THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 29, 1988.
OUR LONDON
AIR MAIL
Cricket Averages
SPORTS NEWS
Leading
Positions
Australian Averages
BATTING
Times
Syd-Brews For U.S.A. Unchangèd
Not
Highest
Inns, Out. Runs. Inns. Aver,
BOWLING
0. M.
W. Aver.
951
768
.15 2
883
818
369
120 26.50 O'Reilly...418.3 116 1095 63 17.38
54 28.85 M. G. Waite 868 :118
820 39 21.02
4 0
8 0
95
42 28.75 E. S. White 235.3 91
412 17 24.28
:
115
42
19.16 A. G. Chipper-
102.
42 12.75" field
541 18 155 6.25.83
59
28
11.80 E. L. McCor-
54
10.
88
12
4.75 100.
D. G. Bradman 19 5 1824 278°180.28 Syd Brews, the South African ex- champion golfer, who is at present 16 reveal no changes in the leading C. L. Badcock 23 2 1145 198 54.52 First-class cricket averages, to July A. L. Hassett 18 2 1131 220 70.68 W. A. Brown 20 8 1405 265* 82.04 in this country together with A. D. positions in batting and bowling, either C. W. Walker 5 3 Locke, will leave for America in the in the English figures or those of the J. H. Fingleton 28 1
87 81 43.50 Queen Mary on August 3, to spend Australians,
124 43.22] L. O'B, Fleet- two months playing in the States
S.. J. McCabe 20 1
282 40.15 wood-Smith 311.2 62 954 56 17.08 and Canada.
C. S. Dempster, former New Zealand A. G. Chipper-
F. Ward Among the events in which Brews Test player, who now turns out for
....388.5 82 1004 58 17.31 field
104* 29.40 W. J. intends to compete are the Canadian Leicester, has played no further innings B. A. Barnet..15 3. Open Championship, the Cleveland but has risen to second place in the M. G. Waite..17 3 and Glen Falls Championship, and a batting, displacing Paynter, who drops S. Barnes new tournament called tho
to third. West-
E. S. White...10 4 chester County Championship, for Bowes, captured 9 more wickets in W. J. O'Reilly which the prize-money is 12,000 dols. the course of the week and his average F. Ward..... 9 4 Brews has not yet decided whether he rose slightly but she will visit Europe again on his way solidly placed at the head of the bow-
is nevertheless L. O'B. Fleet-
wood-Smith 11 5 back to South Africa.
lers.
E. L. McCor- Locke, who partners Brews in a 72 holes match against Reg. Whitcombe, changes either in batting or in attack, reveal few
mick
9 Open Champion, and Henry Cotton although Ward has a slightly better at Walton Heath on July 26 and 27 bowling average than (the latter pair won 2 and 1) will not supplants him in second place.
O'Reilly and accompany Brews to America, as he
has plans for a trip to Australia,
starting in August.
Interviewed in Dublin
yesterday,
Australian figures
BATTING
Locke, denied that there was any (Qualification: 14 innings; Average 36) question of a premature ending to a contract between himself and Brews.
Regarding
а suggestion that
Brews's forthcoming trip to America W. R. Ham- and his own planned tour of Austra- mond
Times
Not
Highest Inns. Out. Runs, Score. Aver.
24 1 1807 240 78.56)
lia indicated a severance of business C. S. Dempster 14 0 912 187 65.14 relationship, Locke said to a repor Paynter...28 4 1554 291. 64.75 ter:-"That is all nonsense. When Edrich
.27 3 1580 245 63.75
843 175* 56.20
Syd and I left South Africa we had P. A. Gibb...22 1 1245 204 59.71 a contract which covered only the H. T. Bartlett 18 3 golf we play in England. That con- Fagg tract expires on August 15, Four Hutton days later I am going to Australia, Ames and by that time Syd will. be in Oldfield ......28 8 America, but that was all arranged Geary long before we left home.
.30 4
1446 244 55.61
26 4 15 1
1174 180 53.36
782 170 52.28
18 6
4
1301 137 52.04
670 116 61.58 1224 163 51.00 49.85
608 151
897 191 49,83
2
1265,185 48.65
1
Compton (D.) 28 "Our contract is still in force, and B. H. Valentine 15 1 will be until we leave England, and J. R. Thompson 20 2 there is no suggestion at all that Syd: Iddon. and I have ceased to be the
...28 great Fishlock ....29 friends we always have been. In Sutcliffe.....27 5 fact, we are staying in the same hotel J. M. Lomas 21 1 908 124 45.40 here in Dublin, where we are playing R. E. S. Wyatt 234 860 121* 45.26 in the Irish Championship.
