THE ENGLISH AVERAGES
FOR THE TOUR.
The Australian mail which reached Wellington on Tuesday contained details of the Northern Districts match, which enabled the compiler to conclude his task for the Englishmen's tour in Australia. The cabled' figures have been checked, and a satisfactory result has been arrived at. The tourists scored 11,236 runs for 293 wickets, an average of 38.34^ runs. Gilligan received 102 extras, leaving a balance of 10,834 hit by the tauraen, details of which are suppHsd. England's opponent* lo»t 415 .wickeU ion 10,16b run*, 4a aruagt of
24.32 runs. The details of the bowling table show 397 captured by the visitors. The balance, Howard, Cantwell, Freemantle, Shepherd, Rowe, Evans, Fidock, Effick,. Waghorn, A. Richardson, V. Richardson, Taylor, Longden, Findlay, Bardsley, Kippax, Gregory, Ponsford, Rymill, Wall, and Johnston, were run out. The Australians visit England next year, when the writer hopes to reappear with the averages which have occupied his attention since the memorable visit of Ivo Bligh in the halcyon days of 1882-83. Following are the detailed averages:—
* SUMMARY OF THE TOUR. Western Australia, drawn. Western Australian Colts, drawn. Western Australia, won by an inning! and 190 runs. Goldttelds Association, drawn. South Australia, won by nino. wickets. Victoria, lost by six wickets. New South Wales, won by three wickets. Queensland, drawu. An\ Australian eleven, drawn. ■': Toowoomba, won by an innings and 126 runs, i Combined juniors of Australia, drawn. *First Test, lost by 193 runs. Second Test, lost by 81 n«3. Ballarat, drawn. Third Test, lost by 11 runs. Tasmania, won 'by 119 runs. Tasmania, won by an innings and 136 runs. , Victoria, won by an innings and 271 runs. i Fourth Test, won by an innings and 29 runs.
New South Wales, drawn. Fifth Test, lost by "307 runs. Northern" Districts, drawn. South Australia, lost by ten wickets. Synopsis.—Matches played, 23; won, 8; drawn, 9; lost, 6. CENTURIES OF THE TOUR. H. Sutcliffe,. 115—First Test. H. Sutcliffe, 176^-Second Test. H. Sutcliffej 127—Second Test. H. Sutcliffe, 188—Tasmania. 11. Sutcliffe, 143—Fourth Test. 11. Sutcliffe, 136 not out—Northern Districts. J. B. Hobbs, 115—First Test. ' ■ J. B. Hobbs, 114—Combined Juniors of; Australia. J. B. Hobbs,' 154—Second Test^ • J. B. Hobbs, 119-Thlrd Test. N E. Hendren, .168—Queensland. E. Hendreu, lOfr—An . Australian Eleven. E. Hendren, 101' not out—Tasmania. E. Hendren, 165-^New South Wales. ■ A.. Sandham, 116^-rTasmania. A. Sandham, 137—New South Wales. A. Sandham, .104—New South Wales. J. W. Hearue,>l74 not out—Toowoomba. J. W.Hearne.i 193—Victoria. F. E.. Woolley, 123-First Test. F. E. Woolley, 149—New South Wales. R. Kilner, 103—Western Australia. A.-E. R. Gilligan, 138—Western Australi*. W. W. Whysall, 101—South Australia.
AUSTRALIAN CENTURIES. W. H. Ponsford, 110—First Test. W. H. Ponsford, 128—Second Test. H. L. Collins, 114—First Test., H. L. Collins, 173-New South Wales. A. J. Richardson, 200 nob out-^S. Australia. W. Bardsley, 160—New South Wales. F. C. Thompson, 111—An * Australian Eleven. J. M. Taylor; 108—First Test. V. Y. Richardson, 138—Second Test. J. S. Ryder, 201 not out—Third Test. G. Martin, 121—Tasmania. T. J. E. Andrews, 224—New South ■ Wales. J. W. Rymill, 146—South Australia.
BATTING. Inn. N.O. H.S. Runs H. Sutclifle 24 1 ISB 1626 J. B. Hobbs 18 1 151 11)77 E. Uendren 24 3 168 1327 A. Sandham 24 1 137 1024 F. E. Woolley ... 21 0 149 892 J. W. Hearne ... 21 2 193 702 J. L. Bryan 14 1 83 455 W. W. Whysall 22 1 101 724 A. P. F. Chapman 20 1 92 642 R. Kilner 24 3 103 CCU J. W. 11. Douglas 12 2 82 239 M. W. Tate 24 2 94 504 R. Tyldesley 16 5 39 190 A. E. R. Gilligau 28 4 ISS 394 A. P. Freeman 16 5 60* 159 11. Howell 10 4 22 50 H. Strudwiok .... 14 4 22 70 *Not out. Av. 70.69 (53.35 G3.19 44.52 42.47 41.63 35.00 34.47 33.78 31.85 23.90 22.90 17.2? 16.41 14.45 S.S3 7.00 BOWLING. Wickets. Runs. 11. Strudwick 1 9 j. B. Hobbs 6 73 M. W. Tate 8t 1536 R. Kilner 57 1159 A. P. F. Chapman 4 84 H. Howell 28 599 A. P. Freeman 67 1580 J. W. Hearna ..: 40 1179 R. Tyldesley ; 39 1045 J. L. Bryan 2 57 A. E. R." Gilligan 37 1258 F. E. Woolley 15 587 E. Hendreu 1 Cl J. W. il. T. Douglas ..7 440 W. W. Whysall 0 9 H. Sutclifle 0 25 A. Sandham ....'. 0 27 Avg. 9.00 12.16 18.28 20.33 21.00 21.39 23.58 24.06 26.79 28.50 34.00 39.13 01.00 G3.71
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 65, 19 March 1925, Page 11
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