Aug. 20.
Fully living up to the idea of the Knock Out Tournament which ded to provide the mate on the Police ground yesterday saw the Wanderers scoring a victory over their hosts by 90. runs ina high scoring game wherein the winners went out and successfully demonstrated that runs could be suf in a rapid manner and fireworks were the order of the day in their batting.
The outstanding batting performance by the winners was a century by AY-T. Dean who reached 104 Fung before he was bowled by Peas-food. This batsman got himself set carly in the innings and proceeded to make short work of the bowling, going out to every ball and knockking. ip boundaries successively, two sixes being among his total. Once he had reached his century, he took greater chanees and had his stumps taken by delivery from Peasgood.
For the opposition, S. V. Gash was unlucky not to have scored a century, losing his wicket when Dean accepted a catch from him off a delivery from Jenkins. Gash's performance was Drobably the best batting feat of the day, for he prevented an even greater defeat for the Police who up fo the ninth wicket stand looked 3 if they were going to be beaten by nearly 150 runs. Gash played out 2 Tong and' steady innings, and stopped the rot which looked all too apparent in the earlier stages of the Police Innings when the first two wickets went down for but 12 runs. In his Tong stand, successive batsmen partnnered him for brief stonds, J, Dudley
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