WALLACE AT HEAD OF BOWLING AVERAGES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 81, 5 April 1941, Page 7 (Supplement)

WALLACE AT HEAD OF BOWLING AVERAGES.

TNJO cricket enthusiast would have picked W. M. Wallace to head the averages for the season. If it were baling honours Wai ace s name wood have come readily to mind; W as a bowler he was practically unheard of. Figures, of course do not necessarily reveal the true situation; Wallaces pl ace a t the head of .he Ist is attnbutable wholly to his remarkable success last Saturday when he pot 10 of the 16 wickets that he HH* during the whole season Wallace is a slow-medium paced bowler wno .struck a spot on Saturday last on the Victoria Park wicket. wrtW*. Hill, i j-i ■■■ .-.',-.,1 ;1 1,, m t. 1.'.0 runs fewer than Q. <■ c lpal „,.,, x ,~ H. foopcr. i. , a mt,,l of 048 runs Seott 1,,s not. howler hoc ~o liro |i(lc njn-jrett.T ot «■« and three seasons ago when he a- r „(„ n and ni2 run; I- ,he 035.59 season \Y a , lai .p .„,, Scott had 7 r»co for *v .•:. bi^r ~6 win,,or - w - rhai «»"»* *• — «™£ A meteoric .1..-li into the hatting limeli»lit was made by Conner wliour ,ix Inning >!"■;<■ N>'«' W produced 1i23 runs. (leal, who attained reprosentative rank iind hi* century by two runs in the second «-ame asainst Wellington. 1* tlie da-hum type of batsman who appeals to the public. He rattled up prr.li.-| lily the fastest century of the season in the. second inning of the fll>l match ncrain.-t I'arnell. The time is stated to be about 45 minute" though n-itliin-; authentic can be ascertained. He was timed, however to make Pn in W minutes when he played for tamp against Ponsonby-Balmoral— his chib licfurc iKmn■ n,cr Khaki. Cowie anil I'.urke. howlers contrasted in speed, were tlie outstanding trundler* of I lie season; both took over sixty wiekets with three in CowiV* favour at li."i. t levcriry and Matheson got into the fifties. Mr.-t of the player- mentioned were all-round successes, as revealed bv tlie following; doubles:--Clral. SOU runs and 41 wickets. Scott. CIS runs, .".X wickets, eight catches. Cooper. SOU runs and 2S wiekets. Wallace. 701 runs. 10 wickets, nine catchoe. Cow ie. 400 runs and (i."> wiekets. liiirke. i>2 wiekets and I!K> runs. Clevor.loy. ."..S wickets and hatting average of 31. Mathes n. ■'>! wickets, batting average 27. and ten patches. ]». .1. H. Harrison [ Kden). 27:? runs and 44 wiekets. H. u. Harrison (Y.M.C.A.). 46 wickets and batting average of 27. The outstanding fi?ure. in last year's New Zealand junior and secondary er!io(V cricket. TV SutcliflV (Takapuna. Grammar'!, in his six senior inning* for Parnell wound up i" <\sih place in the batting order. He was twelfth man for the represent a I : side. H. G. Vivian, whose feat a few seasons ago of scoring three centuries in consecutive innings was emulated this summer by brother T.en, had a quiet summer. He hatted .inly nine'times for 311 runs. His bowling bag was 17. p. K. YVhitelav. - had only one century as against three last year. Vet he aggregated 077 runs in comparison with 472. Top of the batting averages a year ago, A. V. Wiles, 53.".*, batted ten times this season at the moderate rate of 21 an innings before going to Trcntham military camp. The only batsman in 1930-40 to score over COO runs. 11. T. Pearson, the Middlcmore skipper, had a quieter season for a 4. r >o tally. In only seven knocks his club mate, J. A. R. Blandford, reached 374. Pearson, an outstanding field, took the most numbers of eatebcp. eleven. Wicket-keepers played their part well, and honours were pretty evenly distributed among five of them. The figures below are based on a minimum of live innings and teji wickets. BATTING. Middlemore: 1.. B. Schnauer. 