111-luck at Cricket.
Eveiiy cricketer knows tho importance of winning tho toss, which gives the captain of an eleven the right of determining ■whether he shall send his men first to the wicket or to the field. The extraordinary ill-luck of tho Derbyshire Eleven, which last season lost twenty-ono tossoa running, has directed attention to the necessity^ of devising some method whereby the rotation of innings shall bo decided without leaving quite ao much to chance. Lord Harris proposes at an early meeting of the Marylebono Club to move a now rule which will leave it to the result of the toss which side Bhall have choice of innings hi the first match between two clubs; but will provide that in the roturn match the captain who is unlucky at the first toss shall have the first choice.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 5477, 7 February 1885, Page 6
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138Ill-luck at Cricket. Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 5477, 7 February 1885, Page 6
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