SPOFFORTH ON CRICKET REFORM.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11806, 16 December 1912, Page 1

SPOFFORTH ON CRICKET REFORM.

Y\iitin T to the cditoi of tne bpoi's liiui r R Spoffoilh si>s The game o{ cmkct has been plajed undei piacli cilh the same iuleo and conditions foi at 1 i>.t ionv >eais, in fact, 1 know of no illinium" winch would be noticed b\ tile opcctiUi except Uit Relation m tlio muiibci ot bil's pet o\ci and bowleis not In ii_ illowed tuil balk Now, duiuig thi foiu vtji , the mhabitints of tile Jjnti h loles. ha\e gieatLy changed fhej wr-ic foitj veils quite contented to I dn\ in eibs etc now Ihej want mo oi uia uid leioplines. they must tia\el bv th- li-te t trims ind foitv ■\ciis i 3 o there were ninny less lheitie<md music halU, and no pictuie palace No = o'f worth mentioning was plajed-m the counties-, and lawn tennjs «i, haidlj played at all the-ifoie, the people who went to the \aiious games and new entertainments supported, cuckef. No'w all <=Ecictaiicfc' andlmanageia of the \aiious-new grraee Have to a gieit e«c tent <-tudied then |>la\ers-and patrols an J -en en gieatcr id\ anUgef and lai'fcd then enteitamment- to suit the new geu eiations that ha\e sprung tip Whoie would golf Lrwn termr;" cioquet, oi fall i haids be if placed exacts as it w is ftuM jcaia ago 7 " ' "It one goes to a golf conise or a lawn tennis qiound on an oidin&ij afternoon, one \ ill iee lawn tennis- and" golf bemg 1 lived b-v many, but~go v ou -ar enckpt gioiind and, eiOSpf on a Saturday, haidly a ccal will be seen "All this" points to the fact that people i\ant something mole crating- some game with nnoie Hhiijtaig inc'den s in it, And if sdmetmhg is: nbt done county crteVet" will giadualK gst lfss «appoit", especially as the game is _,ettmg inoi e ejepensne It is ictv dSffi mlt to -suggest am thing, but Iheic cm-be no doubt i learn" of Jebfrore-j liumpeiD, Npoonos, ind Micartnej-- would di iw an enoimous tiowd complied with i te im of Douglases 'Sines, and Kcllewiys "This no one would dcn-\ not e\en the man who pkyed foit-y jcits ago This leads mc to in ui<lei\oiu *-hould be inada to nuke cnckct more exciting, and line juoie thnlhiu incidents I beluAe tbcibcst wa-y would be to count two inns foi c\cij maiden o\d bqwled dming the match Toi initiate, tbr- ,M C C side bowj Unity nm lens getting _iid lof Nott<- thrv llitipfoie would, stut he i (M C O) junjngs with 60 nins, and Noll", bowluij only hfjtecn m udciis wolikl ha\e 30 urns idded to Ihcii seme. This wouldjone the batsmui 10. nh> a quicker garni!, ukl if (ho. did mil linn Mde would lu c ilu<c uui oi «\fi a« j e.\ei\ niiiidni ', that w i-, lynvVd Sptdifois would then get l,lic (\citgnient that lhe\ want Jl ui% ,(.-3iintj, c D peciall}- the pooicr oii"s \ oie to pla\ all their, matches nest beiMiu in th 3 w-a\ • I am perfectly certain jnOie mouex woulcUbe taken it the ' gate= Jam auite cer|ia>n also that the man «h' pinved fortv j'eais ago ivill ob iec nl ihi-T, «|1 b& his an=wci, What wis zytd pn«-n>/ghj. when I .was playing is ..•ad eunuch now And the of it !•• ! e is the linn j;hat-iul-es the came"