Albion maintained its unbeaten run in Borton Cup cricket making it four in a row, beating Valley at Weston Park by 124 runs.
Albion started badly losing its first two wickets in the first two overs to be two for three, conceding wickets to Reuben Simpson and Cameron Grubb.
Brady Kingan (50) and Peter Cartwright (26) pulled the side around with a third wicket stand of 69 and the innings solidified when Ricky Whyte (41) and Brad Kernahan (67) added 88 runs for the seventh wicket. Kernahan was dismissed three runs short of bringing up his 4000 runs for Albion.
The last wicket of Albion fell at 269 with Geoff Mavor taking three for 56 and Simpson and Andrew Fisher two each.
Valley never really threatened the Albion attack with the final wicket falling at 145 with Cameron Grubb (47) and Simpson (40) the pick of the batsmen while Ricky Whyte took four for 34 off 6.3 overs.
At Whitestone Contracting Stadium, Oamaru/St Kevin's batting first against Waitaki Boys' High School first XI was dimissed for 93 in just 29 overs. Only Ash Abraham (42) and Lachlan Brooks (21) showed any stickability with Waitaki Boys' player/coach Francois Mostert taking seven for five of six overs. Scott Kitto took two for severn.
Waitaki Boys' made hard work of the chase losing five wickets for only 53 runs before it passed the opposition total with three wickets in hand in the 28th over. Mostert was unbeaten on 32 and Hayden Creedy adding 20. Bowling for Oamaru/St Kevin's James Ferris took six for 21 off his 21 overs.
Short Scorecard(s)
Senior - Borton Cup - Round 4
Albion Senior vs Valley Senior at Weston Domain
Albion Senior 269 ( B. Kernahan 67, B. Kingan 50, R.I. Whyte 41, P. Cartwright 26, G. Mavor 3-56 )
Valley Senior 145 ( C.N. Grubb 47, R. Simpson 40, R.I. Whyte 3-34 )
Albion by 124 runs.
Waitaki Boys 1st XI vs Oamaru-St Kevins Combined at Whitestone Contracting Oval
Oamaru-St Kevins Combined 93 ( A. Abraham 42, L.X.F. Brookes 21no, F. Mostert 7-5, S.C. Kitto 2-7 )
Waitaki Boys 1st XI 97-7 ( F. Mostert 32no, H. Creedy 20, J. Ferris 6-21 )
WBHS by 3 wickets