COUNTY CRICKET.
.'■'■■■ NEW SCORING SJTSTEM. ; : Bj Teleer»Dh—Preee Association— Copyright : (Rec'April 26, U. 15 p.m.) London, April 26. At a meeting' yesterday the Marylebono Cricket Club resolved to experiment-with a new method of scoring in county championship matches. . Draws and losses are to be ignored, and only wins are to be reckoned. ' . •'..■■■''■■■ [The.old method pf scoring in county championship cricket matchej. was to count one point for each win, and to deduct one for each loss, unfinished games (draws) being ignored. It might thus pay better to play for a draw than to risk a defeat. Under the new system, r draw: and a loss being each nil and therefore equal; it should pay_ a 'team in. all cases to go for a win—which should bo in the interests of brighter cricket and 1 better 6port.] • . . '
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 802, 27 April 1910, Page 5
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135COUNTY CRICKET. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 802, 27 April 1910, Page 5
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