CRICKET
LORD HAWKE'S TEAM,
Tlio following particulars of the team Lord Hawke, the Captain of the Yorkshire County Cricket Club, is bringing to New Zealand, will be read with interest. The team consists of the following : Lord Hawke, Warner, Burnup, Taylor, Fane, Bosanquet, Johnson (Cambridge), Stanning (Cambridge), Dowson, Leatham, Hargreavc, Thompson (Northampton), and an amateur wicket keeper. They sailed by tlio Majestic on October 12th, via San Francisco, unci will probably play at Hobgrt, Auckland, Taranaki, Wanganui, Napier, Wellington, Christchrist, Dunedin, Invercargill, and against r combined New Zealand Igam.
The following arc the averages of tin players in first-class cricket for last seasor (1001). The averages for the present sea son are net yet available : BATTING AVERAGES. F. L. Fane, Essex 45*6€ P. F. Warner, Middlesex ... m 4S'JC C. J. Burnup, Kent • 366 C T. L. Taylor, Yorkshire 34-41 B. J. T. Bosanquet, Middlesex ... 32 03 E. M. Dowson, Cambridge University and Surrey ... 2979 Lord Hawke, Yorkshire 24-37 G. I. Thompson, Nutts. ... 30-70 P. R. Johnson, Cambridge University and Somerset 15 50 J. Stqnning played for Cambridge University in 1000, when he averaged 217*70 for twenty completed innings. BOWLING. 0. J. Burnup ... 13 wickets for 46-30 S' xu. iu. juowson ... Of ii fyr 27'02 G. ,T. Thompson (professional) ... 107 „ for 13-72 S. Hargreavc (professional) ... 110 „ for 21-12 Tlio Johnson mentioned in the cable is probably P. R. Johnston, who played for Cambridge in tlio University match lastyear, averaging 17-10 runs, and taking 13 wickets for 34.
Two or three Thompson’s aro included in last year’s returns, but G. J. Thompson, a well-known bat and bowler, is probably the man indicated.
Dowson played in the Oxford Cambridge match this year, his averages for the University being, batting 3852, bowling 65 wickets for 18 G.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 548, 18 October 1902, Page 4
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293CRICKET Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 548, 18 October 1902, Page 4
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