THE ABANDONED CRICKET MATCH.
I can endorse every word of the complaint by "E.F.W." After reading the barometer and noticing that the wind had shifted round to the west, which is a drying wind, I decided to see the cricket match. I reached the gate at 2 p.m., paid 2/ entrance fee, and was not warned that I did so at my own risk.- I reached the pitch in time to see the limping collecting the stumps. I was at Kingsland the rest of the afternoon, and there was no rain there whatever. If the Cricket Association wants to popularise the game it will have to be more honest with the public. One experience like that is enough for me. There were five other men treated similarly at the same time, who assured me they could ill afford spending the money just at present.
"Won't Melt" writes to similar effect. He says he- paid for himself and his wife at halfpast one and no warning was given about no play.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 83, 8 April 1933, Page 8
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