LOST CRICKET BALL
RULING IN CHAMPIONSHIP.
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
INVERCARGILL, March 31
The Southland Cricket Association was asked to give a decision on an unusual point at its meeting tonight. The ball used in the third grade match between Invercargill and Appleby on Saturday was lost with 20 minutes to play before the drawing of stumps. The batting side (Appleby) required 24 runs to win, and a win would have given it the third grade championship. By C.30 p.m. the ball had not been found, and the game was stopped.
The association ruled that the match had been decided on the first innings (seeing that the second had not been completed), and that the onus was on both teams to provide balls. Appleby thus lost the game, and, as the prospects of obtaining the 24 runs were good, the championship as well.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 78, 1 April 1936, Page 22
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142LOST CRICKET BALL Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 78, 1 April 1936, Page 22
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