CRICKET CHANGES.
DISCUSSION IN £\GLAND London, Dec. 20. The programme of the county cricket clubs has been modified fo allow oi' the usual fixtures with the Australians. The two day 3' limit will not apply to test matches. The Marylebone Club is consulting the Board of Control regarding the Australian programme. Many cricketers are dubious of the innovation;!, pointing out that a five-hours' afternoon, rven with a spell, will heavily handicap live iicldii'g side, emuxing the batsmen io flag the tired bowlers .And fielders. The preca and public generaljy approve the innovation.':. Tho Daily Ma.il urg&i >.& Us against stonewalling, restrictions of defence by pads, and the altarntkto of the ru:e of leg before wicket. Professional cricketers generally condemn the changes- Abel (Surrey) declines that tiie long hours in two-day matches will exhaust even slow howlers, and will shorten the cricket lives of fast bcwleara.
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 January 1919, Page 6
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144CRICKET CHANGES. Taranaki Daily News, 18 January 1919, Page 6
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