SIZE OF CRICKET BALLS
CAPTAINS MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. (REUTIR'I TEIEOIUM.) (Received 23rd December, 2:30 p.m.) ( LONDON, 22nd December. As regards the hitherto frequent use of under-sized cricket balls, the Marylebone Club has instructed umpires in future to see that the weights and dimensions are correct. The makers have agreed to stamp a guarantee on them. A meeting of captains in first-class cricket decided to draw the attention of umpires to the fact that in their opinion games, after rain, should not be resumed too soon where possible; secondly, that the practice by bowlers of seam-lifting should be treated as illegal. ' '
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19251223.2.71.3
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 151, 23 December 1925, Page 6
Word Count
99SIZE OF CRICKET BALLS Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 151, 23 December 1925, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in