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Weatherwatch: Rain (and snow) stopped play Weatherwatch: Rain (and snow) stopped play
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"Rain stopped play" just about sums up the typical British summer, and it's usually cricket that faces the worst of the bad weather. "Never has county cricket been so much affected by rain as in 1903. The summer was the wettest within the experience of anyone now playing first-class cricket, and in nearly all parts of the country," wrote the editor of Wisden that year."Rain stopped play" just about sums up the typical British summer, and it's usually cricket that faces the worst of the bad weather. "Never has county cricket been so much affected by rain as in 1903. The summer was the wettest within the experience of anyone now playing first-class cricket, and in nearly all parts of the country," wrote the editor of Wisden that year.
A run of wet summers in the early 1930s pushed county cricket clubs into deep financial trouble, and the 1950s saw another run of bad summers. Cricket clubs seemed helpless in facing up to the weather, even though trials were made in drying pitches using blankets, absorbent rubber mats, rollers and suction machines. "Yet with all these aids, irritating delays continue and the public becomes less inclined to risk hanging about in the hope of seeing some cricket," lamented Wisden's editor in 1959.A run of wet summers in the early 1930s pushed county cricket clubs into deep financial trouble, and the 1950s saw another run of bad summers. Cricket clubs seemed helpless in facing up to the weather, even though trials were made in drying pitches using blankets, absorbent rubber mats, rollers and suction machines. "Yet with all these aids, irritating delays continue and the public becomes less inclined to risk hanging about in the hope of seeing some cricket," lamented Wisden's editor in 1959.
Perhaps the most remarkable bad weather to stop play was the match between Derbyshire and Lancashire on 2 June 1975, when snow fell an inch deep at the Buxton ground.Perhaps the most remarkable bad weather to stop play was the match between Derbyshire and Lancashire on 2 June 1975, when snow fell an inch deep at the Buxton ground.
And yet the first revision of cricket laws in 1788 provided for the covering of a pitch during a match by mutual consent. But resistance to covering cricket pitches remained deeply entrenched, and it was not until 1979 that Test Match pitches could be protected against rain at all times. And a year later the cricket authorities finally agreed to cover all county cricket pitches in rain.And yet the first revision of cricket laws in 1788 provided for the covering of a pitch during a match by mutual consent. But resistance to covering cricket pitches remained deeply entrenched, and it was not until 1979 that Test Match pitches could be protected against rain at all times. And a year later the cricket authorities finally agreed to cover all county cricket pitches in rain.
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