H. A. KNIGHT

NZ Truth, Issue 936, 3 November 1923, Page 9

H. A. KNIGHT

(Owner of Ballymena, A.J.C. Derby ; Winner).

The largest attendance and gate receipts at a cricket match was at Melbourne m 1920-21. It was the occasion of the second test match between England and Australia. The attendance was 111,2'C8 persons and the recoipta totalled £9367. For the first test at Sydney th<> same year 111,202 persona attended and tho receipts totalled £10,380 14s — a world's record. Tho greatest distance a cricket ball has been thrown is 140 yards 2 feet by R. Percival on tho Durham Sands Racecourse m 1884; 140 yards 9 inches by Rosa Mackenzie, Toronto, .1872, and 140 yards by King Billy (an aboriginal) at Claremont, Queensland, m 1873. The lato William Yardley, while a boy at school at Rugby, threw 100 yards with his right Hand and 78 with his left There are ovor, sixty instances of an eleven being dismissed without a run In minor matches. , For a first class match, such as an England XI versus Australia, at Birmingham m 1884, F. R. SpoffoHh's 7* wickets for 3 runs takes somo beating. . • G. Elliott, playing for Victoria against Tasmania, at Launceston, socured 9 wickets f of 2 runs. The total of the innings was 33.^