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Re: How long is a Chain?

Subject: Re: How long is a Chain?
From: Athan <athan@nospam.bigfoot.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 17:28:08 +1100
Newsgroups: aus.rail,aus.rail.models
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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?
>
> Geoff Lambert

Inner and outer edges are for good batsmen like Mark Waugh.

Centre to centre.

References:
- How long is a Chain?
  - From: "Ben O'Regan" <ben@NOSPAMFORemiratespark.com.au>
- Re: How long is a Chain?
  - From: "Neil Gerace" <geracen@wantree.com.au>
- Re: How long is a Chain?
  - From: James Brook <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au>
- Re: How long is a Chain?
  - From: "Chris Lehmann" <chrisjl@iname.com>
- Re: How long is a Chain?
  - From: pmilne@the.net.nz (Peter)
- Re: How long is a Chain?
  - From: Athan <athan@nospam.bigfoot.com>
- Re: How long is a Chain?
  - From: G.Lambert@unsw.edu.au (Geoff Lambert)

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