THE SEASON'S AVERAGES.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18967, 4 April 1927, Page 13

THE SEASON'S AVERAGES.

BATTING. The following a.re the batting averages oi those who played not less than four innings in the senior championship, and the bowling averages of those who bowled not less than 25 overs ;

SENIOR B GRADE. At Hagley Park. Old Bo 7^^™ I TV BmeW, by .seven I wickets 7 East, A. Jones took four wickets W Eady 15), beat Linwood, . <B, W n Ye ley 120 C. Hore 81 not out, J. Martin *i), beat Riccarton B, 200 and 713 for four w,dkeU (Todd 37 not out, Beuth 23), by 83 runs on the first innings. Hotnnlt on Technical beat Linwood B by default on tho second day. SECOND GRADE A. At Sydenham Park Boys' High School. 343 beat Sydenham, 31 and 1-7 <?H""° . 53, Hendy 30, Overend 18), by an inning* . an At 7 HaX'P«k, S, Albans 273. beat Old Boys 102 (Hampton 33. Speight 22 not, oat. Smith. 20) and 157 (Colville: 45, Taylor 27, Searell 18. Smith 20 not out), by 151 runs ! ; on the first innings. ~„„!„_,. Tin At Elmwood Park, Old Collegians 310 ; for seven wickets, declared (Bruges 168 not out, Chrystall 50, Graham 49), beat ' Sumner, 167 and 71 for one wicket (Saunders 38, O'Donoghua C-l), by Ui runs on the first innings. . . CK At St. Andrew's, Linwood, 107 and 66, beat St. Andrew's, 116 and 81, by -o runs. At Elmwood Park, New Brighton 94 and , 64 for four wickets (Lawrence .20 .Clark.l6 not out), beat Merivale, 43 and 110 (Dickie 36, Fuller 27), by six wickets. SECOND GRADE B. 1 At St. Andrew's, Boys' High School. 83 > and 124 for eight wickets (Dryden 36 V.H- ---■ ton 23 not out, Whitehead 23), neat St. Andrew's, 103 and 103, by two w-i:kets. At Lancaster Park, East Christehurch. lb ) and 47 for two wickets (Speirs 2-), beat . Linwood, 84 and 129 (ttodsson 41 Daw- . son 2G, Silvester 22), by eight wickets. At Spreydon, Sprcydon, 164 and 164 : ' (Bowes 23. Erickson 23), beat Technical 105 and 164 (Burgess 4S, Park 43. Quaid 1 23. Todd 39). by 57 runs. , • At Elmwood Park, West Christehurch, .98 , beat Old Boys, 109 (McPhail 00, Anderson , : 30 not out) and 131 (Dixon 2a. Smith 3-, J Hall 28), by an innings and 58 runs. ' THIRD GRADE A. At Sydenham Park, Sydenham, 234 and 104 for one wicket, beat Riccarton, 1-6 ana 180, by nine wickets.

At College ground, Old Collegians, 373, beat West Christehurch, 100 and 115, by an innings and 158 runs. At New Brighton, Linwood, 212 and 73, beat New Brighton, 120 and 153, by 11 runs. THIRD GRADE B. At Lancaster Park, Linwood, 122 and Gl for five wickets, beat Eiceartou, 102 and 125, by 20 runs on tho first innings. At Lancaster Park, East Christehurch, 140 and 104, beat Sydenham, 121 and 20 for four wickets, by 19 runs on tho first innings. PRESENTATION. At the conclusion of tho grade matches at Lancaster Park on Saturday, the members of tho Linwood Club met to make a presentation to Mr W. L. King, who is about to make a trip to England. Mr A. Cant, a vicopresident of the club, made the presentation, and said that Mr King was a cricket legislator whoso services had been invaluable to the club and to crickot generally. He had held nearly ovory position the club offered, and the members were making this presentation as a small the very high esteem in which ho was held. Mr King suitably responded. The present consisted of a set of hair brushes and a fountain pen. AUCKLAND CHAMPIONSHIP. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TSLEOBAU.) AUCKLAND, April 3. Tho deciding match for the senior cricket championship was played yesterday, Edei, winning by 105 runs. In reply to Eden's score of 299, North Shore made only 194, giving Eden a threepoint win. Parnell (306 for five wickets, declared) secured a three-point win over Grafton (166 and 75 for six wickets). Anthony (Parnell) took five wickets for 53, and four for 28. University secured a three-point win over North Shore B. Shore made 213 and 36 for five wickets. Uni/ersity made 299 for seven wickets declared (Garrard 96, Ralfe 76). Y.M C.A. (96 and 1021 beat Ponsonby (66 and 126 for four wickets), aeouring a three-point win on the first innings. Championship points: Eden 22, North Shoro 18, Parnell 18, Y.M.C.A. 17, University 17, Grafton 16. Ponsonby 12, North Shore B 8. RAIN IN SYDNEY. (BI CABI.I—PBESS ASSOCIATION— COPTBIGHT.) 'AUSraAUAH AND ».Z CABM ASSOCIATIOX./ (Received April 3rd, 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, April 3. Heavy rain greatly interfered with all sports meetings, and prevented all cricket being proceeded with.

