Brown, Forde on top

Press, 26 November 1982, Page 19

Brown, Forde on top

Old Collegians players lead the batting and bowling averages: in the senior cricket championship, with four rounds completed. Vaughan Brown has had most success as a batsman, Lindsay Forde leads the bowlers. Brown has made 297 runs at an average of .59.4. Others with good figures who have had a minimum of five innings, are Dayle Hadlee 197 at 49.2; John Sansom 194, 48.5; Cran Bull 179, 44.7; Bob Carter 216, 43.2; Paul McEwan 209, 41.8; Richard Leggat 206, 41.2; Ash Hart 110, 36.7; Rod. Latham 181, 36.2; Roger Fuller, 69, 34.5;

Mark Priest 131, 32.7; Geoff Miller 153, 30.6; Pater Stubbings 206, 29.4; David Dempsey 137, 27.4; Gary Straw 101, 25.2.

Forde . has captured 20 wickets, at 8.8 runs each. He is followed by Garry Hooper 22, 11.3; Craig Thiele 18, 12.2; Trevor Luke 15, 12.7; Andrew Nuttall 17, 12.9; Gary MacDonald 20, 13.7; Ross McNally 15, 14.0; Les Watson 16,14.2; Carter 17,14.5, Dayle Hadlee 13, 16.5; Bruce Irving 12, 16.7; Dempsey 16,- 17.5; Stephen Bateman 16,-17.8; Tony Farrant 16, 19.0; Glen Bateman 12, 19.9.

Sixteen players in the representative squad of 25 are

in the lists above. Two others — Chris Abbott and Robbie Deans — do not play in the city competition, and Richard Hadlee has so far not played senior cricket this season.

The club figures for the other six are: Peter Rattray, 90 runs at 22.5, one wicket for 17 runs; Bryan Ritchie, 93 runs at 15,5, five wicketkeeping dismissals; Max Bremner, 95 runs at 13.6; David Farrant, 114 runs at 19, one wicket for 34; David Boyle, 142 runs at 23.7, two wickets for 25; Paul Rutledge, 45 runs at 15, 15 wicket-keeping dismissals.