CRICKET. SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. EASY VICTORIES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18, 23 January 1911, Page 4

CRICKET. SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. EASY VICTORIES.

East A defeated East B, innings and 163. South defeated College, innings and 17. Central A defeated Central B, innings and 33 HONOUR BOAKD Grace (South), ill. Naughton (Central A), not out, 45. Monaghan (College). 6 for 56. Grace (South), 5 for SZ. Hawthorn (Central A), 4 for 44, Gibbes (East A), 3 for IG. Senior grade cricket was resumed oa the Basin Reserve on Saturday afternoon in fine weather, but very little interest was evinced in the games, as they were all looked on as foregone conclusions. The players themselves did not appear to take play very seriously, as each, team was short-handed during the afternoon. Wickets, on the whole, were good ; if anything, they favoured the batsmen. Only one individual display stood out: Grace, of South, being responsible for a fine perforrhance, compiling 111 with the bat and taking five ■wickets for 35 runs. Full point wins were secured by East A. Central A, and Soutn, the victims being East B, Central B, and Victoria College. Detail* are as follow : — EAST A v. EAST B. On the previous Saturday East A. with seven wickews down for 251 runßj had declared, thus leaving East B witl 217 to get to save an innings defeat. Only seven. B men turned up on Saturday, and Gibbes and Grimmett soon made short work of them, 34 being od the board when the last wicket fell. East A thus won by an innings and 183 runs. Details : —

Bowling Analysis. — Gibbes took three wkkets for 16 runs; Grimmett, 2 foi EAST A. First innings (total for seven wickets — innings declared) 251 SOUTH v. VICTORIA COLLEGE. ' The position when South and Victorii College resumed was that College Kac compiled a score of 91 in the first in nings, and South had six wickets dowi for 167"Tuns. Grace and Wilspn re sumed batting, but the last named soox fell a victim to Monaghan, Burns stump ing him nicely- > Grace continued to ba' in fine style and carried his score to 111 when he succumbed leg before wicket U Monaghan. In a minority of 123 Col legs did a little better in their seconc effort, but the main set them was ten great,- and when Jameson, the last" mai was caught and bowled by Grace ..they were still 17 runs short of South.') total. ' Details :—

Aggregate 197 Bowling Anatysis. — Patrick took twe wickets for 27 runs; Grace, five for 35; Dickson, one for 16; Guthrie, none ioi

VlUiUlil/l LiVIj.Li.IMJJ :Xj. First Innings Second Innings. ... 9! Burns, c and b Grace Deonpsey, b Grace Ward, b Patrick Monaghan, c and b Dickson De 'la^Marei b Grace - jriffiths, run out Berendsen, b Patrick Burbidge, b Grace Jameson, c and b Grace Mackay, not out Stainton (absent) Extras ... i ... 2( ... 3: ... i Z li ... ( ... k Total ... 10(

xunax J->-first innings ... ..t ■•• *'i Second Innings. iohnson, b Gibbes 3rombie, b Gibbes ftilson, run. out Joldfinch, b Grimmett )hapman, b Grimmett J avitt, c Grimmett, b Gibbes not out lales (absent) ... -w r. Hickey (absent) tfas'b. (absent) ..« filler (absent) ... ... ••• fa ( U 1( ( ( i i i