Oldfield Entertained
1314 165 16.92 1025 142 46.59
Hardstaff * 18-2703 114 48.93 Gibbons. 864 1376 144 48.00] Mitchell...16 2 600 188 42,85 M.M. Walford 15 2 554 201* 42.61 Hopwood 29 21122.141.41.55 Woolley .26 11016 162 40.64 Langridge
W. A. Oldfield, the former Australi (John) .824, 1130 110 40.35) an wicketkeeper, is spending a holi-J. D. Eggar...14 3 424 125 38.54 day in Edinburg as the guest of the Langridge
2.
Rev. H. F. TA Heath. Oldfield was (James) 28 7. 807 156 98.42 introduced to the congregation of A-J-Holmes-17-2- -573-133-38.20 Chalmers Church. Westport, recent P. M. White- ly, and read" the Scripture lesson. *house.
On Saturday he was at Hamilton Crapp Crescent, lunched with the teams, and Martin replied to a speech welcoming his pre-Dollery
sence.
Bruce Hobbs Injured
Bruce Hobbs, who rode this year's Grand National winner, Battleship, was injured in a motor car accident on the Oxford-Wantage road : recent- 1y. He was taken to Wantage Hospital, where he was found to be suffering from concussion. His arms were also injured.
Lee (F. S.) Gregory Worthington Robertson
18 4 531 72 37.92 31 4.1020 137 37.77 32 3 1078 128* 37.17 1221 8 706. 134* 37.15 .29 .3 .966 138 37.15 .28 2.
29.1 .18. 2
963 243 37.03
802 121, 36.45
·580 01 36.25
Not out..
BOWLING
AOTMR W. Avèr, 466.8 164 787 62.12.69
It is expected that he will be able (Qualification: 35 wickets; average 24) to leave hospital towards the end of the week, and an X-ray examination Bowes is to be made shortly.
|J. C. Clay .322.5 78 835 59 14.15 .257.155 648 39 16,61 .255.1 73 720-48 16,74 .380.578 1013 60 18.88
Bruce Hobbs has only recently re-Butler: turned from the United States, where. Leyland with his father, he was the guest of Mayer Battleship's owner, Mrs. Marion Scott, Pollard.....816.3 181 1975 115-17.17
Verity
15,000 Guineas Colt Out Smith, J.
of Training
Nichols. Wellard Cornford,
722.5 263 1525 87 17.52) Woodhead,298.1 - 76 681 - 86 18.0)” Andrews .....498.5 98 1565, 81 19.32 Mitchell ||422.3 67 154078 - 19,74)
783-1886188719819.75 1691 151 1864 94 – 19.82) .654.3 185, 1882 01 20.18|| 449.5 85 1167 57.20.47 It has been found impracticable to Smailes 575 158 1406168 20.67 persevere with the training of the Parker 318.5 56 894 49; 20.79 three-year-old Colonel Payne, who was Watts #447 78 1396 67 - 20.88 bought as a yearling by Miss Dorothy D. E. Young 252.8 59 782 36 20.01 Paget for 15,000 guineas.
Copson 409.2 70 1187 54 21.05 Frank Buttors states that Colonel Davies (E) 391.4 75 986 46 2148 Payne is not able to work at present on Pope (G. H.) 501.5 99 1859 62 21.91 account, of an injured knee. He is to Smith P. be turned out, and it depends how he Nutter progresses as to whether he will be Sinfeld 7. brought back into training or sent to the stad.
Colonel Payne has made ́appearance on a racecourse.
at Sandown Park laat
showed considerable “v
ing third to Portmarn
the Breeders' Produce Stal
*^.720.8; 187 2082; 94 22.14 ,565,4 129 1418 63 2242 854.1 209 2077 - 9028,07 (2800) 92*, 868.37′′ 23.32 -695.8 120: 2138 01 23.48
Stephenson 3677 75 1059 45 28.53 Hammond
(Sussex). 47980-1322 56 28.80) in R. J. Crisp. 274.1 83 998 42 23.0
Sims
(3874 52 1264 58
mick
.284 34 850 31 27.41 9.00 S. J McCabe 161 42403 12 38.58
Also bowled: C. L. Badcock, 2-0,
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