LOST CRICKET BALL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5258, 30 March 1928, Page 3

LOST CRICKET BALL.

LODGES IN MOTOR-CAR. An extraordinary incident occurred in a scratch game of cricket played at Hurunui on a recent Sunday afternoon, (say the Lyttelton Times). On the Saturday morning a team of Christchurch cHcketers journeyed to Hamner Springs to play a match with a side representing the patients and staff of Uie Queen Mary Hospital Owing to rain the match was abandoned and the players, on t'heir way home on Sunday, decided on a scratch game which was played in a paddock near the Hdrunui Hotel. Dur ng the progress of the game A. Boon hit a ball on to the roadway. The ball struck the road just as a motor»can- was passing. The ball bounced, struck the car, and by some extraordinary means was retained on a portion of the car. As soon as they saw what had happened the called out to the motorist, who apparently did not hear them, and as he) was travelling at a good speed he was soon far down the road, carrying the ball with him. When Boon hit the ball the batsmen naturally ran. They dan three, and then ’one of the fieldsmen reminded them that if they conltinued running they .would-make the total that McDougall registered when, he topped the score fade away into insignificance.