Here They are Given a Chance to Take His Place wu cricket out of the question for this week-end owing to the heavy showers on Friday evening, the time is rather opportune to put a few posers, none of them ticklish, before players and spectators. How many times in Shanghai, as in every other part of the world where cricket is played, does the poor old umpire get criticized from the pavilion for certain of his interpretation of the laws of the game?
The following are fair samples of questions on the laws of cricket that have to be answered by candidates for admission to the New South Wales Cricket Umpires' Station and a study of them will certainly repay the time involved in trying to answer them correctly.
The answers will be published in these columns on Tuesday morning.
1. What four things have to be taken catches it and removes the bails, with into consideration when giving an the striker still out of his ground. He Lb.w. decision? then appeals to the umpire at square 2 A bowler bowling round the leg; what decision would you give were wicket pitches the ball (which is going you the umpire? straight through from his hand) about 6. The ball is bowled to the striker, Six feet from the poping crease. The who mi: ses it; it goes through, strikes Striker comes out to play the ball. the wicketkeeper on the pads, comes Striker (ct 1t strikes him oh the back and breaks the wicket, the striker which. is in front of the wicket. On being out of his ground. E appeal. what would be your decision? what would be your decision?
3. What is a "NO-BALL"?
7. The last ball of the over is Winners at- Aurora Sports 4 What is a "WIDE"? bowled to the striker, who snicks it. N. Logvinavitch. (left), winner in the the ball, snicks it and the Wwicketkesper strike" goes out of his ground to pla A pre m. The the wicketkeeper catching it, but there is mo appeal. You call over, and go to 1500 metres, and V. Yao, winner of the square leg. "When the other bowler, 12 800 metres, at the Aurora University ready to bowl the first ball of the next track meet. Over, the wicketkeeper comes over id you'and appeals to you for a catch
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