CRICKET NEWS
U'HTIIAI.IAN it N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIAYTOWf CRICKET CAPTAIN. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) LONDON August 17. Douglas has accepted the captaincy of the cricket team for Australia, vice Spooner ENGLISH PLAYERS FOR AUSTRALIA. LONDON, August 14.
Batting averages arc: —Hendren. 72.8, Hearne 54.19, Hobbs 53.95, Russell 49.94. Bowling: Rhodes 11.62 Woolley 12.08, Howell 14.22, Parkin 15.52. ’
The experts are highly delighted at the form of tlie members of the touring team. Unfortunately, Spooner is unable to play regularly owing to a slight weakness of the knee. It is feared that lie will be unable to assist Lancashire again. Good judges consider that English cricket is 50 per cent above the 1919 form, and is now fully equal to the pre-war standard. A special fenturte is the brillancy of the fielding, particularly amongst the players going to Australia, whose clean gathering and lightning returns render anything like short runs a source of positive danger to batsmen.
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP. LONDON, August 14. Surrey defeated Lancashire by 221 runs. Fender took four wickets for 3o and five for 63. Parkin, in the second innings, took five for 77. The County Championship order is now: Kent, Yorkshire, Surrey, Middlesex, Lancashire. Playing against Sussex, Rhodes, m the second innings, took eight wickets for 39. Against Hampshire, Russell made 168. Against Notts Hearne took five wickets for 50.
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