AUSTRALIAN TEAM

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23097, 23 July 1938, Page 13

AUSTRALIAN TEAM

AVERAGES OE PLAYERS BRADMAN HEADS BATTING REMARKABLE FIGURES MOST WICKETS TO O'REILLY The Australian captain, Don Bradman, still leads the batting averages of the team with the splendid figures of 126.5 for 21 innings, five not-out. lie is followed by Brown, Hassett and Badcoek, respectively, who each have averages >f over 50. Fleetwood-Smith and O'Reilly still run very closely for the howling average O'Heilly has taken the most wickets, 70, at a cost of 10..'3 runs each. Fleetwood-Smith has captured 04 wickets for 1(5.00 runs each. The slow howler, Ward, has 01 wickets at an average of 18. * Details of the averages arc as follows: BATTING Inn. N.O. U.S. Runs Ave. D. G. Brad man 'J 1 5 278 2024 120.50 \V. A. Brown . . 22 3 *205 1172 77.47 A. L. Ilassett .. 20 2 *220 1257 00.83 C. L. Badcoek . 25 2 108 1205 52.30 C. W. Walker . . 5 3 *3l 87 43.50 J. 11. Finerletou . 123 1 124 951 43.212 S. J. Mct'abo .. 120 1 12312 703 40.15 S. Barnes . (> 1 58 187 37-.40 A. CJ. Chipperfield 17 3 *lO4 414 20.57 M. W. Wuito .. 18 3 54 31)1 2<i.2fi B. A. Barnett .. Hi 3 *l2O 321 24.00 K. S. White .. 10 4 *42 115 10.1(1 F. A. Ward .. JO 5 *2O 88 17.(50 W. J. O'Reilly . ft L. O'B. F. Smith 12 5 10 (32 8.55 K. L. McConniek 0 1 12 38 4.75 "Signifies Not Out. BOWLING Runs Wickets Average Hassett ... 4 I 4.00 Fleetwood-Smith 1028 04 10.00 O'Reilly . .. 1141 70 16.30 Ward .. .. 1008 (!1 18.00 Waite .. .. 873 40 21.82 White .. .. 412 17 24.23 Chipperfield . . 155 (5 25.83 McConniek .. 850 31 27.41 McCatie . .. 403 12 33.58 Badcoek . .. 10