CRICKET.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18763, 17 January 1923, Page 8

CRICKET.

TESTS IN NEW ZEALAND. THE AVERAGES. The Dominion has compiled test averages of the English and Now Zealand players as under: — BATTING. Not Innings, out. H.S. Total. Average MacLaren (Eng.) ... 1 1 *2OO 200 200.00 Lambert 2 1 '47 80 80.00 Hartley (Eng.) ... 1 1 '6O 60 60.00 Wilkinson (Eng.) ... 8 1 50 117 58.50 Daoro 2 0 58 10.1 51.50 MacLcan Eng.) ... 3 1 84 0!) 40.50 Lowry (Eng.) ... 3 0 61 128 42.66 Collins 4 0 102 128 32.00 Calthorpo (Eng.) ... 3 0 63 88 20.33 Shepherd • 4 0 65 117 20.25 Chapman (Eng.) ... SO 77 81 20,00 Brand (Eng.) 2 0 33 66 27.50 Alcott 3 1 '3B 54 27.00 Titchmorsh (Eng.) 3 0 38 73 24.33 Garrard 4 1 47 73 24.33 Hirtdleston 2 0 38 43 21.50 Gibson (Eng.) ... 1 0 20 20 20.00 Blunt 4 0 33 79 19.75 Brice 2 0 22, 38 19.00 Rnedden ■... 4 0 88 73 18.25 Bernau 2 0 34 36 18.00 JlXeod 2 0 23 31 15.50 Wilson (Eng.) ... 3 0 20 38 12.66 Freeman (Eng.) ... 2 1 14 14 7.00 Condliflc 3 0 3 4 1.33 Smith 2 0 0 0 0.00 ' Not out. BOWLING. Wickets. Buns. Av’go Shepherd 3 59 19.66 Oalthorpe (Eng.) 8 100 20.00 Freeman (Eng.) 14 307 21.93 Gibson (Eng.) 10 270 27.00 Snedden 3 86 28.66 Bernau 4 119 29.75 Brand (Eng.) 5 151 30.20 M'Girr 4 122 30.50 Blunt 1 1 32 32,00 Garrard A 2 79 39.50 Brice 3 135 45.00 Alcott 3 188 62.66 Hartley (Eng.) 0 13 Collins 0 30 Smith 0 68 IN SOUTH AFRICA. M.C.C. BEAT NATAL. Press Association —Bv Telegraph—Copyright CAPETOWN, January 15. M.C.C., in their second innings, lost six wickets for 242 (Russell 86, Carr 13, Bender 1. Mann 8, Jupp 8 not out. Mead 31 not out), when they declared. Conyngham took two wickets for 68, Carter three for 66. Natal, in their second innings, made 130 (Samuelson 14, Nourso 42, Pe.arso 30). Gilligan took four wickets for 38, Woolley one for 20, Jupp none for 19, Fender five for 36, Stevens none for 9. M.C.C. won by 236 runs. (The winners, in their first innings, made 248, and the home team 124.] ARMSTRONG’S RETIREMENT. MELBOURNE, January 16. Warwick Armstrong, when asked to play against New South Wales, stated that he had no intention of again playing in big cricket. Canada possesses nearly half the waterpower of the world.