British Cricket Averages
(Received 1 p.m.) LONDON, July 17. The following are the averages of the leading British cricketers to date:
Nichols is 12th with 94 wickets at an average of 19.82, Wellard 13th, with a total of 91 at an average of 20.13, and Smailes 15th with a total of 68 at an average of 20.67.
Batting. Runs. Average. Hammond 1807 78.56 Dempster 912 65.14 Paynter 1554 64.75 Edrich 1530 63.75 Gibb 1254 59.71 Bartlett 843 56.20 Fagg .... 1446 55.61 Hutton 1174 53.36 Ames 732 52.28 Compton is 12th with a total of 1224 runs at an average of 51, while Hardstaff is 20lh with a total of 703 at an average of 43.93. Bowling, Wickets. Average. Bowes 62 12.69 Clay .... 59 14.15 Butler 39 16.81 Loyland 43 16.74 Mayer 60 16.88 Pollard 115 17.17 Verity 87 17.52
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Northern Advocate, 18 July 1938, Page 7
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