THE AVERAGES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 119, 23 May 1938, Page 15

THE AVERAGES.

IMPRESSIVE BATTING. HASSETT STILL T.F.ABER. TWO SPIN BOWLERS ON T TOP. The nineteenth Australian cricket team to visit England has won five of its first six matches by an innings. In the other M.C.C. had followed on when rain caused abandonment of t>he game.

Averages to the end of the finst day'a play in the seventh match against Surrey at the Oval:—

•Signifies not out. Nobody else has had more than a couple of innings on the tour. BOWLING.

Ward's 27 wickets have earned him a special bonus of £14 3/6, as the firm which, emplojs him in Adelaide promised to give him half a' guinea for wicket he takes in county games and a guinea for Test victims. The remaining matches tip to the first Test at on June 10, start: — May 25—v. Hampshire, at Southampton. May 28—v. Middlesex, at Lord's. June I—v..1 —v.. Gloucestershire, at Bristol. June 4 —v. Essex, at Southend. Commencing dates of the other four Tests:— June 24 —At Lord's. July B—At8 —At Manchester. July 22—At Leeds. August 20—At the Oval.

BATTING. Ins. N.O. H.S. Runs. Arge. A. I/. Hassett . . . 6 2 220* 619 169.75 D. G. Bradman . . 6 - 27 S S76 146.00 C. L. Badcock .. 6 - 19S 569 94.S3 W. A. Brown .... 6 1 194* 369 73.S0 J. H. Fingletoii .. 6 - 124 401 66.83 M. G. Wait* 6 2 54 222 55.50 A. G. Chipperfield 5 1 104* 203 50.75 S. J. McCabe 5 - HO 190 38.00 B. A. Barnett ... 4 1 42* 60 20.00

Wkts. Rubs. Arjre. L. O'B. Fleetwood-Smith 27 377 13.96 F. A. Ward 27 393 14.55 B. S. White 7 74 10.57 A. G. Chipperfield 1 14 14.O0 M. G. Waite 13 235 1S.0S S. J. McCabe 6 113 1S.83 W. J. O'Reilly 17 366 21.53 B. L,. HcCoriuick 9 2S3 31.44