Leyland And Hutton Top Test Averages

Northern Advocate, 30 August 1938, Page 3

Leyland And Hutton Top Test Averages

Averages for the four cricket Tests in the 1938 series are as follows: BATTING; England.

Also bowled: Barnett, none for 10; Hammond, none for 67. In the series England scored 2643 runs for 53 wickets (average 49.8), to Australia’s 2137 runs for 63 wickets (average 33.92),

In. N.O. H.S: Runs. Av. M. Leyland 1 — 187 187 187.00 L. Hutton 4 , — 364 475 118.85 J. Hardstaff 3 1 169 * 184 92.00 E. Paynter 6 1 216 * 407 ,81.40 W.R. Hammond 6 — 240 403 67.16 L. E. G. Ames 3 — 83 135 45.00 C. J. Barnett 5 — 126 215 43.00 D.C. Compton 6 1 102 214 42.80 A. W. Wellard 2 — 38 42 21.00 D. V. P. Wright 5 2 22 39 13.00 H. Verity 6 2 25 52 13.00 W. J. Edrich 6 — 28 67 11.16 Australia. Ins. Runs. N.O H.S. Av. v Bradman 6 434 2 144* 108.50 Brown 8 513 1 206 73.28 McCabe 8 362 0 232 45.25 • Barnes 2 74 0 74 37.00 Barnett 8 195 1 57 27.85 Hassett 8 199 0 56 24.84 Fingleton 6 123 0 40 20.50 FleetwoodSmith 5 30 3 16* 15.00 O’Reilly 5 60 1 42 15.00 Badcock 8 32 0 9 4^00 Waite 3 11 0 8 3.66 * Signifies not out. BOWLING Australia. Wkts. Runs. Av. O’Reilly 22 677 30.77 McCormick 10 345 34.50 Fleetwood-Smith 14 727 51.92 Barnes 1 84 84,00 McCabe 2 293 146.50 Waite 1 190 190.00 Also bowled: Bradman, none for 8; Hassett, none for 52; Ward, none for 142. England. Runs Wkts. Av. Bowes 188 10 18.80 Verity 356 14 23.28 Leyland 30 1 30.00 Edrich 139 4 34.75 Fames 581 17 34.11 Wright 425 12 35.41 Wellard 126 3 42.00 Sinfield 122 2 61.00