DIRECT ACTION

NZ Truth, Issue 1196, 1 November 1928, Page 16

DIRECT ACTION

Egmorit Cricketers Leave Field

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Crickef^is mbyihg oace ih^Tarahaki and^the season' promises lotsof g6odJ?;Uthings. Taranaki will make another bold bid to recover the; HavvJ^e^Cup. . . AMONG If W? . ?enior« '■' teams 'm the southern';diyision v High Schpolhas started off^yery • well with two three-, point winsv-5^ B. B. Wll^bri, the coach who is to be attached : td;v .each team iii; turn, had hard luck; !iri*;being/ruri put on Saturday just a!s he had; reached double, figures. .■'He 'iiss. batting^yery well. , ; v 'The Co.JJrijty .■; ;iA.ss6ciatlb'n ' ' matches provided af sensation. ; ,.B.ell Block, last year's champions taking .the extreme stepofwailciiig off the- field as a protest against; the umpires. ■ '

. Bgmont ;-;^il)age had scored 78 »and dismissed ! B6li Block for 32. Egmont Village ' re jjiigavwith 36. / I Requiririi -83,;, Bell Block set out after them, but'\yjien two l!b.w": decisions-fol-lowed, Belixißlock, wh*b had previously been dissatisfied with the decisions of umpires J.;B.Q,wen and E. Gyd'e, walked off the field; ' - ; --. They heil^-that the umpires were not standing '.;iri,la position to judge the flight of thrall.