LESSONS OF THE TOUR.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 12, 15 January 1926, Page 7

LESSONS OF THE TOUR.

NEW ZEALAND CRICKETERS. WONDERFUL IMPROVEMENT. SYDNEY, January 14. The manager of the New Zealand cricket team (Mr. Peake), in reviewing the tour, said:— "The side has made a wonderful improvement as a result of its experiences. I have been complimented by some of the oldest and best-known Australian cricketers on the dashing display of our men." Mr. Peake paid a tribute to the hospitality shown to the te.am at all the places it had visited. Although the tour has not been a success from a financial point of view, it has been a great success from the players' point of view. Mr. Peake expressed the greatest pleasure at the conduct of the team, both on and off the field. Allcott, Dacre, and Gillespie sailed by the Niagara for Auckland to-day. The remainder of the team leave by the Maunganui to-morrow.— (A. and N.Z.) THE AVERAGES. The following are the complete batting and bowling averages of the New Zealand team on the Australian tour, which terminated -with the match against : Maitland on Monday and Tuesday last:

. Summary of the Tour. j Queensland —Lost by an innings and 84 j rune. j Goulburn —Won by an innings and 106 runs. ! Wagga—Won by an innings and 53 runs. Victoria —Drawn. Ballarat —Won by an innings and 71 runs. South Australia —Drawn. New South Wales —Drawn. Newcastle —Drawn. Maitland —Drawn. Synopsis.—Matches played, 9; won, 3; lost, 1; drawn, 5.

BATTING. Inn. N'.O. H.S. Rune. Avg. C. Oliver 12 2 *132 527 52.70 C. C. Dacre .. 13 0 21S 648 49.84, C. AUcofct ... 12 3 116 443 49.22. C. G. Crawford 7 2 121 243 48.60 R. C. Blunt . . 13 0 216 596 45.S4 T. C. Lowry . . 13 0 140 4SS 37.53 K. C. James ..4 1 92 111 37.00' W. R. Patrick 11 3 143 288 26.00 R. Worker 12 0 89 427 35.58 W. Cunningham S 4 16 4S 12.00 A. W. Alloo . . 9 1 18 86 10.74 D. J. McBeath 4 1 16 31 10.33 H. Gillespie . . 3 0 26 28 9.33 R. Hope 4 0 23 32 8.00 j BOWLING. Wkts. Rune. Avg. R. C. Blunt 40 911 22.77 W. Cunningham 35 906 25.88 W. R. Patrick 9 274 30.44 C. C. Dacre 1 33 33.00; C. Allcott 15 581 38.73 D. .T. McBeth 9 390 43.33 R. Hope 5 328 65.60 C. Oliver 1 73 73.00 A. W. Alloo 4 294 73.501 T. C. Lowry 0 44 — j CENTURY LIST. I I New Zealand. T. C. Lowry. Ballarat 140 T. C. Lowry, South Australia 123 C. Oliver, Wagga *132 C. Oliver, Ballarat 104 C. Allcott, New S.outh Wales 116 C. Allcott, Victoria 107 R. C. Blunt, Goulburn 216 W. R. Patrick, New South Wales ... 143 C. C. Dacre, Maitland 218 C. G. Crawford, Maitland 121 The Opponents. H. L. Hendry, Victoria *325 R. W. Brown, New South Wales 168 W. Alexander, South Australia 130 A. Ratcliffe, New South Wales 128 ' H. M. Austin, Ballarat 312 |A. Richardson, South Australia .... 304 L. O'Connor. Queensland 103 |J. Phillips. New South Wales »102 —. Cummins, Maitland 118. •Vnf wit. :