CRICKET.
THE BACK-HANDED STROKE. BY CABLE—PBESS ASSOCiATION-COPYBIGm. (Received Dec. 6, 9.50 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 5. A Yorkshire cricket authority recalls an incident iii Which a .Yorkshire triripird gave out a left-handed batsman for, obstruction and unfair - play ifr playing an off ball by turning round arid hitting it right-harided. He states that J. T. Brown, the old test player, iri a match between Yorkshire and Notts in 1906, attempted to hit oiie of Gunn’s lbbs With a back-hand stroke. Scoring books records show that Brown was bowled by Gunn, with, the added comment that Brown lost his wicket foolishly by hitting back-handed at a lob.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 6 December 1924, Page 7
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105CRICKET. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 6 December 1924, Page 7
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