Cricket Averages.
The following batting and bowling averages of players in Senior and Junior Cup matches of last season have been compiled by Mr H. McCardell (secretary of the Association). The batting form shown in club matches during the last season or two has been a decided improvement upon that of the few previous seasons, and this may reasonably be ascribed rather to the advance crickob has made in practice and popularity than to the superior batting form shown by a few individuals. That it was not due to any weakness in the bowling is amply proved by the bowling averages, in which six men obtained an average of less than 10, while by far the greater proportion of the bowlers tried were well inside of a Co3t of 20 runs per wicket. The senior batting list is headed by Moorehouse, who has the excellent average of 40 for seven innings (wnich included no not-outs), Dr. Collins coming second with 34, and Morey third with 27. Cotterill, who came from Canterbury with a first-class reputation, has been rather disappointing here, but one good innings of 50 not out has brought him up to fourth place with an average of 26 for 5 innings. As might have been expected, A. Gore has pride of place in bowling, and his average of 6'6 for 33 wickets is a remarkably good one, and far above anything else on the list. , The batting averages for the Junior Gup are headod by D. M. Fuller, the Rival crack, who astonished us by compiling some sensational scores last season. He has played 5 innings (twice not out) and his average is 124—a record which, wo .believe, has hardly ever been equalled in the history of New Zealand cricket. The other batsmen are, of course, dwarfed by this big scorer, but the averages generally are good. The juniors have the best of the bowling, too ; W. Galloway, also of the Rivals Club, having taken 15 wickets at a cost of 5 runs each, which may be considered extremely cheap. Parsons, of the Rivals, comes second with an averago of 6'2, and C. Taylor (Midland) third with 6.5.
NOTE. —E. stands for Rivals. M. for Midland. St. P. C. for St. Patrick’s College. The two clubs who played the final match are shown, and St. Patrick’s College the club that remained in last before the final. Only double-figure averages are shown in batting, and only those who bowled over 100 balls in the bowling averages.
SENIOR CUP.—BATTING. Name. Club. Inngs. Not out. Runs. Most in Inngs. In Mch. Average. Mootehouae, H. Ph. ... 7 .. 0 ... 2S5 ... 103 ... 103 40.7 Collins, Dr. W ... 5 .. 0 ... 170 ... 77 ... 77 34 Morey, VY. W ... 4 2 55 24* ... 26 27.5 Cotterill, W. ... W ... 5 1 107 ... 50* ... 75 26.7 Blacklock, H. ... M ... S 2 153 35* ... 5S 25.5 Dryden, C. S ... 6 0 137 ... 43 ... 53 22.83 Gore, A. W ... 5 ... 0 ... 109 ... 3S ... 38 21.8 Blacklock, R. ... M ... 7 O 151 ... 70 ... 