Wellington College have finished third at the Gillette Cup Finals in Christchurch held this week.

The defending champions finsihed the competition with three wins and two losses meaning they finished just behind Northern District's Hamilton Boys' High School and Canterbury's St Andrew's College who contested the final yesterday afternoon.  

Highlights for Wellington College included a big 130 for opener Peter Bonar against Otago Boys' High School and a thriller against Rosmini College - nine wickets down in the pursuit of 252 and with two runs required off the final two balls, Petrie held is nerve under pressure and hit a four off the second last ball to secure the win.

Tournament results: Wellington College, third

St Andrew's College 303/6 (R Mariu 104, T McKay 72*, M Rodgers 2-49) beat Wellington College 288 (M Rodgers 72, O Jackson 54, W Anderson 3-58) by 15 runs

Lindisfarne College 294/8 (H Lowe 75, H Mowat 71, K Weerasundara 4-81) lost to Wellington College (P Bonar 83, H Morrison 57, F Mowat 4-62) 295/7 by 3 wickets

Wellington College 220/9 (H Morrison 76, M Sargentina 41, S Singh 3-50) lost to Hamilton Boys' High School 221/4 (J Parker 69*, S Singh 66, L Krebs 2-24) by 6 wickets

Rosmini College 251/8 (C Lowry 112, C Howell 55, B Hart 3-46) lost to Wellington College 254/9 (S French 73, O Jackson 35, I Miller 3-32) by 1 wicket

Wellington College 363/8 (P Bonar 130, H Morrison 53, X Chisholm 3-70) beat Otago Boys' High School 201 (F Hurley 58, S Miller 28*, L Krebs 2-22) by 162 runs

Article added: Friday 06 December 2019