Morrinsville batted first and through Old Collegian Rhys McCarthy with 48 had St Paul's on the back foot until three outstanding catches to Chris Swanson, Scott Spence and Eli Spadoni changed the game. While the ground fielding wasn’t at St Paul's best, the catching was excellent and the bowling tight as Morrinsville made 225 for 9 with Tom Yarrall having the best figures of 4 for 27.
In Reed Fisher 24 and Dillon Kelliher, St Paul's made an excellent start with 68 for the first wicket. Alastair Blackett 68 joined Kelliher and carried on the momentum with a 99 run partnership. Chris Swanson 20 not out then helped see Dillon Kelliher through to 109 not out his first hundred for the 1st XI and win the game by 8 wickets. Dillon is a long time 1st XI member, has always been an exceptionally hard trainer and had been close to this milestone several times and so the team and parent supporters were rapt to see him achieve this mark. Well done.
