FOUR DAYS' PLAY
NEEDED IN TEST MATCHES (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.! (Received December 7, 1 p.m.) LONDON, December 6. ''The Oval test was an (unqualified success and proves the necessity of the allocation of four days for play," said Sir Edwin Stockton at the annual meeting of the Lancashire Cricket Club. " Personally, I believe a settled policy of four days' play would be more satisfactory owing to Enifland ( 's varying weather conditions. The Australians will have to fight hard to regain the ashes, especially if more Lancashire players •are included in the English teams."
Sir Edwin add'ed that overprepared wickets greatly handicapped the bowlers, The smaller ball was a reform ini the right direction.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16210, 7 December 1926, Page 6
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