BOMBING WEEK - Royal New Zealand Air Force

The Air Force on forward defence.
The Aussies scramble for the ball as
SGT Glen Whitley (L) and CPL Kim
Bevins keep up the run rate.
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CPL Darren Grant in
action against the RAAF.
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AFN69, APRIL 06
OH 06-0040-04
SGT Nathan Hodges, sends one
down to LAC Brett Cunningham.
INTERBASE
MERV PARR
Ohakea hosted Interbase (IB) Cricket at Victoria
Park, Wanganui.
The fi rst women’s game was dominated by
the bowlers, with OH 89, C. Hausman 3/13 &
D. White 4/12. In reply AK lost 6 wickets, with
G. Cosford 3/17 & K. Peacock 2/13.
Next game, Palmerston Nth Girls High School
(PNGHS) made a mammoth 348/9 despite
Cosford 4/65 & A. Hockenhull 3/71. S. Macks,
22, was the only resistance, with OH all out
for 69.
AK, with A. Walding, 87, leading the way
made 147, but PNGHS still had a comfortable
7 wicket win.
Good bowling by OH, T. Harrison 3/20 & K.
Waite 2/29 limited AK to 169, with Walding,
60, being the batting highlight. She then capped
off an outstanding tournament with 3/6, which
with S. Van Deventer 3/18 & T. Lauchlan 2/21
ensured a 73 run victory and the McCombie
Cup (IB winners).
First round of the men’s competition saw
AK victorious by six wickets over WB, 119, T.
Beilby 2/11 & D. Pugh 4/21. H. Madsen, 106,
& G. Burnnand, 40, coupled with good support
by the other batsmen meant an imposing OH
275. T. Chambers 6/7 threatened WN with
the lowest every IB score (27 by OH) but M.
Stevens, 46*, saved this embarrassment with
WN being all out 89.
Day 2 commenced with OH compiling 304
for 4, with Madsen’s free flowing strokes
ending in another century, M. Beaven, 74,
and D. Grant 34*. Despite a valiant captain’s
knock by D. Hamilton, 80*, WB were all out for
129. WN again struggled with the bat making
88, K. Stratford 3/16, B. Brown 2/5 & Beilby
2/15, which AK knocked off for the loss of
3 wickets.
OH with a comprehensive bowling display,
B. Cunningham 4/9, & 2 wickets each to G.
Schofi eld, M. Beaven & S. Hunter, restricted AK
to 89, which set up a 7 wicket victory.
LAC Brett Cunningham setting off for a run.
F/O Graham Burnnand playing a
nice shot forward of the wicket.
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With WB/WN game having no effect on the
fi nals, 20/20 was pioneered with 2 games.
First game saw WN, 123, holding on for 11 run
victory, but D. Hamilton, with a brilliant 104,
ensured a reversal with a 41 run victory.
Having driven over to Wanganui, which was
now a lake, then back over to P.North, the
fi nal was reduced to 40 overs. OH winning its
fourth toss in a row decided to bat fi rst, but
not having batted much past the top order
the loss/retirement of early wickets meant a
few early jitters. Grant, 70, and G. Burnnand,
71, weathered the storm before exploding
with 100 run partnership. N. Hodges, with
quality death bowling of 4-35 restricted OH
to 210/9.
AK, with tight OH bowling, Hunter with good
movement 4/27, and sharp catching, were
always behind the eight ball before being
all out for 124; thus OH being the winners of
Wilson Cup (IB winners).
In the plate game M. Parr 61* (runs not
age) helped WN to 148, with T. Alexander
3/37 & C. Lindsay 4/27. Despite G. Robati
3/41, P. Richardson, a replica of his Black Cap
namesake (leftarm spinner now opener), 45,
led WB to a 3 wicket win.
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