UNUSUAL DISMISSAL

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 147, 19 December 1933, Page 20

UNUSUAL DISMISSAL

With the termination of R. Crook's tliroo-iiguro innings for Kilbirnie in the senior cricket match with Institute Old Boys iit Kilbirnio on Saturday afternoon there was an unusiml incident, llnviiig reached his century, the batsniiin hit out freely, but soon skied a ball which looked like presenting an easy catch in niid-wickct. Crook 'appeared to be quite satisfied to sumept that us the end of- his innings, and on running down the wicket (o where a couple of fieldsmen each had eyes on making the catch, ho also put his hand out for the ball. At that morae'lit the batsman and one of the fieldsmen collided, find no catch was made, but Crook had already decided for himself that he was out, and out he went. The question then arose ns to how ho was out, and, apparently, it was agreed that lie was out through the rare cause of "obstructing the1 field." The rules provide that a batsman is out in this manner only if the obstruction is wilful, and the substitute umpire, it is stated, viewed the facts of the case in that light. It was purely a prank on Iho batsman's part, the act being on tlie spur of the moment and with no deliberate intention of flouting the rules.