c '2 C. Oliver (Svd) c 1-3 £ s 147 737 < 73.70 D. C. Nixon (O. Boys) 4 0 2W "91 72.75 G. E. Gregorv (East) 14 I 105 80G 62.00 J. Jacobs (Old Boys) 12 3 94 546 60.66 A. Roberts (Eic.) .. 13 2 129 6I3U 60.54 F. Woods (St. A.) .. 15 2 132 7<>3 54.00 A. C. Puller (Eic.) .. S 4 83 ISO 47.25 W. K. Patrick (Syd.) 10 8 62 300 42.?o N. Dorreen jSt A.) .. 13 <2 236* 466 42.36 M. Boon (Lin.) 12 0 122 495 41.25 J. Robertson (Syd) .. U 0 1S6 451 41.00 I. M. Hamilton (Old 1 Collegians) IS 0 99 477 30.69 C. W. ilaines (Ric.) lit 2 73 3S1 34.63 J McEwin (East) .. 13 •2 73 36;; 33.00 tr. Condliffe (Lin.) .. 16 0 93 523 32.68 G. Mortlock (0. Boyp) H 2 L05* 392 32. Gl I- B. Cromb (0. Boys) 12 0 75 380 31.60 G-. L. Talbot (Old Col) 4 2 27* 61 30.50 C. Ayling (Syd.) 15 2 80* 385 29.61 0. T. Gorrio (Eic.) .. 14 0 144 409 29.2i W. J. V. Hamilton i (Old Coll.) 15 4 44 316 23.72 '■ C. Falloon (St. A.) .. 12 0 63 342 28.50 C M. Harris (0. Boys) G 0 61 1GS 28.01* J. L. Findlav (West) 13 1 74 335 27.91' W. Hayes (West) 1G 3 78 362 27.84 C G. Crawiord (St, A.) 12 0 134 332 27.66 A Cox (Eic.) J Philpott (Syd.) .. C. E. Evans (Ric.) .. 12 0 72 328 27.33 G 1 101* 132 26.10 13 3 63 260 26.00 A. Brown (East) 14 2 115* 308 25.66 J. L. Powell (Ric.) .. 11 1 70 252 25.20 W. Oliver (Svd.) 13 1 105 301 25.03 C A. Cocks (West) .. 13 M. Sandman (St. A.) 14 6 GO* 200 25.00 14 3 Gl* 274 24.90 C. S. Orchard (Lin.) .. 16 1 GS 364 24.26 '■ T. P. Mullan (East) 15 1 68 372 23.71 | W. P. Guinev (Ric.) . 10 0 87 227 22.70 j R. 0. Talbot" (Lin.) .. G 0 70 135 22.50 i W. Cunningham (Syd.) 11 0 103 246 22.36 P. Kerr (Lin.) 13 1 44 267 22.25 A. R. Blank (West) .. 13 0 63 2S9 22.23 H. M. Chrystall (Old Coll.) 15 2 39 285 21.92 S. R. Carlton (O.B.) V. Jarrett (West) 10 2 63 173 21.62 15 2 77 264 20.30 R. Wallburton (Syd.) 13 3 48 191 19.10 S. G. Lester (0. Col.) 17 0 115 320 18.82 M. Graham (O.B.) .. 13 5 53 150 18.75 R. J. Read (Lin.) .. W. E. Merritt (O.B.) 15 0 63 260 17.33 8 2 37 102 17.00 i II. H. North (St. A.) 13 2 C5* 133 16.G3 i C. Mullan (East) .. ■ 5 0 39 S3 36.60 J. D. Lawrence (O.C.) 11 0 S7 177 16.09 C. G. Armstrong (O.B.) 13 0 47 206 15.84 'P. E. Powell (O.B.) .. 11 1 58* 158 15.80 Dr. R.H.Baxter (West) 12 1 42 170 13.45 C. G. Gibbs (Rio.) .. 9 2 63 108 15.42 M. F. Pengelly (O.C.) 32 1 44 168 15.27 . E. G. Perrin (Lin.) .. 14 1 64 198 15.23 T. Condliffe (West) .. 14 1 65 191 14.69 [ N. Jones (Lin.) 5 1 20 58 14.50 1 A. W. Thomas (St. A.) 9 2 23* 100 14.28 j S. Yates (Lin.) 15 6 44 128 14.22 j J. Prosper (Lin.) 8 0 41 113 14.12 , J. P. Flood (East) .. 12 2 27 141 14.10 | J. n. Hawkes (West) 13 4 42 125 13.88 1 R. Nome (St, A.) .. 14 0 Gl 194 13.85 1 J. Phelps (East) 11 5 37 81 13.50 T. Sincock (Syd.) .. 10 5 20* G6 13.20 S. H. T. Hamilton (O.C.) 9 2 50 91 13.00 E. A. Gasson (East) . 7 0 42 90 12.85 H. King (Syd.) 13 0 38 166 1S.76 C. K. Jackman (O.C.) 14 2 30 150 12.50 E. GasBon (Svd.) 13 2 57 137 12.45 R, C. Burns "(Old Bo ?a) 7 1 2G* 74 12.33 G. P. Chapman (O.C.) 8 1 27 83 12.14 R. H. Booth (West) . 