CRICKET.
IMPORTANT COUNTY MATCH, A. MARSHAL SCORES A CENTURY. (lit TELEORAPa—.PRESS ASSOCIATION—CorYItIaHT.) London, August 7 A. Marshal (the ex-Queensland all-round cricketer, who plays for Surrey, and who has had some phenomenal bowling figures this season) scored HJB in the county match Surrey v. Middlesex. Playing for Worcestershire against Lancashire, Cuffe scored 126. '
COUNTY FIGURES. 'i . TWs . is.:i!an.:.;important , match ,as ..the issue is- bound to .' put one of the two fcompeting,)!teams„,ibaok. a ..etagti. in—tlu* county championship. At last advices Yorkshire was _ leading, and. Surrey and Middlesex Xnow playing ea'ch other), also Kent, were on even terms for second place, with one loss each. Ihe success of the ex-Queenslander Marshal in this important match Surrey v. Middlesex is interesting, especially as the Middlesex attack includes the ex-Victorians Tarrant and Trott. Marshal was above both of them in bowline average on June 22. Cuffe has batted well for Worcestershire this season, and has partnered the champion (j.-\V. Foster in some effective work. As indicated below, ho was ninth in the averages on June 22. Tho following tables show the position on June 22 with regard to leading individual averages, and the counties' wicket averages BATTING.
Most Times in not I . „ ■ Inns. Runs, an inns. out. Aver. I Crawford 17. 786 232 1 49 12 Jessop • ... ... ,12 528 143 1 48^00 Warner 16 620 110 3 47.69 Gilhngham ... H . 455 194 1 45.50 Tyldesley ... ... 19 S01 1G6 1 44.66 Hirst 19 676 128* 3 42.25 Young ™ '... 13 536 , 106 0' 41.23 Foster 11 406 174 1 40.60 Sharp 1 ... • ... IS 671 102 1 39.47 Cob 16 588 127 1 39.20 Cuffe 12 383 132* 2 38.30 Hobbs ... ... 19 675 161 1 37.50 J. Gunn 9 295 144* 1 36.87 Arnold 13 425 100 1 35.41 Crawford 20 631 91 2 35.22 Hayward ... ... 20 G97 109 0 34.85 •Signifies not out. BOWLING. O. M. B. 'Wlcts. Aw Haigh ... ... 327.2 110 543 69 7.86 Wass ... . ... 190.1 • 50 471 45 10.46 Hirst 438.1 119 . 917 81 11.32 S. Hayward ... 1G2.3 23 481 42 • 11.45 A. E. Keif ... 358 121 644 55 11.70 East 150.3 52 307 26 11.80 Fairservice ... 1G5.4 07 330 27 12.22 W. C. Smith ... 315 94 689 53 13.00 Rhodes ... 248.4 82 529 37 14.29 Marshal ... 175.1 ' 53 482 33 14.G0 Blythe 399.5 134 812 55 14.76 Tarrant ... 409.1 109 991 GG 15.01 Fielder ... 351.2 110 806 53 15.20 Newstead ... 298.2 88 596 38 15.68 Brearley ...520.2 97 15G2 92 16.97 Gilbert ... 153.5 24 498 29 17.17 AYEEAGE PER WICKET-BATTING. Buns. Wlcts. Aver, Middlesex 2120 GG 32.12 Surrey ...- ... ... 4839 180 2G.88 Nottinghamshire 2038 79 25.79 Yorkshire 3767 147 25.62 Worcestershire 19S9 81 24.55 Sussex 3190 131 24.35 Hants ... 2348 101 23.24 Kent 2302 103 22.34 Leicester ... 3178 151' 21.04 Essex 2048 99 20.G8 Lancashire 27G7 141 19.26 Somerset 2SG4 155 18.47 Warwick 234G 142 1G.52 Gloucester 1781 109 10.36 Northamptonshire 2G08 1G2 1G.09 Derby 2103 174 14.15 BOWLING. Wkts. Buns, Aver. Yorkshire 200 2519 12.59 Kent 131 1953 11.90 Surrey 22G 3G9G 16.35 Nottinghamshire 106 1824 17.20 Lancashire 159 3081 19.37 Worcester 100 1991 19.91 Sussex ... 127 25G5 20.19 Derby . ... 128 2819 22.25 Warwick 121 2850 23.55 Northamptonshire 125 3030 24.21 Leicester ... -... ... 112 3170 21.43 Essex 92 2251 24.46 Hants 104 2604 25.03 Middlesex 87 2386 27.42 Gloucester 77 2178 28.28 Somerset . 98 3401 35.42 The common batting average is 21.10.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 272, 10 August 1908, Page 7
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