Ruapehu College cricketers on top

Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 6, Issue 231, 16 February 1988, Page 20

Ruapehu College cricketers on top

Ruapehu College had a comfortable seven wicket victory over Navy on Saturday 30 January. Navy batted first and from their 45 overs scored 173.6. Top scorers for Navy were Grace (50 not out) and Randall (33). The next best score was Wides (25). Best bowler for College was E. Perrett (3.17). Ruapehu College cruised to their target, for the loss of three wickets and in only 23 overs W. Marsh relished the bowling to finish 99 not out, including 8 sixes and 7 fours. He was ably supported by E. Perrett (34). Scores: Navy 173.6 (Grace 50 n.o., Randall 33, Barham 19, Newson 19, Perrett 3.17). Ruapehu College 175.3 (W. Marsh 99 n.o., Perrett 34, Grace 2.25). Ruapehu College continued on their winning way in club cricket on Saturday 13 February with an easy 92 run victory over Bulls. Batting first on a very slow wicket College were able to reach 142, with the top scorers being R. Parsons (44) and W. Marsh (29). The most successful bowler for Bulls was Frederickson (4.30). The Bulls batsmen had no answer to some very good bowling by College and were dismissed in the 21st over for 50 runs. Only one batsmen was able to reach double figures. D. McDonnell (4.15) and E. Perrett (3.10) were the most successful bowlers. The fielding was of a much higher standard than has been the case in recent weeks. Ruapehu College 142 (R. Parsons 44, W. Marsh 29, G. Joumeaux 16, R. Hamun 15. Frederickson 4.3 0, Foster 2.22). Bulls 50 (Ordish 12, D. McDonnell 4.15, E. Perrett 3.10, W. Marsh 1.7, G. Joumeaux 1.5). The game on Saturday 6 February was won by default by Ruapehu College. Ruapehu College is currently leading the competition Division Two of President's grade Rangitikei with four games left to play.