TEST TEAMS’ AVERAGES

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29992, 29 November 1962, Page 5

TEST TEAMS’ AVERAGES

Parfitt Tops Batting P. H. Parfitt, who win play In his first test against Australia at Brisbane tomorrow, has the highest batting average of all the players who will take part in the match. Parfitt’a average was swollen by his scoring three centuries against Pakistan this year. The full test batting and bowling figures of the M.C.C. team and the Australian team for the first test are:— M.C.C.

Batting _ . _ K. H.S. 100’s Av. P. H. Parfitt .. 585 119 4 65.0 K. F. Barrington 2303 172 6 52.2 ■E. R. Dexter .. 2573 2% 7 50.4 G. Pullar .. 1804 175 4 48.7 D. S. Shepherd 757 119 2 44.5 M. C. Cowdrey 3830 182 11 42.9 T. W. Graveney 2991 258 6 42.7 D. Allen .. flog 79* - 28.9 R. Illing- „ „ _ worth 322 50 - 20.1 B. R. Knight .. 148 39* . 18.5 J- T. Murray 228 40 - 17.5 F. S. Trueman 695 39* - 15.1 J- B. Statham 620 38 - 12.4 F. J. Titmus .. 39 19 - 9.7 Bowling Runs wkts. Av. J. D. F. Darter 145 9 16.1 1- J. Coldwell 223 13 17.1 F. S. Trueman 4710 218 21.8 J. B. Statham 5288 229 23.0 D. Allen .. 2111 71 29.7 B. R. Knight .. 615 20 30.7 E. R. Dexter .. 1314 42 31.5 P. H. Parfitt .. 71 2 35.5 F. J. Titmus .. 175 4 43.7 R. Illingworth 919 21 43.7 K. F. Barrington 517 10 51.7 AUSTRALIA Batting R. H.S. 100s Av. N. C. O’Neill 1722 181 5 53.8 W. Lawry .. 420 130 2 52.5 R. N. Harvey 5754 205 20 49.7 B. Booth .. 126 71 - 42.0 P. Burge .. 1001 181 1 34.5 K. McKay .. 1359 89 - 33.1 R. B. Simpson 722 92 - 32.6 G. McKenzie 75 34 - 25.0 A. K. Davidson 1170 80 - 24.8 R.. Benaud .. 1743 122 3 22.9 W. Grout .. 576 74 - 18.0 Bowling Runs Wkts. Av. A. K. Davidson 3348 162 20.6 R. Benaud .. 5567 219 25.4 G. McKenzie 323 11 29.3 K. McKay .. 1494 46 32.4 R. B. Simpson 1124 13 34.3