CRICKET.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 52, Issue 248, 2 August 1932, Page 2

CRICKET.

MAILEY'S TEAM. MAY PLAY IN WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON, August 1. The Wellington Cricket Association is endeavouring to make arrangements for a match with Mailey's cricket team when in Wellington on its way back from America in September, where as a private team it has been playing a. series of matches in Canada and the United States. This team was last reported as having played two one-day matches at Chicago on its way back from. New York. It is knowm that the team has other engagements in the Middle West and West, and that it is to play in San Francisco about August 20 or 21. From that port the team will leave for Sydney by way of Tahiti, Karotonga and Wellington. This means that Mailey and his men will bo leaving San Francisco by the Monowai on August 31. This vessel is duo hero at 6 a.m. on September 19, and does not leave again for Sydney until the following afternoon. If it could be arranged to defer the departure of the Monowai for three or four hours a two-day match eoufd be played. This date is a few weeks earlier than the usual date of the opening of the cricket season here, but as the

attraction would he an unusual one for all lovers of cricket—particularly as the team includes such very fine batsmen as Bradman, Kippax and Richardson—it is thought that such a chance should not be missed if It is at all possible to arrange. It is understood that there would be no difficulty in arranging for the preparation of a pitch on the Basin Reserve a few weeks ahead of the usual time. Of course the whole proposition depends on the consent of Mr Mailey and his team to play such a match while in Wellington. So far they have not been consulted. AVERAGES !N BRITAIN. SUTCLIFFE AND LARWOOD LEAD LONDON, July 31. The cricket averages are:— Batting.

Runs Average Sutcliffe ... 2034 70.13 Tyldosley ... 1615 64.6 Hobbs ... 1392 60.53 Jardine ... 1169 58.4 Duleepsinhji 1381 57.54 Hendren ... 1258 57.18 Hammond ... 1689 56.3 Ames ... 1350 51.92 Crawley ... 830 51.84 Brooke ... 800 50.00 Shepherd ... 1040 49.61 Holmes ... 1138 47.4 Hearne ... 1484 46.46 Keeton ... 1261 43.43 Paynter ... 1415 42.67 Woolley ... 1257 40.54 Staples ... 967 37.19 Wyatt ... 855 35.62 Soott ... 670 33.00 Bowling. Wickets Av. Larwood ... 99 11.52 Verity ... 103 14.49 Freeman ... 170 14.85 Voce ... 102 14.82 Durstou ... 81 15.37 Tate ... 103 15.75 Sibbles ... 98 16.20 Macau lay ... 69 16.31 B'owes ... 98 17.23 Townsend ... 72 17.83 Scott ... 60 18.93 Fames ... 51 20.27 Brown ... 79 20.94 Mitchell ... 71 22.22