AVERAGES FOR SEASON

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25135, 17 March 1947, Page 5

AVERAGES FOR SEASON

J. SMITH TOP OF BATTING ALL-ROUND ABILITY OF J. H. PARKS Of the players who took part in the Canterbury Cricket Association's senior competition this season, none averaged 50 runs an innings, and J. Smith (St. Albans), who headed the averages, was the only one to make more than 500 runs. If figures can be used to assess a batsman’s performances. Smith is in a class of his own this season. Scoring 200 runs more than any other batsman, he has not once carried his bat in a competition match.

The most successful all-rounder has been the Lancaster Park professional, J. H. Parks, who topped the bowling averages. and finished sixth among the batsmen. His team-mate, W. Pollitt, came third in the bowling and fourth in the batting. Pollitt, however, bowled barely a quarter of the overs of most of the clubs' stock bowlers. M. Johnston (West Christchurch) and D. Watson (East Christchurch) took the most catches during the season, holding 13 and 12 respectively. The Canterbury wicket-keeper, A. E. L. Britton, contributed to High School Old Boys’ success in the competition by catching 13 batsmen and stumping nine. The Lancaster Park wicket-keeper, F. R. Davey, stumped nine, and caught nine, and N. H. Buchanan (Old Collegians) caught 16 and stumped two. In the figures given below, the follownig abbreviations for players’ clubs are used:—L.P. (Lancaster Park); E (East Christchurch). St. A. (St. Albans), 0.8. (High School Old Boys), O.C. (Old Collegians). W. (West Christchurch), W. 0.8. (West Old Boys), R. (Riccarton), S. (Sydenham). Players who have averaged more than 30 in at least five innings comprise the list of batsnjen. The best 20 averages of bowlers taking more than nine wickets are given. S. M. Cameron (S.), A. H. Sibley (R.), N. Ainsworth (W. 0.8. and L. Mahoney are the only other bowlers to

take at least ten wickets for less than 20 runs a wicket.

Batting Inn.N.O. H.S. R Ave. J. Smith (St. A.; 13 0 145 607 46.69 D. C. Wilson (S.) 9 0 106 382 42.44 W. McD. Anderson (O.B.) 10 98 380 42.22 W. Pollitt (L.P. 10 2 126* 335 41.88 J. G. Leggat (O.B.) 12 2 111 406 40.60 J. H. Parks (L.P.) 10 2 69 320 40.00 J. F. Collins (O.B.) 10 2 89 298 37.25 G. Dryden (L.P.) 10 4 86* 215 35.83 R. T. Dowker (L.P.) 12 3 123 317 35.22 V. James (E.) 9 0 67 371 34.56 C. G. Snook (O.B.) 9 2 58 241 34.43 T. E. Burtt <St. A.l 12 4 63* 270 33.75 T. Birch (St. A.) 9 2 72 233 3328 C. G. Hamilton (O.C.) 13 2 87* 354 32.18 H. E. Denham (O.C.) 13 2 81 360 32.13 R. Cullen (R.) 10 0 79 320 32.00 J. L. Kerr (W.) 11 9 102* 249 31.1 R. C. Saunders • (O.C.) 10 2 43* 243 30.37 H. C. Walne (L.P.) 12 2 138* 301 30.1 ♦Denotes no out. Bowling O. VI. R. W. Ave. J. H. Parks (L.P.) 281.5 88 513 45 11.40 A. W. Riddolls (E.) 135.4 44 276 24 11.50 W. Pollitt (L.P.) 40.2 8 125 10 12.50 T. B. Burtt (St. A.) 239.4 63 587 46 12.76 R. F. Cook (O.B.) 248.1 72 545 42 12.98 C. G. Snook (O.B.) 182.2 77 301 23 *13.09 W. S. McKibbin (O.C.) 123.2 39 254 19 13.37 J.S. Patrick (W.) 195 34 558 39 14.32 R. H. Scott (W.O.B.) 265.5 83 575 40 14.38 C. J. Winter (St. A.) 128.3 31 339 23 14.74 M. Lohrey (E.) 175.4 30 449 30 14.97 G. A. Bull (R.) 106.5 20 342 22 15.54 J. C. Saunders (O.C.) 97 34 203 13 15.61 W F. Spong (S.) 158.4 59 345 22 15.68 P. Allsopp (E.) 139.5 22 385 24 16.04 D. T. Ager (W.) 88 18 228 14 16.29 M. Johnston (W.) 173 47 384 23 16.69 P. H. T. Alpers (O.C.) 228 59 495 28 17.68 E. Mulcock (St. A.) 219.1 68 536 29 18.48 M. C. Marshall (E.) 167.3 52 377 20 18.85