The spectators at a cricket match were becoming impatient at the slow rate of scoring. “I wish they would play this game* tonight under arclights," sighed one man. ■'Why?’’ asked his neighbour. "Well," was the retort, “my bedroom overlooks the ground, and this is miles better than counting sheep."
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 January 1940, Page 7
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