CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 211, 5 March 1912, Page 5

CRICKET.

ENGLISH TEAM'S DEPARTURE. . j THE ACTING CAPTAIN ON AUSTRALIAN CRICKET. f .' By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. ■' Sydney, March 4, 'l' The English cricketers left to catch, *. '■■■ the steamer at Adelaide. ..,-1^ Mr. Douglas, in a farewell interview,., ft, attributed his success chiefly to the team pulling together. The bowling gave »j''Jr winning advantage. The batting did noli •'. !$ reach English expectations. For tralian batting the outlook was promia--\' J] ing, but for bowling it was less bo.-,>* There was hardly any flighty ',/ and very little of a good length. Hot*, i,. dern was easily the best googlie bowler- 1 . of the day. The Australian fielding was far below the customary standard. '..' :"' A BRILLIANT BATSMAN. '/ By Telegraph—Press Association. '/, Gisborne, Last Night. ' ' ? Something in the nature of a world's '■; record stands to the credit of Mr. L. McMahon, of Gisborne, captain of the . '•> Wanderers Cricket Club. In the Satur- • day senior competition this season, to date, he has been dismissed only onee, ;.,' and up till last Saturday had aggregated 491 runs. Consequently this stood as hie batting average, but on Saturday last he played a brilliant innings for 161 (not . out), and consequently raised his aggregate and average for the season to the ■ ■ record of 653 runs. It is hero that if the projected visit of a New Zealand team to Australia came off, this brilliant batsman and all-round player . should undoubtedly be included, as on present form he is'unquestionably one of the finest batsmen in the Dominion. It may be mentioned that the bowlinff which McMahon has to contend with is good average club bowling. "j