CHENNAI: St Joseph’s Trichy beat PSMO College, Kerala, 4-2 via tie-breaker in the semifinals of the Rev Fr LD Murphy Memorial football tournament organised by Loyola College. The hosts beat St Joseph’s College of Commerce Bangalore 2-1 in the other semifinal.
Semifinals: Loyola Chennai 2 bt St Joseph’s College of Commerce Bangalore 1; St Joseph’s Trichy 4 bt PSMO Kerala 2.
Venkatesa Hits 99
K Venkatesa Prabhakaran’s 99 helped Social Cricket Club beat Comrades Cricket Club in a fourth division B Zone league of the TNCA.
Brief scores: Nungambakkam CC 181 in 45.2 ovs (R Sukumar 79, Abhishek Sreedhar 4-40) lost to Book Sellers XI 182/8 in 48.5 ovs (K Divyaprakash 48, S Arun 44, R Sukumar 3-50). Friends XI 192 in 48.4 ovs (Y Jebaselvin 60, M Sarath Kumar 4-39, G Sathish Kumar 4-32) bt Bunts CC 168 in 46.4 ovs (M Sarath Kumar 65, V Naveen Raj 39, Y Jebaselvin 3-36). Comrades CC 212 in 47.5 ovs (R Navin Kumar 74, M Pradeep 5-55, Renjith Raveendran 3-47) lost to Social CC 213/3 in 46.1 ovs (K Venkatesa Prabhakaran 99, P Praveen Kumar 37 no).
Jangra Scalps 5
Karampal Jangra’s 5 for 43 ensured a thrilling seven-run win for Thiruthani CC over Aththis CC in a second division match of the TNCA- Thiruvallur DCA League. P Dinesh Kumar lent good support, taking 4 for 33. U Gunaseelan of Aththis CC had taken 6 for 46, which went in vain.
Brief scores: II Division: Thiruthani CC 123 in 29.3 ovs (U Gunaseelan 6-46) bt Aththis CC 116/9 in 30 ovs (Karampal Jangra 5-43, P Dinesh Kumar 4-33). Parthasarathy MCC 157/7 in 30 ovs (A Sulthan 54, V Raja 3-32, M Nagarajan 3-62) lost to Autolec ERC 159/3 in 27.3 ovs (G Roshan Kumar 50, G Sivananthan 65). IV Division: CPCL RC 112 in 24.3 overs (K Chinmaya 4-20) lost to FSCA 113/2 in 24.3 ovs.