THE CHINA MAIL, JULY
W. R. Hammond Still On Top
FIRST CLASS AND AUSTRALIAN CRICKET AVERAGES
GEARY DISPLACES HUTTON
(By Air Mail-Special To "China Mail") HE following are complete first-class cricket averages to July 9.
W. FORRESTER TO SUCCEED BROTHER
Willie Forrester, has been ap- pointed to succeed his brother, Jimmy Forrester, who died re.. cently, as professional at Waterloo Club, Belgium, Forrester is taking with him as his first assistant James Beagrie, assistant profes-
TW. R. Hammond, England Test skipper, easily heads the English sional at Criden Bal
batting with an average of 82.09 for an aggregate of 1,724 runs. He is followed by Paynter, Edrich, C. S. Dempster and P. A. Gibb, Geary (Leicestershire) the former England Test player, has displaced Leonard Hutton, the brilliant young Yorkshire opening bat, who comes next.
the Fagg
.28 3 ..29 4
1021 110 40.84 994 137 39.76
951 138 “39.02
Home, of Yorkshire, tops
.26 3 985 190 42.82 bowlers with the fine average of M. M. Walford 15 2 554 201 42.61 12.43 and, is still followed by Landridge
(John). Maurice Leyland, former England Crapp left-handed batsman, who has been Lee (F. S.)..26 2 kept out of representative cricket Dollery this season by a back injury.
Pollard, of Lancashire, has been extremely successful and has "bag" of 104 wickets for an average of 16.50.
"DON'S" WONDERFUL
AVERAGE
Langridge (James)
.20 3
to p
.25 6 .14 3
673 134 39.58)
754 166 38.63 424, 125 38.54
a
J. D. Eggar Townsend
(L. F.)
.26 4
836 108 38.00
P. M. White-
house
.18
E. D. R. Eagar 19 Flt.-Lt. A. J.
4. 1
531 72 37.92
681 147 37.88
Holmes ....14 2
454 133* 37.83
1
789 121 37.57
.32 3
1078
128* 37.17
* Not out. BOWLING
Needless to say, the inimitable
Don Bradman heads the Australian | Worthington...22 batting averages with the fine aver- Martin age of 129,92 for an aggregate of
i
1689 in 18 innings, five of which (Qualification: 34 wickets; average 25) were not completed. Brown follows,
O. M. R. W. Aver. having advanced considerably as Bowes .376.1 129' 659 58 12.43
Leyland .205.1 the result of his excellent form
59 566 36 15.72 Mayer
.384.5 76 964 59 16.38 since the Second Test match. Haa-J. C. Clay ..276.5 62 758 46 16.47 sett and Badcock have also complet-Pollard .....703.3 163 1716 104 16.50| ed their thousand runs while Fing- Butler leton is well on the way.
Verity Nichols
.257.1 55 648 39 16.61 ..666.5 240*1432 81 17.67 .855 148 1730 92 18.80 .372.3' 64 1025 59
19.33
19.70
In attack, three bowlers share Copson the wickets. Fleetwood-Smith Smailes .543 150 1286 65 O'Reilly and Ward; all spin bowl-Smith (J.)....781 168.1748 87. 20.09 ...478.5.87 1533 76 20.17 ers, topping the 50 wicket mark Andrews Cornford for averages round about 17.
(J.)
354.5 66 953 47 20.27 McCormick, the only speed mer-Mitchell
....371.4 52 1946 66 20.39 chant in the attack, still languis-Wellard .597,2 116 1712 83 20.62 hes second from the bottom with D. E. Young 252.8 59 732 35 only 29, wickets,
First Class Averages
BATTING
(Qualification: 13 innings; average 37)
Times
Not Highest Inns. Out. Runs, Score. Aver.
W. R. Ham-
mond Paynter
.22:1 1724 240 .26 4 1506. 291 Edrich ......25 3 1452 245
PC. S. S
Smith (P),
20.91
Beargrie, who is 20, turned pro- fessional only two years ago. He is a
former North-East boys champion, and has won the Cruden Bay open amateur tournament. He tied for third place in this year's Northern Open championship at Peterhead.
LOCKE WINS IRISH OPEN
Breaks Course Record
PORTMARNOCK, TO-DAY. ARTHUR LOCKE, OF SOUTH AFRICA, WON THE IRISH OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP WITH ROUNDS OF 80+73+69-|-70—292 FOR THE 72 HOLES.
