SIX "NO-BALLS."

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 307, 28 December 1935, Page 3 (Supplement)

SIX "NO-BALLS."

, —;—;—. Laughter at Lord's! It is almost unthinkable; the famous cricket ground is supposed to have such a cloistral atmosphere that the idea of a crowd at a cricket match there roaring with laughter comes as something like a shock. Yet F. M. Ribbles, medium-paced bowler for. Lancashire, gained a few weeks ago the distinction of being a player who has made a crowd at Lord's laugh loudly. Sjbbles did this by bowling six no-balls with one delivery; at least, one delivery by him caused six no-balls to be recorded opposite his name in the score, books; It happened in a match between Lancashire, and Middlesex. Sibblea bowled a ball which caused the umpire, at the bowler's wicket to signal "no-ball." The striker missed it, but the batsmen ran two byes froln it; under the laws of. the game, byes run off a no-ball are scored as no-balls. E. Paynter fielded the ball and tried to throw down the wicket, but missed it, the ball going to the opposite boundary. This over-throw caused the addition of four more runs to the effect of the noball, whidh thus became worth six runs to the opposite side. The spectators laughed loudly. Immediately Sibblea retired with a strained stomach muscle. It was suggested that this was caused by his teughigg too gwriu 1 A ■