CRICKET AT TOBRUK
UMPIRES WITH RIFLES NO STOPS FOR SHELLS (Reed. Aug. 16, 2 p.m. CAIRO, Aug. 15. Despite the stern conditions in Tobruk, time has been found to play an occasional game of cricket, says the Australian official war correspondent. The game was never played under more odd conditions. In a recent game between an Australian team and a British battery, routine orders were issued on the conditions to be observed. “Play will be continued, except through interference by air-raids, until 6 p.m. Play will not cease during shellfire,” the orders ran. They also provide that the umpires should carry loaded rifles, that medical arrangements be made and the ambulance be in attendance.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20637, 18 August 1941, Page 7
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