STRANGE CRICKET.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 331, 12 January 1937, Page 7

STRANGE CRICKET.

Blind Men Play In Test Match press Association—Copyright. Sydney, January 5. Twenty-two blind cricketers from New South Wales and Victoria played the first of their annual two Test matches at Belmore Oval. The two sides scored 323 runs in just, under a run a minute, and the Royal Victorian Blind Institute (134) defeated New South Wales (109) by 25 runs on the first innings. Five men in each side were totally blind, and the sight of the remainder was so seriously impaired they had to be led to their places on the field. The ball contained a rattle, which heralded its approach to batsin. n and fieldsmen. The stumps had bell; fixed on the top. The call “R<ght’.’ from the bowler was the signal foi the batsman to put his bat hi the blockhole on the pitch. Catches did not count as “out,’ though many were taken. Four New ! South Wales batsmen were run oui I by the Victorians’ brilliant fielding I They broke the wicket from dis j tances up to 30 yards, their on!) iguide to the direction of the stump: ■ being the ’keeper or bowler ringin; i the b Ils on the stumps on the em | at which the batsman had not madi i good his ground. Th? patter of th< J batsmen’s feet was their indicatioi I that a run-out was possible.