CRICKET AVERAGES.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1846, 14 January 1920, Page 3

CRICKET AVERAGES.

« REPRESENTATIVE TEAM'S RECOEDS. Apart from the record scores put up bv Auckland and S. G. Smith, the outstanding feature of the three interprovincial matches which have been played so far this season by the Canterbury representative cricket team is the excellent record of R. C. Blunt, formerly of Christ's College and now of the West Christchurch Club. In six innings Blunt has scored 73, 24, 72, 56, 40 and 137 not out, giving him an average of 80.40. In the field he has taken five catches. He has bowled only once—against Auckland —but then he took two wickets for 34 runs. The batting_and bowling averages of the team to date are as follow: —

BATTING. In. N.O . H.S. AKR. AvRe. R. C. Blunt .. ..6 1 137* 402 80.40 ! H. B. W'hitta ..2 1 52 55 55.00 A. W. Thomas ..5 1 83* 210 52.50 H. Watson .. ..2 1 27 . 35 35.00 J. H. Bennett 2 1 2 1 29 29.00 \V. R. Patrick .. fi 0 (18 162 27.00 D. McK. Sandra an 6 1 35 122 24.10 J. McEwin .. ..5 0 39 93 18.60 D. Reese ..5 0 33 911 18.00 C. E. Evans .. .. 6 1 39* 85 17.00 R. Read ..5 0 :".! 56 11.20 L. R. Brunton ..a 0 15 32 6.40 J. Gray ..5 0 •Not out. BOWLING 11 29 5.80 0. M. R. W. Avge. H. Watson . .. .9 0 12 3 14.00 R. C. Blunt . . .. 8 1 34 2 17.00 D. McK. Sandmi: .n .. 73.6 5 276 13 21.23 C. E. Evans . ..12 0 73 3 24.33 J. McEwin . ..79 11 200 10 26.00 R. Read .. . . ..84 6 350 9 39.55 D. Reese .. . . ..38 6 140 3 46.66 A. W. Thomas. 150.1 7 256 5 51.20 J. H. Bennett . . .. 3 0 8 0 — W. R. Patrick . . ..10 2 41 0 — Catches take mi :—Bruntc >n 8, ISIu lit 5, Patrick 5, Rees e 2, Read ] 1, Evan s 1, Sandman 1, Thomas 1.