A NEW GAME.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16428, 23 January 1919, Page 5

A NEW GAME.

9 . ' COMBINED CRICKET AND BASEBALL. Vicroro, a new game combining the principle of both cricket and baseball, was played, by a party of soldiers at the Vic- : toria Barracks, Sydney, a fow days ago. The inventor claims that tho game will supply the "missing exercise" for people who do not care to take sporting chance of the hard knocks in cricket The game is similar to cricket, but tne rules have been altered and added to with ' the idea of making the play faster and more interesting. T)*> wickets axe 15 yards apart and the batting and wicket-keeping . Je done at one end only, thus doing away with "overs." . ~ ' Two balls—a white and «d-are alter--1 nately used, and two bowlers 'feed' the batsman. The rtles allow any, overarm action on the part of the bowler, but the ball must strike the ground first before reaching the wicket. Should the ball teach » a batsman before striking the pitch th° ■ player may score from that. particular bowl- • ingf but cannot be "outed" through it. -Thus „ g .* nc> can be utilised'to score from, but cannot account for thejEall of a. wicket. > One rlin at least must bo made.for. ajl ■ UU T front of the wicket Catching «tmucin" and leg before wicket apply as , picket. The creases aie 4ft 3m from ■ 1? „; c kets. The bowler, according to a ■ -printed explanation of the game, C out" a Striker at the bowiert end un- > 1«w the ball has been returned by a, - fielder but may throw down the batting , noiaer, other end. The b&ckingcannot be run out when no run * It Mimnidsory and the bowler must wait ! to his crease. The bowler L trntd ho returni w backing . up etrikcr if ' his crease before the ball has boen he leaves hw bow i er must attend to his I f!; V t r ± fnd catch or held the it! i The eame appears to be adapted other baU. The 6hould sides play a girl must bowl to a 5 are of a new d«iK». 1 girl. The n j n cr j c ket the hollow I JSS'JS'S «. ™a> <>■ 1 rilay 1 attracted a large attendance, > and provided good sport.