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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 8207, 1 August 1905, Page 2

CRICKET.

[by "tub bowler."] The following are the batting and bowling averages of the Australian team, now in England, up to and including the fourth test match:— BATTING AVERAGES. In- Not AverName nings. Out. Runs. age. W. W. Armstrong 27 5 1414 G4.27 M. A Noble ... 29 1 .1325 47.32 V. Trumper ... 27 • 1 966 37.15 C. Hill 29 1 960 34 28 J. Darling ... 31 4 887 32.85 A. J. C. Hopkins 23 4 591 31.10 R. A. Dufl ... 31 0 883 28.61 S.Gregory ... 24 2 497 22.59 A. Cotter ... 21 2 424 22.31 J.J.Kelly ... 18 9 180 20 F.Laver ... 20 3 279 16.41 V. R. A. Gehrs 16 0 261 16.31 C. McLeod ... 25 5 294 14.7 P. Newland ... 9 5 52 13 W. Howell ... 12 2 70 7 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Name Wickets. Runs Analysis F.Laver ... 83 1518 18.28 W. W. Armstrong 54 1167 21.61 W. Howell ... 25 590 23.6 A. Cotter ... 54 1299 24.05 C. McLeod ... 48 1198 24.96 R. A. Duff ... 9 234 26 A. J. C. Hopkins 21 604 28.76 M. A. Noble ... 37 1108 29.94 SUMMARY OF MATCHES, (With results, from an Australian point of view). Gentlemen of England (first match), drawn. Notts, drawn. Surrey, drawn. Oxford University, won by 200 runs. Gentlemen of England (second match), won by an innings and 189 runs. Yorkshire (first match), won by 174 runs. Lancashire, won by 244 runs. England (first test), lost by 213 runs. Cambridge University, won by 169 runs. Yorkshire (second match), drawn. M.C.G., drawn. Leicestershire, drawn.

England (second test), drawn. Dublin University, won by 231 runs. Essex, lost by 19 runs. Warwickshire, won by innings and 51 runs. Gloucestershire, drawn. England (third test), drawn. Hampshire, won by an innings and 112 runs.

Derbyshire, won by 105 runs. Somerset, drawn. England (fourth test), lost by an innings and 80 runs. Synopsis—Played 22, won 9, lost 3, drawn 10. LIST OF CENTURIES. AUSTRALIA. M. A. Noble, 162, Gentlemen of England (first match). W. W. Armstrong, 112, Notts. AY. W. Armstrong, 248, not out, Gentlemen of England (second match). J. Darling, 117, not out, Gentlemen of England (second match). G. Hill, 149, Lancashire. M. A. Noble, 125, Warwickshire. V. Trumper, 108, Gloucestershire. S. Gregory, 134, Hampshire. M. A. Noble, 101, Hampshire. C. Hill, 115, Hampshire. W. W. Armstrong, 303, not out, Somerset. M. A. Noble, 127 Somerset. ENGLAND. A. O. Jones, 103, Notts. «t T. Hayward, 129, not out, Surrey. A. C. MacLaren, 140, All England (first test). D. Denton, 156, not out, Yorkshire (second match.) Jackson, 144, not out, All England (third test). Tyldesley, 100, All England (third test). Braund, 117, Somerset. Martyn, 130, not out, Somerset. Jackson, 113, All England (fourth test).