70 21.6 Gillon, O. M ... S 1 14> 47 ... 59 20.3 Kirkor, W. P ... 8 ... 0 162 ... 42 ... 77 20.2 Blacklock, A. ... M ... S 0 153 ... 52 ... SO 19.1 Davis, H. P .:. 6 I 93 ... 42 ... 49 18.6 Littloiokn, A. ... S ... 8 0 144 52 ... 58 18.0 Salmon, W.J. ... Mansill, G. M ... 4 ... 0 70 35 ... 36 17.5 S ... 2 ... 0 35 29 ... 35 175 Gore, R. W ... 3 ... 0 50 ... 33 ... 38 16.6 Roberts, JbL. S ... 8 0 126 67 ... 67 15.75 Izard, E. B. W ... 5 1 61 19 ... 19 ' 15.2 Brown, J. S ... 6 0 S3 52 ... 66 13.83 Motley, A. Ph. ... 6 1 66 23* ... 34 13.2 Webb, G Ph. ... 6 0 7S 23 ... 32 13.0 McGirr, W. M ... S 0 103 30 ... 35 12.9 Merlet, A. P ... 4 1 3(1 14 ... 28 12.0 Varnham, J. Ph. ... 3 0 33 ... 25 ... 25 11.0 Wilson-Duret, E. Ph. ... 5 0 51 22 ... 32 10. s Nicholls, S. P ... S 0 85 83 ... 33 10.6 Boddington, E... W ... 5 1 40 18* ... 19 . 10 0 Barlow, F. P ... S 4 36 19 ... 19 9.0 Werry, N.W. ... W ... 4 0 35 11 ... 21 8.7 Malcolm, W. ... P ... 7 0 60 ... 24 ... 27 8 5 Ronaldson T. ... W ... 4 1 25 IS* ... 18 8.3 Stevenson P ... 2 0 17 13 ... 17 8.5 Benbow, C. Ph. ... 7 ... 0 57 29 ... 29 S.l Wylie M ... 7 ... 0 ... 57 23 ... 28 8.1 Koch, R. W ... 3 0 23 IS ... 18 7.6 Wiren, A. P ... S 0 59 34 .. 34 7.3 Mansill, G. S ... 6 1 36 14 ... 23 7.2 Taylor Ph. ... •7 0 ... 50 ... 24 ... 35 7.1 Maxwell M ... 7 0 49 24 ... 2S 7.0 Roberts, S. S ... 'S 1 47 12* ... 23 6.71 Richardson s ... s ... 3 32 14 ... 14 6.4 Hewat Ph. ... 6 1 31 ... 19 ... 19 6.2 Stinson P ... 7 0 42 18 ... 23 6.0 Tucker P ... 4 0 24 9 ... 12 6.0 JVlorice, F. Ph. ... 7 ... 0 42 15 ... 25 6.0 Blacklock, J. ... M. ... 7 ... 0 ... 41 17 ... 19 5.9 Sanderson W ... 4 ... o ... 23 ... 14 ... 14 5.7 Donaldson S ... 6 0 .. 32 13 ... 16 5.3 Easton M ... 3 0 16 8 ... 15 5.3 Edwards P ... 6 1 26 20 ... 21 5.2 Brooke W ... 4 0 ... 19 7 ... 7 4.7 Cowper P ... 3 0 14 13 ... 13 4.6 Kennedy M ... 7 2 IS ... 10 ... 10 3 6 Fitzsimmons ... M 4 ... 2 ... 7 3* ... 4* 3.5 Virtue S ... 6 0 20 20 ... 20 3.3 Eyre S ... 7 ... 0 ... 15 9 ... ' 9 2.14 Angus Ph. ... 5 0 ... 3 1 ... 1 .6 Creeks Ph. ... 6 ... 4 NOTE. 1 ... ‘ 1* ... 1 .5 W.—Wellington. • M.—Midland. Ph.—Phoenix. S.—Star. P.—Poneke. *— -Not out. BOWLING. Bowler. Club. No. of Balls. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. Average 6.6 Gore, A. W ... 643 29 220 33 Boddington, E... W ... 229 10 77 ... 11 7.0 Wiren, A. P ... 103 4 58 ... 7 ft ft Moorehouse Ph. ... 90 2 26 ... 3 ft McGirr, W. ... M ... S54 42 281 ... 32 s s Sim, R. P ... 48 3 19 ... 2 9 5 Roberts, H. ... S ... 306 7 142 ... 14 10.1 Taylor Ph. ... 492 13 183 ... 18 10 1 Gillon, 0. M ... 345 5 180 ... 17 10 6 Ronaldson,T. ... W ... 501 14 193 ... 17 11 3 FitzsimmonB ... M ... 276 4 133 ... 11 12H Salmon, W.J... M ... 66 2 25 ... 2 12 5 Easton, G. M ... 314 S .127 ... 10 io 7 Hewat Ph. ... 534 14 220 ... 17 19 Q Barlow, F. P ... 