17 0 67 205 12.05 T. Kennedy (Lin.) .. 14 0 27 168 12.00 C. T. Rix (Ric.) 10 2 19 94 11.75 L. J. Killick (0. Boys) 10 1 25 105 11.66 J. Logio (Lin.) 13 4 26* 104 11.55 K. Brosmihan (East) .. 13 0 34 141 10.84 E. Weston (East) 12 0 29 129 10.75 C. Horo (Syd.) 9 1 25 83 10.37 Dr. P. S. Foster (West) 13 1 39 121 10.08 L. R. Bnmton (St. A.) 13 0 30 129 9.92 G. O'Keilly (East) . 11 1 SI 99 9.90 11. F. Maofarlane (O.C.) 4 0 17 37 9.25 J. S. Bruges (Old Col.) 14 0 30 128 9.14 L. G. Haynes (West) 9 0 43 80 8.88 J. Johns (St. A.) 13 4 28 78 8.66 N. Bates (Lin.) 4 1 9* 25 8.33 H, T. Stringer (East) 12 2 20 82 8.20 G. Heaslev (Old Col.) 9 4 19 40 8.00 P. L. Rnmsden (West ) 6 1 24 33 6.60S. W. Hickmott (St, A.) 11 3 14 51 6.37 J. T. Burrows (0. Boy ) 10 5 9- 29 5.80 G. H. Robertson (Ric ) 6 0 18 33 5.50 J. Gordon (Lin.) 4 2 6 10 5.00 W. Sandman (St. A.) i 1 8 12 4.00 W. C. Dallcv (0. Soys) 4 0 5 9 2.25 J. E. M. Ball (O.C.) 7 2 5 8 1.06 T. Mardon (Lin.) 4 1 2 3 1.00 * Signifies not out. BOWLING. Ove Ms . Rs. Wk s. Av. C. G. Gibbs (Ric.) .. 176 23 567 49 11.57 C. T. Rix Ric.) .. 209 23 721 51 14.13 T. Kennedy (Lin.) .. 80 5 369 25 14.76 R. 0. Talbot (Lin.) 77 9 294 18 15.13 J T. Burrows (O.B.) 197 33 665 41 16.21 R. J. Read (Liu.) .. 275 45 1013 60 16.88 W. Cunningham (Syd.) 201 23 705 41 17.19 C. S. Orchard (Lin.) 53 4 295 17 17.85 W. R. Patrick (Syd.) 94 13 315 18 17.50 S. C. Nixon (0. Boys) G4 6 212 12 17.66 J. L. Powell (Ric.) .. 118 13 343 19 18.05 D. M. Sandman (S. A.) 231 16 1053 55 19.14 A. W. Thomas (St. A, 172 30 559 27 20.70 F. Woods (St. A.) .. 53 6 215 10 21.50 J. McEwin (East) .. 245 19 1083 60 21.66 A. Roberts (Ric.) 28 2 109 5 21.80 S. Yates (Lin.) 125 25 447 20 22.35 G. Heaslcy (O. Col.) 100 13 413 18 22.94 C. E. Evans (Ric.) .. 149 14 666 29 22.96 G. R. Gregory (East) 71 5 281 12 23.41 P. Jarrett (West) .. 46 1 809 13 23.76 F R. Powell (0. Boys) 85 12 315 13 24.23 I B. Cromb (0. Boys) 98 15 349 14 24.92 J. L. Findlay(Wcst) 194 24 787 31 25.38 W. E. Merritt(0. Boys) 137 5 693 27 £5.66 26.82 27.12 27.40 R. Norrie (St. A.) .. 112 J. R. Hawkes (West) 93 H. T. Stringer (East) 156 9 10 23 456 17 434 16 603 22 T. Sincock (Syd.) .. 175 19 658 24 27.41 28.17 29.20 29.57 19.92 30.65 30.85 41.50 33.28 36.12 39.33 41.25 41.50 42.00 43.85 63.20 J P. Flood (East) .. 96 4 479 17 C. Oliver (Syd) .. 8(5 J. E. M. Pall (O.C.) « E. Weston (East) .. 88 C. A. Cocks (West) .. 175 (i Sugden (0. Col.) 39 R H. Hamilton (O.C.) 39 3 4 10 13 1 3 146 5 '207 7 889 13 797 26 216 7 166 i 233 7 289 8 118 8 J. Johns (St. A.) .. 4U 3 T. Condliffe (West) .. 67 C Meredith-Kaye (O.C.) 32 3 5 L. Yates (West) .. 25 R H. Hamilton (O.C ) 39 G L. Talbot (0. CoU 41 J." S. Bruges (0. Oof.) 84 0 ioo •« 3 176 4 3 210 5 0 307 7 1 266 5 8 572 8 1 231 3 E G. Perrin (Lin.) .. M. P. Pengelly (0X3.) S G. Lester (0. Col.) 43 118 29 71.50 77.00 77.50 Dr. P. S. Foster (W'st) 28 3 100 A