CRICKET.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 213, 8 September 1899, Page 5

CRICKET.

The AUSTRALIANS in ENGLAND.

(By Cable.—Press Association.)

COMMENTS ON THE TOUR,

AN UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS.

LONDON, September 7,

London neAvspapers, reviewing the four Qf the Austra iian cricketers, pronomMe , it an unqualified success, a v itable triumph. The main characteristic of toe p]ayers was deter- .. consistency, and all round L eelle '

The" London Daily Telegraph says no better team has visited England since 18S2.

The London Sportsman declares it Avas not a fault of theirs if four of the games left draAvn Avere not played to a, finish. Sporting Life says it is a great distinction to haA-e lost feAver matches than any previous colonial team. The batting averages of the Australian cricketers for the tour are as

under; —

Batting: Darling 41.29, Hill 39.95, [Noble 37.39, Worrall 35.35, Trumper 34.57, Layer 30.67, Iredale 29.08, Trumble 27.51, Gregory 27.40, Kelly 23.27, Jones 17.80, McLeod 17.54, HoAvell 10.58, Johns 10.00. BoAA-ling averages: Trumble 18.43, Howell 20.35, Jones 21.10, Noble 22.90, McLeod 22.90, Layer 2G.91, Trumper 29.90, Worrall 104.00. j t .' is noticeable that the batting averag . e3 of Darling, Hill, Noble, Tvorra]l Trumper are each higher than the previous best average gained by an Aljstra lian during an English tour, viz., 31.3, to the credit of S. E. Gregory in IS9O.