CRICKET.
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CHRISTCHURCH, Alay 23.
The Cricket Council has received the following cable from Hav:—“With Alout.set. The team is a serviceable lot, Medical opinion favourable from the onset. The team is a serviceable lot, happy and fit.”
A CRICKET PROPOSAL
LONDON. May 22
The public are tired of drawn County matches and tame finishes, which are resulting in empty grounds on the third day, says Strudwiek, who suggests that a declaration should he compulsory, when opponents could win if they scored ninety per hour, the leaders taking the full championship points, if seven wickets fall before the close, with the total not passed. If less than seven wickets are down, the side with the best wicket average to take tlie points. Strudwiek adds that this would produce real cricket, been use the batsmen would be forced to try to score, and tlie bowlers attempt to get wickets in the last hours of the game. Hammond requires 288 to beat Grace’s record of a thousand runs in May. If bo achieves ibis feat, says the “Standard”, he will lx? stamped as the finest professional bat since Hobbs emerged.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 May 1927, Page 2
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