101* v. Training College; A. F. Bell. 136 v. Ponsonby-Balmoral. V. Ins. N.O. Runs. H. 3. Aver, j scott. 102' v. Training College: P. E. Wljilcv » q--f t is a 648 102» 71.00 la*'. HO V. Y.M.C.A.: W. M. Wallace. 201 v. W H COODK 5 3 806 Bβ 87.18 Papakura Camn: B. SutclifTc. 122 v. Ponsonby7'AB Blandford 7 - 374 126 53.42 Balmoral; J. H. Elliott. 105- v. Eden. W M Wallace .14 - 704 201 50.28 'Denotes not out A McLean 5 1 184 86 46.00 B Suicllfle .6-262 122 43.68 BOWLING. o'. 1. Weir 10 1 iB4 89 42.66 Wickets Runs Aver. D. O. Waters 7 2 r?O9 74 41.80 w M wa ll ace 16 107 6.68 P. I. Whitelaw .. 18 1 677 110 39.82 j co« ie 65 721 • 11.09 A. J. POStles 12 - 462 112 38.50 c . Burk , 62 747 12.04 N. Martin 15 1 538 104 38.42 D . R . aarrard . n 206 13.11 0. C. Cleal 21 - 800 118 38.08 H . j. H . Harrison . 44 59S 13.59 H. T. Pearson .... 13 1 456 7» 38.00 S- B . Harrison .... 46 668 14.52 R, JoBn» 15 4 406 93 36.90 g prentice .... 32 465 14.53 H. O. Walters .... 15 - 551 SO 36.73 D c eleverley .... 58 863 14.87 L. I. Vivian 14 - 507 118 36.21 w B Rown tree .. IS 238 15.80 ". Clmve 7 1 214 S3 3o.ee y j seotf 33 606 15.94 .H. Elliott 9 3 213 JOS« 35.50 A . M . Matheson ... 51 825 10.17 0. W. Delsunore ..7 - 242 68 34.57 F M Andrews 39 637 16.33 LB. Schnauer .11 J 277 101» 34.82 Co i ln snedden 24 434 18.08 H. O. Vivian 8 - 311 98 34.55 q. L. Weir 17 324 19.05 B. H. Warner ... 8 - 270 89 33.75 a McLean 14 268 19.14 1. ElHott 5 - 180 72 3J.00 k Truscott . l'i 230 19.16 D. C. Cleverley ... 11 1 127 30* 31.76 %, -g. Cleal 20 304 19.70 H. 8. MllLs ...... 10 1 284 73 31.56 a. N Thompson ... 10 200 20.00 I. Cowie 14 1 400 92 30.7* j w Cooper 34 483 20.13 J. R. Capsttck .... 12 2 306 95* 30.80 p c ' Barber 1! 224 20.36 8, W. Burjess ... 13 - 388 123 28.30 e' Clapham 16 326 20.37 A. ,* Be" 15 1 392 136 28.00 T. McArtUur 11 226 20.54 j. D. Lewis (Camp). 8 - 223 67 27.87 h S Mills 16 329 20.56 11. D. Taylor 13 - 381 78 27.78 Cyril' Snedden 10 208 20.80 V. «ICC»rthy 6 2 111 75* 27.75 A. V. Wiles IV 356 20.94 3. A. foreman ... 8 1 194 48 27.71 o. C. Cleal 41 877 21.39 D. WUltaSe 11 4 192 54* 27.43 J. H Felt* 26 660 'J1.53 I. 8. Marvin .... 12 - 329 78 27.41 p. warrlngton 28 6?o 22.14 CB. Edmonas ... 15 1 380 85' 37.14 c M Ollivier ... 14 314 22.42 C. W. Rewntreo ... 8 - 243 64 27.00 L. B. Schnauer .... 27 606 'J2.44 S. R. Harrison ... 8 4 108 54» 27.00 J. Brown 25 564 22.5e [. w\ ;COOP« 10 1 242 61 26.88 H. O. Vivian 17 399 23.41 NißJta , 13 1 319 69 26.58 F. Goodslr 33 783 23.91 £• E. MlUa 14 1 345 68* 38.53 W. H. Cooper 2C 687 24.53 R. Connell 9 I 212 80 26.50 j. b. Stevenson .... 3"> 861 2i.ee *. M. Matheson ... 13 % 290 66 26.36 R. H. Bentley 21 «70 27.81 fcS-A«her , 9 " 2 3 ! * 7 25-ge W. Wheeler . 17 51S 30.41 s**»•"-.::: if. i 3 3 2 °1 >% £8? %■ ?? 8 Sfi :: \ I 111 % US J - R cepstlck ; I: H. 3 B. Harrison. 14 2 273 58 22.75 WICKETKEEPIXG. M. Boreham 8 3 112 29* 22.40 Caimh' Sti \ ned U ciarV 'i 2 T i 2? it. iSi? D - B - Edmonds 14 10 t' «r . "■■ 1* 1 287 74* 22.07 a w Kmidt 11 q i" V - wSe? 0 " ■ m ? ?2 21 SMS &W. Moms I:::"" 13 4 VM? :::::: 12 I 111 II S»■ A » \ "■ ?.-.L«nd 13 - 28i 70 20.07 j\ A * r n r ° n ' \;;\;\\\\\\; 3 4 "Denotes not out. R. W. Rowntret .... 6 i W. Turner 2 4 CENTURIES (23). g- W. Burgess 5 1 , . „, D. C. Ritchie 3 2 i* '••&/ 3 &5.