COMPARISON AT CHRISTCHURCH.—A feature of. the new higher and thicker stumps.that are used now in county cricket in England is that the tops of the stumps are rounded more than in the old-style “sticks,” and the grooves for the bails are shallower. Consequently a bail falls from the stumps from a lighter impact of the ball than was required to shake the bails off before. The stumps are all-wood; brass tops have gone out of use in county matches. Some specimens of the new stumps were brought to New Zealand by A. H. H. Gilligan, captain of the M.C.C. team. Three of them were pitched at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, alongside three of those in use in New Zealand and Australia. The new English stumps are an inch taller than the old ones and an inch greater in circumference.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 868, 11 January 1930, Page 1
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138COMPARISON AT CHRISTCHURCH.—A feature of. the new higher and thicker stumps.that are used now in county cricket in England is that the tops of the stumps are rounded more than in the old-style “sticks,” and the grooves for the bails are shallower. Consequently a bail falls from the stumps from a lighter impact of the ball than was required to shake the bails off before. The stumps are all-wood; brass tops have gone out of use in county matches. Some specimens of the new stumps were brought to New Zealand by A. H. H. Gilligan, captain of the M.C.C. team. Three of them were pitched at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, alongside three of those in use in New Zealand and Australia. The new English stumps are an inch taller than the old ones and an inch greater in circumference. Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 868, 11 January 1930, Page 1
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