270 5 117 ... 9 1 ft Koch, R. W ... 60 3 26 2 13 13 6 Richardson, G. S ... 432 11 177 13 Dryden, C. S ... 480 9 234 ' ... 17 13.76 14 Virtud Kirker S ... 66 P ... S4I 0 24 28 9 Malcolm Roberto, S. P ... 66 S ... 96 2 ’’’ 6 33 ... 2 49 ... 3 16.1 16 3 Angus Ph. ... 180 5 109 .. 6 18 l Tucker P ... 162 6 18.3 10 5 Morey W ... 140 2 78 . . 4 Webb, G. Ph. ... 48 2 22 1 Motley, A. Ph. ... 30 0 27 .. 1 07 Creeks Ph. ... 150 1 82 2 41 - AGGREGATE. Matches Highest Highest Lowest Lowest Club. Innings Innings Innings Innings PosiPlavea. Won. Lost. For. Against. For. Against. tion. Wellington ... 4 ... 4 ... 0 ... 201 .. 146 ... 124 .. 17 ... 1 Midland ... 4 ... 3 ... 1 ... 246 .. 162 ... 66 ... 38 O. Phoenix ... 4 ... 1 ... 3 ... 2‘ 4* • • 168 ... 41 ... 90 ) ... Star ... 4 ... 1 ... 3 ... 2: 19* . .. 244 ... 17 ... 83 [::: 3 Poneke ... 4 ... 1 ... 3 .. 131 . .. 246 ... 42 ... 71 *For eight wickets. Total wkts, Average per Total runs Total wkts. Average Club. Total runs for. that leil. wicket for. against. taken. t>.wkt aerst. VV eilinstcn 761 ... 46 16.5 624 ... 80 7.8" Midland 1027 ... 73 14.0 800 ... 76 10.5 Phoenix 804 ... 69 11.6 786 ... 58 13.5 Star 773 ... 77 10.03 770 ... 59 13.15 Poneke 717 ... 67 10.7 .. 1095 ... 73 15.0
JUNIOR CUP.— BATHNG AVERAGES. No. of Times Most in an Moot in a .Name of Flay or. Club. Innings, not out. Runs. Innings. Match. Average. Fuller, D. M. R ... 5 ... 2 ... 372 ... 143* . .. 143 ... 124 Houldsworfch, F. R ... 3 ... 0 ... 82 ... 44 44 ... 27.3 HiuchclifFo, W. R ... 0 ... 1 ... 120 ... 44 44 ... 24 Mitchell, W. M ... 11 ... 0 ... 224 ... 58 58 ... 20.3 Galloway, W. R ... 5 ... 0 ... 87 69 69 ... 17.4 Crowther, J. M ... 9 ... 0 ... 143 ... ' 56 69 ... 15.9 Saywell, J. M ... 4 ... 1 ... 46 ... .31 .. 46 ... 15.3 Binns, P. R ... 2 ... 1 ... 15 ... 15* .. 15 ... 15 McMahon B. P. ... St. P. C ... 8 ... 0 ... 118 50 55 ... 14.7 Cox, A. M ... 4 ... 0 ... 54 ... 17 28 ... 13 5 Sheedy, D. ... St. P. C ... 7 ... 0 ... 88 38 46 ... 12 5 Isherwood, C. M ... 11 ... 2 .. 106 32 44 ... 11 7 Roche, J. ... St. P. C ... 3 ... 2 ... 11 9 9 ... 11 *Not out. BOWLING AVERAGES '* Name. Club. Balls. Maidens. Runs. Wkts. Average Galloway, W R 189 10 75 ... 15 ... 5 Parsons, H. R 723 48 ... 2S6 ... 46 ... 6.2 Taylor, C. M 593 19 ... 211 ... 32 Attree, A. R 408 26 130. ... 19 ... 6.8 Houldaworth, F. . R .. ■ 208 11 ... "• 66 9 ... 7.3 Tate, A. H. .. St. P. C. 183 5 S3 ... 11 ... 7.5 Fitzsimmons M 43 L 26 171 ... 21 ... 8.1 Isherwood, 0. M 771 3.3 ... 314 ... 33 ... 9.5 McMahon, B. P. .. St. P. C. 356 3 v . 1S2 ... 17 ... 10.7 Mahoney, S. .. St. P. c. 442 13 ... 234 ... 20 ... 11.7 Knell M 169 6 58 4 . . 14.5 ilinchcliffa R 204 6 ... ! 73 ... 4 ... 19
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 896, 3 May 1889, Page 15
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