TEST AVERAGES.
Ponsford and Bradman on Top. O’REILLY BEST BOWLER. • Ponsford and Bradman with 94.83 and 94.62 respectively head the averages for all batsmen who took part in the 1934 series of Test matches between Australia and England. Next to them comes M’Cabe, with 60.36, and then the Englishman, Ley’land, with 59.42. Of the bowlers, the Australian spinner, O’Reilly, who took 28 wickets at an average cost of 20.49 runs, was the most successful. Close to him Were the Englishman, Verity, with an average of 20.50, and another Australian, Grimmett, with 20.66. Following is the list of the batting and bowling averages of both sides:—
(A description of the final Test appears on Page 1).
Australia. • Batting. T. N.O. R. ' H.S. Av. W. IT. Ponsford. 7 1 561) 266 04.83 D. G. Bradman . 8 0 758 304 04.62 S. J. M’Cabe .. 0 1 483 337 60.36 W. A. Brown . . 0 0 300 105 36.22 A. Chipperfield . 8 1 200 00 28.57 W. M. Woodfull . 8 0 228 73 28.5 W. J. O’Reilly . . 8 4 100 30 25.0 W. A. Oldfield . 8 2 30S 42 3 8.0 A. P. Kippax .. 2 0 36 28 3 8 C. V. Griminett. 8 1 87 30 12.44 L. S. Thirling ..6 0 77 37 12.82 T. M. Wall .... 5 3 20 IS 5.0 E. H. Bromley ..2 0 5 4 2.5 Bowling. O. M. R. W. Av. W. J. O’Reilly 333 1 28 608 28 20.40 O. V. Grimmett 380 148 668 25 20.66 H. J. Ebeling. 31, 0 SO 3 26.33 A. Chipperfield . 74 30 222 5 40.44 T. W. Wall . . 172 25 472 6 78.6 S. J. M’Cabe .SI 10 21 4 2 107.0 L. S. Darling .16 2 51 — — Hug laud. Batting. I. U.O. R. H.S. Av. M. Beyland .... S 1 416 153 50.42 C. F. Walters . 0 1 401 82 50.12 E. Hendren .... 6 0 208 132 40.6 H. Sutcliffe .... 7 1 204 60 40.0 L. E. G. Ames . 7 0 260 120 37.14 G. O. Allen .... 3 0 306 61 35.33 IT. Verity 7 3 103 60 25.75 R. E. S. Wyatt 6 0 3 35 44 22.5 W. R. Hammond . 8 0 162 43 20.25 O. Geary 3 0 .62 53 20.6 R. A. Keeton .. 2 0 37 25 3 8.5 Pataudi 2 0 22 32 310 T. B. Mitchell . . 3 . 1 3 4 0 7.0 Hopwood. Fames, Bowes, Clark and Woolley also batted. Bowling. O. M. R. W. Av. H. Verity .... 271 SO 506 24 20.50 W. E. Bowes . 246 27 483 10 20.54 K. Fames .... 81 18 228 3 0 22.8 E. Clark 101 3 5 324 S 40.5 G. Geary .... 88 17 203 4 60.7 W. Hammond . 120 23 364 5 72.8 G. O. Allen .. 80 10 360 5 73.8 T. B. Mitchell 57 7 205 1 205.0 Wyatt, Deyland, Hendren and Hopwood also bowled.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20391, 23 August 1934, Page 9
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