Acutt, Deeth set up Capricornia schoolboys cricket win

? DYNAMIC Rockhampton duo Matthew Deeth and Samuel Acutt compiled match-winning half-cen- turies to guide Capricornia to a powerful win over Northern at the Queensland School Sport 12 years boys' carnival at Rock- hampton's Kalka Shades yes- terday.

Deeth blasted 54 runs (74 balls), while Acutt scored a determined 52 runs (108 balls) to steer the home side past Northern's first innings total of 9/102 (50 overs).

The Frenchville Primary School middle-order batsmen guided Capricornia to 8/175 (50 overs) and record their second win of the carnival.

Earlier, Rockhampton's Ben Milne (2/25) and Mitchell Clune (2/22) and an economical Mitch- ell Inwood (2/8), of Gladstone, de- stroyed Northern's batting line- up.

Capricornia will play-off for fifth place at Kalka Shades today.

Wide Bay will take on Metro- politan North in today' final after both teams continued their unde- feated run towards the title yes- terday.

Wide Bay scored a thrilling sev- en-run win over South Coast in their top-of-the-table pool A clash.

Zac Keune (72) and Josh Neill (42) led Wide Bay to 7/176 before Hayden Thick snared three cru- cial wickets at the death to have South Coast all out for 169.

Metropolitan North also had to work hard in their 37-run win over South West.

Opener Ryan Dornan (17) proved the rock in Metropolitan North's total of 106, while Dean Bilton (16) also kept the runs tick- ing over.

In reply, a four-pronged pace at- tact had South West all out for 69.

In other games, Metropolitan West enjoyed a 42-run victory against North West, Darling Downs continued their winning ways against Metropolitan East and Sunshine Coast thrashed Peninsula.

Today's finals draw: Winner Pool A v Winner Pool B (Kalka 1), 2nd Pool A v 2nd Pool B (Kalka 2), 3rd Pool A v 3rd Pool B (Kalka 3), 4th Pool A v 4th Pool B (Kalka 4), 5th Pool A v 5th Pool B (RCG 2), 6th Pool A v 6th Pool B (Kalka 5).