DEMPSTER LEADS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 166, 15 June 1936, Page 7

DEMPSTER LEADS

ENGLISH BATTING AVERAGES VERITY HEADS BOWLERS. RAIN SPOILS PLAY.

(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Received June 15, 9.30 a.in. LONDON, June 14. After occupying the second position on the list of batting averages last week, C. S. Dempster, the former Wellington batsman, who has made his mark with Leicester, this week heads the table. Verity heads the bowling averages. Details are as follow : BATTEN G—FIRST TWELVE.

COUNTY MATCHES. Rain fell throughout the country, and as a result there was no play in the following county cricket matches:— Surrey v. Essex, Derby v. Yorks, Lancashire v. Middlesex, Worcester v. Hants, Oxford v. Leicester, Cambridge v. Free Foresters, and Notts v. Indians. In the other matches the scores were:— Gloucester made 16 for 1 against Glamorgan. Somersit, playing Kent made 169 (Freeman 6 for 60). Kent made 22 for 1. Sussex, playing Warwick, made 199 for 4 (Cox 66, Cook SO).

THE TEST TRIAL. LONDON, June Id. There was no play to-dav in the Test trial game, North v. South, at Lord’s.

Runs Av. C. S. Dempster (N.Z.) 505 72.14 Leyland 702 70.20 Verity 272 68.00 Fish lock 822 63.23 Gimblett 794 61.07 Knnpton 676 56.33 Keeton .: 556 55.60 Holmes 829 55.26 Fagg 790 52.66 Harris 524 52.40 Pearce 653 50.23 Duckfielcl (loth) 536 48.7-4 Paynter (18th) 619 44.21 James Langridge (23rd) 635 42.33 Ha rdst aff (25th) 372 41.33 Hendren (39th) 765 40.26 rurnbull 459 35.30 DOWLINGFIRST FIFTEEN. Wickets \verage Verity . 82 9.30 Copson . 49 12.34 Sinailes . 30. 13.83 Robins . 40 14.20 Lanvood . 34 14.94 J. Smith . 41 16.70 Hollies . 22 17.00 Mayer 24 17.45 Perks . 43 17.48 Geary . 32 17.93 Gover . 75 17.98 Bowes . 28 18.00 Nichols . 33 18.06 Peebles . 23 18.35 Freeman (18th) 47 18.63 Allen . 23 20.17