A WATERY WICKET
The Y.M.C.A. team made a very emphatic protest at Devonport on Saturday about tlie sodden state of the No. 1 wicket when play was resumed in the Shore—Y.M.C.A. match. Len Elliott, the Y.M. captain, who is an old Shore player, considered that the pitch was sopping wet when play started, and that when the casual water dried out the wicket was dead and lifeless, with the result that the Young Men bowlers could get no pace
or nip off the pitch against the Shore batsmen. In fairness to the Shore Club it should be pointed out that the ground is controlled by the Devonport Domain Board and under the supervision of the borough gardener. Owing to defective topdressing the wicket cut up badly in the early part of the season, and it was found that it rolled out better after a late watering. The laws of the game provide, that the wicket shall not be touched during an innings, but this is hardly practicable in a dry season with a week’s interval between playing days. However, after a thorough soaking on Friday the Shore pitch should not have been watered again on Saturday morning.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 615, 18 March 1929, Page 6
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197A WATERY WICKET Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 615, 18 March 1929, Page 6
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