“LOST BALL.”

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 March 1925, Page 3

“LOST BALL.”

AMUSING INCNUEct'aI PAUMEIIS--1 U'iN. HOW MAYNIi Sf.OHHI) FOruTISKN. “Mow MeDmigall wpped the scOro. j Nortli Sportsground yestudaj th \\iiien ie atiuul a dozen shod W viclory, Maync, the Victorian ‘MW . drove Hope to long-on. Iheio was u > , rame across, was headed by a. huh , fox terrier that had been making i-. self promiscuous. There were o ,W 0 runs bv the batsmen s gait, ( Foxie quickened h by scooping up tm ball at top like a champion. j Then the Imi began. Halt tin M , uawatu side set off in pursuit, and a stern chase ensued, during 1 , Mavne and Austen ran 10. the held- j er” then crossed the asphalt ti.uk, and Pea led for the. river, still m possession. Here the umpire wok a band and signalled a boundary! 1 The crowd was, of course, Mi b.\st.eiics. and when it recovered ineartily applauded Austin’s signal to the sou-, rers to “count two only,’’ the value, of the stroke had Donaldson got the ball. Manager Beau contends that 14 runs were scored! Anyway, 1 .aw 34 reads; “If a ball in con not ly' found or recovered, any fieldsman may call ‘lost ball’ when the ball shall be dead. Six nuts shall bo added to the score; but If more than six runs have been run before dost ball (has been called, ns many runs as have been run shall be scored.” The scout was eventually captured and the ball returned to the held. i