Top Batsman

Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31551, 13 December 1967, Page 23

Top Batsman

Although he was prob- I ably chosen only because | G. T. Dowling was un- , available, B. A. G. Murray was the New Zealand cricket team’s most sue- * cessful batsman on the < tour of Australia, and in 1 its match against Canter- 1 bury. 1 Murray was the only batsman to pass 400 runs and had i I

the highest average. He also led the bowling with one wicket from his only over. B. R. Taylor was the most successful of the regular bowlers. His 16 wickets was four more than R. C. Motz and V. Pollard each took, and he had a superior average. Averages for the complete tour are:—

BATTING

M. Inn. NO. H.S Agg. Ave. Cat B. A. G. Murray .. 5 10 0 98 428 42.8 8 V. Pollard 5 10 0 125 371 37.1 8 B. W. Sinclair 5 10 •> 82 279 34.9 3 M. G. Burgess 4 8 98 189 31.5 K. Thomson 3 5 0 101 148 29.6 — R. 0. Collinge 4 6 38 116 23.2 i R. C. MHz ~ 5 8 0 94 1/1 21.4 - B. R. Taylor 5 9 1 81 156 19.5 B. E. Congdon 5 10 0 59 182 18.2 2 T. W. Jarvis 4 8 0 56 142 17.7 - B. W. Yuile 4 7 2 28 14.4 4 R. I. Harford 5 7 4 8* 22 7.3 t!2 J. C. Alabaster 2 3 0 0 0 0.0 R. S. Cunis 1 1 1 12 • Denotes not out t Denotes one stumping BOWLING Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave. B. A. G. Murray .. 1 0 7 1 7.0 B. E. Congdon B. R. Taylor 11 111.2 1 21 36 392 16 24.5 V. Pollard 103.1 22 322 12 26.8 B. W. Yuile 87 16 272 10 27.2 J. C. Alabaster 26 1 111 27.7 R. C. Motz 120.6 19 382 12 31 8 R. 0. Collinge 119.7 21 356 11 32.4 R. S. Cunis 5 2 19 M. G. Burgess 1 i 0