Christchurch turned on a beautiful day for cricket for the fixture between The Willows and Whanganui Collegiate School. Batting first, The Willows got off to a horror start losing several quick wickets. Some aggressive bowling from the opening attack of Blundell and White had The Willows top order in all sorts of trouble reeling at 32 for 5. A good partnership was desperately needed and it came in the form of Young and Hawes. Together the pair put on 50 steering The Willows to over a hundred before Young was dismissed for a well played 47. The tail wagged and some good hitting from Inglis (32) bumped the total up to a defendable 182.

In reply, The Willows sprung an early surprise opening with off-break bowler Tony Gray, who together with medium pacer Scott Inglis, managed to stem the flow of any early runs. The pressure resulted in a fortuitous run-out, nevertheless the perfect start for the fielding side. Many of the Collegiate batsmen looked solid at the crease but good fielding coupled with accurate bowling meant runs were hard to come by. Continued pressure from The Willows forced the visiting team into some rash shots and wickets fell steadily throughout the innings. The outstanding bowler for The Willows was Alex Reese who prospered from the team’s tight bowling taking five wickets. In the end The Willows were too strong and came away victorious.