£. v - parnen - 103 v - Or * ,ton - ?: S: ¥££n • : t I V v TttZl COIIeW - " 2 FIELDING. *.U«^ les ' (2) - 112 - Camp. i W ?X?V V War^ C £ ££%. \ D dtaß ™»■ unnerslty, F. B. Boadcn. 104* v. SO n, P. C. Barber, M. Boreham. E. Clapham 3. 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ QRICKET ASSOCr.ATTOXS of Australia which have released balance-sheets wan ffc i aVJ " losscs on 'nter-State matches this season. \Var. naturallv thew LI"™!, C «""° ° f thc d * ficits . b "t a big contributing factor was that : e re wag no Sheffield Shield competition. been^- tO i°' the '°f s of the En g lish tour of Australia this season has vetr'«• i, ,~ sOmc "" S Which ean never bc recovered financially. Next Cknria ■ r- i ° bpc " 0,,r turn to send a cricket team to England, writes ,aUfJe Corbett in the "Sydney Sun." ball if<? ? " ot ' lin S ,ike the revenue from club cricket as there is in foot\i ■ oss of mont, . v on inter-State games is something to seriously ■"sturb the minds of association delegates. «.-•-. will h nevitab !>'' ir t,lp war >s still on next year, the inter-State cricket games afain«V'f» cnncclled. Rugby league men are goinor on with their fixtures reennn W ' ,cc " s,and th 's season, and it will be interesting to watch the publil»nse to their, compared with what happened in cricket. n>cnU| h T t,lCre ' S oxoUc,ment tn e public will be found in these days of And T l 9- Bf,nibtor " England still has its horse racing and football. Old C t° rCaC ' • < ' laf ? re . v ' ,ount ' racing is r.ot to have any oft" season in the of th»°r "' Tllia is a " 8ol,,t oly unique, but it emphasises the determination reTav +• ernincnt t0 P rovidc as much sport as possible for the tempor'vrv "nation of the jiopulacc. 4 4- + ♦ yy '« the Unhersity cricket tean\ was celebrating its victory in the tl >»tthl° r pllam l' i " ,ls,l 'P last Saturday it seemed to be generally' accepted of the TIT* 18 tI,C ,lrSt oocas ' on on which the club had finished at the ton davs 'V ' aV ,J ° u ' te a few of t,le celebrants knew that in the old vir'w ars,t . v often had a very close go for the "wooden spoon," but of previous tOriea »o mention was made. an d U^rT , * n " in i" sticp ' however, to the sides the W.' H. "Putty" Graham arewad f ( ' arranl ''' fl '" 192, and lfl2 '" > ro3 P ective, . v - VoT Graham it was '" tho r ' i° '° n '"' >, ' rv ' < ' f ' us captain of the side—about ten vears. University of wli VS hi "' ,wo bowlers in U. Garrard and A. S. Player, botii Wcond 1 W ° n - A, " kla,ul honours. They were there, too. in 102.", when the of Vat , am .H° n *hi|i was won under \V. (inrrard's captaincy, this brother 'aoui being the wicket-keeper and a stylish batsman. Tom I ' n w1 " , " ' l 0 was a pupil at the Flying School at Kohimarama, °Penin T * V r ' lavr ' l fnr 'Varsity, and, with Graham, formed the regular Ms cirft P ar,np| ' Sl ' l 'p. n those days Lowry was an aggressive batsman, and Grahi ■> " ' ia ''. t0 reß train him from endeavouring to hit sixes. Included in criKt.4 ,1 S w ' nn ' n g team was H. B. Lusk, a season which concluded a notable '■LKct career. G ar * ra H r the winning of the championship in 1921 the captain gave Kaoul s «Wesß a r . miniat " ro silver bat to commemorate the part he played in the run •; Aarrard took 55 wickets at an average of 13 runs and made 122 apprer- ♦ avera S B of 43 - "Of all my sporting trophies that is the one I »«S ha * L" 10 ' , '' 1 SDid Garrarcl - who na s played for University for 29 years In Wk '" a " tbe championship winning teams. out.*, i. the 192, and 1925 teams was C. E. Metge, who was one of the . uwtanding batsmen.