A CRICKET ARGUMENT
KNOTTY PROBLVM ON THE WELD. (Rec. June i, 1.5 a.m.) London, Slay IB (delayed). An incident, believed to be unprecedented, occurred during tin , Somei'spl-Sussex County cricket match at Tauntoii. Somerset had completed both innings nnil Sussex (mil nine wickets down in Ihti second innings, the scores bein;, r level. The e'wnlh limn wns previously injured. miml had not contemplated wilting, but iifw Mime deliiy hastened on to Hie liold in plain clothes. The I'liptnlns were willing to continue, Iml Uie umpiid (Street, thn Surrey profossioiml) npi>H< rule I') and drew stumps. The question arose whether Sussex hud lost Hie match under the. two-minute rule or whether till) same, hnd ended in n tie. Other umpires refused to pice a decision, and the result was officially recorded as a tie.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Aesn. London, June 2. Tho Marylebono Committee announce* that as the Somerset captain left the de. cision to the umpires, and they decided to draw stumps, tho committee approves ol their decision.—Aue.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 214, 4 June 1919, Page 7
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167A CRICKET ARGUMENT Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 214, 4 June 1919, Page 7
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