Valley maintained its lead in the Borton Cup with a 73 run win over Oamaru/St Kevin’s College on the all weather pitch at St Kevin’s College in perfect summer conditions. Union in a game which doubled as a Dick Hunt Trophy final defeated Eastern by eight wickets while Albion retained its position in second place on the Borton Cup table with a three wicket win over Waitaki Boys High School.
Valley batted first and with Scott Kingan (56) and Andrew Fisher(27) to the fore made 159 before the final wicket fell Ben Cant and Matt Murphy took three wickets each for Oamaru/St Kevin’s. Only Sammy Havea(22) showed any real resistance to the Valley attack headed by Francois Mostert with four for 21 while Blair Malcolm, three for 20, and Hamish McKenzie, two for 26, mopped up the rest.
Big hitting by Cameron Grubb(57) enabled Eastern to get into three figures batting first against Union at King George Park with Grubb contributing almost half of Easterns 124.Paul Johnston, three for 21, Brad Fleming, three for 35 and Matt Lilley, two for 19 took the wickets for Union.
Jake Greenslade(50) plundered the Eastern attack with fellow opener, Glynn Cameron(30) as Union raced to 125 for two with Duncan Drew unbeaten on 21.
Waitaki Boys High School showed little resistance to Albion’s attack spearheaded by Paul Odell, four for 31, and Jeremy Smith, four for 27 with backup Ricky Whyte taking two for 22 and the side was dismissed for 108 with only opener Reece Petrie, making his debut in the first X1 top scoring with 23.
Albion, with Stephan Grobler taking four for 24 for Waitaki Boys, lost seven wickets before an unbeaten 21 from Matt Day saw Albion home with Ian Cooney adding 21 runs up the order.
Short Scorecard(s)
Senior - Borton Cup - Round 7
Eastern Senior vs Union Senior at King George Park
Eastern Senior 124 ( C. Grubb 57, J. Dempster 18, O. McLelland 17, A. Grubb 12, P. Johnston 3-21, B. Fleming 3-35, M. Lilley 2-19 )
Union Senior 125-2 ( J. Greenslade 50, G. Cameron 30, D. Drew 21no, J. Shields 12no, D. Oldham 2-16 )
Union by 8 wickets.
Waitaki Boys 1st XI vs Albion Senior at WCS Outer Oval
Waitaki Boys 1st XI 108 ( R. Petrie 23, J.B. Smith 4-27, P.M. Odell 4-31, R.I. Whyte 2-22 )
Albion Senior 110-7 ( M. Day 21, I. Cooney 21, S.F. Grobler 4-24 )
Albion by 3 wickets.
Valley Senior vs Oamaru-St Kevins Combined at St Kevin's 1
Valley Senior 161 ( S. Kingan 56, M. Murphy 3-43, B.C. Cant 3-53 )
Oamaru-St Kevins Combined 86 ( S. Havea 22, F. Mostert 4-21, B. Malcolm 3-30, H. McKenzie 2-26 )
Valley by 75 runs.