New Zealand: Chance for players to press claims (26 December 1998)
Players from four provinces will seek to further their Shell Cup aspirations during the National Second XI limited-over cricket tournament which starts at Hagley Oval tomorrow
26-Dec-1998
26 December 1998
New Zealand: Chance for players to press claims
The Christchurch Press
Players from four provinces will seek to further their Shell Cup
aspirations during the National Second XI limited-over cricket
tournament which starts at Hagley Oval tomorrow.
Canterbury meets Wellington and Auckland plays Otago in the opening
round of a tournament revived by Canterbury officials to assist in the
development of representative cricketers and provide the second tier
with match practice at Shell Cup time. "Ideally we would like to have
a competition involving some three day matches. However, the costs of
such a tournament would be prohibitive at this stage," said CCA
operations manager Blair Hartland.
Teams:
Auckland: C. Pryor, T. McIntosh, R. Scragg, R. King,
I. Billcliff, S. Silva, J. Pawley, T. Topia, J. Lintott, R. Young,
C. Brown.
Canterbury: S. Pawson, M. Papps, J. Barrett, R. Frew,
M. McKenzie, D. Reekers, C. Anderson, B. Yock, R. Burson, D. Walker,
S. Cunis, W. Cornelius, H. James. Coach: G Charles.
Otago: S. Forde, C. Davies, C. MacKenzie, G. Davis, G. Greene,
M. Sale, W. McSkimming, N. Rushton, D. Sewell, R. Quirk, R. Kooks, S.
Waide. Coach, S McCullum.
Wellington: J. Dry, G. Murray, G. White, P. Parker,
G. Donaldson, S. Hotter, J. Aitken, J. Franklin, S. Golder, I. Kelly,
D. Little, G. Stevenson. Coach: P. McMahan.
Tournament draw:
December 27: Canterbury v Wellington at Hagley 1, Auckland v Otago at
Hagley 3. December 28: Canterbury v Otago at Hagley 3, Wellington v
Auckland at Hagley 1. December 29: Canterbury v Auckland at Hagley 3,
Otago v Wellington at Hagley 1. December 30: final at Hagley 1,
play-off for third at Hagley 3.
Source :: The Christchurch Press (https://www.press.co.nz/)