Australia's Gingarre Gorillas take home Fiji's Crompton Cup
Tony Munro - 21 April 1999

Australian team, Gingarre Gorillas, has swept aside all opposition to take out Fiji's most coveted event, the three-nation, six-team Crompton Cup.

The Victorian-based side snared the Cup, held in Lautoka over four days, with a 10 wicket win over Nadi in the final. Gingarre bundled Nadi out for 47 before replying with 49-0. The man-of-the-match in the final was Gingarre's W.Walsh who virtually defeated Nadi on his own, taking 15-3 and then hitting 34 not out (out of 49).

In the play-offs for minor placings, Moce beat Tonga for third place, while Suva took fifth place through their victory over Lautoka.

The easy final win was a surprise considering the margin between the two in the preliminary round 30-over-a-side encounter was just one run - Gingarre 167-8 to Nadi's 166-7.

In the preliminary matches:
Gingarre defeated Suva, Nadi, Moce and Lautoka (16pts)
Nadi beat Moce, Suva and Tonga and lost to Gingarre (12pts)
Moce defeated Lautoka and Tonga and lost to Nadi and Gingarre (8pts)
Tonga beat Suva, drew with Lautoka, and lost to Nadi and Moce (6pts)
Suva beat Lautoka, and lost to Gingarre, Tonga and Nadi (4pts)
Lautoka drew with Tonga and lost to Gingarre, Moce and Suva (2pts)

The four best individual scores were:
78 C.Hammond (Gingarre) versus Nadi
59 R.Morgan (Gingarre) versus Lautoka
58 Josateki Bokogi (Suva) versus Lautoka
55 Setahby Vuli (Lautoka) versus Gingarre

The five best bowling returns were:
Mafo Lagi (Tonga) 5 wickets for 8 runs versus Suva
Viliame Cama (Moce) 4 wickets for 3 runs versus Lautoka
Richard Wotta (Nadi) 3 wickets for 5 runs versus Moce
Sakiusa Yalisaya (Suva) 3 wickets for 6 runs versus Lautoka
C.Hammond (Gingarre) 2 wickets for 3 runs versus Nadi.