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LAST SEASON’S RECORDS BATTING AND BOWLING FIGURES Statistics taken from last season’s senior cricket competition show that five batsmen batted in at least 10 Innings for an average of more than 40, and that two bowlers took more than 50 wickets for an average Of less than 10. The honour of being Canterbury's best all-rounder for the season goes to Hadlee. who narrowly defeated Scott for top place in the bowling averages, and finished third In the list of batsmen, with an average of 48, A. W. Roberts also proved himself successful with both bat and ball, appearing seventh in the batting averages and fourth in the bowling. L. A. Milncs, whose name Is not included on the batting list because he had not had 10 innings, averaged 52.87 for nine innings. Milnes fulfilled the promise he showed in Christchurch in the early part of the season by his success in representative games. Scott, who played for the South Island Army XI, had more wickets to his credit than any other bowler, taking 60 for the season. Hadlee, Uttley, and Cromb, the former New Zealand captain, all made more than 700 runs in the competition. Following are the figures of those batsmen who had an average of more than 30 from at least 10 innings, and of bowlers who averaged less than 15 runs a wicket off more than 40 overs.
Batting No. of In- Times Highest Batsman. nines. n.o. score. Total. Av. V. James 15 4 111* 549 49.91 I. B Cromb 15 0 169 723 48.19 W. A. Hadlee 18 1 130* 786 46,24 J. L. Kerr ., 10 2 102* 386 49.13 F. P. O’Brien 17 4 126* 680 44.62 K M. Uttley 19 2 US 747 43.94 A. W. Roberts 15 1 132 549 39.21 J Smith 18 0 115 670 37.22 F. B. Smith 16 1 90 618 34.56 F. B. Kerr .. 13 3 104* 403 33.8 L. A. Butterfield 14 5 59 303 33.8 R. J. Kemp .. 16 1 77 495 33.0 •Signifies not out. Bowline 0 M. R. W. A. W A. Hadlee 167.6 35 518 56 9.26 R. scott 204 37 560 60 9.33 M L. Page .. 51.4 4 226 20 11.33 A. W. Roberts 188.6 27 564 43 13.11 L. A. Butterfield 163 27 560 42 13.34 N. L. Macbeth 43.2 5 167 12 13.92 R. D. Mackay 122 13 480 34 14.10 W McD. Anderson SR 11 448 31 14.40 H. F. Cook .. 134 7 677 47 14.40 L. Dcnla .. 123 21 630 44 14.77
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23919, 10 April 1943, Page 2
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