SOUTH SEAS CRICKET
A minister has been describing a cricket match in which he played at Fangelele in Eastern Samoa. They began at seven in the morning, and found a pilch twice as long as usual. It was crossed by a stream and hampered by some mounds of earth, but these only acted as aids to the energetic efforts of the bowler. Then there was only one stump at each end instead of our three, and the bat looked like a small oar. The batsman’s job is to keep his end up. and above all guard himself against the furious bowling. The enthusiasm in the crowd was intense and noisy, and when any batsman was out all the players rolled on the ground, jumped into the air, and rushed about in a frenzy of delight, and so on until the last man was vanquished.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23702, 9 January 1939, Page 11
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144SOUTH SEAS CRICKET Otago Daily Times, Issue 23702, 9 January 1939, Page 11
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