CRICKET IN ENGLAND

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19041, 15 June 1936, Page 5

CRICKET IN ENGLAND

THE LEADING AVERAGES

DEMPSTER TOPS BATTING

VERITY AS ALL-ROUNDER

(Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. June 15, noon.) LONDON, June 14. The New Zealander, C. S.. Dempster, has leaped into further fame in English cricket, and at the present time heads the list of batting averages with a total of 505' runs and'an average 1 of 72.14 per inningp. ■ - Holmes, the Surrey captain, with 829 runs for'th'e:season'to date,\has.the highest aggregate, iclqsely -followed by Fishlock, with '822, with' Gimble.tt ; and Fagg not far behind. An interesting feature of the tableis that Hedley Verity, the Yorkshire bowler, is second'on the list of batting averages, a number of not outs and an aggregate of 272 giving him an average of 68. There is hardly any competition for the bowling premiership, Verity having taken more wickets than any other bowler and his average being 3.04 better than his- nearest rivah Copsom • Coyer, with only seven fewer ■ wickets than Verity, lias' been very successful so far, but-has been: comparatively costly. The leading averages fire as follows : —BATTING—

-BOWLING-

Rain fell throughout .the country yesterday, and as a result-there was no play in-the-following county cricket matches: Surrey v. Essex, Derby v. Yorks, Lancashire v. Middlesex, Worcester v. Hants, Oxford v. Leicester, Cambridge v. Free Foresters, and Notts v. Indians. In other matches, the scores were: Gloucester Ibfor one wicket against Glamorgan; Somerset 169 (Freeman six for 60) v. Kent, who made 22 for one wicket; Sussex 199 for four wickets (Cox 62, Cook 80), v. Warwickshire.

Runs Average Dempster 505 72.14 Leyland , ... 702 70.20 Verity 272 68.00 Fishlock 822 ' 63.23 Gimblett 794 61.07 Kimpton 676 56.33 Keeton. 556 . 55.60 Holmes 829 55.26 Fagg 7S0 52.66 Harris 524 52.40 Pearce 653 50.23 Duckfield 536 48.72 Paynter (15th) 619 44,21 Jas. Laneiridge (18th) 635 42.33 Hardstaff (23rd) ... 372 41.33 Hendren (25th) ... 765 40.26 Turnbull (29th) ... 459 35.30

Wickets Average Verity Copson ... 82 ... 49 9.30 12,34 Smailes ... 30 13.83 Robins ... ... ... 40 14.20 tatwood ... 34 14.94 J. Smith ... 41 16.70 Hollies ... 22 17.00 Mayer ... 24 17.45 Parks '... ... ... 43 17.48 Geary , ... ... ... 32 17.93 Gover ... ... ... 75 17.98 Bowes, ...'« ■■• ... 28 18.00 Nichols ... 33 18.06 Peebles ... ,.. ... 28 18.35 Freeman ... 47 18.63 Allah (18th) .:. ... 23 20.17