Rain affected the first round of 50 over matches in the Wilkinson Pearce Cup and Hazlett Trophy Wellington club cricket competitions. Overnight rain delayed starts in most games while the Pearce Cup match between North City and Wellington Collegians and the Hazlett Trophy game between Wainuiomata and Hutt District were both abandoned without a ball being bowled.

Features of the Pearce Cup were bonus point wins to Karori and Naenae Old Boys, while Onslow gained a dramatic win over Eastern Suburbs with an over to spare.

In a shortened game, Easts made 232 for 6 off 46 overs. Ben Orton (94) and Josh Brodie (71) scored half-centuries. Andrew Lamb took 3 for 35. Onslow were 60 for 4 after 30 over but a 133-run stand in 14 overs between Jimad Khan (84 not out off 50 balls, including 8 sixes) and Stewart Rhodes (69) saw Onslow home with an over to spare. Ricky Joseph took 3 for 60

Karori made 198 for 8 against Taita with Harry Boam leading the way with 64. Hamish Blomfield and Dave Houghton both took three wickets. The Hutt Valley side could only make 150, Boam taking 3 for 18.

Naenae made short work of Upper Hutt dismissing them for 74. Adam Williams took 5 for 16 and Kyle Hitchman 3 for 16. Naenae lost three wickets getting the runs.

The front-runners in the Hazlett Trophy, Petone-Riverside and Johnsonville, both had easy wins. Petone-Riverside dismissed University for just 54. Leigh Kelly 3 for 2 and Sam Blandford 3 for 30 did the damage. They then lost two wickets getting the runs. Johnsonville scored 176 for 9 against Taita in a shortened match. Barry Rhodes top scored with 70. Matt Pepper took 3 for 15. Taiat could only make 116 for 9, with Pepper scoring 44 and Ryan Isaac getting 3 for 21.

Easts scored 151 for 8 against Karori while they dismissed Karori for 95, thanks to three wicket bags for Hazeem Quazi and Andrew Fullerton-Smith

In the Senior Women's competition there were wins to Collegians and Johnsonville.

Wellington U20s open with win over North City

On Sunday, the Wellington U20s opened their season with an 83-run win over North City in One-Day match at Alex Moore Park.

In a new inititative this season, the U20s are playing each of the other Wilkinson Pearce Cup sides in 50-over fixtures.

With Upper Hutt's Matt Taylor leading the way by scoring 76 off 66 balls, the U20s were bolwed out for 170 in the 41st over. For Norths, Neeraj Chawla took 5 for 29.

This total proved more than adequate, with North City bolwed out for 87 in reply in the 30th over. Easts off-spinner Sean O'Connor took 5 for 23 and Onslow seamer Corey Larsen 3 for 19.

Saturday's Results

Wilkinson Pearce Cup

Upper Hutt 74 (A Williams 5-16, K Hitchman 3-16) lost to Naenae Old Boys 77-3.

North City v Collegians abandoned.

Karori 198-8 (H Boam 64, C Spring 46, M Jones-Middleton 30*, D Houghton 3-15, H Blomfield 3-28) beat Taita 150 ( S Gellatly 30, P Houghton 31)

Easts 232-6 (B Orton 94, J Brodie 71, S McLauchlan 36, A Lamb 3-35) lost to  Onslow 235-5 ( J Khan 84*, S Rhodes 69, R Joseph 3-60)

Points: Karori and Naenae 9; Onslow 6; Taita and North City 4; Collegians 2; Upper Hutt and Easts 0

Wilkinson Hazlett Trophy

Wainui v Hutt abandoned

University 54 (L Kelly 3-2, S Blandford 3-30) lost to Petone-Riverside 58-2

Johnsonville 176-9 (B Rhodes 70, H Silva 38, M Pepper 3-15) beat Taita 116-9 (M Pepper 44, R Isaac 3-21)

Easts 151-8 (C Gajanayaka 30, A Yates 31, T Jamieson 30, R Ellis 3-20) beat Karori 95 ( H Quazi 3-28, A Fullerton-Smith 3-29)

Points: Petone-Riverside and Johnsonville 7; Hutt 6; Easts 5; Karori and Wainui 4; University 2; Taita 0

Senior Women

Collegians 87-5 (A Evans 42, S Bremner 23) beat Hutt 75-8 (S Gurnsey 3-13, S Bremner 2-13)

Onslow 86-4 (A Cooper 30*) lost to J'ville 87-3 (T Newton 34, K Sutherland 24*)