Date-stamped : 04 Feb97 - 06:16 3 February 1997 Old Boys Maintain Comfortable Lead In Club Cricket High School Old Boys maintained their comfortable lead in the Trust Bank Trophy senior club cricket competition, despite being involved in the only drawn match of the fifth round on Saturday. Old Boys, entered the round with a 25-point buffer on their nearest rivals, one of which was Riccarton with which it drew. Burnside West-University made the most significant advance taking full points against Old Collegians to move into a clear second ahead of Lancaster Park, which won outright against Woolston WMC after conceding first innings points. East Christchurch-Shirley also claimed maximum points, easily downing Sydenham, while St Albans staged a remarkable second-innings comeback to head Marist. Several bowlers fared impressively with John Quinn (Lancaster Park) snaring a seven-wicket haul in bowling Park to its win, while Jonathan Millmow (East-Shirley) had a 10-wicket match haul against Sydenham. Riccarton left-arm slow bowler Lee Borcoski claimed the first hat-trick of his career in the midst of a five-wicket haul against Old Boys. Two batsmen scored centuries, Dayle Jemmett (Woolston WMC) and Kelvin Scott (Lancaster Park) in the same match. Big return for Quinn Lancaster Park captain John Quinn more than justified a bold declaration to lead by example and bag seven wickets in Park's win over Woolston WMC at Garrick Park. Over all on the day, Quinn snared 10 wickets. The Woolston top order could not handle Quinn's lively left-arm fast mediums, and chasing 197 to win in 90min plus 20 overs, crashed to 68 for six, Quinn capturing the first five wickets. Chris Bell then staged an almost single-handed resurgence for the home side in a blazing innings which included 30 from two overs of Nick Sargisson's off-spin. Suddenly, Woolston was 142 for six wanting just 55 at four an over. However, Quinn re-introduced himself to end Bell's blistering knock of 80 from 76 balls with 13 fours and he also returned again to claim the final wicket as Woolston sought to deny Park in the closing overs. Quinn had declared at 3pm after the dismissal of Kelvin Scott who had struck a fine century, with good support efforts from Chris Tolley and Ryan Roberts. Tolley and Scott added 101 for the second wicket with Scott's century being hoisted in 160 minutes from 121 balls with 14 fours and a six. The game had another century-maker earlier in the day when Woolston WMC opener Dayle Jemmett steered his side to first-innings points, Jemmett facing 148 balls and hitting 13 fours. Hastings has fine day A fine innings from Mark Hastings set the pace for the home team at Burnside Park. Hastings struck 11 fours in reaching 50 in 66min. He also bowled with good control of length and line to capture the important wickets of Tim Woodfield and Mark Rountree. The Old Collegians attack looked ordinary on the placid pitch and there were two sound partnerships. Hastings and Carlos Prowse added 90 for the third wicket, while Simon Packman and Mark Lumsden 69 for the fifth. Where Burnside scored almost at will, Old Collegians struggled. No batsman looked confident against the testing left-arm spin of Hamish Kember and the medium-pace of Hastings. Dramatic turnaround After conceding a 147-run deficit on the first innings, St Albans staged a dramatic second-innings batting effort to beat Marist by three wickets, with more than five overs remaining, at Warren Park. Set the imposing target of 277, openers Glynn Howell and Greg Olliver made a quick start, scoring 35 off the first six overs before lunch. Olliver, however, was out first ball after the break, but captain Craig Cumming joined Howell in a commanding 110-run second-wicket partnership. With fluent off-side shots and deft leg side nudges Howell scored his first senior half century before falling for 73. That triggered yet another middle-order collapse by St Albans with Cumming (65) also falling. Leg-spinner Ashley Ross was the chief destroyer taking five wickets for 13 runs in the space of five overs. At 201 for seven the game was in the balance, but Matthew Fine and James Ward combined in a 76-run stand to guide St Albans to victory. Fine was dominant with some bold boundary hitting, finishing the match with a huge six off Ross who he punished in the latter stages, while Ward supported well. Earlier, Marist had built on its substanstial first-innings lead scoring 129 for five in the morning session having decided not to enforce the follow on. Captain Glenn Muir was again in fine touch scoring 41 off 30 balls, including four fours and two sixes. Last week's century maker Chris Mercer again played well while Ward was the pick of the St Albans bowlers. Riccarton thoroughly deserved a draw against competition leaders High School Old Boys at Hagley 3. It was a hard-fought low-scoring game. Shane Bond's aggressive bowling brought Riccarton's first innings to an untimely end; off 25 balls he took three for one, Riccarton declaring nine down. Old Boys second innings was an unhurried affair, expect for the rapid loss of wickets. The only real resistance came from opener Hamish Anderson who was seventh out for 48, but it took him 172 minutes. The top batsmen succumbed to some steady bowling and then came the Lee Borcoski hat-trick to all but wind the innings up. He bowled his left-arm slows skillfully, but Old Boys anxiety to score quickly contributed. Riccarton lost two wickets early, and at tea, needed 161 to win in an hour and the last 20 overs. Gary Stead batted confidently making 37, but Neil Maxwell was run out by a brilliant throw from Sam Foley. Then Riccarton went on the defensive, 79 needed from the last 10 overs. Glen Foulkes and Phil Monk never looked like getting out. East wins easily Pace bowler Jonathan Millmow grabbed another five wickets as East Shirley scored an eight-wicket win over Sydenham at Burwood Park. Millmow took five for 13 in a seven-over spell in the morning as Sydenham slumped from its overnight score of 54 for one to 86 for eight. Millmow finished with match figures of 10 for 78. Medium pacer Cleighton Cornelius also bowled well in conditions tailor-made for swing and seam bowling. Carl Anderson rounded off a fine bowling performance by claiming the final two wickets for no runs. East had little trouble reaching its target of 68. Teenage opener Michael Papps, fresh from an outstanding national under-19 tournament, batted through as East won by 2pm. Points after five rounds: Old Boys 62, Burnside-West 49, Lancaster Park 45, East-Shirley 38, St Albans 35, Riccarton 34, Old Collegians 20, Marist 20, Woolston WMC 12, Sydenham 8. Short scoreboards: Burnside West-University 143 and 232-5 dec. (Mark Hastings 68, Simon Packman 67no) beat Old Collegians 173 and 92 by 111 runs; Marist 275-5 dec. and 129-5 dec. lost to St Albans 128 and 277-7 (Glynn Howell 73, Craig Cumming 65, Matthew Fine 57no; Ashley Ross 5-98) by three wickets; Old Boys 185 and 128 (Lee Borcoski 5-24 including hat-trick) beat Riccarton 130-9 dec. and 122-6 on the first innings; Sydenham 122 and 108 (Jonathan Millmow 5-33) lost to East Christchurch-Shirley 163-9 dec. and 70-2 by eight wkts; Lancaster Park 201-9 dec. and 200-2 dec. (Kelvin Scott 100, Chris Tolley 59) beat Woolston WMC 205-5 dec. (Dayle Jemmett 108) and 153 (Chris Bell 80; John Quinn 7-28) by 43 runs. Source :: The Christchurch Press (http://www.press.co.nz) Contributed by The Management (help@cricinfo.com)