DOMINION CRICKETERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19221, 9 January 1926, Page 12

DOMINION CRICKETERS.

THE TOUR OF AUSTRALIA. PERFORMANCES TO DATE. EIGHT CENTURIES REGISTERED. The young Canterbury batsman, C. Oliver, heads the batting averages for the Australian tour ot' the New Zealand cricket team, lie did not do much in the first game against Queensland, but since then ho has batted well, his best score being 132', not out, against Wagga. C. Allcott is second. His highest score is the 116 which he made in the game with New South Wales. He also made 107 against Victoria, and is the only member of the team who has scored two centuries in test matches. 11. C. Blunt, who is third in the batting averages, has scored more runs than any other member of the side. He has passed the 500 mark. He has also made the highest individual score on the tour to date, namely, 216 against Goulbuni. The figures sho-v that C. Dacrc and T. C. Lowry have both proveo very useful as batsmen, and the 143 which W. R. Patrick scored against New South Wales has lifted him several places up the list. He now has the quite respectable average of 34.14. Blunt is still at the head of the bowling averages, but he is now not far ahead of W. Cunningham. Blunt and Cunningham are the only two bowlers who have an average of under 30 runs a wicket. At the end of the tour of the 1913-14 team four bowlers, N. C. Sneddon, D. Reese, D. Sandman and J. 11. Bennett, had an average of under 20 runs a wicket, but heavier scoring is the order of things now. Following are the averages in the matches played to date on the tour: — BATTING. Ills. IS t .O. U.S. Runs. Av. C. Olivor ... .. « 1 1»2 454 5(5.75 C. Allcott .. .. 1U it 110 390 u0.71 K. C. Blunt . .. Hi '2lO 534 63.40 C. l)aere .. ..10 rt' attO 149.00 T. O. Lowry . ..JO Yv T . It. Patrick ... 9 2 113 '239 34.14 It. de It. Worker ..10 C. G. Crawford ..0 2 50 122 !!0.00 lv C. James . ..2 1 10 19 IJ.CO A. "W. Alloo .. .. S 1 IS ]*■? 1). J. Meßeath .. !! I 1(> 21 10.50 YV. Cunningham ..5 2 10 29 J.(»b H. Gillespie ..3 E. W. Hope - 23 28 9.33 BOWLING. Runs. Witts. Av. R. C. Blunt - 723 27 26.77 W. Cunningham .. .. M- "I'.'A W. It. Patrick .. .. 210 G 30.00 C. Dacre 3j» 1 &. »..i» :: :: S I W.So :: :: is I £» C. Oliver 03 1 03.00 In the seven matches that the New Zealand cricketers have played in Australia they have scored 3162 runs (including extras) and in the making of these runs 86 wickets have fallen. I Ins gives an average of 36.76 runs a wicket. In the seven matches 3405 runs have L eon scored against the New Zealanders; for 102 wickets. This is an average ot runs a wicket. During the tour of the team in Australia eight centuries have been scored for them and nine against them, including 325, not out, made by H. L. Hendry for Victoria. The following centuries have been scored for New Zealand Blunt, 216. against Goulburn. Patrick, 143, against New Srmth Vales. Lowry, 140, against, Ballar.it, and 123 against South Australia. Oliver, 132, not out, agiinst Wagga, and 104 against Ballarut. Allcott, 116, against New fcoath Wales, and 107 against Victoria.