HOW A CHAMPIONSHIP WAS LOST
A MISSING BALL »
(United Press Association)
INVERCARGILL, 31st March
The Southland Cricket Association was asked to give a decision on an unusual point at its meeting to-night. 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 6.30 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 the second had not been completed), and that the onus was on both teams to provide balls. Appleby thus lost the game, and, aa the prospects of obtaining the 24 runs were good, the championship.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 1 April 1936, Page 4
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