Old boy Rowland stars for Campion

Ollie Needham keeps his eye on the ball. Pictures by Paul Rickard and supplied.

CAMPION College old boy Michael Rowland defied the Bollywood Stars attack to score an unbeaten 100 off 123 balls in a third-round DJ Barry Cup 40-over cricket game at Harry Barker Reserve on Saturday.

Rowland, back on holiday, hit eight fours in a magnificent knock that denied the Stars the maximum 25 points and earned Campion 12 bonus points.

The Stars looked certain to join Pirates at the top of the table when they batted first and posted 289-9 declared.

They lost their first wicket with only 10 runs on the board, but then came partnerships of 89 from Ajay Kumar (42) and Keegan Martin (77), 60 from Martin and Harry Singh (33), 56 from Singh and Gary Singh (56), and 55 from Gary Singh and Gagan Dhingra (28).

Lucy McHugh was the chief wicket-taker with four for 69, while Sam Patterson picked up two wickets.

Campion were soon in trouble, losing Matt Naden with the score at 19, bowled by Gary Singh for 3.

Matt’s father Mark and Rowland revived the innings with a superb 95-run stand before Naden was trapped leg before wicket by Keegan Martin. Naden’s 51 runs had come off 60 balls and included seven fours.

Rowland and medium-pace bowler Sam Patterson advanced the score to 156 before the hard-hitting Patterson was caught by Gary Singh off Harry Singh for 27.

Although wickets continued to tumble around him, Rowland stood firm as Campion replied with 222-7.

Horouta move to thirdHorouta moved into third spot on the standings, on 56 points, one more than Bain Construction OBR, after beating Gisborne Boys’ High School (2).

Batting first, Horouta smashed 213-3 off 40 overs, then rolled the nine-man school side for 78.

Billy Morse, back in the Horouta team after taking a break from the game, was man of the match. He scored 50 runs, figured in a 73-run opening partnership with Edwin Sandys (27), and took three wickets for 24 runs off six overs.

“It’s great to have Billy back in the team,” stand-in skipper Vaughan Thompson said.

Morse also combined with Duncan Gibson (75 not out) in a third-wicket partnership of 82 runs before being dismissed.

Gibson and Mel Knight then had an unbroken partnership of 56, with Knight scoring 22.

OBR bounced back from last week’s loss to the Stars with a comfortable win against GBHS (1).

Craig Christophers anchored the OBR innings of 275 with a top score of 53 from 46 balls. He hit 11 fours.

Christophers then picked up two wickets for 26 runs as Boys’ High were dismissed for 113.

Christophers and Timoti Weir put on 33 runs before Weir was bowled by Paul Stewart for 11.

Christophers and Ian Loffler then added 66 runs before Christophers was bowled by Korban Harrison-Allen.

Matt Henwood (42) and Joe Loffler (39) also made starts without going on.

Peter Kapene picked up three wickets, while Paul Stewart and Harrison-Allen each collected two.

Bollywood Stars289-9 declared (K Martin 77, G Singh 56, A Kumar 42, H Singh 33, G Dhingra 28; L McHugh 4-69, J White 2-64) def Campion College 222-7 (M Rowland 100 not out, M Naden 51, S Patterson 27; G Singh 3-27) by 67 runs.

Horouta 213-3 ( D Gibson 75no, B Morse 50, E Sandys 27, M Knight 22no) def Gisborne Boys’ High School (2) 78 (C Collings 3-14, B Morse 3-24) by 135 runs.

OBR 275 (C Christophers 53, M Henwood 42, J Loffler 39, H Eivers 31, I Loffler 24, J Purcell 23; P Kapene 3-48, P Stewart 2-57, K Harrison-Allen 2-87) def GBHS (1) 113 (T Weir 4-22, J Holden 2-23, C Christophers 2-26) by 162 runs.

Points: Pirates 75, Stars 68, Horouta 56, OBR 55, HSOB 42, GBHS (2) 29, Campion College 15, GBHS (1) 7.