham innings received a solid boost in the middle order from Andrea Devine (35) and Kay Wickes (27) to maintain the required scoring rate but faded in the latter stages when Millichip and Lisa Astle returned to the bowling crease. Sydenham finished 14 runs short of its target in spite of a forceful knock by Carol Ashby at the end. Riccarton v St Albans Riccarton D. K. Brownlee std Jamieson b Burtt 26 J. A. Beattie run out. . . . 50 K. M. Withers c Frahm b McMeeking 21 C. J. Hall run out 1 B. J. Rutledge l.b.w. McNamara 8 H. Smither c Gilroy b Burtt 0 K. A. Reynolds not out . . 2 B. Lloyd b Ormandy .... 15 M. Smith run out 2 R. Petrie c Frahm b Burtt. 0 C. McCarthy run out... . 1 Extras (b 5 lb2 wl4) .... 21 Total 147 Bowling: T. A. McNamara 12,

4, 29, 1; M. G. Ormandy 11, 6,9, 1; S. M. Frahm 2,0, 8,0; L. K. McMeeking 12, 1, 24, 1; A. C. Bremner 11, 0, 45, 0; V. L. Burtt 10.5, 1, 25, 3. St Albans V. L. Burtt c Reynolds b Withers 48 M. G. Ormandy l.b.w. Beattie 26 5. M. Frahm l.b.w. Beattie 4 J. K. Jamieson b Withers. 7 A. C. Bremner b McCarthy. 24 L. K. McMeeking c Beattie b Reynolds 4 K. A. Hadlee not out. . . . 2 K. K. Gilray run out... . 4 Total (for 6 wkts) 147 Bowling: K. M. Withers 12, 4, 23, 2; Brownlee 12, 3, 26, 0; B. J. Rutledge 12, 2, 23, 0; B. Lloyd 2, 0, 10, 0; C. McCarthy 7,0, 14, 1; J. A. Beattie 10, 2, 35, 2; K. A. Reynolds 2,0, 11, 1. Sydenham v Lancaster Park Lancaster Park T. L. Anderson l.b.w. Ryan. 2 J. B. Olson c Giles b Lees 22 A. M. Walker b Ryan ... 2 J. A. Russell l.b.w. McMeekan 0 R. L. Millichip run out . . 59 L. M. Astle l.b.w. Wickes . 8 S. K. Helmore b McMeekan 16 S. McLauchlan run out. . . 2 J. S. Mullany c Watts b

McMeekan 7 V. A. Orr run out 9 S. R. Day not out 2 Extras (b 7 w4 n.b.5) .... 16 Total 145 Bowling: K. T. Ryan 11, 3, 22, 2; C. M. McMeekan 12, 2, 26; 3; K. L. Lees 6. 2, 17, 1; K. E. Wickes 10, 1, 19, 1; K. L. Comber 5,1, 15, 0; A. J. Devine 8,1, 21, 0; M. A. M. Lewis 8,0, 18, 0. Sydenham T. L. Watts hit wkt b Anderson 11 K. le Comber b Mullany . 1 M. A. M. Lewis b Russell. 10 A. J. Devine run out. . . . 35 K. E. Wickes c Mullany b Astle 27 K. T. Ryan c and b Astle. 4 C. M. McMeekan c Astle b Millichip 0 W. M. Giles l.b.w. Millichip 1 C. A. Ashby not out ... . 11 K. L. Lees not out 1 Extras (b 3 wl6 lb 4 nb7) . 30 Total (for 8 wkts) 131 Bowling: R. L. Millichip 11, 3, 14, 2; J. S. Mullany 12, 3, 23, 1; S. McLauchlan 6,2, 10, 0; J. A. Russell 6,1, 13, 1; T. L. Anderson 12, 5, 28, 1; L. S. Astle 12, 1, 25, 2; A. M. Walker 1,0, 6,0; J. B. Olson 1,0, 6, 0.