CRICKET
; V ■ :• •'./; Q-. ; ;,7 WIDER WICKETS; M .C.C. SUBCOMMITTEE IN . FAVOUR*. 7; (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) / • x 'f~~ - LoShON,-- October 26. j Tlie replies of County players and umpires ,to-:the ! M.C.C; Special Subcommittee’s • questionnaire; - show that the majority favour the confirmation of the wider wicket. ' • •' > The sub-committee, reporting, says it - is a misCrtkd/.fb revertf/to the old wicket; and .urges the MIC.C. to try the experiment with the (minor counties and other clubs to assist it in making the decision. ■ /f
Eighteen out of twenty-two umpires favoured the continuance of The experiment, with the l.b.w. rulejfewhereby a batsmen ,is given out if hej nr&t snicks ; the ball and , then stops jit with his pads, provided it would have hit tbe j wicket. - ’ • j , V-v- V rAt - .
■i jSQTetiIFFrs' BENEFIT MATCH. : . ~ . . October 26. : Sutcliffe’A; cricket benefit match realised £3OOO, a record for : Yorksnire cricket. ' ';!•* JAMES LILLYWHITE. LONDON, October "25. ' The death is announced’ of James Lillywhite, a former English' cricketer j and la-st survivor of the first test played against. Australia. He )vas eighty seven years of age.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 October 1929, Page 5
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