“LOST BALL.”

Shannon News, 20 March 1925, Page 1

“LOST BALL.”

AMUSING INCIDENT AT PALMERSTON. HOW MAYNE SCORED FOURTEEN. “How McDougall topped the score,” was re-enacted at the Palmerston North Sportsground yesterday (says the Times). When about a dozen short of victory, Mayne, the Victorian captain, drove Hope to long-on. 'There >yas no fieldsman there, and Donaldson, who came across, was headed by a little fox terrier that had been making itself promiscuous. There were only two runs by the batsmen’s gait, but Foxie quickened it by scooping up the ball at top like a champion. Then the fun began. Half the Manawatu side set off in pursuit, and a stem chase ensued, during which Mayne and Austen ran 10. The “fielder” then crossed t'he asphalt track and headed for tile river, still in possession. Here tire umpire took a hand and signalled a boundary 1 The crowd was, of course, in hysterics, and when it recovered heartily applauded Austin’s signal to the scorers to “count two only,” the value of the stroke had 'Donaldson got the ball. Manager Bean contends that 11 runs were scored! Anyway, Law 34 reads; “If a ball in play connflt be found or recovered, any fieldsman may call ‘lost ball’ when the ball shall be dead. Six runs shall be added to- the score; hut If. more than six runs have been run before ‘lost hall’ has been called, as many runs as have been run shall be scored.” The sequt was eventually captured and the ball returned to the field.