Re: How long is a Chain?

[John Dennis <jdennis@acslink.net.au>]

On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 01:59:52 GMT, G.Lambert@unsw.edu.au (Geoff
Lambert) wrote:

>Athan <athan@nospam.bigfoot.com> wrote:
>
>>In the interests of seasonal accuracy, having qualified to umpire cricket under
>>the 1973 code, before metric took over in 1980 (bringing us the metric 6 ball
>>over etc) we were taught that a chain is the distance between middle stump to
>>middle stump, 22 yards.
>
>Is that from the middle of the stump or its inner or outer edge?

The 22-yard length of the pitch is measured from the back edges of the
bowling creases, and since the middle of each stump is aligned with
that edge, the answer is "the middle of the stump"

Cheers...JD

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