The Rhinos were set to continue their chase of 169, continuing at 4/25.
With some rain sticking around, the start of the day’s play was delayed until 1.30pm.
When play resumed, Griegan French and Rory Bartlett were at the crease.
Both got back into rhythm from the previous week, being patient, turning the strike over occasionally and attacking the rare loose ball from Katty’s stifling opening bowlers Ewan Wilson and Archie Daniel.
The pair took the Rhinos to 4/38 before French was unlucky to fall to the fielding position change with the introduction of a leg slip.
French hit a regulation leg glance off the bowling of Northern Irish import Ewan Wilson, caught by fellow import Jude Keates for 24.
Returning for the chase in the second week, Charlie Hillier joined Bartlett in the middle.
The pair looked composed before Bartlett got a short ball from Wilson that ballooned off the bat, back to the bowler for a caught and bowled for 16.
This brought experienced Rhinos batter Andrew Hogan out.
Hogan and Hillier combined well, taking the battle to the Katty bowlers.
This included a Hillier six towards the Deni Golf Club that supposedly landed in a drain, putting the ball further out of shape and leading to a ball change.
Regardless, Hogan and Hillier looked comfortable before a bowling change which brought the slower bowling of Cooper Mynard to the crease.
This brought Hogan undone.
Looking to put away a slower wide ball, he was caught for 10 off Mynard at point by Harry Paterson.
This saw Rowan Frazer walk out to bat, to support Hillier, with both batters getting through to tea.
The pair got within 65 runs of the desired score before the reintroduction of Wilson, who delivered a barrage of short-pitched bowling.
Hillier took on Wilson again, this time getting hit by a ball that popped up to leg slip.
He was given not out, which Katty challenged staunchly. The visitors were penalised five runs for arguing with the umpire.
Hillier again took on the short pitched bowling from Wilson four balls later, this time high and wide outside off, hitting the bat. It spooned onto the offside and was caught by Liam Williams, Hillier out with a fighting 42.
This brought Hamish Baker to the crease.
Baker wasn’t spared any ferocity from Wilson, getting bounced and hit on the helmet from his first ball faced.
Wilson went upstairs for the second ball in a row to Baker, which he defended better, but it bounced off him and rolled onto the stumps, knocking off the bails.
The Rhinos’ last batter, Mathew Joice, then came to the crease.
Joice took to the bowling, hitting a boundary straight down the ground off Paterson.
Joice was keen to keep scoring, but Wilson had other ideas.
He bowled a yorker to remove the tail-ender, bowled for six.
This saw the Rhinos bowled out for 120, and Katamatite win by 48 runs.
The Rhinos had little answer for Katty captain Wilson, who took 7/34 off 22.2 overs with 10 maidens. This paired with his top score of 89 with the bat.
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