Gryphon 1957 - Adm.monash.edu.au

...• JUNIOR CRICKETThe cricket team was not as successfulthis year as in past years, as we wonon ly one game out of the three played.We were very unlucky in two gamesl be ­ing beaten by 25 runs and by 3 runs.In the first match against Richmond,Caulfield made 105 runs. The highscorers were: Marshall 21 , Poore 17 1and Richardson and Seccombe 14 eoch.Richmond responded with 130 runs . sowinning by 25 runs.The next match, Caulfield playedOakleigh.142 runs, topn.o. , GrenfellWe batted fir st and scoredscorers being Marsh all 4 427, Gahan 24 1and Rich ­ardson 21. Oakleigh could only manage61 1due to the devastating bowling ofGrenfell (5/14) and Simmons (2/18l.Caulfield then played Dandenong.This proved to be a very close game.With one man short, Dandenong battedfirst and made 123 runs, Grenfel taking5/24 and Gunn 1/13.Caulfield repl ied with 120 1Pooremaking 25 and Simmons 14.This yearIS batting overage was wanby Geoff Marshall (average 38 .5)1 secondwas Alan Poore (average 26 .5),The bowling was won by Da vid Grenfell(overage 6.3)1 second was againAlan Poore (average 8.4).Back : D. McNamara, R. Kind, W. Seccombe, J . Gunn, R. Booth, B. Carroll .Front: A. Simmon s, A. Roove, D. Genfell (c.), G. Ga ha n, G. Mar shall (v.c.), I. Rich ard son .• JUN.IOR BASEBALLThe team played with enthusiasm andenjoyed a considerable degree of successthis yea r. Five games were won ondfour were lost to the experienced Oakleighand Dondenong teams.The side wa s one of the youngest ever51and we can look forward to ne xt seasonwith every conf idence .The members of the teorn, in fieldingorde r were:-Geoff Williams - os pitcher he hada ve ry successful yea r. He is a pcwerfulbat and great things are e xpected ofhim in the future. He is one of our be st