Lynx-eyed cricketers here were probably puzzled at the cabled result of the county championship. match played between Nottinghamshire and Sussex, on June 27, 29, 30 Notts 14 aiid 261 Sustex 227 for 9. (dec.) and 7 for Drawn (points for fist Innings lead to Sussex) will be seen that had Sussex made 9 runs in their second innings they would have won by ten wickets. The Question was how the failure to achieve a definite result was brought about, since on the morning of June 30 Notts had to make 100 runs to save an innings defeat and had eight wickets in hand. It was also clear that Notts must have been dis-Posed of in the course of the afler-noon, rain having stopped play, leaving Sussex with 9 runs to get to win. The mail papers to hand show that the Notts innings ended at 615, In ordinary cricket—leaving out of account the ule that permits 30 minutes extra play to get a definite Fesult—this would have given plenty margin. for knocking. off the re~ quired couple of boundaries anda single. But the combination of inter= Fuptions for rain and the sacred ten minutes interval ruled otherwise, At 625 J. Parks and Cook came out for Sussex with five minutes' play in hand. Rain was again threaten Jing. Voce took two minutes {0 bow! his frst over—seven rune—two. Parks, four byes and a leg-bye. The Umpires at 627% decided that although rain was falling there was lime for another over. 'The rain in= teased and Notis appealed, Umpires agreed it was too wet to continue ind removed the bails—a draw. As the match was played at Have will be unnecessary to add that the umpires' decision was received with some irritation, so far as that feeling allowed to" find. expression on. cerieket grounds. Not unnaturally Notts' appeal was compared. unfavourably with the action of Glouestershire eleven days earlier, when, in pouring rain, the Gloucester team layed on so that Worcester could et the necessary 34 runs required {for victory.
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