CRICKET.

Otago Witness, Issue 3619, 24 July 1923, Page 25

CRICKET.

THE ENGLISH AVERAGES. The leading batting and bowling averages are as follow: Batting. Runs. Average* C. P. Mead (Hants) .. .. 1421 78.94 E. Hendren (Middlesex) .. 1703 77.40 H. Makepeace (Lancashire) 1605 55.34 W. Payton (Notts) .. .. 1021 51.05 Bowuhs. Wickets. Averagd, W. Rhodes (Yorkshire) .. 68 10.80 W. Mathews (Ssurrey) 89 11.66 LONDON, July 16. Kent (264 runs and 56 for two wicket<s defeated Leicester (160 and 169)-. July 17. Yorkshire, 195 and 332 for six wickets, declared (Rhodes JLO2), beat Essex, 96 and ISI. Robinson took four wickets for 27 and foU* for 22. Hampshire, 206 and 326 for six wicket* (Mead 58 and 80 not out), beat Notts, 147 and 380 (Whysall 101). Kennedy took fiv* wickets for 52 and six for 27. Sussex, 205 and 147, beat Gloucester, 13T and 168, In Sussex's second innings Smith dismissed six out of the first seven stumping two and catching four. Surrey, 436 for eight wickets (Hobbs 10H and 84 for three wickets, drew with Lane** shire, 185 and 444. Ernest Tyldesley’s magnificent innings of 236 runs rescued Lancsshire from an apparently hopeless position. July 21. Yorkshire 376, beat Leicester 71 (Waddington 4 wickets for 25) and 132. Kent, ISO and 233, beat Somerset, 195 (Freeman, € even wickets for 37), and. 145. Sussex, 259 and 169, drew with Notts 291. Lancashire, 247 and 29 for no wickets, boat Nortlnints. 171 and 201. The following are the points of the leading teams in the county cricket championship Yorkshire, 88.42;-.Notts, 87.64 ; Surrey. 63.76; Sussex,^pl.7l; Kent, 61.11; Hampshire, 664 Lancashire, 58.68. GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS. LONDON, July 18. The two-hundredth meeting of the Gen« demon and the Players drew a large attendance to Lords, where a perfect wicket was provided. The Gentlemen have lost six wickets for 354 runs. J. Bryan and Stevens opened cautiously against the accurate bowling of Parkin, Howell, Tate, and A. Kilner. Only 56 run* had been scored in 80 minutes when Kil« tier bowled Bryan for 26. Lyon soon cornu meneed hitting, and the second wicket added 233 runs before Smith (the wicketkeeper) caught Lyon off Tate for 120. Thai lotting was characterised by fierce tutting'. Kilner soon after bowled Stevens for 122. Stores: GENTLEMEN. First Innings. J. Bryan, b Kilner 26 Stevens, b Kilner 122 Lyon, e Smith, b Tate 120 Chapman, c Smith, b Kilner 8 Lowry, lbw, b Woolley 2 Carr, o and b Woolley 25 Fender, not out 23 Mann, not out 2 Extras 26 Total for six wickets 351 July 19. The Gentlemen declared their first inning* closed with a score of 451 runs for tun* wickets. The additional scores were: —Mann, c and b Hearne, 35; Fender, c Hendren, b Woolley. 41; Arthur Gilli gan, c Kilner, b Tate, 25; Whit© (not out), 13; Louden (not out), 5; extras, 29, The Players lost four wickets for 119 runs. The weather was showery, and aev-ral stoppages were necessary. Scores: —Sutcliffe, b Gilligan, 3; Hobbs, lbw, b Louden. 6; Mead, c Lyon, b Stevens, 35; Hendren, b Fender, 8; Hearne, not out, 33; Woolley, not out, 25; extres, 9. Lord Harris, in presiding over th< cricketers' fund meeting at Lords, said that cricket to a great extent, had recovered from the war depression. Enthusiasm for the game was never greater. Lord Harris said that he did not at all agree with Mr Justio* Moule, who had said in Australia that ho feared English cricket was decaying. Lord Hawke said that personally lie could see no evidence of decay in England, though it was only by a shave that England won tlie rubber in South Africa. An amateur eleven did well against very strong sides ip Australia. Good bowlers were coming on. He thought that in the future England would be as strong as ever*. The Players are all out for 228. They batted very cautiously. At one period Hearne and Smith scored only 35 in an hour. Scores :1 Hearne, 69; Woolley, c Gilligan, b White, 4l; Smith, c Fender, b Louden, 28; Kilner, <» White, b Stevens, 8; Tate, 0; Parkin, 6; extras, 13. Bowling analysis: Louden, fiv* for 49. Following on, the Players’ first wicket fell for 45, when Hobbs was caught by Lowry, bowled by Stevens for 20. Hearne (79) and Sutcliffe (78), carried the score to 190 for on* wicket, and the match was drawn. THE WEST INDIAN TEAM. LONDON, July 20. An interesting feature of the cricket eeasoi is the tour of a team from the West Indies, including several blacks, who have displayed surprisingly good form hitherto. They hav® played 17 matches and won eight, including the so against Sussex, Oxford, Essex, and Warwickshire; lost four, against Cambridge, Hampshire, Middlesex, and Lancashire; and drawn five, including those against Marylebone, Notts, and Leicestershire. G. Challoner occupies eighth place in the first-claaS averages with an average of 44.30, and Fernandoz is fifteenth with 40.6. Francis i* sixteenth in the bowling averages with 43 wickets at an average cost of 16.97 runs. GREGORY RETURNS TO SYDNEY. SYDNEY. July 18. J. M. Gregory has settled down in Sydney again, and expects to play for one of the city teams next summer. WELLINGTON ASSOCIATION’S PROFITS* WELLINGTON, July 17. The Wellington Cricket Association made * profit last season of £407. Ten years ago its liabilities exceeded its assets by £43& The accumulated funds now total £1306. LEAGUE CRICKET. LONDON, July 16. E. A. M‘Donald, the Australian, playin* against Lower House, accomplished the best bowling performance for the Lancaster? League, taking seven wickets for 12 runs.--

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