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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 248, 18 October 1924, Page 40 (Supplement)

Trankcy, that old-time N.S.W. gold mining centre, was the scene ot the biggest hit ever recorded in the annals of Australian cricket. During a match played there years ago and on which there had been a lot of wagering, a batsman drove the ball into the branches of a lofty tree, where it remained. But as it could be plainly discerned the umpire refused to call 'lost ball." Before it was recovered, by means of a shot-gun, 202 runs had been scored. The perspiring batsmen, spurred on by the wild shouts of their frenzied supporters, took nearly twenty minutes to register the double century (says an Australian writer), who must have forgotten- that cricketers are not entitled to use shotguns to keep the runs down.