CRICKET.
At Mr Pocbck's pavilion, in Horeford street Chiiatchurcb, a new self-adjust-ing wicket,, the invention ofi. Mr Sykes, lias been put up. Tho three stumps are fixed in a wooden box, and swung on: an iron rod, so that when struck by the ball they fall back, but by the aid of balancing weights and springs, immediately reassume 1 the 1 perpendicular. This arrangement,saves tbe batsnian the troiiUo of sitting up Ms wicket every lim." i; W. <l«molHied by tho bowler, and mnuiiib'cs his practice time. It is. intended shortly to affix an electric bell to the stumps, which will inform the bowler every time he breaks through the batsmen's guard. Mr Pocock has lately introduced Nicholson's patent compound . balls, which are found to be much more durable for practice, and as each is a truo sphere, the rise from the pitch is not so erratic as with the ordinary leather balk
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1402, 12 June 1883, Page 3
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152CRICKET. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1402, 12 June 1883, Page 3
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