VISITORS' RECORD

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21906, 15 September 1934, Page 20

VISITORS' RECORD

ONLY ONE MATCH LOST DEFEAT IN SECOND TEST EIGHTEEN GAMES DRAWN Excluding the final game of the tour —the second-class match against North of Scotland, which will be commenced to-day—the Australian cricketers have played 33 matches, winning 14 and losing one, while 18 have been drawn. Following is a record of the games played:— Worcester. —Won by an innings and 297 runs. Leicester.—Drawn. Cambridge.—Won by an innings and 163 runs. M.C.C. Eleven.—Drawn. Essex. —Won by an innings and 93 runs. Oxford. —Won by an innings and 33 runs. Hampshire.—Drawn. Middlesex.—Won by 10 wickets. Surrey.—Drawn. Lancashire. —Drawn. First Test. —Won by 238 runs. Australia: First innings, 374; second innings, 273 for eight wickots, declared. England: First innings, 268; second innings, 141. Northants.—Drawn. Gentlemen of England.—Won by eight wickets. Second Test.—Lost by an innings and 38 runs. Australia: First innings, 284; second innings, 118. England: First innings, 440. Somerset.—Won by an innings and 77 runs. Surrey.—Won by six wickets. Third Test. —Drawn. Australia: First innings, 491; second innings, 66 for one wicket. England: First innings, 627 for nine wickets, declared; second innings, 123 for none, declared. Derbyshire.—Won by nine wickets. Yorkshire. —Drawn. Fourth Test. —Drawn. Australia: First innings, 548. England: First innings, 200; second innings, 229 for six wickets. Durham. —Drawn. Scotland.—Drawn. Gloucester. —Drawn. Glamorgan.—Drawn. Warwickshire.—Drawn. Nottingham.—Drawn. Army Team. —Won on first innings. Fifth Test. —Won by 562 runs. Australia: First innings, 701; second inings, 327. England: First innings, 321; second innings, 145. Sussex.—Won by an innings and 35 runs. Kent. —Drawn. All England Eleven. —Drawn. Minor Counties. —Drawn. Leveson Gower's Eleven. —Won by an innings and 48 runs. AVERAGES OF PLAYERS BRADMAN HEADS BATTING O'REILLY THE BEST BOWLER For all first-class matches Bradman tops the batting averages of the Australians, closely followed by Ponsford and McCabe. O'Reilly, FleetwoodSmith and Grimmett have each taken over 100 wickets in .the bowling, with the first-named heading the averages. Following are the averages:—

6, also Dowled. PRINCIPAL SCORERS REVIEW OF PERFORMANCES CENTURIES FOR AND AGAINST The Australian cricketers during their tour scored 34 centuries and had 18 scored against them. A record of the three-figure scores for and against is as follows: For Australia McCabe. —108* v. Leicester; 102 v. M.C.C.; 240 v. Surrey; 142 v. Lancashire; 105* v. Gentlemen; 137 in third test; 108 v. Kent; 124 v. LevesonGower's eleven. Brown. —105 v. Cambridge University; 119 v. Lancashire; 113 v. Northants; 105 in second test; 100* v. Notts. Bradman. —206 v. Worcester; 160 y. Middlesex; 140 v. Yorkshire; 304 in fourth test; 149* v. English eleven; 132 v. Leveson-Gower's eleven; 244 in fifth test. Ponsford.—-229* v. Cambridge; 281* v. M.C.C.; 125 v. Surrey; 181 in fourth test; 266 m fifth test. Woodfull.—l72* v. Lancashire; 131 v. Gloucester: 227* v. Glamorgan. Chipperfield.—l7s v. Essex;, 116* v. Hampshire. Kippax. —101* v. Durham; 250 v. Sussex. Darling.—loo v. Oxford, 117 v. Sussex. •Denotes not out. Against Australia Hendren. —135 for M.C.C.; 115 for Middlesex; 132 in third test. Leyland.—lo9 in second test; 153 in third test; 110 in fifth test. Sandham. —219 for Surrey. Ames. —120 in second test. Lowndes.—l4o for Hampshire. Mead.—l 39 for Hampshire. De Saram.—l2B for Oxford University. Gregory.—ll6 for Surrey. Arnold. —109* for Hampshire. Tyldesley.—lo7 for Lancashire. Sellers.—loo for Yorkshire. Snowden.—los for Northants. Wyatt.—lo2* for M.C.C.

Harbord. —104* for Minor Counties.

'Denotes not out.

BATTING Ins. N.O. H.S T'tl Ave. D. G. Brndman. . 27 3 304 2020 84.16 W. H. Ponsford 27 4 281* 1787 77.69 S. J. McCabe .. A7 7 240 2075 69.16 W. M. Wood full 27 3 227* 1267 52.79 A. F. Kippax . . 23 4 250 961 50.57 A. G. Chipperfield 26 4 175 899 40.85 W. A. Brown .. 35 2 119 1308 38.47 -L,. S. Darling . . 31 1 117 1022 34.06 B. A. Barnett .. •20 6 92 470 33.57 W. J. O'Reilly .. 18 9 30* 236 26.33 W. A. Oldfield .. ir» 3 67 295 22 70 K. H. Bromley .. W) 1 97 312 16.42 U. I. Ebeling . . 19 1 41 277 15.4 C. V. Grimmett 20 3 39 255 15.00 T. Wall 12 3 24 81 9.00 L. O'B. F.-Smith 13 6 7* 24 3.43 BOWLING w. R. Av. W. J. O'Reilly 109 1858 17.04 L. O'B. Fleetwood-Sniith 106 2036 19.20 C. V. Grimmett . 109 2159 19.80 H. I. Ebeling 64 1379 21.54 T. Wall 42 1290 30.71 L. 8. Darling 11 356 32.37 E. S. H. Bromley . 9 304 33.77 J. McCab* 21 795 37.85 A. G. Chipperfield 12 623 51.91 Barnett one for 3, Kippax one for 13, Brown none for 6, and Woodfull none lor