He broke the course record in his third round and is the first claimant for the prize of £200 offered to players breaking 70.
Henry Cotton, former British Open Champion, was second with lan aggregate of 293.-Reuter.
21.54
KING GEORGE IV
(Es'x) .622.3 122 174581 Nutter .545.4 123 1378 62 22.22 Davies (E.): 8664, 71, 935 42 22.26 Geary
.942.4 84 768 34'- 22.58 Watts .388.5 65 1227 54° 22,72 Pope (G. H.) 460 90 1281 54 28.35 J. W. A. Ste-
1
phenson ..269.2 55 797 34 28.44 R. J. Crisp 274.133-993-42--23.64 82.09 Perks .652.3 109 2025 85-23.82 68.45 Sinfield 66.00 Sims
Smith
Dempster 14 0 912 187 --.65.14 (H. A.)
752 181 1787 75.23.82 .387.4 52.1264: 53: 23.84
337.4 85 838 35 28.94
P. A. Gibb....20 1. 1212 204 68.78 Paine ....486 115 1188 49 24.14]
.15
6612 116* 61.20 Rev. J. W. J. .24 4 1116 180
Geary
Hutton
55.80 Steele .....291 50 876 36 24.33.
69.56
Buswell. :876.5
60 1182 47 24.72
54.81 Partridge ..436.1 81 1192 48 24.88 53.31 Australian Averages
J. R. Thomp-
son
.18 2 877 191 B. H. Valentine 13 1 644 151 Compton.(D.) 26 4 1173 168 Oldfield 26 3 1211 137 52.654 Ames
.16 1 782 170 62.28
R. E. S. Wyatt 21 4 826 121* 48.58 .16 2 .678 114 48.42
Hardstaff
Iddon:
Fishlock
Sutcliffe
Woolley
BATTING
Times
Not Highest
Inns. Out. Runs. Inns. Aver.
..
26 2 1155 185 48.12 D. G. Bradman 18 5 1689 278 129.92 ..26 1 1192 165 47.08 W. A. Brown 19 3 1304 265 81.50
$24.5 870. 142·45.78
2 1181 220* 70.68 .22 1 966 162 45.62 A. L. Hassett 18
C. L. Badcock 23 2 1145 198 54.52 J. M. Lomas 21 1 908 124 45.40 J. H. Fingleton 22 1 942 124 44.85 Gibbons 4.88 4 1313 144 45.27 Hopwood 27 2 1101 141 44.04 C.-W. Walker 5 3.87. H. T. Bartlett 14 1 570 94 43.84 S. J. McCabe 19 1
A. G. Chippers,
field
142
81 43.50
749 232 41.61
HONG KONG WINS B.A. Barnett 16 3 318 120* 28.60
ESPLIN CUP
M G. Waite..16
.81
S. Barnes... ES. White. 9.4
EXCITING FINISH W. O'Reilly 70
F. Ward ISA18 O'B Fleet-
wood-Smith 11-
McCor
mick
897 104 28.08
·384 54 28.85.
71
42 23.66 113 42 22.60 10242 14.57 46. 28. 9.20
Not out BOWLING
OF M
£9.00
Hong Kong won the Esplin Cup. at Wanstead for the third time. when a strong rink skipped by A. M. Holland and composed of W. L. Walker, J. C. Gill, F. Good- win, won by 20 shots to 19 after L. O'B. Fleet- an excellent game and exciting wood-Smith-811.2 62 954 66 -17,08 finish.
W.J.O'Reilly 878.8 99 998 56 17-78 Hong Kong first won the cup in F. Ward.821.8 70 960 54 17.77 1935 when the Colony rink CR HMG. Waite 389.8 108 740 34 22.02 F9 White 218.3 84 879116 23,08
held 1 84.1 18-188 E L McCor-
E. Marks, J. F. Lunny, V. Atienza G. Chipper and S, Randle) won by 16-14 and followed up this success the fal" zlowing year when Bradbury a rink
(DG. Post, V Petherick and G. Moss)
25.88
kmicko 221; 29 828 29 28:48 9.J. McCabe 161 42 408 12 89.58
Also bowled: C. L. Badcock, 2- 100
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