College Sport: Wind, rain rule land and water

By DAVE WORSLEY


In a game filled with drama, Fraser High School cricketers scored their first win in the top division of the Waikato first XI competition, chasing a rain-reduced target.

Hamilton Boys High batted first and lost wickets early. It then came down to a battle of the Botha brothers - the younger Carl, batting for Hamilton, hit some boundaries, making Fraser captain and older brother Janus bring himself back into the attack to bowl. Carl did not back down but Janus got his wicket eventually, with Carl caught on the boundary for 58 off 32 balls.

Hamilton eventually scored 228 all out from their 40 overs.

Fraser, in their second season in division one, started slowly and were three for 45 when the first shower hit. Chris Wise (69) and Josh Reid (67) put together a valuable partnership, with Wise riding his luck early on and Reid finding the gaps.

A heavy shower ended play with Fraser 14 adrift of Hamilton's score.

But the formula required that Fraser needed 209.4 off 35 overs, giving them the win.

In other games, Matamata had a surprise win over St John's College. Matamata were all out for just 102, but St John's lost a wicket on the second ball and struggled from then on.

Te Awamutu bounced back after their loss to Hillcrest last week, demolishing Cambridge High.

Cambridge scored 94 runs, 36 by Nick Feast. Mark Thorsen did the damage for Te Awamutu with four for 15, supported by Maddock Price, who got three for 21. Te Awamutu then batted aggressively to reach 95 for one in 15 overs.

Morrinsville beat St Peter's by 12 runs after scoring 114 all out, including 41 from Carlos Dashwood. St Peter's made 102, Scott Laurence and Tony Bryant taking four for 23 and two for five respectively.

Hillcrest defended the Dave Hoskin Trophy but struggled to hold off St Paul's Collegiate.

Vincent Ryan was the hero of the day for St Paul's, taking a hat-trick and ending with six for 25.

Hillcrest were all out for 112. St Paul's struggled to build partnerships and were bowled out for 107.

WAKA AMA

Fifty-five teams from 16 Auckland secondary schools competed against one another and strong winds at the junior regatta on Onehunga Lagoon last weekend.

Crews needed to almost surf their way down the 350m course with the strong breeze behind them.

Rutherford College won the girls' final in a time of 1m 21s. The boys' final was won by Te Kura o Hoani Waititi in 1m 20.68s

The day's fastest time was recorded in the mixed final, where Rutherford girls joined Kelston boys to win in 1m 18.40s. Southern Cross Campus made four of the six finals.

This Week Tuesday: Touch, Junior Zone competition, various venues.