Cricket 1894

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ANDREW’S HILL, LONDON, E.C. THURSDAY, JUNE 14th, 1894 Subscription fo r Twenty-four Summer Numbers, 51- vost free fo r twelve months, 61- U a i n l t m t ( S n s s t p . ®he Abstract and brie! ckronlole of the time.— ______________ _____________ HomUb, The general batting and bowling averages of Victorian cricketers during the Australian season just over will be interesting to C ricket readers from the mere fact that so many of the players who figure in the tables have been over in England with one or other of the Australian teams. It will be advisable, per­ haps, to add that the averages, whioh are re­ produced from the A ustralasian, are compiled from Inter-Colonial oonteats, first-class club matches, and the match between Amateurs and Professionals. Batsmen who played less than five innings, and bowlers who bowled fewer than three hundred balls are excluded. Ax old oricketer, who has done much of late years in a modest and unpretentious way to assist the large section of the cricket com­ munity less favoured in the matter of this world's goods, passed away on the first of tfcis month in the person of A. A. Hadow. The second in seniority, unless I am mistaken, of a brotherhood of amateurs, most if not all of whom have made their mark on the cricket field, in his time he played a prominent part in publio school oricket. A member of the Harrow elevens in 1871 and 1872, he did good service W illiam B kuce , most graceful of left- handed batsmen, it will be seen is very high up in the list, second, in fact, to E. Bean. F. Laver, the hero of several big innings which have been duly recorded in C bickbt at diflerent times, has also played up to his Colonial reputation, which is of itself a pretty big order. Among the bowlers C. McLeod is an easy first, and his sucoess is only the fitting reward of continuous and consistently Kood work. Anyhow, his future will be