CRICKET IN ENGLAND.
BATTINQ AND BOWLING THE HIGHEST AVERAGES United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. LONDON, August 27. The following are the leading averages in batting and bowling for the current season to August 28:— Batting. Buns. Average. Hammond . . . . 3029 68.84 Payntcr . . . . 2680 57.02 Berry 2247 54.80 Dempster .. .. 1247 54.21 Hard staff .. .. 2005 54.18 Hutton .. .. 2305 52.38 Bowling. Wickets. Average. Sims 117 J 5.86 Verity .. .. 155 J 5.89 J. Smith .. .. 432 16.03 Owen-Smlth .. 55 16.56 Gray .. .. 60 16.76 Goddard . . 2 10 17.25 Casual Handling.—A man once left £12,000 worth of gold with a pageboy at the Savoy Hotel in London. Une evening a plainly-dressed man walked into the hold, and handed a brown paper pared to a paged.oy. telling him to look after it while lie dined. At the conelusion of his meal Ihe man soul for the hoy and asked for Ihe parcel: and when Ihe page handed it to him. he asked Ihe b..v In guess what it nuilaincd. Opening one end ..f it. he poured upon Ihe table a mass of gold Irinkels and coins; and subsequent inquiry proved dial the package was valued at £12,000.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20283, 27 August 1937, Page 11
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188CRICKET IN ENGLAND. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20283, 27 August 1937, Page 11
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