THE CRICKET PITCH AFFAIR.
THE WATCHMAN S VERSION. [**"■ I'rv.M ,i«.» Aiielui'i;. This day. The Register"* version of the _ attempt to tamper with the cricket pitch ill the recent intercolonial match is that at about 2 a.m. the watchman saw two men. who apparently climbed the fence, stealthily cross the ground. He ordered them off. One obeyed but the other struck the watchman a severe Wow on the month. The sruardian of the oval retaliated, and, after giving his assailant his deserts, opened the gate and the man walked away. The visit may have been prompted by harmless motives, but the watchman believes otherwise.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 207, 29 December 1896, Page 3
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103THE CRICKET PITCH AFFAIR. Hastings Standard, Issue 207, 29 December 1896, Page 3
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