OUR CRICKETERS

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 127, 2 June 1927, Page 7

OUR CRICKETERS

THE AVERAGES SOME FINE FIGURES (By "Not Out.' 1) 11^ 8 in tne ]ast two matches on -7 S l6 New Zeala»<* cricketers nJ \ m Englaaa have accounted for nf » chan Ses of position on the lists hStf« g3 L°Wry t0 tOP Place the battl"S averages. The captain has Next ot t^'- at aa'a^rage of 54.33. two n. -6 llßt " BIUDt > Wh° With t^o more visits to the crease has scored 100 runs more than Lowry, at an average of 49.33. Merritt, five time" to thl,f ? n tea innin Ss> has topped to third place, close behind Blunt, and then come Dacre, Dempster, and Page, w P i«» f ? ve the 30 mark- The thre° Wellingtomans are next on the list. It the <^i nOte that aII members of the side have double-figure averages, fnlln™ mn *uries have been scored, as ■T>« ™?- °- Wry ' 106 and 105 cam/ \ »d-101j J. E. Mills, 188 R. The New Zealand team has batted thirteen tunes on the tour, and, except tor the second innings against Sussex, Blunt has taken strike on 'all occasions! Mills Dempster, and James have miss-' ed only two innings. Blunt, Merritt, and Dempster have played m all matches to date. The bowling figures in some cases are improved by recent performances. Merritt is still at the head of the list, his average, having been bettered by his latest efforts with the ball. With 35 wickets he heads the aggregate, Blunt being next with 25. These two slow bowlers have taken more wickets than all the other bowlers. Among the latter, Bernau and M' Girr have been getting a fair bag. In the two matches in which he has played Allcott has taken five wickets, and his. average is next to that of Merritt. K. C. James, as wicket-keeper, has been of great assistance to the bowlers, and his record is a notable one. In six matches he has either stumped or caught nineteen batsmen, and in doing so has accounted for one-fifth of the wickets which have fallen to New Zealand, exclusive of the cases in , which batsmen have been run out. Suel* a remarkable performance must remove all doubt about James's quality as a 'keeper. He promises to distinguish himself in this department of the game. The averages are as follow:— Batting.

D. Bluudell.a New Zealander at Cambridgo was included •in the New Zealand team toi the match with Cambridge University. He took no wickets for 38 runs.

Highest Total Ins. N.O. score. Sims. Avg. I- C. lowry 10 1 106 489 54.33 M-Sr:::: s ' a ""» J. B. Mills ...... 11 i iss 456 45.60 ~- ,P aS, re 9 J 107 358 39.77 C.S.Dempster... n i 79 331 33-10 R J? K?!n, 9 ° 134 292 32-44 H. M. MGirr .... 9 1 72 2^B-29.75 11 0 44 224 20.30 M. Heuderson .... 4 1 30 54 .'.8.00 E. H. L. Bernau ..9 1 41 122 15 25 CF. W. Allcott ..' 3 1 22* '8 14 00 W- aI" 1"1?,8^ "51 i| 46 U.BO Also batted— D. BlundeU 2 1 3 3 3.00 D- Hay 11 2» 2 2.00 •Not out. Bowline. Wkts. Kuns. Avg. |||^.:::: g . ag Jt. C. Blunt 25 755 30.20 W. Cunningham 5 239 47.80 £ D£ cre. • .1 48 48.00 M. Henderson 6 296 49.33 r. C. Lowry i 78 78 00 G. S. Dempster 0 8 C. Olllver 0 21