Fox Photo. IN THE THIRD CRICKET TEST, set down to open at Manchester on July 8, no play took place on any of the four days, owing to the continual rain. At top, groundsmen at Old Trafford attempting to clear the waterlogged pitch in a gallant bid to start the Test. Below, relaying the turf. This is a novel method not previously attempted in a test match.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19699, 3 August 1938, Page 16
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67Fox Photo. IN THE THIRD CRICKET TEST, set down to open at Manchester on July 8, no play took place on any of the four days, owing to the continual rain. At top, groundsmen at Old Trafford attempting to clear the waterlogged pitch in a gallant bid to start the Test. Below, relaying the turf. This is a novel method not previously attempted in a test match. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19699, 3 August 1938, Page 16
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