CROMB-McRAE

Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 11, 13 January 1945, Page 2 (Supplement)

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Lead Cricket Averages For 1944-45 Rep. Season

Two Canterbury players head the

; cricket averages for the representa- ; tive season to date. In the batting " I. B. Cromb, with an average of 124 runs for four innings, stands far ahead of any batsman in any other province. None of his team mates reached an average of 50, nor did any batsman in the Otago team, while, strangely enough, N. Hoar, ; chosen for his bowling, was the only : Wellington batsman to break 50;

Hoar's average for five innings was

59.6. >» <phree Aucklanders, Cleal (63.0), W. M. Wallace (61.0) and Sutcliffe (52.5), averaged over the half-century, while Kerr just missed this average with 49.5. The two most prolific wickettakers were Burtt (Canterbury), 17 for an average of 18.9, and Burke (Auckland), with 15 for 19.1 apiece, but the best bowling average goes to Mcßae (Canterbury), whose 12 wickets were taken at. a cost of 14.1

each. The averages are:— Players with batting averages over ten runs are:— Inns. N.O. H.S. Total. Av. I. B. Cromb (C.) 4 1 159* 372 124 O. C. Cleal (A.) 4 X 71* 189 63 - W. M. Wallace (A.) ... 2 — 108 122 61 * N. Hoax (W.) 5 2 76 179 59.66 B. Sutcllffe (A.) 4 — 83 210 52.5 C. Kerr (A.) :. 4 2 50 99 49.5 A. W. Roberts (O.) .... 2 — 77 96 48 R. H. Scott (C.) 3 1 86* 93 46.5 T. Burtt (C.) 3 1 52* 92 46 ' W. A. Hadlee (C.) ..... 4 — 74 170 42.5 H. Chapman (W.) 6 2 49 181 45.25 - W. McD. Anderson (C.) 3 — 78 115 38.33 G. Mills (O.) 2 — 39 76 38 W. G. Bain (W.) 6 1 104* 167 33.4 D. M. Dunnett (C.) 3 1 31 53 26.5 P. E. Wliitelaw (A.) ... 4 — 59 104 26 . . G. Rowe (W.) 6 — 50 153 25.5 J. Duffy -<W.) 6 — 61 152 25.33 —Br Mtlnes (O.) 2 — 24 47 23.5 A. M. Matheson (W.) ..4 — 67 91 22.75 A. W. McDougaU (O.) .. 4 — 34 81 20.25 —,F.-H. Jj. Mooney (W.) ..6 — 74 118 19.6 J. G. Leggatt (C.) 3 — 29 57 19 H. T. Pearson (A.) 2 — 32 37 18.5 C. Toomey (O.) 4 • —, 39 73 18.25 R. Allen (W.) 4 2 31* 34 17 S. A. McVicar (W.) 2 — 19 33 16.5 R. Cutler (O.) 2 — 23 25 12.5 T.-Waine (C.) 4 — 16 44 11 T. Freeman (O.) 4 — 15 43 10.8 D. N. McRae 3 — 27 32 10.66 K. P. M. Uttley (C.) ... 4 — 18 42 10.5 G. Wallace (A.) .. .• 2 — 11 21 10.5 J. Ell (W.) 6 — 29 62 10.33 * Signifies not out. Following are the averages of all bowlers who -.took wickets in the series:— — - Wickets Runs Average C. Burke (A.) 15 286 12.4 McRae 12 169 14.1 Allen 11 183 16.6 Scott 11 186 16.9 Matheson 10 172 17.2 Graham (O.) .... 4 71 17.8 " Milnes 2 36 18 Roberts 4 73 18.3 Burtt 17 321 18.9 D. Knapp (W.) 5 102 20.4 W. J. Brown (A.) 8 171 21.4 Freeman 6 148 24.7 Hoar 4 110 27.5 W. J. Wheeler (A.) 2 59 29.5 J. G. Ashenden (W.) .. 4 130 32.5 L. A. Butterfield (C.) .. 5 164 32.8 Duffy* 2 73 36.5 Anderson 2 88 44 McDougall 4 189 47.3 Chapman 2 102 51 Kerr 3 179 59.7 H. C. Waine (C.) 1 78 78 D. C. Cleverley (A.) .. 3 234 78 L. A. Smith (O.) 1 109 109 E. A. Kruskopf (O.) 1 110 110