Criticism Of Pitch
He had “never seen a worse pitch for competition cricket” than that at Linwood Park for the last round, said Mr H. Dowling in a letter to the Canterbury Cricket Association last evening. Mr Dowling, coach of the St. Andrew’s College first XI. said that if either team—St. Andrew’s and Xavier Colleges—had possessed a fast bowler, some batsmen could have been injured by lifting balls. Another report on a pitch was received from Mr A. G. Duckmanton.
The Lancaster Park president’s grade team arrived at Hospital Corner on Saturday to find that someone had flooded the pitch. However, said Mr Duckmanton, the Hagley Park groundsman (Mr Sheath) had noticed this at 12.30 p.m. and had gone to the trouble of cutting and marking another pitch. C. L. Bull was appointed captain and R. M. Gearry vicecaptain of the Canterbury team to compete in the Rothman's under-23 tournament at Hamil-
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31277, 25 January 1967, Page 14
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