When the score reached 22, a torrential rainfall started, and it was decided to adjourn for lunch. Pools were then forming all over the ground.
Although the weather cleared up tier luncheon, the ground was unfit for play, and it was to volt until 430 before making anther inspection. "The state of the ground at 430 was still bad, but at five, when a further inspection was made, Woodfull insisted that th: Eich' had recovered sufficiently for 1 resumption of the game. Wyatt demurred, and the "umpires then Secided to make a. final inspection of the wicket at six o'clock However. the last inspection revealed that the wicket was still in
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