(a 50 over match)
A fine day at the Valley of Peace saw St Bede’s XI put in to bat. Facing a lively opening spell from C Jenkins and D Eathorne the St Bede’s openers R Ryan and C Duke dug in well and got the team off to a good start. The Christchurch Boys High School XI attack performed well. An excellent spell from D Burrows saw him bowl several maidens. T Astle was to show his class with a very tidy spell. The pick of the bowlers, however, was S Davis with 4- 10 which helped keep St Bede’s score down to a hard-fought 137.
The anchor for St Bede’s was C Due who played a fine innings for his 41, ably supported S Ermerins and J Bakermans.
CBHS, I am sure, felt well capable of meeting the required target but they did not count on a superb spell of bowling by S Ermerins 4-18 with great support from C Duke 2-15 and J Bakermans 2-13.
Phil McKay, after a fine session in the field with the gloves, was the only batsman to take on the challenge with a swashbuckling 51 but in the end, with only 96 runs on the board and no wickets in hand, CBHS was well beaten by a very good St Bede’s side.
Special thanks to Dave Eathorne, Ryan Eathorne and Dan Hooper for St Bede’s, and Dayle Eathorne for CBHS, for bringing this excellent fixture together.
Brent Bailey
