Ex-mumbai hockey player D’cruz no more

MUMBAI: Former Bombay and Tata Sports Club hockey star Avitus D’cruz passed away here on Sunday.

D’cruz, 81, is survived by his wife Ophelia, daughters Althea and Aloma and son Alston. The centre-half represented Bombay for over a decade and was also the captain of the team that lost to Punjab in the 1971 Hockey Nationals final. He along with younger brothers Anu and Archangel played together for Tata’s in the late 1960s and 70s. D’cruz also represented India in a couple of Tests.

Under-14 Ajit Naik Memorial tournament brief scores: Vasai Centre 357/7 in 86.0 overs (Kshitij Pal 155*, Advai Kandalkar 82*, Swapnil Verma 47) vs

5/0;

287/7d in 43 overs (Harshavardhan Baramukh 149, Omkar 55, Atharva Dhond 41; Krishna Datta 4/89) vs

40/3 in 25 overs;

261/6 in 54.4 overs (Aakash Mangde 102,

Soham Kangane 43, Shubham Gupta 38; Arya Sagare 3/74) vs

47/4 in 21.2 overs; 292/9d in 66 overs (Vedant Gore 101*, Aagneya Aadi 51, Dhairesh Mane 42) vs 26/0 in 16 overs; 285/7 in 80 overs (Shrihann Haridass 97, Ayush Shete 58, Dhavet 30*) vs

in 315/6d in 66.2 overs (Elton 67, Jay Nadar 66, Gandharva 50, Prasoon Singh 40) vs 13/1 in 7 overs; 80 in 28.4 overs (Aditya VS 44; Aryan Vichare 4/29) vs

242/2 in 52 overs (Smin Kini 107, Marlesh Shinde 96*);

87 in 35.4 overs (Nikash Nerurkar 5/36) vs

87/8 in 47 overs (Gajanan Narapgol 3/25, Yuvan 3/17)

Kanga Knockout D Division brief scores: Young Social CC 69 in 24 overs (Ayush Mogal 6/23) lost to

71/6 in 9.5 overs (Jay Chavan 42*; Sahil Purohit 4/40) by 4 wkts;

310 in 44.2 overs (Aarush Patankar 86,

Amar Bhayde 71, Ketan Sawant 68, Kewal Sawant 53; Hitesh Mhatre 4/46, Udit Pathar 3/71) beat 115 in 24 overs (Kunal Tandel 34; Kewal Sawant 3/39) by 195 runs;

144 in 36.2 overs (Narendra Ambavkar 79; Durvesh Patil 3/29) beat 130 in 38.3 overs (Aniket Berde 31; Narendra Ambavkar 3/14, Sushil Rane 3/29, Sandeep Shinde 3/42) by 14 runs;

104 in 30.3 overs (Sandeep Yadav 3/11) lost to

105/4 in 14.4 overs (Sushant Kadam 33*; Vikas Lubana 3/20) by 6 wkts;

95 in 32 overs (Sanket Sutar 30; Ajinkya Pawar 3/19) lost to

101/5 in 16.1 overs (Nimish Sandane 5/36) by 5 wkts;

243 in 43.4 overs (Vaibhav Patil 75, Rajesh Geetakrishnan 41; Neelesh Yadav 3/45) beat

147 in 35.5 overs (Ganesh Patil 41; Manindra Pratap Singh 5/26) by 96 runs;

214 in 42. 4 overs (Himank Gupta 101; Harshad Pagdhare 3/34, Satish Shetty 3/60) beat

196 in 43.4 overs (Vinod Pal 65, Nikhil Kadolekar 40; Wasim Ansari 5/12) by 18 runs; 110 in 33.1 overs (Krishna Verma 4/14) lost to 111/7 in 35.1 overs (Atharva Surve 50*; Ratnadeep Chavan 5/35) by 3 wkts.