MERRITT'S FEAT
COMPAEISON WITH AUSTEALIANS.
W. E. Merritt has now taken 141 wicSf I °I .the tour ' and Mb taUy equals in the last English tour by the Austra«^f ##2fa^V v?raea is better than that of theNewZealanderbut the latter will have the better aggregate by the time the tour concludes. The second most successful bowler with the Australians was C. V. Grimmett, and it is a coincidence that B. C. Blunt, also a slow bowler comes next to Merritt. The figures for,both pairs are: Australians. I_ . " . Wkts. Buns. Ay. .Grimmett _„ 120 2055 1712 Mailey 141 • 2637 f 18.70 New Zealanders. , , .... Wkts. Buns. Ay. Merntt .^.. 141 2 776 19.68 Blun* •• 93 2149 23.10 In all matches for the Australians seven batsmen scored over 1000 runs, and up to the present six New Zealanders have achieved that distinction. In nrst-class matches four Australians passedV 1000 and up to the present five Sm 3™?*?' ******* **™ done so, while Mills has 23 more to go. I
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 46, 23 August 1927, Page 9
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161MERRITT'S FEAT Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 46, 23 August 1927, Page 9
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