MODERN CRICKET BALLS
QUALITY DETERIORATES " Modern cricket balls are not as good as those of pre-war days," wrote Mr. Jack Farquhar, curator of i;he i3risbine Cricket Ground, and a former Queensland captain, in a report to the executive of the Queensland Cricket Association. The subject of his report was not the quality of cricket balls, but a suggestion that pitches might be faster if their preparation was commenced earlier in the week, say, Wednesday. Dealing with that, he expressed the opinion that because of a particularly hot sun, pitches in Queensland dried quicker, and did not need preparation any earlier than Thursday. He said that wickets did not lose their pace as much and as quickly as some players thought. Often when pitches appeared to be slower, the real cause was the deterioration of the balls, which often became spongy before they burst. Pre-war balls remained hard after they had burst, and were good for practice even after 300 or 400 runs had been hit from them in a match.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22092, 24 April 1935, Page 16
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