CRICKET

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22196, 13 September 1937, Page 17

CRICKET

». .., NEW ZEALAND TEAM'S TOUR MATCHES IN ENGLAND COMPLETED Described by critics as a most pleasant feature of the English cricket seaion, the tour of the New Zealand cricketers at Home has now ended. The earn will play matches in Australia before returning to the Dominion, ["hough the New Zealanders were not i strong enough side to present serious apposition to the principal English ;eams, they were responsible for some aright displays, particularly when they Arere in difficulties. The team played 31 fust-class natches, won eight, drew 14, and lost line. A comparison of this performance ivith those of the 1927 and 1931 teams s as follows:—■ P. W. L. D. .927 team ..26 7 5 14 1931 team .32 6 3 23 .937 team .. 31 8 9 14 Beginning indifferently and apparently not finding its New Zealand !orm, the team gave mediocre displays n the earlier matches, and lost Ave )f the first 12 major games, winning inly one. From then onward form improved and English crowds enjoyed ome bright cricket, played, according o one commentator, "in the true cricceting spirit." The opening batsmen failed time and igain in the early matches, leaving the nen who followed with an uphill task o tackle, but Moloney, Donnelly, and Wallace freequently retrieved the situa;ion, playing some excellent cricket ind drawing praise from the English :ritics. High-scoring Batsmen Six batsmen scored more than 1000 uns in first-class matches —Wallace, Donnelly. Moloney, Hadlee, Kerr, and /ivian. Kerr scored three centuries, Wallace two, and the other four each me. Page, Lowry, and Weir also scored :enturies. Wallace, who heads the batting aver»ges, played bright, vigorous, and :lever cricket. Donnelly, the youngest nember of the team, who is second to Wallace on the averages, attracted attention in many matches with his 'orceful and at times brilliant batsnanship. He has been referred to in ;he cabled reports as dashing and ludacious. Moloney played consistently, and rladlee, after some disappointing difalays, found form and played his usual mtertaining game. Vivian, also improved towards the later stages of the ;our, and Kerr, who played steadily, ►cored fast in the last few matches. Cowie was the outstanding bowler, :ompleting the tour with 109 wickets lor 2217 runs, an average of 20.34. His :ustained pace and reliable length enibled him to take many of the best vickets from the English sides. In the ;econd test against England he took ;ix for 67 and four for 73, and against Dxford six for 50. . Moloney, Roberts, Dunning, Vivian, ind Gallichan have had more suc:ess than any of the remaining bowlers. Moloney and Dunning bowled coniistently, and Roberts, as well as he has »ver done. The team's fielding was lot consistent. At times it was briliant and at others distinctly poor. ["he outstanding men on the field, according to reports, were Wallace, Roberts, and Donnelly. Tindill did fine vork at stumps. During the tour he stumped 19 batsmen and caught 32. NEW ZEALAND TEAM'S AVERAGES WALLACE HEADS BATSMEN The averages of the New Zealand] :ricketers In the 31 first-class matches

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played on the English tour — Batting Ins. N.O. H.S. Ttl. Avg. Wallace 42 3 115 1621 41.58 Donnelly 43 6 144 1413 38.19 Moloney Kerr •• 44 4 40 2 140 160 1440 1205 36.00 31.71 Hadlee 44 S 100 1225 29.88 Vivian 42 4 112 1118 29.42 Weir ** 38 3 ♦ 134 882 26.73 Lowry 16 2 121 373 26.64 Roberts Page Carson •• 26 6 36 6 82 109 510 665 25.50 22.17 35 4 86 625 20.16 Gallichan Tlndill 21 6 32 6 50 47 288 477 19.20 18.35 Lamason Dunning Cowie .. 27 1 71 390 .. 31 8 30 275 .. 29 8 38 151 * Denotes not out. 15.00 11.96 7.19 Bowling Runs. Wkts. Avg. Cowie .. 2217 109 20.34 Gallichan Roberts .. 1332 .. 1609 55 60 25.13 26.82 Moloney Carson Dunning Page Vivian Donnelly Lamason Weir .. 1497 .. 304 .. 2498 411 ., 1809 .. 084 .. 20S .. 1025 A 54 10 82 12 49 10 6 14 0 0 27.72 30.40 30.44 34.25 36.92 42.73 44.17 73.21 Kerr Hadlee • • T 13 — test matches The follow! averages for ~/a are the New Zealand he three tests, of which one was lost and two drawn;— Batting Ins. N.O. H.S. Ttl. Avg. Roberts Vivian Moloney 4 1 6 0 6 0 4 1 "66 58 64 "38 142 194 156 76 47.33 32.33 26.00 25.33 Kerr Wallace Hadlee Donnelly 6 0 0 0 6 1 5 0 56 93 58 S3 151 151 120 110 25.17 23.17 24.00 22.00 Page Gallichan Tindill 2 0 6 1 5 1 2 0 5 1 motes no 30 “37 IQ 32 •58 16.00 11.6 6.5 Dunning Weir Cowie * D 8 11 •4 8 out. 3.5 2.0 Bowling Runs. Wkts. Avg. Cowie Roberts Gallichan 395 10 20.79 209 .. 113 338 7* 3 8 29.86 37.67 42.25 Vivian Dunning ” 337 9 28 3 0 112.33 Moloney Page 0