Four Stumps The result of an experiment to brighten cricket by using wickets of four, instead of three, stumps, played at Johannesburg under the auspices of the Wanderers C.C., is decidedly interesting. The batsmen, for the most part, declared that, soon after starting their innings, they forgot all about the extra stump, though a few
thought that, with the additional handicap, run-getting would tend to become slower than under normal conditions. Six hours’ play produced 4 Y*. r UT \ s, -. an<3 of the twenty wickets which fell only foir were bowled aown, while as many as five were legbefore.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 43, 13 May 1927, Page 12
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