CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 230, 28 September 1922, Page 5

CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

THE LEADING AVERAGES. VISITING TEAM'S FIGURESUA'OON. September "27. 1 H|ti-.in l<. St. U Fowler is unable to accompany Mr. A. ('. cricket team to New Zealand. The Hon. 0. r*. Brand will replace him. Ilendren (MiddleseN) heads the batting averages with 60.8: i. I. B. Hobbs Surrey! i? second with fib.24. C. P Mc (Hampshire) third with f>9.77. H." T. R. Harding? (Kent) fourth with 55.17, and A. ('. (Kssex) Hftb with 54.78. W. Rhodes (Yorkshire) heads the bowling with 115* wickets for an average of 12.1} l runs, the ordvr of Ihe next being I-'. Browne (Cambridge). 55 for Ki.ol : C. W. Parker fO'loiißester), iiOfi for 1.1.1fi; T. 1.. Hichmund (Notts). 16! i for 13.48; C. C. MacAulav iVorkriiirc), I3:{ for M.H7; H. KilnpV iVorkshirei. 1-22 for 14.73. Tie principal averages of Mr. A. C. Maelaren's team for New Zealand are:— ! Battinj;: A. C. Wilkinson. 56.87; A. G. F. < liapman, :$;(.72: W. W. Hill-Wood (Cambridge). i9.3.j; T. (. Lowry iSomersetK 1 23.78; Hon. F. ft (i. Calthorp»>, 23.14:, <ivoffrey Wilson. OT.IC: Freeman, 13.1R: .1. F. I Worcester), 12.75. Bowlinj;: Freeman Kt4 wickets for U.fi:!: Hill-Wood. 20 for ii.ao; Calthoijc. 7t for 23.10.-(A. and N.Z.i CAPTAIN FOWLER DROPS OUT. This meeeage that the Free-; man included in the team is the Kentish howler, anil not Freeman the Essex batsman, as was at first stated, for the Essex man is seldom used as a bowler while his batting ligures would probably l>e ' higher than thirteen.—(A, ami N.Z.; ,