CAUGHT WRONG BALL.
.a cmUvITINr, JNCiui'-Vi U two matches were in pro e'ie.s- oil Parliament HHI Fields, I .oh Son. the long ftelUi iu both geme had to go- .'iitche; at toe mom-nt. Tiiey ' ;'jvo ; e*J*:-i trie .scuho. being made within a lew yards o each oilier. Frve minute* later one o; the bowers Found that he was playing with strange bail. 'I he long fields hat caught the wivng nails? The batsmen who had been giver out then urged trial they should stil be in and the two umpires, alter cobferring together, decided to allow them to resume batting. The IJ.C.C.’s instructions to umpires contain die following para-graph;—‘-An iinr-he may alter nu decision if in - hurry of the moment*.’ by a slip the tongue he has given wrong or:o: provided that su a altera lion i s made promptly. An alteration made five minute* later would, ther*fote, api.-es:• to ;,e against 11 1 e law oi the game
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Otaki Mail, 3 August 1923, Page 4
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159CAUGHT WRONG BALL. Otaki Mail, 3 August 1923, Page 4
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