ENGLISH AVERAGES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23117, 16 August 1938, Page 9

ENGLISH AVERAGES

SEASON TO DATE HAMMOND LEADS BATSMEN BOWES BEST IN BOWLING , LONDON", August 14 Following are the averages for the season to date of the leading English cricketers:— BATTING Runs Average Hammond . . . . 2592 89.37 Bartlett . 1358 61.72 ' Edrich 1984 58.35 Paynter ..... 1996 57.02 Dempster .. .. 1012 56.22 Gibb . . . . 1341 55.87 Fagg . . » . .. 2169 55.61 - Hutton 1187 51.60 Ames (11th) . . .. 761 47.56 Hardstaff (15th) ... 1131 45.24 Compton (20th) .. 1472 43.29 Leyland (25th) . . 1343 40.69 BOWLING Wickets Average Bowes ...... 92 14.43 Leyland 54 16.90 Verity . . . . . . 12.1 16.92 Mayer 85 17.48 Clay 81 17.56 Fames 63 18.17 Wright (17th) . . 98 22.64 SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR M.C.C. TEAM PICKED LONDON, August 14 The complete Marylebone team for the tour of South Africa is:—W. R. Hammond (captain) and T. W. Goddard (Gloucestershire), L. E. G. Ames, B. H. Valentine, A. Fagg and D. V. P. Wright (Kent), K. Fames (Essex), B• T. D. Perks (Worcestershire), L. L. Wilkinson and E. Paynter shire), W. J. Edrich (Middlesex), L. Hutton and H. Verity (Yorkshire), N. W. D. Yardley and P. A. Gibb (Cambridge University and Yorkshire). I). C. S. Compton, who was in the original selection, declined the invitation to tour owing to his position in the Arsenal Soccer eleven.