It’s fair to say The Willows captain has a better record wearing the black jersey than the white one*.

Otago Boys’ High School thoroughly deserved their win against a Willows side which included two current Otago first class players in Max Chu and Josh Finnie (both of whom toured Sri Lanka in Willows youth teams). The Willows set a target of 159 after Chu and Finnie got the side off to a steady start with Ryan Cutts, Gareth Reed and the captain also chiming in with runs.

OBHS success centred on brothers in arms – captain Jacob and Zac Cumming both of whom are outstanding prospects. Jacob returned honours board figures of 5-29 with the ball and Zac led the fight back with 77 runs; this after his side was in touble early. The pick of The Willows bowlers was Molly Loe with a couple of tidy spells including two wickets in conjunction with Volts wicket-keeper Chu.

Thanks to OBHS stalwart Ken Rust, rector Richard Hill plus their coach, manager and parent support who always rally behind this most impressive visting 1st XI.

*Our captain was one RH McCaw, ONZ and ex-OBHS 1st XI