RECORD AVERAGE
W ,TH h ' s 119 not out and 177 ,n the fourth Test match, W. R. Hammond assured himself of the record batting average for a series of Tests. At present Hammond's aggregate—another record—is 851, and his average is 141.83. If he gets two ■•ducks’’ in the fifth Test his average for these games will be 106.37. The previous best batting average for a series of Tests was A. E. Trott's 103.00 for five innings, recorded in Australia in the 1894-95 season. But Trott, who played in the last three matches of a series of five, batted late in each innings, and three not outs made a big difference to his average, his scores being 38 not out, 72 not out. 86 not out, 10, and 0. So at all points Hammond's batting performance is very much greater than Trott’s.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 587, 13 February 1929, Page 13
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142RECORD AVERAGE Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 587, 13 February 1929, Page 13
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