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High School Old Boys advanced to the final and holder Riccarton was eliminated when the semi-finals of the WestpacTrust Cup one-day cricket competition were played at Hagley Oval.

Both matches ended in subdued fashion, with the chasing side falling well short. Old Boys beat top qualifier St Albans by 74 runs, and Riccarton lost to Lancaster Park-Woolston by 54 runs yesterday.

In Sunday's preliminary final St Albans will use its second life against Park-Woolston, with the winner advancing to the final.

Old Boys made the running from the start, with Ben Yock and Jeremy Innes sharing an opening stand of 92 runs. There was a productive partnership at the finish, too, as Sam Martin and Regan Mitchell rattled on 48 for the ninth wicket.

Medium-pacers Anton Trist and Danny Baffsky made inroads into the Old Boys' middle and lower order batting. They were also to be among the few St Albans players to show much resistance with the bat.

Hamish Anderson returned the best figures of the Old Boys bowlers.

There was precious little batting of substance across the oval. Park-Woolston suffered two recessions in its innings before John Quinn and Wade Cornelius plundered 48 runs in 28min for the last wicket.

Cornelius, with strong support from fellow seamer Anthony Timpson, then caused havoc among Riccarton's batsmen. At 30 for five, Riccarton's only hope was Canterbury Shell Cup hero Gary Stead.

When he became the first of four victims of Andrew Richardson the outcome was inevitable.

Scores

Old Boys 246-8 (B Yock 48, J Innes 36, S Martin 37no; A Trist 3-33, D Baffsky 2-15) beat St Albans 172 in 38.3 overs (G Howell 33, Trist 29; Martin 2-24, H Anderson 3-25) by 74 runs.

Lancaster Park-Woolston 176 in 49.4 overs (M Lane 30, J Hindson 34, J Quinn 32no; P Monk 2-21, L Borcoski 3-22) beat Riccarton 122 in 41.4 overs (G Stead 35, W Stead 26; W Cornelius 4-11, A Richardson 4-24) by 54 runs.