CRICKET

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 June 1936, Page 5

CRICKET

LEADING BATSMEN & BOWLERS

[BY CABLE —I’RESS aSSN. —COPYBIGHT.]

(Recd. June 15, 10 a.m.) LONDON, June 14

Cricket averages are:—

Batting, first twelve:—Dempster 505 runs, average 72/14. Leyland 702 —7O/20. Verity 272—68/00. Fishlock 822—63/23. Gimblett 794—61/07 Kimpton 767 —56/33. Keeton 556 55/60. Holmes 829—55/26. Fagg 790 —52/66. Harris 524—52/40. Pearce 653—50/23. Duckfield 536—48/72. Fifteenth: Paynter 619—44/21. Eighteenth: James Langridge 635— 42/33. Twenty-third: Hardstaff 372 — 41/33. Twenty-fifth: Hendren 765 —4O/26. Thirty-ninth: Turnbull 459 —35/30.

Bowling: First fifteen —Verity 82 wickets, average 9/30; Copson, 49 — 12/34; Smailes 30—13/83; Robins 40 —l4/20; Larwood 34—14/94: J. Smith 41—16/70; Hollies 22—17/00; Mayer 24—17/.J5; Perks 43—17/48; Geary 32 —17/93; Cover 75—17/98; Bowes 28—18/00; Nichols 33—18/06; Peebles 28 —18/35; Freeman 47 —18/63. Eighteenth: Alien 23—20/17. Rain fell throughout the country, and as a result I here was no play in the following County cricket matches: Surrey v. Essex, Derby v. Yorks, Lamashire v.Middlesex, Worcester v. Hants, Oxford v. Leicester, Cambridge v. Free Foresters, and Notts v. Indians.

In other matches, the scores were: Gloucester 16/1, against Glamorgan, Somerset 169 (Freeman 6/60) v. Kent 22/1. Sussex 199/4 (Cox 66, Cook 80) v. Warwickshire. There was no play to-day in the test trial. North versus South, at Lords.